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Police were called after reports the £180,000 supercar was being driven too fast around Newport.
Traffic officers did not catch the 25-year-old driver speeding in his bright green Lamborghini Huracan - which can go 0-60mph (97km/h) in 2.5 seconds.
But police said he was driving in an "anti-social manner" and confiscated the Italian supercar.
The driver was given a legal warning which meant the car, which has a top speed of 202mph (325km/h), was seized by police on Wednesday night but handed back the following day.
A spokeswoman for Gwent Police said: "The driver was driving in an anti-social manner - speed not recorded but was excessively speeding in a built-up area."
The man was warned his car could be seized again if he is caught for a second time.
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The new plant at Hinkley Point in Somerset is being financed by the French and Chinese governments.
However, the UK government says it will have control over foreign investment in "critical infrastructure".
Ministers will be able to stop EDF, the state-controlled French energy firm, from selling its stake in Hinkley.
Jean-Bernard Lévy, chief executive of EDF, which is building the plant, said: "The decision of the British Government to approve the construction of Hinkley Point C marks the relaunch of nuclear in Europe."
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Critics of the deal have warned of escalating costs and the implications of allowing nuclear power plants to be built in the UK by foreign governments.
EDF is funding two-thirds of the project, which will create more than 25,000 jobs, with China investing the remaining £6bn.
The Chinese agreed to take a stake in Hinkley, which will meet 7% of Britain's electricity needs, and to develop a new nuclear power station at Sizewell in Suffolk on the understanding that the UK government would approve a Chinese-led and designed project at Bradwell in Essex. That decision has raised questions over national security.
The Department for Business said: "After Hinkley, the British government will take a special share in all future nuclear new build projects. This will ensure that significant stakes cannot be sold without the government's knowledge or consent."
It added: "There will be reforms to the government's approach to the ownership and control of critical infrastructure to ensure that the full implications of foreign ownership are scrutinised for the purposes of national security."
However, Barry Gardiner, the shadow energy secretary, claimed that the government already had powers to halt the sale of any element of the UK's critical infrastructure and dismissed the new measures as "window dressing".
It's a yes - with strings.
A new agreement means that the government will be able to block the sale of EDF's controlling stake in Hinkley. The government will also take a special or "golden share" in all future new nuclear projects. This will ensure that significant stakes cannot be sold without the government's knowledge or consent.
There will also be increased scrutiny of the national security implications of foreign ownership of critical infrastructure.
There is no specific mention of China's plans to design and build their own reactor at Bradwell, but state-owned China General Nuclear Corporation welcomed the decision. Sources close to the company say it will press ahead with their Bradwell ambitions under these new rules with confidence.
The price of the electricity, the parties involved and the future of UK nuclear all look the same. That will prompt some to ask what the hiatus since July's surprise review has really achieved.
Business and Energy Secretary Greg Clark told the House of Commons, that it was right for a new government to re-examine the Hinkley Point deal.
He said: "The government is satisfied that the improved deal and the other changes announced will for the first time remedy the weaknesses of the previous regime for foreign ownership of critical infrastructure."
He added that the measures will ensure foreign investment in UK infrastructure "works always in the country's best interests".
The government has not altered the guaranteed payment of £92.50 per megawatt hour for electricity generated. It will fall to £89.50 if the new nuclear power at Sizewell is built. Mr Gardiner said it was "too high a price" and it should have been renegotiated.
Claire Jakobsson, head of climate and environment policy at EEF ,the manufacturers' organisation, said it was a relief to see Hinkley going ahead "after months of delays and uncertainty".
"However, this project will clearly require a vast amount of support and it remains to be seen whether this deal is able to offer value for money. If new nuclear is to continue to play a major role we must see significant reductions in strike prices for future projects," she added.
Josh Hardie, deputy director-general of the CBI business lobby group, called the announcement good news: "Investors are hungry for further signs from the government that the UK is open for business."
The decision on investment was approved by EDF's board in July, and was agreed in principle with China during the state visit by President Xi Jinping to the UK last October.
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Stuart Thornton, 65, of Cross Street, Cowling, near Keighley, West Yorkshire, carried out the crimes at the now closed Burnside House Children's Home in Skipton, between 1971 and 1976.
Police said his youngest victim was aged just five years old.
At Bradford Crown Court, Thornton was jailed for 19 years after which he will be on licence for three years.
He was convicted in May of a series of sex offences including indecent assault, gross indecency with a child and a serious sexual crime in May.
North Yorkshire Police said Thornton, who denied all the charges, started volunteering at the home on Carleton Road before he was employed as carer.
Det Con Gillian Gowling said: "He abused his position in the most horrific way possible and his victims have had to live with that abuse for years before seeing justice being done.
"I hope it gives them a small degree of comfort, knowing that he has finally been held accountable for what he did to them."
She praised the victims' bravery and said "their courage means that Thornton is now facing the consequences of his sickening crimes".
Thornton was also placed on the sex offenders register for life, barred from working with children abide by the terms of an interim sexual harm prevention order.
Brendon Mason died in hospital as a result of head injuries after being found in Abbey Park, Leicester, on Tuesday morning.
The three men - two aged 21 and one aged 20 - and 18-year-old woman arrested are in police custody.
A 27-year-old man arrested on Tuesday has been released on police bail.
Police are keen to speak to anyone who may have information about Mr Mason's movements on Monday evening, and the early hours of Tuesday.
The 23-year-old was seen in Tournament Road, Glenfield, between 16:25 BST and 17:00 BST on Monday, before walking in the direction of a bus stop in Dominion Road.
Updates on this story and more from Leicestershire
He was found seriously inured in Abbey Park at 08:10 BST.
Det Ch Insp Mick Graham, who is leading the investigation, said: "While we have made these arrests, the investigation into the death of Brendon is still very much ongoing."
Mr Mason was last seen wearing grey canvas tracksuit bottoms and a navy blue Adidas tracksuit top, and was carrying a black Puma backpack.
Ricky Valance, now aged 80, grew up in the south Wales valleys village of Ynysddu.
David Spencer, as he was known then, always had ambitions to be a singer and was lead soprano in the local church choir as a child, but he seemed destined to join his peers down the mines.
"I remember working in both collieries either side of the valley, one with my father, and it was a race home to get in the tin bath before him," he recalls.
"But I was getting into trouble with the bobbies, a bunch of us were, and I had a hard think about what my future was going to be.
"Singing was the only thing I wanted to do, but after a multitude of jobs I joined the forces."
Valance was 17 when he joined the Royal Air Force and says it had such a profound effect on him he has dedicated his final recording to the RAF.
"It was incredible. It was one of the best things I've ever done. It opened my eyes and taught me a lot," he says.
After three years, during which time he saw active service in north Africa and married his sweetheart Evelyn, he came home and very soon started gigging in clubs in the north of England.
"Finally I got spotted in a nightclub in London. There was a lady sitting in the audience who was in management," he says.
"She approached me and said she felt there was something she could do for my career. We had a long talk and I decided 'this is what I need'.
"I signed up with her and, no more than a few months after, I was recording a test for Columbia [Records], the big company at the time.
"Tell Laura I Love Her was the song that came along three weeks after I signed with them. They called me in and said they'd like me to listen to it."
"I listened to the American version, which I loved, and thought 'how the hell do I do it any better than this?'
"They said, 'you were a choir boy, it's a hymn, that's the sound we want'."
Valance breaks into song at this point, to demonstrate, and adds: "The rest is history."
The song tells the tragic story of a boy called Tommy and his love for a girl called Laura.
It was a controversial song at the time and was apparently banned from airplay by the BBC. But the single went on to be a number one hit in the UK, selling more than a million copies in 1960, the year of its release.
The single entered the Top 50 on 25 August and, a month later, knocked The Shadows with Apache off the top spot. It was in the charts for 16 weeks, number one for three of them.
"It certainly did turn my life around. It's a wonderful feeling when you're travelling on the road with the band, as we were, when it become number one.
"There was a huge fanfare on Parade of the Pops and the number one song that particular week - it was mine.
"It was an incredible experience that brought me gold, silver and platinum records. It's still being sold today. I haven't been able to get on stage without singing it."
But it was not all shiny discs and cheering crowds for Valance.
"I came in and my first record got a number one. There were a lot of jealous people at that time. Show business is like that.
"You had to be strong and have broad shoulders. It's not a pleasant experience, but it changed my life forever - over the years I've been to 19 different countries.
"I was teetotal, I didn't smoke. I made a promise I didn't want to be a flash in the pan. I wanted more success."
This is most evident when Valance says he is "fed up" of being referred to as a "one hit wonder".
"It's a bit sad when they say something like that when they know nothing about my discography," he says, citing further singles Jimmy's Girl - which sold more than 100,000 records - and Movin' Away, which was number one in Australia and Scandinavia.
"I even had that through the 60s. You need a thick skin," he says.
His singles Why Can't We and Don't Play Number 9 also made it into the UK Top 50 in the 1960s.
By 1960 he was using the name Ricky Valance and is keen to set the record straight that he did not take the name from La Bamba singer Ritchie Valens, whose singing career ended abruptly in 1959 when he was killed in a plane crash.
"A lot of people have the audacity of believing I took my name from Ritchie Valens. That's utter nonsense," he says.
"The true story is it's from a horse trainer I saw on the television. I was looking for a name to go with Ricky and he was called Colonel Valance. Later on I found out they also called him Ricky," Valance states.
In more recent years, Valance has performed in Spain, while living on the Costa Blanca, and recorded an album - One of the Best - in Nashville, Tennessee in 2001.
In 2012 he returned to his homeland for the BBC Wales series They Sold a Million, and in 2015, Tell Laura I Love Her was re-released to mark the 55th anniversary of it hitting the number one slot.
The epitome of his career, he says, came in 2015 when he was given an award at a St David's Day concert at the Wales Millennium Centre for being the first Welshman to have a UK number one hit.
"I would love to have done a concert at the Millennium Centre," he says. "I performed there the night I got my award, I was so full of emotion I don't know how I got through the song."
But Valance, who currently lives in Skegness, Lincolnshire, with his wife of 61 years, says he has not been on stage since he suffered a heart attack about 18 months ago.
"It does interfere with your confidence and I found out from the hospital that a major problem with a lot of people is it affects their mind as well.
"A couple of weeks ago I was doing some exercises on the voice and thought, 'can I climb up there again and get hold of a microphone?' It scares the life out of me."
One Media iP, the company publicising Valance's latest release - Welcome Home - describes it as "his last recording before retirement".
But the octogenarian is more non-committal, saying: "How can we say what's in the future?
"My future at this point in time is working for charity."
He hopes to raise £1m for the RAF Association and the Royal Air Force Museum through sales of the single and video, as well as donations.
"I recorded this song back last year and decided I wanted to do something special with it," Valance said.
"All our forces do a fantastic jobs, but I felt the air force could do with more exposure for what they've done and are still out there doing today.
"The biggest thing for me now is getting this started with the RAF. It's got to make a million pounds. I'm going all out for that."
The 26-year-old joined from Fleetwood Town last summer, but has agreed a 12-month extension to that deal.
The Welshman made Lilywhites debut in September and has played 29 games so far this season.
"He has been a big part of the team since he earned his place," boss Simon Grayson told the club website.
Some 4,745 new homes were sold under the equity loan part of the scheme, the highest total since it began in April 2013.
Since then, a total of 112,803 mortgages have been arranged under Help to Buy.
The majority of sales - 80% - have been made to first-time buyers.
The two parts of the scheme are running neck-and-neck, with 56,401 homes sold under the mortgage guarantee part.
A similar number - 56,402 - have been sold under the equity loan scheme.
The mortgage guarantee scheme - under which the government promises that a mortgage is repaid - is due to end in December 2016.
The equity loan scheme - under which the government takes a stake of up to 20% in the value of a home - has been extended to 2020.
Both schemes enable buyers to put down a deposit of just 5%.
Mr Trump's belief in American traditionalism and dislike of scrutiny echo the Kremlin's tune: nation, power and aversion to criticism are the new (and very Russian) world order.
You could call this mindset Trumputinism.
The echo between the Kremlin and Trump Tower is strong, getting louder and very, very good news for Mr Putin.
As Trump signalled to Michael Gove on Monday, a new nuclear arms reduction deal seems to be in the offing linked to a review of sanctions against Russia.
The dog that did not bark in the night is Mr Trump's peculiar absence of criticism of Mr Putin, for example, on the Russian hacking of American democracy, his land-grab of Crimea and his role in the continuing war in Eastern Ukraine.
What is odd is that Mr Trump, in his tweets, favours the Russia line over, say, the CIA and the rest of the American intelligence community.
But why on earth criticise the world leader with whom you most agree?
Three men have egged along Trumputinism: Nigel Farage, who is clear that the European Union is a far bigger danger to world peace than Russia; his friend, Steve Bannon, who is now Mr Trump's chief strategist; and a Russian "penseur", Alexander Dugin.
With his long hair and iconic Slavic looks, Mr Dugin is variously described as "Putin's Brain" or "Putin's Rasputin".
He has his own pro-Kremlin TV show which pumps out Russian Orthodox supremacy in a curious mixture of Goebbels-style rhetoric and Songs of Praise.
Mr Dugin is widely believed to have the ear of the Kremlin.
He is also under Western sanctions for the ferocity of his statements in favour of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has cost 10,000 lives to date.
Messrs Farage, Bannon and Dugin are all united that the greatest danger for Western civilisation lies in Islamist extremism.
Mr Bannon aired his views in a right-wing mindfest on the fringes of the Vatican in 2014.
He claimed that so-called Islamic State has a Twitter account "about turning the United States into a 'river of blood'".
"Trust me, that is going to come to Europe," he added. "On top of that we're now, I believe, at the beginning stages of a global war against Islamic fascism."
The danger is that in allying yourself with the Kremlin in the way they fight "Islamist fascism" in say, Aleppo, you end up siding with what some have called "Russian fascism" or, at least, abandoning democratic values and the rules of war and, in so doing, become a recruiting sergeant for ISIS.
It is a risk on which Mr Dugin does not seem willing to reflect. My interview with him in Moscow did not end well.
First, he dismissed the chances that the Russians hacked American democracy as "strictly zero".
I asked him about the depth of Mr Putin's commitment to democracy.
"Please be careful," he responded. "You could not teach us democracy because you try to impose to every people, every state, every society, their Western, American or so-called American system of values without asking…and it is absolutely racist; you are racist."
Too many of Mr Putin's critics end up dead - around 20 since he took power in 2000.
I have met and admired three: Anna Politkovskaya, Natasha Estemirova and Boris Nemtsov.
Mr Nemtsov was shot just outside the Kremlin's walls.
I asked Mr Dugin what his death told us about Russian democracy.
"If you are engaged in Wikileaks you can be murdered," he countered.
I then invited Mr Dugin to list the American journalists who have died under Barack Obama.
Mr Dugin did not oblige but told me that ours was a "completely stupid kind of conversation" and walked out of the interview.
Later, he posted a blog to his 20,000 followers, illustrated with my photograph and accusing me of manufacturing "fake news" and calling me "an utter cretin... a globalist swine".
Such is the language of the new world order.
A few days later I watched the press conference when Mr Trump closed down a question from a CNN reporter by accusing him of manufacturing "fake news".
Under Trumputinism, the echo between Russia and America is getting louder by the day.
Panorama: The Kremlin Candidate? BBC One, 8.30pm, Monday, January 16. If you miss it, you can catch up later online.
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The Australian, 35, only competed in five events last year after a "tough" 2015 left him "exhausted".
He survived a shark attack at a tournament in South Africa and missed out on a fourth world title following the death of his brother Peter.
Surfing is among five sports confirmed for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
"It was nice to have 2016 off somewhat and decompress but I'm excited to put the singlet on again," said Fanning. "Let the show begin. It's going to be an incredible year.
"2015 was a tough year. A lot happened to me on camera and in my personal life. I just felt exhausted by the end of it."
The 11-stop WSL Championship begins on the Gold Coast of Australia from 14-25 March.
Sir Nicholas, who died last year aged 106, brought Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia to the UK.
The Winton family are currently in the process of selling his estate, including his house in Maidenhead.
His son, Nick Winton, said it was "difficult" to decide what to let go.
"The reality is, over his life he has accumulated many objects," he added.
"If I won the lottery and had the space there are a lot of things I would love to keep in the family, but it just isn't practical."
Items up for auction include a framed picture of Sir Nicholas meeting then US President Bill Clinton in 1995, and a Napoleon III writing desk made in Paris and bought by Sir Nicholas for his wife, Grete.
The auction is being held at the Swan Auction House in Tetsworth, Oxfordshire on 3 November.
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.
It is a trip that has not passed without incident - many of them bizarre, and plenty of them worthy of further analysis.
Settle down as we round up the more intriguing and awkward moments of his trip so far.
Pope Francis has been mostly smiles during his time at the Vatican - but apparently not when he met President Trump.
On Wednesday, the grin belonged entirely to The Donald while the pontiff came across somewhat stony-faced.
Social media wits joked that he had just learned he would have to listen to Mr Trump confess his sins.
Other photos from the occasion however showed the pontiff looking more cheerful. And President Trump seemed to have been inspired, later tweeting that he was "more determined than ever to pursue PEACE in our world".
A zoomed out version of the same photo showing Melania and Ivanka dressed in black has meanwhile spawned comparisons with the 1960s US TV series The Addams Family
Melania in black at the Vatican. Why?
The show featured a family of macabre oddballs who believed they were normal, and was famed for its catchy finger-snapping theme song.
From the Pope to something that had the appearance of the occult.
It was a surreal sight - President Trump and his Saudi and Egyptian counterparts placing their hands on a glowing globe (they were inaugurating a centre in Riyadh aimed at combating extremist ideology).
It's the image that launched a thousand memes. And when Satanists got involved, you knew things had become especially weird.
Before leaving for Saudi Arabia, Mr Trump team had touted the speech he would give on combating radicalisation. When he left, people were speaking only about The Orb.
A White House press statement about Mr Trump's visit to Israel said he would be looking to "promote the possibility of a lasting peach".
Given that he went on to give a speech speaking about peace in the region, we're guessing the White House statement should have referred to "peace" rather than the shelf life of a particular fruit.
The eagle-eyed observers with Israeli newspaper Haaretz spotted Melania Trump swatting away her husband's hand as he reached out for her.
Watch it for yourself - has he got tired of waiting for her to take his hand, and so withdraws it? Or is Melania really swatting her husband away? And did she do it again when they both landed in Rome on Tuesday? Make up your own minds.
If you're one of those people who looks for clues into the health of the Trumps' marriage, this may provide more fodder.
When Mr Trump arrived in Brussels, he had meetings with EU and Nato leaders. He has previously talked about how Britain leaving the EU is "great" and "fantastic", and how Nato is "obsolete" (before changing his mind).
Anyone expecting him to be at his most diplomatic, then, may have been puzzled by an on-camera moment when he appeared to push the prime minister of Montengro aside at photo time - putting Donald J Trump front and centre.
Mr Trump appeared to emerge from the back, and firmly - though not violently - push aside Dusko Markovic, before the US president fixed his coat, ready for the family photo.
It didn't go down well on social media. When JK Rowling tweeted the video, calling Mr Trump "you tiny, tiny, tiny little man", she was retweeted some 43,000 times.
More work here for body language analysts.
This clip, broadcast by the White House, showed Mr Trump with Israeli officials late on Monday.
He tells them - in Israel, remember: "We just got back from the Middle East", before quickly correcting himself: "We just got back from Saudi Arabia".
You can then see Ron Dermer, the Israeli ambassador to the US, seemingly put his head in his hand, only to quickly correct his gesture and brush his hair.
Again, watch the clip and make up your own minds.
Towards the end of the long line of people whose hands the Trumps had to shake when they arrived in Israel was Oren Hazan, an MP from the ruling Likud party.
There was just one problem - he wasn't supposed to be there.
Israeli media said he pushed his way through the line of dignitaries - and he then demanded a selfie with Mr Trump.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discreetly tried to stop Mr Hazan, whose career has been hit by scandal, but failed.
"I told Trump that they say I'm the Israeli Trump, I told him how excited I was," Mr Hazan told Israel's Ynet news site.
Israeli media said his brazen move had gone down badly with senior Likud officials.
Shares in the mobile operator closed up 2.8% at 238.45p after it reported a 0.8% rise in first-quarter service revenue, up from 0.1% last time.
Pearson lost gains earlier in the day to close down 0.6% at £12.26 following news of its FT sale.
The FTSE 100 index ended the week down 1.1% at 6,579.8 points.
The biggest faller was copper miner Antofagasta, whose shares dropped 6.3% to 589p.
Shares in drinks behemoth Diageo shed 2.1% after the US watchdog, the SEC, said it was investigating the company over allegations it had appeared to boost sales by shipping more orders than had actually been placed.
Shares in plant hire business Ashstead fell a further 3.5%, meaning it has lost more than 13% this week. It fell after investors sold out of rival hire business United Rentals following disappointing figures.
Meanwhile, shares in FTSE 250 miner Lonmin crashed 17.4% after it announced a thorough restructuring and 6,000 job cuts.
Electricity generator rental firm Aggreko also fell 12% after issuing a profits warning.
On the currency markets, the pound was flat against the dollar to $1.5509 but rose 0.1% against the euro to €1.4138.
Hertfordshire Police were called to reports of a crash involving a lorry and a VW Polo at about 10:30 GMT.
The clockwise carriageway was shut between junctions 20 at Kings Langley and junction 21 at Bricket Wood and did not fully re-open until after 21:00 GMT.
Heavy traffic developed on diversion routes.
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The woman, named as Allie Carter, 25, was hunting waterfowl on Saturday in the north of the state, Jonathon Boyd, an Indiana conservation officer said.
She put down her 12-gauge shotgun but her chocolate Labrador stepped on it, shooting her in the foot.
To add insult to injury, the dog was named Trigger.
Mr Boyd said she suffered injuries to her left foot and toes and has since been released from hospital.
He said Ms Carter had not completed a hunter education course and urged all prospective hunters to do so.
David Hopkin's men remain top, though, with Brechin's game at Albion postponed and Alloa losing to Airdrieonians 2-1.
Elsewhere, Ross Millen's second-half penalty earned Queen's Park a 2-1 win at East Fife.
That leaves East Fife in ninth after Stranraer leapfrogged them with a 3-1 win against bottom side Stenhousemuir.
Leighton McIntosh gave Peterhead a first-half lead at the Tony Macaroni Arena lead before Scott Brown doubled the advantage with 16 minutes left.
Liam Buchanan headed home to set up a grandstand final 10 minutes, but Peterhead held firm.
Airdrie took advantage of Jim Goodwin's horror show to record a fifth win in a row.
The player-manager scored an own goal after 30 minutes before receiving his second booking eight minutes into the second half.
By then, Andy Ryan's 10th of the season had made it 2-0, though the 10 men pulled one back through Scott Taggart with 13 minutes left.
That result moved Airdrie up to second, a point behind Livingston, with Brechin and Alloa both within three points of the top.
Adam Cummins had given Queen's Park a 22nd-minute lead at East Fife before Jamie Insall levelled just before half-time. Millen's penalty in the second half earned the Spiders the three points.
Steven Bell's 36th-minute opener for Stranraer was cancelled out by Stenhousemuir's Alistair Roy in first-half stoppage time, but Ryan Thomson and Joe Nutall scored in the second period to secure a home win.
The foreign secretary told Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano legal reasons prevented him from being moved.
The president of the Bambino Gesu hospital in Rome had asked British doctors if 10-month-old Charlie could be transferred to his care.
It comes after the Pope tweeted his support for Charlie on Monday.
Charlie has been receiving specialist treatment at Great Ormond Street Hospital since October.
Mr Johnson has told his Italian counterpart it is "right that decisions continued to be led by expert medical opinion, supported by the courts", in line with Charlie's "best interests."
Charlie has mitochondrial depletion syndrome, a rare genetic condition which causes progressive muscle weakness. Doctors say he cannot see, hear, move, cry or swallow.
During questions to the prime minister, on Wednesday, Theresa May said she was "confident" Great Ormond Street Hospital "have, and always will, consider any offers or new information that has come forward with consideration of the well-being of a desperately ill child".
Charlie's parents raised £1.3m on a crowdfunding site to pay for experimental treatment in the US.
But they lost a legal battle with the hospital last month after judges at the European Court of Human Rights concluding further treatment would "continue to cause Charlie significant harm".
The Vatican's paediatric hospital stepped in after Pope Francis called for Charlie's parents, Chris Gard and Connie Yates, to be allowed to "accompany and treat their child until the end".
The hospital's president Mariella Enoc said: "I was contacted by the mother, who is a very determined and decisive person and doesn't want to be stopped by anything."
Renowned scientist and genetics expert Robert Winston told ITV's Good Morning Britain that courts and doctors should not be interfering with the parents' wishes, saying the loss of a child was "about the worst injury that any person can have".
However, he said "interferences from the Vatican and from Donald Trump" were "extremely unhelpful and very cruel".
Lord Winston added: "This child has been dealt with at a hospital which has huge expertise in mitochondrial disease and is being offered a break in a hospital that has never published anything on this disease, as far as I'm aware."
The Vatican said the Pope was following the case "with affection and sadness".
A statement added: "For [Charlie's parents] he prays, hoping that their desire to accompany and care for their own child to the end is not ignored."
US President Donald Trump also tweeted about Charlie on Monday, writing: "If we can help little #CharlieGard, as per our friends in the UK and the Pope, we would be delighted to do so."
Charlie's parents, from Bedfont, west London, have spent the last days of their son's life with him, after being given more time before his life-support is turned off.
On Thursday they said the hospital had denied them their final wish to take their son home to die.
The head of the world's most profitable company is worth over $800m (£537m).
Mr Cook told Fortune Magazine that he would leave his wealth to philanthropic causes but not before paying for his 10-year-old nephew's college education.
He joins a growing number of the world's super-rich who are giving away their wealth, including Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
Five years ago, billionaire investor Warren Buffett and Microsoft founder Bill Gates launched the campaign The Giving Pledge.
It aims to convince billionaires to give at least half of their fortunes to charity. Mr Zuckerberg and over 100 others have so far signed up to the "moral commitment".
Mr Cook's base salary went up by 43% in February 2014, rising to $9.2m (£6.2m) a year.
According to Fortune Magazine, he holds $120m (£81m) worth of Apple shares and a further $665m (£447m) of restricted stocks.
A US university education costs an estimated $30,000 (£20,000) a year on average. Some private universities cost more than $50,000 a year.
Harvard, one of the most prestigious colleges in the country, charges $43,938 per year in tuition alone for students not receiving financial aid. That rises to $58,607 with room and board, according to its website.
Richard Maycock, 43, from Walsgrave in Warwickshire, was found guilty of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl at a school in Coventry in 2013.
The girl told her parents Maycock touched her after a swimming lesson and said she would be in trouble if she told anyone.
He also admitted sexually assaulting a second girl at a school in Redditch.
The Redditch abuse came to light during the Coventry investigation, when a former pupil at a school in the Worcestershire town reported Maycock had abused her between 2005 and 2006 when he was a teacher there.
Det Con Sarah Rose from Warwickshire Police said: "Maycock used his position as a teacher to abuse the trust these two girls had in him.
"I cannot commend them enough for their bravery in reporting what happened to them. We also hope this case shows that we take such allegations extremely seriously and encourages other victims to come forward."
Maycock will also be placed on the sex offenders register.
Liverpool are nine points off league leaders Chelsea and have lost their last two Champions League group games.
Meulensteen, first-team coach at Manchester United for five years, says Rodgers has made mistakes.
"Brendan Rodgers's biggest failure is that he's not invested in his staff," Meulensteen told BBC Radio 5 live.
Meulensteen, 50, was a key member of Sir Alex Ferguson's backroom team at Old Trafford.
He helped United win three Premier League titles, one Champions League, two League Cups and one Club World Cup while first-team coach between 2008-13.
The Dutchman, who was in charge of Fulham for just two months before he was replaced in February, believes Rodgers should have strengthened his backroom team after the Reds secured a Champions League return after finishing second in the Premier League last season.
Colin Pascoe is Rodgers's assistant while Mike Marsh is first-team coach.
Meulensteen said Rodgers should have appointed someone with Champions League experience before the start of the season.
"He has got there because of his philosophy and I rate him for that," he added.
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"He has obviously got people around him who he obviously thinks are the right ones.
"But I think he could have done with someone who has been there, seen it and done it.
"Playing in the Premier League and the Champions League, it's a different rhythm that requires a different style of training and a different management strategy through the week. You need to know these things."
Former striker Robbie Fowler, who scored 171 goals in 330 games for Liverpool, told BBC Radio 5 live: "In Brendan's eyes he has the right people at the club.
"Brendan is comfortable with his staff. He has Mike Marsh, who was brought up at Liverpool and knows everything about the club.
"And he has Colin Pascoe, who he has worked with for years. He's comfortable with them."
Meanwhile, Fowler wants midfielder Steven Gerrard to see out his playing career at Anfield.
Skipper Gerrard, 34, said he could join another club next summer if Liverpool do not offer him a new contract.
"Speaking from a selfish point of view, I love Steven Gerrard and I'd love him to stay at Liverpool," said Fowler.
"It's like Ryan Giggs at Manchester United - players come into the club and are instantly lifted by seeing Gerrard.
"He might not be as good as he used to be but he's still a class act.
"The common consensus is that he will go abroad if he did leave Anfield, but if he did become available I think clubs in the Premier League would want him. He's still that good a player."
Rouse, 24, joined Kent in January 2016 after Ryan Davies move to Somerset.
He struck an unbeaten 95 against Derbyshire, a career-best first-class score, and has 13 catches in three County Championship games this season.
"I'm enjoying my role right now and with Sam Billings away it's given me a nice opportunity to figure out my game and develop as a player," he said.
Rouse played previously for Hampshire and Gloucestershire before moving to Kent on a temporary contract in 2015.
The former England Under-19 international has now established himself as Kent's first-choice keeper, with Billings out of action because of commitments with the Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League.
"He's kept brilliantly and scored some vital runs since he joined the club," said head coach Matt Walker.
"There's a lot more to come from him and with Sam Billings away on England duty, he will play a lot of cricket."
His injury meant his brain could not "talk" to his hand, meaning all control was lost.
Surgeons at the Washington University School of Medicine re-wired his nerves to build a new route between hand and brain.
He can now feed himself and can just about write.
The 71-year-old man was involved in a car accident in June 2008. His spinal cord was damaged at the base of the neck and he was unable to walk.
While he could still move his arms, he had lost the ability to pinch or grip with either of his hands.
The nerves in the hand were not damaged, they had just lost the signal from the brain which told them what to do.
However, the brain could still give instructions to the upper arm.
The operation,
described in the Journal of Neurosurgery
, rewired the nerves in the arm to build a new route from brain to hand. One of the nerves leading to a muscle was taken and attached to the anterior interosseous nerve, which goes to the hand.
Ida Fox, an assistant professor of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Washington University, told the BBC: "The circuit [in the hand] is intact, but no longer connected to the brain.
"What we do is take that circuit and restore the connection to the brain."
She said it was a "really novel" and "refreshingly resourceful" way of restoring movement. However, she warned this would never restore normal function. "That isn't going to happen," she said.
The surgery is not an overnight miracle. It takes intensive training to regain control of the hand. Nerves that used to bend the elbow are now making pinching movements.
After eight months, he was able to move his thumb, index and middle fingers. He can now feed himself and has "rudimentary writing".
With more physiotherapy, doctors expect his movement will continue to improve.
Dr Mark Bacon, the director of research at the charity Spinal Research, told the BBC: "One of the issues with techniques such as this is the permanence of the outcome - once done it is hard to reverse.
"There is an inevitable sacrifice of some healthy function above the injury in order to provide more useful function below.
"This may be entirely acceptable when we are ultimately talking about providing function that leads to a greater quality of life.
"For the limited number of patients that may benefit from this technique this may be seen as a small price to pay."
The technique would work only for patients that have very specific injuries to the spinal cord at the bottom of the neck. If the injury was any higher then there would be no nerve function in the arms to harness. If it was any lower then patients should still be able to move their hands.
Highland Council wants to close Edinbane, Dunvegan, Knockbreck and Struan primaries and construct a new school at Dunvegan on Skye.
Scottish ministers called in the proposal in May for consideration by a school closure review panel.
The panel said the council had not fulfilled its legal obligations.
Highland Council said it was disappointed by last month's decision. It was given 14 days to lodge an appeal.
The council argues there will be educational and community benefits as well as cost savings.
However, some parents objected, saying their children faced lengthy journeys to and from school.
Highland Council has lodged a summary application at Portree Sheriff Court seeking an appeal against the School Closure Review Panel's decision to refuse consent for a new community school in Dunvegan.
Drew Millar, chairman of the local authority's education, children and adult services committee, said: "The council believes that the panel has erred in its decision, which currently prevents us proceeding with the intended investment of up to £10m in a new community school.
"In pursuing this appeal the council believes it is in the best interests of the community, to provide new, state of the art facilities that will deliver first class, sustainable education into the future."
More than 7,000 calls were made to the local authority in 2015, compared with 5,374 in 2013.
Liverpool City Council cut its 2014-15 pest control budget by £213,597 and plans a further £745,809 cut by 2017.
But, Councillor Steve Munby said the rise in the number of calls was not "primarily to do with reductions in the number of people in pest control".
"It is a problem we have to try and manage," he told the BBC's Inside Out North West programme.
The latest figures do not include calls to private pest control services, so the true number is likely to be considerably higher.
Merseyside was identified as a leading "pest hotspot" in 2014 by the British Pest Control Association, with Liverpool second only to Birmingham in terms of rat call-outs.
The association has warned government spending cuts could spark "an explosion" in the pest population.
Adam Hawley, chairman of the National Pest Technicians' Association, said the government's austerity measures have "had a huge impact on environmental departments".
"Pest control services have been done away with or reduced down to an absolute minimum," he added.
"Staff can only try and do their best... so the service they provide may not be as good as they want to provide because they simply can't afford to do it."
But Mr Munby, Liverpool council's cabinet member for neighbourhoods, said the rise was "more likely to be to do with other changes in the city".
"We've got one of the highest proportions of terraced properties in the country," he added. "There's a lot of building work gone on... so that creates problems."
Also, "new businesses... a growing student population and the growth in takeaways" tend to create "environmental problems which in turn encourage a rodent population".
"It's a problem that doesn't go away and you can't ever take your eye off. I'm not the Pied Piper of Hamelin - I can't lead all the rodents out of town by playing on the flute - I wish I could."
This story will feature on BBC Inside Out North West on BBC One at 19:30 GMT on Monday.
With most universities charging £9,000 a year, the Welsh government pays around £5,000 for each student from Wales wherever they study in the UK.
Welsh universities want to see means-tested maintenance grants instead.
The Conservatives have promised a hardship fund, while Plaid Cymru said only Welsh institutions should benefit.
Students at a publicly-funded university or college in the UK can be charged a maximum of £9,000 a year in tuition fees.
All students from Wales can apply for a tuition fee grant of up to £5,190 from the Welsh government which does not depend on their household income. If the fees are higher, loans are available to cover the rest.
For living expenses, means-tested grants of £5,161 a year are also available to students whose household income is below £18,370. Smaller amounts are available on a sliding scale until income reaches £50,020. Loans are available to all regardless of income.
Prof Colin Riordan, chairman of Universities Wales, said on Monday that ministers faced difficult choices, but universities wanted them to give more priority to poorer students.
He said offering means-tested maintenance grants for Welsh students from foundation through to postgraduate level would "give many more talented people the opportunity to transform their life chances through going to university".
Nick Ramsay, the Welsh Conservatives' shadow finance minister, told BBC Radio Wales his party wanted to focus support on students who "really need it".
"Tuition fees aren't actually repaid until you reach a certain threshold of income," he said.
"There are many pupils in Wales at the moment who are finding it difficult with their living costs as well."
Mr Ramsey said the Tories had not yet decided if they would offer grants to students from Wales going to university elsewhere in the UK.
Plaid Cymru education spokesman Simon Thomas told BBC Radio Wales that £90m a year going to English universities in tuition fee subsidies was an "inappropriate" use of Welsh public money.
Unless it was for courses not available in Wales - such as veterinary science - he said people should not be subsidised to choose an English university for "convenience".
He said he expected the ongoing Diamond review of student finance in Wales to show that "Chester is taking a huge wodge of Welsh government money for students that could easily be studying at Glyndwr University in Wrexham just five or six miles away".
Universities Wales has launched its manifesto for the 2016 Assembly Election, saying the current policy of subsidising the tuition fees of Welsh domiciled students introduced by the Labour/Plaid coalition is "unsustainable".
Aled Roberts, Welsh Lib Dem education spokesman, said they would replace the tuition fee grant with maintenance grants for students and more direct help for cash-strapped universities.
He said the policy introduced by the Labour/Plaid coalition government in 2010, had "left Welsh universities drained of cash" with money "following students over Offa's Dyke".
A UKIP spokesman said the party had "always advocated cutting if not scrapping university tuition fees where fiscally possible".
The Welsh government has described its tuition fee policy as "an investment in young people", and said the Diamond review would inform policy for the future.
Scottish students get free tuition at Scottish universities, along with students from any other EU country, except for those from the rest of the UK, who have to pay.
Scottish students going to university elsewhere have to pay tuition fees but can apply for loans of up to £9,000 a year.
Northern Irish students pay tuition fees of up to £3,805 a year to study in Northern Ireland, and up to £9,000 elsewhere in the UK. Loans are available to pay these fees, but no grants.
Students from England have to pay tuition fees at any UK university but can apply for loans of up to £9,000 a year.
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By lunchtime, the benchmark FTSE 100 index was up 19.14 points, or 0.31%, at 6,220.26.
Anglo American was the best performing miner, up 3.5%, while BHP Billiton was 3% higher.
But the top gainers were Standard Chartered and Sports Direct, which both added more than 8%.
Mining firms had been boosted on Thursday by rising commodity prices, which were helped by the weakening of the US dollar.
The dollar fell on Thursday, after the US Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged, but also indicated that it expected fewer rate rises this year than previously forecast.
On the currency markets on Friday, the pound was steady against the dollar at $1.4477. Against the euro, it was 0.25% higher at €1.2828.
The weather intervened after one over of the post-lunch session and a number of showers prevented any resumption.
David Willey and Steven Patterson claimed a wicket each as Surrey were reduced to 36-2 after winning the toss.
Ansari (35*) and Finch (34*) collected 13 boundaries between them as they added 59 to take the score to 95-2.
Defending champions Yorkshire began the match in fifth place, 15 points behind leaders Middlesex, with Surrey next to bottom and 17 points adrift of seventh-placed Notts.
The visitors named an unusual XI, with only four specialist batsmen and five all-rounders, including Willey, who was playing his first Championship game since the reverse fixture at Headingley in early May.
He made the initial breakthrough by trapping Rory Burns lbw in the eighth over and wicketkeeper Andrew Hodd then took a superb diving catch to remove Dominic Sibley.
Finch, playing against his former county, marked his arrival with some thoroughbred strokes, and Ansari lost little by comparison as they steadied the innings before the weather closed in and play was abandoned for the day at 17:00 BST.
The 28-year-old suffered the injury to his right hand during January's tour of India but a scan confirmed he has sufficiently recovered.
The Nottinghamshire batsman will rejoin his international team-mates three days before the first match in Antigua on 3 March.
Hales tweeted: "Antigua tomorrow. Can't wait to get back amongst it!"
"Alex Hales arrives tomorrow evening local time," the ECB confirmed.
"He will continue his rehab with us until the medical and coaching teams deem he is fit enough to join the squad officially."
England warmed up for their three-match one-day series in the West Indies with a 117-run win over a Vice Chancellor's XI.
An unbeaten 47 from Chris Woakes led England to a narrow two-wicket win over a President's XI in their final warm up game in the West Indies on Monday.
Jonny Bairstow earlier made 86 to push his case for selection for the first ODI on Friday.
Meanwhile Jake Ball is to undergo a scan after sustaining a leg injury.
Club and international matches at the Belfast stadium could be in doubt after the West Stand was sealed off.
Cracks in its structure were spotted on Tuesday. The IFA says it is waiting for a report from engineers.
The Irish Cup final on 2 May and Northern Ireland's Euro 2016 qualifier with Romania on 13 June are scheduled.
Gary McAllister of the Amalgamation of Northern Ireland Supporters Clubs said the IFA had three options for the Romania match if the stand had to be shut down:
He said this was all "hypothetical" until the IFA announced the findings of its structural inspection.
Building work behind the stand has been ongoing in recent weeks as part of the redevelopment of the area around Windsor Park, but it is not known if this is directly related.
The stand was filled to capacity with Northern Ireland fans on Sunday for the Euro 2016 qualifier victory over Finland.
Linfield and Crusaders are scheduled to meet at Windsor Park on Saturday in a top-of-the-table Irish Premiership match.
"The Irish FA (IFA) became aware on Tuesday morning of some damage having been caused overnight to the West Stand," the IFA said in a statement.
"We are currently awaiting a report from the structural engineers."
The researchers suspect that the vertical, branchless stem of a South African plant - locally called the Rat's Tail - has evolved to encourage pollinating birds to visit its flowers.
The birds hang upside down from this perch and fertilise the plant when they thrust their beaks into the red flowers to drink nectar.
The international team reports the findings in the Annals of Botany.
Plants go to great lengths to attract animals to pollinate them; they seduce insects, birds and small mammals with colourful, shapely, sweet-smelling flowers.
Some plants even wave at passing pollinators.
On first seeing the deep red, long-tubular flowers of Babiana ringens in 2003, botanist Spencer Barrett from the University of Toronto, Canada, suspected that he was dealing with a plant that was pollinated exclusively by birds.
But the position of the flowers at the base of the plant perplexed him.
Most birds avoid feeding on or close to the ground to keep clear of ground-dwelling predators; plants reliant on bird-pollination tend to keep their flowers up high.
Dr Barrett and his colleague Bruce Anderson from University of Stellenbosch in South Africa, wondered if the curious perch-like structure had evolved to give pollinating birds a foothold from which to feed.
Crouching among the shrubs of the Cape of South Africa, binoculars in hand, Dr Barrett and his team confirmed that the flowers were exclusively pollinated by sunbirds.
"When we saw a bird visiting we were completely enchanted," said Dr Barrett.
Still unconvinced that the stick-like protrusion had evolved as a perch, the team set about to gather further evidence.
They set out to look at the full distribution of B. ringens across the Cape, and found that in the east, where sunbirds have a greater variety of flowering plants to choose between, B. ringens' perches were smaller than in the west, where plants can rely on regular visits from sunbirds.
Dr Barrett suspects that in the absence of pollinating birds, the plants do not need to invest in maintaining the perch, and so it shrinks over many generations - an example of what is called relaxed selection.
With time, this branch might return to its ancestral form, which the researchers suspect was a central stem with flowers at its top, much like many of B. ringens' close relatives.
"It's a fascinating piece of work," said plant biologist Professor Simon Hiscock from the University of Bristol.
This study poses questions about the influence of pollinators on the structures of flowers and on plants' reproductive strategies, he added.
The ex-Sheffield United and Blackburn forward was released by Chesterfield at the end of the 2015-16 season, having only joined the Spireites in February.
Plymouth have not disclosed the length of the contract that Slew, who played under Pilgrims boss Derek Adams at Ross County, has signed.
Meanwhile, winger Gregg Wylde has left Home Park to sign a two-year contract with League One side Millwall.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
Eight days on, the SDLP was pledging to give newborn babies £250 in what looked like a regional version of Gordon Brown's now defunct Child Trust Fund.
But if you aren't a baby or a centenarian what does the campaign mean for you?
That's hard to fathom at this early stage, although the two major party manifestoes unveiled so far broadly represent the 'Fresh Start' (ensure stability with what you've got) approach versus the 'Vote For Change' (reverse a decade of failure) argument.
No doubt these contrasting themes in the DUP and SDLP documents will find echoes in Sinn Féin and the Ulster Unionist offerings.
The DUP has tried to play up the biggest party/first minister argument (Simon Hamilton told Stephen Nolan it's the "core issue"). Martin McGuinness insists it's nonsense as, in the event of Sinn Féin emerging as the largest party, he would immediately offer to shift his job title to joint first minister.
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Social and moral issues have figured as the DUP leader Arlene Foster and the Greens' Claire Bailey responded to the prosecution of a woman for procuring abortion drugs over the internet on Inside Politics. The Alliance Party's Naomi Long was also asked about the issue on Sunday Politics, while other politicians discussed the case elsewhere.
Then there was the backdraft from the Panama Papers, with all the Stormont party leaders hurrying to publish their tax returns. The most notable aspect of the local returns was that we now have a leader so young (Colum Eastwood) that he is still paying back his student loan.
One UKIP candidate briefly caused a stir on social media by suggesting voters should get a £100 tax rebate for turning up at their polling stations.
However, that was overtaken by his leader, David McNarry, appearing to confirm to Stephen Nolan that he was prepared to deport a foreign born surgeon for something as trivial as a parking fine (subsequently Mr McNarry issued two clarifications that UKIP policy only covered far more serious offences, but by then the on air damage had been done).
In the middle of this week, UTV host its first five way leaders' debate (the BBC's set piece debate will take place on Tuesday 3 May, two days before polling).
Perhaps this week's debate will energise and focus the campaign, but will it capture the public imagination as much as the the European Union referendum?
Cheryl Grimmer went missing from a shower block at a beach in New South Wales in 1970.
A court heard the British-born man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, required urgent psychiatric treatment.
Police said it was unlikely that the body of the little girl, originally from Bristol, will ever be found.
Man held over one of Australia's biggest mysteries
Speaking outside court in Woollongong, a city south of Sydney, members of the Grimmer family said the latest events had been "traumatising" for them, and they were unable to feel any sense of closure.
Cheryl disappeared from Fairy Meadow beach in Wollongong on the afternoon of 12 January 1970.
She was there with her mother, Carole, and her brothers Ricki, seven, Stephen, five, and Paul, four.
The family had only recently emigrated to Melbourne from Bristol.
Cheryl's disappearance sparked a massive search at the time as one of Australia's longest-running mysteries.
Detectives re-examined the case last year and said they had found three witnesses who said they had seen a teenager "loitering" near the scene.
The accused is due to appear in court again in May.
Nigel Warren was fined $2,400 (£1,600) for subletting his apartment to a Russian tourist in December.
The judge said he broke a law stopping people from subletting for fewer than 30 days.
Airbnb helps its members to rent out their spare rooms or homes.
Mr Warren said in a statement: "I like what Airbnb does, and I don't want this ruling to stand in the way of what I think is, overall, a great start-up."
However, some have started speculating at what this could mean for the future of Airbnb, which has also faced problems in Amsterdam.
In an email sent to its New York members on Wednesday, the company said: "We know from the amazing stories you have shared with us that many of you depend on the extra income you earn from hosting to help you afford to stay in your homes, make ends meet, or simply follow your dreams.
"And beyond the economic benefits to you as hosts and the neighbourhoods around you, Airbnb is a community of people establishing connections and making new friends around the world. So we are not going anywhere."
Airbnb, who helped Mr Warren with the case, said in the email: "We intervened in this case because it was so clearly contrary to the intent and text of the New York law, and we are already examining our options to appeal this ruling on Nigel's behalf."
The firm is lobbying to change the 2011 law, which was introduced to stop landlords from turning their homes into illegal hotels.
It added: "As always, we urge our hosts to learn about and obey all of the local laws in their cities. But it is often hard to predict how individual city administrators will interpret laws like this, and that needs to change."
The San Francisco-based company has 300,000 listings in 192 countries.
As of Wednesday, it had 22,677 listings in New York.
According to the New York Post, Mr Warren was cited when a city inspector was in his building for other reasons and came across the Russian tourist, who revealed details of the deal.
When the UK starts to negotiate new trade deals as it leaves the EU in 2019, food will be one of many areas that will need to be addressed.
The ongoing spat over chlorine chicken highlights how tastes and safety practices around the world can differ hugely.
What might seem normal practice in one country can seem problematic elsewhere.
In the US, it is legal to wash chicken carcasses in chlorinated water to kill germs - but this has been banned in the EU since 1997.
UK Environment Secretary Michael Gove has said the UK should not allow these imports in a post-Brexit trade deal with the US, but Trade Secretary Liam Fox says the practice is "perfectly safe".
Anthony Scaramucci, US president Donald Trump's new communications director, told BBC Newsnight that there would "100%" be a trade deal between his country and the UK - although he confessed he had no idea what was happening about chlorinated chicken.
Here are five occasions when spats over food have made past trade talks tricky.
For more than 80 years, the US refused to import Mexican avocados on the grounds that the fruit was infested with fruit flies and other bugs.
After the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) in 1994, the US came under pressure to relax its ban, rather than rely on its pricier home-grown avocados.
"Avocados are always used as a pawn in the trading process. Whenever the United States talks to Mexico about opening up other agricultural commodities to US growers... it always comes back to avocados," Jerome Steyhle, who chairs the California Avocado Growers Commission, told the BBC in 2003.
In 1997, the restrictions started to be lifted, and by 2016 the US was importing 1.7 billion avocados across the border each year, according to marketing group Avocados from Mexico.
But the avocado war could be reignited now that President Trump has threatened to renegotiate Nafta - which he described as "the single worst trade deal ever approved [by the United States]".
Earlier this year, there were reports of several Mexican avocado lorries being turned away at the border following an argument about US potato imports.
One of the best known food-related trade disputes was over hormone-fed beef.
The use of certain growth hormones in cattle rearing is legal in the US.
But in 1988, the EU banned the use of several major growth promotion hormones, which it said posed a potential risk to human health. This was an effective ban on American beef.
A decade later, the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled the EU's refusal to import US beef was not based on scientific evidence and violated its members' obligations.
However, the trading bloc still wouldn't buy the meat, leading the US to retaliate by levying higher trade tariffs on some of its EU imports.
"American ranchers raise some of the best beef on the planet, but restrictive European Union policies continue to deny EU consumers access to US beef at affordable prices. For several years we have been asking the EU to fix an agreement that is clearly broken, despite its original promise to provide a favourable market for US beef," US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said last year.
Several years ago, India blocked the implementation of a 2013 global trade agreement it feared would stop it stockpiling food for the poor.
India refused to back the Trade Facilitation Agreement until it was assured proposed limits to farming subsidies would not affect its $12bn (£9.2bn) food-security programme.
It pays farmers over the odds for grain, some of which it sells to poorer households while the rest is set aside in case of shortages.
The WTO trade agreement simplified customs procedures and was designed to add $1tn to the global economy, and benefit developing countries in particular, so India's defiance was strongly criticised by the global community.
India agreed to lift the veto after WTO members agreed that an arrangement known as a "peace clause" - which protects food stockpiling - would remain valid until the WTO could find a permanent solution.
It was due to expire in 2017, but will now effectively continue indefinitely.
Negotiations on a big trade deal between Japan and the EU began in 2013.
Both sides wanted to slash tariffs on a huge range of goods, to boost trade.
This is a sensitive process because domestic producers tend to be wary of foreign competition.
The Japanese side was particularly keen to boost car sales in Europe, while the EU negotiators wanted to sell more dairy products.
Loosening the dairy rules wasn't such a big deal for hard cheeses such as cheddar and gouda, which are not made in Japan.
But Japanese dairy farmers do make softer cheeses, which proved a roadblock in the final stages of the talks, earlier this year.
After some late night haggling, the EU's Agriculture Commissioner, Phil Hogan, secured a compromise.
The EU would have a yearly quota of 31,000 tonnes for soft cheese exports, in exchange for almost complete market access for hard cheese.
A few days later in Brussels, EU leaders and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced the completion of the deal, dubbed "cars for cheese".
After years of negotiations, the EU completed its most ambitious free-trade deal to date: the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (Ceta) with Canada.
But under EU rules, some far-reaching trade agreements require the consent of all 28 EU countries before they can come into force.
To make things even more complicated, in Belgium seven federal, regional and community bodies had to give their approval as well.
Wallonia, the country's French-speaking region, said no.
Politicians in the staunchly socialist region had concerns about the dispute-settlement mechanism in the agreement, along with something else - milk.
Wallonian dairy farmers worried about the impact of free trade on their sales.
A group of them marched outside the European Commission in Brussels to voice their disapproval of Ceta.
Eventually, Belgian political leaders reached a consensus and broke the deadlock, agreeing an addendum to the Canadian deal, which addressed concerns over the rights of farmers and governments.
The European Parliament approved Ceta in February, although it has not come into force yet.
James Reilly denied this was part of draft legislation to amend abortion laws.
Irish law prevents abortion unless there is a risk to the life, rather than the health, of the mother.
New laws were promised after the death of Savita Halappanavar last October.
The 31-year-old died in University Hospital Galway four days after suffering a miscarriage. The cause of her death was septic shock, E. coli in her bloodstream and a miscarriage at 17 weeks.
Her family claimed she might have survived if she had been given an abortion.
At the inquest into her death, a leading obstetrician said Mrs Halappanavar would probably still be alive today if she had had a termination in the first three days of her stay in the hospital, but that under Irish law an abortion would have been illegal because there was "not a real and substantial risk to her life" at that stage.
Her death focused international attention on the Republic of Ireland's abortion laws.
Since a Supreme Court ruling in 1992, known as the X case, abortion has been constitutionally available in the Republic where a woman's life, as distinct from her health, is at risk from the continued pregnancy.
The credible threat of suicide is constitutionally regarded as a reason for a termination.
But in the intervening years no government has introduced enacting legislation to give doctors legal certainty about when an abortion can be carried out.
Irish television and newspapers reported over the weekend that a suicidal pregnant woman would have to be assessed by six specialists, including four psychiatrists, before an abortion could be allowed.
However, Mr Reilly said there would be no question of this happening.
"With respect, I think that some people may have formed the wrong impression. The heads of the bill [its general principles] are not finalised - they are still in process," Mr Reilly said.
"But I do want to allay any misapprehension people have.
"It is not the case, nor was it ever going to be the case, that a woman who is in a distressed state with suicidal ideation would be subjected to an interview by six different medical people either simultaneously or individually."
The health minister said he accepted that there were differences of opinion both inside and outside government and he said the draft legislation will come before the Irish cabinet on Tuesday.
Mr Reilly requested space and time to finalise the process before the bill is finally drafted.
"What we have to do here is honour our obligation to bring clarity to the law, so that the women of this country know what's available in relation to the services that are there for them and that the medical people who have to provide these services are clear on what's legal and what is not."
Elsewhere, the Tanaiste (Irish Deputy Prime Minister) Eamon Gilmore said the government intended to keep to its deadline of having abortion legislation "dealt with" before the summer recess.
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"Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny," Mr King wrote on Twitter.
"We can't restore our civilisation with somebody else's babies," he added.
The US Republican Representative of Iowa is a strong advocate of putting a stop to birthright citizenship.
All children born in the US currently get citizenship under the constitution, including the children of families living in America illegally.
Mr King has pushed for radical reform of the interpretation of the 14th amendment of the US constitution so that it no longer gives the children of undocumented migrants the right to a US passport.
It seems Donald Trump is not the only politician who can bring social media to a screeching halt with an inflammatory tweet. Congressman Steve King has a history of walking on the edge of white nationalist rhetoric, and on Sunday afternoon he once again hit the hornet's nest, perhaps in his most direct manner yet.
The outrage from Democratic politicians and commentators across the political spectrum was quick, ferocious and entirely expected. The bluntness of Mr King's message, the talk of "our destiny" and "other people's babies", ensured a vigorous response.
Of greater interest will be how Republican officeholders handle the controversy. So far they have remained silent. That may be increasingly difficult, as this is yet another indication of the growing bonds between the Trump wing of the Republican Party and white nationalist movements in Europe.
Breitbart, the conservative media outlet recently headed by White House senior advisor Steve Bannon, often sings the praises of Mr Wilders, as well as France's Marine Le Pen and Frauke Petry, leader of the Alternative for Germany Party.
Mr Bannon has predicted the coming of a new "alt-right" order that will disrupt politics across the West. The question is whether establishment Republicans stay along for the ride.
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Mr King's comments in support of Mr Wilders on Sunday led to accusations that he was "openly peddling white nationalism".
His post was retweeted by the former leader of the Ku Klux Klan, David Duke, with the words "sanity reigns supreme".
Mr Duke later tweeted: "God bless Steve King."
But many were quick to denounce Mr King, including former US President Bill Clinton's daughter, Chelsea Clinton, who described the Republican's comments as "painful".
Speaking to the BBC's Adam Smith last year, Mr King said that "millions" of people were expected to enter the US "illegally and unlawfully" in the years to come, with "a birth rate that exceeds that of the American citizen by a factor of two or more".
"That their children would all be citizens would be beyond the pale of the imagination of the people who ratified the 14th amendment," he said.
Mr Wilders, whose populist Freedom Party is expected to do well in Dutch parliamentary elections later this month, has been under 24-hour police protection for more than a decade due to death threats.
He was found guilty of hate speech over his promise to reduce the number of Moroccans in the country last year but no penalty was imposed.
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They tested six and seven-year-olds who were given an opportunity to cheat in a trivia game and then lie about their actions.
Children who were good liars performed better in tests of verbal memory - the number of words they could remember.
This means they are good at juggling lots of information, even if they do tell the odd fib.
Writing in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, researchers from the Universities of North Florida, Sheffield and Stirling, recruited 114 children from four British schools for their experiment.
Using hidden cameras during a question-and-answer game, they were able to identify the children who peeked at the answer to a fictitious question, even though they were told not to.
A potentially surprising finding (for parents) is that only a quarter of the children cheated by looking at the answer.
Further questioning allowed the researchers to work out who was a good liar or a bad liar.
They were particularly interested in children's ability to maintain a good cover story for their lie.
In separate memory tests, the good liars showed they had a better working memory for words - but they didn't show any evidence of being better at remembering pictures (visuo-spatial memory).
The researchers said this was because lying involves keeping track of lots of verbal information, whereas keeping track of images is less important.
Dr Elena Hoicka, a developmental psychologist from the University of Sheffield, said there was an upside to having a child who fibs.
"While parents are usually not too proud when their kids lie, they can at least be pleased to discover that when their children are lying well, it means their children are becoming better at thinking and have good memory skills.
"We already know that adults lie in approximately a fifth of their social exchanges lasting 10 or more minutes, so it's interesting to know why some children are able to tell more porkies than others."
She said they now wanted to find out more about how children first learn to lie.
Goals from Jack O'Connell and Daniel Lafferty saw the Blades come from behind to stretch their unbeaten run to nine games and extend their lead over third-placed Fleetwood to 10 points.
They had to do it the hard way after Charlton took a third-minute lead, when Ricky Holmes curled a superb 25-yard free-kick over the wall and past Simon Moore.
It was reward for an electric start by the Addicks and it was almost two minutes later when Tony Watt's overhead kick hit the crossbar and bounced clear.
The Blades finally settled and wiped out their deficit in the 14th minute when defender O'Connell headed home Mark Duffy's delicious delivery.
And they took the lead just three minutes after the restart when Lafferty converted at the second attempt following Declan Rudd's save from an initial header.
Chris Wilder's side had chances to make it more comfortable in the second half, but Samir Carruthers shot into the side-netting and Chris Basham headed just over.
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Match ends, Sheffield United 2, Charlton Athletic 1.
Second Half ends, Sheffield United 2, Charlton Athletic 1.
Foul by Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Charlton Athletic).
Billy Sharp (Sheffield United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Nathan Byrne (Charlton Athletic).
Caolan Lavery (Sheffield United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Jay O'Shea (Sheffield United) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Substitution, Sheffield United. Jay O'Shea replaces Paul Coutts.
Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Jay Dasilva replaces Adam Chicksen.
Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Jordan Botaka replaces Fredrik Ulvestad.
Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Declan Rudd.
Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Patrick Bauer.
Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Andrew Crofts replaces Jake Forster-Caskey.
Substitution, Sheffield United. Caolan Lavery replaces James Hanson.
Foul by Jake Forster-Caskey (Charlton Athletic).
Billy Sharp (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Jack O'Connell.
Foul by Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Charlton Athletic).
Paul Coutts (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Samir Carruthers (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Jack O'Connell (Sheffield United) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Foul by Jake Forster-Caskey (Charlton Athletic).
John Fleck (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Ricky Holmes (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Attempt missed. Kieron Freeman (Sheffield United) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution, Sheffield United. Samir Carruthers replaces Mark Duffy.
Attempt saved. Jake Forster-Caskey (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Tony Watt (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by John Fleck (Sheffield United).
Attempt saved. Nathan Byrne (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Kieron Freeman (Sheffield United) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.
Hand ball by Fredrik Ulvestad (Charlton Athletic).
Foul by Tony Watt (Charlton Athletic).
Kieron Freeman (Sheffield United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Ricky Holmes (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
Attempt missed. Patrick Bauer (Charlton Athletic) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Chris Basham.
Goal! Sheffield United 2, Charlton Athletic 1. Daniel Lafferty (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Billy Sharp (Sheffield United) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Adam Chicksen.
The protest accompanies an online petition calling for Bristol to "breathe clean air".
In May, the World Health Organisation named Bristol as one of 40 UK and Irish towns and cities to breach air pollution safety levels.
The matter is due to be discussed by the city council.
Figures including Cary Grant, Queen Victoria and Ram Mohan Roy have been seen with the protective masks.
Campaigner Deb Joffe said: "We are highlighting the level of support for policies that let Bristol breathe.
"Clean air isn't a luxury, it's a basic human need."
The protesters say pollution is above legal and safe limits and urgently needs to be reduced.
They have asked Bristol's Mayor, Marvin Rees, to follow the lead of cities such as London, which has plans for an ultra-low emission zone and establish Bristol's own "clean air zone".
Green party councillors have submitted an urgent motion for discussion by the council.
Southville's Green councillor Charlie Bolton said: "All around the city centre people live, work and visit Bristol whilst breathing in dangerous and illegal levels of air pollution.
"This is having a serious impact on our health.
"This stunt gives people a playful reminder that this issue is serious and that this council must live up to its promise and clean up our city's air."
The council said it would issue a statement once the meeting has concluded.
But when I analyse how a game has been won and lost for MOTD2, I always look at it from the positive side first and, for all of West Ham's problems, Saints put in an excellent attacking performance.
This is how the game was won.
Southampton's full-backs, Ryan Bertrand and Cedric Soares, held the key. Both were superb at getting forward - Bertrand in particular in the first half, and Cedric after the break.
Bertrand was causing problems for West Ham's wide midfielders - Michail Antonio and, occasionally, Dimitri Payet, who switched sides from time to time - through his willingness to run beyond them and go at Hammers right-back Havard Nordtveit.
That gave Saints a great attacking outlet, and it was Bertrand who created their opening goal with a brilliant overlapping run that saw him get in behind Nordtveit and pull the ball back for Charlie Austin to score from a great cross.
Austin's goal came from his only shot, which tells you a lot about the role he was playing for his team.
Austin did a lot of running without getting much of the ball in open play - he had the fewest touches of any outfield player from either starting XI.
But, by doing a lot of selfless work, he stretched play, occupied West Ham centre-halves Angelo Ogbonna and Winston Reid, and freed up space for Nathan Redmond and Dusan Tadic.
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Behind that trio, Southampton were disciplined in the middle of the pitch and solid at the back, with Oriol Romeu sitting in front of their centre-halves, Virgil van Dijk and Jose Fonte.
Van Dijk made 16 clearances, as many as the entire West Ham back four between them, which shows how dependable he was.
The Netherlands international, who cost £13m when he joined from Celtic just over 12 months ago, looks like a superb signing, especially because of his partnership with Fonte, who has had a few different centre-half partners in his six and a half years at Saints, but is a reassuring presence in their back four.
I think we are starting to see what this Southampton team is made of under Claude Puel, but we are still waiting for West Ham to show any signs of the sort of form they showed under Slaven Bilic last season.
The manner of this defeat was typical of the performances we have seen from the Hammers in 2016-17 - they sat off, did not take the game to their opponents, failed to pose much of a threat and struggled defensively.
You can trace their problems from front to back, starting with Simone Zaza's inability to stretch Southampton's defence in the manner Austin did at the other end.
I saw quite a lot of Zaza for Juventus last season, and Sassuolo before that, and although he works hard he never looks like he is going to hurt teams by getting in behind them.
The knock-on effect of him working in front of the two centre-halves was there was no room for Manuel Lanzini or Payet to find little pockets of space.
Payet is not one for tracking back anyway, and although Antonio is a willing worker down the flank he is guilty of switching off sometimes - as happened against Saints. Both were poor at tracking the Southampton full-backs.
That left Mark Noble and Cheikhou Kouyate with too much work to cover, and the West Ham defence was a little bit exposed. As a back four, they did not look comfortable.
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West Ham's approach from the start was more 'let's not be beaten' than 'let's go and win the game'. They seemed too happy trying to contain Southampton.
In my mind, from the way they set up, they should have been saying this was the game where they made a real statement at their new home, because they have not managed it yet.
I also watched their only Premier League win at the London Stadium, against Bournemouth last month, but that was not a performance to get them up and running. It was more a case they got away with it that day, something they have not managed again in their four league defeats since.
Confidence - or lack of it - is a huge factor for them at the moment when they play at home because they have not managed a good performance there yet.
That is why they are coming out and looking a bit intimidated in home games at the moment. There does not seem much forward movement, and there is certainly no penetration.
I still think Bilic will get it right, and also that his squad is good enough to be much higher up the table, but what he needs at the moment is a positive result anywhere as much as a stand-out performance at home.
From experience, I know that all the negatives that come with a bad run like this one vanish when you get a win, and it does not matter how.
What West Ham need more than anything is a victory, even a scrappy one, to give everyone at the club a lift. The longer this run continues, the harder it will get.
Kevin Kilbane was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
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Speaking to the BBC, Lamine Diack, president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) said: "It's a difficult crisis but we will put it behind us by cleaning all this."
In December, a German TV documentary claimed Russian officials systematically accepted payment from athletes to supply banned substances and cover up tests.
In his first broadcast interview since the allegations were made public, Diack said he was "shocked" and "disturbed" when he first heard the claims.
But the 81-year-old Senegalese official insisted allegations that 99% of Russian athletes are doping were "a joke" and "ridiculous".
"I cannot accept that somebody came and said in Russia it's 99% cheating. It's not true," he said.
"I understand after this kind of crisis people are saying 'OK, what are they doing, is it right or not?', but I think we have to be absolutely clear that our athletes are 90% to 95% clean."
The allegations include:
German television station WDR broadcast three documentaries alleging that IAAF officials were implicated in covering up doping in Russia.
Those claims are now being examined by the IAAF's ethics commission, which will decide whether Russian anti-doping officials, its own treasurer and even the son of its president are guilty of wrongdoing.
But Diack - who will stand down as IAAF president in August after 16 years as the most powerful figure in track and field - denied knowledge of any cover-up.
"I'm convinced I know my department. I know how they work very, very hard about the fight against doping, and I didn't see any reason to make a cover-up of a doping case," he said.
Athletics has a chequered history of drug scandals, from East Germany's years of state-imposed blanket doping, through to the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (Balco) affair. However, it was one of the first sports to introduce the biological passport.
These latest claims of widespread wrongdoing stem principally from former Russian Anti-Doping Agency (Rusada) official Vitaly Stepanov and his wife Yulia (nee Rusanova), formerly an 800m runner who was banned for doping.
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Russian athletes were allegedly supplied banned substances in exchange for 5% of their earnings and colluded with doping control officers to hush up and falsify tests.
The BBC has not independently verified the documentary's allegations and is awaiting responses from the athletes, who were approached when it was first broadcast, that were targeted in the programme. The Russian authorities have dismissed the allegations as a "pack of lies".
However, the scandal has threatened to engulf athletics, and Diack must now try to restore the sport's credibility and reputation.
"We face a difficult situation in Russia... we have to clean up what is going on in Russia now," he said.
"OK, in Russia there are some cheaters and if it's demonstrated that cheating is organised we have to take action, not only on the athletes, but on the leaders.
"It's our job to clean all this and take all the measures we have to take.
"It's a crisis, absolutely. We have to put this behind us but we will arrive to make it.
"You cannot leave any doubt about our results. If we come to a situation where people are saying 'what they are doing is not true', what then? So we have to clean."
Out of 37 athletes sanctioned under the IAAF's biological passport programme since 2009, 23 are Russian. In January, Russia's anti-doping agency banned five race-walkers, including three Olympic champions. Russia's athletics head coach Valentin Maslakov has resigned.
The first of the three documentaries made allegations against Massata Papa Diack, the son of president Diack and a marketing consultant for the governing body, and Valentin Balakhnichev, the IAAF treasurer and Russian Athletics Federation president
They stepped down from their posts following a meeting of the IAAF's executive board.
Balakhnichev described the allegations as a "pack of lies" and pledged to return to his post at "the end of the investigation".
Fifty-year-old Papa Massata Diack - one of Diack senior's 15 children - has denied involvement with a company alleged to be complicit in covering up doping, but has admitted to business links with its owner.
The Guardian has also reported that he apparently requested a $5m payment from Qatar during the race for the 2017 World Athletics Championships.
He denies making such a request on behalf of the IAAF and says no payment was ever received.
The Qatar Athletics Federation told The Guardian it did not recognise emails the newspaper referred to and had complied with all regulations.
"A father is not happy to see his son accused of that, but I am sure that he will clear his name", said IAAF president Diack, who rejected suggestions that his son's position raises questions over a conflict of interest.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has also launched an investigation into the claims, in which unnamed British athletes have also been implicated.
WDR alleged the IAAF failed to follow up on suspicious blood tests between 2001 and 2008 from more than 150 athletes, including a top athlete from Britain - who cannot be named for legal reasons.
Diack has dismissed this as "ridiculous", insisting IAAF officials would not know whether follow-up tests had been conducted, and that its athlete biological passport scheme was only launched in 2009.
The IAAF has added that pre-2009 samples were only used as "secondary evidence", or to trigger follow-up urine tests "whenever possible logistically".
Meanwhile, Diack said he has full confidence in the IAAF's ethics commission, chaired by Michael Beloff QC, which is expected to conclude its investigation by spring.
"Absolutely. I selected some wonderful people, that nobody can doubt are absolutely independent," he said.
The terracotta bust, said to be over a century old, was found at St Lawrence's Church, Ipswich, by a shopkeeper.
Gail Broom, senior conservation officer at Ipswich Borough Council said: "We believe this is around 100 years old.
"We don't know, and are puzzled as to how it arrived on a tombstone in St Lawrence's churchyard. Someone must know who it is and who it belongs to."
She explained the head bears a resemblance to a sculpture of someone from the Commonwealth era of English history.
She said the bust had been found by a shopkeeper, who took it to the Tourist Information Centre in St Stephen's Churchyard.
Cormac O'Doherty hit 1-9 for Slaughtneil at Armagh but even his display was bettered by captain Chrissy McKaigue's all-action performance.
Goals from O'Doherty and Brendan Rogers helped the Derry club lead 2-3 to 0-0.
Slaughtneil led by seven at half-time and while Joey Scullion's goal helped cut the margin to three, the Derry club held on for a deserved victory.
Club stalwart Thomas Cassidy, who coached virtually all of the players through Slaughtneil's underage grades, was buried on Friday and his son Eanna lined out in Sunday's final as the Emmets outfit clinched their emotional triumph.
In addition, three of Cassidy's daughters played in the curtain-raiser at the Athletic Grounds as Slaughtneil drew the Ulster Club Camogie final also against Loughgiel.
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Derry football star McKaigue's magnificent display was key to Slaughtneil's victory.
The Slaughtneil captain dominated proceedings in the midfield third of the field in the opening half as the Emmets forged a lead which ultimately proved a sufficient cushion to hold off Loughgiel's second-period revival.
In contrast, Loughgiel's primary playmaker Eddie McCloskey was largely anonymous while Liam Watson was a virtual spectator before being replaced after only 12 minutes of the second half.
Time and time again, McKaigue was able to feed the ball into the likes of his Derry county football team-mate Rogers and Se McGuigan after winning possession.
McKaigue also notched three superb points form play and it was fitting that he had the final scoring say in injury-time after Loughgiel had got to within a puck of the Derry champions.
After the heartbreak of last year's extra-time final defeat by Cushendall, Slaughtneil's appetite was obvious from the off as Loughgiel struggled to deal with the opposition's tenacious tackling.
O'Doherty hit Slaughtneil's first goal as early as the second minute after a frantic goalmouth scramble.
By the ninth minute, Loughgiel were 0-0 to 2-3 in arrears as Rogers fired to the net after a mistake by Ronan McCloskey allowed a charging Se McGuigan to win possession.
After Benny McCarry opened Loughgiel's account in the 10th minute, McKaigue swung over a sensational reply from 60 metres although the Antrim champions then had the better of a 10-minute period as they notched five out of six scores to cut the margin to 2-6 to 0-6.
But as neither Damien McMullan nor Donal McKinley could make any impact against McKaigue, Slaughtneil remained in control at 2-8 to 0-7 up at the break.
Veteran Joey Scullion's introduction gave Loughgiel more physicality and they began to chip away at Slaughtneil's lead in the second half.
Loughgiel had come back from an early eight-point deficit to win the 2013 final against Slaughtneil and there looked to be plenty of time for them to repeat the dose when Scullion's scrambled 49th-minute goal cut the margin to 2-11 to 1-9.
As scores continued to become more elusive for the Derry side, Loughgiel hit four out of fives scores in the final 10 minutes of normal time to leave only three in it as the game went into the four minutes of added time.
However, the second goal that they needed didn't come with Watson's absence keenly felt in the 65th minute as substitute Benny McAuley's 21-metre free was beaten away by the Slaughtneil defence.
Two successive McAuley points did have Slaughtneil fans living on their nerves before that man McKaigue knocked over the insurance score in the first minute of injury-time.
As tempers flared in the closing seconds, Loughgiel's Paul Gillen was red carded but it was a minor detail as Slaughtneil heartily celebrated their overdue Ulster club hurling title.
Meanwhile, Ramor United earned their first Cavan football title in 24 years as they edged out Castlerahan 0-10 to 0-8 in the final replay on Sunday.
The Tavistock and Portman Clinic in London, a national centre helping under-18s from across the UK, says 441 young people came to them for assessment in 2013/14.
That's compared to 91 in 2009/2010.
It's thought better awareness of LGBT issues could be behind the rise.
Christina Richards, a senior specialist and psychotherapist at the Nottingham Gender Identity Clinic says: "I think the increase in referrals is largely due to wider acceptance and wider understanding.
"Some of the silly ideas about what 'trans' means have disappeared now.
"We realise it is something that affects all people from all walks of life and that people go on and do rather well if they get the help they need.
"For some people it seems what is going on in their brains is different to what's gone on their bodies.
"Some people have real difficulties with it. Some people get really, really sad.
"Sometimes they hurt themselves and tragically sometimes they take their own lives."
Figures are not available to show how many of the individuals referred to the Tavistock and Portman Clinic went on to transition.
Newsbeat has spoken to one 17-year-old who didn't want his real name to be used, because he didn't want to be searchable online.
We're calling him Kris.
He was happy to make a video with Newsbeat as he feels confident his appearance will change soon.
Kris says he was 12 when he became certain he was not comfortable with being a female.
He says he is currently going through a series of therapy sessions, the results of which will determine if he'll be given a course of testosterone.
"They ask me questions about everything. About my family, education, my childhood.
"And much more invasive stuff like 'Do you have fantasies?'
"For me, I'm very asexual... I don't have much to say to that.
"I don't regret cutting my hair and changing my name and dressing the way I do. I highly, highly doubt I'll regret taking testosterone.
"Testosterone is a chemical and it replicates male puberty.
"I feel I can pass fairly well, it's just when I open my mouth it's feminine and I don't like it.
"If it could click my fingers and get that sorted I would. I'd give a limb to get that done.
"I'm never happier than when I have a cold and my voice is all husky.
"The weight will shift from my hips to other parts of my body. My shoulders will be slightly broader. There will be hair growth too."
The increase in referrals to the Tavistock and Portman Clinic, which is run by the NHS, has been steady at about +50% each year since 2009.
While most referrals come from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), the clinic also receives cases from GPs and schools.
The clinic says they "work with young people who are experiencing difficulties in the development of their gender".
In 2013/14, the latest full year for which figures are available, 440 referrals came from within England.
Nineteen people from Wales attended the clinic, two from Northern Ireland and two from Scotland.
Northern Ireland and Scotland also have their own separate services, although very young children will be referred to specialists in London.
Although exact figures are not available at the moment from the Sandyford Gender Identity Clinic in Glasgow, they confirmed they have also seen a rise in referrals.
Some, but not all, are then diagnosed with gender dysphoria, which is defined by NHS Choices as "a condition where a person experiences discomfort or distress because there is a mismatch between their biological sex and gender identity".
The clinic said: "Why we have seen an increase is a complex issue and there are, no doubt, a number of factors."
They include increased awareness and acceptance and better access to the service.
Kris's mother tells Newsbeat they were "lucky to find the right doctor" who sent them to the CAMHS service for assessment.
It was that GP who then referred Kris to the Tavistock and Portman Clinic.
"People are more accepting now of transgender people. It's not such a taboo that you have to hid away," she says.
"I give him 100% support. He's not doing any harm to anybody.
"And he's going to have a happy life once he goes through this - and if he's happy I'm happy."
However, Kris's mum admitted she has found the change in what pronouns she uses "very hard".
"I get told off a lot for saying 'she' instead of 'he'," she says. "I do my best to remember."
And what are the biggest changes she's seen in her son?
"He's messier now," she laughs. "He's also more confident."
"But generally the change has been seamless. He's gone from a girl to a boy without any big trauma.
"It's also made me more confident. I want the best for him."
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Travel on trains was also disrupted as the sea topped defences in Dawlish and in Torcross, south Devon, some people were trapped in their seafront homes by the power of the waves.
In Penzance, Cornwall, a driver became stranded when huge waves engulfed his car on a seafront road during the storms.
Mobile phone footage captured the moment passers-by went to the driver's aid, and helped him restart the car and drive to safety.
At the same spot a driver narrowly escaped being washed away as he crossed the flooded seaside road.
Camera phone footage shows the car being buffeted by the waves before it reaches safety.
In St Mawes a hotel's ground floor was flooded after waves smashed in windows and a bolt of lightning was caught on camera striking Falmouth.
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The bridge weighs over four tonnes, about the same as a full grown elephant, and is a temporary art installation, set up by local artist Steve Messam.
It has been built in a similar way to that of dry-stone walls and doesn't use any glue or bolts to hold it together.
The bridge is super strong and can support the weight of people walking over it.
When the installation is over on the May 18, the bridge will be taken down and recycled.
Some 311 football clubs, spanning all tiers of the game, are involved in the inquiry, called Operation Hydrant.
The ages of the victims - 96% of whom are male - span from four to 20.
A hotline was set up to report abuse last year when a number of ex-footballers said they had been victims as youngsters.
The investigation is being co-ordinated by the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC).
In its last update in January, the number of victims stood at 526, while the number of potential suspects stood at 184.
Police forces across the UK have received an increased number of calls from victims and from people offering information since the hotline was set up.
The NPCC said 25 referrals to the inquiry related to sports other than football.
These have included rugby, gymnastics, martial arts, tennis, wrestling, golf, sailing, athletics, cricket and swimming.
While the number of referrals being received is beginning to decline, the NPCC is continuing to urge anyone who may have been a victim of child sexual abuse to come forward.
The Football Association has also begun an independent review, led by Clive Sheldon QC, into its handling of abuse allegations in the years prior to 2005.
The hotline set up by the NSPCC is available 24 hours a day on 0800 0232642.
The woman was driving on the A466 between Redbrook, Gloucestershire, and Llandogo, Monmouthshire, when her car left the road and hit a tree.
Gloucestershire Police said the woman was pronounced dead at the scene and her next of kin had been informed.
The crash, at 08:15 GMT on Saturday, left the road closed for several hours while an investigation took place.
The Human Tissue Authority (HTA) approved 104 so-called altruistic organ donations in 2012-13 compared with 38 the previous year.
The figures include the first case of someone giving part of their liver to someone they had never met.
Altruistic donations now make up about one in 12 of all living donations.
The total number of living donations, including those to family members or friends, rose from 1,217 to 1,243 over the same time period.
Diana Warwick, chair of the HTA, said donating an organ was a remarkable thing to do.
"Giving someone an organ is a brave and amazing gift. To do it for someone whom you don't know is doubly so, and the huge increase in people willing to do so is incredible," she said.
"The HTA works on more - and more complex - living donation cases every year and we expect this to continue. We remain committed to ensuring that people can donate organs with confidence."
For me, it's the same principle as giving blood, it's just a much bigger commitment. I did a lot of research into the process - I was aware you go through very rigorous psychological and medical tests.
There wasn't a moment when I felt I was doing the wrong thing. I didn't really feel any doubt at all. I think a lot of people didn't understand why - it's a very personal thing.
If you're considering it - do your research - it's a major operation. It's a personal thing, it's about how you choose to live your life.
For me it was something I could do for someone that could make a really significant difference to their life and to their family.
The HTA believes the number of living organ donations is rising, as public awareness spreads.
Lisa Burnapp, lead nurse for living donation at NHS Blood and Transplant, said donors were motivated by a decision to do something genuinely good for someone in need.
"The increase in non-directed altruistic living donors has exceeded all expectations and means that more patients can benefit from a successful transplant and enjoy life with their families and loved ones," she said.
"This is an incredibly important gift and we are indebted to people who choose to donate in this way."
There are currently about 10,000 people in need of a transplant in the UK, with three people a day dying due to the lack of suitable available organs, according to NHS figures.
Potential living donors undergo extensive medical and psychological screening.
This includes an independent check, which ensures that the donor understands the risks involved, is not under any pressure, and that no reward has been offered.
At least six people are reported to have been killed in the US missile strikes early on Friday.
Syria's ally Russia accused the US of encouraging "terrorists" with its unilateral actions.
"I'm disappointed in that response," said US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
"It indicates their continued support for the Assad regime and, in particular, their continued support for a regime that carries out these type of horrendous attacks on their own people.
"So I find it very disappointing, but, sadly, I have to tell you, not all that surprising," he added.
Moscow has promised to strengthen Syria's anti-aircraft defences.
It is also closing down a hotline with the US designed to avoid collisions between their air forces over Syria.
According to Idlib's opposition-run health authority, 89 people, including 33 children and 18 women, died in the suspected nerve agent attack in the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun on Tuesday. Syria denies using nerve gas.
The US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley told an emergency session of the UN Security Council that the US had acted to ensure Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would never use chemical weapons again.
"We are prepared to do more but we hope that will not be necessary," she said. "It is in our vital national security interest to prevent the spread and use of chemical weapons."
She blamed Iran and Russia for standing by the Syrian government when it committed crimes. "Strengthening Assad will only lead to more murders," she said.
Russia's deputy ambassador to the UN, Vladimir Safronkov, described the US strikes as "illegitimate".
"When you take your own path, this leads to horrible tragedies in the region," he told the Americans.
US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said he was preparing further economic sanctions against Syria.
Cruise missiles fly low and have a relatively small radar cross-section so they are difficult to destroy with air defences. Russia may seek to improve Syria's surface-to-air missile system in the wake of this US attack but it would be very much a case of shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Syria used to have a highly effective national air defence system based on Soviet-era radars and missiles but it has been significantly weakened in the wake of the civil war and the loss of territory by the regime. Look at the ease with which the Israelis carry out strikes against Hezbollah arms convoys and weapons stores in Syria.
Russia has some of its most modern surface-to-air missile systems at its air base in Syria and radars with a huge reach but, for whatever reason, they too have not deterred Israeli strikes.
Their presence makes air strikes by manned US aircraft unlikely and for Washington the Tomahawk cruise missile will remain the weapon of choice.
Two US Navy destroyers in the Mediterranean Sea fired 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at Shayrat air base in western Homs province at about 04:40 Syrian time (01:40 GMT) on Friday.
They targeted aircraft, aircraft shelters, storage areas, ammunition supply bunkers and air defence systems at the Syrian government-controlled facility, according to the Pentagon.
It said the base was used to store chemical weapons and that "every precaution" had been taken to avoid casualties. The Russian military was informed beforehand, the Pentagon said.
Syrian state media said as many as nine civilians had been killed in the strike, four of them children. The BBC is unable to confirm this information.
The Syrian army said earlier there had been significant damage to the base.
However, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based opposition news service, said on Friday evening the base was already back in operation and aircraft had taken off and "struck targets near Palmyra". The report could not be independently verified.
The US has led a coalition carrying out air strikes against jihadist groups in Syria since 2014 but this is the first time it has targeted government forces.
Thanet council's UKIP leader Chris Wells received a summons after he failed to pay a monthly instalment in April last year.
He paid his entire annual council tax bill in November, six months after he became leader in May.
Mr Wells declined to comment to the BBC, but a UKIP spokesman said the case had no bearing on his leadership.
He told the Kent Messenger newspaper, which revealed the details, he was unable to pay because he was not getting a lot of work as a self-employed management consultant and was owed money.
Opposition politicians have said his position is "untenable".
Labour councillor Iris Johnston said: "The council had to pursue him at a cost to the council. That really concerns me."
She added: "There are a number of reasons why I consider his position is not tenable and this is just one of them."
Mr Wells's council tax bill for 2015-16 was £2,579.10.
After his first instalment was not paid, he was sent a reminder notice on 28 April 2015 and a final notice on 19 May.
The authority said any council tax payer who received a final notice forfeited their right to pay in instalments, and Mr Wells then received a bill for the full amount of £2,579.10.
A summons was issued on 22 June and a liability order obtained at a hearing on 14 July, with £50 court costs added to the bill.
The account was paid in full by 25 November.
Thanet council said Mr Wells agreed payment arrangements before the hearing and did not need to attend court.
North Thanet's Conservative MP Sir Roger Gale said: "I think most of us have sympathy with somebody who privately is having difficulty in paying their bills.
"MPs deal with people in that situation all the time. But I do find it a little extraordinary that the leader of a council should allow this to get to court."
UKIP won a majority in last year's Thanet elections but lost overall control after five members defected.
A UKIP spokesman said a "phenomenally good" independent report released this week had praised the council.
"The case is embarrassing for Cllr Wells personally, but all the outstanding tax was paid and it is now closed," he said.
"It has no bearing on the council he leads, as can be seen by the report."
The visitors led when Karim Benzema finished off a great move involving Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale, but Dani Parejo equalised with a penalty.
Real had Mateo Kovacic sent off for a lunging tackle but looked set for a win when Bale headed home.
However, Valencia earned a third point under Neville when Paco Alcacer headed in from close range seconds later.
The home side could have won the game in injury time when substitute Alvaro Negredo was found in space at the edge of the box, but he could only shoot straight at goalkeeper Keylor Navas.
There is no doubt this is the best result of Neville's spell as Valencia boss, following a Champions League defeat, two draws from three La Liga games and a Spanish Cup win over lower league Barakaldo.
Los Che did not look impressive in the opening half hour but Parejo deservedly levelled from the spot after Pepe fouled Andre Gomes.
Once Real went down to 10 men, Neville made some changes, bringing on Rodrigo, who headed a cross into the path of Alcacer to equalise.
Negredo, another substitute, should have sealed a famous win when Alcacer found him in space deep into injury time but he was denied by Navas and Gomes put the rebound wide.
After the game, Neville insisted he wanted to remain at Valencia beyond his six-month contract and said his claim he did not see himself in management long term had been misunderstood.
It appears that Real boss Rafael Benitez is more popular among Valencia fans than his own.
Home supporters unfurled a banner thanking him for a spell in charge that yielded two La Liga titles earlier in the millennium.
Benitez was named Madrid boss in the summer, but they sit four points off city rivals Atletico at the top of La Liga and two behind Barcelona, who have a game in hand.
Benitez appeared to anger goalscorer Benzema when replacing him with winger Lucas Vazquez two minutes before Kovacic was dismissed for hacking down Joao Cancelo.
Although they looked like they were going to win it when Bale headed home before Alcacer's quickfire equaliser, Madrid did nowhere near enough to deserve a victory.
The 21-year-old was named man-of-the-match in the 1-0 win over Denmark.
Both he and Celtic full-back Kieran Tierney, 18, impressed manager Gordon Strachan at Hampden.
"I was probably as nervous as I've ever been but it's credit to the older boys - Gordon Greer, Scott Brown, on his 50th cap, helped Kieran and me settle," said Hibernian midfielder McGinn.
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"I think it was clear to see by the time kick-off came we were relaxed and it helped us play to the best of our ability.
"First and foremost I was delighted to get the opportunity to play. It was rather unexpected but once I found out on Tuesday morning, I was focused on doing a job for the team and I'm delighted with how it went."
McGinn has been widely praised for his club form this season and he revealed Strachan simply told him to stick to the same principles ahead of his international bow.
"He just said do what you've been doing, that's why you're here and don't be overawed with the players who are on the pitch, just go and do what you do and it was important that myself and Kieran did that and I think we showed it in spells," he added.
"I'm playing with good players at club level and I've come here and played with top players and that can only improve my game.
"I feel as if I'm getting better and better as the season's going on. I'm learning every day.
"I had a great opportunity this week to learn from good coaches and players and I'm just soaking everything in like a sponge and getting wee tips here and there and I think it's making me an all-round good player."
McGinn will hope to add to his first cap when Scotland play further friendlies against Italy and France just before Euro 2016.
But he is grounded enough to appreciate that climbing above Darren Fletcher, James McArthur and James Morrison in the central midfield pecking order will be no mean feat.
"I've got belief in myself but I'm realistic as well. There are top players missing, sitting at home ready for the games in May, so I've just got to concentrate on what I'm doing at my club and if I get the shout I'll be ready," he stressed.
Tierney enjoyed a fine first half before being replaced by his Celtic team-mate Charlie Mulgrew.
"I don't think anyone could have predicted this is the way the season would have gone for me so far, so I just hope it can continue," the teenager told BBC Scotland.
"I'm delighted obviously to make my debut, but it was an important win for us and a good clean sheet again."
Like McGinn, Tierney looked unfazed by his appearance at Hampden.
"I was excited and surprised [to be selected] but I've been surprised every time I've been on the Celtic teamsheet," he added.
"It wasn't so much bad nerves. Everybody's the same obviously - your first cap, a bit of nerves before. But it's nothing negative. You need to make it positive.
"You've got everybody showing for the ball as well. Shaun Maloney was ahead of me - he's a great, experienced player and Grant Hanley was inside me, helping me along."
Tierney started the match confidently and put in a timely challenge early on to deny Denmark what looked like a certain equaliser, which he admitted helped him settle further.
"It was one v one and I've just got my toe in and the fans cheered, which gave me a bit of confidence for the rest of the half," he said.
The Red Devils made an ideal start when Anthony Martial caressed Juan Mata's pinpoint pass into the bottom corner.
Wolfsburg replied within three minutes through Naldo's sharp volley and led when Vieirinha finished a flowing move.
United thought they were through after Josuha Guilavogui's own goal, only to be condemned to the Europa League by Naldo's late header.
Louis van Gaal's side knew they would qualify for the last 16 by beating Wolfsburg, or if they matched PSV Eindhoven's result against CSKA Moscow.
Twice inside the final 15 minutes, United thought they were progressing at the expense of the Dutch side, who needed to better the Red Devils' result.
CSKA led 1-0 in Eindhoven as United trailed, before both PSV and United were briefly level in their respective games.
But late goals for Wolfsburg and PSV, who won 2-1, knocked out Van Gaal's team.
United's late misery was a stark contrast to Manchester City, who saw fortune swing back in their favour as their neighbours unravelled.
Five goals were netted inside six minutes across the two games, with City coming back to win 4-2 against Borussia Monchengladbach and pip Juventus to win Group D.
That means the Blues will avoid the likes of Barcelona and Real Madrid in the last 16, while the Red Devils face the prospect of Europa League football in the New Year.
Van Gaal has been criticised by some Red Devils supporters for his pragmatic, defence-minded approach - United were booed off after Saturday's 0-0 draw with West Ham at Old Trafford, the fifth time in nine matches they had failed to score.
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However, United freed the shackles and produced an entertaining display in Germany, yet it was one that ultimately led to their exit from Europe's premier club competition.
Martial settled any early United nerves by racing on to Mata's perfectly weighted through ball, taking a touch before coolly sliding past Wolfsburg keeper Diego Benaglio.
Van Gaal's side continued to create chances, only to see Benaglio brilliantly stop Marouane Fellaini's first-half header and Memphis Depay's far-post volley after the break.
Fellaini's height caused problems at the corner which led to Wolfsburg midfielder Guilavogui flicking into his own net, but United were undone by their own defensive deficiencies.
While United found a solution to their recent goalscoring woes, a suspect defensive display resulted in their downfall.
Wolfsburg threatened United with blistering counter-attacks and slick, one-touch passing around the penalty area.
But, more importantly, the Premier League side twice switched off at Wolfsburg set-pieces shortly after scoring themselves.
Injury-hit United had a makeshift defence, with young Uruguayan right-back Guillermo Varela making his first start for the club, and teenager Cameron Borthwick-Jackson playing for almost 50 minutes after replacing injured left-back Matteo Darmian.
It was a lack of organisation - and possibly experience - that allowed Brazilian defender Naldo to score the late winner.
Many observers were surprised Van Gaal decided to start 22-year-old Varela ahead of England international Ashley Young, while the exclusion of experienced holding midfielder Michael Carrick also raised questions.
Even more surprisingly, Young was still ignored when Darmian had to be replaced. Instead, Van Gaal turned to 18-year-old Borthwick-Jackson, who was making only his second United appearance.
England midfielder Carrick was eventually introduced for Germany's World Cup winner Bastian Schweinsteiger after 69 minutes, at the same time Mata was withdrawn for Nick Powell - the 21-year-old midfielder whose previous United appearance came in the 4-0 defeat by then-League One side MK Dons in August 2014.
Van Gaal said afterwards that United were unfairly denied an equaliser shortly before half-time, a decision which he felt could have changed the complexion of the match and their Champions League future.
The visitors thought they had equalised when Jesse Lingard curled a 20-yard shot past Benaglio.
But their celebrations were cut short when the assistant referee raised his flag, after a long delay, for offside against Mata.
However, replays proved the official was correct with his decision. Despite not touching the ball, Mata's movement in front of Benaglio clearly impacted the Wolfsburg keeper.
Spectators in the Volkswagen Arena were prevented from leaving the ground after a suspect package was found in a car park outside the stadium.
After approximately 15 minutes, fans were allowed to leave after police were satisfied it was not a bomb.
It did mean United's VIP flight back to Manchester, which included Van Gaal and his players, former boss Sir Alex Ferguson and former chief executive David Gill, was slightly delayed.
Match ends, VfL Wolfsburg 3, Manchester United 2.
Second Half ends, VfL Wolfsburg 3, Manchester United 2.
Corner, VfL Wolfsburg. Conceded by Jesse Lingard.
Guillermo Varela (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Guillermo Varela (Manchester United).
Marcel Schäfer (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Nick Powell (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
Attempt blocked. Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Nick Powell (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Michael Carrick.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Maximilian Arnold.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Marcel Schäfer.
Attempt blocked. Chris Smalling (Manchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nick Powell.
Attempt missed. Memphis Depay (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Marouane Fellaini.
Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Daniel Caligiuri replaces Julian Draxler.
Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 3, Manchester United 2. Naldo (VfL Wolfsburg) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marcel Schäfer with a cross following a corner.
Corner, VfL Wolfsburg. Conceded by Daley Blind.
Own Goal by Josuha Guilavogui, VfL Wolfsburg. VfL Wolfsburg 2, Manchester United 2.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Diego Benaglio.
Offside, Manchester United. Michael Carrick tries a through ball, but Chris Smalling is caught offside.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Timm Klose replaces Vieirinha.
Delay in match Chris Smalling (Manchester United) because of an injury.
Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by André Schürrle (VfL Wolfsburg).
Offside, VfL Wolfsburg. Naldo tries a through ball, but André Schürrle is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Memphis Depay (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.
Naldo (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Anthony Martial (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Naldo (VfL Wolfsburg).
Offside, VfL Wolfsburg. Vieirinha tries a through ball, but Christian Träsch is caught offside.
Substitution, Manchester United. Nick Powell replaces Juan Mata.
Substitution, Manchester United. Michael Carrick replaces Bastian Schweinsteiger.
Attempt missed. Max Kruse (VfL Wolfsburg) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Marcel Schäfer with a cross following a corner.
Corner, VfL Wolfsburg. Conceded by David de Gea.
Attempt saved. Maximilian Arnold (VfL Wolfsburg) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Vieirinha.
Corner, VfL Wolfsburg. Conceded by David de Gea.
Offside, Manchester United. Marouane Fellaini tries a through ball, but Memphis Depay is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Anthony Martial (Manchester United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jesse Lingard.
Attempt missed. Dante (VfL Wolfsburg) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Maximilian Arnold with a cross following a corner.
Corner, VfL Wolfsburg. Conceded by David de Gea.
The former first minister surprised the crowd of 350 at Edinburgh's Assembly Rooms with his choice of guest.
He introduced Mr Davis as "the next prime minister of the United Kingdom, perhaps the last prime minister of the United Kingdom".
Mr Salmond will perform 18 sold-out shows at the Fringe.
He has promised light-hearted banter and a few behind-the-scenes-revelations from his time in office.
As he kicked off his first show, the former SNP leader jokingly warned the audience: "Remember, all the guests are my pals so watch how you treat them."
Mr Salmond said the subject of his first show was Scotland In Europe and after talking about William Wallace and the country's European history, he introduced Mr Davis.
In a light-hearted discussion, Mr Davis was pushed on cabinet divisions and the timescale for Brexit and replied Mr Salmond was "trying to make me lose my job".
Mr Salmond told how they had worked together to try to impeach Tony Blair over the war in Iraq but Mr Davis had to remove his name from the motion when he was appointed to Cabinet.
Questioned about his leadership ambitions should Prime Minister Theresa May step down, Mr Davis laughed and said: "I am really a very, very bad leadership candidate."
Mr Salmond said his friend was "the acceptable face of the Brexiteers and certainly the one who knows what he's talking about".
Questioned by the audience, Mr Salmond said Nelson Mandela was the most impressive politician he had seen and that the only time he was nervous was the first time he met Sir Sean Connery.
He ended the show by raising £1,000 for charity with a member of the audience paying to have lunch with Mr Salmond and Mr Davis in Edinburgh.
The highest price was for an Italian Fascist cast bronze eagle that sold for £7,500 despite only having a guide price of £400 to £600.
Warner Dailey, from New Jersey in the US, began collecting the mementos from the age of seven, with items dating back as far as the Crimean War in 1854.
The auction was in Taunton on Friday.
Mr Dailey, who is from Somerset, New Jersey, sold his collection in the auction in Somerset, England, for a total of £83,200.
He said: "I will keep a few things of not very much value which are too sentimental for me to pass up."
The collection had been expected to raise up to £40,000.
Other lots sold included a propeller blade from a World War Two German JU88 bomber, pierced by a cannon ball, which sold for £4,500.
The plane was shot down by F/Lt George Budd and Sgt Evans Beaufighter of 604 Squadron, on 2 May 1941.
It was recovered from the crash site and presented to F/Lt Budd as a souvenir and was later acquired by Mr Dailey.
A piece of metal from a German bomber, bearing the Nazi swastika, sold for £3,200, while an Italian Fascist trophy fetched £2,200.
The collection contained pieces from World War One, World War Two, the Crimean War and Boer War.
A portrait of Hermann Goering, the founder of the Gestapo and commander of the Luftwaffe, and a wooden sideboard from his office in Germany both failed to sell.
The oldest item, sold for £1,000, was an inkwell made from the hoof of a horse that rode in the Charge of the Light Brigade, in 1854 during the Crimean War.
The auction was held at Greenslade Taylor Hunt in Taunton.
Kevin Jones - the owner of IT suppliers Manorshop in Kidsgrove - has made a formal £1.25m bid, matching the offer made by Burslem based IT company Synectics Solutions earlier this week.
It follows owner Norman Smurthwaite's decision to stand down as chairman.
Smurthwaite and ex-business partner Paul Wildes paid £1.25m when buying Vale out of administration in 2012.
Jones, who currently sponsors Vale Park's Railway Stand, would make up one part of a four-person consortium of local business owners.
The new bidder's family have long-standing connections with the relegated League One club.
His father Alan is a former director, who served under Bill Bell's tenure as chairman.
As part of Jones' offer, his father Alan would become chairman, while former Vale player and manager Brian Horton, 68, and ex-Tranmere and Rotherham manager Ronnie Moore, 64, would be brought in as directors of football.
Vale, who confirmed the appointment of Michael Brown as their manager on Wednesday, were relegated back to League Two last Sunday after four seasons in League One.
Froome, who climbed back to third in stage 10, narrowed the gap on overall leader Nairo Quintana to 54 seconds.
Spain's Alejandro Valverde has fallen to third, with Briton Simon Yates in seventh place.
"Quintana is really strong and I'm trying to do as much as I can day by day and trying to get close to him," Froome said.
"After the season I've had it is really tough for me at the moment".
Froome, who is aiming to become the first man in 38 years to win the Tour de France and the Vuelta in the same season, had previously been 58 seconds behind Quintana.
1. Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) 3hrs 44mins 47secs
2. Nairo Quintana (Col/ Movistar) same time
3. Alejandro Valverde (Spa/Movistar)+6secs
4. Leopold Koenig (Cze/Team Sky) same time
5. Alberto Contador (Spa/Tinkoff)
6. Simon Yates (GB/Orica) +13secs
7. Michele Scarponi (Ita/ Astana) +14secs
8. Esteban Chaves (Col/Orica) +19secs
9. Pierre Latour (Fra/AG2R) +22secs
10. Samuel Sanchez (Spa/BMC Racing) +30secs
1. Nairo Quintana (Col/Movistar) 42hrs 21mins 48secs
2. Chris Froome (GB/ Team Sky) +54secs
3. Alejandro Valverde (Spa/Movistar) +1min 5secs
4. Esteban Chaves (Col/Orica) +2mins 34secs
5. Alberto Contador (Spa/Tinkoff) +3mins 6secs
6. Leopold Koenig (Cze/Team Sky) +3mins 9secs
7. Simon Yates (GB/Orica) +3mins 25secs
8. Michele Scarponi (Ita/Astana) +3mins 34secs
9. David De La Cruz (Spa/Etixx-Quick-Step) +3mins 45secs
10. Samuel Sanchez (Spa/BMC Racing) +3mins 56secs
Jackie Walker has faced criticism over comments made on social media and at an anti-Semitism training event.
The TSSA union says it will "seriously reconsider" its support for Momentum if Ms Walker remains in place and the group says its steering committee will meet on Monday to seek her removal.
She told Channel 4: "I certainly wouldn't call myself an anti-Semite."
"I'm Jewish and my partner is Jewish."
But a spokesman for Momentum, the left-wing grassroots organisation set up in wake of Jeremy Corbyn's 2015 election as Labour leader, said: "Members of Momentum's steering committee are seeking to remove Jackie Walker as vice-chair of the committee."
Ms Walker was suspended by the Labour over comments made on social media in which she claimed that "many Jews (my ancestors too) were the chief financiers of the sugar and slave trade" but was re-admitted following an investigation.
But a leaked video emerged on Wednesday of her saying she had not found a definition of anti-Semitism she could work with, and questioning why Holocaust Memorial Day was not more wide ranging, at an anti-Semitism training event.
Manuel Cortes, general secretary of the TSSA union, which backed Momentum and Jeremy Corbyn's leadership, said on Thursday he was "deeply saddened that a fellow member of our Labour and trade union family holds such anti-Semitic views" and said she should not be allowed to "remain active within our party".
"I am asking Jackie that in the interests of unity she resigns at once from our party and also as vice-chair of Momentum.
"If she doesn't, both the Labour Party and Momentum need to act to get rid of her at once. We would seriously need to consider our union's support for Momentum if she is still in post by this time next week."
In an interview with Channel 4 News, Ms Walker said she had not intended to offend anyone. Asked whether she had thought about resigning, given criticism from some Jewish groups, she said: "Some other prominent Jewish groups, of which I'm a member, think a very different thing.
"What we have to look at when we're talking about this subject, particularly at the moment, is the political differences that are underlying this as well."
Whoever leaked the video "had malicious intent in their mind", she said. Ms Walker said she was anti-Zionist, rather than anti-Semitic: "Zionism is a political ideology and like any political ideology, some people will be supportive and some people won't be supportive of it."
What's the difference between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism?
Ms Walker previously had support from six Jewish Labour activists who issued a statement saying she had been subject to a witch hunt.
Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn has denied there was a "crisis" in the party amid accusations of anti-Semitism in its ranks.
Labour MP Naz Shah and former Mayor of London Ken Livingstone were among those to be suspended over allegations of anti-Semitism.
A review of the issue of racism in Labour, led by former Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti, found the party "is not overrun by anti-Semitism, Islamophobia or other forms of racism".
But the report was criticised by Jewish leaders and MPs, who said its credibility was undermined because Ms Chakrabarti was nominated for a peerage by Labour just weeks after its release.
Australia international Irvine, 24, scored 10 goals in 44 appearances last season after joining from Ross County.
"We'll see what happens in the next few weeks," Clough told BBC Radio Derby.
"When you score as many goals as him and play as well as he has done, speculation is inevitable."
Irvine, who is currently away with his national team, still has two years left to run on his existing contract at Burton.
Although Clough is keen to talk to Irvine about an improved contract, he knows the former Celtic player will be on the radar of other clubs after an impressive debut season in the Championship.
He continued: "We're realistic. If an offer comes in - and it's the right offer - and Jackson feels that it's a step up in progress for him, then it's very difficult for us to stand in his way.
"It should all become clearer in the next month."
Meanwhile, Burton have given a new one-year deal to reserve goalkeeper Harry Campbell.
The 21-year-old joined from Bolton Wanderers at the start of last season and follows first-choice keeper Stephen Bywater, striker Marvin Sordell, captain John Mousinho, centre-back Shaun Barker and veteran winger Lloyd Dyer in agreeing new contracts at the Pirelli Stadium.
Clough, who says there is no prospect at the moment of re-signing Fulham striker Cauley Woodrow and Leeds midfielder Luke Murphy on loan, is hoping to add to the number of new recruits with midfielder Matty Lund the only arrival so far this summer.
"We're getting closer - we've been doing a lot of talking with clubs and agents," Clough said. "We've got a couple of offers in at the moment and we're making progress, certainly."
The Murray brothers, so successful in Great Britain's Davis Cup triumph last year, are expected to team up again at the Games in Rio.
Fleming, 31, is looking for a strong showing at the French Open to be considered as a partner for Dom Inglot.
"If I could enter with Dom that would be a dream come true," Fleming told BBC Scotland.
"Dom will probably be hoping someone gets up the rankings enough to have someone to play with because he deserves to be there."
Englishman Inglot is currently 29th on the ATP list, with Fleming 61st in the standings.
Fleming and his Israeli partner Jonathan Erlich are through to the second round of the French Open, where they will meet 14th seeds Daniel Nestor and Aisam Qureshi.
The Scot has reached the last eight at Grand Slam level twice - with Ross Hutchins and Jonathan Marray,
Fleming and Hutchins also qualified for the London Olympics in 2012 but suffered a first-round loss.
With Inglot doing well and Australian Open champion Jamie Murray ranked in the world's top three, Fleming missed out on Britain's 2015 Davis Cup victory.
"I had about five years as pretty much a mainstay of the team," he said. "Those are times I'll never forget, they were always the highlights of the year.
"I always said when I was in the team that it was something you need to go out and earn on the court.
"Jamie and Dom have been doing great and they're ranked above me. They deserve to be in the team.
"It's something I'd love to do again but I need to get my ranking up."
Meanwhile, Jamie Murray and his Brazilian partner, Bruno Soares, kept their winning grand slam run going with victory in the first round of the French Open.
The Australian Open champions are the fourth seeds in Paris and defeated Russian pair Evgeny Donskoy and Andrey Kuznetsov 6-3 6-3.
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One city centre tattoo studio was faced with 800 potential customers on Friday.
The Manchester Tattoo Appeal was launched by Stalybridge-based tattoo artist Sam Barber, with those taking part donating £50 to help the families of those killed or injured.
Tattoo parlours across the UK are now taking part.
Manchester is adorned with the bee emblem, which is a legacy of the city's textile industry.
The tattoo appeal was announced shortly after the suicide bomber attack at Manchester Arena on Monday, which left 22 people dead.
Molly Rylance, who was at the concert during the attack, was one of the first to get a bee tattoo.
She said: "I just thought I wanted it to remember - not what happened - but kind of how resilient we are as a community and just how everyone stood together and said that it's not going to break us."
Tattoo artist Sam Barber said people were using it as a "symbol of strength".
"We've actually got a lot of family members of some of the victims coming forward who want it as a memorial tattoo now," she said.
"Paramedics and health workers who were on the scene, who were there in the aftermath - who also want to come together and get that tattoo done. "
Holier Than Thou, in Oldham Street, said 800 people turned up for a bee tattoo but most had to be turned away for the day due to the demand.
Danielle Kosky, 22, who managed to get a bee tattoo, said: "It's a nice way of showing support for the victims, their families and to remember them forever - not just now.
"I didn't know how else to offer my support. Facebook and Instagram are good, but this will be on me forever, not just words that you see on a screen."
The UN estimates nearly three-quarters of Syria's 22.4 million population will need humanitarian aid in 2014.
The appeal coincides with a new study by the International Rescue Committee, which warns that starvation is now threatening the Syrian population.
Bread prices have risen by 500% in some areas, according to the report.
Four out of five Syrians said their greatest worry was that food would run out, the survey found.
(Source: UNHCR)
In total, the UN is asking for almost $13bn to fund its humanitarian operations next year.
Some $2.3bn are destined for civilians inside Syria, while $4.2bn would go to Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries.
The latest call exceeds the UN's record appeal for $4.4bn in June, of which only 60% has been funded so far.
"We're facing a terrifying situation here where, by the end of 2014, substantially more of the population of Syria could be displaced or in need of humanitarian help than not," said UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres.
"This goes beyond anything we have seen in many, many years, and makes the need for a political solution all the much greater."
Ahead of the launch, UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos described the Syrian situation as "one of the biggest crises in modern times".
By Lyse DoucetChief international correspondent
She said Syrian refugees "think the world has forgotten about them".
The UN estimates that some 6.3 million people have been internally displaced since the conflict broke out in March 2011.
More than two million Syrians have fled to neighbouring countries, including Lebanon and Turkey.
The UN is becoming impatient with some richer states for not helping its efforts, the BBC's Imogen Foulkes reports.
UN officials will be pressing Syria's neighbours Saudi Arabia and Qatar, which have apparently not offered the UN any money, our correspondent adds.
Nearly half of those who have remained in Syria now rely on aid, according to the UN.
Circumstances have worsened further with the onset of harsh winter weather.
International aid agencies say they have been struggling to provide medical aid to the sick and wounded because of fierce fighting between the forces of President Bashar al-Assad and the rebels.
IRC President David Miliband said the his organisation's latest survey showed "that starvation is now threatening large parts of the Syrian population".
By Imogen FoulkesBBC News, Geneva
Despite the huge needs, the UN is unlikely to get all the money it wants. It is almost unheard of for a UN appeal to be 100% funded: this year's request for Syria is only 60% funded, the request for the Central African Republic stands at less than 50%.
The reasons for shortfalls are complex: some traditional donors (Europe, the United States) are struggling with financial deficits. And with some crises, Syria is one of them, donors are worried their money may end up in the wrong hands.
But the UN is also impatient with some wealthy countries who have so far contributed very little to Syria. China, despite its booming economy, is thought to have offered less than $1m, while Syria's neighbours Saudi Arabia and Qatar have apparently not offered the UN any cash at all. Behind the scenes, the UN will be lobbying these countries in particular.
He called the Syrian conflict "the defining humanitarian crisis of this century so far".
"In a situation where civilians are targeted by snipers or bombs, where doctors are targeted because they've treated the 'wrong' side, and where aid workers are unable to cross conflict lines because the norms of war are not being followed and international humanitarian law is being broken, then obviously nothing is ever enough," he told the BBC.
Also on Monday Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad reaffirmed that "there will be more access and more co-operation" with the UN in the delivery of assistance.
The Syrian authorities have been accused of intentionally withholding aid from rebel-held areas.
Ms Amos said UN officials would "explore exactly what the means in terms of our ability to go to the hard-to-reach areas and the besieged areas".
In a report released last week, Amnesty International accused European Union leaders of "miserably failing" to provide a safe haven to Syrian refugees.
Only 10 member states had offered to take in refugees and even then only 12,000, it complained. The UK and Italy had offered no places at all, the organisation said.
At Monday's appeal, Mr Guterres urged European countries to "keep their borders open".
"It is essential that Syrian refugees don't perish to get to Europe. It's essential that adequate visa policies are established," he said.
More than 100,000 people are estimated to have been killed since the unrest began more than two years ago.
Forecasters first issued the alert on Wednesday for the Western Isles.
It has now been extended to also cover Wester Ross, Sutherland, Argyll, Lochaber and parts of Tayside and central Scotland.
Play at the Open golf championship at St Andrews was suspended on Friday morning due to rain.
Forecasters said winds could gust to speeds of 50mph, while heavy rain has also been forecast for Saturday.
The warning covers from 01:00 on Friday until 21:00 on Saturday.
Argyll and Lochaber could see the heaviest rain.
The Met Office said: "A rather vigorous area of low pressure for the time of year, will bring a combination of strong winds and heavy rain to parts of Scotland.
"The worst of this arrives in two separate episodes - a six to nine-hour period of heavy, thundery rain overnight into Friday, and then slightly less intense but more persistent rain setting in later Friday and lasting well through Saturday.
"Total rainfall will typically be 25 to 50mm but with some areas, particularly over high ground, receiving more than 80mm over the two days."
The Federal Reserve statement caused US stocks to climb the most since 2013.
Japan's Nikkei rallied 2.3% to close at 17,210.05 points while the broader Topix rose 1.8% to 1,376.32.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index closed up 246.37 points at 22,821.43 but the Shanghai Composite slipped 3.5 points to 3,057.52.
Australia's S&P/ASX200 index rose nearly 1% to close at 5,210.80 points, led by mining and energy stocks.
Japan's Sony was one of the big stock movers of the morning.
Its shares rose by 3.5% in Tokyo trading after its entertainment unit cancelled the release of "The Interview" following a cyber-security attack, which US investigators reportedly believes stemmed from North Korea.
The comedy movie is about plans to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Hackers incensed by the film leaked Sony documents and had threatened attacks on cinemas planning to show the film.
In South Korea, the Samsung Group's Cheil Industries made a strong trading debut, rising 6.6%, after pricing its initial public offering at the top end of the range.
Cheil operates theme parks and fashion outlets in the country and saw its shares double, outperforming the benchmark Kospi index which closed down 2.66 points at 1,897.50.
The Bridges nursery is to shut one of two branches in Westhill in June.
Director Graham Mogford said they could not keep passing on costs to their customers.
It comes after many businesses in the north east of Scotland saw large increases in their rates following a revaluation.
Mr Mogford said: "The parents are getting pretty angry about the whole thing.
"There's an awakening amongst parents."
Why are business rates causing concern?
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The Scottish government said it was down to local councils to offer further relief packages.
A spokesman said: "The Scottish Government has committed around £660m of business rates relief next year.
"Any business that is concerned about its valuation should contact the assessor and discuss how they worked out the provisional value.
"Companies have until September to appeal and we would encourage firms to take up those opportunities."
Aberdeenshire Council is inviting applications to a support scheme.
Head of Finance Alan Wood said: "We understand the implications of an increase in costs for businesses in Aberdeenshire and will be supportive where we can."
Rateable values are changing for the first time since 2010 after a national revaluation by The Scottish Assessors' Association.
Twenty-four-year-old Aldis Minakovskis is alleged to have stabbed Aigars Upenieks last week at a block of flats in Dundee's Menzieshill area.
He made no plea at Dundee Sheriff Court and was remanded in custody.
Mr Upenieks was found badly injured in the early hours of Wednesday morning. He later died at Ninewells Hospital.
Chief executive Mike Coupe acknowledged economic conditions had changed but said the supermarket remained "committed to making the deal happen".
"We remain absolutely convinced by the strategic rationale," he said.
Sainsbury's agreed the £1.4bn takeover of Home Retail in April, planning to pay a combination of shares and cash.
However in the three months since then the supermarket group's shares have fallen 19%, reducing the value of the deal to around £1.3bn.
Mr Coupe said the prospectus for the acquisition, issued on Tuesday, noted that the economic conditions had changed since the takeover was announced.
But he said it was still too early to understand the impact of the UK's plans to leave the EU on the combined business.
"I think it's very early days... There is a slight danger that we talk our way into an economic downturn as well," he said.
"To predict the future off 10 days' worth of data I think is impossible," he said.
Mr Coupe said whatever happened he was confident the deal would create a much stronger business for the future.
In the prospectus, the supermarket said it expected to employ 1,000 more people as a result of the deal, partly to staff more click-and-collect points.
Sainsbury's has said it hopes to complete the deal by the end of September.
However, it is still under scrutiny by the competition regulator, which has said it will decide by 25 July whether or not to launch a full inquiry.
The supermarket announced on Monday it would close its Netto stores in August after abandoning a joint venture with a Danish retailer.
Pools have yet to win in four games on home turf and rarely looked like winning this one either.
Lewis Alessandra, who had already had a shot deflected over, went close after 21 minutes. He tricked his way into the area but cut back onto his right foot and the shot was charged down.
Captain Billy Paynter then teed-up Josh Laurent for a volley but the midfielder could not keep it down.
The game lifted a gear in the second half and Pools thought they had scored when Nathan Thomas netted from a corner, but an offside flag ruled it out.
The Stags' first opening came on the hour mark as left-back Malvind Benning tricked his way forward and tried a low shot which curled wide.
Laurent was denied when his well-struck effort from 12 yards was tipped over the crossbar by Scott Shearer.
And Paynter should have put Pools ahead when he was played in by Thomas, only for the captain to lift his chipped finish over the bar.
At the other end, the dangerous Matt Green bounded in on goal but, as he picked his spot, Pools goalkeeper Trevor Carson stood tall to keep him out.
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REACTION: Hartlepool boss Craig Hignett speaks to BBC Tees.
Match ends, Hartlepool United 0, Mansfield Town 0.
Second Half ends, Hartlepool United 0, Mansfield Town 0.
Corner, Mansfield Town. Conceded by Liam Donnelly.
Foul by Nathan Thomas (Hartlepool United).
Oscar Gobern (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Ashley Hemmings (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Corner, Mansfield Town. Conceded by Liam Donnelly.
Foul by Padraig Amond (Hartlepool United).
Krystian Pearce (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Josh Laurent (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Malvind Benning (Mansfield Town).
Jake Carroll (Hartlepool United) hits the bar with a right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left.
Substitution, Hartlepool United. Nicky Deverdics replaces Lewis Hawkins because of an injury.
Aristote Nsiala (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Matt Green (Mansfield Town).
Corner, Mansfield Town. Conceded by Liam Donnelly.
Attempt saved. Matt Green (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Hartlepool United. Padraig Amond replaces Billy Paynter.
Attempt missed. Billy Paynter (Hartlepool United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Substitution, Mansfield Town. Ashley Hemmings replaces Danny Rose.
Jamie McGuire (Mansfield Town) is shown the yellow card.
Lewis Hawkins (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Danny Rose (Mansfield Town).
Nathan Thomas (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Oscar Gobern (Mansfield Town).
Foul by Jake Carroll (Hartlepool United).
Matt Green (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Josh Laurent (Hartlepool United).
(Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Hartlepool United. Conceded by Scott Shearer.
Attempt saved. Josh Laurent (Hartlepool United) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Josh Laurent (Hartlepool United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Malvind Benning (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
(Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Matt Green (Mansfield Town).
Attempt saved. Billy Paynter (Hartlepool United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, Hartlepool United. Conceded by Danny Rose.
Foul by Aristote Nsiala (Hartlepool United).
Malvind Benning (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Hartlepool United. Conceded by Alex Iacovitti.
Sir David joined the BBC after serving in the Royal Navy from 1947 to 1949 and launched Zoo Quest in 1954.
A string of successful natural history programmes followed including Life On Earth, The Living Planet, The Trials Of Life, The Blue Planet and Planet Earth.
Cameraman Gavin Thurston, who has worked with Sir David for many years, described him as "an amazing man".
BBC Springwatch presenter Michaela Strachan said Sir David was the "god of wildlife programmes and presenters".
"He's up there and we are all really proud of him and have all been inspired by him," she said.
"And he is unbelievably intelligent, not just on wildlife but on many other subjects as well.
"I don't know anybody that doesn't like David Attenborough. I know lots of people that don't like us but everyone loves him."
Fellow presenter Chris Packham said: "He told us stories, that's the great thing."
CBBC wildlife star Steve Backshall said Sir David "completely transformed my view of the wild world".
The BBC has a special page celebrating Sir David's extraordinary career in natural history, including:
There will be a special programme on BBC One at 19:00 BST on Sunday in which he shares highlights of his life and career with broadcaster Kirsty Young.
The Natural History Museum tweeted: "Very happy birthday wishes to #SirDavidAttenborough! Many thanks for inspiring us all w/ your work."
The Zoological Society of London tweeted: "We want to wish the world's greatest ambassador for animals a very happy 90th birthday."
Wishing Sir David a happy birthday, BBC Three has him providing commentary to "nature's most curious species" - the human being.
The hashtag #Attenborough90 has been trending on Twitter.
Kat Hartwell Goose tweeted: "A guiding light and inspiration, I feel truly honoured to have met him, happy birthday!!"
Daniel Mueller said: "Happy Birthday David Attenborough. I had the pleasure of meeting the great man only a week ago."
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Three decades ago, it was referring to itself as part of the Muslim Brotherhood and laying out its aim to obliterate Israel, creating an Islamic state on "every inch" of historic Palestine.
In its 36 articles, the 1988 document often uses anti-Semitic rhetoric to describe its struggle as a confrontation between Muslims and Jews.
Now, after years of internal wrangling, Hamas has produced a new policy document, which softens some of its stated positions and uses more measured language.
There is nothing so dramatic as recognition of Israel.
In fact, Hamas restates the Palestinians' claim to all the land "from the River Jordan in the East to the Mediterranean Sea in the West".
However, the new document does formally accept the creation of a Palestinian state in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem - what are known as pre-1967 lines.
This idea has been the basis for previous rounds of peace talks with Israel.
At a press conference in Doha, where he lives in exile, the Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal also stressed a change in approach to the Jewish faith.
"Hamas believes our struggle is against the Zionist occupation, the Zionist enterprise. It's not a struggle against Jews or Judaism," he said.
The indications are that Hamas wants to improve its international standing.
It has dropped all references to the Muslim Brotherhood since Egypt and some Gulf Arab states decided to categorise the wider organisation as a terrorist group.
And yet, the new declarations will not see Hamas itself removed from the terrorist lists of the United States and the European Union any time soon.
They make clear that Hamas remains committed to what it calls "armed resistance" against Israel.
The Israeli prime minister's spokesman, David Keyes dismissed the new Hamas document.
"When you look at what they tell their own people on Hamas's TV stations, in their mosques, in their schools, they are calling on a daily basis to destroy Israel," he said.
There has been speculation that Hamas is seeking entry to the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), an umbrella group for Palestinian political factions.
Its original charter states that on the day the PLO "adopts Islam as its way of life, we will become its soldiers."
Now, the body - headed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas - is described as "a national framework for the Palestinian people inside and outside of Palestine".
That shift could play well with many Palestinians - keen to see an end to the damaging division between their main political factions, Hamas and Fatah.
However, Fatah spokesman, Osama al-Qawasmi, criticised Hamas for not altering its stance earlier.
"Hamas should apologise to the PLO after 30 years accusing it of treachery and blasphemy and for causing a sharp split between the Palestinian people," he said.
Tensions have recently increased between Fatah, which dominates the Palestinian Authority governing parts of the West Bank, and Hamas, which controls Gaza.
Hamas took over Gaza by force in 2007, a year after it won legislative elections.
The more moderate tone from Mr Meshaal comes as he is about to step down as leader of Hamas after serving two terms.
Some analysts suggest he hopes to alleviate the economic pressure in Gaza, which has long seen tight border restrictions imposed by Israel and Egypt.
This new document also comes as his political rival Mahmoud Abbas prepares to meet US President Donald Trump this week.
While Hamas officially criticises his diplomatic efforts, it may not want to be marginalised if the moribund peace process is revived.
Lyle Taylor's first league goal since the opening day of the season had put AFC Wimbledon ahead, only for Black to level matters after the break, with Shrewsbury holding on despite Toney receiving two yellow cards.
The Dons began sharply and led after six minutes when Taylor battled to win a corner, before losing his marker to meet a low delivery with a fierce shot past Jayson Leutwiler.
Shrewsbury ought to have been level after 10 minutes when Toney spurned a fantastic chance, ballooning his header from Junior Brown's cross well over.
The visitors rarely threatened after that but they equalised within 90 seconds of the restart when Black was given space to fire beyond James Shea from 25 yards.
Shea then kept out Shaun Whalley's long-range effort, before Leutwiler made a fantastic save of his own from Dom Poleon from two yards.
Shrewsbury were reduced to 10 men when Toney was shown a senseless second yellow in the 82nd minute, but Wimbledon could not make their advantage count.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, AFC Wimbledon 1, Shrewsbury Town 1.
Second Half ends, AFC Wimbledon 1, Shrewsbury Town 1.
Attempt saved. Dominic Poleon (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Adam El-Abd (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tyrone Barnett (AFC Wimbledon).
Attempt saved. Tyrone Barnett (AFC Wimbledon) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Dominic Poleon (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Oliver Lancashire (Shrewsbury Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Oliver Lancashire (Shrewsbury Town).
Andy Barcham (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Antoni Sarcevic (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Barry Fuller (AFC Wimbledon).
Attempt blocked. Chris Whelpdale (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Dominic Poleon (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Second yellow card to Ivan Toney (Shrewsbury Town) for a bad foul.
Foul by Ivan Toney (Shrewsbury Town).
(AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Shrewsbury Town. Oliver Lancashire replaces Joe Riley because of an injury.
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Chris Whelpdale replaces Lyle Taylor.
Ivan Toney (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Darius Charles (AFC Wimbledon).
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Ivan Toney.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Junior Brown.
Attempt blocked. Tyrone Barnett (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Antoni Sarcevic (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tyrone Barnett (AFC Wimbledon).
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Tyrone Barnett replaces Dean Parrett.
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Andy Barcham replaces Tom Elliott.
Attempt saved. Shaun Whalley (Shrewsbury Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Joe Riley (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Dominic Poleon (AFC Wimbledon).
Junior Brown (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Lyle Taylor (AFC Wimbledon).
Antoni Sarcevic (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Jake Reeves (AFC Wimbledon).
Ryan McGivern (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Lyle Taylor (AFC Wimbledon).
Adam El-Abd (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tom Elliott (AFC Wimbledon).
Ian Black (Shrewsbury Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Mae pedwar o bobl wedi marw yn yr ymosodiad a 40 wedi eu hanafu.
Mae tri o'r rhai sydd wedi eu hanafu yn blismyn a dau mewn cyflwr difrifol.
Mae heddlu Llundain yn credu eu bod nhw'n gwybod pwy oedd yr ymosodwr ac yn dweud ei fod wedi cael ei ysbrydoli gan derfysgaeth Islamaidd ryngwladol.
Mae wyth o bobl wedi eu harestio mewn cysylltiad gyda'r ymosodiad.
Mewn datganiad ger bron Tŷ'r Cyffredin fore Iau dywedodd y prif weinidog Theresa May fod yr ymosodwr, oedd wedi ei eni ym Mhrydain, wedi gweithredu ar ben ei hun.
Ychwanegodd fod yr heddlu a'r gwasanaethau cudd yn adnabod y dyn.
Rhai blynyddoedd yn ôl, meddai Mrs May, roedd yr M15 wedi cynnal ymchwilaid oherwydd pryderon am eithafiaeth treisgar, ond gwnaed y penderfynaid fod y dyn yn "ffigwr ar yr ymylon" ac nad oedd yn rhan o'r darlun cyfoes sydd wedi ei lunio gan y gwasanaetahu cudd.
Wedi'r ymosodiad yn Llundain, mae darlithydd yn adran astudiaethau amddiffyn Coleg King's wedi dweud bod y math yma o ymosodiad yn "anodd ei ragweld".
Dywedodd Bleddyn Bowen ar y Post Cyntaf: "Y math yma o ymosodiad yw'r peth anoddaf i'w ragweld ac i'w atal achos mae pawb yn gallu cael car a chael gafael ar gyllell, felly mae'r math yma o ymosodiad yn anodd iawn i'r asiantaethau diogelwch a gwybodaeth i'w ragweld..."
"Does dim ateb clir i'r math yma o ymosodiadau, tu hwnt i system lywodraethol fwy totalitaraidd, neu atal pobl rhag gyrru ceir ble mae lot o bobl ar bafin."
Ymhlith y rhai a gafodd eu lladd yn Llundain oedd plismon, y Cwnstabl Keith Palmer, a oedd yn gwarchod y Senedd. Cafodd y dyn 48 oed ei drywanu gan yr ymosodwr.
Cafodd yr ymosodwr ei saethu'n farw.
Cyn yr ymosodiad ar y plismon fe wnaeth yr ymosodwr yrru ei gar at gerddwyr oedd yn croesi Pont San Steffan.
Ar y Post Cyntaf, dywedodd yr AS Liz Saville Roberts bod teimlad o "agosatrwydd" yn Llundain.
"Mae 'na awyrgylch yma, pobl yn edrych ar ei gilydd, rhyw deimlad os rhywbeth o agosatrwydd, ond deall hefyd," meddai.
Bydd Tŷ'r Cyffredin a Thŷ'r Arglwyddi yn gweithio yn ôl eu harfer ddydd Iau.
Dyna hefyd fydd hanes y Senedd ym Mae Caerdydd, ar ôl i weithgareddau yno gael eu hatal ddydd Mercher yn dilyn digwyddiadau Llundain.
Ond fe fydd yna fwy o heddlu gan gynnwys heddlu arfog ar ddyletswydd yng nghyffiniau'r Cynulliad Cenedlaethol.
Cafodd munud o dawelwch ei gynnal ar draws Whitehall yn Llundain, yn Scotland Yard ac yn y senedd ym Mae Caerdydd fore Iau.
Under a two-year scheme, firms with fewer than 250 staff will get subsidies if they take on a young or unemployed person for six months or more.
In addition, about 500,000 vocational training schemes will be created.
France's unemployment rate is 10.6%, against a European Union average of 9.8% and 4.2% in Germany.
Mr Hollande said money for the plan would come from savings in other areas of public spending.
"These €2bn will be financed without any new taxes of any kind," said President Hollande, who announced the details during an annual speech to business leaders.
"Our country has been faced with structural unemployment for two to three decades and this requires that creating jobs becomes our one and only fight."
France was facing an "uncertain economic climate and persistent unemployment" and there was an "economic and social emergency", he said.
The president said recently that the country's social emergency, caused by unemployment, was as serious as the emergency caused by terrorism.
He called on his audience to help "build the economic and social model for tomorrow".
The president also addressed the issue of labour market flexibility.
"Regarding the rules for hiring and laying off, we need to guarantee stability and predictability to both employers and employees. There is room for simplification," he said.
"The goal is also more security for the company to hire, to adapt its workforce when economic circumstances require, but also more security for the employee in the face of change and mobility".
However, the BBC's Paris correspondent Hugh Schofield said there was widespread scepticism that the plan would have any lasting impact.
"Despite regular announcements of plans, pacts and promises, the number of those out of work continues to rise in France.
"With a little over a year until the presidential election in which he hopes to stand for a second term, President Hollande desperately needs good news on the jobs front. But given the huge gap so far between his words and his achievements, there is little expectation that this new plan will bear fruit in time", our correspondent said.
The point to extend the Robins' unbeaten run to four games leaves them 22nd in the table, but moves them to within two points of safety after Bury were beaten by Rochdale on Thursday.
Wimbledon's Tom Soares could have seen red in the 24th minute after his high boot forced John Goddard off the pitch with blood pouring from his head.
The Dons should have taken the lead in the 30th minute when Tyrone Barnett was gifted a chance but he scuffed his effort into the hands of Lawrence Vigouroux.
Goddard returned shortly afterwards and almost gave the home side the lead when his curling shot from outside the area forced Joe McDonnell into a fingertip save.
Swindon's Bradley Barry tried his luck from long range in the 77th minute, but his stinging shot went just over the crossbar.
Jake Reeves almost won it in the final moments for the Dons when he broke free on goal but he fired his effort straight at Vigouroux.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Swindon Town 0, AFC Wimbledon 0.
Second Half ends, Swindon Town 0, AFC Wimbledon 0.
Jonathan Obika (Swindon Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Dannie Bulman (AFC Wimbledon).
Bradley Barry (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Sean Kelly (AFC Wimbledon).
Attempt missed. Darius Charles (AFC Wimbledon) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Lawrence Vigouroux.
Attempt saved. Jake Reeves (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Alfie Egan replaces George Francomb.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Bradley Barry.
Corner, Swindon Town. Conceded by Paul Robinson.
Jonathan Obika (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Darius Charles (AFC Wimbledon).
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Dean Parrett replaces Tom Soares.
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Andy Barcham replaces Tyrone Barnett.
Attempt blocked. Ben Gladwin (Swindon Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Fankaty Dabo (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tyrone Barnett (AFC Wimbledon).
Attempt missed. Bradley Barry (Swindon Town) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Raphael Rossi Branco (Swindon Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Sean Kelly (AFC Wimbledon).
Substitution, Swindon Town. Luke Norris replaces Charlie Colkett.
Foul by Ben Gladwin (Swindon Town).
Darius Charles (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Jake Reeves (AFC Wimbledon) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Hand ball by Ben Gladwin (Swindon Town).
Bradley Barry (Swindon Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Lyle Taylor (AFC Wimbledon).
Foul by Rohan Ince (Swindon Town).
Darius Charles (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Ben Gladwin.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Dion Conroy.
Attempt blocked. Tyrone Barnett (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Dion Conroy.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Swindon Town. Ben Gladwin replaces John Goddard.
Delay in match Jake Reeves (AFC Wimbledon) because of an injury.
Foul by Rohan Ince (Swindon Town).
Jake Reeves (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
6 November 2015 Last updated at 03:16 GMT
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Nottinghamshire began on 89-4 but added just 101 runs to their overnight score, with Samit Patel (46) top-scoring as the hosts' bowlers shared the wickets.
Set 401 runs to win, Marcus Trescothick (65) and Tom Abell (72) made a perfect start with a 129-run partnership.
Johann Myburgh added 56 before Notts recovered to leave Somerset 274-5 at stumps, requiring another 127 to win.
Somerset began the day on the front foot as Tim Groenewald (3-65) trapped the dangerous Riki Wessels lbw in the first over.
Luke Wood was then bowled by Alfonso Thomas (2-43) to leave the visitors reeling on 95-6 and give Somerset hope that they could set up an attainable victory target.
Will Gidman (22) and Patel moved the score along, but Gidman was caught and bowled by Groenewald before Patel was caught at point off the bowling of Abdur Rehman (2-60) and the tail soon followed to leave Somerset five sessions to make 401 runs.
Trescothick and Abell set about their sizeable task with positive intent, with the Somerset captain reaching his third Championship half-century of the season from 79 balls before he was caught and bowled by Patel.
Gidman (2-29) then took two crucial wickets in quick succession, having Abell and the in-form James Hildreth caught at short extra cover to leave the score at 201-3.
Matthew Carter (2-95) had both Tom Cooper and Myburgh caught to reach nine wickets for the match, but Jim Allenby (32 not out) and Peter Trego (26 not out) reached the close untroubled to leave both sides hopeful of a victory going into the final day.
Somerset coach Matt Maynard:
"It would have been nice had we have lost one or two fewer wickets, but we are still in a position where if we can get a couple of partnerships together, it is going to be a very tight finish.
"We know the new ball is around the corner, but if Trego and Allenby can develop their partnership and see off 10 or 15 overs of the new ball, it's going to be very exciting.
"I think we have done brilliantly to get ourselves back into this position in the first place. We were 200 runs adrift on the first innings, but to have bowled and fielded like we did is very encouraging."
Nottinghamshire all-rounder Will Gidman:
"The game is certainly in the balance and it's shaping up to be a fantastic last day.
"It's very clichéd, but I think the first half-hour to 45 minutes is going to be vital. Whoever wins that will be in a very strong position.
"The first innings was all about Matthew Carter but they have dealt with him a lot better and as a result, they are a lot better off in terms of the game position."
Coach Erik Hamren looks set to stick with Marcus Berg up front, ahead of fellow misfiring forward John Guidetti, as Zlatan Ibrahimovic's strike partner.
Belgium midfielder Mousa Dembele is unlikely to be risked after suffering an ankle injury against the Republic of Ireland, so Radja Nainggolan may start.
Defensive duo Jan Vertonghen and Thomas Vermaelen will both start the game a booking away from a suspension.
Belgium only need a point against Sweden to secure qualification as runners-up. They would go out if they lose and the Republic of Ireland win.
Sweden will qualify as runners-up if they win - as long as the Republic of Ireland don't beat Italy by at least three goals.
If Sweden and Ireland both claim victories and the Irish win by at least a three-goal margin it becomes possible for Sweden to drop to third - but four points would guarantee they qualify as one of the best third-placed sides.
Defeat would eliminate Sweden - as would a draw coupled with an Ireland win. If Sweden end third on two points they are unlikely to go through as one of the best third-placed teams.
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It's a tale of two strikers in Nice. Romelu Lukaku put a disappointing outing in Belgium's opener behind him with a two-goal display against the Republic of Ireland. Meanwhile Swedish star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is yet to score at Euro 2016 and is goalless in his last four games for Sweden.
The 34-year-old will retire from international football after the tournament and is still hoping to bow out in style. "To finish with a disappointment - never," he said on Tuesday.
Lukaku's goals were vindication for Belgium coach Marc Wilmots, who opted to stand by the forward despite calls for him to be dropped after their opening game defeat.
The situation could not be more different for Ibrahimovic. The Swede entered the tournament to much fanfare, yet he is still to test an opposition goalkeeper as indeed are any of his team-mates. Sweden are the only country yet to have a shot on target.
Head-to-head
Sweden
Belgium
16th century - Spanish colonisation of the River Plate coast and inland areas begins.
1776 - Spain establishes separate Viceroyalty of the River Plate.
1810 - Viceroy overthrown, launching the war of independence.
1816 - Independence declared, followed by decades of turmoil, attempted foreign intervention, and civil war between centralist and federalist forces.
1861 - State of Buenos Aires finally reintegrated with Argentine Confederation after Battle of Pavon to form a united country.
1880 - Start of decades of liberal economic and immigration policies that lead to rapid income and population growth and progressive education and social policies.
Evita: 50 years as a symbol
Witness: Peron returns
1908 - Argentina has seventh highest per capita income in the world.
1912 - Full adult male suffrage introduced.
1916 - Hipolito Yrigoyen of the Radical party is elected president and introduces a minimum wage to counter the effects of inflation. Yrigoyen is elected again in 1928.
1930 - Armed forces coup ousts Yrigoyen amid sharp economic downturn caused by Great Depression. Civilian rule is restored in 1932, but economic decline continues.
1942 - Argentina, along with Chile, refuses to break diplomatic relations with Japan and Germany after the Japanese attack on the US Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbour.
1943 - Nationalist army officers seize power in protest at stagnation and electoral fraud. One leading figures is Colonel Juan Peron.
1945 - Argentina declares war on Japan and Germany.
The Peron era
1946 - Juan Peron wins presidential election on a promise of higher wages and social security. His wife, Eva 'Evita' Peron is put in charge of labour relations.
1949 - A new constitution strengthens the power of the president. Congress passes legislation providing jail terms for anyone showing disrespect to the government. Regime opponents are imprisoned, independent newspapers are suppressed.
1951 - Peron is re-elected with a huge majority.
1952 - Evita dies of cancer. Peron's support begins to decline.
1955 September - Military coup succeeds after three days of fighting, during which thousands are killed. Peron resigns and goes into exile. The federal constitution of 1853, based on that of the United States, is restored.
1966 - General Juan Carlos Ongania seizes power after years of unstable civilian government.
1973 - The Peronist party wins elections in March, Peron becomes president in September.
1974 - Peron dies in July. His third wife, Isabel, succeeds him. Terrorism from right and left escalates, leaving hundreds dead amid strikes, protests and rampant inflation.
1976 - Armed forces seize power and launch 'Dirty War' in which thousands are killed on suspicion of left-wing sympathies.
The Falklands War
On This Day 1982: Argentina invades Falklands
Falklands War anniversary
Falkland Islands profile
1982 April - Argentine forces occupy the British Falkland Islands, over which Argentina has long claimed sovereignty. British task force re-takes islands in June.
1983 - Junta, reeling from Falklands fiasco, restores democracy. Raul Alfonsin becomes president. Argentina begins to investigate the 'Dirty War' and charge former military leaders with human rights abuses. Inflation is running at more than 900%.
1989 - Carlos Menem of the Peronist party is elected president. He imposes an economic austerity programme.
1990 - Full diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom are restored, although Argentina maintains claim to Falklands.
1992 - Argentina introduces a new currency, the peso, which is pegged to the US dollar. A bomb is placed in the Israeli embassy, 29 people are killed.
1994 - A Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires is bombed. 86 people are killed and more than 200 injured in Argentina's worst terrorist atrocity. Over subsequent decades of investigations, prosecutors allege Iranian involvement.
1996 - Finance Minister Domingo Cavallo is dismissed. Economic hardship leads to a general strike in September.
1997 - A judge in Spain issues orders for the arrest of former Argentine military officers on charges of participating in the kidnapping and killing of Spanish citizens during the 'Dirty War'. Argentine amnesty laws protect the accused.
Recession bites
1998 - Argentine judges order arrests in connection with the abduction of hundreds of babies from women detained during the 'Dirty War'.
1999 - Fernando de la Rua of the centre-left Alianza opposition coalition wins the presidency, inherits 114 billion-dollar public debt after a year of recession.
2000 - Strikes and fuel tax protests. Beef exports slump after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. Soya exports suffer from concerns over the use of genetically modified varieties. The IMF grants Argentina an aid package of nearly 40 billion dollars.
2001 March - President de la Rua forms a government of national unity and appoints three finance ministers in as many weeks as cabinet resignations and protests greet planned austerity measures.
2001 July - Much of the country is brought to a standstill by a general strike in protest against proposed government spending cuts. Country's credit ratings slip.
Return of the Peronists
2001 October - The opposition Peronists take control of both houses of parliament in congressional elections.
Unemployed protesters took to the streets of Buenos Aires
The day Argentina hit rock bottom
Fresh hope after Argentine crisis
2001 December - IMF stops $1.3bn in aid, banks shut down. President De la Rua resigns after at least 25 people die in rioting.
2002 1 January - Congress elects Peronist Senator Eduardo Duhalde as caretaker president. Within days the government devalues the peso, ending 10 years of parity with the US dollar.
2002 November - Argentina defaults on an $800m debt repayment to the World Bank, having failed to re-secure IMF aid. The World Bank says it will not consider new loans for the country.
Kirchner sworn in
2003 May - Mainstream Peronist candidate Nestor Kirchner wins presidential election.
Cristina Fernandez succeeded husband Nestor Kirchner as president
Obituary: Nestor Kirchner
2003 September - After weeks of negotiations Argentina and IMF agree on debt-refinancing deal under which Buenos Aires will only pay interest on its loans.
2005 March - President Kirchner declares the restructuring of the country's debt to be a success. Argentina offered to exchange more than $100bn in defaulted bonds.
2005 June - Supreme Court approves repeal of amnesty law that had protected former military officers suspected of human rights abuses during military rule in 1976-1983. Congress voted to scrap the amnesty in 2003.
2006 January - Argentina repays its multi-billion-dollar debt to the IMF.
Fernandez elected
2007 October - Former Roman Catholic police chaplain Christian Von Wernich is convicted of collaborating in the murder and torture of prisoners during the 'Dirty War'.
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is elected president, succeeding her husband Nestor Kirchner in the December.
2008 July - President Fernandez cancels controversial tax increases on agricultural exports which sparked months of protests by farmers.
2008 August - Two former generals are sentenced to life imprisonment for their actions during the period of Argentina's military rule - known as the Dirty War - during the 1970s and 1980s.
2008 November - Lower house of parliament approves government's controversial plan to nationalise pension funds. President Fernandez says the move is necessary to protect pensioners' assets during the global financial crisis.
2009 July - Legislative elections result in President Fernandez's Peronist party losing its absolute majorities in both houses of parliament.
Row with UK
2009 April - Argentina hands documents to UN formally laying claim to a vast expanse of the ocean, as far as the Antarctic and including British island chains.
2009 December - Argentine parliament passes law claiming Falkland Islands and several other British overseas territories in the area.
Tango evolved in Buenos Aires, became a worldwide craze
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2010 February - Argentina imposes new controls on ships passing through its waters to Falkland Islands in response to plans by a British company to drill for oil near the islands.
2010 June - Argentina's creditors agree to new debt swap deal worth around $12bn. Under the new agreement, two thirds of the country's outstanding bad debt will be exchanged for new bonds.
2010 December - Exploration firm says it fails to find oil at Falkland Islands.
Former military ruler General Jorge Videla is sentenced to life in prison for crimes against humanity.
2011 October - Benefiting from strong economic growth, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner wins a second term with a landslide 54% of the vote.
Former naval officer Alfredo Astiz and 11 other former members of the security forces are given life sentences for crimes against humanity committed during the 1976-83 period of military rule.
2011 December - As the 30th anniversary of Argentina's invasion of the Falkland Islands approaches, tensions with Britain increase after Buenos Aires persuades members of the South American trading bloc Mercosur to close their ports to ships flying the Falkland Islands flag.
2012 May - The European Union files a suit against Argentina's import restrictions at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in a row over Argentina's nationalisation of energy company YPF, which was majority owned by Spain's Repsol.
2012 July - Two former junta leaders found guilty of overseeing the systematic theft of babies from political prisoners during 1976-1983 dictatorship. Jorge Videla and Reynaldo Bignone sentenced to 50 and 15 years in prison respectively. Trial follows years of campaigning by rights group Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, which says 500 children stolen and raised by families close to the regime.
2012 September - The International Monetary Fund warns Argentina it could face sanctions unless it produces reliable growth and inflation data by mid-December. Economists say annual inflation in Argentina is running at 24%, much higher than the official 10% figure.
2012 November - Congress approves a law to lower the voting age to 16. The government says it is an extension of democracy that will enfranchise more than a million young voters. President Fernandez is courting the youth vote, and critics say the change is designed to boost her party's chances in the key mid-term congressional elections in 2013.
2013 January - Argentina and Iran agree to set up a joint commission to investigate the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires, despite Argentine courts having blamed Iran for the attack in which 85 people died.
2013 February - Argentina becomes the first country to be censured by the International Monetary Fund for not providing accurate data on inflation and economic growth, under a procedure that can end in expulsion.
2013 March - Falkland Islanders vote overwhelmingly in favour of remaining a British overseas territory.
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires is chosen as Pope. He is the first Latin American to lead the Roman Catholic Church, and takes the name of Francis.
2013 November - President Fernandez appoints leftwingers to run the cabinet, economy, agriculture and central bank in a move to strengthen state intervention in the economy. Government reaches deal with Spanish energy company Repsol to pay compensation for the YPF firm nationalised in 2012.
2014 July - Argentina defaults on its international debt for the second time in 13 years, after failing to resolve its differences with US hedge funds that hold 1.3bn dollars worth of bonds, bought at a discount after the country last defaulted.
2014 September - Congress approves a bill to restructure the country's debt and sidestep a recent US court ruling that caused Argentina to default.
2014 October - Court gives life sentences to fifteen people for their involvement in the running of a detention and torture centre in the city of La Plata during military rule in the 1970s
2014 December - Reynaldo Bignone, Argentina's last military ruler already in jail for crimes against humanity, is sentenced for the theft of babies born during the years of dictatorship in the 1970s and 80s.
2015 January - Prominent prosecutor Alberto Nisman is found dead in mysterious circumstances, after accusing the government of a cover-up over the country's worst terrorist attack - the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires that left 85 people dead.
President Fernandez announces plans to dissolve the country's intelligence agency, and suggests that rogue agents were involved in Mr Nisman's death.
2015 February - Judge dismisses Prosecutor Nisman's case against President Fernandez for lack of evidence.
2015 November - Conservative Mayor of Buenos Aires Mauricio Macri beats Peronist Daniel Scioli in run-off presidential election, takes office in December.
2016 February - Argentina agrees to settle multi-billion-dollar dispute with US hedge funds over bond repayments, which had restricted the country's access to international credit markets.
The 19-year-old played just 11 times for Ligue 2 club Lens but has also represented Belgium at Under-16, Under-17, Under-18 and Under-19 levels.
He follows Eden, 21, who joined Chelsea for a reported £32m from Lille in June.
Thorgan will train with Chelsea's under-21 squad in pre-season but a loan move would be considered, according to the club's official website.
Meanwhile, striker Fernando Torres expects the Blues to challenge for the Premier League title this season.
Torres, 28, told his personal website, www.fernando9torres.com: "I would love to win a Premier League.
"Hopefully it will happen this year, but for sure we will be challenging for it."
Nemesis, a heavily-modified Lotus Exige body, will be driven by estate agent Nick Ponting, 21, from Gloucester.
Dale Vince said he had built the car to "smash the stereotype of electric cars as something Noddy would drive - slow, boring, not cool".
The record attempt is due to be made at Elvington Airfield, near York, on 27 September.
Nemesis was designed and built in under two years by a team of British motorsport engineers in Norfolk.
It can travel from 100-150 miles between charges, depending on driving style, and can be charged from empty in about 30 minutes using a rapid-charger.
The team believes theoretically the motors are capable of about 200mph but "real world" constraints like aerodynamic lift have to be addressed before the attempt.
Mr Vince, who runs the electricity company Ecotricity, said he was quietly confident the team would break the record.
The current record of 137mph (220km/h) was set by Don Wales, from Addlestone, Surrey, in 2000.
A separate attempt to beat the record last August was thwarted after the vehicle's suspension was damaged by a pothole.
The Bluebird Electric was being driven along Pendine Sands in Carmarthenshire by Mr Wales's son Joe, who suffered mild whiplash as a result.
It had previously removed the image, posted by a Norwegian author, on the grounds that it contained nudity.
The move sparked a debate about Facebook's role as an editor.
The editor of Norway's largest newspaper had written an open letter to Facebook's chief Mark Zuckerberg calling the ban "an abuse of power".
The tech giant said it had "listened to the community" and acknowledged the "global importance" of the photo.
"Because of its status as an iconic image of historical importance, the value of permitting sharing outweighs the value of protecting the community by removal, so we have decided to reinstate the image on Facebook where we are aware it has been removed," it said in a statement.
"It will take some time to adjust these systems but the photo should be available for sharing in the coming days.
"We are always looking to improve our policies to make sure they both promote free expression and keep our community safe."
The Norwegian prime minister - who had earlier posted a copy of the photo on Facebook herself only to see it removed - welcomed the U-turn.
"That's very good, I'm a happy prime minister," Erna Solberg told BBC Radio 4's The World Tonight programme.
"It shows that using social media can make [a] political change even in social media."
Tom Egeland, the author whose Facebook account had been suspended over the affair, also expressed his pleasure.
"Now I'm happy!" he tweeted.
"This does not alter at all the difficult issues that involve Facebook and the Norwegian media. But tonight I'm just happy."
But Espen Egil Hansen - the editor of Aftenposten, who had brought the issue to prominence - said he still had concerns.
"When it comes to this photo specifically I would say that it was a sensible decision by Facebook. That's what we editors have to do sometimes - realise that we made a mistake and change our minds," he wrote in Norwegian on the newspaper's site.
"But the main point of my article, and the point that I have asked Mark Zuckerberg to engage in, is the debate about Facebook's power that results from so much information going through its channels. And that still stands.
"He should begin to take part in this discussion, for there are no simple solutions. Facebook must recognise that it has become an information filter - and that raises problematic issues."
Last month, Mr Zuckerberg told an Italian audience that he did not want his firm to become a news editor.
"No, we are a tech company, not a media company," he said.
"The world needs news companies, but also technology platforms, like what we do, and we take our role in this very seriously."
The Welsh 400m hurdler, 32, met the Olympic qualifying time in May, but failed to win automatic Rio selection at the British Championships.
Williams failed in his appeal, which he said was "a bitter pill to swallow".
"Sport requires so much dedication... It's whether I've still got that drive and motivation," he told Newyddion 9.
The 2012 European 400m hurdle champion said, at the moment, his love for the sport is not there, but added: "hopefully in the coming weeks it will be.
"I'm not going to make any rash decisions because I want to see Wales, off the back of this Olympics, springboard into the Commonwealth Games... and I've always wanted to be one of the main Welsh athletes there."
Asked if athletics fans would see him at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, the 2012 Olympian replied: "I hope so, we'll see."
Williams was left out of the Team GB squad for Rio after missing out on a place in the top two at the British Championships in June and finishing fifth at the European Championships in July.
The British Athletics selection panel did not feel that he would win a medal in Rio or at a future Olympic Games.
Williams, who received a four-month ban for doping in 2014 and missed that year's Commonwealth Games, admitted watching the Olympics from home "has been tough".
"When you've just fallen short over a selector not thinking you're quite good enough, even though you're much better than some of the athletes they've taken, it's a bitter pill to swallow.
"But that's life, that's sport and you've just got to get on with it.
"I really wanted to almost end my athletics career on a high, and I almost did that and I just fell short."
Seren Bundy-Davies was the only Welsh track and field athlete named in Great Britain's team for the Olympics.
It means Wales has just one athletics competitor at an Olympics for the first time since the 1952 Helsinki Games.
Williams fears Wales might struggle to send a larger athletics contingent to future Games unless more talent starts coming through the system.
"Sport is up and down and Welsh Athletics have got actually a great system in place and a great head coach.
"What they haven't got is enough athletes coming through, they get lost to rugby, football, hockey, [and] netball so until that's sorted, it's not going to change much."
US Governor Sam Brownback signed the law on Thursday, saying it would encourage people to get back to work.
Other states prevent welfare recipients from buying alcohol and cigarettes with government aid.
But the revised Kansas list appears to be the most extensive in the US.
Senate Minority Leader Democrat Anthony Hensley called it "a punitive and highly judgmental piece of legislation" while national commentators such as The Daily Show's Jon Stewart have ridiculed the law.
But other critics question whether such restrictions can be enforced.
Shannon Cotsoradis, president and CEO of the advocacy group Kansas Action for Children, said the list had attracted national attention because "it feels mean-spirited."
"It really seems to make a statement about how we feel about the poor," she said.
The walk-in service is aimed at reducing doctor appointments and to help reduce the over-use of antibiotics, NHS England said.
It is hoped the scheme could result in fewer visits to GPs -potentially saving the NHS millions of pounds a year.
But pharmacies say cuts in funding to the sector could jeopardise the scheme.
The Sore Throat Test and Treat service, which has been trialled in 35 Boots pharmacies, will determine if an illness is caused by a virus - meaning drugs will not help - or a bacterial infection.
Results from a throat swab, which measures sugars on the tongue, are provided in five minutes. Patients who can be helped by antibiotics will be prescribed them by the pharmacist and not have to see a GP.
NHS chief executive Simon Stevens said the scheme will be rolled out across the country over the coming year.
Dr Adam Roberts, a microbiologist at University College London specialising in antibiotic resistance, told the BBC it was "quite an innovative step".
He said: "Anything that reduces our reliance and our inappropriate use of antibiotics is a good thing.
"The initial data they showed using this kit showed that of around 360 individuals that took part only 36 were given a prescription, which is a massive reduction."
Claire Ward, chairwoman of Pharmacy Voice, which represents the trade, welcomed the roll-out and said it was the "kind of thing community pharmacies should be undertaking".
But she warned that cuts to services could prevent the scheme from working.
In October, the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee told the BBC that the government had drawn up proposals to cut funding by 12% from December. The Department of Health said no final decision had been made.
The throat test is one of eight medical innovations being introduced to help the NHS modernise in the face of increasing demand.
Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS England's national medical director, said "innovation is not an option but a necessity if we are to build a sustainable NHS".
"The innovations selected for this programme have the potential to deliver better value for the taxpayer whilst making patient interactions with the NHS safer and more personal," he said.
Police in Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire will instead form a "strategic alliance" to coordinate their work.
A spokesman for the Unison union said the decision was "good news for our members and the public".
A full alliance, which was "not a merger", could be in place by 2020.
A police spokesman from Northamptonshire said "a decision was made not to progress any further work by G4S across the three forces in this area".
Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner Sir Clive Loader said: "We'd prefer to be the masters of our own destiny."
A spokesman for the three forces said: "On 3 November, we announced that G4S had been asked to carry out a feasibility study into contact management.
"We are grateful to G4S for providing their report but although we have identified an urgent need to explore options... we can confirm at this early stage that this will not include outsourcing.
G4S spokesman John Shaw said the firm was "disappointed" that a deal had not been agreed.
"We firmly believe that we can help police forces unlock resources in their support functions to release money for front-line policing and keep more officers on the beat."
A joint statement from the three forces' police and crime commissioners said: "To be quite clear, the alliance is not a merger.
"It is all about protecting the quality of local policing services in each force area as a result of maximising efficiencies ... and each force will retain its own identity."
Leicestershire Police Unison branch secretary Chris Hanrahan said the union will be looking to meet chief police officers early next year to discuss the three-force alliance.
United midfielder Fellaini appeared to catch Can with an arm during Thursday's first leg at Anfield and could face retrospective punishment from Uefa.
But 22-year-old Can said: "Fellaini is a fair sportsman. He touched my throat with his elbow but it is OK.
"It was just a small fight. It was not a boxing ring punch."
Spanish referee Carlos Velasco Carballo produced six bookings in the game, but did not produce a card for Belgian midfielder Fellaini for the clash with Can.
Liverpool dominated Thursday's game and won it through a Daniel Sturridge penalty and second-half goal from Roberto Firmino.
The home side could have had a bigger lead to take to Old Trafford for next Thursday's second leg were it not for United keeper David De Gea, who made a number of good saves.
"De Gea is a very good goalkeeper but we created chances, played well and scored two goals," added Can.
"It was incredible, a very good score for the second leg and we have to keep going like that."
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The 26-year-old joins the Bluebirds from French Ligue 2 club Bourg-Peronnas and has already linked up with Neil Warnock's squad for pre-season training.
Born in the northern French city of Chantilly, Damour has represented France up to Under-20 level.
Damour has spent his career playing his football in France and Belgium.
His previous clubs include Strasbourg, White Star Bruxelles, Fréjus and Saint-Raphaël.
Damour said he was pleased to have signed for the Welsh club and was looking forward to the challenges of the forthcoming season.
"I'm very happy to be here, it's a beautiful place," Damour told the club's official website.
"I'm happy to come to play in the Championship, it's a very good opportunity for me and my career.
"I'm a midfield player. I am box-to-box. I like defending and attacking. I have so much energy to give."
Damour becomes the Welsh Championship club's sixth signing of the summer, following the arrivals of Neil Etheridge, Nathaniel Mendez-Laing, Callum Paterson, Lee Camp and Danny Ward.
Cardiff also announced on Thursday that veteran striker Rickie Lambert has had his contact terminated by mutual consent.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
Nemanja Nikolic's 56th-minute penalty at a rain-soaked Aviva Stadium put the Poles ahead before Aleksandar Prijovic doubled the lead in injury-time.
Prijovic's 94th-minute second after breaking free leaves Dundalk up against it in Tuesday's return leg in Warsaw.
League of Ireland side Dundalk had looked composed before conceding.
Dundalk - the club that came from nowhere
Andy Boyle was penalised for the spot kick as he attempted to block a Steeven Langil shot after Nikolic had rounded Dundalk keeper Gary Rogers.
It looked a harsh decision but worse was to follow for Dundalk with virtually the last kick of the game as substitute Prijovic broke free to lift the ball over Rogers.
The Irish champions have already banked more than £4m for their European exploits although a place in the Champions League group stage would yield around £8m more for a Dundalk side who picked up £92,500 for retaining the League of Ireland title last season.
Dundalk do have the safety net of a Europa League group-stage spot even if they fail to overcome the Polish champions.
In front of more than 30,000 spectators, Dundalk started brightly with the lively former Derry City player Patrick McEleney heading over the best first-half chance in the second minute.
Legia struggled for fluency in the first period with Michal Kuchararczyk's 25th-minute half-volley - which flashed just wide - their only real attempt at goal.
Dundalk continued to look the more enterprising side immediately after the restart as Sean Gannon headed straight at Arkadiusz Malarz and Daryl Horgan fired straight at the Legia keeper.
But against the run of play, Legia were ahead on 56 minutes as Nikolic sent Rogers the wrong way from the penalty spot after Langil's shot had cannoned off Boyle's trailing right arm.
Buoyed by the goal, Legia took control with Kuchararczyk twice going close but Dundalk rallied late on as substitute Ciaran Kilduff blasted over with only two minutes left.
A 1-0 deficit would have seen Dundalk going to Warsaw believing that the tie was not beyond them, but after Prijovic netted in the fourth minute of injury-time as the Irish side did not even have the opportunity to kick-off again.
Dundalk manager Stephen Kenny: "It's a really appalling (penalty) decision to swing the game.
"Andy Boyle has thrown himself at it to try and block it - brave defender that he is.
"His hand is not in an unnatural position - his arm is close to his body, so it's certainly not a penalty.
"We were the better team up to that and there was no way we deserved to lose that game 2-0."
Legia Warsaw coach Besnik Hasi: "I'm really pleased we didn't concede. We scored two and could've scored more."
Match ends, Dundalk 0, Legia Warsaw 2.
Second Half ends, Dundalk 0, Legia Warsaw 2.
Goal! Dundalk 0, Legia Warsaw 2. Aleksandar Prijovic (Legia Warsaw) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tomasz Jodlowiec with a through ball.
Corner, Legia Warsaw. Conceded by Ronan Finn.
Stephen O'Donnell (Dundalk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mihail Aleksandrov (Legia Warsaw).
Attempt missed. Ciarán Kilduff (Dundalk) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Ronan Finn.
Robbie Benson (Dundalk) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tomasz Jodlowiec (Legia Warsaw).
Substitution, Legia Warsaw. Mihail Aleksandrov replaces Steeven Langil.
Foul by Ciarán Kilduff (Dundalk).
Lukasz Broz (Legia Warsaw) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Legia Warsaw. Aleksandar Prijovic replaces Nemanja Nikolic.
Substitution, Dundalk. Ciarán Kilduff replaces David McMillan.
Attempt saved. Thibault Moulin (Legia Warsaw) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Nemanja Nikolic.
Substitution, Dundalk. Robbie Benson replaces Chris Shields.
Substitution, Legia Warsaw. Michal Kopczynski replaces Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe.
Corner, Legia Warsaw. Conceded by Chris Shields.
Attempt blocked. Thibault Moulin (Legia Warsaw) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Igor Lewczuk (Legia Warsaw) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe.
Foul by Igor Lewczuk (Legia Warsaw).
David McMillan (Dundalk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Adam Hlousek (Legia Warsaw) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Adam Hlousek (Legia Warsaw).
Chris Shields (Dundalk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Tomasz Jodlowiec (Legia Warsaw) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nemanja Nikolic.
Attempt missed. Steeven Langil (Legia Warsaw) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Thibault Moulin following a corner.
Corner, Legia Warsaw. Conceded by Ronan Finn.
Substitution, Dundalk. Ronan Finn replaces John Mountney.
Offside, Legia Warsaw. Tomasz Jodlowiec tries a through ball, but Nemanja Nikolic is caught offside.
Offside, Legia Warsaw. Lukasz Broz tries a through ball, but Thibault Moulin is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Michal Kucharczyk (Legia Warsaw) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt saved. Daryl Horgan (Dundalk) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Foul by Igor Lewczuk (Legia Warsaw).
John Mountney (Dundalk) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Goal! Dundalk 0, Legia Warsaw 1. Nemanja Nikolic (Legia Warsaw) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Andrew Boyle (Dundalk) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
Penalty conceded by Andrew Boyle (Dundalk) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
Attempt blocked. Steeven Langil (Legia Warsaw) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nemanja Nikolic.
Foul by Michal Pazdan (Legia Warsaw).
Dame Sally Davies said when she reaches for a glass of wine she questions whether she wants the wine or to raise her risk of breast cancer.
Speaking at a science and technology committee hearing, she urged other people to do the same.
It comes as official UK figures show alcohol-related deaths are rising.
Although alcohol-related deaths have fallen since peaking in 2008, experts are concerned the rates are going up again.
Data published by the Office for National Statistics show there were 8,697 alcohol-related deaths registered in the UK in 2014 - 14.3 per 100,000 of the population.
This compares to 14 deaths per 100,000 in 2013.
Dame Sally said: "I would like people to make their choice knowing the issues and do as I do when I reach for my glass of wine and think, 'Do I want my glass of wine or do I want to raise my risk of breast cancer?'. And I take a decision each time I have a glass."
Recent changes to official guidelines recommend both men and women should have no more than 14 units of alcohol spread over a few days.
The changes came about because of mounting evidence that there is no safe limit in terms of health risks such as cancer.
Previously limits were set at 21 units for men and 14 units for women per week.
Tom Smith, of charity Alcohol Concern, said: "These latest figures show that alcohol-related deaths are back on the rise.
"The figures also highlight the dangers of middle-aged drinking, with the highest number of alcohol-related deaths among 55 to 64-year olds."
Dame Sally Davies was speaking at a committee meeting to discuss the new guidelines among other health issues.
Public Health England experts say they are putting together a report on how to reduce the harms caused by alcohol.
The 24-year-old South African wing scored Dragons' only try against the Italian team, who had conceded eight against Ospreys a week earlier.
"A win's a win and any fan base should be happy with that," said Howard.
"We would like the supporters just to support us and not scrutinise everything we do."
Dragons face a much tougher test in their next Pro12 game when Munster visit Rodney Parade on Saturday, 17 September.
Howard, who joined the Welsh region from Northampton in the summer, spent three months with the Irish province in the 2014-15 season, making his debut at Rodney Parade.
He said the win over Zebre was more important than the quality of the performance.
"I understand that people have their opinions but at the end of the day it was four points - that's what we needed, that's what we were going for however it came about," he added.
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"Every team makes mistakes and it's our responsibility to put it right and we're going to do that the best we can but we need the support instead of the scrutiny.
"It brings a lot of negativity.
"You want positive energy from the crowd. It spurs you on and makes you do better - makes you want to drive over the line and score that try, but when they're doing that it's a sapping kind of thing.
"We're going to need the support (against Munster) because you feel like you're under pressure not only from the other team but from the crowd for all your decisions."
Dragons finished third from bottom in the 2015-16 season - with only Zebre and fellow-Italian side Benetton Treviso below them.
Coach Kingsley Jones conceded the performance against Zebre was unimpressive - coming a week after a 29-8 defeat by Ulster.
The sand has been dredged by boat from a sandbank 20 miles (32km) out to sea, then pumped onto Colwyn Bay beach through a pipeline.
The work, which cost around £6m, has been taking place for the past couple of weeks.
Engineers say the beach once had more sand but it has been washed away over the past few decades.
Councillor Mike Priestley, Conwy council's cabinet member for highways, environment and sustainability, has said the work would protect the promenade, railway and A55 from flooding and boost the local economy.
The sand helps the sea defences by reducing the impact of the fierce waves which regularly batter the promenade, particularly during the winter months.
The work is part of a bigger project which has included a new sea defence structure further along the seafront to stop the sand being washed away in future.
There are also plans to pump more sand onto the beach in future.
Manannán Mac Lir, which is made out of fibre glass and stainless steel, was stolen from Binevenagh Mountain near Limavady in County Londonderry.
The statue had became a popular tourist attraction in the area since its installation about a year ago.
Sculptor John Sutton, who has worked on the award-winning Game of Thrones series, has spoken of his shock.
He said it would have taken a number of men with angle grinders several hours to remove the figure from its base.
"I'm very disturbed by this," Mr Sutton said. "It's unreal.
"Some statues are stolen for their bronze. But this was cut down at the base and the materials would not have been worth stealing.
"I made it out of clay first and then a silicone mould, before I cast it. It took me months and months to make and five or six men to carry it up there and install it.
"It was very heavy and would have taken a long time to remove."
Manannán Mac Lir is a sea deity in Irish mythology and is also said to have been the first ruler of the Isle of Man.
Manand is the old Irish name for the Isle of Man and as his surname suggests, he was the son of Lir, meaning sea.
People in the Limavady area tell of the presence of a sea god in Lough Foyle, County Londonderry, and the widespread practice of making offerings to deities in Celtic times.
Those who made off with the sea god left a wooden cross with the words 'You shall have no other gods before me' in its place.
Mr Sutton's £10,000 creation overlooked Benone Beach, Magilligan, Limavady and Donegal and was part of Limavady's sculpture trail.
"I was very proud of this. It was very popular with photographers," he said.
According to Limavady Borough Council's website, people in the area believe that the spirit of Manannán Mac Lir at Gortmore Viewing Point is released during fierce storms.
Some elderly folk in the area are still heard to remark "Manannán is angry today," when the River Foyle is rough and refer to the angry waves as "Manannán's seahorses."
According to mythology, Manannán had many magical possessions.
He had a horse that could travel over land and sea and owned a metal boat, which obeyed the thoughts of its sailors.
The police said they were notified of the theft at about 10:25 GMT on Wednesday.
"This statue of Manannán Mac Lir was in the area of Gortmore viewing point and is part of the Myths and Legends sculpture trail," Constable Nelson said.
"Anyone with any information about this theft is asked to contact Limavady police station on the non-emergency number 101."
German politics is suddenly looking a lot less predictable and potentially less stable.
It's all because of the astonishing success of the anti-migrant Alternative for Germany (AfD). Many German voters appear rattled by the large numbers of refugees and migrants arriving in Germany - 1.1 million in 2015 alone.
Politicians are now getting down to the nitty-gritty of coalition-building. But all the cards have been thrown up in the air so it's a question of seeing where they will settle. And it's going to get messy.
Papers say Merkel 'paying price'
Profile: Angela Merkel
AfD leader Frauke Petry
Each of the three regional premiers should be able to hang on to power.
Popular Green party Premier Winfried Kretschmann, of the south-western state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, has shown that the Greens' success in what used to be a conservative heartland is not just a blip from a 2011 election held in the aftermath of Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster.
Centre-left SPD Premier Malu Dreyer, of Rhineland-Palatinate, confidently saw off the CDU's promising rising star Julia Kloeckner by rather bizarrely doing a better job at imitating Mrs Merkel's centrist stance on refugees than the chancellor's own candidate.
CDU Premier Reiner Haseloff also held on in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, where AfD polled almost a quarter of the vote.
But this is far from a continuation of the status quo. They will have to govern with new, and in some cases untested, coalition partners.
Gone are the days of two major parties, one on the right, one on the left.
German politics has become splintered.
Smaller, more radical parties are gaining influence. And adventurous coalition combinations are now possible, including in Saxony-Anhalt, where a distinctly uncomfortable menage-a-trois between centre-right CDU, centre-left SPD and the left-wing Greens looks like the only feasible option.
The right-wing AfD's tough populist talk has attracted voters angered by the influx of migrants, chipping away at the traditional support base on both the left and the right - conservative voters who are disenchanted with Angela Merkel's pro-refugee approach as well as blue-collar left-wingers who feel nervous that state spending on migrants will undermine their own position in society.
The big question is what this means for Angela Merkel's stance on refugees. Closed borders along the Balkan route have effectively already slammed shut her open door invitation to Syrian refugees.
But Mrs Merkel's pro-refugee rhetoric has barely changed. She still believes Germany, and indeed the rest of Europe, has a responsibility to shelter people fleeing war. She refuses to contemplate a cap on numbers coming to Germany.
"We need a European solution and this solution needs time," she told journalists in Berlin on Monday afternoon.
So have these elections undermined Chancellor Merkel's leadership? Yes and no.
The gains of the AfD will certainly embolden conservative critics within her own ranks, who accuse her of betraying right-wing values, by dragging her party to the centre-ground.
Awkwardly, many of Mrs Merkel's supporters on the refugee issue are in opposing left-wing parties. Not a great help when it comes to managing her own political bloc.
But Angela Merkel still has no credible rivals within her government and no other party or politician has yet come up with a popular viable solution for the migrant crisis either.
Despite the success of the AfD, this election campaign has shown that her approach still enjoys the support of mainstream society.
It was the candidates, whether on the left or the right, who backed her approach who won out.
In Rhineland-Palatinate for example, voters were treated to the astonishing sight of a TV duel in which the centre-left Malu Dreyer argued with CDU Julia Kloeckner over who was most loyal to Mrs Merkel's position on refugees.
It is not so much Angela Merkel who has been punished by these elections, as her increasingly divided government.
The 25-year-old will join the newly promoted Premier League club on 1 July.
Albion's first-choice keeper, David Stockdale, turned down a new contract and is set to join Championship side Birmingham City.
Ryan, who has won 32 caps, is in the Australia squad for the Confederations Cup in Russia starting on Saturday.
He joined Valencia on a six-year deal from Belgian side Club Brugge in 2015, but made only 10 appearances for the Spanish side, spending last season back in Belgium on loan at Genk.
"I'm delighted that we've been able to attract Mathew to the club, and he will certainly be an excellent addition to the squad in time for our first season in the Premier League," said Brighton manager Chris Hughton.
"We're very much looking forward to working with him for the season ahead."
Ryan made his international debut in 2012 and played all three matches as Australia were knocked out of the group stages of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Roger Lewis was speaking as he marked 100 days in the job, after leaving the Welsh Rugby Union to take up the role.
Air passenger duty is being devolved to Scotland and Northern Ireland but remains a sticking point in discussions over new powers for Wales.
Rival airports such as Bristol say it would hand Cardiff an unfair advantage.
"Devolving that responsibility to Wales as it's been devolved to Northern Ireland, to Scotland, is only right and fair," said Mr Lewis.
"I think it will happen, because I think it will actually create a great opportunity not only for the airport, but also for the MRO - maintenance, repair and overhaul sector in Wales."
He said the UK was the second biggest player in the worldwide MRO business, with Wales sharing a 20% slice of that sector.
It includes the flag-carrying giant British Airways, which has recently confirmed its Boeing fleet would be serviced at its centre next to airport, where it employs about 600 people.
"This is so important for Wales, that we have an international airport that connects with that particular sector and that's why I think air passenger duty is part of the play to create a sustainable airport here that can play a broader role beyond passengers," added Mr Lewis.
He said he had held "generous" and "mature" discussions with UK ministers on the issue, including Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb, and praised the support from First Minister Carwyn Jones.
Looking ahead to the coming year, Mr Lewis said he wanted to target "significant passenger growth in 2016", building on a 13% growth in numbers in 2015, and announced the airport would be putting on four more routes with operator Vueling to Spain for the summer.
"It's about increasing the destinations for our passengers, giving them the best prices possible, at times that suit their needs, wrapped in a fabulous passenger experience here at the airport," he said.
The project to restore the Muslim Burial Ground in Horsell should be completed by the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of WWI, on 4 August 2014.
Work on the Grade II listed structure near Woking is being undertaken by the Horsell Common Preservation Society.
Once restored, it will be used as a garden of peace and remembrance.
It is hoped the first phase of work, which has been part-funded by English Heritage, will be completed by November.
The ceremony was led by Imam Asim Hafiz, Muslim Chaplain to the British Armed Forces, and Reverend Ian Brackley, the Suffragan Bishop of Dorking.
Leader of Woking Borough Council, John Kingsbury, who also attended the event on Thursday, said the heritage site held significance "not only locally but also for the descendants of those who gave their lives in the First World War".
More than one million troops from pre-independence India fought for Great Britain during World War I.
Wounded soldiers were brought to hospitals in the South East.
Hindu and Sikh soldiers were taken to crematoriums, but Muslim soldiers did not have a burial ground until 1915. Woking's site was completed in 1917.
According to the preservation society, there were 17 burials at the site in 1917 and each was marked with a round arched headstone facing west, in accordance with Islamic tradition.
A cadet from the Sandhurst military academy was buried there in 1920, before the War Graves Commission took over the ground's upkeep in 1921.
During World War II, a further eight Muslim soldiers were interred at the site, including three from the Free French forces.
In 1968, after a spate of vandalism, all the burials were removed to Brookwood cemetery and the ground was de-consecrated.
The structure remains a Registered War Memorial.
The Dutchman, 33, became the first player in more than three years to score twice for Fenerbahce in the Kitalararasi Derbi.
He also scored for Feyenoord against Ajax in De Klassieker, for Arsenal against Tottenham and for Manchester United against Manchester City.
Fenerbahce are third in the Turkish Super Lig with Galatasaray in fifth.
Besiktas lead the table, a point ahead of Istanbul Basaksehir.
Meri Huws said 26 bodies must now meet Welsh language standards, making certain services available in Welsh.
The organisations involved include the Welsh Government, local councils and the three national parks.
The rules are intended to apply to further bodies in the future.
Some private firms are amongst the bodies that are due to come under the regulations at some point.
The regulations, which came into force on Wednesday, include requiring bodies to make it clear that they welcome correspondence with the public in Welsh and giving the language priority on bilingual signs.
They also give employees new rights to use Welsh in the workplace.
Speaking to BBC Radio Cymru's Post Cyntaf programme, Ms Huws said the changes were "exciting".
The Home Office said it would not conduct immigration checks on survivors and those coming forward with information.
Labour called for a wider "amnesty".
Meanwhile, ministers have ordered a taskforce to help run Kensington and Chelsea Council, which has faced heavy criticism for its handling of disaster.
The specialist team will take over the running of key services, including housing and the longer term recovery of the area in North Kensington.
At least 80 people died in the fire on 14 June.
The Home Office said its priority was to see residents "deal with the extremely difficult circumstances" so they could start to rebuild their lives.
In a written statement to Parliament, Home Office minister Brandon Lewis said: "Everyone affected by this tragedy needs reassurance that the government is there for them at this terrible time and we will continue to provide the support they need to help them through the difficult days, weeks and months to come."
He said extending the period of leave to remain for foreign residents affected by the fire would also allow them to assist the police and other authorities with their inquiries.
Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott said the government should give permanent residency to the residents.
"Some survivors have literally lost everything in this horrific tragedy, all their possessions, homes and loved ones," she said.
"The idea that on top of this they could be deported later is grotesque."
A statement from the Met Police said 250 specialist investigators were working on the inquiry into the fire and the last visible human remains were removed from Grenfell Tower on Monday.
Met Police Commander Stuart Cundy said there had been a total of 87 "recoveries" but, due to the "catastrophic damage" inside, that did not mean 87 people.
So far, 21 people have been formally identified and their families informed.
More inquests into the deaths of victims have been opened, with the Westminster coroner hearing the body of one of the oldest people to have been killed was identified by dental records.
Dr Fiona Wilcox was told the body of 84-year-old Sheila, formerly known as Sheila Smith, was found on the 16th floor, while Vincent Chiejina, 60, was recovered from the 17th floor and identified by DNA.
Earlier, housing minister Alok Sharma fought back tears as he told the Commons of hearing "harrowing accounts" from survivors, saying it had been the most "humbling and moving experience of my life".
Only 14 out of the 158 affected families have accepted offers of temporary accommodation but ministers say no-one will be forced to move.
Mr Sharma said 19 families "have not yet been ready to engage" in the process of being rehoused, while others were waiting for offers of permanent tenancy and many were still in hotels.
But he acknowledged some residents still had a "lack of trust" in the authorities.
Elizabeth Campbell, who is taking over as the new Kensington and Chelsea Council leader, denied the council was "being taken over by outside commissioners" after the government sent in a taskforce to run some of its services.
"We have asked people to come because we need more help because this is something on a national scale," she said.
"We will do absolutely everything we can as a council to help our community and to help our community heal."
The mood is tense in the area surrounding Grenfell Tower.
Many residents have been living in small hotel rooms, with four people crammed into each room.
They are desperately trying to carry on with their lives by taking their children to school and going to work. But the stark reality is that they are not in a place they can call home.
Both adults and children are having trouble sleeping, waking up to nightmares of the tower burning. One parent explained that his daughter kept drawing pictures of the building on fire.
Despite counselling sessions on offer at local community centres, residents say they want people to visit them at their hotel.
They feel the help should be coming to them. They say they should not be going in search of help.
Many are traumatised and feel they are not being treated like victims. This is causing hostility and anger towards the services.
Many have also turned down offers of temporary accommodation.
Residents say they want to move into somewhere permanent and nearby. Many explain they have been offered numerous places that simply are not suitable due to the size, location and disabled access.
The newly-elected Labour MP for Kensington, MP Emma Dent Coad, told Mr Sharma that some residents were being offered "totally unsuitable accommodation".
The retired judge chairing the public inquiry into the fire has promised to hear from people directly affected.
Sir Martin Moore-Bick, who has faced calls to stand down, initially suggested the inquiry may not be broad enough to satisfy survivors.
Launching a consultation document, the retired judge said: "I am determined to establish the causes of the tragedy, and ensure that the appropriate lessons are learnt.
"To produce a report as quickly as possible, with clear recommendations for action, I will listen to people and consider a broad range of evidence, including on the role of the relevant public authorities and contractors, in order to help me answer the important questions."
Earlier, the government said 190 buildings in England that underwent fire tests on their cladding - a renovation that is thought to have contributed to the spread of the Grenfell Tower fire - have failed. It also announced that cladding from one building had passed the test - the only sample to do so to date.
In the afternoon, emergency teams working on the shell of Grenfell Tower were temporarily withdrawn after sensors in the building showed it had shifted more than 5mm.
The public were said to be at "no risk" and the work later restarted.
But the use of air horns to alert crews was reported to have "upset" some neighbours of nearby blocks, prompting officials to say the practice would not be repeated in future.
Eden Hazard almost scored on his return, keeper Oleksandr Shovkovskiy tipping his attempt on to a post.
Chelsea had a strong penalty appeal waved away when Cesc Fabregas went down after a Serhiy Rybalka challenge.
Willian's free-kick hit the underside of the bar before Asmir Begovic denied Derlis Gonzalez in Ukraine.
Jose Mourinho's side have now won just one out of five in all competitions.
Yet this was a much improved display on the European stage by the reigning Premier League champions following their 2-1 defeat away to Porto on 29 September.
Porto's 2-0 win over Maccabi Tel-Aviv means Chelsea remain third in the group with four points from three games, one behind second-placed Kiev and three adrift of leaders Porto.
Relive the action from Kiev's Olympic Stadium as it happened
The build-up to the game was dominated by Hazard. Would the Belgium international start after being left out of the starting line-up against Aston Villa at the weekend?
Hazard was indeed restored to the midfield yet Mourinho sprung a surprise by playing Kurt Zouma at right-back for the first time in a Chelsea shirt while Cesar Azpilicueta was left-back.
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That was to nullify the threat of Andriy Yarmolenko, who the Chelsea manager had identified as Kiev's danger man.
The tactics worked a treat as Yarmolenko rarely threatened and the Blues turned in their best 45-minute display of the season in the opening half.
Fabregas played in a more forward role, Ramires showed great energy in midfield, Willian was a threat from set-pieces and Diego Costa should have scored.
There will understandably be frustration from Mourinho and his players that they failed to turn their first-half chances into goals.
However, this could yet be a priceless point for the Blues in terms of qualifying for the last 16.
They are outside the top two qualifying spots at the halfway stage of the group campaign but two of their remaining three games - against Kiev and Porto - are at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea will also be confident when they travel to Israel to face Maccabi Tel-Aviv, bottom of the group without a point, on 24 November.
Dynamo Kiev coach Sergei Rebrov: "I am happy that we motivated ourselves to play against a very strong team. I think the guys deserved praise."
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho: "We are much more solid now.
"Two matches, two clean sheets. No problems defensively. The team was really solid and compact, the midfield really strong.
"We are recovering that compactness, solidarity, effort, tactical discipline - these qualities that are very important when you are not flying, you are not scoring goals, you are not playing with that confidence and attacking flair."
Chelsea's next Champions League fixture is against Dynamo Kiev at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday, 4 November. Before that they face West Ham United away (24 October) and Liverpool at home (31 October) in the Premier League.
Match ends, Dynamo Kyiv 0, Chelsea 0.
Second Half ends, Dynamo Kyiv 0, Chelsea 0.
Foul by Danilo Silva (Dynamo Kyiv).
Oscar (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Hand ball by Domagoj Vida (Dynamo Kyiv).
Attempt missed. Willian (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
Corner, Dynamo Kyiv. Conceded by Gary Cahill.
Attempt blocked. Serhiy Rybalka (Dynamo Kyiv) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Domagoj Vida.
Corner, Dynamo Kyiv. Conceded by Kurt Zouma.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Aleksandar Dragovic.
Foul by Denis Garmash (Dynamo Kyiv).
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Denis Garmash (Dynamo Kyiv).
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Chelsea. Willian tries a through ball, but John Terry is caught offside.
Substitution, Dynamo Kyiv. Denis Garmash replaces Vitaliy Buyalsky.
Foul by Andriy Yarmolenko (Dynamo Kyiv).
Nemanja Matic (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Derlis González (Dynamo Kyiv) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andriy Yarmolenko.
Substitution, Dynamo Kyiv. Moraes replaces Artem Kravets.
Vitaliy Buyalsky (Dynamo Kyiv) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Oscar (Chelsea).
Vitaliy Buyalsky (Dynamo Kyiv) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Oscar (Chelsea).
Derlis González (Dynamo Kyiv) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kurt Zouma (Chelsea).
Substitution, Chelsea. Oscar replaces Cesc Fàbregas.
Attempt missed. Domagoj Vida (Dynamo Kyiv) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Derlis González following a set piece situation.
Derlis González (Dynamo Kyiv) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Kurt Zouma (Chelsea).
Vitaliy Buyalsky (Dynamo Kyiv) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nemanja Matic (Chelsea).
Kurt Zouma (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Domagoj Vida (Dynamo Kyiv) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kurt Zouma (Chelsea).
Foul by Danilo Silva (Dynamo Kyiv).
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Vitaliy Buyalsky (Dynamo Kyiv) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Vitaliy Buyalsky (Dynamo Kyiv).
Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Peter Ball, 83, formerly Bishop of Gloucester and Bishop of Lewes, last month admitted abusing 18 young men in the 1970s, 80s and 90s.
He was cautioned for one act of gross indecency in 1993 and resigned, but was allowed to work in churches until 2010.
Ball will be sentenced on Wednesday.
Survivors of sexual abuse have been highly critical of the Church's handling of the case, even before Ball pleaded guilty.
His latest arrest came in 2011 but only after a retired police officer working in safeguarding for Lambeth Palace found files relating to the case and passed them on to Sussex Police.
The Church said the review - which will be published next year - will examine its co-operation with the police and the extent to which it shared information.
"It will also assess the extent to which the Church both properly assessed the possible risk that Bishop Ball might pose to others and responded adequately to concerns and representations submitted by survivors," a spokesman said.
The archbishop of Canterbury in 1993, George Carey - now Lord Carey - was aware of the case at the time and has denied interfering in it.
Last month, he said he only contacted the Crown Prosecution Service after Ball had been cautioned, saying he wanted to "make sure justice had been done".
A lawyer representing four of Ball's victims said the Church "should no longer be allowed to police itself".
David Greenwood, head of child abuse cases at Switalskis Solicitors, said it needed to establish an independent body to "accept and investigate allegations of abuse".
Following Ball's guilty pleas at the Old Bailey last month, the Church offered an "unreserved apology" to victims of Ball, who was Bishop of Lewes between 1977 and 1992 and Bishop of Gloucester from 1992 to 1993.
Ball, now of Langport, in Somerset, admitted misconduct in public office by "misusing his position in authority to manipulate and prevail upon others for his own sexual gratification" in relation to 16 men between 1977 and 1992.
He also admitted indecently assaulting two victims between 1980 and 1983 and between 1990 and 1991.
Amnesty says oil companies often blame oil spills on sabotage in order to get out of paying compensation when in fact corroded pipes are the cause.
The report says the process of cleaning up the oil spills is completely discredited.
Shell said it "firmly rejects unsubstantiated assertions".
It highlighted the issue of theft of crude oil, which it said "remains the main cause of oil pollution in the Delta".
Oil spills are having an appalling environmental impact on the Niger Delta and they are happening at an alarming rate, says the BBC's Will Ross in Lagos.
By Will RossBBC News, Lagos
When I have met people in the affected communities in the Niger Delta, they have complained that their own input into the oil spill investigation process is often trumped by the word of the oil company, and they also cite intimidation by the security forces.
What is needed is a robust independent body to oversee the investigation because sometimes the oil companies are, to use a sporting analogy, playing the referee in a game in which they are themselves accused of committing reckless tackles.
Partly because of the rampant poverty in the oil-rich Niger Delta, the focus is on the money rather than on what is best for the environment. Some people are willing to cause an oil spill with the aim of gaining financially from the funds allocated to clean up the environment.
There are even cases where employees of a major oil company have tried to bid for a contract to clean up a spill. It is a tragedy but oil spills pay.
In its report, Amnesty identifies a "staggering" 474 spills in 2012 in one area alone, operated by the Nigerian Agip Oil Company - a subsidiary of Italian firm ENI.
Agip's head of operations in Nigeria, Ciro Pagano, told the BBC's Newsday programme that all the spills were recorded so there was little room for dispute.
He also said that Eni paid all compensation due to local communities, according to Nigerian law.
Working with a local human rights group, Amnesty studied the oil spill investigation process in Nigeria over six months.
It claims there is "no legitimate basis" for the oil companies' claims that the vast majority of spills are caused by sabotage and theft.
Members of the local community together with oil company staff and government officials are supposed to investigate oil spills, but Amnesty calls this Joint Investigation Visit (JIV) process "wholly unreliable" because, it says, the companies themselves are the primary investigators and the process lacks transparency.
It says this means that both the causes and severity of oil spills may therefore be misrecorded, sometimes meaning affected communities miss out on compensation.
"Sabotage and theft of oil are serious problems in the Niger Delta," the report acknowledges.
"However, international oil companies are overstating the case in an effort to deflect attention away from the many oil spills that are due to corrosion and equipment failure. Moreover, securing oil infrastructure against such acts is - to a substantial extent - the responsibility of the operator."
It says the majority of the report's findings relate to Shell as the primary operator in the Niger Delta - though it acknowledges improvements to Shell's JIV process since 2011.
It also points out that Nigerian Agip suffered more than double the number of spills as Shell, though it operates over a smaller area.
Mr Pagano accepted that it was a "very serious, complex problem" and called for all stakeholders to work together to solve it.
Shell said it "firmly rejects" the claims.
"We seek to bring greater transparency and independent oversight to the issue of oil spills, and will continue to find ways to enhance this."
It said the JIV process was a federal process the company could not unilaterally change.
Stolen oil, Shell said, costs Nigeria billions of dollars in lost revenue.
"Co-ordinated action from the industry, government, security forces, civil society and others is needed to end this criminality, which remains the main cause of oil pollution in the Delta today," Shell said.
It said it regretted "that some NGOs continue to take a campaigning approach rather than focusing on on-the-ground solutions that bring societal benefits".
Chris Limerick, 49, from Whitley Bay, had been receiving treatment ever since the collision on 20 January at the Number 1 industrial estate off Medomsley Road.
His Ducati bike was in collision with a Kia Picanto as the car turned next to a factory unit at about 17:30 GMT.
Durham Police said Mr Limerick died at St Oswald's Hospice in Newcastle.
Police said enquiries into the collision are continuing.
First-half tries from Luke Narraway and Sean Maitland had given London Irish a 15-8 lead at the break, with Ken Pisi crossing for the visitors.
George North and Kahn Fotuali'i tries put Northampton ahead and gave Jim Mallinder's side a five-point lead going into the last quarter.
But Irish stole victory after referee Ian Tempest penalised Saints late on.
Tom Coventry's side looked set for a seventh defeat in seven league games when winger Asaeli Tikoirotuma was sent to the sin bin for a poorly-timed tackle on Ben Foden with 15 minutes remaining.
But the hosts weathered Northampton's attacks despite being a man down and repeatedly kicked for touch and the corner in a bid to snatch victory.
Their patience was eventually rewarded after Jamie Gibson was shown a yellow card for failing to release Ofisa Treviranus.
The following scrum and drive led to the decisive penalty try as referee Tempest punished the Northampton pack for pulling the drive down.
Shane Geraghty kicked the simple conversion before Stephen Myler saw a late drop-goal attempt charged down in the closing seconds.
Irish move off the bottom of the table after Newcastle's defeat at Leicester while Northampton fell to their fourth defeat of the season, but a first in three games.
London Irish head coach Tom Coventry said:
"I haven't had a lot to smile about. It was a good sign that we could battle it out as we have been rolling over against other sides, but we showed a lot of backbone today.
"It was like Christmas Day today as we showed a lot of Christmas spirit to get there in the end.
"It was a definite shot in the arm as it's been a tough time and will give us a lot of confidence."
Northampton director of rugby Jim Mallinder said:
"We never really got into our game, we gave away too many soft penalties and they kept it simple and did the basics better than us.
"The referee went a bit early with the penalty try award, but we've no complaints.
"We've been inconsistent all season and have not been firing on all cylinders."
London Irish: Maitland; Lewington Hearn, Williams, Tikoirotuma; Noakes, McKibbin; Court, Paice, Franks, Symons (capt), Lloyd, Narraway, Cowan, Treviranus.
Replacements: Stevens, Smallbone, Aulika, Sinclair, Trayfoot, Steele, Geraghty, Mulchrone.
Northampton Saints: Foden; K Pisi, G Pisi, Burrell, North; Myler, Fotuali'i; E Waller, Hartley (capt), Hill Paterson, Day, Lawes, Gibson, Harrison.
Replacements: Haywood, A Waller, Denman, Matfield, Dickinson, Dickson, Hanrahan, Collins.
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The Sutton Trust's commission on fees looked at Budget changes such as replacing means-tested grants with loans and tying fees to inflation.
It also calls for a full investigation of the student finance system.
Ministers say students will have more cash for living costs under the plan.
The trust - which advocates social mobility through education - set up the Independent Commission on Fees in 2012 to monitor the effect of higher tuition fees.
This report comes after Chancellor George Osborne announced he was scrapping means-tested maintenance loans for poorer students and allowing universities to increase fees in line with inflation - if they demonstrate excellent teaching.
The commission contends that linking tuition fees to inflation could see them rise to £10,000 a year by 2020.
It examines the higher education finance system for England, which allows universities to charge maximum yearly tuition fees of £9,000.
These are paid through upfront, government-backed loans with repayments beginning once the graduate starts earning £21,000 a year.
The report says poor students could rack up loans of about £53,000 for a three-year course once the new maintenance loans are included.
It is assumed that students from richer homes would be helped financially by their parents.
However, it notes that since the change to higher fees of £9,000, only 5% of students are thought likely to pay back their loans fully by the age of 40, compared with half of students under the old system.
It questions whether the system is value for money for the student and for the taxpayer and calls for the Office for Budget Responsibility to conduct an investigation into this.
"The OBR should investigate the system as a whole including the impact of this latest measure on likely repayments.
"The remit of this investigation should include an analysis of how the costs of higher education are now being shouldered and to what extent this is both ethical and sustainable."
The commission, chaired by Will Hutton, cautions against any "substantive increases in fees" or "removing the cap" on fees completely.
It stresses that there is still an "insufficient understanding of the long-term effects of the debts incurred in this process".
Mr Hutton said: "Debt is likely to become a bigger issue. Under the current system, nearly three-quarters of students will fail to clear their student loans before they are written off after 30 years, and the large majority will still be paying off their loans well into their forties, figures that will increase with the abolition of grants and increase in fees.
"At the same time, it looks increasingly likely that any anticipated gains to the Treasury will be largely wiped out by these non-payments."
Previous research by the Sutton Trust found that the Exchequer is forecast not to recoup around 45% of its loans.
A Department for Business, Innovation and Skills spokesperson said: "We are committed to giving everyone the opportunity to get a degree, regardless of their background or ability to pay.
"Students will get more money in their pockets to help with living costs and lifting the cap on student numbers means that more people will be able to benefit from higher education than ever before.
"The Budget was clear that only institutions offering high-quality teaching will be able to increase tuition fees in line with inflation from 2017-18."
A performer shows off her costume at a carnival in South Africa's main city, Johannesburg, on Saturday...
Elaborate preparations are made before the colourful floats and troupes take to the streets for the annual festival - this year's celebrated 20 years of democracy in South Africa following the end of white minority rule in 1994...
In Ethiopia on the same day, people celebrated the 50th anniversary of the formation of the town of Arba Mintch, about 500km (310 miles) south of the capital, Addis Ababa. In the local Amharic language, Arba Mintch means 40 springs - the name given to the town because of its many springs.
Fans of South Africa's football team, some of them wearing the famous hand-cut and hand-painted hard hats known as makarapa, have some anxious moments during Wednesday's match between Bafana Bafana and Nigeria's Super Eagles. The match ended in a goalless draw...
On Saturday, a Sierra Leone supporter reacts during the 2015 African Cup of Nations qualifying football match between Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny stadium in Abidjan. Disappointment awaited him as Ivory Coast won 2-1...
At the same match, an Ivorian fan holds a sign to raise public awareness about the deadly Ebola virus...
With Liberia worst-affected by the virus, a health worker on Tuesday disinfects a taxi which had transported an Ebola patient to a treatment centre in the capital, Monrovia. The World Health Organization (WHO) says that taxis are a common cause of transmission of Ebola.
In Kenya's capital Nairobi on Thursday, sex workers protest outside the offices of the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA). The women had gone to lodge a complaint with the watchdog body after a sex worker was alleged killed by a policeman...
A day earlier, a prayer is held for three elderly Italian nuns who were killed at a convent in Burundi's capital, Bujumbura. The Catholic diocese of Parma in Italy said the deaths appeared to have been "the tragic outcome of an armed robbery by a mentally unbalanced person".
On Sunday, at a qualifying African championship men's hockey match in Nairobi, a boy plays with a hockey ball during half-time. Kenya lost the game to Egypt 1-0.
In Rwanda's capital Kigali on the same say, a batsman shows his skills during a cricket match played at ETO Kicukiro, a former technical school where thousands of people were killed during the 1994 genocide...
On Saturday, a white stork feasts on a cricket it caught on the pitch during the One Day International cricket final between South Africa and Australia in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare...
The next day, planes draw a heart in the sky at the largest air show to be held in Zimbabwe in more than 20 years. The show, on the outskirts of Harare, saw the participation of international aerobatics team and formation displays.
While on Monday, a hadeda Ibis bird flies in front of the full moon rising over Johannesburg. It was the third and final "super-moon" of 2014. The phenomenon, which scientists call a "perigee moon", occurs when the moon is near the horizon and appears larger and brighter than other full moons.
The home secretary has called for tighter measures to single out those who have a case to stay from those who don't.
However, nobody knows how many illegal migrants are already in the UK.
In 2009 an academic study, relied on by the Home Office, estimated the figure to be between 417,000 and 863,000.
In 2010 the campaign group Migration Watch said it was closer to 1.1 million.
These are the most recent available estimates but how do illegal migrants get here and how do they evade detection?
Victor is in his early 20s, has piercing blue eyes and an edgy haircut.
He takes me on a tour of the properties he has worked on as a builder in London.
There's a large retailer in Regent Street, the hospital opposite the Houses of Parliament and numerous bars in Russell Square.
He's not directly employed by the construction companies. He gets his work via an agency.
In 2011, he made his way to Italy, where he paid traffickers £2,500 for a false passport.
But when he flew into London, immigration officers realised his papers were fake.
He was fingerprinted and sent back to Italy.
He got another false passport and tried again, but he was deported for a second time.
Undeterred, Victor tried to enter Britain from France by ferry. This time, he got in.
However, before he could start work on construction sites, companies required him to provide them with a valid national insurance number.
Instead of buying a set of fake documents, he paid someone to share their legitimate national insurance number with him.
"You find somebody who is British or [an] EU citizen and encourage them to help you, and we use their documents, photocopies, which would have our photographs on."
He says the other person is "selling their identity" to him.
I hear Ana's bold jewellery jangling down the corridor leading up to the room where we meet. She is a bubble of warmth and enthusiasm, with a thatch of thick black curly hair.
She first arrived in Britain in 2005 on a tourist visa from Brazil. When her visa ran out, she stayed on, working illegally as a housekeeper.
But in 2010, she was caught by immigration officers, fingerprinted and deported back to Brazil.
She quickly acquired a new Brazilian passport. Six weeks after being kicked out of Britain, she flew to Italy, where she paid a man £2,000 to accompany her back to the UK.
When they landed, her companion walked her through the immigration hall.
As she recounts this part of her journey, she bites her lip nervously.
"After showing a piece of paper to the immigration officer, we were let through," she says.
She doesn't know how or why she was allowed in.
She says she was just overjoyed, adding that she loves the UK.
Either immigration service systems failed to identify that Ana had been deported under her old passport or the person who accompanied her had arranged an "inside job".
However, that seems unlikely given she arrived at a busy airport.
She is now working as a nanny for a family who she says are aware of her illegal migrant status.
Can the UK Border Force deliver on the government's promises to make the UK an unattractive place for those who want to work illegally?
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Ali has seen better days. Shabbily dressed, with matted black hair, he is clutching a plastic bag of food and clothes donated by a local charity.
For the past two years, he has been sleeping rough in Southall in west London.
He is Indian and first arrived in 2006. He paid £8,000 to people smugglers to bring him to the UK. He says he was taken from Mumbai across Europe in cars and lorries and crossed the English Channel by ferry.
He was dropped off in London, where he has spent the past nine years working as a day labourer.
In the early hours of the morning, he waits on street corners hoping to get a job.
"I get picked up by anyone who needs labourers, it might be £40 or even £30 some days," he says.
Ali was arrested by immigration officers two years ago and was meant to be deported.
But when he first arrived in the UK, he destroyed his passport. It means the authorities cannot properly identify him or where he is from.
It therefore makes it very hard for them to know where to send him home. Added to that, some countries, including India and China, won't take people back unless they have the relevant paperwork to prove they are genuine nationals.
The irony for Ali is that he now wishes he could return home. Without a passport, he is stuck while the Indian authorities check his identity.
"It would be better if I had not come," he says.
Maria is from Brazil. Her working day begins at 06:00, when she is picked up in a van from a Tube station in south London along with about 10 other workers.
She will spend the next 12 hours working in the "shadow economy" as a domestic cleaner.
She gets £250 a week for 72 hours work. The hourly rate works out at less than £3.50 per hour, and the money is paid cash in hand.
Her employer, who is also Brazilian, won't tolerate people taking time off because they're sick, and there's no holiday pay.
"We only get 10 minutes to eat," says Maria.
"If we do more than 12 hours [work], we don't get paid extra. And if we ask the boss, she says, 'You know your rights.'
"We have no rights," she adds.
She came to Britain on a tourist visa but never returned home when it expired.
Maria knows she is being exploited but puts up with it for the sake of her 13-year-old son, who is desperate to stay in the UK.
He got a place at a secondary school in London four years ago.
When he started, the school asked to see his passport but not a residency visa.
Maria says checks have tightened and schools now want to see up an up-to-date visa, which he doesn't have.
Mother and son live in a single room in conditions she says are "horrible".
"He wants to stay here - but it's no life, it's miserable," she says.
As part of the first major work in 40 years, nearly £700,000 has been spent on new heating, lighting, electrics and paint.
Officials said scaffolding had been removed and "extensive dusting" was under way.
A series of events are being held throughout the autumn to mark the project.
Special shades of paint were commissioned to make the inside of the building match the external stone.
Canon Missioner for the cathedral, the Reverend Doctor Elizabeth Thomson, said: "We have been doing paint archaeology and we have been looking at what they used originally and interpreting it for the 21st Century.
"It's a building that feels like it runs on light, you can stand in the middle of this beautifully proportioned space and just be flooded with light."
The church stands on the site of a Saxon church but the current building dates from the 1720s.
But during the renovation a small part of the medieval building was discovered and this is expected to be visible to the public in the near future.
An additional £100,000 is being spent on an ongoing reroofing project.
Cathedral officials were awarded £660,000 in government grants and has raised more than £120,000 toward work on the heating, wiring and roof.
It will be part of a review into States travel after it was revealed nearly £5m has been spent on flights since 2012.
The Public Accounts Committee has been told the States has 1.5 million points with British Airways.
The review will also examine whether it is cheaper to book online or go through a central booking system.
The Laidlaw report was published hours after the government announced Virgin Trains will run the service for another 23 months - until 9 November 2014.
FirstGroup was told it had won the bid in August.
The government scrapped that decision in October because of numerical mistakes - at a cost of at least £40m.
The mistakes came to light after bidder Virgin Trains, which had run the West Coast Mainline since 1997, launched a legal challenge against the decision.
Three senior civil servants at the DfT, who were suspended after the scrapping of the bid, can now return to work.
One of the officials, Kate Mingay, launched a legal action against the department last week, saying her role had been "inaccurately" portrayed.
The independent inquiry into the collapsed tendering process was led by Sam Laidlaw, chief executive of Centrica, the owner of British Gas.
He said on Thursday his report had revealed "a lack of transparency, inadequate planning and preparation, as well as a complex and confusing organisational structure with weak quality assurance and insufficient governance oversight".
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin, revealing the report's findings to MPs in the Commons, said it made "extremely uncomfortable reading" for his department.
He said there was a "damning failure" by the DfT which had to be put right. The report had found "serious problems" and "unacceptable flaws", he said.
But Mr McLoughlin cited Mr Laidlaw's findings that ministers had been given inaccurate reports and they had awarded the contract without being told about flaws in the bidding process.
The transport secretary said the investigation by Mr Laidlaw - who will give evidence to the House of Commons Transport Select Committee on 18 December - found department officials "wrongly calculated the amount of risk capital bidders would have to offer to guarantee their franchise proposals".
"These incorrect figures varied in ways which were wrong," he said.
In his report, Mr Laidlaw also noted constant changes of permanent secretary at the DfT and said resources were "excessively stretched due to the government's spending review and the competing pressures of other projects".
Mr Laidlaw's initial findings, revealed in October, talked of officials not following their own guidelines, not treating the bidders equally, failing to include inflation in their figures and ignoring warnings of possible problems months before the deal capsized.
BBC transport correspondent Richard Westcott said that, while Mr Laidlaw's final report had not named names, another internal inquiry - the results of which will never be made public - will do just that.
A spokesman for FirstGroup said the report reiterated that it was not at fault and it hoped Mr Brown's review would "provide certainty and confidence in the future of rail franchising".
"It is especially disappointing that passengers and taxpayers will not see the benefits that our successful bid would have delivered," he added.
Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson said his company would "try to continue to do a great job" on the West Coast Mainline now that it had been allowed to run the service for another 23 months.
"It seems that it was a case of people being slightly incompetent and I think the important thing now is to move forward," he told the BBC News Channel.
"Our team are obviously greatly relieved and I think the travelling public are relieved," he added.
TSSA rail union leader Manuel Cortes said the "long-running Whitehall farce that is rail franchising just gets more ludicrous by the day".
"So we have spent £40m of taxpayers' money on a franchise which has stayed with Sir Richard Branson anyway," he added.
But rail customer watchdog Passenger Focus welcomed the Virgin Trains development saying passengers would "welcome the stability this deal will bring".
And Association of Train Operating Companies chief executive Michael Roberts said passengers and the rail industry would now have clarity about the next two years on the West Coast line and urged ministers and officials to "get the programme of franchising back on course".
Shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle said the Laidlaw inquiry had delivered "a damning verdict on the government's shambolic and incompetent handling of rail franchising since the election".
And Rail, Maritime and Transport union general secretary Bob Crow said that, "because of the shocking ineptitude right at the top of this rotten government, Sir Richard Branson has muscled his way into a monopoly provider position".
The Public and Commercial Services union, meanwhile, which represents one of the three suspended civil servants, said the report confirmed the issues involved in the bid were "very complex".
"It's disgraceful, but not out of character for this Tory-led government, how quick ministers were to try to pin the blame on civil servants," it said.
Antony Ricketts, 20, was also ordered to pay costs of £186.31 after being convicted in his absence in Carmarthen.
He was also found guilty of putting non-recyclable waste out in blue bags in Barnsfield Terrace.
"Bags of rubbish left littering the streets for days on end will not be tolerated," said Councillor Jim Jones, environment executive member.
Ricketts must also pay a victim surcharge of £20 after the conviction under the Environmental Protection Act.
Ricketts was warned by council officers, but problems continued and they found evidence linking him to black bags and contaminated blue recycling bags on several occasions.
Two people from Llanelli have already been fined £100 after Carmarthenshire Council announced it was getting tough with householders who put out waste on the wrong day.
Mr Jones added: "If a resident continually ignores the council's advice we have no choice but to issue a fine or prosecute them in court.
"I hope residents take notice of this case and act responsibly to reduce the amount of rubbish littering our streets."
The other tenants of the building it occupies have long wanted it shut down because of safety concerns.
The chairman of the group behind the museum, Albert Ho, told the BBC that protracted litigation was proving too expensive
China bans all reference to the military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters on 4 June, 1989.
It comes as there is growing concern among some in Hong Kong that the freedoms given to the territory when it was handed back to China in 1997 by the British are being eroded.
The museum, which opened in 2014, is run by the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China, which also organises the Tiananmen anniversary vigil every year.
It features a statue of the Goddess of Democracy, similar to the one on display at Tiananmen Square during the protest, as well as photos and video clips from the time.
Tenants in the commercial building say the museum violates a regulation that the premise should only be used for offices, in legal documents seen by AFP news agency.
Mr Ho alleges that the complaints are politically motivated. He said the building management records the identities of all visitors which has made some from the mainland reluctant to come.
About half of its 20,000 visitors since it opened have come from mainland China.
"The decision has been made to look for a new location," Mr Ho said. "The other side is very well funded."
The pair are joined by former Chelsea striker Demba Ba, now with Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua, and ex-Lille forward Moussa Sow, now with Al-Ahli of Dubai.
San Diego is the location for the new expansion side, which will compete in the NASL, the second tier in the US.
"We can't wait to get started and win some games," Hazard said.
"San Diego is a beautiful place and the love and passion the people have for soccer made this an easy choice for us. My friends and I are honoured to turn this dream into a reality."
The North American Soccer League said the new club will make their league debut next season, which begins in the spring.
The club will play their home matches at the University of San Diego until their own stadium is built, with sites currently being considered in North County.
Belgium forward Hazard, France midfielder Cabaye and Senegal strikers Ba and Sow are not the only players or former players to have bought into an NASL club.
Italy and AC Milan legend Paolo Maldini, 48, is co-owner of Miami FC, who top the table with this year's Spring Season set to close.
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Avon and Somerset Police has received a number of complaints over the secretive street artist's offer.
Applicants from six Bristol constituencies have to send him a ballot paper photo showing a vote against the Tories to get the print.
Police said anyone taking part in the offer could also be prosecuted.
A police spokesman said: "We've received a number of complaints about an offer of a free Banksy print to people living in six Bristol constituencies in exchange for them voting in a certain way in the forthcoming election and we can confirm we're investigating the offer.
"It is a criminal offence under the Representation of the People Act 1983 for any voter to accept or agree to accept a gift or similar in return for voting or refraining from voting.
"Any person participating in an offer to receive a gift is at risk of being prosecuted."
The offer has been made to voters in the Bristol North West, Bristol West, North Somerset, Thornbury, Kingswood and Filton constituencies in and around Banksy's home city.
The artist wrote on his website: "Simply send in a photo of your ballot paper from polling day showing you voted against the Conservative candidate and this complimentary gift will be mailed to you."
The artwork, which he has also put on his Instagram page, reprises his well-known "girl with a balloon" motif, but with a Union Jack in the balloon.
It will be released on 9 June, Banksy said on his website.
A disclaimer states the print was "a souvenir piece" which was not in any way intended to influence voters but was for "amusement purposes only".
Newcastle City Council announced last year that the pool could close as part of a bid to save ??90m from the council's budget for 2013 to 2016.
As part of a lobby against the cuts, more than 100 people filled the pool to its maximum capacity in a 'swim-in' on Saturday afternoon.
They were watched by hundreds of spectators with banners.
Newcastle Amateur Swimming Club, which has 200 members, said closure would leave them without a base.
Louise Graham, head coach at the club, said: "I find it hard to believe that the council is planning to evict the club and all the other pool users.
"If the pool closes, Newcastle will have lost a crucial sporting asset as well as a building of major historic importance in the heart of the city."
The club, created in 1977, has started a social media campaign, Save Newcastle City Swimming Pool and an online petition which has nearly 2,000 signatures.
The council said the combination of the investment needed, plus a nearby alternative pool, led them to propose the closure which is predicted to save ??275,198 in 2013 and ??285,198 in 2014.
More than 171,486 people used the pool in 2011/12.
Newcastle City Pool employs 23 members of staff.
Historic England also discovered the remnants of a Roman military camp and medieval settlements.
Aerial pictures have been made public to mark the Festival of Archaeology.
Discoveries were made in Cumbria, Cambridgeshire, Dorset, East Yorkshire, Buckinghamshire, Suffolk, West Sussex and West Midlands.
Roman camps were temporary enclosures dug by troops on manoeuvres. The line marking out the buried camp can be seen as different colours in the crops across several fields.
The distinctive playing card shaped enclosure is indicative of a camp and raises the question of whether it could be part of an early Roman military campaign against the local population, Historic England said.
A dry summer in 2015 revealed crop marks in Comberton, which helped experts see the extent of an Iron Age/Roman settlement with ditched enclosures, round houses and trackways.
Crop marks are caused by buried archaeological remains, which hold more moisture than the surrounding undisturbed soil.
Traces of a Second World War air raid shelter in Coventry's Radford Road recreation ground are visible as dark rectangles in the grass, despite being partly demolished after the war.
It is a poignant reminder of the aerial bombardment the city endured during the conflict, the heritage agency said.
Photographs taken last year show five or six circular ditches, which would have surrounded Bronze Age barrows.
They would have been used by the living for ceremonies and as burial sites.
Low winter sunlight revealed details of this Iron Age/Roman settlement in Killington, showing two round houses as well as the remains of medieval ploughing.
The settlement is depicted by the parallel ridges and furrows which shows the area was used for agricultural purposes for centuries.
A dry summer also helped the aerial reconnaissance team to identify a rare and unusual prehistoric site with a central feature thought to be a "henge" - a circular or oval-shaped bank.
The site, which dates back between four and five thousand years, is surrounded by a field system which suggests it was reused as a settlement from the Bronze Age.
It is considered so important it has since been protected as a scheduled monument.
Crop marks in this picture reveal a late medieval farmstead showing the farm's field boundaries and tracks linking it to neighbouring farms.
The farms were abandoned after changes in farming practice but it shows how generations of families lived on the land, experts have said.
This image shows the remains of a lime kiln, which produced quick lime for building and fertiliser.
It also reveals earth-covered ruins of buildings and walls from before the kiln, thought to be a medieval monastic farm called a grange.
Historic England said the elongated capsule shapes in the field were Neolithic long mortuary enclosures, thought to be where the dead were placed before burial.
They are surrounded by natural marks in the ground made in the last Ice Age.
Ben Wragge, 13, was fatally wounded in Thurston, Suffolk, on 1 May 2016.
An inquest into his death was told he was hit in the neck by the gun which had no safety catch, was fitted with a silencer and could fire without the trigger being pulled.
The court heard Ben's friend "did not think he fired the weapon". The coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death.
Ben was fatally struck while playing with a group of boys at a friend's house. They had been to the Thurston spring fair before cycling to the house to see the progress of a shed being built as a "boy cave".
One of his friends had been holding the weapon and focusing on trees at the time of the accident, Det Insp Kevin Hayward, of Suffolk Police, said.
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"He then swung around to hand the weapon over, then felt a shake," Det Insp Hayward said.
"He did not think the weapon was loaded and he did not think he fired the weapon.
"He heard Ben shout 'ow'. He did not think anything had happened until he saw blood."
The inquest heard Ben's friends raised the alarm and told his mother, who tried to revive him by performing CPR. He later died at West Suffolk Hospital.
The air rifle belonged to the father of one of the friends, the court was told.
It was a .22 air rifle which had a telescopic sight and silencer, could be loaded with up to nine pellets without them being visible, had no safety catch and could discharge without the trigger being pulled.
Ben's family told Suffolk senior coroner Dr Peter Dean they want to prevent anyone suffering such a devastating loss and called for laws on gun use to be tightened.
"Following the tragic death of Ben, we very strongly feel that had the law on the licensing, registration and storage of airguns been amended in the past, Ben's death could have been prevented," relative Zoe Wragge said.
Recording a conclusion of accidental death at the inquest in Ipswich, Dr Dean asked that the Home Office review the individual circumstances and the legislation around the use of airguns.
Two teenage boys were initially arrested on suspicion of manslaughter before being told they faced no further action in July 2016.
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It is for the Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk constituency and is being held on Wednesday, 22 April.
If you would like to be in the audience at the Scottish Borders Campus at Netherdale in Galashiels, you can apply online.
The email address for applications is [email protected].
Another south of Scotland debate is also planned for the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency.
More details on that - and how to apply to be in the audience - will be available soon.
One of the soldiers was from the Queen's Royal Lancers and the other was from the Royal Engineers. Their next of kin have been informed.
Task Force Helmand spokesman Lt Col James Carr-Smith said the two, who died on Saturday, would be "greatly missed".
The deaths took the number of British military personnel killed in operations in Afghanistan since 2001 to 337.
Lt Col Carr-Smith added: "It is with great sadness I must inform you that a soldier from the Queen's Royal Lancers and a soldier from the Royal Engineers were killed this afternoon west of Lashkar Gah.
"They were attached to the 1st Battalion Scots Guards Battlegroup. The soldiers were part of a ground domination patrol when they were struck by an explosion.
"They will be greatly missed and their sacrifice will not be forgotten. We will remember them."
An MoD spokesman said the deaths were not a result of insurgent activity aiming to disrupt the Afghan parliamentary elections.
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Its travel advice was updated after Florida confirmed four cases of the virus transmitted by local mosquitoes.
Previous US cases have been connected to people who caught the virus abroad.
Zika causes only a mild illness in most people, but the virus has been linked to severe brain defects in newborns.
The US Center for Disease Control does not expect a widespread outbreak of Zika in the country, but says it is preparing for small clusters of infections.
Florida has announced more aggressive mosquito-control efforts, and politicians are keen to assure tourists the state is safe to visit.
Paul Cosford, medical director and director of health protection at Public Health England, said the risk in Florida was considered "moderate", based on the number of cases and control measures in place.
"Pregnant women are advised to consider postponing non-essential travel until after pregnancy.
"Advice to all travellers remains to avoid mosquito bites."
He said Public Health England was monitoring the international situation closely.
The advice from Public Health England is based on a list of countries and territories with current active Zika virus transmission as classified by the European Centre for Disease Control.
Florida is listed as having a moderate risk rating for the Zika virus, along with Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Many more areas, including a number of countries in south and central America and the Caribbean, are categorised as being "high" risk.
In those countries, the advice is for pregnant women to postpone non-essential travel, rather than just considering postponing.
Health Protection Scotland has also updated its advice for travellers following the confirmation of the Zika cases in Florida, while links to Public Health England's guidance are provided on the websites of Public Health Wales and Northern Ireland's Public Health Agency.
In terms of the UK, Professor Cosford said more than 50 cases had been diagnosed since January, but the risk to the UK remained unchanged.
He said a small number of Zika virus infections in travellers returning to the UK was to be expected, but the risk to the wider population was "very low" as the mosquito that spread the virus was not found in the UK.
He added: "If you have recently returned from an area where Zika virus transmissions are currently reported and have a fever or flu-like illness, seek medical attention without delay to exclude malaria and mention your recent travel."
Billy McKay gave the home side the lead early on but a Josh Meekings header salvaged a point for John Hughes' side.
United thought they had won the game late on but Simon Murray saw his effort ruled out for offside.
The boos rang out at the end as Jackie McNamara's men were perhaps unfortunate not to take all three points.
United's struggles continue with their winless run now stretching to six games.
The opening goal arrived early for the hosts. Darko Bodul set up Ryan McGowan down the left and his cross into the box was met by John Rankin.
His effort was blocked on the line but McKay was on hand to knock the ball into the net from close range for McKay's second goal since joining United on loan three weeks ago
It was no more than United deserved after a very strong start.
The lead should have been doubled four minutes later. Bodul was involved again along with Callum Morris who played in Rankin just eight yards out, but his shot was blocked by Owain Fon-Williams in the Inverness goal.
The visitors' keeper was again called into action, beating away a McKay drive from the edge of the 18-yard box.
Hughes' half-time team talk obviously worked as they took control after the restart.
Within the opening minute Ryan Christie was bundled to the ground just outside the box as he threatened the home goal, but no free-kick, said referee Kevin Clancy.
But the Caley pressure paid off when a corner from the right was met by Meekings who was unmarked at the back post and he thundered a header into the roof of the net.
United thought they had grabbed all three points with just four minutes left when substitute Murray knocked the ball into the net from six yards but the flag had already been raised for offside.
"Mr Harper, we really can't afford another four years of you," said New Democratic Party leader Thomas Mulcair.
The economy has been hurt by failing oil prices and Mr Mulcair said the country could be in recession.
But Mr Harper, who has called a parliamentary election for 19 October, said there was reason for optimism.
Highlighting good job-creation figures amid a weak global economy, the prime minister said the other parties would raise taxes and bring Greek-style debt to Canada.
The solution, he said, was a "low-tax proven plan", he said.
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, also on stage, said the governing Conservative Party favoured the rich.
Mr Mulcair is currently leading in the polls. His centre-left New Democratic Party recently made big gains in Alberta - traditionally a Conservative party stronghold.
Green Party leader Elizabeth May completed the quartet of debaters and said Mr Harper's record on tackling climate change was a "litany of broken promises".
Mr Trudeau, the son of a former prime minister, benefits from high name recognition but has been criticised by his rivals for his lack of experience.
Mr Harper's centre-right Conservative Party has been in office since 2006 and analysts say he could struggle to form another majority government.
However, the election season will run for 11 weeks and it is thought a long campaign season could benefit the well-funded Conservative Party.
Kal Naismith and Gary Roberts grabbed the goals as Paul Cook's men ensured their advantage over fourth-placed Stevenage remains at six points with just six games remaining.
The contest began in end-to-end fashion before Naismith opened the scoring after 17 minutes. Enda Stevens found space on the byeline and picked out the forward, who powered home an unstoppable half-volley.
Hartlepool continued to match the promotion-chasers and almost levelled when Nathan Thomas rattled a post just after half-time.
Portsmouth were menacing every time they went forward, though, and should have added a second when Roberts sent a diving header over the crossbar from six yards.
The hosts were not so lucky moments later as Nicky Featherstone gifted the ball to Naismith who, having seen an initial effort blocked, crossed for Roberts to fire into the roof of the net.
That appeared to knock the wind out of Hartlepool's sails as Portsmouth saw the game out comfortably.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Hartlepool United 0, Portsmouth 2.
Second Half ends, Hartlepool United 0, Portsmouth 2.
Attempt missed. Nicke Kabamba (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Foul by Danny Rose (Portsmouth).
Padraig Amond (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Enda Stevens (Portsmouth).
Nathan Thomas (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Hartlepool United. Carl Magnay replaces Liam Donnelly.
Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Nicky Deverdics.
Substitution, Portsmouth. Nicke Kabamba replaces Kal Naismith.
Foul by Devante Rodney (Hartlepool United).
Matthew Clarke (Portsmouth) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Danny Rose (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Nathan Thomas (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Danny Rose (Portsmouth).
Foul by Gary Roberts (Portsmouth).
Nicky Featherstone (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Portsmouth. Conor Chaplin replaces Jamal Lowe.
Foul by Devante Rodney (Hartlepool United).
Danny Rose (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Brad Walker (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kyle Bennett (Portsmouth).
Substitution, Hartlepool United. Devante Rodney replaces Rhys Oates.
Danny Rose (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nicky Featherstone (Hartlepool United).
Attempt missed. Nathan Thomas (Hartlepool United) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Foul by Liam Donnelly (Hartlepool United).
Gary Roberts (Portsmouth) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Jamal Lowe (Portsmouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Kal Naismith (Portsmouth) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the right side of the box.
Michael Woods (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Christian Burgess (Portsmouth).
Foul by Liam Donnelly (Hartlepool United).
Enda Stevens (Portsmouth) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Goal! Hartlepool United 0, Portsmouth 2. Gary Roberts (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Kal Naismith.
Liam Donnelly (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Kal Naismith (Portsmouth).
Corner, Hartlepool United. Conceded by Christian Burgess.
Nathan Thomas (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Danny Rose (Portsmouth).
Rob Summers, from Oregon, said standing on his own was "the most amazing feeling".
He can voluntarily move his toes, hips, knees and ankles and also walk on a treadmill while being supported, according to research in the Lancet.
However, a UK expert said this should not be interpreted as a cure.
Rob was a keen baseball player and in 2006 was part of the team which won the College World Series.
But in that summer he was injured in a hit and run accident and his spinal cord was damaged.
Messages from the brain, which used to travel down the spinal cord, were blocked and he was paralysed.
Doctors surgically implanted 16 electrodes into his spine.
Rob trained daily in trying to stand, walk and move his legs, while electrical pulses were sent to the spinal cord.
Within days he was able to stand independently and eventually he could control his legs and step, with assistance, for short periods of time.
"None of us believed it," said Professor Reggie Edgerton, from the University of California. "I was afraid to believe it."
In most spinal cord injuries only a small amount of the tissue is damaged so many nerve cells remain.
The researchers say these cells pick up signals from the legs and respond automatically. This is what allows a healthy person to stand still or walk without actively thinking about it and it is this process the doctors were trying to tap into.
But after a spinal injury the cells need help, in this case precise electric stimulation.
It mimics a message from the brain to start moving and changes the "mood" of the spinal cord so that it is able to hear the information which is coming in from the legs and respond. Researchers say this, coupled with intensive training, allowed Rob to stand or walk while supported on a treamill.
The researchers admit to having "no idea" about how the brain was also able to gain direct control of the toes, knee and hips.
They speculate that some nerve cells are being reactivated or maybe more of them are being created allowed signals from the brain to pass down the spinal cord.
Rob has also regained other functions such as bladder, bowel and blood pressure control.
He said it had been a "long journey of countless hours of training" which had "completely changed my life".
He added: "For someone who for four years was unable to even move a toe, to have the freedom and ability to stand on my own is the most amazing feeling."
This study has proved that electrical stimulation works in one person. Four more patients are being lined up to further test the treatment.
Professor Geoffrey Raisman, from the Institute of Neurology at UCL, said: "This one case is interesting, and from one of the leading groups in the world. To what extent this procedure could in the future provide a further and sustained improvement cannot be judged on the basis of one patient.
"From the point of view of people currently suffering from spinal cord injury, future trials of this procedure could add one more approach to getting some benefit. It is not and does not claim to be a cure."
Dr Melissa Andrews, from the Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair, said that while the study was a "little bit mind blowing" people should not say this is a cure.
She added: "I think people need to read this and say the possibility is out there, but it may not come tomorrow. It's the closest we've ever seen and it's the best hope right now."
Professor Susan Harkema, who was part of the study at the University of Louisville, said: "It is really critical to be clear that it's still in a research realm, but stay tuned we're going to learn a lot more every day."
For Rob he sees his story as a message of hope to people who are paralysed and as for walking again: "I see it as a major possibility."
Peaty - Britain's first male Olympic swimming gold medallist for 28 years - begins his campaign on Tuesday, the opening day of the GB Championships.
Fellow individual Rio medal winners Jazz Carlin and Siobhan-Marie O'Connor will also race in the six-day event.
"I've been training well and I'm ready to swim fast again," said Peaty.
The 22-year-old, who moved with coach Mel Marshall from City of Derby to Loughborough after the Rio Games, has decided against adding the 200m breaststroke event to his schedule this year.
He will instead focus on qualifying for July's World Championships in Budapest in the 50m and 100m - both titles he claimed at the 2015 Worlds in Kazan, Russia.
"People say you have got to defend your titles, but I don't see it like that," he said.
"I am still attacking those titles - every single one - because I am planning to go faster than anyone else."
Carlin, 26, who claimed 400m and 800m freestyle silver medals in Rio behind American Katie Ledecky, considered retirement after the Games but believes she can still make improvements.
"I still have more things that I want to do, more things I want to achieve," she said.
"In Rio it was good to see all of the work pay off, but I'm still finding those small things that can make a big difference and help me go faster."
Carlin will be joined by Olympic team-mate James Guy at her base in Bath for the next Olympic cycle, with the 2015 world champion relocating from his long-term base at Millfield School in Somerset.
Guy, who won silver medals as part of the 4x200m freestyle and 4x100m medley relay teams in Rio, is keen to put the disappointment of missing out on individual honours behind him.
"The move is exactly what I needed, as it's a professional environment that will help me develop," said the 21-year-old, who is adding the 200m butterfly to a busy schedule that includes the 100m event and both the 200m and 400m freestyle distances.
"Now I have that Kazan mindset back and I want to be the best in the world again."
With seasoned international swimmers like Fran Halsall, Michael Jamieson, Keri-Anne Payne and Roberto Pavoni all retiring in recent months, the British Championships will also serve as an opportunity for rising stars to establish themselves as part of the GB team as they build towards the next Olympics in Tokyo 2020.
"Somebody put this baby in a corner," said the Hollywood Reporter's reviewer.
Abigail Breslin and Colt Prattes play Baby Houseman and Johnny Castle, the dancing lovers played by Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze in the original.
According to Vulture's Jen Chaney, they "don't generate anything close to the Grey-Swayze sizzle factor".
"Nobody's got hungry eyes in this thing," she continues - a reference to the Eric Carmen song that featured in the 1987 version.
According to Variety, the reprise is a "sappy, passionless, schlocky remake... without even the iota of imagination necessary to expand upon the 1987 film".
Its reviewer Sonia Saraiya also pours scorn on "an ill-conceived epilogue that negates most of the power of the preceding narrative".
"Between the bad lip-syncing, the inexplicable addition of musical numbers and the pale imitation of classic moments from the original film, it just doesn't work," was the verdict of IndieWire's critic.
Those sentiments were echoed by TV Guide's Malcolm Venable, who rued that "what was once sexy, sultry and a little subversive has been sanitised and Disney-fied."
One cast member who receives a modicum of praise is Nicole Scherzinger, who plays the role of Johnny's dance partner Penny.
"The Pussycat Dolls singer is no stranger to the dance floor, and it was evident whenever she appeared onscreen," says Entertainment Tonight's Desiree Murphy.
British audiences will be able to make up their own minds when Dirty Dancing airs on Channel 5 on 4 June.
Arthur
Original: Released in 1981, this comedy about a wealthy drunk gave Dudley Moore one of his biggest successes and won John Gielgud an Oscar for his role as his disdainful manservant.
Remake: Released in 2011, this vehicle for divisive comic Russell Brand cast Dame Helen Mirren in the Gielgud role and was dismissed as "a full-on stinker" by The Independent.
Fame
Original: Released in 1980, Alan Parker's portrait of students at New York's High School of Performing Arts won two Oscars for its music and spawned a successful TV series.
Remake: Released in 2009, the 12-rated remake was criticised by the Hollywood Reporter for being "laughably bland and watered-down in its desire to appeal to the widest possible audience".
Footloose
Original: Released in 1984, this story of a rebellious teenager who moves to a town where dancing has been banned made Kevin Bacon a star and spawned two number one hits.
Remake: Released in 2011, Craig Brewer's remake wasn't universally slated but was still accused by Variety of "merely going through the motions."
Ghostbusters
Original: Released in 1984, this vehicle for Saturday Night Live comics Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray became a global phenomenon with a smash hit theme song from Ray Parker Jr.
Remake: Released in 2016, this female-led reboot flopped at the box office despite reasonable reviews, with Rotten Tomatoes declaring: "Ghostbusters does an impressive job of standing on its own as a freewheeling, marvellously cast supernatural comedy - even if it can't help but pale somewhat in comparison with the classic original."
Red Dawn
Original: Released in 1984, this tale of teenagers mounting a resistance against a Soviet invasion of the US tapped into contemporary fears and gave early roles to Dirty Dancing stars Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey.
Remake: Released in 2012, this "doltish" reprise (Total Film) originally cast China as the aggressor but was digitally altered after filming to make North Korea the bad guy.
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Exeter, Huddersfield, Liverpool and Winchester will pilot a system this year where the names of applicants are not seen during admissions.
The aim is to stop "potential bias" about students' race and identity.
Universities Minister Jo Johnson said he backed attempts to "stamp out inequality" in higher education.
The pilot project aims to see if masking the names of applicants will remove any "unconscious bias".
Without identifying names, applications would be considered without knowing the gender of students or any indications of their ethnic background or religion.
The admissions process would use any relevant contextual information about a student - such as whether they were from a low-income family - but the name would be concealed.
Last year, former Prime Minister David Cameron said universities should use name-blind recruitment as a way of promoting social mobility and preventing bias against minorities.
The pilot study will find out how this might be implemented more widely, such as whether the name of the applicant should be known before a decision is taken to offer them a place.
For universities that interview applicants for some courses, they would need to decide when admissions officers would have access to the names.
At present, there are no universities that use "name-blind" admissions.
But other employers have announced similar plans to try to run a recruitment process while concealing much of the information about applicants.
Deloitte said its recruitment process would take place without knowing which university or school that applicants had attended, in a bid for a more diverse workforce.
Universities have been under pressure from the government to make sure that they are open to applicants from all social backgrounds.
Last week, Oxford University announced that this year it would be admitting the highest proportion of students from state schools for more than 40 years.
This week, the Office for Fair Access said that universities would spend £834m on outreach projects and scholarships to support poorer students.
Helen Thorne of the Ucas admissions service said the project would allow UK universities to evaluate any benefits and see how it worked with "existing approaches used to ensure that admissions are fair".
Mr Johnson said: "We are committed to ensuring that everyone with the ability, regardless of their background, has the opportunity to study at our world-class universities. That is why we called on Ucas to conduct this review."
Helena Thurm, 25, from the Altrincham area, suffered serious head injuries in the collision with a Vauxhall Astra in Sale shortly before 18.10 BST.
She was being treated in hospital overnight but died on Tuesday.
Helena's family said she was "a beautiful, kind, caring, intelligent and funny person" who was "at the threshold of adult life".
"Helena liked a challenge and was at the threshold of adult life having finished university. She had been to a job interview on the day of the accident that stole her life," they said.
They said she "was loved by everybody" and "will be sadly missed" by her friends and family.
Constable Paul Hailwood said Greater Manchester Police are "still establishing the exact circumstances" of the collision and want any witnesses or people who may have dash-cam footage to contact them.
Sir Dave Brailsford, the last person to fill the role, left in April 2014 to focus on Team Sky, with head coach Shane Sutton moving into a new role as technical director.
Sutton left 100 days prior to the Rio Olympics amid allegations of sexism, though he denied the "specific claims".
Programmes manager Andy Harrison, who took on Sutton's responsibilities, could be a candidate for the role.
The national governing body has had a testing year, and its headquarters were visited by UK Anti-Doping officials this month as part of an investigation into allegations of wrongdoing in the sport.
Despite the upheaval off the track, British cyclists won 33 medals across this summer's Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games, 18 of which were gold.
In a statement, British Cycling said appointing a performance director would enable the team to build on those successes "and provide greater support to performance staff and athletes".
Stephen Park, who manages Britain's Olympic sailing team, has already said he would consider a move to British Cycling, but added he would give consideration to a role at "any of the top sports".
Australian Sutton, 59, has always denied any wrongdoing and should the independent review commissioned to look into the allegations find in his favour, there may be calls for his reinstatement.
Barnaby Cork was out with his family when he was struck outside the Thame Leisure Centre in Oxfordshire.
His father Stefan had dropped off his wife and two other children for swimming lessons on 10 December when it happened.
Barnaby got out of the car and he reversed and hit the youngster, Oxford Coroner's Court heard.
Coroner Darren Salter recorded the cause of death as accidental.
He said: "This is clearly a tragic case... the sad facts of this incident are not in dispute.
"I offer my condolences on the loss of a young boy in these awful circumstances."
The boy's family did not attend the inquest, but Mr Cork gave written evidence and said that he did not see or hear the youngster, as he was shorter than the back window.
In a statement at the time of the boy's death, his family said: "We're truly devastated at the loss of our precious Barnaby. We're absolutely heartbroken.
"There's no words that can even begin to describe the sadness we're experiencing now that Barnaby isn't with us. He was our world."
Mr Cork set up an online fundraising page to raise money for the Thames Valley Air Ambulance.
It has raised more than £30,000 so far.
The Crown Prosecution Service said it will not pursue a prosecution over the accidental death.
Mr Clarke, 81, retired in June owing to ill health after serving as a councillor in Fife since 1973.
Although a member of the Communist Party, in more recent years Mr Clarke had been sitting as an independent.
Labour took 1,318 votes, beating closest rivals the SNP. The Communist Party candidate secured just 86 votes.
Mr Clarke, who was awarded the Freedom of Fife last month, was originally a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain but later joined the Communist Party of Scotland after the party split in the 1980s.
On his retirement from the council he had said he hoped the Communist movement could pick up strength again in the future.
However, first-preference voting for the Lochs ward saw Labour's candidate Mary Lockhart secure 1,318 votes compared with Lea McLelland of the SNP, who received 1,079 votes.
Scottish Conservative Malcolm McDonald received 270 votes, while Thomas Kirby of the Communist Party of Great Britain received 86 votes.
The turnout was 27.8%.
Three other people were taken to hospital by ambulance following the collision on the A472 Hafodyrynys Road near Pontypool, Torfaen, at 13:45 BST.
The road was closed in both directions between the roundabout at Pontypool and the B4471 at Crumlin.
Following accident investigation work, the road reopened late on Tuesday evening.
The 52-year-old Portuguese has had a career of almost unbroken success, including two titles in his first spell at Chelsea, Champions League wins at Porto and Inter Milan as well as La Liga glory at Real Madrid.
'The Special One' is on his way out after a remarkable decline that saw reigning champions Chelsea plummet to just one point off the relegation places - so where will he go next?
Mourinho was linked with Manchester United when Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013 and has rarely spoken in anything other than glowing terms about the Old Trafford club - leading to speculation he would relish the job at some stage.
United manager Louis van Gaal is struggling to win over a sceptical public unhappy with his playing style and his team's recent exit from the Champions League.
If Van Gaal fails to improve matters and Mourinho is available at the end of the season, could he be the perfect replacement?
Mourinho's style is equally pragmatic but he is a guarantee of success, charismatic and would not be afraid of United's worldwide stature.
McNulty's rating: 7/10
Rafael Benitez, an old adversary of Mourinho, is in charge at the Bernabeu but he too has faced criticism of his tactical approach.
His cause was not helped by the 4-0 El Clasico thrashing by Barcelona and the loss to Villarreal that has put Real off the pace in La Liga and the former Liverpool and Chelsea boss under pressure.
Could Mourinho return to Real? He left amid squad acrimony in 2013 but president Florentino Perez remains an admirer and it may be a case of Mourinho feeling he has unfinished business if he ever had the chance to go back.
Managerial positions are always fluid at the Bernabeu - so it is a case of "never say never".
McNulty's rating: 6/10
Mourinho has won titles in the Premier League, La Liga and Serie A but Bundesliga success is missing from his CV - and only one club could meet that need.
Bayern Munich may soon find themselves having to fill a Pep Guardiola-sized hole at the Allianz Arena, and few managers in football have the pedigree and personality to match the demands and expectations of a club known as 'FC Hollywood'.
Mourinho is one, and his sudden availability may spark interest from Bayern, though this job looks like it has got Carlo Ancelotti's name on it.
McNulty's rating: 5/10
Mourinho has always stated his intention to sample international coaching later in his career - with all the signs pointing to him eventually taking charge of his home country, Portugal.
But what about England?
Mourinho was right in the frame to succeed Steve McClaren in 2007 but eventually pulled out of contention.
Would the Football Association be tempted to make an approach if Euro 2016 does not go to plan and Roy Hodgson's time is up?
It is an unlikely scenario but if England were seeking a new manager and Mourinho was available, surely the call has to be made?
Unlikely - but an interesting thought.
McNulty's rating: 4/10
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Could it be that Mourinho's abrasive, confrontational style means he is shunned by the big clubs who simply feel his style brings a level of trouble that outweighs the trophies?
No chance. Managers who win trophies - and win them with the regularity Mourinho does - will always be in huge demand. He will probably be fielding calls within days.
McNulty's rating: 2/10
The Treasury bailed out the bank by buying a 72% stake for £45bn, at 502p a share, at the height of the financial crisis in 2008.
Shares in the loss-making lender are now trading at less than half that price at 223p.
Philip Hammond told MPs on Tuesday: "We have to live in the real world."
He added: "Our policy remains to return the bank to private hands as soon as we can achieve fair value for the shares, recognising that fair value could well be below what the previous government paid for them.
"We have to live in the real world and make decisions on the future of our holding in RBS in the best interests of taxpayers."
Simon Jack: Why is RBS still losing money?
Mr Hammond has previously said the government did not expect to offload its stake in RBS until after 2020.
He added: "We are making real progress in realising our holdings in the banking sector.
"We continue the programme sale of our shareholding in Lloyds, which is now down from 43% to less than 2%, and just last month we sold £12bn worth of Bradford & Bingley mortgages in a highly competitive process."
It is understood that the Treasury will only start to sell its shares in RBS when "legacy" issues have been resolved.
Those issues include a potentially huge fine by the US Department of Justice, which is pursuing the bank over the sale of mortgage-backed securities before the financial crisis.
In February, RBS posted its ninth consecutive annual loss, with much of the £7bn accounted for by setting aside £5.9bn for fines and legal costs.
The bank has racked up losses of more than £50bn since the government bailout.
Chief executive Ross McEwan said in Feburary he expected RBS to return to profit by the end of 2018.
When one-off charges were stripped out, the core business of the bank was making money, he added.
The European Commission is examining government proposals that aim to spare RBS from being forced to sell off the Williams & Glyn branch network.
The person is one of seven to be rejected by the House of Lords Appointments Commission.
The commission does not reveal the names of those who were put forward or its reasons for turning them down.
But it has been revealed that the DUP declined to nominate a substitute when asked to do so.
In response to speculation that he was the person concerned, the former South Antrim MP William McCrea told the Irish News: "I haven't heard of it. I really haven't a clue."
But the BBC understands the DUP's intention is to nominate the former MP, who lost his seat is May, for the House of Lords in the next round of nominations.
Of the other names blocked by the commission, five were nominated by the Conservative party.
The sixth is the former Liberal Democrat minister David Laws who resigned over an expenses scandal in 2010.
Ordnance Survey (OS) said 3,779 of the almost 400,000 routes downloaded by its subscribers in the past year passed through the peak.
The mountain's Pyg track and Pen y Pass also made the top 20, coming seventh and 12th respectively. Pen y Fan in the Brecon Beacons, Powys was number 11.
The Lake District and Peak District took 16 of the top 20 spots.
The national mapping agency compiled the list by dividing Britain into square kilometres and counting the number of downloaded routes that passed through each square.
The top 20
The hosts were without captain Virat Kohli because of a shoulder injury and he was replaced by Ajinkya Rahane.
Australia reached 144-1 with Smith again in good form and, after being reduced to 208-6, reached 300 thanks to 57 from Matthew Wade.
India, whose debutant spinner Kuldeep Yadav, 22, took 4-68, negotiated one over without loss before the close.
Smith had chosen to bat after winning the toss and, despite opener David Warner being dropped off the first ball and Matthew Renshaw going for one, Australia made a strong start.
India tightened up after lunch and wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav helped bring them back into the game.
However, Smith scored his third ton of the series and 20th of his career before edging a delivery from spinner Ravichandran Ashwin to Rahane at slip.
The venue, near Junction 32 of the M62 at Glasshoughton, will also include a 50-acre country park, shops and restaurants.
Developers Lateral Property Group have said the £135m scheme could create 2,000 jobs.
The plans still have to be approved by the secretary of state before building work can start.
Tigers chairman Jack Fulton previously said the new stadium would provide "the foundations of a bright new future for the club".
The 20-year-old came into the first red-ball game in a month under pressure after failing to score a half-century in his last 12 Championship innings.
However, Hameed's troubles with the bat continued as he was caught at second slip off Fidel Edwards as Lancashire were bowled out for 149.
James Vince's 40 helped Hampshire close on 147-5, trailing by just two runs.
England assistant coach Paul Farbrace had said England would be 'keeping a close eye' on Hameed ahead of the three-Test series against the West Indies, but the opener has now scored just 220 runs in 13 innings in 2017.
Lancashire won the toss and opted to bat to give Hameed - who has a first-class high score of just 47 this season - an opportunity to stake his claim for a recall to the national side.
After scratching his way to six off 38 balls, the right-handed batsman was caught by Jimmy Adams as he attempted an expansive drive off Edwards.
The hosts' bowlers made the most of being asked to bowl, as England spinner Liam Dawson had Alex Davies caught in the slips before Dane Vilas was caught behind off all-rounder Ian Holland.
After falling to 114-7, Jordan Clark and Stephen Parry shared a 27-run eighth-wicket partnership but Mason Crane's 3-27 wrapped up the visitors' innings.
Despite falling to 27-2 in reply after losing Adams and Lewis McManus cheaply, Hampshire recovered as captain Vince scored quickly before being caught at mid-wicket off Kyle Jarvis.
An unbeaten 26-run sixth-wicket stand between Dawson and Holland took the hosts within two runs of parity at the close of play.
Around the UK many attempts are being made to deliver care in different ways and here are three different approaches to community-based care.
Kathryn Humpston, a local area co-ordinator for Derby City Council, says: "I try to help people help themselves."
One of the people she visits is John, an alcoholic who was in and out of hospital because of his condition. He often spent all his money on alcohol rather than food and Kathryn has to check what is in his larder.
As he only has two tins of beans and some powdered soup in stock, she tops up his supplies, gathered by an informal community food bank operating in the Boulton area of Derby.
Local area co-ordinators were introduced into Derby five years ago, copied from an existing scheme in Western Australia.
The idea is that vulnerable older people could find a lot of the support they need from within their own communities, rather than from council services, their GPs or from hospitals.
Just over half the £500,000 annual costs of the scheme are paid for by the NHS to reduce demand on those services,
The co-ordinators tap into an often hidden network of support from neighbours, friends, family, voluntary groups and churches, who all seem willing to help improve the communities they live in by looking out for people who need help.
"All this costs nothing," says Kathryn.
The 10 co-ordinators working in Derby's inner city have helped about 700 people, all of whom have very complex needs. Only 17 of them have actually gone on to need a taxpayer-funded package of support from social services.
"If those 700 people had just one episode of social care fewer in their lifetime that would be a system saving of some £600,000," explains Mick Burrows of the NHS Southern Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group.
Jessy has nothing but praise for her carer after coming home from hospital following a hip replacement operation.
"I wouldn't be here at all if it wasn't for her. I'd probably be still in hospital waiting to get home," she says.
A few years ago she would have been stuck in hospital because there was no provision of social care in the rural area she lives in, south of Loch Ness.
Boleskine Community Care was set up by the local community, who recognised that their older people were having to move away to get help if family members could not help.
It is run by local women who work for Highland Home Carers, an employee-owned company in Inverness. The carers manage themselves and do their own assessments of old people's needs.
In the Scottish Highlands, spending on health and social care is fully integrated, meaning the NHS, rather than local councils, is responsible for providing care at home.
"The way we're funded helps us to give you what you want and gives you more choices," explains carer Julie Russell. "You can choose how you use your hours."
This is because of the Scottish system of Self Directed Support, or personal budgets. Once a person's needs are assessed, they can decide how their care budget is spent. It can lead to some surprising choices.
"We've cleared snow, chopped firewood, helped in the garden, as well as taken people to the GP and all the usual personal care," says Julie.
Angela is very clear about why she agreed to live with Gill.
"When I first saw her I thought she was very nice and I liked even more because she had a horse," Angela explains.
Gill, and her partner Pete, became Shared Lives carers for Angela about six years ago. It is a much greater commitment than the usual caring duties.
Gill and Pete share their home with her and also with Adrian, who moved in with them 14 years ago. Both Adrian and Angela have learning disabilities.
"At first I was a bit scared," says Angela. "But I thought I'll meet her and get to know her. I think it's a great idea. It's nice for families to take people like us in."
Angela and Adrian are among almost 400 people, most of them with learning disabilities, who live with their Shared Lives carers across Lancashire.
"It's the best thing I've ever done," says Gill. "We get more out of it than Adrian and Angela probably."
Carers are paid about £400 a week for each person they look after, which is a saving for the local authority compared to the alternative. For people with learning disabilities who are unable to look after themselves, the alternative would be supported living or a residential care home.
Shared Lives Plus, which oversees the Shared Lives schemes around the country, estimates it saves about £25,000 per person per year. The NHS is currently establishing five Shared Lives schemes to cater for people leaving hospital.
It estimates savings of £130m over the next five years by speeding up hospital discharges using the service.
Listen to the full series of Andrew Bomford's reports for BBC Radio 4's PM programme here.
German scientists took the heads to perform experiments seeking to prove the racial superiority of white Europeans over black Africans.
The skulls were uncovered three years ago in medical archive exhibits.
A ceremony was held in the German capital to return the remains as a gesture of reconciliation.
But chaotic scenes accompanied the speeches, particularly an address by German Deputy Foreign Minister Cornelia Pieper.
A handful of demonstrators shouted "reparations", "apology" and "genocide".
By Richard HamiltonBBC News
In the 1880s, Germany acquired present-day Namibia, calling it German South-West Africa. In 1904 the Herero, the largest of about 200 ethnic groups, rose up against colonial rule killing more than a 120 civilians.
The German response was ruthless. Gen Lothar von Trotha signed a notorious extermination order against the Herero, defeated them in battle and drove them into the desert, where most died of thirst. Of an estimated 65,000 Herero, only 15,000 survived. It is thought about 10,000 Nama people also died.
In 1985, a UN report classified the events as an attempt to exterminate the Herero and Nama peoples of South-West Africa, and therefore the earliest attempted genocide in the 20th Century. In 2004, Germany's ambassador to Namibia expressed regret for what happened.
Germany has consistently refused to pay reparations to its former colony, arguing that it has given much development aid to Namibia. But Namibians at the ceremony said the aid had not reached them.
Earlier, Ueriuka Festus Tjikuua, a member of the Namibian delegation, told reporters: "We have come first and foremost to receive the mortal human remains of our forefathers and mothers and to return them to the land of their ancestors."
The skulls belong to 20 people who died after an uprising against their German colonial rulers more than 100 years ago.
They were among hundreds who starved to death after being rounded up in camps.
Some of the dead had their heads removed and of these, about 300 were taken to Germany, arriving between 1909 and 1914.
The skulls gathered dust in German archives until three years ago when a German reporter uncovered them at the Medical History Museum of the Charite hospital in Berlin, and at Freiburg University in the south-west.
German researchers believe the skulls belong to 11 people from the Nama ethnic group and nine from the Herero.
They were four women, 15 men and a boy.
Mr Tjikuua said the mission intended to "extend a hand of friendship" to Germans.
Namibians, he said, wished to encourage a dialogue "with the full participation and involvement of the representatives of the descendants of those that suffered heavily under dreadful and atrocious German colonial rule".
Charite spokeswoman Claudia Peter said the purported research on the skulls performed by German scientists had been rooted in perverse racial theories that later planted the seeds for the Nazis' genocidal ideology.
"They thought that they could prove that certain peoples were worth less than they were," she told AFP news agency.
"What these anthropologists did to these people was wrong and their descendants are still suffering for it."
Nearly £45m was allocated to a learning hub, north west Dumfries campus and an upgrade of St Joseph's College.
However, it has now emerged that "due to a range of factors" they could actually cost more than £66m.
Councillors will be told they can try to reduce funding to other schemes, use additional borrowing or reassess the schools project itself.
The Dumfries Learning Town project was formulated after plans for a "super school" for all the town's S4 to S6 pupils were dropped.
It will see new schools built at Maxwelltown High and Dumfries High and the refurbishment of St Joseph's College and Dumfries Academy.
It also involves the creation of a "learning hub" offering specialist higher academic and vocational studies.
The costs of its first phase have now been revealed to have risen significantly over previously agreed budgets.
A report to councillors shows the anticipated costs of the "learning hub" have actually dropped slightly.
However, the north west Dumfries campus and St Joseph's College plans have seen forecast spending rise by around £11m each.
Council leader Ronnie Nicholson said that following consultation it had been clear aspects planned for phase two of the project should be brought forward.
"The sheer scale of what we now want to achieve requires more investment but it is still modest given that in phase one alone we are replacing three schools and transforming another," he said.
"In the long term, the number of school sites will be reduced as primary schools move onto shared campuses.
"This will provide significant savings. More importantly we will see schools fit for the 21st century in Dumfries and beyond."
The Tannadice outfit, level on points with Championship leaders Hibernian, are keen to secure the 30-year-old before Saturday's game with St Mirren.
If the two clubs and Sammon can reach agreement, he may stay at United until the end of the season on a loan basis when the January transfer window opens.
But Hearts boss Ian Cathro insists Sammon remains part of his plans.
Head coach Cathro says the Republic of Ireland cap has not been affected by Hearts fans booing his appearance as a substitute in Saturday's 1-1 draw with Partick Thistle.
Sammon joined Hearts in the summer on a three-year contract but has scored just twice in 19 appearances.
The former Derry City player first came to Scotland's top flight by moving to Kilmarnock in 2008 and subsequently had spells with Wigan, Derby and Sheffield United, among others. He has scored 76 goals in his 372 senior club appearances and has nine international caps.
"There's nothing there," Cathro said of the speculation. "I can understand it from their point of view, if that's the type of player they're looking for.
"From our side, no, and [he'll be in Friday's squad to face Dundee]. He's a strong player, a very focused guy, a top professional.
"His work every day has been exemplary, so there's no call for him to need support [after the booing]. Trust me, he's fine and he's an important player."
Hearts face Dundee, Kilmarnock and Aberdeen before the January transfer window opens.
"Business is something which is going to happen, but what's important is that I'm at a point of trying to do a lot of things very quickly but we've also got to stay focused on the most important thing, the game on Friday, the game on Tuesday and the game on the following Friday," added Cathro, who replaced Robbie Neilson earlier this month.
"We don't have a massive number of players and we need everybody pushing and fighting to give each other the absolute best shot they have at what we have ahead of ourselves in the next 10 days.
"Whilst that's going on, I have a job to do in assessing how things are and to have an idea of where I would like to move the squad when we can do business in January.
"We will begin work on that but we're not in a position where we can take even 1% off the focus on the next 10 days."
24 December 2015 Last updated at 10:05 GMT
The southern Australian city has seen temperatures of more than 40 degrees Celcius - for at least four days.
Motorist Paul Jansen, who filmed the koala said the animal drank from the gutter for more than 15 minutes.
"It didn't mind the attention or the road noise, it was just focused on the drink."
He tweeted: "Man utd ... LOL" shortly after Leicester scored their fifth goal in a 5-3 win over Manchester United.
The Liverpool striker's message has been retweeted more than 185,000 times and received around 100,000 favourites.
Merseyside police say there has been no formal complaint from Liverpool or the player but they are "making enquiries".
It's not the first time the Italian, who was adopted after being born to Ghanaian immigrant parents, has found himself the subject centre of racial abuse, particularly in Italy.
Last year, the former AC Milan striker said he would walk off the pitch if he received further racial abuse. That was after the referee temporarily halted play because of racist chanting in the AC Milan v Roma match.
The vice-president of AC Milan was also accused of using racist language to describe Balotelli a week after he'd signed for the club.
In an interview with GQ magazine earlier this year, the 24-year-old talked about the abuse he suffered whilst playing in Italy.
He also said: "There are racists in England but I think they hide it more.
"People are fighting this thing, and it's important. But in the media every time I have talked about this subject people talk about it for three or four days but then everything goes back to normal.
"So, either there is something really strong for all of us to do, some real movement or real action, and in that case I will be the first guy to participate, but if it's just talk, I'd rather not.
"We can talk about it as much as we want but things don't change that way."
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Donal Rocks put La Salle ahead in the 10th minute with Declan Dunne doubling their lead four minutes later.
Nathan Fox extended the advantage three minutes into the second half before Paddy Burns pulled a goal back for St Malachy's at New Grosvenor.
Man of the match Fox was sent off late on after getting a second booking.
The first suspects will start appearing in court on Wednesday, Dar es Salaam's deputy police commissioner told the BBC, confirming the arrests.
Rights groups have condemned the arrests, which started a week ago, urging police not to hold suspects beyond the legal 48-hour limit.
Prostitution is illegal in Tanzania.
Tanzania's new President John Magufuli, who came to power on an anti-corruption platform, has previously criticised prostitution in the country.
President Magufuli, known as the Bulldozer, has vowed to uphold law and order since taking power in November.
Deputy police commissioner Simon Siro told BBC Swahili that the suspects were being held in three prisons around the city.
He said the sex trade was linked to both drugs and violent crime in Tanzania.
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It is a full-time operation producing organic beef and sheep.
But on Fridays, the family offers an innovative service. They take social care clients from the Western Trust who help out on the farm.
Michael Power, Noel Stewart and Kerry Maguire do all the jobs that need doing.
They feed the cattle and sheep, they'll help with fencing, they'll go to the feed merchant or the vet.
Their families say it's the highlight of their week.
Malachy gets paid by the trust for providing the service. But he said, it's about so much more than the money.
"You're really diversifying into something that you think is worthwhile. It's making a difference in people's lives and that's the key driver for doing it," he said.
Kerry is 28 and has been to other day opportunities, but her mum said the farm is, by far, her favourite.
"Generally when you ask Kerry, 'what did you do today?', she'll say 'ah, nothing much', but with this she talks about it all the time," Gemma Maguire Carrothers said.
"The overalls have to be taken out, the wellies have to be cleaned, it's a big deal.
"It has changed her life actually."
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Malachy said that in the Netherlands, about 1,000 farmers participate.
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The 21-year-old former Celtic and Standard Liege forward joins a Bluebirds attack currently struggling for goals.
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Watt, a Scotland under-21 international, has scored three times in 15 appearances this season and was in the Charlton team that lost 2-1 at Cardiff on 26 September.
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Broadcasting watchdog Ofcom received two complaints about the jokes aired during a 24-hour show for Comic Relief.
They were made by guest Bobby Norris, from the reality TV show The Only Way Is Essex (Towie), on the show in March.
Ofcom said while "some of the jokes had the potential to offend" they were were "unlikely to have exceeded most listeners' expectations".
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Mr Norris made the quips after the hosts of the Radio 1 show told listeners he was there to say a "couple of sets of Essex girl jokes".
Mr Mills had told listeners: "I'd like to point out, before anyone complains, this is a person from Essex, living in Essex on a show (Towie) about Essex."
He added: "I'm enjoying this so much."
A BBC spokeswoman previously said that "no offence was intended by the jokes".
Some of the lines broadcast during the 15 March show which sparked the complaints included, "what's the first thing an Essex girl does in the morning? Goes home.".
The term "Essex girl", which first came into use in the early 1990s, is included in the Oxford English Dictionary, which defines it as "derogatory" and "a contemptuous term applied to a type of young woman, supposedly to be found in and around Essex, and variously characterised as unintelligent, promiscuous and materialistic".
Girls, who are often drugged, were behind three-quarters of such attacks committed by the militant Islamist group in Cameroon, Nigeria and Chad.
It is an 11-fold increase with four attacks in 2014 compared to 40 the next year, including January 2016.
The change in tactics reflects the loss of territory in Nigeria by the group.
The seven-year insurgency which has mainly affected north-eastern Nigeria as well as its neighbours around Lake Chad has left some 17,000 people dead.
Unicef says up to 1.3 million children have been forced from their homes across four countries: Cameroon, Chad, Nigeria and Niger.
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European subsidies to farmers through the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) should be processed by 30 June.
But European Commission sources said the government had asked for that date to be extended until 15 October.
Nicola Sturgeon had earlier refused to confirm whether an extension was being sought.
It is understood that the commission is still considering the request for an extension, with the Scottish government being encouraged to accelerate payments to farmers before next week's deadline.
The deadline was also extended to October last year after problems with the Scottish government's new £178m IT system caused delays to payments which left many Scottish farmers facing a cash flow crisis, according to industry leaders.
The Scottish government had been facing fines of between £40m and £125m for failing to meet last year's deadline before the extension was agreed.
At the time, the EU's commissioner for agriculture, Phil Hogan, stressed that the extension was an "exceptional measure" which reflected the difficulties some member states and devolved regions had experienced with the first year of payments under the new CAP.
Ms Sturgeon, who is due to address farming leaders at the Royal Highland Show on Friday, was pressed on this year's payments by Ms Davidson at first minister's questions.
The first minister said: "The government is extremely focused, led by (Rural Economy Secretary) Fergus Ewing, on making sure that payments are made, and that in the meantime there is a loan scheme available for farmers to ensure that we are taking care of their cash flow issues.
"We will endeavour to make payments on time, and we will continue to discuss with the European Commission any contingency arrangements we consider are required.
"Good progress has been made on making payments, both in terms of the 2015 round and also now in terms of the 2016 round."
Reforms to the CAP system saw the Single Farm Payment Scheme replaced by the new Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in 2015.
The BPS is the main EU subsidy available to farmers in Scotland, with the money being allocated by the Scottish government.
The payments are designed to act as a safety net for farmers and crofters by supplementing their main business income.
19,674 different Scottish rural businesses received a total of about £650m in CAP payments last year.
Ms Sturgeon said the government had been dealing with a "small number of known defects" that had been holding up some claims, but said there were now being progressed.
The first minister added: "We are working to meet that deadline and we will continue to do so each and every day until that deadline."
But Ms Davidson said Ms Sturgeon had refused to answer her question about whether the government was going to need an extension to the deadline this year, so it could therefore be "assumed that the answer is yes".
Ms Davidson said 6,000 applications were still to be processed - about a third of the total for Scotland.
She said: "At the start of the year Nicola Sturgeon spoke directly to farmers at the National Farmers Union conference, and she said 'we understand the difficulties that late payments caused to you last year, we apologise for those difficulties and we are determined not to repeat them'.
"Another promise broken, why should rural Scotland ever trust you again?"
Ms Sturgeon responded: "We continue to deliver this scheme, and we continue to seek to deliver it by the deadlines.
"What we have done - which was a commitment I have directly to farmers - is put in place loan schemes so that farmers did get the cash that they depend on.
"So we will continue to deliver this scheme, we will continue to work hard to rectify any problems in the IT system and we will also continue to argue for the protection of CAP payments in the longer term."
Paceman Sheikh, 24, has added another year to his current two-year deal after signing from Derbyshire last July.
Second XI wicketkeeper/batsman Hill, also 24, has penned a one-year extension until the end of 2016.
Promising batsman Ali, 20, has agreed a two-year extension and, like Sheikh, will remain with the Foxes until at least the end of the 2017 season.
Last September, Sheikh became the first Leicestershire bowler to take a Championship hat-trick since Matthew Hoggard in 2011, while Ali and Hill were part of the second XI's treble-winning side in 2014.
Leicestershire and Rutland Cricket chief executive Wasim Khan said: "We are looking to build something that is sustainable in the long-term at Grace Road and it's good that these three players have committed their futures to us."
The raids were carried out at properties in Lanarkshire, Tayside, Fife and Dumfries and Galloway, as part of the operation codenamed Wolfberry.
A 44-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman from the Kirkcaldy area of Fife appeared in private at the town's sheriff court.
Jose Barbosa and Ana Calder made no plea or declaration.
They faced charges under the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 and the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995.
The pair were remanded in custody and are due back in court within eight days.
The 2017 season heralds a revolutionary change to the cars, following rule changes aimed at making them deliberately faster for the first time in decades.
The drivers have been revelling in the higher cornering speeds and greater demands on their skills over four days at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya this week.
And while trying to interpret form from testing is always fraught with risk, a sense of the competitive order is beginning to emerge, with promising signs for some famous names, and worrying ones for others.
Lewis Hamilton could hardly contain his enthusiasm when it came to describing the sensation of driving his Mercedes this week.
"The car is amazing," the triple world champion said. "It is definitely the fastest I have ever been in F1."
The rules this year were aimed at bringing back a sense of edge and drama some felt the sport had lost in recent years. It means wider cars, with bigger tyres, and much more grip, creating faster cornering speeds, and much greater physical demands on the drivers.
"It is literally the downforce," Hamilton said, "how late and deep you can brake, how quickly you can get on the gas, how you are able to take corners flat out pretty easily.
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"Turn Nine [a 160mph uphill right-hander], I am going out of it and I am like a kid on a rollercoaster ride because it is so much better than before.
"But it is worse to follow another car."
And there's the rub. It is possible - although by no means certain - that overtaking will be harder with these cars.
That's not a surprise - make cars faster through the corners and slower down the straight because of the drag from bigger tyres and bodywork, and it's inevitable that braking distances will be shorter. And generating more downforce potentially means there is more grip to lose when following another car, making it harder to get close to it.
Hamilton said this "magnifies the issue we had before". Others were not so sure, though. Both Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Renault's Nico Hulkenberg said they had been pleasantly surprised how easy they had found overtaking during the test.
"Well, I have done some," 19-year-old Verstappen said, in his matter-of-fact style. "So it is OK. It works; you can overtake with the car."
Pirelli seems to have succeeded in the mission it was set to provide tyres on which drivers can push hard for the duration of a stint, after six years in which the best in the world had to lap seconds off the pace in races to stop the tyres overheating. All drivers reported far less "degradation" than before, and the ability to push hard for much longer.
Pirelli was not specifically asked for tyres with low degradation. It was asked for tyres that did not irretrievably thermally degrade when stressed, and could be brought back by backing off slightly if they were over-worked; and degradation proportional to performance.
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But team engineers said that Pirelli seemed to have responded to the requirements made of it by making harder tyres. One described them as "like concrete - they can push on them for 100 laps". And low 'deg' is what was generally being experienced in Barcelona.
Pirelli racing director Mario Isola admitted that the general feeling was that the tyre range was "a bit hard".
Hamilton confirmed this when he said he had been told by engineers that the tyres, on their own, were only 0.5 seconds quicker than last year's, despite being much wider.
A corollary of this could be fewer pit stops in races. Whether fewer pit stops is a bad thing is a matter of opinion, and in any case Pirelli should in theory be able to adjust it simply by bringing softer tyres to races.
And at least now spectators should be able to watch races and know drivers are doing what F1 is supposed to be about - pushing hard and being tested to their limits, rather than driving around slowly trying not to over-work four fragile pieces of rubber.
The fastest time of the test was set by a Mercedes, with a Ferrari second and a Red Bull third. So far, so 2016.
But headline lap times in testing are notoriously unreliable indicators of form because there are so many variables - fuel loads, engine modes, car spec, track condition, different times of day, temperature, tyre compound, etc.
Valtteri Bottas was quickest of all for Mercedes, using the 'ultra-soft' tyres. Ferrari did not use those tyres, Sebastian Vettel setting their fastest lap on the 'soft' tyre, 0.247 seconds slower than Bottas.
The lap-time difference between soft and ultra-soft would be expected to be much bigger than that, but the off-set between tyre compounds varied between teams and from day to day. So it is best to avoid trying to correct for that at this stage.
Using the 'soft' tyres, the Finn was 0.155secs slower than Vettel but on a run that was one lap longer.
On that basis, the Mercedes and Ferrari appeared pretty even in Spain - and certainly rival teams were impressed by the Italian car's pace.
"The Ferrari is very surprising," said McLaren racing director Eric Boullier. "Maybe people were not expecting them to be matching Mercedes' lap times."
So, can Ferrari challenge Mercedes this year at last? The jury is out.
The caveat is that Ferrari looked consistently good in testing last year before a season in which they failed to win a single race - and Mercedes always look slower than they actually are because they run their engine further from the maximum than others, and probably more fuel as well.
Red Bull - powered by Renault engines - seemed a little off the other two top teams this week, but there are good signs there, too.
Renault has made a significant step forward with its engine, but was running it de-tuned. Even so, Verstappen was close to the top of the speed-trap times on Tuesday. The Dutchman said Mercedes still had a power advantage but added: "We are definitely catching up."
The car was also running light on downforce - team insiders say a big aerodynamic upgrade will appear at next week's final test.
Before testing, the word from Red Bull was that they would have to wait until mid-season before they could challenge Mercedes. Hints are beginning to seep out from the team, though, that it might happen earlier than that.
Most expect the big three to be out on their own. Haas owner Gene Haas said they were "racing themselves". But the midfield battle between Force India, Renault, Toro Rosso, Haas and Williams could be intense.
"The rest of us are somewhat competitive," Haas said. "All of our times are within a second or so, and those guys are another second ahead of that. It is really a two-tiered competition, and it is intense where we are at."
McLaren have had four dismal seasons - the last two with an under-powered Honda engine and the two before that with a Mercedes engine but an uncompetitive car.
They entered this season with hopes that a change in rules would allow them to close the gap to the front and compete at least for podiums, if not the occasional win. But the early signs are not good. At all.
McLaren's first two days in Spain were rendered virtually useless because of reliability problems, first with an oil-tank problem on Monday and then an engine failure on Tuesday.
That was four engines used in two days. And although Honda has not been completely clear how many engines were used in total, it was at least five in four days.
The car ran more reliably over the final two days of the test but it was slow, although exactly how slow was hard to judge given Honda said the engine was not being run in its final specification.
The problems are clearly not all to do with Honda but a large part of them are - McLaren were slowest through the speed traps on the start-finish straight.
Fernando Alonso has not spoken to the media since Monday evening, when he said he was "disappointed and sad" but tried to put a positive spin on things as much as possible.
Racing director Eric Boullier admitted that the two-time champion was "not very happy" when the problems hit on Monday morning.
Who can blame him? Alonso went to McLaren to win the title, sold on the idea of reviving the glory days of the team's previous era with Honda, featuring Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost, in the late 1980s.
But that seems like a pipe dream at the moment.
Honda has designed a completely new engine for this season, copying the architecture of Mercedes, but sources say the Japanese turbo hybrid is way down on performance - the grapevine in Spain said it had less power at the moment than it had in 2015, Honda's first season back in F1.
It is hardly surprising, then, that questions are being raised about the sustainability of the McLaren-Honda partnership.
Boullier and Honda F1 boss Yusuke Hasegawa had to face inquiries on that basis from the media this week. Boullier said there was "no plan at all" to split. Hasegawa said: "Of course not."
Honda, in the third year of a 10-year contract with McLaren, provides in the region of a net $100m a year to the team compared to buying a customer engine - in the form of free engines, paying half the drivers' salaries and some sponsorship funds.
But if performance remains this poor, how long can McLaren risk staying with Honda before it does serious damage to the team? How long will Alonso's patience last?
And how long can Honda carry on in F1 before it decides its own reputation is at risk and it has to stop? Just as it did in 2008.
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1 Mercedes (Valtteri Bottas) 1:19.705 ***
2 Ferrari (Sebastian Vettel) 1:19.952 *
3 Red Bull (Daniel Ricciardo) 1:21.153 *
4 Renault (Jolyon Palmer) 1:21.396 *
5 Sauber (Marcus Ericsson) 1:21.824 **
6 Haas (Romain Grosjean) 1:22.118 *
7 Williams (Felipe Massa) 1:22.076*
8 Force India (Esteban Ocon) 1:22.509 **
9 McLaren (Stoffel Vandoorne) 1:22.576 ***
10 Toro Rosso (Daniil Kvyat) 1:22.956 *
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But it is still to be resolved how many will be covered by an anonymity order before the case is heard.
Another preliminary hearing was held in the High Court in Belfast on Friday.
Earlier this week, boiler owners' lawyers sought to challenge a plan by the Department for the Economy to publish details of firms in the scheme.
About 450 firms are covered in the action taken by the Renewable Heat Association (RHA).
It is believed there could be about 1,700 firms in total in receipt of the RHI subsidy.
The aim of RHI was to increase the creation of heat from renewable sources but businesses received more in subsidies than they paid for fuel, and the scheme became heavily oversubscribed.
The fallout from the scandal, which is approximately £490m over budget, resulted in the collapse of Stormont's institutions and the calling of snap elections on 2 March.
At Tuesday's hearing, counsel for the boiler organisation claimed there would be a media feeding frenzy if publication went ahead, which would breach their clients' right to privacy.
But a lawyer for the department said there was a huge public interest in the working of the controversial non-domestic RHI scheme.
He argued that trumped the privacy issue.
The judge reserved judgment in the case on Tuesday and issued a temporary injunction against naming RHA members until he delivered it.
On Friday, Mr Justice Deeny said there was "an arguable case" which merited further examination at a full hearing.
But while the interim injunction covered all RHA members, that may now change.
The court was told the list of RHA members included individuals; individuals trading as a limited company and firms with a corporate name.
Counsel for the department said those who traded as companies could not attract anonymity under the Data Protection Act or Human Rights Act.
The issue is to be addressed next week, ahead of a full hearing to be held before the Northern Ireland Assembly elections.
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Welterweight world champion Brook, 30, is jumping two weight divisions to challenge for Golovkin's WBC and IBF belts in London on Saturday.
At the weigh-in, Brook scaled 159.4lb, just under the 160lb middleweight limit, while Golovkin scaled 158.9lb.
"I'm entering unknown territory but I'm full of energy and will be explosive with the extra pounds," Brook said.
"There's a lot of politics in boxing and it's destroying the game. And if you can't get massive fights at your weight, you may have to jump a division or two."
Brook rejected comparisons with Amir Khan's fight against Saul Alvarez in May, when the Bolton boxer also jumped from welterweight to middleweight only to be knocked out in the sixth round.
"Khan is a small guy and was coming up to the weight. I'm coming down to make middleweight and am feeling fit and strong," said Brook.
"I'm a world champion, I've beaten everyone I've been in with and I want to test myself. I haven't got years and years left so I want to compete against the best."
About 1,000 fans watched Brook and Golovkin weigh in at London's O2, with the usually affable Kazakh looking deadly serious.
Golovkin, 34, has won 32 of his 35 professional fights by knockout, including the past 22, while IBF welterweight champion Brook is unbeaten in 36.
Among his victims were Brook's fellow Britons Martin Murray and Matthew Macklin, although question marks remain over the calibre of his opposition.
"This fight is so huge because it has a certain mystique," said Brook's promoter Eddie Hearn.
"Does Golovkin hit as hard as everybody says he does? Does he deserve his number one pound-for-pound tag? Has Kell Brook got these other levels we haven't seen yet? I believe he has."
Brook's trainer Dominic Ingle believes Golovkin could be complacent, having had it all his own way for so long.
"The fighters who have longevity in the sport are the pure boxers and not the punchers," said Ingle.
"Punchers eventually get beat, because they rely on their power too much above everything else. Their advantage becomes their disadvantage."
Also on a packed bill at the O2 is Lee Haskins' IBF bantamweight defence against fellow Briton Stuart Hall, while Charlie Edwards will challenge John Riel Casimero for the IBF flyweight title in only his ninth paid fight.
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The driver failed to notice the extent of the damage and drove on for 10 miles.
It happened as the lorry drove under a 19th Century stone bridge known as the Cut.
A spokesperson for the prison service said one of its vehicles "was involved in a road traffic incident at Banbridge on 27 November".
No other vehicle was involved and no one was injured. The incident is being investigated.
On November 28 police posted a photo of the damage, saying it was "not the smartest move".
The following day a second lorry hit the low bridge.
Officers used the image as a warning to drivers of other high-sided vehicles, advising them to know the height and dimensions of their lorries before passing under bridges.
On the PSNI's Facebook page, officers said: "This vehicle found out the clearance height of The Cut in Banbridge yesterday. It then drove on to Portadown, not realising the damage done."
Police also joked that "only the fire service are qualified to make your motor a convertible by the roadside, but you really don't want that to happen".
They reminded motorists that in the case of a collision with a railway bridge, drivers should alert Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) immediately, using the contact number advertised under the bridge.
"There's no way of telling what structural damage could be caused by a bridge strike, and those trains aren't light."
Bridge strikes have been hitting the headlines across the island of Ireland this year.
In the Republic of Ireland, Irish Rail launched a high-profile and controversial campaign warning lorry drivers to obey height restrictions.
Kenneth Foster, from Trowbridge, Wiltshire, served as a telegrapher on HMS Viceroy during World War Two.
It was responsible for sinking two U-boats and played a key role in freeing Norwegian towns from the Germans.
Mr Foster said the honour was "out of the blue" and "after all these years, you don't expect it".
The Honorary Consul Nigel Fletcher presented the medal on behalf of the Norwegian embassy at a ceremony at Trowbridge Town Hall.
Mr Foster, who is a member of the White Ensign Association, said: "It's a big day for me. The whole thing was out of the blue and, after all these years, you don't expect it.
"To start with I was fearful of the sea because I wasn't a very good sailor.
"You had to get used to it — a ship which, we used to say, would roll on wet grass it was so unstable.
"But there was no point in being frightened of anything else because this was what you'd volunteered for."
His role was to transport Norwegians, who had been exiled in the UK for over four years, back to Stavanger as the war was ending.
"I think I was the youngest on board and here we are, I'm approaching 92 so there's not much chance of the others being with us.
"I know that all the others I kept in contact with have gone, sadly, but when I receive that medal I'll be thinking that this is on behalf of them as well."
The Friends of Penrhos Polish Home have raised £180,000 since forming 18 years ago, but say an ageing membership means it is time to call it a day.
The home, near Pwllheli, Gwynedd, was founded in 1949 on a former RAF base to help exiled Polish war veterans.
Nearly 70 years on, it is still caring for the needs of Polish pensioners.
"It will be a bittersweet night," said the charity's chairwoman, Eryl Williams.
"We've got to know so many of those at Penrhos - it really will be with regret that we are saying goodbye."
In its early days after WW2 the RAF base was a stark home for veterans, housed in wooden huts scattered across the former airfield.
But as the decades rolled past, the vast majority of the huts were dismantled, and today, the home provides both sheltered housing and residential and nursing care.
"It has become part of our community, and it really has been a humbling experience being able to help them," added Mrs Williams.
"But there are no new volunteers coming forward, people have other commitments - life is busy.
"So now is the time to say farewell."
And (the announcer tells us), the next president of the Republic of France is - Francois Hollande.
Cue a very happy man strolling through the Elysee gardens.
Of course today it sounds utterly implausible. France's head of state has given the word unpopularity a whole new meaning, the country is a strike-bound, demoralised mess.
And yet the scenario is not totally to be dismissed. Certainly there is one person who believes it might come to pass.
And that person is Francois Hollande himself.
The last few weeks have seen the French press engage in a repetitive guessing game: will he, won't he, will he join the dance? (To quote The Lobster Quadrille).
Will he, or will he not, take on once again the mantle of the left and stake a claim for re-election?
Increasingly the Paris commentariat is of the view that yes, he most certainly will.
Once again President Hollande's good fortune is working in his favour. As a politician he has made a career out of waiting.
There was once a French prime minister (the forgotten Henri Queuille) who said: "There is no problem that cannot be brought to an end by the absence of a solution."
President Hollande has taken this aphorism to heart. On the economy and unemployment, he has steadfastly refused to offer anything that might be called a solution. Instead he has tacked gently from left to right, doing his best not to offend.
And now - with less than a year till the elections - his native optimism is paying off.
The first signs of growth are re-appearing. Unemployment has fallen for two successive months. The cycle is coming round - just in time.
Of course, all this could be knocked off course by this latest outbreak of strikes (against his extremely un-radical labour law).
If the country is dragged to a standstill during the Euro 2016 championships, then it will indeed be another black mark.
But here too, the president is sending out his customary waves of Zenitude - which may well prove more effective than any bracing clutch of actual policies.
The chance of disruption during the Euros is minimal, he will have calculated. No union would be so mad as to wreck such a rare feel-good occasion.
So the feelers will go out; various sectors - like the railways - will be bought off with offers on their specific grievances; and some fudge will be found for the law's contentious Article 2.
And the games will begin.
Another factor working in Hollande's favour is that he is, after all, the boss.
The country has got used to seeing the president's authority challenged by left-wing rebels within his own party - not to mention by left-wingers outside it.
But when it comes to nominating the man or woman to run in next year's election, what influence do these frondeurs have?
Inside the Socialists there are three potential challengers. These are Emmanuel Macron, the liberal-minded economy minister; Arnaud Montebourg, the anti-globalising former economy minister; and the prime minister, Manuel Valls.
Being outside the government, Montebourg is the most dangerous of the three.
Apart from heaping abuse on Hollande's economic record, he is calling for a Socialist Party primary at the end of the year so that the public (or at least Socialist voters) can choose who should be their candidate.
His argument is simple. Only by settling on a single candidate can the Socialists put aside their differences - and minimise the risk of being knocked out in round one.
Remember in round one there will also be various far-left and Green candidates. If the Socialist vote slips too low as a result, then the run-off will be between the right and the far-right (as in 2002).
The trouble for Montebourg is that if Hollande (and his allies running the party machine) choose not to hold a primary, then that will be that.
Conceivably Montebourg - or Macron or Valls - could opt to run on a separate ticket, but they would then be roundly abused for splitting the vote and opening the door for the right.
So come the end of the year, Hollande is the natural choice to run again. The economy is starting to create jobs, and there has been a successful Euro 16.
What better news now than that the right has chosen as its candidate none other than - Nicolas Sarkozy.
Admittedly this is wishful thinking. Sarkozy would be Hollande's ideal opponent, because he is so easily branded as a divisive failure. But there is no guarantee that Sarkozy will be selected in the right's own primary in November.
A more likely primary winner is the former prime minister Alain Juppe - who polls show would easily beat Hollande.
But who can blame him for dreaming?
With Sarkozy leading the right, the first round of the election on 23 April 2017 delivers the following shock result: Marine Le Pen (FN) 27%; Francois Hollande (PS) 23%; Nicolas Sarkozy (LR) 22%.
Round two is a cinch. The centre and much of the right rallies behind Hollande, who wins 65%-35% against Le Pen.
It's five more years.
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Sally Holland co-signed a letter to Armed Forces Minister Penny Mordaunt with the commissioners for Scotland and Northern Ireland and the charity Child Soldiers International.
It said recruiting under 18s was "detrimental to their best interests".
The Ministry of Defence said the armed forces provided "challenging and constructive education".
The letter said: "Most of the world now recognises that the recruitment of children for military purposes is detrimental to their best interests and is not appropriate in modern armed forces.
"In British society, the law safeguards children by proscribing choices that entail significant risks until they turn 18, the legal age of majority.
"It is therefore incongruous that the British armed forces still enlist personnel at age 16 and accept applications from age 15.
"Premature enlistment can also bring significant risk and disadvantage."
A spokesman for the MoD said no one under 18 can join without formal written consent of their parent or guardian and are not deployed on operations before they are 18.
"We take pride in the fact our armed forces provide challenging and constructive education, training, and employment opportunities for young people, equipping them with valuable skills," the spokesman added.
Concerns have previously been raised in Wales about how many visits army officers make to schools in deprived areas.
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Headed goals from Daniel Sturridge, Adam Lallana and Gary Cahill sealed a 3-0 win for England at Wembley, leaving the visitors fifth in Group F.
"I've got to go away and have a wee look at it now and we have a debrief," said Strachan.
"It's hard to take in anything, it's not the time to think about it."
The 59-year-old added: "If you think I'm thinking about myself, then you don't know me. If you think I'm worried about myself, you're completely wrong."
Strachan added that he was "proud" of his side's effort and emphasised that he felt the outcome was "cruel" on his players given the level of their performance.
While he accepted there is a gap in quality between Scotland and England, he maintained - as he has done throughout a faltering campaign - that the players have been wholly committed to him and his tactics.
"I feel really proud about the way they played, they had no fear to their game," Strachan said. "At the same time I feel really hurt they had to go through that last 15 minutes having put so much in and believed in what we were trying to do.
"I came here with a team that got beaten 3-0, 3-1 and barely had a shot on goal, and it was nothing like that [tonight]. That was a braver, a more organised performance, so their families watching them and supporters can be proud of what they did.
"I don't think I can ask any more from what's in their locker. You just need a break every now and then or a wee bit of magic. I feel really down for the lads, but proud of what they tried to do."
Scotland missed two chances to level at 1-0 down and although England eventually ran out comfortable winners, to lose by three goals was harsh on the visitors.
"We're supporters, we watch from the sides and to put that much work in, to stick to a game plan, be brave and try to meet them up the pitch and we give up one chance on target and they score from it," added the Scotland boss.
"Half-time, you could see in their eyes they still believe that by sticking to what we're trying to do we can get there, and we go out in second half and have two chances, don't capitalise, then they get their second shot on target. After that it's going to be a long night. We stuck at it and when it gets to 3-0, it's over. You can forget the last 15 minutes."
Strachan made eight changes to the side that lost 3-0 in Slovakia last month. Leigh Griffiths started up front, while Ikechi Anya, Christophe Berra and Lee Wallace were drafted into defence.
The manager praised their efforts, but bemoaned the lack of reward for that industry.
"A lot of them have got to be pleased with themselves. Lee Wallace was phenomenal for somebody who's been out of the team for a couple of years. He never said a thing, just got on with it, came in and was brilliant," Strachan said.
"There are points where top teams seem to punish us. I've got to say, I don't know if we can work any harder than we do, in terms of playing and training and doing the coaching.
"Stewart Regan said he couldn't believe it was 3-0 to Slovakia and 3-0 to England. We might not be the best in the world, but you get the best out of them. I'm thinking only about them at this moment in time."
The uprising quickly escalated into a civil war between the Syrian government and various rebel factions, killing at least 250,000 and displacing many more.
Similar movements in the region, later called the Arab Spring, led to the ousting of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, Muammar Gaddafi in Libya and Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia.
Five years on, people across the region have told the BBC how the uprising and the political divisions and economic turmoil that followed have affected their lives.
"I had to leave my pregnant wife behind. It was too dangerous for me to stay," says Majdy Al-Kassem, who fled Syria in early 2015 and now lives in the UK.
Majdy studied English literature in his hometown Idlib in north-western Syria when peaceful anti-government protests erupted in 2011. He and fellow students joined the demonstrations.
"In the first six months protesters were not armed, but the security forces started to shoot at people and come to their houses to arrest them," he says.
Some of the protests turned into armed insurgency and following violent clashes a brutal and complex civil war broke out across most of the country.
"One of my teachers was killed by a sniper and in the following years a lot of my friends died in prison. I was afraid that somebody who saw me at the demonstration would frame me," he says.
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A month after Majdy fled, a coalition of Islamist rebel forces, supported by Turkey and Saudi Arabia, seized Idlib from the Syrian government.
"It's a little bit safer now because there is no fighting in the city itself, but your house can always be hit by Russian or Syrian government air strikes. Many houses in our neighbourhood were destroyed.
"My family is in a very bad situation now. They often don't have the most basic things like water, electricity and petrol."
The rise of the so-called Islamic State and the increasing involvement of foreign powers have further complicated the conflict.
Like many others, Majdy made the dangerous journey across the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Greece in a rubber dinghy. Walking northwards on the so-called Balkan route, he was imprisoned in Croatia for three months, but eventually made it to the UK last summer.
The authorities in the UK are now processing Majdy's asylum application and he says: "I hope they let me stay and bring my family."
The first protests of the Arab Spring started in Tunisia after Mohamed Bouazizi, a street vendor, set himself on fire in the city of Sidi Bouzid in December 2010.
Weeks of demonstrations followed before Tunisia's long-time president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali fled into exile on 14 January 2011.
"When we went to demonstrate in front of the Ministry of the Interior in Tunis on 14 January, we didn't realise that Ben Ali would be running away by the end of the day," says Hisham Ben Khamsa.
"Ben Ali had relied on stifling any kind of expression and dissent. The regime was out of sync with the population. Corruption and unemployment pushed people overboard."
Tunisia has been called the Arab Spring's "success story" by some after a largely peaceful transition to democracy.
In recent years, the country has been hit by a wave of attacks on tourists sites and renewed protests over youth unemployment.
"Economically and in terms of instability, it has been five years of a rollercoaster. But in this chaos and mayhem, there is some stability building up," Hisham told the BBC.
Ines Ghaieb, a preparatory school teacher in Tunis, says her life changed for the better after the uprising.
"I lost my job at the school during Ben Ali's time and couldn't do anything about it. Now I have a permanent contract."
She says that Tunisians can now express their opinions in public and in the media.
"Tunisia was an exception from the beginning. Even if there are problems, I would say the revolution was successful."
Pictures of tens of thousands of protesters on Cairo's central Tahrir Square went around the world in January and February 2011.
"I'll never experience the same again, the spirit of the people was unbelievable, and we were all on the same page," says Mohammed Safi, an Egyptian radio DJ.
"We succeeded in bringing the government down after 18 days, but the biggest mistake was to leave the square because we thought we had won.
Mohamed Morsi, a leading member of the Muslim brotherhood, was elected as president in June 2012, but following mass protests his government was overthrown by the army a year later.
"I think almost the entire nation is suffering from post-traumatic stress," Mohammed says.
"I moved out of Cairo three years ago to protect my sanity. The vibe there has become unbearable.
"Five years down the line, many people are extremely sceptictal and frustrated. Almost everybody is suffering economically and the currency has lost a lot of value."
Human rights activists have reported a rise in the number of people going missing at the hand of the security services.
"The security apparatus is more intense than under Mubarak, but the message to future generations is that you can challenge authority," says Mohammed.
"In the early months of 2011, not a lot of Libyans thought the protests would spread from Tunisia to Libya because the former regime of Muammar Gaddafi had a tight grip on society," says Muhanned Kalash, an up-and-coming Libyan actor.
"When the protests started in Benghazi, we couldn't do much in Tripoli, but of course we followed the events very closely."
Fierce fighting broke out between rebels in the east of the country and government forces. In August 2011, rebel militia toppled Gaddafi and took over Tripoli, helped by international airstrikes.
Muhanned says that five years on, none of the revolution's goals have been achieved.
"It's close to impossible for me to save money, to marry, to travel to different cities or even to go out at night because there is a risk we might get carjacked."
Libya has had two rival governments since 2014.
The political and security vacuum in the country has helped the so-called Islamic State group to establish a foothold.
Muhanned says security is his biggest concern at the moment: "With Daesh [IS], it's like we see a storm approaching, but we're pretending we are not scared.
"It's shocking to see how OK Libyans have become with death."
Martin Gould awaits Trump in Saturday's final four in Llandudno.
But Williams felt luck played a major part in Englishman Trump's progress.
"It was a good game and could have gone either way," said two-time world champion Williams. "Towards the end, obviously he only won it through the luck he had."
Williams picked out two incidents on the blue ball as crucial - an escape and a pot by Trump.
"I had him snookered on the one and he somehow got away with it, and the blue he took on - he'd probably pot one of them in 1,000.
"And how I left the blue on the middle hole in the last frame is unbelievable.
"But I've had a fair bit of run myself over the last few months so I'm not going to worry about that."
Five-time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan beat Graeme Dott 4-1 to set up his last-four encounter with Stuart Bingham, who beat Mark Davis 4-0 in the last eight.
"We both played poorly. I felt nervous for some reason and couldn't see the wood for the trees," said O'Sullivan.
"It was strange, one of those evenings and it was lucky Graeme played as badly as me.
"I missed so many balls, it was diabolical."
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David Duckenfield claimed Liverpool fans "forced" their way into the ground when, in reality, he had ordered a gate be opened to let them in.
Former South Yorkshire Police Deputy Chief Constable Peter Hayes agreed the lie warranted a "disreputable conduct" investigation.
Ninety-six fans died in the 1989 crush.
The lie had been a "disgraceful" thing for former chief superintendent Mr Duckenfield to say, said Mr Hayes, who was in charge of discipline and complaints within the South Yorkshire force.
He agreed "it was a terrible untruth because it blamed the very people who died for their own deaths".
In the moments after the disaster at the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest on 15 April 1989, Mr Duckenfield told the Football Association's then chief executive that some Liverpool fans had forced open a gate.
But he omitted to tell Graham Kelly that it had been his own decision.
The jury has previously heard that opening Gate C allowed up to 2,000 fans to enter the Sheffield ground in five minutes.
Many ended up going through a tunnel that led to the already-full central terrace pens at the Leppings Lane end of the stadium.
Mr Duckenfield admitted to the inquests that his mistake "was the direct cause of the deaths of 96 people".
Peter Wilcock QC, who represents a group of families, said it was a "wicked and terrible lie".
He asked: "Have you ever come across a similar example of deceit by a senior officer in your long career within the police?"
Mr Hayes replied: "No."
Mr Wilcock told the court that South Yorkshire Police "never started any proceedings against Mr Duckenfield for that wicked lie".
He asked Mr Hayes whether the lie, which Mr Duckenfield said he told the then Chief Constable Peter Wright about, could have prompted disciplinary proceedings for "disreputable conduct".
Mr Hayes said: "Yes, I would agree with that."
Two families who lost relatives in the disaster complained to the authorities about Mr Duckenfield's lie.
The jury heard West Midlands Police, which investigated those complaints, initially told the families their complaint was "rejected as being unsubstantiated".
Mr Wilcock said: "Can you imagine how they felt and how they feel now when there's evidence that you and your colleagues knew from day one that that lie was very far from unsubstantiated but true?"
The coroner, Sir John Goldring, told Mr Hayes he did not have to answer that question.
Mr Hayes had previously said that he could not remember when he first heard about Mr Duckenfield's lie.
In the days after the disaster, Mr Hayes asked Ch Supt Terry Wain to prepare South Yorkshire Police's official statement to the Taylor public inquiry, which was due to begin on 15 May 1989.
The jury heard despite being told how the police had previously closed off the tunnel when the pens became full, Mr Wain did not mention that in his report.
Mr Wilcock asked Mr Hayes: "Would it surprise you, given all the instructions Mr Wain received to be open and transparent, that that particular piece of information about the closure of the tunnel never made its way in to the report he prepared and was later presented in edited form to Lord Justice Taylor?"
Mr Hayes replied: "Yes, I am rather surprised at that."
The jury saw a letter which was sent to South Yorkshire Police by the public inquiry.
Mr Wilcock said it detailed how the inquiry would look into why "when it was decided that a gate or gates must be opened to relieve pressure... there were no steps taken to ensure that there was no police or steward presence to prevent those entering going to the tunnel".
Mr Hayes agreed that Mr Wain was not "incompetent" and "he knew exactly what he was doing".
Mr Wilcock then asked: "It's staggering, isn't it, that given that warning, his report made no mention of the past practice of closing the gates?"
Mr Hayes he was "not aware whether or not Mr Wain ever saw the letter".
Peter Weatherby QC, who represents another group of families, said: "Would you agree with me as the man managing the submission to the Taylor Inquiry that it was a serious failure that the submission did not include the failure to close the tunnel?"
Mr Hayes replied: "Yes, I find it inconceivable, sitting here now, that that was no part of the submission."
He both denied being part of a police cover-up into the disaster and asking junior colleagues to take part in one.
The inquests, being held in Warrington, Cheshire, are due to resume on Wednesday.
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He played in the narrow quarter-final defeat by Australia after originally being left out of the squad.
Referee Craig Joubert's "questionable decision" to give the Wallabies a late penalty was tough for Cowan to take.
"It didn't really sink in until a couple of days after. We were absolutely devastated," the 29-year-old told BBC Radio Berkshire.
"To almost have history that close in our own hands and then stripped away took some accepting."
Before the controversy of that Twickenham showdown and the following fallout over Joubert's decision, Cowan had to come to terms with being overlooked in Vern Cotter's initial squad.
"My whole career, I had never worked for something so hard and wanted something so badly," he said, after being overlooked for fellow flanker John Hardie.
"I knew it was going to be tight for my position and in the end Vern went for one man. But I had a lot of support from my partner and family to pick me back up."
An injury to lock Grant Gilchrist against USA handed Cowan a second chance and within days he was involved against South Africa.
He and Hardie were to play on opposite ends of the back row by the time the quarter-final came around.
"I got on well with John in pre-season and the lead up to the World Cup," he added. "We needed to slow down Australia's rhythm in that game and it worked well.
"Going forward, I think it could well be an option providing I continue to get the chance."
The New Zealand-born flanker has since returned to club action with London Irish, scoring a try on his first appearance of the season as a replacement against Exeter.
In the video, two masked gunmen speak to a man kneeling in front of them.
After killing him, the gunmen say they will kill others they are holding if the government does not agree to their demands. The demands are unspecified.
They identify themselves as belonging to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, who are allied to the Taliban.
There had been speculation that the hostages, mostly from the Hazara ethnic minority, had been seized by Islamic State as they travelled from Iran to Kabul through Zabul province.
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) was formed in the late 1990s and said it carried out the attack on Karachi airport in June 2014.
The BBC's David Loyn in Kabul says this is the first time they have issued a video showing a beheading.
In the footage, the gunmen ask the hostage what his job is, and he says that he is a soldier. Local news agencies report that the kidnappers want their comrades released from Afghan jails.
Along with other Taliban factions, the IMU was pushed out of its former stronghold in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region in an army offensive launched after the Karachi airport assault.
Unlike in Pakistan, Afghan Hazaras, who are mostly Shia Muslims, have been largely spared attacks by Sunni militants operating in both countries.
Dog owners have been warned to keep pets on leads since the deposits appeared on beaches in Kent and Sussex.
Tests in Kent have revealed a mineral oil "of unknown source or proposed use" and investigations are continuing.
The substance is not hazardous to humans or animals unless eaten, Shepway council said.
A joint statement from Kent County Council (KCC), the Maritime & Coastguard Agency and Shepway District Council said the worst affected areas were between Sandgate and Folkestone Warren.
It has advised the public not to touch the substance and to keep dogs on a lead.
It also said the public should alert the RSPCA if any distressed seabirds were found, and not to touch the birds themselves.
The likely source of the pollution "would appear to be from shipping in the Dover Strait", the statement said.
Kent Scientific Services, part of Kent County Council (KCC), carried out a chemical analysis and was able to identify the paraffin-based substance.
It revealed: "The fatty acid profile was not consistent with palm oil or any vegetable based oil. The profile resembled one from a 'fuel'-based oil."
A clean-up operation is under way.
Thanet District Council said precautionary signs erected around its coastline had now been taken down.
It said beaches were now clear and also that on inspection most reported sightings were actually non-harmful whelk egg cases.
Brighton and Hove District Council did not have any test results but said it had been clear from the start it was "suspected" palm oil.
Adur and Worthing District Council said its tests also showed the substance was a waxy mineral oil.
Its clean-up process will begin on Monday. High tides and strong winds made it unsafe for staff to start on Friday.
Chris Drake, Coastal Officer at KCC, said: "KCC will work with all the agencies concerned to ensure that our coastline is quickly restored and that if possible; those responsible for the pollution are identified and made to cover the costs of the clean-up."
The 50-year-old, who played 408 matches for Forest during two spells totalling nearly 12 years, has taken up a role with the Rams as a defensive coach.
His son Tyler, a 19-year-old striker, also now plays for Forest, while 17-year-old son Lewis represents the Rams.
Academy director Darren Wassall, who played with Walker at Forest, said the ex-England man had "plenty to offer".
Walker won 59 caps during his career and played for England at the 1990 World Cup, when they reached the semi-finals, and Euro 92.
Former Derby defender Craig Short has also joined the academy coaching set-up.
Brian Reader, 76, fell seriously ill at Belmarsh Prison, where he is being held, and was taken to nearby Queen Elizabeth hospital on Wednesday.
Reader, the oldest member of the gang, had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary last September.
He is due to be sentenced on 7 March with six others over the £14m raid.
A Prison Service spokesperson said: "An HMP Belmarsh prisoner was taken to hospital on 24 February. He remains there in order to receive treatment for an ongoing medical condition.
"Appropriate security measures are in place."
Reader's solicitor Hesham Puri said Reader was being treated for "a number of issues" at the south-east London hospital and it was "unlikely" his client would be able to attend the sentencing hearing at Woolwich Crown Court.
The "largest burglary in English legal history" took place at Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Ltd in London's jewellery quarter over Easter last year.
The gang raided safe deposit boxes for jewels after boring into the vault.
John "Kenny" Collins, Daniel Jones and Terry Perkins pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary.
Carl Wood and William Lincoln were convicted of conspiracy to commit burglary and conspiracy to conceal, convert or transfer criminal property.
Hugh Doyle was found guilty of concealing, converting or transferring criminal property.
Another thief, known only as "Basil", is yet to be identified and is still at large.
Reader was also involved in the £26m gold bullion Brink's-Mat robbery three decades ago.
West Lindsey District Council said land at Swallow on the A46, near Caistor, had become a "dumping ground for fly tippers".
Paperwork found among the rubbish revealed the waste was "likely to be from various house clearances in the Grimsby area", the authority said.
It is working with the police to identify those responsible.
The authority said it had taken seven members of staff four hours to clear the site of debris, which included fridges, mattresses and tyres, at an estimated cost of £1,500.
Lesley Beevers, regulatory team manager at the council, said: "No sooner has one lot of rubbish been cleared than another load appears. In November, we cleared around four tonnes of waste from the same spot, costing more than £900."
Councillor Owen Bierley said: "It is important for residents and landlords alike to make sure that their waste is disposed of by properly registered companies.
"Simply paying cash to anyone with a van to take away your waste is not acceptable and could leave you facing a fine of up to £5,000 for not checking where your waste is going to."
Dartmouth, trained by Sir Michael Stoute, beat Simple Verse by a neck.
Morrison was later called before a stewards' inquiry after an employee of his was alleged to have urinated in the stable of his horse Marmelo.
The employee was subsequently found guilty of improper conduct.
Morrison was instructed by the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) to "ensure all of his employees are correctly briefed as to the integrity implications of these actions in the future".
He said: "There's nothing to it really. The lad is a long-standing employee. He knows he's made a mistake and he won't do it again."
Marmelo, who was fifth in the Yorkshire Cup, was ordered to have a routine doping test.
Urinating in a racecourse stable is banned because of the risk of cross contamination.
BBC horse racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght said: "The chances of cross contamination are probably rather higher than 100-1, but of course it's possible, and this is an example, the BHA will say, of how all regulations relating to security and integrity on the racecourse are tightly enforced."
On Thursday, Morrison offered a reward of £10,000 to clear his name after one of his horses tested positive for an anabolic steroid.
Our Little Sister tested positive for nandrolone after finishing last in a race at Wolverhampton on 14 January, which had prize money of £2,500.
Dartmouth, the 11-4 favourite, was one of five horses in the running over the final furlong of Friday's race.
Having made his challenge on the stands-side rail, he snatched the verdict from Ralph Beckett's 2015 St Leger winner Simple Verse (13-2).
The pace-setting High Jinx, having his first race for 747 days, kept on in gritty fashion and was just a neck away to claim third on his first start for Yorkshire trainer Tim Easterby.
Winning rider Ryan Moore said: "He felt very easy the whole way, he's got mile-and-a-half pace, he was just doing a little too much in stages.
"He travelled beautifully and is such an honest horse, but it didn't help that I was apart from them and he's done very well."
BBC horse racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght:
You don't have to be an arch-Royalist to enjoy the spectacle of the Queen beaming at a success for one of her runners at Royal Ascot.
And, after this narrow defeat of his nearest three rivals, Dartmouth - named after the Devon naval town - goes to the famous fixture in June with the wind in his sails.
It would be nice to think Dartmouth might try to emulate his owner's horse Estimate, who won Ascot's marathon Gold Cup four years ago, but he'll be sticking to the shorter Hardwicke Stakes this time.
The fire broke out at Lakanal House in Camberwell, south London, in July 2009.
Catherine Hickman, 31, Dayana Francisquini, 26, and her children, six-year-old Thais, and Felipe, three, were killed in the fire.
Helen Udoaka, 34, and her three-week-old daughter Michelle also died. They all lived on the 11th floor.
The jury retired to consider verdicts after hearing evidence for more than two months at Lambeth Town Hall in Brixton, south London.
In her summing up on Wednesday, Assistant Deputy Coroner Frances Kirkham said evidence suggested that the firefighters from incident command who dealt with the blaze did not have knowledge of the building layout.
She said they did not know they were dealing with maisonettes and did not know about escape balconies on the block.
Ms Kirkham added: "It's a matter for you, members of the jury, but you may conclude that the evidence suggests a lack of training amongst staff in relation to fire survival guidance calls prior to the incident that we're dealing with."
Ruth Davidson was speaking after a private meeting with Prime Minister Theresa May in Downing Street.
Ms Davidson, who also attended a meeting of the cabinet, said the Conservatives now had to "reach out to others" on issues such as Brexit.
She added: "I do think that there can be changes in the offer of Brexit as we go forward".
Ms Davidson has new-found clout at Westminster after her party won 13 Scottish seats in the election, and has hinted that she wants Mrs May to change course on her Brexit objectives.
A high-profile Remain campaigner ahead of the EU referendum, she wants the UK to keep the "largest amount of access" to the single market after Brexit.
She has also called for what she describes as an "open Brexit", which prioritises free trade and country's economic interests over curbing immigration.
The prime minister is attempting to secure a deal which would see Democratic Unionist Party MPs support her minority government.
Ms Davidson said she had stressed to the prime minister that the electorate had said "they want the Conservatives in government, but by denying us a majority they don't want us to govern alone".
She added: "And that means that we have to reach out to other people on some of the big issues, for example on Brexit."
Ms Davidson said there was a "clear understanding" that the prime objective for leaving the European Union was to ensure that the economy was protected.
And she insisted there was a "general consensus" that free trade should be prioritised despite Mrs May indicating that the UK will leave both the single market and the customs union.
When asked whether the UK could stay in the single market, she replied: "I think what is clear is that there is a commitment from around that cabinet table, from within the Conservative Party, to now work with others to make sure that we go after the best economic deal.
"In terms of how we reach out to others and how we take on board their ideas there is lots of work to be done.
"But I do think that there can be changes in the offer of Brexit as we go forward."
Mrs May is battling to keep her party behind her after losing her parliamentary majority just before the start of negotiations with the EU.
Chancellor Philip Hammond has also stressed the need to put the economy first in the Brexit negotiations.
But speaking ahead of her meeting with Ms Davidson, a spokesman for the prime minister said it had been made clear that the UK cannot control its borders while remaining as a single market member.
There has been speculation that Ms Davidson could use her 13 MPs to push for a "softer" Brexit than Mrs May had planned.
She said: "I think my 13 MPs are all individuals and each and every one of them will play their full part in the House of Commons.
"In Scotland we do come from a liberal tradition, we were a separate party at one time, and I would expect them to carry that tradition into the House of Commons and I look forward to their progress - I am proud of them and I want to see what they are going to do next".
Ms Davidson also stressed the need for the UK government, and the wider Conservative party, to pull together and insisted that Mrs May could remain in office for the next five years.
The Scottish Conservatives won just a single seat in Scotland in the 2015 general election - but the party's share of the vote doubled as it took a further 12 seats last week, all of which were at the expense of the SNP.
Ms Davidson's performance in leading the party to its best result in Scotland since 1983 has seen her mentioned as a possible successor to Mrs May - although she does not currently have a seat in the House of Commons.
The Scottish Conservative leader arrived at Downing Street as SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon met her party's 35 MPs outside the Houses of Parliament.
Ms Sturgeon, who is Scotland's first minister, has called for a "short pause" in the Brexit negotiations in order to secure a cross-party, UK-wide consensus on what they hope to achieve.
She also claimed that Mrs May's plans for a so-called "hard Brexit" were now "dead in the water", and questioned whether the prime minister could form a functioning government.
Alex Staniforth, of Cheshire, has already tackled Pen-Y-Fan, Fan Foel and Snowdon since starting the series on 13 May.
The 22-year-old will aim to scale Moel Famau, on the Flintshire-Denbighshire border, on Sunday.
If successful, he will have climbed the equivalent of 13 Mount Everests.
He said: "A big thanks for all my friends and supporters from all over north Wales who encouraged me so brilliantly over the past few months and who've been so generous."
Mr Staniforth previously became the youngest person to complete the Three Peaks Challenge and has twice attempted to scale Everest.
He abandoned his last bid to reach the world's highest summit in 2015, after an avalanche left three of his friends dead.
Mr Staniforth, who sets off at 11:30 BST, is carrying out the latest series of climbs in aid of mental health charity, Young Minds UK, and has so far raised £15,000.
Michael Keen, 42, was stabbed in 15 times and was found dead at a house in Hazel Avenue, Darwen, Lancashire in August last year.
A Merseyside-based organised crime gang supplying drugs in the Darwen area was linked to the killing, police said.
Daniel Bamford, of Harvey Lane, Warrington, was found guilty of manslaughter. He was jailed for a total of 16 years at Preston Crown Court.
He had also earlier admitted one count of possession of class A drugs with intent to supply and two counts of supplying Class A drugs.
Mr Keen had been forced into allowing Bamford, a gang enforcer, to oversee the supply of drugs from his home, police said.
The pair had argued and Mr Keen was stabbed in the head, neck, arm, abdomen and back on 25 August, police said.
Det Insp Zoe Russo said: "This was a challenging and at times complex investigation.
"Bamford is clearly a dangerous and violent offender whose actions led to Michael Keen's death."
Three women aged between 60 and 82 were hit by bullets and bullet fragments after two officers fired at the man.
The 23-year-old man, who allegedly approached officers with the knife, was also injured.
An independent team will now investigate the circumstances surrounding Thursday's incident.
Police were called to an organic food market outside Westfield Shopping Centre at Hornsby, in Sydney's north, just before midday after shoppers noticed the man acting strangely.
New South Wales Police Assistant Commissioner Dennis Clifford said the man was holding a large carving knife and confronted officers when they approached him.
He said two officers fired shots at the man, who was wounded several times.
"Unfortunately some bystanders were also injured, with either bullet or fragment wounds," Mr Clifford said.
"The man is known to us. I understand he was reported missing from a psychiatric centre near here yesterday and police were making efforts to try and locate him."
Mr Clifford said it was understood that Tasers, batons and sprays were available to the officers.
"In a life-and-death situation the police had to make a very critical decision on the action that they took," he said.
All the injured bystanders are in hospital in a stable condition.
Witnesses told Australian media of a chaotic scene after police shot the "zombie-like" young man, who was "babbling incoherently" before the incident.
He also remains in hospital, under police guard.
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Builder Sebastian Stephenson, 34 from Croydon, hung the poster which said "Wanted: Dead or Alive" alongside a CCTV photograph of the alleged thief.
The police told him he had to change it as it was inciting public disorder.
The Met said Mr Stephenson had not been arrested and that the investigation into the theft continues.
Mr Stephenson said the alleged thief had targeted him four times and had taken more than £4,000 worth of tools.
After the first couple of thefts, he installed CCTV cameras outside his house which filmed the tools being taken.
He said he called the police saying "here is the burglar" and urged them to send a picture from the Met's Twitter accounts and other social media to raise awareness to other builders.
When this did not happen, Mr Stephenson uploaded the CCTV footage to YouTube and paid £300 for a Facebook post on the incident to be promoted to users in the Croydon area.
Still frustrated at the police's response, he decided to print the banner.
"I want him to drive back and see his face. [But] within 24 hours the police came back to arrest me for inciting public disorder and said I must take the sign down immediately.
When asked why he included the "Dead or Alive" line he said: "Everybody knows it's just a cowboy and western reference, like Clint Eastwood."
He has now marked out the word dead.
After the poster went up, he said he had people who lived close by to him saying they had had their tools stolen too.
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"At night I'm checking the van through the window to see if it's still there. My children keep asking if I've caught the thief so it's on their mind.
"It's not low-level crime."
The Met said anyone with information should contact 101 or Crimestoppers.
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The shake-up of portfolios by EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has upset many MEPs, the BBC's Chris Morris reports from Brussels.
The UK's Lord Hill has been assigned to financial services and capital markets. His hearing is on Wednesday.
MEPs can block Commission appointments.
Each would-be commissioner faces a public grilling lasting several hours.
Many of the questions will be about technical details of policy, less than three weeks after the nominees found out which job each of them had been given.
The hearings will be televised live on the European Parliament website.
Among those under particular pressure from MEPs are the Spanish and Hungarian nominees, as well as Lord Hill, our correspondent says.
A former lobbyist, he is likely to come under close scrutiny because of the Conservatives' Euroscepticism and concern about the power of bankers in the City of London.
The hearings will begin with Sweden's Cecilia Malmstroem (Trade), followed by Karmenu Vella of Malta (Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries).
The parliament is scheduled to vote on whether to approve the new Commission as a whole on 22 October.
There is particular concern among Green and Liberal MEPs that the climate action and energy jobs will be merged in one post, in the hands of a Spanish conservative, Miguel Arias Canete.
Some MEPs are also worried about having Hungary's Tibor Navracsics in charge of education, culture, youth and citizenship.
A former Hungarian justice minister, he is close to Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who clashed with EU officials over alleged curbs on civil liberties.
The European Commission took legal action against Mr Orban's government over several new laws, including data protection policy and the judiciary.
Vytenis Andriukaitis (Lithuania) Health and food safety
Miguel Arias Canete (Spain) Climate action and energy
Dimitris Avramopoulos (Greece) Migration and home affairs
Elzbieta Bienkowska (Poland) Internal market, industry, entrepreneurship and SMEs (small and medium-sized businesses)
Corina Cretu (Romania) Regional policy
Johannes Hahn (Austria) European neighbourhood policy and enlargement negotiations
Jonathan Hill (UK) Financial stability, financial services and capital markets union
Phil Hogan (Ireland) Agriculture and rural development
Vera Jourova (Czech Republic) Justice, consumers and gender equality
Cecilia Malmstroem (Sweden) Trade
Neven Mimica (Croatia) International co-operation and development
Carlos Moedas (Portugal) Research, science and innovation
Pierre Moscovici (France) Economic and financial affairs, taxation and customs
Tibor Navracsics (Hungary) Education, culture, youth and citizenship
Guenther Oettinger (Germany) Digital economy and society
Maros Sefcovic (Slovakia) Transport and space
Christos Stylianides (Cyprus) Humanitarian aid and crisis management
Marianne Thyssen (Belgium) Employment, social affairs, skills and labour mobility
Karmenu Vella (Malta) Environment, maritime affairs and fisheries
Margrethe Vestager (Denmark) Competition
The new stadium has a proposed capacity of 34,186 - down by almost 4,000 on the GAA's original plan.
It is the latest planning application after the multi-million pound project was beset with problems and delays.
A residents' group had objected to the new plans and said the lower capacity was "not a significant reduction".
Ulster GAA said the planning application came after an "unprecedented" 32-week consultation.
Planning permission for the sports stadium was overturned in 2014 after objections by local residents.
The GAA unveiled fresh plans for the stadium last October.
It said height, scale and capacity were all reduced from the previous design and that it was aiming to work within the original budget of £76m.
In confirming the latest planning application, Ulster GAA said it had received 95% approval from about 3,000 people who responded to the stadium consultation.
It said it had also received a positive report from the Safety Technical Group (STG), an advisory body which oversees the construction of new stadiums in Northern Ireland.
This report has not been made public, despite requests by the BBC to see the document.
The original plans for the stadium were embroiled in controversy when Paul Scott, then head of the STG, claimed he was bullied after he raised concerns that the stadium could not be evacuated safely in emergencies.
Mr Scott has since been replaced as head of the STG by former Omagh District Council chief executive Danny McSorley.
Ulster GAA said that the STG found that the plans were "sufficiently developed, and in accordance with safety legislation and guidance, at this stage to provide a sound basis for development towards the GAA's target capacity of 34,186".
Tom Daly, chairman of the Casement Park Project Board, said the GAA had "listened, learned and acted" in submitting the new plans.
"We are delighted with the overwhelming support the project has received with 95% of people that responded being in favour of the scheme and also with the positive endorsement we received from the Safety Technical Group," he said.
The region are due to face the French club on Sunday 2 April at 17:45 GMT.
But that kick-off time could clash with Swansea City's Premier League match with Middlesbrough at the Liberty Stadium.
That Swans match is due to take place on Saturday 1 April, but could be moved to Sunday by broadcasters.
That would force Ospreys, who qualified as top seeds for the knock-out stages of Europe's second-tier competition, to stage the game elsewhere.
Tournament organisers European Professional Club Rugby have confirmed the dates and times of all eight quarter-finals in the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup.
Cardiff Blues will face Gloucester at Kingsholm, also in the Challenge Cup, on Saturday 1 April at 20:05 GMT.
Ospreys have already started looking at contingency plans away from the Liberty Stadium in case of a clash.
Cardiff's Principality Stadium and the Cardiff City Stadium are both being considered, though Ospreys are understood to be reluctant to move the potentially lucrative match to the closer venue of Parc y Scarlets in Llanelli.
A decision on whether Swansea City's fixture against Middlesbrough will be televised live has yet to be made and could be as late as 27 February.
Swansea also face Tottenham in the Premier League at the Liberty Stadium on Tuesday, 4 April at 19:45 GMT.
The Swans have primacy of tenancy at the venue so Ospreys would need permission from the stadium management board to stage a match if it falls within a 72-hour window of a home Swans fixture.
The rugby side have never been denied permission before now.
Campaigners say the process of allocating transgender people to prison can pose a risk to their safety and wellbeing.
What are the problems involved in assigning trans people to the UK's prison system?
Below are answers to some of the main questions around the issue.
Decisions over whether to send people to male or female prisons depend on their 'legal' gender, which is usually determined through a birth certificate or gender recognition certificate.
For transgender people whose gender is not yet legally recognised through these documents, they could be sent to prisons housing people of a different gender.
Rules are set out by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) Care and Management of Transsexual Prisoners guidelines.
The two trans women who died - Vikki Thompson, 21, and Joanne Latham, 38 - both identified as women but did not have gender recognition certificates.
They were placed in all-male prisons in Leeds and Milton Keynes respectively.
Vikki Thompson was found dead at HMP Leeds on 13 November. Her friends said she told them she would kill herself if she was sent to a male prison.
A prison officer found Joanne Latham hanged at HMP Woodhill on 27 November.
Their deaths came after transgender woman Tara Hudson, 26, successfully campaigned to be transferred from an all-male prison, with a petition signed by more than 150,000 people.
The MoJ said there are several measures to bypass the usual process of assigning prisoners by gender, for instance:
Source: MoJ The Care and Management of Transsexual Prisoners guidelines.
The government does not currently keep figures on the number of transgender people in prison, but estimates suggest there are at least 80 trans inmates in the UK system.
According to the latest Ministry of Justice figures, 85,977 prisoners are men and 3,935 prisoners are female.
Alex Kaye from SafeT, an organisation which represents transgender people, said he hoped the deaths would bring about a change in the law.
"Any woman would not be happy to be in a male prison regardless of any gender identity history," he said.
Journalist and LGBT campaigner Jane Fae told the BBC: "My serious concern is this is blowing the lid off something that is going on - that for a very long time trans prisoners have not been treated well within the system, that the rules that exist are being overridden".
"And this is leading to a massive, massive amount of depression and potentially, in some cases, suicidal feelings."
She also said there were instances of trans prisoners being sexually assaulted or raped in men's prisons.
A South Down MLA from 1998 to 2011 and a councillor for 24 years before stepping down from frontline politics in 2010, he was also the father of SDLP candidate Sinead Bradley.
Colleagues have paid him warm tributes.
SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood said: "PJ's contribution to Ireland and his life long work across the island to develop and support the peace process distinguishes him as a patriot."
He added: "Politics was in PJ's blood. A fierce advocate for his local community in Burren and for all communities across South Down, his compassionate and considered way will be deeply missed by all who knew him.
South Down MP Margaret Ritchie described PJ Bradley as a "stalwart who firmly believed in grassroots politics".
"PJ put the needs of the community in Burren, Ballyholland and Warrenpoint first," said Mrs Ritchie.
"He had a detailed knowledge of the local community and was a stout defender of all the people in South Down - right across the community."
Mr Bradley was a member of Burren Gaelic Athletic Club and an author who recently completed a book on the local history of Burren.
He was also a former estate agent with a business in Warrenpoint which was taken over by his son Martin.
Mrs Ritchie said she and her party colleagues "extended their deepest sympathies to his widow, Leontia, daughters and sons and the wider family circle my deepest sympathies and condolences".
The move came after discussions with the Royal Society of Chemistry.
The university scrapped chemistry degrees in 2004 amid falling demand for scientific subjects.
Vice Chancellor Prof Richard B Davies described the latest move as "a sign of Swansea's progress, ambition and confidence".
Last September, Swansea was ranked 41st in the Sunday Times Good University Guide.
Energy firm Cuadrilla wanted to extract shale gas at the Little Plumpton site between Preston and Blackpool.
Lancashire County Council rejected the bid on the grounds of "unacceptable noise impact" and the "adverse urbanising effect on the landscape".
Cuadrilla said it was "surprised and disappointed" and would consider its "options" regarding an appeal.
A spokesman added: "We remain committed to the responsible exploration of the huge quantity of natural gas locked up in the shale rock deep underneath Lancashire."
The Little Plumpton bid had been recommended for approval by the county council's planning officials, subject to working hours, noise control and highway matters.
But councillors rejected the advice and voted 10-4 to refuse the application.
Councillor Marcus Johnstone described the deliberation as "one of the biggest planning decisions ever" for the council.
He said the committee had rejected the application after "listening carefully to many hours of evidence".
A legal adviser had said any attempt to block fracking at the site on environmental grounds would be "unreasonable" and costly.
Dr Adam Marshall, from the British Chambers of Commerce, said the decision was "perverse, short-sighted and timid" and said "the government now needs to step in".
A related application for a monitoring array, to study seismic activity and water quality, was also rejected.
An application to start a fracking operation at Roseacre Wood was also rejected on Thursday.
Anti-fracking protests were held outside the hearing in Preston, which began on 23 June.
Fracking - or hydraulic fracturing - was suspended in the UK in 2011 following earth tremors in Blackpool where Cuadrilla previously drilled.
It is a technique in which water and chemicals are pumped into shale rock at high pressure to extract gas.
For a moment, there was silence as the planning committee voted on a motion to turn down the Little Plumpton planning application.
That was followed by a huge roar of approval and a boo as two councillors had abstained.
People wept openly but they were tears of joy, not disappointment.
A chorus of "Frack free Lancashire" sounded outside County Hall. Then "Frack free world."
Fylde deputy mayor Heather Speak said she felt like she had won the lottery.
Jamie Peters of Friends of the Earth wept and said it "shows people power has worked." He said it had been grassroots campaigning. "The councillors have listened to what people want," he said.
Chris Riley from Kirkham said it was brilliant they had overturned both decisions, adding: "We were hoping they would, but they couldn't possibly go ahead with the damage it would cause."
Another protester said: "It is brilliant. But this is just round one."
The jubilant anti-fracking campaigners marched through Preston for a spontaneous rally outside Lloyds Bank in Fishergate.
They were told: "Keep up the fight," amid cheers.
Katherine Seary, from Bipsham, with her dog Molly, who was wearing an anti-fracking T-shirt feels "ecstatic."
She said: "[I] couldn't believe my ears" initially, "It took me a second listen to take it in."
"I am sure Cuadrilla will appeal, but it is a good start."
Although there was a strong police presence, one said: "Well done, ladies," to a group of protesters.
Greenpeace UK energy and climate campaigner Daisy Sands said the decision was "a Waterloo for the fracking industry" and a "triumph for local democracy".
She said: "Their decision sends a powerful signal to other councils that the fracking juggernaut can indeed be stopped."
Furqan Naeem, from Friends of the Earth North West, said campaigners will "breathe a sigh of relief - safe in the knowledge that this dirty industry... has been stopped in its tracks once again".
"The stakes for local people, for democracy and for the environment could not be higher. The fight against fracking and dirty energy is far from over."
Little Plumpton is a hamlet between Blackpool and Preston on the Fylde coast.
According to the electoral register, there are just five households surrounded by green fields containing dairy herds and crops.
In total, there are 13 people on the electoral roll who live in Little Plumpton. There is no pub or village shop as it is too small.
The houses are very close to Cuadrilla's proposed site on Preston New Road.
The North West Energy Task Force, partly supported by Cuadrilla, called the decision a "missed opportunity".
Babs Murphy, North & Western Lancashire Chamber of Commerce chief executive, said: "In turning down this proposal, councillors appear to have ruled with their hearts, rather than their heads, and ignored the reasoned arguments of those with genuine expertise in this industry.
She said it was "bad news for local businesses".
When asked for the Prime Minister's response to the fracking decision, David Cameron's official spokeswoman said: "We respect the planning process. We will continue to look at how we can develop this industry in the UK."
Anti fracking campaigners are celebrating but this decision does not spell the end of fracking in the North West or the UK.
Cuadrilla is likely to appeal. The government could overrule the decision - and this government is committed to establishing a shale gas industry.
But today's decision is a set back for the industry. A yes vote would have been the biggest step towards fracking so far and could have changed the public mood.
Planning officers in Lancashire saw no reason to turn down Cuadrilla's application to test frack at Preston New Road. Questions will now be asked as to why they did.
Fracking may still come to Lancashire, but it may now happen somewhere else in England first.
This isn't the end of the story, but anti-fracking campaigners can claim victory for now.
The decision shows there may still be a long way to go before fracking is given the green light here in Britain.
At a meeting in Brussels, the ministers will also discuss the mission's command-and-control structure and HQ.
It is part of the EU's response to the vast numbers of illegal migrants from Africa and the Middle East crossing the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe.
More than 1,800 migrants have died in the Mediterranean in 2015.
That is a 20-fold increase on the same period in 2014.
Speaking on arrival, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said "today the main point will be taking the decision to establish the operation, the EU operation at sea to dismantle the criminal networks that are smuggling people in the Mediterranean".
"We are looking for partnership with the Libyan authorities, with all the relevant Libyan authorities," she said.
The task is complicated by the fact that there is not just one government in Libya.
Disrupting the people-smuggling networks is part of a wider EU plan for tackling the migration crisis. The European Commission has urged EU states to adopt national quotas for housing migrants, to ease the pressure on Italy, Greece and Malta.
The EU also aims to tighten co-operation with migrant transit countries in Africa, to make it easier to send economic migrants home. Too many irregular migrants with no right to asylum manage to stay in Europe, the Commission says.
EU takes on the smugglers - by BBC Europe correspondent Chris Morris
The EU mission should be formally established on Monday with its headquarters in Italy - but there is no agreed start date yet.
Much will depend on when Britain is able to shepherd a resolution through the UN Security Council, and what precisely the resolution approves.
The mission will begin with intelligence-gathering (which is already taking place) and operations against smugglers on the high seas.
But then comes the most risky part - naval operations within Libyan territorial waters, close to or on the Libyan coastline.
EU officials have said repeatedly that there will be "no boots on the ground".
But there will need to be an effort to disrupt the onshore operations of the smuggling gangs if the mission is to achieve its objectives. That could well involve the use of special forces - something that will not be advertised in advance.
Ms Mogherini, who was at the UN last week, said she had seen "no major political resistance or opposition" there to the EU plan, which requires legal backing for military operations in Libyan waters.
However, Libya's UN ambassador has objected to the plan to enter Libyan waters.
Some 60,000 people have already tried to make the perilous crossing from Libya this year, the UN estimates.
Many are fleeing conflict or poverty in countries such as Syria, Eritrea, Nigeria and Somalia.
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The EU ministers are expected to fine-tune the 28-member bloc's search-and-destroy operations.
The aim is to disrupt the business model that makes people-smuggling across the Mediterranean such a lucrative trade. But it could mean operating in areas controlled by a potentially hostile Islamist militia.
In practice that would mean the EU taking considerable risks to destroy boats and infrastructure used by smugglers who are swamping Europe with huge numbers of migrants, our correspondent says.
A UK government spokesperson said the UK was "considering how best to support the proposals", but added "the UK has no plans to send combat troops to Libya". Ms Mogherini said last week the mission would not involve "boots on the ground in Libya".
The EU's anti-piracy naval mission off the Somali coast, Operation Atalanta, is regarded as a model for the new Mediterranean mission. And in 2012 EU forces raided pirate bases on land.
Italy has proposed that the Mediterranean mission should be led from Rome by Adm Enrico Credendino, who ran the EU's anti-piracy mission off Somalia.
A UN mandate that allows EU operations on Libya's coast would require a chapter seven UN resolution and Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has already cautioned against a military solution.
Rights groups, including Amnesty International, are also warning that military action could leave migrants trapped in Libya in desperate conditions.
Pembrokeshire council proposes closing Sir Thomas Picton and Tasker Milward schools to establish an 11-19 school from September 2018.
The new school would initially use both sites.
Previous plans to create an 11-16 school, with a sixth form at Pembrokeshire College, were met with protests from students.
The latest consultation will supersede one preliminary and three statutory consultations.
An education spokesman from Pembrokeshire council said the council was "duty bound" to comply with the Welsh Government's School Organisation Code which states they must hold a fresh consultation when "a new option emerges".
The latest plans also include designating Johnston and Neyland primary schools as feeder schools to Milford Haven School, where as previously they were feeder schools for Haverfordwest.
The deadline for consultation responses is 28 February.
There will also be a public meeting on 1 February at County Hall from 18:00 GMT.
Fierce winds uprooted trees and electric poles and caused widespread damage in three districts.
Five other districts near the Kosi river were also affected, a disaster management official said.
Reports said several dozen people were injured and the toll was expected to increase.
The storm hit the districts of Purnea, Saharsa, Madhubani, Darbhanga, Katihar, Kishanganj, Supaul and Madhepura.
Thousands of huts, housing impoverished labourers, were destroyed, along with crops of wheat, maize, and pulses, the Press Trust of India reported.
The principal secretary of Bihar's disaster management department, Vyashji Mishra, said "communication and electricity have been disrupted and roads are blocked with uprooted trees".
He said the extent of the damage would become clearer after all affected areas had been accessed.
Bihar's director general of police, PK Thakur, said rescue workers were still trying to reach some of the storm-hit areas, the AFP news agency reported.
Schoolteacher Alok Anand, in the worst-affected Purnea district, wrote on Facebook that the storm was "like a hurricane".
"Many homes have been destroyed and many people have become homeless overnight," he said.
In the past few years, areas along the Kosi river have suffered severe flooding, and scores of people have died.
The Port Talbot-based Specific innovation centre is working on the concept of "buildings as power stations".
The project involves Tata Steel, Swansea and Cardiff universities, and firms including BASF and Pilkington.
More than half the funding is from the European Union.
The technology being developed aims to enable homes, offices, shops and factories to generate, store and use their own solar energy.
It involves creating innovative coatings for roofs, walls, steel and glass on buildings which can generate electricity.
Scientists are also developing solar air collectors or steel "skins" which create cavities between the heated metal and the building to harness and store solar heat. They hope to create buildings which will not need a gas supply.
One industrial unit in Port Talbot has already been generating all its own heat through solar power for the last three years.
Kevin Bygate, chief executive of Specific said the potential was to deliver a "game changer" on energy: not only for buildings to become self-sufficient but for surplus energy to be stored and to supply the grid.
They were close to reaching a target too when the technology could be incorporated into the design of new housing at no extra cost above the market price.
"At scale, it could deliver a significant reduction in gas heating, a reduction in the stress on the electrical grid at peak times, and a cheap, renewable source of energy for building owners and occupiers."
Altogether 50 partners from across industry and academia are involved in the five-year programme.
More than 130 scientists and product developers are working at the centre, which as well as labs has its own £6m pilot production plant.
Other research includes heated floor tiles and coatings which can help water treatment.
The funding announcement - which includes £15m from the EU - was made by Finance Minister Jane Hutt, who hopes it will help drive forward the energy industry.
The rest of the money comes from the Engineering and Physical Research Council, Innovate UK, industry and the two universities. It is aimed at turning the innovation into a commercial proposition.
Mr Moise polled 55.67%, well ahead of his closest rival Jude Celestin's 19.52%, provisional electoral council chief Uder Antoine said.
Jean-Charles Moise secured 11.04% and Maryse Narcisse 8.99%, he added.
The election was held on 20 November, more than a year after the previous poll was annulled following allegations of widespread fraud.
That vote, in October 2015, was won by Mr Moise but opposition challenger Mr Celestin called foul and, after violent unrest, the ballot was annulled.
Violent clashes have also marked the wait for results since the latest election.
Interim leader Jocelerme Privert appealed for calm ahead of the announcement.
"Resorting to acts of violence can only spoil the fruits of the beautiful day we had on 20 November," he said.
Mr Privert was appointed by parliament in February after the incumbent President, Michel Martelly, stepped down at the end of his term. Mr Moise was President Martelly's chosen successor.
Haiti has been blighted by political instability and poverty for decades and is still struggling to recover from a devastating earthquake in 2010.
Tens of thousands of people still live in temporary shelter while cholera has caused nearly 10,000 deaths.
Annual price growth fell to 5.1% in March, down from 5.7% the month before.
House prices edged up 0.1% in March itself, the building society said, taking the average price to £189,454.
While price growth moderated across the UK, London and the south east of England continued to see the strongest growth.
However, Nationwide noted there was a "noticeable softening this quarter, particularly in London".
Robert Gardner, Nationwide's chief economist, said: "Economic conditions have remained supportive, with labour market conditions continuing to improve and mortgage interest rates close to all-time lows.
"Nevertheless, the pace of housing market activity has remained subdued, with the number of mortgages approved for house purchase in January around 20% below the level prevailing one year ago."
Many potential first-time buyers consider prices to be beyond a level of affordability - an issue being considered by all the major parties ahead of the general election.
The Nationwide points out that housebuilding, seen by some as the key to greater affordability, has grown in areas when property prices have seen the most rapid growth. Prices are still rising, but the annual rate of increase is less than half the level seen during much of last summer.
UK house prices are 2% higher than their level before the financial crisis, according to the Nationwide.
However, this is a national average. In many regions, average property values remain well below their peak in 2007.
In Wales, prices were 0.5% lower in the first quarter of 2015 than they were in the first three months of 2014.
Figures from the Land Registry, also published on Friday, showed that there were still wide variations in the pace of house price changes.
Prices rose by 13.1% in London in the year to the end of February, taking the value of the average home to £463,872, the Land Registry said. However, in the north west of England prices rose by 0.7% over the same period, with the average home valued at £111,259.
Drax is part of a scheme to store carbon dioxide next to its plant in North Yorkshire, which is the biggest coal-fired power station in the UK.
It is halting further investment because of the government's decision to reduce subsidies for renewable energy.
The company said that due to lack of profits it had to put the business and shareholders first.
Drax chief executive Dorothy Thompson said it was a very sad decision and they thought the White Rose project still had a lot of potential.
Speaking to the BBC, she said: "The most recent effect has been the government has removed a tax exemption for renewable power that is sold to industrial companies and we're the largest generator of renewable power in the UK and this has suddenly removed a stream of income."
"The day it was announced our share price dropped by a third and that simply reduces the amount of cash we have available for future investments."
The government has reduced support for the use of wood pellets, a renewable biomass fuel, that the company now burns at its plant in North Yorkshire.
Over the summer it also cut renewable energy subsidies, saying it was keen to reduce fuel costs for consumers who paid for them through their bills.
Drax said the White Rose carbon capture and storage (CCS) project had the potential to trap up to 90% of carbon emissions from a new coal fired power station next to the company's existing power plant in Yorkshire, which would be stored beneath the North Sea.
It said it was fully committed to the completion of the feasibility study which is due to conclude in the next six to 12 months.
Even though it will not be committing any further investment it will make its site and the power plant's infrastructure available for the project to be built.
Its other partners in the consortium, called Capture Power Ltd, are energy technology firm Alstom and industrial gas supplier BOC.
Capture Power said it was still committed to delivering the CCS project and a final investment decision would depend on the outcome of an engineering and design study.
Capture Power is one of two bidders competing for £1bn of government money to build Europe's first carbon capture plant on a commercially operating power station.
The other is Peterhead's gas fired power station in Aberdeenshire, which is being developed by Shell and Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE).
The chair of the Energy and Climate Change Committee, Angus MacNeil, said the government must take some responsibility for Drax's decision.
"They certainly didn't consider what they were doing and they've left Drax in a very invidious position at the moment. Drax itself would have been actually carbon negative, in that they were burning biomass and then were going to be storing that capture, so they would have been taking carbon out of the atmosphere."
"So what Drax were doing was very exciting. And this is a very unfortunate situation. But in many ways it's actually when you think about it not surprising, due to the wrecking ball approach the UK government have taken." he added.
Ms Thompson said dramatic changes in commodity prices had also affected the firm's financial situation compared with two years ago.
She said the company would now be concentrating on biomass technology which she said was "the most affordable, the most reliable and the fastest move away from fossil fuels" to the energy of the future.
In statement, the Department of Energy & Climate Change said: "CCS is set to play a vital role in decarbonising the electricity sector and heavy industry.
"The government remains committed to assisting the development of CCS in the UK and to the CCS Competition, continuing to negotiate with the two preferred bidders."
Former South Africa captain Eric Tinkler takes over from Baxter on 1 July.
Baxter, who is now the South Africa coach, is concentrating on Saturday's South African Cup final against Orlando Pirates.
As once again Zimbabwean Kaitano Tembo looks after the team for the Confederation Cup as they face TP Mazembe on Tuesday/
Tembo also took charge for the away tie between the two sides earlier this month.
"It is taxing to play Mazembe and Pirates within five days," admitted Jeremy Brockie, who is the top-scorer in the Confederation Cup so far with seven goals.
"But facing a strong team like Mazembe before the cup final is good for us."
SuperSport without many of their first choice regulars came from two goals behind to hold Mazembe 2-2 in Lubumbashi this month.
"We made sure the most influential Mazembe players were not allowed time on the ball and that affected their teamwork," added the 29-year-old former New Zealand striker Brockie.
SuperSport, Mazembe and Horoya of Guinea have five points and Mounana of Gabon none halfway through Group D with the clubs finishing first and second advancing to the quarter-finals.
All six matches in the group have been won by the home team, leaving FUS Rabat of Morocco and KCCA on six points and Club Africain of Tunisia and Rivers on three.
Record three-time Confederation Cup winners CS Sfaxien of Tunisia visit Group B strugglers Platinum Stars of South Africa having won 3-0 at home this month.
The hosts made 133-7 in their innings in Abu Dhabi, with Boyd Rankin taking 3-17 and Max Sorensen 2-16.
An opening stand of 61 between William Porterfield (72) and Paul Stirling (28) put Ireland in control and they appeared on course for victory at 91-1.
Eight wickets fell for 37 runs as the UAE avenged Sunday's 34-run defeat.
SP Patil top-scored for the UAE with 31 off 37 balls, while Mohammad Shahzad smashed 22 runs off 16 and opener Rohan Mustafa contributed 20.
Porterfield and Stirling found the boundary regularly as they hit 61 off just 42 balls, before Stirling fell to Amjad Javed.
Poynter's dismissal for 10, with the score at 91, signalled the beginning of Ireland's demise as wickets fell at regular intervals thereafter.
For skipper Porterfield, it was his third half-century in T20 internationals, and his 72 off 60 balls included eight fours and a six.
However with 13 needed off 11 balls, he was run out by wicketkeeper Swapnil Patil.
Nine were needed off the last over, but Max Sorensen was run out off the first ball, and George Dockrell bowled from the second.
That left Rankin and Tim Murtagh at the crease, and the pair managed just a scrambled bye and a single as the hosts completed a superb comeback win.
Mohammad Naveed, Ahmed Raza and Mohammad Shahzad collected two wickets apiece.
The match was part of Ireland's preparation for their World Twenty20 campaign, which starts against Oman in the Indian city of Dharamsala on 9 March.
The squad will now have a week's break before travelling to Chandigarh for a training camp before a warm-up game against Hong Kong on 3 March.
Nigel Lloyd abused the girls, then aged 15, between 2001 and 2003 in Blackpool, Lancashire.
Lloyd, of no fixed address, admitted indecent assault and gross indecency and was jailed for five years and four months at Preston Crown Court.
The 51-year-old was arrested by police investigating the murder of 14-year-old Charlene Downes. There is no direct link between the cases.
Detectives have been looking at links between Charlene's case and the "wider issue of child sexual exploitation" in Blackpool.
The schoolgirl was last seen in the seaside resort in 2003. Her body has never been found.
Varndell, 31, who has been the joint record-holder since joining Mark Cueto on 90 tries in January, will start when Bristol host Harlequins on Friday.
"I'm there to finish off moves. It [the record] is important because, if I'm scoring, we're going to be doing well as a team," he told BBC Points West.
"To be top try scorer and hold that record would be fantastic for me."
The former Leicester Tigers and Wasps man, who has scored five tries in seven top-flight games this season, added: "I'd love to be standing alone at the top of that table."
Varndell's Bristol side are bottom of the Premiership after 13 league games, one point below 11th-placed Worcester Warriors.
Leader Paul Nuttall won just 3,308 votes in Boston and Skegness- more than 10,000 votes less than the party's result in the 2015 General Election.
The Tories won the seat with a 16,500 majority and all others in Lincolnshire, except in Lincoln.
Sitting MP Karl McCartney lost to Labour's Karen Lee who won with a 1,538 majority.
Ahead of the count, Mr Nuttall hit out at Theresa May on Twitter, writing: "If the exit poll is true then Theresa May has put Brexit in jeopardy. I said at the start this election was wrong."
More on this and other election news in Lincolnshire
Boston saw the highest Brexit result in the UK during last year's referendum, with 75.6% voting to exit the EU. The town has seen an influx of eastern European workers in recent years.
Conservative Matt Warman was re-elected with 27,271 votes - up 19.8%.
Labour's Paul Kenny finished second with 10,699 votes.
While most seats in Lincolnshire have remained Tory over the decades, Lincoln has regularly changed hands between Labour and the Conservatives.
It is a so-called bellwether constituency, and has mirrored the national swing in British general elections since 1974.
After the count, Mr McCartney, who took the seat from Labour in 2010, declined to comment, but shortly after tweeted: "I lost".
The image has been produced using casts from what is believed to be the skull of the famous Scottish king.
It is the culmination of a two-year research project by researchers at universities in Glasgow and Liverpool.
Until now, portraits and statues of the victor of Bannockburn have relied on artists' imaginations.
With no contemporary artworks to tell us what King Robert actually looked like, historians at the University of Glasgow teamed up with Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) to provide an accurate representation.
Its Face Lab specialises in recreating likenesses from legal and archaeological evidence - most famously, the face of the English king, Richard the Third.
Robert the Bruce is best remembered for his victory over the English army at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314.
Project leader Dr Martin Macgregor, a senior lecturer in Scottish history at Glasgow University, said he was arguably the most significant figure in the nation's story.
"When he took the throne in 1306 Scotland was in a parlous state," he said.
"Edward I had decreed that henceforth Scotland was to be described as a land rather than a kingdom.
"I don't think it's going too far to say that unless Bruce had succeeded in that endeavour, we might not be sitting here today talking about a Scotland."
Glasgow University's Hunterian Museum holds the 200-year old cast, made from a skull unearthed when Bruce's burial place, Dunfermline Abbey was being rebuilt.
Although they cannot be certain, historians are reasonably confident it is his skull.
Bruce's opulent tomb, imported from Paris and decorated with black and white marble and elaborate gilding, was destroyed during the Reformation.
In the early 19th Century, buried deep beneath the abbey, excavators found fragments of black and white marble, some of it gilded.
Below that they discovered a lead-lined coffin containing human remains which included the skull. Those remains were reinterred, but not before a cast had been made.
Two centuries later, the latest digital technology was used rebuild the King's face.
This part of the project was overseen by the craniofacial identification expert Prof Caroline Wilkinson, director of LJMU's Face Lab, in a project that took two years to complete.
"Using the skull cast, we could accurately establish the muscle formation from the positions of the skull bones to determine the shape and structure of the face," she explained.
What the archaeological evidence did not show was the colour of the King's eyes and hair.
He is said to have been ill prior to his death in 1329, with some accounts suggesting he had leprosy.
For his skin tones, Prof Wilkinson said they produced two versions; one without leprosy and one with a mild representation of leprosy.
"He may have had leprosy, but if he did it is likely that it did not manifest strongly on his face, as this is not documented."
Dr Macgregor said: "There is a real sense of character in this face.
"Bruce must have been a remarkable man. All of his achievements suggest this to us.
"There must have been tremendous strength of purpose in this individual as well as many other human virtues - flaws as well."
Dr Macgregor said historians should remain cautious about the identity of the skull. More than one Scottish monarch was buried at Dunfermline.
But Prof David Gaimster, the director of the Hunterian, is confident the face is that of the famous king.
"The combination of these magnificent gilded marble fragments and the skeleton itself, the lead wrapping, the depth of the tomb, the location," he said
"All of this information begins to build a high level of probability that this was in fact the tomb of Robert the Bruce."
With Richard the Third there was DNA evidence too but achieving similar confirmation would be problematic.
There exists only one fragment from Dunfermline Abbey which might yield a DNA sample.
But trying to extract the DNA would mean destroying that tiny piece of bone.
There is a well-established principle in such circumstances: leave it. Future generations may find a better way.
It also means that, for all our technological advances, Scotland's hero king will retain some of his mystery for a little longer.
The King's Head - the documentary following the reconstruction from start to finish - will be screened on BBC ALBA on 15 December 15 at 20:30
Suhaib Mohammed, 19, was wounded at a house in Osprey Close, Milton Keynes, but died later in hospital.
Mohamed Noor, 33, of Radworthy, and Albert Prempeh, 35, of Langland Road, deny murder.
Giving evidence at Luton Crown Court, Mr Prempeh said he was force to go to Osprey Close after Mr Noor allegedly put a gun to his head.
The court has previously heard Noor, who last week admitted manslaughter but denies murder, fired the revolver while Mr Prempeh acted as a lookout.
Mr Prempeh told the jury he walked with Noor to Osprey Close, but denied he went through the back gate and on to the property.
He said: "He [Noor] had the gun in his hand. He walked in the gate. I heard gun go off. I heard him running behind me."
The trial continues.
She is accused of amassing huge amounts of wealth during a previous term as chief minister between 1991 and 1996. She denies the allegation.
The case was transferred from Madras (Chennai) in Tamil Nadu to Bangalore, capital of neighbouring Karnataka state, to ensure a fair trial.
Security was tight for her appearance.
Known as the "empress of the south", Ms Jayalalitha led her AIADMK party to a spectacular victory in state elections earlier this year. It is her third term as chief minister.
But she is accused of amassing $13.6m (£8.5m) between 1991 and 1996, during her first term as chief minister.
In what is known as a "disproportionate assets" case, prosecutors allege that this sum exceeds what she should have earned once all legally held assets and sources of income were taken into account.
Ms Jayalalitha had asked to be exempted from making a personal appearance citing security concerns but the court rejected her request.
The Supreme Court ordered authorities to ensure tight security for Ms Jayalalitha who has been a target for Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka because of her tough stance towards them. The rebels were defeated by the Sri Lankan army in 2009.
She arrived in a cavalcade at the court on Thursday morning where more than 1,000 policemen were on security duty.
"The security is unprecedented. Lawyers too are not being allowed inside," a police officer told the BBC.
A former actress, she is one of India's most colourful and controversial politicians.
Posting on Facebook, Mr Henderson said he had been injured at home in Eastchurch on Tuesday evening and was taken to the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead.
"I expect to remain in hospital for a few more days after which I will return home to recuperate," he said.
The hospital specialises in burns care and reconstructive surgery.
No details of Mr Henderson's injuries, or the accident, have been released.
Mr Snowden, who spent weeks stranded at Moscow airport, is facing espionage charges in the United States after leaking details of internet and phone surveillance by American intelligence.
Some of the countries to which applications have made "will not be named at this time due to attempted US interference," said the whistleblowing website Wikileaks, which is assisting Mr Snowden.
However even if a country accepts his request for asylum, getting there could prove difficult. European airspace could be closed to any aircraft suspected of carrying the fugitive.
Venezuela: President Nicolas Maduro said he had decided to offer Edward Snowden "humanitarian asylum" so that he could "live away from the imperial North American persecution".
Nicaragua: President Daniel Ortega said his country would grant Mr Snowden's request "if circumstances permit it".
Bolivia: President Evo Morales described Mr Snowden as "persecuted" by the US government, and said he was willing to grant the former analyst asylum if he sought it.
Cuba, Iceland, France, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Switzerland (Iceland, Netherlands, Switzerland - applications must be in country to seek asylum)
Brazil, Finland, Norway, Ireland, Spain, Poland, Austria, India, China, Russia (Austria, Finland, Ireland, Spain - applications must be in country to seek asylum)
Brazil: A Foreign Ministry spokesman said it would leave the asylum request unanswered.
Ecuador: It was thought this was where Edward Snowden was headed, but President Rafael Correa has since said offering assistance to Mr Snowden was "a mistake".
India: The Washington Post reported that a foreign ministry spokesman for India saw "no reason to accede to the request".
Poland: Foreign minister said grants of asylum were contingent on being in Poland's interests and this pre-requisite had not been met.
Russia: A presidential spokesman said Mr Snowden had withdrawn his asylum request because he was unwilling to comply with President Vladimir Putin's condition to stop any activity damaging to the US.
The suspects, both aged 21, were arrested at 19.30 BST on Thursday at separate addresses in Southport.
Computer equipment was seized and electronic devices were forensically examined at the properties in Moreland Drive and Old Park Lane.
The men will be questioned at separate police stations on suspicion of committing cyber-crime offences.
The investigation was led by the North West regional organised crime unit Titan supported by the National Crime Agency (NCA), Europol and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
The suspects were kept inside the properties while Titan officers examined various electronic devices using a mobile cyber forensic lab provided by Europol.
That single act trumped the Soviet achievement of sending the first man into space eight years earlier. But what might have happened if the Soviet Union had got to the Moon first?
The first manned lunar landing was a triumph for Nasa, and when the Americans won the Space Race, they also sounded its death knell.
The Apollo lunar programme continued until 1972 and 12 astronauts touched down on the Moon's surface. But US TV networks quickly bored of the Moon landings. When politicians lost interest, the Apollo programme was scrapped.
Of course, we have not been back since. Instead, human exploration of space has been confined to low-Earth orbit.
Piers Bizony, who has co-written a biography of Gagarin called Starman, says: "The Russians were in the business of conquering space... The Americans felt they were in a race and the nature of a race is that once you think you've won it you tend to stop running."
Had the Soviets got to the Moon first it is unlikely that they would have abandoned it as swiftly as the Americans.
Not being a democracy may have enabled the USSR to spend money and marshal the talents of their population in a way that America could not.
Space historian Dr Christopher Riley believes that not only would the Soviet Union have continued with Moon missions, but they might also have built lunar bases.
And he believes that the Americans would have been compelled to do the same and even try to continue to outdo their communist rivals.
"The history that followed in the decades afterwards would have been completely different," he says.
In the summer of 1969, when the Apollo 11 crew were on their way to the Moon, US vice-president, Spiro Agnew declared that America would be on Mars by 1980. At the time, this was seen as a relatively feasible goal given how fast things had progressed in the 1960s.
"They certainly had it in their minds and on their drawing boards and there were designs of methods to get to Mars that might have been put into action in response to a Soviet landing on the Moon," says Dr Riley.
So how close were we to following this alternative reality?
Quite close, according to Piers Bizony: "Those who imagine Apollo had the Moon race to itself are wrong," he says.
The US seemed to have taken the lead in 1968 when it successfully boosted three astronauts into lunar orbit with its Apollo 8 mission.
But the Americans rushed ahead with that mission because they were afraid that the Soviet Union was about to beat them yet again and pull off another space coup.
The USSR was using a rocket called the Proton which is still in use today. The Soviets were sending payloads into space with a view to putting a cosmonaut into a so-called circumlunar flight which would take him around the Moon and straight home again without going into orbit.
They had flown an unmanned mission a few months before Apollo 8 that had taken just such a trajectory around Earth's natural satellite.
The Soviets had also built their own Moon rocket (known as the N-1) and their own lunar lander.
So how did the Americans win?
The first seeds were sown in 1957 by President Eisenhower following the launch of the first satellite by the USSR.
The launch of Sputnik 1 generated fear across the US - and a quiet realisation that the country had fallen technologically behind the Soviet Union.
President Dwight Eisenhower's response was to increase the budget for education to raise the academic standard in universities across America.
Dr Riley comments: "To increase the brainpower they'd need to pull off these technological feats to take on the Russians and win."
Eisenhower also commissioned the Saturn V rockets, principally to launch multi-tonne satellites for spying. But when President Kennedy inherited the White House and had to respond to Gagarin's flight, the Saturn V was already in development.
It was the Saturn V rocket that enabled the US to send astronauts to the Moon.
The early Soviet Space triumphs were managed and steered by Sergei Korolev, the man who built the R7 rocket that put Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin into orbit.
But after Korolev's death in 1966, the Soviet space effort lost focus.
Because he was not there to assert his authority, there was not one Soviet attempt to reach the Moon, but several rival schemes to reach the Moon.
According to Piers Bizony, the rival schemes sucked resources from each other: "There was a great deal of confusion in the Soviet space effort in the late 1960s and as a result they didn't have the technology to send a man to the Moon," he says.
Nor did they have the computing power. By today's standards the Apollo 11 onboard computer was pretty crude, but it was ahead of its time and was crucial for America's successful Moon landings.
Who might have been first to walk on the Moon in this alternative reality is anyone's guess. Yuri Gagarin died in 1968 in a plane crash and so would not have been available for any Soviet Moon shot. In any case he was too much of a national treasure to have been sent on such a risky mission.
However, if Korolev had lived a little longer and if Soviet spies had stolen US computer technology, then the Moon might well have been colonised and have been a base for international manned missions to Mars and - perhaps - beyond.
But 50 years on from Gagarin's historic flight, the Russians will once again be the planet's pre-eminent space-faring nation. This year, the US will retire its space shuttle fleet, its only craft capable of sending astronauts into space.
According to Mr Bizony: "America has no clear idea of what will replace the shuttle and no clear idea of whether as a nation they are truly committed to the human spaceflight adventure.
"Meanwhile Russia will be flying American astronauts and those from other countries on board their Soyuz capsule. And that Soyuz lifts on a rocket very similar in its essential construction to the one that launched Yuri Gagarin."
Data showed in some areas there were tens of thousands of adult residents not on the electoral roll.
The Electoral Commission has warned that about seven million people across Britain who are eligible to vote are not registered.
The deadline to register in time for the UK general election is 23:59 BST on Monday.
The BBC England Data Unit combined the latest Office for National Statistics data for December 2016, showing the number of registered voters per constituency, with the official population estimates.
It showed that just over half the people (58%) of voting age estimated to live in with the Cities of London and Westminster constituency are registered - about 61,000 out of an estimated 106,000 adult residents.
The area includes the financial heart of London and the city of Westminster, represented by one MP.
And in Kensington there were 37,000 more adult residents than registered voters.
Both constituencies contain very affluent areas of London with high-earning constituents. They are also areas with very high levels of non-British residents, who would not be eligible to vote.
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This compares with a difference of fewer than 100 between registered voters and adult population in Congleton in Cheshire.
The difference in some areas can be explained by immigration as people who are not British, Irish or qualifying Commonwealth citizens are not eligible to vote.
In Westminster, around 31% of people are not UK citizens and in Kensington and Chelsea it is as high as 37%. For other areas it is more difficult to say how much of the difference is down to immigration because of the way data on nationality is recorded.
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Rob McNeil, of the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford, said: "It is difficult to get a precise picture of migrant population of a constituency as the data tends to be broken down by local authority area, many of which are divided up when it comes to seats in Parliament."
Congleton, which has the highest proportion of registered voters, is part of the Cheshire East council area, where just 4% of residents are not UK nationals. It is considered by the council to be "generally a prosperous town" and has a strong manufacturing tradition, with major employers such as Siemens, but does have some areas of high deprivation.
The latest official estimates for population by constituency are based on mid-2015.
BBC News therefore included in its analysis people who were 17 in 2015, as they would be of voting age by the time the electoral registration figures were compiled in December 2016.
They do not take account of anyone who may have died since the middle of 2015. And the figures do not exclude about 90,000 prisoners across the country who are not eligible to vote.
More than two million people have applied to register to vote in the month since Theresa May announced plans for a snap general election on 8 June.
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Simon Woolley, of the campaign group Operation Black Vote, said the move to individual voter registration had meant many people had dropped off the electoral roll.
He said: "We are campaigning to show people that if they voted, our world would change.
"We are making a big push and are hoping for tens of thousands of people to sign up today. It only takes about three minutes."
Emma Hartley, head of campaigns at the Electoral Commission, said: "It's important that anyone who is eligible to vote has the opportunity to participate in this election. However, if you're not registered to vote before midnight on 22 May, then you won't be able to have your say. We're urging anyone not yet registered to do so straight away. Registering to vote is easy to do online and only takes a few minutes."
The bank has been conducting its own inquiry into the affair and six staff are already being disciplined.
RBS has been looking at more than 50 former and current RBS traders along with dozens of managers and executives.
The bank was recently fined £400m by the UK and US authorities for its role in the scandal which emerged in 2012.
RBS was one of six banks that were fined £2.6bn last month by the UK, US and Swiss authorities after being found guilty of trying to rig the forex market for several years.
A separate inquiry into the role of Barclays bank and its own forex traders is still underway.
Jon Pain, the head of conduct and regulatory affairs at RBS, said the aim of the bank's inquiry was to "rebuild trust" in the bank.
"We are undertaking a robust and thorough review into the actions of the traders that caused this wrongdoing and the management that oversaw it," he said.
"This is a complicated process but also an essential one in order to identify culpability and accountability for this unacceptable misconduct.
"To be clear, no further bonus payments will be made or unvested bonus awards released to those in scope of the review until it has concluded and its recommendations have been considered," he added.
Two RBS traders were first suspended in October last year.
In a report last month which accompanied the huge fines, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said the attempts to rig the forex market, by colluding with each other to manipulate the daily setting of "spot" prices for individual currencies, had taken place between 1 January 2008 and 15 October 2013.
One man, thought to be a former RBS forex trader, was arrested by City of London police and Serious Fraud Office staff last Friday.
Manchester City have paid a fee of £47.5m to sign the 22-year-old from Premier League rivals Everton.
Is he worth it? What exactly have City got for their huge outlay? And will the big-money move help cement Stones' place as a regular for his country?
For one of Europe's leading clubs to be willing to pay £47.5m for your services, you must be pretty special.
Stones has long been regarded as one of English football's finest prospects. Former England striker Gary Lineker believes the Barnsley academy graduate has "got it all", while Michael Owen claimed he could "walk into the Barcelona team".
So what exactly has he 'got'?
"He's got scorching, absolutely coruscating, pace. He's good in the air," says Pat Nevin, the former Everton and Scotland winger.
"But his biggest asset is that he can come out of defence comfortably with the ball. England don't regularly develop defenders who can play like that."
Soon after the tall youngster arrived at Goodison Park, following a £3m switch from his hometown club in January 2013, most Everton fans realised their club had bagged a rare talent.
"He's just so classy and confident," says John Brettell, chairman of the Everton Supporters' Club's north-east branch.
"What has impressed the Everton fans the most is his calmness. He never looks flustered. I've never seen him panic."
However, Stones' move to two-time Premier League champions City comes on the back of a season where he struggled for consistency.
"Stones suffered from playing under Roberto Martinez's management in an Everton side where good defending was almost regarded as optional, allied to a dip in form that often afflicts younger players," says Phil McNulty, BBC Sport's chief football writer.
"In stronger coaching hands, at least defensively and with greater emphasis on positioning, there is every chance the defender perfectly suited to all aspects of the modern game - one with pace, vision, aerial ability and timing in the tackle - will be back."
While many former players have lauded Stones for his calm and relaxed approach to defending, his reluctance to hoof the ball clear when under pressure led to criticism from some Everton supporters last season.
That conflict became most visible when Stones gestured to his own fans to 'calm down' towards the end of their league draw against Tottenham - moments after dribbling out of his own area with the help of three Cruyff turns.
"Stones was arguably a victim of Martinez's indulgence, where he was almost actively encouraged to stick rigidly to his natural ball-playing style at any cost rather than adopt a more risk-averse approach," adds McNulty.
"This led to nervousness, not just in Stones but Everton's supporters - and consequently mistakes."
But City fans should not panic if the centre-back does make the odd error this season, says Nevin.
"If you don't allow him to make mistakes he will not develop," he added. "It can be hard to take sometimes because you lose points.
"Every top centre-back in European football who brings the ball out makes the odd mistake because they're taking a chance.
"But the upside to that is managers like Pep Guardiola say: 'Take the ball out from the back, you might lose one goal a season, but you might provide seven or eight goals from a move that started with you.'
"There will still be mistakes by him at Manchester City - but you have got to stick with him."
City splashed out a combined £64m on a pair of new centre-backs in the previous two summer transfer windows, signing both France international Eliaquim Mangala and Argentina's Nicolas Otamendi for £32m apiece.
And they also have influential captain Vincent Kompany at their disposal.
So why do they need Stones?
New boss Pep Guardiola was desperate for a ball-playing central defender who is comfortable at bringing out possession from the back.
Neither Mangala nor Otamendi have looked completely comfortable during their time in England, while 30-year-old Belgium international Kompany continues to struggle with various injuries.
"Normally central defenders are strong in the air and aggressive - but we need a good build-up to create easy passes in midfield," former Barcelona and Bayern Munich coach Guardiola said before last week's friendly against Borussia Dortmund.
"That can achieve, later, good passes for our strikers. I believe if the ball goes from a central defender to a striker as quickly as possible, it comes back just as quickly. We need good build-up in the first process from the defenders and midfielders.
"That is why we need players of quality in the centre. By 31 August we will have the right squad to play like we want."
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Going back to Yaya Toure at Barcelona in the 2009 Champions League final, through Javier Mascherano and then Javi Martinez at Bayern Munich, Guardiola has used midfield players in central defence.
Generally, he feels their ball distribution is sharper and more accurate, creating the base from which momentum can be built.
Like Rio Ferdinand in the modern era, John Stones is an Englishman capable of transcending both roles.
Of the players he currently has at his disposal, Fernandinho and Fernando are the players Guardiola has identified for it.
In the pre-season friendly against Dortmund, Fernandinho dropped into the middle of a back three. You could see the plan.
Is any footballer worth that amount of money? A regular response to questions about whether record-breaking signings should be bought for such astronomical fees.
But that is the price City were willing to pay for a young international defender who has not yet made 100 Premier League appearances.
However, as Nevin rightly points out, the Blues are not paying for what he has done so far in his career - they are largely paying for what he can potentially bring over the coming years.
"He's only 22 so if he stays at City for 10 years that's £5m a year," he says.
"It's a big number, but when you're buying youth and someone who will have a sell-on value in five years' time, it is still good money.
"I'd suggest he is worth the money."
Although Stones' capabilities have long been raved about by several former England players - most notably Lineker and Owen - his international career is yet to fully take off.
He was part of the England squad humiliated at Euro 2016 when they were beaten by minnows Iceland at the last-16 stage. However, Stones did not play a single minute of the tournament in France.
Since making his debut against Peru in May 2014, he has only gone on to win nine more caps.
But Stones moving to City under Guardiola is also "good news" for his country, says former England skipper Terry Butcher.
"From England's point of view he is international class," Butcher, who won 77 caps between 1980 and 1990, told BBC Radio 5 live.
"England have struggled with distribution from the back in recent years, they have not had a ball-playing centre half since Rio Ferdinand. These sort of players don't come along too often.
"Stones has the whole world at his feet."
From the outside it appeared Manchester City had little competition for Stones.
Chelsea tried - and failed - to lure him to Stamford Bridge last summer, with three bids of £20m, £26m and £30m rejected by Everton.
At the time the Blues were managed by Jose Mourinho, who was sacked in December before Italy coach Antonio Conte took over this summer.
However, Nevin can understand why neither Conte nor Mourinho, who has since taken over at arch rivals Manchester United, challenged City for his signature.
"Conte possibly won't play with the three centre-backs this season, certainly in pre-season he has played 4-4-2," says the former Chelsea winger.
"But if he wants to play with a different system, like he has done with Italy and Juventus, he may need different things.
"He might not be looking for players who are absolutely comfortable going out with the ball. He might be looking for great markers, great defenders and then move it from the players, like Cesc Fabregas for example, who can play it.
"With Mourinho, it's not about whether he rates him any more or not.
"Everybody wants all the best players, but if you've got one big-name signing you need to make - in Manchester United's case it was [Paul] Pogba - then you've probably not got enough money."
In an age where power-wielding players often force through their desired moves, Everton's refusal to allow Stones to go to Chelsea last summer was a refreshing stance.
But it seemed inevitable he would leave Goodison Park this summer - until Iranian billionaire Farhad Moshiri bought a 49.9% stake in the Toffees.
Everton's new-found wealth, coupled with the appointment of Ronald Koeman - himself once one of the world's finest centre-halves - led to some optimistic Blues fans hoping they could cling on to their prized asset.
"Before Koeman was appointed we were quite resigned to losing one - or more - of Stones, Romelu Lukaku or Ross Barkley," adds Brettell.
"But when he arrived, as someone who was a top-class defender, I definitely thought there might be a chance Stones would stay.
"It is disappointing to lose a player of that quality - but from a supporter's point of view these players are just commodities.
"We paid for £3m for him and he has gone £50m - that's great business.
"Maybe Koeman has players in mind to buy with that money who might be even better who knows."
In Guardiola, a wonderfully gifted defensive midfielder in his playing days for Barcelona and Spain, Stones has one of the best coaches in the world to learn from.
And in his early days at Barnsley, he always showed a willingness to listen, ask questions and improve.
"In training when he was playing against a big striker like myself he used to ask me what was best thing to do," says former Tykes team-mate Marlon Harewood.
"When he should fight them, when he should be more patient, when he should make the tackle and not to make the tackle.
"I wanted to help him but it wasn't good for me in training because he always knew what I was going to do! He learned really quickly and he was always keen to learn."
Not only have City signed an elegant centre-back, they have also signed a man who is also impressive off the pitch, adds the former Nottingham Forest, West Ham and Aston Villa player.
"He's class, so down to earth," he said. "He is a gentleman. He wasn't quiet, he joined in with the banter with the lads.
"He won't be fazed by the transfer fee or by the big-name players in the City dressing room. He'll fit straight in.
"He was one of those young players who you knew would go right to the top of the game."
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The occupants of the car were uninjured.
The road was closed to allow an investigation into the accident. Police have appealed to the public for any information that could assist them with their inquiries.
The collection includes the infamous Black Album - a dark, funky follow-up to Sign O' The Times, which Prince scrapped a week before release in 1987.
It also features The Gold Experience, which includes his only UK number one, The Most Beautiful Girl In The World.
Prince was a vocal supporter of Jay Z's streaming service before his death.
He pulled most of his back catalogue from services like Spotify and Apple Music last year, and released his final albums Hitnrun Phase One and Hitnrun Phase Two as Tidal exclusives.
Prince said in a statement in August 2015: "After one meeting, it was obvious that Jay Z and the team he has assembled at Tidal recognise and applaud the effort that real musicians put in2 their craft 2 achieve the very best they can at this pivotal time in the music industry.
"Tidal have honoured Us with a non-restrictive arrangement that once again allows Us to continue making art in the fashion We've grown accustomed 2 and We're Extremely grateful 4 their generous support."
The new releases mostly comprise material the star recorded after he ended his contract with Warner Bros in 1996.
As a result, most of the material is far from his best - although some highlights include the jazz-inflected The Rainbow Children and Indigo Nights - which documents the legendary aftershows the star gave during his 21-night residency at London's O2 Arena in 2007.
Triple disc Crystal Ball is also worth investigating, as it features outtakes and "lost" songs from the star's mid-80s heyday, including the expansive, 10-minute title track and the jittering funk of Sexual Suicide.
Prince died on 21 April from an accidental overdose of the painkiller fentanyl, an opioid many times more powerful than heroin.
He was thought to be suffering knee and hip pain, caused by performing in high heels for much of his career.
The star left no will, leaving the court to decide how to divide his estate, which is estimated to be worth more than $27m (£18.5m), plus future royalties and licensing deals.
On Monday, a Minnesota judge fast-tracked the hearing, giving claimants until the end of the week to file sworn statements detailing their claims to have a genetic relationship with Prince that would make them heirs.
The validity of their claims will be determined by a special administrator, who could order DNA testing.
The claimants so far include Prince's sister, Tyka Nelson, several half-siblings, and a Colorado prison inmate who says Prince was his father and others.
The next hearing is scheduled for 27 June.
"That was when I felt I needed to get out of England," Ashton told BBC Sport.
The Toulon-bound Saracens wing said "obstacles on both sides" meant he accepted his Test career is over.
"I enjoy it here [Saracens] but I always want to play for England and by going to France it took that out of the picture," he told 5 live's Rugby Show.
His move to Toulon puts the former Northampton and Wigan rugby league winger out of the running for an England recall, with the Rugby Football Union not allowing players based outside the Premiership to be picked.
"It is hard to watch England, although now I have made my decision it is a lot easier," he added.
"The burning desire is always there and always will be, it just changes its path slightly and going to France takes that away."
Ashton has scored 19 tries for England in his 39 caps, the last of which came in the summer of 2014.
He was given a 13-week ban after being found guilty last year of biting Northampton prop Alex Waller, returning to action in December 2016.
It was Ashton's second lengthy suspension after he was banned for 10 weeks in 2015 for eye-gouging, which cost him his place in England head coach Eddie Jones' first Six Nations squad.
"I can't feel hard done by, well obviously I can, but I think that was the easy option," said the prolific try scorer.
"I have put myself in those situations. It can look the way it looks because I have put myself in that place so there is definitely a responsibility on my side.
"Whether I agree with someone telling me I have done something or not is completely different."
Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall believes Ashton should be considered for this summer's British and Irish Lions tour of New Zealand.
Ashton said: "I think that is just Mark being very nice to me.
"He is always a good guy and always been very supportive of me but I think he was just being very nice."
Defending champions Saracens host Glasgow in the last eight of the European Champions Cup at 13:00 BST on Sunday.
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Since switching to Channel 5, the show has been broadcast twice a year.
Names being mentioned this year include US gossip columnist Perez Hilton, model Calum Best and reality TV judge Michelle Visage.
Even though the line-up is never confirmed until transmission, you can normally have a good guess at who's in it.
So here is the definitive "recipe" for a classic Celebrity Big Brother.
They're used to having their lives micro-managed on TV so getting an already established reality star to go on CBB is usually no trouble.
TOWIE, Made In Chelsea and Geordie Shore have all been well represented in recent years.
The alumni list includes Mario Falcone, Kirk Norcross, Lauren Goodger and Ollie Locke.
This time round, that box could be ticked by Ex On The Beach star Chloe Goodman.
Celebrity Big Brother LOVES getting a Loose Woman panellist to take part, presumably in the knowledge they're a little bit gobby.
Carol McGiffin, Denise Welsh and Coleen Nolan have all taken part before.
This year's representative could be Nadia Sawalha, who had an early stint on the ITV show between 1999 and 2002, before returning to the panel in 2013.
CBB's US stars aren't exactly known for their A-list blockbusters.
Instead, they're best remembered for their retro TV and straight-to-DVD films (although they're often dressed up as the "star billing").
For Series 12, producers got Dustin Diamond who used to play Screech in Saved By The Bell. Diamond is currently facing a different type of confinement - he's been charged with stabbing a man in a bar fight on Christmas Day.
Meanwhile, on CBB series 5 it was Dirk Benedict from The A Team representing the US.
Verne Troyer (Mini-Me in Austin Powers), Michael Madsen and Gary Busey all fitted that bill too.
This year could be filled by Jeremy Jackson, who played Hobie Buchannon in Baywatch.
There's a formula for this one. Normal person gains infamy, notoriety or racks up the column inches in the tabloids.
After weeks in the headlines, Celebrity Big Brother comes around and said person goes into the house.
Deirdre "White Dee" Kelly went on the most recent series after getting everyone's attention on Benefit Street.
And former boxing promoter Kellie Maloney got signed up soon after she revealed herself to be transsexual.
The person to fill those shoes this time could end up being Katie Hopkins, whose comments - on anything from Ebola to overweight people - send Twitter into a tailspin around twice a day.
If you're too young to remember the days of Top Of The Pops and Smash Hits then don't worry because CBB likes to remind you of the stars who were HUGE in the pop world when you were playing with Lego.
Claire Richards from Steps, Abz Love from 5ive, Edele Lynch from B*Witched and Ben Adams from A1 have all taken part.
The rumour this year is that Boyzone's Ronan Keating could be making an appearance with Brian Harvey from East 17 and Kavana also being mentioned.
Putting a glamour model into the Celebrity Big Brother house means certain tabloids can plaster pictures of the model into into their papers for weeks.
Usually, when they're announced the biggest reaction is: "Who? unless you're a regular reader of lads' mags.
Recent signings include Lacey Banghard, Casey Batchelor and Nicola McLean.
The buzz this year is that model Cami Li will be going into the house. She was previously engaged to TOWIE's Kirk Norcross.
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But use of the messaging app appears to vary widely between countries.
In Malaysia, more than 50% of those surveyed said they used WhatsApp for news at least once a week. But in the US, the figure was only 3%, and in the UK it was 5%.
The Digital News Report also indicates the Brexit debate has led to growing mistrust of the UK's media.
It said only 43% of respondents declared that the news could be trusted - down from 50% last year - with the BBC in particular criticised for having both a pro-EU bias and failing to expose the "distortions" of the leave campaign.
The research was carried out by the Reuters Institute For The Study of Journalism and covered 34 countries in Europe, the Americas and Asia, in addition to Taiwan and Hong Kong. It was sponsored by the BBC and Google among others.
A total of 71,805 people were questioned by YouGov in January and February to generate its data.
The results indicate that Facebook remains the most popular social media and messaging service for news engagement in all but two countries - Japan and South Korea - where, respectively, YouTube and Kakao Talk dominate.
But it adds that use of Facebook for news had dipped in more than half of all the territories where a year-on-year comparison was possible.
By contrast, sharing news stories and chatting about them appears to be on the rise within private instant messaging apps, and WhatsApp in particular.
According to the report, WhatsApp is now the second most popular social service for news in nine of the 36 locations, and the third most popular platform in a further five countries.
The authors provide several potential explanations for WhatsApp's rise.
Its use of end-to-end encryption means messages can only be seen by their senders and recipients, offering users protection against being monitored by the authorities.
"Some of the biggest growth we've seen is in places like Turkey, where it's positively dangerous for people to express anti-government preferences on open networks like Facebook," explained one of the study's authors, Nic Newman.
"As a result people are using closed groups where they are more confident of expressing their views."
WhatsApp has also benefited from the fact that in much of Latin America and elsewhere mobile networks are offering unlimited data use within the program, so encouraging its use.
Furthermore, several Spanish and Chilean media outlets have embraced the app. Radio stations commonly ask listeners to send in short voice recordings via the service, and local news sites have added share-to-WhatsApp buttons to their pages.
However, Mr Newman said beyond that, it was difficult for the media to take advantage of the app's popularity beyond publishing stories that people want to share.
"You can set up branded areas or groups of people on your own, but it's incredibly clunky and time consuming, and there are few tools to help," he explained.
"And part of WhatsApp's appeal is that users don't get interrupted by brands, making it a very pure form of messaging. That's something [its developers] will really try to hold to."
The report also highlights widespread concerns about so-called "fake news".
It highlights users' suspicions that social media's lack of rules and use of viral algorithms have helped low-quality false stories spread quickly.
But it says there is also strong distrust of the mainstream media, in particular in Asian and central, southern and eastern European countries, where the industry is perceived as being too close to government.
This year's Digital News Report is even more sobering than usual.
Many of the institutions that contribute to democracy in the West are undergoing a crisis of trust. News providers are no exception. UK citizens' trust in news "in general" has fallen by 7% since the Brexit referendum, the report suggests.
That is a worrying drop. Combine it with Reuters' revelation that the proportion of people paying for online news in the UK remains "among the lowest of all countries" surveyed, and alarm bells should ring.
One reason for this could be the BBC, whose dominance in our news ecosystem might mean fewer people feel the need to pay for good information.
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For a new generation, the link between high-quality general news and payment for that news might be breaking.
The internet has made general, daily news a very common commodity. With tech giants like Facebook and Google eating ever more of the advertising pie, news providers may find they have to specialise if they are to get audiences to part with cash. And those audiences won't pay for content they don't trust.
Rebuilding that trust, in an era of digital echo chambers and fake news, is going to be tough. But it must be done.
Yahoo News remains the most popular online news brand, in terms of the numbers of people using it at least once a week, across the 36 markets as a whole.
It also ranked as the top online source of online news in the US, Japan and Taiwan.
Its success may have been driven in part by the fact many users said it was better at delivering "amusing and entertaining" content than the competition.
Other findings reported include:
Making money from online news remains problematic.
The study said 84% of respondents had not paid for content in the past year.
However, it highlighted that there had been a "Trump bump" in the US, where several newspapers had attracted hundreds of thousands of new digital subscribers, many of whom have left-wing views and are under 35.
Another development that will be welcomed by the industry is that the use of ad blockers on desktop PCs appears to have stalled and remains low on smartphones, with only 7% of respondents saying they had installed advert removing software on their handset.
Moreover, a "tough love" approach taken by some publishers - whereby they block access to their content if an ad blocker is in use - appears to have convinced many users to at least temporarily suspend the plug-in's use.
The 22-year-old has scored 10 goals in 22 appearances for City since joining the League Two side on loan in January.
"I would hope he wants to stay, we've made him a couple of offers now and the second offer is as good as we can make," Tisdale told BBC Radio Devon.
"I'd like to have had that decision back by now," added the City boss.
Stockley made his Bournemouth debut as a 15-year-old in 2009, but last played for the club when they were in League One in March 2012.
He spent much of the following season on loan in the Conference with Woking before spells in Leagues One and Two with Leyton Orient, Portsmouth, Torquay United, Luton Town, Cambridge United and Accrington.
"We'd like to keep him and he's got a lot of work to do," said Tisdale.
"We know him pretty well now as a player and I'd like to think we could make a difference to him, but it's his choice now what happens next."
Abdul Hassib Seddiqi told the BBC's Afghan Service that Mullah Omar had died of health problems at a hospital in Pakistan.
Afghanistan's government says information on his death is "credible".
The latest reports of Mullah Omar's death are being taken more seriously than previous such reports. The Taliban are expected to issue a statement soon.
Sources at the Taliban's two main councils in Quetta and Peshawar in Pakistan told the BBC they were in intensive talks to agree on a replacement for Mullah Omar.
A statement from the office of Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani said that it believed, "based on credible information", that Mullah Omar died in April 2013 in Pakistan.
The Afghan government, elected last year, has embarked on a peace process with the Taliban. In its statement, the government called on "all armed opposition groups to seize the opportunity and join the peace process".
A security official in Pakistan, the country hosting the talks, told AP news agency that the claims of Mullah Omar's death were mere "speculation", designed to destabilise the negotiations.
Pakistan has always denied that Mullah Omar was in the country.
The White House says it believes reports of his death are credible.
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The Taliban leaders and members of their religious council (shura) have been locked in talks since Tuesday to elect the new supreme leader.
Who they choose is crucial. The selection of his successor will have a big impact on the war and peace in Afghanistan as well as on the future of the Taliban movement itself. The decision will affect the peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban.
Mullah Omar's death and the choice of his successor will also have an impact on the unity and cohesiveness of the Taliban.
Mullah Omar was the glue that held the movement together since it was launched in 1994. He had become a mythical figure within the group and was "religiously" obeyed by the ranks and files all along.
The selection of a weak person or someone with a questionable legitimacy could result in the fragmentation of the Taliban and possible defections to the Islamic State.
Mullah Omar led the Taliban to victory over rival Afghan militias in the civil war that followed the withdrawal of Soviet troops.
His alliance with al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden prompted the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington.
Mullah Omar has since been in hiding, with a $10m (£6.4m) US state department bounty on his head.
Over the years, the Taliban have released several messages purported to be from the fugitive leader.
The latest of these statements, from mid-July, expressed support for the peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government.
However, the message was in the form of a text published on a Taliban website, rather than an audio or video recording - fuelling rumours that the leader was dead or incapacitated.
The failure to prove that Mullah Omar was alive was a major factor behind the defection of several senior Taliban commanders to the so-called Islamic State group, according to the BBC's former Kabul correspondent, David Loyn.
On 10 May 2013, he was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity.
Born in Huehuetenango in 1926, Efrain Rios Montt joined the army and was a young officer when President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman was deposed in a CIA-backed military coup in 1954.
He rose through the ranks to become a brigadier general and the army's chief of staff in 1970 during the military regime of President General Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio.
He came to power through a coup in March 1982 in the middle of Guatemala's bloody war, in which Marxist rebels battled the military regime.
Civilians - the vast majority of them indigenous Mayans - were caught in the crossfire, and an estimated 200,000 died before a truce was reached in 1996, making the conflict one of Latin America's most violent wars.
Although Gen Rioss Montt was overthrown by his Defence Minister Oscar Humberto Mejia Victores in August 1983, he is considered to have had a major impact on the conflict through the so-called Guns and Beans campaign.
The rebels were offered terms through which they would be fed if they supported the regime, but crushed if they continued fighting.
Prosecutors say that during his 17 months in power, Gen Rios Montt and his chief of military intelligence, Gen Jose Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez, ordered the deaths of more than 1,700 members of the Ixil Maya ethnic group, whom they suspected were supporting the rebels.
In 2012, Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom apologised to the relatives of the victims of a December 1982 massacre in which Guatemalan soldiers killed more than 200 people in the village of Dos Erres, saying it was a stain on Guatemala's history.
General Rios Montt returned to the political limelight when he ran for president in 2003, despite a constitutional rule that no-one who had overthrown a government could stand for the presidency.
During the campaign, he was accused of orchestrating a violent protest by his supporters against the constitutional ruling.
A journalist died of a heart attack while running away from protesters in what became known as Black Thursday in Guatemala City.
But Gen Rios Montt was cleared of manslaughter charges in 2006, with prosecutors citing a lack of evidence.
He stood for president again in 2006 but was defeated in an election was marred by violence, with more than 22 people connected with political parties killed in the run-up to the vote.
The general returned to public office in 2007 as a member of Congress, which secured him immunity from prosecution over the war crimes allegations.
But that immunity expired with the end of his term in office in January 2012, and within two weeks of leaving office he was summoned to court and formally charged with genocide and crimes against humanity.
Prosecutors called for 75-year sentences to be given to both Gen Rios Montt and his former spy chief.
Although the case was beset with delays, legal loopholes and a temporary suspension, the pre-trial hearing was held in January 2013.
The three-judge tribunal reached its verdict on 10 May, declaring him guilty and sentencing him to 80 years in prison.
Gen Rios Montt did not testify during the court proceedings, but broke his silence to give an impassioned hour-long defence before the three judges retired to consider their verdicts.
On more than one occasion, the 86-year-old apologised for appearing doddery, reminding the judges he was a great-grandfather. But he was crystal clear in claiming that there was no evidence he ordered the extermination of the Ixil ethnic group during his presidency.
"I am innocent," he said. "I never had the intent to destroy any national race, religion, or ethnic group."
He argued that his "mission as head of state was to reclaim order, because Guatemala was in ruins", rather than overseeing the civil war at a local level.
The King's Speech star said he had been unable to find the right voice for the Peruvian bear.
"After a period of denial, we've chosen 'conscious uncoupling'," Firth said in a statement, referencing the term Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin made famous when they separated in March.
Based on the books by Michael Bond, the film is due to be released in November.
"It's been bittersweet to see this delightful creature take shape and come to the sad realisation that he simply doesn't have my voice," Firth told Entertainment Weekly.
"I've had the joy of seeing most of the film and it's going to be quite wonderful. I still feel rather protective of this bear and I'm pestering them all with suggestions for finding a voice worthy of him."
Paul King, the film's director, said the star's exit had been amicable.
"I cannot thank [Firth] enough for his contribution to Paddington," he said.
"We love the voice and we love the bear, but as our young bear came into being, we agreed that the two didn't seem to fit. So, with somewhat heavy hearts we decided to part ways."
King said a replacement would be announced in the coming weeks, promising the new actor would ensure Paddington's "big screen debut is magnificent".
The first trailer for the film was released in March, with a second released last week, however neither feature Firth's voice.
The movie also stars Nicole Kidman as an evil museum taxidermist who has Paddington in her sights, and Julie Walters and Hugh Bonneville as Mr and Mrs Brown - the marmalade-loving bear's adopted parents.
Kodjia, 25, scored 15 goals in 29 games in Ligue 2 last season, helping the club to promotion to the top flight.
The Frenchman collected last term's Ligue 2 Player of the Year award.
"Jonathan has great pace, has scored some fantastic goals, and will fit into the young group we already have," said manager Steve Cotterill.
Kodjia has signed a three-year deal with the option of a further 12 months.
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Mr Peake and Nasa astronaut Tim Kopra will venture outside the International Space Station (ISS) on 15 January to replace a failed voltage regulator.
Mr Peake launched on a Russian rocket on 15 December to begin a six-month stay on the orbiting outpost.
This will be the second spacewalk in under three weeks for Mr Kopra, who has flown into space once before, in 2009.
The two Tims will don their spacesuits and exit the US Quest airlock to replace an electrical box known as a Sequential Shunt Unit (SSU), which regulates voltage from the station's solar arrays.
Its failure on 13 November last year compromised one of the station's eight power channels.
The unit is relatively easy to replace and can be removed by undoing one bolt. Once this task is complete, the spacewalkers will deploy cables in advance of new docking ports for US commercial crew vehicles and reinstall a valve that was removed for the relocation of the station's Leonardo module last year.
Mr Peake supported a spacewalk on 21 December last year, in which Mr Kopra and station commander Scott Kelly moved a stalled component known as the "mobile transporter" on the outside of the ISS.
The Briton stayed inside the ISS, helping the Americans don their spacesuits and monitoring their progress for mission control.
This time, he will be the one to get inside the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) - the spacesuit used by US and European astronauts on the station.
The spacewalk is scheduled to start at 12:55 GMT and last for six-and-a-half hours.
Mr Peake and Mr Kopra were both crew members on the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) Soyuz flight that arrived at the ISS on 15 December. As such, they have trained closely with each other.
Mr Peake was selected by the European Space Agency in 2009, and is the first British astronaut to fly into space since Helen Sharman spent a week on the Soviet space station Mir in May 1991. Her flight was privately funded, under a venture known as Project Juno.
The UK government has traditionally been opposed to human spaceflight, which has led other Britons to fly into space with Nasa - wearing the American, rather than UK flag on their uniforms.
Michael Foale, who hails from Louth in Lincolnshire, became the first British-born person to carry out a spacewalk when he stepped outside the shuttle Discovery on 9 February 1995.
Mr Foale flew on six Nasa shuttle missions, with extended stays on both Mir and the ISS. He has dual citizenship on account of his American-born mother.
Piers Sellers, who was born in Crowborough, flew on three space shuttle missions between 2002 and 2010. Over the course of six spacewalks, he accumulated 41 hours and 10 minutes of "extra-vehicular activity" time - the most of any UK-born astronaut.
Another UK-born Nasa astronaut, Nicholas Patrick, travelled into orbit on the Discovery shuttle in 2006.
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Other projects being funded by the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) will examine the lives of sea trout, salmon and dolphins.
The centre is run by Swedish power company Vattenfall.
The three million euro (£2.6m) offshore wind research programme is thought to be the largest of its kind.
Half the money is being provided by the European Union.
Vattenfall, which is wholly owned by the Swedish government, said the programme would also put Scotland at the forefront of research and development in the industry.
The first projects to receive funding include:
Adam Ezzamel, the centre's project director, said: "The announcement of these successful projects, including three in Scotland, is an exciting one with each having the potential to unlock fascinating new insights into the offshore wind environment and determine influencing environmental factors."
Mr Ezzamel said the EOWDC's offshore wind test facility offered an "unmissable opportunity" for scientists and researchers.
He added: "We are pleased to be facilitating such innovative research in the north-east which will bring considerable benefits to the region as well as the industry and policy-making."
Almost 100 applications from across the UK and overseas were submitted for the research programme with a shortlist of 16 selected by a specialist scientific panel.
The panel hopes to make a further funding announcement soon.
WWF Scotland said: "Offshore wind is a critical technology in the fight against climate change, helping to reduce emissions, keep the lights on and create thousands of jobs across the UK and Scotland.
"This new package of research and development projects will enrich our understanding of the environmental and economic effects of offshore wind operating in our waters, helping ensure any future development maximises the benefits."
The new facility will include a GP practice and out-of-hours service, specialist clinics, a minor injuries unit and a base for community staff.
Mr Drakeford said it would help to provide care closer to people's homes.
Hywel Dda health board said the opportunities for integrated working would ensure "value for money".
Eirwyn Harries, chair of Cardigan Hospital League of Friends, said it was a "step forward" and hoped the long-discussed new centre would now open in 2019.
The Food Standards Agency says people should use reusable bags separately - reserving one solely for raw meat.
Surveys of supermarkets and smaller shops suggest the bug is sometimes found on the outside of packaging.
Though instances are rare, infections can cause serious diarrhoea and lead to 100 deaths each year.
Campylobacter is the most common cause of food poisoning in the UK, affecting an estimated 280,000 people a year.
The bacteria are most frequently found on contaminated poultry but can be present on other meat.
Most people are ill for just a few days, but in some cases infections can be fatal - children under five and older people are at highest risk.
Food Standards Agency (FSA) tests this year suggest 59% of fresh shop-bought chickens could carry the bug.
And some 4% were found to harbour campylobacter on packaging.
Later this week, the agency plans to publish a list of supermarkets and smaller shops found to sell products with contaminated packaging and meat.
The FSA says: "It is extremely unlikely that someone could become ill from contact with raw poultry packaging alone.
"Our advice on packing raw meat and fish is pack raw meat and fish separately from ready-to-eat foods, in separate bags.
"If your bags are reusable, keep one or two to use just for raw meat and fish, and do not use them to carry ready-to-eat foods.
"Reusable bags and single-use carrier bags should be disposed of if there has been any spillage of raw meat juices, even if the bag looks clean."
The FSA is conducting a year-long survey of campylobacter contamination.
Sources: Food Standards Agency and NHS Choices
A statement cited "safeguarding security and public order" as the reason for calling off the event.
The order means anyone taking part risks facing intervention by the security forces.
Organisers of the march have denounced the ban as a "flagrant violation of the constitution and the law".
They said the city authorities were failing in their duty to protect the rights of citizens to exercise their rights, and that they would launch legal action.
Security in the city is already tight after bombings in recent months blamed on Islamic State (IS) and Kurdish militants.
Earlier this week, an ultra-nationalist youth group, the Alperen Hearths, called those planning to participate in the gay pride event immoral and said it would "stop the march" if it went ahead.
Last year, Turkish police fired tear gas and water cannon at marchers in an attempt to disperse those taking part.
Organisers said permission for last year's event had been refused because it coincided with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, as did this year's planned date of 26 June.
Twelve previous gay pride events had taken place annually in Istanbul with little trouble reported.
Unlike in many Arab countries, homosexuality is not illegal in Turkey but analysts say homophobia remains widespread.
The parliamentarians felt "anger and disappointment about the placing of the recording device", wrote Iain Wright, chair of the business select committee.
The incident allegedly occurred after a spot-check of the warehouse.
Mr Ashley had earlier suggested that one of the MPs had planted the device herself.
The committee has been investigating working practices at the warehouse and wanted to see if improvements had been made there.
The MPs gave notice on Monday morning that they would visit the Derbyshire site as part of a previous agreement for an unannounced spot-check.
After a three-hour tour, they went to a room for a private meeting and were served refreshments including a plate of sandwiches.
Anna Turley, MP for Redcar, said the lady who had served the sandwiches also left a recording device in the room.
Mr Wright wrote: "I appreciate the time taken by several members of staff to show us round the warehouse and answer questions.
"However, I also have to express our anger and disappointment at the placing of a recording device in a room in which we had requested to hold a brief and private meeting at the end of the visit."
He said the committee wanted an explanation of "how and why the camera came to be placed in the room, who authorised its placing and what steps you have taken as a result".
Mr Wright added that he assumed Mr Ashley's suggestion that one of the MPs had planted the device was "a spur of the moment misjudgement".
Sports Direct declined to comment on the MPs' letter, but in a statement yesterday said: "The [Sports Direct] board is disappointed that reporting of a possible recording device (the veracity of which has yet to be determined) has overshadowed the truly important issues that this visit should have focused on - the true working conditions and worker satisfaction at Shirebrook.
"The board would like to make it clear that it did not authorise or have any knowledge of the possible recording device."
Second-half goals by Christian Bubalovic and Edward Herrera - against the run of play - stunned the home crowd.
Conor Sammon's header gave Hearts hope, but they could not find a leveller.
Earlier, Prince Buaben missed a first-half penalty while Jamie Walker and Sam Nicholson both hit the woodwork.
Hearts had approached the game full of confidence after drawing the away leg 0-0 last week, not least because Birkirkara had won only two of their previous 23 ties in Europe.
The Maltese team were more adventurous than in their performance at home, though, and their ability to break swiftly and sharply on the counter carried them through to face Krasnodar of Russia in the third qualifying round.
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Hearts were frustrated by their own shortcomings. Despite periods of possession, they were ragged in their passing and could not use their width to good effect against well-organised opponents.
There were early scares, with the goalkeeper Jack Hamilton having to block from close range. Hearts knew patience would be required, but wastefulness was their undoing.
Nicholson was the home side's brightest player, and he won a penalty kick when he skipped into the box and was brought down by Cain Attard.
As Buaben prepared to take the spot kick, Birkirkara's manager Josef Mansueto shouted to his players that it would go to the goalkeeper's left and Miroslav Kopric duly heeded the advice, diving to that side to save a weak effort.
Hearts were unable to create openings, and even when they did they fell short. Walker met a Callum Paterson cross with an acrobatic volley that sent the ball over his shoulder but onto the underside of the bar.
The same fate befell Nicholson after the break, when he skipped infield on the left and sent a shot crashing onto the bar, with the ball bouncing clear. By then, though, Hearts were behind.
Bubalovic was calm and ruthless when the ball dropped to him inside the penalty area after a free-kick wasn't cleared by the Hearts defence, and he struck a shot high and hard into the corner of the net.
Anxiety now hampered Hearts' play as they urgently tried to rescue the tie, and Arnaud Djoum lacked composure as he steered the rebound over after Juanma's shot was blocked by Kopric.
Birkirkara took advantage of that mindset. When one attack broke down, the visitors moved the ball upfield and out to Herrera, who ghosted in from the right of the penalty area and prodded a shot through Hamilton's legs.
Hearts eventually pulled a goal back when Sammon headed Djoum's cross into the net, but the home side had left themselves too much to do.
"America's force of the future," Mr Carter said, must be able to benefit from the "broadest possible pool of talent".
The move will lead to some 220,000 openings to women, he said.
Mr Carter is to give the armed services 30 days to submit plans to make the change. The US military has been easing restrictions over the past three years.
A ban on women serving in combat roles was lifted in 2013 but the military was given until 2016 to make the case for specific posts they thought should remain closed.
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen Joseph Dunford, had argued the Marine Corps should be allowed to keep women out of certain roles, citing studies showing that mixed-gender units are not as effective as all-male ones.
But Mr Carter rejected the argument. "There will be no exceptions," he said.
"As long as they qualify and meet the standards, women will now be able to contribute to our mission in ways they could not before.
"They'll be allowed to drive tanks, fire mortars, lead infantry soldiers into combat."
Nancy Duff Campbell of the National Women's Law Center said it was a "thrilling day for women serving in the military, and for women across the country".
It comes as a fifth former player made claims of of sexual abuse against ex-Crewe youth team coach Barry Bennell.
Crewe said they were determined a thorough investigation took place at the earliest opportunity.
Bennell, now 62, has served three jail sentences for child sex offences, including one last year.
In a statement, Crewe Alexandra said it "believes an independent review, to be conducted via the appointment of external legal counsel, is the correct way forward in the circumstances".
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Andy Woodward was the first player to go public with his claims last week. The former Bury and Sheffield United player says he was abused while at Crewe Alexandra from the age of 11 to 15.
After Mr Woodward appeared on the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme, Steve Walters, Chris Unsworth and Jason Dunford all came forward with their own allegations against Mr Bennell - none of which had formed part of any previous court case.
On Sunday Anthony Hughes claimed Bennell abused him on a sofa while he was at Crewe Alexandra's centre of excellence.
He told the Sunday Mirror Bennell would make children in the club's junior team strip to their shorts and show them pornography.
He told the paper: "He is a beast - and it's vital the truth now comes out."
More than 100 calls have been received by a special helpline set up by the NSPCC for people who wanted to talk about abuse at football clubs.
The Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) told BBC Radio 5 live that more than 20 of its members have been in contact about allegations of historical child sexual abuse.
Michael Bennett, head of player welfare at the PFA said: "The floodgates have been opened by those guys earlier this week and the numbers are increasing as we speak."
Police forces in Hampshire, Cheshire, Northumbria and London have opened investigations into historical child sexual abuse claims in football.
Senior figures in both the police and the FA have said they expect more allegations to surface.
Chief Constable Simon Bailey, of the National Police Chiefs' Council, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Saturday: "We are receiving reports of abuse in all sorts of different institutions.
"I am not in the least bit surprised that we are now seeing the lid lifted on exploitation within the world of football and I suspect there will be other sporting governing bodies who will come forward and who will identify the fact that they have similar problems."
Across the sporting industry, Operation Hydrant, the national police hub coordinating historical sex abuse claims, said it is investigating seventeen sports people and allegations of abuse at 24 sporting venues.
The Premier League said it was concerned by the allegations and urged those with information to come forward.
The PFA said it is ready to support anyone who comes forward with its nationwide network of counsellors and therapists.
Former Wales international Robbie Savage, who played for Crewe from 1994-97, also raised fears there could be hundreds of victims of sexual abuse within football.
The BBC football pundit was scouted by Bennell at the age of 11 but told the Mirror he was "one of the lucky ones" who was not abused by the coach.
"These boys were at an age when all they wanted in the world was to be a footballer," said Savage, who called for a full inquiry with "total transparency".
"If they were abused, maybe they were simply too scared to tell someone or they were terrified it was their football career over."
A former director of Crewe Alexandra has said the club was aware in the late 1980s of allegations that Bennell had sexually abused a junior footballer.
Hamilton Smith told the Guardian on Saturday that senior officials had discussed sacking Bennell but decided there was not enough evidence.
Mr Smith said talks had been convened between senior officials at Crewe Alexandra, including then-chairman Norman Rowlinson, who died in 2006.
Despite the discussions, the paper says Bennell was allowed to stay in his position as youth coach.
Mr Smith said a decision was made that Bennell was not to be left alone with boys and he was stopped from having them stay overnight at his home.
Crewe did not comment on the latest allegations, but previously said they were "making inquiries". The English League Two club has also said it is "reflecting from within".
Crewe's director of football Dario Gradi has said the first he knew of Bennell's crimes was in 1994.
According to the Guardian, Mr Smith retained concerns about the set-up at Crewe after leaving the club.
The NSPCC has set up a helpline for people affected by sexual abuse at football clubs, supported by the FA. It is available 24 hours a day on 0800 023 2642
The four bombs on three Tubes and a bus killed 52 and left many more with life-changing injuries.
There was no longer any doubt, al-Qaeda's brand of violent extremism was capable of hitting the UK.
The tenth anniversary of those attacks is now a week away. So are we safer or under a greater threat?
The official government position, for headline purposes, is that there is a "severe" threat from international terrorism, which means security chiefs have concluded an attack is highly likely.
This conclusion is not an exercise of sticking a finger in the air and seeing which way the wind blows. It is based on some cold, hard calculations of what the intelligence picture suggests is going on, both what we can see in the public and what we can't.
And that is why London sees a major counter-terrorism exercise this week, codenamed Operation Strong Tower and designed to test to the limit how the police and other emergency services would respond should the worst come to pass.
Over the last decade, the nature of threat from extremist violence has changed.
The 7/7 attacks were directed at arms length by al-Qaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
A number of other plots during the same period followed the same trajectory, including the foiled attempt to take liquid-based bombs onto transatlantic airliners in 2006.
But as the US tightened the noose around al-Qaeda's leadership, particularly after it began firing missiles from drones, the would-be jihadists briefly shifted attention to the Horn of Africa.
Deprived of an easy route to one hoped-for land of jihad, British recruits tried to get to Somalia to join al-Shabab. One of those would-be recruits was Michael Adebolajo, one of the two men who killed Fusilier Lee Rigby in Woolwich.
Aside from that attack, the number of major plots had appeared to be falling as al-Qaeda increasingly looked a spent force and al-Shabab too weak and remote to take up its banner.
But the implosion of three countries in the wake of the Arab Spring has changed things yet again. First Libya, then Syria and Iraq. In the remains of each nation, the jihadist cause has found a new lease of life.
The group that calls itself Islamic State has projected a utopian image of a resurrected caliphate and, simultaneously, presented its sectarian ultra-violence as a solution to Sunni Muslims who have suffered in both Iraq and Syria.
That toxic revolutionary mix, projected by young followers through social media, and further wrapped up in an arcane prophesy that the "end times" will begin in a Syrian town, has been its trump card.
Sceptics say all of this poses no threat to us in the UK - but there is overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
If Tunisia's events were not clear enough, France, Australia, Canada and Belgium have all seen acts of extreme violence that were either directly or indirectly inspired by the ideology and aims of ISIS.
The UK has not suffered an act of ISIS-inspired violence on its streets - but there have been at least two major counter-terrorism operations which can be directly linked to conspirators receiving directions or guidance from jihadists active in the Syrian conflict.
More than 330 people were arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences in the UK in the year to April 2015 - a third more than the previous year.
Crucially, the average age of those being arrested has been falling, with almost a fifth under 20.
In other words, given that the self-proclaimed caliphate isn't going away anytime soon, this is shaping up to be an enduring security problem.
While the jihadist threat persists, the UK also runs the risk of more violence from far-right extremists. One of the most serious acts of terrorism since 7/7 came from a neo-Nazi who tried to bomb three West Midlands mosques and murdered an elderly Muslim man as he returned home from prayers.
That is why London's massive counter-terrorism training exercise over Tuesday and Wednesday is important to the security services.
The emergency services believe they are in a far better place to deal with a repeat of 7/7 - their secure communications systems now all talk to each other, for a start.
But they don't know what's coming around the corner.
Operation Strong Tower, which is focused on a "marauding" attack, such as the shootings in Mumbai or Paris, is the latest and most complex event to date - and it won't be the last.
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The Lionesses lost 2-1 to Japan in their semi-final after defender Bassett, 31, scored right at the end.
"I couldn't breathe, my heart was out my chest and I wanted the ground to open up and swallow me," she said.
She has felt so emotional that she has been unable to speak to her parents since the goal.
But head coach Mark Sampson said that Bassett - who he described as a "hero" - will start in England's third-place play-off against Germany in Edmonton on Saturday, which kicks off at 21:00 BST.
"I would prefer [skipper] Steph Houghton and Mark to be heroes for lifting the World Cup, I'd prefer no-one to know my name to be honest," Bassett told BBC Sport.
The Notts County defender briefly thought the ball had not crossed the line after hitting the underside of the bar, at the end of what was England's first Women's World Cup semi-final.
"My intention was to get a touch on the ball, and watching it hit the crossbar, there was a point when Steph cleared it that I thought maybe it hadn't gone in," she said.
"But the referee's watch vibrated and gave it as a goal.
"After the game, I was heartbroken, devastated, just uncontrollable, emotional. For those people who know me and call me a swinging brick and say I lack emotion, nine out of 10 times I'd agree with that, but something took over and I was out of control.
"I wanted to get out of there. I wanted to cry and be on my own and bury my head because one thing we have shown [in this tournament] is we will keep fighting and won't give up.
"But we didn't have time to show that and pull it back. It was so, so cruel."
The former Birmingham and Chelsea centre-back added: "It was all a blur to be honest. I looked around and saw my boyfriend, and that just set me off again.
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"I haven't been able to speak to my mum and dad over FaceTime yet because they will just set me off crying. I've messaged them and I know they are so proud but I think about that moment and would do anything to change it.
"The hardest thing is looking at other people who committed themselves to this team.
"Everyone believed for the first time in a long time that England could do it."
Bassett said she has been inundated with messages of support, with #proudofbassett trending on Twitter following the match.
She paid tribute to her team-mates, Sampson and his staff, saying: "I know the long hours Mark's staff have worked and the commitment they have given to this dream and to us as players. They have been there for me so I want to thank them."
Bassett tells BBC Radio 5 live how she wishes no-one knew her name.
In France, Le Figaro's managing editor Alexis Brezet uses a front-page editorial to call on the EU not only to reform - a common European media theme in recent days - but to rebuild itself through a new treaty that must be ratified by referendums in all member states.
He warns France and Germany to avoid the "temptation to try to patch things up".
They should offer real protection against the pressures of globalisation, from "multicultural naivety, dogmatic free trade, and abstract universalism" to "uncontrolled immigration, persistent unemployment, and a squeezed middle class".
The alternative is to accept that the people will "return to the only protection worthy of the name - that of the nation".
He acknowledges the risk of new treaty referendums, but insists that "Europe will not change without the people, and we cannot make them happy against their will".
The idea of a specific French referendum plays out in other papers, with former prime minister and conservative Republican party presidential hopeful Alain Juppe firmly ruling it out as "irresponsible".
"France has no future outside the EU," he tells Le Monde.
The paper's Benoit Hopquin "dives into the France of 'Frexit'", and warns that the contrast between prosperous, metropolitan areas and these "almost nameless towns... with their idling factories and children who've left, never to return", is "similar to the divide in Britain".
Liberation interviews the Republicans' deputy chairman, Laurent Wauquiez, who applauds Brexit as a chance to "consolidate the Europe Union around a core of seven to twelve countries that share a common vision... and are ready to harmonise their social and fiscal policies".
He thinks EU leaders should acknowledge that a "similar referendum would have gone the same way in any European country, and in France by perhaps a larger margin".
Like Figaro's Alexis Brezet, he recalls that the EU "hasn't won a single referendum in 20 years" and needs to move away from neo-liberal economic policies, but in the form of a "two-tier Europe".
German commentators agree that the EU's distance from ordinary voters is the issue, rather than the particular attitudes of the British.
Die Welt's publisher, Stefan Aust, has no doubt that the vote was a "come-uppance for Brussels, whose policies are ever more impenetrable, and for the high-handedness of a bureaucracy whose decision-making process are increasingly removed from the public".
He thinks Britain may have done the EU a favour in revealing the "great project to have been a great illusion, a colourful soap bubble" and in forcing it to decide on whether to accept differences among member-states rather than "fake a consensus".
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung's Brussels economics correspondent Werner Mussler demands the resignation of EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker for pledging deeper currency union, complaining that his "anti-British passions have made him forget that that the need for 'more Europe' is the last thing that should be learnt from the British referendum".
Elke Schmitter of influential news magazine Der Spiegel looks on the bright side, saying that at least there is "clarity now on what it means to be an EU member or not".
Georg Loewisch in Tageszeitung agrees that any "New Deal for Europe" must bind its members closer together in a common identity, and that its terms cannot be negotiable.
Federico Fubini in Italy's Corriere Della Sera sees the British vote as indicative of a new fault line in Europe "not between left and right... but rather between nationalists and internationalists", those who want to deal with global problems by "raising the drawbridge... or working together for prosperity, culture and our open society".
Guido Gentili in the business paper Il Sole 24 Ore does not envy European leaders their task of "reigniting enthusiasm" for an EU whose "wrong or failed answers are at the root of this risky transition".
Like his peers elsewhere in Europe, he calls for a "genuine debate based on the disenchantment of European citizens, their questions and their concerns - primarily growth, employment and immigration".
Not all commentators are as understanding of the Brexit mentality. A searing piece in Austria's Der Standard by London-based German journalist Sebastian Borger uses a topical footballing analogy.
"No football team, no matter how bad its current form, can afford a moaning player who won't contribute, and insists on a transfer but won't leave the bench," Borger writes. "The player has to be got rid of".
In Vienna's Die Presse, Wolfgang Boehm is more understanding of the desire for a sense of "safety and being protected", but fears it is ultimately unrealistic.
"The dream of total sovereignty in a neatly arranged state is not possible anymore," he says. "The British are dreaming of going back to the 18th Century."
Further down the Danube, legal analyst Tamas Adany does not expect Britain to receive much sympathy in the eventual negotiations.
He tells Hungarian conservative daily Magyar Hirlap that EU states "don't want an easy or comfortable divorce, to avoid making the idea of leaving attractive to any other member state".
Czech commentator Ondrej Stindl does not defend the EU elite, but does not spare the "ordinary people" either.
"Perhaps the problem is that both sides are in many ways alike - irrational, self-absorbed, with a tendency to groupthink, conformism, and hysteria," he says on the Echo24 news site.
There is also deep concern in the media of Eastern and Central Europe at the increase in xenophobia in Britain, aimed in particular at Polish migrants.
Influential Polish website NaTemat is typical in reacting with shock to anti-Polish leaflets and graffiti, describing them as "just the tip of the iceberg" of a wave of hatred "hitting all migrants".
Czech newspaper Tyden also covers the graffiti and attacks, and raises fears that the referendum will "encourage extremist elements in society".
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It is understood Jim Campbell was walking from Fuerteventura airport to his holiday accommodation on Wednesday night when the accident happened.
The 40-year-old from Downpatrick had landed on the island earlier in the day with friends.
The Foreign Office said it was providing support to his family.
The Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust, which helps bereaved families repatriating the bodies of loved ones who have died abroad, has also been supporting the Campbell family.
Colin Bell, who runs the charity, said: "Proceedings have started to bring him home as soon as possible."
The home side took the lead just after the half-hour mark when former Wycombe striker Gozie Ugwu headed home Frazer Shaw's cross for his seventh goal from the last four games.
The Cards' lead did not last long as - three minutes later - Bromley were awarded a penalty for a foul and, although goalkeeper Brandon Hall guessed the right way, Blair Turgott slotted the ball home to level the scores at the break.
But man-of-the-match Saraiva unleashed an unstoppable 25-yard drive into the top-right corner to clinch maximum points for Garry Hill's hosts with 10 minutes remaining.
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Match ends, Woking 2, Bromley 1.
Second Half ends, Woking 2, Bromley 1.
Ben Chorley (Bromley) is shown the yellow card.
Blair Turgott (Bromley) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Woking. Ismail Yakubu replaces Fabio Saraiva.
Substitution, Bromley. Louis Dennis replaces Lee Minshull.
Goal! Woking 2, Bromley 1. Fabio Saraiva (Woking).
Substitution, Bromley. Jordan Higgs replaces Dave Martin.
Substitution, Woking. Anthony Edgar replaces Luke Chike Kandi.
Lee Minshull (Bromley) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Bromley. Adam Cunnington replaces George Porter.
Second Half begins Woking 1, Bromley 1.
First Half ends, Woking 1, Bromley 1.
Goal! Woking 1, Bromley 1. Blair Turgott (Bromley) converts the penalty with a.
Goal! Woking 1, Bromley 0. Gozie Ugwu (Woking).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Mark Crabtree, 42, from Hertfordshire, was killed on the southbound carriageway just before 10:00 GMT on Sunday, between the A40 for Raglan and the A472 for Usk.
Gwent Police said Mr Crabtree died at the scene.
The closure has now taken effect but the unit will remain open as usual from Monday to Friday for antenatal and postnatal care.
NHS Tayside said the unit, which supports about 12 births a month, will resume births in September.
Justine Craig, head of midwifery for NHS Tayside, said the move had been a "difficult decision."
She said: "We know that this may be upsetting for some women who had planned to give birth at Montrose, however, we must provide a maternity service with appropriately-skilled staff which is safe for women and staff."
She added: "Our Montrose maternity team and other support staff will be working out of the community maternity unit at Arbroath Infirmary, alongside the Arbroath maternity team, and this will ensure continuity of care."
Ms Craig said that a "full range of options" of places of birth were available to women, including Arbroath community midwifery unit, Dundee midwifery unit, home birth or the unit in Ninewells Hospital.
She said: "Women who were due to give birth at Montrose are being contacted and advised about the new arrangements and will be able to discuss birth options with an Angus community midwife, where further information will be provided and any concerns discussed."
Peter Morgan's play imagines private meetings between the monarch and her prime ministers over her 60-year reign.
Variety critic Marilyn Stasio wrote: "Maybe she'll add a Tony to her collection for her triumphant return to Buckingham Palace in The Audience."
Ben Brantley of the New York Times described Dame Helen as "smashing".
Dame Helen won the best actress prize at both the Olivier and Evening Standard awards when she first played the role in London two years ago.
The play, directed by Stephen Daldry and written by Peter Morgan, also features political figures such as Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher and David Cameron.
It also sees the Queen transform from a young, inexperienced monarch to steely figurehead.
The Huffington Post's theatre critic, Michael Glitz, wrote: "None of it would matter without Mirren... It's hard to imagine anyone doing it better.
"Mirren is marvellous, letting the few moments of emotional depth pass by without making too much of them."
The New York Post's Elisabeth Vincentelli concurred, writing: "To the surprise of exactly no one, Helen Mirren is absolutely terrific as Queen Elizabeth II in The Audience.
"The physical transformation itself is a lot of fun - how can you not see something that happens right in front of your eyes?!
"But it pales compared with the way Mirren switches roles from an established, ageing ruler to a young woman - not yet crowned - who holds her own against a colossal statesman swinging his weight around."
Time Out New York's David Cote also heaped praise on the British actress, saying she "transforms brilliantly... from the grandmotherly 69-year-old comforting an insecure John Major... to the 25-year-old heir apparent nervously schooled by Winston Churchill."
Chris Jones of the Chicago Tribune described the production as a "coup de theatre". "Watching Mirren seem to peel off years and cares," he wrote, "is nothing short of a dazzling experience".
David Rooney, writing in The Hollywood Reporter, observed: "Morgan's take on the Queen in these fictionalised meetings is daubed in skewed sentiment, but Mirren sells it with impeccable finesse."
The production marks Dame Helen's third Broadway outing, following performances in Turgenev's A Month in the Country and Strindberg's Dance of Death, opposite Sir Ian McKellen. Both productions earned the actress Tony nominations.
The Audience will return to London's West End next month, in an updated version starring Kristin Scott Thomas.
Adams had last been on the losing side when Portsmouth defeated former club Northampton on 19 December last year.
His unbeaten run was the longest in the Football League since Scunthorpe's Eddie Nolan went 33 games in 2013-14.
Arsenal's Sol Campbell holds the record in the Premier League, playing 56 games between defeats.
"It's mad that I haven't lost a game of football for so long," 30-year-old Adams said earlier in the week. "The lads keep asking me, 'How many is it now?'
He played 17 league games last season after Northampton bounced back from their loss against Pompey to win promotion to League One.
This season he had made 15 appearances for Carlisle before Saturday's game, scoring once.
Boss Keith Curle predicted that his side would be "dangerous animal" after their first league reverse of the season.
He told BBC Cumbria: "We've had a phenomenal start to the season - 16 games, undefeated in 16. Now we start again."
The 33-year-old scored a crucial 63 in the second innings of the five-wicket victory over Nottinghamshire on Friday, following a first-innings' duck.
England opener Compton had a two-month break from the game earlier this summer in order to "refresh and recharge".
"I was proud of the way I managed to hold things together," he said.
Chasing 235 to win at Trent Bridge, Compton, batting at number three, helped Middlesex from 0-1 to 146-5 in their second innings before John Simpson and James Franklin put on a match-winning partnership of 89.
"As someone who prides myself on tough situations, I wanted to make sure I was on it," Compton told BBC Radio London.
"I haven't been fully in the moment at times this season. I knew how important it was that we stayed solid.
"I can't say enough for how we are growing as a team. There was a calmness and a confidence with how we went about it."
After returning to cricket in early August, Compton hit 131 in his second game back for Middlesex and says his confidence with the bat has returned.
"I went through a period where I wasn't hitting the ball very well," he said.
"There have been a few technical things which haven't helped.
"I felt I moved well in this game and my head led the process well. I felt like I got into strong positions and confidence comes with it."
Middlesex hold a one-point lead over Yorkshire heading into the last two games, with the two sides meeting at Lord's, starting on 20 September, in the final round of matches.
"I felt a bit of pressure because I wanted to get us over the line against Notts," Compton said.
"The intent was to make sure we found a way to do it, because this is the time.
"You don't get too many opportunities to be a county player playing for the title as this stage of the season. It is a fantastic place to be."
Solicitors' associations warn that cutting the number of contracts from 1,600 to 527 will lead to inadequate access to legal advice for defendants.
But judges in London's High Court ruled the plans were not legally flawed.
The Ministry of Justice said savings had to be made in the legal aid system.
In the High Court on Wednesday, Lord Justice Laws and Mr Justice Cranston rejected all grounds of challenge to the Ministry of Justice proposals.
But they gave the solicitors time to seek an appeal to the Court of Appeal.
The Law Society described the ruling as "a deeply disappointing judgement" but said the fight would go on "for access to proper legal representation for anyone accused of a crime".
Society president Andrew Caplen said: "Access to legal advice is a fundamental human right, the absence of which undermines our society.
"We consider there to be an unacceptably increased risk that those accused of crimes, some of whom are the most vulnerable in our society, will have inadequate access to legal representation."
He said there was a risk that "large areas of the country could be left without legal representation".
He added: "We will continue to campaign for an effective, publicly funded defence system to prevent the risk of a sharp increase in miscarriages of justice."
In a joint statement, Bill Waddington, chairman of the Criminal Law Solicitors' Association, and Jonathan Black, president of the London Criminal Courts Solicitors' Association, said the proposed changes would be "a further nail in the coffin for access to justice for vulnerable people".
The bodies have also warned that "many firms have been considering their future" and that lawyers risk losing their jobs.
Welcoming the judgement, a Ministry of Justice (MoJ) spokesman said: "Anyone suspected of a crime will still have access to a legal aid lawyer of their choosing, just as they do now."
The MoJ says that the legal aid system, prior to its reform, was one of the world's most expensive at a cost of £2bn a year - and will still be "very generous" at about £1.5bn a year.
"Given the financial crisis inherited by this government, we have no choice but to find savings in everything we do," the department spokesman said.
"Our reforms are designed to ensure the system is fair for those who need it, the lawyers who provide it, as well as the taxpayers who ultimately pay for it."
It was this time last year that the government announced its plans to cut the number of firms doing duty solicitor work in magistrates' courts and police stations.
It is part of what the Ministry of Justice has said is reform of the criminal legal aid system to ensure it is "sustainable".
Chris Grayling, the Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary, has faced vehement opposition to the plans from lawyers, including strikes and protests outside Parliament.
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Hillary Clinton is a Democrat. Donald Trump is also a Democrat.
Come on, you know it's true. This isn't a political race, it's a class race.
Take a look at his economic policies. They are certainly more in line with traditional Democratic thinking than they are with Republican orthodoxy.
Mr Trump opposes free trade deals - that's anathema to many conservatives.
Make way the old TPP, the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Here comes the new TPP, the Trump Protectionist Party, which promises to do whatever it takes to protect American manufacturing jobs, even if it means slapping massive tariffs on China, Japan and Mexico.
Even if it means a trade war.
Last September Mr Trump released a tax plan that calls for higher taxes on the wealthy - a suggestion that would have disqualified any other recent Republican candidate.
He even said of his own policy that it would cost him a fortune. He is not a deficit hawk, and has promised to protect welfare programmes such as social security and Medicare.
Since deficit reduction was the litmus test of true conservatism in the 2012 campaign, Mr Trump's position is pretty staggering.
He is even squishy on some social issues. He has kind things to say about Planned Parenthood - a federally funded women's health organisation which is seen as the devil incarnate by many social conservatives because it provides abortions.
Mr Trump says he doesn't like the abortions but the organisation itself does a lot of "wonderful" things. Again, no other Republican candidate would be able to say this and get away with it.
Where Donald Trump is not in line with Democratic thinking is on anything to do with minorities, whether they are Hispanic, Muslim or female. Those are the issues on which his views cleave him firmly away from most Democrats.
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That divisive rhetoric aside (and I am by no means minimising the importance of the wall, the ban and sexism), Mr Trump's views are more in line with the American centre left than the American right.
Which explains why some people can't choose between Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. In some ways he is reminiscent of the British Labour party circa 1980.
A much more useful lens through which to view this election is that of class. This isn't exactly a class war - that's too European for the US - but it is a class election. And indeed a race election.
In the states that he has won, Mr Trump draws the clear majority of his support from working-class men who are white. People without a college education who feel that the economic policies of free trade and low taxes on the wealthy have not helped them.
And they are quite right. Manufacturing wages in America have been almost stagnant since the 1970s. If you are a 55-year-old auto worker who has lost your job to an immigrant or - far more likely - a robot, you don't just feel left behind by the forces of globalisation and low taxes, you really have been left behind.
The very economic policies that have defined the Republican party for the past two decades have not helped the working class here to adjust to a globalised economy and a technological revolution.
In fact one of the mysteries of American politics has been why working-class voters have repeatedly voted against their own economic interests by voting Republican at all - a party which has cut welfare nets, reduced trade barriers and lowered taxes on the wealthy.
There has simply not been enough trickle growth from those policies to raise working-class wages.
Add to this bleak economic picture a growing gender imbalance in the US - women are better-educated than men and increasingly earn more than their husbands - and it's not at all surprising that you find a section of the population that is feeling, well, rather emasculated.
Throw in affirmative action programmes and immigration policies that they believe have unfairly benefited minorities at the expense of white people and you quickly get anger too. The white working-class American man is dangerously disaffected.
In this context, Mr Trump's appeal is far more understandable. He is offering plans that make sense to people who have been marginalised by global competition and Republican economics. And just as important, he promises to restore their pride, to make them winners again.
If you feel you've had a bad deal, that's a very seductive offer, whether you call yourself a Republican or a Democrat.
Whether he can deliver or not is an entirely different question.
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The unknown woman has taken the name Sam and is using Facebook to help track down her true identity.
Her slight Australian accent and her apparent memories of Australia have sparked social media interest.
Australian diplomats are assisting in the search for "Sam" along with many Australians who are exchanging clues about her identity.
There are more than 18,000 likes on her Facebook page, and thousands of messages of support, many from Australia.
Believed to be in her 50s, Sam was reportedly found on the street by fire-fighters in the southern Californian town of Carlsbad in February.
In a TV interview with NBC in the US on Tuesday, she said she did not recall who she was or where she was from.
On Facebook, she said she could remember dreams of swimming at a beach in Perth, in Western Australia, as well as in the Australian holiday spots of Cairns and Byron Bay, and Hawaii. She also speaks French.
NBC said she had a "thick" Australian accent, but many Facebook users disagreed.
Jaymi Sheppard from Western Australia, said Sam sounded more English than Australian, while Annette Smith from Melbourne postulated that Sam could be from the Pacific Islands, perhaps New Caledonia or French Polynesia.
"Her memories of Australia sound touristy but if she's from the islands would explain her accent and speaking French and a few other details," Ms Smith wrote on Sam's Facebook page.
One Sydney speech scientist said clues to Sam's identity might be found in her "hybrid" accent.
"Some features of her accent are characteristic of Australian English but there are others that are not," Macquarie University's Prof Felicity Cox told Nine News.
Prof Cox suggested the way Sam spoke the phrases "dreaming about Australia" and "my family immediately says" registered a typical Australian English pattern but she pronounced "got" different to an Australian.
"The vowel she uses is more of an American sound, a 'guh' rather than 'goh'," she said.
Some, like Lesley Newbound, suggested Sam's smallpox vaccination scar could indicate she had migrated from England to Australia as a child.
Others have even suggested names, with one naming a woman called Debbie, an Australian travel specialist who recently relocated from South Africa to the UK, as the possible real Sam.
Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT) told the BBC it had been providing consular assistance in the case since March.
According to her Facebook page, doctors have told Sam her that a large tumour may have erased her memories.
After she was taken to hospital in California, she was rushed to the emergency room, where staff apparently discovered she was suffering from ovarian cancer.
In her television interview, Sam said she couldn't remember anything. "There is this thick fog over my memory, that's over my brain, that I can't see through," she told NBC.
Interpol has added her to its international missing person database. It describes her as 1.7m (5ft 6) tall and weighing 91kg (200lbs). Her hair, before she lost it to chemotherapy, was white, her eyes are brown and she has a chip on one of her front teeth.
The animals hunt with clicks and buzzes - detecting the echoes from their prey.
This study showed them switching from a narrow to a wide beam of sound - "like adjusting a flashlight" - as they homed in on a fish.
Researchers think that other whales and dolphins may use the same technique to trap a fish in their beam of sound in the final phase of an attack.
This could help prevent porpoises, whales and dolphins' prey from evading their capture.
By revealing these acoustic secrets in detail, researchers are hoping to develop ways to prevent porpoises, and other toothed whales, from becoming trapped in fishing nets.
The study, published in the journal eLife, was led by Danuta Wisniewska of Aarhus University.
She and her colleagues worked with harbour porpoises in a semi-natural enclosure at a conservation research centre on the coast of Denmark.
"The facility is quite exceptional, " explained Dr Wisniewska. "The animals still have access to the seafloor and are only separated from the harbour by a net. Fish are able to come in, so they're still hunting."
In this unique environment, the researchers were able to fit the porpoises with sound-detecting tags, and to place an array of microphones to pick up sound around their enclosure.
The team carried out a series of these experiments to work out where the sound energy the porpoises produced was being directed
In one experiment, researchers dropped fish into the water to tempt the porpoises to hunt.
As echolocating porpoises, whales and dolphins hunt, they switch from an exploratory clicking to a more intense, high frequency buzz - to elicit a continuous echo from the fish they are pursuing.
Their beam can be envisaged a cone of sound, said Dr Wisniewska, comparing it to the cone-shaped beam of light from a torch.
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•Toothed whales and dolphins, collectively known as odontocetes, use echolocation to hunt and navigate
•Echolocating clicks pass through a fatty structure at the front of their skull called the melon. It is this structure that forms a visible bulge on the animal's head and researchers say it acts as an adjustable acoustic lens, focusing the sound into a beam and altering the size of that beam
•Other non-echolocating marine mammals have different tricks for finding their way underwater. Seals, for example, have super-sensitive whiskers, which can detect the fattest fish by sensing the trail they leave behind
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"If you were trying to find your car in a car park, you could use a narrow beam over a long distance and still see a lot," she explained.
"But when you're trying to get your keys into the car, you would switch to a wider beam.
"This is similar to what we see in porpoises."
According to this study, the porpoises were able to broaden their beam by as much as 50% in the final phase of their attack. And they were able to switch between a narrow and a wide beam.
This fine-tuning ability is controlled by a fatty structure in their forehead, called the melon, which acts as a sort of "sound lens".
The harbour porpoises involved in this study came to the harbourside facility having been rescued after being caught in fishing nets. And the researchers hope this work will help develop ways of using sound to prevent porpoises from accidentally chasing fish into these nets.
"My research suggests that they really attend to their target, so we could be seeing a sort of attention blindness," said Dr Wisniewska, explaining that porpoises might be so intently focused on the one fish they are hunting that they ignore their surroundings while they pursue it into a net.
Sufficiently loud and repetitive underwater sounds - emitted from fisheries - could help alert porpoises, whales and dolphins to the presence of a fishing net, and help keep them away.
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She finished first but was deemed not to have crossed the official line marked in the ice. She was wide by 1cm.
It came two days after she was penalised in the 500m final, in which she had finished second.
"I didn't expect it," Christie said. "When my name didn't come up on the screen, I was just really confused."
Christie's main event is the 1000m, with the heats on Tuesday and the final on Friday.
The 23-year-old said she had been the victim of cyber bullying since the incident on Thursday and a decision was taken to delete her Twitter account.
An emotional Christie told BBC Sport: "I have found it hard, but it is not always about medals. I have to keep pushing through."
"I have never seen anything like what happened to Elise Christie. It is ridiculous to get a penalty for not crossing the line.
"It has never happened before, a penalty like this. If they want to ensure the skaters stay within the lines, they need a marker at the finishing line.
"It is a very harsh decision that the referee has made. To get the silver medal taken off her in the 500m, and to go out of the 1,500m as she did, will knock her confidence tremendously."
In the final straight at the Iceberg on the Olympic Park, the Scot moved inside and, with a burst of speed, passed Arianna Fontana, the Italian she had collided with in the 500m race.
The judges were reviewing the photo finish and that is when they spotted the infringement.
Christie was slightly wide of the official line and Team GB decided not to appeal against the decision having looked at the race footage.
Her coach, Nicky Gooch, who won Britain's only short track Olympic medal, in the 500m in 1994, said: "To the letter of the law it's probably right but she's clearly qualified through that race but the rules say you can't be inside the line."
Performance director Stuart Horsepool said the sport was unpredictable but the team were hoping their luck would change.
"We are talking about the smallest margin ever. There is nothing we can do. She was trying to win the race, she was lunging for the line," he said.
"She was making sure she was safe and she went what we are talking millimetres. These things happen in sport and there is no accounting for it.
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"Luck doesn't even come into it. We have to pick ourselves up and come back on Tuesday and hopefully we can have good luck instead of all this horrendous back luck."
Christie's main event is the 1000m and she is considered a strong medal contender after becoming the first British woman to win a medal at the World Championships and she was the overall World Cup winner in 2013.
"I'm looking forward to getting back out there for the 1000m but it's been a hard few days and I'm struggling to bounce back. I'm just going to try my best," she added.
Defending Olympic champion Yang Zhou, of China, won gold with Korean Suk Hee Shim taking silver and Arianna Fontana, of Italy, bronze.
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An International Cricket Council analysis of his bowling style revealed that his elbow exceeded the 15 degrees level of tolerance allowed.
Hafeez, 34, has played 40 Tests, taking 43 wickets at an average of 35.23.
He was reported after the first Test against New Zealand in Abu Dhabi last month, which Pakistan won by 248 runs.
The analysis on his bowling action was performed in Loughborough, although he can apply for a re-assessment once he has amended his technique.
Hafeez, who has played in 149 one-day internationals for his country, will be hoping to be able to bowl again in the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. That competition begins in February.
Fellow Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal is also currently suspended after he failed a biomechanic test in Brisbane in September.
Douglas Slade was arrested at the request of the UK authorities, said Elaine Tan from the Immigration Commission.
He has lived in Angeles City in the Philippines for many years.
Avon and Somerset Police said the offences were alleged to have taken place in the 1970s and 80s.
The force told the BBC it was aware of reports that a man had been arrested by immigration authorities in the Philippines.
"We can confirm this man is wanted by Avon and Somerset Police in connection with non-recent sex offences committed mainly in the Bristol area," the force said.
The force added that the investigation currently involves seven victims, who are all now adults.
Police said they were "working with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, National Crime Agency and Crown Prosecution Service following this latest development".
MB Aerospace said it had bought Vac Aero (Poland) from its Canadian parent company Vac Aero International for an undisclosed sum.
Vac Aero employs more than 100 staff at two sites in Kalisz and Rzeszow.
It produces protective and performance-enhancing coatings for aero-engine and industrial gas turbine components.
The business will remain at its current sites and will be rebranded as MB Aerospace Technologies (Poland).
MB Aerospace plans to invest across the business, with particular focus on its surface coating services.
The acquisition increases the Motherwell-based company's overall headcount to 1,550, spread across five main manufacturing hubs in the US, Poland and the UK.
MB Aerospace chief executive Craig Gallagher said the acquisition would help the company broaden its offering to the expanding aerospace market in Poland and elsewhere in Europe.
He added: "With thermal and plasma coating capabilities now available to us in the region, we can provide customers with fast, responsive lead times for aero-engine and industrial gas turbine component treatments, whilst mitigating the logistics, and cost, of shipping products long distances to have such critical work done."
In April, MB Aerospace bought Centrax Turbine Components in Newton Abbot.
The Devon components firm, which employs 430 people, specialises in rotating components in the compressor and turbine sections of aero-engines.
The officials were banned by the CFA on 18 February following a three-year push to clean up corruption, with some of the offences stretching back 20 years.
The CFA banned 33 officials for life, with 25 more receiving five-year bans.
Fifa said: "The CFA has emphasised its on-going commitment to stamping out all forms of match-fixing and corruption."
China's Xinhua news agency reported last week that the 58 officials included two former football chiefs who were jailed in June for accepting bribes.
Nan Yong, the former head of Chinese football, was sentenced to 10 and a half years for taking bribes worth more than 1.48 million yuan (£157,000), while his predecessor Xie Yalong received an identical sentence and was fined 200,000 yuan (£21,200).
Former CFA deputy head Yang Yimin and World Cup referee Lu Jun, once hailed as China's "Golden Whistle", were also among the 33 banned from football for life.
Four former Chinese national team players, Shen Si, Qi Hong, Jiang Jin and Li Ming, were jailed for up to six years in June for match-fixing.
The one-tonne, £2,000 animal was lost for 48 hours in the storm drain on peatland near Ben Aketil Wind Farm on the Isle of Skye.
The bull vanished from the place it was kept last Friday before being found on Sunday.
Firefighters and local crofters took 20 minutes to free the animal, which was hungry but unharmed.
Fifteen people were involved in the operation with firefighters from Portree, Broadford and Dunvegan involved.
Broadford firefighter Martin Benson said: "The bull had been stuck for a considerable amount of time and had lost a lot of weight.
"We cut the peat bank as best we could around the bull which was about three feet below ground level - and stuck at either side when we arrived.
"Eventually we managed to carve out some room for the bull to wriggle itself free."
He added: "The first thing the animal did was shake itself down and go for something to eat.
"In such a remote, agricultural area these rescues are sometimes necessary - and it's nice to have a happy outcome."
Crofter Ian Duncan last saw the animal on Friday morning and began to worry on Saturday afternoon.
He said: "He disappeared on the Friday while searching for cows.
"It's not uncommon for a bull to go missing in such a large area but this bull had never gone missing for such a time before.
"When we found the animal I was surprised at how far he'd travelled.
"I called the fire service right away and they did a magnificent job of digging him out."
He added: "He's been eating a lot more - but apart from that he's looking okay."
Susan Walsh was suspended from her job at Glasgow Clyde College in February.
A petition being circulated calls for a speedy decision to be made about her future and condemns what it describes as the "secrecy" surrounding the move.
Some staff at the college have praised her and claim she is being treated unfairly - others had concerns about how the college was run.
Ms Walsh's disciplinary hearing is scheduled to take place this month.
The petition calls on Education Secretary Angela Constance to "make a speedy decision and bring to light the secrecy surrounding the suspension and bring this situation to an end".
Some claim she had a robust management style but others praise her performance and dedication and deny there was a culture of bullying in the workplace.
However a staff survey suggested 24% had experienced a culture of bullying within the organisation.
One member of staff told BBC Scotland that staff and students had been given no information about what was happening and the reason for the principal's suspension had never been made public.
They said: "The board of management's disdain for its duty of care to students and staff is quite staggering."
The employee, who asked not to be named, claimed requests for information were either being blocked or ignored.
They also claimed that student leaders and others who had asked for information since the suspension had faced bullying and intimidation.
It is always difficult for employers to make public comments in situations like this because of their duty of care towards the people who are affected.
Glasgow Clyde College was established two years ago from the merger of three separate colleges in the city. It employs about 1,000 people.
It was created as part of a process which has seen colleges across Scotland merge into so-called "regional super colleges".
In Glasgow there are now three separate large colleges.
Questions have also been asked about the board, which takes responsibility for them following the resignation of its chairman - the former first minister Henry McLeish - and some other board members.
Across the whole of Scotland, college budgets have been cut and more than 1,000 jobs have gone. Principals have often faced difficult decisions as different institutions were brought together.
Colleges were told to focus their efforts on full-time courses which lead to a recognised qualification - inevitably the bulk of these students are teenagers or in their early 20s.
This meant there was a dramatic drop in the number of part-time students.
The intensity of the conflict in Sudan's western region has diminished since its early years, but most of Darfur is still extremely dangerous.
More than 1.4 million displaced people still rely on food handouts in camps throughout Darfur, and many others have fled the country.
The multi-layered conflict has also done colossal damage to Sudan's image: The US and many Western activists have accused the government of genocide.
Even before the war broke out, Darfur was in trouble.
Like many of the regions on Sudan's periphery, it was underdeveloped and politically marginalised.
Diminishing rainfall over decades had made life precarious in Darfur, leading to recurring food shortages.
There were frequent clashes between ethnic groups, often over "hakurat" or land rights.
In the late 1980s, an Arab supremacist movement emerged, allegedly backed by Libya's Muammar Gaddafi.
Identity in Darfur is both fluid and complicated, but African groups like the Fur, Zaghawa and Masalit felt the government was taking the side of the Arabs.
Religion was not an issue: Almost everyone in Darfur is Muslim.
The beginning of the war is usually given as 2003, though rebel movements had been been formed before that.
In April 2003, rebels struck the airport of Fasher, capital of North Darfur.
The surprise raid through the desert - a tactic which became characteristic of the fighting in Darfur - was astonishingly successful. The rebels destroyed seven planes, and captured the head of the air force.
Khartoum - and the world - realised something serious was under way.
The Sudanese government's response, which relied on air power and an Arab militia known as the Janjaweed, has been described by the Sudan expert Alex de Waal as "counter-insurgency on the cheap".
Fur, Zaghawa and Masalit villages were bombed and burnt, civilians were killed, and women were raped.
In 2008, the UN estimated that 300,000 people had died because of the war, though Khartoum disputes the figure.
Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has been indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed in Darfur.
The genocide charge alleged that he had overseen an attempt to wipe out part of the Fur, Zaghawa and Masalit communities.
Mr Bashir was the first sitting head of state to be the subject of an ICC arrest warrant.
He, and the other senior officials facing similar charges, have denied all the accusations.
There is no doubt that the ICC arrest warrants have profoundly altered Sudan.
The West wants nothing to do with President Bashir or his government. Diplomats will not meet him, and there is little chance of Sudan getting its crippling debt forgiven or US sanctions removed as long as he is in power.
However, the ICC charges actually increased the president's popularity in Sudan and some Arab and African countries.
They were seen as an affront to Sudan's sovereignty, and in some cases as an attack on Islam by the West.
Mr Bashir has not been arrested, and there seems little prospect of him facing trial any time soon.
The war drags on, too.
A 2006 peace agreement was signed by only one of Darfur's many armed groups, and this subsequently went back into rebellion.
In 2011, a minor rebel coalition signed the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD), and a splinter movement from another rebel group added its name recently.
The DDPD promised wealth and power-sharing, development for Darfur, and compensation for those who had suffered during the war.
So far, most of this has not happened.
Three rebel groups continue to fight the government: Two Sudan Liberation Army factions, led by Abdul Wahid al-Nur and Minni Minawi; and Gibril Ibrahim's Justice and Equality Movement (Jem).
In late 2011, the three joined up with the SPLM-North rebels, who operate in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile states, in a loose alliance known as the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF).
The UN has accused South Sudan of supporting the SRF, in particular by hosting Jem on its territory, though Juba denies the charge.
The formation of the SRF scared Khartoum, but it has not yet changed the military picture substantially.
The Darfuri rebels operate in an archipelago of no-go areas in Darfur, and sometimes further afield.
This is no longer a simple war between rebels and the state, however, and it has not been for some time.
In some years, the biggest contributor to the violent death toll in Darfur is clashes between different Arab groups.
Some smaller African groups have fought for Khartoum, despite the common image of the war as one between African rebels fighting against the government and the Darfuri Arabs.
Criminality has increased all over the region.
Ten years after it began, Darfur's messy, bloody stalemate persists.
The civil war is best understood as a conflict conducted on several levels at once:
President Bashir is convinced the US is attempting to overthrow him, while Sudan relies on Chinese and Russian support in the UN Security Council.
At different points, Chad and Libya supported the Darfuri rebels, and Khartoum helped armed rebellions in those countries too.
Khartoum is now on better terms with Ndjamena and Tripoli.
If the current thaw in relations with Juba continues, the Darfuri rebels might find life more difficult.
But Darfur's problems will not end until a remedy is found for the underlying causes of underdevelopment, political marginalisation, and dwindling resources.
The 12-time Grand Slam champion took his second match point to win 6-4 6-4 in just an hour and 22 minutes.
Djokovic is playing his first pre-Wimbledon grass-court event in seven years as he looks to improve his form going into the Championships next week.
"I could not be happier to reach the final," said the 30-year-old Serb.
In Saturday's final, Djokovic will play second seed Gael Monfils, who won 2-6 7-6 (9-7) 7-6 (7-4) against close friend Richard Gasquet in an all-French semi-final.
Seventh seed Gasquet saved two match points at 6-2 5-4 with a brilliant stretching drop-shot, before Monfils needed lengthy treatment in the next game when he injured his knee after slipping on the baseline.
Monfils recovered to take the set into a tie-break, only to miss a third match point before Gasquet, 31, forced a decider when Monfils double-faulted on the third set point.
Monfils, 30, failed to serve out for victory at 5-4, but took his fourth match point in the tie-breaker.
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"I was hoping to do well but this is the dream result. I can fight for the trophy and I hope to perform," added Djokovic.
Djokovic has dropped to fourth in the world rankings after a turbulent year in which he has won only one title and split with his coaching team.
But the top seed, who is yet to drop a set in Eastbourne, is one more win away from his first grass-court title since winning Wimbledon in 2015.
Medvedev, a 21-year-old ranked 52nd in the world, did break Djokovic's serve in the first set, but it was not enough to stop the former world number one, who did not face another break point in the second set.
Djokovic said earlier this week that 2017 had been his toughest year in tennis.
The former world number one held all four Grand Slam titles going into last year's Championships, but now holds none.
He suffered a surprise early exit to Sam Querrey at Wimbledon last year, then was beaten by Swiss third seed Stan Wawrinka in the US Open final.
Djokovic was stunned by world number 117 Denis Istomin in the Australian Open second round in January, before losing in the French Open quarter-finals earlier this month.
Three-time Wimbledon champion Djokovic will play Slovakia's Martin Klizan in the first round next week.
Amber disappeared from her home in Bosworth Street, Mansfield on Saturday, following a family holiday.
Her body was discovered by police officers on Tuesday near some houses in Westfield Lane, about a mile from where she lived.
Supt Matt McFarlane, who co-ordinated the search, said the cause of death was hanging.
Amber's death is not being treated as suspicious by police.
Supt McFarlane said her body was found by two officers searching an area off Westfield Lane.
He said in a statement the body was "out of sight" and would not have been apparent to anyone in the area nearby.
An officer at the scene had earlier told the BBC the area had previously been searched.
Supt McFarlane added: "Amber's mum and stepdad, Kelly and Danny [Peat], were touched by the amazing response of the local community, literally turning out in their hundreds to help search for Amber.
"They paid tribute to their daughter saying 'We'll always remember Amber for her love of singing and dancing'.
"She was never happier than reading to her younger sisters and being surrounded by her family.
"We'll treasure the memories of our last family holiday together with our beautiful daughter and we will miss her always."
Earlier, tributes were paid to the teenager.
Mike Smith, principal at Queen Elizabeth's Academy, said Amber was academically bright and had been a member of the school's choir.
Rianna Richards, 12, laid flowers in memory of her friend. She said she had been sent home from school because she was so upset.
"She was a nice person, she was funny," Rianna said.
Mr and Mrs Peat said the family had just returned from a holiday in Cornwall when Amber went missing following an argument about a household chore.
Following Amber's death, the charity Childline stressed it provided a private and confidential service for young people, which can be called on 0800 1111.
A panel of three judges ruled there was a lack of evidence to prove the pair staged the crash to avoid a doping test on the eve of the Athens Olympics.
The two had been found guilty of perjury in May.
A 33-month suspended sentence against coach Christos Tzekos for possessing banned substances was reduced.
Neither athlete was present for the court verdict, but Mr Kenteris's lawyer Michalis Dimitrakopoulos said his client's "feeling of emotion is beyond words", Associated Press news agency reported.
Mr Tzekos said he had spoken to Ms Thanou, who was "very, very, very happy. For sure, she's had a difficult time all these years."
The now-retired sprinters had vowed to appeal against the 31-month suspended sentences handed down to them when they were found guilty of perjury at the culmination of their long-postponed trial in May.
On Monday, a prosecutor recommended the pair be acquitted and at Tuesday's hearing, the judges said they could not determine beyond reasonable doubt whether the crash had indeed taken place.
They also acquitted seven doctors who treated the runners and two people who said they witnessed the crash, reported AP news agency.
Tzekos's conviction for possessing and trading banned substances was upheld, but his sentence reduced to 12 months.
"We demonstrated in court that there was no evidence to support that the accident was staged," said Mr Dimitrakopoulos outside the courtroom, according to AP.
"I am proud as a Greek, because the decision demonstrates that the [athletes] were totally clean."
Mr Kenteris, 37, won gold in the 200m at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. At the same Games Ms Thanou, 36, won silver in the 100m.
They were forced to withdraw from the 2004 Olympics after missing the doping test, but have always protested their innocence.
The incident cast a huge shadow across the Games for the host country, correspondents say.
As foreign nationals, EU citizens did not have a vote in the referendum exactly one year ago.
Yet the implications of the UK's decision to leave the EU left about three million people's future in question.
In Boston in Lincolnshire, the 14,000 EU nationals estimated to be living there is equivalent to a fifth of its overall population, the highest proportion in the UK.
There are areas of London too, such as Kensington and Chelsea, where a significant proportion of people hold citizenship of an EU member state.
The Prime Minister, Theresa May, said a new "UK settled status" would grant EU migrants the right to stay and access to health, education and other benefits.
Proposals were unveiled at a summit of the European Council in Brussels. They depend on EU states giving the same guarantee to Britons abroad.
However, it only applies to EU nationals who have lived in the UK for five years.
French engineer Alexandrine Kantor, told the Victoria Derbyshire programme she was living "in limbo".
"I know I'm helping my new country because I'm filling a shortage of skills. (The UK) doesn't have enough electrical engineers.
"I don't regret coming, but I'm now left in limbo. I didn't have a vote. I didn't choose and no-one warned me."
Ms Kantor lives in Oxford, where more than one in 10 of the population is an EU national.
Jose Granados Gomez, from Barcelona, has lived in the UK for five years.
The 35-year-old environmental engineer, of Littleport in Cambridgeshire, said he "never doubted" that the British government would try to make a transition as easy as possible for migrants and employers.
"Everything was pretty much speculation until this announcement so this at least makes me think that the government is pointing in the right direction," he said.
"Since (the Brexit vote) I wasn't worried because I was of the opinion that both the British government and the EU would try by all means to sign a beneficial deal for everyone involved, but I am a bit concerned that there doesn't seem to be a clear plan for the government to follow at this point so everything seems to have been improvised.
"I would just like to see negotiations being carried out as smoothly as possible and that EU migrant rights and obligations are respected the same way that they have been respected up until now."
In Breckland, which has a large Portuguese population working in agriculture and food companies, a new support service was opened by ambassador Manuel Lobo Antunes.
It is run by Carla and Joe Barreto who said many in their community would be reassured by Mrs May's statement to protect EU citizen's rights for five years as most of the families, which amounted to several thousand people of all ages, had set down roots in Norfolk.
Their children were at local academies and had ambitions to educate themselves to stay in the UK, she said.
Mrs May said her offer was "very fair and very serious" and said she wanted to reassure EU citizens that "no one will have to leave".
She said she also wanted to see certainty given to British citizens living elsewhere in the European Union.
Since the Brexit vote EU immigration to the UK has declined. The Office for National Statistics said there were 19,000 fewer EU migrants in 2016 compared with 2015. And the drop started straight after the referendum result.
However, with 250,000 EU migrants in 2016, the number has still not dropped below the level of 2014, the year that restrictions on Romania and Bulgaria were lifted.
Scientists suggest chokeberries could work in combination with conventional drugs to kill more cancer cells.
But the UK research is at an early stage, with experiments carried out only on cancer cells in laboratories.
Cancer Research UK says much more work is needed to test the effectiveness of berries, particularly in human trials.
Researchers from the University of Southampton and King's College Hospital, London, tested a berry extract on pancreatic cancer samples.
Pancreatic cancer is particularly hard to treat and has an average survival period of just six months after diagnosis.
The study found that when the berry extract was used, together with a conventional chemotherapy drug called gemcitabine, more cancer cells died than when the drug was used alone.
But the scientists say the chokeberry had no effect on normal body cells tested in this way.
They believe compounds known as polyphenols in the berries may reduce the number of harmful cells.
And the team previously carried out similar early work on brain cancer cells.
Henry Scowcroft, at the charity Cancer Research UK, said: "It's far too early to say from this small laboratory study whether chemicals extracted from chokeberries have any effect on pancreatic cancer in patients.
"And the findings certainly don't suggest that the berries themselves should be taken alongside conventional chemotherapy.
"But innovative approaches are urgently needed to improve treatment for people with pancreatic cancer - a disease for which there has been precious little progress over recent decades."
Chokeberries grow on the eastern side of North America in wetlands and swamp areas.
Bashir Lwaleed, a senior lecturer at Southampton University, who carried out the study, said: "We need to do more research to understand how the chemotherapy and berry work together.
"At the moment we cannot suggest people go out and buy supplements - we are still at the experimental level."
The study was funded by the Malaysian ministry of higher education and health charity Have a Chance Inc in the USA.
Pitch Battle - a working title - will feature all musical styles, including rock, folk, gospel and a cappella.
The show will feature "riff-offs" between singing groups - an idea made famous by the popular Pitch Perfect films.
The series will consist of six hour-long episodes, the BBC said.
Pitch Battle will feature an a capella round as well as a soloists challenge across its five heats, before a winner is crowned in the live final.
Kate Phillips, the BBC's controller of entertainment commissioning, said the new show would have "shed loads of sass and spirit".
"There are millions of people in the UK of all ages and backgrounds who sing simply for the love of it, for the joy and sense of community it creates," she added.
The show was commissioned by Phillips and Charlotte Moore, director of BBC content.
It is the second music-based Saturday night series to be commissioned by BBC One in recent months.
From January the channel will also air Let It Shine, a talent contest searching for actors and singers to play Take That in a musical about the band.
The announcement of the two new series follow the confirmation that The Voice will move to ITV in the new year.
A cappella singing has become increasingly popular since 2012, when the first Pitch Perfect film, starring Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson, became a surprise hit.
The success of the movie led to a sequel, which topped the box office both in the US and the UK.
The new-found popularity of a cappella has also led to the success of Pentatonix, a vocal harmony group from Texas.
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The 53-year-old's body was recovered last month at Wentwood Reservoir, near Newport - 20 years after she was murdered by her husband Michael.
Mrs Bowen went missing from home in Monmouthshire in August 1997 but Bowen never revealed where he hid her body.
Coroner David Bowen recorded that Mrs Bowen had been "unlawfully killed".
Mrs Bowen, who was from Llandogo in the Wye Valley, was identified as a result of dental records and DNA testing, the inquest in Newport heard.
Her badly-decomposed remains were found at the reservoir, which had not been drained for 100 years, following a call from a member of the public on 1 February.
A subsequent post-mortem examination gave the cause of death as "unascertained".
Bowen was jailed for life in 1998 after being convicted of his wife's murder at Cardiff Crown Court but has recently been released on licence.
After talks with the Crown Prosecution Service, Gwent Police said no further action would be taken against Bowen following the discovery of the body.
Mrs Bowen's remains have been released to Mrs Bowen's family so a funeral can take place.
North East Lincolnshire Council, which owns Humberston Fitties, near Cleethorpes, approved an unnamed buyer's bid for the site.
Councillor Matthew Patrick said chalet owners had "nothing to fear from a change of ownership".
The move is a blow to residents who had hoped to run the chalet park themselves with a £1.5m community bid.
The sale of the site would "remove a financial constraint", said a council report.
The council said the preferred bidder "represents the best deal" and it hoped to name the winner later.
Mr Patrick said the bidder had indicated it hoped to offer leases over 25 years, rather than the current five years, to "provide the comfort of knowing chalet owners can invest in their property".
Bob Reynolds, chair of the park's Community Interest Company, said the group would take further legal advice and consult over its next move.
"Being secretive make us doubt even further what they [the council] are doing," he said.
Sarah Palmer, a chalet owner, said: "We've been kept in the dark from day one and that's added to the fear. It's a feeling of utter powerlessness."
The Fitties' chalets were first developed after World War One and came into council control in 1938.
The council first discussed offloading the site in 2014, put it up for sale in October and agreed in principle to dispose of the site in January.
The fast food company said revenue at existing stores fell 2.5% after cold weather in the US Northeast hurt sales.
Profits were $2.3m (£1.8m) in the quarter, up 55% year-on-year.
Chief executive Randy Garutti said the firm was still expecting strong overall growth in 2017, but conceded: "We are clearly dissatisfied."
The New York company expects new stores to help fuel growth.
Shake Shack, which started as a hot dog stand in a Manhattan park and quickly grew a cult-like following, has already opened two shops in London this year.
It plans to open up to 36 new sites globally in 2017, adding to its more than 100 locations around the world.
Shake Shack was not the only US food company reporting weaker-than-expected sales on Thursday.
Dunkin Donuts said its sales at established stores in the US were flat. Net income rose 28% year-on-year to $47.5m.
The results came amid an "increasingly challenging environment for retail and restaurants," Dunkin' Brands chief executive Nigel Travis said.
Just two seats remain to be decided in the Irish election, both in Longford-Westmeath.
Fine Gael remains the largest party with 49 seats - five ahead of its main rival, Fianna Fáil.
Fine Gael's coalition partner Labour saw its vote plummet from 37 seats to just six.
In a statement on Tuesday evening, Mr Kenny said his party would formulate principles that would take account of the concerns and issues raised by the public during the election campaign.
He said they would also guide the party's participation in a future government.
"We will engage fully and inclusively with other parties, groups and independent deputies to ensure that such a government is established," he said.
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has said a new government should not be formed before reforms of the Dail (parliament) take place.
"We believe that the new Dáil should not represent more business as usual - that it should involve a decisive move towards a reformed politics," he said.
The current taoiseach, Enda Kenny, admitted over the weekend that the Fine Gael/Labour coalition government he led for the past five years had failed to secure a return to office.
He will continue to lead the Republic of Ireland in a caretaker capacity until a new coalition is agreed.
It is now likely that Mr Kenny will be one of three party leaders who could be proposed as a potential Taoiseach when the parliament (Dàil) reconvenes on 10 March.
The other candidates are Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin and Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams.
Sinn Féin is currently in third place with 23 seats while independents and smaller parties have also done well with 34 seats between them so far.
On Saturday, Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin said he was "very pleased" but that it would take time before the shape of the new government becomes clear.
Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams said the election represented a "fundamental realignment of Irish politics".
Labour Party deputy leader Alan Kelly, who narrowly retained his seat in Tipperary, said Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael should "cop themselves on now" and form a government.
"All of this pretending that there are massive issues between them is rubbish. They need to come together, work together and put a government in place for the good of the people."
More than three million people were entitled to vote in Friday's poll, which will return 157 members of parliament, known as TDs. The speaker is automatically returned.
The campaign was fought mainly over economic issues, with the government parties asking voters for their support to keep the recovery going at a time when international storm clouds were gathering.
TDs are being elected according to the single transferable vote system, in which candidates have to reach a quota, before their surplus votes are distributed to others.
Gala Bingo operates 130 bingo clubs with 1.1 million members and claims 38% of the UK retail bingo market.
The move is the latest in a series of ownership changes in the betting sector this year.
Gala Coral, Gala Bingo's parent company, is itself in the process of being bought by rival betting business Ladbrokes.
Gala said the sale of the clubs would help to pave the way for the deal, which is subject to approval by regulators.
Other tie-ups in the sector this year include Betfair and Paddy Power, and online firm 888 with rival Bwin.
Gala Coral will keep ownership of the online bingo website, galabingo.com.
Gala Coral has been owned by a number of private equity firms, including Apollo Global Management, Cerberus Capital Management, Anchorage Capital Partners and Park Square Capital, since 2010 when it was struggling with £2.5bn of debt.
Mr Obasanjo had "set the stage for subversion" after making false claims of assassination plots and "high corruption" in government, he said.
Mr Jonathan was responding for the first time to a letter Mr Obasanjo wrote to him earlier this month.
He had called on the president not to seek re-election in 2015.
The public spat between the two men shows the deep divisions that have engulfed the governing People's Democratic Party (PDP), amid fears that it could lose the election under Mr Jonathan's leadership, correspondents say.
Last week, Mr Jonathan lost his majority in the lower chamber, the House of Representatives, after 37 PDP MPs defected to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) party.
A powerful faction of state governors have also crossed over to the APC, leaving the PDP with fewer governors than the opposition.
In a rebuttal letter to Mr Obasanjo, Mr Jonathan said his government had taken effective steps to tackle the myriad problems that it inherited when it took office in 2010 - including corruption, oil theft, kidnappings, armed robberies and an Islamist-led insurgency.
"It is very regrettable that in your letter, you seem to place sole responsibility for the ongoing intrigues and tensions in the PDP at my doorstep, and going on from that position, you direct all your appeals for a resolution at me," Mr Jonathan said.
The president said Mr Obasanjo had accused him of putting more than 1,000 Nigerians on a "political watch list, and that I am training snipers and other militia to assassinate people".
Such allegations were "unconscionable and untrue" but he had asked the security agencies and National Human Rights Commission to investigate them, he said.
"Baba [father], I don't know where you got that from but you do me grave injustice in not only lending credence to such baseless rumours, but also publicising it," Mr Jonathan added.
The president said Mr Obasanjo had "surreptitiously" obtained a letter written by Central Bank governor Lamido Sanusi, alleging that nearly $50bn (£30bn) was "unaccounted for" by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
However, the allegation was "spurious" and Mr Obasanjo should apologise for impugning the integrity of the government, he added.
"In closing, let me state that you have done me grave injustice with your public letter in which you wrongfully accused me of deceit, deception, dishonesty, incompetence, clannishness, divisiveness and insincerity, amongst other ills," he said.
Mr Jonathan moved from the vice-presidency to the presidency in 2010 after his predecessor, Umaru Yar'Adua, died in office.
He won presidential elections the following year, with the backing of Mr Obasanjo.
A former military ruler, Mr Obasanjo won democratic elections in 1999 and 2003 on the platform of the PDP.
He stepped down in 2007, after failing to win support to change the constitution so that he could run for a third term.
Willie Young had accused Aberdeen Donside MSP Mark McDonald of using his family as political tools.
Mr McDonald's son has autism and he has campaigned for cinemas and theatres to put on autism-friendly productions.
Mr Young said on Twitter: "Sorry if people found my tweet offensive and apologise for any upset that might have caused."
Last week only 77.2% of patients at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) in Glasgow were dealt with within four hours.
A total of 386 patients waited for longer, with 29 of them in A&E for more than eight hours.
The government target is for 95% to be seen and either admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours.
The £842m facility, formerly known as the South Glasgow University Hospital, started taking patients in April.
Dubbed a "super-hospital", the campus replaced the Royal Hospital for Sick Kids at Yorkhill, the Southern General Hospital, the Western and Victoria infirmaries and the Mansionhouse Unit.
But within weeks there were claims of "chaos" with patients complaining of long waits to be admitted.
In June, the Scottish government announced that a team of experts would be sent in to help staff improve A&E waiting times at the site.
Performance rose markedly as a result, with the hospital hitting a rate of more than 90% since the end of July.
But in the week ending 4 October, the figure dropped sharply, making it the worst performing site in Scotland.
Hospital director Anne Harkness said: "Our emergency department and immediate assessment unit were both extremely busy last week and we apologise to those patients who had a long wait to be admitted.
"After a number of weeks where the A&E performance at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital had shown a sustained improvement, these latest A&E figures are particularly disappointing.
"Our analysis for this most recent performance has shown that the new model of care within our immediate assessment unit has been seeing significantly more patients than was projected.
"Elsewhere, patients are also spending longer in hospital than we had anticipated.
"We are fully committed to tackling these issues and are putting in place a number of immediate steps to improve the situation."
Health Secretary Shona Robison said demand for services at the new hospital had been higher than anticipated.
She said: "It is clear that improvements are needed at QEUH to further increase capacity and drive down waiting times - patients should expect nothing less.
"The opening of the QEUH involved moving three existing hospitals on to one site and was one of the biggest and most complex of its kind in Europe.
"I have spoken directly with the chairman of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and have received assurances from the health board that immediate action is being taken to create more capacity in the immediate assessment unit in order to improve the flow of patients, as well as working with staff to streamline clinical processes to support early discharge."
Dr Richard Simpson, Labour's public services spokesman, said: "This is an absolutely shocking state of affairs. For Scotland's flagship hospital to need specialist support twice in just four months is utterly incredible.
"It now seems that the handling of the transfer of patients has been completely botched.
"I asked SNP Health Minister Shona Robison back in May to consider pausing the transfer of patients to ease the burden on the new hospital and she said no.
"This is a problem made by the poor decisions of the SNP government, like squeezing health spending in Scotland harder than even the Tories in England."
The latest performance figures show that across Scotland, 94% of patients were seen within four hours, down from 95% the week before.
A total of 109 people had to wait eight hours or more to be treated while no patients waited 12 hours or more.
The attorney general has also asked North Wales Police to investigate a possible offence of contempt of court.
Earlier in January the attorney general's office confirmed it was looking into a website supporting convicted rapist Ched Evans.
It follows a letter of complaint from the victim's father in November.
The possible offence of contempt of court relates to the handling of evidence in the original criminal case against Evans in 2012.
Oldham Athletic recently pulled out of plans to sign the footballer, who was freed from prison last October.
A spokeswoman for Attorney General Jeremy Wright said he had "asked the Crown Prosecution Service to consider whether any criminal offences may have been committed in regards to identifying the victim in the Ched Evans case".
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"He has also asked North Wales Police to investigate whether some of the material served during the course of the proceedings has been dealt with properly. If not, this may constitute a contempt of court.
She added: "Given that there is now the possibility of proceedings being brought, it is very important that there is no comment in the media which might jeopardise either the investigation or any subsequent proceedings."
It is an offence in England and Wales to publish material likely to lead members of the public to identify the victim in a rape case.
Former Wales international Evans, who previously played for clubs including Manchester City and Sheffield United, was jailed in April 2012 for raping a woman in Rhyl, north Wales.
He was released from prison in October after serving half of a five-year sentence.
Evans continues to protest his innocence, and an investigation into his conviction by the Criminal Cases Review Commission is under way.
Cyclist Owain Doull and sailor Hannah Mills who both won gold at the Rio 2016 Olympics attended the Senedd event.
Champion shot putter Aled Sion Davies and javelin gold medallist Hollie Arnold, who won two of seven Welsh Paralympic medals, were also there.
Carwyn Jones paid tribute to the athletes' determination to win.
Davies told the crowd it was great to be back in Wales and see the appreciation of the fans.
"It's lovely. When I was out in Brazil you are in like a bubble, so you don't see all of this. So to get back here and to be part of such a successful summer for Wales, it's great," he said.
Arnold, who moved to Ystrad Mynach, Caerphilly county, from Grimbsy so she could train in Wales, thanked the people of Wales for their support.
"Thank you for welcoming me. This [motioning to her medal] is pretty much for everyone who's helped me, so thank you," she said.
Team GB Chef de Mission Mark England said: "It was absolutely wonderful - the athletes were superb and Wales contributed so wonderfully to the medal."
First Minister Carwyn Jones led a round of applause for the athletes and thanked them for inspiring a new generation.
He said: "You look at the people behind me and what you see is the dedication, determination, strength and of course more than anything else, a will to win.
"You have done us proud, there are so many people around Wales this evening, youngsters particularly, who will have seen what you've done and they will say 'hey, if they can do it, I can do it'.
"And we know that means in future we won't be short of champions as well."
The Australian opener hit 37 boundaries and shared an unbroken fourth-wicket stand of 145 with Neil Dexter (72).
In their victory over Yorkshire, Middlesex beat their previous highest fourth innings chase at Lord's of 366-5 against Sussex in 1926.
It was the highest winning fourth-innings score made by Middlesex at Lord's, but short of their club record 502-6 at Notts at Trent Bridge in 1925.
It was only the third time Yorkshire have conceded over 400 to lose a game.
In 2009, they were beaten by four wickets at Taunton when Somerset made 479-6, three years after Hampshire scored 404-5 to in by five wickets at Headingley.
Rogers also made some individual history with the 11th fourth innings double-century in the Championship, as he matched the 241 not out made by fellow Australian Justin Langer against Kent in 1999.
It was the 67th first-class score of over 100 in the left-hander's career, lifting his average to exactly 50.
The 36-year-old survived a big lbw appeal from Ryan Sidebottom early on the fourth morning after the home side resumed on 230-1 and later nicked Jack Brooks through the slips, but otherwise was in full control as Yorkshire's attack toiled in vain to dislodge him.
It was a tough first taste of Championship captaincy for England's Joe Root, in charge because county captain Andrew Gale had dropped himself.
Sidebottom did succeed in having Dawid Malan (35) lbw and Kane Williamson's off-spin accounted for Eoin Morgan (27), but Dexter finished the match in style, striking Williamson for two fours and a six in the space of four deliveries.
Middlesex skipper Chris Rogers told BBC London 94.9:
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"It's been a great day. Hopefully, the club can go from strength to strength from that. In a fourth innings, to play like that and win, doesn't happen every day.
"To get over the line is something to be very proud of. But the other guys deserve a lot of credit too. They came out and played very well and took the pressure off me.
"It was almost a perfect run chase. We've been criticised for our batting, so that can be an excellent step for us."
Yorkshire coach Jason Gillespie:
"It was a fantastic knock. Sometimes you have to take your hat off to the opposition.
"We gave it our best, but it just didn't quite work in the second innings with the ball.
"You can't rest on your laurels, you need to make sure your skills are right each and every over."
BBC London 94.9's Kevin Hand:
"Middlesex completed their highest run chase at Lord's, the third highest on the ground and the third highest in their history.
"Chris Rogers, unbeaten on 241, was just four runs short of equalling the highest individual score in a successful fourth innings chase.
"The innings victory must be regarded as very close to the greatest in the county's 150-year history."
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The 33-year-old, who was most recently at Newcastle, quit rugby in May but has joined Andy Robinson's side to cover Marc Jones who has a knee injury.
Jones could be out for up to three months after sustaining the knock in a pre-season match.
Hawkins, a Premiership winner with Leicester in 2013, became a special constable with the police in November.
Finance, HR and IT directors were among nine senior staff given vehicles.
One tax expert said the recipients could save thousands of pounds each year as emergency vehicles are treated differently by HM Revenue and Customs.
The forces said the vehicles were part of their wider fleet, and denied they were provided for tax reasons.
BBC News sent Freedom of Information requests to all 45 UK forces, asking them if they had provided civilian staff with cars fitted with emergency response equipment, and received responses from all.
The seven forces which said they had were Devon and Cornwall, Merseyside, Humberside, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Avon and Somerset, and Greater Manchester Police.
The main recipients were finance directors, although human resources and IT directors have also benefitted.
In addition, West Mercia and Warwickshire Police said they used to jointly pay for a car for a "director of enabling services", but no longer did so.
None of the vehicles had been used in an emergency, and the drivers of the vehicles were not qualified to use them in such circumstances.
South Yorkshire and Humberside Police were the only forces to say they provided two senior civilian staff with vehicles.
In a statement to the BBC, South Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner Alan Billings said the scheme pre-dated the appointment of police and crime commissioners.
"Even so, I am disappointed that I was not made aware of it. I have asked the chief constable to review the policy and I understand that the equipment has now been disconnected, pending removal from the vehicles."
The BBC sent Freedom of Information requests to all 45 police forces in the UK. All responded. Seven forces said they had provided cars for the following civilian personnel:
Devon and Cornwall - Head of roads policing unit
Greater Manchester Police - Assistant chief officer
Humberside (two cars) - Assistant chief officer of HR; Assistant chief officer support
Merseyside - Director of finance
West Yorkshire - Director of finance and business
Avon and Somerset - Chief financial officer
South Yorkshire (two cars) - Director of finance; Director of IT
In addition, West Mercia and Warwickshire forces said they previously provided a joint vehicle to a director of enabling Services.
Humberside Police said one of the vehicles was made available for driver training on a regular basis, while the other supplemented the force's fleet and could be used for special events or royal visits.
The forces all denied the arrangements were part of efforts to reduce their tax bills.
But a report earlier this year from the College of Policing found many police officers felt "a culture of entitlement" existed at senior levels within forces.
A focus group spoke of "staff at chief officer rank being provided with executive cars fitted with emergency equipment", such as blue lights and sirens.
This was despite the fact they would not have been trained or authorised to use the vehicle, and was "apparently motivated by the advantageous tax treatment available for emergency vehicles," officers in the focus group said.
Laura Hutchinson, a director at tax specialists Forbes Dawson, said any potential tax saving would depend on the cost of the vehicle and its CO2 emissions.
For example, a BMW 5 series saloon costing £30,000 would incur a taxable benefit charge of more than £2,200 for someone paying the 40% tax rate.
However, this fee would not apply if HMRC was satisfied that the vehicle was used for emergency purposes.
"It is clear that the vehicle does not have to be a marked car, which may make this an attractive route to providing tax-free benefits where the rules were not intended to apply," said Ms Hutchinson.
Earlier this week, officers in the West Midlands complained that their siren-less vehicles were hampering efforts to catch criminals.
In 2011, a BMW fitted with emergency response equipment - covert blue lights and a two-tone siren - was stolen from outside the home of the force's former finance director.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Leading scorer Glenn Murray is banned after his red card in that game and defender Gaetan Bong (knee) is out.
Cardiff boss Neil Warnock has no new injury worries as he targets a fourth consecutive league win.
Defender Bruno Ecuele Manga is expected back this week from the Africa Cup of Nations after Gabon were eliminated.
Victory would take Brighton to the top of the Championship table.
The match has been rearranged after the scheduled meeting on 30 December was postponed because of fog.
Brighton boss Chris Hughton told BBC Sussex:
"In my time here we haven't had a comfortable game against Cardiff.
"You know what to expect with a Neil Warnock side - a team fighting to get a result. They will be in confident form.
"But we would like to capitalise on the fact we are at home, on the back of a really good home victory on Friday."
The ruling followed the court's rejection last week of Mr Andre's claims of death threats from Neville Hendricks, producer of his TV show.
ITV cut ties with Mr Hendricks for breach of contract as a result.
But, calling Mr Andre an "extremely unsatisfactory witness", the court said ITV2 would have to pay "substantial" damages to Mr Hendricks' company.
Mr Hendricks was seeking damages for lost profits of up to £7m.
His company, Mr H TV, produced Mr Andre's The Next Chapter series and Here To Help, along with Kerry Katona's reality projects, working closely with the singers' manager Claire Powell, head of CAN Associates.
Ms Powell and Mr Hendricks' had what was described as an on-off relationship, sharing a son together, before an acrimonious split in 2011.
Ms Powell's relationship with Kerry Katona also broke down, amid false rumours she was having an affair with Mr Hendricks. He believed the rumours were being spread by Ms Powell.
Around the same time, Mr Hendricks set up a Twitter account from which he tweeted or engaged in conversations giving intimate details of Mr Andre and Ms Powell's private lives "in the most scurrilous and vitriolic terms," said the judge.
Mr Andre's solicitors wrote to Mr H TV, saying he "wanted no further dealings" with the company.
The judge said the letter was "almost certainly" responsible for ITV2 terminating its agreement with the production company.
ITV2 also wanted to terminate its contract over a proposal that Kerry Katona would appear on Celebrity Big Brother on Channel 5, claiming it breached an exclusivity clause.
Mr Justice Flaux called Mr Hendricks "an honest witness" and a respected producer of a "particular genre of television, which in a very real sense, he had devised".
He also dismissed Mr Andre's accusations that the tweets constituted a real threat, although they were "offensive and expressed in foul language".
The 12-year-old pupil at Wolfreton School in Willerby fell into a lake near Meymac in the Massif Central region on 21 July.
She died in hospital the next day.
In a police statement, the family said details of her funeral would not be made public as they "try to come to terms with their loss".
"The family wish to thank friends and the wider public for the support they have received during this difficult time, but request that their wishes for the details of Jessica's funeral arrangements not to be made public are respected.
"The family wish to grieve privately as they try to come to terms with their loss. They therefore respectfully ask that those who have not been formally invited to the funeral do not attend."
Jessica was one of 24 students and three staff on a five-day trip to the Club Correze adventure centre in France.
It is believed she became trapped under an overturned pontoon, which she and a group of children were jumping from while swimming.
Blackstone is selling Strategic Hotels & Resorts, which owns 16 properties including the Four Seasons resorts in Arizona and Wyoming, just three months after buying the company themselves.
The deal marks the biggest US property purchase by a mainland Chinese buyer.
Anbang is also part of a group seeking to gatecrash a separate hotel deal.
US hotelier Marriott International said a consortium led by Anbang had made an "unsolicited" offer for Starwood Hotels.
Marriott and Starwood agreed to merge in November in a deal that would create the world's largest hotel chain.
However, the Anbang-led consortium has offered $76 a share in a proposal worth about $14bn to outbid Marriott for the company.
Marriott said it was "still committed to the deal" ahead of shareholder votes on 28 March.
Chinese firms have been buying overseas assets despite the slowing economy.
Mainland investors have been snapping up prime US properties and other overseas assets to diversify their holdings amid concerns about weakness in China's economy.
Anbang bought New York's famous Waldorf-Astoria from Blackstone for a record $1.95bn last year.
The Beijing-based company also owns office buildings in New York and Canada and a South Korean insurance company.
It tried to buy Portuguese bank Novo Banco last year, but that fell through because of political objections over the sale of a systemically important European lender.
Last year, Chinese outbound acquisitions hit a record $108bn, according to data provider Dealogic.
However, that amount is on track to be overtaken, given that more than $84bn in deals have already been made so far this year, including the $43bn purchase of Swiss agri-firm Syngenta by ChemChina.
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The move follows last week's attack in Nice in which 84 people were killed and scores injured when a lorry was driven into crowds.
The state of emergency was brought in after terror attacks in Paris in November that left 130 people dead.
Prime Minister Manuel Valls said France must expect more deadly attacks despite precautions taken by his government.
Speaking at the debate in the National Assembly, he said France would have to learn to live with the threat.
"Even if these words are hard to say, it's my duty to do so," he said.
"There will be other attacks and there will be other innocent people killed. We must not become accustomed, we must never become accustomed, to the horror, but we must learn to live with this menace."
The extension agreed in the early hours of Wednesday would take the state of emergency until the end of January 2017. It is the fourth extension France's parliament has proposed and the move must be approved by the Senate.
The emergency measures give the police extra powers to carry out searches and to place people under house arrest.
Earlier this month, President Francois Hollande said he did not intend to extend the state of emergency beyond 26 July.
The last extension was to cover the Euro 2016 football tournament and the end of the Tour de France cycling race.
A recent commission of inquiry found that the state of emergency was only having a "limited impact" on improving security.
It questioned the deployment of between 6,000 and 7,000 soldiers to protect schools, synagogues, department stores and other sensitive sites.
Ian Taylor stopped proceedings for the Portland helicopter, which was retired on Friday after 22 years.
The helicopter has been axed in favour of a Hampshire-based regional service.
The coastguard said the diver was rescued within 40 minutes, but Mr Taylor said the wait for the rescue earlier was "disgraceful".
He interrupted a memorial service, which included the unveiling of a commemorative stone, at Portland harbour.
He apologised and was applauded by those who had gathered for the service as he left.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said the "unwell diver" - a man - was airlifted to hospital but did not give any further details of his condition.
"For a significant proportion of their time, coastguard helicopters are not on the ground at their base but are out conducting their duties around the UK," a spokeswoman added.
"When an incident occurs, the UK Coastguard tasks the most appropriate resources, be they lifeboats, coastguard rescue teams, helicopters or other local resources."
The memorial stone bears the names of all 46 former crew and staff.
The decision to retire the service comes despite a campaign and 100,000-signature petition to save it.
It is part of a new restructuring of the MCA that will see a fleet of search and rescue helicopters operate from 10 bases around the UK.
The MCA said it was 15 minutes flying time from Lee-on-Solent, where the new Leonardo AW189 helicopter is based, to Portland.
Heli Operations saved the Portland helicopter base at Osprey Quay last year and it will now be used as a refuelling facility.
It is the latest example of the largest local party being left in opposition.
Last week, a proposed coalition deal between Labour and the Conservatives in West Lothian was vetoed by the party's executive body.
Administrations have still to be formed in Edinburgh and Clackmannanshire.
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Rooney, 30, featured as a forward and in midfield under previous England manager Roy Hodgson during Euro 2016.
Allardyce said it was too soon to confirm whether Rooney, England's record scorer, would remain as captain.
"I still think Wayne Rooney has a massive place to play in the England side," said the 61-year-old.
"If Jose says he is not going to play him in centre midfield and he is playing up front and scoring goals for Manchester United then it would be pointless me bringing him into England and playing him in centre midfield."
With Rooney likely to face competition for a starting spot at Old Trafford from forwards Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Anthony Martial, Allardyce said a player's club form will be important in him being selected.
"I don't know until that happens with anybody, let alone Wayne Rooney," he added. "I hope there are standout players all over the place when the Premier League starts.
"I hope it's a hugely difficult task for me to pick my first squad because everybody is on really good form and playing exceptionally well."
Allardyce's first game in charge will be a World Cup qualifier against Slovakia on 4 September, and he hopes to have made contact with Premier League managers to "hear their thoughts" before choosing his squad.
"We've got to try and help each other if we possibly can," said Allardyce, who has more than two decades' worth of domestic coaching experience.
"It won't always be the case, the demands on Premier League managers and demand on me as England manager is bound to cause some conflict down the line because the pressures are far greater than ever before.
"So they are bound to want to protect their players and that is what I have to try and overcome with a little bit of give and take, hopefully."
Allardyce, who has managed clubs including Sunderland, West Ham, Newcastle and Bolton, believes England had the players to win Euro 2016 "had they all performed to their best".
Having signed a two-year deal with the Football Association, he said taking England further than they have progressed at recent tournaments is a "different level" of challenge.
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Allardyce added: "I think that this is a new challenge for me. It's outside of my comfort zone, which is what I like.
"The challenge of the Premier League is not as big a challenge to me as when I first got there because I've done it for so long. I've managed in there for such a long time that I know I can achieve at that level.
"I'm ready for this now. After 950 games as a manager there is something you want to change in your life sometimes and this was it for me."
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After resuming on 163-4, still only 73 runs in front, the hosts' initial job was simply to save the game.
Captain Ryan ten Doeschate's 109 helped to do that before Napier took over.
He hit 124, only his seventh first-class century, including three late sixes in one over, as Essex declared on 470-8 before hands were shaken.
David Masters was still there at the end on 47, while Tom Westley earlier weighed in with 44.
Essex's haul of 11 points from the match takes them back to the top of Division Two by one point from Kent, while Sussex, although still unbeaten in 10 games, are in sixth, now 41 points off top spot.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny said he made no apology for defending the Irish government's right to appeal.
The decision to appeal was agreed by the Irish cabinet on Friday morning.
Apple chief executive Tim Cook said he was "very confident" the ruling would be overturned on appeal.
He called the European Commission's decision "maddening" and "political".
Speaking after the cabinet meeting, Mr Kenny said: "This is about Ireland, it is about our people, it's about us as a sovereign nation, actually setting out what we consider our appropriate policies".
"A motion will come before the Dail (parliament) on Wednesday seeking an endorsement of that decision," said a government spokesman on Friday.
€13bn
demanded in back taxes. Equal to:
ALL of Ireland's healthcare budget
66% of its social welfare bill
15 million iPhones
27% of Apple's 2015 profit
The cabinet first met on Wednesday but decided to adjourn until Friday for "further time to reflect on the issues and to clarify a number of legal and technical issues".
Analysis: Shane Harrison, Dublin correspondent
This is a minority Fine Gael government that includes independents.
It is dependent on the support of the main opposition party, Fianna Fáil.
Fianna Fáil has indicated that it wants to see an appeal of the commission's ruling, if only to see who is right - Brussels, or Dublin - on whether or not the Irish government had a secret deal with Apple.
Also at stake is the credibility of the independent tax authority in the Republic, the Revenue Commissioners.
For the government to turn down 13bn euros, equivalent to the country's annual health budget, is a huge political ask.
The government's view is that it is in Ireland's long-term interest not to be seen as a tax haven, but to be seen as transparent regarding its taxation.
Apple chief executive Tim Cook said on Thursday that the European Commission's decision was "maddening" and "political".
He was "very confident" the ruling would be overturned on appeal, he added.
However, European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager rejected Mr Cook's claims.
"The is a decision based on the facts of the case, looking into Apple Sales International, how they are arranged within Ireland, and the profits recorded there," she said.
Sandra Bland died three days after a physical confrontation with a white police officer during a traffic stop.
Police say that Bland hanged herself while being held in the Waller county jail. The family have denied that she was suicidal.
In the last 12 months, the death of black Americans in police custody has caused debate and protests.
An official post-mortem examination report found that Bland had hanged herself while in her cell.
The wrongful death lawsuit was announced in Houston by the family of the 28-year-old Chicago native.
In it, they name State Trooper Brian Encinia, the Texas Department of Public Safety in Waller County, the county's sheriff's department and two jailers as defendants.
The lawsuit seeks unspecified punitive damages "for egregious acts and omissions" and alleges Mr Encinia falsified an assault allegation to take Bland into custody.
The jail is accused of being "reckless" in disregarding her safety and failing to keep her free from harm.
Dashcam video shows Bland's car being pulled over on 10 July for failing to signal during a lane change.
An argument began after Bland was asked to put out her cigarette and demanding she get out of her car.
Mr Encinia, 30, then points his stun gun at Bland, telling her "I will light you up" after she refuses his orders.
Bland was arrested for assaulting an officer. On 13 July she was found dead in her jail cell.
The Texas Department of Public Safety had previously said that Trooper Encinia had acted improperly during the stop.
Protestors from the "Black Lives Matter" movement have been holding rallies around the US to demand answers from Texas authorities.
The 29-year-old man was charged with unlawful possession of weapons and endangering the public.
Weapons, explosives and police uniforms were found in his flat in the city of Ostrava and detectives say he was using the name Breivik on the internet.
The man has five convictions, one for blowing up a wooden shack.
Neighbours told Czech media that the suspect, whose name has not been released, had mental problems but did not appear to be an extremist.
Police searched the man's apartment on 10 August but have only now disclosed details of what was found.
They raided the property after being tipped off that he was planning to detonate a large explosive device crafted from an aircraft bomb.
He was carrying a remote-controlled detonator when he was arrested last week. About 400 ammunition rounds, police uniforms and masks were also found in his flat.
At a news conference, police said they did not know the suspect's intended target, but said the explosives, weapons and ammunition were all functional.
The man had enough weapons to kill dozens of people.
The director of the regional headquarters of the Czech police, Tomas Tuhy, said they were investigating any possible connection with Breivik.
"We are working with the idea that this 29-year-old man probably sympathises with known murderer Anders Breivik from Norway," he said.
A photograph in the Czech media shows a smiling young man with a receding hairline and a neatly trimmed beard, being led away in handcuffs, the BBC's Rob Cameron reports from Prague.
On 22 July 2011, Breivik, a right-wing militant, killed eight people in a bomb attack in Oslo before gunning down another 69 in a youth camp on the island of Utoeya.
Judges are set to decide next week whether he is sane or insane, and therefore whether he will be given a long prison sentence or be sent to a secure psychiatric ward.
Broad Street, the centre of the city's nightlife, and a number of side roads were shut to traffic at 23:30 BST.
The swift response led to some speculation on social media the city was also under threat.
"We closed Broad Street purely as reassurance in response to what happened in London," a spokesman said.
Officers stopped traffic entering Broad Street, which is home to several bars, restaurants and nightclubs as well as the Symphony Hall, International Convention Centre and the city's library.
The Broad Street taxi rank was moved to nearby Sheepcote Street while the main route was cordoned off.
Rumours circulated on social media the heightened police presence was in response to a specific threat but the force was quick to dispel them.
Many praised officers for their response.
Rob Barnes, who lives in the city centre, said: "I was watching the terrible events unfolding in London on TV when I saw the police closing off Broad Street to traffic.
"The speed at which they closed off Broad Street did make me wonder if something had happened here too, but then saw tweets confirming it was just a precaution.
"I was so impressed with how quickly the police were able to do that, so grateful at how they are keeping us all safe."
Chief Constable Dave Thompson said: "We were quick to respond following Saturday's attack and purely as a reassurance move we temporarily restricted access to Birmingham's Broad Street while businesses remained as usual. The restrictions were lifted at 3am having been implemented at 11.30pm.
"Other key locations across the region also saw enhanced patrols. Again, this was simply to reassure people worried by events in the capital and not in response to any local threat."
Heightened security is taking place across the region, including at Sunday's ICC Champions Trophy cricket match between India and Pakistan at Edgbaston and in Coventry for MotoFest, which is expected to attracted 120,000 people.
In a video to sports fans, the FAA warns the stadium is a "no-drone zone".
The restrictions cover anywhere within 32 miles of the Super Bowl stadium in Santa Clara, California, between 14:00 and 23:59 PST on 7 February.
FAA regulations also advise that "deadly force" may be used if a drone is perceived as a security threat.
The Super Bowl is the climax of the football season, and a crowd of 70,000 is expected for this year's game.
"Bring your lucky jersey, bring your facepaint, bring your team spirit," the video announces, "but leave your drone at home."
No-drone zones have become commonplace in the United States at sports and entertainment events at which large crowds gather.
Furthermore, permanent restrictions are in place over sensitive buildings - such as airports and the White House.
FAA regulations state: "The United States government may use deadly force against the airborne aircraft, if it is determined that the aircraft poses an imminent security threat."
Stephen O'Brien urged the warring parties to allow the evacuation of hundreds of people who need urgent medical care.
Rebel-held front-line areas were subject to dozens of Russian air strikes overnight, observers said.
It allowed government troops to gain ground in the north of the city.
Hours later, the Syrian army offered rebel fighters safe passage if they evacuated eastern Aleppo.
"The army high command calls all armed fighters in the eastern neighbourhood of Aleppo to leave these neighbourhoods and let civilian residents live their normal lives," said a statement, carried by state news agency Sana on Sunday.
"The Russian and Syrian military leaderships will guarantee safe passage for the fighters and will give them aid as necessary."
The government made a similar offer in July, but the rebels ignored it.
Syrian government forces have been trying for months to recapture the city's eastern half, which has long been a major opposition stronghold.
"I am deeply alarmed by the ferocious pummelling of eastern Aleppo city," Mr O'Brien, UN under-secretary for humanitarian affairs, said in a statement.
"Indiscriminate bombing and shelling continues in a shocking and unrelenting manner, killing and maiming civilians, subjecting them to a level of savagery that no human should have to endure."
The healthcare system in eastern Aleppo had been "all but obliterated", he added.
On Saturday, air strikes hit Aleppo's main trauma M10 hospital for the third time in a matter of days, medical workers say.
"The hospital is now out of service completely," radiologist Mohammad Abu Rajab was quoted by Reuters as saying.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based opposition monitoring group, said dozens of Russian air strikes overnight had targeted front-line "fighting zones".
A correspondent with AFP news agency said the districts of Bustan al-Basha, Sakhur and Suleiman al-Halabi were all hit.
Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman said the strikes had helped pro-government troops to advance in the north of the city, reaching the outskirts of al-Halaq district.
"Regime forces aims to control Bustan al-Basha and Sakhur districts, to tighten the zones controlled by rebels," he said.
Ismael Abdullah, a volunteer with Syrian civil defence group the White Helmets, told the BBC: "The bombing started from the morning. There are air strikes in the al-Maja neighbourhood and rescue teams are there to get the people out from under the rubble."
Russia and the US are at loggerheads over ending the conflict in Syria, both supporting opposing sides in the five-year civil war.
A US-Russia brokered cessation of hostilities recently collapsed and the US had threatened to end co-operation with the Kremlin unless Russia halts its military campaign.
For its part, Russia accuses the US of secretly supporting the powerful jihadist group Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (formerly known as al-Nusra Front) in its attempts to unseat President Bashar al-Assad.
It has emerged that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his US counterpart John Kerry talked again on Saturday about the situation in Aleppo.
But there was still no sign of any diplomatic breakthrough that might end the bloodshed.
Once Syria's commercial and industrial hub, Aleppo has been divided roughly in two since 2012.
At least 250,000 people have been killed in the conflict, with the observatory estimating the true number to be about 430,000.
More than 4.8 million people have fled abroad, and an estimated 6.5 million others have been displaced within the country, the UN says.
Despite a slowdown in recovery, firms have taken on extra staff in recent months.
The Ulster Bank survey monitors a panel of firms to give a monthly snapshot of the local economy.
It said the rate of growth in new orders remained "very weak".
The strength of the pound against the euro "is an issue affecting demand," the bank's chief economist Richard Ramsey said.
"The exchange rate is likely to remain an issue affecting export price competitiveness for the foreseeable future," he added.
Northern Ireland's recovery continues to lag behind the rest of the UK.
Mr Ramsey said: "Businesses and individuals face challenges and uncertainty in the months ahead.
"Not least in relation to what happens with tax and public spending after the forthcoming general election."
The 30-year-old Northampton Saints hooker has missed 14 weeks this season because of head injuries.
Hartley, who returned to action this month after being knocked unconscious during the Six Nations in March, will lead England against Wales at Twickenham on Sunday.
He said: "If I got another lay-off now, I'd be worried."
The New Zealand-born front-rower continued: "I'd probably start looking at other careers or maybe a long lay-off. Maybe I'll look at my tackling technique too.
"Three in one season would warrant a bit of time off and I would probably take that anyway - take a step back and have a minute.
"It's not something I fear. It's something you deal with when it happens. I won't go into the Wales game worrying about it.
"I feel confident in my head and have tested it out a few times."
Hartley, who has 71 caps, previously admitted he had no recollection of lifting the Six Nations trophy following his blow to the head in the Grand Slam-winning victory over France.
He was eventually passed fit to play in time for Northampton's last Premiership game of the season against Gloucester on 7 May.
But Hartley, who was made England captain in January by new head coach Eddie Jones, admitted he struggled with day-to-day life while he waited to begin the return-to-play protocols.
"I couldn't run or do anything and spent a lot of time on the couch," he said. "It was lethargy, constantly wanting to sleep.
"I had no urge to get on the [indoor] bike. I almost tried forcing myself to get on and I just said 'I can't be bothered', so I went back to lie on the couch and went to sleep.
"There's no lying in your recovery. I had a constant reminder of that every time you see your kid and you think 'if I hit my head again, what's that going to mean?'.
"Then I just turned the corner one week and it was great to get that run-out against Gloucester for a bit of confidence."
He beat Spain's Roberto Carballes Baena 4-6 6-2 6-3, 24 hours after being ruled ineligible to represent his adopted nation in the annual team tournament.
"I'm still shocked, to be honest," said the Slovenia-born Bedene, 26.
Britain's Heather Watson beat American Sloane Stephens to reach round three of the women's singles.
Watson won the last 11 games to record a 6-3 6-0 win and will now play Belgium's Yanina Wickmayer.
While Bedene said he respected the International Tennis Federation ruling, he said he was angry with the way it had treated him.
"Even today, the first set, I was still thinking about it," said the British number two, who next plays Spanish 17th seed Roberto Bautista Agut.
"I've been struggling. I was sad, almost crying. It's been difficult and I really wanted it. I'll still keep fighting."
Bedene is considering taking his case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport but fears it could cost "six figures" and so prove impossible.
"I think the best thing is the lawyers check it and see if there is a chance," said the world number 57, who said he would consult with the Lawn Tennis Association.
"Not a slight chance, but a good chance to win. If not, I don't think it's fair on the LTA to do this."
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She has been recognised for her hard work promoting the right for girls to have an education.
Malala won it jointly with Indian child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi.
The prize judges described both winners as "champions of peace".
Martyn Poliakoff of Nottingham University estimates that a solid gold trophy of its size - 36cm (14 in) high - would weigh at least 70kg (154lb).
He concludes that the trophy, or at least part of it, must be hollow.
Fifa insisted that the metal part of the current trophy, which dates back to 1974, was "solid gold".
It told the BBC News website the prize weighed 6.175kg, including 4.9kg of "solid 18-carat gold" and two layers of the semi-precious stone malachite.
Nobody wins the coveted trophy outright as Fifa retains possession between tournaments, awarding a gold-plated replica to each World Cup champion.
Making his case on the university's Periodic Table of Videos website, Professor Poliakoff said a genuinely solid gold cup of this height would be "as much as the weight of quite a large adult".
"Gold is very heavy, it's one of the densest metals that there is," he said.
"According to my calculations, if it was solid all the way through, it would have somewhere between 70 and 80kg of gold in it."
The professor suggested the term "solid gold" might mean "the metal part is gold all the way through - it isn't that there is a thin layer of gold and the rest is steel, for example".
"However, I think - and I have no means of knowing - that perhaps the ball at the top, which is the world, is probably hollow... because I don't think that it would be light enough for people to wave above their heads, and also it would be a big waste of gold."
The professor added that he was "not very interested in football".
"I was a teenager when England won the World Cup in 1966," he said.
"I didn't watch the game then and I haven't watched a World Cup match since then, but perhaps I will watch something this year."
Items belonging to robbers Ronnie Biggs and Bruce Reynolds, who both died in 2013, are for sale at a Northamptonshire auction house.
They include a watch and a ring worn by Biggs in the robbery, as well as £1 and 10 shilling notes from the £2.6m haul.
An ignition key and petrol caps from getaway vehicles and a length of wire used to alter railway signals are also being sold off.
Bruce Reynolds planned the attack, at Mentmore Bridge in Buckinghamshire, on an overnight mail train travelling from Glasgow to London on 8 August 1963.
The gang of 15 wearing helmets and ski masks, made off with a then-record haul, equivalent to £40m in today's money.
Train driver Jack Mills was struck over the head during the robbery and never worked again. He died in 1970.
Reynolds evaded capture for five years and spent 10 years in jail. Biggs, who died aged 84 in December 2013, believed the British public saw him as a "loveable rogue". He was sentenced to 25 years jail but escaped and fled to Brazil.
It will be built on the Blaenau Memorial Hospital site in Blaenau Ffestiniog.
It is one of three to be built in north Wales, along with Flint, Flintshire, and Llangollen, Denbighshire.
Health Minister Mark Drakeford said it showed "our commitment to creating community-based health facilities closer to patients moving from hospital locations, where appropriate".
The centre will include:
Stalking and harassment prosecutions between April 2013 and March 2014 rose to 10,535, up 20% on the previous year.
The Crown Prosecution Service says more than 743 of these cases were brought under new legislation and may not have previously come to court.
Meanwhile, police and prosecutors have been given guidance to improve the way stalking cases are dealt with.
Two specific criminal offences of stalking were introduced in November 2012.
Up to then people accused of stalking were prosecuted under harassment laws - but only when their actions were seen to cause a fear of violence. The new offences created under the Protection of Freedoms Act meant a charge could be brought when an alleged stalker's behaviour caused serious alarm or distress.
Director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders, said: "These new offences enable us to bring people to court potentially before they risk going on to commit more serious crimes.
"The rise in prosecutions sends a message to both victims and criminals about how seriously we are taking these types of offences."
The Protocol on the Appropriate Handling of Stalking Offences, drafted and agreed by the Crown Prosecution Service and Association of Chief Police Officers, aims to see a consistent approach to the crime adopted across England and Wales.
It says victims should be consulted on bail issues and restraining orders, which are designed to stop stalkers contacting them, and always be given the opportunity to make a personal statement in court.
And prosecutors should apply, where possible, for restraining orders in the event of a conviction or acquittal.
The guidance says restraining orders on acquittal can protect victims where the likelihood of abuse may be "beyond the balance of probabilities" - a lower standard of proof than that usually required in criminal convictions of "beyond reasonable doubt".
It also says the reason for a victim withdrawing a complaint should be investigated to make sure it is not the result of pressure from others.
Rachel Griffin, director of the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, the charity behind the National Stalking Helpline, said: "We often hear from victims of stalking... who need more and better support through both the investigation and trial process.
"The next steps have to be to ensure that all officers are trained to ensure that the guidance in the protocols become a reality."
Laura Richards, chief executive of support group Paladin, welcomed the guidance but suggested a lack of investment in the training of prosecutors over how to approach stalking had resulted in victims being "continually let down and put further at risk".
She added: "This must be made a reality in prosecutors' day-to-day practice to ensure stalkers are put before the courts for stalking and that appropriate sentences and treatment results."
The new guidance also addresses online stalking.
Jennifer Perry from the Digital Trust, which was set up to help organisations address internet abuse, said "the increasing volume and the technical nature are proving to be a challenge for criminal justice agencies and traditional support charities, who are struggling to cope".
The trust also suggested the CPS follow Scotland's example of appointing a lead prosecutor to deal with stalking, as well as victims' advocates.
People in urban areas are especially at risk, with around 85% exposed to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) at levels deemed harmful by the World Health Organization (WHO).
These particles are too small to see or smell, but have a devastating impact.
PM2.5 can cause or aggravate heart disease, asthma and lung cancer.
It's pretty bad. Within the European Union (EU), more than 430,000 people died prematurely due to PM2.5 in 2013, the most recent year with figures available.
According to the EEA's Air quality in Europe - 2016 report, the toxic gas nitrogen dioxide (NO2) - released by vehicles and central heating boilers - has an impact equivalent to 71,000 premature deaths a year.
Ground-level ozone (O3) is also killing people - an estimated 17,000 annually in the EU.
Unlike the protective ozone layer in the stratosphere, ground-level ozone is harmful, formed when emissions like NO2 react with other pollutants and "cook" in heat or sunlight.
The European countries with the worst levels of PM2.5 are Bulgaria, Poland and the Czech Republic.
Nations like Poland where coal is a major source of electricity production tend to rank at the bottom of air quality measures, according to the EEA.
In 2013, Bulgaria provided four of the five worst European cities for high particulate matter. Costs to ill-health from coal power plants in the country are estimated to be up to €4.6bn ($4.8bn; £3.9bn) per year.
In the UK, air pollution overall costs the economy more than £20bn per year - just under 16% of the NHS's annual £116bn budget.
Technically, European air quality actually improved between 2000 and 2014. Levels of PM10 - another tiny pollutant particle - fell in 75% of the EEA's monitored locations.
PM2.5 concentrations also dropped on average between 2006 and 2014.
But EEA executive director Hans Bruyninckx says "unacceptable damage to human health and the environment" is still rife.
Outdoor air pollution contributes to about 40,000 early deaths a year in the UK, according to the Royal Colleges of Physicians and of Paediatrics and Child Health.
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PM particles may contain smoke, dust, soot, metals, nitrates, sulphates, water and rubber from tyres.
They can get deep into your lungs, causing irritation and inflammation, and some may make it into your bloodstream.
Heart disease and lung conditions are most commonly linked to inhaling air pollution, but your liver, spleen, central nervous system, brain, and even reproductive system can also be damaged.
PM2.5 and PM10 can increase susceptibility to viral and bacterial pathogens, triggering pneumonia in vulnerable people.
Children are most susceptible to illness from air pollution. A major study conducted over six years found that children living in highly polluted parts of cities have up to 10% less lung capacity than normal, and the damage can be permanent.
Probably not. According to WHO data released two months ago, nine out of 10 people on the planet now breathe polluted air.
Europe is less affected by indoor air pollution, which the WHO cites as a major killer in large parts of Africa and south Asia.
Around three billion people still cook and heat their homes using solid fuels like wood or animal dung on open fires, and 4.3 million a year die prematurely from illness attributable to the resulting "household air pollution" - mostly from strokes, heart disease or lung deficiencies.
Country-by-country data showed that Turkmenistan has the highest death rate connected to outdoor air pollution.
Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Egypt rounded out the top five.
"Rich countries are getting much better in improving the quality of the air," Dr Carlos Dora from the WHO told the Associated Press.
"Poorer countries are getting worse. That is the overall trend."
Europe is lagging behind North America, however, mostly because it depends more on diesel fuel and farming practices that create ammonia and methane.
China, the country with the sixth-highest death rate linked to air pollution, is relatively wealthy, but is plagued by smog in its cities and polluted air from industrial sources.
India has generated the most troubling smog headlines in recent months. Smoke from fireworks set off during Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights, sent Delhi's PM2.5 levels soaring to more than 90 times the level considered safe by the WHO.
Toxic air is a leading cause of premature death in India, where 620,000 people perish every year from pollution-related diseases.
Finland's defeat by Portugal ensured the Scots one of the six best runners-up spots in qualifying and a place in next year's finals in the Netherlands.
"We could have a very good competition," said Swede Signeul.
"We haven't even discussed it, but I feel we should get out of the group and go to the quarter-final."
Signeul feels a last-eight place "should be the least target we set", with the draw to take place on 8 November in Rotterdam.
"I know we are going to be in pot three of four," said Signeul, who has been in charge for 11 years. "We will be the third-ranked team in our group.
"We have a year now to prepare and to step up and really challenge the best teams.
"We have had problems when we play physical teams like Sweden, Norway and now Iceland and that is something that we need to be better at."
Scotland have one qualifier left to play in Group 1 - against leaders Iceland, who inflicted Scotland's only defeat of the campaign so far, on Tuesday.
Scotland's most capped player, goalkeeper Gemma Fay, believes reaching next year's tournament is "a positive football story" that should be applauded throughout the country.
"I absolutely hope it raises the profile of the women's game," she said. "I think it should.
"For years, we have had negativity around Scottish football and sometimes it's warranted, but sometimes I don't think it is.
"In the men's game, in the women's game, in the boys' game, everyone is doing good stuff and I would like us to celebrate that."
Fay says there is a simple answer to the secret of the success of Scottish women's football.
"Time," she explained. "We put something in place around 20 years ago with our development pathways and it has taken that time to come to fruition.
"It is time and patience and it's not going to happen overnight. You have to have the right attitude towards it and be willing to put the hard work in.
"Once you have done that, you have to be willing to fail. If you put yourself out there and try and to make yourselves better.
"So it's taking these lessons and not just accepting the way it was going to be."
Dreamland has 17 vintage fairground attractions from funfairs around the UK in its reincarnation as a heritage amusement park.
The site on Margate seafront has been closed for 10 years, with campaigners fighting to save it from development.
But it reopened without the Scenic Railway star attraction.
Revellers were due to be let into the site at 10.00 BST but the ribbon across the entrance to the park was not cut until 11.00 BST.
BBC South East reporter Simon Jones said: "Dreamland has missed its 10am opening time. It was always going to be tight."
The organisers apologised to the crowds of people waiting outside, saying they were doing a "bit of tidying up".
The wooden Grade II*-listed rollercoaster, badly damaged in an arson attack in 2008, was not restored in time but Dreamland hopes it will be ready in the coming months.
Chris Wells, leader of Thanet District Council, said it was disappointing the Scenic Railway was not ready yet but such delays were "unforeseeable".
"It's fantastic to see the culmination of so many years of hard work by so many people finally come to fruition. Dreamland is iconic and means so much to not only Margate and Thanet but Kent and beyond.
"Dreamland is synonymous with Margate's heyday and signals the continuation of this vibrant regeneration, already well under way with the Turner Contemporary and the revival of the old town."
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Dreamland holds happy memories for Margate residents as well as the thousands of Londoners who flocked there in its heyday.
Patricia Briscoe, now 85, met her husband, who was serving in the RAF at nearby Manston airport, in its ballroom in 1948.
"He was dancing but saw me and came and asked me to dance," she said.
"He was so lovely, and I went back to my friends and said, 'I like him'.
"We have been married 64 years, since 1951."
The funfair, with its weekly fireworks displays, added to the fun of Margate as a traditional seaside destination.
"When we were kids everybody was there - all the Londoners used to come down every weekend," said Jim Needham.
"They'd all be singing in the pubs and the kids would be on the beach.
"We used to to go into Dreamland for the whole day and get lost.
"It was a shame when it shut.
"I can't wait for it to open again - the grandchildren are buzzing."
1920 Dreamland opens with Scenic Railway rollercoaster
1939 Site requisitioned by the government and closed for the duration of World War Two
2002 Scenic Railway rollercoaster gets Grade-II listed status
2005 Site sold to Margate Town Centre Regeneration Company. Save Dreamland Campaign set up
2008 Scenic Railway badly damaged in arson attack.
2012 Thanet District Council approves compulsory purchase order. Wayne Hemingway becomes theme park designer
2013 Council takes over ownership of the site
2015 First phase of new Dreamland opens on 19 June
Dreamland's decline coincided with Margate's own.
The rot began to set in for many traditional seaside towns during the 1960s as holidaymakers were lured abroad by sunshine package holidays.
"The world moved on and we have now got to make this a site that moves with the world," said Wayne Hemingway, Dreamland's artistic director.
The restoration work, funded by contributions from the council, the government and the Heritage Lottery Fund, has been hit by setbacks including a fire in the roof of a two-storey building in May.
But Ms Kemsley insisted everything except the Scenic Railway would be ready on opening day.
Hundreds of workmen have been on site all week, and were still adding finishing touches on Thursday.
The park reopened at 11:00 BST on Friday, with acts including Chas and Dave - whose single Margate reached number 46 in 1982 - and Marina and the Diamonds playing to sold-out crowds in the evening.
"We will be ready to go - absolutely," chief executive Eddie Kemsley said before the park reopened.
"We're so excited. We're sold out and we can't wait to let people through the doors."
The analysis of 4,144 obese people in Yorkshire showed they fitted into six distinct categories, each of which may need a different weight-loss strategy.
One example is heavy-drinking young men, according to the report published in the Journal of Public Health.
Prof Susan Jebb, from the University of Oxford, said the study did not show if the traits explained people's weight.
Around 67% of men and 57% of women are either overweight or obese according to their Body Mass Index.
"It is just a measure of height and weight and I think it generalises everyone into this one group and that's not the case really," said lead researcher Dr Mark Green at the University of Sheffield.
The team there used the Yorkshire Health Study to analyse the health and behavioural characteristics of obese people.
They said obese people, broadly, came into one of six groups:
Dr Green told the BBC News website: "I think we need to go from a one-size-fits-all approach to acknowledging there are different groups.
"We need people to think about how to tailor messages to target these different groups, the role of alcohol on body weight needs to be aimed at young males but may not be appropriate for younger females."
Prof Susan Jebb, from the University of Oxford, said: "I am the first person to say that there is huge inter-individual variation among people who are obese.
"The big limitation is that it is a cross-sectional analysis - it does not tell us if these characteristics explain why people have become overweight and it does not tell us that a particular kind of intervention would work better to treat their obesity."
Dwayne Johnson, 29, stabbed Junior Fuller, 38, in Mill View Close, Sneinton, Nottingham, on 11 December.
Mr Fuller hosted a party for Martin Maughan, 27, who had been stabbed at a property in nearby West Walk.
Johnson, of The Meadows, Nottingham, was sentenced to a minimum of 21 years in prison at Leicester Crown Court.
He was found guilty of murder on Monday.
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At a separate trial at Nottingham Crown Court, Ben Richardson, 19, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Mr Maughan.
The two stabbings were not directly linked, police said at the time of the killings.
Sentencing Johnson, Judge Stuart Rafferty said Mr Fuller had told everyone to leave his house, and hit Johnson - who admitted drinking heavily and having taken skunk cannabis - when the defendant objected.
"Whilst he may have struck the first blow, it was you that provoked him to do so," he said.
The fight then went into the garden, the court heard, where Mr Fuller was stabbed three times, including once through the heart.
Judge Rafferty said Johnson's response was "wholly wrong and utterly disproportionate" and described the defendant's account to the jury during the trial as "wholly untruthful".
Det Insp Justine Wilson, from Nottinghamshire Police, described the incident as a "senseless and vicious attack".
Mr Fuller's mother Anne said the family "take some comfort" from the sentence, but said "no length of sentence will ever repair our loss".
"Not only did we lose our son and brother, three young children have lost their father," she said.
"We are pleased that the jury saw through Johnson's lies and reached its guilty verdict."
Richardson of Main Road, Gedling, pleaded guilty to manslaughter at the start of his trial.
He was remanded in custody and will be sentenced on 17 October.
North west Wales senior coroner Dewi Pritchard-Jones confirmed the death of Avril Whitfield, 57, from Caernarfon, Gwynedd, who went missing in April.
Her remains were discovered by a man walking on the beach at Llanddwyn, Anglesey, in September.
"There was nothing to indicate that the foot had been forcibly removed from the leg," the coroner added.
A toothbrush, hairbrush and other materials were taken from Ms Whitfield's home and DNA tests found a "perfect match" with the bones.
Mr Pritchard-Jones said: "The samples in the boot definitely belong to the person who owned the toothbrush and hairbrush.
"It's now a matter for police to carry out their inquiries to try to find out what happened to Miss Whitfield, how she came to be in the sea."
The inquest was adjourned to a later date.
It says some of its existing maps may underestimate the risks to coastal communities.
It is updating its National Flood Risk Assessment which informs members of the public and local authorities about the likelihood of flooding.
The Environment Agency grades coastal areas at risk of flooding from very low to high.
Environment Agency flood risks:
High: Greater than one in 30 chance in any given year
Medium: One in 30 to one in 200 chance in any given year
Low: One in 200 to one in 1000 chance in any given year
Very low: Less than one in 1,000 chance in any given year
Last winter massive storms hit the South West coast with waves up to 15m (50ft) high, destroying part of the main railway line out of the region at Dawlish.
Marcus Salmon, planning liaison technical specialist with the agency, said: "The storms have definitely reflected areas where our maps are not as representative as they can be.
"That is something that we are working to address as quickly as possible.
"Last winter's storms showed the susceptibility of our coastal communities and infrastructure to flooding and erosion.
"The challenges presented by flooding and coastal erosion are expected to become more acute as a result of climate change, due to a combination of sea level rise, increased storminess and increased wave heights.
"So as to better understand the risks we are updating the National Flood Risk Assessment to take account of wave, wind and storm surge which are underrepresented in our current mapping."
The company said 105 non-essential personnel were being moved off the platform as a precaution.
Power was lost at 05:45. The Clair, which had 144 workers on board, was not producing at the time.
The winner of the award will be announced during this year's BBC Sports Personality of the Year, which will come live from the Genting Arena, Birmingham, on Sunday, 18 December.
Nominations will form a shortlist, with a panel including well-known sports stars deciding the winner.
Gymnast Ellie Downie took the award in 2015 after she became the first British female to win an individual all-around medal for Great Britain at the European Championships, claiming bronze at the age of 15.
Other past winners include diver Tom Daley, tennis player Andy Murray, footballer Wayne Rooney and Paralympic swimmer Ellie Simmonds.
You can nominate by downloading and filling in this form and emailing it to [email protected] or posting it to YOUNG SPOTY 2016, 3rd Floor, Quay House, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, M50 2QH.
Nominees must have been 17 or under on the 1 January 2016 and nominations close on Friday, 11 November 2016. Nominations are made to the BBC and by sports governing bodies via the Youth Sport Trust.
This year, BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year has once again joined forces with Blue Peter to offer one young viewer the chance to join the panel to decide this year's shortlist.
The lucky viewer will be selected from those who have applied for a Blue Peter Sport Badge.
Youth Sport Trust's assistant director of development Will Roberts said: "Every year we are overwhelmed at the achievements of our hugely talented young sportsmen and women.
"This year we have witnessed some outstanding sporting performances, so trying to shortlist them to 10 and choosing the ultimate winner will be no easy feat.
"I hope our nominees will inspire other young people to get involved in sport and create even more stars of the future."
For more details of the nomination process, and for further information on how to join the judging panel, please see the terms and conditions.
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United were denied victory over Arsenal at Old Trafford as substitute Olivier Giroud headed an 89th-minute equaliser after Juan Mata's opener.
They have now won just one of their past six Premier League games.
Mourinho said: "I have nothing to say against my players, but I feel sorry for them because we feel like a defeat and Arsenal is feeling like a victory."
He added: "If we just focus on [draws against] Burnley, Stoke and Arsenal - nine points easily. If we had those six points more we are top four and close to the top of the league."
"We all know inside that in this moment we are the unlucky team in the Premier League."
United remain sixth in the league table, five points behind fourth-placed Arsenal who are two points behind leaders Liverpool.
The draw means Mourinho remains unbeaten against Arsene Wenger in 12 meetings in the Premier League.
However, he has now faced Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal in the league this season and not recorded a win.
When leaving his post-match news conference, Mourinho added: "Finally I lost against Arsenal. That is the feeling I take home. Finally I lost against Arsenal."
Giroud's late goal, the visitors' first effort on target, saw Arsenal extend their unbeaten run to 17 games in all competitions, following an opening-day Premier League defeat by leaders Liverpool.
"I felt overall we had a serious defensive performance, offensively we have played better," said Gunners manager Wenger.
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"We had not our usual style to go forward. We were not sharp or fluent enough. Manchester United blocked us well as well, they were very organised.
"In the second half we came out in the first 20 minutes and we didn't play. Deservedly Manchester United led 1-0, but they dropped off and gave us the ball again. We were resilient and in the end I think we scored a great goal."
De Villota lost her right eye at Duxford Airfield while testing for Marussia and died a year later aged 33.
On Tuesday the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said it would take no action against Marussia for the crash.
But the family said they would analyse the report "to evaluate the next legal steps to claim the corresponding civil compensation from those responsible".
Manor Grand Prix Racing, which operated Marussia and now runs the Manor team, has declined to comment on the HSE's decision or the possible legal claims.
De Villota, the daughter of 1980s F1 driver Emilio de Villota, was injured when the MR-01 race car she was driving hit a support truck on 3 July 2012.
She had been driving at up to 200mph (322km/h), but was travelling considerably slower at the time of the crash.
It was the first time the Spaniard had driven the car for Oxfordshire-based Marussia, which folded in 2014.
Despite losing her eye, she was cleared to drive again in early 2013, but died the following October "as a consequence of the neurological injuries she suffered".
One Tuesday the HSE said its investigation was complete and "no enforcement action is being taken".
Ms De Villota's family said they had been aware of the HSE's decision, adding: "To date, we are still waiting to see the contents of the report, and therefore the findings of the investigation, which are crucial to learn from.
"As soon as we have seen the report we will analyse this in order to evaluate the next legal steps to claim the corresponding civil compensation from those responsible, in order - as Maria herself always wanted - to ensure that accidents of this type never happen again."
Hywel Dda University Health Board wants to reduce the hours of the paediatric ambulatory care unit (PACU) at Withybush Hospital by four hours a day.
It is making a recommendation in response to there being "fewer consultant paediatricians available."
The plans will be discussed at a full health board meeting on 24 November.
The PACU cares for children who experience sudden pain, high temperatures, sickness, infections, or requirements for dressings, blood tests, x-rays or scans.
If the recommendation is accepted, it would mean the PACU would be open daily from 10:00 to 1800 GMT instead of 10:00 to 22:00.
Sick children who require assessment after the new closing time would be referred or transferred by ambulance to Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen.
The health board said the move to reduce hours in the short term was the result of "longstanding difficulties in recruiting paediatric consultants across the UK".
This coincided with the retirement of a Pembrokeshire paediatric consultant and the maternity leave of another.
The health board said to do nothing would be a "risk."
There is also a recommendation to merge the on-call rota with the one operating in Carmarthenshire.
This means that if there was a paediatric out-of-hours emergency at Withybush Hospital, the on-call paediatric consultants would offer remote advice.
The health board's chief executive Steve Moore said: "It is our duty to be realistic about the availability of our consultants and to plan care around this so that it is safe, consistent and to avoid public confusion.
"Otherwise, we risk the event of having insufficient staff and having to close the unit in an unplanned and uncoordinated way, risking patient safety and public confidence."
He added that the health board's recruitment efforts are continuing.
Nearly 10,500 - mostly sea trout and salmon - passed over the fish counter at Riding Mill in Northumberland in July.
This is 1,200 more than the previous record in 2010, the agency said.
Environmental monitoring officer Morton Heddell-Cowie said: "This is good news as it indicates healthy stocks and a healthy river."
The total number of fish returning to the Tyne in 2015 is 14,466, which is 800 more than the highest number previously recorded at the same time of year, the agency said.
But it needs to raise £3m to fund the helipad, which would sit on top of a new multi-storey car park at the Queen's Medical Centre.
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust said it had already received £5.5m from the government for the new Medipark research facility.
The car park will be built using £1.5m of the trust's own money.
Once grant money is secured, planning applications for the car park and Medipark will be lodged with Nottingham City Council.
The helipad, which will support the East Midlands Trauma Centre on the hospital site, will reduce the transfer time from air ambulances to between two and three minutes, the trust said.
Currently helicopters have to land at the university, 20 minutes away.
After the helipad is built patients would be moved from the new helipad, along the hospital's private road network and into the emergency department.
Adam Brooks, clinical lead for the trauma centre, said that in the two years since it opened, it had saved 103 lives.
"We have got no evidence to say we have been losing people at all but we are very keen to move people into hospital even faster," he said.
Medipark - planned to be part of the Nottingham Enterprise Zone - could create hundreds of jobs over 10 years, the trust said.
It successfully bid for £5.5m from the government and is now waiting for confirmation of a £2.5m grant from the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership.
Daniel Mortimer, the trust's director of workforce and strategy, said: "We think there are real benefits of attracting that research here to be co-located with the hospital."
The trust is selling off its existing Hooley Street car park to a developer. Mr Mortimer said the new 650-space multi-storey would increase the hospital's current parking capacity by 100, making "the world of difference" to patients.
The QMC will become the first hospital in the country with a tram stop when Nottingham's tram network extension is completed. There would be a new hospital entrance to allow access from the tram stop at the south of the site.
The developments - the hospital's biggest since it was built in 1977 - are planned to take place over the next 18 months.
The 26-year-old, a professional since 2011, started on the 10th with a triple-bogey seven and closed with a quadruple-bogey eight on the ninth.
He managed to birdie the seventh hole, but is 26 shots adrift of round one leader Lincoln Tighe of Australia.
Tighe, the world number 1022, upstaged the field with a five-under 66.
In windy conditions, Spieth's 71, was three shots better than the round average as only 18 players finished below par.
"It was difficult because we played a lot of holes in side-winds, so it was just a guessing game really," he said.
"It's been a while since I've played in wind like this and with the toughest part in deciding what shot to hit. You can use the same club and end up with a 30-yard difference based on if you hold the ball up or ride the wind."
Spieth is tied 19th alongside Australia's former Masters champion Adam Scott who had two double bogeys in his level-par round, while England's Lee Westwood is 11th on one under.
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About 2,000 people attended the National Police Memorial Day ceremony, led by Prince Charles.
The family of Constable Fiona Bone, who was killed by Dale Cregan in 2011, attended the service.
The Prince of Wales said the "security challenges of today" emphasised the importance of the police.
Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe and home secretary Amber Rudd were also in attendance.
Police officers who were specially remembered during the service included PC Dave Phillips, who died in October 2015.
The father-of-two was killed when trying to stop a stolen pick-up truck in Wallasey, Merseyside, while crouched on the kerb with a tyre-puncturing stinger.
The truck, driven by Clayton Williams, swerved straight for the police officer and killed him on impact.
The then 19-year-old drug addict was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 20 years in a young offenders institute, as well as being banned from driving for life.
Mr Phillip's eight-year-old daughter Abigail took part in the service by lighting a candle to remember the 34-year-old officer.
Members of the force in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland also lit candles during the ceremony.
Prince Charles, who is a patron of the National Police Memorial Day charity, wrote in the order of service: "For many of us, the security challenges of today further underscore the importance of the Police and their ongoing commitment to protecting us all, despite the inevitable risks that they face on a daily basis."
Founder of the charity Joe Holness said: "National Police Memorial Day unites the country in national recognition of officers who have given us their all. It is a significant day of remembrance to ensure our fallen officers must not, and will not, be forgotten."
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Otonamaki, which directly translates to "adult wrapping", is a Japanese therapeutic method meant to alleviate posture problems and stiffness and it is gaining traction around the country.
The idea for Otonamaki comes from the practice of Ohinamaki, which sees babies wrapped up in cloth in a similar fashion. This is meant to help with their physical development.
Each session lasts around 20 minutes.
"The reason why Otonamaki was invented was because some people were worried about babies struggling or feeling claustrophobic while being wrapped up," says Orie Matsuo of Kyoko Proportion, one of several companies that offer Otonamaki to its customers.
"We thought if adults were rolled up like them, they could experience how good it feels."
And if customer feedback is anything to go by, Otonamaki is certainly proving successful.
"It looks cramped but it doesn't feel tight at all," said a 40-year-old customer of Kyoko Proportion. "It's the opposite of that. Afterwards I felt an improvement in my shoulders and back."
"It felt so good I almost fell asleep. My neck and lower back were relaxed, " said another customer. "I want my husband to learn [how to do] it."
But not everyone is convinced.
"This looks so creepy," said one user on Twitter. Another compared it to something out of a horror film.
Otonamaki was first invented by famous Japanese midwife Nobuko Watanabe, who also invented a popular maternity belt used commonly in Japan.
The massage is offered mainly to women, some of whom come to see it as an alternative to massage or physical therapy.
Ms Matsuo says Otonamaki allows users to make their hip, leg and shoulder muscles more flexible.
"By pushing your shoulders and legs together, your body gets straightened and removes the pain of your back, lower back and hip joint," she tells the BBC. "Some of our clients come to treat their pelvis after childbirth, or others to fix bow legs."
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The company first introduced the practice in 2015, and so far, some 70 people have experienced Otonamaki with them.
But it might take a while for the practice to catch on, it's certainly not mainstream yet.
"I've never heard of Otonamaki or tried it myself", said Director of the Fukumoto Japanese Holistic Clinic, Shimpei Fukumoto. "I understand what they are trying to do but it's not traditional physiotherapy."
As an anti-stress technique many of those who have experienced it, testify to its effectiveness. However, it still feels some way from being part of established physical therapy procedure.
"I totally disagree with the treatment method," said Mr Visvanathan Ravi, Senior Physiotherapist at Hallmark Physiotherapy. "They way they were wrapped up may lead to muscle strains if not in the short term, but the long term.
"If a person stays in the position for 30 minutes, I'm sure there will be spine problems. It's not advisable to do this treatment."
Reporting by Mariko Oi and Yvette Tan.
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) said it was "struggling to fill rotas" over the next few weeks.
Grantham and District Hospital's A&E unit has been closed overnight since last August because of the shortage.
The trust said it was "working hard to maintain a safe service" and urged people to visit A&E for only "serious or life threatening" conditions.
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Dr Suneil Kapadia, medical director at ULHT, said: "We are putting in steps to change our medical model. This means doctors from other specialities will be asked to support A&E senior decision makers to diagnose and treat medical and surgical patients who come through the doors."
In a statement, the trust said its "supply of doctors is drying up".
"We are overly reliant on short and long term agency doctors to fill staff rotas and due to a recent change in national tax rules (known as IR35), the availability of agency doctors has drastically reduced."
Boston Pilgrim A&E unit was also affected, but to "a lesser extent", the trust said.
Dr Kapadia warned people to "stay away unless they need emergency health treatment".
ULHT employs about 17 doctors across its three sites in Lincoln, Boston and Grantham, and needs a minimum of 21 to keep all of them open for 24 hours.
The trust took the controversial decision to close the Grantham unit at night to enable it to maintain safe staffing levels at its two other A&E departments, both of which take a higher number of patients.
It said it had extended the A&E's opening times by an hour, but campaigners branded this move as "ridiculous".
Official figures showed that on 1 December, 2015, 4.03 million people were registered, down 100,000 on 2 March, 2015.
It is thought the drop is down to a move towards individual electoral registration (IER) rather than household-based form completion.
The deadline for registering to vote in May's Holyrood election is 18 April.
Andy O'Neill, head of the Electoral Commission in Scotland, said: "The registers published on 1 December, 2015 are a snapshot of the electorate at that time and they indicate there has been a reduction in the number of entries since the last registers were published under the household system.
"However, a lot more has and will continue to be done to ensure as many people as possible know that they need to register to vote before the deadline, and how they go about doing so."
He added that it was "quick and easy" to register online at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.
Not just for a few recuperative months now and then - but for years and years, into their mid-30s.
There are some remarkable figures from the United States showing how much this has become the rule rather than the exception. This really is generation failure-to-launch.
For the first time, in US records going back to the 1880s, people aged between 18 to 34 are more likely to be living with their parents than being married or co-habiting with a partner.
It's a trend that is particularly affecting men, who now seem the most reluctant to close the door on their teenage bedroom.
Since 1880 - and until these latest figures for 2014 - the most common pattern has always been for young adults to set up their own household with someone else.
Now these home-makers have been narrowly overtaken by those staying at home, with an analysis by the Pew Research Group showing more than 32% are sticking with their parents.
We've gone from the boomers to the boomerangers.
There are also rising numbers living in various types of shared accommodation and more than ever are living alone.
The most striking generational shift is the huge decline in the numbers of young people moving out to get married or live with a partner.
In 1960, 62% of these young adults had set up their own household with a partner by the age of 34. In 2014, that had fallen to less than 32%.
The stay-at-home trend is also happening in the UK, with insurance firm Aviva forecasting that the numbers of adult children living with their parents, up to the age of 34, will increase by a third to 3.8 million in the next decade.
So what is causing this great shift in behaviour?
The US researchers identify two big factors: love and money.
People are getting married and settling down later in life, having children at a later age, buying their first home later - and all this delays the point of departure from the family home.
There are also more young people who remain living alone. In 1960, only 5% of young adults were in a single-person household and this has risen almost threefold to 14% by 2014.
The Pew researchers also say there are more single people - and young adults not in relationships are less likely to move out.
But there is no escaping the financial pressures.
Living independently means having enough money to rent or buy. And this generation has faced a toxic combination of high house prices, high rent, insecure jobs and stagnant wages.
In real terms, when inflation is taken into account, the typical earnings of a young man fell by 34% between 2000 and 2014.
There are parallels with wage stagnation in the UK, where official figures for graduate earnings showed that typical salaries of £24,000 for young graduates in 2008 had not risen at all by 2015.
But graduates are relatively well off and the US figures show that the biggest stay-at-homes are those with the least spending power.
The most likely to have moved out and set up their own homes are white, female and with university degrees.
Black and Hispanic males without a college education are the most likely to be living with their parents, even as they head towards their own middle age.
It reflects a lack of social mobility in its most literal sense, with some of these young people never getting further than their own doorstep.
The decline in independent living has its own economic consequences, with less consumer spending on all kinds of house-buying, furniture and services that would be bought by starter-home couples.
There are also suggestions that this is putting financial pressure on middle-aged people - who instead of downsizing are still supporting children, who are getting their own first grey hairs.
But it's really another example of tough times for the younger generation.
And it also shows the gap between the glitzy world of sky-high property prices and the frustrating reality of young people without any real prospect of ever getting their own front door key.
These youngsters are locked out of what would once have been an expectation of getting their own home.
There could also be a more positive interpretation of all this.
Maybe the generation gap is closing and adult children are more comfortable living with their parents.
Perhaps the older generation - convinced that 50 is the new 30 - privately don't mind this never-ending extension of their parenthood.
There might be a greater emotional closeness - and it's not just a relationship built on rent-free living and access to Netflix and the fridge.
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He has told senior Trump administration staff about the company's technology.
Until March Mr Luckey worked at Facebook, which paid $2bn (£1.55bn) for Oculus, the VR firm he founded.
He told the New York Times there was a need for a "new kind" of defence company using "superior technology" to protect troops and citizens.
The paper quoted insiders who said it planned to use sensors similar to those found on autonomous vehicles to monitor activity around fences and walls.
Smart software would be able to tell the difference between things that can be ignored, such as birds and other animals, and those, like drones, that demand attention.
Details about the new firm, including its name, are scant.
Former staff from Oculus who have also left the company are believed to have been recruited for the new start-up.
Tech news site The Verge speculated that the firm could either be linked to Mr Luckey's support for Texas senator Ted Cruz, who has regularly called for improvements to border controls, or could be a smart business move.
In April, Mr Luckey hosted a fundraising event for Mr Cruz to help the politician's efforts to be re-elected in 2018.
Mr Luckey is also known to have funded a pro-Trump online advocacy group and gave cash to help pay for President Trump's inauguration ceremony.
Stephen Ackerman then used the bank card details to spend thousands of pounds, a jury heard.
A group of 13 people, including the club's former manager Sam Allardyce and England striker Andy Carroll, allegedly paid out £7,310 in total.
Mr Ackerman pleaded not guilty to fraud at Snaresbrook Crown Court.
The plea, entered in March, related to 13 counts of fraud and on Monday he denied six further counts of fraud, totalling around £54,730.
Mr Ackerman, from Essex, is charged with possessing a chip and pin processing device "for use in the course of or in connection with a fraud".
The 48-year-old visited West Ham's training ground on 12 December 2014 "with all the trappings of a successful businessman", driving a black Range Rover and sporting a silver watch, the prosecuting lawyer said.
As he opened the trial, prosecutor Richard Milne said under the pseudonym "Mark Kingston", Mr Ackerman allegedly set up a stall with the hampers containing Belgian chocolates, Yorkshire crisps and champagne, heavily discounted at £60.
He then used the details of five people who paid for the hampers and cases of champagne by card to further defraud them, taking more than £50,000, the court heard.
Mr Milne said Mr Ackerman came up with a "ruse" and wanted the players' card details.
He added: "They were taken in by the trappings of success and were exploited and defrauded by putting in orders both by cash and by card.
"These players, management, employees paid up and they never got their goods, their champagne and their hampers."
Former West Ham players and Mr Allardyce are expected to give evidence on Tuesday, when the trial continues.
The conference hall is awash with merchandise bearing the words "No to EU", "Nigel says no" and other variations on the theme of leaving the EU and freeing the UK to spread its wings.
The knowledge that a referendum on the UK's future in Europe is beckoning - none too subtly reinforced by Nigel Farage's use of Europe's Final Countdown as the musical backdrop to his grand conference entrance - should be the stuff of dreams for the party's activists.
But Mr Farage has caused ripples with his sobering message that his priority is winning the vote and that UKIP's own electoral fortunes must play second fiddle during that time.
This message to put "country before party" comes at a time when UKIP is still numb from the disappointment of only winning one seat at the election and the infighting that followed it.
But UKIP members seem happy, in public at least, to accept this, displaying a sense of confidence that the party is strong enough to cope with whatever the public's verdict is on the EU question.
"It is about the result," says Charlie Amos, from Sussex. "It is not about the party, the party was founded for this reason - it will be stupid to give up on it now.
"We don't want to advance the party through this, that is probably going to be a by-product."
"I don't think any result will damage UKIP, we are the third most popular party in the UK," says Philip Broughton who represented the party in Hartlepool back in May and only lost by 1,000 votes.
"We have to concentrate on the referendum but after that we have to build for the next election because there are a number of seats we can win."
Still the outsiders of British politics despite having won nearly four million votes at the election, UKIP activists show relish for being underdogs in a referendum battle where they are likely to be faced by massed ranks of big business, the government, the official opposition and the trade unions.
"It is going to be very close but I think it is doable," Philip Broughton believes.
"It will be hard, everyone knows that it will not be easy but we will throw the kitchen sink at it - we have got to get out and make the case on the economics, sovereignty and controlling our borders. We are starting to win a lot of those arguments."
The message that the UKIP hierarchy is trying to spread here is one of unity, in an attempt to bring the disparate factions in the "Out" camp together and to end previous squabbling.
Well they may love him - and one lady here has gone as far as to get a tattoo of him on both arms - but even UKIP members recognise that Nigel Farage cannot win the vote single-handed.
"It is not a UKIP thing, it is not a Nigel Farage thing. It is all of the people who believe in Euroscepticism will join forces," says Philip Broughton.
"Once the referendum date is called and starts to focus people minds of the campaign you will find like-minded people, from all parties and none, coming together."
Andrew Garcarz, who voted 'no' in 1975 when the British people last had a say on Europe, says it will be people like him and the 250,000 others who belong to Eurosceptic groups who will have to "bust myths" coming from the other side such as the oft-quoted reference to the jobs which depend on Europe.
"We have 18 months of hard foot slogging to get out our message," says the Sutton Coldfield activist. "We may not have resources but we have the people and the determination.
"The only fly in the ointment is the fear factor. That happened in the last election with fear of SNP and Labour working for the Conservatives. If that tactic is used again to scare people about three million jobs and loss to economy, if we can past that, I am sure we will be fine."
If Nigel Farage takes more of a back seat during the campaign, and he has insisted that he will not lead the "Out" campaign, who will fill that gap?
One name that keeps coming up in UKIP circles is the entrepreneur James Dyson, although there is no sign of him in South Yorkshire and little sign at the moment that he is willing to be drafted.
But Charlie Amos is adamant that the Out campaign has to have the support of business as well as elements of the trade union movement if it is to prevail.
"I reckon we can persuade a lot of businesses to be on the Out side if we could get some celebrities," he says. "If we could put up people like that (Dyson). Having a brand name backing you, people would go 'if they back it why shouldn't I?"
It is not clear if the celebrity he had in mind is former apprentice star Katie Hopkins, whose appearance at Doncaster has been one of the talking points in the media.
She is nominally at the conference as a guest of the Electoral Reform Society to talk about the iniquities of the electoral system but despite voting Conservative in May, she seemed to be very much in tune with UKIP on the issues of Europe and immigration.
"Would I vote right now to leave the EU? Yes absolutely I would. We are about to be deluged by a wave of immigration and I don't think it is something our country can cope with anymore.
"The things that matter are British people and putting British people first. I don't think being told what to do by Angela Merkel is the right thing for our country."
The experience of the Scottish referendum suggests the issue of Europe will not disappear from British politics whatever the result, even if there is a clear-cut victory for one side.
But a decisive result could have major implications for a party that was founded with the sole objective, deputy leader Paul Nuttall has acknowledged, of "extricating" the UK from the EU.
If it suffered a landslide defeat, some believe UKIP will need to rethink its entire strategy and refocus its message on issues other than Europe and immigration.
A former rector of the Andres Bello Catholic University in Caracas, Mr Ugalde does not mince his words.
He compares Venezuela to an ailing patient who is on the brink of being killed off by well-meaning but incompetent doctors.
Venezuela's problems are not new, he says. At their heart is the mistaken belief that it is a rich country.
He argues that while it may have the world's largest proven oil reserves, Venezuela should be considered overwhelmingly poor because it hardly produces anything except oil.
A lack of investment in anything but the booming oil industry in the 20th Century meant that its human talent was never really fostered and its economy never diversified, resulting in an absolute reliance on imports.
Venezuela's late leader, Hugo Chávez, further compounded the illusion of Venezuela's wealth to the detriment of the country, Mr Ugalde argues.
"He told the Venezuelan people that there were three things standing between them and prosperity: the US empire, the rich and the entrenched political elite, and that he would deal with all three so that the people could enjoy Venezuela's wealth."
Investing Venezuela's oil revenue in generous social programmes, building homes and health care centres, expanding educational opportunities and providing the poorest with benefits they did not previously have, gave the government of President Chavez a wide support base.
But with falling global oil prices, government coffers soon emptied and investment in social programmes dwindled.
The death from cancer of President Chávez in 2013 further hit the governing socialist PSUV party hard.
His successor in office, Nicolas Maduro, lacked not only the charisma of President Chávez but also his unifying presence at the top of the party and the country.
Mr Ugalde does not doubt that President Maduro came to power democratically in 2013.
But he argues that what he has done since - such as undermining Venezuela's separation of powers - has turned him into a dictator.
The Democratic Unity Roundtable opposition coalition won a landslide in the December 2015 election and yet it has seen almost all of its decisions overturned by the Supreme Court, a body which opposition politicians say is stacked with government loyalists.
An attempt by opposition politicians to organise a recall referendum to oust President Maduro from power was thwarted at every step by Venezuela's electoral council, another body opposition politicians say is dominated by supporters of Mr Maduro.
But for many the final straw came on 29 March 2017, when Supreme Court judges issued a ruling stripping the National Assembly of its powers and transferring those powers to the court.
While the Supreme Court suspended the most controversial paragraphs just three days later, the ruling managed to unite the hitherto divided opposition and spur them into action.
There have been almost daily protests and more than 45 people have been killed in protest-related violence.
While many of those protesting against the government share Mr Ugalde's view, the government is adamant it is defending democracy in Venezuela.
It argues that the National Assembly was in contempt when it swore in three lawmakers suspected of having been elected fraudulently and that all of the decisions made by the legislative body since then are therefore invalid.
The government has responded to the most recent wave of protests by calling for a constituent assembly.
Drawing up a new constitution will bring together the people of Venezuela and create peace where there is now unrest, President Maduro argues.
He also says he wants to enshrine some of the social programmes created by the socialist government in the new constitution.
At a pro-government rally, a sergeant in the National Bolivarian Militia, a body created by the late President Hugo Chavez, says he whole-heartedly backs the idea.
"We're against terrorism, those people protesting violently who're burning buses, we support the constituent assembly," Gerardo Barahonde says.
Marta Elena Flores, 60, says the opposition is "out to wreck everything" achieved under the socialist government.
"We need to protect all the benefits the government has given to the people," she says.
"We need to enshrine them in the constitution so that the opposition doesn't even have the chance to rob us of them."
"I personally have been able to have two operations thanks to the government's medical programmes. The opposition begrudges us those benefits."
Opposition politicians have been dismissive of the president's call for a constituent assembly, saying it is a ruse to delay overdue regional elections and further strengthen the power of President Maduro.
Representatives of the major opposition parties declined a government invitation to discuss the creation of the assembly and, three weeks after the idea was first mooted by President Maduro, little progress has been made.
Previous attempts at dialogue backed by former international leaders and even the Vatican have failed.
Anti-government marches meanwhile have been spreading throughout the country and clashes between protesters and the security forces have become more frequent and the number of dead has been on the rise.
Those opposed to the government say they are determined to keep the protests going until fresh general elections are called and the government is ousted.
Some analysts have said that what it will take for the government to fall is for the protests to spread to the "barrios", the poor neighbourhoods which have been the support base of the governing socialist party.
Miguel Pizarro, an opposition lawmaker who represents the barrio of Petare, one of the poorest in Caracas, dismisses that argument.
"The only contact people who make that argument have with the barrio is through their cleaning lady," he says.
"There has been resistance to the government in the barrios for a long time, that is how I got elected!"
Others think that it will take the military to switch sides for the government to be ousted.
But with Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino taking to Twitter on 20 May to accuse protesters of fomenting anarchy and international organisations of being "immoral accomplices who don't denounce the violence" there is little sign of that happening any time soon, at least within the highest ranks.
In the short term at least, there seems little chance of the current deadlock in Venezuela being broken and every likelihood that the crisis will worsen.
Police say the unnamed man sent two nude photographs between 11-13 August to the human resources manager before phoning her.
The female manager for the unidentified St Charles company received the texts while at home and contacted police.
Police spoke to the man, who admitted to sending the texts, but said that the images were intended for someone else.
Police in the suburban neighbourhood of Chicago had said that a "conditional offer of employment" had been made to the man following a job interview earlier in the month.
"My understanding is they've rescinded the offer of employment," Elmhurst Police Chief Michael Ruth told the Chicago Tribune.
The manager chose to take no legal action against the man, who was advised to have no further contact with the company.
Chief Ruth says his department is seeing a rise in young people sending inappropriate photos of themselves leading to incidents like this.
He told the Chicago Tribune that "they're sharing it with someone else and the next thing you know it takes on a life of its own."
Gunfire could be heard around the city centre, and security forces allied to the Houthis have taken over the international airport.
The rebels have made rapid gains since seizing a key airbase only 60km (37 miles) from Aden on Wednesday morning.
Government officials deny reports that the president has fled the country, and say he remains in Aden.
The US State Department says it was in touch with President Hadi earlier in the day. It said he is no longer at the compound but could not confirm any "additional details" about his location.
State television, which is controlled by the rebels, announced a reward of 20m Yemeni riyals ($93,000; £62,500) for anyone who captures the "fugitive" president.
The Reuters news agency reports that Aden residents attempted to storm an army barracks to obtain weapons before being repulsed by troops.
Yemeni Foreign Minister Riad Yassin has called on Arab nations to stage an urgent military intervention.
Aden is all but surrounded. This once thriving port city that guards the southern entrance to the Red Sea is now on the verge of being overrun by Shia rebel fighters, backed by Iran and allied to soldiers loyal to Yemen's previous president Saleh.
The Shia rebels, known as 'Houthis' have swept through Yemen with extraordinary speed, alarming Saudi Arabia which fears it is being encircled by forces linked to its rival, Iran.
Today the rebels took Aden airport and a vital nearby airbase where only last week 125 US commandos were training Yemenis to fight Al-Qaida. That mission has now ended abruptly.
As Yemen descends further into chaos there are fears it could soon join Syria and Libya as another intractable war zone, attracting jihadists from many countries.
Mr Hadi took refuge in Aden last month after fleeing Sanaa, where he had been under house arrest since the rebels captured the capital.
On Wednesday morning, rebel fighters secured al-Anad air base, with the support of forces loyal to ousted former President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
US and European military advisers had been evacuated from the base last week after militants from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) overran a nearby town.
Hours after the rebels captured the base, unidentified warplanes targeted the palace compound in Aden, officials and witnesses said, in the third such attack in a week.
Soon afterwards, a source in the presidential guard told the AFP news agency that Mr Hadi had boarded a helicopter for "an unknown destination abroad".
But senior aides to Mr Hadi insisted he had merely been transferred to a "secure location within Aden" and had no plans to leave.
Meanwhile, Houthi officials said its fighters had arrested the country's Defence Minister, Mahmoud al-Subaihi, and a senior aide in the southern city of Lahj.
The Zaidi Shia-led rebels have said their aim is to replace Mr Hadi's government, which they accuse of being corrupt, and to implement the outcomes of the National Dialogue that was convened when Mr Saleh was forced to hand over power in 2011 following mass protests.
The Houthis swept southwards from their northern heartland of Saada province last summer, entering the capital in September.
They have since pushed into central, western and southern provinces with the support of Mr Saleh's allies, sparking clashes with Sunni tribesmen, AQAP militants and southern separatists.
Yemen - who is fighting whom?
The Houthis: Zaidi Shia-led rebels from the north, who seized control of Sanaa last year and have since been expanding their control
President Hadi: Backed by military and police loyalists, and by militia known as Popular Resistance Committees, he is trying to fight back against the rebels from his stronghold in the south
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula: Seen by the US as the most dangerous offshoot of al-Qaeda, AQAP opposes both the Houthis and President Hadi.
Islamic State: A Yemeni affiliate of IS has recently emerged, seeking to eclipse AQAP.
Yemen crisis: An Iranian-Saudi battleground?
Yemen: Waiting for the war
Meeting the Houthis - and their enemies
The rise of Yemen's Houthi rebels
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The Welsh Premier champions broke a 44-year-old world record held by Ajax after recording a 27th consecutive win, but could not make it 28 as they were held 3-3 by Newtown in a league game.
New Saints led 3-1 with nine minutes remaining as Aeron Edwards, Greg Draper and Adrian Cieslewicz scored.
But Nick Rushton pulled one back before Jamie Price equalised in added time.
Newtown are second from bottom of the Welsh Premier League and have 45 points fewer than the world-record breakers after 22 games.
Konta, who has described Grand Slam champion Williams as her idol, won in straight sets 6-4 6-2.
"Right now it is still very much a blur," said Konta.
"When the draw came out and I saw who I was playing, I was just hoping to stay out there more than an hour.
"I played two previous tournaments and didn't quite get the results I wanted but I have a very strong belief in the way I want to play and the way I want to be thinking."
Konta is now the only British woman left in the singles draw after Heather Watson lost on Monday.
Elsewhere, Andy Murray made his way into the second round, beating German teenager Alexander Zverev.
Murray dominated the match against the former junior world number one to wrap up a 6-1 6-2 6-3 victory.
The world number two will now face Australian Sam Groth, who has the fastest serve in the men's game.
Brits Dan Evans and Aljaz Bedene both went out.
The firm said that in 2016 it had handled more than 400 claims on cyber-breach policies it had issued.
The main types of attack being claimed for were privacy breaches and the theft of cash, it said.
The massive amount of stolen data shared online was driving many attacks, said the firm.
Claims on CFC policies were up 78% on 2015, said Graeme Newman, chief innovation officer at the underwriter.
"About 90% of our claims by volume are from businesses with less than £50m in revenue," he said, adding that a "disproportionate" number of claims were being made by British firms.
"This is largely down to the fact that on the whole, UK businesses have a lower level of security maturity than their US counterparts," he said.
Ransomware, in which data is encrypted unless victims pay cash to a hacker to unscramble it, was behind 16% of the claims filed with CFC, putting it third behind data breaches and theft, he added.
Mr Newman also pointed out that the major breaches seen in 2016, which have seen huge amounts of login details stolen and shared, was starting to be used much more frequently.
These "phantom breaches" and account takeovers were proving tempting for criminal hackers, said Mr Newman.
"They are going after the low-hanging fruit," he said.
Cyber-insurance was becoming necessary to help firms cope with the volume of attacks they faced every day, he said.
"It's now become more of an incident response service that pays all the costs associated with that," he said. "You ring up the insurer and they get people in to help."
Many insurance firms now had security, data forensics, incident response and PR firms on call to help respond when a claim is filed, he said.
Some also employed experts who had experience negotiating with kidnappers and can advise about the best way to deal with ransom and extortion demands.
The insurance policies were proving popular, said Paul Delbridge, a partner at professional services network PWC, who has studied the market, because the costs associated with investigating and fixing a breach were potentially so high.
"It can be incredibly expensive to work out what was stolen and remediate," he said.
In the UK, most policies were for a few million pounds, said Mr Delbridge, and the highest cover that firms can buy is for £25m. In the US, the highest policies cover about $100m (£80m).
The cyber-breach policies were particularly attractive to smaller firms which cannot afford to staff and run a large internal security unit, he added.
"Not investing in your cyber-defences is very risky because if there's a material breach it becomes a very public event and often the PR fallout is such that the business never really recovers," he said.
The species, which has been named Hyorhinomys stuempkei - hog-nosed rat - has "distinct and unique features uncommon to other rats", they said.
Five of the rodents were discovered on Sulawesi island earlier in January by researchers from Australia, Indonesia and the US.
Museum Victoria's mammal curator Kevin Rowe said the species was "previously undocumented".
"We were on a mission to survey remote mountains in the area and to put evolution in Asia and Australia into context," Mr Rowe said.
"Nothing is currently known about these rats and how widely they were distributed throughout the forests."
Mr Rowe, who specialises in rodent evolution, spent six weeks in Indonesia with other scientists and a group of locals trying to reach the remote forest area.
He also shared with the BBC the "exciting moment" of finding a hog-nosed rat.
"We had been setting up overnight traps for a few days - that was when I stumbled upon a completely new rat," he said.
"I hollered immediately for my colleagues as I knew it was a new species."
The rats appeared "healthy, with full stomachs", weighing at an estimated 250g.
Mr Rowe also added that there were rats on Sulawesi island similar to the newly discovered mammal, but they "weren't the same".
"Last year we discovered amphibious and toothless rats on the island too. There is a remarkable morphological evolution going on there."
He said the rat's uniqueness had "far exceeded expectations".
"Obviously its nostrils which resemble a hog's, are very unique. But it also has a long face and larger ears for a rat of its size and lower teeth which are more in common with shrew rats," he said.
"It also has pubic hairs that are very long and extended which we see in other Australian mammals."
The rats have since been preserved and are lodged in a museum in Indonesia.
Ian and Jayne Hall-Edwards bought the school in Pencader in 2010 with plans of turning it into a home and business.
Six years and over half a million pounds later, the building is totally self-sufficient.
As well as showcasing green technologies, it also aims to inspire people to live more sustainably.
Launching under the name Totally Sustainable, the building's features include:
They are all linked together to save energy and money.
As well as being the couple's home, the building has been set up to train people, trade workers and architects how to incorporate sustainable technologies into their own homes and businesses.
Mr and Mrs Hall-Edwards received a £67,500 grant from the Welsh Government's Economic Growth Fund, and a further £80,000 repayable loan from the Welsh Government.
The couple also invested over £440,000 of their own money in the project.
Mr Hall-Edwards said: "We have created an environment that demonstrates how effective these products are in the home, as well as their ability to save the environment, and save people money.
"To help people take that step we have a purpose-built training room with courses available and it is our aim to educate and invigorate people and trades in becoming truly sustainable."
Mrs Hall-Edwards said: "It has been a long journey for us. We lived in a caravan on site for a few years whilst getting the project finished. Now that the restoration has been fully completed we can now officially welcome visitors."
Jonathan Edwards, MP for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, will officially open the building on Friday, which will be open Monday to Friday every week.
Tottenham have been drawn against Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund.
Valencia, managed by Gary Neville, will face La Liga rivals Athletic Bilbao, while Sevilla - the winners of the last two Europa League titles - are away to Basel, whose St Jakob-Park ground will host the final.
The games will be played on Thursday, 10 and 17 March.
The winners of the tournament qualify for next season's Champions League.
United, who have never won the tournament, beat FC Midtjylland 6-3 on aggregate with Marcus Rashford scoring twice on his debut as United won the second leg 5-1.
Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool beat Augsburg 1-0 on aggregate with James Milner scoring the only goal of the tie on Thursday. The Reds won the old Uefa Cup three times, in 1973, 1976 and 2001.
It will be the first time United and Liverpool have faced each other in European competition.
The last all-English match in the Uefa Cup or Europa League was Liverpool v Tottenham in April 1973.
Spurs, who beat Fiorentina 3-0 on Thursday to seal their tie 4-1 on aggregate, won the 1972 and 1984 Uefa Cups.
Sevilla - who have won the tournament a record four times - are bidding to become the first side to win it three years in a row.
Shakhtar Donetsk v Anderlecht
Basel v Sevilla
Villarreal v Bayer Leverkusen
Athletic Bilbao v Valencia
Liverpool v Manchester United
Sparta Prague v Lazio
Borussia Dortmund v Tottenham
Fenerbahce v Braga
The budget carrier said services to Alicante and Malaga would start in February.
Ryanair last ran a service from the Granite City in 2011, with a route to Dublin in Ireland.
Ryanair said the new Spanish services would deliver 50,000 passengers a year to the airport.
Airport managing director Carol Benzie said: "This is fantastic news from Ryanair and it clearly demonstrates the opportunity that exists for leisure capacity here in Aberdeen."
Outbreaks in poultry may become more common in the future, especially in ill-prepared countries, they warn.
A severe strain found at a duck farm in the UK last year may have been carried by wild birds out of Russia, according to Dutch researchers.
The virus is a low human health risk, but wild birds on long migratory routes should be monitored, they say.
H5N8 is a strain of bird flu that appeared late last year in Russia, East Asia, North America and four European countries, including the UK.
The infections led to millions of poultry being culled.
In the UK, ducks were affected at a farm in Driffield, Yorkshire. Another outbreak of bird flu in Hampshire this week is of the H7N7 form of the virus, which is less severe.
Scientists at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, Netherlands, say the presence of the H5 virus in a migratory bird in Russia and other detections in wild birds and poultry is "worrisome".
"More poultry outbreaks could occur in the future, especially in countries that are ill-prepared," a team led by Dr Ron Fouchier wrote in the journal, Science.
"Despite the currently low public health risk, the outbreaks should be monitored closely, given that several animal species are susceptible and that influenza viruses are generally unpredictable."
Wild birds with long migratory routes should be monitored for exposure to H5N8 and control measures in poultry should be updated, as they appear to be "insufficient", they added.
Scientists are also investigating other ways that bird flu viruses can spread around the world, including through illegal poultry trade and contamination of vehicles or equipment.
A recent report from the European Food Safety Authority said the route of spread of the disease remained uncertain.
It said all affected farms in Europe had kept birds inside, suggesting direct transmission from wild birds to farmed poultry was unlikely.
Experts said there were no known direct migration routes from East Asia to Europe, but infected migratory birds from East Asia could in theory pass the virus on to other species at breeding and stopover places in Eurasia.
Dr Derek Gatherer of Lancaster University said more research into flu in wild bird populations in the UK was needed, especially in species migrating in from Europe.
"The British response to bird flu is oriented towards agriculture - that's fine because of course we need to protect our poultry industry - but in order to really understand bird flu we should also study it in its natural setting," he told BBC News.
"Then we'll have a better 'early warning system' for what might be a threat to agriculture in the future."
UK officials said tests had confirmed the Hampshire outbreak was of a low severity H7 strain of the disease, which is a much less severe form than the H5N8 strain found in Yorkshire in November.
Chief vet Nigel Gibbens said: "We have taken immediate action to contain this outbreak as part of our robust procedures for dealing swiftly with avian flu.
"This is a low severity form of the virus and we are taking action to ensure that the disease does not spread or develop into a more severe form. We are investigating the possible sources of the outbreak.
"I would urge poultry keepers in the surrounding area to be vigilant for any signs of disease and to ensure they are maintaining good biosecurity on their premises."
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs said warden patrols for diseased wild birds occurred in eight Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust reserves in Great Britain, and a number of other reserves were patrolled by volunteers from October to March.
Anyone finding five or more wild birds dead in the same location is advised to report them to the Defra helpline (Tel: 03459 33 55 77).
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Mobile phone footage showing the woman, the footballers and another woman in bed on Saturday night has been played to jurors at Hull Crown Court.
Cabral, whose real name is Adilson Tavares Varela, is accused of raping the 21-year-old at his flat in Gateshead in January 2015.
He denies two counts of rape.
Mr Varela's barrister Kitty Taylor asked the woman: "What on earth were you thinking?
"Preparing for this event by going out on Saturday night and ending up in bed with two professional footballers in the early hours of the morning?" she asked.
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said she "didn't class them as footballers" and had been in bed with her best friend.
She denied she had sex with either of the men in the video.
She had only had a relationship with one other player in the past, she said.
Ms Taylor asked whether she "liked and sought out the company of" black, professional footballers, which the woman repeatedly said was not the case.
The woman rejected Ms Taylor's contention that she was attracted to men "who have money, who can flash the cash on a Saturday night".
When the woman said she always paid her way, Ms Taylor asked if she could afford £1,200 magnums of vodka, such as the one bought by Mr Varela in a nightclub they visited.
The complainant said she had a lot of money for her birthday.
She also denied accusing the 27-year-old midfielder of rape to get compensation and said she had not known he was a footballer until last month.
Crying, she said she only wanted "this man to go to jail for what he's done".
Cabral, from the island of Cape Verde, only made one Premier League appearance for Sunderland in 2013-14 and now plays for Swiss club FC Zurich.
Sunderland announced on 2 February 2015 that the player had left the club by mutual consent.
The British contingent got a rousing ovation from the crowd as a spectacle of sound and colour welcomed the 206 guest nations competing in the games.
Murray, defending Olympic champion and two-time Wimbledon winner, said: "It was amazing to get to carry the flag.
"I'm obviously really proud to get the opportunity."
The Scottish tennis star held the Union Jack aloft with his left arm - after appearing to struggle with the pole in practice.
He added: "My first thought was 'don't drop it' and I was gripping onto the flag really tight. Then I was just trying to take it all in. The size of the stadium was incredible."
Wearing red, white and blue, Team GB soaked up the electric atmosphere, with some team members taking selfies as they all waved to the crowds.
Chef de Mission, Mark England said the occasion was "everything we hoped it would be - vibrant, colourful and energetic" and would give the team a boost ahead of the competition.
On Day One at Rio there was Scottish interest in swimming, tennis, shooting and rowing.
Edinburgh's Jen McIntosh failed to qualify for the final of the women's 10m air rifle event but secured the best-ever finish for a British woman - 15th out of 51.
Elsewhere, Colin Fleming was involved in the tennis doubles.
In the rowing, Katherine Grainger and her partner Vicky Thornley finish second in their heat to reach the semi-finals in the doubles sculls.
Swimmer Hannah Miley narrowly missed out on a bronze medal in the 400m individual medley. She was in third place with the last 50m to go but she was edged out into fourth spot.
Ross Murdoch failed to make the final in the 100m breaststroke after finishing 6th in his semi-final.
South Wales Police along with Mid and West Fire Service are trying to find out what caused the blaze in Dynevor Road.
Emergency services were called to the block of flats just after 20:40 BST on Tuesday.
The victim, who is in his 50s, died at the scene.
Fire crews wore breathing apparatus as they entered the property in Goldsmith Avenue, Southsea, shortly after 12:00 BST.
A passer-by who helped rescue the dog was commended as "very brave" by a Hampshire Fire Service spokesperson.
The woman suffered smoke inhalation and was taken to hospital for treatment. Her condition was not thought to be serious, the spokesperson said.
The cause of the blaze is not yet known and an investigation has been started.
Police cordoned off the road while firefighters extinguished the flames.
Even more striking is the fact that if this occurs, then fourteen out of fifteen of the warmest years on record will have occurred since the turn of the century.
However, while record-breaking warmth is consistent with the general trend of global warming, it's not always the case that each year is warmer than the previous one.
There are temporary ups and downs that ride on top of the overall warming trend.
It's quite possible for a few years to elapse before the next record year, and the warming can speed up or slow down for runs of years, as happened for example in the slowdown of warming since the end of the last century.
So what makes one year warmer or colder than its predecessor? The answer to this depends on a number of factors.
Large volcanic eruptions can cause a temporary dip in temperatures for a few years due to reflection of sunlight by the resulting atmospheric particles. This happened following the eruption of Mt Pinatubo in 1991, for example.
Fluctuations in the ocean can also cause temporary ups and downs, and the massive heat release during an El Nino event in the tropics can temporarily raise global temperatures, such as occurred in 1998.
This year, the tropical ocean has indeed warmed up in both the Pacific and the Atlantic but both of these ocean basins have also been very warm in northern latitudes, compounding the effect on global temperature.
While the oceans exhibit record warmth, it is the average temperature over land regions and in the Arctic that has risen most.
It is worth noting that this is consistent with predictions from computer models of climate change, which have suggested for many years that warming over land, and over the Arctic, will outstrip the increase in global average temperature as climate change progresses.
The WMO report highlights a number of record-breaking weather events around the world:
The FTSE 100 index added 126.22 points, or 2.2%, to close at 5,900.01, after rising 1.8% on Thursday.
Markets had been lifted by hints from the European Central Bank on Thursday that it might introduce fresh measures at its meeting in March.
Speculation of more stimulus action in Japan also lifted sentiment.
Reports that the Bank of Japan could introduce fresh measures helped Japan's Nikkei index to jump by nearly 6% on Friday.
Markets have also been encouraged by a recovery in oil prices, which had hit 12-year lows earlier in the week.
Brent crude was up $2.19 at $31.44 a barrel, while US crude was $2.06 higher at $31.59.
The rise in oil prices lifted shares in energy-related firms in London. Royal Dutch Shell was up 5.2% and BG Group climbed 5%.
On the currency markets, the pound was up by nearly a cent against the dollar at $1.4305, and it rose by more than one euro cent against the euro to €1.3212.
They are physically worn out by their multitude of tasks, morally exhausted by the constant criticism, and now - more than ever before - anxious for their very lives.
"To the universal fatigue, there has been added a new element since Monday - fear," says Jean-Marc Bailleul of the SCSI union.
The lot of France's 240,000 police and gendarmes is certainly not a happy one.
Since jihadist terror struck Paris in November they have been on extra duties for the post-attacks state of emergency. Holidays were cancelled, unpaid overtime is accumulating.
Add to that the migrant camps near Calais, which have required several companies of riot police.
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And then on Monday came the shocking news of two officers murdered by an Islamist in Magnanville, west of Paris.
It is small wonder that many officers feel they are at the end of their tether.
President Francois Hollande recognises the strains.
At Friday's ceremony in Versailles for the murdered police couple, Jean-Baptiste Salvaing and Jessica Schneider, he paid tribute to the dedication of the service.
And he said he would meet some of the demands of police unions to ensure their better protection.
For example, even after the state of emergency runs out next month, officers will continue to be allowed to carry handguns when off duty. And there will be extra, so far unspecified, measures to safeguard police anonymity.
The greatest fear after Monday's murders is that lone-wolf Islamists will target police officers whom they have come up against personally in the past as petty criminals.
"We've all at one time or another had contracts put on our heads by robbers or gang-leaders," says Olivier Berton of the Alliance union.
"Regularly they send out juniors to check out the cars parked outside the police station, to get the registration numbers."
Officers are now under standing instructions not to wear uniform when off duty, not to travel alone on public transport and to remove as much personal information as possible from social media.
But in addition to physical exhaustion and the stress caused by fear, many policemen and women are exasperated by the conditions under which they work, and the abuse which they say is increasingly directed at them.
In Tuesday's Paris protest, for example, at least 28 officers were injured by demonstrators throwing projectiles. Unions say the number was much higher.
Slogans were chanted such as "One Policeman, One Bullet", "Police - France Hates You" and "Roast Chicken - Going Free". (The word for chicken - "poulet" - is slang for policeman.)
According to police representatives, anti-police hatred is at large in the land, reminiscent of some of the country's darkest days of social discord.
Indeed it was at a demonstration called by police last month to protest against anti-police violence that a police car was attacked and set on fire. The occupants escaped, but shocking video footage of the incident went round the world.
Critics of the police say they have themselves to blame, pointing to other videos that show officers acting with unnecessary force to control or beat protesters.
But according to Jean-Marc Berliere, author of a history of the French police, "when a cop hits a kid, the video is immediately on YouTube with a million views. It all helps build the anti-police culture.
"But you never see videos of the daily violence that the police have to suck up."
The police have a not entirely enviable place in French popular culture. From before the Revolution they have been associated with the imposition - often brutal - of central government authority.
Every now and again there is an outburst of popular feeling in the contrary direction.
At the liberation of Paris in 1944, the police were hailed for leading the anti-German insurrection.
And last year - after the death of three officers in the Charlie Hebdo Islamist attacks - the police enjoyed a surge in support.
Recruitment went up sharply and the ageing left-wing rocker Renaud - once the scourge of the French police - even penned a song called I Embraced A Cop.
After this week's murders, sympathy for the force is once again growing.
For the police, that is a small consolation for increasingly difficult times.
She laid a wreath at the Lion of England bronze statue at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire after a service earlier.
Since the regiment was set up in 2006, its soldiers have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan where 32 have died.
The dedication service was attended by wounded veterans, Army personnel, families and friends.
The infantry regiment was formed after the merger of the King's Own Royal Border Regiment, the King's Regiment and the Queen's Lancashire Regiment.
The lion faces north-west England in tribute to the origins of the regiment, of which the Queen, who holds the title of Duke of Lancaster, is Colonel-in-Chief.
It recruits soldiers Cumbria, Lancashire, Merseyside and Greater Manchester.
Stonemason Nick Johnson and sculptor Georgie Welch crafted the lion from clay before it was cast at a foundry.
Ms Welch said: "The Queen said it was very life-like and that it had a real look of power. She also said it looked fearless."
The new statue is one of more than 300 dedicated memorials in the 150-acre site in Staffordshire.
For those whose loved ones are remembered by the new memorial, today was a day of pride and poignancy.
Naturally, there was was sadness recalling lives cut short too soon. But there was pride too in the fact they died for Queen and country.
Tracy Dunn-Bridgeman, from Liverpool, was among those who made the journey to the National Memorial Arboretum. She lost her son Jason to the Afghanistan conflict in 2009.
She said: "They say the Regiment's its own little family, and although the lads have all got their individual headstones, this is a family headstone for want of a better description."
Darren Deady, from Westhoughton near Bolton, had wanted to be a soldier from being a boy. He was injured in Afghanistan and died in 2010.
Today his mum Julie Hall and bother Daniel watched the Queen dedicate the new memorial to the fallen of the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment with a deep sense of pride.
"It's beautiful," said Mrs Hall. "It remembers all the boys and all the boys are together."
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The explosive event came to a close last night with a show-stopping display and special performance by the world famous Red Arrows aerobatics team.
It is recognised as one of the biggest and best fireworks displays in the country.
Plymouth was chosen as the home of the festival because of the geography of the surrounding landscape.
It provides lots of different viewpoints for people to enjoy the fireworks, so thousands of people flock to Plymouth each year to enjoy the colourful displays.
Four workers at Wood Treatment Ltd in Bosley, Cheshire, were unaccounted for after the 17 July blast. It caused the collapse of a four-storey building.
Cheshire Police said the remains were removed and taken to Royal Liverpool Hospital for a post-mortem examination.
Derek Moore, 62, has been identified as one of the victims.
Two other bodies recovered last week are thought to be those of William Barks, 51, and Dorothy Bailey, 62. Formal identification is yet to take place.
The search for their colleague, Jason Shingler, 38, continued over the weekend.
Temperatures reached 1,000C in the blast and it was described by rescuers as the "worst incident of its kind" in a decade.
An investigation into the cause of the explosion continues.
Wood is processed at the plant into a fine powder and the resulting "wood flour", with a consistency like sand, is used to make laminate flooring.
We are on a tour of his monastery, a quiet retreat which has found itself at the centre of a stand-off with the Coptic Orthodox Church and the government.
Marteros Rayani is one of six monks who have been stripped of their priesthood. The Coptic Orthodox Church has distanced itself from the St Macarius monastery, saying it does not belong to them.
He and his colleagues are opposing the government's plans to build a highway through the land around their monastery - land whose ownership is disputed.
The highway would tear through a two-metre (6.5ft) wall they built illegally on the land which they annexed in Wadi Al-Rayan, a protected nature reserve.
The monks say the barrier protects them from attacks amid a rise in violence against churches in the past few years, and they are determined to stay.
The wall however has also angered local Bedouins as it prevents them from reaching springs, the only source of water in this deserted area.
With tensions rising, the monks have begun organising guard duties along the wall.
Paul Halim, the spokesperson for the Coptic Orthodox Church, criticised what he called the "stubbornness" of some monks. The Church "supports the government's development plans", he said.
Two of the monks inside the monastery dared to show their support for the Church's decision.
"The two Fathers were taken to a nearby governmental hospital, after they had been attacked by Fathers who are opposing the Church," Mr Halim said.
"We warn young people from joining unofficial monasteries."
The monastery said the monks were injured when they jumped from the wall.
Despite the problems faced by the Christian minority, President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi's historic visit to Coptic Christmas mass was warmly welcomed by the country's Christian community, who make up 10-15% of the population.
The visit was seen as show of solidarity with the Orthodox Christians, after several Christmases were overshadowed by attacks against them.
It is not the first time a dispute has caused friction between Egypt's desert monasteries and the government - but it is the first time the Coptic Orthodox Church has taken the side of the government, according to Mina Thabet, a researcher in Coptic affairs.
Mr Thabet says that increasingly, Christians in Egypt feel unhappy with their own Church's decisions.
They miss the former Pope Shenouda III's relationship with the congregation and government, he says, such as the Pope's visit to monks injured in clashes with locals in a similar land dispute at Abu Fana monastery in Minya governorate.
"Actually, the Coptic Church is facing what is probably the first known insurgence in its modern history," Mr Thabet told BBC Arabic.
Marteros Rayani has decided the Church's decisions no longer matter.
"All human statements can be thrown to the wind. I'm here for the obedience of Christ," he says.
As we toured the monastery grounds, Fr Rayani pointed out at least two archaeological sites in which 4th-Century monks used to worship.
Primitive drawings of Satan were still visible in the entrance to a cave in the vast desert area which the monastery recently annexed.
Satan symbolises things that scare monks, Fr Rayani said. "The government has many alternatives to build the highway away from the monastery. All we want is serenity."
On 12 November, Fifa determined Bility had failed an 'eligibility test'.
He appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) in the hope of being reinstated and repairing the damage he said had been done to his reputation.
But on Thursday Cas said in a statement: "All other motions or prayers for relief are dismissed."
Cas added that "the full award, with the grounds for the decision, will be issued in early 2016".
Bility said he will await to hear Cas' reasons before deciding upon his next course of action but he has no further recourse to appeal.
"I am stunned by the decision," he told BBC Sport.
"This brings an end our participation in the 2016 Fifa presidential race.
"But our struggle to bring more transparency to the worldwide football family will never end and we hope to share more information on the process as things progress.
"The Liberian FA will remain an active participant of the process and ensure that its vote counts."
Bility was informed by Fifa last month that his candidacy was "principally rejected" because of a six-month ban from all football activities handed out in 2013.
The ban was imposed by the Confederation of African Football which ruled Bility had used confidential documents from the governing body in a legal challenge against its president, Issa Hayatou.
Hayatou is acting Fifa president after Sepp Blatter, vice-president Michel Platini and general secretary Jerome Valcke were all suspended over corruption allegations.
Fifa has approved five presidential candidates, with Platini also not included.
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Derek Maguire's goal helped Louth lead but Matthew Fitzpatrick's 30th-minute strike put the Saffrons three up and they led 1-9 to 1-5 at the break.
Antrim extended their advantage to five but Jim McEneaney netted for Louth as they responded with 1-4 to lead.
A Tomas McCann free levelled the game on 69 but Conor Grimes' injury-time goal sealed Louth's deserved win.
Antrim appeared to settle the better as scores from McCann and Brian Neeson gave them an early two-point lead.
But the Saffrons were stunned by Maguire's fifth-minute goal and Louth were still 1-3 to 0-4 ahead by the 22nd minute.
However, Antrim produced a strong finish to the second half to outscore Louth 1-5 to 0-2 helped by Fitzpatrick's 30th-minute goal after good work by McCann.
Another McCann score increased Antrim's lead to five after the resumption but Louth then began to take control as a succession of high balls caused consternation in the Saffrons full-back line.
After two James Califf frees were followed by a goalbound Declan Byrne's shot being deflected over for a point, Louth were suddenly ahead as McEneaney finished off a brilliant move.
A Ryan Burns score doubled Louth's lead by the 59th minute but Antrim ended a 20-minute scoring drought as Paddy McBride and Ryan Murray points levelled the contest again.
Extra-time looked on the cards as Burns and McCann kicked long-range frees at either end but Louth were able to burst their way through the porous Antrim defence in the first minute of injury-time as Grimes fired past Chris Kerr.
As Antrim desperately chased an equalising goal, a Kevin Niblock shot was blocked before Ryan Murray over-hit his attempted lob into the square and Derek Maguire's point at the other end was the insurance score.
The 32-year-old, from Ely, was released on bail pending further inquiries.
During the incident on Tuesday, Ely Post Office worker Paula Hooper, 52, foiled a knife-wielding man with a baseball bat.
CCTV footage then shows her chasing the man out of the shop from behind the counter.
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This is the largest sustained drop since China's central bank, the People's Bank of China (PBOC), decided in 2005 to slowly turn the yuan into a freely floating currency.
The yuan, which is also known as the renminbi, is not really available outside mainland China.
You can't walk into a bureau de change in London or Lusaka and swap your pounds or kwacha for yuan notes, nor can you open a yuan account outside China - yet.
But this is changing. China is allowing more and more places to trade in its very tightly controlled currency. Hong Kong, London and Singapore have each been given quotas allowing banks based in these cities to trade in the currency.
Soon, big banks managing giant pension funds will be able to invest directly in China using yuan. And as the Chinese loosen their grip on their own currency, billions of dollars in transaction fees could be earned by banks.
In fact, so potentially lucrative is it that many European governments are bending over backwards to roll out the red carpet for this potential Chinese currency business.
London, which is already the financial centre in Europe, thinks that it is best placed to be the Western hub for all Chinese offshore yuan business.
The scale of the City of London and the skilled financial staff already here means it would be an obvious choice for such offshore trades.
The Bank of England, urged on by the Chancellor, George Osborne, has allowed Chinese banks to set up branches in London with far less regulatory control than has been required by other foreign banks - much to the annoyance of some US banks.
But London is not going to get a free pass. Frankfurt, Paris and especially Luxembourg all want a large slice of the growing Chinese currency pie.
Luxembourg does not not have much physical trade with China, unlike Germany which is China's second largest trading partner.
However, the three largest Chinese banks - ICBC, Bank of China and China Construction Bank - have already established their European headquarters in this tiny principality, sandwiched between France and Germany.
Because these giant Chinese banks, which are among the top 10 largest banks in the world, already have a large presence here, it makes it less likely they will move major operations to London as the yuan becomes more freely floating.
And their use of the Chinese currency is soaring. In the space of two years yuan transactions already now account for 35% of ICBC Europe's profits.
"Having been here for almost 16 years, we find Luxembourg offers a very attractive legal and business framework, with social and political stability," says Gao Ming, chairman of ICBC Europe, which runs a network of operations including in Frankfurt and Brussels from its Luxembourg HQ.
"And as you know, Luxembourg is one of the very few European countries with a triple-A rating," she says.
For his part, Luxembourg's Finance Minister Pierre Gremagna says his country's presence in the eurozone and the EU's single market is key, "there's no doubt about that".
"The Chinese have mentioned the seamless way of doing business here as a key advantage," he says.
He agrees that Luxembourg is the financial equivalent of Amsterdam's Schiphol airport - internationally rather than domestically focused for its millions of customers.
And he smiles when he says that Luxembourg - unlike Britain - is staying at the heart of Europe rather than threatening to quit the EU.
Neither Mr Gremagna nor the Chinese banks based in Luxembourg feel that the country has a relaxed attitude to banking regulation.
But according to PwC's China expert Vincent Loy, this is one of the key reasons why many banks prefer doing business in the principality.
"I think that there's a perception that the regulations in the UK are very strict and that the costs of actually doing business in the UK is quite high for the Chinese banks," he says.
Mr Loy also says while the yuan will rival the euro and dollar within 10 years, the pace of the internationalisation of the Chinese currency will be strictly controlled by the People's Bank of China.
And last week, we got a timely reminder of this control when the seemingly unstoppable appreciation of the yuan was arrested.
The Chinese central bank said it was market forces but many believe it suited Beijing that the market was reminded that currencies can go down as well as up.
Despite the recent dip in the value of the yuan, the battle for control of China's Western financial centre will go on and probably intensify.
Whether London will beat Luxembourg is unclear. There will probably be a sharing of the business with London getting the foreign exchange side of things and Luxembourg managing much of the pension fund investments and trade finance.
It won't be long, though, before the yuan will be in bureaux de change around the globe, and tripping off the tongue as easily and as often as the pound, dollar or euro.
The hosts led when Romelu Lukaku curled a 20-yard free-kick over the Palace wall and into the top-right corner.
Palace improved after the break, levelling when Benteke met Joel Ward's cross with a towering far-post header.
The visitors almost claimed a fourth straight win but Damien Delaney's header was ruled out for offside.
The point was enough to move the Toffees up to third place, four points behind leaders Manchester City, though the rest of the weekend's top-flight fixtures are still to be played.
The Eagles, who continued their recent revival after taking just one point from their opening three matches, remain seventh.
Ahead of kick-off Palace might have settled for a point against an Everton side that has made an impressive start under Ronald Koeman, but they perhaps left Goodison Park aggrieved not to take all three.
There was some debate over the free-kick from which Everton scored, awarded after Delaney - making his 600th career appearance - raised his boot as he tried to clear a loose ball.
The ball hit Everton captain Phil Jagielka's raised arms but referee Jonathan Moss penalised the Palace defender, awarding a free-kick that Lukaku converted with a sublime strike.
"It was a harsh decision. Jags put his head down a little bit," Delaney said afterwards.
Palace also questioned why Delaney's second-half header from Ward's clipped pass was ruled out for offside.
Delaney was in an onside position when the cross came in but television replays showed team-mate James McArthur had strayed offside and was perhaps blocking Maarten Stekelenburg's view when the defender headed the ball into the net.
But there was still confusion after the match. Delaney said he been told by the officials that McArthur had been penalised, while Eagles manager Alan Pardew claimed assistant referee Simon Bennett told him Delaney was offside.
"I gather the TV replays show Damien wasn't offside," said Pardew. "If that's what the assistant referee's call was then we can feel a bit hard done by on that one."
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Everton and Palace rely on burly Belgians to spearhead their attacks, so it was no surprise to see both Lukaku and Benteke on the scoresheet.
The pair are battling for Belgium's number nine shirt and there was little to choose between them at Goodison Park.
While Koeman has told Lukaku that he must press opposing defences more, his finishing is clinical - and he again demonstrated his ability by bending in his fifth goal in three Premier League matches.
But former Liverpool striker Benteke was not to be outdone.
The £27m summer signing has provided a much-needed physical presence up front for Palace, and used his aerial ability to pull his side level.
He showed intelligence to peel off Jagielka and move to the far post, where he rose above Seamus Coleman to direct a wonderful header into the opposite corner.
Everton manager Ronald Koeman:
"It's a good point in the end. We defended set plays and second balls well against a difficult team.
"The team performance was outstanding, although we'd like to create more opportunities.
"We've had a good start to the season. The position in the table is not everything at the moment and we need to improve, but we're doing a good job."
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Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew:
"I thought we played very well and showed our quality and resilience by coming back from behind again.
"Everton had a couple of spells early on where you could see their quality. They took the lead but we wouldn't lie down. We bossed the second half.
"I'm happy with the performance of the team and the point."
A two-week break from the Premier League. Everton resume after the internationals with a trip to leaders Manchester City on Saturday, 15 October (15:00 BST), while Palace host London rivals West Ham later that day (17:30 BST).
Match ends, Everton 1, Crystal Palace 1.
Second Half ends, Everton 1, Crystal Palace 1.
Tom Cleverley (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Tom Cleverley (Everton).
Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Crystal Palace. Lee Chung-yong replaces Andros Townsend.
Corner, Everton. Conceded by Wilfried Zaha.
Foul by Tom Cleverley (Everton).
Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Yannick Bolasie (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Yannick Bolasie (Everton).
Joel Ward (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Seamus Coleman (Everton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku.
Substitution, Everton. Ramiro Funes Mori replaces Bryan Oviedo.
Romelu Lukaku (Everton) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Martin Kelly (Crystal Palace).
Attempt missed. James Tomkins (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Joe Ledley with a headed pass.
Substitution, Crystal Palace. Yohan Cabaye replaces James McArthur.
Idrissa Gueye (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Idrissa Gueye (Everton).
Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Everton. Kevin Mirallas replaces Ross Barkley.
Attempt saved. James Tomkins (Crystal Palace) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Joel Ward with a headed pass.
Attempt blocked. Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Jason Puncheon with a cross.
Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Tom Cleverley.
Attempt blocked. Joel Ward (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Ashley Williams.
Attempt blocked. Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Seamus Coleman.
Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Bryan Oviedo.
Foul by Gareth Barry (Everton).
Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Offside, Everton. Bryan Oviedo tries a through ball, but Yannick Bolasie is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Gareth Barry (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Gareth Barry (Everton).
Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Attempt missed. Phil Jagielka (Everton) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ross Barkley with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Everton. Conceded by Martin Kelly.
A UK team found the Ferrigno rift using ice-penetrating radar, and showed it to be about 1.5km (1 mile) deep.
Antarctica
is home to a geological rift system where new crust is being formed, meaning the eastern and western halves of the continent are slowly separating.
The team writes in Nature journal that the canyon is bringing more warm sea water to the ice sheet, hastening melt.
The Ferrigno rift lies close to the Pine Island Glacier where Nasa scientists found a giant crack last year; but the newly discovered feature is not thought to be influencing the "Pig", as it is known.
The rift lies beneath the Ferrigno Ice Stream on a stretch of coast so remote that it has only been visited once previously.
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) project revisited the area two years ago in the person of Aberdeen University glaciologist Robert Bingham.
The plan was to make ground observations that could link to the satellite data showing unexpectedly pronounced ice loss from the area.
The team towed ice-penetrating radar kit behind a snowmobile, traversing a total of about 2,500km (1,500 miles).
"What we found is that lying beneath the ice there is a large valley, parts of which are approximately a mile deeper than the surrounding landscape," said Dr Bingham.
"If you stripped away all of the ice here today, you'd see a feature every bit as dramatic as the huge rift valleys you see in Africa and in size as significant as the [US] Grand Canyon.
"This is at odds with the flat ice surface that we were driving across - without these measurements we would never have known it was there."
The Ferrigno rift extends into a seabed trough, called Belgica.
The scientists suggest that during Ice Ages, when sea levels were much lower than at present, the rift would have channelled a major ice stream through the trough.
Now, they suggest, the roles are reversed, with the walls of the Belgica trough channelling relatively warm sea water back to the ice edge.
Penetrating between the Antarctic bedrock and the ice that lies on it and lubricating the join, the water allows ice to flow faster into the sea.
"We know that the ice loss from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is governed by delivery of warm water, and that the warm water is coming along channels that were previously scoured by glaciers," said Prof David Vaughan of BAS.
"So the geology and the present rate of ice loss are intricately linked, and they feed back - if you have fast-flowing ice, that delivers ice to the edge where it can be impacted by warm water, and warm water makes the ice flow faster," he told BBC News.
Prof Vaughan doubted there would be more such features around the West Antarctic coast, though in the remoter still regions of the east, it was a possibility.
Ice loss from West Antarctica is believed to contribute about 10% to global sea level rise.
But how the West Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets respond to warmer temperatures is the biggest unknown by far in trying to predict how fast the waters will rise over the coming century and beyond.
A total melt of either sheet would raise sea levels globally by several metres.
East Antarctica, by contrast, is so cold that the ice is projected to remain solid for centuries.
"Since the last Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report [in 2007], which highlighted uncertainties connected with ice sheets, almost every significant piece of research we've produced has increased the significance of the ocean for West Antarctica and Greenland," said Prof Vaughan.
"There are changes in precipitation now and in future; but the really big, potentially fast, changes are connected to the oceans, and the goal for us is to model that system."
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Jon Casey, 35, of Ecton Brook, was stabbed in Barrack Road, near an Indian restaurant, on 16 January.
Four men, aged 18, 19 and two aged 20, were arrested in Coventry early on Wednesday on suspicion of assisting an offender.
A 19-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder on 22 January remains on bail pending further enquiries.
Northamptonshire Police are continuing to appeal for anyone with information to come forward.
Det Insp Mark Brayfield, said: "We believe Mr Casey had been involved in an altercation with two men shortly before he was found in Barrack Road."
He said police would like to talk to a woman who was pushing a buggy in Hester Street at 17:15 GMT on the day of the murder.
She is believed to have had a brief conversation with the offenders.
She was a rebel, fighting in the socialist and feminist Irish Citizen Army against British rule but she was not born in Ireland.
She came from Coatbridge in Lanarkshire and she had an exciting apprenticeship in Scottish radicalism before becoming part of Irish history.
Margaret was born in 1892 at 116 Main Street, Coatbridge, now a busy pedestrian shopping precinct that still mixes religion and politics in a way she would have appreciated.
A few yards from the local Catholic Church, a St Patrick's Festival shop hosts a signpost giving the miles to Belfast and Dublin, and there's a well-staffed street stall for an independent socialist party.
The parish priest at St Patrick's, Father Eamonn Sweeney, has the baptismal record for Margaret's elder sister Mary Charlotte, but not for Margaret herself.
Baptismal records were not always complete in those days.
Soon after she was born, her family were on their way up in the world.
Her parents moved in the 1900s to the west end of Glasgow where they ran second-hand goods shops and educated their daughters as teachers.
The boys in the family travelled abroad for work, leaving Margaret to grow up in a highly-educated and female-dominated household.
She became a school teacher and a militant suffragette.
New research by Kirsty Lusk of Glasgow University has shown that Margaret was involved in the pickets at Perth Prison where hunger-striking suffragists were force-fed.
She was happy to take a shift picketing at the prison gates during the royal visit to Perth in 1914 for she "cared not for Kings and Queens".
Nevertheless, when war broke out she joined a rifle club for the "defence of the British empire", probably the City of Glasgow Women's Rifle Club.
This club practised not far from the school where she taught in Maryhill, the idea being for women to defend themselves against atrocities in the event of a German invasion.
She became a crack shot, a skill she'd employ later in ways that would have caused her feather-hatted instructors to reach for the smelling salts.
According to Kirsty Lusk, it was around this time that Margaret joined the Glasgow-based Ann Devlin branch of Cumann na mBan, the women's section of the Irish Volunteers, and helped their efforts to steal weapons and explosives.
Soon she became a smuggler, crossing the Irish Sea with detonators hidden in her hat.
This was dangerous stuff, and not just from the risk of getting caught - one false move could have set them off.
From this it was a short step to joining her heroine Countess Markievicz in the Irish Citizen Army, under fellow-Scot James Connolly, and taking part in the rising on Easter Monday 1916.
Margaret served initially with the group positioned around St Stephen's Green, first of all cycling around Dublin braving rifle and machine gun fire to carry dispatches to the occupied GPO, then as a sniper herself in the Royal College of Surgeons.
She recorded that several times she shot at men and saw them fall.
By Wednesday of Easter Week, she was arguing with male commanders that she should be involved in the riskiest missions.
The proclamation of the Irish Republic guaranteed equal rights to women and Margaret was willing to face equal dangers.
However while on a fire-raising mission, a member of her group tried to force open the door of a house with his loaded gun.
It went off, betraying their position and they drew fire from British troops.
Margaret was hit three times.
She was carried back to the College of Surgeons where her comrades dug the bullets out of her back and tried to disinfect her wounds with "corrosive sublimate" (mercuric chloride).
Only they got it wrong and badly burned her skin.
After the surrender, in agony from her wounds and suffering from pneumonia, she was taken to St Vincent's Hospital. She lived, but it was close.
Her severe injuries spared her a prison sentence and her "loyal Scots accent" helped her get a permit to go home to Scotland.
But by December she was in New York.
Here she joined the PR effort for the Irish Republican cause with her book Doing My Bit for Ireland.
Eventually she moved back to Ireland.
Here, according to Kirsty Lusk, in 1925 her pension application was rejected because she was told that the Army Pensions Act was "only applicable to soldiers as generally understood in the masculine sense".
It must have been a galling piece of sexism for the veteran suffragette and republican, but she persevered and in 1938 was finally awarded her pension. She died on 10 October, 1971.
Although she is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin, near Countess Markievicz, her name is still remembered today in her native Coatbridge.
The 71 year old set off on the six-day Marathon des Sables (MdS) in Morocco, on Sunday.
He has been put through his paces at Merthyr Mawr sand dunes in Bridgend by ultra-marathon veteran Rory Coleman.
Coleman has completed the MdS 11 times - and more than 800 marathons.
Sir Ranulph, who has had two heart attacks and a double heart bypass, will run 156 miles (250km) in 50C (122F) temperatures in the Sahara.
He hopes to raise £2.5m for Marie Curie Cancer Care.
Ahead of the race, Coleman said: "It's going to be a tough undertaking for Sir Ranulph, he's taking on the extremes of the heat, desert storms and endless sand dunes, instead of the -50C, high altitudes, snow and ice that he's far more used to conquering.
"It's my job to get him to the finish line safely and in one piece."
Caroline Everest, 18, was last seen at the Corporation nightclub in Milton Street in the early hours of Sunday.
Her body was discovered on Tuesday in the Porter Brook river, near Ecclesall Road. Her death is "unexplained".
South Yorkshire Police said the 31-year-old man had been bailed pending further enquiries.
The cause of her death has not yet been determined after a post-mortem examination proved "inconclusive".
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Miss Everest, who was studying at Sheffield Hallam University, was reported missing after she failed to turn up for a family dinner on Sunday.
She was seen on CCTV leaving the Corporation at about 02:40 GMT on Sunday.
She was then seen moments later with a man outside the Devonshire Cat pub, in Wellington Street.
They pair were then seen parting company on Napier Street, in the Sharrow area of the city, at about 03:35, before Miss Everest was seen walking along Summerfield Street, in the direction of the Porter Brook at about 03:45.
The 31-year-old was arrested following an extensive trawl of the footage, police had said.
Rhondda's Chris Bryant won a House of Commons ballot to bring forward his own bill which has a good chance of becoming law.
Ideas include civil partnerships for straight couples, harsher penalties for attacks on emergency services, and curbs on advertising unhealthy food.
"I want my constituents to help me make my mind up," he said.
Mr Bryant launched his shortlist at Ysgol Gyfun Cymer on Thursday as a means of engaging people in the political process.
"There are hundreds of things I would like to change in this country, but I have to choose one," Mr Bryant said.
"What I have said is that I want my constituents to help me make my mind up.
"I'll be putting six ideas on my website, and people will be able to go and vote, 1,2,3,4,5,6, and I promise I will present either the top or the second top."
The ideas are:
About 100 people attended a meeting in Flint to discuss plans for single-site facility for GPs, clinics and other health and welfare services.
They want facilities reinstated following the closure of the town hospital with the loss of ward beds and a minor injuries unit.
The local health board said its plans offered an "exciting opportunity".
But Flint Hospital Campaign Group accused officials at the meeting of not listening to people's views.
Chairman Mike Evans said members were now considering putting forward a candidate to stand at the next Welsh assembly election in 2016 if people's concerns are not addressed.
"None of us what to become politicians," he said. "We have made great effort to be apolitical. But patients' voices - voters - have not been heard."
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board pledged to consider residents' views following the meeting on Wednesday.
Project director Robin Wiggs said: "We really do understand and appreciate the strong feelings that have been expressed about the closure of the old hospital.
"However we have an exciting opportunity to develop a range of more integrated services that should mean people get much more of the primary and community healthcare they need locally in the town."
He explained that an "enhanced care at home service" started last month in Flint following the closure of the community's hospital and its ward beds.
"By investing in this early support and treatment we can help people to stay healthier and prevent minor illness from developing into something more serious, so many people don't get to a point where they need to go into hospital," he said.
The health board's plans for the hospital are on display in Flint Library throughout September.
A funding case will be submitted to the Welsh government in early 2014 and it expected that a new facility could be open by early 2016.
The health board is looking for a site for the new facilities and the former hospital is still being considered as a possible location.
It falls upon the fight for the Republican presidential nomination, Hillary Clinton's White House quest and the debate over the future direction of the Labour Party in Britain.
Even freshman politicians, like Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who was three years shy of heading to Washington when the statue of Saddam Hussein was toppled in Baghdad's Firdos Square in April 2003, have been touched by its gloom.
Seeking to follow his brother into the White House, it was inevitable that Jeb Bush would be quizzed about the decision to go to war.
What's been surprising, astonishing even, is his fumbling response. After all, he and his team must surely have war-gamed such a predictable line of inquiry.
Over the course of four days earlier this month, he came up with four different iterations of his policy.
To start with, he told an interviewer on Fox News that he would have authorised the invasion, and then added buoyantly: "So just for the news flash to the world, if they're trying to find places where there's big space between me and my brother, this might not be one of them."
By the end of the week, he had flip-flopped, that cardinal sin of candidates seeking the presidency. "I would not have engaged," he now ventured, prompting much ridicule in the press. "I would not have gone into Iraq."
More unexpectedly, every Republican candidate is being pressed on whether they, as president, would have invaded Iraq.
Interrogated on the war question, again on Fox News, Mr Rubio offered what sounded like a reasonable formulation - that presidents never get the luxury of making decisions with the benefit of hindsight.
Yet that did not prevent him from getting a torrid grilling from host Chris Wallace, which damaged his campaign.
Even as the world is being buffeted by a geopolitical superstorm, with wars in Syria, Iraq, Ukraine, Libya and elsewhere, the prime question for Republicans has been a historical hypothetical.
With the race stuck in a sort of time warp, a war that started 12 years ago has become a litmus test of their foreign policy credentials.
Jeb Bush (11 May): "I would have. And so would have Hillary Clinton, just to remind everybody. And so would almost everybody that was confronted with the intelligence they got."
Jeb Bush (12 May): "I interpreted the question wrong, I guess. I was talking about, given what people knew then, would you have done it, rather than knowing what we know now. And knowing what we know now, you know, clearly there were mistakes." But would he have invaded? "I don't know what that decision would've been."
Jeb Bush (13 May): "What we want to be focusing on are what are the lessons learned… I think the focus should be on that, on the future."
Jeb Bush (14 May): "If we're all supposed to answer hypothetical questions - knowing what we know now, what would you have done - I would have not engaged. I would not have gone into Iraq."
For Mrs Clinton, Iraq was a much larger problem in 2008 than it is today. Back then, Barack Obama, an anti-war candidate, hammered her for voting in the Senate to authorise military action.
In her 2012 memoir, Hard Choices, she sought to cauterise the wound by admitting she had erred. "I thought I had acted in good faith and made the best decision I could with the information I had," she wrote.
"And I wasn't alone in getting it wrong. But I still got it wrong. Plain and simple."
To this day, though, there's lingering mistrust over her support for the war, especially on the left of the party. It amplifies the criticism that she sails with the prevailing political winds, which in October 2002, when the Senate voted, were at the back of George W Bush (29 of the 50 Senate Democrats voted for the war).
It also suggests that her instincts are hawkish - far more interventionist than Mr Obama's, and far more interventionist than America's war-weary electorate.
Writing about her "Iraq dilemma" in the New Yorker, John Cassidy noted: "Based on her history, some analysts suspect that she remains, at heart, a neo-liberal interventionist, a la Tony Blair."
That the words "a la Tony Blair" have become journalistic shorthand for a disputed foreign policy is indicative of how the Iraq war still impacts on Labour politics in Britain.
Though it would be ridiculous to argue that the 2003 invasion frames the leadership context - each of the four contenders supported the decision to go to war - it does contribute to the subtext.
The war makes it harder for those with a Blairite agenda, like Liz Kendall, to make their case, for the simple reason that Blairism and Iraq have become conjoined.
When many Labour party members think of their former leader, they recall his kinship with George W Bush rather than his affinity with the British electorate, which gave him three consecutive general election victories.
His last victory came in 2005, by which time it was clear there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. But the post-war mess in the country contributed to Labour jettisoning his successful electoral formula, targeted at Middle England, and moving leftwards.
Andy Burnham: "If we are asking about what Labour is for now then it's about the Âaspiration of people being able to pass on what they've worked so hard for... I'm not tangled up in the Blair/Brown stuff. I'm free of that."
Liz Kendall: "The major problem we have got is that, fundamentally, people did not trust us on the economy. Above all, we have not set out a compelling vision for the future. I am a moderniser true to our values."
Mary Creagh: "I want to earn back the trust that Middle England has lost in the Labour Party. We forgot the hard-learned lessons of our last three election victories; that to win elections a party needs to offer hope."
Yvette Cooper: "We can't repeat the narrow approach of the last five years. But nor should we think the answer is to swallow the Tory manifesto instead."
Mr Blair's toxicity partly explained why David Miliband, his former policy director and protege, lost the Labour leadership in 2010, and also why his brother Ed, a devout Brownite, steered the party away from New Labour.
Andy Burnham, the frontrunner in the present contest, used to describe himself as a Blairite but has distanced himself from the former leader over the past five years.
Writing in the Guardian last week, Jonathan Freedland argued that Labour needed to get over its Blair problem. Needless to say, the Blair problem is a catch-all that includes Iraq.
Not insignificantly perhaps, the British parties that have fared best in recent years, the Conservatives, the Scottish Nationalist Party and UKIP, have been largely untroubled by the politics of Iraq.
When will the shadow of Iraq be lifted? Not any time soon it seems, especially when the conflict in the country is set to intensify rather than abate.
It is also worth remembering that Vietnam continued to shape presidential politics more than three decades after that last American chopper took off from the US embassy's rooftop in Saigon.
Bill Clinton ran into problems in 1992 over allegations of draft dodging. Mr Bush's decision to serve with the Texan Air National Guard during the Vietnam War dogged him both in 2000 and 2004.
That year's Democratic presidential nominee, John Kerry, a recipient of the Purple Heart, was unfairly criticised - or "swiftboated" to use the neologism spawned by the controversy - over his service and anti-war activity following his return home.
The reason why the Vietnam syndrome no longer looms as large is not purely generational (Mr Obama was aged six at the time of the 1968 Tet Offensive). It is also because Iraq has displaced Vietnam in the national psyche.
Maybe this electoral cycle will be the last time the Iraq question will be asked with quite so much urgency and insistence.
But as the repercussions of that war continue to be felt, not just in Iraq but globally as well because of America's post-Iraq military wariness, it looks set to remain relevant for many years to come.
Posters showing images of both activities, crossed through in red, were put up by Northamptonshire Police.
"It came to our attention that bushes by a picnic area and a lorry park at the service station were regularly being used by people as a toilet," a spokesman said.
The signs were designed to be clear to "people from across the world".
About 20 posters have been put up at the northbound service area "to encourage people to use the facilities inside the service station building".
Ch Insp Tom Thompson, who is leading the crackdown, said it was "perverse" that people would use the hedgerows when the services were free to use.
He said there had been a growing problem with the smell around the hedgerows, saying there had been "more and more complaints from people trying to picnic over the summer months".
If the signs are successful they may be used in other locations.
"Clearly by printing these posters we'll get a good debate going and hopefully people will start using the toilets," he said.
A spokesman for Roadchef, the company which runs the Watford Gap services, said: "Following a very small number of incidents, the police have introduced a sign in the car park... requesting that motorists use our newly-upgraded toilets inside the building, rather than foliage in the car park.
"We do not condone people using our site inappropriately in any way, and monitor car parks at all of our sites to ensure every customer receives a good experience when using our facilities."
Plenty said it would use the money to expand in the US and abroad.
The firm, founded in 2013, has an indoor growing system that uses less space and water than traditional farms.
It plans to bring its first self-grown food to market this fall.
"We're now ready to build out our farm network and serve communities around the globe," said Matt Barnard, chief executive and co-founder.
Plenty employs 100 people in three facilities in San Francisco and Wyoming. It has raised more than $226m since its start.
Mr Barnard said the firm has already signed up online and bricks-and-mortar distributors for the food, which will initially be dominated by leafy vegetables and herbs.
He declined to name the distributors or say where new facilities are planned, but said future announcements are planned.
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SoftBank led the financing round through its SoftBank Vision Fund. Mr Schmidt and Mr Bezos invested through their Innovation Endeavors and Bezos Expeditions firms, respectively.
Mr Bezos's company, Amazon, has also made a major push in the grocery market with a plan to acquire Whole Foods.
"We believe that Plenty's team will remake the current food system to improve people's quality of life," said Masayoshi Son, chief executive of Softbank Group.
Mr Barnard, 44, grew up on a farm growing apples and cherries in Wisconsin. He told the BBC locally grown food tastes better, since it doesn't need to survive weeks of transport.
Plenty's growing system - kind of like a living wall - and control over the environment, allows for water to be recycled easily.
It also makes growing crops more efficient. The firm says it can produce up to 350 times more per square foot than traditional farms.
The firm is planning indoor farms on land of two to five acres - roughly the size of Home Depots or Walmarts. Mr Barnard said the food will be competitively priced, thanks in part to a shorter supply chain, and within reach of a range of incomes.
"We want to get nutrient-rich food into as many different budgets as possible," he said.
The monarch also officially opened the £15m National Heritage Centre for Horseracing and Sporting Art during her visit to Newmarket, Suffolk.
The bronze statue at the Newmarket Racecourse entrance was a gift from the town in the year of her 90th birthday.
It shows the Queen with a mare and a foal.
The piece was created by Etienne Millner, who sculpted the Queen, and Charlie Langton, who was responsible for the animals.
The Queen, dressed in pink, arrived in Newmarket by helicopter at 11:00 GMT.
After cutting the ribbon to unveil the statue, she was driven to the town centre, where she was greeted by schoolchildren singing the national anthem and waving Union flags.
She was shown around the grounds of the heritage centre, where horses, including two of her former racehorses Barbers Shop and Quadrille, are kept.
The Queen fed a carrot to one horse before being taken into the trainers' house where she was shown a racehorse simulator.
Peter Jensen, the heritage centre's director and chairman of the Home of Horseracing Trust, said it was a "great honour" to have the Queen officially open the venue.
"We are extremely proud of what has been created over many years and the new home for the horseracing museum," he said.
Copeland, 21, after with Sophie Hosking in London.
"University is important, but I can go any time," Copeland told BBC Sport.
Fellow champions Heather Stanning, Helen Glover, Pete Reed and Alex Gregory have also committed to Rio.
But Kat Grainger and Anna Watkins, who won gold in the women's double scull in London, have yet to announce their plans.
Hosking and Copeland's gold medal was one of the shocks of the 2012 Games, given the duo had first competed together just four months before.
Copeland started rowing when she was 14 and won gold in the single scull at the World Under 23 Championships in 2011.
Last year, she started a degree in biology at Durham University alongside her full-time training regime but left after a few weeks to focus on her rowing.
"As a rower you have a limited lifespan so I want to make the most of it," added Copeland.
"Before London, I said we had no pressure and had nothing to lose because people weren't expecting us to win gold.
"But after winning gold, I still don't feel any pressure because I got what I wanted. I'm continuing because I love to row."
and the first British female rowers to win an Olympic title when they triumphed in the women's pair at Eton Dorney.
Their future as a pairing was uncertain after Stanning said before the games that she would return to her role in the army.
However, GB performance director David Tanner told BBC Sport that while the 27-year-old has rejoined her regiment, she will return after a year to prepare for Rio.
Tanner said: "I've been working with those at senior levels of the army to ensure that Heather has a bespoke training programme to ensure she is at full fitness when she returns to the squad."
Gregory, will resume training next month.
Reed, a double gold medallist, is already back in training, but Triggs Hodge and James have yet to announce their plans.
Reed said: "I've moved from London to Henley to carry on training. I know the next four years will be harder than ever, because I'm four years older, but I'm fully prepared for what lies ahead."
Organisers say the nine-month show at London's O2 Arena will be Europe's largest ever retrospective of the singer, featuring more than 300 items.
It will display "as much of Graceland as will fit into the O2", they said.
The exhibition will include a virtual tour of the Memphis mansion where Presley died in his bathroom in 1977.
The pool table that he played on with The Beatles in 1965 and stage costumes including the black leather suit from his 1968 Comeback Special are also being brought from the museum in his old home.
"While each and every item contains a lifetime of memories, we are more than happy to allow these treasured memories to leave Graceland," said Priscilla Presley, who was married to the singer for six years.
"Elvis meant so much to me and our daughter Lisa [Marie Presley], but we both know that our family truly shares him with the world," she continued.
Pieces leaving Memphis for the first time include the singer's wallet containing photos of his daughter, his front door keys and a TCB ring, which stands for taking care of business.
Some items, such as the American Eagle jumpsuit and Cadillac, will only go on show for a limited period during the exhibition's nine-month run.
Exhibition co-ordinator Nic Wastell said: "For people who can't get to Graceland, Graceland is coming to them."
Elvis At The O2: The Exhibition Of His Life will open on 12 December and run until 31 August.
The left-wing thinker was a Polish Jew who fled to the USSR after Nazi Germany invaded Poland. He was loyal to the Polish communists until they carried out an anti-Semitic purge in 1968.
He lectured in Israel and then, from 1971, at the University of Leeds.
A critic of globalisation, he used the phrase "liquid modernity" to describe marginalised and rootless individuals.
The author of more than 50 books, he won several international awards for his explorations of ethics, consumerism, globalisation and modernity. He was regarded as a strong moral voice for the dispossessed.
In his most famous book, Modernity and the Holocaust, he argued that the Nazi mass murder of Jews was not simply a regression to barbarism but was connected to industrialisation. The machinery of the modern state had made it feasible, he argued.
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In 2010 the University of Leeds founded the Bauman Institute, which promotes studies in social, economic and political life, in recognition of the professor's work.
Growing up in Poland, Bauman experienced poverty and anti-Semitism and that fuelled his commitment to social justice.
He was a controversial figure in modern Poland, having admitted that he had once served in the Stalin-era Internal Security Corps, a military unit.
The Polish Institute of National Remembrance (IPN), which prosecutes Nazi and communist-era crimes, has a file on him. He said that he had a clerical job and denied any involvement in killings.
He campaigned for the dignity of the individual who, he argued, suffered manipulation by capitalist market forces.
Globalisation benefited the rich at the expense of the poor, he argued.
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The mound near a play area in Weedon Bec, near Daventry, was being cleared by the parish council in July when the explosives were found.
The bomb squad was called but the council found the cost of clearing the site quadruple to more than £1m.
The mound is thought to include waste from the nearby Weedon Barracks.
The council believes as the waste was created by the Army and the cost of clearing it should be paid for by the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
The parish council has also had to pay £1,680 a week to provide 24 hour security for the site and there are only sufficient reserve funds within the Weedon Bec budget to cover this for 12 more weeks.
Zoe O'Toole, the chair of the council, said local researchers have found evidence that ordinance was dumped by the military at the nearby barracks, but the MoD has not yet committed to providing the funding.
"I am so frustrated. It is fair to say I've lost hours of sleep over this. Ultimately it could mean bankruptcy," she said.
The MoD said: "Safety is of paramount importance to MoD and we are examining ways in which we may be able to provide financial support to the parish council to address possible ordnance in addition to our on-going commitment to remove ordnance should it be encountered."
The health minister was expected to announce a new strategy this month.
But on Thursday, Michelle O'Neill said: "There is no longer an executive in place to agree a budget for an elective-care plan."
The Stormont institutions face collapse following the resignation of Martin McGuinness as deputy first minister.
The 2017/18 budget has not been agreed and plans to secure funding have failed.
Latest figures from the Department of Health, revealed a total of 243,141 patients in Northern Ireland were waiting for a first consultant-led outpatient appointment at the end of September - that's over 7% more than at the end of June.
According to targets set by Mrs O'Neill, at least 50% of patients should be seen within the recommended nine-week target.
The BBC understands that the minister had hoped to present a long-term plan which would have allowed the trusts to plan ahead for at least another four or five years.
The plan included using the independent sector in the short term to specifically help those who have been waiting for a considerable length of time.
There may also have been the potential to outsource a number of surgical cases to the independent sector before the end of this financial year. That, however, is no longer the case.
Mrs O'Neill added: "I fully recognise the concern and frustration that long waits present for patients and am committed to addressing excessive waiting times, but the absence of an executive due to the fallout over the RHI scandal makes it much more difficult.
"Trusts are continuing to prioritise patients to ensure those with greatest clinical need are assessed and treated first, and to maximise the delivery of elective activity in line with plans agreed with the HSCB."
Meanwhile, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, the body that represents health professionals in emergency departments, has hit out at the potential impact the political instability at Stormont could have on the health service.
Sean McGovern, the vice president of RCEM Northern Ireland, says it is time for politicians to get back to work.
"There was high expectation among members given the publication of the Bengoa report and given the minister's vision of Delivering Together and this occurring against a background of presumed political stability, where there would be opportunity to deliver meaningful change in the health service.
"Sadly, recent events make that doubtful. We, in the Royal College, are urging them to get back up the hill and start working again for the people of Northern Ireland. "
Mr McGovern said colleagues working across emergency departments were feeling disappointed and angry.
"I think there is a variety of emotion, disappointment at what's happened, I think they see the opportunity as being lost."
He also said that departments are struggling to cope with the intense demand being placed on them. He said with too few beds available admitting patients was too difficult.
"Furthermore, there is also a real and urgent need for a greater number of emergency medicine staff at the frontline. Staff morale is challenged but the Bengoa report and the minister's vision offered hope."
At the end of September more than 70,000 patients were waiting to be admitted to hospital that is an increase of 11% compared to the same time last year.
Waiting times for a diagnostic service have also increased. While the target states that 75% of patients should be seen within nine weeks - in September almost 40% of people breached that target.
The researchers have sequenced the genome of a strain of bacterium that causes the virulent infection.
A survey in 2007 showed that bleeding canker had spread rapidly, with almost half of the two million horse chestnuts displaying symptoms of the disease.
The findings have been published in the journal PLoS One.
A visible symptom of the disease is a lesion on the bark, which oozes a resin on to the trunk or sometimes the branches.
The bark underneath the canker is killed, and if cankers manage to go all the way around the trunk then the horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) will die because it cuts off the food supply.
The researchers sequenced the genome of the bacterium Pseudomonas syringae pathovar aesuli (Pae) from three samples collected from different locations within the UK. They compared them with samples from the only other recorded case, taken from an Indian horse chestnut in India in the 1960s.
"What we found was that the three British samples were all identical," said co-author Dr David Studholme, currently at the University of Exeter but who was based at The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, while during the study.
"This means that they all probably descended from a single introduction," he told BBC News.
However, he added that more work was needed before they could say whether or not the bacterium originated from India, where the pathovar (a strain of bacterium that only affects certain plants, in this case horse chestnuts) was originally recorded.
"The Indian [specimen] has only ever been known to cause a leaf spot; there is no evidence of it causing cankers."
Dr Studholme's fellow co-author was Sarah Green, a plant pathologist at Forest Research, the research wing of the UK Forestry Commission. She said Pae was "very mobile, very aggressive" and that it definitely needed to be studied.
"There were some interesting genes that we found that may well be helping it to be so aggressive," she explained.
"It affects the woody part of the trees, whereas other bacterial diseases attack the soft tissues (such as leaves)."
However, she added that much more work was needed before it would be possible to understand how the bacterial strain interacted with the trees and how it was spread.
Since Pae was first recorded in 2002, it has become present throughout the UK and more than 70% of horse chestnuts in some areas are showing symptoms of being infected.
Roddie Burgess, head of plant health at the Forestry Commission, said he hoped the research would help develop a strategy to tackle the problem.
"It always takes you by surprise when you investigate a previously unknown disease and find out that almost half of your tree population may already be infected," he told BBC News.
He said that a few thousand trees were known to have been cut down by local authorities amid fears that infected trees would pose a risk to the public.
"Quite a hefty number were felled before we realised that the trees sometimes go into remission and maybe recover.
"Our advice for now is not to go jumping in with a chainsaw."
He added that further research was underway to find out if the disease had the potential to kill the trees in ways other than cutting off the supply of nutrients.
"These are the sorts of things we need to understand before we even begin to think about how best to manage infected trees."
The official manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) was at 50.1 in April, the same level as in March and above expectations of a reading of 50.
It was above the crucial 50 mark again, which separates growth from contraction in the industry.
Manufacturing activity had contracted in the first two months of the year.
China's growth slowed to the weakest in 24 years last year.
Growth in the Asian giant is expected to continue to ease with policymakers setting a target of about 7% for this year - which would mark its weakest expansion in a quarter of a century.
China's manufacturing sector, which has been heralded as the factory of the world, has struggled to gain momentum with overcapacity in production as new orders shrink.
In the services sector, the PMI came in at 53.4 for April, down from 53.7 in March - showing the effect of the cooling economy.
The country's central bank has made a series of unexpected moves to stimulate the economy and boost activity since last year November.
The latest move happened last month, when it cut its bank reserve requirement ratio by one percentage point to allow banks to lend out more money.
English Heritage (EH) is bringing in a £15 charge per vehicle to encourage people to car-share or use the bus.
But, villagers in nearby Shrewton are worried revellers will park "all over the place" to avoid the £15 levy.
EH said it had "robust" plans in place for the events.
A meeting between residents and English Heritage, is due to be held later.
Shrewton is around 2 miles (3.2 km) from the ancient site. According to residents, there has always been a parking issue and if EH charges "these high prices" it will exacerbate it.
Councillor Ian West, said: "It's very much a walkable distance. In the past they've had problems with blocking drives - so there's a real amount of concern."
Parish councillor Alan Harris, described it as a "money-making operation".
"They're expecting a number of people to walk or to get there by any other means," he said.
"So, they're pretty much saying go park in Shrewton and walk here and you can get in for free."
But Kate Davies, Stonehenge general manager, said it was "strongly encouraging" people to come by public transport or to car-share.
"We have robust car parking and traffic management plans in place - any vehicles parked illegally or causing an obstruction will be removed by the police," she said.
In 2000, approximately 10,000 people attended the solstice, while in 2014, the figure was close to 40,000.
EH also pledged to keep access to the monument free during the celebrations, despite growing attendances.
Firefighters and police officers were involved in the rescue on Rivergate, close to the police station, shortly after 20:00 BST on Sunday.
The mucky ducklings were scooped out of the water using a jug and put in a box.
A Cambridgeshire Fire Service spokesman said all the birds were fine and were released "to a safe location in the wild".
The 33-year-old triumphed in the 5,000m final in Rio to extend his tally as Britain's most successful Olympic track and field athlete of all time.
Farah won in 13 minutes 3.30 seconds as Scot Andrew Butchart finished sixth.
"It shows I didn't just fluke it in London. To do it again is incredible. I can't believe it," said Farah.
Farah's was Britain's 27th gold in Rio and their 65th medal, matching the haul at the 2012 Games in London.
They surpassed that 2012 tally when the women's 4x400m relay team won bronze in the penultimate track event of the 2016 Games.
Farah cemented his place as one of Britain's greatest athletes with his double success four years ago, but repeating the feat makes him the world's most successful distance runner in terms of major medals.
"My legs were a bit tired after the 10k, I don't now how I recovered," he told BBC Sport. "I wished for just one medal as a junior.
"It has been a long journey but if you dream of something, have ambitions and are willing to work hard then you can get your dreams."
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Somalia-born Londoner Farah is now a nine-time global champion, moving him above Ethiopian great Kenenisa Bekele.
He matched the feat of Finland's Lasse Viren, who completed the long-distance double at the Munich 1972 and Montreal 1976 Olympics.
Farah had already achieved the World Championships 'double double', successfully defending his 10,000m and 5,000m titles in Beijing last year.
Brendan Foster, Olympic medallist and BBC athletics commentator:
"What a moment. What a privilege to see this man collect a fourth Olympic medal in style. He did it the only way he knows how. Mo, you are a treasure. You are more than a national treasure. You are the greatest we have ever had and one of the greatest distance runners we have ever seen."
Michael Johnson, four-time Olympic medallist and BBC analyst:
"Everyone works hard, but it is also about working smart, finding the things that will really make those marginal gains, assessing and diagnosing what areas can improve. What else makes Mo special is his race intelligence and ability to show up on the day and deliver the performance he is capable of."
Paula Radcliffe, women's marathon world record holder:
"Mo does not believe he will be beaten. He sees no reason why he can't be competitive in every race he competes in."
Denise Lewis, BBC Sport athletics expert:
"It has been a privilege to see how he has progressed from that junior athlete who did not quite make it to this amazing athlete. But the decisions he has made over the last few years, to move to America and do what is needed to achieve success, shows how absolutely committed he is."
Mike Costello, BBC athletics correspondent:
"For the first time out of all his finals I've covered I didn't think he was going to win. It is astonishing he still had something in reserve. He ran the last of his 50 laps in Rio in 52 seconds. That's incredible."
Farah was unusually animated before the race, geeing up the crowd as he approached the start line.
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He sat at the back of the field as Ethiopians Dejen Gebremeske and Hagos Gebrhiwet took turns to set a quick pace in the first half of the race.
Farah moved to the front shortly after the 3,000m mark, taking control of the pace before accelerating to hold on in the final straight.
"I was surprised by the first lap, I thought it was going to be a slow race," he said. "They had a plan. They wanted to take the sting out of me. But when I hit the front, I wasn't letting anyone past me."
Farah crossed the line with his arms outstretched, then knelt down to kiss the track in celebration.
He finished 0.6secs clear of American Paul Kipkemoi Chelimo, who was disqualified before being reinstated on appeal, with Gebrhiwet taking bronze.
Ethiopia's Muktar Edris, who crossed the line in fourth, and Canada's Mohammed Ahmed in fifth were disqualified, before Ahmed was reinstated.
Butchart, who ran a personal best of 13:08.61, beating his own Scottish record by nearly five seconds, initially finished seventh before being moved up to fourth and then back down to sixth.
When asked if he doubted that Mo Farah would take gold, the Scot said: "No. I have seen him training. Some of the stuff he does, nobody can do it. End of."
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BBC Sport takes a closer look at what happened in the matches that did go ahead and one that maybe should have.
Leeds United chairman Massimo Cellino does not like the number 17.
The superstitious Italian believes the number brings bad luck and during his time as owner of Italian side Cagliari had all the number 17 seats replaced with 16b.
With that in mind, the front cover of the Leeds United programme today welcomed fans to home game number 16b of the season.
Sadly for Cellino and Leeds fans, renaming the fixture did not have the desired result as Forest recorded a 1-0 win thanks to Nelson Oliveira's header.
As if to rub salt in the wound you can probably guess what number the goalscorer was wearing - 17.
The Portuguese also scored against Leeds when the two teams met in December. Maybe Cellino has a point after all.
It was a slightly shortened fixture list in League One and Two with seven matches falling foul of the wet weather around the country.
One of those to go was the League One derby between Scunthorpe and Doncaster at Glanford Park.
Referee Mark Haywood made the decision to call the game off at 12:30 GMT but, as the picture above attests, it may have been a slightly premature call.
Iron chief executive James Rodwell said: "I'm livid about the whole thing. I don't think he needed to make that decision.
"If a game should be called off because there's some danger to the players safety then call it off. Today doesn't fall into that category."
It's been a big season for 22-year-old Tom Nichols.
He scored against Liverpool in the FA Cup for Exeter, earned himself a move to League One Peterborough and netted the winner on his debut for his new team against Chesterfield.
That's only part of the story though, as minutes after the striker registered his first goal for the club, he saw his team-mate Michael Smith dismissed for a second bookable offence.
Then, with 12 minutes to go, team-mate Ricardo Santos joined Smith in the dressing room after picking up his second yellow card of the match.
That prompted manager Graham Westley to replace Nichols with centre-half Gaby Zakuani and somehow Posh held out.
"I said to Tom at half-time it's fine that it's your debut, but you haven't done anything and I want to see something from you. It was good to see him produce something in the second half," boss Graham Westley told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
The League One side host Premier League strugglers West Brom in their FA Cup fourth round replay on Wednesday - but Nichols is ineligible.
Mansfield keeper Scott Shearer probably thought it was going to be one of those days when Kevin Ellison gave Morecambe the lead after just 58 seconds.
His mood was lifted by goals from Matty Blair and Krystian Pearce putting his side in front after 24 minutes - and thereafter the Scot came into his own.
First, the former Crawley and Rotherham man stopped Shaun Miller's 35th minute penalty after Ryan Tafazolli had fouled Andrew Fleming in the area.
Then, in the 85th minute Shearer repeated the trick when he kept Paul Mullin's spot-kick out after Jack Thomas was penalised for handball.
The Stags, who had boss Adam Murray sent to the stands, are up to fifth in League Two.
It was a day of mixed emotions for Sheffield Wednesday at Birmingham.
Attacking midfielder Kieran Lee was injured in the warm up, forcing Owls head coach Carlos Carvalhal to bring Vincent Sasso into the starting XI and move Sam Hutchinson from midfield to defence.
Less than 10 minutes into the game, Hutchinson collided heavily with Wednesday keeper Keiren Westwood and both players had to be substituted.
The injuries meant that there were 13 minutes of injury-time played at the end of the first half and it was after five of those that the hosts went in front thanks to Clayton Donaldson.
After such adversity it would perhaps have been understandable if the visitors had crumbled, but a Gary Hooper double gave the Championship play-off hopefuls an unlikely win.
Paula Hawkins' 2015 debut The Girl on the Train was a publishing phenomenon, and the first reviews for her new book Into The Water are in.
And most critics are not impressed.
Reviewing it for The Guardian, crime author Val McDermid predicted Hawkins' sales would be "massive" but "her readers' enjoyment may be less so".
McDermid was puzzled by the 11 narrative voices used in Into The Water, which is released in the UK next week.
She wrote: "These characters are so similar in tone and register - even when some are in first person and others in third - that they are almost impossible to tell apart, which ends up being both monotonous and confusing."
She added: "Hawkins had a mountain to climb after the success of The Girl on the Train and no doubt the sales of her second thriller will be massive. I suspect her readers' enjoyment may be less so."
Slate's Laura Miller declared that Into the Water "isn't an impressive book".
She wrote: "Its tone is uniformly lugubrious and maudlin, and Hawkins' characters seldom rise to the level of two dimensions, let alone three."
But Miller pointed out: "None of this will necessarily prevent Into the Water from triumphing at the cash register. The book surely will become a best-seller, if only on the strength of residual name recognition for The Girl on the Train."
Janet Maslin wasn't much more enthusiastic in The New York Times.
"If The Girl on the Train seemed overplotted and confusing to some readers, it is a model of clarity next to this latest effort.
"Her goal may be to build suspense, but all she achieves is confusion. Into the Water is jam-packed with minor characters and stories that go nowhere."
She asks: "What happened to the Paula Hawkins who structured The Girl on the Train so ingeniously?"
However, The New Statesman's Leo Robson defended the book, writing: "Most of the time, the novel is plausible and grimly gripping.
"Into the Water follows its predecessor in applying laser scrutiny to a small patch, but there are signs of growth and greater ambition."
He described Hawkins's writing as "addictive", adding that the novel "is on a par with The Girl on a Train".
The Evening Standard's David Sexton wrote: "Unfortunately, Into the Water turns out to be hard work."
"There's a ridiculous multiplication of narrators from the start, some first-person, others third, so that on first reading it is almost impossible to keep track of who's who and what relation they have to one another... several of the stories never really cohere."
Marcel Berlins in The Times said: "This novel has its intriguing attributes.
"It does not follow the usual samey fashionable pattern of 'domestic noir' and psychological thrillers. For that Hawkins ought to be commended, even if the result is not a full success.
"She is let down by her overambitious structure and a lack of sufficient tension. Hawkins does not quite pass the second-book test."
Of course, reviews of any kind are unlikely to deter the millions who enjoyed The Girl on the Train.
After all, critics didn't much like the film adaptation of her previous book, starring Emily Blunt, but that didn't stop it being a box office success.
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The Foxes said the 29-year-old, whose goals helped the club claim a shock title success last season, will sign an extended four-year contract.
"Both parties hope this announcement will end recent speculation regarding Jamie's future," a club statement said.
Vardy was the subject of a reported £20m bid from Premier League rivals Arsenal before the start of Euro 2016.
That bid activated a release clause in his contract, with the Gunners offering him a deal reported to be worth £120,000 a week.
Leicester responded with an offer said to be worth £100,000.
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Vardy, who joined the Foxes from non-league Fleetwood Town for £1m in 2012, had already signed a new three-year deal with the club in February.
He is currently on duty with England at Euro 2016 in France and scored in the 2-1 win over Wales in the group stage.
Roy Hodgson's side eventually finished second in Group B to make it through to the last 16, where they will face Iceland on Monday.
The news that Vardy had decided to stay with Leicester delighted Gary Lineker.
The former Foxes striker tweeted: "A show of loyalty from @vardy7 and a show of ambition from @LCFC is to be applauded."
But Vardy's decision means that former club Fleetwood miss out on a lucrative payday courtesy of a sell-on clause in his contract.
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Mr Trump told the New York Times the actions of Mr Sessions had been "very unfair to the president".
Mr Sessions recused himself after admitting meeting Russia's ambassador.
He said on Thursday he would not resign and he would continue running the Justice Department effectively.
"I plan to continue to do so as long as that is appropriate," he said.
The president also accused Mr Sessions of giving "some bad answers" at his confirmation hearing performance.
With Donald Trump, loyalty will only get you so far.
Mr Sessions was the earliest and most enthusiastic of Mr Trump's top-tier political supporters, and he was rewarded with a plum Cabinet appointment. Now, however, that position of power appears not quite as golden a prize.
While the former Alabama senator has toiled to implement the president's agenda as attorney general, Mr Trump personally blames him for the ongoing independent counsel investigation that has bedevilled his presidency.
The irony is that while Mr Trump views Mr Sessions's recusal from the Russia probe as a betrayal, the attorney general made clear during his confirmation hearings that he would likely do just that if he were implicated in an investigation that had not yet begun in earnest.
It was only later that then-FBI Director James Comey - himself a target of the president's scorn - revealed the Trump campaign itself was under the microscope.
Now the president has made clear that Mr Sessions lacks his full confidence. While the attorney general says he loves his job and plans to keep it, how secure can his position be when his boss lobs bomb after bomb his way from the White House?
Mr Sessions would have headed the justice department's investigation into alleged Russian interference in the US presidential election. Congress is also conducting inquiries.
His recusal ultimately led to the appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller to lead the investigation.
The Times interview reflects the anger the president feels at this development.
He said: "A special counsel should never have been appointed in this case... Sessions should have never recused himself, and if he was going to recuse himself, he should have told me before he took the job, and I would have picked somebody else."
Mr Trump said Mr Sessions had given him "zero" notice of the recusal.
"How do you take a job and then recuse yourself? If he would have recused himself before the job, I would have said, 'Thanks, Jeff, but I can't, you know, I'm not going to take you.' It's extremely unfair, and that's a mild word, to the president."
Mr Trump then reflected on the performance of Mr Sessions at his Senate confirmation hearing in January at which he denied meeting any Russians. He later revealed he had met Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
Mr Trump said: "Jeff Sessions gave some bad answers... He gave some answers that were simple questions and should have been simple answers, but they weren't."
The president suggested the justice department's Russia investigation was rife with conflicts of interest, not least that Mr Mueller had wanted to replace James Comey, who Mr Trump had sacked as FBI director.
"There were many other conflicts that I haven't said, but I will at some point," Mr Trump said.
Mr Trump warned Mr Mueller about straying too far from his remit but again said he did not think he was personally being investigated.
"I don't think we're under investigation," Mr Trump said. "I'm not under investigation. For what? I didn't do anything wrong."
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About 100 firefighters tackled the blaze at Gower College on Tycoch Road, Sketty, which broke out just before 04:30 BST on Friday.
Mid and West Wales Fire Service confirmed the fire was not deliberate but would not give any more details.
The college said the fire started in the library on the third floor and spread to the fourth.
Lower floors have also been damaged by water used to put out the flames.
A college spokeswoman said: "The college was given the news from its structural engineers that the building has remained structurally sound.
"This enabled us to start pulling together a recovery team. The IT team is also working to get services up and running as soon as possible.
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The college has confirmed the campus will remain closed to the 2,000 students returning from the half-term break on Monday and Tuesday.
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A hearse took the body from a Newark funeral home as two vehicles carrying relatives - including singer Dionne Warwick - followed behind.
Bobbi Kristina, 22, died at a hospice on 26 July, six months after she was found unresponsive in a bathtub.
Houston drowned in a bathtub at a Los Angeles hotel in 2012 on the eve of the Grammy Awards ceremony.
Bobbi Kristina was the only child of Whitney Houston and her father was R&B singer Bobby Brown.
The casket had earlier been at a memorial service in Alpharetta in Georgia on Saturday.
The burial at the Fairview cemetery in Westfield, New Jersey, on Monday was reserved for friends and family.
Police sealed off roads to the cemetery and only about a dozen fans could be seen at the gates as the gold-coloured hearse passed by.
One who was at the cemetery, Michael Tarashuk, told Reuters: "I wanted to show support to the Houston family and for Whitney Houston. I was here three years ago for Whitney Houston."
A friend of the family who was invited to the funeral service, TV host Kevin Frazier, told the agency: "This wasn't a celebrity funeral. This was a little girl and [the family] can't understand why we're back here so soon.
"It was sad, it was heartbreaking, nothing like anybody should ever experience."
Bobbi Kristina Brown began performing with her mother in 1999, singing duets of My Love is Your Love and recording Little Drummer Boy for a holiday album in 2003.
She was found in the bathtub in the home she shared with Nick Gordon in Atlanta.
Authorities are still investigating the death, which police have described as a drowning.
The Right Reverend Robert Paterson, 67, has served the Diocese of Sodor and Man since 2008, as well as holding a seat on the island's Legislative Council.
He told Manx Radio his decision to retire on 11 November was motivated "purely by age".
Sodor and Man is the smallest diocese in the Church of England, overseeing 45 churches and 27 parishes.
Before moving to the Isle of Man, he was a parish priest in Wales and chaplain to the Archbishop of York, John Sentamu.
Olympic champions Katie Archibald, Elinor Barker, Steven Burke and Callum Skinner have been named in the squad of 20 riders, of whom 10 are making their World Championship debut.
Great Britain will hope to match their table-topping five gold medals from last year's event in London but are without a number of star names.
Six-time Olympic champion Jason Kenny and four-time Olympic gold medallist wife Laura, who are expecting their first child, will miss the championships, while Bradley Wiggins has retired and Mark Cavendish is focusing on road racing.
Women's endurance: Katie Archibald, Elinor Barker, Ellie Dickinson, Neah Evans, Emily Kay, Manon Lloyd, Emily Nelson
Men's endurance: Matt Bostock, Steven Burke, Kian Emadi, Chris Latham, Mark Stewart, Andy Tennant, Oliver Wood
Sprint: Jack Carlin, Katy Marchant, Lewis Oliva, Ryan Owens, Callum Skinner, Joe Truman
All times BST
Wednesday, 12 April
12:00-14:30, BBC Two and Connected TV
Men's and women's team sprints
Repeated on Red Button from 16:00-18:30 on Wednesday and 09:30-12:00 on Thursday
Thursday, 13 April
12:00-14:45, BBC Two and Connected TV
Team pursuit and men's keirin
Repeated on Red Button from 19:15-22:00 on Thursday and 09:15-12:00 on Friday
Friday, 14 April
11:50-14:40, BBC Two and 12:00-15:10 on Connected TV
Women's sprint, women's omnium and men's individual pursuit
Repeated on Red Button from 19:15-22:35 and 22:35-01:55 on Friday.
Saturday, 15 April
12:00-15:30, BBC Two and Connected TV
Men's omnium, men's sprint, women's madison and women's individual pursuit
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Sunday, 16 April
13:00-14:15, BBC Two
Women's keirin, women's points race, men's kilo time trial, men's madison
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The local authority hopes to save £2.4m per year as a result of bringing in "slim bins" which hold 40% less waste.
The plans will be considered at a committee meeting next month.
Manchester's recycling rate of 32.8% is the lowest of Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority's nine boroughs. Neighbouring Trafford recycles about double that proportion of its waste.
Under the proposals, the capacity of general waste bins in Manchester would change from 240 to 140 litres.
Three other councils in Greater Manchester have already made the switch - Trafford, Stockport and Tameside have all seen recycling rates improve since introducing the smaller bins.
Bolton will begin delivering them to residents on Monday.
The new bins in Manchester would be tagged with a digital serial number so they can be traced if lost or stolen.
Fortnightly collections will be maintained and additional or larger recycling bins will be available at no cost on request.
To reduce costs, Rochdale, Salford and Bury have all moved to collecting bins once every three weeks instead of once every two.
Manchester City Councillor Nigel Murphy said the bins would help "to protect the vital council services that residents care about... while also helping the environment."
The council spent £36m on waste disposal in 2015-6 and said that if "every single item of recyclable waste was recycled in Manchester, around £16.5m a year could be saved".
The proposed change will be discussed next week at a meeting of the Neighbourhoods Scrutiny Committee and must then be approved by the executive on 29 June.
Source: Manchester City Council
The teenagers were caught on CCTV as they climbed up the side of Woodfarm High School in Thornliebank at about 22:00 on Friday.
They were seen to start a fire before climbing back down to the street to watch fire crews tackle the blaze.
They are described as white, aged 15 to 18, and wearing dark clothing.
One is believed to have had a grey hooded top on.
Appealing for information, Det Con Stephen Walker of Govan CID said: "Thankfully, no-one was injured in the fire which has caused significant damage to the roof and the top floor of the school.
"These youths have absolutely no regard for their own safety, nor the property or the cost or disruption their actions have caused. Indeed, they appear to stay in the area to watch as emergency services attend to deal with the fire.
"There are a number of homes near the school, thankfully, not affected by the fire, but it may be the case that neighbours saw the youths on the roof or hanging about the area either prior to or afterwards."
Thomas Millward, 19, of Cheltenham, was found with head injuries at Girton College on Saturday night.
He died at Addenbrooke's Hospital on Sunday.
Cambridgeshire Police said his death was not being treated as suspicious but a 19-year-old woman had been arrested on suspicion of supplying drugs.
His parents, Brian and Maisa Millward, said he had studied engineering at the university since September.
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They said he had dreamed of studying at Cambridge and finding a career where he could make a positive difference to the world.
"One of the most promising young men of his generation," they said, in a statement released by police.
"He was an extremely intelligent, talented, handsome and loving boy."
They added: "Gifted both academically and in his sporting abilities, he excelled in everything that he did.
"He was strong and athletic and so much enjoyed his sports, particularly rugby, where he was in his element playing within his team, and his friends."
A university spokesman, speaking on behalf of the college, said: "His death is a great loss to the college community and the college will provide whatever support it can in the days ahead."
Police said the woman had been bailed until later this month.
Marshall Aviation Services began a 45-day consultation with its 126-strong Broughton workforce last month after plans to close were first announced.
"Sadly, we have been unable to identify any viable options to continue trading as a going concern," the firm said.
Economy Secretary Ken Skates said the Welsh Government was supporting affected workers.
"This is a highly skilled workforce in an area where aerospace engineering expertise is in high demand and we remain optimistic that those affected by the decision will quickly find re-employment," he added.
In a statement, Marshall Aviation Services said the decision followed "detailed discussions with the trade unions over the last two weeks".
It added: "We will continue to work with the unions, via collective consultation, to discuss and explain the options available during this difficult time for our employees."
Unite's regional officer Dave Griffiths said: "The closure of Marshalls is a devastating blow for the workforce, their families and the economy of north east Wales.
"A facility has existed on the Hawarden Airfield since 1930, providing well-paid secure employment in the area for over 80 years.
"The majority of the workforce that remain have long service and are highly skilled.
"Unite's priority is to ensure that our members' valuable expertise and skills are not lost and are transferred to other employers in the sector."
Alyn and Deeside AM Carl Sargeant said it was "a blow for industry in the area".
He said: "I've been in touch with the cabinet secretary for economy, Ken Skates, and I know his officials are doing all they can to help my constituents during this difficult period for them.
"Marshall Aviation Services' staff are highly employable so I hope they'll be well placed to take up work at nearby companies such as Raytheon and Airbus.
"If this isn't the case the cabinet secretary has confirmed that the Welsh Government programme ReAct will be used.
"This incentivises companies to take on people who are under notice or have recently been made redundant and provides funding for any training they may need to transfer or update their skills."
Last month the company blamed "significant losses" in business for the proposed closure.
It also said the process would not impact on its other businesses in Cambridge, Kirkbymoorside, Brize Norton and Birmingham.
Saints winger Regan Grace opened the scoring inside four minutes with an acrobatic finish in a game of few clear-cut chances due to bad weather.
Sneyd converted his own solo effort to level the scores just before the half-time break.
With few openings, Sneyd took a chance for two from the halfway line and his kick sailed over to snatch the win.
Grace will rue the chances he had to extend his team's lead after scoring the opening try in the first half, as he knocked on 20 metres out, before dropping a pass from Theo Fages in open space later on.
Sneyd's brilliant kick kept Hull in third place in the Super 8s table, while St Helens are fifth, one point behind fourth-placed Wakefield Trinity.
Hull FC head coach Lee Radford:
"That's one of our most significant wins of the season bar none.
"We had to win ugly and I was pleased when the heavens opened up because then I knew they were going to play with a bar of soap.
"Unfortunately it made for a really bad spectacle of a game but that is the biggest win we've had this year."
St Helens head coach Justin Holbrook:
"They dropped as much ball as us. Unfortunately it was one of the worst games of rugby league I have been involved in.
"I felt sorry for you guys and the fans for watching it. I was glad it wasn't on TV as it was embarrassing.
"There wasn't much in it and a 50-metre penalty goal was the difference. We didn't play well enough to get the victory."
St Helens: Lomax, Makinson, Morgan, Percival, Grace, Fages, Richardson, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Roby, Thompson, Taia, Peyroux, Wilkin
Replacements: Smith, Walmsley, Amor, Knowles
Hull FC: Connor, Griffin, Thompson, Tuimavave, Michaels, Kelly, Sneyd, Taylor, Houghton, Watts, Turgut, Manu, Ellis
Replacements: Green, Washbrook, Fash, Matongo
Referee: James Child
Images taken at the Watford police station cell were not pixelated on screen and detainees could be seen, inspectors found.
A lack of toilet paper was also identified as an issue, although the force was praised for the amount reading material it provided.
Hertfordshire Police said there was an "oversight" that went against policy.
The Prison and Constabulary Inspectorate carried out an unannounced inspection at the Watford custody suite in May.
Guidelines state all toilet areas in cells should be pixelated on CCTV viewing screens.
An inspectorate spokeswoman said detainees "should be able to use a toilet in privacy", although the rest of the cell should be covered by cameras.
"CCTV cameras are important so that custody staff can monitor detainees, many of whom might be at risk of hurting themselves or others," she said.
A Hertfordshire Police spokesman said: "The pixelation had been removed from the camera that covered one particular cell as the person in the cell at the time ran a high risk of self-harming and custody staff needed to ensure their safety.
"There was an oversight and the pixilation was not put on immediately afterwards - which policy dictates should have happened."
In front of a partisan home crowd, the world champions came from behind in both sets to defeat Paolo Nicolai and Daniele Lupo 21-19 21-17.
It was Brazil's fifth gold of the Games and the country's first win in the event for 12 years.
The Netherlands beat Russia in the bronze medal match.
Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen saw off Konstantin Semenov and Viacheslav Krasilnikov 23-21 22-20 to earn the Dutch a first medal in the event.
The Copacabana beach stadium was only half-full for their match, but the crowds arrived at midnight to watch Cerutti, a losing finalist in 2012, and his new partner Schmidt take the gold.
Italy led 11-7 in the second set but 6ft 8in Cerutti pulled the Brazilians back to level at 14-14, and the home fans erupted as the pair converted match points.
Brazil, who also won women's silver on Thursday, have come away with multiple medals at every Olympics since beach volleyball was added to the Games programme in Atlanta in 1996.
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The British Pregnancy Advisory Service said this highlighted the difficulty in obtaining late-stage terminations for women north of the border.
The law currently allows the procedure up to 24 weeks of pregnancy, and 73 of the 180 women who travelled south were at least 20 weeks pregnant.
The Scottish government said it was looking at improving abortion services.
There were a total of 12,063 abortions registered in Scotland in 2016.
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 choose to have an abortion after 18 weeks for a variety of complex reasons, including foetal abnormality, changes in domestic circumstances or ill health.
Late-stage terminations can be carried out either surgically or medically.
Surgical terminations involve the physical removal of the foetus under anaesthetic, while medical abortions are carried out with the use of drugs to bring on miscarriage.
The use of medical methods rather than surgical methods has continued to increase in Scotland, with 82.9% of terminations performed medically in 2016.
The difficulty for women from Northern Ireland in accessing abortion has been much highlighted.
Abortions are illegal there, except for cases where the woman's health is at risk.
That has led to women travelling to Great Britain seeking terminations.
However, one woman - forced to travel from Scotland to London for an abortion at 22 weeks - described this to me as "Scotland's dirty little secret".
The law says abortion can be carried out across mainland Britain up to the 24th week of pregnancy.
But the reality - as today's figures show - is its very hard to obtain in Scotland after 18 weeks.
That's the cut off point most health boards in Scotland set for abortions sought for social reasons.
For those they need to travel to clinics in London and Liverpool, though they can reclaim funding from the NHS.
Also little understood is that women seeking abortions for medical reasons in Scotland are unlikely to be offered the surgical procedure after 14 weeks.
The vast majority of abortions - almost 83% last year - are now medical, which involves taking two sets of pills and waiting for the pregnancy to pass.
However, some women over 14 weeks don't want to go through what they see as the added trauma of going through labour and would prefer the surgical option.
Again, for that they often have to head south.
Patients who are referred to hospitals in England by their health board will have the cost of their treatment paid for by NHS Scotland.
Ann Furedi, the chief executive of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, said that while it was difficult for women to obtain surgical abortions anywhere in the UK, it was extremely difficult in Scotland.
She said: "In England it tends to be provided by independent clinics, such as BPAS, who are specially commissioned by the NHS to provide that service.
"Now, these clinics don't really exist in Scotland. Well, I say they don't really exist - they don't exist at all in Scotland."
Ms Furedi said that because Scotland was traditionally better at providing the earlier procedure, the provision of later procedures never really developed.
She added: "I think that historically that's also been fuelled by the mistaken notion that if you provide a good service early in pregnancy the women won't need a later abortion service, which is simply not the case.
"It's far better if you can have an early service but some women will always need late abortions."
A recent study found wide variations in practice between Scotland's health boards.
The Scottish government said it was working to improve services.
It 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."
It used a court order to access data gathered by two researchers during a 2014 Carnegie Mellon University project funded by the US Department of Defense.
The home IP address of American Brian Farrell was among those obtained by the FBI via its analysis of the CMU data.
He denies helping to run the Silk Road 2.0 website, which sold drugs via Tor.
Tor, also known as The Onion Router, lets people browse the web anonymously by bouncing data through a series of routers that encrypt it at each step.
This has also given rise to a number of hidden sites, including many markets selling drugs and other illegal items and services, that sit on the Tor network.
Once identified, the researchers said they would give a talk at the Black Hat security conference about the methods they had used to "de-anonymise hundreds of thousands Tor clients and thousands of hidden services".
The talk never went ahead - but later in 2014, the FBI mounted a series of raids on people suspected of running sites sitting on Tor.
The revelation comes as the FBI is embroiled in a row with Apple over a request to unlock an iPhone used by Syed Rizwan Farook who, with his wife, killed 14 people in California last year.
The trial against Mr Farrell is due to start in April.
But the Kiwis face strong competition from Australia and England in the 14-team tournament, which climaxes with the final at Old Trafford on 30 November.
BBC Sport looks at how the three big guns have fared over the last 12 months and predicts which team and players will make an impact in 2013.
Former Great Britain, Bradford Bulls, Wigan Warriors and Celtic Crusaders coach Brian Noble also gives us his verdict on the main contenders.
World Cup history: Nine-time winners. Runners-up in 2008
Won last year's Four Nations in Britain with an easy victory over England in the final to cement their position as the best team in the world. This year, the Kangaroos have beaten New Zealand twice in one-off tests in April (20-12) and October (18-10) and have strengthened their already formidable squad with New Zealand-born front-rower James Tamou, who scored a try and was named his team's player of the match in the recent win over the Kiwis.
Hooker Cameron Smith has enjoyed a stellar year at international, representative and club level. He has already been rewarded for his efforts by being named the Rugby League International Federation Player of the Year.
Earlier this year, he was named as Australia captain following the retirement of the legendary Darren Lockyer and skippered the Kangaroos in their two victories over New Zealand.
Smith also guided Queensland to a record-breaking seventh consecutive State of Origin triumph and also led the Melbourne Storm to the NRL Premiership title, becoming only the third man after Lockyer to captain three successful sides in one season.
"Australia are definitely the favourites for the World Cup. I've watched one or two NRL games each week all year and the competition gets stronger and stronger. They also play State of Origin, which has an intensity unlike anything else. The Aussies have a strong spine of Cameron Smith, Johnathan Thurston and Billy Slater, who have been together for such a long time. If you throw in the likes of Cooper Cronk, Paul Gallen and James Tamou, we will see some fearsome and awesome players."
World Cup history: Winners for the first time in 2008.
They only managed one win in last year's Four Nations, losing to both Australia and England but beating minnows Wales. Their record in one-off games is poor and lost both games to Australia in their two meetings this year. The Kiwis were in control for much of the second game but were unable to capitalise on their chances and it was the Kangaroos who pounced late on through Darius Boyd to seal the 18-10 victory.
Half-back Shaun Johnson will be hoping to make a big impact in what will be his first major international tournament as the Kiwis bid to retain the title they famously won in Australia in 2008.
He helped the New Zealand Warriors reach the 2011 NRL Grand Final after only making his debut in June but missed last year's Four Nations through injury. He made his Test debut in April against Australia with Kieran Foran out through injury and marked his debut with an 80-metre interception try.
Although the Warriors struggled at times this year, finishing 14th, Johnson was the club's equal try scorer and led the team's statistics for most try assists (17) as well as line breaks (13).
He was omitted from the Kiwis team for the recent Test but still won the RLIF Rookie of the Year award.
"New Zealand are the perennial entertainers and they seem to peak for the big competitions as we saw in the last World Cup and in the 2010 Four Nations. They have Benji Marshall as their iconic leader but also considerable prowess with the likes of Kevin Locke at full-back, hooker Issac Luke and half-back Shaun Johnson. They are always very committed and very together at big tournaments and you would be a fool to back against them retaining their title next year."
World Cup history: Three-time winners as Great Britain.
After losing heavily to Australia in last year's Four Nations final, England coach Steve McNamara described it as a missed opportunity but was keen to focus on the positives ahead of the World Cup. Since then, the squad have had regular get-togethers and played two matches against the Exiles in June and July, winning one and losing one. Captain Jamie Peacock retired from the international game in June, to be replaced by his Leeds Rhinos colleague Kevin Sinfield for the current series against France and Wales.
New England captain Kevin Sinfield will hope to bring his magnificent form for the Leeds Rhinos into the international set-up. The 32-year-old earned plaudits from across the sporting world after he led the Rhinos to a sixth Super League Grand Final title, winning his second Harry Sunderland award for his man-of-the-match display.
He was appointed Leeds captain in December 2002 and set a club record in 2008 by scoring in 63 consecutive matches. This year, he scored his 3,000th point for the Yorkshire side.
The man known affectionately as "Sir Kev" made his England debut in 2000 and played in both the 2000 and 2008 World Cups. He will be hoping to make it third time lucky on home soil next year.
"Although they are still third favourites with the bookmakers, England are in a really good position with a year to go. Thanks to the work that Steve McNamara has done, I think they are the strongest they have been for 10 years. Players like Sam Burgess, James Graham and Gareth Ellis have benefited from playing in the NRL, while there is plenty of English talent in the Super League with players like Ben Westwood, James Roby, Sam Tomkins and Gareth Hock. There is definitely reason to be optimistic. On their day, England can beat both Australia and New Zealand."
They will be able to compel fans to take off masks or hooded tops which could prevent identification.
Armed officers will be deployed at major public events, reflecting heightened security levels.
Assistant Chief Constable Bernard Higgins said the force had intelligence some English fans may cause trouble.
Such behaviour would be "ridiculous and disrespectful" following recent terrorist incidents, he said.
Tens of thousands of fans from across the UK will be at Hampden Park in Glasgow to watch the qualifier match.
A full-scale security operation will cover several major events in Scotland over the next few days including the general election and a concert by the singer Robbie Williams at Murrayfield stadium.
Mr Higgins said "robust policing plans" were in place to keep the public safe.
"Understandably, since the tragic events in London and Manchester, people are more aware of the current threat to the UK from terrorism.
"There is no intelligence to suggest that Scotland or indeed this football match or any other event is a target but we have reviewed all forthcoming events to ensure our policing plans are robust."
He said armed officers would be deployed at Murrayfield for the concert on Friday and at Hampden Park stadium.
Mr Higgins added: "Specific legislation has been implemented throughout the duration of the weekend that gives police additional powers to stop and search people who police believe may be looking to cause violence and disorder.
"If you intend to cause disorder, think again; you will be caught and you face spending the weekend in the cells."
Describing suggestions that some English fans may be intent on causing violence, he said it was "ridiculous and disrespectful following the events of the last three weeks that people feel they can come up to behave in a manner which would be disgraceful for the whole country".
In light of the terrorist attacks in Manchester and London, police are asking fans to show consideration for the general public by refraining from congregating in large numbers in crowded places.
Visiting fans are reminded it is illegal to drink alcohol in public places in Glasgow or on buses travelling to the stadium.
Superintendent David Marshall from British Transport Police (BTP) said: "There is no place for intimidating behaviour and our officers will be working hard to identify those who are out to cause trouble."
He added: "In light of the dreadful attacks in Manchester and London, our focus has of course remained on countering the threat of terrorism.
"Whilst we have more BTP officers at stations across the country and have asked you to be vigilant, this does not mean that any specific intelligence has been received relating to our stations or that there is an increased risk of travelling by train.
"The public are the eyes and ears of the rail network and I would urge them to report suspicious behaviour and criminality to us by texting 61016 or by calling 0800 40 50 40."
Football governing body UEFA rejected a Police Scotland request to bring forward the World Cup qualifier to reduce the risk of violence flaring.
Senior officers say a 5pm kick-off at Hampden Park allows too much drinking time on what is expected to be a warm afternoon.
But Scottish Football Association chief executive Stewart Regan played down any concerns.
He said: "The match has been publicised and announced since 2015, and we believe that two hours will not make a material difference and therefore we will still proceed."
Speaking on BBC Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme, Scottish Police Federation chairwoman Andrea MacDonald was asked if she agreed with warnings by former SPF chair Les Gray that the late kick off could lead to "bedlam and absolute carnage".
"Certainly kicking off at that time gives fans more time to drink alcohol, and it does generally lead to an increase in violence or disorderly behaviour... although that is only a small minority of fans who behave in that way."
Wheater returned to former county Essex on Tuesday until the end of the season.
The wicketkeeper, 26, has fallen behind Lewis McManus as first choice behind the stumps this season for Hampshire, playing only as a top-order batsman.
"Adam wants to keep and bat," White said. "My understanding is he is looking elsewhere."
Wheater has been among Hampshire's top run-scorers in four-day cricket this season, but was allowed to return to Division Two leaders Essex for their three remaining County Championship matches, rather than assist his parent county's bid for survival in Division One.
"If I were to put my detective hat on, he's looking to find a club that will give him the chance to bat and keep wicket," White said.
"If the player would like to leave, we won't stand in his way. That's something we've always stood by here at Hampshire.
"He had asked to talk to other counties and he's done so and the rest is his business rather than ours."
Wheater joined Hampshire from Essex in 2013 after finding his chances to keep wicket limited behind James Foster.
South Wales Fire and Rescue service was called to Brynmenyn Industrial Estate just before 09:00 BST on Friday.
Nearby buildings are being evacuated and no casualties have been reported, the service said.
Two crews from Bridgend and one from Pontycymmer are at the scene, with crews from Pencoed and Gilfach Goch due at attend.
Bridgend council said delays are possible near the scene.
James Burt, owner of Ogmore Vale Bakery, said the smoke and heat were "horrific".
"They have shut the roads and you can hear the gas canisters exploding," he added.
The 52-year-old quit as assistant manager of Rotherham United on Monday before his switch to Villa Park.
Villa boss Remi Garde said Black, a former Scotland international, "brings a wealth of experience and excellent knowledge of English football".
Villa are bottom of the table with 13 points from 23 games and seemingly destined for relegation.
Black began his playing career under Sir Alex Ferguson at Aberdeen, winning the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1983.
He is fluent in French after spending five seasons playing for Metz.
Black managed both Motherwell and Coventry City, before becoming number two to Steve Bruce at Birmingham City.
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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."
Diplomacy was the preferred path, but "draconian" measures would have to be considered if it failed, Marcel de Souza told France's RFI radio station.
Four West African leaders are in The Gambia for crisis talks with Mr Jammeh.
He initially accepted defeat to Adama Barrow, before changing his mind.
Asked whether Ecowas would consider sending troops into The Gambia, Mr de Souza told Radio France Internationale: "We have done it in the past. We currently have troops in Guinea-Bissau with the Ecomib mission. We have had troops in Mali. And therefore it is a possible solution."
The leaders of Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone all arrived earlier in the Gambian capital Banjul as part of a delegation to persuade President Jammeh to step down.
Mr Barrow has welcomed the regional intervention, saying he hoped Mr Jammeh would give up power.
The UN Security Council met on Monday and urged Mr Jammeh to meet international mediators.
Mr Jammeh, who has ruled the country for 22 years, has questioned the validity of the count after the electoral commission changed some results, even though it insists the outcome was not affected.
The commission said Mr Barrow obtained 222,708 votes (43.3%) compared with Mr Jammeh's 208,487 (39.6%). A third candidate, Mama Kandeh, won 89,768 votes (17.1%).
Captain Devlin is back from injury, while D'Acol has recovered from illness.
Dundee will assess some minor injuries, with defender Kevin Gomis and striker Marcus Haber having gone off with knocks against Inverness in midweek.
Centre-backs James McPake and Julen Etxabeguren are long-term absentees.
Hamilton sit second bottom of the table, one point ahead of Inverness Caledonian Thistle, as both face their final league game of the season.
Whoever finishes bottom will be relegated automatically, with the second bottom side facing a play-off against the winner of Friday's semi-final between Championship sides Falkirk and Dundee United.
Hamilton Academical midfielder Darian McKinnon: "The last time we played Motherwell, there was a lot of pressure because we really wanted to win that one.
"But, after the performance on Tuesday, we are all just looking forward to the game, playing well and winning the game.
"Luck can't keep going against you all the time and, after Tuesday, I am sure that's us used up all the bad luck and hopefully we can get a wee rub of the green on Saturday.
"We need to make sure we win the game and nothing else can put us down.
"Dundee are already safe and that can work both ways. The pressure might be off them, they can play brilliant, or they could be on holiday mode.
"We just need to take care of ourselves and win the game.
"We've had a terrible last four or five games, but we think we are good enough to stay in this league and hopefully we can prove that on Saturday."
Dundee interim manager Neil McCann: "I really couldn't care less about Hamilton, honestly all I care about is Dundee.
"We have got our main objective of retaining our Premiership status. But our standards were set from the first day I came in, which was to win the five games ahead of us. We won the first two, we were really unlucky not to win the third, and Wednesday although we tried, the start killed us.
"This is the next one and we want to win it for ourselves. We let ourselves down from the standards we set and we sent away a massive Dundee support disappointed."
MTN-Qhuebeka rider Cummings, 34, was part of a 20-man breakaway and overhauled Romain Bardet and Thibault Pinot with a late surge to the line.
Froome extended his lead in the yellow jersey to three minutes 10 seconds as Tejay Van Garderen struggled on the steep climb to the finish in Mende.
Movistar's Nairo Quintana finished behind Froome and is now second.
The dramatic stage win and late drama among the yellow contenders ensured a gripping last hour of a stage that was watched by France's President Hollande.
Froome has been at the top of the general classification since German Tony Martin crashed out of the race at the end of stage six.
He has been well protected by team-mates throughout the race so far but found himself isolated at the bottom of the steep 3km climb up the Cote de la Croix Neuve at the end of the 178.5km stage from Rodez to Mende.
Quintana immediately launched an attack, with defending champion Vincenzo Nibali following him. They put some distance into Froome but the 30-year-old maintained a steady rhythm and gradually hauled them back.
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By the time the yellow jersey contenders approached the finish, Froome and Quintana had pulled away. Froome sat on Quintana's wheel before sprinting past him to finish one second ahead of his rival.
But it was far from a bad day for Quintana, who moved into second after BMC's Van Garderen struggled to keep pace with the late surge.
"It was another hard day but we stuck together well and got Froomey into position at the bottom of the climb and it was up to him then," said Team Sky's Geraint Thomas.
"He ended with more time on second place, which is great."
After the finish Froome revealed that he had a cup of urine thrown at him by a spectator earlier in the stage.
There was aggressive riding with a flurry of attacks from the very start of Saturday's hilly stage.
An early crash led to the withdrawal of Swiss rider Steve Morabito with a broken collarbone - but the stage eventually settled down into a group of 20 riders that built a sizeable lead over a peloton controlled by Team Sky and seemingly content to let them pull away.
The group included green jersey holder Peter Sagan - who was first across the day's intermediate sprint to extend his lead over Andre Greipel in the points classification - as well as Colombian Rigoberto Uran Uran and French duo Bardet and Pinot.
As the group closed on the finish it became increasingly evident that they would not be caught.
Pole Michal Golas and then Slovenia's Kristijan Koren burst off the front of the breakaway and the two of them were together with 13km left and led at the bottom of the climb up to Mende.
They were eventually caught by Bardet and Pinot and it looked as though the French riders would contest the stage but they hesitated as they jockeyed for position. That proved costly as Cummings, a former world team pursuit champion, accelerated past them and held on for the most famous win of his career.
Cummings becomes the 12th British rider to win a stage at the Tour de France after the most notable victory of his road racing career.
The 34-year-old Merseysider was a member of Team Sky in their inaugural 2010 season and was with the team when he finished ahead of Alberto Contador to claim a mountain-top finish in the 2011 Tour of Algarve. In the same year he finished second in the Tour of Britain.
Cummings has also raced for Landbouwkrediet-Colnago, Discovery Channel, Barloworld, BMC and is now with South Africa-based MTN-Qhuebeka.
On the track, he won the team pursuit at the 2005 World Championships in Los Angeles and at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, where he also took bronze in the individual pursuit.
"The last few years I have thought I'm capable of doing this [a stage win], I just needed to find the right team to give me the opportunity," said Cummings after his victory on Saturday.
"Before the top I thought I had got a bit of a chance - the co-operation between Pinot and Bardet was bad and enabled me to catch them. I threw caution to the wind and went straight away."
African team MTN-Qhuebeka might have been a wildcard entry into this year's Tour but they are enjoying a race around France to remember.
First Eritrean rider Daniel Teklehaimano took the polka dot jersey at the end of stage six - in the process becoming the first black African to top the King of the Mountains standings.
And they could not have picked a better time to claim their first Tour stage win as Saturday's stage took place on Nelson Mandela Day.
"I gave a talk this morning on Mandela Day and the significance of Mandela Day and what he's done in the world and to South Africa, and our team was so pumped," said boss Doug Ryder.
"The dream goal was just to be here. To win a stage, we were just thinking: 'Wow, this would be nice.' Unbelievable. What a day! It means so much. It just shows that African cycling needs to be in the world."
It was not such a good day for Bretagne Seche Environment's Eduardo Sepulveda.
He broke a chain 57km from the finish and took a ride of approximately 100 metres in an AG2R La Mondiale team car from his broken bike to his waiting team car.
Tour rules do not allow any rider to be driven during a route and so the Argentine has been thrown off the Tour.
Bretagne Seche manager Emmanuel Hubert said: "Instead of walking towards me he climbed in the AG2r car. They did 100 metres so that's the rules, he's out of the race."
1. Steve Cummings (GB) MTN-Quebeka 4hrs 23mins 43secs
2. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ +2secs
3. Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R +3secs
4. Rigoberto Uran (Col) Etixx - Quick-Step +20secs
5. Peter Sagan (Slo) Tinkoff-Saxo +29secs
6. Cyril Gautier (Fra) Europcar +32secs
7. Ruben Plaza (Spa) Lampre
8. Bob Jungels (Lux) Trek
9. Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar
10. Simon Yates (GB) Orica-GreenEdge +33secs
1. Chris Froome (GB) Team Sky 56hrs 02mins 19secs
2. Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar +3mins 10secs
3. Tejay van Garderen (US) BMC Racing +3mins 32secs
4. Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar +4mins 02secs
5. Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff -Saxo +4mins 23secs
6. Geraint Thomas (GB) Team Sky +4mins 54secs
7. Robert Gesink (Ned) LottoNL +6mins 23secs
8. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana +8mins 17secs
9. Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto +8mins 23secs
10. Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek +8mins 53secs
Emergency services were called to the Hallheaths site in Lochmaben at about 10:25 on Monday.
They discovered the body of George Smith, from Lockerbie, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
Insp Graham Kerr said a joint police and fire investigation had found no suspicious circumstances and the procurator fiscal had been informed.
After a goalless first half, debutant defender Corina Schroder slotted the hosts ahead after a spell of pressure.
Schroder then brought down Liverpool's Rosie White in the area and Katie Zelem levelled from the penalty spot.
But Kerys Harrop restored the Blues' lead on 70 minutes, nodding in from Jessica Carter's long throw, to inflict Liverpool's first WSL 1 loss since May.
Match ends, Birmingham City Ladies 2, Liverpool Ladies 1.
Second Half ends, Birmingham City Ladies 2, Liverpool Ladies 1.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Kate Longhurst (Liverpool Ladies) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Delay in match Charlie Wellings (Birmingham City Ladies) because of an injury.
Foul by Kate Longhurst (Liverpool Ladies).
Charlie Wellings (Birmingham City Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Katie Zelem (Liverpool Ladies) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Ashley Hodson.
Offside, Liverpool Ladies. Katie Zelem tries a through ball, but Shanice Van de Sanden is caught offside.
Offside, Birmingham City Ladies. Jessica Carter tries a through ball, but Charlie Wellings is caught offside.
Offside, Birmingham City Ladies. Melissa Lawley tries a through ball, but Alex Windell is caught offside.
Kate Longhurst (Liverpool Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Abbey-Leigh Stringer (Birmingham City Ladies).
Jessica Carter (Birmingham City Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Shanice Van de Sanden (Liverpool Ladies).
Substitution, Birmingham City Ladies. Charlie Wellings replaces Freda Ayisi.
Attempt missed. Gemma Bonner (Liverpool Ladies) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Laura Coombs with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Liverpool Ladies. Conceded by Sophie Baggaley.
Substitution, Liverpool Ladies. Ashley Hodson replaces Caroline Weir.
Attempt blocked. Coral-Jade Haines (Birmingham City Ladies) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alex Windell.
Attempt missed. Shanice Van de Sanden (Liverpool Ladies) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Laura Coombs.
Attempt missed. Coral-Jade Haines (Birmingham City Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Foul by Caroline Weir (Liverpool Ladies).
Jessica Carter (Birmingham City Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Caroline Weir (Liverpool Ladies) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Katie Zelem.
Substitution, Birmingham City Ladies. Alex Windell replaces Chloe Peplow.
Sophie Ingle (Liverpool Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Freda Ayisi (Birmingham City Ladies).
Substitution, Liverpool Ladies. Kate Longhurst replaces Rosie White.
Goal! Birmingham City Ladies 2, Liverpool Ladies 1. Kerys Harrop (Birmingham City Ladies) header from the left side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Jessica Carter.
Substitution, Birmingham City Ladies. Meaghan Sargeant replaces Corina Schröder because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Corina Schröder (Birmingham City Ladies) because of an injury.
Goal! Birmingham City Ladies 1, Liverpool Ladies 1. Katie Zelem (Liverpool Ladies) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Chloe Peplow (Birmingham City Ladies) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Penalty Liverpool Ladies. Rosie White draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Chloe Peplow (Birmingham City Ladies) after a foul in the penalty area.
Siobhan Chamberlain (Liverpool Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Dangerous play by Chloe Peplow (Birmingham City Ladies).
Foul by Natasha Harding (Liverpool Ladies).
Bolt is carrying a hamstring problem, but said that was not to blame for his modest time of 10.09 seconds.
"It was just a bad race. It wasn't a bothering pain so I can't blame it on that," the 26-year-old said.
Bailey-Cole, one of Bolt's training partners, was given the same time.
Bolt, the triple Olympic champion from London 2012, added: "I felt it [hamstring injury] slightly. I just have to go back and figure out with my coach what went wrong."
Antigua's Daniel Bailey finished third in the Cayman Islands with a time of 10.23 secs.
America's Carmelita Jeter won the women's 100m in a world leading 10.95 secs.
The 18-year-old's fee could rise to £31m, depending on his performance. An initial £27m offer was rejected in May.
He has developed immensely during his time at Southampton and has all the attributes to become a top player
The left-back has agreed a four-year contract with United, with an option to extend for a further year.
"I want to continue to progress my career and joining United is the ideal place for me to do that," he said.
Ryan Giggs, United's assistant manager, added: "Luke is a very talented young left back with great potential.
"He has developed immensely during his time at Southampton and has all the attributes to become a top player."
Shaw told Saints at the end of last season that he wanted to join United.
He became the youngest player to feature at the 2014 Fifa World Cup in Brazil when he played the entire 90 minutes of England's 0-0 draw with Costa Rica on Tuesday.
He is United's second summer recruit - and second in as many days - after they signed Spain midfielder Ander Herrera, 24, from Athletic Bilbao for a fee believed to be £29m.
Manchester United's Wayne Rooney was the world's most expensive teenager when he moved to Old Trafford in September 2004 for an initial fee of £20m.
Shaw's signing eclipses that and matches the £27m Paris St-Germain paid Roma for 19-year-old Marquinhos in July.
The youngster also becomes the fourth most expensive defender in world football.
Southampton insist the money they have received from United will be reinvested in the team.
"While we are sad to see Luke depart the club, we fought to ensure that we got the right deal for a player in whom we have invested a great deal of work over the past decade," said executive director Les Reed.
"This deal is a good one for Southampton Football Club and hopefully sends a clear message to other clubs wishing to bid for our players.
"Luke's transfer fee will be reinvested into the team as our new manager, Ronald Koeman, builds for the new season and for years to come."
Meanwhile, Saints midfielder Adam Lallana is set to have a medical ahead of a proposed £25m move to Liverpool.
The 26-year-old England international is expected to complete his transfer within the next 24 hours.
England striker Rickie Lambert has already moved from Saints to Anfield.
The Welsh government blamed "technical issues" but Natural Resources Minister Carl Sargeant said it would restart.
The move follows calls by Whale and Dolphin Conservation, Marine Conservation Society and ClientEarth to pull it.
They said it was unfairly weighted towards dredging, which destroys almost everything".
First, earlier this year Richard Wilson, an analyst at Radio Free Mobile in a note titled "Xiaomi: Reality Check PT V" claimed the firm's valuation had gone from US$45bn (£34bn) to less than US$4bn in just two years.
Radio Free Mobile is in its own words "an independent research producer specialising in the digital and mobile ecosystem".
Now, Xiaomi isn't listed so it's impossible to say how much the company is actually worth - and it is just ONE analyst - but Mr Wilson is basing this on how many handsets he believes Xiaomi is selling.
Xiaomi strongly disputes this data and says it is "seeing very healthy demand". But it admits it is also "experiencing some challenges in the supply chain this year".
In an email to the BBC Xiaomi said it last raised money two years ago so its valuation still stands at US$45bn.
It's difficult to say definitively how many handsets Xiaomi sells because it doesn't release that data. However, in recent weeks IDC, a global consumer technology research house, released estimates which it said showed that Xiaomi's mobile shipments had fallen a whopping 38.4% in the April to June quarter of this year compared with the same time last year.
IDC says Xiaomi is ranked fourth after local competitors Huawei, Oppo and Vivo.
Data published by Counterpoint Research in April also shows Xiaomi's global market share shrinking - down more than 12% for the first quarter of this year compared with the same period in 2015.
Counterpoint Research is a technology market research firm covering everything from smartphones to wearables.
But Xiaomi says that the estimates it has from other research houses paint a more positive picture.
In a statement to the BBC, a Xiaomi spokesperson said: "We understand that different analyst firms have different calculation methods. There are many other third-party reports out there, including those by Strategy Analytics, Gartner and IHS that put our Q2 2016 numbers significantly above what IDC estimated, and those are much closer to our true sell-out number.
"We are seeing very healthy demand, but also experiencing some challenges in the supply chain this year. We are ramping up and in June, we sold 6.94 million phones in just one month."
It would be fair to say there's a degree of industry envy over Xiaomi's spectacular rise. It was once heralded as the "Apple of the East" - partly because of its sleek designs and the way it presented its products to the market. But Apple claimed it was a copycat firm and sold the handsets at a cheaper price.
Xiaomi says this isn't true and that its innovative e-commerce strategy is what has helped it race up the smartphone charts.
So what's going on at Xiaomi?
Part of the problem, some analysts say, is that Xiaomi's initial valuations were unrealistic. To be honest, that could be said about a lot of tech companies that were given sky high valuations over the last two years, and not just in China, as I've been writing about since last year. (See my blog: Is the Asian tech boom about to burst?)
Remember, though, that Xiaomi isn't listed and it hasn't raised money since 2014. Given that's the case it's hard to put an actual number on how much it's worth - but it would be fair to say that the environment in which Xiaomi initially raised cash was much better than it is now.
When Xiaomi first hit the Chinese market, the economy was doing better, the market was flush with cash to spend and investors were looking for the next big thing. The environment is different now and people are a lot more cautious. In this environment it's harder to justify a US$45bn valuation based on low growth.
Xiaomi's rivals say it uses the formula that Chinese manufacturing firms did in the last decade to get ahead. Copy, produce, sell at rock bottom prices - repeat. Xiaomi says this isn't true, but, arguably, this formula helped Chinese tech firms beat the foreign competition time and time again in the Chinese market. However, the biggest competition now is coming from inside China - not outside. That's led to Xiaomi expanding in markets like India for instance, but even there it's facing local competition.
Xiaomi's critics say that there was just far too much hype around what the company was trying to do. Sure, the way it sells its phones - over the internet and with no marketing costs - was seen as "disruptive". Now, though, it's at risk of being left behind by local competitors who are doing the same thing and better. In fact, a lack of marketing is one of the factors IDC points to as to why Xiaomi is suffering. Other companies have adopted brand ambassadors in China - celebrities or well recognised faces that young Chinese are familiar with, and that's helped them.
Xiaomi knows that it cannot rest on its laurels and that's why it appears to be looking at breaking into the US. It has bought 1,500 patents from Microsoft to help it to do that one day. But it may face more concerns about its valuations as it spreads its reach.
2 February 2017 Last updated at 09:11 GMT
The New England Patriots will face the Atlanta Falcons at the NRG Stadium in Houston, USA, with the winner lifting American Football's biggest prize.
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The Eden Festival has raised concerns in the past about the policing costs at the Raehills Estate near Beattock.
It has now unveiled plans to stage The Lost Disco event in Tisno in August.
However, co-founder Adam Curtis insisted that the two festivals would complement one another and the Scottish event remained their top priority.
"The Eden Festival is very much a community festival - it has been built by more than me," he said.
"It is 300 to 400 of us that do it from the community and that is very hard to transport anywhere.
"The Eden Festival will always remain as our number one key objective."
He said the idea behind the Croatian event was to export one section of the south of Scotland festival.
"For the Lost Disco Festival what we have done is take our most popular stage at the Eden Festival which is the Lost Disco and take it abroad," he said.
"It is almost like taking part of the Eden Festival over the seas."
More than half of British adults watch more than one episode of the same show back-to-back at least once a month.
Of those, a third - almost 10 million - admit they have missed sleep or become tired as a result, while a quarter say they have neglected household chores.
Media watchdog Ofcom did the research into what it called "box set Britain".
82%
aged 16-24 watch multiple episodes at least monthly
67% of adults watch on demand to avoid adverts
54% of adults like to watch on tablets or smartphones
91% watch live TV, but viewing time is down 14% since 2010
Findings in the broadcasting regulator's Communications Market Report include:
Posting children's photos divides nation
Lindsey Fussell, consumer group director at Ofcom, said: "Technology has revolutionised the way we watch TV. The days of waiting a week for the next episode are largely gone, with people finding it hard to resist watching multiple episodes around the house or on the move.
"But live television still has a special draw, and the power to bring the whole family together in a common experience."
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In a test, Mobile Bridge version 4.0 was set up without any foundations by only a few people over the Hongo River in Fukuyama City, Japan. A vehicle travelled easily and safely across it.
The bridge is designed to be extended when needed, and disassembled, like a concertina.
The work was recently presented at a Japanese engineering symposium.
The bridge design uses patented technology with a scissor-like structure and mechanism, which means the bridge and its lanes expand simultaneously. It's ready for traffic within an hour.
The system is compact enough to be transported in a car trailer.
Earthquakes, floods and tsunamis can occur anytime, anywhere in the world. This can cause damage to infrastructure, slowing down the response of emergency services.
"A crucial point is how to expand a portable bridge. Usually a crane and a team of technicians is needed, but not in this case," Dr Paolo Beccarelli, Assistant Professor in Architectural Structures at the University of Nottingham explained to BBC News. This makes it a quick and simple solution when emergency bridges are needed.
Mobile Bridge 4.0 can also be deployed as a temporary structure during repair of existing bridges, avoiding interruption to traffic flows.
Dr Ichiro Ario, assistant professor at the Institute of Engineering, Hiroshima University, who presented these results, plans to make Mobile Bridge 4.0 stronger, longer, lighter, more compact and quicker to set up.
Costs were to be limited to £72,000 for the over-65s and younger adults with disabilities from April 2016.
The Department of Health said it was still "firmly committed" to the cap, but questions are now being raised whether the policy needs rethinking.
The move came after councils wrote to ministers asking for a delay because of the "enormous pressures" they faced.
For years councils have been warning the care system - which covers residential care and help at home with tasks such as washing and dressing - has been underfunded. A shortfall of £4.3bn has been predicted by the end of the decade - nearly a third.
Concerns had also been expressed that the drive for a national living wage would push up costs.
The BBC has launched an online guide to the care system for the over-65s. The "care calculator" covers residential care and the support provided in people's own homes, for tasks such as washing and dressing.
Users can submit their postcode and find out how much each service costs where they live in the UK.
There is also a dedicated BBC Cost of Care website, with news stories, analysis and video.
The letter from the Local Government Association on 1 July said that while councils backed the introduction of the cap, it was not possible to cope with the extra demands the changes would bring at the moment.
It said the current system was "no longer sustainable" and pressing ahead would be "deeply damaging".
It had been predicted the changes would add £6bn to public sector spending over the course of five years.
The move was part of a raft of changes being introduced under the 2014 Care Act and included in the Conservative Party's manifesto.
As well as capping costs, the changes would have provided a more generous system of state help.
Currently those with assets above £23,250 do not get any help from councils towards their costs.
That was to have risen to £118,000 under the changes.
Ministers had claimed the policy would stop people racking up "catastrophic" care costs in old age - one in 10 people who enter the care system end up forking out over £100,000.
In a written ministerial statement, the government said it was "firmly committed" to the plans, but it was clear following the letter from the LGA that the government needed to "think carefully".
"This is not a decision that has been taken lightly. Further announcements will follow in due course."
But Labour's shadow care minister Liz Kendall said: "This is a shameful broken promise from David Cameron, and devastating news for older people and their families who have been trying to plan for the future."
Councillor Izzi Seccombe, of the LGA, said: "In an ideal world, we would have funding for both the system and the reforms but we have to be realistic about where scarce resources are needed most.
"Any money from delaying the reforms must be put back into adult social care services and support putting it on a sustainable footing."
Age UK's Caroline Abrahams said the delay was the right decision as introducing the cap now would have been a "distraction" at a time when the care system was in a state of "cataclysmic" decline.
"What matters now is that the government grasps the scale of the galloping crisis and uses the spending review to bring forward effective solutions."
She said she hoped the delay would lead to a rethink as the cap had been set too high in the first place.
Prof Martin Green, chief Executive of Care England, which represents care providers, said it was now time to come up with a "sustainable" solution "once and for all".
"If the government refuses to address the issue of funding, we will have a care system in crisis and the NHS unable to cope with the pressure," he added.
Protesters erupted into jeers at a rally against a carbon tax, hosted by the right-wing Rebel media group.
"Lock her up" was frequently chanted by Donald Trump supporters in reference to Hillary Clinton during the US election.
Mrs Clinton was under FBI investigation over her emails but Ms Notley has not faced any criminal probe.
But the New Democratic Party leader has been subject to threats of violence since her election in 2015.
The crowds began shouting the phrase outside the province's legislature on Saturday at a rally over the provincial government's planned carbon tax.
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The rally was organised by Rebel Media, an online news and right-wing opinion outlet.
Conservative leadership hopeful Chris Alexander, who was criticising Ms Notley in a speech when the shouting began, said he was "shocked" and mortified" by the chant.
But Mr Alexander has since come under fire for not immediately intervening at the rally.
A video of the incident appeared to show Mr Alexander cracking a smile and gesturing with his finger when the chanting began.
The former immigration minister told a CBC News programme he did not interrupt because he was "trying to find a moment to interject with what I thought was the real conclusion of what this discussion was".
He added he wanted to change the chant to "vote her out".
Interim Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose condemned the incident as "inappropriate and unoriginal".
"We don't lock people up in Canada for bad policy, we vote them out," she said.
"I don't know what to say - it's people acting like idiots."
Conservative Party Leadership Candidate Deepak Obhrai also weighed in on the rise of intolerance trickling into Canadian politics.
"We're witnessing Trump-style politics invading Canada," Mr Obhrai, a Calgary-area MP said.
"It is the responsibility of event organisers that they distance themselves from hate-mongering and insults. Otherwise we all lose."
Protesters invoked a slogan often shouted by supporters of president-elect Trump, who accused Mrs Clinton of criminal wrongdoing in her use of a private email account while at the State Department.
An FBI investigation concluded that while she was "extremely careless", her actions did not warrant criminal prosecution.
Still, the phrase became a rallying cry for many Trump supporters.
Ms Notley's NDP-led government has planned to introduce a broad-based carbon tax on gasoline in a conservative province struggling with a downturn in the oil sector.
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The Islamist militants struck on the last weekend before the Muslim religious festival of Eid al-Fitr. Dozens of diners were at the cafe, which is popular among foreigners and middle-class Bangladeshis.
The Gulshan district is a high-security area and considered among the safest places in the capital. Several embassies and non-governmental organisations are based in the neighbourhood and hundreds of foreigners and wealthy Bangladeshis live there.
The government had stepped up security after an Italian aid worker was killed in the area by suspected militants in 2015. It is difficult to travel through Gulshan without passing through a security check post. But the latest attack has shown that even Gulshan is not safe.
Over the past three years, more than 40 people have been killed in Bangladesh by suspected Islamists. But the attacks were mostly targeting individuals - secular bloggers, writers, activists, academics and members of religious minorities.
The attack on the cafe was on a different scale. It seems to have been well planned and well co-ordinated.
The militant group Islamic State says it carried out the attack although the government in the past has denied its presence in the country. But the co-ordinated assault has underlined concerns that global Islamist groups may be securing a presence in Bangladesh.
The Bangladeshi government has come under criticism for what many experts describe as a "state of denial" on the presence of increasingly assertive Islamist groups in the country.
The government argues the attacks are sporadic and that it is very much in control. It points out that the powerful Bangladeshi army is well trained and well-equipped to face any threats. But the increasing violence is likely to cause significant damage to the country's image and, more importantly, trigger insecurity among religious minorities in the country.
"After a spate of attacks on minorities, Hindus, Buddhists and Christians in Bangladesh are feeling insecure and helpless," says Rana Dasgupta, General Secretary of the Bangladesh Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Unity Council.
"The fundamentalist forces are trying to drive us out of the country. But the government has initiated some action against the militants and our prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, is sincere in combating fundamentalism and terrorism."
Bangladesh's efforts in tackling extremism and militancy have been commended by the United States and neighbouring India. A decade ago, the South Asian nation was gripped by fundamentalist violence, but over the years, successive governments, particularly the governing Awami League, have taken stern action against Islamist militants.
The government has also co-ordinated several counter-terrorism measures with Western nations. But extremist-related violent incidents are on the rise again.
Following widespread criticism over the increase in violence in the past few years, the government launched a concerted drive against militants by arresting thousands of people. But the main opposition, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), says the government is using the operation to target political opponents.
Bangladesh is a Muslim-majority nation and often seen as a model Muslim country because of its secular values and its development-oriented policies.
After years of political violence, it has been enjoying some sort of stability. The country's economy has been growing consistently at a rate of 6-7% for several years. The stability has also attracted many foreign investors, and the global garments industry looks up to Bangladesh.
Last year, Bangladesh exported more than $25bn ($18.8bn) of ready-made clothes, mostly to Western nations. The thriving garments industry and remittances from Bangladeshis working abroad have also helped to lift millions of people out of poverty. Hundreds of foreigners, many of them businessmen, visit Bangladesh as the country still offers plenty of opportunities.
It is clear that the government has been caught unaware, and the cafe attack exposes a big hole in Bangladesh's intelligence-gathering and security system. Some even question the government's political will and commitment.
As a result, there are concerns that if the government fails to recognise its shortcomings, it may end up reversing years of economic growth and stability.
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The timing, the target and the message of the attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka was loud and clear.
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The Diana photographs captured isolation; a princess soon to loosen her ties to the monarchy.
Today, her son, a prince, brought his wife to the Indian monument to love - something his father promised and failed to do with his first wife.
Here was a duke and a duchess who appeared comfortable together and in their own skins.
Tourists at the World Heritage Site are told by their guides about the "Diana bench". It's a talk that will have to be updated. Fresh memories have been created.
Today's photographs secured a place in history the very moment the camera shutters started clicking.
This new chapter in the Windsor chronicles has come at the end of a week when the Cambridges have been on display, seeking coverage, not requesting privacy.
They've been captured feeding abandoned baby elephants and rhinos; playing cricket with disadvantaged children while wearing wedges (the duchess not the duke); and trekking up a mountain to a Bhutanese monastery where, according to legend, a monk flew on the back of a tigress in the 8th Century.
And the residents of a palace went to the slums of Mumbai and Delhi. Briefly.
Even in such overcrowded dwellings attempts were made to make them more palatable for such visitors. The Indian equivalent of the smell of fresh paint that tends to follow the Queen on her travels around the world.
This part of their programme had an understandable impact on a future king and queen - as it would on anyone of considerable affluence coming across extreme poverty.
To critics who might argue such encounters are primarily about burnishing their "caring" credentials, the royals have an answer. The proceeds from a Bollywood gala will go towards several charities working with India's slum and street children.
So why were Wil-kat - as an Indian newspaper has christened them - in India and Bhutan?
Those who oppose the institution they represent, and who seek an elected head of state, are always dismissive of such tours.
They argue they're more about the participants having a good time rather than bringing any tangible benefit to the country.
The trek to the Tiger's Nest Monastery in Bhutan would be part of the case for the prosecution.
In their defence, advisers and supporters say this was a couple representing the UK abroad and strengthening the links with the countries they touched down in.
The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has described the Anglo-Indian relationship as an "unbeatable combination".
A UK official spoke, during a party for the Queen's 90th birthday, of how Britain was "hungry to do more with India".
The case for the defence is that William and Kate will have helped highlight that hunger and possibly triggered future deals that will feed it.
This was a week in which Prince William was a royal, morning, noon and night.
Not every week is like this and that's what has irked some newspapers that have documented every aspect of his development.
Their argument is that "Work-Shy Wills", as they've called him, needs to focus on what he was born to do.
His argument, were William Wales to write a column in one of their publications, is that he's a senior royal who balances a job as an air ambulance pilot with his desire to be there for his children.
William, who saw what joining the institution did to his mother, has always tiptoed towards his destiny.
As early as next year, when he has to decide whether or not to continue as a pilot, Prince William may discover that the time for tiptoeing is over.
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It was a day when a new royal narrative was written at India's Taj Mahal.
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The Bulls announced in March they needed £1m to stay afloat and are thought to owe over £600,000 now.
Joint-administrator Brendan Guilfoyle said: "We have just 10 working days to save the club from liquidation because there are no funds to carry on longer.
"If anyone is interested in buying the Bulls we need to hear from them, this club is on the brink of extinction."
He added: "The directors made every effort to try to save the club within the 14-day timescale issued by the courts, but the moratorium ended on Monday without any potential buyer coming forward."
The position of the staff is that their wages were paid for June but there may be redundancies
The Bulls, who are currently ninth in the Super League table, are one of the most decorated sides in English rugby league.
They have been crowned Super League champions four times, with their last victory coming in 2005, and won the Challenge Cup on five occasions.
Administration means the Rugby Football League is now likely to hand them a points deduction and this would almost certainly scupper their hopes of making the play-offs for the first time since 2008.
Guilfoyle admitted that the meeting he had held with the club's staff prior to the public announcement about going into administration had seen tempers flare.
"The position of the staff is that their wages were paid for June but there may be redundancies," he told BBC Radio Leeds.
"The meeting I held with the staff was very difficult and the longer it went on the greater the feeling of animosity there was towards the directors who were there.
"There's a general feeling of unhappiness but I hope they realise that by binding together they can demonstrate what a fantastic club this is."
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Former acting chairman Stephen Coulby revealed the club was in a worse predicament when he came in in the middle of May than had been thought and this has put potential investors off.
"Within 24 hours of getting through the door we found the situation was worse than we had previously assumed," he said
"We ultimately came to a figure of £1.2m to keep the business running to next year.
"What people have been saying to us is why would they put in money now when they can't see the club benefiting to the extent they want."
It is understood Bradford currently owe £196,000 in PAYE tax for May and June, plus an outstanding VAT bill of £250,000 from the sale of the lease of Odsal to the RFL, while the monthly wage bill is over £200,000.
On 14 June it was revealed that the club could be forced to go into administration after being served with a winding-up petition by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs over unpaid tax.
Bradford shocked the rugby league world in March when they announced that they needed to raise £1m to stay afloat after an impending tax bill and a changed banking lending arrangement left them short of money.
World Club Championship - 2002, 2004, 2006
Super League champions - 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005
Minor Premiers - 1999, 2001, 2003
Grand Finalists - 1999, 2002, 2004
Challenge Cup winners - 1943-44, 1946-47, 1948-49, 2000, 2003.
Having asked supporters to pledge £100 and carrying out a number of fundraising activities they were able to raise their initial target of £500,000.
Attempts to pull in further investments were unsuccessful and chairman Peter Hood stepped down last month after a series of disagreements with majority shareholder Chris Caisley.
Coulby admitted the club were at serious risk of going into administration at the start of June.
The Bulls become the third Super League side in three seasons to enter administration after Yorkshire rivals Wakefield faced similar difficulties last year and Welsh outfit Crusaders in 2010.
Crusaders were then liquidated in 2011, with Widnes Vikings taking their place in Super League.
Bulls forward Ian Sibbit said on Twitter: "Super League wouldn't be the same without Bradford Bulls. Let's hope our great club can be saved."
Current Super League licences are not up for renewal again until 2014 so the Bulls' place in the elite of the sport should be safe, assuming they can sort out their financial problems.
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Richard Maycock, who taught at Caludon Castle School, is accused of three counts of sexual activity with a child by a person in a position of trust.
The 43-year-old of Swanage Green, Walsgrave, was arrested on 14 November last year after an allegation of assault against a 15-year-old girl.
He was charged on Tuesday and is due to appear before magistrates in Coventry on 16 December.
In a statement, Coventry City Council said: "As legal proceedings are now active, it would be inappropriate for us to comment further at this time.
"The council and the school are cooperating fully with the police on this investigation."
Caludon Castle School, in Axholme Road, declined to comment.
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A PE teacher in Coventry has been charged with child sex offences.
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The shooting happened as the Turkish side were travelling to Trabzon airport to fly back to Istanbul, after a 5-1 win over Rizespor.
The driver was taken to hospital but no players were injured in the attack.
"The incident left several players in shock, when we should be celebrating a big away win," Emenike told BBC Sport.
"I was on the phone with my brother when I heard the loud sound and I thought one of our tyres had busted because the bus was swerving on the road.
"But when I found our security officer in front of the bus I knew something must have gone awfully wrong
I just want to wish our brave driver a speedy recovery. I will forever be grateful to him and our security man because that bus could have plunged down the bridge
"We quickly realised the security guy was the one who hit the brake, and he said the driver [who was already soaked in blood] had been shot.
"The word 'shot' came as a big shock but when we saw blood and the shattered driver's side window, it quickly turned into a scary moment for everyone on the bus."
Fenerbahce have since called for the Turkish Super Lig to be suspended following the attack.
Emenike, 27, and his team-mates have been left stunned by what happened.
"It's unbelievable that some people actually fired shots at our bus and the driver was badly hit, a bus conveying footballers and officials," he said.
"It's strange but it's also an indication that things happen in life and no-one can be guaranteed complete safety.
"I just want to wish our brave driver a speedy recovery. I will forever be grateful to him and our security man because that bus could have plunged down the bridge.
"The outcome could have been terrible and tragic but we are all here today because of them and of course God was on our side."
For Emenike, the shooting was particularly shocking as it brought back bad memories.
"I've been involved in a terrible accident in Nigeria before, where my mother suffered severe bruises, and for a moment I had a terrible flashback when that bus was swerving all over the road," he said.
"I hope this incident will be investigated thoroughly and the perpetrators are made to face the justice system."
Emenike, who has endured a turbulent period in Turkish football since he re-joined Fenerbahce in 2013, demanded to be substituted after he was booed by his own fans during their 1-0 home win over rivals Besiktas two weeks ago.
The Nigeria international has scored only four goals in 23 league appearances this season but says this latest incident will not force him to quit the Istanbul-based club.
"I have a contract here and I love the club," he added.
"It's only an isolated incident and not enough to make me look for an easy way out. I have put the past behind me and I am only focussing on what lies ahead. I am stronger now than before.
Fenerbahce, who have former Premier League players Dirk Kuyt, Raul Meireles and Emre Belozoglu in their side, are the defending champions and have won the major domestic competition 19 times.
They went top of the table with their victory on Saturday, one point ahead of bitter rivals Galatasaray.
A series of area reviews across England this year will decide how the sector will be restructured.
The government says it wants "fewer, often larger, more resilient and and efficient providers".
But the NUS says merged colleges will mean more travel and expense for students, forcing many out.
The union's FE Unplugged campaign calls on all further education students to make their opinions known to the review teams.
The union says it "is clear the mergers are the inevitable result of cut after cut to the FE sector, putting colleges financially on their knees".
The implications for students are reduced choice of colleges and courses, staff job losses, bigger classes and longer, more expensive journeys, it adds.
In particular, merged colleges are likely to rationalise the subjects they offer. So some students could have to travel up to 20 miles to another town to study their chosen subjects, it warns.
Shakira Martin, NUS vice-president for higher education, said many students might abandon their education.
Those with young children or other caring responsibilities are likely to find the extra travel time and childcare cost impossible, said Ms Martin.
While in major cities such as London, some young men would be reluctant to travel to another borough or postcode for fear of gang violence, she added.
"What I am frustrated about is that this is really about the cuts being made to the sector.
"The government's rhetoric is all about making bigger, stronger colleges but the everyday student doesn't know what this means.
"I want learners to be at the heart of the process," she said.
Too few people know about the reviews, she added, so the campaign aims to raise awareness.
The union plans to hold round-table discussions with students from every FE college to decide the main messages they want to give the review teams.
They will consider what makes a high quality education and what students need in order to access it.
"Students should be encouraged to say what they think and need and bring awareness of the reviews to local communities.
"Colleges are the hubs of local communities," said Ms Martin.
Association of Colleges chief executive Martin Doel encouraged students to get involved in the NUS campaign to ensure government "recognises the important role of further education and why colleges must remain accessible to everyone.
"The country needs strong, resilient and locally responsive colleges to provide high quality technical and professional education.
"Further education and sixth form colleges will be essential if the recovery is to be sustained through the development of a highly skilled workforce," said Mr Doel.
The government said it welcomed the input of students into the reviews, saying the plan was "not about cuts but making sure that students have access to high quality education and training.
"With local partners we are ensuring a high quality and financially sustainable college base across England which meets the economic and educational needs of learners and employers," said a Department for Business Innovation and Skills spokesman.
Rather than building vehicles from scratch, Otto will make kits to retro-fit existing lorries.
The start-up, which will be self-funded, is betting on autonomous lorries becoming a reality before cars.
Drivers will still be required to take the wheel on non-motorway roads.
Implementing self-driving technology on US motorways is seen as being easier than on other roads or city streets.
Details about when the first models will hit the road and the price of them are not yet available, although Otto has said that it would be "a fraction" of the cost of building a truck from scratch.
The kit will include cameras, radar and lidar sensors which will allow the vehicle to safely keep within a lane, maintain a set speed and slow or stop when necessary. It is unlikely, at this stage, to be able to change lanes.
Driverless trucks are already becoming a reality.
Daimler has tested its Mercedes-Benz lorry on motorways in Germany and has also been granted the first autonomous truck licence in Nevada. In Europe, convoys of semi-autonomous driving lorries from six different manufacturers have travelled across the continent with a driver in the lead setting the speed and route and the other trucks following automatically.
One of Otto's main goals will be to reduce road accidents involving drivers who work long hours.
According to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, there are around 4,000 fatal accidents in the US each year involving trucks or buses. Between 10% and 20% of these are linked to driver fatigue.
Otto is looking for 1,000 truckers to volunteer to have self-driving kits installed on their cabs to fine-tune the technology.
The American Trucking Association, the US trade group for lorry drivers, said it was looking at drawing up a policy for self-driving technology later this year.
"We are paying close attention because this could be huge for trucking in terms of labour costs and safety," Dave Osiecki, chief of national advocacy told the AP news wire.
San Francisco-based Otto currently has around 40 employees, including Anthony Levandowski, who built Google's first self-driving car.
In an interview with technology website BackChannel, co-founder Lior Ron, ex-product boss for Google Maps, said the firm had already completed several tests of a retro-fitted Volvo cab.
"We have driven on a bunch of roads in California and outside, testing the sensors. And we've done driving with a safety driver in the back seat but the truck driving autonomously, and a couple of miles completely driverless without a driver in the back seat at all."
But the firm has greater ambitions, he added.
"We want to get the technology to the point where it's safe to let the driver rest and sleep in his cabin and we can drive for him, exit to exit."
Monitors worn by commuters found those who travelled on the Tube were exposed to 68mg of harmful pollutant PM10, whereas car drivers had 8.2mg.
The University of Surrey study found when train windows were open, commuters were exposed to more pollutants.
Drivers were not as exposed because cars filter the pollutants out.
But although drivers are not exposed to as many pollutants, the types given out by cars are more harmful than the ones found on the Underground.
The study found PM levels were highest on trains on the Victoria and Northern lines, because they all had their windows open, heightening the effect of pollutants when going through tunnels.
The study did not include people who commute on foot or cycle.
The study also found:
Dr Prashant Kumar, who led the study, said: "We found that there is definitely an element of environmental injustice among those commuting in London, with those who create the most pollution having the least exposure to it.
"The relatively new airtight trains with closed windows showed a significant difference to the levels of particles people are exposed to over time, suggesting that operators should consider this aspect during any upgrade of Underground trains, along with the ways to improve ventilation in underground tunnels."
May still has a year left on his contract, with Leicester expected to also pay a fee as part of the deal.
The 27-year-old would add to Tigers' wing options following the departures of Peter Betham and JP Pietersen.
Slater, 29, is a former Tigers captain who has played for England Saxons but has been plagued by injuries.
May made his international debut against Argentina in June 2013 and has made 27 appearances for England, scoring nine tries.
A deal is expected to be concluded next week following medicals.
Khalid Alahmadi, 23, of Cardiff, was arrested following allegations of assault in Gorsedd Gardens on Thursday.
The court heard Mr Alahmadi was a student at the University of South Wales in Treforest.
He was remanded in custody and will appear in Cardiff Crown Court on 12 October.
The 41-year-old announced on Thursday he would leave at the end of the season and indicated the sale of Robbie Muirhead was a factor in his decision.
The 19-year-old forward was sold to Dundee United shortly before the closure of the winter transfer window.
Assistant Gary Locke will take charge for Saturday's game at Hamilton.
A statement from the club read: "The board of directors would like to express its thanks to Allan Johnston for his diligent service over the last eighteen months.
"Allan kept the club in the Premiership last season by recording crucial end of season victories and an excellent start to the current league season raised expectations.
"Unfortunately, a number of injuries to key players and a series of poor results followed and although the club sits in eighth place in the Premiership, Allan decided to announce his decision to leave the club to the media on Thursday.
"Allan will stand down as manager with immediate effect and the board has therefore appointed assistant manager Gary Locke as interim manager pending a permanent appointment.
"Alan Robertson will provide support as Gary's assistant.
"Applications for the post of manager are invited and will be considered by the Board over the coming weeks."
Kilmarnock's directors have acted quickly to remove manager Johnston despite chairman Michael Johnston being out of the country.
Although the former Queen of the South boss insisted he would give his full commitment until the summer, the board believe it's best the manager steps aside now.
Former Hearts manager Locke, 39, was appointed as assistant at Rugby Park last summer, shortly after his departure from Tynecastle.
A former Kilmarnock player, Locke will aim to get the team into the Premiership's top six from their current position of eighth.
Crowds lined the streets to see the cortege heading to the Santa Ifigenia cemetery for a private ceremony.
"There were no speeches. It was very simple," France's representative, Environment Minister Segolene Royal, said afterwards.
On Saturday Fidel's brother, Cuban President Raul Castro, promised "to defend the fatherland and socialism".
In a family ceremony, Fidel Castro's ashes were interred next to those of the 19th Century Cuban independence hero, Jose Marti.
Santiago is known as the birthplace of the Cuban Revolution.
The funeral brings an end to nine days of national mourning across Cuba.
His remains arrived in Saturday in Santiago after a four-day journey from the capital, Havana.
"All of us who love Fidel, who is a father to us. He cleared a path for us and the people will follow him," Tania Maria Jimenez told Reuters news agency.
Fidel Castro was part of the small group of revolutionaries who launched an attack on the Moncada barracks in Santiago on 26 July 1953.
The attacked failed, but it was considered the first act of the revolution that would depose the US-backed government of Fulgencio Batista on 1 January 1959.
Opinion on Fidel Castro, who ruled Cuba as a one-party state for almost half a century, remains divided.
Supporters say he returned Cuba to the people and praise him for some of his social programmes, such as public health and education.
But critics call him a dictator, who led a government that repressed opposition and dissent.
Raul Castro took over when his brother's health deteriorated in 2006.
He has announced that Cuba will ban naming any monuments or roads after Fidel Castro, at the request of the late leader who "strongly opposed any manifestation of cult of personality".
The event, at the RAF church of St Clement Danes, saw 500 cadets, veterans and volunteers take part in a thanksgiving service.
The duchess became Honorary Air Commandant in December, taking over from the Duke Edinburgh who had the role for 60 years.
There are 42,000 air cadets in the UK.
In the congregation was TV personality Carol Vorderman, who is an honorary ambassador for the Air Cadets and whose daughter Katie is a cadet.
She said it was "fantastic" the duchess had become the royal patron as it would help attract more women.
"She obviously has a great appreciation of the military and enthusiasm for youth", she said.
The RAF Air Cadets comprise of the Air Training Corps (ATC) and the Combined Cadet Force (RAF).
The ATC was first established during World War Two to train young men in aviation skills before they joined the RAF.
Gross mortgage lending rose by 2% in May compared with April to £16.2bn, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).
This, and economic indicators, signalled a "limited" increase in activity in the coming months, it said.
However, it pointed out that lending was 3% lower than in May last year.
Mortgage rates are currently at very low levels as lenders aim to entice buyers to enter the market.
But brokers say there remains a shortage of properties being put on the market.
"The gap between what people earn and what they can afford to buy continues to be an issue. There is little incentive to sell when there is a lack of choice as to what to buy," said Jonathan Harris, director of mortgage broker Anderson Harris.
An Employment Tribunal had ruled Marion Konczak was unfairly dismissed from her job with BAE Systems in Lancashire.
It upheld a sex discrimination claim that a sexist comment from Mrs Konczak's manager "pushed her over the edge" into a breakdown.
Three Court of Appeal judges have reserved judgement on the case.
Mrs Konczak, now aged 62, worked for the company in Samlesbury and Warton from 1998 to 2007.
She had complained to her male manager that four men she worked with "had bullied and harassed her, including sexually" in 2006,. He responded that "women take things more emotionally then men whilst men tend to forget things and move on."
She argued his comment was the "final straw" and she went off sick with stress and was dismissed in July 2007.
An Employment Tribunal upheld the single complaint in 2008 of sexual discrimination relating the manager's comment although it made no finding on 15 others.
Mrs Konkczak was awarded £360,178.60 compensation in October 2014.
Her barrister, Tristan Jones, said it was fair because the manager's comment "pushed her over the edge" into a psychiatric breakdown which ruined her working life.
He added she has not been able to work since the manager's comment and her dismissal.
Paul Gilroy QC, for BAE, told the judges: "The excessive level of compensation awarded is an affront to justice", adding it was wrong to blame the manager's words alone for Mrs Konczak's psychiatric problems.
Mr Jones, defending the payout, told the court: "Her compensation has been calculated on the normal basis reflecting her lost income and pension," he added.
"These lengthy proceedings have prolonged and are prolonging her illness...(and) BAE is liable for such prolongation."
The claim: MPs who do not support Jeremy Corbyn's leadership could go to the Speaker and ask him to recognise one of them as the leader of the opposition.
Reality Check verdict: The rules are ambiguous enough for the decision to be left to the Speaker. He could rule that the wishes of the majority of Labour MPs outweighed the rules of their own party, but he could also rule the other way and decide that if they wanted to be the official opposition they had to break away and form a new party.
If Mr Corbyn wins the current leadership election, Nick Watt thought it unlikely that there would be a full split in the party, as happened with Ramsey Macdonald in 1931 and the SDP in 1981.
But would parliamentary rules allow for someone other than the elected Labour leader to be considered as the leader of the opposition if he or she had the support of enough MPs?
The Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975 defines the leader of the opposition as: "being the Leader in that House of the party in opposition to Her Majesty's Government having the greatest numerical strength in the House of Commons".
It also adds that if there is any doubt about this then "the question shall be decided for the purposes of this Act by the Speaker of the House of Commons".
Gavin Freeguard, from the Institute for Government, told the BBC he thought a large enough group from the Parliamentary Labour Party could indeed break away and name a different leader of the opposition.
But the Labour Party rule book is clear that the leader of the Labour Party and the leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party must be the same person.
Nigel Fletcher, director of the Centre for Opposition Studies, said that the 1975 act suggested: "Labour MPs could elect a new leader who would be entitled to the official position."
"However, the Labour Party constitution is equally clear that its elected leader is automatically leader of the parliamentary party. The law states where there is doubt it is for the Speaker to decide, and there are reports he has indicated MPs would have to form a new party if they wanted to depose Mr Corbyn whilst he remains leader of the party in the country."
Meg Russell, director of the UCL Constitution Unit said: "If a large, breakaway group of Labour MPs wanted to go to the Speaker and claim to be the opposition without breaking away officially from the Labour Party, that could place the Speaker in quite a difficult position. In effect, he'd be making a judgment as whether the Labour Party continued in its current form."
The government is consulting on a multi-billion pound plan for roads, rail, flood defences and energy.
But opposition parties and institutions have told BBC News that home energy efficiency is equally important.
Unless homes are insulated, they say the UK will miss targets to end fuel poverty and cut carbon emissions.
The plan to make home energy efficiency a key infrastructure priority was proposed by the right-leaning think-tank Policy Exchange (PX).
BBC News found wide support, including from Labour, Lib Dems, SNP, Plaid Cymru, the CBI, TUC, the union GMB, the left-leaning think-tank IPPR, the all-party parliamentary group Green Alliance, the World Energy Council, the Institution of Civil Engineering and leading energy academics.
The government declined to comment but its advisory body the National Infrastructure Commission said it would consider whether to take the idea further.
PX argues that improving home efficiency creates many jobs; combats fuel poverty; reduces air pollution; minimises carbon emissions; cuts fuel imports; benefits the balance of payments; and reduces the need to build new power stations.
"It's pretty much a no-brainer," said Richard Howard of PX.
"Bringing people's homes up to standard is incredibly good value for money. We don't typically think of housing as infrastructure like we think of roads and railways - but we've got to change the way we approach this: housing is critical infrastructure."
The CBI's Rhian Kelly told BBC News: "Energy efficiency in homes and businesses is often at the back of the queue, so it's right that we see a sharper focus on making buildings more insulated, leading to significant savings for households and firms and important environmental benefits."
Professor Jim Watson, director of the UK Energy Research Centre, said: "For too long, there has been an assumption that infrastructure includes energy supply and energy networks, whereas the type and quantity of energy we use (and might need in future) is heavily dependent on infrastructures that use energy such as buildings, vehicles and appliances."
Christophe Frei, General Secretary of the World Energy Council, said: "This is such a no-brainer. It responds to energy efficiency, addressing fuel poverty, replacing new capacity requirement - and the financing is so much easier to do because the pay-back period is so short. But it needs the policies."
Among the organisations the BBC contacted, only the Institute for Economic Affairs did not back the plan, saying that using taxpayers' funds to improve housing was not a good use of public money.
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Bonmarche said colder weather had weighed on sales of spring stock and warned that consumer confidence "does not appear buoyant" in the UK.
Boss Beth Butterwick said it was "cautious" about the rest of the year.
It comes after M&S reported a fall in clothing sales and Next warned 2016 could be the toughest year since 2008.
Bonmarche shares fell 10% to 170p, valuing the company at about £85m.
The retailer, which has 312 shops in the UK, said like-for-like sales were almost flat in the last 12 months and that profit would be lower than expected.
Butterwick said: "Our expectation is that trading conditions will remain challenging, and therefore our outlook for the [fiscal year 2017] result is cautious."
Ms Clinton had downplayed the former TV star, making jokes about his campaign.
She said her rival's recently proposed ban on Muslims entering the US was "dangerous".
Mr Trump set off global condemnation with his ban idea, which came days after a Muslim couple attacked a health centre in San Bernardino, California.
A recent poll showed that a majority of Americans opposed Mr Trump's ban idea, while 25% of those polled were in favour of it.
"Now he has gone way over the line," Ms Clinton said during an appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers. "What he is saying now is not only shameful and wrong, it is dangerous".
She said that Mr Trump is giving groups like the so-called Islamic State (IS) "a great propaganda tool" and "a way to recruit more folks from Europe and the United States".
Mr Trump's proposal earlier this week was met with an intense backlash in the US and across the globe from leaders who said it was divisive.
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Ms Clinton's appearance on the comedy show also broached the topic of her husband's role in the White House, if she were to be elected.
She said that her husband Bill - a former president who would become the first male presidential spouse - would be a great adviser on how to deal with "difficult people" like Russian President Vladimir Putin, but would not be good at "picking out flower arrangements".
At one point, the host suggested that Democrats had not courted gun owners who supported further regulations on their sale and use.
"I do think we don't have the right approach to it," Ms Clinton said of political efforts to place restrictions on guns in the US. "We do need to reach out to responsible gun owners and say we can do more to prevent as many deaths as possible".
Ms Clinton and Mr Trump are leading the polls among candidates in their respective parties. The next Republican debate is on Tuesday, and the next Democratic debate is on 19 December.
Ian Stewart, 56, had denied murdering Helen Bailey at their home in Royston, Hertfordshire, in order to get his hands on her near-£4m fortune.
He was convicted at St Albans Crown Court following a seven-week trial.
Police say they will look again at the death of Stewart's wife Diane in 2010 following the verdict.
Mrs Stewart died after having an epileptic seizure in the garden of the family home in Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire. An inquest was held but police will now re-examine the case.
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Described by police as "a narcissist" who was "cold" and "calculating", Stewart had "grossly deceived" 51-year-old Ms Bailey when they met online following the death of her husband in 2011.
Prosecutors said he had played "the long game" in order to inherit Ms Bailey's fortune, made from the publication of more than 20 books including the popular Electra Brown teenage fiction series.
Stewart had been secretly giving his fiancee a sleeping drug zopiclone for weeks before he eventually smothered her with a pillow, a pathologist told the jury.
On the day of the murder, 11 April last year, Stewart tried to change a standing order from Ms Bailey's account to the couple's joint account from £600 to £4,000 a month.
He later tried to use power of attorney in order to sell a flat she had in Gateshead.
He had reported Ms Bailey missing on 15 April and made a heartfelt appeal for his wife-to-be to make contact.
"Whatever has happened, wherever you are I will come and get you," he said.
He told police Ms Bailey had left a note saying she needed "space" and had gone to her holiday home in Broadstairs, Kent.
Her body was found three months later, having been pulled out of a "hard crust" of excrement inside the cesspit underneath the garage of the couple's £1.2m home.
Her pet Dachshund Boris was found alongside her.
The court heard how, in 2013, Ms Bailey had told her brother John the cesspit would be a "good place to hide a body" while giving him a tour of the house and grounds.
Stewart had been with them at the time, the jury was told.
The Crown Prosecution Service said Stewart had "conducted a cynical, deceitful and calculated charade as he watched the police conduct a futile missing person investigation".
All along he had denied murdering Ms Bailey, instead claiming two business associates of her late husband had kidnapped her and tried to blackmail him.
He told St Albans Crown Court that the men - Nick and Joe - had told him not to inform police about the kidnapping and had threatened to harm Stewart's two sons.
The prosecution said he was a liar and an actor who talked "bizarre nonsense".
Following the verdicts, Stewart refused to return to the dock while the judge heard mitigation from the defence.
Simon Russell Flint QC, defending, said "there is little I can say" regarding the offences Stewart had been convicted of, and there was every prospect his client would "end his days behind bars"
Judge Bright said he was prepared to sentence Stewart on Thursday morning, and if he refused to leave his cell he would be sentenced "in his absence".
Det Ch Insp Jerome Kent from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit described Stewart as a "particularly cold and wicked individual".
"There's no doubt in my mind that Helen Bailey loved him with all her heart," he said, "and he is the one person who should have protected her and should have looked after her.
"I don't believe he had any close feelings for Helen Bailey. Certainly the way he disposed of her body is an indication of the way he thought of her."
In a statement, Ms Bailey's family said despite the "victory for justice", there could be "no celebration", and their thoughts were with Stewart's family.
"Our families have been devastated and nothing can ever bring Helen back to us, or truly right this wrong," they said.
"A long shadow of loss has been cast over the lives of so many who will always remember Helen with enduring love and affection."
Det Ch Insp Kent also confirmed his team would be looking again at the death of Diane Stewart in 2010.
He said there was "no indication" of anything untoward, but understood the murder trial verdict opened up further suspicion.
"It's only right that I consider what might have happened in Ian Stewart's past to see whether there's anything I need to get involved in, whether there's any fresh evidence that might have come out from this trial," the detective said.
"That's something we will be doing in hand with the Cambridgeshire Coroner at the end of this investigation."
Stewart was also found guilty of preventing a lawful burial, fraud and three counts of perverting the course of justice.
He will be sentenced on Thursday.
Pilgrims boss Derek Adams said he thought it was "unfair" the Cumbrians were having to make the journey to the south-west coast on a Tuesday evening.
His side showed no such mercy as they took a 4-0 lead thanks to a double from Jake Jervis and a goal each for Reuben Reid and Graham Carey.
Joe Thompson's 90th-minute strike was scant consolation.
Football League sponsors Sky Bet have offered to cover the cost of tickets and travel for Carlisle supporters.
The club's only official supporters coach set off from Brunton Park at 10:00 BST on Tuesday and the 42 fans on board are unlikely to be back in Carlisle until about 05:00 BST on Wednesday.
The 389 miles that separate the two grounds make it the longest journey in the Football League.
The return game between the two teams is on Saturday, 2 January.
One female Carlisle fan who travelled to Home Park told BBC Radio 5 live: "We're a bunch of hardy souls. It's nothing that we haven't been used to before. We're just astounded at the amount of interest there's been in this trip.
"For us, it's a trip we were going to have to make to watch them whenever it was going to be. It's a standard ordinary away trip for Carlisle fans because of where we are geographically.
"I don't know who came up with putting it on a Tuesday night, but I'd like to have a little word with them.
"We applauded that one goal as if it was the winner. The reception that the players gave the fans, and vice-versa when the players came off the pitch - they were shaking hands with fans, saying thank you for coming and supporting them."
Carlisle host AFC Wimbledon on Saturday before being faced with another marathon midweek away journey three days later.
Keith Curle's side take on QPR in the second round of the Capital One Cup on Tuesday - providing a 622-mile round trip for the Cumbrians.
It comes after Hungary closed its border with Serbia and began enforcing restrictions on those caught trying to enter the country illegally.
All other criminal cases have been suspended to make way for cases against asylum seekers.
Illegal crossing of the border fence and damaging or hindering its construction are now criminal offences.
Ahmed Suadi Talib, an Iraqi student in his early 20s, was one of the defendants - led into court in handcuffs by a policeman wearing plastic gloves and a hygienic face mask.
He and his brother, who was also caught, could have been jailed for three years. In fact, the court reportedly ordered him to be expelled from Hungary and prohibited from returning within one year.
The defendant broke into tears as he described how three of his brothers had been killed in Iraq.
He said he had fled Syria, where he studied at the Mamoun Science and Technology University of Aleppo, in order to escape Islamic State.
Speaking through a translator, he apologised for breaking Hungarian law, and said he did not know it was a criminal offence to cross Hungary's border.
"We didn't know about this law. If we had, we would not have entered there. We respect the laws of countries," he said.
There was a hole, and he and his brother went through it.
According to the testimony of the police sergeant who arrested him, he was caught as one of a larger group of mainly Syrian citizens arrested on the Hungarian side after coming through the fence at dawn on Tuesday.
His case was the first of several taking place simultaneously in the Szeged County Court.
The defendant said that he and his brother were given money by their parents for the journey and were hoping to reach the Netherlands.
They crossed from Turkey by boat to Greece, then made their way up through Macedonia and Serbia to Belgrade by train and taxi. They then walked from Belgrade to Roszke - a distance of over 200km (125 miles).
The Avon coroner ordered a safety audit after the deaths on the river by the downward slope from Green Park Road.
Bath and North East Somerset Council said it has spent £500,000 on safety works since 2011, with £200,000 earmarked for further improvements.
The authority said the work includes a new vandal proof life buoy system.
Carl Cope, 47, was admitted to Walsall Manor Hospital with chest pains. Eleven hospital workers have been suspended following the incident.
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust and the ambulance service have confirmed they are investigating.
Paul Cope said he had never known his brother to go to the doctors.
Mr Cope said: "It's a massive shock, it's heartbreaking - I'd argued with him that morning [he went into hospital] about his dog.
"He had just talked about chest pains, I've never known him go to the doctors or the hospital.
"He'd phoned the paramedics and gone to hospital but never came back out."
The trust confirmed seven staff members, including nurses and porters, had been suspended and West Midlands Ambulance service said four members of ambulance staff had been suspended.
They have been suspended over claims they did not rush to help Mr Cope on the site of Walsall Manor Hospital on 23 June.
A spokesman from the ambulance service has said the investigation is expected to be completed within the next two weeks.
Preston, who had lost in their previous nine play-off campaigns, went ahead when Beckford struck from close range.
Paul Huntington scored with a cushioned volley from a Paul Gallagher cross and Beckford curled in from the edge of the area to make it 3-0 at the break.
Beckford's third came as he slotted in when one-on-one with Wes Foderingham.
Preston recovered from missing out on promotion on the final day of the campaign to return to the second tier after a four-year absence.
Beckford, who has been on loan at Preston but was released by parent club Bolton last week, won the free-kick that Gallagher subsequently sent into his path inside the six-yard box to give the Lilywhites the perfect start.
As well as conceding, Swindon lost captain Nathan Thompson with a leg injury as he tried - and failed - to challenge Beckford in the build-up to the goal.
Preston centre-back Huntington added a second when he arrived unmarked to tap home from Gallagher's inswinging delivery from the left - his ninth goal of the season.
Mark Cooper's Swindon side dominated possession for the majority of the game and striker Michael Smith should have got a goal back when he headed wide from Nathan Byrne's cross.
Moments later, Beckford, who scored three goals in the play-off semi-final, reached Joe Garner's flicked pass before beautifully curling a left-footed shot into the bottom corner.
He completed his hat-trick when strike partner Garner sent him clear of the defence and Beckford calmly sent the ball beyond Foderingham.
A long-range Jordan Turnbull effort and a Jonathan Obika header, which was tipped wide late on, were among the Robins' best chances to score.
Swindon boss Mark Cooper:
"We didn't deal with Joe Garner and Jermaine Beckford.
"If a ball comes in your box and you don't want to head it or compete then you're in trouble.
"You've got to give credit to Preston, they were excellent.
"Over the season we've been very, very good and entertained a lot of people."
A future Labour government would widen access to the arts, says Mr Miliband.
Schools would not be graded as "outstanding" unless offering a wide range of arts subjects and "cultural opportunities", says Mr Miliband.
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan said that arts subjects have already been made more "rigorous".
Mr Miliband says he wants to put "policy for arts and culture and creativity at the heart of the next Labour government's mission".
The need for creative education would be prioritised for inspections.
"Schools will only be able to receive an 'outstanding' rating if they offer creative subjects and cultural opportunities within a broad and balanced curriculum," said Mr Miliband.
There would also be an expectation that creative industries and arts institutions would offer more apprenticeships, "in return for direct grants or major government contracts".
The arts had an important impact on individual lives and on the country's economy, the Labour leader said, in a speech to the Creative Industries Federation.
"The creative industries are our second biggest sector," Mr Miliband said.
But he warned there was insufficient access to the arts in school, pointing to evidence from last week's Warwick Commission on the Future of Cultural Values.
The report from Warwick University warned that creative subjects were at risk of being squeezed out of schools.
It found that between 2003 and 2013 there had been a 50% drop in GCSE entries for design and technology, 23% for drama and 25% for other craft-related subjects.
And it found that the number of arts teachers in schools had fallen by up to 11%.
The Department for Education had responded to the report by saying that arts subjects were already statutory in primary schools and up to the start of GCSEs.
A spokesman said that the number of pupils taking music and art and design GCSE had risen between 2013 to 2014.
"We are clear that arts education should be every bit as rigorous as the rest of the school curriculum, and we have strengthened the national curriculum in these subjects and reformed the music and art GCSEs and A-levels to make sure this is the case," said a Department for Education spokesman.
The Department for Education said it was providing £109m for 2014-15 to support music, art and cultural education projects - £17m more than the previous year.
Secretary of State for Education Nicky Morgan said: "Once again Ed Miliband's education policy is in chaos. He has fallen into the trap of drawing an arbitrary divide between arts and science subjects, when the modern world demands that the two should work hand-in-hand.
"That's why, as part of our plan for education, we have given every child the chance to learn subjects like coding that bring the two disciplines together.
"We have also reformed GCSEs in traditional arts subjects like music and art and design to make them more rigorous.
"As a result, thousands more young people are studying these subjects at GCSE and receiving the kind of high-quality arts and cultural education they simply weren't receiving under the last Labour government."
They said if Russia took such a step they would "take further action, individually and collectively".
The G7 leaders also said they would not recognise the results of a referendum in Crimea this weekend on whether to split from Ukraine and join Russia.
Separately, the US president said they "will be forced to apply costs" if Russia does not change course.
Barack Obama was speaking after holding talks with Ukraine's interim Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Washington.
By Mark MardellNorth America editor
Mr Yatsenyuk told reporters Ukraine "is and will be part of the Western world".
Earlier, Ukraine's national security chief Andriy Parubiy warned of a major Russian military build-up on Ukraine's borders.
He said Russian troops had not withdrawn since carrying out military exercises near Ukraine's eastern and southern frontiers last month, and were now "only two to three hours" from Kiev.
The Group of Seven industrial nations - Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the US - along with the European Union urged Russia to "cease all efforts to change the status of Crimea".
"In addition to its impact on the unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, the annexation of Crimea could have grave implications for the legal order that protects the unity and sovereignty of all states," they said in a statement released by the White House.
They said Sunday's referendum, asking the people of Crimea if they want to be a part of Russia or Ukraine, has "no legal effect" as it is in "direct violation" of Ukraine's constitution.
"Given the lack of adequate preparation and the intimidating presence of Russian troops, it would also be a deeply flawed process which would have no moral force," they added.
The G7 leaders repeated their calls for Russia to de-escalate the crisis by withdrawing its troops, talking directly with Kiev and using international mediators to "address any legitimate concerns it may have".
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said he hoped EU countries would keep their "very united and firm position because we don't want to see, one century after the First World War, exactly the same kind of behaviour of countries annexing other countries".
Polish PM Donald Tusk said it may be time for the EU "to consider the possibility of having second phase sanctions" against Russia.
At a joint news conference with Mr Tusk, German Chancellor Angela Merkel indicated the EU could sign the "political part" of a long-awaited agreement on closer ties with Ukraine later this month.
But diplomatic efforts with Russia continue.
US Secretary of State John Kerry said he will travel to London for talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday, and present him "with a series of options" for resolving the crisis.
France's President Francois Hollande has spoken by telephone to Russia's President Vladimir Putin, and both agreed to "continue the discussion" on resolving the crisis.
Law and order breakdown in Crimea
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Russian troops and pro-Russian gunmen moved in to seize key sites in Crimea - an autonomous region with a majority of ethnic Russians - after the fall of Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych last month.
Andriy Parubiy said Russian troops had been seen massing on Ukraine's eastern and southern borders where he said there was a "critical situation".
He accused Moscow of sending "subversive agents" into those areas to try to create a pre-text to deploy troops in the same way it has done in Crimea.
Mr Parubiy said Kiev's parliament will vote on Thursday to establish a National Guard of 20,000 people - recruited from activists involved in the recent pro-Western protests as well as from military academies - to strengthen Ukraine's defences.
The National Guard, he said, would be deployed to "protect state borders, general security and prevent "terrorist activities".
President Yanukovych was forced from office after violence broke out between police and protesters in Kiev, in which more than 90 people were killed.
The protesters had taken over Kiev's Independence Square, calling for the government's resignation, after Mr Yanukovych rejected a deal with the EU in favour of a bail-out from Russia.
Republic assistant boss Roy Keane said on Tuesday that Arter's groin injury could keep him out of the Georgia game and Sunday's qualifier in Moldova.
On the plus side, James McCarthy came through training unscathed on Tuesday.
Daryl Murphy, Stephen Quinn and keeper Keiren Westwood are among seven players already ruled out of the squad.
The other absentees are Kevin Doyle, Aiden McGeady, Anthony Pilkington and Marc Wilson.
After their opening 2-2 draw in Serbia, the Republic face Georgia in Dublin before travelling to Moldova for Sunday's game.
Moldova were beaten 4-0 by Wales in Cardiff in their opening qualifier last month while Georgia lost 2-1 at home to Austria in their first game in Group D.
Keane said that Arter underwent a scan on Monday and did not take part in training on Tuesday morning.
"I think the scan was pretty positive but obviously the player himself feels still a bit tight," added the Republic assistant boss.
"If you don't train two days before a game then that is not good news.
"We hope it might settle down in the next few days and might be available for the second game. But we wouldn't be too hopeful once again."
Newcastle striker Murphy, who headed the late equaliser in Belgrade, has a calf injury.
Quinn (knee), keeper Westwood (thigh), Doyle (ankle), Aiden McGeady (hamstring) and Pilkington (quad muscle) are also injured while Bournemouth's Marc Wilson lack of recent club action has also resulted in him dropping out of the squad.
Like Murphy, Reading midfielder Quinn made a positive contribution when introduced off the bench in Belgrade.
The other players ruled out are also not regular starters, but the volume of injuries reduces Martin O'Neill's options for this week's qualifiers.
With Sheffield Wednesday's Westwood ruled out, Manchester City keeper Ian Lawlor has been promoted from the under-21 squad, while Aberdeen striker Adam Rooney has also been called up.
Keane also revealed that Salford-born Brentford striker Scott Hogan could be in line for a call-up to the Republic squad after scoring seven goals for the Championship club so far this season.
"The manager has touched base with the player and I think he is due to try meet up in the next few weeks. He looks a really good player, a proper goalscorer," said Keane of Hogan, who has three Irish grandparents.
The 26-year-old's French club Montpellier have announced he will be out for several weeks as he needs an operation on the problem.
The club's leading scorer so far this season with seven goals hurt himself in Saturday's 2-1 loss at Lille.
Boudebouz will definitely miss Montpellier's final three games of the year.
Algeria are due to open their Nations Cup campaign on 15 January against Zimbabwe before games against Tunisia and Senegal in Group B.
The claim: Boris Johnson says his remarks have been taken out of context.
Reality Check verdict: The comment about President Obama looks slightly better with full context. The remarks about Hillary Clinton do not.
An American journalist asked him about some of his comments about President Barack Obama and Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
"There is such a rich thesaurus now of things that I have said that have been, one way or another, through what alchemy I do not know, somehow misconstrued, that it would really take me too long to engage in a full global itinerary of apology to all concerned," he said.
"I think most people who read these things in their proper context can see exactly what was intended."
Let's have a look at what the US journalist accused Mr Johnson of having said.
The claim: Mr Johnson said, wrongly, that President Obama did not want a bust of Churchill in the White House and harboured a part-Kenyan's "ancestral dislike for the British Empire".
The reality: In an article in the Sun newspaper, Mr Johnson says a bust of Winston Churchill was removed from the Oval Office and returned to the British Embassy on the day President Obama moved in, although he does add: "No-one was sure whether the president had himself been involved in the decision."
But, referring to an article in the Daily Telegraph, Mr Johnson then says: "Some said it was a snub to Britain. Some said it was a symbol of the part-Kenyan president's ancestral dislike of the British Empire - of which Churchill had been such a fervent defender."
In-between the publication of the Daily Telegraph article and that of the one in the Sun, the White House said a bust of Winston Churchill had been prominently displayed outside the Treaty Room of the White House residence since the 1960s.
But a copy of that bust, lent by then Prime Minister Tony Blair to then US President George W Bush while the original was undergoing repair, had been removed from the Oval Office.
"On 20 January 2009, inauguration day, all of the art lent specifically for President Bush's Oval Office was removed by the curator's office, as is common practice at the end of every presidency," it said.
The claim: Mr Johnson described Hillary Clinton as someone with "dyed blonde hair and pouty lips and a steely blue stare like the sadistic nurse in a mental hospital" and likened her to Lady Macbeth.
The reality: In an article in the Daily Telegraph, Mr Johnson says: "She's got dyed blonde hair and pouty lips, and a steely blue stare, like a sadistic nurse in a mental hospital.
"How could I possibly emit the merest peep of support for a woman who seems to have acted out the role of first lady, from 1993 to 2000, like a mixture between Cherie Blair and Lady Macbeth, stamping her heel, bawling out subordinates and frisbeeing ashtrays at her erring husband?"
The full article is actually an argument that Mrs Clinton should be president because Bill Clinton would make such a good "first husband".
But the support for her candidacy might not be considered be enough context to overcome the obvious insults.
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Kathleen Arkinson has launched the civil action for the alleged way she was treated by officers investigating her sister's disappearance.
15-year-old Arlene, from Castlederg, vanished after a night out in 1994.
She was last seen with child killer Robert Howard.
He died in prison in 2015.
Police dug up the bereaved sister's garden and searched her home following a false tip-off that Arlene was buried there.
During a brief hearing at a civil court in Omagh it emerged that 23 witnesses are to give evidence in Ms Arkinson's case against the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).
Nineteen of those witnesses are police witnesses, the court was told.
Several of the PSNI's witnesses flew in from London for the civil hearing due to take place on Friday.
However, it had to be adjourned until September after the court was told the case would likely take three days.
Howard was acquitted of the teenager's murder by a jury that was unaware of his previous conviction for murdering 14-year-old Hannah Williams, whose body was found in an industrial area close to the Thames Estuary.
Howard always remained the prime suspect in the Arkinson case.
Ms Arkinson said she will never give up hope of finding her sister's body.
She said: "It is never too late. I am begging anyone who knows something to please come forward with that information.
"I won't let anyone tell me I will never find her."
The train was stopped in the Channel Tunnel at about 15:30 BST on Sunday and Eurotunnel later reported delays of more than three hours.
Eurotunnel said the train was stopped and searched after an alert was raised. The migrants were taken into custody.
It was the second time in three days a freight train has had to be stopped in the Channel Tunnel due to migrants.
The latest incident involved a national network rail freight train heading for Kent from the SNCF Reseau track in Frethun, France.
Eurotunnel initially tweeted that its service was "operating with delays due to a National Freight train stopped in the tunnel".
Almost three hours later it said: "Due to the stopped National Freight Train, there is a 3.5hr wait for our Passenger service from France; from the UK, a 1hr wait on site."
Then at 19:00 BST it reported that the train had exited the Tunnel and work was under way to reform the timetable and reduce delays.
A Eurotunnel spokesman said: "The search was conducted by the Police aux Frontiers and security staff.
"The migrants found have been taken into custody by the French Police aux Frontieres in France, and the train sent back to the SNCF yard at Frethun.
"We apologise for any inconvenience caused by this incident."
Eurotunnel said it was was working on restoring full service.
Last week the operator said extra security measures were making a "real difference" and the number of migrants trying to get into the Eurotunnel terminal near Calais had fallen to about 150 a night.
That number had peaked at 2,000 at the end of last month.
The violence followed the sacking of the political leader of the M23 rebel group, Jean-Marie Runiga, on Thursday.
Mr Runiga is allied to Bosco Ntaganda, a rebel commander wanted by the International Criminal Court on war crimes charges.
Some 800,000 people have been displaced since the M23 rebellion began in 2012.
On Sunday, regional African leaders signed a UN-brokered accord to end the conflict.
The UN refugee agency in Uganda told the BBC about 4,500 people crossed the border overnight.
"It started at around midnight and we can still hear the bullets and bombs," Damien Batimaha, a local community leader in the border town of Bunagana, told Reuters news agency.
"Most of the town has fled. I'm at home but my family has already left," he said.
The town is under the control of fighters loyal to the M23's main leader, Brig Gen Sultani Makenga.
Rebel spokesman Col Vianney Kazarama told the BBC's Great Lakes Service that the M23 fighters were ambushed as they made their way to Rumangabo, a military base about 50km (31 miles) north of Goma.
They were attacked by men loyal to Gen Ntaganda using heavy weaponry. There were many casualties on both sides, the spokesman said.
Profile: Bosco 'Terminator' Ntaganda
The second attack came at midnight on the the M23 headquarters near Bunagana.
Col Kazarama said he believed the attack was prompted by the peace accord signed in Addis Ababa, which mentioned arrest warrants - and Gen Ntaganda fears he will be handed over to The Hague.
The M23 - mostly made up of fighters from the Tutsi minority group who deserted from the army - launched a rebellion against the DR Congo government 11 months ago, briefly seizing Goma, the main city in the east, in November.
The rebellion was founded by Gen Ntaganda, who was an officer in the Rwandan army before he left to join a rebel movement in DR Congo.
In a statement signed by Gen Makenga on Thursday, Mr Runiga was accused of treason because of "financial embezzlement, divisions, ethnic hatred, deceit and political immaturity".
Rwanda and Uganda have denied UN allegations that they are backing the group.
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Leaders of the G7 group of nations have called on Russia to stop all efforts to "annex" Ukraine's Crimea region.
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Bournemouth's Harry Arter looks likely to join the Republic of Ireland's lengthy absentees list for Thursday's World Cup qualifier against Georgia.
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Algeria midfielder Ryad Boudebouz looks set to miss next month's Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon with a knee injury.
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Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson gave a joint press conference on Tuesday with US Secretary of State John Kerry.
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Nineteen police witnesses have been called to give evidence in a case brought against Northern Ireland's chief constable by the sister of murdered schoolgirl Arlene Arkinson.
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Eurotunnel passengers have again faced delays after migrants got on to a freight train bound for the UK.
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More than 4,000 people have fled at night from a border town into Uganda after rival rebel factions fought in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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It will pay taxes on UK and some international sales through the hub.
The move is unusual for a US technology company, many of which set up international headquarters in Ireland or other European countries due to tax breaks.
However, the European Commission has been cracking down on some of the tech companies' tax deals.
In addition, the OECD has has been pushing for G20 measures on corporate tax avoidance.
Claire Valoti, general manager of Snap Group in the UK, said: "We believe in the UK creative industries. The UK is where our advertising clients are, where more than 10 million daily Snapchatters are, and where we've already begun to hire talent."
The messaging app parent company already had a UK office in London, but as of Tuesday, the office will operate as its international hub.
Revenue from sales made to UK customers will be booked in the UK. Sales staff in the UK will also handle clients in countries outside the US which do not have a Snap sales force, and those revenues will also be recorded in the UK.
Analysis: Rory Cellan-Jones, BBC technology correspondent
It's a great boost for London's global reputation as a hub for creative industries - but the economic impact of Snap Inc's decision to base its international hub in the UK may be limited.
At the moment, the firm's UK workforce is just 75 strong, and although that will expand, it's hardly the equivalent of a car plant in Sunderland - though baristas in Soho will be grateful for the opportunity to sell a lot more decaf skinny lattes.
But this does signal that post Brexit London, with its skilled workforce, its strength in advertising and its relatively low tax rates will remain a very attractive location for tech firms, especially those that aren't moving physical goods across borders.
And, as the EU cracks down on sweetheart tax deals in Ireland and Luxembourg, the UK may look even more attractive.
But there is one clear message from today's announcement - it really is time for ageing technology correspondents to get to grips with how Snapchat works.
The messaging app has been expanding its London operations, growing its office in the city from around six staff last year to more than 75.
The company says it has 150 million daily active users around the world, with 50 million in Europe.
Many US technology companies, including Apple, Facebook, Google, and Twitter, have set up international headquarters in countries with lower corporate tax rates than the UK, such as Ireland.
However, a number of authorities, including the European Commission, have been investigating those deals.
In August last year, the European Commission said that Apple should pay Ireland €13bn (£11bn) in back taxes, a ruling Apple is appealing against.
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The woman said she drove past Ms Bailey between 15:40 and 15:50 BST on 11 April last year.
Ms Bailey's fiancé, Ian Stewart, is accused of killing her between 10:51, when her internet and phone activity stopped, and 14:30 on that day.
Mr Stewart, who is on trial at St Albans Crown Court, denies murder.
The Electra Brown author's body was found last July in a cesspit at the home she shared with Mr Stewart in Royston, Hertfordshire.
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He is accused of drugging her before suffocating her and throwing her in the pit.
Neighbour, Angela John, told the court she recognised Ms Bailey, but under cross-examination admitted she had never seen Ms Bailey wearing the clothes she described - stone or beige trousers and a shirt.
"She was walking with her head down and her hands going to her head, which made me look more carefully at whether it was Helen or not," Ms John said.
Asked again by Simon Russell Flint, defending, "what date and time did you last see Helen Bailey?", she replied: "April 11, 3.40pm to 3.50pm-ish."
Mr Russell Flint asked if she had "any doubts... about that", to which she replied "no".
The court also heard from another two neighbours of Ms Bailey who said they saw her walking her dog Boris between about 13:20 and 14:20 BST on 11 April.
Mr Stewart, 56, of Baldock Road, Royston, Hertfordshire, denies murder, preventing a lawful burial, fraud, and three counts of perverting the course of justice.
The trial continues.
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The practise was banned in 2013 after annual harvests of the molluscs plummeted from 200 to 20 tonnes in the space of five years.
TV presenter and adventurer Ben Fogle has backed the Blue Marine Foundation project and will help transfer the first 1,500 oysters.
Olympic champion Sir Ben Ainslie has already supported the bid.
Oyster fishing in the Solent was banned after the Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Project found the molluscs were failing to reproduce as a result of water quality, invasive species and over fishing.
A pilot project, involving adult oysters, was previously held at Ainslie's racing team's base and at the University of Portsmouth's raft in Langstone Harbour.
Following its success, Blue Marine Foundation said 10,000 juveniles would be transferred to cages at the two sites, as well as at four marinas across the Solent over the next month.
Former BBC Countryfile presenter Fogle said his experience of travelling the world's oceans had "opened his eyes to the scale of marine destruction".
"Restoring the native oyster to the Solent would be another step closer to turning the tide against the large-scale degradation of our oceans," he added.
"These oysters will change the whole dynamic of the Solent. They're going to improve the water quality, bring back other marine life and perhaps tourism will benefit."
Tim Glover, of Blue Marine Foundation, said the pilot project showed the technique of suspending cages of oysters under floating pontoons "can result in healthy reproduction and low mortality".
He said the group aimed to introduce up to a million oysters to the Solent during 2017.
Blue Marine Foundation said restoring oyster stocks would "help to ensure a sustainable supply of oysters for harvesting in the long term".
A final report on the project is expected in 2021.
But the 35-year-old insists that the injury was not the only factor in ending his career.
"It was part of the decision but not the only part," he said. "My age, opportunity to coach, young family."
Blair has yet to fully recover from a concussion suffered in January and will consult a specialist neurology team.
Capped 85 times by Scotland and selected for the British and Irish Lions tour of South Africa in 2009, Blair will now use that experience as an assistant coach with the Scotstoun club next season.
He made 12 appearances for Gregor Townsend's reigning Pro12 champions and was voted player of the month in October, but says time has run out for him to be fit again before the end of the season.
"I actually planned to retire last season, but Gregor Townsend persuaded me to join Glasgow," said Blair, who would have ended his playing career this summer even if he had not been presently sidelined.
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"It's a difficult day, but the amount of time I've had in the game I knew it would have to end."
Blair started his professional career with Edinburgh in 2001 and had spells with Brive in France and Newcastle Falcons in England's top flight before joining Glasgow last summer.
"I guess I've been fairly fortunate and it's something I've never really thought about," he said. "I just love playing rugby.
"Being captain of Scotland was a really big thing for me, being involved with a Lions tour and playing in the semi-final of the European Cup with Edinburgh in 2009 will all live long in the memory."
Despite suggesting that he never planned for his long career, Blair said he always had an intensity to win, both in and outside rugby.
"For me, it was always about individual battles," he said. "It was a team game and you did everything to help the team win, but for me if you've got a one-on-one tackle or you're trying to beat somebody, that contest is something that I loved.
"I hate being beaten one-on-one. I remember playing a game of table tennis when my wee brother beat me when I was 14. He was nine. I hated losing those battles."
That determination to win will now be seen from the touchline as Blair prepares to move into full-time coaching at Glasgow next season, but he realises that his experience as a player is no guarantee of success in the new role.
"I don't know if I'm going to make a great coach," he said. "Just because I've played rugby at a high level doesn't mean I will pass that on.
"But I've been working with scrum-halves Henry Pyrgos and Ali Price and really enjoying it.
"Next year is a great opportunity to work with an incredible group of players and management group and I just want to learn as much as I can."
Blair admits he will miss being a player.
"I don't feel it yet," he said. "I feel like an injured player who's not been playing.
"Maybe in six months or a year's time I will. One of the hardest things I've had to do is tell my kids."
Townsend praised Blair for a significant contribution during his short spell at Scotstoun.
"He exceeded our expectations on the field with some outstanding performances and would have been in the running for player of the season before picking up his recent injury," said the Glasgow coach.
"In my opinion, he is one of Scotland's best-ever rugby players and it was great to see him play in a Warriors jersey this season.
"It's disappointing that he's not able to finish his career on his own terms, but he can reflect on a brilliant career both at club and at international level.
"Mike's influence off the field has already had an impact at the club, as our three scrum-halves, Ali Price, Grayson Hart and Henry Pyrgos, are all playing well and that is partly down to Mike's coaching and guidance."
The software, launched globally on Wednesday, is the company's attempt to reverse its fortunes in the mobile industry.
Windows 10 will be offered as a free upgrade to most consumers.
However, companies will have to pay for their version, as will PC-makers to pre-install it. Analysts say the strategy is designed to speed adoption.
Speaking exclusively to BBC News, Satya Nadella said: "Windows 10 is a huge milestone for us as a company, and quite frankly the industry."
Microsoft is staggering the release over several weeks, so not everyone will be able to get the upgrade on the launch day.
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Microsoft has until now released a new version of Windows every few years.
Windows 10 will be the last launch of this kind, the company said - from here on it will gradually update the software for free over months and years.
Mr Nadella said he hoped features like digital personal assistant Cortana - comparable to Apple's Siri, and Google Now - would set Windows 10 apart.
"I'm really excited about Cortana," he said.
"I think of it as [being] as profound as perhaps the PC operating system.
"If you think about our history in technology, we've had concepts that have changed how people have interacted with their computing resources.
"One of them was a graphical user interface, the second was the browser and the web. I think of Cortana as the third platform."
Speaking about possible privacy concerns, Mr Nadella took aim at companies like Google who use data to sell advertising.
"One of the foundational pieces of making anything more personal is trust," he said.
"We're not trying to sell you advertising, we're trying to in fact sell you software or devices so you as a user can trust it, that it's working on your behalf.
"I as a consumer may want to sometimes trade off my data to get a free service, and that's ok. But it's the other users of that same data - that is where trust matters.
"I absolutely want Microsoft to be trustworthy. How consumers make choices between companies, I'll leave it to them."
Mr Nadella argued that future devices, like augmented reality headset Hololens, would maintain the relevance of Windows 10.
The developer version of Hololens, which is placed over a user's eyes and displays graphics in their surroundings, is on course to be released within a year, Mr Nadella said.
Consumer versions of the software would follow at a later date.
But Microsoft's poor track record in mobile means Mr Nadella has had to change the firm's focus.
He has ramped up the company's efforts in creating apps for rival systems - Apple's iOS and Google's Android.
Mr Nadella told the BBC this wasn't simply "plan B" after falling so far behind in the sector.
"I don't think so. I think this is Plan A to me.
"I don't think of this as some zero-sum construct where our presence on other platforms is taking away from the Windows ecosystem.
"If anything, if you're using a lot of Microsoft applications on these other platforms, you might in fact find any one of our devices pretty attractive in your life."
Analysts still see Microsoft's small presence in the mobile world as a serious Achilles heel.
"Consumers are spending the most time on smartphone," said Geoff Blaber, a Silicon Valley-based analyst for CCS Insight.
"This is Microsoft's big, big challenge, because they're only on 3% of smartphones.
"They need to be engaging people on the mobile screen to ensure that their surfaces are being used as far and as widely as possible."
While the company is still to make a small number of mobile devices - a couple of smartphones, and its Surface tablet-laptop hybrid - it has significantly lowered its ambitions in the area.
Earlier this month, Microsoft wrote off last year's $7.5bn (£4.5bn) acquisition of Finnish mobile giant Nokia, while laying off thousands of the employees it gained from the phone company.
The write down resulted in the company's biggest ever quarterly loss.
The deal was made by Mr Nadella's predecessor, Steve Ballmer.
But Mr Nadella refused to call the Nokia move a mistake.
"That's not how to look at it," he said.
"When you acquire and you bring large organisations together there is a certain amount of unfortunate rationalisation that happens."
Windows 10 is muliti-platform - meaning essentially the same software can power PCs, smartphones, tablets, games consoles and wearables.
Mr Nadella hopes this will prove an incentive for developers to design software for the system.
The previous version of the operating system - Windows 8 - was so badly received the company leapfrogged making Windows 9 altogether in an attempt to distance itself from its previous outlook.
In the run-up to launching Windows 10, Microsoft launched its Insider Program - a scheme which allowed millions of users to test out new features and provide feedback which was monitored and acted upon by the team.
Initial reviews of the software have been positive.
Mr Nadella said: "We want Windows to go from where users need it, to choose it... to loving it."
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But World United, who have just celebrated their 10th anniversary, have made foreign signings their specialty.
The team was initially set up in Belfast as a way for immigrants and asylum seekers to meet other people with shared experiences.
Over the years more than 100 players have come through the team.
Reginald Vellem, originally from Zimbabwe, has been living in Northern Ireland for 11 years and acts as the team's chairperson.
"Initially when World United was set up it was catering for people like myself coming into Northern Ireland," he said.
"It gave guys an opportunity to get together, to get to know about Northern Ireland - it then grew from that to serving the local community.
"Currently what we do is workshops focusing on racism and sectarianism issues.
"We work with community groups - the likes of the PSNI community relations team and local authorities as well."
Kingsley Burrows from South Africa has been playing with the team for more than three years.
"With World United I met people in the same boat as myself whereas if I was playing in local clubs I was just meeting people from this country," he said.
"So it was nice to share experiences with people coming to this country, not just sharing with people that live here already."
The team play around every six to eight weeks, and although their main aim is not to become a league team, some of their players have graduated on to some of the local league teams.
"Over the past year we've been getting some amazing players coming through," said team manager Adrian Murphy.
He picks out a closely fought match between World United and the PSNI team as being particularly memorable.
"The match actually got abandoned after about 70 minutes," he said.
"We were 5-2 down at half time and we came back to 5-5 after some great football, but things got a wee bit out of hand and we just called it off but it was all in good fun and good-natured."
With many of the players coming from different countries with their own problems, team members felt disappointed in recent weeks to see reports of racist attacks and incidents in the news.
Reginald remembers that after leaving Zimbabwe in 2002, while most people welcomed him, he did experience racism in Belfast.
"I've been a victim of racism, it's not a good experience," he said.
"I've had graffiti written on the house once, but the local community did come out to offer their support and a local councillor also came out to reassure us.
"Going through a racist attack was a very traumatic thing but there was a lot of positive support that came from it."
Comparing his experiences to life in South Africa, Kingsley said it saddened him to see racist attacks in Northern Ireland.
"It was 1994 when Mandela came into power and the peace process started around the same time here," he said.
"I didn't think I would leave South Africa and experience or see acts of racism or things like that in other countries.
"I think South Africa's come a long way to come out of their problems, so to see it in another country seems sad and weird."
On the success of World United so far, Reginald says the best thing about the team is the help it provides for people coming to Northern Ireland for the first time.
"The integration process doesn't have to be a painful one," he said.
"I would encourage people to move to Northern Ireland - it's good craic."
In a post on her blog, Siobhan Curham said she is "not allowed to go into" the details of the problems, but they "have nothing to do with Zoe".
Earlier this week Zoella, whose real name is Zoe Sugg, confirmed she had received "help" writing her novel.
Ms Curham also said she was not looking for "fame" or to "get rich" when she agreed to work on Girl Online.
"I love writing books and I love helping others write books," she wrote.
"When I was offered the opportunity to help Zoe, I also saw the opportunity to help get important and empowering messages across to her incredibly huge fan-base.
"Messages about self belief, anxiety, sexuality and - oh the irony - online hate. That was my sole motivation for taking the job."
The author, who has written a number of young adult novels published under her own name, said the success of Girl Online had helped many bookshops turn a profit.
"Penguin, and many other publishers around the world, are now able to afford to offer more unknown writers book deals," she wrote.
Ms Curham also alluded to the issue of "transparency in celebrity publishing" and said Zoella should not be blamed for a practice that has been going on for a number of years.
Earlier this week, Penguin issued a statement saying it was part of a publisher's role to "help" new talent.
Many of Zoella's fans sent positive messages to the YouTube star after her announcement, saying that they still "loved" the book.
More than 78,000 copies of Girl Online were sold in its first week of publication.
After the figures were released, Zoella tweeted: "I'm legit blown away by this. I never in a million years thought that so many of you would pick up a copy of Girl Online. Almost want to cry."
The record is the highest since sales recording system Nielsen BookScan began collecting information on the book market in 1998, according to The Bookseller.
It is the first of a two-book deal Zoella has with Penguin.
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In extreme cases claimants had handed over photographic and video evidence of "highly personal sexual activity" in an effort to persuade officials, the Home Affairs Committee found.
The gay rights group Stonewall called the testing system "distressing".
The Home Office promised to monitor and maintain standards.
In its report on the asylum system, the committee said it was concerned by the quality of the UK Border Agency's decision-making, as 30% of appeals against initial decisions had been allowed in 2012.
And a backlog of 32,600 asylum cases that should have been resolved in 2011 was yet to be concluded, while the number of applicants still waiting for an initial decision after six months had risen by 63% last year.
Some had been waiting up to 16 years, while the housing with which they were provided was sometimes "appalling".
It also said poor decision-making by officials was raising the risk of the UK harbouring war criminals.
The committee also focused on the situation facing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people seeking asylum.
In its report, the committee said they faced "extraordinary obstacles" in persuading immigration officers of their case.
Its chairman, Labour MP Keith Vaz, told BBC News: "It is absurd for a judge or a caseworker to have to ask an individual to prove that they are lesbian or gay, to ask them what kind of films they watch, what kind of material they read.
"People should accept the statement of sexuality by those who seek asylum. This practice is regrettable and ought to be stopped immediately."
A Supreme Court ruling in 2010 stated that the "underlying rationale" of the United Nations Refugee Convention was that people should be able to "live freely and openly" in their own country without fear of persecution.
This judgement, the committee said, had effectively overturned the Border Agency's previous emphasis on "voluntary discretion" - which had meant it should be seen an option for claimants to conceal their sexuality in order to avoid abuse.
The report said: "The battleground is now firmly centred in 'proving' that they are gay. In turn, this has led to claimants going to extreme lengths to try and meet the new demands of credibility assessment in this area, including the submission of photographic and video evidence of highly personal sexual activity to caseworkers, presenting officers and the judiciary."
The committee said: "We were concerned to hear that the decision making process for LGBTI applicants relies so heavily on anecdotal evidence and 'proving that they are gay'."
It added that "it is not appropriate to force people to prove their sexuality if there is a perception that they are gay. The assessment of credibility is an area of weakness within the British asylum system.
"Furthermore, the fact that credibility issues disproportionately affect the most vulnerable applicants - victims of domestic and sexual violence, victims of torture and persecution because of their sexuality - makes improvement all the more necessary."
The Refugee Council said the committee's report reflected its "grave concerns" about the UK asylum system.
Chief Executive Maurice Wren said: "Failing to treat asylum seekers with dignity and, simultaneously, failing to deal effectively and fairly with their claims has created an expensive and counter-productive bureaucratic nightmare that all too often denies vulnerable people the protection from persecution and oppression they desperately need."
Stonewall says LGBTI people in some countries have suffered rape, torture and death threats.
Spokesman Richard Lane said: "Being gay isn't about what nightclubs you go to; it is a fundamental part of who you are.
"Sadly, in far too many cases, valuable time is spent attempting to 'prove' a claimant is gay in this way rather than establishing whether they have a legitimate fear of persecution.
"This is not only a waste of time and resources but can be deeply distressing to asylum seekers, many of who have fled for fear of their lives."
A Home Office spokesman said: "The UK has a proud history of granting asylum to those who need it. We are committed to concluding all cases as quickly as possible, but asylum cases are often complex and require full and thorough consideration.
"We have robust mechanisms in place to monitor standards of housing provided to asylum seekers."
He added: "We will continue to monitor performance to ensure that standards are met."
The Prince's Regeneration Trust has spent about £9m revamping Middleport Pottery in Burslem.
The trust said it bought the Grade II-listed building in June 2011 to save 50 jobs and preserve skills. The factory has produced Burleigh china since 1888.
A visitor centre, workshops and a cafe have been put in and the original bottle kiln has been refurbished.
The factory was officially reopened on Tuesday by Prince Charles.
Trust chief executive Ros Kerslake said it had brought the factory up to "21st Century standards but kept the huge uniqueness of how it was in 1888".
She said: "It did need a lot of significant construction work, the roof needed substantial repair, for example, but we tried to be sensitive to not over restore or over modernise the place."
The trust said it hoped to boost its visitor numbers from about 8,000 to 30,000 people a year through its new museum exhibit and by encouraging schools to use the new classroom spaces.
As part of the refurbishment, 19,000 historic pottery moulds and cases belonging to factory tenants Burgess, Dorling and Leigh, were moved out of the factory.
The pieces, collected over the past 130 years, were stored for seven months at the old Spode pottery site in Stoke town centre.
The plaster moulds have been catalogued and returned to a new storeroom at the factory.
Visitor centre manager Theresa Fox-Wells said: "[They] were up on the third floor, the weight was putting quite a strain on the building.
"It was a huge exercise to transport them from site to site. They're now safely stored here again, but on the ground floor this time."
The trust said since it had taken over the factory 30 new jobs had been created on both the administrative and manufacturing side.
It said it was aiming to create 30 more.
Money for the project had come from a range of sources including English Heritage, the government's Regional Growth Fund, the Heritage Lottery Fund and private donations, the trust said.
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A season of high-profile cup upsets looked like it could claim yet another victim when Scott Laird fired the League One side ahead soon after the break.
But United's disjointed attack finally found some fluidity when expensive loan signing Radamel Falcao was replaced after an hour, and recalled midfielder Ander Herrera led the revival.
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Herrera, making only his third start in three months, squeezed home the equaliser with Wayne Rooney avoiding contact with the ball in an offside position, before Marouane Fellaini's close-range finish gave United the lead in a thrilling tie.
Rooney, back playing in a more advanced role, made certain of victory with a late penalty that he won and converted himself to give the scoreline a gloss that Preston did not deserve.
If United boss Louis van Gaal did not quite restore Rooney to his front line for this tie, he did at least push his captain higher up the pitch from the deeper midfield position he has occupied recently.
His movement was impressive early on but being closer to the sharp end did not allow Rooney more scoring opportunities, with a blocked shot from Luke Shaw's pull-back his only effort on goal in the first half.
His United team-mates were also frustrated as they struggled to break down a well-drilled and hard-working North End side, roared on by a noisy home support.
Angel Di Maria bent a free-kick a few inches wide but that was the closest the 11-times winners came to making the breakthrough before the interval.
However you described Van Gaal's latest formation - 4-1-2-2-1 being a close approximation - it was not helping United turn their vastly superior possession into chances.
When they did find time and space in dangerous positions their delivery was frequently disappointing, with Di Maria a repeat offender with wasted balls.
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It all meant Preston goalkeeper Thorsten Stuckmann did not have a shot to save before the break
North End's own threat had been restricted to a couple of tame shots from distance and a Joe Garner header that looped over the bar.
But that all changed two minutes into the second half when Garner sent Laird galloping into the box to power in a shot that was heading wide before deflecting off Antonio Valencia and squeezing under De Gea.
United's response was hardly venomous, with the Preston defence easily dealing with the crosses hoisted into their box.
In fact the home side went closer to making it 2-0 when Tom Clarke got on the end of a whipped free-kick but could not connect with his shot in front of goal.
After an hour, Van Gaal had seen enough. He hauled off the ineffective Falcao for Ashley Young in a change that helped turn the game in his side's favour.
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Young supplied the pass for Herrera's equaliser and Fellaini, pushed further forward as part of the switch, followed up his own saved header to power home United's winner from close range.
Preston were not quite finished yet, with Kyel Reid fizzing one shot wide and Callum Robinson firing another straight at De Gea from the edge of the area.
But United made sure of their progress with two minutes to go when Stuckmann sent Rooney tumbling, although there were some suggestions he might have dived, and he stepped up to send his penalty high into his net.
Preston boss Simon Grayson:
"We did create some good chances at times and the players can wake up in the morning and be very proud of what they've done.
"Hopefully we can use this as motivation for the rest of the year. Our sole aim at the start of the season really was to get promoted to the Championship.
"We'll take a lot of positives and we'll take the money - we need more money to get some more players in."
The Australian led the first 28 laps but was switched to a three-stop strategy and ended up finishing fourth.
"I'm a bit devastated. A big part of me is happy the team are on winning form but it's hard to celebrate," he said.
"To not be on the podium sucks. I will pull the guys aside who I need to ask them what the deal was today."
The decision handed the lead to Verstappen, who hung on despite pressure from Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen to win on his debut for Red Bull, following his promotion from the junior Toro Rosso team.
"I don't want to come across as a bad sportsman," Ricciardo said. "Whatever happened on track, Max crossed the line first.
"Sure, it is every man for himself and I'm bitter, but not at Max, he did what he had to do, but I'm bitter at the situation."
Team boss Christian Horner said Red Bull split the drivers' strategies because they were under pressure from both Raikkonen and Ferrari team-mate Sebastian Vettel in quicker cars.
"It was always going to be tricky to keep the Ferraris behind us," Horner said.
"In clean air, Ferrari probably had a slight car advantage on us.
"We elected to split the strategies because it wasn't obvious which was going to be the quicker route, the three-stop or the two-stop, and we felt Sebastian in clean air looked to be the fastest car and we were asking: 'How do we beat Vettel?'
"We felt by splitting our strategies it gave us both options because we knew the two-stop was going to be under a lot of pressure at the end of the race in terms of degradation.
"Max looked after his tyres incredibly well to make sure he had just enough left to fend off Kimi in the last few laps."
Horner paid tribute to Verstappen's achievement in becoming the youngest driver ever to win in F1.
"Max's performance has been exemplary," Horner said.
"The biggest aspect has been his calmness. He has a lot of capacity when driving the car.
"He is a young man completely in control of what he was doing.
"He did a 27.5 on his first flying lap and since then he has not put a wheel wrong all weekend."
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Andrew Ferguson, 35, attacked his victim in the complex at Ninewells Hospital in 2000 before going on to rape another woman years later and assaulting a third.
Ferguson was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow.
He was earlier convicted at a trial in Edinburgh of eight charges including rape, indecent assault and assault.
The crimes, which Ferguson continues to deny, took place between 2000 and 2014.
Ferguson raped the woman at the nurses' residence before carrying out similar attacks on a second victim at houses in Cairneyhill and Inverkeithing, both in Fife.
A jury heard a third woman was then assaulted in Inverkeithing.
Brian McConnachie, defending, said Ferguson knew he would be jailed, but that he "maintained he did not commit the offences".
Mr McConnachie added: "His partner is standing by him. She is here in court to support him."
Judge Lord McEwan also placed Ferguson on the sex offenders' register.
Det Insp James Leeson, of Police Scotland, said: "The suffering that these women endured and the subsequent trial as a result of Ferguson refusing to take responsibility for his horrific crimes was incredibly distressing.
"However, if it wasn't for the courage that they showed by coming forward then it wouldn't have been possible to bring him to justice, and we welcome this sentence.
"I would like to thank each of these women and our partner agencies for all of their assistance and support throughout our inquiries and the subsequent trial.
"I hope that this sentence will give these women some comfort and that they can now begin to move forward with their lives."
Members of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) are campaigning against plans to cut about 180 firefighters and control room jobs in the county.
The union said it would lead to a 20% reduction in full-time uniformed staff.
The fire authority said "strong resilience arrangements" were in place to cover the strike period.
FBU official Keith Handscomb said Essex Fire and Rescue Authority was "putting people's lives at risk" with the cuts.
"They will trot out statistics, but the fact is more than three people are rescued from emergencies by Essex firefighters every day," Mr Handscomb said.
"That is three people every day in Essex who cannot afford any cuts in frontline fire and rescue services."
The union said it had planned to strike for short periods but had effectively been "locked" out until Friday evening.
In a statement, the authority said: "In the interests of public safety, Essex Fire Authority has decided that on this occasion, it will not accept partial performance and therefore will put its well-rehearsed resilience arrangements in place to cover the entire strike period.
"This means that firefighters withdrawing their labour for any part of a shift will not be required, or paid, for the whole shift.
"The service will have greater availability with its resilience arrangements in place than it would under the complicated arrangements set out by the FBU for strike action among various work groups at different times over the three-day period."
The union is involved in an ongoing dispute with the government over pensions.
Sunday's race was won by UK athlete Ben Fish with a time of 01:05:16 and the fastest female runner was Ruth Barnes.
The annual event is in its 36th year but had some changes to the route due to the North Quays works taking place.
Organisers said they believed no African athletes had entered because of better prize money elsewhere in Europe.
The 2016 race was won by Kenyan Robert Mbithi with a time of 1:01:45, setting a new course record.
Some of the celebrities who competed in Sunday's race included actor Will Thorp, broadcaster Sophie Raworth and retired rugby player Lewis Moody MBE.
For Iceland's Reykjavik Grapevine newspaper, the result was not a big surprise. History was on their side.
Throughout Euro 2016, the newspaper has provided coverage of Iceland's sparkling campaign, which is rivalled only by the breathless TV commentary of Gummi Ben. Even before a ball was kicked, Iceland was ready for "Brexit 2 - The Smiting".
But elsewhere England's shock defeat to the tournament debutantes was greeted with a mixture of shock, sensationalism and not a little schadenfreude.
Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung calls England's laboured attempts to gain control of the game a "testament to the helplessness of a team of the disillusioned".
Der Spiegel is baffled by Roy Hodgson's approach to the game, and calls his resignation "his best decision of the day".
For Spain's El Pais, England's plight was not a matter of tactics or team selection, but a product of a mindset built on past tournament failings.
"A throw-in was enough to instil the doubt and everlasting stench of defeat that always accompanies England."
Iceland will go on to face France in the quarter finals and the host nation's media are careful not to underestimate their opponents.
"They are not afraid of anybody," says Le Monde, while Le Figaro warns the French team not to give in to complacency.
"Les Bleus will have celebrated. But they hope one thing: not to become the next victims of these incredible football players who have come in from the cold."
Few nations will have enjoyed the result as much as Wales. Popular website Wales Online posted on Facebook: "Nope, no sympathy."
However, the jeering was too much for leading Welsh-language campaigner and Rhyl FC fan Ffred Ffrancis, who wrote on Twitter:
"Instead of revelling in England's loss, Wales should congratulate Iceland, another small country that's shown how to win at #EURO2016."
In Russia, a country that endured an even worse Euro 2016 campaign, the focus is less on a humiliating defeat than a stunning victory.
Sport Express asks: "How many exclamation marks are needed to reflect the emotions brought on by Iceland's victory?"
SovSport notes that Iceland "draw strength from collectivism", adding: "In the north it is difficult to survive without esprit de corps. The 'Vikings' are patient and courageous at the same time - running, guns blazing, towards the enemy's gates just to test their mettle."
But state-run Channel One TV could not resist a jibe at England's travelling support, stating:
"In contrast to English fans, the Icelandic supporters are extremely peace-loving, although overflowing with emotions. Experts say Iceland's victory is further proof that money does not play football."
Naturally, most papers could not resist drawing parallels to last week's EU referendum. Switzerland's La Tribune de Geneve sas: "England woke up this morning with a terrible hangover for the second time in less than a week. This time it is not the vote of its people which is to blame, but its national team which has disappointed on all fronts."
The result reverberated beyond Europe.
Iran's Khabar Online calls the result "humiliating", and for South Africa's Daily Maverick, England were "a shambles".
In Australia's Daily Telegraph, Martin Gibbes says: "To understand the true depth of England's defeat to Iceland you need every letter of the alphabet." Gibbes then goes on to list every letter: A for apologies, B for blunders, C for clueless... Y for yawn... and so on.
But it was the Reykjavik Grapevine that provided the most insightful explanation for the result.
"This team is playing for the #ISL people, because this team *are* the #ISL people
#ENGISL #ICELANDSMITES"
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The email, on behalf of the English Football Association, encouraged fans to join a scheme offering priority tickets for Wembley games.
It was sent to fans who had opted to receive marketing emails.
FL Interactive apologised, saying: "The overwhelming majority of each club's fanbase will clearly follow Wales".
Homes and businesses in Pocklington were flooded in April 2012 after heavy rain caused a beck to burst its banks.
A reservoir to store river water upstream of the town would "greatly reduce the risk" of potential future flooding, the local authority has said.
The proposals are yet to be submitted but if approved, work could start in the spring of 2017.
Drawings of the initiative are going on display at Burnby Hall.
The incident at Cullen Paper Shop in The Square took place at about 07:15 on Thursday.
Police Scotland said no-one was injured.
A 29-year-old man has been charged and is due to appear at Elgin Sheriff Court on Friday.
The Mourne county trailed by a point at the interval after goals by Armagh's Mark Shields and Andrew Murnin.
But Kieran McGeeney's men managed just three point in the second half while Down landed six to clinch the victory.
It was Down's first Championship win over Armagh since 1992 and they face Monaghan or Cavan in the semi-finals.
Armagh, who had been favourites to go through, will now face the difficult task of picking themselves up for the All-Ireland qualifiers.
This was the first time Down had started their Championship campaign at their Pairc Esler home and the result will be a great boost to them and their manager Eamon Burns.
They made the better start and were four points up within the opening nine minutes.
But Armagh's opening score was a 13th-minute goal scored by the right boot of wing half-back Shields which reduced the gap to one point.
Armagh, the top goal scorers in the league earlier in the year, found the net for a second time through Murnin.
As with the first goal, Jamie Clarke was instrumental, feeding forward Murnin whose left-foot finish edged Armagh into a one-point lead.
Murnin almost scored another goal but his shot was touched on to the post by Down defender Anthony Doherty.
Many might have expected Armagh to pull away to win, but they had a dismal second half and Down grabbed the opportunity to progress.
When Darragh O'Hanlon (2) and Conor Maginn scored, it meant Down had got seven of he last eight points.
Down wasted chances to stretch their lead but Armagh, with manager McGeeney serving a touchline ban, failed to take advantage.
In stoppage-time they needed a goal but, after the match was held up by a brawl between players, it was Down who were celebrating at the end.
The Mourne county will face the winners of next Sunday's fourth quarter-final between Cavan and Monaghan.
Down: M Cunningham; A Doherty, G McGovern, D O'Hagan, D O'Hanlon, C McGovern, C Mooney; K McKernan, N McParland; P Turley, C Maginn, S Millar; J Johnston, R Johnston, C Harrison.
Armagh: B Hughes; J Morgan, C Vernon, P Hughes; A McKay, B Donaghy, M Shields; S Sheridan, J McElroy; A Forker, O O'Neill, R Grugan; J Clarke, S Campbell, A Murnin.
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But Shabana Basij-Rasikh, who set up the women's college in Kabul in Afghanistan, has been driven by her own daunting early experiences.
The young founder of the School of Leadership, Afghanistan, speaking at the Global Education and Skills Forum in Dubai, says she wants to start by emphasising the positive.
She has plans to expand her college to teach 340 young women the skills that will help them lead a modern, outward-looking Afghanistan.
The college provides a crash course in civic leadership - with lessons in government and international relations, visiting courts, attending round-table debates, listening to current affairs radio programmes and using Skype to talk to overseas experts.
It wants to break down the ethnic tensions within the country, recruiting from different regions and teaching in English as a neutral language.
There are also practical skills, such as learning to drive a car, from which many women would otherwise be excluded.
But there's no escaping the grim childhood experiences that made education such a passion.
As a girl living in Kabul under the Taliban, Ms Basij-Rasikh wasn't allowed to go to school.
But her parents were determined that she should not miss out and sent her to one of the secret, underground schools operating in the city.
Here women who had been teachers covertly taught lessons, using private houses as classrooms.
It wasn't a game. She said they heard stories of secret schools being raided and the teachers being beheaded in front of their pupils.
Ms Basij-Rasikh says she went to school by a different route and time each day, to avoid setting any pattern. It could take an hour to walk there. Books would be disguised as groceries and male relations would act as lookouts.
She says that even as children they were fully aware of the seriousness of the risks. "It was horrible, horrible, this terror.
"I was compelled to mature faster. I lost the years of fun."
And it was even more traumatic for the parents of these hidden scholars.
"Parents sent us to school every day knowing that we might not come back."
It seemed impossibly and irrevocably bleak, she says.
"I felt I could be caught any day by the Taliban driving around. And I didn't see any future. As a woman, I wasn't going to be able to work.
"There were times when I told my parents that I didn't want to go to school any more.
"But they told me that in life you could lose everything. But there was one thing that no-one could ever take away from you - an education."
It's also worth remembering how recent this was. It was only 13 years ago that she was living in a society where girls' education, not to mention television and music, were out of bounds.
While in the UK we were still moaning about the Millennium Dome, she was living a life closer to Anne Frank hiding from the Nazis.
The only contact with the outside word had been listening to music on black-market Bollywood tapes and listening to the BBC World Service. A BBC soap opera called New Home, New Life, was their biggest entertainment.
After the defeat of the Taliban, she was able to go openly to school for the first time.
"There was an overwhelming sense of freedom," she said. Wearing a school uniform was a great liberation and source of pride.
"Everyone had a huge desire for school. There was a hunger for learning."
She turned out to be very good at school and was put on an exchange programme, which brought her to Wisconsin in the rural US Midwest.
This was another sharp change of culture and she was innocently asked there whether she personally knew Osama Bin Laden.
She was shocked by the stereotypical views and lack of understanding of ordinary life in Afghanistan - and decided that she wanted to do something to bridge that gap.
And after later attending college in the US, she went back to Afghanistan to build a school.
Without education, she says she could have been married off at a young age, illiterate all her life, like many women in Afghanistan.
After founding a school, she turned to her current project in Kabul, the School of Leadership, Afghanistan - or Sola.
She wants the girls who attend here to become the next generation of her country's leaders, the opposite of her own isolated, frightened years of learning.
"Working in education is like planting date trees. It takes 50 years to bear fruit. You have to be patient and you might never get to see it."
Ms Basij-Rasikh's story provided a gritty contrast to the dazzling high-rises of Dubai, where the Global Education and Skills Conference was held this week.
Organised by Unesco and the Varkey Gems Foundation, this international gathering looked at ways of widening access to education and improving its quality.
Former-US president, Bill Clinton, now with more of a gravelly southern drawl, shared his own impressions.
He said he saw how improvement in education across South America was closing the gap in the inequality of incomes - while at the same time that gap was getting wider in the United States.
And he looked back on being a young governor in Arkansas and the feeling that he had failed because he had never managed to find how to replicate and spread the success of the best schools.
Looking back across four decades, he said that he had concluded that it was the quality of teachers that mattered above all else.
Appropriately, the conference saw the launch by Sunny Varkey, founder of the GEMS Varkey Foundation, of a $1m (£610,000) international prize for an "exceptional teacher".
Former UK prime minister Tony Blair called for leading economies to co-operate to support education in developing countries.
Andreas Schleicher, of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, spoke of the need for teachers to have regular access to training.
And Anant Agarwal, professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and head of the edX online education platform, predicted that digital content would soon be fully integrated into everyday secondary school classes.
Irina Bokova, director general of Unesco, in the cavernous hall of the world's tallest hotel, reminded the conference of the tens of millions of children around the world without any education at all.
The body of Chinese student Mingzi Yang, 29, was found at her house in Sincil Bank, Lincoln, in June, 2014.
She had been battered to death by Wai Hong Tsang, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for her murder.
A Lincolnshire Community Safety Partnership review found "it would have been difficult for any organisation to have taken steps to prevent it".
Tsang, from Scartho, near Grimsby, was originally interviewed by police as a witness.
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He was jailed for life in January 2015 after being convicted of his ex-wife's murder.
During his trial, Tsang was described as a "cold and calculating man".
On the day of the murder, he claimed he left his home in Grimsby early in the morning and drove to Sherwood Forest where he went mountain biking.
But police were able to prove he had travelled via Lincoln, stopping off for more than two hours in a secluded lay-by on the edge of the city - giving him enough time to cycle to Ms Yang's home, kill her and cycle back to his car.
The report found that although there was a history of domestic abuse, the couple had divorced in 2012, and were in new relationships when she was murdered.
However, it found evidence of domestic abuse dating back to when the couple married in 2007.
There were three reported incidents in Humberside in November 2009, November 2011 and December 2011.
Tony McGinty, Independent Chair of the Review Panel, said part of the review looked at how organisations responded to previous incidents involving the couple.
He said that although procedures were followed, agencies were sometimes limited because "the nature of the abuse suffered was often coercive control".
Vauxhall's pension scheme is one of the largest in the UK, with 15,000 members.
Pensions expert John Ralfe said Peugeot owner PSA would not want to touch it "with a barge pole", saying he thought it had a deficit of about £1bn.
Half of the members were pensioners, Mr Ralfe told the BBC's Today programme.
The proposed sale will be discussed in the Commons on Monday afternoon after the Speaker granted an urgent question on the matter to the Labour MP for Ellesmere Port and Neston, Justin Madders.
Meanwhile a Downing Street spokesman confirmed that Prime Minister Theresa May was planning to meet Carlos Tavares, PSA chief executive, but a time and date for the meeting had not yet been fixed.
According to company filings to the end of 2014 - the latest available - the Vauxhall pension scheme had assets of about £1.8bn but liabilities of about £2.6bn, leaving a deficit of £840m.
Since then record low interest rates have hit the returns on government debt in which big pension schemes invest heavily, so the deficit had probably grown, Mr Ralfe said.
Last week it emerged that PSA Group, which also makes Citroen cars, was in talks about taking over GM's loss-making European business, Opel.
Mr Ralfe told Today the size of the deficit was a "major issue for the takeover". "At best it's a stumbling block, at worst it could be a deal breaker," he said.
He said he was clear that PSA would not want to take on the pension scheme so they would only buy the operating assets, including the plant and the Vauxhall brand, leaving the pensions with General Motors UK.
"The trouble with that is that would then be a company with no assets, so what would have to happen ... is that General Motors US would have to issue a guarantee for that UK company," Mr Ralfe said.
PSA, which already works with GM in Europe on several projects, said a takeover was among "numerous strategic initiatives" being considered.
Any deal would involve Opel's UK arm, Vauxhall, which employs 4,500 staff at plants at Ellesmere Port and Luton.
Unite union leader Len McCluskey is also due to meet Mr Tavares this week to discuss the deal and any impact it might have on jobs.
Mr Ralfe said he did not think the Vauxhall pensioners needed to be worried about their position, but said that while politicians were "running around all over the place asking about jobs, they should also be running around asking about pensions".
Matsuyama, 25, who started two shots behind Zach Johnson and Thomas Pieters, sunk an eagle and seven birdies to equal the course record at Akron.
American Johnson carded 68 to finish five shots behind the Japanese on 11 under, one ahead of Charley Hoffman.
Paul Casey, Rory McIlroy and Russell Knox all finished on seven under.
Matsuyama becomes only the fourth player, after Jose Maria Olazabal, Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia, to shoot 61 on Firestone Country Club's South Course.
"I played with Tiger four years ago when he shot 61, so I knew 61 was the number today," said Matsuyama.
"I was thinking about that at 16 - I knew if I birdied 16, 17 and 18, I could get there."
Victory continues a fine run of form for Matsuyama since the end of last year. This was his sixth win in his past 20 starts - during which time he has also managed four top-five finishes and five more top-25 placings.
He claimed his second WGC title - after becoming the first Asian player to win one last October, in Shanghai - with a flawless final round.
An eagle on the par-five second, where he chipped in from just off the green, got him moving before he added birdies at the third, sixth and ninth.
He had a one-shot lead after the 10th over American Hoffman, who climbed the leaderboard with five birdies in his first 11 holes.
Johnson was 10 under after nine holes, following two birdies and a bogey on the front, while Belgian Pieters made a promising birdie at the second but closed the front nine with back-to-back bogeys to fall four off the lead.
Northern Ireland's McIlroy started three shots off the lead and birdied three of the first six holes, only to make three bogeys in the following nine. A birdie at the last saw him finish one under for the day.
The Scottish government this week warned that it could step in to force football authorities to take action.
It followed the failure of disciplinary action over disorder at last season's Scottish Cup final.
"I have not spoken to anyone in any clubs who have any appetite for it," Gray told BBC Scotland.
"We have raised the bar in terms of our league rules should fans misbehave, so I'm not sure if government interference is the way forward and I don't think it can be enforced.
"I am not sure that punishing a club like Hamilton Academical for a fan who throws a punch at a Motherwell fan is the way forward."
More than 70 people have been arrested over the violent scenes that took place after Hibernian lifted the cup for the first time since 1902 with a 3-2 victory over Rangers.
But the SFA panel dismissed as "irrelevant" charges over damage to advertising equipment and, in the case of Hibs, the Hampden pitch and goalposts, following a pitch invasion.
Neither club was punished because the SFA's disciplinary procedures are not underlined by "strict liability" - where clubs are responsible for their supporters' behaviour.
European governing body Uefa imposes greater responsibility for fan behaviour on clubs in European competition and this week Celtic and Legia Warsaw were among clubs disciplined.
"I think the government have been on our case about this - and particular the board of the Scottish Professional Football League and the board of the Scottish FA," added Gray.
"There's been some issues in Europe regarding this and strict liability hasn't worked where it has been applied and Uefa are getting into all sorts of bother because of this and our league does not see this as the way forward," said Gray.
"If a fan was to misbehave here at New Douglas Park, we see that as a criminal act punishable by law and we pay the police to come and police that, so for us it is nice and simple and I think most clubs will think like that.
"There are a few of the bigger clubs who have different issues and they have more problems than small clubs like mine and they have to deal with it in different ways and police it in a different manner.
"I can't see how strict liability would work for 35-37 clubs out of 42 clubs in this country."
It is a Category A prison - the highest security level - but it also holds inmates of all categories sentenced at London courts.
Coulson remains there because he faces a possible retrial at the Old Bailey.
But Mr Justice Saunders said any retrial was "way down the line".
The Ministry of Justice said it would not comment on individual cases.
Prisoners deemed to be of low risk are usually assessed and sent to a suitable prison as soon as is practically possible.
Coulson, who was sentenced to 18 months for conspiracy to hack voicemails, is facing a possible retrial on two counts of conspiring to cause misconduct in public office.
It relates to allegations he was involved in conspiring to pay a police officer for royal telephone directories.
He may have to appear at the Old Bailey.
During legal argument, it emerged in court that, due to the unavailability of counsel, a new trial could probably not take place before Christmas.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Prisons/Ministry of Justice
Mr Justice Saunders, who was the judge in the eight-month hacking trial, said he was "concerned to hear" that Mr Coulson was still at Belmarsh.
He said he would contact the prison governor to explain that any possible retrial would not go ahead quickly.
The judge was speaking during a court hearing at which Crown prosecutor Andrew Edis QC made an application for prosecution costs against the PM's former communications chief.
At an earlier hearing it was revealed that the Crown Prosecution Service estimated that Coulson was liable to pay up to £750,000.
In reference to financial statements supplied to the court, Mr Edis said: "A lot of money has passed through Coulson's hands over the years and there does not appear to be very much left."
Timothy Langdale QC, who represents Coulson, said that his client had been "fully co-operative" in supplying financial information to the court.
It was also revealed that News UK, formerly News International, the company Mr Coulson worked for while at the Sun and the News of the World, may be liable to pay for any costs order made against their former employee.
In 2012, the company was ordered to pay his legal fees in connection with the phone hacking trial.
Mr Justice Saunders reserved his judgement on the issue of costs to a later date.
The 41-year-old Labour MP was killed in her home village near Leeds on Thursday.
Oxfam had already been planning to record a live album to raise money to support their work with refugees.
The charity, which the Batley and Spen MP used to work for, has now announced it will release Stand As One - Live at Glastonbury 2016 in her memory.
When the album was first announced, the festival's co-organiser Emily Eavis said: "The scale of the refugee crisis is so huge we simply had to do something.
"We want people who are far from home and frightened to know we are doing whatever we can to help."
In a statement, Glastonbury headliners Coldplay said: "Right now there are more refugees in the world than at any other time in recent history. They could be us and we could be them."
Laura Mvula, Jack Garratt, The 1975, Editors, Years & Years, Fatboy Slim, Wolf Alice and Chvrches will also appear on the album.
Oxfam said proceeds from Stand As One - Live at Glastonbury 2016 will fund the charity's work with people forced to flee conflict, disaster and poverty.
The album will be released on 11 July.
A statement from Pakistan's foreign ministry condemned the "vitriolic statements" by India.
It called India's stance a "blatant attempt" to deflect attention from human rights abuses in Kashmir.
Indian Home Affairs Minister Rajnath Singh called Pakistan a "terrorist state" soon after Sunday's attack.
Seventeen soldiers died in the raid. One soldier succumbed to his injuries on Monday, taking the death toll to 18.
The attack comes as violent protests against Indian rule in the disputed region continue, with a curfew imposed.
More than 80 people, nearly all anti-government protesters, have died in more than two months of violence.
India held a high-level meeting to discuss an "appropriate response" to Sunday's attack - the worst on its security forces in Kashmir in years.
Local media reported that Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, Home Minister Rajnath Singh and several top level government officials attended the meeting, held at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's official residence.
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Earlier, Mr Singh said on Twitter that "there are definite and conclusive indications that the perpetrators of the Uri attack were highly trained, heavily armed and specially equipped".
"I am deeply disappointed with Pakistan's continued and direct support to terrorism and terrorist groups," he said.
Indian army military operations head Lieutenant-General Ranbir Singh said there was evidence the attackers were members of an Islamist militant group in Pakistan.
The gunmen had "some items which had Pakistani markings on", he said.
Pakistan's latest statement said that the situation in Indian-administered Kashmir was "not of Pakistan's making but a direct consequence of illegal Indian occupation and a long history of atrocities".
It added that India's decision to blame Pakistan without conducting an investigation was "deplorable".
The attack has caused a great deal of anger in India, with many calling on the government to "strike back".
#UriAttacks was trending on Twitter in India for much of Sunday and Monday, with many calling for action against Pakistan.
The militants infiltrated across the Line of Control from Pakistan before attacking the base, west of Srinagar, an army officer told the BBC on Sunday.
Gunfire and explosions were heard for several hours.
All four of the attackers were killed. Carrying guns and grenades they stormed a base in Uri, close to the Line of Control with Pakistan-administered territory in a pre-dawn ambush.
Many tents and temporary shelters caught fire during the attack, according to the army's Northern Command.
Twelve soldiers were killed by fires and the others died on Sunday in gun battles, the Hindustan Times reports, citing army sources.
Disputed Kashmir has been a flashpoint between India and Pakistan for more than 60 years, causing two wars between the neighbours.
A militant attack on an army camp in Uri in December 2014 saw at least nine members of the security forces killed.
The last attack of this scale on the Indian army was in June 2015 in Manipur, north-east India, when at least 20 soldiers were killed in an attack on a troop convoy.
The drugs are asthma medication Advair and anti-depressants Paxil and Wellbutrin.
GSK did not admit any wrongdoing, and said the charges came from past issues.
"We don't feel like this is who we are today," GSK spokesperson Mary Anne Rhyne told the BBC.
"These are historic matters - they relate back to the federal government settlement in 2012 so some of these events are as long ago as 14 years," she added, noting that the company had already set aside money to cover the cost of the agreement.
As part of the settlement, GSK must extend its Patient First Program until 2019, which prohibits financial incentives to its sales people, and it is prohibited from paying doctors to speak about GSK's products or attend conferences.
"This settlement requires GSK to pay a significant penalty and imposes strong new rules designed to prevent future misrepresentations of GSK products," said California attorney general Kamala Harris in a statement.
GSK insists that many of these practices are already in place.
The firm, which is one of the UK's largest companies, is also facing a criminal inquiry from the UK's Serious Fraud Office.
Florida resident Megan O'Grady, herself the daughter of a police officer, set up "Blue Line Bears" to create lasting mementoes for the children and family of those who die in the line of duty.
Each is made from uniforms provided by police departments - and personalised with the officer's badge and stripes.
The first were delivered this week.
"Out of all the gifts I have received, this is one of the best," Johnny Brinson, holding the first Blue Line Bear, said.
His mother, Lt Debra Clayton, was killed in the line of duty in Orlando on 9 January, when she confronted a dangerous wanted man. He shot her several times.
"I always hugged her in her uniform - even before she went to work, while she was on duty. Because we were that close - we talked every day, every hour," Johnny said.
"Seeing this patch, feeling it again … I'm very thankful for it, to make it - it's amazing. I love it. I really do."
The unusual idea came to Megan late last year, when she was assigned an essay at school - to write about something she believes in. She wrote about her father, and her belief that law enforcement officers are not appreciated for the risks they take.
Megan seems acutely aware that her father risks his life every time he goes on duty - and decided she wanted to do something for other families who suffered that loss.
"Because of my dad, I felt really bad for the children - I could relate," she said. "I thought there has to be some way I can help."
"And then I just thought of an idea that would reach out to them personally, and give them something that was a piece of their parent ... so they can hold that every single night and think of them."
On paper, Megan's parents run Blue Line Bears - because she is only 14. They handle the finance and administration - but it is up to Megan and her grandmother to hand-stitch and personalise every bear. That process takes about four days per bear.
On the front, each bear has a personalised, embroidered badge with the officer's name. On the back, their department's patch from the uniform is sewn on, and the uniform's buttons are used for eyes.
The charity suggests that shirts have collars and one patch removed before being sent, so they can never be used to impersonate an officer, and it works with victim's advocates to make contact with families.
The finishing touch on every bear is a medal of Saint Michael - the patron saint of police officers, and a nod to Megan's religious faith.
The idea has taken off, and uniforms have started to arrive from Orange County, New York, Las Vegas and more. Some died of medical issues, or in traffic accidents - but others were shot on duty.
Megan is very aware of where the material comes from.
"It was really hard for me to handle all the shirts that were coming in at once," she said - but she tries to look on it as "a sign that we can help."
But the delivery of the second set of bears, to the parents of Deputy Norman Lewis, "was extremely emotional for me," Megan said, despite her attempts to prepare herself.
Local news footage showed both Megan and Norman's mother embracing in tears.
"She was such a sweet lady," Megan said, "and it was worth every moment that I spent in the car driving up there in order to meet her."
Her actions have won the over law enforcement officers, too.
Orlando's Chief of Police John Mina said he was "overcome with joy" when he learned that another officer's daughter was doing this for Lt Clayton's family.
"When I found out that they were going to actually be made out of Debra's uniform, it was hard not to get emotional. It just means the world to us," he said.
Megan and her grandmother only started production of the first Blue Line Bears after the first deaths of officers in 2017.
Right now, they have 10 to make - a substantial workload for a 14-year-old who is still at school. She hopes not to have to make too many this year.
But in recent years, between 100 and 150 police officers have died each year in the line of duty.
Megan hopes to bring more people on board to help - and will have to ship some of them - rather than skip school to deliver them personally.
And her father - who was her inspiration for the project - is drawing his own inspiration from Megan.
Writing on the Blue Line Bears Facebook page, he said: "The compassion, empathy and sympathy that is needed and shown by Mega ... is breathtaking"
"With all the craziness and unrest, it is good to know that there is still someone I can look up to and call my hero.
"Who knew that it would be my daughter?"
The Meadow Park club picked up the pace midway through the first half and took the lead when Anthony Jeffrey beat Ross Worner with an effort from a tight angle.
Craig Eastmond nearly equalised just before the break with a block challenge that forced goalkeeper Grant Smith to scramble and save on his line.
Paul Doswell's side contributed fully to a combative affair, and Chris Dickson was unlucky not to ruffle the roof of the net with a header.
The U's battled well, but failed to end a run of six league matches without a win.
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Match ends, Boreham Wood 1, Sutton United 0.
Second Half ends, Boreham Wood 1, Sutton United 0.
Substitution, Boreham Wood. Matt Paine replaces Kenny Davis.
Dean Beckwith (Sutton United) is shown the yellow card.
Simon Downer (Sutton United) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Sutton United. Dan Fitchett replaces Chris Dickson.
Anthony Jeffrey (Boreham Wood) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Sutton United. Gomis replaces Adam May.
Substitution, Sutton United. Roarie Deacon replaces Maxime Biamou.
Substitution, Boreham Wood. Conor Clifford replaces Bruno Andrade.
Second Half begins Boreham Wood 1, Sutton United 0.
First Half ends, Boreham Wood 1, Sutton United 0.
Goal! Boreham Wood 1, Sutton United 0. Anthony Jeffrey (Boreham Wood).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
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Mr Salmond decided to speak his mind about the US presidential hopeful after a supreme court decision on a contested wind farm development.
The SNP MP said Mr Trump was a "three-time loser" who was having a "damaging impact" on the Scottish economy.
Mr Trump hit back at Mr Salmond calling him "a has-been and totally irrelevant".
The US businessman's legal challenge to a planned offshore wind farm off the Aberdeenshire coast, close to Mr Trump's Menie golf course, was rejected by the UK's Supreme Court.
This led Mr Salmond to launch an attack on Mr Trump's impact on Scotland.
He accused Mr Trump of "condemning" Turnberry, the Ayrshire golf resort he bought in 2014, to "Open Championship oblivion".
Earlier, the chief executive of the Professional Golfer's Association said Mr Trump's comments on the presidential campaign trail were "not a positive thing for golf", amid speculation the Open Championship will not be hosted at Turnberry in light of his controversial statements.
Mr Trump has attracted even more controversy that usual in his campaign seeking the Republican nomination for the US presidential race.
A petition to have the billionaire barred from entry to the UK gathered hundreds of thousands of signatures after he called for a temporary halt on Muslims being allowed to enter the United States.
SNP MP and MSP Mr Salmond said as he was no longer first minister he was now free to speak his mind on the "damaging impact" of Mr Trump's "interventions" on the Scottish economy.
He said: "By his unacceptable behaviour he has condemned Turnberry, one of the outstanding golf courses on the planet, to Open Championship oblivion.
"There is no way the R&A will go near the Ayrshire course while Trump is in charge. As a result Scotland stands to lose the £100m economic return from a Turnberry Open."
Mr Salmond also said Mr Trump had "failed to meet the claims he made for the Menie Estate Golf complex" in Aberdeenshire.
He said the "fine golf course" did not have a permanent club house, "far less the claims of thousands of jobs and billions of investment", and said his legal challenge to an offshore wind farm near the course was "deeply damaging".
A spokesman for the Trump organisation hit back at Mr Salmond, saying: "Does anyone care what this man thinks? He's a has-been and totally irrelevant.
"The fact that he doesn't even know what's going on in his own constituency says it all. We have a permanent clubhouse and the business is flourishing.
"He should go back to doing what he does best - unveiling pompous portraits of himself that pander to his already overinflated ego."
Up to 14 people, many of whom are homeless, were seen barbecuing in St John's in Devizes at the weekend.
They claim they had permission from the church and were not being disrespectful as it was not a "recent grave".
But Revd Canon Paul Richardson, said permission was "categorically" not given and it was "disgraceful" graves were "being shown such disrespect".
On Saturday night the group used the top of a tombstone in the Wiltshire churchyard to cook sausages on two disposable barbecues.
When details of the graveyard barbecue appeared on social media, opinions were divided.
One person said: "I'm so shocked, it makes me sad. I really don't understand how anybody has the audacity to do this".
Another said: "I know this is an old grave but this is still someone's resting place - it's so disrespectful."
By contrast, another posted on Facebook that she would be "quite happy to think someone was having a party on my grave one day".
The individuals involved in the barbecue said the churchyard was "where we live" and they would be doing it again.
"Pretty much everyone who was down here at the time was homeless," they said.
"Where else are we going to have a barbecue, it don't burn the graves and no way is it disrespectful because nobody has visited this grave."
But Revd Canon Richardson, said the individuals "do not have permission to be in the churchyard".
"It is disgraceful that the graves of our local ancestors are being shown such disrespect," he said.
"The church has been active in working with Wiltshire Council in trying to home the individuals involved but we are told that they have been reluctant to accept any provision offered."
Paul Mallin, 51, previously admitted killing Karen Reid, 53, and John Down, 86, at Fernways sheltered housing unit in Ilford on 5 September last year.
Mallin had been seeing Ms Reid but she broke off their relationship in February 2015, the Old Bailey heard.
He struggled to accept her relationship with Mr Down and fatally stabbed them.
The defendant, who suffered from depression and anxiety as well as schizoid personality disorder, had become upset earlier in the day and was overheard saying, "I want to kill them", the court heard.
That night an agency worker noticed blood on a tenant's door and through the crack spied Mallin standing over his former girlfriend, who used a wheelchair, and repeatedly stabbing her with a 10in (25cm) carving knife.
When the member of staff challenged Mallin he said: "I have stabbed them both."
Police found Mr Down slumped dead behind the door with Ms Reid sitting lifeless opposite him in a chair.
The judge said her last moments would have been filled with horror and dread as she watched her fiance being killed in front of her, before Mallin attacked her.
During sentencing, Judge Richard Marks QC said Mallin had "become increasingly bitter and resentful at the way things had turned out".
He observed that Mallin's was a sad life at the unit where he moved after the death of his parents - a life characterised by "loneliness, isolation and inadequacy".
In contrast, Ms Reid and Mr Down found happiness at Fernways when Mr Down moved into the care home after breaking his hip.
Great-grandfather Mr Down was a "gentle-giant" with aspirations of living to 100, his daughters said in an impact statement.
Ms Reid had suffered in her life but had found in Mr Down "someone who really loved her and looked after her," her sister Maxine Orr said.
In January the crown accepted Mallin's guilty plea to manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility and dropped two charges of murder.
When police searched Mallin's flat they found evidence of hundreds of internet searches for poison using the terms "Ricin-Breaking Bad" and "so I gotta kill this guy and get away with it," as well as a large amount of pornography.
In mitigation the court heard Mallin was remorseful of his actions, but as he was led away there were angry shouts from the gallery of "I will never forgive you" and "we'll be waiting for you".
First borns score higher than siblings in IQ tests as early as age one, the Edinburgh University study found.
Although all children received the same levels of emotional support, first-born children received more support with tasks that developed thinking skills.
Nearly 5,000 children were observed from pre-birth to age 14.
Researchers said the findings could help to explain the so-called birth order effect when children born earlier in a family enjoy better wages and more education in later life.
Economists at Edinburgh University, Analysis Group and Sydney University looked at data from the US Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, a dataset collected by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Every child was assessed every two years.
The tests included reading recognition, such as matching letters, naming names and reading single words aloud and picture vocabulary assessments.
Information was also collected on environmental factors such as family background and economic conditions.
Researchers applied statistical methods to economic data to analyse how the parental behaviour of the child was related to their test scores.
The researchers then used an assessment tool, the Home Observation Measurement of the Environment, to look at parental behaviour, including pre-birth behaviour, such as, smoking and drinking activity during pregnancy, and post-birth behaviour, such as, mental stimulation and emotional support.
The findings showed that advantages enjoyed by first born siblings start very early in life - from just after birth to three years of age.
The differences increased slightly with age, and showed up in test scores that measured verbal, reading, maths and comprehension abilities.
Researchers found parents changed their behaviour as subsequent children were born.
They offered less mental stimulation to younger siblings and also took part in fewer activities such as such as reading with the child, crafts and playing musical instruments.
Mothers also took higher risks during the pregnancy of latter-born children, such as increased smoking.
Dr Ana Nuevo-Chiquero, of Edinburgh University's school of economics, said: "Our results suggests that broad shifts in parental behaviour are a plausible explanation for the observed birth order differences in education and labour market outcomes."
The study is published in the Journal of Human Resources.
The British band will kick off their Psycho tour in Belfast on Sunday, before playing venues in Glasgow, Newport, Exeter, Manchester and Brighton.
The album, which is released on 8 June, will be called Drones.
"The world is run by drones utilising drones to turn us all into drones. To me, drones are metaphorical psychopaths," said Matt Bellamy.
The first single from the album, Dead Inside, will be out on 23 March.
Download 2015 headliners say they'll premiere some of their album tracks on their YouTube channel in early March.
Muse have sold 17 million albums worldwide.
Their last album, The 2nd Law, topped the chart in 21 countries including the UK.
It was their highest ever debut in the USA, entering the chart at number two.
They've also announced that Marmozets will be supporting them on their Psycho tour.
15 March - Belfast Ulster Hall
16 March - Glasgow Barrowlands
19 March - Newport Centre
20 March - Exeter Great Hall
22 March - Manchester Academy
23 March - Brighton Dome
1. Dead Inside
2. Drill Sergeant
3. Psycho
4. Mercy
5. Reapers
6. The Handler
7. JFK
8. Defector
9. Revolt
10. Aftermath
11. The Globalist
12. Drones
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They are the big men who carry hard into the guts of the opposition, the powerhouses who make metres virtually every time they carry the ball, the forces of nature who burst through flailing limbs as though they were dried twigs.
Jerry has picked his Six Nations heavy artillery top six - but do you agree? Join the debate below, and use our interactive tool to rank Jerry's selection yourself.
The slab-thighed France number eight has a long-standing reputation for being an incredibly destructive runner, and he demonstrated that once more at the weekend.
Despite standing 6ft 4in he has a low centre of gravity and uses that, combined with impeccable timing and excellent balance, to power through the most tightly packed opposition defences.
Though he was on the losing team against England, he was my man of the week, with 16 carries, 131 metres made, two clean breaks and seven defenders beaten, and is the number one pick overall when it comes to asking someone to make the hard yards. Tres bon, Louis, tres bon.
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In the enforced absence through injury of defence-demolishing England number eight Billy Vunipola, Nathan Hughes has big shoes to fill and, judging by his performance at the weekend, the 18st 1lb Wasps behemoth is up to the task.
He is less nuggety and carries slightly wider than Vunipola but is always eager to get that ball in his hands - he made a team high 15 carries against France - and take on players. He loves the contact.
On one of his 15 carries against France on Saturday, he ran full tilt at captain Guilhem Guirado and sat him down on his backside - and not many do that to the ferociously competitive hooker.
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We're getting hefty now and, after two number eights, my choice for number three is rumbustious Ireland prop Tadhg Furlong. At knocking on 19 stone he's got plenty of power and he runs around at a fair old clip as well.
The 24-year-old is a baby in prop terms, both in age and experience - he has only started five Tests - but he has done so well he'd be my starting prop for the Lions this summer if he keeps playing as he has.
He's very good at hitting into defenders, pumping his legs and maintaining a good body position, which allows him to keep going forward while allowing time for support to get with him. He has not yet had time to make his mark on the Six Nations - don't worry, he will - but anyone who saw him swat aside three New Zealand forwards in one run in the autumn knows this man is a monster with ball in hand.
As befits someone who bought a tractor with his first big rugby pay cheque, Sean O'Brien possesses true "farm strength" and is an out-and-out bruising runner.
Nicknamed the 'Tullow Tank' for good reason, he will trample all over you if you don't get the tackle technically correct.
Now aged 29, he has struggled with hamstring injuries but looks somewhere near back to his best and made two clean breaks against Scotland. The first one saw Stuart Hogg attempt the tackle, but he was too low and square into O'Brien and the Ireland flanker just brushed him aside, all from a standing start.
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England's Ben Te'o is going to have a big impact every time he gets on the field - as befits someone who used to play in Australia's NRL, he's not afraid to carry the ball hard into traffic.
At 6ft 2in and not far off 17 stone he's a three-quarter wrecking ball and one we will see more of as the Six Nations progresses, because he gives England a different option in midfield to the footballing combination of George Ford and Owen Farrell.
He came off the bench with just over 10 minutes remaining in the win over France and soon scored the winning try, his powerful charge an indication of what lies ahead.
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From a man whose best may lie in the future to one who, at the age of 30, may find his previous feats tough to match.
That is not to write off the blockbusting Wales centre, the doctor hewn from granite who has been smashing it up the middle for Wales for nigh on a decade. But the 6ft 4in centre has been dropped to the bench for the past two Tests as Scott Williams has taken the 12 shirt, something that was unthinkable a year or two ago.
Jutting of jaw and never happier than when taking crash ball on a hard line into the heart of the opposition midfield, Roberts has been hammering away at the coalface for Wales - gouging out yards of hard-earned front foot ball - for 90 caps, and although he may have slipped down the heavy artillery rankings this season, I would not be at all surprised to see him make England suffer on Saturday.
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What? No Mathieu Bastareaud (although he can't get into the French team)? No Ross Moriarty? No Taulupe Faletau? No Cian Healy? No Kyle Sinckler (give it a few weeks...)? Let us know who else Jerry should have included and join the debate below!
Who tops your list?
The agreement follows the discovery of "cheat" devices in 600,000 VW diesel cars last year.
The AP news agency said the German carmaker could also spend about $1bn (£700m) to compensate owners of the affected vehicles.
VW is expected to announce details of the deal on Thursday.
In March, US District Judge Charles Breyer gave VW until Thursday to announce a "concrete proposal" for taking the affected vehicles off the road.
He said the proposal could include a vehicle buyback plan, or a repair approved by US regulators that allows the cars to remain on the road.
In September last year the Environmental Protection Agency found that VW cars sold in the US had a "defeat device" - or software - in diesel engines that could detect when they were being tested in a lab and change the performance to improve results.
Some models could be pumping out up to 40 times more than the legal limit of the pollutant nitrogen oxide.
In March, Volkswagen chief Matthias Mueller said that a deal with US authorities over its emissions scandal could take longer and cost more than expected.
He warned that the €6.7bn (£5.2bn) set aside to cover the costs of the scandal might not be enough.
VW, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Justice Department all declined to comment.
Shaun Patrick Joseph Hegarty, 34, from The Green, Drumaness, County Down, was found guilty earlier this year of aggravated burglary while armed with a knife and of assaulting his victim.
The offences occurred in the early hours of 1 July 2013.
Hegarty told the judge: "I am innocent, it was not me".
The victim returned home from work to his flat at Glendara Gardens in the Brandywell area of Londonderry.
Inside the flat were two friends of the victim, a man and a woman.
Shortly after he returned home the victim was confronted by a man in his hall who was armed with a knife.
The victim described the knife as very big and believed it was a chef's knife.
There was another man with Hegarty, who did not stay long in the flat.
The victim described both men as "out out of their heads, full of drugs or drink".
Hegarty then grabbed his victim and put the knife to his throat. He then moved the knife to his victim's stomach and warned him he would "run the knife into him" if he tried to get up.
Hegarty then dragged his victim around his flat.
The victim's female friend shouted at Hegarty that she had five brothers and that she was going to phone the police.
Hegarty then said "mistaken identity" and told the two men and the woman not to phone the police and he left.
The entire incident lasted between 15 to 20 minutes.
The judge said while none of the three people in the flat suffered any physical injury, Hegarty had remained behind his victim with the knife at his throat or aimed at his stomach through the incident and also dragged the victim around his flat.
A victim impact report stated that the victim has since developed a prolonged adjustment disorder with other complications and has cut back on his working hours.
His male friend developed stress-like symptoms and his female friend had pre-existing problems exacerbated by her ordeal.
The judge said Hegarty had 74 previous criminal convictions that included kidnapping, burglaries, assaults and possessing offensive weapons.
He said a pre-sentence report stated that Hegarty had a stable upbringing, but also had a traumatic time being placed in residential care at the age of ten.
He then had to deal with the tragic death of his brother in 1994.
The judge said: "This was a most frightening incident for the three innocent parties who were enjoying each other's company in the early hours of a summer morning.
"The defendant entered the property as though he owned it and by his conduct terrified the occupants.
"It is clear the defendant did not care how he treated the occupants or how his actions impacted upon them at all.
"Thankfully he saw sense before actual physical violence might have been inflicted and realised he may have been in the wrong house and left."
Hegarty is originally from Strabane, County Tyrone, but now lives in County Down.
The Belfast Telegraph leads with that theme on its front page, with the splash: "Getting a grammar place is tougher than ever".
Inside, it reports that figures obtained by the paper show the standard needed to get into a grammar school is higher than ever, with many schools accepting only those with the highest marks.
The paper also breaks down its findings for each of Northern Ireland's grammar schools while, in an editorial, it says there should be a "renewed focus on secondary schools so that all children will receive equal opportunities in education".
From education to health, both the Irish News and News Letter pick up on a rise in emergency department waiting times.
New figures show that almost 900 patients in December 2016 waited longer than 12 hours at emergency departments, a number the Irish News says is almost three times bigger than the same month in 2015.
In its editorial, the paper says the issues with the health system "cannot wait until our political institutions are restored".
Over on the front page of the News Letter, the situation is described as an "A&E crisis as 12-hour wait times rise sharply".
Meanwhile, the Daily Mirror's front page reports that a man described as having "Ireland's worst criminal record" has been jailed after causing the death of an 18-year-old in a crash in 2012.
The paper reports that Eamon Lynch, from Londonderry, who has almost 500 convictions, will serve 18 months in jail for careless driving and drink driving.
Back at the News Letter, the majority of its front page turns back to the long-running story that generated more headlines than a tabloid editor after 16 espressos - no, not RHI.
The other one. We're talking Brexit. Or, more specifically, 'Irexit'.
"Dublin should be open for 'Irexit'" reads the headline, with the paper reporting that a former senior Irish diplomat says the Republic should not rule out following the UK out the EU door.
Ray Bassett, writing in the News Letter, says the Republic faces a "momentous decision" on whether to decide to "continue to be a part of Team EU " or join "more with the North Atlantic Anglophone world".
He adds it would be the "height of folly not to consider all options".
Sticking with politics, commentator Alex Kane writes in the Irish News that a Brexit or Trump-style surprise should not be expected in March's assembly election as there is no "populist alternative to... the 'establishment' voices".
"There is no charismatic figure stomping the land with a microphone; an army of social media supporters; a manifesto for change; and an electoral vehicle stuffed with candidates," he writes.
"All those people demanding change on March 2 will be hard-pushed to find examples of that change on their ballot papers."
And still with Brexit, the Daily Mirror says that pharmaceutical firm Almac will create 100 jobs in the Republic to maintain access to the EU.
The company, based in Craigavon, explains that the move would ensure "continued presence within the EU".
And finally, since it's Friday, let's have a bit of fish news - or more specifically ask, where have all the salmon gone?
According to the Belfast Telegraph, not a single salmon has been caught in Ireland in 2017 - and fishermen are concerned over the "troubled waters".
The newspaper's angling correspondent, Vic Thomas, says it's the longest period in 10 years that no salmon has been caught.
"After 26 days, it is worrying," he writes. "Are the fresh fish going to come in later in the season or not at all? It's puzzling."
But, hold on, don't throw out your rod. Edward Montgomery, who oversees the fishery on the River Bann, says there's no need for "great concern" yet.
So don't fish-pair, anglers. Get out there and catch the first one - the weekend awaits.
Two others suffered serious burns and several more migrants were injured in clashes with police at the Moria camp.
Nearly 16,000 migrants have been blocked on Greek islands near Turkey since the EU's March deal with Turkey to curb the migrant influx to Europe.
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he might let that influx resume.
He reacted angrily to a non-binding European Parliament vote on Thursday to freeze Turkey's EU accession negotiations.
"If you go any further, these border gates will be opened. Neither me nor my people will be affected by these empty threats," Mr Erdogan warned.
Turkey threatens to open border gates
Euro MPs vote to freeze Turkey-EU talks
Migrant camp attacked on Greek island
Since March there has been a dramatic fall in the numbers of migrants making risky journeys in crowded, unstable boats from Turkey to the Greek islands.
Reports say an accident probably caused the blaze which killed the woman and boy in Moria. It is suspected that a gas canister exploded while she was cooking in her tent.
According to Greek police, some migrants then set fire to other parts of the camp and clashes broke out. The fires were later brought under control, but there was extensive damage.
Moria has been afflicted by unrest for months, as migrants endure long waits to have their asylum requests processed.
Under the Turkey deal, failed asylum seekers are supposed to be sent back to Turkey, which is already housing about 2.7 million Syrian refugees.
Last month migrants in Moria set fire to temporary EU offices during a protest.
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.
The five-foot tall (1.5m) models of the Oscar-winning animated characters will be painted by artists to raise cash for the Wallace and Gromit's Grand Appeal.
It aims to raise funds for Bristol's Children's Hospital through sponsorship and a charity auction afterwards.
Wallace and Gromit creator Nick Park said he was very pleased with the end result.
"They were made surprisingly quickly and I'm very particular exactly how Gromit looks and that he's in character," he said.
"The guy that did it made the original sculpture from the clay models in polystyrene and then a mould was made, and now they've been cast in fibreglass."
Each model will be sent out to either a national or international artist who will paint them in whatever style they choose.
They will be put on display in a similar way to the Bristol Zoo gorilla trail - which raised £427,000 for the zoo's gorilla conservation projects and Wallace and Gromit's Grand Appeal
Mr Park said: "Gromit is quite well-loved and the children's hospital is very close to people's hearts in Bristol and beyond.
"I hope people will get behind it and support Gromit."
Wallace and Gromit's Grand Appeal was formed 17 years ago after a public charity appeal to build a new children's hospital enlisted the help of Bristol-based animation studio, Aardman Animations.
The tunnel will be closed at weekends until 6 December.
Services between Cardiff and Bristol will be diverted via Gloucester, increasing journey times, Network Rail confirmed.
The work had been postponed to prevent disruption during the Rugby World Cup.
Iraq - which was covered in the previous seven-nation order - has been removed from the new one after agreeing additional visa vetting measures.
The directive, which includes a 120-day ban on all refugees, takes effect on 16 March.
The previous order, which was blocked by a federal court, sparked confusion at airports and mass protests.
Presented as a means to strengthen national security against terror threats, it was blocked by the courts and effectively remains on hold.
The new order was unveiled by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Department of Homeland Security John Kelly.
"The fact remains that we are not immune to terrorist threats and that our enemies often use our own freedoms and generosity against us," said Mr Kelly.
In justifying the refugee ban, Mr Sessions said there are more than 300 refugees under investigation for potential terror offences. But no further details were given.
Citizens of Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, the other six countries on the original 27 January order, will once more be subject to a 90-day travel ban.
Iraq has been taken off the banned list because its government has boosted visa screening and data sharing, White House officials said.
The new directive says refugees already approved by the State Department can enter the US. It also lifts an indefinite ban on all Syrian refugees.
Green Card holders (legal permanent residents of the US) from the named countries will not be affected.
The new order does not give priority to religious minorities, unlike the previous directive.
Critics of the Trump administration had argued that this was an unlawful policy showing preference to Christian refugees.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly held a joint news conference on Monday morning to discuss the new directive.
America's top US diplomat said the order was meant to "eliminate vulnerabilities that radical Islamic terrorists can and will exploit for destructive ends".
Mr Sessions said that, according to the FBI, more than 300 people who entered the US as refugees are under investigation for potential terrorism-related offences.
The top US prosecutor said three of the countries were state sponsors of terrorism.
The other three, Mr Sessions said, had lost control of territory to militants such as the Islamic State group or al-Qaeda.
Mr Kelly added that unregulated and unvetted travel was putting national security at risk.
He said the US cannot tolerate "malevolent actors using our immigration system to take American lives".
None of the cabinet secretaries took any questions after the press conference.
Donald Trump has, at last, unveiled his new immigration order, and it looks like government lawyers - and not just White House political operatives like Steve Bannon and Stephen Miller - have had their input.
Gone are the most controversial measures of the old order, such as preference for Christian refugees and the suspension of existing visas and green cards.
The details of the action's implementation are outlined with greater clarity this time, with more than a week before the new rules kick in.
It's still an open question as to what, if anything, this order will do to prevent violent attacks on US soil, given that past high-profile incidents have not involved individuals from any of the six named countries.
Mr Trump had promised bold action on border security, however - the kind of move that would unnerve traditional politicians and anger civil liberties advocates.
Given the early reaction from groups like the ACLU and Democratic leaders, the story is unfolding as expected.
Although Mr Trump's campaign-rally talk of sweeping Muslim bans are a thing of the past, his supporters will likely revel in the uproar and consider this latest move a campaign promise kept.
The new order is set to take effect on 16 March.
White House officials hope the 10 days' notice will help to avoid some of the chaotic scenes at US airports that occurred on 27 January when the first executive order was announced without warning.
Travellers with valid visas who were in the air at the time found themselves detained by border officials on arrival.
Mr Trump had defended the lack of notice, tweeting that "if the ban were announced with a one week notice, the 'bad' would rush into our country during that week".
Yes. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman - the state's highest ranking law enforcement officer - issued a statement on Monday saying his office is ready to take the Trump administration to court.
"While the White House may have made changes to the ban, the intent to discriminate against Muslims remains clear," he said.
"My office is closely reviewing the new executive order, and I stand ready to litigate - again - in order to protect New York's families, institutions, and economy."
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), an Arab-American grassroots civil rights organisation, immediately called for donations to fight impending legal battles ahead.
"The ban is about xenophobia and Islamophobia," the group said in a statement to the BBC.Â
Croatia's Denis Pitner was banned for a year in August after passing on details about a player's fitness and accessing an account used to place bets.
Pitner was approved by the US Open on 13 July and picked up his credential before the USTA was notified of a ban.
The USTA responded on Friday, blaming "a flaw in our process".
After the Guardian newspaper revealed that Pitner had officiated while banned, a USTA statement said: "After learning within the last 24 hours that an official on the 'Do Not Credential' list may have worked at the 2015 US Open as a linesman, the USTA immediately investigated the claim.
"The USTA was shocked to find that this was in fact the case."
Last month, the BBC and Buzzfeed exposed evidence of widespread suspected match-fixing in tennis.
The sport's governing bodies announced on Friday that an independent review panel will take at least a year to investigate allegations of corruption in tennis.
Pitner also officiated at January's ATP Qatar Open at Doha, and the USTA vowed to work with the review panel to prevent any recurrence.
"We take this matter extremely seriously and make the investigation of what caused the error its highest priority."
Following the hack, which divulged some users' financial details, all customers of the telecoms group will be offered a free upgrade.
Chief executive Dido Harding said that despite the hack, TalkTalk was "well positioned to deliver strong and sustainable long-term growth".
The firm expects full-year results to be in line with market expectations.
TalkTalk shares had jumped more than 13% by the close of trade on Thursday, but were still down more than 20% compared with their pre-hack value.
Speaking to the BBC, Ms Harding said: "The estimated one-off costs are between £30m and £35m - that's covering the response to the incident, the incremental calls into our call centres, obviously the additional IT and technology costs, and then the fact that over the last three weeks until yesterday our online sales sites have been down, so there will be lost revenue as a result."
She added that in recognition of the uncertainty that this had caused customers, they would be offered an upgrade.
A spokesperson said the type of upgrade offered would depend on the kind of package customers already had. For example, customers with TV packages might be offered a sports channel that they did not already have.
Customers who were financially affected directly will be free to leave TalkTalk without financial penalty. They would have to be able to show they had lost money as a result of the hack.
Customers who wish to leave for a different reason - for example, if they feel their data is not secure - would still have to pay a contract termination fee.
Analysis
BBC Business editor Kamal Ahmed
Small print matters. Some of TalkTalk's millions of customers might have been angry enough to try to terminate their contracts when the telecommunications company first revealed details of a major data security breach last month.
But, with contracts for mobile, fixed line, broadband and television services of up to two years (always worth looking at those few lines at the bottom of the paperwork) customers found they couldn't leave TalkTalk without incurring hefty costs.
When Dido Harding, the chief executive, first announced two weeks ago that customers would only be able to leave if they could show a "direct impact" on their bank account - a pretty high bar - investors heaved a sigh of relief and TalkTalk's share price bounced up.
It was up again this morning - by more than 12% - as the half-year results revealed that TalkTalk was still expected to make £300m profit before tax this year. And that revenues were up 6%.
Read Kamal's blog here.
On 21 October, hackers attacked TalkTalk's website, stealing confidential customer data.
The firm was initially uncertain as to the extent of the hack, but after an investigation it said last week that 157,000 of its customers' personal details had been accessed.
More than 15,600 bank account numbers and sort codes were stolen. Four people have been arrested and bailed in connection with the hack.
Ms Harding told the BBC that it was "too early to tell" what the longer-term impact of the breach would be on the business.
"We of course saw an immediate spike in customers cancelling their direct debit, but actually after a few days we saw many of those customers reinstating their direct debits again, so time will tell, but the early signs are that customers think we are doing the right thing," she told BBC business editor Kamal Ahmed.
Paula Barrett, a partner at law firm Eversheds, said preventing cyber-attacks costs money, but not preventing them costs more.
"Today's announcement reinforces how significant the cost impact of this sort of event can be. There can be a very long cost tail to these scenarios, which may run for years as new systems and processes have to be adopted and claims handled," she said.
Many more support staff and journalists covering the club were among the 71 who died in the crash outside Medellin.
A minute's silence was held at matches in England and Scotland on Saturday.
Chelsea's Brazil defender David Luiz, whose side beat Manchester City 3-1, said: "I give this victory to the people who died."
Luiz's former team-mate, Arthur Maia, was one of the victims of the crash.
"It was a difficult week for us, especially emotionally," added Luiz, who held up his black armband alongside team-mate Willian when the latter scored against Manchester City.
"It was difficult to prepare the head for this type of game. Now we pray for the families, for comfort they have as it is a very hard time for them."
Blues midfielder Willian said he "wanted to do this for them, to say they have to keep strong".
Chelsea's Brazil-born striker Diego Costa added: "We pray for them, that God comforts their hearts.
"We have this job and sometimes we travel a lot. We need to pray for everyone inside the plane - the journalists as well as the players.
"I had some friends there also. It's a sad moment for everybody and we hope we can help them somehow."
"We believe that we can win," they chanted as they waved at passing cars.
While their candidate still has an uphill climb to the Democratic nomination, the odds are better than they were just 24 hours earlier, when the Vermont senator pulled off an improbable upset in Michigan's primary.
Prior to that victory, it seemed the Democratic race was settling into a pattern that was increasingly discouraging for the Sanders camp. While he found success in smaller, less ethnically diverse states, Hillary Clinton was posting convincing victories in larger states with sizable minority populations.
The former secretary of state was steadily increasing her lead among delegates to the Democratic National Convention, with little indication that the trend would reverse.
Then the trend reversed, thanks to Michigan.
More than a million Democrats and independents, in a state that is about a quarter non-white, gave Mr Sanders a narrow win, despite polls predicting an easy Clinton victory.
Now the polls showing Mrs Clinton with solid leads in the next states to vote have been cast into doubt. If the Vermont senator can post a win in Michigan, why can't he also beat Mrs Clinton in nearby Illinois and Ohio, for instance?
The changing nature of the Democratic race was clearly on display during Wednesday night's debate. Mr Sanders appeared more confident thanks to his recent success, and quickly went on the attack against Mrs Clinton over her ties to big business.
He called on her to disclose the text of a highly-paid speech to investment bank Goldman Sachs and noted that she had accepted millions in campaign donations from Wall Street firms.
"When you get paid $225,000, that means that that speech must have been an extraordinarily wonderful speech," he said. "I would think that a speech so great that you got paid so much money for, you would like to share it with the American people."
Mrs Clinton put up a spirited defence, but she was clearly humbled. When asked why some Democratic voters seemed to be reluctant to support her, she admitted her shortcomings.
"I am not a natural politician, in case you haven't noticed, like my husband or President Obama," she said.
"So I have a view that I just have to do the best I can, get the results I can, make a difference in people's lives, and hope that people see that I'm fighting for them and that I can improve conditions economically and in other ways that will benefit them and their families."
The two candidates also sparred over immigration reform, foreign policy, healthcare and climate change. It was in these last two exchanges that the real differences between the candidates were exposed. Mrs Clinton preached pragmatism, while Mr Sanders painted in bold colours.
His plan to enact universal healthcare coverage involved having "the American people stand up and fight back". His solution to climate change was a "political revolution in this country".
"I'm the only candidate who says no president, not Bernie Sanders, can do it all," he said.
Outside the debate hall, the Sanders supporters revelled in what they see as a potential turning point in the campaign.
"When I saw he won Michigan I was absolutely shocked," said Patrick Mesa, a recent graduate of Miami-Dade College. "I've never been so passionate about anything. I feel like I'm actually growing as a person along with this campaign."
Melanie Larson, a senior at nearby Coral Gables Senior High School, said the recent upset showed that Mr Sanders could also win on Tuesday in Florida, where he trails in polls by margins similar to those in the days before the Michigan vote.
While the crowd had harsh words for Mrs Clinton, whom they called inconsistent and out of touch, they reserved some of their sharpest criticism for the press, which they say has been underselling their candidate.
"The media can do whatever they want to prevent us from getting Bernie's ideas out, but what they don't realise is that they can no longer control the internet," said Karen Caudillo, a student at Miami-Dade college. "We no longer need the media. We are our own media."
After his victory in Michigan, however, the media coverage of Mr Sanders has largely been favourable. A winning story is a positive story.
Now the challenge for Mr Sanders is to capitalise on the momentum generated by his Tuesday night surprise. Florida, which is much more like the southern states Mrs Clinton dominated, could give Mrs Clinton a boost. But Mr Sanders' sharp anti-trade rhetoric and blue-collar economic appeal may be taking hold in the Midwest.
Success in Illinois, Missouri or Ohio could mean next Tuesday's results are at least a draw - and then the Democratic race heads to locations that could be friendlier to Mr Sanders, with caucuses in Idaho, Alaska and Washington, and primaries in Utah and Arizona. He'll need to post some solid victories as the days go by to eat into the lead Mrs Clinton has built so far.
The Sanders supporters in Miami believe their man can win. We'll know soon if it's anything more than just an optimistic chant.
15 March: Florida, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio Primaries
22 March: Arizona Primary, Utah Caucuses, Idaho Caucuses (Democratic)
26 March: Alaska, Hawaii, Washington Caucuses (Democratic)
1 April: North Dakota Caucuses (Republican)
5 April: Wisconsin Primary
9 April: Wyoming Caucuses (Democratic)
19 April: New York Primary
The British and Irish Lions flanker's region say it may take Lydiate 12-14 weeks to return from injury.
Ospreys physiotherapist Anthony Carter said Lydiate sustained "a significant injury" to his right shoulder.
Lydiate was injured while leading Wales in their 27-13 pre-tour defeat by England last weekend.
The 28-year-old, who was captaining Wales in the absence of Sam Warburton, has had his place in the Wales squad taken by uncapped Cardiff Blues open-side flanker Ellis Jenkins,
"Dan sustained a significant injury to the AC joint in his right shoulder," said Ospreys senior physiotherapist Anthony Carter, "It was caused by an impact during the England game on Sunday.
"He's been seen by Richard Evans, a shoulder specialist, who confirmed that the shoulder requires stabilisation via surgery, after which there is an expected rehab period of 12-14 weeks."
Lydiate will have surgery this weekend and join fellow Lions Leigh Halfpenny and Alex Cuthbert on missing Wales' summer tour to face the world champions.
Wales' regular skipper Warburton is now over his own shoulder problem ahead of the first of Wales' three Tests against the the All Blacks at Eden Park, Auckland on Saturday, 11 June.
The Australian is the replacement for Paul Deacon who moved to Premiership rugby union side Sale Sharks.
He returned to the Warriors in 2010 as head of youth after a three years with the Australian National Rugby League side Melbourne Storm.
"I worked hard last year and got the reward people at the club said I would," he told Wigan's Twitter.
Part of the offer by is a short-term loan of £6.5m to alleviate the club's cash shortage.
He said it would help the board deal with its "cash flow crunch" and address his desire to see Rangers on "a solid long-term financial footing".
Rangers say they are examining Sarver's updated proposal.
Previously, the club said Sarver's £18m bid for a majority shareholding undervalued the club.
A statement issued on Thursday said: "The directors thank Mr Sarver for his continuing interest in Rangers. They are studying the revised proposal which was received last night, and are consulting with major shareholders, to understand whether the proposal is capable of being implemented."
The 53-year-old owner of the NBA Phoenix Suns basketball franchise says he is now prepared to increase his offer to buy out existing shareholders at 20p per share rather than the original offer of 18p.
Sarver suggests that the loan offer of £6.5m would leave Rangers free of debt, allowing them to repay the loans made by shareholders Mike Ashley and Sandy Easdale.
It has since emerged that Easdale, a shareholder and the chairman of the football board, has been repaid the £500,000 emergency interest-free loan he recently made to the club.
The terms of Sarver's loan offer have not been revealed, but the Rangers statement says it must be repaid within three months.
Rangers said: "The revised proposal involves investing up to £20m for a majority shareholding by way of a placing of new ordinary shares in Rangers at 20 pence per share ("Placing") followed, if the Placing is completed, by a mandatory offer for the remaining issued and to be issued ordinary share capital under Rule 9 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers ("Code") at 20 pence per share.
"As part of the revised proposal £6.5m would be made available to Rangers in immediate short-term funding by way of a secured loan to be repaid in 90 days or out of the proceeds of the Placing."
The Arizona-based businessman said in a statement: "If the board agrees to my proposal, I would provide a total of £16.4-£20m to be invested in the club as the board determines - £6.5m immediately and the remainder following a share issue, taking the major step necessary to restore financial stability to the club.
"I know, of course, that there are various groups of prominent fans who have been working hard for a long time to bring change to the club and they can rest assured that I am committed to building a strong partnership with fans and key stakeholders to do what is best for the club.
"I fully realise that a strong sports club needs local investment, local directors and local support to be successful.
"I've received messages of support from many Rangers fans and really appreciate their good wishes - even if sometimes I don't immediately get their Scottish sense of humour!
"After everything they have been through in recent years, I understand some are rightly cautious about a guy they've never heard of wanting to get involved in their club. I'd feel exactly the same way.
"But hopefully I can combine my financial resources and knowledge of professional sport with strong local leaders and top-notch management to bring Rangers back to elite level."
Sarver has owned the Phoenix Suns since 2004 and is chief executive officer of the Western Alliance Bancorporation.
He is reported to have been alerted to the situation at Ibrox by former Rangers left-back David Robertson, who now coaches his three sons.
He wants a controlling stake in the Scottish Championship club but, for that to happen, the board would need 75% shareholder approval to issue that many shares solely to a non-shareholder.
Rangers' options to extricate themselves from the financial turmoil are limited.
Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley has 8.92% of the shares but his bid for almost 30% of the stock was rejected by the Scottish Football Association because it would break the agreement the Sports Direct owner had struck with them over dual ownership.
Further, two other major players, Dave King, who owns 15% of the shares, and a group comprising wealthy Rangers fans Douglas Park, George Taylor and George Letham, who own about 20%, would seek boardroom control for further major investment.
On Tuesday, former Rangers chairman Alastair Johnston questioned why Sarver would wish to invest in the club, but added: "Of all the pretenders that have come along in the past few years, whether or not he has the understanding of the emotional interest in the club that some of the others have, he has certainly got the business acumen and the financial wherewithal."
Meanwhile, The Rangers Supporters Trust say they have purchased a further 100,000 shares in the club, taking their shareholding to over 1%.
The virtual currency reached $3,451.86 (£2,651) per coin in Monday trade, according to the Coindesk Bitcoin Price Index.
It had never crossed the $3,000 mark until the weekend. The market value of all bitcoins in existence has now surpassed $56bn (£43bn).
The surge followed the creation of a spin-off crypto-currency, Bitcoin Cash, last week.
The new asset is trading well below the peak price of $727.54 (£557) per coin it attained on 2 August.
However, Bitcoin Cash's future does appear to be more assured after Coinbase, one of the leading exchange and wallet services, promised to support it after previously refusing to give such a commitment.
"We are planning to have support for Bitcoin Cash by 1 January 2018, assuming no additional risks emerge during that time," it announced on its blog.
The value of the original Bitcoin experienced big swings in July. First there was concern that there might be a "civil war" over rival plans to speed up transactions.
That helped cause its value to dip to $1,938.94 (£1,485) on 16 July before a compromise scheme called Segwit2x gained favour.
Then a fresh plan to fork the currency emerged from a group of insiders unhappy with the Segwit2x initiative.
On 1 August, they offered investors a Bitcoin Cash token to match every original Bitcoin token they owned. The move created an incompatible version of the blockchain ledger, which keeps track of past transactions.
The initiative had the potential to undermine the original Bitcoin, particularly if many miners had jumped ship. Miners provide the computer processing power to authorise transactions, and Bitcoin Cash was designed to appeal to their interests.
However, it currently remains more profitable to mine the original Bitcoin's blockchain than that of Bitcoin Cash, and support for the new crypto-currency remains limited.
"What this has shown is that Bitcoin is much more resilient to forks than some people thought," commented Michael Parsons, a blockchain adviser.
"And it appears that there is room for more than one type of Bitcoin to exist."
Another market watcher suggested that the introduction of Bitcoin Cash had actually contributed to the surge in the original version's value.
"We've seen a lot of people selling their Bitcoin Cash in order to buy more Bitcoin," said Matthew Newton, market analyst at the eToro trading platform.
"On top of this, some investors sat on the sidelines last week, waiting to see what happened, these investors are now moving back into Bitcoin."
The total market capitalisation for all crypto-currencies - including Ethereum and Litecoin - was close to $118bn on Monday at 14:40 BST, according to CoinMarketCap.
Mr Nuttall was due to speak at a rally in the town as part of the party's general election campaign.
But police had to be called when the women began fighting outside the venue.
Mr Nuttall, who revealed he would be standing in the Boston and Skegness constituency, said neither of the women were UKIP members.
He blamed the incident on "hard-left activists".
Onlookers and UKIP officials had to break up the fight.
It is not yet known what sparked the altercation, but it is understood some people brought EU flags to the event.
Mr Nuttall said: "You've got some hard-left activists who are causing trouble.
"The fight had absolutely nothing to do with UKIP. None of them were UKIP members.
"I think you will find out on the streets that there is a lot of support for UKIP."
A Cleveland Police spokeswoman said: "We can confirm two females, one aged 62 and the other aged 28, were arrested for assault at the Headland in Hartlepool whilst the area was being visited by UKIP members.
"Inquiries are on-going."
Radio 1 DJ B Traits, 2 Many DJs, Tensnake and Eli & Fur also performed at Groove Loch Ness.
The 5,000-ticket event was held in a field at Dores near Inverness used by the RockNess festival, which has not been held since 2013.
Groove Loch Ness was organised in just eight months by four people working in the music industry in Scotland.
Groove Armada closed the festival which ran through until 02:00.
Police estimated about 4,500 festival-goers attended the event, which they said passed without significant incident.
Officers carried out 31 positive drugs searches over the course of the day and dealt with only one report of minor disorder.
It is thought to have been flown in from outside HMP Manchester, formerly known as Strangeways, on Friday before being "successfully intercepted".
Police believe it was carrying mobile phones, SIM cards and drugs.
A Prison Service spokesman said: "All contraband was seized and handed to the police to investigate".
"Incidents involving drones are rare, but we remain constantly vigilant to all new threats to prison security," he added.
"We are strengthening our powers to ensure those found using drones to smuggle material into prison are punished."
Anyone convicted of the offence faces a prison sentence of up to two years.
Further inquiries are expected to be carried out later, said a police spokesman.
The MoJ reported nine attempts to use drones to infiltrate prisons in England and Wales in the first five months of 2015 - among them was a drone carrying mobile phones and drugs into Bedford Prison which was caught by prison officers.
It is already a criminal offence to throw drugs and other items over a prison wall.
HMP Manchester is a high security prison, which houses around 1,200 inmates.
Michael Ryan, chair of the Independent Film and Television Alliance (IFTA), said the result, which saw Leave take 51.9% of the vote, was "a major blow".
The Art Fund charity was said to be "deeply concerned about what leaving... will mean for culture in the UK".
National Theatre boss Rufus Norris, meanwhile, said the venue remained "committed" to European collaboration.
"We remain resolutely committed to increasing our collaboration with friends and colleagues across the UK, in Europe and around the world," he said.
"After this morning's referendum and the divisions it has highlighted, it is also essential that the arts work even harder to give voice to all parts within our society.
"We must be fearless in using the arts as a crucible in which we come to understand who we are as individuals, as communities and as a nation."
The British Phonographic Industry (BPI), which represents the UK's recorded music industry, said the result would surprise many in the industry "who will be concerned by the economic uncertainty that lies ahead".
But its chief executive, Geoff Taylor said he remained "confident that British music will remain hugely popular across Europe".
"We will, of course, press the government to swiftly negotiate trade deals that will ensure unimpeded access to EU markets for our music and our touring artists," he added.
"Our government will also now have the opportunity to legislate for stronger domestic copyright rules that encourage investment here in the UK, and which will protect UK creators from piracy."
Blur's Damon Albarn said at Glastonbury that the referendum result showed that "democracy has failed us".
JK Rowling, James Corden and choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne joined Albarn in making their feelings clear about the result of Thursday's poll.
Harry Potter creator Rowling predicted Scotland would "seek independence" and that the legacy of outgoing Prime Minister David Cameron would be the "breaking up [of] two unions".
Corden, who hosts The Late Late Show in the US, tweeted he "couldn't get [his] head around what's happening in Britain," while Sir Matthew used the social media platform to say he felt "embarrassed to be British".
Philip Pullman, president of the Society of Authors, said he could not see "any good coming out of" the decision.
However fellow author Susan Hill countered such sentiments by telling The Bookseller she was "pleased" by the result, saying it was both "very exciting" and "hugely challenging" and that the UK should "try accepting the challenge".
Singer Cher stayed neutral but tweeted that she was praying the referendum result was the "Best Decision 4 All UK PPL [people]".
A statement released by the Creative Industries Federation, which represents the UK's arts, creative industries and cultural education, said it would be "vital for all sides to work together to ensure that the interests of our sector... are safeguarded".
Its chief executive, John Kampfner, said the arts sector would "play an important role... as the UK creates a new identity and a new position on the world stage".
He added it could also play a part "in helping to bridge divides" that had been highlighted during the referendum campaign".
The Association of British Orchestras cited the "challenges ahead".
It called for guarantees that would ensure musicians "continued freedom of movement across Europe's borders".
Stephen Deuchar, director of the Art Fund, said the Leave vote meant there was now "great financial uncertainty" for the UK's museums and galleries.
A statement by actor and director Samuel West, chair of the National Campaign for the Arts, which independently campaigns for the arts, expressed concern the result could impact upon "our ability to access important European funding".
He added there were "a host of other issues" that needed to be addressed, among them "international artistic exchange, export of cultural products... and access to training in European centres of excellence".
IFTA's Ryan concluded that the Leave decision was "likely to be devastating" for the UK creative sector.
He told the Hollywood Reporter the UK's vote to leave the European Union had "blown up [the] foundation" upon which the industry was based.
"As of today, we no longer know how our relationships with co-producers, financiers and distributors will work, whether new taxes will be dropped on our activities in the rest of Europe or how production financing is going to be raised, without any input from European funding agencies."
Amanda Nevill, chief executive officer of the British Film Institute, said the organisation could "completely understand and feel the concern that the industry has right now".
But she said the industry could "draw strength and confidence from knowing that we are one of the most creative nations on earth and we will undoubtedly continue to enjoy successful and vibrant partnerships in Europe and throughout the world".
A representative from France's National Film Board, meanwhile, told trade paper Variety the vote would have no impact on the country's co-production treaty with the UK, calling it "a bilateral agreement [not] officially related to the European Union".
Until now there has been no central register of who is serving as a school governor.
The announcement is a response to the Trojan Horse claims about schools in Birmingham being taken over by groups with a hardline Muslim agenda.
The Department for Education says it will deliver more "transparency" for parents and the wider community.
Among the problems identified by the Trojan Horse inquiries was that governors had been interfering in the running of schools and had undermined head teachers.
There were calls for more oversight of governors, but as the BBC revealed in February, the Department for Education did not have a register to check who was serving on governing bodies.
This raised questions about a lack of knowledge about who was in these positions of influence and whether there were networks of individuals who had become governors in multiple schools.
Russell Hobby, leader of the National Association of Head Teachers, had said that many parents would have been surprised to discover that the Department for Education did not keep a record of people who were school governors.
A report last year said that there were about 350,000 governors, with a major role in overseeing £46bn of school spending.
The Local Government Association called for more oversight to identify governors with "ill intentions".
But in the government's response to the Trojan Horse report, which argued that MPs had downplayed the seriousness of the problems in Birmingham, there are now plans to gather information about governors.
"We will create a national database of school governors by toughening up requirements on schools to publish the identities of their governors," says the education department.
The details of governors published by schools should also include "details of where they serve on governing bodies of schools elsewhere".
This will help "enable more effective oversight," says the Department for Education's response.
But Emma Knights, chief executive of the National Governors' Association, said that the proposed "national database" will initially rely on information being published on the individual school websites, including whether they govern at another school.
Ms Knights said there should have been more attention drawn to another change in the wake of the Trojan Horse reports, that "no-one should govern on more than two governing boards unless there are exceptional circumstances".
"But in many places this has not yet been implemented and has not been well communicated," she said.
"We are disappointed that the DfE did not take advantage of this report on Trojan Horse to highlight this guidance to schools which seeks to limit the undue influence of individuals."
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The hosts, whose side had an average age of 21 years and 296 days, had 80.3% possession in the first half but struggled to break down their gritty opponents, with Sheyi Ojo failing to take their best chance when he missed a header from close range.
Divock Origi also had a goal disallowed for a foul on Gary Miller before Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp brought on first-team regulars Daniel Sturridge, Adam Lallana and Roberto Firmino in search of a breakthrough.
Sturridge sent a 25-yard shot just wide, looped a header over and fired into the side-netting - but the Reds could not find the cutting edge to break down an organised and disciplined Plymouth.
Craig Tanner would have been clean through on the Liverpool goal but for a Kevin Stewart challenge as the Pilgrims earned a replay at Home Park.
Both sides now go into the fourth round draw, which will be made live on BBC Two and online from 19:00 GMT on Monday.
Liverpool boss Klopp made 10 changes for the game - including defender Joe Gomez returning to first-team action for the first time since 1 October, 2015 following a knee ligament injury, and 17-year-old forward Ben Woodburn making his first start for the club.
And, despite his side enjoying plenty of possession - 87.2% after the first 15 minutes - they could not find the creativity to pierce the banked masses of Plymouth players.
Ojo failed to make proper contact with a header from five yards and Woodburn - showing some neat footwork at times - had a shot saved, but chances were few and far between for the youthful Reds, who managed just four efforts on target from 28 overall.
German Klopp said before the game he could be criticised if his team selection backfired and, even with the introduction of Sturridge, Lallana and Firmino, his much-changed side could not find a winner.
Such was the effort and application put in by Plymouth, who are second in League Two, Klopp congratulated their players on the pitch after the final whistle.
The visitors set up in a 4-5-1 formation and their focus on containment rather than posing any attacking threat resulted in keeper Luke McCormick having the most touches - 52 - of any Pilgrims player.
It was a team effort, but centre-backs Sonny Bradley and Yann Songo'o epitomised the dogged spirit and endeavour of their side and were key to the result.
Plymouth took nearly 9,000 fans to Anfield and, although they had little to cheer from an attacking point of view with their team managing just three touches in the Liverpool box, they were celebrating at the end and have a replay to look forward to at Home Park.
"The character and work rate we showed was unbelievable," said Plymouth midfielder Graham Carey.
"The atmosphere has been brilliant and it will be the same when they come to our place. I've come here as a fan before - the hairs are standing up on the back of my neck."
Liverpool manager Klopp: "They created small spaces and we made our own problems. A game like this is not easy to make exciting.
"We had a young side so that's difficult. We can do better and if we do better then we have a good chance of making the next round.
"With our other line-up it could be possible that the result was still the same - not likely, but possible. It was a good experience for the boys."
Plymouth boss Derek Adams: "We had a very good defensive display. We allowed Liverpool the ball. When we had the ball we still created a couple of opportunities.
"We had gone in at half-time at 0-0 and that was important. We knew Liverpool might start the second half at a better tempo and we coped with that well. We knew we would get a bit of belief as well.
"We've had a couple of opportunities in the game that we might have done better with, but that would be asking too much."
On an injury to Gary Miller: "He's either got a broken ankle or ankle ligament damage. We'll see what happens. It's disappointing for him and the team."
Former Wales and Arsenal striker John Hartson on BBC Radio 5 live
"Plymouth gave everything. They have left everything out there on the Anfield pitch.
"Liverpool paid the price for too many changes. They never really created enough opportunities for their strikers. It's a day to give Plymouth the credit."
Liverpool go to Southampton on Wednesday for the first leg of their EFL Cup semi-final (19:45 GMT kick-off), while Plymouth continue their League Two promotion challenge when they host Stevenage on Saturday at 15:00.
Match ends, Liverpool 0, Plymouth Argyle 0.
Second Half ends, Liverpool 0, Plymouth Argyle 0.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jake Jervis.
Attempt blocked. Divock Origi (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Adam Lallana.
Attempt missed. Lucas Leiva (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Sheyi Ojo (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jordan Slew (Plymouth Argyle).
Attempt blocked. Kevin Stewart (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Adam Lallana.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Oscar Threlkeld.
Foul by Sheyi Ojo (Liverpool).
Connor Smith (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Oscar Threlkeld.
Foul by Sheyi Ojo (Liverpool).
Graham Carey (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Jake Jervis (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Sheyi Ojo following a corner.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Connor Smith.
Attempt blocked. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is blocked. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Attempt missed. Divock Origi (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Adam Lallana with a cross.
Attempt missed. Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool) header from the right side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Roberto Firmino with a cross.
Lucas Leiva (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Craig Tanner (Plymouth Argyle).
Attempt saved. Sheyi Ojo (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Joseph Gomez.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Sonny Bradley.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jordan Slew.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Oscar Threlkeld.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Plymouth Argyle. Connor Smith replaces Gary Miller because of an injury.
Substitution, Liverpool. Roberto Firmino replaces Ben Woodburn.
Substitution, Liverpool. Adam Lallana replaces Ovie Ejaria.
Delay in match Gary Miller (Plymouth Argyle) because of an injury.
Foul by Divock Origi (Liverpool).
Gary Miller (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Kevin Stewart (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ben Purrington (Plymouth Argyle).
Alberto Moreno (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jake Jervis (Plymouth Argyle).
Attempt blocked. Ovie Ejaria (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Divock Origi.
Hand ball by Craig Tanner (Plymouth Argyle).
Hand ball by Graham Carey (Plymouth Argyle).
Forward Arthur, 20, scored four goals in eight Cheltenham appearances during a loan spell at the start of 2014-15.
He then made 10 appearances for the Championship club later that season, and played two senior games in 2015-16.
Smith, 18, joined Bristol City's Under-21 setup from Wrexham in May, after his debut for the Welsh side in February.
"Koby is now very close to reaching his full potential," manager Gary Johnson told the League Two club's website.
"Jonny is another lad who's got great potential and will end up at least a Championship player."
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Prince Andrew surveyed remnants of the stone bridge at Tadcaster, in North Yorkshire, which partially collapsed into the River Wharfe on 29 December.
He said he encountered "shock and devastation" from people in flooded communities during his tour.
Hundreds of homes were badly affected after heavy rainfall on 26 December.
The duke said: "Saddened to see such a wonderful old bridge in a damaged state.
"But what encourages me is that there is a plan - first of all for a footbridge, then to support the structure and then to get on and recover the stonework that's underneath and get back to building it.
"But it's going to take some time."
The council has said the work will cost £3m and take up to a year to complete.
Residents face a half-hour drive from one side of the town, which is now split, to the other.
"It's been a very difficult time but I get a sense, talking to people both here and in Leeds, that the community has pulled together in a way that is really encouraging," said the duke.
His tour of Yorkshire was hampered earlier in the day when a planned start in Todmorden was scuppered by poor weather, preventing his helicopter from landing.
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Construction company Wills Bros John Paul JV had sought a way to make further use for cones damaged or surplus to its requirements.
The firm is building new dual carriageway on the A9 near the Highland Wildlife Park at Kincraig.
For several years, the park's staff have used old cones and hard hats as toys for its bears and tigers.
Food can be stuffed into traffic cones for the animals to work out how to retrieve.
The park near Aviemore has three polar bears called Walker, Arktos and Victoria.
Work on the new dual carriageway between Kincraig and Dalraddy was commissioned by Transport Scotland and started 10 months ago.
Keith Brown, secretary for economy, jobs and fair work, has welcomed the construction company's decision to put unwanted gear to new uses.
He said: "The contractor should be congratulated for exploring opportunities to dispose of this material in such an innovative way."
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The unveiling of the 9ft (2.7m) bronze statue marks 100 years since Gandhi returned to India from South Africa to begin his struggle for independence.
The Gandhi Statue Memorial Trust raised more than £1m for the work which was described as a "magnificent tribute".
The statue was unveiled by Indian finance minister, Shri Arun Jaitley, in a ceremony which also involved Gandhi's grandson, Gopalkrishna Gandhi.
British sculptor, Philip Jackson, was commissioned to create the work with his previous pieces including statues of the Queen Mother and Bomber Command.
He said he was inspired by photographs of the civil rights leader outside 10 Downing Street on a visit in 1931.
Prime Minister David Cameron said: "This statue is a magnificent tribute to one of the most towering figures in the history of world politics and by putting Mahatma Gandhi in this famous square we are giving him an eternal home in our country."
Gandhi was known for his use of non-violent protest and undertook various hunger strikes to protest against the oppression of India's poorest classes.
The extinct animal has been described through re-examination of a specimen that's been in a museum collection since 1951.
Researchers think it is a relative of the endangered South Asian river dolphin, offering clues to the evolutionary history of modern species.
The findings have been published in the journal open access PeerJ.
The fossil, a partial skull about 22cm (9ins) long, was discovered in southeastern Alaska by geologist Donald J Miller.
It then spent decades in the collection of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington DC.
The dolphin swam in sub-arctic marine waters about 25 million years ago, according to the new study's authors Alexandra Boersma and Nicholas Pyenson, who are based at the Smithsonian.
The specimen represents a new genus and species, they say, which has been named Arktocara yakataga.
Based on the age of nearby rocks, the scientists estimated that Arktocara came from the late Oligocene epoch, around the time that ancient whales diversified into two groups - the baleen whales, which include blue whales and humpbacks, and the toothed whales, which include sperm whales, porpoises and dolphins.
By studying the skull and comparing it to those of other dolphins, both living and extinct, the team determined that A. yakataga is a relative of the South Asian river dolphin Platanista. This living dolphin is the last survivor of a once-widespread group.
The skull confirms that Platanista belongs to one of the oldest lineages of toothed whales still alive today.
"One of the most useful ways we can study Platanista is... by looking at fossils that are related to it to try to get a better sense of where it's coming from," said Ms Boersma.
"Exactly how that once diverse and globally widespread group dwindled down to a single species in Southeast Asia is still somewhat a mystery, but every little piece that we can slot into the story helps."
Foo Fighters, who were due to perform in Paris on Monday, have called off the remaining dates of their European tour "in light of this senseless violence".
Rock band Motorhead, who were scheduled to perform in the French capital on Sunday, will now play there in January.
Coldplay, meanwhile, called off a live stream of a concert "out of respect for the terrible events in Paris".
Friday's attacks hit a concert hall, a stadium, restaurants and bars.
Of the 129 people killed, 89 died when gunmen stormed the Bataclan concert venue where US rock band Eagles of Death Metal were performing.
The band members were unhurt, but Nick Alexander, a Briton selling merchandise at the gig, was among those killed.
Yusuf Islam, also known as Cat Stevens, has sent "love and condolences" to the family of the 36-year-old, who worked with the musician on a tour last year.
British band The Vamps have paid tribute to two others who died in Paris on Friday, who they identify as Thomas and Marie.
"We want to pass on our deepest condolences to the families and friends of Thomas and Marie who were a huge part of The Vamps team in France," the band wrote on Facebook.
"They will be sorely missed by us and all that knew them."
Thomas Ayad, who worked for Mercury Records, a division of Universal Music France, was killed at the Bataclan along with two colleagues, one of whom has been named as Marie Mosser.
"It is with profound sadness and heartfelt concern for everyone in Paris that we have been forced to announce the cancellation of the rest of our tour," wrote Foo Fighters on Facebook.
"In light of this senseless violence, the closing of borders, and international mourning, we can't continue right now.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone who was hurt or who lost a loved one."
The band had been due to perform in Turin on Sunday and in Barcelona on Thursday, with two dates in France on 16 and 17 November.
"Due to the serious situation in Paris we have to postpone our gig until January," wrote Motorhead on Twitter.
"We are rescheduling and will give details ASAP."
US metal band Deftones, who had been scheduled to play two shows at the Bataclan on Sunday and Monday and were in Paris at the time of the attacks, have also called off their shows.
"Thank for all your inquiries on our wellbeing," the group wrote on Facebook.
"Band/Crew all safe and accounted for at this time. Prayers for those affected in these tragic events."
Coldplay, meanwhile, called off a live stream of a concert at the Belasco Theatre in Los Angeles.
The concert was to have been beamed to fans across the world, but was not made available "out of respect for those affected".
However, the band did play a short, unbroadcast set for those already at the venue on Saturday "so that [their] journey [wasn't] wasted".
U2, who had been due to perform in Paris on Saturday, instead spent the evening laying flowers near the Bataclan theatre.
"It's very upsetting. These are our people," lead singer Bono told Ireland's RTE Radio.
"This is the first direct hit on music that we've had in this so-called war on terror, or whatever it's called."
Many music stars have turned to Twitter to express sadness about the attacks, which France is marking with three days of mourning.
"Our hearts are breaking for and with you," wrote pop star Taylor Swift, while Peter Gabriel said "we are all Parisian today".
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Salk Institute scientists used specifically engineered molecular scissors to snip out mutations in embryos, leaving healthy DNA intact.
They hope it could one day be used to prevent human mitochondrial diseases.
But experts say though it is a "technical masterpiece", it raises ethical and scientific challenges.
Mitochondria are tiny powerhouses found inside nearly every cell in the body, generating energy necessary for essential functions.
They carry their own DNA - which is passed on from mothers to their children. Unlike DNA found in the nuclei of cells, this does not affect characteristics such as appearance.
But if inherited mitochondrial DNA is defective, children can have life-limiting conditions involving muscles weakness and blindness.
Reporting in the journal Cell, scientists tested molecular scissors on mice with two different types of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA).
They were able to recognise and cut out disease-causing mtDNA in mouse embryos. And the resulting offspring were healthy.
Researchers also used the technique successfully on faulty human mtDNA, inserted into mouse eggs.
They say the next step is to run preliminary laboratory tests on discarded human embryos.
And if proven safe and effective, they argue it would provide a simpler alternative to mitochondrial transfer therapy recently given the green light by UK authorities.
This controversially relies on DNA from three individuals - two parents and healthy mitochondria from a female donor.
But experts remain divided about the ethical and scientific questions this new approach brings.
Dr Marita Pohlschmidt, at charity Muscular Dystrophy UK, said: "We welcome this exciting new technique, which could benefit thousands of women worldwide who risk passing on mitochondrial disease to their children.
"The results seen in mice are promising. We are keen to see results of further research into the technique's safety and efficacy."
But Prof Frances Flinter, expert in genetics at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, said: "The biggest question to address will be the possibility that DNA cutting enzymes may disrupt adjacent genes that are important, leading to unintended adverse consequences."
Dr Duscko Ilic, at King's College London, said the technique had many hurdles to overcome.
"Although this clever alternative approach for correcting genetic errors in mitochondria is a technical masterpiece, it is unlikely to make it to clinic in the near future.
"Replacing faulty genes in human pre-implantation embryos, germ cells or gametes poses serious risks."
And David King, of the group, Human Genetics Alert, had his own warning.
"This research is unethical. It threatens to usher in the future of genetically modified designer babies.
"We must extend the ban on human genetic engineering to create a global treaty."
Meanwhile, other research from China involving separate technology on the more abundant DNA found in the nuclei of human cells, has led scientists to question how far such technology should ethically go.
Twitter, which has been the subject of takeover rumours before, is getting closer to a sale, according to the US business news channel CNBC.
Potential suitors include Google and Salesforce.com, the report said.
Twitter's board of directors is open to a deal, which could come by the end of the year, according to CNBC.
Last month Twitter shares jumped after comments from co-founder Ev Williams.
When asked on Bloomberg TV whether the company could remain independent he replied: "We're in a strong position now, and as a board member we have to consider the right options."
The $26bn purchase of the social network LinkedIn by Microsoft has helped to stoke speculation about the future of Twitter.
The company's flagging performance has also spurred talk of a takeover.
Twitter has never made a profit and sales growth has been slowing in recent quarters.
In July, Twitter reported that second quarter sales had risen almost 20%, the weakest growth since its stock market flotation in 2013.
Dorsey: Twitter will take time to fix
Co-founder Jack Dorsey took over as chief executive in July of last year after the previous boss, Dick Costolo stepped down.
Mr Costolo, who had been chief executive from 2010, was under pressure from investors unhappy with the firm's performance.
In May Mr Dorsey told the BBC that "we're making progress" but "things take time to change."
But analysts wonder if Mr Dorsey is distracted by his payment firm, Square.
"With ex-CEO Dick Costolo lacking ideas and founder Jack Dorsey split between Twitter and his other company Square, the social network has lost its way," said Jasper Lawler, an analyst at CMC Markets.
"The hope for investors would be that under the wing of a big company, it could expand its user base and better monetise those users," he added.
Twitter shares added 21% on Friday to close at $22.62.
The federal government will table legislation to legalise marijuana by April, public broadcaster CBC is reporting.
Sources told the CBC that members of the governing Liberal party were recently briefed on the timeline.
The party has long promised they would have legislation ready by spring.
The CBC said the new regulations would broadly follow recommendations released in December by a federally-appointed pot task force.
Those recommendations included proposals that Canada should permit the sale of recreational marijuana to people over age 18 and tax pot products based on potency.
The task force also recommended adults be allowed to grow up to four plants and possess 30 grams of dried cannabis.
According to the CBC, the federal government will oversee the supply of the drug and continue to license producers, while the provinces would determine its means of distribution and sale.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's promise to legalise recreational marijuana has fuelled investment and speculation in the cannabis sector.
Cultivators like Aphria, OrganiGram Holdings, and Canopy Growth, currently Canada's largest medical marijuana producer, have become stock market darlings.
Medical marijuana has been legal in Canada since 2001 and is grown by 40 federally licensed producers.
Canadians, especially the young, are among the world's biggest users of marijuana.
Ottawa says legal pot under a new strict regulation regime will make it easier to keep it away from young people, to pull profits from organised crime, to reduce the burden on police and the justice system, and to improve public health.
If the law is passed, Canada will be the largest developed country to end recreational marijuana prohibition.
Italy had never scored more than 13 points or one try against England but crossed the line four times.
The hosts scored after just 30 seconds but tries from Lauren Cattell, Katie Mason and Lotte Clapp gave England a seven-point lead at half-time.
Italy cut the gap to two points but Abbie Scott and Bianca Blackburn scored to build a decisive advantage.
England, who beat Scotland 32-0 in Cumbernauld last weekend, had no time to settle at Stadio Gino Pistoni as Maria Grazia Cioffi went over following a break from influential full-back Manuela Furlan.
In a pulsating start Cattell brought England back into the match and Mason added a second try following sustained pressure from the forwards.
Sofia Stefan sprinted down the wing to reduce the deficit but Clapp touched down in the corner.
Italy pressed after the interval and the forwards drove over for another score, but a powerful burst from Scott and some fluent play created replacement Blackburn's try, which appeared to have made the game safe for England.
The home side continued to enjoy significant possession and Silvia Folli got a try back under the posts, but England held firm and are next in action at home to Ireland on 27 February.
Emily Gardner, 14, from Gloucester, was trapped under the vessel after her buoyancy aid snagged on part of the boat off Brixham earlier this month.
Family members and friends, including fellow pupils from Chosen Hill School, were among 750 people who attended the service.
Emily was on holiday with a friend's family at the time of the accident.
The song Angels by Robbie Williams was played while her coffin was carried into the cathedral. Snow Patrol's Chasing Cars was played on the way out.
Her parents Clive and Debbie and brother and sister Todd and Katie each released a white dove outside the cathedral at the end of the service.
The Reverend Susan Cooke, who conducted the service, said: "Emily was obviously a very fun loving and happy girl.
"All the people who came to pay tribute to her show how much she meant to everybody."
The Conference North side has been without a permanent home since their ground was destroyed by flood water in the summer of 2007.
The Tigers have ground-shared with other local sides ever since.
Plans for a 4,000 capacity stadium, including a 1,000 seat stand, have been submitted to Gloucester City Council.
Gloucester City's interim chairman, Mike Dunstan, said he was "thrilled" with the news.
"It's fantastic to take this significant step towards a return to our city, and I hope fans are as thrilled with the scale and ambition of the plans as we are," he said.
Gloucester City have not played a competitive game at their own home since 28 April 2007, when they beat Clevedon Town 3-1 at Meadow Park.
"This stadium will provide the club and indeed the city with a fabulous facility for sport."
The club's planning consultant, Paul Duncliffe, said: "The current planning application has addressed the fundamental flooding issues that have persisted for several years and we are pleased to report that the Environment Agency have no objections to the new stadium."
City council planners are due to decide whether or not to grant outline planning permission for the stadium later this summer.
Previous plans, which included wider proposals for floods defences in the surrounding area, had to be scaled down.
The club has been based in Cheltenham since 2010, having previously shared with Forest Green and Cirencester.
George Ferguson had previously approved the £10m Avonmouth and Portbury Docks deal with First Corporate Shipping.
Following a "call-in" of that decision, council members voted by 41 to 16 to object to his plan.
Those against argued the council's long-term investment would make way for a "short-term advantage" and that the freehold was worth more than £10m.
Mr Ferguson told the debate it was not a case of "letting the family silver go" but how it was reinvested.
The council currently holds a 12.5% share in the ports.
Labour's Helen Holland criticised the proposal, saying there was "great frustration" at the lack of information about the sale.
Conservative councillor, Peter Abraham said city had received some £68m income from the port since it was sold in 1991.
And Liberal Democrat Gary Hopkins said the council should be thinking about the "long-term interest" of keeping the share "and not a smash-and-grab".
The Green Party's Charlie Bolton said while the Greens supported the port, he objected to the sale of even the freehold as it was a "community asset".
"The council's job as trustees should be to manage that land and not to sell it," he said.
"Once it is gone it's gone for ever."
The Hong Kong player took eight frames in a row to win 9-4 after trailing 4-1.
Higgins extended the welcome because Fu apparently had no family or friends at Glasgow's Emirates Arena to see him claim his third ranking title.
"At the start of the day I invited him back to the Higgins household but he was driving down to London to get his flight home," said Higgins.
"He's one of the nicest guys on the tour so you can't grudge him this win. It's just a pity he's not got any friends or family here [to see him win]," Higgins told BBC Scotland.
"Marco's a classy player round about the table and when the conditions are good he just floats the balls in."
Fu, 38, had not won a ranking event since the Australian Open in 2013 and explained his reasons for not being able to join the Higgins' family gathering.
"Yes I needed to get up at about three of four o'clock in the morning to drive to London because I fly to Hong Kong on Monday night," he told BBC Scotland.
"I'm not really looking forward to the drive but that's the way it is.
"This win is right up there with playing Ronnie O'Sullivan and Jimmy White in London. I was feeling nervous because he's [Higgins] got a lot of support but I am pretty sure John was feeling a different kind of pressure with so much expectation.
"I can't believe I've beaten one of the best players in the world."
Higgins, 41, remains confident of winning a 29th ranking title after going into that final having knocked out Ronnie O'Sullivan and Judd Trump.
The 'wizard of Wishaw' won the China Championship in Guangzhou and the Champion of Champions event in Coventry in November.
But those tournaments were not ranking events, so the four-time world champion is still aiming to notch another to move him clear of O'Sullivan and Steve Davis (both 28) into second place overall behind Stephen Hendry (36).
"If I can keep playing to that sort of standard you would hope I get over the line at one of the tournaments in the new year," said Higgins.
"The atmosphere coming in tonight was incredible and I put a Deacon Blue song on and everything. I'm just gutted I couldn't give them something to shout about."
World number three Higgins will be the only Scot at the Masters when it begins on 15 January at Alexandra Palace in London, where he could face Fu again in a quarter-final if they both progress from their opening games.
It follows mounting criticism of the social media firm for not doing enough to root out fake news on its platform.
It has also just launched a new feature in four countries that will publish alternative news links beneath problematic articles.
But several experts said the measures did not do go far enough.
"Presenting audiences with context is helpful," said Tom Felle, a senior lecturer in digital journalism at City University.
"But it does nothing to stop the spread of this material, or to stop traffic going to fake news peddlers who are making money out of creating this material."
Facebook has been criticised as being one of the main distribution points for fake news, which many think influenced the 2016 US presidential election.
Voters were also flooded with hoax stories during the French presidential election in May.
The firm has previously been reluctant to take down potentially fake news stories, arguing that it does not want to be an "arbiter of truth".
Instead it identifies potentially false stories through a mixture of artificial intelligence (AI) and user detection. These are then sent to independent fact-checkers who place a flag next to hoax stories to alert readers.
On Thursday, however, the firm said it would start using "updated machine learning" to enhance detection.
"If an article has been reviewed by fact checkers, we may show the fact-checking stories below the original post," added Sara Su, product manager of News Feed, in a blog.
A spokesman later clarified that these stories would not be "direct responses" to fake articles, but factually accurate reports that offered an alternative.
On Thursday, the firm rolled out a new "Related articles" feature in the US, France, Germany and the Netherlands.
The feature, which the firm has been testing since April, places links to other news coverage beneath highly popular or questionable stories, offering users "more perspectives and additional information".
Brooke Binkowski, managing editor of fact-checking magazine Snopes, told the BBC: "I applaud their efforts to 'flood out' fake news, a method of which I have been a proponent for a long time."
However, she said that while AI was "a good tool, it is also a blunt one".
Mr Felle said if the firm really wanted to stop fake news, it needed to back the news industry in a better way.
"If Facebook wants to help journalism it needs to put its hand in its pocket and support quality, trusted news organisations to better reach audiences, and advertisers."
It found daughters of mothers in work have better careers, higher pay and more equal relationships than those of stay-at-home mothers.
This effect was particularly pronounced in Britain and the US, the study, based on data from 24 countries, found.
Mothers should not feel work means they are "abandoning" children, it added.
The researchers, led by Kathleen McGinn, said: "Employed mothers often internalise social messages of impending doom for their children, and fathers who choose to emphasise care-giving run up against countervailing social messages signalling their inadequacy as breadwinners."
But on examining data from the International Social Survey Programme from 2002 and 2012, they concluded that daughters of working mothers were paid 4% more than their peers.
They also found one in three daughters of working mothers were in managerial posts, compared with one in four of those of stay-at-home mothers.
The study said: "These findings suggest that in addition to transmitting gender attitudes across the generations, mothers' employment teaches daughters a set of skills that enable greater participation in the workforce and in leadership positions."
It found no links between maternal employment and adult sons' working patterns.
However, sons of working mothers tended to "spend more time caring for family members than adult sons of stay-at-home mothers".
The study concluded: "Women across the world have increasingly entered the paid workforce, but the parallel increase in men's contributions to unpaid work within households lags behind. Women's entrenched responsibilities for household work constrain their choices in the public sphere.
"Men also bear costs from the unequal distribution of household responsibilities; gendered practices and norms in public and private spheres act as barriers to men who want to take on bigger roles at home."
The former Celtic midfielder predicts a 2-0 or 3-1 defeat for the Kazakhstan visitors - but only if the Scotland striker is fit enough to play a part.
"I think they will struggle with the scoring side of things," Commons said of the prospect of him missing out.
"If Griffiths is fit, 2-0 or 3-1. I think they'll score plenty of goals."
Celtic host the first leg of the Champions League play-off - just over a year since beating the same opponents 3-2 on aggregate on their way to qualifying for the group stage.
Griffiths scored in both legs but has been struggling with injury and came off the bench again in Friday's win over Partick Thistle.
With fellow striker Moussa Dembele still sidelined through injury, manager Brendan Rodgers has tried midfielder Tom Rogic and wingers Scott Sinclair and James Forrest up front.
Patrick Roberts was a successful stand-in while the Manchester City winger was on loan last season and Celtic are trying to secure his services again.
"I'd love to see Paddy Roberts up there," Commons told BBC Scotland when asked who his preference would be if Griffiths was not available.
"I'd probably say James Forrest just because of his willingness and eagerness to run in behind.
"I think he can stretch teams that will give space to the likes of Sinclair, Rogic and Stuart Armstrong.
"Brendan knows how vital are these two games. If Leigh Griffiths is 80% fit, let's keep him on the bench and let's try to get him up to 90-95 and give him a realistic chance of leading the line and scoring goals.
"I think he's got a blend of good attacking players, but as a focal point in these big games, you need a proper number nine and Leigh Griffiths is your number nine."
Commons has concerns about Celtic's central defence in the absence of injured pair Dedryck Boyata and Erik Sviatchenko.
Asked if he thought Nir Bitton, the Israel midfielder who has been drafted into the position, had proven to be a good stand-in, Commons replied: "In possession, yes, but over two games, they are going to have to defend."
Commons was on the wrong end of a 2-0 defeat at Astana Arena against Shakhter Karagandy in 2013 before Celtic progressed after a three-goal win in the home leg.
"Obviously there's the heat, the different time zone, the travelling, but for now the emphasis will be on trying to take a generous lead over there," he suggested.
"I think the home tie will be crucial. The emphasis is going to be on Celtic getting a good start, dominating possession and trying to create as many chances as possible.
"You want to be going over to Kazakhstan with a generous lead to make that night a little more comfortable, but there is no question it is going to be a very difficult fixture.
"Looking at the players they've got, Celtic should have enough to get through this tie."
Top bureaucrats and police officers were among those held in a crackdown on supporters of Fethullah Gulen, the state-run Anadolu agency said.
Mr Gulen is a rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose AK party regained its majority in Sunday's election.
European observers said violence and media restrictions marred the polls.
On Tuesday, left-wing magazine Nokta said two of its editors had been charged with plotting a coup in the government's latest move against opposition media outlets.
Cevheri Guven and Murat Capan were arrested over a magazine cover criticising the election results that read: "The start of civil war in Turkey."
An Istanbul court later ordered that the magazine's latest edition be withdrawn from the shelves, accusing it of inciting the public to commit a crime.
Meanwhile security forces imposed a curfew in the mainly Kurdish town of Silvan, the south-east of the country, while Turkish jets attacked Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebels in northern Iraq.
The Anadolu agency said that the dozens of suspects held in Tuesday's raids were suspected of acting "beyond their legal authority".
Prosecutors issued arrest warrants for a total of 57 people.
The Turkish government has accused Mr Gulen, the spiritual leader of the Hizmet movement, of trying to run a parallel state.
The latest police operations come after officers raided another media group, Koza-Ipek, accused of having links to Mr Gulen.
Fifty-eight employees working at the group's media outlets have been fired after a court ruling placed it under the management of a trustee panel, according to Hurriyet newspaper.
Profile: Hizmet movement
Gulen: Powerful but reclusive
The AKP's victory on Sunday came amid concerns about rising tensions in the country.
Violence has escalated in Turkey since a suicide bombing in July by suspected IS militants which killed more than 30 Kurds.
A double bombing targeting a Kurdish peace rally in Ankara also killed more than 100 people last month.
On Monday the Turkish military said it had carried out air strikes on PKK militant bases across the border in northern Iraq - the first on PKK targets in Iraq since Sunday's election.
In a statement on Tuesday the military said that Turkish jets hit PKK shelters, bunkers and weapon storages in six locations, including the Qandil mountains where the rebel leaders are based.
The military has been targeting bases and hideouts of the PKK since July, when renewed fighting between the rebels and Turkish security forces broke out, signalling a breakdown in a two-year ceasefire.
Integration of Iran into the world economy may bring some social and political changes too, but for reformers the ride will not be an easy one.
Before there was a deal, Iran's opponents were talking of Tehran's ambitions to build an atomic bomb and the need to stop it.
After the deal, they moved the goalpost to the Islamic republic's behaviour, namely its poor human rights record and its regional "expansionist" aspirations, saying a deal that lifts international sanctions will empower Iran to fund the latter.
Both Iran and the US have now embarked on a mission to reassure the Arab countries of the Gulf that this will not be the case.
US Secretary of State John Kerry is touring the region trying to sell the 14 July deal - reached between Iran and the US, Russia, China, the UK, France and Germany- that limits Tehran's nuclear programme in return for the lifting of international sanctions.
"Every country engaged in this endeavour and the Gulf states hopes that (Iran's) behaviour will change," Mr Kerry told reporters in Doha, Qatar.
"But we have to prepare for the eventuality that it won't," said Mr Kerry, quoting a long list of military and material support for Arabs to counter Iran's growing regional power.
As America's chief diplomat was courting the Arab countries in their capitals, his Iranian counterpart chose to do the same on a different platform.
On Monday, Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote a piece published in four Arab newspapers in Lebanon, Kuwait, Qatar and Egypt.
"We must all accept the fact that the era of zero-sum games is over, we all win or lose together," wrote Zarif.
When grilled by US congressmen over the deal, Mr Kerry repeatedly said he hoped an Iran that rejoins the international community will not only be less of a threat to its neighbours, but will also open up to the world outside and change from within.
This is exactly what frightens hardliners within the Islamic republic.
They fear that an end to the nuclear conflict and improving ties with the US could lead to an end to a revolution that for 36 years has revolved around fighting "the Great Satan" and strictly imposing religious values on people's everyday lives.
The popularity of President Hassan Rouhani and his government is likely to rise following the nuclear deal and Iranian hardliners will try to counter this on the domestic front by actively blocking any attempts to implement social and political reform.
And they have the means to do so.
Key institutions such as the Judiciary, state radio and television, the police and the military are not controlled by the Rouhani administration, rather by conservatives appointed by the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
This strategy has been seen before. Under reformist former president Mohammad Khatami, (who led the government from 1997 to 2005) the more foreign and trade ties opened up, the more pressure was exerted on journalists and civil activists.
A crackdown on media, human rights and political activists would send a clear message to Iranians that striking a nuclear deal does not mean an end to revolutionary values.
President Rouhani's possible failure in delivering change in those areas could also fuel disappointment with his government.
The next big battleground will be the elections next February for both parliament and for the Assembly of Experts, the body tasked with appointing and supervising the Supreme Leader.
Ayatollah Khamenei has shown in the past that he prefers to balance the power of a moderate executive branch with a conservative parliament, rather than handing over both to reform-oriented forces that could weaken his own base.
With the prospect of sanctions being lifted, battalions of foreign businessmen have been flocking to Tehran in the past few weeks trying to secure "first mover advantage" before contracts are signed.
Scores of French, German, Italian and Austrian firms have started talks with their Iranian counterparts in anticipation of the day sanctions officially end in the next few months.
Iranian officials have now revised their estimate of the country's GDP growth from the current 2% to 3-4% this year owing to increased oil revenues and access to frozen accounts.
President Rouhani's government hopes this growth will create jobs and improve living conditions for millions of Iranians.
Across the country many people share their president's hope that things will get better.
"If the government turns around the economy, other aspects such as human rights will get better by themselves," Mohammad, who preferred not to use his family name told BBC Persian over the phone from Tehran.
But for many others that optimism is tinged with a note of caution.
"Look at China," said Maryam another Iranian caller.
"Economic growth does not necessarily mean better human rights."
Other groups to feature in the latest announcement include So Solid Crew and Admiral Fallow.
Gogol Bordello, Alice Russell and Alabama 3 have already been confirmed for the festival which runs from 8 to 11 June at Raehills near Beattock.
In total about 300 performers are expected on 12 different stages throughout the event.
Alan Sloane said he was within his rights to shoot the hounds on his land near Rathfriland.
He said one of them was closing in on a group of 15 pregnant sheep in the corner of a field when he shot it.
The other two were in an adjacent field with pregnant mares and Mr Sloane's £1,200 ram when they were shot.
They were among a pack of 10 hounds which Mr Sloane said came onto his land.
The hunt was chasing a stag in the area when the incident happened.
Mr Sloane said he had exchanged words with members of the hunt who were angry that he had killed the hounds.
Two ewes which were involved subsequently aborted four lambs.
Mr Sloane said he fears he may suffer further financial loss as more of the ewes give birth.
He believes the cost could run to a four-figure sum and he is planning legal action.
He said he had not given permission for the hunt to be on his land.
He called the police and a council dog warden.
The warden was able to identify the dogs which were chipped.
The Countryside Alliance said it was investigating the incident.
A spokesman said he could not comment on it until he had received the report.
He said the alliance had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ulster Farmers' Union four years ago about access to farm land.
The spokesman said this was the first incident since that agreement.
The X Factor winner confirmed she is suffering from the illness a week ago, tweeting that she was "feeling very sorry" for herself.
The NHS says the condition "causes temporary weakness or paralysis of the muscles in one side of the face".
However, Sam has told BBC 1's Saturday Kitchen that it is not stopping her living her life to the full.
She joked: "I went out trick-or-treating for Halloween, I didn't have to wear a mask cause obviously my face is a bit frightening."
Sam has been keeping her 370,000 Twitter followers updated on how she has been coping throughout the week.
She said the left side of her face was "numb" when she posted a make-up free picture of herself with her baby girl on Monday.
Sam tweeted on Friday that she felt like her condition was improving.
The mum-of-three said she has had a busy time, nearly a year on since winning The X Factor.
She secured a record deal and was lined up to support Beyonce during her UK arena tour dates
Sam never got to actually meet the singer though and said in the past she was "gutted". She told Saturday Kitchen it was still an "amazing experience".
Things could have been very different for Sam who originally wanted to be a professional footballer.
"I played football for many clubs when I was younger," she explained. "Singing was my passion and I had to make a choice and I think I made the right one."
The former prison officer insists "the fame thing" has not changed her.
"I just wear a bit more make-up and nicer clothes. I still go out shopping, I still do the school run. I still live in my little house," she said.
"All that's different is everyone knows who I am."
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The 38-year-old told reporters he had played his last home game for the club following their 3-2 win against Toronto FC in the first leg of the Eastern Conference finals.
The ex-Chelsea striker came on as a 71st-minute substitute in front of a sell-out crowd of 61,000.
Kick-off was delayed by 30 minutes after it was discovered the 18-yard boxes were too narrow.
The white lines had to be repainted and fans cheered as each new line was drawn.
Montreal led 3-0 after 53 minutes, but two late goals by Toronto may prove crucial in the second leg, which will be played on 30 November.
The winner will progress to the MLS Cup final in Seattle or Colorado on 10 December.
Former Ivory Coast international Drogba, who joined Montreal from Chelsea in 2015, has scored 27 goals in 33 games.
Asked about his future after Tuesday's win, he said: "There's still one or maybe two games to go. Next week's game is more important than if it's finished or not.
"Everyone knows it was my last game here. Now let's focus on the semi-final."
Montreal posted a video of Drogba's highlights on their Twitter account and wrote 'Merci, Didier'.
Drogba, who has also played for Marseilles, Galatasaray and Shanghai Shenhua, has not said if he has signed for another club.
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Malachi Halstead, 35, from Newport, attacked Teerath Mann in August 2016 because he thought he was stealing from him.
Halstead, known as DJ Madskie, put the picture on the messaging app saying: "See that? I chopped that off."
He was found guilty of wounding with intent at Cardiff Crown Court.
His partner Nicole Seaborne, also from Newport, was cleared of providing him with the weapon.
The court heard Mr Mann, 23, was selling drugs for Halstead but the DJ suspected money had gone missing.
Heath Edwards, prosecuting, said Halstead lured Mr Mann into his car before telling him, "Tonight you're losing something".
"Halstead drove to a nearby place and parked up, and both got out of the vehicle," Mr Edwards said.
"Mr Mann was made to place his finger on a wooden pole, and when he did, Halstead chopped off a large part of that finger."
The court was shown the Snapchat recording showing Mr Mann's severed finger and Halstead himself.
Halstead denied the attack, claiming a man called Mr Biggs had ambushed Mr Mann.
But Mr Edwards said Mr Biggs was "a figment of Halstead's imagination".
Halstead also admitted escaping police custody, after running away from officers when he was initially being arrested.
Sentencing, Recorder Christopher Clee called the attack "utterly barbaric" and said the footage was "chilling."
Halstead would have to serve two thirds of his sentence before being considered for release, he said.
After the case, Det Con Eirian Williams, of Gwent Police, said: "Malachi Halstead enacted a terrible, life-changing injury on the victim on what was effectively a vendetta crime.
"We are delighted that this particularly violent individual has been convicted and we hope this lengthy sentence serves as a warning to others involved in organised crime."
They are trying to raise £130,000 to buy, refurbish and run Corner House Village Stores in Broadmayne, near Dorchester.
Campaigner Tim Clayton said the closure of the local garage and GP surgery had added "extra impetus" to their bid.
They hope to buy the business in the New Year.
Mr Clayton, chair of Broadmayne's Community Shop Management Committee, described the shop, which is on the market for £95,000, as "a very valuable community asset".
He said the group anticipated it would be staffed by one paid manager, one part-time paid staff member and a team of volunteers.
"It is a profitable business but we are less interested in profit and more interested in keeping the shop open for the community," he said.
The plans will be outlined at a meeting in the village hall later.
As the summer comes to an end, our eight-legged friends often head indoors to escape the chilly weather.
But experts say that this year, the little creatures might be slightly bigger than usual, because of summer weather we've had.
You've been telling us about the spiders that you've been spotting...
We've seen big spiders and little spider in the bathroom and in our bedrooms. I'm a spider fan!
Emma, Worcestershire, England
I saw the fattest spider I've ever seen. It was so scary I couldn't walk past it. It was massive I didn't think it was from this country. We found out it was a female false widow spider.
Reece, Hertfordshire, England
I've seen loads of spiders all over my house. Some have been massive. I'm not scared of spiders but my brother is terrified of them.
Iona, Edinburgh, Scotland
I've seen loads of daddy longlegs and a big spider like the one at the tope of the page, and I've seen loads at school too!
Elizabeth, Cornwall, England
I don't like spiders especially daddy longlegs. They give me the creeps.
Jessica, London, England
Hi Newsround. I think spiders are great unless they're massive.
Emma, Surrey, England
I saw a very big spider and I'm not a fan of spiders.
Sehar, Leamington Spa, England
As a class, we have found a lot of large spiders in our homes this autumn. Our teacher even found one in her house! She thinks they are getting bigger! Some of us like spiders because of their skinny, long legs. Some of us like them because when they crawl on you they can tickle quite a lot. Some of us like spiders because they make strong webs. Some of us think spiders are really, really, really scary. Some of us don't like spiders because their webs make our houses look like scary houses.
Class 3, St. Ignatius Primary, England
I found a little something in the shower the other day! Maybe a little bigger than normal! We carefully picked it up and took it outside… It's legs were HUGE!
Skye, London, England
Leslie Rourke, 71, is thought to have used at least 12 cans of inflammable foam to treat damp in a confined cellar at a home in Newark, Nottinghamshire.
The fumes were ignited by either a cellar light or freezer motor, killing Mr Rourke and his daughter-in-law Jeanette Rourke, 40, on 19 May.
A coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death.
The victims' family said in a statement after the inquest: "Both Les and Jeanette are missed daily by us all and we will never forget them.
"The family is relieved that this is all over and are pleased with the verdict."
Nicholas Rourke, son of Mr Rourke and husband of Mrs Rourke, was injured in the explosion and pulled out by rescuers.
Giving evidence at the inquest in Nottingham, he said the expandable foam was labelled inflammable but not explosive.
They had bought 18 cans of it to fill up the coal chute in the cellar to get rid of damp, he said.
Mr Rourke said the cellar door and other windows in the house had been left open to provide ventilation while his father did the work.
He said that he "did not have a clue" what had happened in the moments after the blast, but did remember being carried across the street by people who pulled him out of the rubble.
He was treated at hospital for a broken chin and facial cuts.
A woman and two children were also treated for smoke inhalation, and several people had to move because their homes were damaged.
The statement from the victims' family added: "We would also like to thank the committee formed after the disaster for their support to everyone affected by this unbelievable tragedy.
"Nick would also like to thank the kind and brave people who helped him out of the rubble."
It was his first individual World Championship medal since 2009 and came after he won team gold with Rebecca Gallantree in the team event.
"I'm really happy with that bronze because I did make it as hard as possible for myself," said Daley.
Daley was ninth after the second of six rounds but recovered well.
The 21-year-old, who had already secured an Olympic 10m platform place for Team GB by reaching the final, delivered four stunning routines to score a total of 537.95 and finish in the final podium position.
And it ensured that Britain ended with a total of four medals - their best finish at a world championships. The team won one medal in 2005 and 2009.
Defending champion Qui Bo of China (587.0) took the title, with USA Olympic gold medallist David Boudia (560.2) second.
"I've learned to persevere, stick at it and keep going because you never know what can happen in competitions," added Daley, who won bronze at London 2012.
"It came down to the last dive when we were on the same score but I quite like that competition pressure - I find it fun.
"It's interesting to see the same three people on the podium today as at London 2012. It looks like we've still got it and we just need to shuffle around for next year and hopefully I can end up on top!"
Ten years on from the Act's introduction, Whitehall is still resisting the transparency law.
For Newsnight I conducted a "mystery shopper" exercise, asking for the same, simple information from almost every central government department, posing as an ordinary member of the public.
The programme's FOI request asked: "For each foreign trip made by a minister in your department on official business in the past year, please could you tell me the minister's identity, destination, purpose of visit, the number of civil servants and the number of special advisers based in your department who were present for each trip."
Only two of the 13 government departments that were approached answered the question in line with the law. The Act gives people a right to get information from public authorities, so long as the data is easy to find and won't cause any harm.
Working with a senior civil servant, I worded the request in a way that was designed to be as simple to answer as possible - and not fall foul of the restrictions in the Act.
The intention was to see how different officials approached the same request - as well as get the information.
I was imagining the results would allow me to compare how fast departments were working.
But in the event, the Department for Education and the Department for Transport were the only two ministries to reply in accordance with the law.
That outcome was concerning.
Given that departments make open data releases on this topic, and are supposed to routinely collate and publish information on the cost and staffing of trips, I was actually really only asking for two new pieces of information: the number of special advisers and the number of civil servants who were present on each trip.
I did expect departments to say that some of the information was online, but still provide the remainder.
I also anticipated that departments might find a reason to use one of the security or data protection exemptions to refuse parts of the request.
But they did not.
What actually happened was I received six replies dismissing the request, saying - wrongly - that all of the data was already available.
Those came from from the Ministry of Defence, Scotland Office, Wales Office, Cabinet Office, Department of Health and Department for Work and Pensions.
By contrast, the Department for International Development, the Department for the Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs and the Department for Communities and Local Government all said they did not hold the information at all.
Both the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and HM Treasury said that it would take a civil servant the equivalent of at least 24 hours solid work to get the data.
When 11 departments were presented with the same question, nearly half refused to answer the question because the information was already so easy to find. The others refused because it was so hard to get.
Officials might argue there are appeals processes, which could have resolved this.
But the Act anticipates that people should receive answers in 20 days, not after months of wrangling. The appeals are supposed to be the exception, not the norm.
I do not think any of the initial refusals we received were reasonable, except for the two full replies.
Still pretending to be a member of the public, I went back to departments after the initial reply, and one - the Ministry of Defence - replied very quickly with a correction.
Staff there genuinely seem to have just misread my request. But others did not.
I was completely ignored by some and the Cabinet Office sent an unhelpful and bureaucratic reply.
The big picture here is that the way the Act operates is capricious for users, and officials look to brush off requests.
Watch Chris Cook's report about his FOI request bonanza on Newsnight on Thursday 29 January at 1030pm on BBC Two.
Cambridge United supporter Simon Dobbin, 42, was assaulted outside a pub in Southend, Essex, in March.
He is now conscious but remains in a serious but stable condition in hospital, Essex Police said.
Four men from Essex were arrested on suspicion of violent disorder and grievous bodily harm, bringing the total number of men arrested to eight.
A 38-year-old from Basildon, two Southend men aged 32 and 20, and a 24-year-old from Rochford have been released on bail until August.
Det Ch Insp Martin Pasmore said Mr Dobbin, from Suffolk, had been left with "life-changing injuries" as a result of the attack.
Mr Dobbin had been on his way home from the Southend United v Cambridge United match on 21 March when he was attacked outside The Railway pub in East Street.
He was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge where he was put into a medically-induced coma.
Appealing for witnesses, Det Ch Insp Pasmore said: "He was an entirely innocent victim who was simply enjoying a day out with a friend."
Players' wives and children were among those affected by the incidents, which saw players go into the stand to assist their families.
The appeal, which has exceeded an initial target of £500, was set up by Red Devils supporters on Wednesday.
In addition, the fans plan to issue a full letter of apology.
The statement from a group of Red Devils fans read: "Salford Red Devils fans are a proud and passionate bunch. We have always enjoyed a great relationship with the players and their families of our club and we are adamant that this incident will not affect this.
"Instead, we see it as an opportunity to strengthen the relationship between players and fans and ensure they are fully aware that the actions of a few do not represent that of the majority.
"As a token of our compassion and in an attempt to say 'we are sorry' to the players, the coaches, the owner and their families, we are aiming to raise enough money to purchase the wives of the players involved in the incident with a bouquet of flowers, as well as gift vouchers for the children with any spare funds donated to a charity of the players' choice."
It is hoped that gifts will be presented at Salford's home game with Leeds Rhinos on Saturday, 9 April.
The five-part series has received 3m requests on the catch-up service, more than the England v Wales match at Euro 2016 - which had 2.8m requests.
Seven of the 20 most popular iPlayer programmes were on BBC Three, which moved online earlier this year.
Murdered By My Father and the first episode of Greg Davies comedy Cuckoo each received more than 1.5m requests.
Other shows to pass the 1m request mark in 2016 included Fleabag, Life And Death Row, The Insider with Reggie Yates and Stacey Dooley documentary Sex In Strange Places.
BBC Three's iPlayer popularity comes in spite of it now offering fewer programmes.
When it became an online service in February, many shows - such as Don't Tell The Bride and Family Guy - were bought by other networks.
But the network continued to produce original programming for iPlayer and its other online services, including a bespoke YouTube channel.
Speaking about the latest figures, BBC Three controller Damian Kavanagh said: "These are still early days for BBC Three and I'm incredibly proud of what we have achieved in such a short space of time."
"Reinventing the BBC's offer for young people won't happen overnight, it's a marathon not a sprint, but the early signs are very encouraging."
As part of BBC Three's move online, the channel committed to spending 20% of its £30m budget on non-TV content including written articles, animations and social media content, in an attempt to attract younger audiences.
The BBC Trust, which approved the move, said there was "clear public value in moving BBC Three online, as independent evidence shows younger audiences are watching more online and watching less linear TV".
However, commercial rivals claim that the amount of time young viewers consuming BBC content has fallen since BBC Three ceased broadcasting on television.
Thinkbox TV, whose shareholders include Sky, ITV and Channel 4, published a report on Monday suggesting commercial TV viewing by young people increased after BBC Three went online.
ITV2, which broadcasts a considerable number of youth-focused programmes such as Love Island, Family Guy and Celebrity Juice, saw an increase of 27% year-on-year in time viewers spent watching the channel between March and June.
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It has been a month since she was attacked in Pakistan's Punjab province.
I say that he told me that he had not intended to kill her, just teach her a lesson so that no girl from the family would dare to consider eloping again.
She leans back and says dismissively: "He's lying." She is 18 years old and slight, with fierce eyes, one of which is still bloodshot from her injuries.
The man who allegedly colluded with four others to end her life is her father - Maqsood Ahmed.
When I met him behind bars in Gujranwala central jail, where I wasn't allowed to take any recording equipment, he was unrepentant.
I asked him whether there was more shame in being in jail for attempting to murder his own daughter than in her act of elopement.
He denies attempting to murder her saying he just wanted to teach her a lesson: "[Being in jail], it's a life of honour. I haven't committed a crime. I haven't robbed anyone. If I had wanted to kill her, I would have done it at home."
Saba's left hand is still bandaged where a bullet shot through it; her face marked with a long scar across her cheek where another bullet grazed it.
She says the day after she married her fiance Qaiser, her father and uncle took her from her in-laws' home - after swearing on the Koran that no harm would come to her - shot at her and dumped her body in a canal in a sack.
She says she married her neighbour - to whom she had been engaged for a couple of years - secretly at his house because her family had been pressuring her to get married to someone else.
The day after the ceremony, her family came to collect her and took her back to her parent's home.
"It was a dark and moonless night. We were in a Toyota pick-up with a lot of people, my father, uncle, his wife and three of my uncle's friends. They had said they wanted to get some wheat. But then we reached the jungle where there are several canals. I became suspicious."
Saba tells me that she was ordered to get out of the car and she begged them not to hurt her.
"Is what I've done so bad? Why can't you forgive me?" she asked.
But they dragged her out anyway, slapping her and then firing at her twice, she reports. The second time, she fainted. When she came round, she found herself in a sack in a canal.
"The waves in the canal carried me close to the shore. I grabbed a hold of some weeds and pulled myself out. I kept walking until I reached a petrol pump, and a man there called the emergency services."
At hospital Saba recorded a statement against her father with the police.
Her father says that he found out that Saba was in the hospital in the morning, but insists that he had left her by the canal as a warning.
"I hit her with a metal object and left her there to punish her," he admits. "Our neighbours had come to our house and raised a fuss that she had run away. It was a great shame for my family. I couldn't help myself, my emotions got the better of me."
The doctor's report clearly says that Saba's injuries resulted from bullet wounds, not a blunt instrument.
Now, Maqsood and Saba's uncle are on trial for attempted murder and kidnap - based on her testimony.
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan says there were 869 reported honour-killings last year.
According to the UN, one in five such cases worldwide happen in Pakistan. But figures of convictions are harder to come by.
"Honour crimes are filed in the lower courts and anti-terror courts, as murders or attempted murders," says human rights lawyer Hina Jillani, who has tried several such cases.
But provisions in Pakistani allow for perpetrators to be set free if the victim or heirs of the victim agree to reconcile.
"Unfortunately, the law in the country is very flawed and weighed in favour of impunity for honour-killings. In most cases, it will end in a compromise.
"First, the family will conspire to kill the woman and then conspire to forgive the person who pulled the trigger," Hina Jillani adds.
Saba, too, is being put under pressure from her in-laws and elders in the community to settle the matter out of court.
She shrugs: "I don't want to forgive them. I don't want to meet my father or uncle again." Her mother and eight siblings live close by but she has no desire to meet them either.
Her mother-in-law is sitting opposite us on a cot in the courtyard, a burly woman cleaning rice for the evening meal.
She says Saba has no choice but to settle because life in a community means compromise.
"If today we refuse to reconcile, what will happen tomorrow when my other children are in trouble?"
But she also understands Maqsood Ahmed's fury.
"When somebody impugns your family's honour, it hurts. Saba is now our honour, and I'm a very strong woman, I won't even let her step out of the house."
Saba made her choice, but there is a glimmer of sadness in her eyes. She fought hard to be with the man she loves but her life is likely to be a restricted one.
David Shepherd, 26, of Stratton, Cornwall, drove 50 miles and took four trains after realising he had forgotten to get it in the post.
The passport had to get to customer Hugh Munro in Rye, Sussex, by 09:00 BST the following day so that his planned visit to Amsterdam could go ahead.
Mr Shepherd said his instinct was to "keep the customer happy".
Mr Munro was heading to the Dutch capital for a charity board meeting after stopping off at his sister's house in Rye.
Mr Shepherd, who has been postmaster at Stratton Store for 11 months, said: "I knew it was vital he had it.
"His neighbour brought it in. But it wasn't given to the postman at collection time, so I finished work at 7pm and drove to Exeter to catch the 1am train to London."
Mr Shepherd drove 50 miles to Exeter; caught the train to London Paddington; took the Tube to St Pancras; a further train to Ashford, Kent; and a final train to Rye.
He had just 15 minutes to deliver the passport before catching the train straight back, a journey which cost him more than £150.
Mr Shepherd said: "I just thought, 'I know the customer, I know it has to get there'. I didn't want to let him down."
Mr Munro said he was "amazed" to hear that Mr Shepherd had beaten him to his sister's house.
"It shows how dedicated he is," said Mr Munro. "Stratton is a fantastic place and David is a brilliant part of it.
"People keep stopping me in the street and asking if I've got my passport, though."
Mr Monro gave Mr Shepherd a bottle of champagne as a thank you for his efforts.
"If the Post Office has an award scheme for going above and beyond the call of duty, he should definitely receive recognition," Mr Munro added.
The Safe Haven bus will be outside Doncaster's Mansion House in High Street on "Mad Fridays" in the run-up to Christmas.
Those behind the project said it was the first of its kind in Yorkshire.
They said they hoped the service would help take pressure off local A&E services.
Emergency attendances to Doncaster Royal Infirmary increased by 13% in 2015, compared with 2013.
A social worker, mental health worker, street pastors, nurses and healthcare assistants will offer practical and medical support.
The project is a collaboration between Doncaster's Public Health Team, Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH), Street Pastors, Pubwatch, South Yorkshire Police, Doncaster Council and the local Clinical Commissioning Group.
Project manager Andy Collins said: "It's not just about reducing the amount of people who head to A&E due to excessive alcohol or alcohol-related injury or illness.
"When people have had a drink they are more likely to be vulnerable and we can offer help and support to keep them safe."
The converted bus was outside Doncaster Mansion House on Saturday night giving out advice and contraception, and phoning homes.
An ambulance is stationed alongside the bus will be there for paramedics to decide whether to send someone to A&E.
"We're trying to get people in taxis to go to A&E rather than phone ambulances, and provide a safe place for young people to sit and wait for a taxi or for their parents," Mr Collins said.
It will return on 16 and 23 December from 20:00 until 04:00 GMT.
There are plans to set up the bus in the town centre on Saturday nights and bank holidays from June to September.
Ministers say the current police-funding model is "out of date" and have launched a consultation on using a range of factors to decide how much forces in England and Wales receive.
These could include population size and the physical aspects of a force's area.
The justice minister said the plans would make police funding fairer.
The funding consultation will look at how best to replace the Police Allocation Formula (PAF), which has been used for nearly 10 years.
Currently the PAF does not calculate what police forces need individually.
Under the proposals, funding would take into account five features of local areas including:
Under the system, central funding for policing would be divided according to the weighting of each indicator, then allocated to each force depending on their "score" for each of the factors.
The consultation document says the third and fourth elements are "two socio-economic factors that are closely correlated with the patterns of crime seen between different areas over time".
It adds: "The government feels that these two factors are sufficiently representative of the differences between forces.
"They are highly correlated with other demographic and socio-economic factors that were considered."
Justice Minister Mike Penning said the reforms would put police funding "on a long-term, sustainable footing".
He said: "The current model for allocating police funding is complex, opaque and out-of-date. This consultation sets out proposals to deliver a police-funding model for the future which is fair, robust and transparent."
A spokesperson for the Home Office said it wanted to bring in the new formula "as soon as it was appropriate" and was seeking views on what "transitional arrangements" would be needed if it was implemented in the next financial year.
Further work will be carried out to refine the model before it is introduced.
The proposed overhaul comes amid debate over how the police service should be organised in the face of reduced resources from government.
Last month, the National Audit Office warned the government had "insufficient information" on how much further police funding could be cut without "degrading services".
The ticket plus coach packages went on sale at 18:00 BST on Thursday and were all gone by 18:23.
That was the time organisers posted a tweet saying they had all been snapped up.
General tickets to the 2017 event - which runs from 21 to 25 June at Worthy Farm in Somerset - will be released at 09:00 on Sunday.
No acts have yet been announced, though Daft Punk and Kraftwerk have been tipped as potential headliners.
Thursday's ticket issue saw buyers purchase tickets priced £238 per person in conjunction with coach tickets from various UK locations.
Online traffic was reportedly so heavy that many would-be purchasers were unable to access the official festival website.
Last year, the 118,200 standard tickets were snapped up in half an hour.
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Ex-Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Williams and Muslim and Jewish faith leaders are among those to sign the open letter to Theresa May.
It describes the camp as "a stain" on France's and Britain's conscience.
The UK government stressed it was committed to resettling vulnerable children.
Meanwhile, a Red Cross report - No Place for Children - has said lone children with family in the UK are being left to fend for themselves because of bureaucracy.
French president Francois Hollande has said the Jungle will be cleared before winter, with its 9,000 inhabitants due to be dispersed around the country.
The letter to Mrs May was organised by the Citizens UK charity.
It tells Mrs May that the children, the youngest of whom is eight, "have fled conflict and persecution [and] are now stuck in northern France, deeply traumatised and at great risk, as well-documented by the anti-slavery commissioner you yourself appointed while home secretary".
It adds: "None of us want the Calais 'Jungle' to exist. It is a stain on the conscience of both France and Britain.
"But in haste to clear it, the need to protect children is even more paramount.
"During the last such demolition, the charity Help Refugees documented that 129 children went missing. The time to act is now."
Other signatories to the letter, which echoes an appeal by Unicef last week, include Muslim Council of Britain secretary general Harun Rashid Khan and Laura Janner-Klausner, the senior rabbi to the Movement of Reform Judaism.
They are joined by the bishops of Durham, Manchester, Barking, Stepney and Southwark.
Charities estimate there are about 1,000 unaccompanied minors in the Jungle and about 400 could be resettled in the UK.
They say about 200 could be resettled under the EU's Dublin regulation, which allows lone refugee children to be placed in a country where they have a relative who can be responsible for their care.
An amendment to the Immigration Act also requires the government to arrange for the transfer to the UK of unaccompanied refugee children from Europe.
The Red Cross report found failures at every point in the process of reuniting children from the camp with their relatives in the UK.
It said the process took about 11 months, often because of basic administrative errors and staff shortages in Calais, which left children disillusioned and desperate.
Three children, who had a legal right to join family in the UK, have died trying to make their own way to the UK, the charity said.
Alex Fraser, from the British Red Cross, said: "Children with a legal right to be here should be on the Eurostar across the channel, not being dispersed somewhere else in France, with no idea when they can join their family."
A Home Office spokeswoman said the camp's clearance was a matter for the French authorities, and that the UK had made "crystal clear its commitment to resettle vulnerable children".
She added: "We continue to work with the French government and partner organisations to speed up mechanisms to identify, assess and transfer unaccompanied refugee children to the UK, where this is in their best interests."
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The teenager was walking in the Moorgate Street area of Rotherham on 22 June when he was attacked shortly after midnight.
South Yorkshire Police has released a CCTV image of a man it thinks "may hold important information about what happened".
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"If you are the man pictured, of if you recognise him, please get in touch with us," she added.
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"Matt has plenty of experience around the world, internationally and here in England with Worcestershire last season. He knows our conditions well and we look forward to him joining us."
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John Simons, who had been caught in the terrace crush, helped move casualties from the front of an enclosure.
He gave evidence as the new inquests focussed on the death of Barry Glover.
The 27-year-old greengrocer was one of 96 Liverpool fans fatally crushed at the FA Cup semi-final on 15 April 1989.
Mr Simons had been inside pen three on the Leppings Lane terraces at Hillsborough.
He told the jury that while he had not received any first aid training, he tried to help as the disaster unfolded at the Sheffield stadium.
He said: "Everything had gone to pieces. There was nobody to organise at all."
The jury saw footage of Mr Simons helping to move 16-year-old Kester Ball, another of those who died, from a pile of casualties at the front of pen three.
He added: "The stack of bodies was about eight to 10 people high. There were people moving in the pile of bodies."
Mr Simons said he helped move people towards the back of the enclosure.
After leaving the pen he came across Mr Glover, from Bury, Greater Manchester, on the pitch near the Leppings Lane end goal.
He had gone to the match with three friends.
One of them, Peter Rodgers described how they were "more or less carried" into the stadium by a "rush" of fans through an exit gate that had been opened.
Mr Rodgers said he believed the group made it on to the terraces at around 14:55 BST.
He said as soon as they entered pen three there was a "terrific surge" that pushed them towards the front.
He told the court he had "never seen anything like it" and agreed his movements inside the pen were "involuntary".
Mr Rodgers said the surge separated him from Mr Glover and he never saw him again. He did not hear that Mr Glover had died until a friend told him the next day.
A barrister representing the coroner said that there was "no evidence about how Mr Glover was removed from the pen".
Mr Simons said he came across him "on his own on the pitch" near the Leppings Lane end goal.
He said a police officer performed a check on Mr Glover, stood up and shook his head.
Mr Simons said he covered Mr Glover's face and helped carry him to the opposite end of the pitch.
The jury heard how his aunt, Patricia Glover, and his father identified his body the following morning.
The inquests, sitting in Warrington, Cheshire, continue.
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The Welshman ended with a final round of 79 at Royal Troon.
The World number 79, who had failed to make the cut in his previous four competitions, struggled with the damp and windy conditions.
The 40-year-old will now turn his attention to the PGA Championship in Springfield, New Jersey on July 28-31.
Mr Russell, who wrote the films Shirley Valentine and Educating Rita - and musical Blood Brothers - gifted the documents to Liverpool John Moores.
He said creating the archive had given him a "much tidier office".
The documents will be held in the university's Special Collections and Archives and be made available online.
The archive, which includes manuscripts, programmes, newspaper cuttings and press releases, financial documents, correspondence and audition notes, offers a "comprehensive representation of Willy Russell's work to date", a university spokesman said.
Amongst the documents are items relating to early stage productions of Educating Rita and Shirley Valentine, which were both later turned into films, the former starring Julie Walters and Michael Caine and the latter Pauline Collins and Tom Conti.
Also included are casting and audition notes around productions of Olivier-winning musical Blood Brothers, which closed in October after spending 24 years in London's West End.
The 65-year-old playwright, who came to prominence in the 1970s through his association with the city's Everyman Theatre, said he was happy the archive would be held close to the venue.
"I have a quiet sense of something fitting in knowing that my manuscripts are housed in a building no more than a few yards from where most of them were written and first performed," he said.
He added that it had "always been my intention that if ever my papers and manuscripts were to be deposited, then it would be with a Liverpool institute".
Dean of the Faculty of Arts Roger Webster said he was pleased the university had been able "to acquire this archive through Willy Russell's generosity".
"It will undoubtedly attract and produce world-class scholarship and we hope to develop a number of research projects around it," he said.
The aquatic amusement park has struggled to attract visitors in the wake of a 2013 film, Blackfish, which criticised its treatment of killer whales.
SeaWorld acknowledged in August that the film had hurt revenues at its San Diego, California park.
The company's share price has fallen 44% this year, and now trades around $16 per share.
In a statement, SeaWorld said that current board chairman David F D'Alessandro would serve as interim chief executive, and that the firm would also continue with its plans to reorganise in order to save $50m by the end of 2015.
The company said that part of the restructuring would involve job cuts.
SeaWorld operates 11 theme parks globally.
In its most recent earnings report, it said attendance had dropped to 8.4 million visitors in the third-quarter of 2014 from 8.9 million in the same period a year earlier.
It attributed the decline to "a combination of factors including negative media attention in California along with a challenging competitive environment."
Care packages were reduced for 42% of the 662 who used to receive Independent Living Fund (ILF) payments after councils took over Whitehall's budgets.
In Merseyside, East Cheshire and Lancashire the cuts were 24% of 658, 22% of 147 and 8% of 366 respectively.
The Local Government Association (LGA) refused to comment on the figures and referred queries to specific councils.
The data was obtained by the BBC in a series of Freedom of Information requests.
Cheshire West and Chester Council did not respond to the BBC's request for information.
Jon Rouse, chief officer of the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership, said of the cuts in his region: "Local authorities were given this responsibility at a time when they were under huge financial pressure so unfortunately it is not a huge surprise to me."
But he added: "What I want to do on the back of the BBC's work is find out what happened to those people who lost their support. How are they coping and what lesson do we need to learn in terms of the use of resources?"
Mr Rouse also said last week's announcement in the Budget of more money for social care was good news,
"What we want to do is to ensure that local authorities prioritise people with disabilities and their carers," he added.
Debbie Abrahams, Labour's Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, said the cuts had left many disabled people at their "wits' end".
The Oldham East and Saddleworth MP said they had "borne the brunt" of government spending cuts and that the public would be "horrified" by the problem.
A Department for Work and Pensions spokesman said people are receiving "more personalised care" and that the majority are getting a similar level of support as they did before the change.
April Alton, from Offerton in Stockport, has a rare neurological disorder which leaves her unable to walk and needing help with basic tasks.
She said her weekly hours of care had been cut from 62 to 27.5.
"The Independent Living Fund meant that I had someone to take me to the park," she said. "I used to go to a gardening group there and I used to take my dog with me.
"I can't do any of that now because I haven't got anyone to support me. Even shopping, I can't go out on my own.
"My whole life has just stopped. Basically I'm just in my house all the time and my life revolves around the living room. Its left me isolated and I just want a normal life."
Stockport Council said the impact of its review of each person's needs was "considered very carefully".
The Independent Living Fund was set up in 1988 to allow severely disabled people to live in the community, rather than in residential care.
It went through various changes in its history and eligibility criteria were tightened as applications for it increased.
In 2010 the fund stopped taking new applicants and, despite protests and legal challenges, it was closed for existing users in 2015.
Money has now been devolved to councils who, instead of ring-fencing it, have chosen to add the cash into their overall social services budget.
This has meant that many disabled people have seen a reduction in the care they receive, while some others now get additional support.
The German's victory from pole position in a race punctuated by a violent crash for Renault's Kevin Magnussen reduces his points deficit to Hamilton to nine.
Magnussen was taken to hospital with an injury to his left ankle after a huge crash at 180mph at Raidillon.
Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo was second, holding off a late Hamilton charge.
Hamilton started in 21st place on the grid, after a raft of engine penalties resulting from failures early in the season. His partner back there in probably the most talented back row in F1 history was his old rival Fernando Alonso, who used three engines this weekend.
The two made brilliant starts to the race to pass the pits for the first time with Alonso in 11th and Hamilton 13th, helped by a chaotic first lap ahead of them.
A concertina accident between the two Ferraris and Max Verstappen's Red Bull left all three with damage at the first corner and dropped them down the field - and further back McLaren's Jenson Button was taken out when Manor's Pascal Wehrlein smashed up his rear at Les Combes.
Starting on the medium tyres, Alonso and Hamilton moved up as others stopped in front of them on their softer rubber and were in fourth and fifth on lap eight, when Magnussen lost control through the final part of the Eau Rouge swerves.
The Renault spun and smashed into the barriers on the outside of the track, the Dane's cockpit head protection material flying out of the car in the violence of the impact.
He limped away from the accident but an investigation at the medical centre showed him to have an injury and he was taken to hospital.
Magnussen later tweeted that he was on his way home with a sore ankle and would be fine to compete in next weekend's Italian Grand Prix.
The accident destroyed the barriers at one of the most dangerous parts of the track and the race was red-flagged after two laps behind the safety car to give marshals time to repair them.
The red flag reset the race, with everyone allowed to change tyres, and it appeared as though Hamilton might now have the chance of an unlikely victory.
But although he quickly passed Alonso's under-powered McLaren-Honda, it took him until lap 18 of 44 to find a way past the similarly Mercedes-powered Force India of Nico Hulkenberg.
Three laps later, Mercedes brought him in for a new set of tyres, putting him out of sync with those around him and on a different strategy, the idea being to try to attack Ricciardo on fresher tyres in the closing laps.
Hamilton closed up on Ricciardo before his final stop on lap 32 but was unable to pass him and rejoined between Hulkenberg and his team-mate Sergio Perez.
That left Hamilton too much to do to try to catch Ricciardo, who was able to control the gap to the end.
Nevertheless, Hamilton was pleased to have limited the damage to his title bid as he expected to find it difficult to get into the top 10 and score points in this race.
Rosberg, meanwhile, delivered what he needed to do on a weekend that was less of an open goal than it might have appeared because of the difficulties caused by fragile tyres, influenced by what many unhappy drivers felt were "ridiculously" high pressures.
"Daniel was quite quick in the beginning of the second stint, but generally I had it under control," said Rosberg. "The car was awesome and Lewis was not there to battle it out."
Alonso fought as well as he could in the McLaren, whose Honda engine is well down on power compared with the rest.
He hung on to Hulkenberg until their final stops, made together, and McLaren worked wonders to have them out of their boxes side-by-side, Hulkenberg just holding on at the exit.
Alonso was vulnerable to cars coming from behind him and was literally powerless to fend off Perez and a recovering Vettel but managed to hold on to seventh place ahead of Williams' Valtteri Bottas and Raikkonen.
The Finn was angered by the defensive driving of Verstappen early in the race, swearing on the radio in the latest of a series of spats between the oldest and youngest drivers in F1 this year.
The Dutchman finished 11th, a disappointment for the 20,000 fans who had come from his native country to cheer him on.
His failure to convert a front-row start into a strong finish was a direct result of the first-corner crash.
It happened as Verstappen tried to recover from a bad getaway to dive back down the inside of Raikkonen into La Source.
The Red Bull was way across the inside kerb, with Raikkonen on his outside, as Vettel swept into the corner from the outside line.
The two Ferraris touched, Raikkonen hit Verstappen, and all three cars needed to stop at the end of the lap to repair the subsequent damage.
The world number one, who was involved in a 31-minute tie-break in his quarter-final, struggled in the first set against seventh seed Pouille.
The pair broke each other twice before Murray took the set after 68 minutes with his third break.
The final set was a one-sided affair as the Scot set up a meeting with Fernando Verdasco in Saturday's final.
Spaniard Verdasco, 33, beat Dutchman Robin Haase 7-6 (7-5) 5-7 6-1.
Murray has now reached seven finals in his last eight tournaments and Dubai is his 14th final in his last 16 events.
"It was tough and I made a lot of mistakes," Murray said. "But there was some good stuff in there.
"I think potentially the match yesterday had something to do with that - sometimes if your legs are a little bit tired, the serve is one of the first things that goes.
"As the match went on, I started serving a bit better and that helped me."
Murray, 29, is into his second final of the year but has never won the title in Dubai, losing to Roger Federer in his previous final appearance in 2012.
Playing his first tournament since his fourth-round defeat at the Australian Open in January, the Scot could extend his lead at the top of the world rankings with victory on Saturday.
However, Murray is wary of the threat posed by world number 35 Verdasco, who beat him in the 2009 Australian Open.
"This week he's had some good wins," Murray said. "Where the balls are fairly heavy here on a quick court, he can generate a lot of power, he can control the ball.
"And when he's dictating the points, he's one of the best in the world at doing that."
World number two Novak Djokovic was knocked out of the Mexico Open quarter-finals in straight sets by Australian Nick Kyrgios on Thursday.
Julie Thomas from Aberystwyth said she had queued in traffic for almost two hours to get into the event at Bridgend College's Pencoed campus.
Director of the Welsh language youth festival Aled Sion said Tuesday was expected to be the busiest day.
The event runs until 3 June and is expected to bring in 100,000 visitors over the course of the week.
He fired in from the edge of the box on 11 minutes before doing the same from slightly further out with another low, right-foot shot soon after the break.
Clayton Donaldson pulled a goal back on 53 minutes.
But that was all they could manage against a side reduced to 10 men in injury time when Alex Mowatt saw red.
Birmingham, who remain nine points adrift of sixth-placed Sheffield Wednesday, had failed to win in five games prior to Saturday's victory at Reading.
That weekend win had suddenly rekindled their play-off hopes and Blues began the night knowing that they had the chance to reduce the gap to six points.
Their task was made a whole lot harder when Dallas fired the first of his two goals into the bottom left corner.
But his second proved the killer blow, despite the home side pulling one back within three minutes,
Donaldson hooked home his ninth goal of the season after Leeds keeper Marco Silvestri did well to keep out David Cotterill's powerful shot.
That gave Blues over half an hour to level but substitute Diego Fabbrini's wild shot over the bar from six yards was the closest they came to an equaliser.
Mowatt's red card for a late tackle on Ryan Shotton came too late to matter, as Blues slumped to only a second home defeat in 12 games.
Joe Storey, 27, is accused of murdering Kerri McAuley, 32, who was found dead at Southalls Way, Norwich on 8 January.
Norwich Crown Court heard friends describe a history of domestic violence which left Ms McAuley "disfigured" and fearing for her life.
Storey, of Murrells Court, Norwich denies murder but admits manslaughter.
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Ms McAuley's friend Gemma Richards told jurors she saw Storey headbutt his partner after a night out in October 2015.
Ms Richards, and statements from other friends read to the court, also described several occasions where they had seen Ms McAuley with facial injuries.
The jury was told the pair liked drinking, but that Storey's personality would change and he would become aggressive.
Ms McAuley told her friends he used to beat her with his mobile phone and she feared for her life, the court heard.
Earlier, prosecutor Simon Spence told the court Storey and Ms McAuley had an "on-off relationship".
Calls and texts between the couple from May 2016 to January showed she was trying to stay away from him but he had persuaded her to come back, the prosecution said.
A pathologist's report documented 19 separate injuries to her head and face including fractures to her eye sockets.
Her nose was broken so badly the bones were protruding through her skin, the court heard.
The trial continues.
Tests showed the parasite can learn to shrug off the effects of the drug atovaquone, but in doing so it cripples a later part of its life cycle.
The team at the University of Melbourne hope the "genetic trap" will lead to new ways of curbing malaria.
They are aiming to perform field tests in Kenya and Zambia.
Atovaquone was introduced in 2000, but it became less popular when resistance was almost immediately detected.
The concern with resistance is that it spreads and eventually the drug becomes unusable as it can no longer kill the malaria parasite.
The researchers followed the full and complex life cycle of the malaria parasite in both animals and mosquitoes.
In initial tests on mice, published in the journal Science, they confirmed what had long been known - that resistance to the drug can emerge.
However, the parasite has to change in order to become resistant and the study showed it altered the way it releases energy from food.
This helped the parasite survive the chemical onslaught in the mouse's bloodstream where there is a free and easy supply of sugar.
But it is harder for the parasite inside a mosquito and it had lost something vital for life in those more hostile conditions.
So despite resistance emerging in one host species, it was unable to survive in the other.
In 44 attempts to spread a resistant parasite from one mouse to another, involving 750 mosquito bites, it was successful only once. And that resistance was unable to spread any further.
Prof Geoff McFadden, one of the researchers, told the BBC: "I think it could be really big, it could really change the way we use this drug."
He added: "The development of drug resistance may not be a major problem if the resistance cannot spread, meaning the drug atovaquone could be more widely used in malaria control.
"We now understand the particular genetic mutation that gave rise to drug resistance in some malaria parasite populations and how it eventually kills them in the mosquito, providing new targets for the development of drugs."
Experiments with the human malarial parasite showed similar findings, but the researchers now want to test it in the field.
About half of the world's population, around 3.2 billion people, are at risk of the disease. It kills around 440,000 people each year.
Commenting on the findings, Prof David Conway from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, told the BBC: "Any resistant parasites that arise in a person taking the drug cannot be transmitted to other people, so resistance should always remain very rare.
"This drug is normally used in a co-formulated tablet with an unrelated drug called proguanil to prevent and treat malaria, but it is expensive and normally only used by travellers from wealthy countries.
"Other antimalarial drugs are the mainstay for prevention and treatment throughout the world and resistance to most of these is spreading, as the parasite gene mutations involved do not prevent transmission."
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The headquarters of thee opposition parties have been torched in the capital, Kinshasa, hours after an opposition-organised protest triggered violent clashes with police, leaving at least 17 people dead.
What lies behind the opposition protests?
The opposition fears that President Joseph Kabila will prove to be similar to some of his regional counterparts by hanging on to power through sleight of hand.
Their concerns have been fuelled by the fact that the government is laying the groundwork for postponing presidential elections due in November.
Following a case brought by the ruling party, the Constitutional Court - comprising the country's most senior judges - ruled in July that Mr Kabila can remain in office if logistical difficulties force a delay in the elections.
And a delay is likely, as the electoral commission has said it needs at least until July 2017 to register more than 30 million voters in a country similar in size to Western Europe, but with one of the worst transport and communication links in the world.
And its east is mostly lawless with myriad militias controlling patches of territory, making voter registration more difficult.
So far, Mr Kabila is tight-lipped, leaving his political allies to do his bidding for him.
Why won't he face the electorate?
He cannot - and that is his problem. Since taking power following the assassination of his father in 2001, he has won two elections.
The constitution bars him from seeking a third term. So the best way for him to remain in power is to delay the election.
Another option is to lift the two-term presidential limit, but Mr Kabila might struggle to garner a two-thirds parliamentary majority to push through such an unpopular constitutional amendment.
And he may be aware of the fate of other leaders who tinkered with the constitution - especially Burkina Faso's long-serving ruler Blaise Compaore who was overthrown in a popular uprising in 2014 following his bid to alter the constitution so that he could seek re-election.
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Won't foreign powers force him to hold the November election?
This is unlikely. Influential African leaders such as Angola's Jose Eduardo dos Santos (in power since 1979), Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe (since 1980) and Uganda's Yoweri Museveni (since 1986) have a reputation of seeking to be presidents-for-life. So, the chances of them pushing for an end to Mr Kabila's 16-year rule are remote.
The African Union has appointed former Togolese premier Edem Kodjo as mediator, but the opposition has refused to deal with him and has accused him of being biased in favour of Mr Kabila.
As for Europe and the US, they have relatively little leverage over Mr Kabila because DR Congo has the natural resources that they need - including diamonds, gold, copper, zinc, cobalt, coltan, used in mobile phones, and cassiterite, essential for making tin cans.
Plus there is no certainty that they want Mr Kabila out - they may publicly call on him to step down but privately they may take the view, better the devil you know than the devil you don't.
What about the UN force in DR Congo?
Mr Kabila has been pushing for its withdrawal from DR Congo, alleging that its presence undermines the sovereignty of the country.
So it is unlikely to get involved for fear of antagonising Mr Kabila, and jeopardising its peacekeeping operations in the east.
The UN has about 20,000 troops in DR Congo, making it one of the biggest peacekeeping missions in the world.
Although it is often criticised for failing to do enough to disarm militias in the east, its presence is seen as vital in maintaining regional stability.
DR Congo has been at the centre of what has been dubbed Africa's World War, with six nations fighting a proxy war which led to the loss of some five million lives between 1994 and 2003.
Mr Kabila has used the conflict to his advantage by portraying himself as a guarantor of stability.
But can he survive the protests?
Having twice lost to Mr Kabila in election, DR Congo's main opposition leader, the 83-year-old Etienne Tshisekedi, knows that age is against him in his bid to secure the presidency.
So he will be hoping that if Mr Kabila does not bow out gracefully, he will be toppled in a popular uprising - like Mr Compaore or Egypt's Hosni Mubarak.
As for the 45-year-old president, he has been relying on a mixture of repression and diplomacy to remain in office - and no successor has been groomed within his PPRD party.
He has pardoned some political prisoners, and has called for a national dialogue to resolve the escalating crisis.
At the same time, the authorities have targeted the president's rivals.
Business tycoon Moise Katumbi has been sentenced in absentia to 36 months in prison after being convicted of corruption - a charge he denied.
He fled the country before the trial, raising doubts whether he will be able to return to challenge the 19-year rule of the Kabila dynasty in one of Africa's richest countries.
The article by writer and broadcaster Afua Hirsch calls for Britain to rethink its colonial past.
It comes amid violence in America where statues of confederate figures connected with slavery have been torn down.
Nelson is venerated in Norfolk, the county where he was born and educated.
In her Guardian piece, Ms Hirsch says: "One of the obstacles... abolitionists [of the slave trade] had to overcome was the influence of Nelson, who was what you would now call, without hesitation, a white supremacist.
"While many around him were denouncing slavery, Nelson was vigorously defending it."
She says Nelson used his position to "perpetuate the tyranny, serial rape and exploitation organised by West Indian planters, some of whom he counted among his closest friends".
Bruno Peek, the Yarmouth-based pageantmaster who led national bicentennial celebrations to Nelson in 2005, said the admiral was honoured by many nations.
"We cannot change the past," he said.
"Nelson is loved in Norfolk because he's from here. It's no different to any other famous person being celebrated in the place of their birth.
"His memory should be protected. He is one of our greatest maritime heroes."
Defending the article on BBC Radio Norfolk on Wednesday, Ms Hirsch said she found people had "no idea that Nelson was an advocate of slavery".
"This is a man in a uniquely iconic position," she said.
"I would ask people in Norfolk why they've been content to put that part of history on a pedestal but not the full picture."
Great Yarmouth's mayor Kerry Robinson-Payne - the curator of the town's Nelson Museum - said: "Nelson is an adopted son of Great Yarmouth and loved by people in the town.
"Nelson was revered by his sailors, of all nationalities. He looked after all his men no matter where they came from."
Patrick Clarke, 68, was stabbed several times at Southleigh Community Hospital in Brighton Road, Croydon, in May.
Jimmy Jedson, 40, a patient at Southleigh, was found guilty of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
Jedson was sentenced to a hospital order - which have no fixed end date - at the Old Bailey on Wednesday.
Det Insp John Massey, who led the Met Police's investigation into the attack, said: "The violent death of Patrick Clarke - a hardworking man who dedicated his life to helping others - is tragic."
"I can only hope that today's verdict goes some way to bringing closure to the victim's family who have behaved with the upmost dignity throughout this very harrowing ordeal."
A spokesman for Southleigh Community Hospital said: "Our deepest sympathies are with [Mr Clarke's] family, friends and colleagues.
"He was a valued and respected member of staff who will be deeply missed."
Hernandez, 27, struck three times in the second half to take his tally to 17 goals since he moved to Germany from United for £7.3m in August.
Stefan Kiessling scored the other two goals as Leverkusen won for the only the second time in nine games.
Borussia would have gone back up to third in the table with a win.
But the side that went out of Europe with a 4-2 defeat by Manchester City in the Champions League on Tuesday lost their first league game since September and first under coach Andre Schubert.
Germany international Kiessling, 31, headed Leverkusen in front before half-time then set up Hernandez to slot in his first goal 18 minutes into the second half.
Kiessling added the next with another header and Hernandez then completed his hat-trick with two goals in as many minutes.
The Mexico international converted another pass from Kiessling with a low finish past Yann Sommer before Karim Bellarabi played him in to add his 10th league goal of the season as Leverkusen moved up to sixth place.
Match ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5, Borussia Mönchengladbach 0.
Second Half ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5, Borussia Mönchengladbach 0.
Attempt blocked. Karim Bellarabi (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Christoph Kramer.
Foul by Granit Xhaka (Borussia Mönchengladbach).
Marlon Frey (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 is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Stefan Kießling following a fast break.
Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Marlon Frey replaces Kevin Kampl.
Corner, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Conceded by Wendell.
Foul by Raffael (Borussia Mönchengladbach).
Christoph Kramer (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Julian Korb (Borussia Mönchengladbach) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Julian Korb (Borussia Mönchengladbach).
Wendell (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Marvin Schulz replaces Mahmoud Dahoud.
Julian Korb (Borussia Mönchengladbach) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Stefan Kießling (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Admir Mehmedi replaces Javier Hernández.
Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5, Borussia Mönchengladbach 0. Javier Hernández (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Karim Bellarabi following a fast break.
Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4, Borussia Mönchengladbach 0. Javier Hernández (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Stefan Kießling.
Hand ball by Stefan Kießling (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
Foul by Lars Stindl (Borussia Mönchengladbach).
Karim Bellarabi (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Javier Hernández (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
Granit Xhaka (Borussia Mönchengladbach) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Giulio Donati (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
Raffael (Borussia Mönchengladbach) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3, Borussia Mönchengladbach 0. Stefan Kießling (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Hakan Calhanoglu with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Granit Xhaka.
Hakan Calhanoglu (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Granit Xhaka (Borussia Mönchengladbach).
Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, Borussia Mönchengladbach 0. Javier Hernández (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Stefan Kießling.
Stefan Kießling (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Havard Nordtveit (Borussia Mönchengladbach).
Attempt missed. Hakan Calhanoglu (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Stefan Kießling (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Andreas Christensen (Borussia Mönchengladbach).
Attempt missed. Stefan Kießling (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Hakan Calhanoglu following a set piece situation.
Stefan Kießling (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Havard Nordtveit (Borussia Mönchengladbach).
Karim Bellarabi (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
One of the mirrors shattered when Olivia Ward walked into it, cutting her legs and causing blood to pour out.
Her mother said there was so much blood "it looked like she had been bitten by a shark", adding she wants the maze to be closed.
The BBC has contacted Wheelgate Park in Nottinghamshire, but it has not commented.
The Health and Safety Executive is investigating to see if any laws have been breached, and whether the park could be prosecuted.
The nine-year-old's mother, Zoe Ward, believes the type of glass used is not suitable for a children's attraction.
"If it had been a little child running in there they would have got no eyes left; they would have had no face," she said.
"It was crazy, it was like she had been bitten by a shark or a dog.
"The cuts were so deep so she's got to rest up for the next week and try not to bend her legs.
"She needed about 20 stitches and they said she will be permanently scarred."
Olivia needed about 20 stitches to the wounds on her legs and is using crutches to walk.
Children are asked not to run through the maze, and Olivia's mother said she was definitely walking when it happened.
"I really don't know how it happened, unless it's just a weak piece of glass," she said.
"It's a maze so obviously you are going to walk into all sorts."
The park is required to report incidents like this to the HSE within 10 days. However, it has not done so yet.
The HSE started investigating when a member of the public contacted them.
A spokesman said: "We are aware of the incident and we have started an investigation."
They beat Fijian team Marama Vou 68-41 with shooter Chelsea Lewis named Player of the Match.
The Welsh team lost 65-41 to the host nation's Pulse Netball in Nelson in their opening game.
Kiwi club SkyCity Mystics are Celtic Flames' next opponents in Pool B. They face each other on Wednesday.
The Welsh team brought in two New Zealand international players for the tournament with Anna Thompson, 31, and 22-year-old Temalisi Fakahokotau joining 10 Wales players in the squad.
Teams from Australia, South Africa, and Trinidad and Tobago make up the eight-team competition.
Celtic Flames included eight of the Celtic Dragons line-up from the UK Superleague, plus former Dragons Chelsea Lewis and Nia Jones.
Fakahokotau normally plays either goal keeper or goal defence, while Thompson covers all three attacking roles.
BBC Wales Sport understands the pair will fight for the WBO title, which is set to be vacated.
Welshman Williams was named Boxing Writers' Young Boxer of the Year for 2016 and it would be the biggest fight of the 24-year-old's career.
Frank Warren promotes both fighters and an announcement is expected on Monday.
Liverpudlian Smith, 28, was resilient while losing his title to Mexican Saul Alvarez in September.
Alvarez is likely to vacate the title ahead of a catch-weight fight with Julio Cesar Chavez, meaning Smith and Williams can fight for the vacant belt.
British and Commonwealth super-welterweight champion Williams is undefeated in 17 professional fights with 16 wins and a draw.
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The 16-year-old City of Leeds diver won the final on Saturday, having also finished first in both her preliminary and semi-final.
Toulson's medal adds to the golds she won in the 10m platform events at this year's British Championships and European Games.
Compatriot Katherine Torrance competes in the 3m springboard final on Sunday.
Shaper/Caper performed Within This Dust as part of the museum's 15-year anniversary programme.
It was the first time a dance company had performed at the museum, which is on the site of the 9/11 attacks.
The museum's executive vice president Cliff Chanin described the performance as a "moving, thrilling evening."
Within This Dust is inspired by photographer Richard Drew's images, which capture a man falling from the World Trade Center during the attacks.
Mr Chanin said a colleague had seen a previous performance of Within This Dust in New York and came back with a "strong recommendation" about its power.
He said: "The program staff saw some video of the work, and we were very interested.
"Turns out that our audience was too, since the performance of Within This Dust generated a standing room only crowd last week."
Mr Chanin said the piece was "reverent and honest" and "hits with real force."
"We were all - audience, performers, staff - very conscious of the stakes of doing the piece at the museum, the site of the attacks.
"A panel with (choreographer) Tommy Small and the dancers after the performance brought real detail to the thoughtfulness and commitment we saw on stage."
Mr Small said it had been a "humbling" experience to perform in the museum space.
He said: "It was overwhelming, it was quite the experience.
"It's a really amazing, beautiful museum that so sensitively looks at and explores the events of the day.
"To actually perform it there was just absolutely incredible."
Mr Small said the group was unsure whether the performance would attract an audience.
He said: "We were pleasantly surprised a few days before it to find out that the show had completely sold out.
"They ended up having an overfill area just outside the auditorium to watch it on the screen."
Within This Dust was first performed in full at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2012 and has since been shown in Berlin and Sao Paolo.
Although the show had already been performed three times in New York, Mr Small said the experience was "absolutely" different for himself and dancers Ellen Cobbaert and Vince Virr.
He said: "It was quite humbling to be in that space and to think that literally metres away the attacks happened.
"It was a hugely emotional experience for the dancers, they found it quite a difficult thing to embark on.
"They're both very seasoned performers, but they had said they felt the weight of what they were doing."
Mr Small said the audience members, which included many directly affected by the attacks, were "incredibly welcoming."
He said: "It was a really lovely thing to experience.
"I had the feeling I had the very first time we performed it in New York.
"It was 'oh my goodness, what are we doing?' and 'is this the right thing to do?'"
"Particularly when you're in that space and you have so many people directly affected by the attacks being there in that room.
"But those worries quickly went away."
His recent comments about women in the media and schoolchildren proved too much for the broadcaster.
He had questioned a 15-year-old boy's sexuality and attacked fellow presenters on air.
Latham has long been accused of making misogynistic and sexist comments.
Sky News Australia's CEO Angelos Frangopoulos said he had informed Latham his contract as presenter of Outsiders was being terminated immediately.
"While we support strong opinions and robust arguments, we pride ourselves in doing so in a civil and respectful manner," he tweeted.
To his supporters, Latham is a plain-speaking opponent of political correctness. His detractors regard him as an unacceptable mouthpiece for outdated, misogynistic and homophobic attitudes.
Latham's comments about the schoolboy came after the 15-year-old read out a comment made by a woman during a video he made with his schoolmates, designed to raise awareness of gender issues.
"I thought he was gay. Well, yes, who wouldn't think that?" Latham said after viewing the video.
"Only later in the video did it become clear the students were reciting the words of women as part of some strange social media presentation."
His comments were condemned by senior politicians including Education Minister Simon Birmingham and current Labor leader Bill Shorten, who said Latham was a "sad bully".
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Latham left his job as a columnist on the Australian Financial Review in 2015 after reportedly criticising domestic violence campaigner Rosie Batty and several women journalists on Twitter.
And in the 2013 federal election, during a furore over Liberal leader Tony Abbott's description of one of his party's female candidates as having "sex appeal", Latham gave his view in a radio interview:
"It showed very bad judgment. It showed that he's got low standards. I've had a good look at Fiona Scott... and I don't think she's got sex appeal at all... He must have had the beer goggles on because she's not that good of a sort, and I'd rather have an aspirant for the prime ministership who's a good judge when it comes to checking out the good sorts, as many Australian men do."
Latham became leader of the Labor Party in 2003 but lost the following year's election and resigned as leader in 2005, leaving parliament at the same time.
He then published a controversial memoir, The Latham Diaries, in which he condemned the state of political life in Australia.
Stuart Lancaster has already made some tough decisions over the past few weeks when trimming his World Cup training squad, but the hardest calls are still to come for the England head coach.
England play two warm-up matches against France - at home on 15 August and away in Paris a week later - before the deadline for the final 31-man World Cup squad at the end of the month.
Lancaster chose to move his team announcement for the first France game forward by 72 hours to Monday in order to give the team maximum time to prepare, and for some players this weekend could be a final chance to impress.
These are the main dilemmas facing the England boss with a little over a month to go until the start of the World Cup.
England will take five props in the final squad, with three of them - Joe Marler, Mako Vunipola and Dan Cole - guaranteed a place.
David Wilson - an able deputy for Cole when the Leicester man was injured - is also likely to be included, and this would then leave a straight choice between Kieran Brookes and Alex Corbisiero.
Corbisiero has the pedigree and was outstanding for the British and Irish Lions in 2013, but has been beset by injury in recent years.
Brookes only made his England debut last summer, but has impressed the England management and - like Corbisiero - can play on both sides of the scrum.
Corbisiero is the favourite, but Brookes has his chance to stake a claim at Twickenham on Saturday.
A few months ago, the hooker position looked crystal clear, with Tom Youngs and Rob Webber backing up Dylan Hartley.
However, Hartley's suspension and removal from the squad means there is a place available for either Luke Cowan-Dickie or Jamie George, assuming Webber's experience means he is included alongside first-choice Youngs.
England forwards coach Graham Rowntree is a fan of the promising 22-year-old Cowan-Dickie, who was named in the initial training squad.
But George - who has profited from Hartley's absence and was a Premiership winner with Saracens in May - could come from nowhere to make the 31.
Along with centre, this is perhaps the tightest call the England coaches will have to make.
At lock, Joe Launchbury, Courtney Lawes and Geoff Parling will all make the squad, leaving a slot for Dave Attwood, George Kruis or - at a push - Nick Easter.
Attwood and Kruis formed a solid partnership at the start of the Six Nations and will both feature this weekend, while Easter may come into consideration with his ability to play both second row and number eight.
The only other man with similar versatility - Maro Itoje - didn't survive the first cut.
Five back-rowers will be named among the 17 forwards, and it's hard to look beyond James Haskell and Tom Wood alongside captain Chris Robshaw as the flankers, with Ben Morgan and Billy Vunipola the number eights.
One man who has an outside chance of forcing his way in is Northampton's Calum Clark, who makes his England debut on Saturday.
The choices at half-back are fairly straightforward. Ben Youngs, Richard Wigglesworth and Danny Care will be the three scrum-halves, injury permitting, with George Ford and Owen Farrell the fly-halves.
This is where it gets complicated.
Lancaster will almost certainly name all three of the wingers left in the squad - Jonny May, Jack Nowell and Anthony Watson - along with the two full-backs, Mike Brown and Alex Goode.
This leaves four centre spots free among the 14 backs, two of which will be Brad Barritt and Jonathan Joseph.
This leaves places available for two of Henry Slade, Luther Burrell, Billy Twelvetrees and league convert Sam Burgess. Burrell is ahead of the other three and likely to be included.
Lancaster, along with backs coach Andy Farrell, is a fully paid-up member of the Burgess fan club, and would love to have him involved in the final squad.
But can the management justify his inclusion over the likes of Slade or Twelvetrees, especially if Burgess has a quiet debut against France on Saturday?
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If Twelvetrees misses out, and with Kyle Eastmond already jettisoned, England look short of a ball-playing option at inside-centre, although Burrell performed there competently during the Six Nations, while Farrell could also fill the role of second playmaker if required.
However, it's hard to look beyond a midfield axis of Ford, Barritt and Joseph for the tournament opener against Fiji on 18 September.
Slade's inexperience will count against him, but his versatility and promise will do the opposite, and like Burgess he can lay down a marker at Twickenham this weekend.
Meanwhile, Lancaster could still throw a curve ball and include Danny Cipriani over Saracens full-back Goode, although this would leave the squad with only one specialist full-back in Brown, who hasn't played since March.
Either way, expect Cipriani - who will start on the bench on Saturday - to feature at number 15 at some stage during the warm-ups.
A meticulous planner, Lancaster will have had his preferred 31-man squad in his mind for some time, and even now it's likely he will know the vast majority of the players he will take to the World Cup.
But the next few weeks will still be instrumental when it comes to deciding the final couple of places, and that's before the great imponderable - injuries - are thrown into the equation.
At long last, England's World Cup build-up has begun in earnest.
They were speaking at an event in Edinburgh.
Scottish party leader Ms Davidson told the gathering that the election on 8 June was about "bringing the SNP down to size".
Prime minister Mrs May said the Conservatives were the "only party" able to stand up to the SNP.
Ms Davidson set out her proposals 24 hours after the launch of the UK Conservative manifesto.
The Tories are hopeful of gains in next month's election, having made significant progress in May's local elections. The party won just one seat in the 2015 general election.
Scotland's main opposition parties criticised the Conservatives about their stance on the constitution, Brexit and Scottish independence.
The SNP, Scottish Labour and the Scottish Liberal Democrats are expected to launch their manifestos next week.
Mrs May began her address by saying the election was defined by "one question, and one question only - who can lead us through Brexit and get a deal that works for the whole of UK?".
She explained: "This manifesto is my plan for a stronger union and a better Britain. My plan to build a country that works for everyone, not just a privileged few."
The politician said there were challenges ahead but she believed she had a "credible, deliverable programme for government around which the whole country can unite".
Mrs May added: "Unlike the offerings of other parties, we are being upfront and honest with the British people about the scale of the task we face.
"Because leadership means being straight with people about the challenges ahead and the hard work required to overcome them."
She went on to attack the SNP, accusing the party of letting Scotland's young people down because of its "tunnel-vision obsession with independence".
Page 34 of the Scottish manifesto said that "now was not the time" for another referendum and that in order for one to be be held;
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By Brian Taylor, BBC Scotland political editor
There is always room in politics for targeting the other lot.
The Scottish Tory launch featured two conjoined elements where the party talked explicitly about matters concerning their rivals - beyond the customary rhetoric of decrying them as useless, damaging and inept.
Firstly, the Tories in Scotland want to "bring the SNP down to size", to curb their ambitions to hold a further referendum on independence. Secondly, they want to borrow Labour votes in Scotland to help achieve that ambition.
But how about that issue of an independence referendum? The Conservatives have cited two criteria before indyref2 would be feasible.
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Ms Davidson said the Scottish Conservatives were "back in the centre ground of Scottish politics".
She insisted that her party had the "ideas and plan" to turn "our faltering education system" around, to "champion" the fair work agenda and to "invest" in the next generation of family homes.
Ms Davidson added: "And, at this election, we are offering to do something else too.
"And that is to send the SNP a clear and unequivocal message - no to their unwanted plan for another referendum on independence.
"Enough of the endless division and uncertainty they have imposed on our country - it is time for them to get back to the day job. And it is time for the country to come back together.
"It is time to work with family, friends and neighbours across the UK to boost our security and our prosperity. We know Nicola Sturgeon doesn't want to hear that. So at this election we say this: let's bring the SNP down to size, to make her listen."
Former SNP first minister Alex Salmond accused the Tories of being "mired in complete and utter confusion" over the constitution.
He said: "There is already a cast-iron democratic mandate for Scotland to have a choice, based on last year's Holyrood election and the subsequent vote of the Scottish Parliament.
"The Tories want to deny and to block that mandate, but they haven't the got the guts or the gumption to say how. That lack of clarity betrays the weakness of their position - they know that their behaviour is antidemocratic and that it will not hold."
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale said the Conservatives were to blame for any constitutional turmoil.
He said: "It is the Tories' reckless Brexit gamble that has given the SNP the excuse it has been looking for to try to force another divisive independence referendum.
"Rather than fix the problems they have created in our country, the Conservatives are intent on continuing to divide our country and increase the risk of a second independence referendum."
Scottish Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie also attacked the Tories over Brexit.
He said: "Their cuts to pensions, social care and free school meals shows that the Conservative Party is mean spirited and cold hearted. It is lurching to the right to capture votes from UKIP.
"The Conservative-UKIP pursuit of a damaging hard Brexit will be damaging to our security, jobs and the NHS."
Security experts fear the release will prompt more massive attacks that knock sites offline by swamping them with data.
The attack tool seeks out smart devices in homes that are weakly protected with easy-to-guess passwords.
Net monitoring firms said they had already seen an increase in scans that seek out vulnerable devices.
The "Mirai" source code was released on a widely used hacker chat forum over the weekend.
The same code is believed to have been used to target security blogger Brian Krebs in late September in an attack that pointed more than 620 gigabits of data every second at his site.
Mr Krebs said the release "virtually guaranteed" that the net would soon be flooded with similar incidents as it made it easier to mount such large-scale attacks that abuse access to the consumer gadgets.
When Mr Krebs' site was attacked, the amount of data with which it was hit was believed to be the biggest ever seen. However, it was eclipsed later the same month by an attack on French hosting firm OVH, which suffered a malicious datastream that peaked at more than one terabit per second (1,000 gigabits).
Research by security firms suggests that both attacks managed to generate so much data by seeking out insecure devices that make up the "internet of things". These are smart devices such as webcams, thermostats and other gadgets that owners can control via the net.
Scanners built into the attack code seek out vulnerable devices and enrol them into a network, known as a botnet, that a malicious hacker can then use in what is known as a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack.
"There is already a surge in botnet operators attempting to find and exploit IoT devices in order to gain access to uniform and sizable botnet networks," said Dale Drew, chief security officer at net firm Level 3, in an email to Ars Technica.
The Mirai botnet and the one used to attack OVH are, between them, believed to control more than 1.2 million vulnerable devices. Post-attack analysis suggests the DDoS deluges aimed at Mr Krebs and OVH used only a fraction of the total number of devices on these botnets.
Stephen Gates, chief research intelligence analyst at NSFocus, said the growth of such large IoT botnets could mean chunks of the net get knocked out. In addition, he said, those owning compromised gadgets could see their browsing speeds slow significantly as their home net connection is used to send attack data.
"This is all collateral damage caused by a failure of good judgement by using the same factory default passwords on IoT devices in the first place," said Mr Gates in a statement.
The Russian flag had been raised over both the parliament and the regional government buildings in Simferopol.
On Wednesday pro-Russian separatists and supporters of Ukraine's new leaders confronted each other in the city.
Ukrainian interim President Olexander Turchynov warned Russia against any "military aggression" in Crimea.
He said Russia's troops from Russia's Black Sea Fleet should not move outside their naval base in the Crimea.
"I would like to call on the leadership of the Russian Federation to respect the basic agreements on the Russian military presence in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea," Mr Turchynov.
Meanwhile Russia is performing a second day of military exercises, saying it fighter jets were on "combat alert".
"Constant air patrols are being carried out by fighter jets in the border regions," Russia's defence ministry told Interfax.
On Wednesday, President Vladimir Putin ordered a snap drill to test the combat readiness of troops in central and western Russia, near the border with Ukraine. Thursday's exercises appear to be part of that drill, analysts say.
Also on Thursday, the Russian foreign ministry expressed concern over what it termed "massive violations of human rights in Ukraine".
Amid heightened tensions between Russia and the West, Nato has issued a statement saying it would continue to support Ukraine's territorial integrity.
The US has warned against any military intervention by Russia.
Crimea: Ukraine's next flashpoint?
Crimea profile
The incident in Simferopol is another illustration of tensions in the region, says the BBC's Mark Lowen in Crimea.
On Wednesday the city saw clashes erupt between Ukrainians who support the change of government and pro-Russians.
Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said the area near the government buildings has been cordoned off to prevent "bloodshed". He added that the seizure of the buildings was the work of "provocateurs".
"Measures have been taken to counter extremist actions and not allow the situation to escalate into an armed confrontation in the centre of the city," he said in a statement on his Facebook page.
Regional Prime Minister Anatoliy Mohylyov told a local TV station said he would take part in talks with the gunmen and told government employees who normally work there not to come in.
The men have not yet made any demands or issued any statements but did put up a sign reading: "Crimea is Russia".
They threw a flash grenade in response to questions from a journalist, AP news agency reported.
Tensions have been rising in Crimea since President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted last week.
Crimea - where ethnic Russians are in a majority - was transferred from Russia to Ukraine in 1954.
Ethnic Ukrainians loyal to Kiev and Muslim Tatars - whose animus towards Russia stretches back to Stalin's deportations during World War II - have formed an alliance to oppose any move back towards Moscow.
On Wednesday Prime Minister designate Arseniy Yatsenyuk said: "In Crimea we always had different sentiments and forces who try to split the country and proclaim separatism."
But he told the BBC that Ukraine "could cope".
Crimea was transferred from Russia to Ukraine in 1954.
Russia, along with the US, UK and France, pledged to uphold the territorial integrity of Ukraine in a memorandum signed in 1994.
Dunkley's strike was Oxford's first goal in three matches, and means they have now lost just one of their last eight League One matches.
While the visitors started stronger, Gillingham soon crept back into the game with Jay Emmanuel-Thomas and Frank Nouble's aerial ability testing the Oxford backline.
The hosts could have taken the lead just before half-time as Emmanuel-Thomas released Nouble, but an abysmal touch allowed Curtis Nelson to recover and clear.
Both teams came out on the front foot in the second half, although Oxford were far more composed in attack and began to dominate.
Gillingham's substitutions failed to stem the Oxford tide, and with 66 minutes played Chris Maguire ran to the byline and crossed low to Dunkley, who could hardly miss from six yards out.
The hosts were then reduced to 10 men when Deji Oshilaja was sent off in the 76th minute after picking up a second yellow card for a foul on Ryan Taylor.
Despite that, Gillingham almost equalised five minutes from time through an overhead kick from defender Baily Cargill, only to see it fly narrowly over the bar.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Gillingham 0, Oxford United 1.
Second Half ends, Gillingham 0, Oxford United 1.
John Lundstram (Oxford United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Mark Byrne (Gillingham).
Tyler Roberts (Oxford United) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Tyler Roberts (Oxford United).
Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Tyler Roberts (Oxford United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ryan Jackson (Gillingham).
Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Ryan Jackson.
Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Baily Cargill.
Attempt saved. Chris Maguire (Oxford United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Max Ehmer (Gillingham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Tyler Roberts (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Max Ehmer (Gillingham).
Hand ball by Tyler Roberts (Oxford United).
Attempt missed. John Lundstram (Oxford United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt missed. Rory Donnelly (Gillingham) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Foul by Cheyenne Dunkley (Oxford United).
Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Chris Maguire (Oxford United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Rory Donnelly (Gillingham) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Foul by Curtis Nelson (Oxford United).
Rory Donnelly (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Marvin Johnson (Oxford United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Tyler Roberts (Oxford United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Tyler Roberts (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jake Hessenthaler (Gillingham).
Substitution, Gillingham. Darren Oldaker replaces Josh Wright.
Attempt missed. Alexander MacDonald (Oxford United) header from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left.
Chris Maguire (Oxford United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Josh Wright (Gillingham).
Second yellow card to Adedeji Oshilaja (Gillingham) for a bad foul.
Ryan Taylor (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Adedeji Oshilaja (Gillingham).
Foul by Ryan Taylor (Oxford United).
Josh Wright (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Alexander MacDonald (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jake Hessenthaler (Gillingham).
Marvin Johnson (Oxford United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
England were 25 runs short of victory on the final day when play was stopped.
The umpires had to take the players off though because the light levels matched those that saw them curtail day four.
"For the good of the game, stay out there unless it gets ridiculous," Vaughan told BBC Sport.
"On the fourth evening it wasn't ridiculous, and it certainly wasn't ridiculous on the fifth evening. They have nice lights here."
England had reached 74-4 after just 11 overs when play was finally ended at 17:46 local time on Saturday, nine minutes later than on Friday.
And Vaughan said they "cannot have any complaints" because there were no complaints when the umpires went off for bad light while England were batting at the end of day four.
He added: "It has been a bad week for Test cricket, with the wicket and no-one watching the third and fourth best teams in the world."
Ex-England batsman Geoffrey Boycott also criticised the ending of the match.
"I feel for the game of cricket and the public," he said. "If you're going to have lights at all and use them in Test cricket then you've got to stay on. You might as well say we're not going to use lights at all.
"It's about the game and the public. We need to get more people into Test cricket.
"Even if Pakistan were trying to win we should have stayed on and play with the lights on. It's confusing."
Speaking on the TMS podcast, Boycott went on to praise England's Adil Rashid, who followed recording the worst bowling figures by a debutant in history of 0-163 in the first innings with 5-64 in the second to give his side a chance of winning.
"It was a wonderful day's cricket and left us thinking why didn't we have four other days like this," said fellow Yorkshireman Boycott.
"When people get a sniff of victory, anything can happen. We saw the bowlers really trying to get people out and that's where Rashid came into his own.
"That's a marvellous performance, as good as getting a century on debut. To come from getting the worst figures, the kid did himself justice. He bowled superbly."
However, Boycott was highly critical of the batting of Pakistan's senior batsmen, especially Younus Khan.
Younus, playing in his 102nd Test match, mistimed a wild heave to give Rashid his first Test wicket, while Pakistan skipper Misbah ul-Haq also went cheaply.
He said: "I have just had to give Younus a trophy from the Pakistan Cricket Board for being the highest scorer of Test match runs for Pakistan.
"I love him to bits. I helped bring him to Yorkshire. So I said from one Yorkshireman to another, 'you really don't want to know what I think of that shot you played'. He said: 'I know it was terrible, Geoffrey'.
"And Misbah did the same. Misbah played beautifully for his half century and then came down the track and tried to whack Moeen Ali over mid-wicket and got bowled.
"So they helped England, but England showed real spirit."
The matches are being played in the UAE because Pakistan have not played Test cricket on home soil since the Sri Lanka team was attacked by gunmen in Lahore in March 2009, leaving six players injured and six police officers and two civilians dead.
Boavista also snapped up 23-year-old Nigeria striker Uche Nwofor from Belgian club Lierse on a three-year-deal for an undisclosed fee.
Inkoom, 26, has also joined on a three-year deal after leaving MLS club DC United in December.
"It's a fresh start for me. I'm delighted to have joined a very ambitious club" Inkoom told BBC Sport.
"I had some conversations with the Boavista coach (Armando Goncalves Teixeira) and I'm exited and motivated by his positive vision and plans.
"The club has a great history and I am excited to play in one of the best leagues in Europe."
The 2009 Under-20 World Cup winner, who has 46 caps for Ghana, left Ukrainians Dnipro for MLS in August 2014.
An integral part of the Ghana team at the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, Inkoom rejected a move to another MLS side Houston Dynamo and opted for a return to Europe instead.
"The competitive nature of the European game is incomparable because you get to face tough opponents every weekend," he said.
"I'm currently training very hard and keeping fit. I'm in great shape and looking forward to the new season.
"I plan to repay the club's confidence with all the required dedication."
Inkoom joined Swiss club FC Basel in April 2009 and won a League and Cup double with them in 2010.
After impressive performances in the Uefa Champions League and Europa League, he became target of a host of European top clubs but it was Dnipro who snapped him up for €10 million Euros in January 2011.
He made 31 appearances for Dnipro before playing the final two years of his contract on loan at French side Bastia and Greek club Plantanias.
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The website offers seniors advice on how to recognise changes in their driving, where to find fresher training and when to retire from the wheel.
The RoSPA website has been welcomed by the charity Age UK.
The move comes as families of those killed in accidents involving older people have called for driving retests.
The call has come from the family of Michael Luciw, 27, from Nottingham, who was killed in a crash with an 87-year-old travelling the wrong way on the M1.
Ben Brooks-Dutton, whose wife Desreen was killed by an 85-year-old driver when he mounted the pavement, has set up an online petition calling for drivers over 70 to face a compulsory retest every 3 years.
The older drivers website, set up with funding from the Department for Transport, offers tips on how people can update their driving skills and knowledge.
There is also advice for families or friends who are concerned about a loved one's driving.
Kevin Clinton, RoSPA's head of road safety, said: "Many older drivers recognise that their driving ability is changing, and they alter when and where they drive to compensate - but not all drivers do this.
"There comes a time when each of us needs to reduce our driving, or even stop altogether. Of course, this is different for each person - there isn't an age at which we automatically become unsafe to drive.
"The aim of the website is to help older people to continue to drive for as long as they are safe to do so, and to provide advice on making the decision to retire from driving if they are no longer able to drive safely."
Caroline Abrahams, charity director of Age UK, said: "We warmly welcome the launch of this new website which aims to help older drivers stay safe on the roads for longer.
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"Driving brings freedom and independence and it's important that people are supported to continue driving safely for as long as possible."
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A website advising senior citizens how drive safely for longer - and when to stop - is launched by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.
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Anatoly Pakhomov said homosexuals were welcome at the Games - as long as they "respect Russian law" and "don't impose their habits on others".
Opposition leader Boris Nemtsov said there were several gay bars in Sochi.
In June 2013, Russia passed a law banning the promotion of "non-traditional" sexuality to under-18s - widely seen as an attack on gay rights.
The controversial new law made providing information on homosexuality to under-18s a crime, punishable by a fine.
Critics say its loose interpretation effectively stops gay rights protests in Russia.
Anatoly Pakhomov, a member of President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party, told Panorama that gay people would be welcome at the Games.
"Our hospitality will be extended to everyone who respects the laws of the Russian Federation and doesn't impose their habits on others", he said.
But when asked whether gay people had to hide their sexuality in Sochi, the Mayor said: "No, we just say that it is your business, it's your life. But it's not accepted here in the Caucasus where we live. We do not have them in our city."
When challenged, the mayor admitted that he was not certain there were no gay people in Sochi: "I am not sure, but I don't bloody know them."
BBC Panorama reporter John Sweeney visited a gay bar in Sochi the night before he interviewed the mayor.
Most people did not want to be filmed and those that did were cautious about what they said.
Drag queen Madame Zhu-Zha said there was a gay community in the city and in other areas of Russia.
"There are very many clubs for gay people in Moscow - in Sochi we have two gay clubs as well. In some places there's serious prejudice against gay people. In other places it's not as bad."
The Sochi 2014 organising committee told BBC Panorama it was working hard to ensure the Games will be remembered for their diversity.
Boris Nemtsov, former Deputy Prime Minister and now a leader of the opposition, said the mayor's claim was laughable.
"As far as I know there are several gay clubs in Sochi.
"How do they survive? Why they are not bankrupt?"
Last week, President Vladimir Putin said homosexuals would be welcome in Sochi for the Olympics but said, "just leave the children alone".
"We don't have a ban on non-traditional sexual relations," he said. "We have a ban on the propaganda of homosexuality and paedophilia."
Panorama: Putin's Games, BBC One, Monday 27 January at 20:30 GMT and then available in the UK on the BBC iPlayer.
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Luke Hyam is sidelined for two to three weeks with an ankle injury.
Wolves take on former manager Mick McCarthy's Ipswich looking to avoid a seventh straight defeat.
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The pictures show his ship Endurance trapped in ice in 1915, as well as crew members and dogs on the voyage.
For the first time, digitised images of slides owned by crew member Reginald James have been put on show.
He received the images from the expedition's official photographer Frank Hurley.
They form part of a free display at Manchester Central Library until 11 June.
Known as Jimmy by his fellow crew members, James was the expedition's physicist and used the slides in talks about the expedition following their safe return.
After the expedition between 1914 and 1917, he served in Ypres, Belgium, during World War One.
He then lived in Manchester for nearly 18 years where he lectured in physics at the university.
He married teacher Annie Watson in 1936 before they sailed for South Africa, where he worked at the University of Cape Town.
Source: Royal Geographical Society
Organised by the Royal Geographical Society, the exhibition, which launched in London last year, will also go on display in the Midlands, Wales and Scotland.
The teams paid tribute to the late All Blacks legend Jonah Lomu with a minute's applause for the former Blues wing before kick-off.
Blues led 6-3 at the break, but tries from Tim Visser, Ollie Lindsay-Hague and Charlie Walker put Quins in charge.
A penalty try and Sam Hobbs' score gave Blues hope, but Matthew Rees' red card and Danny Care's try sealed Quins' win.
Both teams started their campaigns with bonus-point victories but, whereas the Blues made only three changes from their 50-9 win in Calvisano, Harlequins switched eight from their 41-18 triumph against Montpellier.
The hosts seemed to benefit from their continuity in selection, dominating the early exchanges and leading 6-0 thanks to two Rhys Patchell penalties.
A serious-looking head injury to Harlequins captain Jack Clifford prompted a long delay and slowed the game's tempo before the visitors pounded their opponents' try-line.
But they had to settle for a Ben Botica penalty to halve their deficit.
The breakthrough came 10 minutes into the second half, as wing Visser intercepted a loose pass from Kristian Dacey and scampered clear from the halfway line.
The Blues' defence was similarly sloppy 90 seconds later, as full-back Lindsay-Hague skipped past several would-be tacklers to saunter over for a converted try which put his side 20-6 ahead.
Injuries to influential flanker Ellis Jenkins and fly-half Patchell compounded the Blues' problems, before England scrum-half Care came on to deftly create a try for Walker.
Cardiff were given a slither of hope when they were awarded a penalty try with 10 minutes left after a rolling maul was brought down illegally.
A red card for Rees' apparent stamp on Easter's head made their task even tougher, although replacement prop Hobbs did bundle his way over to make it 25-20.
With the final play of the game, Care sped over in the corner to score Harlequins' fourth try, securing a bonus point and denying the Blues theirs.
Cardiff Blues: Blaine Scully, Alex Cuthbert, Rey Lee-Lo, Gavin Evans, Tom James, Rhys Patchell, Lloyd Williams; Gethin Jenkins (capt), Kristian Dacey, Taufa'ao Filise, Jarrad Hoeata, James Down, Josh Turnbull, Ellis Jenkins, Manoa Vosawai,
Replacements: Matthew Rees, Sam Hobbs, Dillon Lewis, Lou Reed, AN Other, Tavis Knoyle, Jarrod Evans, Dan Fish
Harlequins: Ollie Lindsay-Hague; Charlie Walker, Matt Hopper, Harry Sloan, Tim Visser; Ben Botica, Karl Dickson; Mark Lambert, Rob Buchanan, Kyle Sinckler, Charlie Matthews, Sam Twomey, James Chisholm, Jack Clifford (capt), Nick Easter.
Replacements: Joe Gray, Joe Marler, Will Collier, Kieran Treadwell, Dave Ward, Danny Care, Winston Stanley, Tim Swiel.
Referee: Alexander Ruiz (Fra)
Assistant Referees: Laurent Cardona (Fra), Arnaud Blondel (Fra)
TMO: Jean-Marie Piraveau (Fra)
Citing Commissioner: Francesco Grillo (Ita)
The investors bought Argentine government bonds at a big discount after the country defaulted on its debts in 2001.
Last week the US Supreme Court ruled that Argentina must pay the funds the full $1.3bn (£766m) value of the debt.
"Paying the vulture funds is a path leading to default," says the advert.
The full-page message was published in the weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal and also in the New York Times and Washington Post.
"Argentina wants to carry on paying its debts, as it has been doing since 2005," reads the advert.
"But the country has been prevented by the ruling from judge Thomas Griesa [in August 2013] and the Supreme Court's decision [last week] to refuse to take on the case," reads the message.
The Argentine government has been in a 12-year legal battle in the US courts against investors who have refused to agree to join a debt restructuring agreement.
Judge Griesa from a US appeals court in New York ruled last year in favour of the funds. The Supreme Court last week turned down Argentina's appeal.
The South American country defaulted in 2001 following an economic crisis, and has been in a legal battle with bondholders led by hedge funds NML and Aurelius Capital Management.
Under a deal, 92% of bondholders agreed in 2005 and 2010 to write off two-thirds of the bonds' pre-crisis value, providing Argentina with time to re-build its economy.
But the hedge funds owning the remaining 8% held out against the restructuring.
Despite the rhetoric, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has indicated that her government is willing to negotiate with the "vulture funds".
"We have requested that the judge in New York seek fair terms for 100% of creditors to be paid," Ms Fernandez said during the National Flag ceremony in the city of Rosario on Friday.
One passenger thought she was going to "pass out" and another said it felt like he was "walking into an oven".
One man said the driver told him the heating needed to be on in order to keep the engine cool.
The services are run by East Midlands bus operator Trent Barton, which said it was not aware of the problem.
Tom Morgan, director of service delivery, said: "Our vehicles are one of the most modern fleets in the country and we don't need to put our heaters on to cool our engines down."
Mr Morgan said he would need to find out more in order to explain what happened.
Rainu Bhele said fans on the Mickleover service in Derby were blowing out "very hot air" and estimated that temperatures reached between 35C (95F) and 45C (113F).
"I've been to India in 46C heat and it felt very similar," she said.
"It was significantly cooler outside when I got off the bus, which is saying something."
She said she felt quite dizzy and lightheaded by the time she got home.
"It was awful. I thought I was going to pass out and there was no way of cooling myself down," she said.
Temperatures reached 32C (90F) across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire on Tuesday, which was the hottest day of 2016 in England and Wales.
John Heath, who took a service between Nottingham and Mansfield on Tuesday, said passengers were "boiled alive".
"It was like walking into an oven," he said.
"The windows were open in the bus but made no difference because the heating was on full blast."
Mr Heath said he spoke to the driver when he got off.
"He said 'Sorry mate I can't turn it off, it's on all the time, it helps the engine'," he said.
Afghan forces have been trying to recapture the area from the Taliban, who claim to control the district.
Afghan officials said they retook key buildings in a counter-attack, while the US carried out air strikes.
The ministry named the dead commander as Mullah Nasir, a confidant of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour.
Strategically located, and a centre for opium production, Sangin would be a significant gain for the Taliban.
Fighting around the town has escalated in the past week, and by Wednesday the militants said they had captured all of Sangin, pinning down government troops in an army barracks.
This was denied by the Afghan defence ministry, who said fighting was continuing and that reinforcements had been sent.
The interior ministry said the Afghan army and police commandos launched an operation late on Wednesday, leading to the deaths of the Taliban commander and his fighters.
Several local officials said the district governor's office and police headquarters in Sangin's centre had been retaken.
"Last night fresh forces arrived, they provided ammunitions and food to forces at the battalion and launched a counterattack," Helmand senator Hashim Alokozai said.
"They recaptured the district and police HQ and the wounded were evacuated. We hope they will make further progress today."
It remains unclear whether the Taliban were fully in control of Sangin, with Afghan officials giving conflicting information about the state of their advance.
Meanwhile US planes launched two air strikes on Taliban positions shortly before midnight on 23 December, a Nato spokesman said.
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Despite the reports of Afghan government gains, the Taliban remain in control of large parts of Helmand.
Sangin residents have been fleeing as the fighting worsened.
A small contingent of British troops has been sent to Helmand "in an advisory role," the British government said on Tuesday.
Sangin saw almost a quarter of British military fatalities during the UK's combat mission in Afghanistan.
In September, the Taliban briefly overran the northern Afghan city of Kunduz in one of their biggest victories since 2001.
Police found a tranche of photos depicting child abuse and bestiality on Norman Lever's computer after raiding his home in Devon.
In one picture, they recognised an animal being abused as his mother's collie dog, Exeter Crown Court heard.
Lever, 31, was given a 12-month prison sentence, suspended for two years.
He admitted possession of extreme pornography and three counts of making indecent images of children.
Lever, of Bradwick Cottages, Kentisbury, near Combe Martin, was also ordered to attend a sex offenders course.
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Police raided his house on 15 January, 2015 and 274 child images were found on three computers, along with seven extreme images of bestiality.
They were able to prove the picture of him abusing his mother's dog was taken at his home by comparing the pattern on a carpet in the background.
Judge Geoffrey Mercer, QC, said: "I have to sentence you for the possession of photographs which to any right thinking person are quite repulsive. This is a serious offence.
"It is deserving of a prison sentence, but having read the probation report, I have no doubt whatsoever that the public interest is better served by you going on a sex offenders' programme."
The court heard that the dog was held in kennels for 20 days before being returned to Lever's mother.
Mr Richard Crabb, defending, said Lever's mother had given the police and animal welfare authorities assurances she would not leave the animal alone with her son again.
The news came as the bank said costs related to the sale of part of its Africa unit had pushed it into a £1.2bn loss in the first half of the year.
The sale of the Africa business was part of Barclays' plan to focus on the UK and US.
Stripping out the losses from the Africa sale, Barclays posted a 13% rise in group pre-tax profits to £2.34bn.
Barclays chief executive Jes Staley said: "Our business is now radically simplified, the restructuring is complete, our capital ratio is within our end-state target range, and, while we are also working to put conduct issues behind us, we can now focus on what matters most to our shareholders: improving group returns."
The money the bank has set aside to deal with PPI complaints was still open to review, it said. On Thursday, Lloyds also set aside a further £700m.
The PPI scandal is not only big - banks have set aside a total of nearly £40bn to pay compensation - it is also long-running.
Over the next few months the pace of it is likely to keep accelerating. The City regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, will run a campaign to encourage those mis-sold PPI to make claims before the deadline of August 2019.
You can expect more activity too from the claims management companies touting for business through calls and texts. They take a cut of any payouts made to claimants who use their services.
Banks wanted a earlier deadline. They want to draw a line under this saga. It is almost impossible to judge how much PPI was mis-sold - so they will also hope these latest provisions have over-estimated the final bill.
Earlier this year, Barclays sold a near 34% stake in Barclays Africa Group, leaving it with just 15% of the business.
The company said the sale of the stake had led to a loss of £1.4bn, and it had also taken a £1.1bn charge on the sale.
Barclay's Africa Group said on Friday its half-year profit rose 7% driven by earnings growth in its local market and the rest of Africa and a strong performance in corporate banking.
In addition to Barclays' exit from Africa, the bank said it had run-down assets in its non-core division to below £25bn, enabling it to close the unit six months early.
Mr Staley said Barclays had completed "two critically important planks" of its strategy to get out of unwanted businesses.
Santander, also a giant in the UK banking market, reported results on Friday.
For the first six months of the year pre-tax profits in the UK were £1bn, little changed on the same period last year.
The firm said that it sees "greater uncertainty" and has concerns about the rest of this year and the start of 2018.
The lender said: "The labour market remains strong, but higher inflation, largely from the lower value of sterling, is now reducing households' real earnings.
"This is likely to result in lower consumer spending growth which, when combined with a potentially more challenging macro environment, adds a degree of caution to our outlook."
It took a £69m charge to cover claims for payment protection insurance compensation in the first six months of the year.
Santander also said net mortgage lending fell by £200m after it withdrew some of its most competitive rates at the end of last year.
The Banco Santander group as a whole saw second quarter net profit jump by 37% to £1.75bn euros (£1.5bn) helped by strong growth in South America.
Grant only came on the pitch in the 85th minute but his set-piece just four minutes later caught the wind to give the Cod Army all three points.
Eggert Jonsson had given the hosts the lead just after the hour mark when he headed home Tariq Fosu's cross.
Byron Webster scored from a Millwall corner in the final minute but the Lions drop down to 11th.
The figure is revealed in a survey conducted by players' union Fifpro into the working conditions of nearly 14,000 male players in 54 countries.
A fifth in Scotland said they had suffered discrimination relating to race, religion or sexual orientation.
The views comprised 169 players from nine randomly picked Scottish clubs.
Worldwide, 7% of those polled said they had been approached to fix matches.
World players' union Fifpro said it had carried out the "biggest ever survey of professional athletes" and the results "destroy the myth that all footballers are millionaires living in a protective bubble".
Celtic and Rangers were not among the nine randomly picked Scottish clubs from which 169 players were surveyed. No responses from England, Spain and Germany were included.
Among the findings are:
There was also evidence of players being bullied at clubs, and pressured into moving against their will.
Players were caught up in trouble at the end of May's Scottish Cup final as fans from both sides came on to the Hampden pitch after Hibernian beat Rangers.
Clyde manager Barry Ferguson said he had not witnessed abuse about a player's race or sexuality in Scotland, but religious abuse was a problem.
"Having played most of my career up in Scotland, I've suffered a bit myself, so I'm not surprised by the statistic, although it is disappointing," the former Rangers midfielder told BBC Scotland.
"I had it as well when I was down in England, but obviously not as much.
"Certainly, when you play up here with the big two, Rangers and Celtic, it is more religion-based, which is disappointing, but you learn to grow up with that being from the west of Scotland.
"The foreign guys who came in were surprised, shocked even, at the level of stuff that was aimed at them."
Ferguson, 38, said it was not just a problem for the Old Firm, and recalled a verbal spat with an abusive Clyde fan two years ago for which he later apologised.
Fraser Wishart, chief executive of the Professional Footballers' Association Scotland, said his members had "made it clear" that "some supporters overstep the mark".
"We are approaching 2017 and what was deemed acceptable many years ago is not now," he said.
"What we call in Scotland 'banter' and comment about a player's performance are, of course, fine, but today's players are not willing to accept threatening, abusive or discriminatory chants and comment as part of our game."
Players were asked to respond to questions about pay, contract terms, transfers, fan violence, match-fixing and health.
The median net income of players surveyed is between £800 to £1600 a month.
Urging minimum employment standards throughout the sport, Fifpro general secretary Theo van Seggelen said: "We now have an evidence base for the reforms that are needed in the football industry.
"Overdue payables, forced transfers and training alone - all this must be a thing of the past."
London-born midfielder Rhema Obed was 21 when he signed for Romanian club Rapid Bucharest and found himself without pay for eight months.
His girlfriend, now wife, was eight-months pregnant with twins and they got by with financial support from their family, her job as a teacher and his friend, Rapid goalkeeper Dragos Balaru.
"It was obscene that I was asking them for money when I was playing," he said.
"I was getting food from my friend's family, his mother was cooking for me when I couldn't get food - and pretty much handouts."
Obed, now 25, who last played for Krsko in Slovenia, brought legal action against Rapid, with the help of world governing body Fifa, and received a settlement in the summer.
However, a week later, Rapid went bankrupt and he now lives in Sheffield, where he trains on his own in the hope of finding a new club in January.
Obed, who says the whole saga has significantly set back his career, says he knows of hard-up players who were approached to fix matches.
"Your average wage you're talking about is less than £1,000, if not £500, for some of these players abroad," he said of their monthly salaries.
"And they can make almost quadruple that from just conceding a goal. I haven't been approached, but I know people who have - and I know people who have probably done it as well who I won't mention."
Zambia looked like they had the match won at 3-1 in the 89th minute but late goals from Suat Serdar and Jonas Arweiler ensured the game went to extra time.
Shemmy Mayembe was the Zambian hero with a goal early in the second period of the added 30 minutes.
Zambia will now play France or Italy in the last eight on Monday.
Philipp Ochs had opened the scoring for the Germans with a freekick that crashed in off the bar eight minutes before the break.
Emmanuel Banda scored the equaliser for Zambia five minutes into the second-half after he picked up the ball when Enock Mwepu miscued a bicycle kick following a cross by Edward Chilufya.
In the 67th minute Mwepu was again involved as he set up Fashion Sakala to put Zambia ahead with a fierce shot from a narrow angle.
Mwepu then scored himself in the 85 minute after a Zambian counterattack with Patson Daka putting through the final ball.
The Germans reduced the arrears in the 89th minute when Suat Serdar scored a back-heel past keeper Mangani Banda.The Germans levelled the match in injury time with substitute Jonas Arweiler sending a low drive beyond Banda to send the game into extra time.
Zesco United defender Shemmy Mayembe was the unlikely match winner when he found space in the box and pounced on a pass from Conlyde Luchanga in 107th minute.
Michael Green, 23, of Muskham, Bretton, was found near Tyesdale in Bretton, Peterborough, in the early hours of 28 May.
Post-mortem examination results showed he died from head injuries.
Three boys, who were aged 15, 16 and 17 at the time, and a girl, who was aged 16, all deny murder.
Cambridge Crown Court heard Mr Green was heavily drunk at the time of his death and was also affected by medication he was taking.
The four teenagers had also been drinking heavily before the attack. Two had been drinking vodka bought for them by Mr Green and had spent some hours with him at his home.
During the attack, Mr Green was hit twice with a vodka bottle by the 16-year-old boy. The other boys then kicked and stamped on him repeatedly, the jury heard.
The girl then stamped on his face in revenge after he had accidentally struck her earlier in the evening, the court was told.
Prosecuting, Jane Bickerstaff QC, said: "It began with a vicious assault by the 16-year-old using a weapon inflicting brute force to Michael Green's head and causing him to fall to the floor. He never got up from that blow.
"The other three defendants saw that blow and saw its effects clearly," she said.
"They then got in on the act using... either their fists or their feet while Michael Green remained on the floor defenceless."
The court heard that while drinking at his home earlier with the 16-year-old girl, the 17-year-old boy and a 15-year-old female friend of theirs, Mr Green became very drunk and came on to the 15-year-old, making her feel "uncomfortable", and urging her to dump her boyfriend, the then 16-year-old defendant.
When the 17-year-old defendant told Mr Green to stop he became violent, pinning him by the throat.
The court heard Mr Green was on antidepressants and painkillers after fracturing his collar bone and should not have been drinking while taking them.
Mr Green's mother was at home at the time and when she told him to stop drinking he became abusive and accidentally hit the female defendant.
The three friends then left Mr Green's house to meet the two other defendants who had been at a party.
The court heard that the victim followed them and when they met at the underpass the 16-year-old confronted him about his actions at the house.
Mr Green offered to fight all the boys before shoving the 15-year-old girl out of the way, the court heard.
This prompted her boyfriend to "whack him" with the bottle, the prosecution claims, starting the attack.
The group robbed Mr Green of his wallet, mobile phone and a neck chain and bracelet, the court heard, before going on to the nearby party.
The four defendants cannot be named because of their ages. Three are now aged 17 and one is 16 years old.
The four also all deny grievous bodily harm.
The girl also denies a charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice after allegedly trying to make a witness change her evidence.
The trial continues.
Williams, 23, who has played 69 games for Palace, spent the 2016-17 season on loan at Ipswich Town.
He missed most of the season after undergoing a shoulder operation.
"I will be working hard through pre-season so I am ready for the challenge ahead at the start of another campaign," he said.
"I am delighted to be signing this new contract at a club that holds a special place in my heart having been here since I joined the academy at the age of eight."
Williams has won 17 caps for Wales and was part of the squad that reached the 2016 European Championship semi-finals.
Net profits at the Spanish group, the world's largest clothes retailer, were €1.16bn (£853m) between February and July, up 26% from a year earlier.
Like-for-like sales, which strip out the impact of new stores, rose 7%.
Warm weather across Europe - where Inditex has two thirds of its sales - also helped to boost trade.
Rival Hennes & Mauritz on Tuesday said the good weather had had the opposite effect, delaying the introduction of its autumn ranges and slowing sales growth in August to just 1%.
Inditex, which also owns Pull & Bear, Massimo Dutti, and Bershka, added 94 new outlets around the world in the first half of the year, most of them under the Zara and Zara Home brands.
It also expanded its online sales network, launching sites in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
Over the last 12 months Inditex says it has created 12,000 new jobs, 2,532 of them in Spain.
Ramirez scored nine goals in 44 games for Championship side Boro after signing from Premier League club Southampton in January 2016.
Details of the length of the 26-year-old Uruguay international's contract with Sampdoria have not been disclosed.
Middlesbrough start the new Championship season with an away game at Wolves on Saturday.
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Julia Gillard was visiting the assembly in Cardiff Bay as part of a campaign to get more women into public life.
Currently 25 of the 60 AMs are women, but in 2006 there were 31.
Ms Gillard said she hoped to see a day when the gender balance in parliaments around the world improved to a point where it was no longer commented on.
Her visit to the Senedd on Thursday came as political parties began the process of choosing candidates for the 2016 assembly election.
Ms Gillard, who was four years old when her family emigrated from Barry in the 1960s, said she believed merit was equally distributed between the sexes.
"If you're looking at any institution - whether it's the Welsh assembly or any other - and you aren't basically seeing half men and half women, then that means you haven't got your best team.
"Because your best team would be the best people of merit, equally men and women.
"So I hope that in this assembly and in parliaments around the world we can see increasing numbers of women until it's just so routine that it's half and half, no-one even bothers to remark on it anymore."
WBA champion Frampton is first set for a rematch with Leo Santa Cruz, while Selby will defend his IBF title against challenger Jonathan Victor Barros.
Frampton's trainer Shane McGuigan hopes the contests will share a bill in the United States in December.
"They are both managed by Al Heymon," said McGuigan.
"So I think there is a chance we could put them together on the bill."
"We will potentially have an announcement about Carl Frampton's next fight before the week is out, or early next week.
"It is looking like the Leo Santa Cruz rematch and that's a great fight for us."
McGuigan says talks have started over a potential fight with Selby, who is promoted in the UK by Matchroom.
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Selby has already made clear he would like to face Frampton.
"I would like that fight in the summer and Carl would as well," said McGuigan.
"Lee sees the big money sign over Carl's head - he's an elite fighter, has been recognised in the United States as one of the top dogs.
"Lee is a warrior and wants to prove himself against Carl Frampton and I know he would take the fight straight away."
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles said the inspection would examine whether the council covered up information about the abuse.
It comes after the council's chief executive told MPs key reports relating to abuse had disappeared.
Mr Pickles said an inspection was "in the public interest".
He said the inspection would be led by Louise Casey, the head of the government's troubled families programme, and would examine the council's governance, services for children and young people, and taxi and private hire licensing.
The report into the abuse of children had highlighted the alleged involvement of some taxi firms in transporting some victims.
Mr Pickles said the inspection would examine whether the council takes steps to ensure only "fit and proper persons" are permitted to hold a taxi licence.
It will also examine whether the council "was and continues to be subject to institutionalised political correctness affecting its decision-making on sensitive issues", he told MPs in a ministerial statement.
The report by Professor Alexis Jay, published two weeks ago, detailed how children had been subjected to trafficking, rape and other sexual exploitation over a 16-year period and how their abuse had been ignored by a range of agencies, including police, councillors and council officials.
Mr Pickles said: "With clearly documented failures by the council on so many levels, the rare step of a statutory inspection is in the public interest.
"We cannot undo the permanent harm that these children have suffered. But we can and should take steps to ensure that this never happens again and make sure that all local authorities deliver on their essential duty to protect vulnerable children."
He said Ms Casey had been asked to report to him by November and if the inspection showed the council was failing, he had the power to intervene directly.
The announcement of the inspection comes after a barrage of criticism of both Rotherham Council and South Yorkshire Police following the publication of the Jay report.
Council leader Roger Stone has already quit and the chief executive, Martin Kimber, announced he would stand down in December on Monday.
However, South Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner Shaun Wright, who was in charge of children's services in Rotherham from 2005 to 2010, has refused to resign.
The council's current head of children's services, Joyce Thacker, has also resisted calls for her to quit.
Rotherham Council's Labour cabinet has been dissolved and the Local Government Association has been asked to establish an "independently-chaired improvement board".
South Yorkshire Police has commissioned an independent investigation into its handling of the abuse scandal.
Jimmy Thomson contributed about 700 drawings of celebrities, including Elton John and Freddie Mercury, to the publication over 14 years.
A selection of the original drawings will be auctioned following the exhibition at the McManus Galleries.
Mr Thomson began his career with Dundee publisher DC Thomson.
The auction will be in aid of McManus 168, the museum's supporters' group.
Its chairwoman, Sue Moody said: "This is the first time Dundee has hosted a civic exhibition of Jimmy's work.
"Thousands of people will remember his drawings, bringing back memories of the swinging Sixties and disco Seventies."
Other celebrity portraits featuring in the exhibition include President Richard Nixon, Ringo Starr and a cartoon of John Lennon, which featured on the cover of Melody Maker in 1973.
Mr Thomson said: "Funds raised will be used on a community project celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the McManus which is next year.
"I'm delighted that my drawings are linked in this way with Dundee's galleries, which have provided such a rich source of inspiration to me as an artist."
The exhibition runs until Saturday 26 November, with the auction taking place that evening.
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As a player, Phillips played twice for Wales against then-world champions New Zealand in 1988 with Wales going on to lose both Tests.
Now he has challenged his side to show the confidence to do what he and his team-mates could not.
"In this match confidence is important, but also belief," said Phillips.
"As a player I've played against the world champions. I always think back and try to reflect, did we actually believe that we could do it?"
Wales beat Italy in their opening game of the championship 20-8, which means they have played five and won five since Phillips took charge in 2016.
Phillips said his squad will take heart from their 13-0 victory over England at St Helen's in 2015.
"England are always a threat. They're probably expected to win this championship every year because of the pool of players they have available," said Phillips.
"They've got a very good club structure in England. And now they're full time, that in itself makes them a formidable opposition."
Wales are third in the table after the opening weekend of games, with England second after fighting back at Twickenham to beat France on the opening weekend. Ireland are currently top.
But Phillips insists he's not concerned his side did not score a fourth try against the Italians which would have given them a bonus point.
"The game finished off with us actually preventing Italy from getting a losing bonus point. That in itself was a success," said Phillips.
"We never really got into a position to go for a bonus point.
"It wasn't in our thoughts then. It didn't frustrate us then and is certainly doesn't frustrate us now. To go to Italy to get a result is a big achievement."
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The game against England will kick off at 11.30 GMT on Saturday at Cardiff Arms Park, while the men meet each other later Principality Stadium.
Phillips urged fans to take advantage of the fact that two international matches are taking place in close proximity on the same day.
"It's a great opportunity for anyone who's around Cardiff to come in and support the girls to see how much Wales women's rugby is moving forward," Phillips added.
"There's a 5,000 capacity there on Saturday and we want to fill it up."
Here's a guide to what happens to the funds the 28 member states contribute to the EU budget.
Every seven years, EU leaders agree a long-term plan for the EU budget, how big it should be and what the money should be spent on.
They all have to unanimously agree, so the negotiations usually take a long time.
The last seven-year plan was agreed in 2012, for the period 2014-20.
Eventually, the leaders decided to cut the EU budget, for the first time in the history of the organisation.
The representatives of EU's 28 governments and the members of the European Parliament, together with the European Commission, agree the precise details of the EU's budget every year.
We examined the 2014 budget, to find out what the EU spends the money on.
That year, the EU spent €138.44bn (£106.13bn).
Of that, almost 80% went to two main areas:
Most of the rest was spent on three other areas:
This received €55bn (£42.16bn), or 40% of the total.
The biggest amount of EU money is spent on direct payments to farmers - €43bn (£32.96bn) in 2014.
The EU sends this money back to member states, who distribute the money.
Anyone in the EU who has land used for agriculture can receive a payment.
The payments are aimed at ensuring the economic viability of the EU's eight million farmers and account for almost half of their income.
There is also a smaller fund, of just over €3bn (£2.3bn), for rural development, which covers various projects, from preserving ecosystems and helping low-carbon production to bringing medical services to people in remote rural areas.
Projects that support fishing, processing and marketing of fishery product get a very small proportion of the money - €90m (£68.99m) in 2014.
Top recipients of the EU money under this section were France, Spain, Germany, Italy, and Poland.
The UK received about 7% of the total agriculture and fisheries payments, ranking sixth among EU member states.
This received €54bn (£41.4bn), or 39% of the total.
The EU paid almost as much towards developing poorer countries and regions of the EU as it did for farming.
It spent €31bn (£23.76bn) on regional development, on projects across all underdeveloped regions of the EU.
It gave €13bn (£9.97bn) to projects in the 15 poorest EU countries:
And €8bn (£6.13bn) was given to the remainder of the counties.
A large number of projects have been funded across the EU, including business start-ups, roads and railways, renewable energy projects, education and health programmes, charities, family projects and many others.
By far the biggest recipient of all development payments was Poland, followed by Hungary, Greece, Italy and Spain.
The UK ranked 11th and received about 3% of the EU's total.
This received €12bn (£9.2bn), or 9% of the total.
This money is spent on research, education and innovation projects, with the overall aim of boosting the EU's competitiveness, economic growth and job creation.
This area of spending received a big increase in 2014 compared with the previous seven-year period.
Horizon2020, the EU's fund for research and innovation, and Erasmus+, the EU's programme for education, training, youth and sport, received most of the money, €6.3bn (£4.83bn) and €1.4bn (£1.07bn) respectively.
The third biggest recipient was the European Satellite Navigation Systems Agency, based in France.
Research projects covering stem cells, early cancer detection, the deep sea, robotics, remote planets, climate projections, air pollution in the cities, innovations in energy, transport and engineering all received funding.
The money for these projects is given on merit, so countries such as Germany and the UK benefit more from research and engineering grants than others.
The Horizon2020 brief by the European Commission published in 2015 shows that roughly 14% of Horizon2020 agreements have been signed with UK institutions and that the UK is the second highest recipient of financial contributions of this programme.
This received €8bn (£6.13bn), or 6% of the total
The EU institution with the highest administrative cost, €3.4bn (£2.41bn), was the European Commission.
It employs 33,000 of the total EU's workforce of 55,000 people.
European Parliament administrative costs, with its interpretation and translation services for 24 official languages, came to €1.7bn (£1.3bn).
The cost of EU pensions was €1.5bn (£1.15bn).
The rest of the money for administration went to a number of other EU institutions, such as the European Council, the European Court of Justice, Court of Auditors and the EU's foreign affairs and diplomatic service.
This received €7bn (£5.37bn), or 5% of the total.
The EU funds international development projects around the world, humanitarian aid and response to the world crises.
Of this €7bn (£5.37bn), €1.6bn (£1.23bn) was spent on projects in the EU's "neighbourhood" countries:
Syria was also on this list in the past, but the funding to Syria has been suspended.
The EU also spent €1.2bn (£0.92bn) on projects in seven EU candidate countries:
The UK contribution to this area of EU spending counts towards the UK government's target of 0.7% of GDP on international development.
Although all the other areas put together account for under 2% of the EU's spending, this provides funding for a number of projects.
Culture projects, food safety, audiovisual art, literary translation, building a network of industrial heritage sites in Europe are some of them.
The London-based European Medicines Agency (EMA), which approves medicines for all EU countries, is run by this funding too.
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The UK's first H5N8 strain in a wild bird was found in a wigeon at an estuary near the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust's Llanelli Wetland Centre.
The centre closed "as a precautionary measure".
But on Sunday it said all birds "look fine" and the animals would be watched closely.
The Welsh Government said it was the first time the H5N8 strain had been found in a wild bird in the UK.
Restrictions were imposed across Britain to keep birds indoors after the disease came to light across Europe, the Middle East and north Africa.
The risk to human health is low.
Unilever's leading brands include Marmite, PG Tips, Pot Noodle, St Ives, Vaseline, Lipton, Knorr, Ben & Jerry's, Brut, Magnum and Persil.
The deal - if it was to eventually succeed - would be the biggest acquisition of a British company on record, based on offer value.
Steve Clayton, fund manager at Hargreaves Lansdown, said such a deal would create enormous cost savings.
"Putting portfolios of brands together can create huge synergies across marketing, manufacturing and distribution, even before you think about cutting the combined HQ back to size," he said.
"Kraft Heinz are attempting a massive push on the fast forward button, for to acquire the sheer scale of brands that Unilever represents through one-off acquisitions could take decades.
"With debt cheap and abundant right now, Kraft have spotted their opportunity."
Globally, it would be the second-biggest deal behind Vodafone Airtouch's takeover of Germany's Mannesmann AG for $172bn (£138bn) in 1999.
Unilever announced last month that annual pre-tax profit rose to 7.47bn euro (£6.3bn) from 7.2bn euro (£6.1bn) last year, but revenues dropped 1% to 52.7bn euros (£44.7bn), while underlying sales rose by a lower-than-expected 3.7%.
Unilever clashed with supermarket Tesco in October over its attempts to raise prices to compensate for the steep drop in the value of the pound.
William Hesketh Lever, founder of Lever Brothers, wrote down his ideas for Sunlight Soap in the 1890s.
It was "to make cleanliness commonplace; to lessen work for women; to foster health and contribute to personal attractiveness, that life may be more enjoyable and rewarding for the people who use our products".
In 1887, William Lever bought the site where Port Sunlight would be built, a large factory on the banks of the Mersey opposite Liverpool with a purpose-built village for its workers providing a high standard of housing, amenities and leisure facilities.
Lever Brothers and Dutch business Margarine Unie signed an agreement to create Unilever in 1929.
Kraft merged with Heinz in 2015 to create one of the US's biggest food companies.
Nicola Sturgeon told BBC Scotland it would be "anti-democratic" for the UK government to block a referendum.
And she said she would consider her options if the will of the Scottish Parliament "is not respected".
Mrs May said the focus should be on securing the best possible Brexit deal.
She added that it would not be fair for the people of Scotland to be asked to make a decision on independence before the terms of Brexit were clear.
Speaking shortly after the prime minister, Scottish Secretary David Mundell clarified that the UK government "will not be entering into discussions or negotiations" about referendum, and that "any request at this time will be declined".
Ms Sturgeon wants a referendum to be held in the autumn of next year or the spring of 2019, to coincide with the expected conclusion of the UK's negotiations with the EU.
In an interview with BBC Scotland's Jackie Bird, she said she had an "unequivocal mandate" to hold a referendum, and that a majority of MSPs at Holyrood were likely to back her call in a vote next Wednesday.
Ms Sturgeon added: "You are asking me to accept that a Conservative prime minister who has one MP in Scotland has the right to lay down the law to Scotland's democratically elected parliament. That is unacceptable".
She went on to say that she would "consider my options and what I should do" if a formal Scottish Parliament request to hold a referendum is turned down.
Ms Sturgeon added: "I am determined that I will have one on my timescale, because the will of the Scottish Parliament will be respected.
"I accept that the prime minister has said what she has said today. What I don't accept is that that position is an acceptable one, a democratic one or a sustainable one."
The first minister said Mrs May appeared to be suggesting that a vote on independence could not be held until "long, long after" the UK had left the EU.
She said this would mean that the "damage of Brexit will have started to be done" and it would be "too late for Scotland, without suffering that damage, to choose a different path".
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Ms Sturgeon claimed that the UK government had "sunk the Brexit ship" and was now seeking to "puncture Scotland's lifeboat", and that it was like "going back to the bad old days of Margaret Thatcher".
But referring to the UK government's u-turn over national insurance contributions on Wednesday, Ms Sturgeon said that the prime minister was "not the Iron Lady" and had shown she was capable of changing her mind in the face of public opinion.
Mrs May had earlier said that her message to Ms Sturgeon on a referendum was clear - "now is not the time".
The prime minister added: "I think we should be working to get the right deal for Scotland and the UK with our future partnership with the European Union.
"It would be unfair to the people of Scotland that they would be being asked to make a crucial decision without the information they need to make that decision."
The prime minister also said the country should be "working together, not pulling apart".
They said it could be crucial to meeting the UK's energy needs, in a letter to the Financial Times.
The Hendry Review - set up to consider the lagoon plan's viability - is to be published on Thursday.
The firms said the project was one of the "biggest industrial opportunities in a generation".
The co-signatories - including Sheffield Forgemasters, the steel and engineering company, and the British arm of General Electric - employ more than 42,000 workers at more than 250 UK sites.
They said: "We have at our fingertips a brand new sector that will create a multibillion-pound industry, provide tens of thousands of jobs across the country and create a significant local supply chain. All of this before we even think about the massive potential as a British export technology."
Those behind the new manufacturing and energy sector believe it can deliver sustainable, locally-produced electricity for about a hundred years.
There is cautious optimism that the Hendry Review, which is looking into the economic viability of the scheme, will give a thumbs up.
However, questions have been raised over the project, both in terms of its scale and its related electricity strike price - the government subsidy required for the power generated.
Tidal Lagoon Power, the company behind the plan, has said it is "confident" it could hit a "viable" electricity strike price, having also dismissed engineering and environmental impact concerns.
The project received planning consent in June 2015 from the then energy secretary Amber Rudd before the UK government commissioned former energy minister Charles Hendry to scrutinise whether it was a "cost-effective" solution.
The Swansea tidal lagoon project has been described as heralding a new industrial era. That may be over-egged but, if Swansea gets the go-ahead and if more lagoons follow, it could be that some of the parts for those lagoons would still be made in Wales. Certainly for Cardiff and Newport.
The company Tidal Lagoon Power is very ambitious. It is already talking about developing the technology in Gujarat in India. The challenge for Wales would be to develop an expertise which could benefit from similar projects internationally.
But we also need to remember that we will not know for sure until Thursday what the Hendry Report actually says and what the UK government response will be.
There are a number of variables. Even if it's a green light for the Swansea lagoon, the project still has to get a Marine Licence from the Welsh Government. That would not be automatic as there is significant opposition from environmental groups and anglers who fear the effects the Swansea lagoon might have, in particular, on fish breeding grounds.
Firms hoping to be part of the project's complex supply chain will have a much better idea of whether the UK is going to embrace this new source of energy generation on Thursday, but there may well be questions about the detail.
The Hendry Review was originally expected to be published last year but will now be released on Thursday.
However, those supporting the lagoon scheme believe it could generate enough clean energy from the ebb and flow of the tide to satisfy 11% of electricity consumption in Wales.
The wider plan is for the lagoon in Swansea Bay to be a prototype and the smallest in a series.
If approved, it would be followed by lagoons in Cardiff - east of where Cardiff Bay is now - Newport, Bridgwater Bay, Colwyn Bay and west Cumbria, north of Workington.
In their letter to ministers, the firms said the UK must have the confidence to embrace its "first-mover advantage" in a project which would boost the economy and employment.
"The world-first Swansea Bay tidal lagoon would use unproven, yet cutting-edge technology to provide a pathfinder for a fleet of larger projects which, if approved, could power up to a third of UK homes for the next five generations. It will catalyse a new British engineering and construction industry," they said.
Pembroke Dock-based engineering firm Ledwood and Goodwin Steel Castings, of Stoke-on-Trent, were also among the list of signatory companies.
The 30-year-old played 44 times for the Bundesliga side, scoring three goals
He also played more than 250 games in seven seasons for Austria Vienna, where he won the league and cup.
Suttner is Brighton's third summer signing after midfielder Pascal Gross, also from Ingolstadt, and goalkeeper Mathew Ryan, who joined from Valencia.
"Markus is someone we have been aware of for some time," said manager Chris Hughton.
"He has a great level of experience internationally, and in the top divisions in both his native Austria and Germany, where he has played the last two seasons with Ingolstadt, and that experience will serve us well."
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Sam Topliss' looping header gave North Ferriby, whose last win was at Gateshead in mid-September, a dream start after 11 minutes.
Reece Thompson doubled their lead just after the break, profiting from confusion in Sutton's box as Jamie Collins' blocked clearance fell kindly for him to slot home.
Maxime Biamou set up a tense finale by racing clear and slotting home through Rory Watson's legs, but there was not enough time for Sutton to get a second and clinch their fifth draw in a row.
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Match ends, North Ferriby United 2, Sutton United 1.
Second Half ends, North Ferriby United 2, Sutton United 1.
Substitution, North Ferriby United. Curtis Bateson replaces Danny Emerton.
Jamie Collins (Sutton United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ben Middleton (North Ferriby United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Goal! North Ferriby United 2, Sutton United 1. Maxime Biamou (Sutton United).
Substitution, North Ferriby United. Connor Robinson replaces Reece Thompson.
Substitution, Sutton United. Chris Dickson replaces Ryan Burge.
Substitution, Sutton United. Craig Dundas replaces Gomis.
Substitution, Sutton United. Craig McAllister replaces Dan Fitchett.
Goal! North Ferriby United 2, Sutton United 0. Reece Thompson (North Ferriby United).
Second Half begins North Ferriby United 1, Sutton United 0.
First Half ends, North Ferriby United 1, Sutton United 0.
Mark Gray (North Ferriby United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ryan Fallowfield (North Ferriby United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Dean Beckwith (Sutton United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Reece Thompson (North Ferriby United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Goal! North Ferriby United 1, Sutton United 0. Sam Topliss (North Ferriby United).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Robert Bavington, 28, of Rugby, fell to the ground in the attack and hit his head. He died in hospital.
Vijay Masih, 31, of Willenhall, West Midlands, denied his manslaughter in April last year but was found guilty at Warwick Crown Court.
Police said it was an unprovoked attack and described it as "a senseless act... with no real meaning or justification".
Mr Bavington was attacked in the early hours of 10 April outside Moo Bar on Russell Street in Leamington.
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Det Ch Insp Liam Barry, of Warwickshire Police, said Mr Bavington was "a young man of fine character with his life very much ahead of him".
"The sentence handed to the defendant will not bring Robert back or take away the trauma, pain and suffering caused but I hope they will be able to take comfort from the fact Masih will be behind bars and will not be able to cause harm to another family," he said.
Xolile Mngeni, who was convicted of killing Mrs Dewani while she was on honeymoon in 2010, had been serving a life sentence for her murder.
His death comes amid the trial in Cape Town of Briton Shrien Dewani, who denies arranging his wife's murder.
Mngeni died in the hospital section of Cape Town prison, officials said.
South Africa's correctional services department has said it will make a full statement about his death on Sunday.
The death of Mngeni comes 12 days after Bristol businessman Mr Dewani went on trial.
Mr Dewani, 34, faces five charges including murder and lying about the circumstances of his wife's death.
He denies any involvement in the killing, which happened in the Gugulethu area of Cape Town.
Reports suggest prosecutors in South Africa had spoken to Mngeni but had not planned to call him as a witness in the trial because of the poor state of his health.
Mngeni, 27, had been diagnosed with a rare brain tumour, which was removed in 2011. His trial was repeatedly delayed while he had surgery.
He was denied parole in July this year after officials ruled he could receive appropriate medical care at Goodwood Prison, in Cape Town.
Mrs Dewani was kidnapped at gunpoint and shot dead in the Gugulethu township on 13 November 2010 while on honeymoon in South Africa.
Mr Dewani, who was kidnapped alongside her, was later released unharmed.
Mngeni was charged with murder, robbery with aggravating circumstances and kidnapping three days after her death and was convicted on 19 November 2012 of firing the shots that killed Mrs Dewani, having denied the charges.
In court, Mngeni was described as a "merciless and evil person" who deserved the maximum sentence by the trial judge.
"He had no regard to her right to freedom, dignity, and totally disregarded and showed no respect to her right to life by brutally killing her with utter disdain," Judge Robert Henney said.
Mngeni is one of three men to have been jailed in connection with the murder of Mrs Dewani.
Taxi driver Zola Tongo was sentenced to 18 years following a plea bargain.
He told South African authorities he had been approached by Mr Dewani, who offered him about $2,100 (£1,340) to organise the killing and make it look like a carjacking.
Tongo said he then recruited Mngeni and a third man, Mziwamadoda Qwabe, to carry out the killing.
In August 2012, Qwabe was sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to the murder of Mrs Dewani.
South Wales Police said two vehicles collided at Afan Way, Port Talbot, on Sunday at 21:55 BST.
A fourth person was also treated at the scene before being taken to hospital.
The collision involved a silver Suzuki Ignis and a black Ford Focus east of the junction with Victoria Road. Police are appealing for witnesses.
The boats were caught in strong winds and torrential rain as they sailed across Lake Togo, about 40km (25 miles) east of the capital, Lome.
Police say the victims were returning home from a funeral on the other side of the lake.
Local official Akouete Edan said there were 21 survivors and that most of those killed were students.
It is not known how many people were on board the boats, and a search is continuing for further bodies.
"When the winds hit, the largest boat carrying some men and drums capsized first," a survivor told a local radio station, according to the Reuters news agency.
"Then two or three other smaller boats carrying women and children also capsized," he said, adding that he had lost three of his children who were with him.
Women's Minister Henriette Amedjogbe travelled with the prime minister to the village of Agbodankope, where many of those killed came from.
"It is a real tragedy," she said, according to the AFP news agency.
"We came to bring you the support of the government and the Togolese people."
The two teams went into the game level on points in Pool Five - both trailing leaders Wasps by six.
George Ford kicked Bath ahead on three occasions at the Stade Felix Mayol but Toulon's Eric Escande matched him every time from the tee.
And despite a strong second half from Bath, Freddie Michalak landed the winning penalty after 75 minutes.
The first ever meeting between the two sides was due to be played back in November, but was postponed following the deadly attacks on Paris.
Bath came into the rearranged fixture in inconsistent form, having lost two of their last three games in all competitions.
But they put in a fantastic performance in France, against a Toulon side who have not lost in 17 European matches at home.
The Premiership club picked up a losing bonus point but they must now win both their remaining pool games, against Leinster and a return match against Toulon at the Rec, to stand a chance of progressing to the quarter-finals.
Fly-half Ford has been struggling for form since he was dropped by England during last year's World Cup, but the 22-year-old looked rediscovered his confidence against Toulon - perhaps aided by his impressive partnership with Chris Cook, who was brought in at scrum-half in place of the injured Nikola Matawalu.
Ford kicked the opening penalty and landed two out of three drop-goal attempts to give his side a narrow lead in Sunday's contest.
But Toulon scrum-half Escande kept pulling the three-time champions level, and the Toulon defence held off a fired-up Bath attack as the clock ticked down in the second half.
The visitors were also forced into desperate defending. Josua Tuisova went on a blistering run only to be halted by full-back Anthony Watson, while his England team-mate Semesa Rokoduguni was on hand to clear the danger from Juan Smith out wide.
In the end, it fell to replacement Michalak to grab the winner after Bath conceded a needless penalty with five minutes left on the clock.
Bath fly-half George Ford told BBC Radio Bristol: "It's pretty devastating. To come out here and perform like that the attitude was there today and small margins in the game.
"We had good field position but little errors at the end gave them field position to kick the late penalty. I'm unbelievably proud of the boys today to put in a show like that.
"It was more like us, the feel was similar to last year, great energy and enthusiasm. We're still alive in the pool, we just need to prepare right and show up mentally."
Toulon: James O'Connor; Josua Tuisova, Mathieu Bastareaud, Ma'a Nonu, Bryan Habana; Quade Cooper, Eric Escande; Florian Fresia, Guilhem Guirado, Levan Chilachava, Jocelino Suta, Konstantine Mikautadze, Juan Smith, Juan Fernandez Lobbe, Duane Vermeulen.
Replacements: Anthony Etrillard, Xavier Chiocci, Matt Stevens, Steffon Armitage, Frederic Michalak, Maxime Mermoz, Sebastien Tillous-Borde, Thibault Lassale.
Bath: Anthony Watson; Semesa Rokoduguni, Jonathan Joseph, Kyle Eastmond, Matt Banahan; George Ford, Chris Cook; Max Lahiff, Rob Webber, David Wilson, Stuart Hooper, Dominic Day, Matt Garvey, Francois Louw, Leroy Houston.
Replacements: Ross Batty, Nathan Catt, Henry Thomas, Charlie Ewels, David Denton, Jonathan Evans, Rhys Priestland, Tom Homer.
Ref: George Clancy (IRFU).
Southport and Ormskirk Hospitals NHS Trust was inspected by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in April.
Although overall care at the trust was "good", Southport and Formby Hospital did not give sufficient priority to safety in urgent care, said inspectors.
The trust said more nurses have been hired while A&E standards had improved.
Inspectors visited Southport and Formby District General Hospital, Ormskirk District General Hospital and the North West Regional Spinal Injuries Centre.
They found "significant improvements" at the spinal unit and in maternity services - both previously rated as "inadequate".
But inspectors found the A&E department and surgical services at Southport to be "inadequate" with patients waiting "too long to be seen and assessed".
Concerns were also raised about a shortage of doctors, consultants and nurses.
Overall, the trust's services were rated as "good for being caring" but the trust still "requires improvement" in being safe, effective, responsive and well led, their report said.
Chief Inspector of Hospitals, Professor Sir Mike Richards, said delays affecting patients at A&E, as well as risks to safety in surgery, "must be addressed".
In a statement, the trust said it recognised that "a great deal more needs to be done" and A&E in particular needs to "rapidly improve".
A spokesman said the trust plans "tackle these issues" along with other ongoing quality concerns.
The inspectors' findings have been made public following disciplinary action taken against two senior members of staff at the trust.
Former chief executive Jonathan Parry was sacked for gross misconduct last month after an investigation into complaints from whistleblowers.
And former human resources director Sharon Partington would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had she not resigned, said a disciplinary panel.
The nature of the allegations has not been revealed, but the trust said no aspect related to patient care or safety.
Coastguard search-and-rescue teams scoured the area beneath the 80m high cliff, near Newhaven after huge chunks fell on to rocks below.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said there were no reports of anyone missing but a large-scale search was launched "due to the sheer scale" of the fall.
Coastguards have repeatedly warned walkers to stay away from cliffs there.
A coastguard spokesman said emergency services received "multiple 999 calls" at about 16:00 BST.
The UK Coastguard search-and-rescue helicopter flew from Lydd, in Kent, to join Newhaven and Birling Gap Coastguard Rescue teams and East Sussex police and fire-and-rescue services at the scene.
The helicopter was stood down at about 17:30 and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency later confirmed the search had ended.
Kaimes Beasley, duty controller for the UK Coastguard, said beach goers were being advised "to keep away from the scene" and the area was being cordoned off "in the interests of public safety."
Witnesses spoke of seeing clouds of white dust as an estimated 50,000 tonnes of cliff fell.
Vitalea Coleone told the BBC: "As I was swimming I saw huge amounts of what I thought was smoke. We thought something had gone into the rocks.
"I got out of the water because I didn't know what it was. It was just like someone had let a smoke machine off."
A large crack appeared in the cliff face at Seaford Head in 2014, and there have been numerous warnings about the entire stretch around the Seven Sisters and Beachy Head - a favourite spot with walkers.
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The men play Poland in their semi-final on Friday while the quad team meet the United States on Saturday.
Both won all three of their round-robin ties in the tournament this week.
"There's a good atmosphere in the camp," said men's team player Alfie Hewett. "We are focused."
Rio 2016 men's singles silver medallist Hewett is in the men's team alongside Dermot Bailey and the man who beat him to the gold medal last summer, Gordon Reid.
Each game features two singles matches and a doubles match and the trio have so far won 3-0 against China, Italy and Austria at the event in Sardinia.
The quad team features Rio quad singles silver medallist Andy Lapthorne, Antony Cotterill and James Shaw, who have so far enjoyed a 3-0 victory over Korea and 2-1 wins over Canada and Japan.
"I'm really pleased with how the week has gone so far and I'm looking forward to another big match on Saturday," said Lapthorne.
On Friday, Donald Trump said the US military was "locked and loaded" to deal with North Korea,
By mid afternoon, the FTSE 100 was down 71.50 points, or 1%, to 7,318.44, having dropped 1.4% on Thursday.
Other markets in Europe also fell, with Germany's Dax index down 0.1% and France's Cac 40 dropping 1.1%.
US markets held steady in early trade on Friday, with the Dow Jones edging up 0.1%.
On the London stock market, mining shares saw the biggest falls as many metal prices were hit by the geopolitical concerns. Shares in Glencore, Rio Tinto and Anglo American were all down by more than 3%.
"The FTSE has carried on where it left off on Thursday, with yet another day of risk-off sentiment seeing investors shift out of equities," said Joshua Mahony, market analyst at IG.
"The UK headline index has crashed to the lowest level since late June, in a week which has turned from mundane to insane.
"For a week that has been largely devoid of major economic releases, Donald Trump's confrontational stance with North Korea has raised volatility across the board."
Gold - generally regarded as a safer asset in times of uncertainty - hit its highest price for more than two months on Friday, touching $1,288.97 an ounce at one point.
On the currency markets, the pound was unchanged against the dollar at $1.2972 and down 0.3% against the euro at 1.0992 euros.
The visitors took the lead eight minutes into the second half when Brad Potts' 20-yard shot was deflected past goalkeeper Tommy Lee.
Four minutes later the Spireites were level as substitute Jay O'Shea found the top corner from 25 yards.
Blackpool captain David Ferguson was sent off late on, picking up a second yellow for pulling back Gboly Ariyibi.
The Seasiders slipped back into the relegation zone following Shrewsbury's victory, while Chesterfield are only three points above the drop zone.
As I am in Delhi to report on the UK Prime Ministers trade mission to India, I assumed it was an announcement in some way connected to the UK and India's future trade relationship.
It was much much bigger than that. The Indian PM announced the withdrawal of 500 (£6.50) and 1,000 (£13) notes from circulation from midnight tonight. Wow.
The waiters at the restaurant where i was enjoying a Mutton Rogan Josh were open mouthed in astonishment - but totally supportive.
We have too much "black money" in the economy - one told me. According to the chef who emerged from the kitchen to watch the news Mr Modi is doing the right thing - cracking down on an unmanageable, untaxable illegal economy.
"Lots of people who come in here pay in bundles of cash that is unknown to the government. It is good what Mr Modi is doing."
Not a single news agency seemed to know this was coming. The news anchor I am watching as we speak produced a wad of 500s from his own pocket on air wondering whether these were now just pieces of paper - and also wondering if the bars of Delhi would see a sudden surge of business.
It has caught the country completely off guard. There will also be limits on cash point withdrawals over the next couple of weeks.
Financial officials like the economic affairs secretary are taking to the airwaves right now to assure that the authorities are there to help cushion the shock this will cause to a cash based economy.
The news channels are trying hard to interpret the news for viewers who are worried that they will not be able to get a cab, buy milk, or even have their life savings in cash. It feels they are scrambling right now.
Mr Modi has set his stall out as a modernising, anti-corruption crusader. Scrapping notes that are very, very common is his biggest offensive yet. Most transactions in daily life are in cash and 45% of those are in notes in denominations of 500 rupees and over.
There is a cashpoint downstairs and I need a cab in the morning - do I take out enough for my fare - the waiters are divided on whether they will be usable, the news channels don't appear to know and big queues are forming at the petrol station I can see from my window.
There are global financial shocks which ripple through the world economy for years. This is much more immediate and unexpected. Right now I'm not sure how I'm going to get back to the airport.
Authorities in California confirmed that seven others remain in hospital.
The collapse happened during a 21st birthday party shortly before 01:00 local time (08:00 GMT) on Tuesday in the city of Berkeley.
The students are believed to have been living temporarily in the US as part of a work exchange programme.
Around 700 Irish students are currently living in the San Francisco Bay Area, said Philip Grant, the Consul General of Ireland to the Western United States.
"We're still in an emergency response mode," he said. "It's a formative experience, and to have this happen ... has left us all frozen in shock and disbelief".
Berkeley City Mayor Tom Bates described the incident as a "shocking set of events".
"We're all sort of awestruck by the incredible tragedy," he said.
The victims
Police began receiving emergency calls about the incident around 00:41 local time. The police chief said it took patrolmen about two minutes to arrive on the scene.
The cause of the collapse is still under investigation, but the city's police chief said there was no indication of any criminal activity at this point.
Photos taken at the scene appear to show a 5ft x 10ft (1.5m x 3m) balcony on the fourth floor of the building fallen on to the balcony on the level below.
Two Irish students who were asleep in the building when the incident occurred described a loud sound when the balcony fell.
"I just heard a bang and a lot of shouting," said Dan Sullivan.
Outside the apartment where the balcony collapsed, flowers and photos and wreaths are stacked, and shocked Berkeley residents have been coming to pay their respects.
The building is cordoned off while forensic workers investigate and scrub the street below the collapsed balcony.
One woman who used to live in the building told the BBC she thought there should be a criminal investigation of the city's Planning Commission.
But the police chief says so far there is no evidence of criminal wrongdoing.
Another student, Mark Neville, said: "I walked out and I saw rubble on the street and a bunch of Irish students crying."
Enda Kenny, the Irish Prime Minister, said that police had told him there were 13 people on the balcony when it collapsed.
Irish Foreign Minister Charlie Flanagan said that four of the victims died at the scene and another died in hospital.
The Alameda County coroner's office later told the BBC a sixth person had died in hospital.
The foreign minister has said that the families of all of those who died have been contacted.
University College Dublin President Andrew Deeks said late Tuesday that the accident involved students from the university and their friends.
"We cannot comprehend the desperate shock and grief they are feeling and we are heartbroken at their suffering and loss," he said. "We know the local Irish community has been offering assistance and solidarity and we thank them for this."
Berkeley Police spokesman Byron White said first responders described the scene as "quite disturbing".
Many of those hurt have life-threatening injuries, said Jennifer Coats, a Berkeley Police Department spokeswoman.
Police received a complaint about loud noise at the flat about an hour before the balcony collapsed, but did not go to the building to investigate.
The city's police chief said that the noise complaint was treated as a low priority, and noted that police officers were responding to several other emergency calls at the time - including one for shots fired in another part of town.
Irish President Michael Higgins said that he had "heard with the greatest sadness of the terrible loss of life of young Irish people and the critical injury of others in Berkeley, California today".
He said his heart goes out to the families and their loved ones.
The Irish consul general in San Francisco is helping those affected and there is an Irish helpline (+353 1 418 0200).
The apartment building was constructed in 2006, according to the Los Angeles Times.
A Berkeley city official said that building inspectors had visited the building on Tuesday. Three remaining balconies on the building have been closed.
In 2013, a similar accident killed 13 people and injured at least 50 others in Chicago, when a deck holding revellers collapsed.
In that incident, more than 60 people were on the building's porches, according to CBS Chicago.
Max Schrems alleges that the way the social network monitors its members' activity on and off the site puts it in breach of EU laws.
As part of the claim, he also alleges that the company co-operated with Prism, a US surveillance scheme.
Facebook has previously denied knowing about Prism before it was mentioned in leaked US government documents.
The company has, however, acknowledged complying with national security requests from US government agencies.
Facebook has not commented on the wider case being brought against it.
The BBC understands it does not plan to respond until it has been served the relevant papers.
Mr Schrems asked Facebook users based outside the US and Canada who wished to take part in the case to sign up via an app.
The case is targeted against the company's Irish subsidiary, which is responsible for all accounts belonging to users outside of North America. It has been filed with the Commercial Court for Vienna, the 26 year old's home city.
Among the allegations are that Facebook broke EU privacy laws by introducing:
Mr Schrems is demanding 500 euros ($667, £396) in damages for each of the first 25,000 people who signed up to the case.
While the Austrian legal system does not make provision for US-style class actions, Mr Schrems is working round this by getting the other participants to transfer their financial claims to him, which is permitted.
If he wins he intends to share the money after delivering a 20% cut to a German firm that is funding the case.
While the promised payout might have helped him attract support, Mr Schrems says the money is a side-issue.
Instead, he explains, the dispute with Facebook is intended to be a "model case" that sets a precedent addressing the wider problem of tech firm developing products that comply with US laws, but are not adapted for other countries' rules.
"It is not an epic fight with Facebook but more of a general question of where we are going and if we respect our fundamental rights in Europe," he told the BBC.
"Right now I have the feeling that we love to point the finger at the US in Europe, and say they are not respecting our privacy. But the reality is that we don't really do anything about it - we complain, then go home and drink beer."
This is not the first action Mr Schrems has taken against the social network.
In 2011 he forced the firm to reveal all the information it was holding on him.
When he discovered the 1,222 pages of information included details he thought he had deleted or had not consented to being shared, he lodged a complaint with the Irish data protection commissioner.
The case has since been referred to the European Court of Justice, but has already resulted in the firm restricting its use of facial recognition software and making it easier for members to find out more about the data held on them.
One of the UK's leading data protection lawyers, who is not involved in the case, suggested the latest action could deliver a landmark ruling.
"The current climate of data protection enforcement in the EU in the courts and by the data protection regulators, coupled with an increasing awareness by consumers of their rights means that this case could well run its course in the Court in Vienna and achieve a result for Max Schrems and Facebook users," said Robert Bond, a partner at the law firm Speechly Bircham.
"Of course it remains to be seen whether or not Facebook will try to settle as reputational damage may be worse than a financial penalty."
Mr Schrems has limited the number of people involved in the case to 25,000 because each participant's submissions must be vetted.
However, he says other Facebook users wishing to take part can still register their interest in case he later decides to expand the legal action.
The pause was a "precautionary measure", the government said, without giving details.
Moscow's warning came after the US shot down a Syrian military plane.
Russia also said it was halting communications with the US aimed at preventing such incidents.
Australia has deployed about 780 military personnel as part of the US-led coalition fighting so-called Islamic State (IS) in both Iraq and Syria.
The halt in operations comes as the coalition and the fighters it is supporting on the ground attempt to oust IS militants from the city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of the "caliphate" they proclaimed in 2014.
"Australian Defence Force protection is regularly reviewed in response to a range of potential threats," the defence department said in a statement.
"ADF personnel are closely monitoring the air situation in Syria and a decision on the resumption of ADF air operations in Syria will be made in due course."
Australia joined the US-led coalition in Syria in September 2015, but did not carry out any operations in the country between March and May this year, according to the defence department.
Its activities in Iraq, where it carried out 80 operations in May alone, will continue.
Australia's decision to suspend air operations over Syria in the wake of Russia's warning that it might target coalition aircraft is an indication of the concern among Washington's allies, but is unlikely to have a significant impact upon the air campaign.
Australia has a small but highly capable contingent of six F/A-18 strike aircraft; a tanker; and an E-7A Wedgetail early warning aircraft, all based at Al Minhad in the United Arab Emirates. Most of the Australian strikes have been in Iraq, though its aircraft do also operate over Syria.
Australian commanders will reassess the situation in due course. The more fundamental question is what the Russian threat actually amounts to. Is it just rhetoric or does Moscow want to deny certain areas of Syrian airspace to US-led coalition aircraft?
With the assault on the de facto IS capital Raqqa just getting under way, the last thing the Pentagon needs is a stand-off with Moscow.
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Russia warned on Monday that it would track coalition aircraft with missile systems and military aircraft, but it stopped short of openly saying it would shoot them down.
The move came after the US shot down a Syrian Su-22 which, the Pentagon said, had bombed US-backed fighters battling IS near the town of Tabqa in Raqqa province.
It was believed to be the first air-to-air kill of a manned aircraft by a US military jet since the Kosovo campaign in 1999.
But both Russia and Syria said the warplane was on a mission against IS about 40km (25 miles) south-west of Raqqa when it came under fire.
The Syrian army said the "flagrant attack" would have "dangerous repercussions".
Russia also denied the US had used a communications channel before the Su-22 fighter bomber was shot down, as claimed by the US military.
In response, it said was ending a memorandum of co-operation with the coalition aimed at preventing air incidents and guaranteeing flight safety.
The Rio 400m freestyle silver medallist, 25, finished in eight minutes, 19.7 seconds.
Compatriots James Guy, 20, and Ben Proud, 21, qualified for semi-finals in the men's 100m butterfly and 50m freestyle respectively.
Proud and Guy will compete in the semi-finals in the early hours of Friday - the action starts from 02:03 BST.
American Katie Ledecky set an Olympic record of eight minutes, 12.86 seconds in her women's 800m freestyle heat to beat the record set by Briton Rebecca Adlington at Beijing 2008.
Ledecky, 19, is the defending Olympic champion and is looking to add to her four medals already won in Brazil.
A silver medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay was followed up by gold medals in the women's 200m and 400m freestyle, as well as the 4x200m relay.
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The 26-year-old centre, who also plays as a winger, has scored 13 tries in 44 appearances for the NRL side.
Purtell started his career with Canberra Raiders where he ran in 30 tries in 64 matches.
"I'm at a point where I'm looking for a new challenge and a new experience and this is the biggest challenge I could've taken on," he said.
"I will be 27 by the start of next season and entering the most important years of my career."
We needed longevity in our signings so it's a good deal for both sides
Bulls head coach Mick Potter added: "Adrian has played virtually every game in first grade in the past two years, in every position from lock to the wing.
"He's a big guy with speed and he'll be an asset to our team next season. I'm pleased to get him signed up for a few years.
"He wanted the security and we needed longevity in our signings so it's a good deal for both sides."
The Kenyan port of Mombasa and Tanzania's Dar es Salaam port are the traditional competitors but the Kenyan government is now planning a huge new port at Lamu, while Tanzania is developing Bagamoyo.
Both ports will be larger than any other port in sub-Saharan Africa if completed as planned. They will also be at the centre of much bigger developments, with industrial zones being laid out and intensive farming being proposed.
The Tanzanian authorities hope Bagamoyo will handle 20 million containers a year, that is 25 times larger than the port at Dar es Salaam. Kenya's planned Lamu port is expected to be just as big.
However, these are the proposed, long term figures, which will be achieved over decades rather than years. Construction will take place in phases as and when required.
The scale of the initial phases has not been determined but will be much more modest.
One hurdle that is delaying the development of both projects is the question of compensation. In the case of Bagamoyo, 2,000 people have lost their homes or farmland to the project and associated industrial zone.
The Tanzanian government says that it will pay a total of $20.9m (£14.4m). But the figure would be much higher if there was a plan to enlarge the Dar es Salaam port as it is already surrounded by urban development and has limited room for expansion.
Apart from serving their own domestic markets, the Tanzanian and Kenyan ports will also be competing for a wider prize, the business from the landlocked countries of East Africa.
They could handle containers travelling to and from Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, Ethiopia, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and parts of Zambia.
Lamu and Bagamoyo have been little used as ports for about a century but at one point they were rivals in East Africa's slave trade.
Indeed, the name Bagamoyo derives from a Swahili phrase meaning lay down your heart, or give up hope, suggesting that slaves taken there had no hope of escape.
But with the revamped ports they could become better known for helping develop the region rather than bleeding it dry of its human resources.
Construction work on Bagamoyo is to begin before the end of this year, once financing is put in place by China Merchant Holding International and the State General Reserve Fund, which is an Omani sovereign wealth fund.
Preliminary work has already begun on Lamu, although funding is still being finalised.
New life is also being injected into the Tanzanian port of Tanga. The government managed to persuade Uganda to route its planned oil export line through Tanzania to Tanga, rather than through Lamu.
In addition, a new railway could run parallel to the pipeline connecting with ferry services on Lake Victoria.
Tanzania won the fight over the pipeline because it was offering the cheaper option and, probably, also because any line to Lamu was seen as being vulnerable to attack from the Somalia-based Islamist al-Shabab group.
A big difference between the two countries approaches is the fact that Kenya has stuck with state ownership.
The Kenya Ports Authority continues to own and manage most of Mombasa, while Dar es Salaam container terminal is operated by Tanzania International Container Terminal Services, an offshoot of Hong Kong's Hutchison Whampoa.
Similarly, Bagamoyo will be operated by China Merchant Holdings, a sign of how the country has moved away from the principles of African socialism, as espoused by the country's founding father Julius Nyerere.
Lamu is being developed by the China Communications Construction Company but the Kenya Ports Authority will still be in control.
The two countries are also looking at boosting their rail infrastructure.
Mombasa and Dar es Salaam are connected to the rest of the region via long distance railways. A colonial-era line runs from Mombasa to the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, and on to the Ugandan capital, Kampala.
It was nicknamed the Lunatic Express because of the problems involved in building it across difficult terrain filled with hostile wildlife. A new, more modern railway is now under construction from Mombasa to Nairobi with Chinese funding.
For its part, Dar es Salaam is connected to Lake Victoria and Lake Tanganyika, also by colonial-period railways.
In addition, the Tanzania-Zambia Railway was built in the 1970s by the Chinese government to help Zambia export its copper through Dar es Salaam. This allowed it to bypass the ports of apartheid South Africa or colonial-era Mozambique.
New railways from Lamu to South Sudan and Ethiopia are planned, while funding is currently being sought for a new line from Rwanda and Burundi to either Dar es Salaam or Bagamoyo.
Bagamoyo lies just 75km (47 miles) north of Dar es Salaam, so it should be relatively easy to connect the new port to the country's main rail lines.
Tanzania appears to be winning projects in the face of Kenyan competition because of lower costs and because, as with the Uganda oil pipeline, any railway or pipeline out of Lamu could be vulnerable to attack by Somali militants.
But the competition is not over and the rivalry could serve to boost the business prospects for the whole region.
The 25-year-old, who scored 19 goals for the Prenton Park outfit last year, got Rovers off to a dream start after nine minutes, firing past Alan Julian from Connor Jennings' pinpoint cross.
Blair Turgott missed a gilt-edged chance to equalise for the hosts from six yards after 40 minutes. Tobi Sho-Silva seemingly did all the hard work, ghosting past Tranmere's backline, but the West Ham youth product hit his effort wide.
Four minutes later Norwood made it 2-0, prodding home Andy Cook's flick from Liam Ridehalgh's cross and that was enough for the Merseysiders to make their 500-mile round trip a fruitful one.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Bromley 0, Tranmere Rovers 2.
Second Half ends, Bromley 0, Tranmere Rovers 2.
Substitution, Tranmere Rovers. Jake Kirby replaces James Norwood.
Corner, Tranmere Rovers.
Substitution, Bromley. Rob Swaine replaces Joe Howe.
Substitution, Tranmere Rovers. Adam Mekki replaces Andy Cook.
Substitution, Bromley. George Porter replaces Reece Prestedge.
Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Corner, Bromley.
Michael Ihiekwe (Tranmere Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Bromley. Connor Dymond replaces Max Porter.
Corner, Bromley.
Corner, Tranmere Rovers.
Corner, Bromley.
Corner, Bromley.
Corner, Bromley.
Second Half begins Bromley 0, Tranmere Rovers 2.
First Half ends, Bromley 0, Tranmere Rovers 2.
Goal! Bromley 0, Tranmere Rovers 2. James Norwood (Tranmere Rovers).
Corner, Bromley.
Dave Martin (Bromley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Reece Prestedge (Bromley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Corner, Bromley.
Corner, Bromley.
Corner, Tranmere Rovers.
Goal! Bromley 0, Tranmere Rovers 1. James Norwood (Tranmere Rovers).
Corner, Tranmere Rovers.
Corner, Bromley.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
The 26-year-old forward, who arrived at the Dons on Thursday for a club record transfer fee from Bristol City, cancelled out the Lions' early two-goal advantage, with two well-taken goals and left the field as a second-half substitute to a standing ovation.
But it was Neil Harris's side that made their early first-half pressure pay, as they struck twice in quick succession to go two in front - first through Tony Craig on 24 minutes, before David Worrall smashed the visitors into what appeared to be a comfortable lead three minutes later.
But Agard's first reply came just a minute later, as the Lions defence failed to clear their lines and the Dons forward's left-footed strike from the edge of the box found the bottom corner.
And the home fans did not have long to wait to cheer Agard's second, which was a well-taken headed lob over Millwall goalkeeper Jordan Archer in a one-on-one just past the half hour.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, MK Dons 2, Millwall 2.
Second Half ends, MK Dons 2, Millwall 2.
Attempt saved. Daniel Powell (MK Dons) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Brandon Thomas-Asante (MK Dons) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Joe Walsh.
Substitution, MK Dons. Brandon Thomas-Asante replaces Kieran Agard.
Ben Thompson (Millwall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ed Upson (MK Dons).
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by George Baldock.
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Daniel Powell.
Substitution, Millwall. Fred Onyedinma replaces David Worrall.
Substitution, Millwall. Joe Martin replaces Shane Ferguson because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Darren Potter (MK Dons) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Steve Morison (Millwall) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Ed Upson (MK Dons) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Steve Morison (Millwall) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Aiden O'Brien (Millwall) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Kieran Agard (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Byron Webster (Millwall).
Byron Webster (Millwall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Corner, MK Dons. Conceded by Byron Webster.
Substitution, MK Dons. Dean Bowditch replaces George C Williams.
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by David Martin.
Attempt saved. Aiden O'Brien (Millwall) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Darren Potter (MK Dons) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by George Baldock.
Attempt missed. Tony Craig (Millwall) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Ed Upson.
Corner, Millwall. Conceded by Joe Walsh.
Attempt missed. Steve Morison (Millwall) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
Attempt missed. George C Williams (MK Dons) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Aiden O'Brien (Millwall) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Second Half begins MK Dons 2, Millwall 2.
First Half ends, MK Dons 2, Millwall 2.
Daniel Powell (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Shaun Williams (Millwall).
Attempt saved. George C Williams (MK Dons) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Daniel Powell (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mahlon Romeo (Millwall).
Mahlon Romeo (Millwall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
The retailer said the issue related to the use of pay averaging, which spreads workers' pay evenly over the year.
It said employees were paid the correct amount over the course of the year.
However, those on hourly rates had sometimes seen pay dip below the minimum wage when they worked extra hours, technically breaking the rules.
It means that thousands of John Lewis staff who worked on hourly rates could be due a top-up.
As a result John Lewis has revised its annual profit for 2016-17 by £36m to £452.2m.
John Lewis, which is owned by its workers who are known as partners, said it had used pay averaging since 2006 with the consent of staff.
This was to help them with their financial planning.
But in its latest annual report the retailer said it now realised that it had broken the "strict timing requirements" set out under the National Minimum Wage Regulations.
Chairman Sir Charlie Mayfield said: "Although partners will, over the course of a year, usually have received the correct pay, in some months where greater than average hours are worked they will have been paid less than the hourly rate stipulated in the NMW Regulations."
He added: "We are now required to make good those amounts. This is very disappointing, not least because the vast majority of payments ... relate to technical underpayments rather than actual underpayments."
All staff paid by the hour over the past six years could be due compensation, although the firm said the total amount owed was as yet unknown.
It said it had begun contacting those affected and was working with HM Revenue and Customs to ensure its pay practices were within the rules.
The error comes three years after John Lewis was forced to pay employees an extra £40m when it realised it had been miscalculating holiday pay for seven years.
Other firms to have fallen foul of pay rules include Tesco, which said in March said it was compensating 140,000 current and former staff after a payroll error.
Some of its staff were paid less than the National Living Wage after contributing part of their salary to pensions, childcare and cycle to work schemes.
Tesco promised most workers up to £40 each in compensation, although said some could get much more.
In February, Debenhams and Argos also revealed staff were paid less than the living wage due to payroll mistakes.
Butcher's side are without a win in League Two following a 3-2 defeat by leaders Leyton Orient at Rodney Parade.
And with no midweek game, Butcher says they can work on cutting out mistakes.
"The week will give everyone the chance to refocus. And it'll be nice to have a week where we don't have to travel on a Tuesday and play a game," he said.
"After Plymouth [on Saturday] we've got three homes games on the spin. The players love playing at Rodney Parade and the fans like what they see and we want to get the results for them as much as for us."
Match report: Newport County 2-3 Leyton Orient
Newport made an awful start on Saturday, conceding two goals in the opening seven minutes.
They clawed their way back with two goals in as many minutes from Scott Boden and captain Mark Byrne moments before the break.
But Dean Cox scored the winner against the run of play on 59 minutes for Orient to leave Newport still without a win in League Two this season.
"These boys are growing together very well," added Butcher, who took over this summer.
"We're looking at all sorts of ways of stopping goals going in and looking at ways of scoring goals as well.
"It seems we just have to be more ruthless in both penalty areas, it's as simple as that.
"It's another harsh lesson for us to take but I'm determined and the player are determined to get the win.
"Once we get this monkey off our back by getting the first win, who knows what can happen after that?"
Hideto Kijima had boarded with the help of friends on his outbound flight.
But on the return leg from the island of Amami, airline employees told him that for safety reasons, he would not be allowed to board if he could not climb the stairs without assistance.
In response, Mr Kijima left his wheelchair and pulled himself up the stairs with his arms.
Mr Kijima is an experienced traveller, and head of the Japan Accessible Tourist Center, a non-profit organisation which catalogues accessibility issues for tourists to Japan.
He says he has been to more than 200 airports in 158 countries since he was paralysed from the waist down in a school rugby accident in 1990.
In a blog post, he said that wherever facilities were not available for mobility disabled passengers, he has relied on the help of friends or staff members in whatever way possible.
He said that although travel had occasionally been difficult, he had never been told he could not board a plane.
He told Japan's Nippon TV he was "surprised" by the strict rule. "I wondered if the airport employees didn't think that was wrong," he said.
Vanilla Air, a budget airline subsidiary of All Nippon Airways, has apologised for the incident and announced new measures to aid wheelchair users at the airport.
The company's website now says that while it cannot provide a boarding bridge at Amami airport, it will now provide a special chair for the purpose.
"We're sorry that we caused him that hardship," a company spokesman told AFP news agency.
There have been several other incidents this year involving the treatment of passengers by airlines.
In April, a Vietnamese-American doctor was dragged from a United Airlines flight in Chicago by law enforcement officials after he refused to give up his seat voluntarily.
A video of the incident posted online caused a massive backlash against the airline, forcing it to change its policies and pay a settlement to the injured doctor.
Robert Russell, 46, committed much of the sexual abuse while his victims were asleep.
Prosecutor Kath Harper described his conduct as "sexually deviant."
At the High Court in Glasgow, Russell was found guilty of offences which took place in Livingston between 2003 and 2016.
He raped one girl when she was aged between 12 and 14.
The court heard Russell threatened to kill the schoolgirl to stop her telling anyone what had happened to her. He also said that no-one would believe her.
Eventually the girl told school friends what had happened to her, and also opened up to a friend on Facebook.
However, when asked by police in 2011 and 2013 she denied she had been raped.
Ms Harper said: "She was scared because he had threatened to kill her if she told. Imagine the effect that might have on a child.
"It was only in 2016 when, out of the blue, the police came to her that she finally divulged the full extent of what happened."
Judge Lord Clark told Russell: "By the verdict of the jury you have been convicted of 11 charges which includes the repeated rape of a young girl and sexual abuse of her and three others."
Russell was placed on the sex offenders register and will be sentenced next month.
Throughout his trial Russell denied the charges against him and claimed his victims were lying.
It all began on Saturday with a column Maureen Dowd in the New York Times, in which she recounted an impassioned request Mr Biden had received several months ago from his 46-year-old son, Beau Biden, who was dying of brain cancer.
"Beau was losing his nouns and the right side of his face was partially paralysed," she writes. "But he had a mission: He tried to make his father promise to run, arguing that the White House should not revert to the Clintons and that the country would be better off with Biden values."
Dowd has the reputation among some on the left of being a bit of a Clinton family antagonist - and armchair psychologist - so her attempt to ramp up speculation of Democratic Party looking for alternatives to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shouldn't come as too a much of a surprise. She also offered Howard Schultz, head of coffee shop empire Starbucks, as another possible Democratic contender.
A follow-up article by Times reporter Amy Chozick, however, added further substance to the reports that Mr Biden's people "through hushed phone calls and quiet lunches" are putting out feelers to possible campaign staffers and supporters.
ABC News reporter Cecilia Vega says one Biden adviser told her the vice-president is "90% in".
In addition, Josh Alcorn - a former senior adviser to Beau Biden - is joining Run Biden Run, an organisation that could lay the groundwork for a presidential campaign.
Official word from the Biden camp is that nothing has been decided yet - but an announcement one way or the other will likely come in early September.
According to reports, the vice-president has taken note of the controversies over Mrs Clinton's private email server while secretary of state and questions about donations to the Clinton Foundation - and the toll these stories have had on her public approval ratings.
One recent survey shows the vice-president performing better than Mrs Clinton in head-to-head matchups against possible Republican candidates.
Historically, the sitting or recently former vice-president has been at the head of the pack for his party's nomination - think Al Gore, George HW Bush, Walter Mondale or Hubert Humphrey. George W Bush's second-in-command, Dick Cheney, was the only recent notable exception.
It seemed for a while that Mr Biden would follow Mr Cheney's lead - he is, after all, 72 years old and would be the oldest person ever elected president if he were to win (Ronald Reagan upon his re-election in 1984 was a few months younger than Mr Biden would be).
This would mark the third time Mr Biden has sought the Democratic presidential nomination. In 1988 he was an early contender before withdrawing from the race following controversy surrounding his academic record and evidence that he plagiarised the campaign speeches of UK Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock.
Mr Biden ran again in 2008, but his candidacy was overshadowed by the Barack Obama-Hillary Clinton showdown. His foreign policy knowledge - honed from decades in the US Senate - made enough of an impression on Mr Obama, however, that he was tapped to be the then-Illinois senator's running mate - a position for which he has by all accounts performed loyally, albeit with an occasional ill-thought phrase or photo.
If the vice-president chooses to enter the race, he will undoubtedly have an uphill climb against Mrs Clinton. She's spent nearly a year assembling her campaign team, raising money and lining up support within the Democratic Party, while the vice-president has done little in the way of preparation.
What he does have, however, is high name recognition in the party and a great deal of goodwill among the Democratic rank and file, particularly since his son's death two months ago. Mr Biden has a reputation as a skilled debate and capable campaigner who can connect with working voters. He gave the most-watched speech at either of the 2012 party conventions - ahead of former President Bill Clinton, Republican nominee Mitt Romney and even Mr Obama.
Mr Biden's entry would undoubtedly shake up the race. If he eats into Mrs Clinton's establishment support, for instance, it could be a boon for Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders' insurgent candidacy. He's already reduced Mrs Clinton's lead to near single digits in New Hampshire, and if his true-believer base stick with him, it isn't too difficult to imagine a scenario where he pulls out a win there.
So far the Clinton campaign has responded to the Biden talk with a soft touch.
"We are not going to have any comment on Biden stories except I love the guy!" Jennifer Palmieri, Clinton's communications director, told Bloomberg News.
Perhaps not coincidentally, the Clinton campaign just announced it has a forthcoming $2 million (£1.28 million) television advertising buy in the early voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire, featuring two spots touting their candidate's personal story.
It's the largest on-air show of strength from a candidate so far in the race - and an example of just what Mr Biden could be up against if he decides to make one more try for the presidential prize.
Sylvan Parry, 46, from Caernarfon, denies attempting to murder Fiona Parry on 3 September.
Mold Crown Court heard the attack left Mrs Parry with life-changing injuries.
The prosecution said Mr Parry had used "considerable force" and had only stopped when on-duty fire officers who had witnessed the attack intervened.
Prosecuting barrister Sion ap Mihangel said: "This was clearly an attempt by this defendant to kill his wife. It was only because of the intervention of others that he did not succeed in killing her."
The court heard the incident happened on the first day of the new school term.
Mrs Parry had dressed the children for school and taken photographs of them in their school uniforms before leaving the house.
As the couple made the short walk from their house with their baby in a pram and two children, Mr Parry started behaving "aggressively" and issued threats to his wife before attacking her, Mr ap Mihangel told the court.
He added: "He was told to stop what he was doing by one of the officers but he continued to stamp and he was seen to kick his wife twice before walking away."
In a video interview Mrs Parry told police she could not remember anything about what had happened that day because of a brain injury sustained during the attack.
She could not remember getting the children ready for school, leaving her home or the attack.
The trial continues.
When he left the country last month, Liberian national Thomas Eric Duncan filled in a questionnaire saying that none of his relatives were sick.
But Liberia's assistant health minister said he had taken a sick relative to a clinic in a wheelbarrow.
Mr Duncan is in a serious condition in a Dallas hospital.
His is the first case of Ebola to be diagnosed on US soil, where as many as 100 people are being checked for exposure to Ebola.
More than 3,330 people have died in the Ebola outbreak in four West African countries.
The BBC's Jonathan Paye-Layleh in Liberia's capital, Monrovia, says the prosecution announcement was made at the weekly Ebola update news conference, which is attended by numerous government officials and was dominated by the case of Mr Duncan.
"We wish him a speedy recovery; we await his arrival in Liberia" to face prosecution, Binyah Kesselly, the chairman of the board of directors of the Liberia Airport Authority, said.
Deputy Information Minister Isaac Jackson confirmed that Mr Duncan would be prosecuted as he "lied under oath about his Ebola status".
Before the briefing, Mr Kesselly told the BBC that Mr Duncan had answered "no" to all the questions on the Ebola form, which includes one about whether the traveller has any relatives sick with Ebola.
Assistant Health Minister Tolbert Nyenswah explained at the briefing that he was investigating Mr Duncan's movements before he left Liberia on 19 September.
He said Mr Duncan works as a driver in Liberia for Save-Way Cargo, a subsidiary of the international courier service FedEx, and lives in the Paynesville 72nd Community suburb of Monrovia.
Eric Vaye, a neighbour of Mr Duncan's, was also at the briefing to help with contact tracing, and said that nine people had died of Ebola in the district in recent weeks.
Mr Duncan is alleged to have pushed the wheelbarrow when taking a sick relative to a clinic.
Our reporter says this is banned and people are obliged to phone a hotline number to ensure that patients are collected by health workers so further contact with sick people is avoided.
Mr Nyenswah said it was "less likely" that Mr Duncan had passed on the disease when in Liberia because he was not showing signs before he left.
According to the latest UN figures, there have been 7,178 confirmed Ebola cases, with Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea suffering the most.
Leading charity Save the Children has warned that Ebola was spreading at a "terrifying rate", with the number of new recorded cases doubling every few weeks.
UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has called for urgent decisive action including more financial aid, doctors and nurses, from the international community at a conference in London.
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Villa frustrated City until David Silva broke the deadlock before half-time.
But the hosts took charge when Andreas Weimann was adjudged to have handled and Sergio Aguero scored from the spot.
Carlos Tevez added another penalty after Barry Bannan's handball, Aguero made it 4-0 with a deflected shot and Tevez tapped in Samir Nasri's cross.
Manchester United's shock defeat at Norwich later on Saturday meant City stayed at the summit. The size of Villa's defeat, together with Reading's victory over Everton, leaves them in the relegation zone.
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In the end, this win for the champions was every bit as convincing as the scoreline suggests but Villa boss Paul Lambert will argue his side were in the game until the 54th minute, when City scored their second goal from a debatable decision.
Referee Jon Moss pointed to the spot after his assistant Adrian Holmes spotted a near-post handball by Weimann from Silva's corner, but replays showed Weimann made no contact and none of City's players appealed for a penalty.
Once Aguero scored to give them breathing space, the champions did not look back - and could have had more goals if Scott Sinclair had been more ruthless after coming off the bench.
The result leaves Roberto Mancini's men - the only unbeaten side in the division - above their neighbours, having conceded the fewest league goals and with the best goal difference.
They did not have things all their own way against Villa, however, the visitors frustrating them before half-time and also creating some decent chances themselves.
Manchester City are now unbeaten in their last 36 home league games and have scored in each of their last 38 home league games. The last team to beat them at the Etihad Stadium were Everton, who won 2-1 on 20 December 2010, and the last team to stop City scoring on home turf were Birmingham City, in a 0-0 draw on 13 November in the same year.
First Joe Hart had to react quickly to keep out Vincent Kompany's attempted clearance from Matthew Lowton's cross.
And the City keeper, under renewed scrutiny following his unconvincing performance for England against Sweden on Wednesday, came to his side's rescue again when he dived to keep out Christian Benteke's bouncing header.
City, meanwhile, were seeing far more of the ball but were unable to break down Villa's determined defence.
Tevez and Yaya Toure were reduced to shooting from distance and Mancini might have been contemplating an early introduction of Edin Dzeko, who again started on the bench despite last week's heroics against Tottenham.
But there was no need for a super-sub on this occasion.
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City forced Brad Guzan into his first save of note just before the break, when he tipped Tevez's skidding effort round his post.
And Villa's resistance was broken from the resulting corner, with Kompany knocking the ball goalwards from Nasri's delivery and Silva darting in to fire over the line from close range for his first goal of the season.
More was to follow after half-time, but only after Holmes's decision, which Weimann continued to dispute as he was substituted and then again at the final whistle.
City's second penalty was more clear-cut, Bannan handling the ball while he was on the ground as Silva went round him in the area.
This time Tevez was given the responsibility from the spot and he sent Guzan the wrong way.
By now City were rampant and Villa's earlier organisation nowhere to be seen.
Aguero got his second when his shot took a touch off Enda Stevens and beat Guzan at his near post.
And Tevez made it 5-0 from close range after Nasri's ball reached him at the far post.
Full Time The match has reached full-time.
Outswinging corner taken right-footed by Marc Albrighton, clearance by Aleksandar Kolarov.
Free kick awarded for a foul by Vincent Kompany on Gabriel Agbonlahor. Brett Holman takes the free kick.
Scott Sinclair conjures a right-footed shot from inside the six-yard box that clears the bar.
Shot from just outside the box by Brett Holman goes over the target.
Substitution Jordan Bowery replaces Christian Benteke.
Christian Benteke is penalised for a handball. Joe Hart takes the free kick.
Foul by Gareth Barry on Christian Benteke, free kick awarded. Free kick crossed by Barry Bannan, Vincent Kompany manages to make a clearance.
Effort on goal by Scott Sinclair from just inside the penalty area goes over the target.
Sisenando Maicon challenges Christian Benteke unfairly and gives away a free kick. Free kick taken by Ciaran Clark.
Yaya Toure takes a shot. Save by Bradley Guzan.
Free kick taken by Joe Hart.
Substitution Scott Sinclair joins the action as a substitute, replacing David Silva.
The offside flag is raised against Christian Benteke.
The assist for the goal came from Samir Nasri.
Goal! - Carlos Tevez - Man City 5 - 0 A Villa Carlos Tevez gets on the score sheet with a goal from close range to the bottom right corner of the goal. Man City 5-0 Aston Villa.
Substitution Aleksandar Kolarov on for Gael Clichy.
Shot on goal by Sisenando Maicon from just inside the area goes over the target.
Marc Albrighton takes a shot. Blocked by Gael Clichy. Outswinging corner taken right-footed by Marc Albrighton, Christian Benteke takes a shot. Matija Nastasic gets a block in.
Substitution Edin Dzeko on for Sergio Aguero.
Assist on the goal came from Carlos Tevez.
Goal! - Sergio Aguero - Man City 4 - 0 A Villa Sergio Aguero finds the back of the net with a goal from inside the six-yard box to the bottom left corner of the goal. Man City 4-0 Aston Villa.
Corner taken by Marc Albrighton, Matthew Lowton takes a shot. Save made by Joe Hart.
Assist on the goal came from David Silva.
Goal! - Carlos Tevez - Man City 3 - 0 A Villa Carlos Tevez scores a placed penalty. Man City 3-0 Aston Villa.
The referee penalises Barry Bannan for handball.
Sergio Aguero takes a shot. Ron Vlaar gets a block in. Inswinging corner taken by David Silva.
Bradley Guzan restarts play with the free kick. Gabriel Agbonlahor is ruled offside. Matija Nastasic takes the free kick.
Substitution Andreas Weimann leaves the field to be replaced by Brett Holman.
Substitution Marc Albrighton on for Stephen Ireland.
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Matthew Lowton by Gareth Barry.
Gael Clichy fouled by Andreas Weimann, the ref awards a free kick. Matija Nastasic takes the free kick.
Andreas Weimann produces a right-footed shot from just outside the box that misses to the right of the net.
Andreas Weimann fouled by Gareth Barry, the ref awards a free kick. The free kick is delivered left-footed by Barry Bannan from right wing, Joe Hart makes a save.
Booking Booking for Barry Bannan for dissent.
Assist by David Silva.
Goal! - Sergio Aguero - Man City 2 - 0 A Villa Sergio Aguero scores a placed penalty. Man City 2-0 Aston Villa.
Corner taken by David Silva played to the near post, Handball by Andreas Weimann.
Shot from just outside the penalty box by Carlos Tevez misses to the left of the target.
Yaya Toure fouled by Stephen Ireland, the ref awards a free kick. Yaya Toure takes the direct free kick.
Unfair challenge on Enda Stevens by Sergio Aguero results in a free kick. Enda Stevens takes the free kick.
The referee blows his whistle to start the second half.
Half Time The whistle is blown to end the first half.
David Silva takes a shot. Save by Bradley Guzan. Corner taken right-footed by Samir Nasri, Header from deep inside the penalty area by Matija Nastasic goes harmlessly over the crossbar.
Carlos Tevez provided the assist for the goal.
Goal! - David Silva - Man City 1 - 0 A Villa Goal scored by David Silva from close in to the top left corner of the goal. Man City 1-0 Aston Villa.
Carlos Tevez takes a shot. Bradley Guzan makes a save. Corner taken by Samir Nasri, clearance made by Matthew Lowton.
Christian Benteke takes a shot. Matija Nastasic gets a block in.
Gabriel Agbonlahor takes a shot. Blocked by Matija Nastasic.
The assistant referee flags for offside against Carlos Tevez. Bradley Guzan takes the indirect free kick.
Stephen Ireland fouled by Yaya Toure, the ref awards a free kick. Barry Bannan crosses the ball in from the free kick. The assistant referee signals for offside against Christian Benteke. Joe Hart restarts play with the free kick.
Inswinging corner taken right-footed by Samir Nasri from the left by-line, Yaya Toure produces a headed effort from deep inside the six-yard box which goes wide of the right-hand upright.
Samir Nasri takes a shot. Save by Bradley Guzan.
Effort on goal by Yaya Toure from outside the penalty box goes harmlessly over the bar.
Carlos Tevez produces a right-footed shot from just outside the area that goes wide left of the goal.
Matthew Lowton fouled by Sergio Aguero, the ref awards a free kick. Free kick taken by Bradley Guzan.
Gabriel Agbonlahor takes a shot. Blocked by Yaya Toure.
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Gabriel Agbonlahor by Sisenando Maicon. Bradley Guzan takes the free kick.
Gael Clichy takes a shot. Save by Bradley Guzan. Corner taken by Samir Nasri, Close range header by Matija Nastasic goes over the bar.
Christian Benteke takes a shot. Save by Joe Hart. Inswinging corner taken left-footed by Barry Bannan, save made by Joe Hart.
Free kick awarded for a foul by Gabriel Agbonlahor on Sisenando Maicon. Sisenando Maicon takes the direct free kick.
David Silva takes a shot. Blocked by Barry Bannan. David Silva takes the inswinging corner, save by Bradley Guzan.
The assistant referee flags for offside against Christian Benteke. Joe Hart takes the free kick.
Stephen Ireland challenges Yaya Toure unfairly and gives away a free kick. Yaya Toure takes the free kick.
Christian Benteke takes a shot. Yaya Toure gets a block in.
Inswinging corner taken by Samir Nasri from the left by-line, Carlos Tevez produces a header from inside the six-yard box that clears the bar.
Samir Nasri decides to take a short corner.
Sisenando Maicon produces a right-footed shot from deep inside the six-yard box which goes wide of the right-hand post.
The referee gets the match started.
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Campaigns are under way for both the leader and deputy leader posts.
If both posts are taken by men, Tom Watson said, he would call for a change in the rules for future contests.
The new leader and deputy will be announced ahead of the party's conference in September.
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Mr Watson, Labour's former general election co-ordinator, told BBC Radio 5 Live's Pienaar's Politics: "For the first time ever there is a genuine choice of very strong candidates who are women in this election.
"We could end up with two women. But I do think it's an issue that needs addressing if arithmetically we end up with two men - a leader and deputy - and I've said that I'll go back to our National Executive Committee if that's the case to ask them to put them right."
There are "ways you could do it", he said, adding: "You could change the rules so that in future you end up with at least one woman in the leader or deputy role or you could even split the deputy role."
Meanwhile, other candidates for the two posts have been setting out their stalls.
Shadow care minister Liz Kendall, who is bidding to become leader, was challenged over rival candidate Yvette Cooper's criticism of some in the party for "swallowing the Tory manifesto".
The remark was seen as an attack on Ms Kendall, who told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show: "The only thing I've swallowed is the sheer scale of the defeat we faced at the election."
Asked whether she backed David Cameron's plan to remove tax credits from migrant workers as part of his EU renegotiations, she said it was "definitely something we should look at".
But she accused the PM of reducing the EU referendum debate to the subject of immigration.
Shadow leader of the Commons Angela Eagle, who is a contender to become deputy leader, said Labour's election defeat was a "failure of the whole party".
She added: "We have to take collective responsibility for it rather than blaming individuals."
Tri Ceffyl Bach Nursery in Amlwch was closed as a precaution last Thursday.
Testing has been offered to children and adults, and so far three cases of E. coli O157 have been detected in children.
Public health officers and environmental health teams from Betsi Cadwaladr university health board and Anglesey council are investigating.
Health officials warned that there could be further cases.
Nursery staff, and those in "at-risk" groups who are close contacts of people who are unwell, are also being tested.
Dr Chris Whiteside, consultant in communicable disease control for Public Health Wales, said: "Given the nature of this infection it is not unusual for more cases to be identified amongst children attending the nursery.
"This is why the nursery was closed and the children and staff were asked to be tested.
"Investigations into the source will continue. However, it can be difficult to identify a definitive source in an outbreak like this because the bug is so easily spread where young children are concerned.
"No children or staff will be allowed to attend the nursery until they have received two negative tests for E. coli O157 taken at least 48 hours apart."
People can become infected with E. coli O157 by eating contaminated food, or through contact with infected people, farm animals or contaminated water.
Dr Whiteside stressed that the infection could be passed from person to person, and so anyone who was ill should observe strict personal hygiene to avoid spreading the infection.
Symptoms of E. coli O157 range from mild diarrhoea, stomach cramps and fever to severe bloody diarrhoea.
The incubation period can range from one to 14 days, but is usually three to four days, and people with E. coli O157 are usually ill for up to two weeks.
The 21-year-old has previously had loan spells at Weston-super-Mare, Gloucester City and Boreham Wood.
Lucas has made four first-team appearances for Rovers, including as a late substitute in League One against Bradford City last month.
The Pontypridd-born forward played for Boreham Wood in their 2-1 win against Woking in October.
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After being put in, Alex Hughes' 55 helped the hosts to 124-2 before Charlie Shreck (3-67) and Neil Dexter (2-60) led a Leicestershire fightback.
But 20-year-old Hosein compiled his best first-class score before bad light brought an early end to the day.
Bottom side Derbyshire are still looking for their first win of 2016.
Mohammed Kabba falsely claimed to be a lawyer and intervened in an immigration case, Birmingham Crown Court heard.
The judge said Kabba, 52, of Coventry Road, Birmingham, had committed such serious offences, only a custodial sentence would suffice.
Kabba had denied perverting the course of justice by pretending to be a lawyer acting on behalf of a migrant.
The court heard he lied to both a High Court judge and an Appeal Court judge.
Kabba had pretended to be a solicitor representing the migrant, Edith Asoluka, when, in February 2013, he telephoned High Court judge Mr Justice Sir John Mitting at night to make an out-of-hours legal application.
When the judge ruled against him, he then called Court of Appeal judge Sir Stephen Price Richards but was again turned down.
The court heard he sowed enough confusion with Home Office officials that Miss Asoluka was not deported for almost another month.
The over-staying migrant, whom Kabba claimed to be representing, was taken off a plane to Nigeria after Kabba faxed false case details to Home Office officials.
Sentencing the defendant, Judge Melbourne Inman QC told him his actions had undermined the rule of law.
He said: "Any acts which tend to pervert the course of justice strike at the heart of justice and at the heart of what lies in a democratic society.
"You deliberately lied to a judge of the High Court and a judge at the Court of Appeal."
The judge accepted Kabba was "an intelligent" man who had acted on behalf of the illegal over-stayer "through a misguided but genuine belief in her case" and not for financial gain.
The Metropolitan Police said Kabba was a Sierra Leone national with indefinite leave to remain in the UK.
Det Sgt Richard Ward said: "Mohammed Kabba is a menace, he continually contacts the courts, he tries to get orders and injunctions and he represents all sorts of people and has been a complete nuisance."
He said the police would refer the matter to the Home Office to get Kabba's indefinite leave to remain in the UK revoked.
Kabba deceived the authorities for six months over the case.
At a trial in June, both senior judges gave evidence against Kabba.
During the case, Kabba also sacked two legal teams, the court heard and represented himself.
Matthew Brook, prosecuting, said the case had cost the taxpayer £2,093 in delays, including extra accommodation costs to keep Miss Asoluka at Yarl's Wood detention centre.
The Republic of Ireland international has made 102 appearances for the Bees since joining on an initial loan deal from Blackburn in January 2014.
However, the 28-year-old has not featured since April 2016 when he suffered a double fracture of his leg.
His previous deal was set to expire at the end of the current season.
"He is close to a full recovery from the terrible injury he suffered and we will certainly reap the benefits when he returns to the standards he was setting," manager Dean Smith told the club website.
"It is a great boost to the staff, the squad and supporters that his future remains at Brentford."
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Brig Martin Xuereb, director of Migrant Offshore Aid Station, described the operation to BBC Radio 5 live on 4 May.
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Maidstone, promoted via the National League South play-offs last season, went ahead on 22 minutes when Bobby-Joe Taylor latched onto a punched clearance from Scott Flinders and played a neat one-two with Alex Flisher before fizzing a left-footed shot across the York goalkeeper.
But Jackie McNamara's York, who finished bottom of League Two last term, secured a share of the spoils midway through the second half when Cameroonian midfielder Kamdjo powered home a fine header from Aidan Connolly's corner.
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Match ends, Maidstone United 1, York City 1.
Second Half ends, Maidstone United 1, York City 1.
Substitution, Maidstone United. Dumebi Dumaka replaces Alex Flisher.
Substitution, Maidstone United. Jack Paxman replaces Dan Sweeney.
Substitution, Maidstone United. Vas Karagiannis replaces Tom Murphy.
Goal! Maidstone United 1, York City 1. Clovis Kamdjo (York City).
Jack Higgins (York City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Second Half begins Maidstone United 1, York City 0.
First Half ends, Maidstone United 1, York City 0.
Alex Flisher (Maidstone United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Goal! Maidstone United 1, York City 0. Bobby-Joe Taylor (Maidstone United).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
There are no beds available at either site due to "a significant surge in demand," University Hospitals Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust said.
It is asking those with minor illnesses to use other healthcare services.
The trust issued similar advice in March following "increased pressure".
In a statement, a trust spokesperson said: "Patients are likely to experience long waiting times, whilst those who need urgent treatment are seen first.
"Please help us make sure our staff are free to treat those most in need... If you do attend, please be patient with staff who are doing their best in difficult circumstances."
Sally Pollard, 39, who had played the role for more than 12 years, died at their home on Friday evening.
Tim Pollard, 53, said she was the "love of my life, my world and she will always be with us and a part of us".
He said Mrs Pollard, who was diagnosed in 2015, was "brilliant and passionate" about raising awareness of the disease not only as a doctor, but as a patient.
"She was surrounded by the people who love her," he said.
"Our three-year-old daughter Scarlett has been brilliant, she made sure Sally had water and was comfortable.
"I've been comforted enormously by everyone close to us... and the support and messages have been overwhelming and incredible.
"It's given me genuine comfort that she touched so many lives, in so many ways - she made a difference to the world."
Mr Pollard added: "She had the best treatment she possibly could and was really looked after and loved.
"I'm asking people to raise a smile, raise a glass and raise money for cancer charities in her memory."
Mrs Pollard was a doctor of genetics at the University of Nottingham and enjoyed taking part in re-enactments.
Mr Pollard has been playing the city's famous outlaw for more than two decades.
The couple fell in love while playing the famous duo and married in September.
He said: "The day after the wedding she was taken into hospital, we found out that the cancer had spread to her brain. She then lost the use of her legs."
Instead of wedding presents the newly weds had asked for donations towards a relaxing space for Mrs Pollard.
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The bill, which will give the Senedd new powers, has been revised amid worries it may reduce assembly powers.
But Prof Richard Wyn Jones said it had "serious problems" and he was sure AMs "would consider blocking the bill".
On Friday, the Wales Office said discussions with the Welsh Government would continue.
The Wales Bill has already been debated in the House of Commons and is now being considered by the House of Lords as part of the process of the law entering the statute book.
The committee stage of the proposed law's passage through the House of Lords is due to start on Monday.
Speaking to BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement programme, Prof Jones said the bill was not fit for purpose as it did not "fulfil the original intentions of settling devolution".
"It is genuinely hard to find people who aren't directly involved on the UK government side with a good word to say about this legislation, certainly in terms of the detail," he said.
"What was striking, we did have a consensus, an all-party consensus, in terms of moving to a reserved powers model.
"What's particularly depressing is, in the enactments of that good intention, we've reached a stage where everybody who is looking at this in a relatively dispassionate way is pointing to some fundamental problems.
"I don't think that anybody is going into this wanting it to fail, in terms of the critics. This is the only piece of legislation on the table, there is a sense the status quo is unsatisfactory and so people want this to work.
"There have been lots of constructive suggestions for change from the Welsh Government, from the National Assembly presiding office, and yet the legislation is being rammed through Parliament with, so far, only very small changes being conceded."
Prof Jones said the Wales Office had been "very consultative," but it was "a very small cog in the Whitehall machine" and did not have the "institutional heft to force other more powerful departments into a more sensible position".
He added he hoped to see "serious movement" by the UK government on the reservations list.
First Minster Carwyn Jones has expressed "considerable concern" a number of issues have not been resolved, including addressing those around a Welsh legal jurisdiction and the number and breadth of reservations.
The Lords Constitution Committee also suggested the bill could create a "recipe for confusion" and could lead to more Welsh bills ending up in the courts.
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"Discussions will continue with the Welsh Government as the bill goes through Parliament and there will be plenty of opportunity to debate further amendments over the coming weeks."
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The Wales Bill is being "rammed through Parliament" with only small changes being conceded, the Wales Governance Centre's director has said.
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Under the deal, India has committed to ensuring that at least 40% of its electricity will be generated from non-fossil sources by 2030.
CO2 emissions are believed to be the driving force behind climate change.
Last December in Paris, countries agreed to cut emissions in a bid to keep the global average rise in temperatures below 2C.
The Paris deal is the world's first comprehensive climate agreement.
It will only come into force legally after it is ratified by at least 55 countries which between them produce at least 55% of global carbon emissions.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced last month that India would ratify the agreement on 2 October, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of the struggle for independence from Britain.
"India has deposited its instrument of ratification of the Paris Agreement with the United Nations," the UN said in a statement on Sunday.
The US and China - together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions - both formally joined the Paris global climate agreement earlier this month.
India accounts for about 4.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and became the 62nd country to ratify the agreement.
The European Union is expected to do so in the near future, taking approvals past the 55% of emissions threshold.
IMF managing director Christine Lagarde said the Federal Reserve should wait to see "more tangible signs of wage or price inflation".
The IMF believes that "pockets of vulnerability" in the US economy have emerged.
These could cause serious trouble for the wider economy, Ms Lagarde said.
"Deferring rate increases would provide valuable insurance against the risk of disinflation, policy reversal and ending back at zero policy rates," the IMF's report said.
And because of the global implications of a rate rise, communication from the Federal Reserve was vital, it added. The fund suggested monthly press conferences from the central bank. Currently they have six a year.
Many Washington watchers have predicted an interest rate rise this year.
But recent economic reports have been mixed, including data showing that the US economy shrank by an annualised 0.7% in the first quarter.
The IMF said this would "unavoidably pull down 2015 growth, which is now projected at 2.5%". For 2016, the forecast is for 3%.
That is still better than Wednesday's projection from the think-tank, the OECD, which cut its forecast to 2% for this year.
Ms Lagarde also said commented on the US dollar, saying the IMF believes it is moderately overvalued.
That marks a change compared with a previous assessment.
"Continued over appreciation is a potential risk and should not be discounted," she said.
On Greece, she said that she was "confident" that the Greek prime minister would keep his word when he had said "don't worry" about the next payment due on Friday.
Roy Wooldridge, 97, of Hendy, Carmarthenshire, was captured in France while on a secret mission just before D-Day in 1944.
He was taken to Erwin Rommel who decided he should not be shot.
Mr Wooldridge, who was twice awarded the Military Cross, later lived in Cardiff, where his funeral was held.
The Royal Engineer previously recounted his memories of war on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow in 2014.
He recalled how Rommel asked if he needed anything and he replied "a pint of beer, cigarettes and a good meal".
His collection of war memorabilia, including the empty cigarette packet given to him by Rommel, was valued at £10,000 by experts but he did not want to sell it and it will now be donated to the Imperial War Museum in London.
Mr Wooldridge went to Llanelli Grammar School and graduated from Aberystwyth University with a first class honours degree in mathematics.
He married three days before a telegram ordered him to report to his unit and he was sent to the French beaches to ensure there were no mines which could blow up the boats during the D-Day landings.
After the war, he lectured at colleges in Brighton, Wolverhampton and Lanchester in Coventry before becoming college principal in Derby.
Mr Wooldridge did not talk about his experiences of war until much later on in his life.
"He had a good war, not that we heard much about it when we were growing up," his son Ian Wooldridge said.
"He didn't talk about it a great deal, many of the people who came back didn't, but certainly he was regarded as a hero. The Military Cross and bar bear testimony to that."
"He always regarded Rommel as a man of honour who fought a clean war, despite the fact Hitler had ordered anybody captured without names tags, which our father was, was to be shot," he added.
"Rommel didn't agree with that and so dad always reckoned that it was Rommel who saved his life."
Mr Wooldridge died on 9 December. A procession with a New Orleans-style jazz band was held on Thursday ahead of his funeral at St Martin's Church in Roath.
The Red Baron - Manfred von Richthofen - went on to have 80 aerial combat victories credited to him before he was killed in 1918.
Capt Tom Rees, from Brecon, had joined the Welsh Fusiliers and put his name forward for the Royal Flying Corps.
He died aged 21 on 17 September 1916 with pilot Lionel Morris from Croydon.
Capt Rees' great-niece Meriel Jones met the Red Baron's great-nephew Baron Donat von Richthofen and relatives of Lt Morris at a ceremony to mark the 100th anniversary of the air battle.
Ms Jones told BBC Radio Wales' Good Morning Wales that her great uncle , who went to school in Brecon County School and Aberystwyth University college, joined up near the start of the war and volunteered to join the Royal Flying Corps.
She said: "This day 100 years ago, he was the observer in a plane with a pilot, Lionel Morris. They were sent to escort some bombers to go to bomb a station behind the German lines and they were intercepted by some squadrons of German fighters.
"Six of the British planes were shot down, including the one with my great-uncle in it. He, of course, was trying to stop the Red Baron from shooting them down."
Baron von Richthoven said his great-uncle, although famous in Germany, was better known in English-speaking countries.
Following the deaths of Capt Rees and Lt Morris, the Red Baron started a tradition of commissioning a silver goblet after every successful battle to toast his fallen opponent.
By the time of his death in April 1918, he was known, feared but respected on both sides of the battle lines.
The British second seed broke the Frenchman's serve once in each set to win 6-4 6-4 in a rain-delayed match which finished at 01:30 local time.
Murray will now meet Kei Nishikori in the last four after the Japanese fourth seed overcame Rafael Nadal 6-2 6-4.
Top-seeded Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic plays unseeded Jeremy Chardy in Saturday's other semi-final.
"I passed well," Murray, 28, said. "I came up with some good passing shots and that was the difference."
The first four games went with serve before Murray gained the opening break in game five courtesy of a fierce forehand up the line.
World number 24 Tsonga had two break points in game four of the second set, but passed up the first before Murray's first ace of the match took the game to deuce.
From there, the two-time Grand Slam-title winner held, before seizing the initiative with a lob to break Tsonga's serve on his way to taking the second set.
Should Murray reach the final in Montreal he will replace Swiss Roger Federer as number two in the world rankings. He last held the position - the highest of his career - in 2013.
Murray has now qualified for the ATP World Tour Finals at The O2 arena in London in November, having only secured his place last year 11 days before the event.
Wimbledon champion Djokovic saved two match points to beat Latvian Ernests Gulbis and set up his last-four meeting with Frenchman Chardy.
The Serb rallied from a set down to win 5-7 7-6 (9-7) 6-1 and extend his Master Series streak to 29 - last losing to Federer in Shanghai last year.
In the women's tournament in Toronto, world number one Serena Williams beat Italy's Roberta Vinci to reach the last four.
The 33-year-old American served 12 aces to win 6-4 6-3 in 79 minutes and set up a semi-final with Belinda Bencic. The 18-year-old Swiss beat Ana Ivanovic 6-4 6-2.
Romanian second seed Simona Halep faces Italy's Sara Errani in the other semi final.
Ten cars were alight when six fire crews arrived at 17:40 BST at Sackers yard in Great Blakenham near Ipswich.
Greater Anglia said Suffolk Fire Service had advised services should be suspended on the main line and trains could not run between Ipswich and Stowmarket.
Services resumed at 19:00 BST after nearly two hours of disruption.
Passengers on the 17:30 from Norwich were told via the train's public announcement system that the driver on the service in front had heard "an explosion" next to the railway line.
Adrian Dodds, managing director of Sackers, said: "The fire broke out while staff were on site, but they were unable to contain it.
"People may have heard a series of bangs as airbags, tyres and shock absorbers burst in the heat."
The clip, said to have been filmed in the city of Mosul, in northern Iraq, is the first footage of John Cantlie to emerge in more than a year.
In the footage, Mr Cantlie ridicules US attempts to destroy IS.
The Foreign Office said it was "looking at the contents of this latest propaganda video".
Mr Cantlie was last seen in a similar video in Syria in February 2015.
Like the latest film, it also had him addressing the camera as if he was presenting a television report.
Mr Cantlie, who is originally from Hampshire, has seen his work appear in the Sunday Times, the Sun and the Sunday Telegraph.
He has been held captive in Syria twice. After being kidnapped in July 2012, he escaped with help from the Free Syrian Army.
He was then kidnapped for a second time when he returned to the country towards the end of 2012. It is believed he was with US journalist James Foley, who was later killed.
Last month, Mr Cantlie's supporters set up a petition on Parliament's website urging the government to ensure his safe release.
It was the latest public spat over the transfer of power since Mauricio Macri narrowly beat Ms Fernandez's chosen successor.
She boycotted Mr Macri's inauguration two weeks ago in a row over the venue.
Ms Fernandez had led Argentina since 2007, taking over the presidency from her husband Nestor after elections.
Nestor Kirchner, who died in 2010, came to power in 2003.
The administration of Mauricio Macri now uses the Twitter handle @CasaRosada - named after the iconic pink presidential palace in Buenos Aires.
One of the first messages posted on the account reads: "Today the #CasaRosada finds us united. There's change in the air and we're ready to grow."
Less than 24 hours after being unveiled, the new official site was showing more than 100,000 followers.
The previous official account @CasaRosadaAR now describes itself as a "Twitter tribute" to the presidencies of Ms Fernandez and her late husband, Nestor Kirchner - and "not official from 10 December 2015". It currently shows 326,000 followers.
Twitter removed the blue badge marking it as a verified account on 10 December, AFP news agency reports.
Mr Macri's victory was the first in more than a decade for Argentina's centre-right opposition and ended the Peronist Party's 12-year rule.
On Sunday, the Police Federation called on George Hamilton to withdraw the "offensive" comments.
Its chairman Mark Lindsay said Mr Hamilton was "out of touch".
In Mr Hamilton's initial posts, he told a fellow Twitter user: "Dry your eyes, do the job or move on."
The Twitter user had challenged the chief constable's call for people to consider a career in policing, tweeting a picture of a historical recruitment advertisement and pointing out that it was now a more complex job than originally envisaged.
Mr Hamilton responded: "I know - more complex & challenging but we are here to serve so let's get on with it rather than wallowing in self-pity."
He responded to another tweet from the same user, which denied any self-pity, by saying: "Well you're allowed to leave & seek another job - nobody is asking you to stay. Dry your eyes, do the job or move on!"
On Sunday, Mr Hamilton posted a video on Twitter, saying: "Last night's frank Twitter conversation was what the police actually do, however such important issues are not best dealt with in the 140 characters of a tweet.
"I've clearly caused some offence in what I've said, and for that I apologise.
"You see, I'm hugely proud of the officers and staff who go out and serve the public every day.
"I want to encourage and support then and I accept that my comments last night would not have conveyed that support - for that, I'm sorry."
Speaking to the BBC, Mark Lindsay said the pressure PSNI officers endure is "nothing short of monstrous".
He added: "The chief constable knows the extent of the problem - we have highlighted it often enough - which makes his remarks all the more bewildering.
"It shows how out of touch he is with his own officers and that is deeply disappointing.
"We have thousands of days lost through a range of illnesses. We have officers grappling with psychological conditions because of the appalling things they have had to experience and witness.
"To cap it all, we have a chief constable who tells the men and women he commands that if they don't like it, they can leave and get another job."
Mr Lindsay said the chief constable had "got this badly wrong".
"To say to Officers to 'dry your eyes, do the job or move on' amounts to great insult and a stunning misjudgement," he said.
"He should apologise immediately for this outburst, withdraw the offensive comments and remove the tweet from his account.
"The job is tough enough without the chief constable showing such indifference. Better if he empathised more with the men and women who deliver policing at the 'coalface'.
"He has a chance to put this right. He should take that opportunity without delay."
The BBC requested an interview with Mr Hamilton but he declined the offer.
The team at Kyoto University has found the clock's 'reset button' inside the brain.
Their study, published in the journal Science, showed the button could be used to switch the clock to a new time zone in a single day.
Experts said the team was "close to the money" in the hunt for a jet lag cure.
There are clocks throughout the body and a "master clock" in the brain, keeping the body in sync with the world around it to make people sleepy at night.
Anyone who has ever done shift work or a long-haul flight has experienced the disrupted sleep and hunger patterns of a body clock which is out of tune with the rising and setting of the sun.
The clock uses light to help keep track of time, but it is naturally stubborn and adjusts slowly.
The rough rule is that for every time zone crossed it takes a full day for the body to catch up. Fly from London to Beijing and it would take a week for the body clock to fully adapt.
The team in Japan have come up with a way to get the master clock to be a bit more flexible.
It is a group of 10,000 brain cells - about the same size as a grain of rice - which constantly talk to each other to keep a strict control over the time.
The scientists found that interfering with the vasopressin receptors, essentially a brain cell's ears that allow it to keep in touch with its neighbours, let the clock shift rapidly.
Genetically modified mice which had no vasopressin receptors were able to adjust to the clocks being put back eight hours within a single day, while normal mice took six days.
When the clocks were put forward eight hours then it took normal mice eight days to adapt, but those without vasopressin receptors adjusted in two.
Similar results were then achieved in normal mice using a drug.
The study's authors concluded: "Studies have shown that chronic jet lag and rotating shift work can increase an individual's risk of developing hypertension, obesity, and other metabolic disorders.
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"Our results identify vasopressin signalling as a possible therapeutic target for the management of circadian rhythm [body clock] misalignment."
Dr Michael Hastings, a Medical Research Council body clock researcher, told the BBC's Science in Action programme: "It's a remarkable study, it really is very exciting for our field.
"There's been many false dawns when it comes to a cure for jet lag, but I think this time they're close to the money."
However, he cautioned that vasopressin receptors were also heavily involved in kidney function so any drug developed would need to be designed carefully to target the body clock without disrupting the kidneys.
Dr Hastings added that with an increasingly 24-7 society a drug which can adjust the body clock could, in theory, improve the health of shift workers.
"The issue here in terms of public health is rotational shift work, the epidemiological evidence that we have now shows that if a worker has spent a working life doing rotational shift work they're at higher risk of contracting certain forms of cancer, cardiovascular disease or metabolic syndrome like diabetes."
The 500 bronze coins, known as the Yorkley Hoard, were bought by the Dean Heritage Centre for £1,600 after a public fundraising campaign and grants.
The coins, scattered across a field in Yorkley, were found in 2012 by metal detector enthusiast Gavin Warren.
Mr Warren said: "I found three coins at the top of the field and then my detector went absolutely crazy."
Most of the coins, 373, are dated AD 330-335.
The hoard also include two coins which date from AD 294 to 340 and a third coin which dates from AD 271 to 274.
Discovered scattered over a wide area, many of the coins had traces of a textile suggesting they had been in a sack or bag
"They were spread out in a 'V' shape across the field," said Mr Warren.
"My detector went absolutely crazy and when we dug holes into the ground, they were just falling off the spade from the soil.
"We collected about half and went back the next weekend and found the rest."
Half of the money to pay for the coins came from the V&A Purchase Grant Fund and the Headley Trust, with the other half from a public fundraising campaign.
Under the Treasure Act 1996, museums are given the opportunity to buy items declared as treasure at a coroner's court.
Godfrey, 19, made six appearances for Norwich last season after signing from York City in January 2016.
"Norwich know the manager here (Paul Hurst) is going to help me develop," he told Shrewsbury's club website.
"A lot of players disappear in the 23s system, so for me to come out here, prove myself and try to make a name for myself, it's a good opportunity."
Godfrey, who can also play at centre-back and right-back, joins a Shrewsbury side that has won all three of their League One games so far this season.
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The prisoner was returning from exercise at HMP Oakwood near Wolverhampton when he threatened the officer, HM Prison Service said.
He was ordered back to his cell but as he returned, he attacked the officer causing him to fall onto railings and "take a blow to the head".
He was taken to hospital with suspected broken ribs and a black eye. G4S, which runs the jail, said he is now at home.
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The prisoner was restrained and put in segregation pending adjudication, HM Prison Service said.
Staffordshire Police was also informed following the incident last Thursday.
HMP Oakwood is managed privately by G4S and opened in 2012.
It is one of the largest prisons in England and Wales, providing places for up to 1,605 Category C male prisoners.
In a statement, John McLaughlin, director of the jail, said: "A prisoner attacked a member of our team last week and we have already stripped them of their privileges and we are looking at other possible sanctions, including additional days added to their sentence.
"There is no place for violence or aggression at Oakwood."
The US, UK, French and Turkish envoys were among those designated "personae non gratae". Many have already left.
President Bashar al-Assad has blamed outside powers for Syria's divisions.
Meanwhile, the UN has said the Syrian government has agreed to allow aid agencies to enter the four provinces that have seen the most violence.
"This agreement was secured in Damascus with the government there, in writing," John Ging, the director of operations for UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) told reporters in Geneva after a meeting of the Syrian Humanitarian Forum.
"Freedom of movement, unimpeded access for humanitarian action within Syria, is what it's all about now. The good faith of the [Syrian] government will be tested on this issue today, tomorrow and every day," he added.
Procedures would be streamlined for granting visas to staff from nine UN agencies and seven international NGOs, Mr Ging said. The UN will open field offices in the provinces of Deraa, Deir al-Zour, Homs and Idlib.
1. Syrian-led political process to address the aspirations and concerns of the Syrian people
2. UN-supervised cessation of armed violence in all its forms by all parties to protect civilians
3. All parties to ensure provision of humanitarian assistance to all areas affected by the fighting, and implement a daily two-hour humanitarian pause
4. Authorities to intensify the pace and scale of release of arbitrarily detained persons
5. Authorities to ensure freedom of movement throughout the country for journalists
6. Authorities to respect freedom of association and the right to demonstrate peacefully
The UN has been trying for months to get its aid workers into Syria, but with little success, reports the BBC's Imogen Foulkes in Geneva. Visa applications have been delayed or denied, and supplies of aid blocked.
The UN estimates that one million people are in need of assistance inside Syria, and that the number will likely increase after further assessments.
In a separate development, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, urged the international community to continue to support the peace plan negotiated by the UN and Arab League envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan, Chinese state TV said.
But Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said Gulf Arab states had "begun to lose hope in the possibility of reaching a solution... within this framework".
Mr Annan is to address the UN Security Council in New York on Thursday. He is believed to want a "serious review" of efforts to implement his plan.
Last week, at least 13 countries expelled top Syrian diplomats in protest at the massacre of more than 100 people, including 49 children, in the Houla area of Homs province. Turkey expelled all Syrian embassy staff.
In what it described as a reciprocal move on Tuesday, the Syrian government announced that 17 diplomats from the US, UK, Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany and Canada were now considered "personae non gratae".
All Turkish diplomatic staff were also declared unwelcome.
"The Syrian Arab Republic still believes in the importance of dialogue based on principles of equality and mutual respect," a foreign ministry statement said.
"We hope the countries that initiated these steps will adopt those principles, which would allow relations to return to normal again."
The BBC's Jim Muir in Beirut says it will be a long time before the Western states are prepared to re-establish diplomatic ties.
US ambassador Robert Ford was called back to Washington in October over fears for his safety, while all British embassy staff were withdrawn in March on security grounds.
France also closed its embassy that month in protest at the "scandalous" repression of dissent by the government.
On Sunday, President Assad told parliament that Syria was facing not an internal crisis but an external war, waged against it because of its support for resistance to Israel.
In his first public comment on the massacre at Houla, in which 108 people were killed on 25 May, Mr Assad said that even "monsters" would not have carried out such an act and it should prompt an end to bloodshed.
Survivors and human rights groups blamed the army and shabiha militiamen allied to the government for the deaths.
Tuesday's diplomatic move by the government came as activists said at least 34 people had been killed in violence across the country.
At least 15 soldiers were killed and dozens wounded, while four rebel fighters also died in fighting in several towns and villages in the Mediterranean province of Latakia, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
"These are the heaviest clashes so far in the area since the beginning of the revolution," Rami Abdul Rahman, the head of the UK-based group, told the Reuters news agency.
Several villages south-west of the central city of Homs earlier came under intense army artillery- and mortar-fire, leaving five people dead, according to the Local Co-ordination Committees, an activist network.
Four civilians were also reportedly killed overnight in a "huge military operation" in Kafrouaid, a village in the northern province of Idlib.
The UN says at least 9,000 people have died since pro-democracy protests began in March 2011. In April, the Syrian government reported that 6,143 Syrian citizens had been killed by "terrorist groups".
Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel said reigning champions Mercedes started the weekend at Melbourne's Albert Park as "favourites".
But Hamilton believes Ferrari were deliberately talking their chances down before Sunday's race.
"I think Ferrari have something up their sleeve," he said.
"I think they are going to be a lot closer than they talk about. I think they are going to surprise. They are arriving on a low but will deliver high."
Ferrari set the pace on five of the eight days of pre-season testing in Spain in the run-up to this race but Vettel said he believed they were still not yet at the level of Mercedes.
Asked if Ferrari had enough performance to trouble Mercedes, Vettel said: "I think we have. The question is: 'Are we ready in time?'
"I think we did a good step over the winter. Mercedes are the favourites but the target is to turn things around and be the favourite in the future."
He added: "We know we are still a little bit behind. We will try to be closer this year. How close I don't know yet, but we have a plan. Bit by bit, I hope we improve."
Hamilton has won the last two world titles to add to the first he won with McLaren in 2008 and has achieved his aim of matching the achievements of his childhood idol Ayrton Senna - both in championships and races won.
But Hamilton said he was as motivated as ever to keep on winning.
"You are always searching for perfection, always learning, always growing, inside and outside," he said. "I'm just looking forward to that journey.
"You're always looking for that perfect lap, that perfect race and raise the bar every time you go out, because it can always be raised."
The season starts with a raft of rule changes, including a new qualifying format and stringent restrictions on the amount of information teams can pass to drivers over the radio while they are out on the track.
Hamilton said he was not concerned about the effects of either change but team-mate Nico Rosberg believes the radio ban could have "a big influence."
The German added: "It's great because we're not muppets any more. It is now down to us to get the job done. It is going to make it more challenging as a result."
Mark Jones, 55, is leaving the Rank Group, where he led Grosvenor Casinos, to become chief executive of the five-a-side football company on 1 July.
The appointment follows a major review by Goals of its operations and the firm's performance in recent years.
It was set up after East Kilbride-based Goals reported its first annual loss in 12 years.
The company currently operates 46 centres in the UK and one in California.
Goals launched a search for a new chief executive in January after announcing that former incumbent Keith Rogers would relocate to the US to become president of its American business.
Mr Jones previously held a number of senior roles in the leisure industry. He is a former managing director of Mecca Bingo, chairman and chief executive of Premium Bars and Restaurants and chief executive of Yates Group.
Goal chairman Nick Basing said: "I am delighted Mark is joining to lead the company through its next phase of development.
"Mark has an exceptional and experienced track record of managing leisure brands and growing businesses."
Mr Jones said: "I am delighted to be joining Goals.
"Whilst the company has experienced its recent issues, it remains an excellent business with significant potential both here in the UK and in the US.
"I look forward to working with the Goals team and driving the business forward."
Industry bosses said failure to do so could harm the UK's supply of food and drink and lead to higher prices.
The National Farmers Union (NFU), the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) and the British Retail Consortium (BRC) made the call in a joint letter.
Separately, the EEF engineering group said a deal needed to be struck.
Terry Scuoler, the chief executive of the EEF, said: "The EU is our sector's single biggest trading partner in a complex, tightly interwoven trading environment."
He told the BBC that falling back on World Trade Organization (WTO) rules would hit some sectors hard.
"I struggle at the idea of dismantling what is the best free trade agreement in the world. WTO rules may well be an end-of-the-day back-up, but WTO rules... vary enormously across industrial sectors - 10% on automotive and automotive parts and more for agricultural products."
The prime minister is due to start the process of leaving the EU on Wednesday.
Mrs May will trigger Article 50, after which the UK has two years to finalise the terms on which it will withdraw from the EU.
The NFU, BRC and FDF urged ministers to ensure higher tariffs were not imposed on imported and exported produce.
Although much of the industry is based in the UK, it "cannot operate in isolation", they said.
Helen Dickinson, director general at the BRC, said the bloc was by far the UK's biggest trading partner for food.
"To keep prices low for consumers, it is particularly important that we don't have any new tariffs and we maintain frictionless movement of goods and put consumers at the heart of this," she told the Mail on Sunday.
The groups' members include British farms, food giants such as Nestle and supermarket chains such as Tesco.
The prime minister has said leaving the EU with no deal would be better than signing the UK up to a bad one.
However, the food groups suggested the industry and consumers would suffer from the consequences of no trade deal if tariffs and customs checks were imposed after Brexit.
They have called on the government to:
Ahead of the Brexit talks, many different industries are lobbying ministers about the importance of their sectors and how they will be affected when Britain leaves the EU.
The food groups estimate that their members employ 3.9 million people in total and are worth £108bn to the UK economy each year.
They say farmers need to import animal feed, and to export products if UK demand is insufficient.
Food and drink manufacturers rely on exports to grow their businesses and on imports for some ingredients, while retailers need access to a full range of goods all year round, they add.
At least 37 people have been killed and more than a thousand injured by the 7.3-magnitude quake, which the Nepalese government says has affected 31 of the country's 75 districts.
Two UK residents among those who witnessed the tremor and its aftermath told the BBC how it had affected the ongoing relief effort around them.
Puja Poddar, from Glasgow
I'm with my sister and father, and we are doing charity work, setting up orphanages and distributing relief aid.
I arrived a day before this second earthquake struck.
Everyone felt the quake. The aftershocks were just as bad. The children in the orphanage were screaming and crying. Many were screaming and shouting for their mothers who they had already lost in the first earthquake. It was heartbreaking.
No words can describe how it felt. The ground was shaking. With the onset of each aftershock, the birds went crazy and the dogs were barking loudly.
Now, all shops are closed and people are sitting outside. Everyone has lost confidence.
We carried on doing what we came here to do and tried keeping the children safe and happy, giving out toys after the earthquake.
Richard Jones, from Worcestershire
My friend James Watson and I were on the way to the immigration office in Kathmandu to extend our visas, when the latest quake hit.
The taxi driver didn't have control of the steering, as if he was being forced down a slalom course.
Getting out it felt like we were on a swaying boat, much shallower and gentler compared with the major quake a few weeks ago.
I had been at the Annapurna base camp when the bigger earthquake happened, 3,500m (11,500ft) up in the mountains.
This one felt a lot less dramatic, and I didn't feel at any risk as we were in open space.
It lasted 40 to 45 seconds as opposed to previous aftershocks that lasted around five to 10 seconds.
There are modern buildings where we are with massive cracks in them - they look like they are ready to go.
When it stopped, we turned back to go to the place we are staying, but the roads were jammed and the local drivers behaving erratically.
We ended up walking back across the city.
Since the initial quake myself, James and other tourists have been providing shelters and food aid to villages that have not been supported by the larger non-governmental organisations (NGOs) or the government, building bamboo/tarp shelters in Ramkot, in the Kathmandu valley, and, recently, distributing food in the Sindhupalchok district.
We've been supported with very generous donations by our friends and family.
Yesterday, we took a truck with sufficient supplies to feed the small village, roughly 100 homes, of Khiping for 10 or more days.
James and I have been travelling, long-term, although we're both photographers so we work as we go.
Together with Gareth Pickering, from South Africa, and Laura Szanto, from Canada, we have started work on a photo project to carry on our fundraising effort after we have left Nepal.
Written by Alison Daye and Richard Irvine-Brown
Not long before they died, convicted drug traffickers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran expressed a wish for a global campaign to abolish the death penalty.
They had spent 10 long years in Indonesian prisons after being convicted in 2006 of playing a major role in the so-called Bali Nine drug ring that attempted to smuggle more than 18lb (8.2kg) of heroin from Indonesia to Australia.
By all accounts, they had worked hard to rehabilitate themselves: Chan had qualified as a pastor and ministered to fellow inmates. Sukumaran found solace in art. His talent for painting earned him an associate degree in fine arts from Western Australia's Curtin University two months before his execution.
Those changes slowly won them the sympathy of many Australians. Now, their desire to see more action on the death penalty is being taken up by some of the country's top politicians.
Devastated by the failure of frantic diplomatic and legal bids to save their lives, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop last week said "it is time for us to have a significant discussion about the application of the death penalty for drug offences in our region".
Former Attorney General Philip Ruddock has taken the campaign a step further. He has written to the local diplomats of countries such as Brazil, France and Nigeria, whose nationals were executed this year by Indonesia or are on death row there.
Co-chair of Australian Parliamentarians against the Death Penalty, Mr Ruddock wants them to work with Australia on abolishing the death penalty in and beyond the region, including in the United States.
"I think it is timely that Australia indicates it has a principled position on this matter and that we're prepared to be on the front foot in advocating change," Mr Ruddock told the BBC.
But Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce, who is charged with managing sensitive trade issues with Indonesia, says Australia might have to look into its own backyard as well as trying to influence others.
"I have to be honest, I do get approached by people saying, 'Well, that might be your view, Barnaby, that you don't support the death penalty, but it's not our view'," he told ABC television.
"And I find that rather startling at times and I think that the discussion that we're having about others, we should also be carrying out domestically."
Australia has a long-standing bipartisan opposition to capital punishment and has not executed anyone since 1967.
But the nation's leaders at times send mixed messages about the death penalty. Comments by former Prime Minister John Howard in 2007 about the ringleaders of the 2002 Bali bombings, which killed 202 people, are a prime example.
"The idea that we would plead for the deferral of executions of people who murdered 88 Australians is distasteful to the entire community," he said.
However, Australians' acceptance of the use of the death penalty by other countries has fallen in recent years.
A 1986 poll found more than 70% believed it should be carried out if Australians were sentenced to death in another country, says Lowy Institute for International Policy polling director Alex Oliver.
But a Lowy poll conducted in February this year showed nearly a complete reversal: 62% of people did not want Chan and Sukumaran to be executed, and nearly 70% believed the death penalty should not be used to punish drug traffickers.
Another poll, in 2010, found that nearly 60% of people wanted Australia to push for abolition of the death penalty in South East Asia. Ms Oliver expects to see similar sentiments in a poll conducted at the weekend about the latest executions, to be published later this week.
"The last 35 years have seen a strengthening opposition to the death penalty generally," she says.
However, she says views can change depending on who is facing capital punishment and what their crime is.
Most people hold inconsistent views on the death penalty, says Patrick Stokes, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Melbourne's Deakin University.
"Most people don't like the death penalty but think maybe certain people should be put to death, or they don't want the death penalty here but are less concerned about overseas, or they don't like the thought of Australians being executed, say, in China or Malaysia or Indonesia but are not concerned about it being applied in places like the US, or Iran or Japan or Saudi Arabia," he says.
"It's an area where most people don't have a clear, principled position but a fragmented reaction to cases as they arrive."
Working harder to abolish the death penalty rather than just winning a reprieve for sentenced Australians would shield Australia from accusations of hypocrisy or "special pleading", says Lowy executive director Dr Michael Fullilove.
Asia is the obvious place for Australia to begin - it is home to "the world's worst offenders" on capital punishment, like China. Mr Fullilove says Australia should forge a regional alliance with countries in the region that have abolished the death penalty: Cambodia, Nepal, East Timor, Bhutan and the Philippines. It should also make the issue not just a principle, but a priority.
"We should aim to become a leader in the international movement against the death penalty," he says.
The Dutch striker has been United's stellar striker for much of the season before labouring of late after two goals in his previous seven Premier League appearances.
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But the £24m summer signing returned to form in spectacular fashion to secure the silverware with four games to spare.
Defeat for Manchester City at Tottenham on Sunday meant that United knew before kick-off that victory would be enough for them to cross the line.
Despite an improved second-half showing by Villa, now three points above the relegation zone with four games remaining, that outcome never seriously looked in doubt.
United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has now won the Premier League 13 times but the manner and margin of this triumph, a year after seeing the title wrenched from his grasp by City with the last kick of the season, should give him as much satisfaction as his first success.
His side were already 13 points clear before kick-off, and there was an air of expectation bordering on euphoria at Old Trafford.
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If there were any nerves too, they went out of the window when Van Persie opened the scoring after 83 seconds.
A move started by Wayne Rooney ended with Ryan Giggs knocking Antonio Valencia's cross into the path of the Dutchman, who converted from two yards out.
It was an ominous start for a defence looking as vulnerable as Villa's, and more chances swiftly followed.
The visitors escaped when Van Persie headed over and Rafael fired against the post but a second goal was not far away.
Villa had just started to gain a foothold in the match, with Christian Benteke firing just over after a quick break, when United struck again in devastating fashion after 13 minutes.
This time it was the home side on the counter-attack, and Rooney's searching ball found Van Persie running to meet it on the edge of the area to smash an unstoppable left-footed volley past Brad Guzan.
It was a world-class strike worthy of putting the seal on a title that has been in United's grasp since early February, when they first moved 12 points clear, but he and United did not stop there.
Giggs ran on to Shinji Kagawa's pass and had a chance to let fly himself, but instead set up Van Persie, who steadied himself before firing high into the roof of the net.
His 31-minute hat-trick not only put the win and the title beyond doubt, it also moved the summer signing to 24 league goals - one above Liverpool's Luis Suarez as the Premier League's leading scorer.
At that stage Villa's prime concern was damage limitation, especially because goal difference could yet play a part in their fight for survival, but to their credit they regrouped for the second half.
It took a goal-line clearance from Van Persie to stop Andreas Weimann from pulling a goal back and David De Gea was called into action to keep out Benteke's low shot.
United's players could be forgiven for having their minds on the parade to come at the final whistle, and even with the encouragement of Ferguson on the touchline, they failed to hit the heights they had managed before half-time.
Villa went close again when Weimann curled an effort wide from the right of the box and, even when United did respond, Kagawa wasted an easy chance to make it 4-0 when he fired over with the goal gaping.
The spirit shown by Paul Lambert's side bodes well for their battle against the drop.
But it only succeeded in taking the edge off the celebrations from the home fans in the stands during the second half.
They made up for it at the final whistle when the ground let out a collective roar of delight.
Ferguson embraced his players as they completed a lap of honour - one they will repeat on 12 May after their game against Swansea when they will be handed the Premier League trophy.
Brown returned to the fold for the 3-0 defeat away to England in November, but has yet to confirm if he will still be available for the return in June.
Lennon believes Scotland can come out on top in the World Cup qualifier and would love to see Brown feature.
"The team needs him and the country needs him," Lennon told BBC Scotland.
Brown, who worked under Lennon when he was Celtic manager, skippered the Scotland side that secured a 1-0 win against Slovenia on Sunday night to reignite their World Cup 2018 qualifying campaign.
The June Group F qualifier against England would, however, deny Brown the rest time that played a part in his initial decision to retire from Scotland duty.
But the Hibs boss reckons there is a solution to suit Brown and his club.
"The other thing is that they (Celtic) could win the league this weekend and then they don't have what you would call a meaningful game until the (Scottish Cup) semi-final, so maybe Brendan (Rodgers, Celtic manager) could tell him to go and have a week or 10 days now," said Lennon, who described Brown as "outstanding" in the Slovenia match.
"Then he'd have had a holiday during the season but before the Scotland game, then maybe more time off after that. Listen, I'm not going to tell Brendan how to do his job but that may be a solution for Scott getting more rest.
"He's looked as fresh as I've seen him in a long time so whatever they're doing in training at Celtic, it's working."
Lennon was highly impressed with how the under-pressure Scots performed against Slovenia, and reckons that lays a solid foundation for England's visit.
"I think they can beat England at Hampden," he added. "I've not been overly-impressed with England, although they are an excellent side that have quality players, but Scotland at home, off the back of a great win, and having lost at Wembley - there's plenty of sub-plots in that one.
"If you look at the score-line against England it was 3-0, but for 65-70 minutes Scotland were, for me, the better team at Wembley. That result on Sunday will hopefully galvanise them, it puts them right back in the group and hopefully it will galvanise the support."
Lennon is, of course, close to leading Hibs to the Championship title with the Easter Road outfit enjoying a 10-point lead at the summit with seven games to play.
The first of those comes against Morton on Wednesday night and Lennon said: "It's going to be another tough game and Morton, off the back of a defeat, will be keen to rectify that.
"He (Morton manager Jim Duffy) has worked wonders, not only are they up there challenging for promotion but they made the semi-final of the League Cup as well. Jim has galvanised them and made them a real force in the league."
Ross is a former England C international and was a regular in the Whitehawk side which narrowly missed out on promotion to the National League last season.
The 26-year-old has also had spells at Cambridge United, Eastbourne Borough and Hampton & Richmond Borough.
He will compete with Ritchie Branagan for a place in the Macclesfield side.
The Silkmen have also confirmed that former Newcastle United and Everton defender Steve Watson, 42, is their new assistant manager.
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The aim is to create a paperless service that would be more convenient for patients, and help doctors to provide faster diagnoses.
More than £4bn has been set aside for areas such as electronic records and online appointments, prescriptions and consultations.
But Labour said the NHS was "going backwards" under the Conservatives.
Full details of the funding are being agreed between the Department of Health and NHS England, but are expected to include:
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said doctors found filling out paperwork and bureaucracy "so frustrating".
"We know that proper investment in IT - it's not without its pitfalls - can save time for doctors and nurses and means they can spend more time with patients," he told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show.
The aim is to allow patients to book services and order prescriptions online, access apps and digital tools and choose to speak to their doctor online or via a video link.
Examples of NHS-accredited apps include one developed by young people to help prevent self-harm, and another that can help care home workers identify the early signs of dementia among residents.
Through the funding, everyone will have access to their own electronic health record, which will be shared between professionals so patients will no longer have to repeat their medical history.
Patients will also be given the opportunity to upload and send real-time data to medical professionals on long-term conditions such as blood pressure.
By 2020, it is hoped that a quarter of patients with long-term conditions such as hypertension, diabetes and cancer will be able to monitor their health remotely.
The government wants at least 10% of patients to use computers, tablets or smartphones to access GP services by March 2017.
At the end of last year, Mr Hunt said free wi-fi would be provided in all NHS buildings in England but a deadline has still not been set.
Previous efforts by other governments to modernise NHS technology have been fraught with difficulty.
Labour tried to launch electronic medical records in 2002. Described as "the world's biggest civil information technology programme", the effort was scrapped after at least £10bn was spent.
Under the previous coalition government, Mr Hunt announced the NHS would go paperless by 2018.
BBC health correspondent Sophie Hutchinson said progress had been slow and this latest announcement was another attempt to push the NHS forward.
Labour's shadow health minister Justin Madders said: "Rather than rehashing old announcements, Jeremy Hunt needs to be telling the public how he intends to sort out the crisis facing our NHS.
"The Tories cannot hide from the fact that the NHS is going backwards on their watch.
"Hospital departments have become dangerously full, patients are waiting hours in A&E, and the health service is facing the worst financial crisis in a generation."
A dead leg sidelined the 22-year-old at the Ricoh Arena, with Tyrell Belford coming in for the Liverpool loanee.
Vigouroux, who could return against Wigan Athletic on Friday, took it as a chance to learn a few club chants.
"I enjoyed it and it was good to hear what the fans were singing about the players," Vigouroux told BBC Wiltshire.
"I could not hear anything else other than Swindon fans singing. The players appreciate the support.
"I was telling them that we have a very good squad here and if you stick with us then hopefully we will do you proud at the end of the season."
Swindon, who appointed Luke Williams as head coach on a five-year deal earlier this month, are unbeaten in their last seven matches.
Back-up goalkeeper Belford helped maintain that run, denying Coventry's Darius Henderson in injury time to ensure a goalless draw.
"It was probably one of the best saves of the season - he did exceptional," added Vigouroux.
"We get along quite well and I was really happy for him and he deserved a clean sheet."
Members of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) intend to stop work for four hours.
They voted by 9-1 in favour of strike action - the first such vote in the college's 134-year history.
The Department of Health said it was "disappointing" and that it would work with trusts to ensure a safe service was provided to mothers and babies.
It added that its door was always open for discussion.
The RCM is seeking urgent talks with the health minister to resolve the dispute.
RCM NI director Bredagh Hughes said midwives are calling for the 1% pay increase given to their colleagues in Wales, Scotland and England.
"It is very important that women understand that this dispute is not with or about them. It is with the department of health and the employers," she said.
"Not one woman will be put at risk, there will be full emergency cover provided, of course if the midwives on the picket line are called in to make up the numbers, they will do that."
Ms Hughes said clinics and elective work may be disrupted. However she said other forms of industrial action planned from 1 May to 7 May would have an effect.
"The real message will be the following week when midwives start counting the hours they currently work and which they are not paid for and they submit a bill to their employer asking to be paid for the breaks they do not get on a 12 hour shift and the hour or two hours they stay behind and work every day," she said.
"From our experience, we know that every midwife works about three hours unpaid work every single week of their working lives and they have never claimed for that."
Public transport workers have already announced they are to take part in a second strike that will affect all bus and rail services in Northern Ireland.
Unite said that a 24-hour strike was being planned for Wednesday 6 May.
Last month, public transport workers took part in a one-day strike involving education, administration and health service staff.
Unite said the second strike would affect Ulsterbus, Metro and NI Railways services.
In a statement, Translink said it was disappointing that passengers "could be inconvenienced" as a result of the proposed strike action "which comes at a time when many schoolchildren are preparing for or taking exams".
"We are, of course, seeking to urgently meet with Unite to discuss this news that they are to go on strike on 6 May," they said.
Taxi firm boss Nasser Rezaie, 63, of Petersfield in Chelmsford, is accused of murdering Allan Frampton in May.
Mr Rezaie told Chelmsford Crown Court he noticed his wife's behaviour had changed when he returned from a trip to Iran in 2013.
He denies murder but accepts killing the 60-year-old divorced grandfather.
He argues his actions were a result of losing control and were not premeditated.
Mr Rezie told the jury his wife Jane had started wearing false eyelashes and making regular trips to the hairdressers when he returned from Tehran.
She admitted the 10-month affair with Mr Frampton, who rented a car workshop unit from the couple's taxi firm, after a confrontation with Mr Rezaie in June last year, he said.
The court previously heard Mr Rezaie made threats to kill Mr Frampton over the phone, which were recorded by Mrs Rezaie.
The jury was told he repeatedly ran over Mr Frampton with his silver Mercedes in Osea Way in Chemsford 11 months later.
Mr Frampton, a mechanic, died at the scene from multiple injuries.
Mr Rezaie broke down in tears as he told the court how his relationship with his children suffered following the breakdown of his marriage.
He said they were angry with him and admitted he had written "terrible things" in a series of Facebook posts in June and July 2014.
He also described how his business, Ali's Taxis, had suffered after the breakdown of his relationship with his wife, and alleged she had run up debts of £176,000 which he had to pay off.
The trial continues.
Laurie Rimon found the gold coin, believed to be nearly two thousand years old, whilst taking a break near some ruins.
Until now the only known coin of its kind was kept in the British Museum.
The coin has the image of the first Roman emperor, Augustus, on one side.
Experts at the Israeli Antiquities Authority say it may have been part of a Roman soldier's wages and would have been worth a lot of money at the time.
Having already managed to turn the life of founding father Alexander Hamilton into a Broadway sensation, getting Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson to sing a few bars must have posed little challenge for Lin-Manuel Miranda.
In fact, the challenge was more to be found in getting him to stop.
"Everyone has been asking, 'How do you get The Rock to sing?'" laughs Miranda, the Tony-winning writer of Hamilton whose latest project, Disney animation Moana, draws on his strengths as a composer and lyricist.
"As soon as The Rock signed up, he was like, 'Where is my song?' He knew that was one of his favourite parts of the Disney animated musical tradition."
Moana sees Johnson play Maui, a Polynesian demigod whose feats and exploits are part of the mythology of the Pacific islands that provide the film's backdrop.
It is Maui to whom the film's eponymous teenage heroine must turn if she is to lift a curse that has bedevilled her little corner of this Oceanic idyll.
"The character of Maui is involved in all kinds of creation myths, depending on which island in the Pacific you go to," explains Miranda.
"The fun of that was already knowing the personality of the character I was writing towards, as well as writing something worthy of The Rock."
The result is the tuneful You're Welcome, a brash and humorous exclamation of egotism that includes some of Miranda's trademark rhyming patter.
Other songs in the movie include the uplifting How Far I'll Go, a number Miranda describes as "an 'I want' song" in the tradition of The Little Mermaid's Part Of Your World.
"The first time I sat at my piano to work on it I said, 'Don't think about Let It Go!" laughs Miranda - a reference to the chart-topping earworm from 2013's Frozen.
"But the job is to tell the truth about our characters and really make you feel about where they are in the journey, so you try to treat it as honestly as possible."
The Little Mermaid is something of a touchstone for Miranda, who is part of a team tasked with turning that 1989 animation into a live-action feature.
"My main role is as a super fan of the original movie," the 36-year-old explains. "I'm just on deck to make sure the fans of the original film are happy."
Miranda, indeed, is such a "super fan" he named his son Sebastian after the crab who warbles Under The Sea, perhaps that film's best-known number.
There are plans afoot also for an unnamed Disney animation, though Miranda claims "there will be men in coats" to whisk him away if he says anything about it.
Before that, Lin-Manuel will be seen as "an actor for hire" in Mary Poppins Returns, a belated follow-up to Disney's PL Travers-inspired 1964 classic.
The New York-born performer will be playing a new character called Jack, a street lamplighter who joins Emily Blunt's Mary on her magical adventures.
The original Mary Poppins is perhaps best remembered, on these shores at least, for Dick Van Dyke's lamentable stab at a broad Cockney accent.
Miranda, though, confidently predicts that his London brogue will be even worse.
"I'm going to manage expectations right now and tell you it's the worst accent you've ever heard in your life," he tells the BBC.
"You're not going to know what planet I am from, much less which street in London."
With Hamilton coming to London next year and an all-star Hamilton "mixtape" released this month, these are busy times for a polymath whose prodigious talents have made him very much in demand.
They have also brought him a measure of controversy, evidenced last month when he helped write a message to vice president-elect Mike Pence that was delivered to the politician from the stage of New York's Richard Rodgers Theatre.
That drew a heated response from president-elect Donald Trump, who called on the Hamilton cast to apologise to Mr Pence for their "terrible" behaviour.
Moana too has not been immune from criticism, with some accusing Disney of cultural misappropriation after it offered for sale a child's costume bearing a facsimile of Maui's all-over tattoos.
There has also been censure over how the character is depicted, with some viewing the Disney version as an obese caricature of Polynesian men.
Yet Miranda, who is of Puerto Rican descent, insists the film's production was built around "research and empathy" and that its makers "consulted on every decision".
"We wanted to make sure it was something that people of the Pacific Islands could point at with pride, and hopefully that's the case," he continues.
It is certainly a film Miranda takes pride in, if only for having his own vocals feature on the version of You're Welcome that accompanies its end credits.
"It's crazy and overwhelming," he says. "I now know how Phil Collins feels when he sees Tarzan."
Moana is out now in the UK.
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Mark Hartley's son, Jamie, has been given just months to live.
The 22-year-old and his brother Kyle both have Juvenile Huntington's Disease.
Mr Hartley said Jamie's condition had accelerated over the past month "so essentially Jamie's got not a great deal of time left with us".
The family, from Blyth, are bike enthusiasts so he posted the request for a sidecar on Facebook to a few dozen friends.
"I put my phone down and about two hours later I picked it back up again and there was 400 messages," Mr Hartley said.
A ride involving hundreds of bikers is planned for Sunday.
Juvenile Huntington's Disease is an uncommon form of the condition, causing stiffness, tremor or muscle twitching, seizures and difficulty speaking.
It is terminal but the timescale can vary.
Calvin McIntosh, from Larkhall, was driving his BMW when it was in a collision with a Volkswagen Polo at about 17:00 on Saturday.
Mr McIntosh sustained serious head injuries and died at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow on Wednesday.
Two women travelling in the other car are in a stable condition in hospital.
The 58-year-old driver suffered leg and back injuries, and her 24-year-old daughter sustained internal injuries.
Police have appealed for anyone who may have witnessed the crash, or who has information that could assist the police, to contact them.
They said a number of passing motorists had already come forward.
The Gunners have played the German champions four times in the previous five campaigns and finished behind them in the group stage last season.
There will be guarded optimism surrounding the prospect of facing Bayern Munich, Sevilla and Monaco
The Foxes, in their debut campaign, have a tough test against Europa League champions Sevilla.
Manchester City's opponents Monaco beat Tottenham twice in Group E.
One of the other standout ties of the round pits Spanish champions Barcelona against French champions Paris St-Germain. Barca beat PSG in the quarter-finals en route to winning the title during the 2014-15 season.
Champions and La Liga leaders Real Madrid face Italian side Napoli, who are fourth in Serie A.
Reaction to the Champions League & Europa League draws
Man Utd v Saint Etienne, Tottenham v Gent - Europa League draw
(First legs to be played on 14 & 15 and 21 & 22 February 2017; second legs on 7 & 8 and 14 & 15 March)
Arsenal have been knocked out by Bayern the past three times they have met in the knockout stage.
Gunners club secretary David Miles told BT Sport: "We are through to the knockout stage for the 14th consecutive season, which is testament to manager Arsene Wenger and the teams throughout that time.
"But the fans will think we have got the rough end of the draw again - at some stage the tide has got to turn and we will beat them."
Bayern skipper Philipp Lahm tweeted: "Tough draw as Arsenal is in really good shape. Looking forward to seeing my former colleagues from the national team again!"
Manchester City director of football Txiki Begiristain said Monaco should not be underestimated.
He added: "Monaco are playing probably the best football in France now.
"In the group of Tottenham and Bayer Leverkusen, they were top. They have young players and a lot of talent. They play good football. It is a good draw."
Manager Claudio Ranieri said his Leicester side were set for a tough challenge against a "big, big, big team".
"I know that Sevilla have lifted the Europa League three times in three years - it is unbelievable," said the Italian, who led the Foxes to their first Premier League title last season.
"Now they are third in the league and have lost only three so far. They are fighting to win the title with Real Madrid and Barcelona in Spain, so that tells you how good they are."
BBC chief football writer Phil McNulty
The Premier League's three representatives have all been handed tough draws - but also ties that will offer them the realistic opportunity of progress.
Arsenal, Premier League champions Leicester City, and Manchester City could have been given easier opponents but there will also be guarded optimism surrounding the prospect of facing Bayern Munich, Sevilla and Monaco.
The Gunners are aiming to end a run of six successive exits at this stage and some may curse the draw that pairs them with Bayern.
It is not a comfortable reward for topping their group and they have suffered before against Bayern in this competition.
Leicester City will give anyone a tough time if they play with the intensity and power they showed in thrashing Manchester City at the weekend.
Monaco's displays in beating Tottenham home and away will have warned Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola about their quality, and he also has serious defensive issues to address.
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Department of Justice officials have filed legal notices announcing their intention to challenge the block.
The 6 March order placed a 90-day ban on people from six mainly Muslim nations and a longer ban on refugees.
But judges in Maryland and Hawaii questioned the legality of the ban, which critics say is discriminatory.
Their blocking rulings earlier this week were warmly welcomed by civil liberties groups and rights campaigners.
They argued that the temporary ban on people from six predominantly Muslim countries - Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen - was a violation of the First Amendment, which guarantees religious freedom.
President Trump insists the move is to stop terrorists from entering the US and has complained of "unprecedented judicial overreach".
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said the government would "vigorously defend" the president's latest executive order.
Brian Sandells' body was found after firefighters spent five hours bringing the massive blaze at the Kard Bar, on Cross Street, under control on Tuesday.
Northumbria Police said the 81-year-old's remains had now been identified. A force spokesman said detectives were still probing the cause of the blaze.
Mr Sandells was one of the first traders to stock the cult comic Viz.
He lived in a flat above the card and memorabilia shop.
More than 50 firefighters were at the scene at the height of the blaze and thick smoke caused the closure of Westgate Road, Clayton Road and Cross Street.
The irreverent magazine Viz was founded by Chris Donald, in Newcastle, in 1979.
Mr Donald, who is now a presenter for BBC Newcastle, paid tribute and said Mr Sandells, a former graphic artist, used to give him tips on how to improve the publication.
He said: "Brian had found out about the comic and had seen people reading it and he asked if he could stock it.
"So I had to go and see him and he gave me a bit of a business lecture there and then on what could be improved in the comic.
"It was just on the presentation side of things as he been involved in graphic design when he'd been doing his national service."
He also said Mr Sandells helped get the comic off the ground and promote it.
He added: "He was the first person to ever advertise in Viz - he asked if he could put an advert in the comic.
"I was once going through the attic of the shop with him and he said to me: 'Do you want any of these posters to give away with your comic? Unfortunately I don't have any smaller - they might be a bit big.'
"I said: 'That will make it even funnier Brian if we cut them in half and give them half an Osmond's poster - just their legs.'
"So we did that - guillotined them and put them in the comic."
Across Leicestershire and Rutland, only the city came out in favour of remaining in the union with the county following national trends.
Mr Vaz said it was "a terrible day for Britain and a terrible day for the EU".
North West Leicestershire MP Andrew Bridgen said the country would continue to do business with Europe.
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Leicestershire reflected much of the country with 54.49% of voters opting to leave the EU.
The biggest margin was in Hinckley and Bosworth where 60.3% voted to leave while Melton Mowbray had the largest turnout with 81.3%.
Leicester was the only place to vote in favour of the EU - with 51.1% voting remain - but it also had the lowest turnout at 65%.
In the early hours, the strength of the Leave vote in Leicestershire was a surprise. But as the whole result emerged it's about the norm.
But who would've thought of it in the usually conservative (and Conservative) Leicestershire?
Northwest Leicestershire turning out and voting Leave in such numbers, only two days after a Boris Johnson visit, might not be so surprising.
But a similar pattern of behaviour from the likes of Oadby and Wigston and Melton? That will give local politicians a feast for thought.
Labour MP Mr Vaz said the Leicester result was a big shock and proved the Remain campaign had not been good enough.
"This is a crushing, crushing decision. It's a terrible day for Britain, and a terrible day for Europe with immense consequences."
"In 1,000 years I would never have believed the British people would have voted in this way and they have done so - I think emotionally rather than looking at the facts. It will be catastrophic," he added.
But he said the will of the electorate had to be respected and called for an emergency meeting with EU heads of state.
Bizarrely, bookmakers are giving 100/1 odds for former Labour leadership hopeful Liz Kendall, MP for Leicester West, to become the next leader of the Conservatives after David Cameron steps down.
Meanwhile, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has told the Loughborough Echo she would "seriously consider" running to become the next Prime Minister.
The bookies have the Conservative MP for Loughborough as an outside bet for the top job at around 33/1.
Alan Duncan, Tory MP for Rutland, is 100/1 for the job, they say.
Boris Johnson and Theresa May are currently the bookies' favourites.
Conservative Mr Bridgen, who campaigned to leave, said that the short term volatility of the markets followed a steep rise in the pound shortly after the polls closed.
"Markets will sort themselves out and all the risk will be priced in very, very quickly," he said. "We will still do business with our European allies and the rest of the world.
"People will go to work today, and go to work tomorrow and the economy will continue."
The body was found in August 1974 at Cockley Cley, near Swaffham in Norfolk.
Norfolk Police have used modern techniques for a second post-mortem examination of the remains.
Det Ch Insp Andy Guy said: "It is absolutely possible we could use the DNA recovered to link the woman to a living family member."
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The first post-mortem examination, which took place the day the body was discovered on a heath, concluded she was aged between 23 and 35.
The dead woman was found wearing a 1969 Marks & Spencer pink nightdress and was wrapped up in a plastic sheet secured with ropes.
The force's main line of inquiry is that she could have been a woman who worked as an escort known as The Duchess in Great Yarmouth.
The Duchess, who detectives said was well-known locally, was believed to be from Denmark, but suddenly disappeared.
The latest examination suggests the dead woman originated from an area of central Europe encompassing Denmark, Germany, Austria and northern Italy.
Det Ch Insp Guy said the results of the second post-mortem examination "could provide a breakthrough".
"With the advances we have made in recent years in science, we are now able to look at the case in more microscopic detail and we now have her full DNA profile," he said.
"The second examination also showed her pelvic girdle had widened, which is a bodily change in expectant mothers to allow childbirth to take place.
"I believe if we identify the victim we can identify her murderer."
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The Edinburgh Piano Company has supplied concert pianos to many musicians, including Frank Sinatra, Luciano Pavarotti and Van Morrison.
The company's owner has decided to retire, prompting the sale of the entire stock.
About 90 pianos, ranging from £300 to an estimated £35,000, will be available to buy on Sunday.
The company was started up in the early 1980s by James Cameron, who came to the Scottish capital to study musical instrument technology.
He began to buy and sell old pianos, often carrying them up and down the stairs from his basement flat.
The business moved premises, eventually occupying a former car showroom and warehouse in the city's Joppa Road area, where the sale is taking place on Sunday 14 February.
Mr Cameron, 73, said: "As I cleared my desk I came across a drawer full of backstage passes covering many years of hiring our pianos for concerts, events, festivals and theatres.
"I remember Frank Sinatra at Ibrox Stadium back in 1990 when we provided a Bosendorfer Imperial grand, and then there was Pavarotti at the SECC with our Bosendorfer 275, and tours with Evelyn Glennie round the Highlands and Islands of Scotland with a little Steinway.
"I'm looking forward to retiring, I enjoyed the piano business very much for many years but there comes a time when you want to move on and do something else.
"There's more or less 90 pianos left. We just kept the stock up and kept the business going and then finally I decided to retire. There was nobody else prepared to take on the business - it's a big commitment."
Sean McIlroy, director of specialist auctioneers Piano Auctions Limited, said: "For us, this is really different - it's going to be a very special sale.
"Normally, you wouldn't have a piano dealer retiring and selling his entire stock by auction. What we have got here is beginner pianos from £300 right the way up to professional instruments at £30,000 to £40,000.
"There are many, many great makes here as well as everyday pianos for beginners, so there is something here for everyone.
"We've had interest from as far afield as China, America, Israel and across Europe, as well as piano dealers in the UK and a lot of private buyers looking for that perfect instrument for themselves."
Federal Judge James Robart ruled against government lawyers' claims that US states did not have the standing to challenge Mr Trump's executive order.
Last week's move by Mr Trump triggered mass protests and has resulted in confusion at US airports.
The State Department says 60,000 visas have since been revoked.
Mr Trump's executive order brought in a suspension of the US Refugee Admissions Programme for 120 days.
There is also an indefinite ban on Syrian refugees. Anyone arriving from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen faces a 90-day visa suspension.
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The lawsuit against President Trump's ban was initially filed by Washington state, with Minnesota joining later.
Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson has described the ban as illegal and unconstitutional, because it discriminates against people on the ground of their religion.
The ruling is a major challenge to the Trump administration, and means that nationals from the seven countries are now able - in theory - to apply for US visas, the BBC's David Willis in Washington DC reports.
The administration can appeal against the verdict.
President Trump has argued that his directive is aimed at protecting America.
He said visas would once again be issued once "the most secure policies" were in place, and denied it was a Muslim ban.
A number of state attorney generals have said the order is unconstitutional. Several federal judges have temporarily halted the deportation of visa holders, but the Seattle ruling is the first to be applicable nationwide.
Courts in at least four other states - Virginia, New York, Massachusetts and Michigan - are hearing cases challenging Mr Trump's executive order.
Earlier on Friday, a judge in Boston declined to extend a temporary ban that prohibited the detention or removal of foreigners legally authorised to come to America.
The ban - which only applied to Massachusetts - is due to expire on 5 February.
Sushma Swaraj tweeted that Amazon should issue an "unconditional apology" and withdraw the "insulting" products.
Failing this, she said India would rescind current visas for Amazon officials and not grant any more.
Amazon said it had removed the doormats from its site.
In a series of tweets, Ms Swaraj asked the Indian High Commission in Canada to take up the issue with Amazon after it was brought to her attention by another Twitter user.
"Amazon must tender unconditional apology. They must withdraw all products insulting our national flag immediately," she said.
"If this is not done forthwith, we will not grant Indian visa to any Amazon official. We will also rescind the Visas issued earlier.
The doormats, which were being sold by a third-party and described as "personalised durable machine-washable indoor/outdoor items", were removed from the site on Wednesday.
"The item is no longer available for sale on the site," an Amazon spokeswoman said in an email.
Amazon sells doormats featuring flags of other countries but in India desecration of the flag is punishable with fines and imprisonment.
Last June Amazon found itself in a similar controversy over sales of doormats illustrating Hindu gods.
The row comes as Flipkart, India's biggest online retailer, is involved in a fierce battle with Amazon over market share.
On paper it is easy: agriculture employs less than half a million people; financial services more than a million. Farming adds £8.5bn to the value of the UK economy, financial services £120bn.
Their Brexit concerns are very different. Agriculture is worried about potential average tariffs of 22.5% on meat imposed on non-EU countries and needs access to low-skilled labour to harvest and process food.
Finance is worried that foreign banks based in the UK will lose the right to sell their services throughout the EU from their substantial London operations.
When it comes to Brexit - which one do you prioritise? Neither - at least not according to the employers' group the CBI.
In its most comprehensive surveys of the post-Brexit needs of its members, it is urging the government to take a "whole economy" approach to negotiations. The success or failure of some sectors have knock-on effects for others. Energy and environmental regulations impact construction, housing manufacturing and other sectors.
Faced with this matrix of interconnected industries, the CBI is recommending some common principles to guide the government's hand. They include barrier-free access to our largest trading partner; a flexible approach to allow access to skills and labour; and a focus on global economic relationships with UK business interests at its heart.
It also endorses a smooth transition through the EU exit, which has become common code for an early agreement on a transitional period to avoid sleep-walking over a trade and regulation cliff-edge.
That all sounds like common sense - but it also sounds vague.
Once outside the EU, the UK will have to make some precise and delicate decisions.
One of the potential benefits of being outside the union is our ability to do new trade deals on our own terms. But that is when the toughest choices between different industries will have to be made.
For example, we may want to gain better access to New Zealand or South America for our world-beating financial services. In return, New Zealand and Argentina, say, may want to send more of its plentiful lamb and beef to the UK - something presently capped by an EU import quota to protect European farmers.
At that point, the finance or farming question may become less hypothetical than it seems at the moment.
One of Theresa May's key challenges will be delivering on a promise to deliver an economy that works for all. Delivering a post-Brexit economy that works for all businesses promises to be just as challenging.
The former Hearts boss has lost just one game since replacing Allan Johnston in early February.
And, last week, new chairman Jim Mann said Locke was in "prime position to be a contender" for the position.
"The board have kept me in the loop and my agent is in talks, so hopefully I'll get my future sorted out by the end of the week," Locke told BBC Scotland.
"These things always take time and the club has had a lot of applicants for the post."
Locke, who spent seven years as a player at Rugby Park, arrived as Johnston's assistant at the start of the season.
"I love it here and it's certainly a club I believe is on the up," he added.
"I know about the plans behind the scenes, which Jim and [director] Billy Bowie are involved in. They are trying to move the club in the right direction."
Locke was tight-lipped on speculation linking Kris Boyd with a return to the club for a third spell.
The striker scored 22 goals for Killie last season but has struggled for form since moving on to Rangers.
"It would be wrong of me to comment on any players at other clubs," said Locke. "The main thing for me is to get my own future sorted out then everything else will take care of itself.
"I'm looking at players all the time but it's hard because we'll be competing with other clubs for the same faces.
"Ask any manager, they want to work with people they trust.
"But I'm well aware the club is still in a precarious situation financially, so we know it's going to be a rigid budget."
It comes a week after the social network announced steps of its own to remove terrorist-related content from its site.
The UK Online Civil Courage Initiative's initial partners include Imams Online and the Jo Cox Foundation.
Facebook has faced criticism for being slow to react to terrorist propaganda on its platforms.
"The recent terror attacks in London and Manchester - like violence anywhere - are absolutely heartbreaking," said Facebook's chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg.
"No-one should have to live in fear of terrorism - and we all have a part to play in stopping violent extremism from spreading.
"We know we have more to do - but through our platform, our partners and our community we will continue to learn to keep violence and extremism off Facebook."
In recent months, governments across Europe have been pushing for technology companies to take more action to prevent online platforms from being used to spread extremist propaganda.
In particular, security services have criticised Facebook, Twitter and Google for relying too much on other people to report inappropriate content, rather than spotting it themselves.
In April, Germany passed a bill to fine social networks up to €50m (£44m) if they failed to give users the option to report hate speech and fake news, or if they refused to remove illegal content flagged as either images of child sexual abuse or inciting terrorism.
Following the London Bridge terror attack, UK PM Theresa May announced that new international agreements needed to be introduced to regulate the internet in order to "deprive the extremists of their safe spaces online".
And last week in Paris, Mrs May and French President Emmanuel Macron launched a joint campaign to look at how they could make the internet safe, including making companies legally liable if they refused to remove certain content.
Similar initiatives to counter hate speech were launched in Germany in January 2016 and in France in March 2017.
They have held training workshops with more than 100 anti-hate and anti-extremism organisations across Europe, and reached 3.5 million people online through its Facebook page.
In the UK, people are being encouraged to visit the UK OCCI Facebook page, to share stories, content and ideas, and use the hashtag #civilcourage.
Brendan Cox, the widower of murdered MP Jo Cox and the founder of the Jo Cox Foundation, has welcomed the move.
"This is a valuable and much needed initiative from Facebook in helping to tackle extremism," he said.
"Anything that helps push the extremists even further to the margins is greatly welcome. Social media platforms have a particular responsibility to address hate speech that has too often been allowed to flourish online.
"It is critical that efforts are taken by all online service providers and social networks to bring our communities closer together and to further crack down on those that spread violence and hatred online."
The Grade-1 listed Wentworth Woodhouse, near Rotherham, is larger than Buckingham Palace.
Clifford Newbold, who bought it in 1999, died in April and his family has announced the "reluctant decision" to sell the property.
According to campaign group Save Britain's Heritage, an estimated £42m needs to be spent on repairs.
In a statement, the family said they wanted "someone to carry on our work and see the house in safe hands".
Restoration work was under way in the house but has been hampered by subsidence caused by mining, the statement added.
Wentworth Woodhouse is described as "one of the finest Georgian houses in England" by Savills, the agency handling the sale.
Save Britain's Heritage has previously said that English Heritage surveys showed £42m was needed to be spent on the house over the next 15 years for repairs and subsidence damage.
Wentworth Woodhouse, which is open to the public, sits in 82 acres of grounds and the earliest wing of the house was started in 1725.
The Palladian-style east wing has a front that extends for 606 ft (184m).
Mining in the area was a key source of income to help with running costs for the house's former owners.
The interiors of the house are the work of three patrons - the First and Second Marquess of Rockingham and the Fourth Earl Fitzwilliam.
The history of Wentworth Woodhouse and the nearby village of Wentworth is linked with three aristocratic families, the Wentworths, Watsons and Fitzwilliams.
McAuley's previous deal was due to expire at the end of the month.
The Northern Ireland international, 35, who joined the Baggies on a free transfer from Ipswich Town in 2011, lost his place at the start of last season under Alan Irvine.
But he became a regular in the starting line-up again in the second half of the campaign under Tony Pulis.
McAuley returned to Albion's training ground on Monday to sign the new deal after playing for Northern Ireland in Saturday's Euro 2016 qualifier against Romania, which ended 0-0.
Wright beat Daryl Gurney 11-5 to seal his place in his third straight UK Open final after losing in 2015 and 2016.
The 46-year-old Scotsman finished on the bull in an 85 checkout to beat Price and take the £70,000 prize money.
Despite Price throwing four 180s and the highest checkout (117), Wright won the final three legs to seal victory.
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"The fans have given me fantastic support, not just this year but also for the last two years," said Suffolk-based Wright.
"I don't want to put a downer on it, we had no Michael van Gerwen here and no Phil Taylor, but I still had the pressure of being favourite when you had Gary Anderson, Adrian Lewis and all the other fantastic players in the tournament.
"It was a lot of pressure and I was happy just to get to the final, three years on the trot in one of the hardest tournaments. To win it is brilliant."
Former Cross Keys hooker Price reached his first major televised PDC final since leaving his career as a professional rugby player in 2014 and pulled from 8-3 down to 8-6 to put the pressure on Wright before the final interval.
The colourful Scot's victory was the first time that a player has won their first major PDC televised tournament since Michael van Gerwen clinched the 2012 World Grand Prix.
Reigning champion Van Gerwen did not compete in the tournament, which he won by beating Wright in 2015 and 2016, after failing to recover from a back injury.
The militants launched the attack with suicide bombings at the town's checkpoints, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a UK-based monitoring group.
It said the capture of the town links IS-held Palmyra with the Qalamun area.
Separately, the US launched its first drone strike against IS from Turkey.
A Pentagon spokesman did not give any further details about the strike, which reportedly took place on Monday.
Turkey last month said it would allow US aircraft to use its southern Incirlik airbase to attack IS in Syria, potentially speeding up air strikes against the militants.
Al-Qaryatain was captured in the militants' first major offensive since May, when they seized the historic town of Palmyra, famed for its Roman-style ruins.
The town is thought to have a mixed population of around 40,000 people, including Sunni Muslims and Christians, as well as thousands of people who have fled fighting elsewhere in the country.
According to the SOHR, the capture of the town could help IS move fighters and material between Palmyra and territory that it controls in Qalamun, to the west.
Scores of pro-government and IS fighters are said to have been killed in the battle for the town.
More than 230,000 Syrians have died in the civil war, which began after anti-government protests in March 2011.
Rebel groups that were originally fighting against the government of President Bashar al-Assad have also been battling each other in an increasingly complex and bloody conflict.
The former UK PM said later he believed there was a "common desire" to make Northern Ireland a "special case" in Brexit negotiations.
An open border had done a "tremendous amount" for UK and Irish trade and must be safeguarded "as much as possible".
The British and Irish governments have both said they do not want a return to customs posts on the border.
When, as part of Brexit, the UK leaves the EU's customs union there will have to be some from of customs enforcement.
The EU's negotiating guidelines call for a "flexible and creative" approach to the customs issue but no solid plans have yet been advanced by either the EU or the UK.
The EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier has told a joint session of the Irish houses of parliament in Dublin that the Irish border issue would be one of his three priorities in negotiations but emphasised that there would have to be some form of customs controls between NI and the Republic after Brexit.
Mr Blair, who was UK prime minister during the Northern Ireland peace process, was in Wicklow, Ireland to address a meeting of MEPs from the European People's Party - the largest group in the European Parliament.
Speaking to RTE Radio before the meeting, Mr Blair said: "It really would be a disaster to have a hard border."
But following the EPP meeting later he stressed that he believed there was a "common desire" to treat Northern Ireland as a "special case".
He said he was "extremely anxious" to ensure Brexit did not damage the Good Friday Agreement - of which he was one of the architects.
"At the moment we have a common travel area where people can travel freely between south and north ... on the island of Ireland. This is vital to maintain."
"I think whatever disagreements I have with the British government over Brexit more generally, I think there is a real consensus across the British political system that we must do everything we possibly can to keep the present situation between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland ... as similar to what we have at the moment as we possibly can."
Mr Barnier, who has been meeting business people in the Irish border region on Friday, told reporters he wanted to find solutions "without rebuilding any kind of hard border" and to protect and preserve the Good Friday agreement. "But we have to find a solution which is compatible with the single market".
He said Brexit negotiations would be "very complex and difficult". "This negotiation will not be only financial, legal or technical. In my view it will first [be] human, social and economic," he said.
BBC Northern Ireland's economics and business editor John Campbell said the free movement of goods was likely to be a key area of negotiations - and agricultural food companies in particular were extremely concerned about the potential for tariffs which could wreck their business.
The 26-year-old England World Cup player quit rugby union to return to his former club in rugby league.
The deal was confirmed on 5 November but the Rabbitohs must release players in order to register Burgess, who helped them win the NRL title in 2014.
"The Rabbitohs look forward to the confirmation of Sam's contract in the coming weeks," said a club spokesman.
Hooker Isaac Luke has already left Sydney to join New Zealand Warriors and Glenn Stewart has joined Super League side Catalans Dragons.
On Thursday Souths also confirmed they were releasing Australia international Dylan Walker.
The 21-year-old requested an exit after ending up in hospital after taking an overdose of painkillers.
Walker and winger Aaron Gray were fined by Souths.
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Former Bradford Bulls prop Burgess left Australia in November 2014 to switch codes and join Premiership side Bath on a three-year deal.
He made his England debut only nine months later and was included in Stuart Lancaster's squad for the World Cup ahead of more experienced back Luther Burrell.
Burgess had been used as a flanker for his club, but was played as a centre by Lancaster - a move that drew criticism as England failed to get out of the group stage.
The player asked to leave Bath after the tournament, citing family reasons, and rejoined the Rabbitohs, where he will link up again with his brothers, twins Tom and George.
South Sydney's first game of 2016 season is at Allianz Stadium on 6 March against Sydney Roosters, whose assistant coach is England rugby league boss Steve McNamara.
As early as Thursday morning it will announce it has now put nearly $10bn in the kitty to pay a monster fine from the US Department of Justice.
It relates to the bank's role in the selling of risky mortgages - the so called subprime crisis - which was at the epicentre of the financial crisis.
This will plunge RBS, 72% owned by the taxpayer, further into the red.
It will make 2016 the ninth year in a row that RBS has lost money.
To be clear, this is not unexpected, nor is it a final settlement. The urgency to settle once and for all which existed around the beginning of this month (before the change of the guard in the US administration with a Trump presidency) has eased as a new administration and a new attorney general are now in place.
Guesses on the final bill from the US vary widely from $12bn-$20bn. If this $10bn did prove to be enough for the final bill, that would be considered a good result.
It remains to be seen whether the new US administration takes a tougher or more lenient approach to misconduct by European banks.
Barclays recently walked away from negotiations, preferring to fight the top US lawman in court, rather than pay what the bank considered a fine that was disproportionate to its involvement in the subprime market.
For RBS it is yet another of the "big bumps in the road" that chief executive Ross McEwan has previously warned lie between the RBS of the last nine years and the RBS he hopes it will one day be. Exclude the fines, and RBS is churning out a £1bn profit every three months.
But the sins of the past are grave, as are the penalties. The bank has paid well over £50bn worth since the financial crisis - more than the £45bn the UK taxpayer put in way back when.
RBS and the taxpayer will hope that as painful as this is, it is one step closer to the light at the end of the tunnel.
The raid happened at Scotmid in North Deeside Road, in the Aberdeen suburb of Bieldside, in the early hours.
Police are already looking into four similar incidents in the north east of Scotland.
Bank cash machines in New Deer, Oldmeldrum, Inverurie and Dyce have been targeted.
Police have not commented on reports explosives may have been involved in some of the incidents.
A police spokeswoman said: "Police were called to an incident at Scotmid on North Deeside Road at around 4am today.
"The premises has been broken into and inquiries are ongoing."
A Scotmid spokesman told BBC Scotland an alarm had been set off at the front of the shop, and the safe at the back of the ATM had been targeted.
He said: "Thankfully no staff members were involved."
The spokesman said it was being investigated whether any money was stolen, but no other stock appeared to have been taken.
It was hoped the shop would reopen when police inquiries were complete.
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is consulting on plans to withdraw consultant-led maternity care at one of three district hospitals.
Earlier plans to downgrade services at Glan Clwyd Hospital in Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, were sent back to the drawing board after public outcry.
The proposed changes stem from a shortage of doctors.
Health bosses still favour downgrading services at the hospital and earlier this month the board agreed to start a fresh public consultation on those plans and others.
Alternatives include withdrawing doctor-led maternity care at hospitals in Bangor or Wrexham, or they could agree to make no changes meaning consultant-led care would remain at all three hospitals.
Those against the plans say expectant mothers who need care from doctors would be put at greater risk by having to travel further for treatment.
The British Medical Association and politicians have also previously criticised the health board for not seeking the views of staff and the public in drawing up its plans.
A final decision is expected in November.
O'Flaherty finished behind English duo Gemma Steel and Jenny Spink in Dublin.
Defending women's champion Fionnuala McCormack was a late withdrawal from Sunday's race because of a hip niggle.
Mullingar's Mark Christie won the men's race in a respectable 29 minutes and 30 seconds, leaving him ahead of England's Graham Rush (29.41) and Irish Olympic athlete Mick Clohisey (29.44).
The event also doubled up as the Irish championship for the 10km road race distance so O'Flaherty and Christie lifted the national titles.
As the Irish men packed well with Sergiu Ciobanu fourth in 30:20 and Kevin Dooney (30:38) sixth, the home nation pipped England by 40 seconds in the team match, which was decided by the aggregate times of the four scorers in both races.
Ireland's combined time was three hours, 15 minutes and 29 seconds and the team element gave the event added excitement even after the first three had crossed the line in both races.
The team success earned the Irish the Sean Kyle Cup, competed for in memory of the highly respected Ballymena & Antrim coach, who died in November 2015.
Kyle formed a remarkable coaching partnership at the club with his wife, the three-time Olympian Maeve Kyle and event organiser Gareth Turnbull came up with the idea last year of marking the Ballymena & Antrim stalwart's contribution to the sport by staging the team event.
Newcastle athlete O'Flaherty stayed with former European Cross Country champion Steel and Spink for the opening 5km in the Phoenix Park before the English duo broke clear.
Steel crossed the line in 34:15 which left her nine seconds ahead of Spink, with Rio Olympics steeplechase competitor O'Flaherty a further 14 seconds back in third.
The women's top six was completed by three more Irish athletes as Claire McCarthy (34:47) was followed by Laura O'Shaughnessy [35:04] and City of Derry's Catherine Whoriskey (35:55).
McCormack was forced to withdraw because of injury on Sunday morning.
With a series of races, including junior events, taking place, over 8,000 runners were in action at the Phoenix Park.
Researchers from several countries, including the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and the UK, tracked 1,900 people, aged between 14 and 24, over a 10-year period.
BBC News website readers from around the world have been getting in touch with their views on these latest findings linked to the controversial drug.
You will find that any data supposedly "proving" that cannabis use leads to schizophrenia or psychosis are of the "cherry picked" variety.
The prohibitionist lobby have been playing this card every few years since the 1920s and, even if it were true, this would be another strong reason why cannabis possession and supply should be legal and regulated, so that quality and supply could be monitored and use by young children eliminated.
I'm now 49-years-old and have been taking cannabis for more than 30 years. If I can find a good, clean source, then I won't turn it down.
I started taking it as a teenager for pain relief. I had undergone a traumatic episode in my life and suffered extreme muscle damage.
My friends told me it was good medically, so I thought it might help me.
I'm not addicted though. I don't climb the walls if I don't get any.
I have a great interest in cannabis and have tried to carry out as much research as possible into the scientific facts surrounding it without being influenced by the pro or anti lobby.
I have had negative effects but only when I have taken doctored cannabis, which has been mixed with things like horse tranquiliser. That is why I try to only use the pure stuff.
When I saw this study, my first reaction was "oh god". If you have any mental illness and you use drugs and alcohol, then it is likely to have an effect, but to say it causes psychosis - that's wrong.
I don't drink but I do take cannabis, however, I would tell children not to dabble - in the same way they shouldn't with other substances.
I smoked cannabis a couple of times when I was 24-years-old. I used to hang around with some people who regularly took it.
I used to work with my father and my brother in the butchery business but after I started taking cannabis I started showing signs of psychosis.
I was diagnosed with schizophrenia and had to spend some time in hospital.
I'm now 55-years-old and those few drags I took when I was younger definitely changed my life and made it go rapidly downhill.
I directly attribute my illness to the cannabis.
After I started taking it, I asked my mum at the family business if I could have a holiday as I'd been working rather hard, it was then I started hearing voices and became delusional.
My mum went to the doctor who asked me if I wanted to go into hospital. Initially I declined but about a month later, I agreed.
I've now been on medication for most of my life and would advise people not to dabble in cannabis.
I am fine now, but I am dead against the thought of taking anything that's harmful to the body.
I have worked as a drug advisor in the educational field for more than 20 years and the rubbish spouted about cannabis needs to stop.
Cannabis, like all psychoactive substances, will act as a catalyst for any pre disposition to a psychiatric or psychotic episode.
As it is usually taken in conjunction with other drugs especially alcohol, it cannot be easily concluded that cannabis alone is the culprit.
The fact that it remains illegal is probably a more relevant indicator as to why it is singled out.
People with a dual diagnosis - who have mental illnesses and take cannabis - how can you distinguish which one they got first?
In my own personal experiences, I know about four or five people who had "cannabis-related episodes" but they were also drinking at the time - so it was difficult to say what caused or contributed to it.
Each person is different, and the way psychoactive substances affect people also varies.
The other thing is that cannabis can sometimes help mental and physical problems. It can benefit certain types of auto-immune diseases.
I'm not pro or anti, but think these studies need to be considered in context.
I smoked cannabis for approximately 25 years and towards the end I felt like I was hanging onto sanity by my fingernails. Some of the worse symptoms included voices in the night, a constant dread of death, suicidal thoughts and intense mood swings. I never thought I would kick the habit until one day I was attacked by someone out side a supermarket due to my psychotic ramblings. This person probably saved my life or a least my sanity. Dominic, Luton, UK
I have been a user of of cannabis for the past 17 years and it has never stopped me from building a good professional career with qualifications and a senior post within a large multi national organisation. I think people forget that these studies can be easily directed at similar "drugs" like alcohol and cigarettes which although are publicised as being bad for your health are completely legal. It's easy to turn around and blame someone's personal failures in life on the fact they smoke cannabis, but in reality the person probably already suffers from some form of psychosis or is plain lazy to begin with. We should stop using this as an excuse and do the right thing which is to decriminalize cannabis, this would make it much safer for the millions of people that use it recreationally. Beavis, Birmingham, UK
I spent many years playing in bands in an environment where cannabis use is pretty much the norm. All it ever did for me was send me to sleep. My observation, for what it's worth: if you're not paranoid when you start smoking dope, you sure will be after you've been at it for a couple of years. David Ballantyne, Raleigh, US
I spent my student years smoking pot and thinking it was not only harmless but it made me more creative (if anything it made me more lazy). But then I gave up as I realised you can't lead a successful life and smoke cannabis. But for years I believed that it was non-addictive and should be legalised. Now I work for a rehab clinic and have been doing some research into drugs. I still believe it's not addictive but I was told by people working in rehab that about 10% of dope smokers end up with psychosis, and one expert I spoke to in London said that "cannabis is the drug that creates the most problems for psychiatrists". Rupert Wolfe Murray, Bucharest, Romania
I blame my son's suicide at the age 19 on cannabis use, he used it from the age of 14. I believe that cannabis use affected him badly, causing erratic behaviour and subsequent mental illness. Janine Gray, Caloundra, Australia
The former Down boss has been the Erne County's manager since succeeding Peter Canavan in November 2013.
Fermanagh failed to win a Championship match this year and were relegated to Division Three of the league.
After losing to Armagh in the first round of the All-Ireland qualifiers, McGrath said his management team would take time to consider their future.
On Wednesday night, Fermanagh revealed their manager was remaining in charge and had received the backing of the county board.
Fermanagh lost to Monaghan in the preliminary round of this year's Ulster Championship, followed by that qualifier defeat at the Athletic Grounds.
McGrath accepted 2017 had been the worst of his four-year spell as Fermanagh manager.
However, the veteran boss has his backers who believe he has done a creditable job, including taking the Erne county to the All-Ireland quarter-finals two years ago.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) carried out an "extraordinary review" of the system in July.
It followed moves by Bangor University to withdraw midwifery students from Glan Clwyd Hospital, and concerns flagged by Health Inspectorate Wales.
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board said it had developed an action plan.
Prof Angela Hopkins, executive director of nursing and midwifery at the health board, said: "Most of the recommendations made in the NMC reports have already been addressed."
The review by the NMC examined how closely rules on supervising midwives across north Wales were being followed.
But the investigators found on two measures the midwife services were falling short:
Jackie Smith, NMC chief executive and registrar, said: "The reports from our extraordinary review show that there are serious concerns around the nursing and midwifery education programmes.
"We need to be assured that our standards for education and for the supervision of midwives are being met, and that the public's safety is protected.
"It is essential that all the relevant organisations collaborate to address the issues raised by the review. We will work closely with Bangor University, Health Inspectorate Wales and other stakeholders to improve the situation and strengthen public protection."
Prof Hopkins said: "We would like to reassure our patients regarding the quality and standard of education for student nurses and midwives in north Wales, and to advise that issues raised regarding the supervision of midwives have been fully addressed."
The investigation was prompted by escalating concerns at the health board about how maternity services might be reorganised.
Officials wanted to remove consultant-led care from Glan Clwyd Hospital at Bodelwyddan in Denbighshire - but that faced being overturned by a judicial review.
It led Health Inspectorate Wales to flag the issue to the NMC in June, just weeks before the entire health board was put into special measures by the Welsh government.
At the same time, according to the report published on Monday, Bangor University withdrew midwifery students from Glan Clwyd due to "an unsuitable practice learning environment due to the unprofessional behaviours and attitudes of some clinicians".
The university said it had been working with the health board to address issues raised by the extraordinary review and stated that the situation "had improved since the report was written in July".
"We are now focussing on the remaining areas that need attention, but in the meantime students can be assured that the high standard of their education will be safeguarded," said Prof Jo Rycroft-Malone, who heads Bangor's School of Healthcare Sciences.
The NMC review also contained some criticism of the work of Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) as the body responsible in Wales for safeguarding standards of supervision and training.
But on Monday, HIW said all standards set by the NMC and recommendations made in report have now been met.
Just one councillor out of seven voted against revised plans for the former Aquarena site in Worthing at a heated public meeting on Thursday night.
Developer Roffey Homes said the £45m tower would become a landmark building and would help to regenerate the area.
However, more than 2,000 residents had signed a petition against it, saying it was too tall and "out of place".
The revised proposal follows the refusal of planning permission in September 2015 for a 21-storey tower on the site.
The new plans are for a shorter building - 15 stories, providing 141 homes, commercial space and a public cafe.
Dozens of residents attended the meeting to express their anxiety over the plans.
Liberal Democrat Hazel Thorpe cited public opposition and told the meeting it was not doing enough to solve the town's housing problems.
However, Conservative Councillor Edward Crouch supported the proposals.
"The economic, housing benefits and additional use of this land outweighs the harm," he said.
After the vote, Mike Anderson of Save Worthing Seafront, said he was disappointed but accepted it had been decided.
"The issue really is only about the height of the tower. It is inconsistent with the rest of Worthing, it doesn't fit in," he said.
Daniel Humphreys, leader of Worthing Borough Council, called it "a step forward for Worthing".
"There is a great housing need in Worthing. We've got some fantastic businesses that need houses for workers to live in," he said.
Ben Cheal, managing director of Roffey Homes, said: "Change is hard to accept for people but then [buildings] become regarded as cherished contributions to the townscape."
Evans, 27, has been training with Pompey since leaving Fleetwood Town at the end of the 2014-15 season, having scored 12 goals in 106 appearances for the League One club.
"The aim is promotion - it's as simple as that," the former Macclesfield and Bradford man told the club website.
"It's an honour to be at this club, but I've come here for success and I'm confident we are capable of that."
Evans was offered a contract by Fleetwood at the end of last season but decided to leave Highbury.
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Etienne Capoue volleyed the Hornets into the lead - their fastest Premier League goal - before Roberto Pereyra curled in a second after 12 minutes.
Leicester pulled one back when Riyad Mahrez converted a penalty after Miguel Britos' clumsy foul on Jamie Vardy.
But the Foxes could not score again and remain without an away league victory this season.
Leicester become only the third reigning top-flight champions, after Leeds in 1992 and Blackburn in 1995, to start a Premier League season without a win from their opening six away games.
Watford had been embarrassed 6-1 at Liverpool in their last match and boss Walter Mazzarri demanded an improved performance.
But even he could not have expected the blistering start they made as they went ahead in the opening minute.
Leicester midfielder Danny Drinkwater, who had missed England's matches against Scotland and Spain with a rib injury, gave the ball away and that enabled Pereyra to sprint down the left wing before his cross was flicked on by Troy Deeney, with Capoue volleying past Ron-Robert Zieler.
Pereyra doubled the advantage shortly after, cutting inside Drinkwater on the edge of the penalty area and curling the ball into the corner.
Leicester fought back with a penalty after only 14 minutes, but were frustrated and denied by a resolute home defence as the hosts held on for the win.
Leicester won the league title for the first time in their history last season but looked a pale shadow of that side at Vicarage Road.
Defensively vulnerable and lacking a cutting edge up front, the Foxes slipped to their sixth league defeat of the season, double the amount they had throughout the entire 2015-16 campaign.
One huge concern for Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri would be the form of centre-forward Vardy. Before the game Ranieri said he expected to see a "new Vardy" after he scored in England's 2-2 draw with Spain at Wembley on Tuesday.
However, apart from winning a penalty, which was more down to the reckless challenge from Britos, Vardy looked unlikely to end a goal drought that now stretches to 13 club games.
His only attempt came late on when he shot harmlessly wide and the Foxes need him to rediscover the form that saw him score 24 Premier League goals last season.
This result extends a strange, but worrying quirk for Leicester fans - of their side failing to win any of the five matches they have played immediately before a Champions League game.
They remain 14th in the Premier League, but are only two points above the relegation zone, despite impressing in Europe's premier competition.
With 10 points from four Champions League games and without a goal conceded, Leicester are top of Group G and only need two points from their last two games to advance into the last 16. The first of those comes on Tuesday when they entertain Belgian side Club Brugge.
A concern for the Foxes would be that record signing Islam Slimani, who scored the winner in a 1-0 win over Porto, missed the Watford game with what was described as a "slight groin injury".
Watford manager Walter Mazzarri told BBC Sport: "We got the win and I'm very happy. We played the football that I like my team to play and this time we were good enough to score.
"The way Roberto Pereyra played, not just the goal he scored, he ran the whole game and I am very happy with him.
"It was not easy, we know they are a good team. It was our fault with the penalty, in the last 15 or 20 minutes Leicester pressed a lot and we had to concentrate."
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Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri told BBC Sport: "I said to my players 'well done' as they tried to do everything. At the beginning we were losing 2-0, but we got back in the match.
"Of course Watford defended very well. We tried to do our best, the second half was intense but we did not created good chances.
"Their two goals made the match. Our performance was good, the spirit was good and I am positive. When you play with this spirit, I'm positive."
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Leicester are in action again on Tuesday as they host Club Brugge in the Champions League. A win for the Foxes will take them into the last 16 of the competition.
They next play in the Premier League on Saturday, 26 November when they entertain Middlesbrough, with Watford in action the following day with a home league game against Stoke.
Match ends, Watford 2, Leicester City 1.
Second Half ends, Watford 2, Leicester City 1.
Attempt missed. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Wes Morgan.
Jeffrey Schlupp (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Adlène Guédioura (Watford).
Foul by Danny Simpson (Leicester City).
Roberto Pereyra (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Robert Huth (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Stefano Okaka (Watford).
Substitution, Watford. Stefano Okaka replaces Troy Deeney.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Daryl Janmaat.
Substitution, Watford. Adlène Guédioura replaces Nordin Amrabat.
Attempt missed. Nordin Amrabat (Watford) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Etienne Capoue with a headed pass.
Attempt missed. Daryl Janmaat (Watford) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Nordin Amrabat.
Demarai Gray (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Demarai Gray (Leicester City).
Juan Zuñiga (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Wes Morgan (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Troy Deeney (Watford).
Attempt saved. Robert Huth (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Ahmed Musa (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez.
Attempt blocked. Wes Morgan (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Leicester City. Ahmed Musa replaces Marc Albrighton.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Etienne Capoue.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Juan Zuñiga.
Foul by Robert Huth (Leicester City).
Miguel Britos (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Younes Kaboul.
Attempt missed. Nordin Amrabat (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Etienne Capoue.
Foul by Wes Morgan (Leicester City).
Troy Deeney (Watford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Sebastian Prödl (Watford) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Etienne Capoue with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Marc Albrighton.
Foul by Demarai Gray (Leicester City).
Valon Behrami (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Daniel Amartey (Leicester City).
Roberto Pereyra (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Leicester City. Demarai Gray replaces Shinji Okazaki.
Substitution, Leicester City. Jeffrey Schlupp replaces Christian Fuchs.
Attempt missed. Younes Kaboul (Watford) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Roberto Pereyra with a cross following a corner.
In a letter to the prime minister, Carwyn Jones claimed the general election result showed there was "no mandate" for a "hard Brexit".
He called for an urgent meeting of the joint ministerial committee (JMC) of UK leaders to establish a "broad-based consensus" on Brexit.
Wales Office minister Guto Bebb urged Mrs May to take a cross-party approach.
In his letter, Mr Jones said it was "increasingly clear" a transitional deal was needed.
The first minister highlighted a UK government White Paper proposal to leave the customs union as an example of a measure that did not have widespread support.
"I hope you will recognise that, given the outcome of the general election, your government has no mandate for the sort of 'hard Brexit' which you have championed," he wrote.
"By contrast, it is of critical importance to build a broad-based consensus across the UK and across parties and civil society about how to take forward the Brexit process.
"The JMC is, for the present, a fundamental part of that process."
He added: "It is also increasingly clear that, given the political situation, it will be impossible to both negotiate a withdrawal agreement and put in place the basis for a future relationship with the EU within two years.
"It means we must agree within the UK now, and seek the agreement of our EU partners early in negotiations, the form of transitional arrangements to come into effect in April 2019."
Mr Jones claimed the Welsh Government's own White Paper - calling for continued "full and unfettered access" to the single market - "might form the basis of a UK wide negotiating position that could command considerable support".
The first minister also urged Mrs May to pay "full respect to the existing devolution settlements" and warned against any imposition of new arrangements to handle matters such as agriculture and economic development when EU responsibilities in such areas ended.
"Bluntly, this is a fight which you do not need to have," he said.
Speaking on BBC Radio Wales' Good Morning Wales programme Mr Jones denied that the tone of the letter was threatening.
"Far from it. We will not accept anything that reduces the powers of Wales, Scotland and of Northern Ireland.
"You have to be firm with them," he added. "Scots have done exactly the same. It's absolutely important that we make our positions very very clear."
Aberconwy MP and Wales Office minister Guto Bebb called for Theresa May to undertake a cross-party approach to Brexit, and consider the views of the Welsh Government.
"We are, by definition, in a situation where there will need to be compromises," he told BBC Radio Wales.
"I personally feel very strongly that Brexit is an issue which is really challenging for the UK on so many levels.
"Therefore a cross party approach, not in terms of final decision making perhaps, but certainly the views of other parties, and more importantly in a devolved UK, the views of the devolved institutions must be taken into account.
"Clearly we cannot say the views of the Welsh Government on Brexit should be ignored in view of the fact that the Labour party in Wales has secured 50% of the vote.
"There is a need to ensure that there is an approach to Brexit that tries to bring together as many different views as possible to make sure we have a strong economy post the UK leaving the European Union."
Fellow Conservative Glyn Davies, MP for Montgomeryshire, also backed a cross-party approach, saying in a Facebook message that "minority status might deliver better government" and its "attitude to Brexit might change".
In response to Mr Jones's letter, Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns said the UK government's focus would be on "the right outcome" which was to achieve "frictionless trade" with the EU.
A spokesman for Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies accused Mr Jones of "cynical posturing" claiming he "steadfastly refused to engage with Leave campaigners offering to work together after the referendum".
The spokesman accused the first minister of attempting to "rewrite history", saying both Labour and the Conservatives went into the general election pledging to leave the single market.
Senior Plaid Cymru AM Rhun ap Iorwerth said he agreed that there was no mandate for hard Brexit after the election result.
He said he hoped the UK government would "not be able to plough ahead with the kind of hard Brexit that they were planning on implementing before this election".
"They are going to have to move forward in a more consensual way and consensus to me suggests an exit that is rather different to what the Tories envisaged two months ago," he said.
He said Plaid Cymru's position was that "we think the Welsh economy needs to be in the single market".
A UKIP spokesman said: "Theresa May's sacking of David Jones MP as Brexit Minister is a slap in the face for Welsh Tories and UKIP supporters who lent their votes to the Tories last Thursday."
"Remainer Theresa May is obviously preparing to betray us on a clean Brexit," he added.
Negotiations with Brussels on the UK's departure from the EU were due to start on 19 June, and Mrs May is now seeking the backing of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to prop up her minority government.
The DUP supports Brexit - but also wants to avoid a hard border with the Republic of Ireland and to maintain as far as possible the current access to EU markets.
Henry Hicks, 18, was being followed by two unmarked police cars in Islington, north London, on 19 December 2014 when his moped crashed into another vehicle.
Marks on his clothing were more likely blood spots than tyre marks, St Pancras Coroner's Court heard.
Mr Hicks' family had raised concerns about the circumstances of the crash.
Det Insp Gary Wright at Surrey Police reviewed the initial investigation into the teenagers' death, led by Paul Summerton at the Metropolitan Police Service.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission requested Mr Wright to carry out the inquiry.
Mr Wright considered how the damage to the teenager's moped and helmet were caused, how he came off his bike, what caused the fatal head injuries and whether the marks on his jacket and tracksuit bottoms indicated he had been run over.
He told the jury: "Despite there being no skid marks, it's probable that harsh braking was the reason for Henry to fall from his bike or to become unstable at least before there was a smaller impact with the taxi."
He told senior coroner for Inner London Mary Hassell he had no reason to believe the police cars collided with the teenager.
The investigator said he broadly agreed with the previous report stating Mr Hicks probably did not initially realise police were following him.
But he said it was "difficult to document" what Mr Hicks was thinking at the time.
Four police officers, who were in the unmarked cars, are expected to give evidence to the inquest on Tuesday.
The Lions now face a daunting match in Christchurch against the in-form Crusaders on Saturday.
"There is so much strength in depth in this country," Gatland said.
"I don't think there will be a lot of difference between some of the Super Rugby sides and the All Blacks."
And the Lions boss added: "These guys have been together seven months and the All Blacks will be coming together cold."
But All Black coach Steve Hansen refused to entertain such suggestions, saying that poor scheduling and unfamiliarity with each other was behind the Lions' slow start.
He said counterpart Gatland must be "trying a bit of humour".
"I don't think there's any comparison between Super Rugby and Test rugby. I don't know what his thinking is," Hansen said.
"They're in the infancy of this tour, they'll only get better, and they'll be a good side when the Tests come round.
"They only want to win the Test matches and Gatland has made that very, very clear. The first Test is all he has his eyes on and I don't think he's too bothered about what happens between now and then."
The Lions gave an improved performance from Saturday's stuttering 13-7 win over the Provincial Barbarians, especially at the set-piece, but lacked a cutting edge compared to the Blues.
Number eight CJ Stander's first-half effort from a rolling maul was the Lions' only try, while the Blues scored three - with Ihaia West's superb late score, set up by Sonny Bill Williams, sealing victory for the Auckland-based franchise.
Despite the defeat, Gatland is confident the Lions - who play all five of New Zealand's Super Rugby sides on the tour - will keep on getting better as they build towards the first Test against New Zealand on 24 June.
"We will have learned a lot from tonight [Wednesday], and we will continue to improve," Gatland added.
"We played a lot better and put ourselves in a position to win the game. Saturday is going to be another tough encounter."
Wing Elliot Daly added: "We have to learn from this game and move on very quickly.
"The squad is full of very experienced players that have lost games before and won major games. So we are going to push on ahead of Saturday."
The 35-year-old climbed to second, 10 points behind Jonas Hogh-Christensen of Denmark, after a fourth and a third place on another windy day in Weymouth.
Ainslie is still yet to beat surprise leader Hogh-Christensen, who came first and second in the day's two races.
2008 Beijing: gold - Finn
2004 Athens: gold - Finn
2000 Sydney: gold - Laser
1996 Atlanta: silver - Laser
There are four races of the opening series left to sail.
Ainslie came into the Games as many people's idea of a certainty for gold, but Hogh-Christensen is intent on ruining the Briton's quest to usurp fellow Dane and four-time gold medallist Paul Elvstrom as the most decorated Olympic sailor.
"I was really angry and frustrated yesterday, but today I was back in the game," said Ainslie, who has won three golds and a silver at the Games.
I was really angry and frustrated yesterday, but today I was back in the game
"Jonas is sailing really well, he's having the regatta of his life. All I can do is keep pushing hard and hope he slips up along the way. It's still a long way to go but at some stage I've got to start getting some points back."
Hogh-Christensen, who will go back to his job as commercial director of a concert promoter in Denmark after the Games, said: "I've always had the feeling I could beat Ben on my best day.
"If I can keep that up, there is a good chance I can win. I'm a bit surprised it's going this well, but I always thought I had it in me."
Britain's defending champions Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson tightened their grip on the Star class to lead by four points from Brazilians Robert Scheidt and Bruno Prada.
"All we can do is paddle to the end," said Percy, who is the oldest member of the British squad at 36. "We are definitely here to defend our title but it is going to be a fight to the end."
Paul Goodison, who is defending his Olympic Laser title, was in tears because of a back injury that is threatening to end his regatta.
"Hogh-Christensen's speed is a surprise to everyone, but Ben is still going quite well. His speed was good today.
"He would have been worried about his upwind pace yesterday but today he had great upwind pace, apart from Jonas. That is a little bit of a worry but Ben is rock solid. He won't be unnerved by it, he'll just be wondering what he can do, how he can go a bit faster.
"I never underestimate Ben. It's been a long time since I've seen him lose anything, even when things have gone terribly wrong in the beginning."
Despite climbing into 12th place overall with a 16th and a second, Goodison trails runaway leader Tom Slingsby of Australia by 40 points with the worst result to be discarded.
In the RS:X windsurfing classes, Nick Dempsey opened his campaign with a fifth and a seventh for fourth overall, while Bryony Shaw had a seventh and a sixth to sit in sixth.
Weymouth local Dempsey, who won bronze in Athens but came fourth in Beijing, said he was "slightly disappointed" with his first day as he chases the gold that has eluded him in his three previous Games.
"It's steady. I haven't thrown it away, I'm still very much in the competition," said the 31-year-old, who is married to two-time Olympic champion Sarah Ayton.
British 49er duo Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes scored a third in their first race of the day but capsized in race two and finished 18th to remain 12th overall.
Morrison was upbeat despite his impromptu swim, pointing out the unpredictability of the class given that leaders Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen of Australia also capsized.
"There are an awful lot of positives out of a fairly major negative, but we're going very fast and for 99% of the time we're sailing very well," he said. "You can't win a sailing event by panicking. Equally, there's no denying the fact we've got a lot of work to do."
Olympic debutant Alison Young, 22, posted two seconds on day two to lie fourth behind Ireland's Annalise Murphy, who has won all four races.
In the women's Elliott 6m match-racing class, Britain's team of Annie Lush and sisters Lucy and Kate Macgregor won twice to sit in a tie for third in the round-robin stage.
John Gilliland also warned the government against tearing up the contracts of those who signed up to the flawed Renewable Heat Incentive.
"They're scared of being victimised, of being made a pariah," he told the BBC.
Tuesday is the deadline for those on the scheme to say if their details can be published by the department.
When it comes to renewable energy, few can boast a track record like him.
Mr Gilliland installed his first biomass boiler at his Londonderry farm 30 years ago and now supplies wood chip from his willow crop for boilers all over Northern Ireland.
He has three boilers drying wood chip around the clock, for which he gets paid £80,000 a year from the RHI scheme, £30,000 of which is profit which he says he uses to pay off debts from his renewable investments.
John Gilliland expects to be one of the few to go public and he has warned the government against taking money from those like him who signed up in good faith.
A spokesperson for the Department for the Economy said: "The Department is currently compiling the responses received and the Minister will consider, in conjunction with legal advice, the most appropriate course of action."
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Yeison Mora Castillo, 17, was killed during demonstrations in central Barinas state, while Diego Arellano, 31, died on the operating table after being shot in Miranda state.
Since near-daily demonstrations began seven weeks ago, 42 people have died.
Protesters are demanding early elections and an end to the country's deep economic crisis.
Luis Almagro, head of the Organization of American States and one of President Nicolas Maduro's harshest international critics, called for the government to be held to account over the deaths.
He told news agency AFP: "They cannot go on killing and torturing people, and getting away with it."
The authorities earlier announced the deaths of Luis Alviarez, 17, and Diego Hérnandez, 33, who were fatally injured on Monday.
A 27-year-old police officer is being charged in connection with Mr Hérnandez's death, the prosecutors' office announced on its Twitter account.
The crisis in Venezuela is due to be discussed by the United Nations Security Council at a meeting in New York later on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, President Maduro extended the nationwide state of economic emergency.
The decree gives Mr Maduro extra powers for another 60 days, from Saturday, including an ability to impose tougher security measures.
He has already extended the measures multiple times since they were first introduced in early 2016.
The extension is needed to "preserve order", said the government newspaper.
The opposition denounced the move as an ongoing rights grab.
Opposition leader Henrique Capriles responded by urging his supporters to take to the streets and protest "more than ever".
Despite having the world's largest known oil reserves, Venezuela is facing a shortage of many basic items, including food and medicines.
Its economy has collapsed, with inflation expected to top 700% this year, and crime is rampant.
The opposition is calling for early elections and the released of opposition politicians jailed in recent years, saying the socialist governments of Mr Maduro and his predecessor, the late Hugo Chavez, have mismanaged the economy since coming to power in 1999.
Mr Maduro accuses the country's business elite of boycotting the economy to create unrest and topple his democratically elected government. His term ends in January 2019.
The survey found just two-fifths (41%) agreed that people had equal chances to get ahead, compared with more than half (53%) who said the same in 2008.
Almost half (46%) of those polled said today's youth would have a worse life than their parents' generation.
The government said it was committed to making the country "work for everyone".
The survey asked 2,001 adults across Britain aged 16 to 64 what they thought was needed to help someone get on in life and found:
The survey also found that almost half (47%) thought high-quality education in comprehensive schools would most help those from disadvantaged backgrounds to get on in life, while 23% thought that lower university tuition fees would help.
The findings come as research commissioned by the Sutton Trust finds that improving social mobility could boost the UK's GDP by almost £600 per person per year.
Research by economic consultancy Oxera for the Trust assessed levels of social mobility in different European countries, looking at issues such as individual income, parents' education and how well a person's job matched their skills.
It concluded that bringing social mobility in the UK up to the average for western Europe would lead to an annual increase in GDP of £590 per person.
Sutton Trust chairman Sir Peter Lampl said Britain had very low social mobility compared with other countries.
"Our research shows that if social mobility were brought up to the western European average, GDP would increase by 2.1%, equivalent to a monetary value of £39bn.
"There is also a low and declining percent of the public (from 43% in 2003 to 29% in 2017) who believe today's youth will have a better quality of life than their parents.
"The government should make improving social mobility a top priority.
"Alongside other initiatives there needs to be a concerted effort to improve early years provision, provide fairer access to schools and universities and address the numerous social barriers which exist."
A Department for Education spokesman said the government was committed to making sure Britain was a country that worked for everyone.
"We want to make sure everyone can get a world-class education at every stage of their life, and go as far as their talents will take them, whatever their background.
"There are 1.8 million more pupils in good or outstanding schools than in 2010, more disadvantaged students than ever before attending university and we are investing an additional £500m a year into high quality technical education.
"We will also be building on the progress of our £72m opportunity areas programme, which is bringing together local businesses, schools and councils in 12 social mobility 'coldspots' to create better opportunities for young people."
Turner, who can play on the wing or at centre, will join up with his new team-mates this week.
He is the third Australia international to commit to Exeter in recent months, with Dave Dennis and Greg Holmes set to move to Sandy Park in the summer.
Turner, 28, scored four tries in seven games for Toulon this season, having moved to the club as World Cup cover.
"We've tracked him for some time now and, once we knew he had finished his time with Toulon, we started the process of having a real good look at him," Exeter head coach Rob Baxter said.
"Immediately you could see he was a very good rugby player and having really looked at his game, we believe he can really add something to us in terms of our back three options.
"Now he's here, we will look to ease him gently following his flight over and then as the week progresses, gradually introduce him into full training with the squad."
Turner has won 15 caps for the Wallabies and played for Super Rugby's Sydney-based Waratahs and Queensland Reds before moving to France last summer.
"The fact he can play in numerous positions is a big thing, just because at times I've felt this season we have been a little bit exposed in certain areas," added Baxter.
"I just feel if we are that little bit thicker and little stronger in certain areas, it will help us in the long term.
"People will know that we are a club who like to bring through quality young players, but at the same time some of them you would say are relatively inexperienced when it comes to the Premiership and to Europe. Therefore it's important that we have a good balance in terms of our squad make-up."
Jay Nava, 27, stabbed 26-year-old Natasha Wake 11 times in the chest and neck at her home in Bournemouth in October.
He then fell asleep beside her body, which he later hid in a cupboard under the stairs.
The 27-year-old from Plymouth will be sentenced at Winchester Crown Court on Thursday.
The trial heard that Miss Wake became angry with Nava on the day she died, when she found out that he had been investigated by police for an alleged sexual assault on another woman.
Nava told the court he remembered kneeling over Miss Wake's body with a knife in his hand but could not recall killing her.
The court heard that on the night of the attack on 1 October, one of the children in the house heard a "scream" and went downstairs for a drink.
The girl told police she had seen Nava with a knife and Miss Wake lying on the floor covered by a blanket, although Nava had told her it was a "game".
The following morning Nava confessed to the killing in a phone call to his mother.
Police found Miss Wake's body at the address in Harley Gardens and launched a ground and air search for Nava's car.
The former Commando gunner attempted to take his own life when he was discovered later that day in woodland at Hengistbury Head, Dorset.
Police officers managed to resuscitate him on the scene.
A defence psychiatrist had told the jury Nava suffered an "abnormality in mental function".
Following the verdict, Det Ch Insp Sarah Derbyshire said: "Jay Nava subjected Natasha to a brutal and sustained attack.
"His violent actions that day have very sadly left two young children without their mother."
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It could be a person who gives up their time to encourage others to take part in sport, be someone who is helping to unearth a champion of the future or maybe they are the ones who keep a local club going.
The BBC Get Inspired Unsung Hero award has been running since 2003 and recognises the remarkable achievements of people throughout the UK.
You can nominate your unsung sporting hero until 23 October and the Welsh winner will be announced at the BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year award in December.
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The winner of the BBC Cymru Wales award will represent Wales at the national BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony on 18 December.
Grandmothers and working farmers Jane Roberts and Nerys Ellis jointly won the 2015 BBC Wales Get Inspired Sports Unsung Hero award for their work with Llanrwst Swimming Club. Football coach Damien Lindsay from Northern Ireland won last year's national award.
The nomination period for the 2016 awards is now open. You can download this nomination form and send it to the address provided. If you prefer, you can download the Welsh language form.
Please make sure you provide as much relevant information possible to give the judges a good indication of why your nominee deserves to be considered as Unsung Hero for your region.
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Panels will meet at BBC Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland and each of the BBC's 12 English regions, picking one winner from each area.
The overall winner will be selected from those 15 and will be announced during the BBC Sports Personality of the Year programme on Sunday, 18 December in Birmingham.
See the 2016 Get Inspired Unsung Hero Awards terms and conditions to find out everything you need to know. You can also view these terms and conditions in Welsh.
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The closing date for applications is 23:59 BST on Sunday, 23 October.
Please note that the last day we will dispatch posted nomination forms will be Friday, 14 October.
If you have nominated someone before previously, you can nominate them again this year.
There is a continuing need for more unsung heroes in sport in the UK. If you have been inspired by this and want to get involved in helping grassroots sport in your community, visit the Get Inspired guide to volunteering, there is also a dedicated page for coaching.
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The tie looked all but secure for the League One side inside 15 minutes, with goals from Ben Reeves, Brandon Thomas-Asante, and Kieran Agard.
But Joe Tait snatched a quick response in the 19th minute before Andrew Johnson's strike with five minutes to go ensured a grandstand finish.
It took the hosts little more than seven minutes to take the lead when Reeves fired a low right-footed shot past Moors keeper Dan Lowson from the edge of the area.
And the 28-year-old stopper was left picking the ball out of his own net twice in quick succession as MK eased themselves into a comfortable lead.
Thomas-Asante made it 2-0 with a tap in after Dean Lewington's cross found the 17-year-old unmarked in the six-yard box, before Agard's cross-cum-shot bundled its way into the visitors' bottom corner.
But Jason Ainsley's Northern Premier League side - making their first-ever appearance in the first round - got on the scoresheet five minutes later as former Hartlepool defender Tait rose above his marker to meet Craig Gott's cross with a cushioned header into the far corner.
Second half Moors substitute Johnson then made it a nervy finish for the Dons with an emphatic solo goal just five minutes from time - but it proved to be too little too late.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, MK Dons 3, Spennymoor Town 2.
Second Half ends, MK Dons 3, Spennymoor Town 2.
Foul by Dean Bowditch (MK Dons).
Chris Mason (Spennymoor Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Corner, MK Dons. Conceded by Adam Mitchell.
Jack Hendry (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Adam Mitchell (Spennymoor Town).
Attempt saved. David Dowson (Spennymoor Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Dean Bowditch (MK Dons).
Jamie Chandler (Spennymoor Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ed Upson (MK Dons).
Jamie Chandler (Spennymoor Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Craig Gott (Spennymoor Town) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Kabongo Tshimanga (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Craig Gott (Spennymoor Town).
Goal! MK Dons 3, Spennymoor Town 2. Andrew Johnson (Spennymoor Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kallum Griffiths.
Attempt missed. Kieran Agard (MK Dons) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Substitution, Spennymoor Town. Adam Mitchell replaces Mark Anderson.
Attempt missed. David Dowson (Spennymoor Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Kieran Agard (MK Dons) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.
Corner, MK Dons. Conceded by Andrew Johnson.
Attempt blocked. Kabongo Tshimanga (MK Dons) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Substitution, MK Dons. Ryan Colclough replaces Brandon Thomas-Asante.
Substitution, MK Dons. Kabongo Tshimanga replaces Nicky Maynard.
Attempt missed. Ben Reeves (MK Dons) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Ben Reeves (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by David Dowson (Spennymoor Town).
Delay in match James Curtis (Spennymoor Town) because of an injury.
Foul by Nicky Maynard (MK Dons).
Joe Tait (Spennymoor Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Spennymoor Town. David Dowson replaces Graeme Armstrong.
Substitution, Spennymoor Town. Andrew Johnson replaces Rob Ramshaw.
Ed Upson (MK Dons) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Ed Upson (MK Dons).
Graeme Armstrong (Spennymoor Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Ben Reeves (MK Dons) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Foul by Nicky Maynard (MK Dons).
Kallum Griffiths (Spennymoor Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Nicky Maynard (MK Dons) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Ben Reeves (MK Dons) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
The Irish Football Association is now seeking different opponents for the game, which is expected to be part of a double-header of friendly fixtures.
"We had made provisional plans to play in Poland," Irish FA chief executive Patrick Nelson told BBC Sport NI.
"But that was conditional on us not being drawn together at Euro 2016."
Northern Ireland face the Poles in their Group C opener in Nice on 12 June with the contest against Ukraine following in Lyon four days later, before the match against world champions Germany in Paris on 21 June.
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Manager Michael O'Neill approach both Martin O'Neill and Gordon Strachan, his Republic of Ireland and Scotland counterparts, for advice before the tournament as both countries faced Germany and Poland in their qualifying group.
"We know a fair bit about Poland anyway and we obviously know the threat of (Robert) Lewandowski," said the Northern Ireland boss.
"The Ukrainians are a bit more unknown to us but I think one of the real strong points of our preparation has always been our level of detail on the opposition."
Northern Ireland have also been drawn against Joachim Low's Germany side in qualification for the 2018 World Cup.
O'Neill added: "Germany were maybe the pot one team that I didn't want but, having been drawn in it and got my head around it, I think it's a fantastic game for us.
"To get the opportunity to play the world champions in Paris in a major tournament is going to be a great occasion.
"Everyone will expect them to top the group, so in many ways it turns it into a mini group of three with ourselves, Ukraine and Poland. I certainly believe we can be competitive in that company.
"We proved that in qualification and we have to believe we can get out of the group."
Northern Ireland fixtures (all times BST)
Sunday, 12 June
Poland v Northern Ireland (Nice, 17:00)
Thursday, 16 June
Ukraine v Northern Ireland (Lyon, 17:00)
Tuesday, 21 June
Northern Ireland v Germany (Paris, 17:00)
The Robins are 22nd in the Championship, one point below 21st-placed Wolves, after winning just one of their past 16 league games.
Asked if finishing fourth-from-bottom would be a success, O'Neil, 33, told BBC Radio Bristol: "Yes, it would be.
"It would still be a bad season, from the start, but from where we are now, fourth-bottom would be good enough."
Bristol City finished 18th last term, 12 points above the drop zone, and were as high as fifth on 16 October after the first 12 games of this season.
Lee Johnson's side host O'Neil's former club Norwich on Tuesday, before Saturday's trip to fellow strugglers Wigan.
Former Portsmouth and West Ham United player O'Neil added: "We are just desperate to avoid relegation. That would be a disaster.
"There is still a long way to go - nothing is anywhere near decided yet.
"We have to make sure we stay in the league. Then that gives us a chance next season to make up for what's happened this season."
DeepMind was founded by 37-year-old neuroscientist and former teenage chess prodigy Demis Hassabis, along with Shane Legg and Mustafa Suleyman.
The artificial intelligence company specialises in algorithms and machine learning for e-commerce and games.
Technology news website Re/code first reported the purchase price.
But Google declined to confirm the figure, while privately-held DeepMind was not immediately available for comment.
Major technology firms such as Google, Facebook, IBM and Yahoo have been increasingly focused on developing artificial intelligence as a new source of business.
Google for example, has been developing self-driving cars and robots, and in May announced a partnership with NASA in launching the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab.
The Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab is aimed at using supercomputers and complex mathematical formulas to help improve aeronautical science and space exploration.
Earlier this year, the company bought military robot-maker Boston Dynamics for an unspecified sum.
The internet giant also hired futurist, inventor and entrepreneur Ray Kurzweil in 2012 to lead an engineering team focused on machine learning and language processing.
India tried to antagonise Mitchell Johnson in the second Test in Brisbane, which Australia won by four wickets.
"I guess it backfired on them a little bit with them trying to get stuck into us," fast bowler Hazlewood said.
South Africa also host West Indies in Port Elizabeth, while New Zealand face Sri Lanka in Christchurch.
Australia lead the four-match series 2-0 after stand-in captain Steve Smith oversaw the win at the Gabba in the absence of Michael Clarke, who was injured during their 48-run victory in the first Test in Adelaide.
Queensland batsman Joe Burns is set to make his Test debut at the MCG in place of the injured Mitchell Marsh, who misses out with a hamstring problem, with pace bowler Ryan Harris fit again.
All-rounder Shane Watson will play at the MCG despite being left "shaken" after he was struck on the helmet by a James Pattinson bouncer in training on Tuesday.
Australia batsman Phillip Hughes died in November after he was struck on the neck by a ball during a domestic match, but opener David Warner says Watson is fine.
"He went out there and practised as well as I've seen him hit the ball," Warner said. "He got back on the horse and trained again which was fantastic."
India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has been ruled out of the tour with a shoulder injury and has been replaced by Akshar Patel.
Batsman Temba Bavuma is poised to become only the sixth black South African to play in a Test match for the country.
Bavuma, 24, will take the place of wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock, who has been ruled out the rest of the series with an ankle injury. AB de Villiers is set to take the gloves.
The Proteas, who thrashed West Indies by an innings and 220 runs in the first Test in Centurion, are likely to include a spinner because of the conditions in Port Elizabeth, with Imran Tahir set to be selected ahead of seamer Kyle Abbott.
Experienced batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who played in West Indies' only Test win in South Africa at Port Elizabeth in December 2007, expects an improvement in their batting.
"We're disappointed after Centurion We just have to put it behind us and take it as a learning experience," said the 40-year-old.
"South Africa are the number one team in the world, but I think we're a better team than we showed."
Sri Lanka will play their first Test match since Mahela Jayawardene retired from the longer format of the game in August and his position at number four against New Zealand is likely to go to Lahiru Thirimanne.
The two-match series will also one of the last played by veteran Kumar Sangakkara, 37, who will quit one-day cricket after the World Cup and has yet to finalise how long he will continue playing international cricket.
Sri Lanka's bowling attack will be weakened by the absence of leading spinner Rangana Herath, who has been ruled out for three weeks with a hamstring injury.
New Zealand wicketkepeer BJ Watling says Sri Lanka will miss Jayawardene, but the Black Caps will not underestimate their opponents.
"Mahela Jayawardene is a big loss for them," he said. "But they've definitely got some good young players coming through."
The game at the Hagley Oval, a venue which will host its first Test, is the first match New Zealand will play in Christchurch since the city was hit by a major earthquake in February 2011.
Eliaquim Mangala is expected to depart, which would leave City with Vincent Kompany, John Stones and Nicolas Otamendi as established centre-backs.
"We don't have too much more to spend but we are going to see," said Guardiola, speaking before Saturday's friendly against Tottenham (23:00 BST).
City have spent about £200m this summer - £120m of that on three full-backs.
This month, England right-back Kyle Walker moved from Spurs for £45m, Brazil international Danilo joined from Real Madrid for £26.5m and France left-back Benjamin Mendy was recruited from Monaco for £52m.
They join Portugal midfielder Bernardo Silva (£43m) and Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson Moraes (£35m) in arriving at City this summer.
City have also been linked with moves for Arsenal's Chile forward Alexis Sanchez and another Monaco player, £160m-rated 18-year-old France striker Kylian Mbappe.
However, Guardiola declined to answer questions on that duo, stating that "they are Arsenal and Monaco players".
David Jones told a House of Lords committee the UK's negotiating position may not be "totally crystallised" by next spring.
Mr Jones said the government was at an early stage of the process and that thinking was "developing".
Theresa May has said Article 50 will be triggered by the end of March 2017.
This will put in process formal talks with the EU, which will last for up to two years before Brexit happens.
Mr Jones, a minister at the Department for Exiting the European Union, was appearing before the EU Home Affairs sub-committee, which is investigating the security implications of Brexit.
He was questioned on what government departments hoped to get out of any eventual agreement with the EU.
Mr Jones said: "We wish to proceed at a pretty brisk pace, because clearly the work of my department covers the entirety of government.
"We would like to see our negotiating position, if not totally crystallised, at least worked up to a very high level by the time that Article 50 is finally triggered, so an early report from this committee would be very much appreciated."
Later, Mr Jones responded to a question from Conservative peer Lord Cormack, repeating the assertion.
He said: "I have to say, in all frankness, and I don't think you will be surprised if I do say this, we are at a relatively early stage of this process.
"Our thinking is developing and we are looking, as I said earlier, to have if not precisely crystallised at least a very highly developed position by the time we serve our Article 50 notice."
UK voters opted in favour of leaving the EU by 51.9% to 48.1% in a referendum in June.
Several MPs have urged a parliamentary vote on what the government's position is before negotiations with the EU begin.
But the government says this is constitutionally unnecessary and could undermine its bargaining power as issues including access to the European single market and migration controls are discussed.
The Maidstone-born 26-year-old made 90 appearances during a three-year spell at Ashton Gate.
But he started only one league match for the Robins last season.
"I'm delighted to sign for Gillingham. I've got a lot of friends and family this way, which adds to my excitement about joining," Wagstaff told the Gills' website.
Wagstaff began his career at Charlton, and played 120 league games for the south London club.
He has also had spells on loan at Bournemouth, Leyton Orient and Northwich.
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Guenther Oettinger outlined a plan which would see Russia supply Ukraine over the winter and into the spring.
Ukraine would pay Russia $2bn (£1.2bn) of its gas debt by the end of October and another $1.1bn by the year's end.
The talks will continue next week. Russia halted supplies in June over Ukraine's unpaid debts.
Relations had soured after the overthrow of Ukraine's pro-Russian President, Viktor Yanukovych, in February and Russia's subsequent support for separatists in Crimea and other Ukrainian regions.
Friday's talks came after Hungary cut its gas deliveries to Ukraine, arguing that it needed to stock up its reserves.
Hungary was criticised by the European Commission but argued that it could not risk being cut off by Russia before winter set in.
Mr Oettinger said the amount of gas delivered from Gazprom to Ukraine's Naftogaz state gas firm was "undisputed" but the price was still "at issue".
Under the EU plan, in return for the debt repayment, Gazprom would supply at least 5bn cubic metres of gas to Ukraine at $385 per 1,000 cubic metre, to be paid in advance.
"Now the price is being debated in court and no party will have an interest in damaging its legal position in front of the court," the EU energy commissioner said.
The parties at the talks on Friday still needed to consult with their governments, he added.
He said he expected the issue to be clarified early next week, after which he, ministers and CEOs would meet at the end of the week, again in the German capital.
Russia cut off all gas supplies to Ukraine after Kiev failed to settle its debt with Gazprom. Gazprom had sought $1.95bn out of a total claim of $4.5bn.
The Russian company said Ukraine had to pay upfront for its future supplies.
Russia says EU states are contractually forbidden from re-exporting gas to Ukraine but Brussels insists that such "reverse flows" are legal.
When Ukraine stopped receiving direct gas supplies from Russia in June, Russian exports to the rest of Europe were not affected, BBC World Service business correspondent Theo Leggett writes.
As a result Kiev has been able to obtain some supplies indirectly from Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, through pipelines normally used to send gas the other way.
Hungary's Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, said on Friday: "Hungary cannot get into a situation in which, due to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, it cannot access its required supply of energy,"
He added that Gazprom had agreed to supply his country with extra gas in order to fill its storage facilities ahead of the winter.
Mr Orban has been critical of EU sanctions on Russia and has maintained a closer relationship with Moscow than his western European neighbours.
Roy Blackman, 73, was found inside the property on Headcorn Road, Biddenden, on 21 March.
A post-mortem examination revealed he died as a result of multiple blunt force injuries.
Mark Love, 37, of Frittenden Road, Staplehurst, has also been charged with aggravated burglary.
Officers arrested a sixth person in connection with Mr Blackman's death on Saturday.
Kent Police said a 41-year-old man from the Maidstone area has been bailed until 1 July.
Four other men arrested in connection with the incident remain on bail.
Detectives have also released a picture of a firearm resembling one reported missing from Mr Blackman's address.
They are keen to locate the BSA SuperTen air rifle, which had a laser sight attached to the top.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the force.
Mr Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai are discussing the deal which would allow the presence of US troops after the 2014 Nato troop withdrawal.
But disagreements remain over key issues, including how much the US would defend Afghanistan if it is attacked.
Mr Karzai has accused Nato of failing to bring stability to Afghanistan.
"On the security front the entire Nato exercise was one that caused Afghanistan a lot of suffering, a lot of loss of life, and no gains because the country is not secure," he told the BBC Newsnight earlier this week.
Mr Kerry began talks with his Afghan counterpart shortly after arriving on an unannounced visit to Kabul on Friday.
Washington wants the deal done before Afghanistan's presidential election campaign opens next month.
"(US) President (Barack) Obama and President Karzai reaffirmed both back in January that the goal here was to complete the BSA (Bilateral Security Agreement) in October," a US state department official travelling with Mr Kerry was quoted as saying by the AFP news agency.
"Uncertainty about an incomplete BSA could erode the resolve among Nato allies, makes (it) more difficult to plan for the US," the official said.
But there is deadlock over how much the US would defend Afghanistan if it is attacked, with Washington not wanting to be committed to defending the mountain passes of the east against infiltration from Pakistan.
Meanwhile, Kabul wants an end to raids on its soil and is demanding that the US hand over intelligence instead.
During his visit Mr Kerry will hope to bridge what looks like a wide gap between the two sides, the BBC's Afghanistan correspondent David Loyn reports.
But he adds that US officials are now talking about the possibility of a "zero option" - no troops in Afghanistan after the end of 2014.
Mr Karzai told the BBC's Newsnight this week that he was in no hurry to sign a pact.
"If the agreement doesn't suit us then of course they can leave. The agreement has to suit Afghanistan's interests and purposes. If it doesn't suit us and if it doesn't suit them then naturally we will go separate ways."
He also claimed that Nato had incorrectly focused the fight on Afghan villages rather than Taliban safe havens in Pakistan.
Mr Karzai has had troubled relations with his Western backers in recent years for openly criticising Nato, whom he has accused of having no respect for Afghan sovereignty.
He is concerned about his legacy, not wanting to be remembered for losing Afghan sovereignty, our correspondent adds.
Calum Melville, a director of Dundee Football Club, was head of the offshore division of marine safety company Cosalt.
Mr Melville has resigned as a director of the company.
Cosalt said in a statement it did not believe there had been any illegal activity.
His son, Emperor Akihito, has overseen the transformation of the imperial household into a friendlier, more engaged symbol of the "unity of the people", as the role is defined in the constitution.
As he gives his strongest indication yet that he wants to stand down from ceremonial role, here are 10 things you may not have known about Emperor Akihito's life and reign.
Born 23 December 1933, he is the 125th emperor of a line which is traced back more than 2,600 years, according to official genealogies. That would make it the world's oldest continuing hereditary monarchy.
In keeping with ultra-formal royal tradition, he was raised apart from his parents in an imperial nursery from the age of two.
The then Crown Prince Akihito married a commoner in 1959, ending a 1,500-year-old tradition. Their love story was dubbed the "tennis court romance" as they met over the nets. Together he and Empress Michiko have three children and four grandchildren.
High-ranking Japanese families traditionally have a family emblem - in the case of the emperor's ancestors it was the chrysanthemum.
Akihito took over the Chrysanthemum Throne in 1989 after his father, Hirohito, died. The formal enthronement ceremonies were not completed until nearly two years later, and involved rituals at Ise Shrine - dedicated to the sun goddess Amaterasu, from which emperors were traditionally said to be descended.
Hirohito publically renounced his divinity at the end of World War Two, as part of Japan's surrender.
The imperial household maintains he the "symbol of the state", as described in Japan's constitution, which was written by the Allies. Emperor Akihito used the term conspicuously in his latest speech.
But there are still a small number of Japanese people who insist he is a god, or at least should be treated as such.
The emperor has travelled to more places and met with far more world leaders than any of his predecessors. In 1998 he met Queen Elizabeth, despite protests by former British prisoners of war once held by Japan.
He also played tennis twice against US President George Bush Sr. He beat him both times, though shortly after their game in Tokyo in 1992 President Bush fell violently ill at a state dinner, vomiting on Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa.
The emperor had surgery for prostate cancer in 2003 and a heart bypass operation in 2012.
Akihito has adopted a more informal, modern style, making efforts to draw the imperial family closer to the people by travelling around the country far more than his predecessors and interacting with the public face-to-face.
The imperial couple also did not appear to mind when a schoolgirl took a picture of them and posted it to her Twitter account when they visited her prefecture - an action that divided opinion amongst the general public. Older generations saw it as hugely disrespectful, to many younger people it was just normal.
His first-ever televised address was after the 2011 earthquake and disaster, which left about 20,000 people dead or missing and displaced tens of thousands.
As with the latest speech, he spoke in polite but modern Japanese, rather than the courtly language unfamiliar to most of the public.
"I hope from the bottom of my heart that the people will, hand in hand, treat each other with compassion and overcome these difficult times," he said.
With the understatement his office is known for, he said of the unfolding nuclear crisis at Fukushima: "I hope things will take a turn for the better."
He and his wife visited the disaster zone a month after the quake and were seen crouching down with evacuees, a move seen as hugely symbolic of their sympathy for the public.
While World War Two was fought and lost in the name of his father, Akihito has moved Japan through an era of peace and non-confrontation.
He said last year: "Looking back at the past, together with deep remorse over the war, I pray that this tragedy of war will not be repeated and together with the people express my deep condolences for those who fell in battle and in the ravages of war."
10. He has a fish named after him
The emperor's particular passion is marine biology and he is an expert on the goby fish, one of which is even named after him - the Exyrias Akihito. He has written several times for the Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, among others.
He reportedly keeps part of the palace grounds in Tokyo wild and keeps note of the creatures he spots there.
Contracts have been exchanged but both companies say details of the transaction "will remain undisclosed".
JTI will leave the Lisnafillan plant in mid-2017, following the recent ending of tobacco manufacturing operations with the loss of more than 800 jobs.
The Wrights Group is one Ballymena's most significant employers.
It has a workforce of about 1,800 and also has a plant in Antrim.
Chairman Mark Nodder said its current factory at Galgorm - about a mile from JTI - had become "somewhat landlocked in recent years".
He said the purchase would provide additional space "to ensure our future growth and development plans are not hampered by real estate constraints".
Creating additional jobs is possible "in the medium to long term", he added.
The deal was welcomed by Economy Minister Simon Hamilton.
"By securing the Lisnafillan facility, Wrights Group is cementing its commitment to Ballymena and demonstrating its drive for growth in international markets," he said.
The area's MP Ian Paisley expressed his delight at the move.
"JTI promised me they would do all possible to make the site attractive and this is a fitting legacy," he said.
Here, BBC Sport brings you some of the best moments:
The Huffington Post UK summed it up like this:
"The opening ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games had it all. Giant Tunnock's tea cakes. Small Scottish terriers. John Barrowman being carried aloft over a field of heather. And James McAvoy in a kilt.
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"All in all, we think this tweet summed it up best. "Everyone else is seeing this too right? #Glasgow2014" - TechnicallyRon."
Susan Boyle's appearance during the ceremony at Celtic Park generated the most tweets per minute, after the Britain's Got Talent star forgot the words to the classic Wings song 'Mull of Kintyre'.
Then there was Prince Imran's failed attempts to open the Commonwealth baton in order to retrieve a message for The Queen to read out.
The Royal Family featured heavily at Glasgow 2014.
The Queen, Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry all made appearances, often sampling some of the 18 sports on offer.
Their appearance sent athletes and spectators into a frenzy as they went in search of a Royal Selfie. However, it was the Royals who had their own fun, perfecting the art of the 'photobomb', not always deliberately, with the Queen,Prince Harry and Prince William, sparking hysteria on social media.
And Australia goalkeeper Rachael Lynch, even joked via her Twitter account, "Harry proposed....and I said yes! Great to have the girls there for that special moment #royalfamily #Ido".
This was the first Commonwealth Games since the 'selfie' phenomenon had exploded.
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Across the sports, athletes took time at the end of events to pose for photographs with fans, leading to memorable moments including Greg Rutherford evading a steward, just so he could take photographs with fans like this.
However, it was arguably Usain Bolt who stole the show on Saturday evening, taking selfies with fans such as Jordan Szafranek, although one unfortunate fan missed out on his selfie when he accidentally had his camera on the wrong setting.
And it wasn't just the fans who wanted their 'selfie' with the leading athletes, as the likes of Bolt and Tom Daley appeared to be some of the main targets in the athletes village.
The 'Commonwelfie' also allowed those lucky enough to be in Glasgow for the event to share their experiences, from the velodrome to the lawn bowls.
BBC One host Gary Lineker tweeted "Farewell Glasgow. You've been the perfect host. Och aye!" while pole-vault legend Sergey Bubka wrote "I'm glad to attend the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. Really nice atmosphere!"
While most wouldn't dispute the warmth of welcome from Glasgow, be it the police or the volunteers, it was an epic argument between a hostel owner and one of their guests during the Games, that attracted the most attention.
There were some epic battles in the pool during the Commonwealth Games, but on social media there was just one question.
That related to Canadian breaststroke swimmer Richard Funk.
The internet world, inspired by an innocuous television graphic, wanted to know 'Can Richard Funk?'
The inevitable response followed, proving that indeed he can!
Athletes became journalists during the Commonwealth Games, with triathlon star Jonathan Brownlee breaking one of the most popular stories during the opening days of the Games, where he posted an image of the Sri Lankan cycling team on the M74, tweeting 'Suppose it is a nice wide road!'
Every sporting event needs a memorable celebration.
If you think Roger Milla and the Football World Cup in 1990, the West Indies and their Gangnam-style celebrations at the ICC World Twenty20 2012, then the Commonwealth Games will be remembered for the short-pulling celebration of Scottish table-tennis star Gavin Rumgay.
During his defeat of Canada's Pierre-Luc Theriault he celebrated a point by pulling up his shorts, inspiring a You Tube tribute encouraging people to 'Do The Rumgay'.
"You get like three days where you have to show up?" he asked.
By evoking the stereotype of lazy French employees wedded to their 35-hour week, Mr Bush was using a cliche about Gallic work culture.
The French do tend to work fewer hours than employees in most developed countries, but they put in longer hours than those in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Norway, according to the OECD.
French staff can request to work above the 35-hour limit, while managers are not subject to the restriction.
US workers, meanwhile, work many more hours than their French counterparts - 1,789 hours annually on average, compared with 1,473 for the French.
France's generous paid leave entitlements no doubt play a role in creating this gulf - 30 working days off a year in addition to 11 public holidays puts a serious dent in annual hours.
The US, in comparison, offers no legally mandated annual leave.
The lower number of hours worked in France reflects in part a relatively high labour productivity - the amount of goods and services produced per hour of work.
In France the average is $64 per hour (£42), slightly more than Germany and well above the OECD average of $49.
Gérard Araud, Ambassador of France to the United States, tweeted about France's workforce productivity.
The US sits a little higher at $67 per hour.
Mexicans work more than any other OECD nation - 2,228 hours per year on average - but only produce $20 per hour worked.
The Slochd Summit, south of Inverness, is the second highest point on the A9 after the Drumochter Summit at 401m (1,315ft) above sea level.
The road at the Slochd is one of 12 sections of the A9 being upgraded from single to dual carriageway.
Ground investigation work there is due to start early next week.
A traffic management system will be in place during the work which is expected to take five weeks to complete.
Transport Scotland's A9 dualling project is to be completed in 2025 at a cost of £3bn.
Economy Secretary Keith Brown said: "Building on the vital ground investigation work that has already taken place across the dualling programme this year, this latest ground investigation contract will take place along a very challenging part of the route totalling over 15 miles which includes the dramatic rockface at Slochd.
"We hope to identify the preferred route for this section next year and these investigations will help inform the design work at the next stage."
Mr Ahmad claims he is owed £500,000 for an unpaid bonus and another £120,000 for legal costs from the Ibrox club.
He had cash ring-fenced after the club said it would be unable to pay bills if a planned £4m rights issue failed.
A judge said granting Rangers the right to appeal would help raise fresh cash and ultimately "benefit both parties".
Rangers are still legally obliged to have the cash set aside.
Mr Ahmad, who had twice lost court bids to have Rangers' assets ring-fenced, claims he is owed £500,000 for negotiating deals and wants another £120,000 to cover legal expenses.
His third attempt was successful at the Court of Session on Friday.
Following the judgement, Rangers said there had been an "error of law" and would appeal the decision.
During a hearing at the same court on Tuesday, Lord Stewart decided that granting Rangers the right to appeal would "facilitate the raising of fresh capital" through the open offer and ultimately "benefit both parties".
He also urged Rangers to come to a deal with Mr Ahmad over security for the sum while the sides wait for the case to return to court.
The club's QC Alan Summers told the court that Lord Stewart had taken a different view to two other law lords who have already examined the case and found there was no "substantial risk" of the club going bust.
He also questioned the decision to ring-fence the club's assets when it claimed it would be in a position to pay any costs by the time the case is ultimately resolved in the new year.
But Mr Ahmad's lawyer Kenny McBrearty argued that Lord Stewart should ignore those claims because, by the club's own admission, its financial circumstances had changed since the case was heard earlier this year.
In the end, it was Mr Summers' claim that the decision to ring-fence cash may "inconvenience" this month's share issue which persuaded Lord Stewart to grant appeal, although he stressed that decision in "no way" implied any judgement about the strength of Mr Ahmad's claim or the eventual outcome of the case.
The judge said: "The granting of the right to appeal may facilitate the raising of fresh capital through the upcoming rights issue and that would only benefit both parties."
The appeal hearing, however, may not take place until November unless an earlier date can be found.
The full hearing for Mr Ahmad's claim to a 5% bonus for setting up the club's £10m kit deal with Puma is due to take place either that same month or in the following January.
Following Tuesday's decision, Rangers said: "The company confirms that the Court of Session in Edinburgh has granted the company leave to appeal the court's decision to grant an order allowing Mr Ahmad to arrest funds in Rangers bank account or the accounts of others who may be due to pay sums to Rangers.
"This is a procedural step in the appeal process and the court has not yet considered the merits of the appeal.
"If the appeal is successful, the court's decision of 5 September 2014 will be overturned and the funds arrested will be released."
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The Scottish brothers beat Juan Martin del Potro and Leonardo Mayer 6-1 3-6 6-4 6-4 to cut Argentina's lead to 2-1 in the best-of-five tie in Glasgow.
Andy Murray and either Kyle Edmund or Dan Evans must win singles matches on Sunday to give Britain victory.
The winners of the tie will face France or Croatia in the final in November.
Andy Murray had been expected to play in Saturday's doubles with Britain on the verge of defeat, but it was a surprise to see Del Potro back on court after the pair's five-hour-seven-minute match on Friday.
And Del Potro hinted after Saturday's match that may not play on Sunday, should a fifth and final rubber be required.
"I have to be smart," said Del Potro. "I want to play for more years not just one more match."
Murray is scheduled to face Guido Pella in Sunday's opening singles match before Del Potro takes on Edmund, although nominations can change up to an hour before the 13:00 BST start time.
"It's going to be tough," said Murray. "I'm obviously tired just now - I know how their players will be feeling too. I'll try and get through the first match and see what happens.
"Two-one down is a tough position to be in, but we are closer than we were at the start of the day and I still believe we can come back."
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GB captain Leon Smith could choose to bring in the fresher Evans to face Del Potro, in place of Edmund, should Murray level the tie and force a decider.
"We're going to need the Glasgow roar tomorrow," said Smith.
"Everyone is tired - it's that stage of the season. It's the same for their team, but if there's somebody you want going out to get the first rubber on the board, it's Andy Murray."
Argentina captain Daniel Orsanic took a gamble in playing star man Del Potro in the doubles, but it looked like a masterstroke as his team moved a break up in the third set.
The Murrays had raced through the first set for the loss of just one game but a poor service game from Andy Murray let Argentina into the contest early in the second.
His frustration brought a warning from the umpire as chances went begging early in the third set, and it was the Wimbledon champion whose serve was broken when Del Potro fired a backhand return past him.
A final place was now within sight for Argentina, but it brought Andy Murray to life and he roared as the brothers won three straight games to clinch the set.
Jamie Murray, the Australian and US Open doubles champion, had been superb around the net all afternoon and he created a break point at the start of the fourth set, only for Del Potro to smash away the danger.
However, he could do nothing to stop the Murray brothers racing 0-40 up on Mayer's serve in game 10, and younger brother Andy converted match point at the net.
"It's not going to get better for me than to play with him in front of a Scottish crowd. It's quite emotional," said Jamie Murray.
"We played a great match. It's exciting for me that Juan Martin played the match, one of the best players in the world.
"We did a great job. Andy returned amazing and gave us a load of chances. We're back in the tie and tomorrow we'll be trying as much as we can to get the two rubbers we need."
Smith added: "They've given us so many good moments together as a team and we needed them.
"As soon as we heard Juan Martin was coming in, they showed their cards, that they wanted to finish the tie today.
"As the match went on, Andy started to return really well, Jamie was very, very sharp around the net and his serve has improved a lot. On a faster court like this maybe the team who played more attacking tennis at the net won the day."
Russell Fuller, BBC tennis correspondent:
"Juan Martin del Potro's appearance on the doubles court was a huge surprise, given Argentina's position in the tie, and it may turn out to be his last match of the week.
"Both del Potro and Andy Murray have now spent eight hours and two minutes on court in Glasgow, and although mind games are often an important ingredient, Del Potro has hinted quite strongly he may not play on Sunday should a fifth and final rubber be required.
"The travelling Argentine media are inclined to take his words at face value - and suspect he won't play.
"Dan Evans is likely to play in any fifth match for GB - but that will only be necessary if an equally exhausted Murray can first beat Guido Pella, who will be feeling a lot, lot fresher."
The blaze broke out at Rosamond Street in the Daubhill area of the town just after 09:00 BST.
A man managed to jump from a first floor window but two boys and a girl - all under the age of 13 - and a woman were still inside.
One of the children was pronounced dead at the scene and the woman and two other children died later in hospital, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.
The force said it was currently not treating the fire as suspicious.
One resident said: "It's terrible, absolutely terrible. I saw them bringing people out. They were doing chest compressions.
"I saw them bring two out and then they put a green sheet up."
She said she was first alerted to a "commotion" when she heard a man "banging on a door" of one of the terraced houses.
"There was just a load of hammering... I went to the window and saw smoke billowing.
"When I saw him after, he had his hands bandaged up and his head."
Assistant fire officer Tony Hunter said the man, believed to be the children's father, had jumped from the first floor window and tried to get back into the property to rescue them and their mother.
He is currently being treated in hospital.
Mr Hunter added firefighters had to use a specialist tool to break the front door down. They found the heat had been so "intense" it had burnt off plaster on the walls to reveal the brick underneath, he said.
Police have launched a joint investigation with Manchester Fire and Rescue into the cause of the blaze.
Det Ch Insp Chris Bridge, from GMP, said: "These are utterly heartbreaking circumstances and our thoughts go out to anyone affected by this tragic incident.
"This happened on a Saturday morning when many people would be up and about and I would appeal to anyone with any information about this incident to please call us."
The fire, which has now been extinguished, led to the temporary closure of nearby roads.
Manchester Fire and Rescue tweeted: "Our deepest condolences go to the family and the community. We will be in the local area in the coming days reassuring residents."
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham posted on Twitter: "Dreadful news coming out of Bolton today. My thoughts are with the family, their friends and the whole community."
It includes $15bn that the nation's auditor general last week said the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) failed to pay in 2014 alone.
Oil revenue accounts for roughly two-thirds of the government's funding.
President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to crack down on corruption since coming to office last May.
In a statement, the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), an independent body, said: "Records at the Commission's disposal indicate that between January 2011 and December 2015, the total indebtedness of NNPC to the Federation Account was 4.9 trillion naira."
Under the current set-up, the NNPC hands over its oil revenue and money is then paid back based on a budget approved by parliament.
The state oil giant has been mired in corruption allegations and losing money for many years.
Last month, the government announced that the NNPC would be broken up into seven different companies.
A separate audit ordered under former President Goodluck Jonathan and carried out by global accountancy firm PwC, found that the NNPC had failed to pay the government $1.48bn between January 2012 and July 2013.
Nigeria is Africa's biggest oil producer, but the economy has suffered because of the recent decline in the price of oil.
Karlis Pavasars, 55, had to be identified by DNA from his toothbrush after he died at Mid UK Recycling near Grantham, Lincolnshire, in 2013.
The jury heard while the exact circumstances of the accident were unclear, Mr Pavasars was seen lying motionless on a moving conveyer belt.
A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation is under way.
Father-of-two Mr Pavasars, of Peterborough, was working at the company in Barkston Heath, which shreds household waste into pellet-sized fuel for the cement industry.
Earlier, the inquest heard Dr Dominic Swan, of the HSE, say the death was due to a lack of guarding around a conveyer leading to the shredder.
Body fragments were found alongside a boot and parts of a hi-vis jacket inside the machine.
Counsel representing Mr Pavasars' family conveyed his wife's thanks to the coroner and the jury.
It is understood that there is to be a civil action for damages against Mid UK Recycling.
Relegation-threatened Stenhousemuir picked up three points with a 3-1 victory over Peterhead.
League leaders Livingston dropped points as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Queen's Park at Hampden Park.
The fixture between Brechin City and Alloa Athletic was postponed because of a waterlogged pitch.
East Fife bounced back from last week's defeat to Alloa Athletic by beating Albion Rovers at the Bayview Stadium. Two second-half goals from Chris Duggan was the difference between the sides.
Stranraer picked up three points away to Airdrieonians thanks to second-half goals from Craig Malcolm and Ryan Thomson. The Blues were reduced to 10 men as Morgyn Neil was shown a red card but Iain Russell missed the resulting penalty. Andy Ryan scored a late consolation for Airdrieonians.
Bottom club Stenhousemuir took a step towards safety with a defeat of 10-man Peterhead at Ochilview Park. Rory McAllister saw red for abusing referee David Munro after first-half goals from Alan Cook and Mason Robertson had put the strugglers in front. Jordan Brown pulled one back for Peterhead after the restart, but Colin McMenamin restored the Warriors' two-goal cushion shortly after the hour mark.
Livingston extended their lead at the top of the table to seven points with a draw at Queen's Park. Scott Pittman put the leaders ahead early on before Dario Zanatta equalised for the hosts.
Sam and Chris Ogrizovic will set off from Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire and walk or hitchhike to Brolg, Croatia.
The pair will emulate grandfather Nicola, who escaped the village aged 14 as it came under siege from Nazi soldiers during WWII.
Mr Ogrizovic, known as Nick, died from Alzheimer's last year, aged 86.
Sam and Chris will take just £20, and use no maps on the trek in their grandfather's memory.
Under the name Papa's Journey, the pair are hoping to raise more than £2,000 for the Alzheimer's Society when they embark on the challenge in May.
Mr Ogrizovic had seen his father shot dead by Nazi soldiers when he fled Brolg, then in Yugoslavia, in the 1940s, leaving behind his mother and two sisters.
It took him five years to make his way to Nottinghamshire, having been captured and sent to a Prisoner of War camp in Italy.
However, the two cousins are hoping to retrace his steps in eight days.
Sam, 30, from Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire, said: "We are trying to replicate it as much as we can with no planning, no maps, no planes and only £20.
"Unskilled and with little education, he came here to work in the mines purely because he thought he would be closer to get back to Yugoslavia. But he never returned."
Cousin Chris, from Birmingham, and son of Coventry City goalkeeper Steve Ogrizovic, said they were nervous about the trip.
"There's always a curiosity of where grandpa came from, where your heritage is, and it's a great opportunity to go back and find out," said the 31-year-old.
The pair have been given letters by the Alzheimer's Society written in several different languages to explain to people they meet along the way what they are doing.
The 35th meeting between the pair will also be the first time the season finale has ended with the number one spot on the line.
Murray replaced Djokovic as number one earlier this month, and the Briton is on a 23-match winning streak.
"I'm really privileged to be a part of history on Sunday," said the Serb.
Djokovic has won the last four titles in London and will overtake Murray with another win.
He added: "We've known each other for so many years. This is maybe one of the biggest matches we will ever play, so let's enjoy it."
Murray said: "Sunday is the last day for a while, we get a break after that. I'll just give my best of what I've got. Hopefully it's enough."
BBC Radio 5 live tennis correspondent Russell Fuller
Murray has spent nearly three and a half hours more on court than Djokovic this week, and twice set a record for the longest match in tournament history. So his renowned resilience, fitness and mental strength will be sorely tested in the final against an old foe who is starting to play with real conviction again.
The two have not met since June's French Open final, where Djokovic beat Murray for the 13th time in 15 matches. Since then, Murray has been by some margin the better player. He has won four titles in four different cities in the past six weeks: a fifth might just be considered his most remarkable triumph of the season.
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Saturday's semi-final win over Milos Raonic brought Murray his best ever winning run of 23 matches, but it also came at a cost.
At a gruelling three hours and 38 minutes it set a tournament record, and came just four days after Murray spent three hours and 20 minutes on court with Kei Nishikori.
The Scot, 29, has spent a total of nine hours and 54 minutes on court during his four matches this week, compared to six hours and 31 minutes for Djokovic.
"I don't know how I'll feel on Sunday," said Murray, who headed to a nearby hotel rather than his Surrey home after the win over Raonic.
"The physical side, obviously the body is a bit sore after such a long match, but mentally it was tiring too."
Murray will at least hope to enjoy the same rapturous reception each time he has stepped on court this week, with crowds of 17,000 eager to salute the new number one.
"When you're out there competing, the atmosphere helps for sure," he said.
"Playing in front of a pretty packed crowd at this stage of the year definitely gives you an extra boost, helps you to keep pushing right to the end."
If Murray has been the leading force on the tour in the last six months, Djokovic has been utterly dominant at the O2 Arena for the last four years.
The 66-minute semi-final victory over Nishikori took his record to 22 wins in 23 matches at the O2, and he is going for a fifth straight season-ending title and sixth overall, to tie Roger Federer's record.
After beating Murray to win his first French Open title in June, the Serb suffered a slump in form, but he feels his best is not far away now.
"It's been going in the right direction," said Djokovic. "I'm very glad that I get to experience this feeling on the court.
"The last couple of matches have been pretty much flawless, and now we're coming up to the last match of the year that everyone anticipated and wanted."
Djokovic leads the head-to-head 24-10 and has won 13 of their last 15 matches, including victories in the finals of the Australian Open, Madrid Open and French Open this year.
However, Murray beat the Serb to win his first Italian Open title in May and surged past him in the rankings by winning his last four tournaments.
Speaking earlier in the week, three-time Finals champion John McEnroe told BBC Sport: "Novak still has a decided edge in the bigger matches and a much better head-to-head.
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"That would lead me to believe that if they walk on the court on Sunday in the finals, he'd have a real chance to get things right in his mind and finish the year world number one.
"But Murray has done a lot of really great things to get to this place, and has been playing the best overall the last six months, so if there was a time when he's ready to finally make this step, it would be a hell of a place to do it."
Rockets struck the town of Snizhne in Donetsk region around 07:00 (04:00 GMT), hitting a block of flats and a tax office.
The rebels blamed the attack on Ukraine's air force - a claim denied by Ukrainian sources.
Security forces have been pushing the rebels back to the city of Donetsk.
Fighting has also raged in the neighbouring region of Luhansk, with rockets hitting a southern suburb of Luhansk city on Monday.
Nato says it has observed a significant increase of Russian troops along the Ukrainian border, bringing their number to up to 12,000. Russia had an estimated 40,000 troops in the area two months ago before pulling them back.
Russia, which annexed Crimea from Ukraine after a disputed referendum in March, denies arming and facilitating the pro-Russian rebels.
Ukrainian officials have said that only Russia could have shot down a transport plane near the border on Monday but a Western defence expert cast doubt on the claim.
On Wednesday, EU leaders will discuss the possibility of further sanctions against Russia at their summit in Brussels.
Ukrainian officials said 11 people had been killed and eight injured, including a child. Earlier, they had put the toll at four while rebels spoke of around 10 civilians being killed.
A video posted on YouTube on Tuesday shows men in what appears to be Snizhne sifting through the rubble of an apartment block. Among them are gunmen in camouflage gear.
Across the road is a lower building, also badly damaged.
The video shows a woman on the street beside a pile of bags. Identifying herself as a resident of the block that was destroyed, she says: "Snizhne was bombed this morning and my home was bombed to bits."
Accusing Ukrainian forces of attacking their own people, she calls on Russian President Vladimir Putin to send in troops to defend them.
Ukrainian Security Council spokesman Andriy Lysenko confirmed that the town had been bombed, with damage and casualties.
But he told reporters in Kiev that the town had been attacked by an unknown aircraft with the aim of discrediting Ukrainian government forces.
Ukrainian defence analyst Dmitry Tymchuk argued on Facebook that the attack could only have been carried out by Russian jets as Ukrainian planes had carried out no flights since the An-26 transport plane was downed on Monday.
It would be the first known occasion when a Russian warplane had become involved in the conflict, if true.
In Monday's incident, Ukrainian officials said the An-26 had been hit at an altitude of 6,500m (21,325ft) and must have been targeted with "a more powerful missile" than a shoulder-carried missile, "probably fired" from Russia.
When fully loaded, the plane can fly at 7,600m.
However, defence analyst Charles Heyman, who edits a book called Armed Forces of the European Union, questioned the likelihood of the plane flying at high altitude.
He told the Associated Press news agency the missile was more likely to have been fired by rebels.
"I doubt the transport plane was flying at 6,500m," he said. "That doesn't make sense. The higher you fly, the more it costs, and the plane would have had to be pressurised. It was probably shot down using Sam-6 missiles owned by the rebels, which they have quite a few of."
Nato sources have told BBC defence correspondent Jonathan Marcus that they are increasingly alarmed at the quantity of sophisticated weaponry crossing the border and being gathered on the Russian side.
The Sam-6 is a sophisticated weapons system with impressive radars, our correspondent notes.
Mr Lysenko said two of the plane's crew who survived appeared to have been captured by the rebels. Other members of the crew who did not manage to parachute to safety are believed to have been killed, with human remains found in the wreckage.
Rockets struck Luhansk's southern suburb of Mirny on Monday, setting cars on fire in a car park, as an unverified video posted on YouTube appears to show.
Both government and rebel forces are known to have multiple-rocket launchers in the region.
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Despite facing an air campaign by a US-led international coalition and offensives on the ground by a variety of opponents in Iraq and neighbouring Syria, IS has maintained its grip on the territory it captured and been able to impose its extreme interpretation of Islamic law.
Here is a look at some of the key events which have shaped the confrontation with the jihadist group over the past 12 months.
In early June 2014, the group then known as Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isis) launched an assault on Mosul, the main city in northern Iraq. An estimated 30,000 soldiers fled when confronted by as few as 800 militants. In addition to gaining control of a major political and economic centre with a population of 1.8 million, Isis acquired US-made weaponry, including armoured vehicles.
Emboldened by the army's collapse, Isis militants swept southwards towards Baghdad, seizing much of the Sunni-dominated provinces of Nineveh and Salahuddin and parts of Diyala in a matter of days.
Some half a million Iraqis, many of them members of ethnic and religious minorities, fled their homes to escape the Isis onslaught.
The group ignited fear and anger among Iraq's Shia Arab majority by announcing it had killed as many as 1,700 mostly Shia soldiers based at Camp Speicher outside Tikrit - one of the worst atrocities committed in Iraq in recent times.
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At the end of June 2014, after consolidating its hold over dozens of cities and towns in western and northern Iraq, Isis formally declared the establishment of a "caliphate" - a state governed in accordance with Sharia by God's deputy on Earth, or caliph. It named Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as Caliph Ibrahim and demanded allegiance from Muslims worldwide. The group renamed itself Islamic State, dropping the mention of Iraq and the Levant.
Five days later, a video was released showing Baghdadi delivering a sermon at Mosul's Great Mosque - his first public appearance in many years.
In the formal address that experts said bore similarities to those by caliphs in first centuries of Islam, Baghdadi enjoined Muslims to emigrate to IS territory in order to carry out a war for the faith against unbelievers, or jihad.
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In August 2014, IS turned its sights on territory north and west of Mosul held by the armed forces of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, the Peshmerga.
Despite their fearsome reputation, the Peshmerga fled in the face of the offensive by better-armed militants. IS swiftly captured the important Mosul Dam, advanced on the Kurdish capital, Irbil, and sent minorities from the Nineveh plains fleeing.
Tens of thousands of Yazidis became stranded without food or water on Mount Sinjar after IS swept into nearby towns and villages, killing men and boys, and raping and enslaving women and girls.
The threat to Iraq's infrastructure and Americans in Irbil, as well as the humanitarian crisis on Mount Sinjar, prompted US President Barack Obama to authorise air strikes in northern Iraq. Mr Obama also put fresh pressure on Iraq's political parties to replace Nouri Maliki as prime minister. After Iran also withdrew its backing, Mr Maliki reluctantly agreed to step down in favour of a consensus candidate from his Shia Islamist party, Haider al-Abadi.
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Eleven days after the US launched air strikes in Iraq, IS released a video showing the beheading of the US journalist James Foley, who was abducted in Syria in 2012, stirred global outrage. In the video, entitled A Message to America, a masked British militant warned President Obama that if he did not halt the strikes another American journalist would die. A video showing his beheading of Steven Sotloff was released at the start of September 2014.
Mr Obama responded by forming an international coalition to "degrade and ultimately destroy" IS. He also authorised a major expansion of the military campaign against IS. Less than two weeks later, the US and its Arab allies began bombing IS targets across Syria.
They also came to the aid of Syrian Kurds in Kobane after IS launched a major assault to capture the northern town and surrounding Kurdish enclave, triggering the flight of more than 200,000 people across the nearby Turkish border.
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Despite its limited strategic importance Kobane was to become a key battleground, with IS, the region's Kurds and the US-led coalition all pouring significant resources into fight for the town. After three months, the jihadists were forced to withdraw, piercing their aura of invincibility.
At the same time, IS lost ground on various fronts in Iraq. With the support of coalition aircraft and US military advisers, the Peshmerga regained territory they had lost in the north, while a volunteer force dominated by Iranian-backed Shia militias, the Popular Mobilisation (al-Hashd al-Shaabi), advanced from Baghdad into Diyala and Salahuddin.
In April 2015, Iraqi government forces retook Tikrit after a month-long offensive that was seen as a key step towards eventually driving IS out of Mosul. The US claimed that IS had lost more than a quarter of its territory in Iraq, while cautioning that it was too early to say that the tide was turning.
While IS had undoubtedly lost significant numbers of fighters and much equipment in months of air strikes and fighting on the ground, the group remains resilient and capable of taking the initiative.
This was underscored when IS launched a ferocious assault on Ramadi in May, leading soldiers to withdraw and tens of thousands of civilians to flee.
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A statement highlighted concerns that results were "not aligned" with the club's ambitions.
"It was felt by both parties that a new coach should be appointed," it read.
Assistant first team coach Lauren Smith will take over as interim coach of the Vixens, who have lost their opening three matches of the new season.
She will be assisted by goalkeeping coach John Granville, who was previously the Trinidad national team manager.
Bristol chairman Simon Arnold said: "Success at Bristol Academy is judged by what happens within our whole club.
"I think it is clear to everyone we had started to lose our way and, despite Dave's efforts, we were seeing a decline in areas which need to be addressed sooner rather than later.
"It was a difficult decision for us as he is an honest, hard-working and talented coach but sometimes things just don't happen the way you want them to."
Edmondson was appointed in January 2014 after spells managing in New Zealand and Australia.
Robert "Jim" Stuart and Darren Hughes were given kidneys infected with the meningitis-causing worms in transplants carried out in Cardiff in 2013.
Prof Christopher Watson said no-one could have foreseen the outcome.
But he told Cardiff Coroner's Court he would not have used the kidneys.
Speaking about the cases, Prof Watson from the University of Cambridge's department of surgery told the inquest that he had been asked if the donor kidneys should be accepted for transplant at his hospital.
"I declined it on the night when contacted by my colleague," he said.
But the expert added that the parasitic infection was incredibly rare.
"I doubt we'll ever see this again. No-one could have foreseen that," he said.
Both men died of meningitis two weeks after receiving the transplants, the same infection that had killed the kidney donor.
The cause was only established once post-mortem examinations were carried out on Mr Hughes' and Mr Stuart's bodies.
Prof Watson, who was part of a three-person panel asked to review this case, said it was a "concern" that the donor had been in hospital for nine days with no sign of improvement before he died despite receiving treatment.
He added: "I'm quite sure Mr Asderakis did these transplants with the best intentions for the two patients to have a successful outcome with no intention to cause any sort of harm.
"I can understand how he came to his risk/benefit equation. That's not the one I would have come to."
It emerged during evidence to the inquest on Wednesday that Prof Watson's own hospital had been offered the kidneys for transplantation.
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Prof Watson said he was "extremely impressed with the care when the diagnosis was made" and the efforts made across the UK and in the US to find out the cause of the infection.
Earlier, the court heard that both patients had been told the donor had had meningitis when he died, despite claims earlier in the hearing that relatives had made stating the opposite.
Usman Khalid, a clinical research fellow from Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales who was part of the transplant team, said both men had the opportunity to refuse the operations.
Mr Stuart's widow Judith challenged Mr Khalid's evidence from the courtroom floor, asking him to "tell the truth".
"I have," was the reply.
Mr Khalid also caused unrest in the public gallery after saying Mr Hughes signed his own consent form prior to surgery.
This contradicts what Mr Hughes's father Ian said previously when he claimed to have signed the form on his son's behalf to a neurological condition which left him unable to hold a pen.
The inquest also heard no case of infection by the worm had ever been successfully diagnosed and treated.
The inquest has been adjourned for the day.
Originally designed in 1907 for a sleepy life carrying tourists along the Bristol Channel, she was requisitioned by the Royal Navy in 1914 and went on to save thousands of lives not once, but twice.
Surviving both the Gallipoli landings and Dunkirk, she was sunk in a bombing raid off Sunderland on 5 July 1941, and lay undiscovered until 2010.
Now a group of enthusiasts have purchased her salvaged helm, wheel and brass windows, and hope to display them in time for the centenary of PS Barry's finest hour.
Keith Greenway of the Merchant Navy Association in Barry said: "She started the Great War quite quietly, housing German prisoners and carrying supplies.
"It was only with the Gallipoli Campaign that HMS Barry Field, as she'd been renamed, came into her own.
"Slow and lightly armoured, she was completely unsuited to a combat role, but the fighting on the beaches was going so badly that every ship possible was required to get the troops back to Egypt.
"Twice her paddles struck mines and she was almost lost, but against all the odds she was the last British ship to leave Suvla Bay, rescuing untold thousands of troops."
In 1920 she got a well-deserved refit, was renamed PS Waverley, and spent the interwar years plying her trade along the south coast for the Campbell's steamer line.
But when World War Two broke out she was given her fourth name - HMS Snaefell - and was once again pressed into military service.
It is unclear how many souls she saved at Gallipoli, but an exact figure can be put on the number of soldiers she rescued from Dunkirk in June 1940.
Although Mr Greenway said even this fails to tell the whole story.
"We know from the records that HMS Snaefell, as she was called then, picked up 981 people off the beaches, but she also assisted in freeing her sister ship, Glen Gower, which had run aground," he said.
"If you think that Glen Gower was probably carrying a similar amount of troops, then the real number of lives this anonymous pleasure craft from Barry actually saved is well into the thousands."
But PS Barry's luck finally ran out a year later, when she was attacked by a Luftwaffe bomber and sunk in the North Sea with the loss of three lives.
Yet even then she managed to stay afloat long enough to allow the rescue of the other nine crew.
Her exact whereabouts remained a mystery until she was tracked down by divers in 2010.
The site has now been designated an official war grave, prohibiting any further dives, so the salvaged brass fittings are all there to remember her by.
"We're absolutely delighted to have been able to bring even just these few little reminders back home to Barry," added Mr Greenway.
"This year marks a century since Gallipoli and 75 years since Dunkirk, so we couldn't really have acquired them at a better time.
"As well as celebrating Barry's connection with the wars and naval history, we hope that they'll help people to remember the heroics of seamen across the world, who made feats like that of PS Barry's possible."
The artefacts are due to go on display at the mayor's offices in time for a series of events in the town to mark the anniversary of the start of the Gallipoli campaign.
Reddick scored eight goals and provided 25 assists in 58 games last season as he led the Danish league in assists for a defenceman in 2016-17.
Reddick spent the 2015-16 season with Maglerud in Norway where he produced nine goals and 20 assists in 48 games.
"Bryce is a good skater and has a knack for scoring goals," said Devils head coach Andrew Lord.
"Bryce is a real competitor and when you watch him play, he plays with such passion and I think our fans are going to love the way he plays for us."
Before turning pro with the Las Vegas Wranglers of the East Coast Hockey League, Reddick spent four years at Michigan Tech University.
His father Eldon Reddick was a netminder with the Winnipeg Jets and went on to win a Stanley Cup with the Edmonton Oilers in 1990.
The Devils say they still have another defenceman and at least one more forward to sign before the Elite League season starts on 9 September against Milton Keynes Lightning at Ice Arena Wales.
Mr Obama condemned the Republicans' insistence on steep budget cuts and warned of a "reckless" outcome if the debt ceiling is not raised by Congress.
Mr Boehner responded by accusing the president of seeking a "blank cheque".
The US risks default without a deal to raise the borrowing limit by 2 August.
The federal government runs a budget deficit that topped $1.5tn (£920bn) this year, and has amassed a national debt of $14.3tn.
Votes to raise the US debt limit have historically been a matter of routine in the US Congress, but this year, Republicans - buoyed by a newly elected crop of fiscal conservatives - have refused to agree to a debt increase without significant reductions in the budget deficit.
In negotiations, the chief sticking points are Republican resistance to raising taxes and the Democrats' desire to protect social programmes for the poor and elderly, and a public pension scheme.
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In a live televised address on Monday night, Mr Obama said: "Republican House members have essentially said that the only way they'll vote to prevent America's first-ever default is if the rest of us agree to their deep, spending cuts-only approach."
The president reiterated his call for a "balanced approach", based on a mixture of spending cuts and tax increases on the rich.
He said the only reason this was not "on its way to becoming law right now is because a significant number of Republicans in Congress are insisting on a cuts-only approach".
That approach, he added, "doesn't ask the wealthiest Americans or biggest corporations to contribute anything at all".
He said: "Most Americans, regardless of political party, don't understand how we can ask a senior citizen to pay more for her Medicare before we ask corporate jet owners and oil companies to give up tax breaks that other companies don't get."
Responding to the president immediately after his speech, Mr Boehner insisted the US government's "spending binge" was over.
"The president has often said we need a 'balanced' approach - which in Washington means: we spend more... you pay more. Having run a small business, I know those tax increases will destroy jobs."
Mr Boehner agreed the US "cannot default on its debt obligations", but showed no indication he or his Republican caucus were willing to compromise on tax increases.
And he called on Democrats to approve Republican proposals.
The president and Republican and Democratic leaders of the House and Senate have been negotiating for weeks over legislation to raise the debt ceiling and cut the nation's budget deficit.
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The talks have broken down several times. In order to become law, any plan would require agreement from disparate factions within both parties and to pass both chambers of Congress.
On Tuesday, IMF chief Christine Lagarde pressed the US to resolve the stalemate, warning the country could face another jobless recovery.
"The clock is ticking and clearly the issue needs to be resolved immediately," Ms Lagarde told the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.
In Monday's latest round of negotiations, Senate Democrats introduced a proposal that would trim $2.7tn (£1.66tn) over a decade.
The plan would protect social programmes for the poor and elderly and a public pension programme - all popular among Democrats. It would not raise new tax revenue.
House Republicans, meanwhile, unveiled their own plan that included $1.2tn (£736tn) in cuts caps on future spending, and offered a $1tn debt ceiling increase - not enough to last through the 2012 election.
In his White House address later, Mr Obama firmly rejected the Republican plan, in part because it would require another round of debt limit talks in six months.
"We know what we have to do to reduce our deficits," he said. "There's no point in putting the economy at risk by kicking the can further down the road."
He endorsed the Senate Democrats' plan as "a much better path", though one that would fall short of his goals to reform the tax system and social programmes.
If the debt ceiling is not raised, the US Treasury could run out of money to pay all of its bills - which could lead to interest rate rises, threaten the US economy and in turn the global recovery.
Subject to consultation, some 620 jobs could be lost at sites across the UK, including up to 330 at Newcastle.
About 200 jobs will be lost at sites in its munitions business, including Radway Green near Crewe and Glascoed, near Pontypool and 97 in Washington.
Up to 10 jobs may go at the firm's head office in Farnborough, Hampshire.
The firm said the proposals, now under consultation, followed major efficiency improvements and reductions in orders required by the Ministry of Defence.
BAE said the proposal to close the old Vickers site in Newcastle at the end of 2013 followed a business review that concluded that there was no prospect of new UK armoured vehicle manufacturing work once production of the Terrier ends.
Managing director Charlie Blakemore said: "We need to adapt to very challenging market conditions and further reduce our overheads to drive better value for our customers and increase our competitiveness in the export market.
"I know that this is difficult news for employees and we will do all we can to help them through this difficult period and mitigate the proposed job losses wherever possible."
Leader of Newcastle City Council, Nick Forbes, said: "This is devastating news for the city and the region, and a tragedy for the 330 workers and their families.
"Our top priority is the future of the workers, so I have asked the council's chief executive to set up a taskforce which will help the workers find alternative employment and bring all the relevant public and private partners together to respond effectively.
"Bearing in mind that these are highly skilled engineering and manufacturing jobs, and we have until the end 2013 when the plant will close, I am confident that we will be able to help find them jobs elsewhere so their skills are not lost to the region.
"Manufacturing on the Tyne has a proud history, but also great potential for the future."
Rehana Azam, national officer of the GMB union, said: "BAE Systems have a highly experienced and skilled workforce and these job cuts are yet another blow to manufacturing.
"Representations are being made to MPs to see what can be done to retain skills within BAE Systems and in traditional industrial areas of the UK."
Kevin Rowan, regional secretary of the Northern TUC said: "The announcement from BAE Systems is a hammer blow to North East manufacturing.
"Losing so many highly skilled and well paid jobs is devastating for all individuals concerned as well as to our local economy."
The efficiency improvements stem from a £200m five-year transformation programme launched following a 15-year partnering agreement signed with the MoD in 2008.
The company has already announced the consolidation of the rest of its UK armoured vehicle support work into its Telford facility in Shropshire.
The former US soldier was released from military prison on Tuesday.
She served seven years of a 35-year sentence for leaking hundreds of thousands of diplomatic cables and military files to Wikileaks.
Since her release she had made a few social media posts documenting her life after prison, but none had shown her face.
"Okay, so here I am everyone!!" she wrote, adding a smiley-face emoji and the hashtag #HelloWorld.
The photo was released on Instagram and cross-posted on Twitter.
The grainy black-and-white photo most often associated with Manning was released by the military in 2013 but was taken years earlier.
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On Monday Davies met supporters of Newport RFC, who said "answers to most of the important questions were not forthcoming".
The WRU, Newport RFC and Dragons boards have ratified the deal, but it requires 75% backing in the vote to proceed.
Davies said he'd "had easier evenings".
The former Swansea and Wales number eight added that he had faced a "passionate crowd" and that "all those that were vocal" at the meeting were against the plans.
Davies said: "They were not necessarily all shareholders, but those that were making their views known weren't in favour of what was being tabled."
An independent group of supporters, Friends of Newport Rugby, said three "key" questions were not answered by Davies:
The deal on offer would see the WRU taking control of the region and the Rodney Parade Ground by 1 July.
The stadium, which has staged rugby since 1877, is used by Newport RFC, Dragons and Newport County football club.
Dragons chairman Martyn Hazell has already said he believes the takeover must happen, saying: "The alternative is financial disaster and receivership" signalling the end of professional rugby at Rodney Parade.
An extraordinary general meeting of Newport rugby club shareholders will have to be held to vote on the issue, with 75% of those at the meeting or voting by proxy needed to back the takeover.
Davies expects the meeting to take place in early May.
"I think we've got more work to do in making it clear to everyone what the consequences of that will be," added Davies.
"But also furnishing everyone with more information and more assurance as to how this can play out positively.
"As difficult as this whole situation is, I think it's incumbent upon me now to make sure that I fulfil that role and make it clear to everyone what point we're at, why we've got here and what happens if the proposal isn't supported and I must have revisited that three or four times last night."
The WRU already owns 50% of the region, which was formed in 2003, while Newport RFC have played at Rodney Parade since 1877.
Dragons have been struggling on the pitch and have long-standing financial problems.
When the WRU's plans were confirmed, chief executive Martyn Phillips said: "To make this work we have to purchase the ground because it needs a lot of work.
"You couldn't make that investment if you were leasing the ground.
"There are lease and debts and the only way to clean it up was to buy the debt."
The 57-year-old is currently the Archdeacon for the Army as well as Deputy Chaplain-General of the Royal Army Chaplains' Department.
He succeeds the Right Reverend Robert Paterson who retired last November.
Rt Rev Eagles said he hopes to "support the people of the Isle of Man in their spiritual and historic identity and in looking confidently to the future."
The married father-of-one added: "Among many other tasks, the bishop is to be chief pastor, a focus of unity, and a leader of mission.
"I therefore hope to encourage all Christians on the island to support everyone who lives here, and to lead the Church in its work of caring for people in every community".
Sodor and Man is the smallest diocese in the Church of England, overseeing 45 churches and 27 parishes.
It is unique because the bishop is a member of the Legislative Council of Tynwald, the Manx parliament.
Rt Rev Eagles was appointed Honorary Chaplain to the Queen in 2013, and in 2015 was made an Honorary Canon of Salisbury Cathedral.
Gawker founder Nick Denton told staff on Thursday afternoon, a post on its website said.
Media firm Univision agreed to buy Gawker Media for $135m (£103m) at a bankruptcy auction.
Gawker filed for bankruptcy after losing a $140m privacy lawsuit brought by former wrestler Hulk Hogan, paid for by Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel.
Mr Thiel funded Mr Hogan's case saying he wanted to curb the company's "bullying", after the site published an article that outed Mr Thiel as gay.
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Founded 14 years ago, Gawker is known for its no-holds-bar approach to reporting, including breaking gossip stories on high-powered celebrities and business leaders.
Univision is most commonly known in the US as the country's biggest Spanish-language media company. It also owns a 40% stake in the satirical website The Onion.
In a memo to his staff, seen by the news agency AP, Mr Denton said: "Sadly, neither I nor Gawker.com, the buccaneering flagship of the group I built with my colleagues, are coming along for this next stage.
"We have not been able to find a single media company or investor willing also to take on Gawker.com. The campaign being mounted against its editorial ethos and former writers has made it too risky. I can understand the caution."
He added that he would move out of the news and gossip business but "work to make the web a forum for the open exchange of ideas and information".
A US bankruptcy court later approved Univision's purchase of Gawker Media, which owns seven websites in total.
They are: Gawker.com, Deadspin, Lifehacker, Gizmodo, Kotaku, Jalopnik, and Jezebel.
The post on Gawker's website said plans for future coverage and its website's archives had not yet been finalised.
Gawker employees took to Twitter to express their sadness about the decision to shut down the sites.
"Our other sites, including Kotaku, live on, but losing the vibrant Gawker.com hurts," tweeted Stephen Totilo, editor-in-chief of Kotaku.
Bobby Finger, a staff writer for Jezabel, tweeted, "I'm one of countless people who owes Gawker so, so, so much."
Another staff writer, Jordan Sargent, wrote: "Gawker is dead because Peter Thiel (w the help of Charles harder) has succeeded in creating a world where owning gawker is simply not viable."
Former Gawker reporter Sam Biddle wrote simply, "I am heartbroken".
Earlier this year Gawker was sued by Hulk Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, after the website published a video of Mr Hogan having sex with the wife of a friend from 2007.
A three-week trial ended with the jury ruling in the former wrestler's favour and ordering Gawker to pay $115m in compensation and $25m in punitive damage.
Gawker asked the judge for a new trial, but that request was rejected. Many experts though expect that the original verdict will be overturned on appeal.
In 2010, nine new arrivals from a Dutch safari park used an excited, high-pitched call for apples - while the locals used a disinterested grunt.
By 2013, the Dutch chimps had switched to a similar low grunt, despite an undiminished passion for apples.
This is the first evidence of chimps re-learning such "referential calls".
The findings, reported in the journal Current Biology, suggest that when chimp grunts refer to objects, they can function in a surprisingly similar way to human words - instead of simply being governed by how the chimp feels about the object.
Indeed, our ability to learn new "words" from our peers might date back to a shared ancestor with chimpanzees, some six million years ago.
Dr Katie Slocombe, the paper's senior author, is a lecturer in psychology at the University of York.
"One really powerful way to try and understand how language evolved is to look at the communication systems of animals that are closely related to us," she told the BBC's Science in Action.
"What kind of basic communication skills were in that common ancestor? And what really is unique in humans, and has evolved since?"
In their work with captive chimpanzees, Dr Slocombe's team had already seen that different grunts could refer to specific foods - for example, apples and bread. Other chimps would respond to those calls by looking for the corresponding food.
But those grunts closely matched the emotional value of the food.
"Previously it'd always been assumed that although chimps and other monkeys have these referential calls... that the structure of those calls was basically a read-out of emotion," Dr Slocombe explained.
To challenge this idea, she and her team took advantage of the unique situation at Edinburgh Zoo, where nine chimps from the Netherlands' Beekse Bergen Safari Park were moved in with an existing group of nine adults in 2010.
Crucially, they found a "word" that differed strikingly between the two groups.
The Edinburgh chimps were not especially partial to apples and used a low-pitched grunt to refer to them; the Dutch newcomers, on the other hand, "really loved apples and gave much higher-pitched calls".
One year later in 2011, the scientists' monitoring showed disappointingly little change. Both groups used the same old calls - but looking closely at their social behaviour, it was also apparent that they weren't getting on very well.
"They weren't spending much quality time together, and there weren't many friendships," Dr Slocombe said. "So they didn't seem to have any motivation to change their calling."
By 2013 however, the groups were getting on famously. There were firm Scottish-Dutch friendships and the chimps had essentially formed one big group of 18.
Along with that social bonding, there had been a remarkable shift in one key aspect of their communication: "The Dutch chimps had actually adopted the Edinburgh call for apples."
What is more, this had happened without any shift in preferences. The Dutch animals were still much more partial to apples than their Edinburgh-raised companions.
This is the first time that scientists have seen this sort of flexibility in an established primate "referential call".
Scottish accent?
The reason for the change, Dr Slocombe concedes, is difficult to pin down precisely.
The Dutch chimps may have changed their grunt purely in order to communicate better - rather like learning a new word. Or they may have made the adjustment for social reasons: "If you tend to mimic someone's accent, they tend to get on better with you and they like you more. So it could be something similar to that, that we're seeing in the chimps."
Whether the change is in vocabulary, accent, or a little of both, it appears to be a striking example of vocal learning.
"This is the first bit of evidence which might suggest that actually, it's a much older capability, that maybe our last common ancestor might also have had," Dr Slocombe said.
Prof Klaus Zuberbühler, an expert on language evolution at the University of Neuchatel in Switzerland, told BBC News the findings were "really, really interesting".
He noted that other studies have shown similar "acoustic convergence" in primates, but that previous examples were all social noises - either long-distance hoots or contact calls - that do not refer to particular objects.
Prof Zuberbühler added that some alternative explanations for the change are difficult to rule out.
"Obviously, a lot of things happen over three years when these new animals are being integrated," he said. For example, the new arrivals may have been particularly anxious at feeding time, and only slowly become more relaxed in their new home.
"That's the thing with observational studies in general - there's usually a whole bunch of other stuff happening that you can never really properly rule out.
"To me, the key point is that they did these social network analyses, showing that the more the chimps interacted, the more their calls became similar."
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Former NHS 111 call handler, Irsah Tahir, said the Derby centre was "swamped" with calls and staff were under "massive" pressure.
She said staff had to give medical advice when nurses were unavailable.
Derbyshire Health United, which runs the centre, said it had investigated and refuted the claims.
Ms Tahir, 21 from Derby, told the Daily Mail: "I feel the service is completely unsafe.
"We were always short-staffed. There was never enough nurses.
"I'm not medically trained and I just don't think I was equipped to make those decisions."
In her interview Ms Tahir claimed there were not always nurses on duty to supervise staff without clinical training and staff were begged to do overtime or cancel holidays because of staff shortages.
She said she quit after four months because she could "no longer cope".
The switchboard takes calls from Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire.
A spokesman for the Derbyshire Healthcare United said Ms Tahir had worked over Easter when they had experienced a high demand for the service, and following their own investigation they had found her allegations did not correlate with their data.
In a letter to the newspaper, chief executive, Stephen Bateman, said Care Quality Commission inspectors visited in March and found the service was "safe, effective... and well-led".
He said inspectors had also found staff ratios to be "consistently maintained" and the "safety of patients remains a priority".
"We answer our calls on average within 15 seconds but there are some peak times it comes under more pressure."
He said the service provides for one nurse for every four call handlers and it is a consistent system used across England.
"It is a clinically safe triage service and a clinically safe system."
An NHS England spokesman admitted there had been issues and "regional variations" with the helpline, but it is "working closely with local CCGs to ensure these are addressed".
They were called out to the incident on the town's Queen Street at about 02:30.
A 28-year-old man was taken to Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary with an injury to his arm.
Police said he had been released after treatment but investigations were ongoing to establish the circumstances of the incident.
Both clubs will aim to join Burnley in the top tier after they secured a top-two finish by beating QPR on Monday.
James Wilson netted a scrappy 95th-minute equaliser for Brighton, who also had Lewis Dunk sent off after Andreas Weimann had put Derby in front.
Brighton are third, level on points with Boro, ahead of their trip to the Riverside on the season's final day.
A defeat by play-off-bound Derby would not have altered Brighton's promotion prospects too much, given they have an inferior goal difference to Middlesbrough.
Chris Hughton's side will go to Teesside without suspended centre-back Dunk, who was sent off with seven minutes remaining for two yellow cards - the second of them coming after a reckless lunge on Craig Bryson.
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Anthony Knockaert came closest to opening the scoring for Brighton against the Rams, his first-half free-kick being headed off the line by Jason Shackell.
But Derby looked the more likely of the two sides to find the net, particularly after half-time, and substitute Weimann fired in at the second attempt after David Stockdale had saved his initial shot.
However, Manchester United loanee Wilson turned in the equaliser after a goalmouth scramble from a corner to extend Brighton's unbeaten run to 13 games.
A point for the visitors means they cannot be caught by sixth-placed Sheffield Wednesday, and Darren Wassall's Rams now know they will face Hull City in the play-offs.
Brighton manager Chris Hughton: "We will be going to the Riverside with a winning mentality and we need to show enough quality.
"There's no doubt Middlesbrough will be the favourites and they'll be pleased with our result, but we've given ourselves every chance.
"We have been good away from home for the majority of the season and we haven't lost today. It is a big task but not one that is impossible.
"You don't have it all your own way over the course of the season... you have to take some blows and you get used to bouncing back."
Derby head coach Darren Wassall: "Brighton are having a magnificent season but our performance spoke volumes.
"We came and put on a fantastic display. We handled the occasion magnificently and I'm proud of the team.
"We want to keep momentum going into the play-offs and, credit to the squad, we have continuity building."
On their upcoming play-off clash with Hull: "Why not get promotion via the play-offs? We have as good a chance as anyone.
"We have beaten Hull twice already this season but Steve Bruce is a wily old fox. We are ready and we can't worry about anyone else."
It is the first time that the fraught discussion over transgender bathroom rights has reached the country's highest court.
Judges voted 5-3 to halt a lower court's order that Gavin Grimm, 17, be allowed to use the boys' bathroom.
They will consider the case again in the autumn.
Mr Grimm who was born female, filed the lawsuit after his school board in Virginia adopted a policy that required students to use a private toilet or one that corresponds to the sex listed on their birth certificate.
An appeals court ruled earlier this year that the ban was discriminatory and violated Title IX, a federal law which prohibits gender discrimination at schools that receive federal funding.
The issue has gone back and forth between several different courts which have made opposing decisions.
As the Supreme Court is yet to rule definitively on the matter, it has set things back to the way they used to be, ahead of its eight justices beginning to hear the case in autumn 2016.
Mr Grimm appealed to the court not to discuss the matter, local media report, but its actions are exactly what the school board asked for.
A number of places in the US - most recently North Carolina - have passed laws requiring transgender people to use a public toilet that corresponds to the sex listed on their birth certificate.
The North Carolina law in particular has been sharply criticised as discriminatory and several companies have stopped doing business in the state as a result.
Some people have said that allowing transgender people to choose their restroom could lead to women and children being attacked.
They said they feared that predatory men could pose as transgender people and use legal protections as a cover.
The £215m capital funding has to be spent on increasing school capacity and boosting access for these pupils to good schools.
It may be spent on specialised classrooms and facilities, but not on general day-to-day school budgets.
The news comes as many schools complain of general funding shortfalls.
Minister for vulnerable children and families, Edward Timpson, said the government wanted to ensure all children have equal opportunities regardless of their background and any challenges they may face.
"We've already made the biggest changes for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities in a generation, but we want to go further and build on that success.
"Our multi-million pound investment will enable local councils to build new classrooms and improve facilities for pupils, ensuring that no child is left behind," he added.
Councils will be expected to consult local parents, carers, schools, and others on how their funding should be used and publish a short plan showing how they will spend the money.
Every local authority, except Isles of Scilly and City of London, will get at least £500,000 to be spent over three years from 2018.
Malcolm Trobe, Interim General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said heads would be very pleased with any government spending on education, particularly when it is aimed at helping young people with the greatest needs.
But he added: "Unfortunately, however, this is a drop in the ocean compared to what is needed.
"Schools will have to make £3bn of savings to their annual running costs by 2020, which will have a huge impact on the curriculum they are able to offer and the support they are able to give young people, because they will have far less staff.
"In addition, the National Audit Office recently reported that it would cost an estimated £6.7 billion to return all school buildings to satisfactory or better condition."
Officers are understood to be examining whether the British comedian committed a criminal offence under the Defamation Act when he appeared on RTE in 2015.
Fry had asked why he should "respect a capricious, mean-minded, stupid god who creates a world.... full of injustice".
He later said he was not "offensive towards any particular religion".
According to a report in the Irish Independent newspaper, no publicised cases of blasphemy have been brought before the courts since the law was introduced in 2009 and a source said it was "highly unlikely" that a prosecution against Fry would take place.
Appearing on The Meaning of Life, hosted by Gay Byrne, in February 2015, Fry had been asked what he might say to God at the gates of heaven.
Fry said: "How dare you create a world in which there is such misery? It's not our fault? It's not right. It's utterly, utterly evil. Why should I respect a capricious, mean-minded, stupid god who creates a world which is so full of injustice and pain?"
He went on to say that Greek gods "didn't present themselves as being all seeing, all wise, all beneficent", adding "the god who created this universe, if it was created by god, is quite clearly a maniac, an utter maniac, totally selfish".
The Irish Independent reported a member of the public made a complaint to police in Ennis in the same month the programme was broadcast. He was recently contacted by a detective to say they were looking into his complaint.
The viewer was not said to be offended himself but believed Fry's comments qualified as blasphemy under the law, which carries a maximum penalty of a fine of 25,000 euros (£22,000).
The law prohibits people from publishing or uttering "matter that is grossly abusive or insulting in relation to matters held sacred by any religion, thereby causing outrage among a substantial number of the adherents of that religion".
The government said at the time it was needed because the republic's 1937 constitution only gives Christians legal protection of their beliefs.
Fry's representatives have been contacted for a comment.
Speaking to the BBC in 2015, Fry said he had been "absolutely astonished" by some of the reaction on social media to what he had said on the show.
He said: "I don't think I mentioned once any particular religion and I certainly didn't intend, and in fact I know I didn't say anything offensive towards any particular religion."
A police spokeswoman told the BBC: "We are not commenting on an ongoing investigation."
The win moved Barnsley level on points with sixth-placed Gillingham.
Posh were reduced to 10 men when Chris Forrester picked up two bookings in the space of 20 first-half seconds.
Ben Alnwick looked to have denied the hosts the win with a string of fine saves before Williams nodded in Adam Hammill's cross with seconds to go.
The Scots were among soldiers, sailors and airmen from all over the UK who stopped at Peterborough East Railway Station during 1916 and 1917.
They left messages, poems and drawings in two visitor books at the tea stall.
Peterborough Archives Service has found details on many of them, but has appealed for help with others.
The appeal for information forms a three-year history project.
Armed forces personnel travelled through the railway station on their way to and from the frontline.
Some of the servicemen only wrote their initials next to their messages at the stall which was run by the Women's United Total Abstinence Council.
Those who left their initials but not their full name was a Sergeant JEH of the Gordon Highlanders.
He also left a short poem that read: "'Off with a Draft at last. After eighteen months hard work, And should another War draw nigh, I'll never join the 2nd Line."
Information has already been found on Scottish servicemen who signed the book, including Linlithgow-born George A Browse, a warrant officer second class with the Seaforth Highlanders.
He was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry during the Battle of Arras in 1917.
After the war, he settled in Elgin in Moray and played for the football team Elgin United. He was also the model for the town's New Elgin War Memorial.
Zhukov - who has never been personally implicated any wrongdoing - told president Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that he wished to focus on his position as first deputy speaker instead.
"This is without doubt the right thing, we support it completely," Putin said.
"Zhukov has done a lot for sport and, I hope, will do more still."
The former deputy prime minister was also chairman of the organising committee for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games, where widespread evidence of tampered drugs test samples has been discovered.
No connection has been made between Zhukov's departure and the Russian doping scandal, which resulted in the ban of 108 Russians from the Olympics and a complete exclusion of Russia's 267 competitors from the Paralympics.
The McLaren report, which was commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, concluded that Russia had run a state-sponsored doping programme which involved not only providing performance-enhancing drugs to athletes, but also the cover-up of positive doping tests.
The report outlines how a hole in the wall at the Sochi Winter Olympics testing laboratory was used to smuggle positive samples out in order to replace them with clean ones.
According to McLaren's findings, the state-sponsored doping programme has been in place since 2011, just prior to the London Olympic Games.
Six world powers and Iran are reported to have drawn up a 100-page document detailing curbs to Iran's nuclear activity and sanctions relief.
The sides have held multiple rounds of talks to try to end the 13-year crisis.
The world powers suspect Iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons - something it strongly denies.
Unnamed diplomats at the talks told the Associated Press news agency that negotiators planned to announce on Monday that they had reached a final accord.
The BBC's James Robbins in Vienna says the text of the document is long and the language apparently very precise, to minimise the risk either side can question later the commitments they have made.
Negotiators at the talks between the so-called P5+1 - the US, UK, France, Russia, China plus Germany - and Iran have been struggling over the issues of international inspections of Iran's non-nuclear sites, verification of Iranian compliance, and the pace of sanctions relief.
Officials from the two sides expressed cautious optimism on Sunday that they were close to a deal.
US Secretary of State John Kerry said "a few tough things'' needed to be resolved but added: "We're getting to some real decisions."
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who cancelled a trip to Africa to stay at the talks, said: "I hope we are finally entering the final phase of these marathon negotiations. I believe it."
In Iran, President Hassan Rouhani said the sides had "come a long way". "We need to reach a peak and we're very close," the Isna news agency quoted him as saying.
If a long-term agreement is reached, it still faces a tough ride through the US Congress, which could reject it and leave US sanctions against Iran in place.
Mitch McConnell, the top Republican in the Senate, told Fox News Sunday: "I think it's going to be a very hard sell... We already know it's going to leave Iran as a threshold nuclear state."
A deal is also strongly opposed by the two main US allies in the Middle East, Israel and Saudi Arabia, who feel threatened by Iran.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday accused the P5+1 of "caving in" to Iran. It followed comments by Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who said the fight against US "arrogance" would continue regardless of the outcome of the talks.
Carbon emissions from air-conditioning are expected to soar as temperatures climb and people become richer.
But at a global mayors summit, Paris is showcasing a simple technology using water piped from the Seine to cool apartments near the Champs Elysees.
London Mayor Boris Johnson said he wanted London to follow suit by cooling buildings using water from the Thames.
"I don't like to admit it - but the French are ahead of us on this," he confessed.
The system works by taking water from the river and piping it round people's homes like ordinary piped water air conditioning. In summer a heat pump is used to make the water even cooler by employing technology similar to a fridge.
The mayors meeting in Paris City Hall is timed to coincide with the UN climate summit. It brings together half of the 80 mega-city mayors who are working together to tackle climate change.
The chairman of the group, Eduardo Paes, Mayor of Rio, said the mayors represented 600m people and a quarter of the global economy.
"We can be very effective," he said. "Sometimes governments move slowly - we can often move more quickly."
The mayors said they had learned from each other to spread green solutions round the world. They claim to have collectively made 10,000 climate initiatives since 2009.
They spoke about their favourite initiatives:
Boris Johnson's team said since the Mayor was elected in 2008, carbon emissions in London were down by 14%, even though population had swelled.
He said a major preoccupation was to find ways of finding a low-carbon way to provide the heating and cooling from natural gas, which made up nearly 50% of the city's emissions.
Darren Johnson, Green member for the London Assembly, told BBC News: "On the whole Boris Johnson has been a real disappointment. He has expressed climate sceptic views and failed to meet most of the targets in his (climate) strategies."
The global commission advised by Lord Stern concluded recently that climate change could only be tackled if new cities to house a burgeoning population could be planned less like Los Angeles and more like Paris.
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They have said they want to honour "the most charismatic actor of his generation" whose "dazzling talent" means he belongs "in the pantheon of legendary actors".
Clooney will be bestowed with the Honorary Cesar Award from the Academie des Arts et Techniques du Cinema later this month at the French equivalent of the Oscars.
The Academie said it had chosen the Ocean's Eleven and Gravity star because of his "dazzling talent as an actor, director, scriptwriter and producer - and above all, his artistic and spiritual generosity".
He "embodies Hollywood glamour", their effusive statement went on, adding: "His charm, humour, personality and engagement stand at the heart of our perpetual and eternal admiration."
And they predicted that Clooney's name "will forever be inscribed in the pantheon of legendary actors".
That should be enough to make sure he turns up to the Cesar Awards ceremony in Paris on 24 February.
Others to have won the honorary Cesar in the past include Scarlett Johansson, Quentin Tarantino, Kate Winslet and Michael Douglas.
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It confirms that farming spread across Europe due to the influx of ancient people from what is now eastern Turkey.
Many modern Europeans owe their taller stature to these early farmers - and a later influx of Bronze Age "horsemen" - say international researchers.
In the study, researchers mapped the genes of 273 ancient people who lived in West Europe and Asia from about 8,500 to 2,500 years ago.
Of these, 26 were part of a population that gave rise to Europe's first farmers.
Prof Ron Pinhasi of the School of Archaeology at University College Dublin, a lead researcher on the study, said: "We now have the first clear evidence that agriculture in Europe started with the first farmers coming from what is now Turkey.
"This is very exciting because there's been a dispute for the last 40 years over whether that's the case or not.
"Some have argued that it was diffusion of ideas but not of people. We now have the evidence that it was actually movement of people."
The study, published in the journal, Nature, adds to growing evidence that two events in prehistoric times have had a big impact on the genetic make-up of modern Europeans.
The first was the arrival of an ancestral "tribe" of early farmers from Anatolia around 8,500 years ago.
The later arrival of a tribe of ancient "horsemen" in Bronze Age times also shaped the genes of modern Europeans.
Both had an influence on the way genes for skin colour, eye colour and susceptibility to various diseases were shaped in prehistoric times.
Two populations appear to have had an impact on the height of Europeans - early farmers and horse-riding herders called the Yamnaya who entered Europe from the eastern Steppe region - in present day Ukraine and Russia - about 5,000 years ago.
Prof Pinhasi told BBC News. "Early farmers were already tall when they came into Europe.
"Part of the modern day higher stature - for example in Northern Central Europe - has its origins in the first farmers coming from Turkey into Europe."
Most modern Europeans have a genetic make-up that suggests they are descended from three ancient "tribes" - western hunter gatherers, early European farmers and "horsemen" known as the Yamnaya.
The first layer of European ancestry, the hunter-gatherers, entered Europe before the Ice Age 40,000 years ago.
But 7,000 years ago, they were swept up in a migration of people from the Middle East, who introduced farming to Europe, followed 2,000 years later by the Yamnaya.
Eppie Jones of Trinity College Dublin, co- researcher on the study, said: "This paper is taking our journey back in time ever further.
"It is looking at our genes and how the interactions and innovations through history have shaped who Europeans are today."
It made an operating profit of £107m was made last year.
The firm said out-sourcing "certain activities" to sister sites in Mexico and Morocco would help continued efforts to improve competitiveness and profitability.
The company is mid-way through a five-year global savings plan.
Almost 1,100 jobs have been axed at its Northern Ireland operations, as the Canadian-owned company battled to turnaround fortunes primarily down to issues in its CSeries aircraft programme.
The wings for the aircraft are manufactured in Belfast.
The company accounts reported "excellent progress" on the CSeries, which now has more than 300 orders.
In 2015, Bombardier, which trades as Short Brothers PLC in Northern Ireland, reported an operating loss of £225.
The 26-year-old has signed a three-and-a-half year contract with the team from Konya who sit seventh in the country's Super Lig.
Douglas told the club website: "I'm very excited, very happy. I have opened a new chapter in my career."
He said his goal was to help his new side qualify for the Europa League.
Douglas helped Lech win the Polish title for a seventh time last season, but they presently lie sixth in the Ekstraklasa.
Konyaspor manager Omar Korkmaz Metropolitan said he hoped the Scot would force his way into the side by continuing the form he showed with the Poles.
Douglas began his career with Queen's Park and moved to United in the Scottish top flight in 2010.
He switched to Poland after three years at Tannadice.
The finding bolsters the theory that the plane, which disappeared on 8 March last year after taking off from Kuala Lumpur, crashed into the Indian Ocean after diverting from its route to Beijing.
French investigators say there are further checks to do, while Australia says its underwater search will go on.
But for some relatives, this is the first step to closure.
Sarah Bajc whose partner was on MH370, told the BBC: "Perhaps families will finally have the chance to grieve now, though this doesn't solve the mystery or hold anyone accountable. Both of those things still have to happen."
She added that there was still "much outstanding mistrust" of the authorities. "It hurts to have to give up that last thread of hope, but there is also a sad relief," she said.
They are now hoping for more concrete proof.
Jacquita Gonzales, the wife of a MH370 flight attendant, told Reuters: "They still need to find the whole plane and our spouses as well. We still want them back."
Lee Khim Fatt, whose wife was a flight attendant on MH370, told the BBC: "I'm not convinced by the finding. I want to see an item that I can recognise."
"The finding of debris does not mean the finding of our next of kin," said Jiang Hui, who lost his mother, to AP news agency.
"I'm numb, I'm not sad," said Melanie Antonio in Kuala Lumpur, whose husband was on the plane.
"It's just a flaperon, it doesn't prove anything. We still need the wreckage to prove. I just want anything that can tell me my hubby is gone.''
Some, like Zhang Yongli in China, continue to believe there has been a cover-up.
He was among a dozen grieving relatives who gathered outside the Beijing office of Malaysia Airlines on Thursday. They demanded information and a visa to travel to Reunion, reported Reuters.
"I don't believe this latest information about the plane, they have been lying to us from the beginning," said Mr Zhang.
"I know my daughter is out there, but they won't tell us the truth."
Some of the relatives have been angered by the difference in Malaysian authorities and French investigators' responses.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak had earlier said that investigators had "conclusively confirmed" the debris was from MH370.
But shortly afterwards the Paris prosecutor Serge Mackowiak sounded a note of caution, and would only say it was a "very high probability".
Sara Weeks, whose brother was onboard the flight, told AP news agency: "Why the hell do you have one confirm and one not? Why not wait and get everybody on the same page so the families don't need to go through this turmoil.''
Relatives were similarly angered by the Malaysian response last year.
About two weeks after the plane disappeared, Mr Najib announced it had crashed into the ocean based on satellite data, while Malaysia Airlines informed relatives by text message.
This prompted criticism from relatives that the authorities were too hasty in making that conclusion, as they had yet to find any wreckage or debris, and were acting with insufficient sensitivity.
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Five-time champion O'Sullivan looked to be in desperate trouble at 12-9, but hit breaks of 124, 88 and 63 to level.
World number 11 Hawkins fluffed his first chance in the decider.
But, after O'Sullivan carelessly went in off, Hawkins wrapped up the win and will play Marco Fu in the last eight.
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Until this Crucible decider, Hawkins, who went into the final session leading 9-7, had not beaten O'Sullivan in 10 matches over 14 years.
His sole victory came in their first meeting in 2002.
But Hawkins showed commendable nerve to hold off an opponent who scored four tons and eight fifties in a performance full of devastating long potting and astonishing break-building.
"He makes it look so effortless sometimes," said Hawkins, the only player to have reached the semi-finals in the past three seasons.
"It winds me up to be honest. There's me twitching about and he's flowing.
"I don't know what he thought of his performance, but overall I thought he played really well.
"I am pleased with the way I held myself together because it was the most pressure I have ever been under. It was never in doubt!"
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O'Sullivan said playing a tense final frame counted against him and also apologised for his media no-show after his first-round win over Dave Gilbert.
"For various reasons, I wasn't in a fit state to really come and speak to you guys," he said.
"It wasn't that I was being arrogant or thinking I'm shirking my responsibilities."
As for the final-frame loss to Hawkins, he said: "If it hadn't been that type of scrappy frame, I would have fancied my chances.
"When a frame goes like that, it's a toss of a coin.
"I'm a bit ring rusty. If there was a weakness in my game, it was definitely on the tactical side because I haven't played a lot really."
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On the other table, four-time world champion John Higgins secured his 11th Crucible quarter-final appearance but only his first since he won the tournament in 2011.
Resuming 10-6 ahead, the 40-year-old Scot capitalised on an error-strewn first frame by Walden to stretch his lead to five frames.
Although the ninth seed won the next two with breaks of 62 and 84, Higgins knocked in successive 90 breaks to win 13-8 and set up a meeting with fellow Scot Alan McManus.
Higgins, who has won the title on the three occasions he has made the quarter-finals, said: "Ricky didn't play at his best but I'm just delighted to get through.
"It will be great to play one of my best mates on tour."
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The 11-year-old Brazilian twins have just finished the school year but before they can set out on their dream careers they have to overcome some hurdles in their education.
They have missed countless schooldays this year because of frequent shoot-outs in their area.
And they are not alone.
According to the city hall education office, 129,000 students in Rio de Janeiro had classes cancelled at least once between January and October because of outbreaks of violence in the 300 or so public schools located in violent areas of the city.
The twins live in Complexo da Mare, a sprawling poor area of Rio wracked by gang violence.
"When there are shoot-outs we can't go to school," says Samir in the small house he shares with his mother, grandmother and two sisters.
"So we stop studying and stay home. What can we do?"
On other days, they were stuck at school while shots rang out around them.
The outbreaks of violence in Mare were so frequent this year that the local authorities shortened the school day to lessen the risk of students being caught in crossfire between gangs and the police.
Classes now start at 08:00 rather than at 07:15, and finish at 11:30.
"Seven AM is critical because police change their shifts, so that's when the shooting starts," explains Glauce Arzua, campaigns coordinator at ActionAid, a non-governmental organisation which works with local organisations to defend residents' rights.
But the new timetable means that students miss 75 minutes each class a day, a big setback to their education, Ms Arzua argues.
Complexo da Mare is home to about 140,000 people.
Last year, ahead of the World Cup, security forces occupied the area to implement the state's "pacification policy", which seeks to establish a permanent police presence in the area.
But the twins' mother, 46-year-old Sirlene da Silva says the "pacification policy" has actually increased tension in the area and clashes have become more frequent.
Ms Silva is on the minimum wage (around $250; £168 per month) and cannot afford to send her children to a private school in a safer area, so the family has little choice.
"We live in the crossfire," she says. "There's violence from criminals and violence from the police.
"When the police come in, they shoot first and ask questions later.
"When there are police operations, the kids can't go to school, the teachers can't come to class and the residents can't go to work."
The Rio authorities say extra classes are held to compensate for violence-generated gaps, and assure all schools fulfil the 200-day school year.
But the problem goes far beyond timetables.
Roberta de Sousa, 38, has been a teacher in a state school in Mare for eight years.
She says the frequent outbreaks of violence seriously undermine the children's performance and self-esteem.
"They go to school hoping it will lead to a better life, but instead, violence invades the walls. They feel that here, too, they are abandoned as citizens and aren't entitled to their basic rights," she explains.
Ms Sousa says she has had to switch classrooms or seek refuge in the school corridors for fear that bullets would come through the windows.
"I've had to teach literature with a shoot-out raging outside. It's not easy."
She is one of the teachers trained through a partnership between the state of Rio and the International Committee of the Red Cross to reduce the impact of violence on education.
Since 2009, the programme has been training teachers to deal with the violence which surrounds the pupils in both practical and psychological terms.
This ranges from drills on how to stay safe during shoot-outs to debating problems in class.
"Children don't talk about violence openly for fear of being punished," says Patricia Tinoco from Rio state's education office.
"We create a room for dialogue and this helps them deal with fear and understand what's happening."
She says that while pupils' performance has been consistently below average in troubled areas, the programme has led to improvements.
Meanwhile, Samir and Samira dream not only of their future careers but also of earning enough money to be able to leave Complexo da Mare and move somewhere safer.
Their mother hopes the constraints they are currently living under will not affect their chances of achieving their dreams
"I can't offer my children the education they deserve," she says. "It's a huge disadvantage but I have to have faith the situation will improve, or else nothing will make sense."
The 22-year-old playmaker impressed at UE Cornella before joining Barcelona B in December 2015, going on to make 46 appearances for the Catalan club.
Xemi, whose full name is Josep Miquel Codina Fernandez, is U's manager Pep Clotet's fourth summer signing.
"I have always thought about playing English football," Xemi told BBC Radio Oxford.
"My favourite players were [Steven] Gerrard and [Frank] Lampard."
He added: "I was looking to continue playing in the Spanish second division, but when Oxford appeared I was really interested in coming here.
"It's going to be more intense here, I think, and I will fit in better here than Barca."
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Pakistan looked set to take control when a century opening stand between Mohammad Hafeez and Azhar Ali wiped out England's first-innings lead of 72.
But three wickets in the evening session left Pakistan 146-3, a lead of 74, with Hafeez still there on 97.
England were earlier all out for 306, James Taylor adding two runs to his overnight 74 and Samit Patel making 42.
The tourists require further wickets early on the fourth morning if they are to face a manageable fourth-innings chase on a pitch that is likely to offer yet more assistance to the spinners.
Alastair Cook's side need victory to avoid a series defeat.
That England remain in contention is largely down to efforts of seamers James Anderson and Stuart Broad, who tirelessly stifled the Pakistan charge after the tourists' trio of spinners again disappointed.
England seemed unlikely to make a breakthrough until Azhar was run out in a comical mix-up with Hafeez.
In the following over and with the ball reverse-swinging, Anderson persuaded Shoaib Malik to kick away a ball that would have cannoned into middle stump.
And, with only 14 deliveries left in the day, Broad got Younus Khan in similar fashion, the right-hander not saved by a review which suggested the ball was taking the top of off stump.
England's main task on the fourth morning will be to remove Hafeez, who made the most of some good fortune to move to the verge of a ninth Test century.
He was given out caught behind on two off Anderson, only for third umpire Paul Reiffel to decide there was enough evidence to overturn the on-field decision, despite having nothing other than inconclusive television replays at his disposal.
And, on 11, Hafeez edged Moeen Ali, offering a very tough chance to Jonny Bairstow that hit the wicketkeeper's thigh and fell to the turf.
Reprieved, he combined with the obdurate Azhar, who also could have been given out lbw to Patel, for a first-wicket stand worth 101.
While England can rightly say that they created opportunities, their slow bowlers once again left too much work for Anderson and Broad.
On a pitch helpful enough to give the Pakistan spinners eight wickets, Adil Rashid, Moeen and Patel neither created opportunities nor stifled run-scoring.
While Azhar milked the singles that were too readily available - his 34 runs were scored from 115 balls without a single boundary - Hafeez played the aggressor.
He dispatched Moeen and Patel for a straight six apiece, heaved an Anderson slower ball over the leg-side fence as well as playing a number of eye-catching strokes through the off side late in the day.
While Patel was culpable in the England spinners' combined figures of 27-3-90-0, the Nottinghamshire man marked his first Test appearance for three years with his highest score.
Arriving at the crease after an out-of-sorts Taylor poked Rahat Ali behind, Patel scored freely, particularly against the spin bowlers.
His 42 included some flowing drives through the off side and was only ended when Yasir Shah produced a vicious leg-break that pitched on leg stump and clipped the top of off.
That was part of a slide that saw England lose their last four wickets for 21 runs, including the injured Ben Stokes - who will not bowl again in the game - batting at number 11 for a 10-ball duck.
Malik's error in allowing an Anderson inswinger to hit his front pad would turn out to be the last ball he faced in Test cricket, with the 32-year-old announcing his retirement from the longer form immediately after the close of play.
Recalled for this series, the right-hander made a career-best 245 in the first Test, but has since managed scores of only 0, 2, 7, 38 and 0.
However, he has still contributed with the ball - taking a career-best 4-33 with his off-spin in Sharjah.
"Family comes first," said Malik, who is married to Indian tennis player Sania Mirza. "This is the right time to say goodbye to this format."
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Jerome Chauris, 41, from Vendome, was arrested on Saturday after major disruption at the North Terminal.
Documents before Crawley magistrates said the weapons were an MP5-calibre 4.5mm air rifle and a lock knife.
Mr Chauris was remanded in custody to appear before Lewes Crown Court on 14 December.
The court was told Mr Chauris, who identified himself with the help of an interpreter, had no fixed abode.
Thousands of passengers and airport staff were evacuated from the terminal before a controlled explosion on a suspicious package.
The North Terminal remained closed for six hours.
Its report finds there were 202 such deaths in prisons from the start of 2014 to December 2015.
There were 17 deaths "in or following" police custody, including eight people with mental health concerns.
The Prison Service said it took its duty of care very seriously and would keep improving the precautions it took.
The report from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is a follow-up to its inquiry into non-natural deaths of adults with mental health conditions detained in prisons, police custody or psychiatric hospitals between 2010-2013, published in February 2015.
The progress report updated the data and looked for evidence of the steps taken by the various agencies to implement the inquiry recommendations.
The commission said improvements had been made in police custody, psychiatric facilities and jails but called for further action.
"Failure to make progress in reducing the number of avoidable deaths is a national stain that we should no longer tolerate in modern civilised society," said Prof Swaran Singh, EHRC commissioner on adult deaths in detention.
"Progress has been so slow that we have continued to see a large number of tragic cases in the past two years where that responsibility has not been met."
The report acknowledged there had been a reduction in the use of police cells as places of safety for people detained under the Mental Health Act.
It also pointed to a fall in deaths of patients detained in psychiatric hospitals and noted the changes already in place or planned for the future to improve risk assessment and support for prisoners with mental health conditions.
The commission called for legislation to force psychiatric hospitals, prisons and the police to publish details of how they planned to implement the recommendations of investigations and inspections.
A Prison Service spokesman said: "We take our duty of care to prisoners extremely seriously. Staff provide support to prisoners at risk of self-harm and suicide every day and the EHRC has recognised the work that we are doing in this important area.
"We will continue to improve our safer custody support and are working with the Department of Health to reform mental health services in the criminal justice system."
The American was cycling on the Rimini coastline on Wednesday, having raced in the World Superbike championship in Italy last Sunday.
The 35-year-old, who has been racing for Red Bull Honda's World Superbike team, is in intensive care in Cesena.
He won his only MotoGP championship in 2006, preventing Valentino Rossi from winning a sixth successive title.
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The incident happened on the 17th fairway at Paradise Palms Golf Course in Cairns at the weekend.
The scrub python, Australia's longest snake, often ambushes prey by hiding in trees or long grass.
A course manager said the display did not deter golfers from finishing their rounds.
Robert Willemse, a club member for almost 10 years, said the snake was spotted wrapped around the marsupial in the middle of the fairway.
"Everybody was pretty surprised. It's quite an unusual thing to see," he told the BBC.
"I was only there for about five minutes, but I heard that the snake did manage to swallow the wallaby and rolled into a dry creek."
A club spokesman told the Cairns Post newspaper that locals were used to seeing various wildlife on the "rainforest-style" course.
Dan Natusch, a biologist from the University of Sydney, said it was not unusual for a scrub python to eat a wallaby.
"They're arguably Australia's largest terrestrial predator, larger than a dingo," he told the BBC.
Mr Natusch said the non-venomous species did not pose a major threat to humans.
"Scrub pythons don't see us as prey," he said.
"Exercise caution insofar as they have very sharp teeth and you don't want to be bitten."
Sean Banks, 18, was found in North British Road in Uddingston just after midnight on Saturday and later died in hospital.
Liam Donnelly was charged with murder and assault to severe injury when he appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court.
Mr Donnelly, 19, from Bothwell, made no plea or declaration during the private hearing and he was remanded in custody.
The case was committed for further examination and he is expected to appear in court again later this month.
The A725 underpass which runs below the M74 motorway, has been under construction since July 2015.
It is hoped that the route between Bellshill and East Kilbride will help ease congestion at junction 5 near Hamilton in South Lanarkshire.
Economy Secretary Keith Brown said it should improve journey times through the junction by up to 15 minutes.
Scottish Roads Partnership (SRP) completed the construction as part of the £500m motorway improvement plan which began in February 2014.
The work will upgrade the A8 between Glasgow and Edinburgh in addition to major improvements to the M73, M74 and A725.
The 560m long (1,837ft), 35m wide (115ft) underpass will provide a free-flow link for traffic between the Bellshill Bypass and the East Kilbride Expressway.
Mr Brown said: "This investment will make a tangible difference to road users, alleviating the traffic congestion that has been a historic problem at the Raith."
Formally known as the Bothwellhaugh Interchange, the Raith is used by 75,000 vehicles on a daily basis.
Now, 50 years since the junction first opened to traffic, SRP have also constructed three new bridges to carry the motorway and local traffic over the new underpass.
In addition, two new footbridges are being installed over the roundabout which will create a safe access route over the busy junction between Bothwell and Strathclyde Country Park.
The Hull Truck theatre, which got £1.5m, was among the main recipients.
Northern Ballet, the Cambridge Junction and the National Youth Theatre have all received at least £680,000 since 2011.
However, Arts Council England has not named the most recent beneficiaries because of "commercial sensitivity".
Many arts organisations have struggled in recent years from a combination of government and local council cuts, a tough climate for private sponsorship and squeezed household budgets.
Arts Council England's system of emergency "financial intervention" is intended for organisations that receive annual funding but which have run into trouble.
To receive financial intervention, the criteria say venues will be "assessed as high risk" and "at immediate and serious financial risk".
The Arts Council steps in where it believes an organisation is "irreplaceable", where other forms of support have failed and where it is confident the cash injection will turn the situation around.
From Arts Council England financial intervention grants issued April 2011-March 2013, except Hull Truck (April 2011-March 2014)
The £14m has been paid to 55 theatre, art, music, dance and literature organisations over the past three financial years.
The Arts Council has named the cultural venues and producers that received such funds in 2011/12 and 2012/13.
But 12 of the 13 beneficiaries in 2013/14 have not been identified because it could "prejudice the commercial interests of the organisations concerned".
The only recipient to have been named from the most recent financial year was Hull's Truck theatre. It received a £300,000 grant in February 2014, a city council document recently revealed.
That was one of seven such emergency Arts Council grants given to the Hull theatre since March 2011, totalling £1.505m.
The venue got into financial trouble after moving to a new £15m building in 2009 and after long-serving artistic director John Godber departed the following year. Hull is due to be UK City of Culture in 2017.
Hull Truck's executive director Janthi Mills-Ward said: "Being the second-lowest funded producing theatre in the Arts Council's National Portfolio, alongside a difficult economic climate, it has been necessary to secure additional support."
The extra funding has ensured "ongoing financial resilience to produce the very best work," she said.
Recent concerns about funding outside the capital are reflected by the fact that several of the biggest bail-outs have gone to organisations outside London.
Other large grants include £750,000 to Northern Ballet in 2012 to cover increased running costs at its new £12m home in Leeds, which it shares with Phoenix Dance Theatre and which opened in 2010.
Northern Ballet chief executive Mark Skipper said the grant gave the company "the breathing space we needed to make the transition to running a major new building" and that the company had also increased its ticket sales and other forms of fundraising.
The Cambridge Junction, which stages gigs, comedy, plays and club nights, received £700,000 in 2011. Its director Daniel Brine explained that it had faced "a period of financial instability" that year.
"This was a result of some long-standing financial weaknesses coupled with a shift in trading at the time of the global financial crisis," he said. A new business model has made the venue "stronger and more financially resilient" he added.
The London-based National Youth Theatre of Great Britain got two grants totalling £680,000 in 2012 to deal with "major issues" with its finances, according to chief executive Paul Roseby.
It achieved "a rapid return to financial and organisational health" after a restructure of its management and an increase in private funding, he said.
Two grants totalling £510,000 went to Northampton's Royal & Derngate theatre in 2012 and 2013. The venue's chief executive Martin Sutherland said the recession had hit ticket sales and "had a very direct impact on our overall financial stability".
"We have moved on significantly from that point in time, having evaluated how to make ourselves more resilient to economic change and position the organisation better in case of any future economic downturn," he explained.
Meanwhile, the Bluecoat gallery in Liverpool required £500,000 in 2011 to resolve "a number of unforeseen structural problems" after a £14m redevelopment, according to chief executive Mary Cloake, who added that the venue's future was now "looking better than ever".
Arts Council England's deputy chief executive Althea Efunshile said the body supported "bold, innovative arts and culture".
She continued: "With innovation comes risk and many arts organisations are operating on very small margins in a challenging economic environment. A grant of this nature indicates our belief in the future of the organisation and their ability to deliver on their artistic aims."
Arts Council England currently distributes annual government funding totalling £341m to 696 venues and producers. On 1 July, it is due to announce who will receive regular funding from 2015-18.
In a video on social media, Mr Macron is joined by the Terminator star as he vows to "make the planet great again".
"Make America great again" was Mr Trump's presidential campaign slogan.
Mr Macron has been critical of the US president's decision to withdraw from the 2015 Paris climate agreement.
Could this latest development, exposed in a post on Twitter on Friday, be the start of a new "political bromance"?
Speaking into his phone camera, Mr Schwarzenegger said that he and Mr Macron had been "talking about environmental issues and a green future" together.
The footage was posted on the social media site with the former film star and California governor saying he was "truly honoured" to meet Mr Macron, adding that the pair would "work together for a clean energy future".
The 10-second clip runs for the full duration with the caption: "With President Macron, a great leader!"
In April, Mr Schwarzenegger received France's Legion of Honour in recognition of his environmental work. He said that he felt "very honoured" and that "we have created the mess and now we have to get rid of the mess... it doesn't matter who is president".
When Mr Trump announced earlier this month that the US was withdrawing from the 2015 Paris climate agreement, Mr Macron said in a statement that the decision was "a mistake for the US and for our planet".
"I tell you firmly tonight: We will not renegotiate a less ambitious accord. There is no way. Don't be mistaken on climate; there is no plan B because there is no planet B," he said.
The Paris climate agreement was established to limit the impact of carbon emissions on the environment, with countries committed to keeping the rise in global temperatures "well below" 2C.
Almost 40,000 US women were checked annually over a 10-year period, the Journal of the American Medical Association reported.
During the following nine years, the number of ovarian cancer deaths matched those in an untested group of the same size.
Cancer Research UK said it was seeking new methods to detect the cancer.
While ovarian cancer is not the most common in the UK, it causes more than 4,000 deaths a year.
This is because it is often far advanced by the time that symptoms become obvious.
If caught early, up to nine out of 10 women can survive.
Two types of test are at the centre of hopes for a successful screening programme - a blood test looking for a high levels of a chemical associated with the cancer, and an ultrasound test which looks directly for abnormalities.
The University of Utah study, which started in 1993, used both tests in combination, with women given the blood test once a year for the first six years, then annual ultrasound examinations for the remaining four years.
By the time the study closed in 2010, slightly more cases of ovarian cancer had been diagnosed in the screened group, compared with the group offered no screening.
However, there were 118 deaths among the screened women, and 100 in the unscreened women, which amounted to no real difference in statistical terms.
In addition, the screening programme threw up 3,285 "false positive" results, in which the tests suggested cancer might be present, even though this was not the case.
Of these women, more than 1,000 underwent unnecessary surgery, many opting for surgical removal of one or both of their ovaries. These operations led to 222 cases of "major complications".
The researchers suggested that using a different combination of blood tests and ultrasound might improve the outcome.
However, they said that the fast-growing nature of many ovarian cancers could mean that even annual tests might not offer enough women the chance to catch it at an early stage.
A similar UK-based trial is still some years away from giving its verdict on the effectiveness of ovarian screening.
The UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS) delivered encouraging results at its halfway point in 2009, with both types of test proving accurate in detecting cancers.
Like the Utah researchers, British teams are now waiting until the middle of this decade to see if this has any positive effect on overall deaths from the disease.
Dr James Brenton, an ovarian cancer specialist at Cancer Research UK, said that the charity was funding research into different methods of spotting tumours in their early stages.
He said: "This important research suggests that having a yearly ultrasound test along with a blood test, which provides a snapshot of the levels of protein associated with ovarian cancer - the serum CA125 test - is not going to cure more women.
"We are testing whether smaller rises in CA125 over time can be a better predictor, and working with international groups to identify common genes that might slightly increase the risk."
Christine Hewitt, who was assistant to Janice Atkinson MEP, pleaded guilty at Canterbury Crown Court to fraud.
It followed an investigation by the Sun, which published a secret recording of Ms Hewitt in a Margate restaurant.
Hewitt, 55, of West Malling, was told to carry out 40 hours unpaid work.
Her four-month jail term was suspended for a year and she was ordered to pay £500 costs.
Following the incident, Kent Police carried out an investigation but did not accuse Ms Atkinson of any wrong-doing.
Both women, however, were expelled from UKIP for "bringing the party into disrepute".
Ms Atkinson went on to become an independent MEP.
After Hewitt was sentenced, Ms Atkinson said: "Kent Police conducted a thorough 10-month investigation into the matter and no charges were brought against any other people, only Mrs Hewitt.
"This has been an extremely difficult 18 months but I am now glad we can draw a line under the matter."
The 26-year-old has made four appearances for the Cherry and Whites this term.
Trinder is nearing full fitness after being out with a hamstring injury.
"Henry's attitude during my time at the club has been second to none, and his determination to return to fitness has been admirable," said Gloucester's director of rugby David Humphreys.
"We are building a lot of depth within our squad, and Henry is another key cog in our backline."
The 27-year-old was injured during Thursday's 1-1 draw away to Romanian champions Astra Giurgiu in their Europa League play-off first leg.
Hammers boss Slaven Bilic told BBC Sport: "Hopefully it will be four weeks. It's nothing major. But it's very sad for him and us.
"It's a big problem for us without him. We're counting on him big time."
Earlier this week, Bilic lost £20m club-record signing Andre Ayew to a thigh injury for four months.
Carroll has had a series of injury setbacks since joining West Ham from Liverpool in 2012, initially on a season's loan before the deal was made permanent.
The forward, who has played nine times for England, has spent about half of his time at the club out injured.
His latest setback adds to a growing casualty list for Bilic.
Aaron Cresswell, Sofiane Feghouli and Manuel Lanzini are also out injured, while midfielder Dimitri Payet is still regaining full fitness, having been given a break after helping France reach the final at Euro 2016 in July.
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Costa, 27, has been punished for his reaction to his sending off against Everton in an FA Cup tie on 12 March.
The Spaniard clashed with Gareth Barry and motioned towards biting him, although the Everton midfielder later said no contact had been made.
Costa was originally handed a two-match ban, but will now miss three games.
The first of those was the 2-2 draw with West Ham on 19 March and he is suspended for Saturday's away game at bottom-placed Aston Villa.
Costa, who has also been warned as to his future conduct, will now be absent for his side's trip to Swansea on 9 April.
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Everton won the FA Cup quarter-final 2-0 at Goodison Park and Costa was sent off in the 84th minute for two bookable offences - the first on-pitch red card of his Chelsea career.
However, he originally received a two-game automatic ban as it was considered to be his second dismissal of the season after he was given a retrospective three-match ban for altercations with Arsenal's Laurent Koscielny and Gabriel in September.
Costa helped Chelsea win the Premier League title last season and has scored 11 goals in his last 16 games under manager Guus Hiddink.
On Friday, the Dutchman said he would use the final eight games of the Premier League season to "experiment", with the club 10th in the table.
South Wales Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner Sophie Howe said Cardiff has reached "saturation point" in terms of pubs and clubs.
The force met with figures from Cardiff council, the city's universities and businesses on Thursday.
The summit followed three alleged sex attacks in the city last month.
Assistant Chief Constable Richard Lewis told the BBC "Cardiff is a very safe city", but added it is "very hard" to police its concentration of pubs and bars.
There are 299 licensed premises within its central square mile.
The job has "become more difficult" with fewer officers due to reduced police budgets, he added, after the meeting at Cardiff Central police station.
Ms Howe said there is no room for any more clubs in the city centre.
"It is the highest concentration of licensed premises anywhere in the UK," she added.
Ms Howe said there are "far too many", with some having been given licences by the council that the force "haven't necessarily agreed with".
South Wales Police said the council had agreed to look at ways to fund management of the night-time economy, with a late night levy among mooted options.
Police are currently investigating three unconnected attacks alleged to have taken place near Cardiff University Students' Union during freshers' fortnight.
The force said it had started developing a programme with Cardiff University to support students by training staff to recognise and respond to all forms of domestic abuse and sexual violence.
Staff working in licensed premises will also receive additional training, such as how to spot when someone is intoxicated and conflict-management skills.
"We will also work with the council to enhance their licensing policy to ensure it further promotes responsible drinking and addresses vulnerability within the night-time economy," Ms Howe and ACC Lewis said in a joint statement.
In the wake of the alleged attacks, the city's taxi association rejected claims some drivers have previously refused short-distance fares.
Dan De'Ath, cabinet member for safety, said the local authority has contacted taxi firms to ensure the trade does everything it can to safeguard vulnerable people.
The hosts took a 33rd-minute lead when playmaker Graham Carey pounced to whisk the ball away from Rovers left back Niall Mason as he tried to control a pass from keeper Marko Marosi.
Carey swept forward from the right and fired home from a central position just outside the penalty area, curling the ball into the corner past the outstretched Marosi.
Argyle doubled their lead from the spot in the 63rd minute after Doncaster's Andy Butler fouled the recalled Ryan Donaldson just inside the penalty area.
Jake Jervis hammered the spot-kick in off the underside of the crossbar.
Liam Mandeville smashed a 90th-minute penalty off the post following a foul on Matty Blair and in the melee following the miss, Rovers midfielder James Coppinger was dismissed.
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Match ends, Plymouth Argyle 2, Doncaster Rovers 0.
Second Half ends, Plymouth Argyle 2, Doncaster Rovers 0.
Foul by Ryan Donaldson (Plymouth Argyle).
Tommy Rowe (Doncaster Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Matty Blair (Doncaster Rovers) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Foul by Jordan Slew (Plymouth Argyle).
Mathieu Baudry (Doncaster Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
James Coppinger (Doncaster Rovers) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
Penalty missed! Still Plymouth Argyle 2, Doncaster Rovers 0. Liam Mandeville (Doncaster Rovers) hits the right post with a right footed shot.
Penalty conceded by David Fox (Plymouth Argyle) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Doncaster Rovers. Matty Blair draws a foul in the penalty area.
Attempt saved. Mathieu Baudry (Doncaster Rovers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Connor Smith (Plymouth Argyle) is shown the yellow card.
Ryan Donaldson (Plymouth Argyle).
Craig Alcock (Doncaster Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Jordan Slew (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Liam Mandeville (Doncaster Rovers).
Attempt saved. Tommy Rowe (Doncaster Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Doncaster Rovers. Conceded by David Fox.
Corner, Doncaster Rovers. Conceded by Gary Miller.
Hand ball by Riccardo Calder (Doncaster Rovers).
Substitution, Doncaster Rovers. Riccardo Calder replaces Andy Butler.
Substitution, Doncaster Rovers. Andy Williams replaces Niall Mason.
Goal! Plymouth Argyle 2, Doncaster Rovers 0. Jake Jervis (Plymouth Argyle) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
Penalty conceded by Andy Butler (Doncaster Rovers) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Plymouth Argyle. Ryan Donaldson draws a foul in the penalty area.
Foul by Tommy Rowe (Doncaster Rovers).
Sonny Bradley (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Doncaster Rovers. Conceded by Jake Jervis.
Attempt missed. James Coppinger (Doncaster Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
John Marquis (Doncaster Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Oscar Threlkeld (Plymouth Argyle).
Corner, Doncaster Rovers. Conceded by Yann Songo'o.
Attempt blocked. Craig Alcock (Doncaster Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Mathieu Baudry (Doncaster Rovers).
Jordan Slew (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick on the left wing.
(Doncaster Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Yann Songo'o (Plymouth Argyle).
Foul by Niall Mason (Doncaster Rovers).
Graham Carey (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Dr Mike Williams, non-executive director of Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, said it was "reliant on forward payments" from commissioners.
Plymouth Hospital NHS trust papers show the cash balance was £0.2m at the end of August, £6.7m lower than July and £3.8m lower than planned.
The hospital said it would not run out of cash this financial year.
A spokesman said payments from the Trust Development Authority and health commissioners Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) would sustain the hospital's finances.
Dr Williams' personal views, published in a letter to The Guardian newspaper, said the hospital was also "running out of the precious commodity of staff in key specialities".
The trust papers report a £2.56m shortfall in performance payments due to a shortage of beds and surgical staff.
The trust also incurred greater than planned fines for A&E targets, cancer and cancelled operations.
Ann James, chief executive of Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, said: "We have a plan in place to manage our finances and particularly our cash position until the end of the financial year.
"This plan includes support from our commissioners in the shape of some temporary advances, which will be returned during the course of this financial year.
"In the face of these challenges, it is particularly reassuring for patients to know that independent inspectors rated the care our staff give as "outstanding" when they visited us this year."
A Department of Health spokesman did not comment on the situation at Derriford but said: "We believe in the values of the NHS which is why we have invested the £10bn the NHS has said it needs to fund its own plan for its future.
"There is no denial that the environment is tough but the NHS must deliver its side of the plan with cost-controlling measures like clamping down on rip-off staffing agencies and expensive management consultants."
She is a patron of the Peter Pan Moat Brae Trust, the organisation behind the project.
Work officially started earlier this year on the £5.7m conversion of the Georgian mansion.
Ms Lumley said it was exciting to visit the place which inspired JM Barrie and see a dream "begin to come true".
Barrie was born in Kirriemuir in Angus, but moved to Dumfries in 1873 as a teenager and was a regular visitor to the Moat Brae property.
He credited it as helping to inspire his most famous work.
Architects LDN and contractor Balfour Beatty guided Ms Lumley around the site on the banks of the River Nith.
"It is so exciting to actually stand here in JM Barrie's 'enchanted land' and see our dreams for a Neverland Discovery Garden begin to come true," she said.
It is hoped the new centre will be able to open to the public at the end of 2018.
Last year Nicola Shaw, who led the review, said she could not rule out recommending privatisation.
Though the report opposed privatising all of Network Rail, which maintains Britain's railways, it said there were "options" for private investment.
The government welcomed the report's recommendations and said it would "respond in full later this year".
The report said its team had "dismissed privatisation of the whole company, and instead has focused on solutions that may be appropriate for certain parts of Network Rail as well as for specific enhancement projects".
It said options for this included allowing private firms to run part of the rail network for a fixed period.
By Richard Westcott, BBC transport correspondent
Over the past few months Nicola Shaw has been telling me to expect "evolution not revolution". And that's exactly what she delivered.
So, no break-up of Network Rail and no full-scale privatisation.
But this report still says the company needs to change, to become less centralised and to find new ways of persuading private companies to foot some of its bills.
The argument is that shops, councils, businesses all benefit from better trains, so they should help pay for them.
That last bit is important. Network Rail was reclassified as a public sector body on 1 September 2014, a move that had a huge impact which no-one seemed to anticipate.
Overnight, it was stopped from borrowing from private markets when upgrade costs (inevitably) over-ran.
Effectively, their government credit card was maxed-out (at £41bn) and they couldn't raise more elsewhere.
Now they need to find other ways of paying for the long list of improvements they want to carry out.
The report called for "route devolution", giving parts of the rail network more power.
Routes - Network Rail's name for eight regions of Britain's railways - should also be "required and empowered to find local sources of funding and financing, including from those (such as local businesses or housing developers, for example) who stand to benefit from new or additional rail capacity", it added.
The report also said the needs of passengers and freight shippers should be "at the heart of rail infrastructure management", and the government should "clarify" its role in the railway and Network Rail.
Manuel Cortes, of the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association, said the review would not stop National Rail plans to "flog off station concourses, land or even its strategic electric grid".
Mick Whelan, of train drivers' union Aslef, said timing of the report's publication - shortly after Chancellor George Osborne's Budget speech - was chosen "in the hope nobody would notice".
"What a waste of time and money this has been," he added.
In the 2016 Budget document, the government said it "welcomes the recommendations of the Shaw Report, and will respond in full later this year".
The Office of Rail and Road also welcomed the report, saying it "sets an ambitious agenda for the future shape and financing of Network Rail".
Philip Hollobone complained that unequal queue lengths were causing unnecessary delays to Commons business.
A solution, he said, was to confine members with 'Mc' surnames to the "outer darkness" of the N-Z grouping.
Commons Leader Chris Grayling said he had sympathy with his point and would ask officials to look for a solution.
The unusual suggestion was made during weekly exchanges on House of Commons business.
Mr Hollobone, the Conservative MP for Kettering, voiced his concerns about the impact on House business of the "unnecessarily long time" divisions were taking.
Offering his thoughts on why this was, he attributed it to the "unequal length" of the alphabetical queues in the voting lobbies.
MPs must vote in person in the House of Commons, passing through either the 'Aye' or 'No' lobbies situated outside the House of Commons chamber.
Addressing Mr Grayling, Mr Hollobone continued: "A quick analysis shows there are 199 members in the N-Z queue and 236 in the G-M queue.
"Given the leader of the House is a 'G' and the chief whip (Mark Harper) is an 'H', will you ensure that by the time we come back in September, these queue lengths have been equalised?"
But before the MP sat down, he suggested a solution of his own.
"The quickest and easiest way to do this would be to consign the 25 members of this House whose surname begins with Mc to the outer darkness of the N-Z queue," he said.
Intervening, Speaker of the Commons John Bercow jokingly said of the MP: "You really are a most legendary anorak."
Responding to Mr Hollobone, Mr Grayling said he "very much valued" his Scottish colleagues in the Parliament and would not want to consign them to "any outer darkness".
But he added that he did have sympathy with the point the MP raised, saying: "It is something I do intend to ask officials to look at."
"There is no doubt that as a 'G' who stands in the queue whist the other queues disappear, I have an awful lot of sympathy with what he says," Mr Grayling said.
A quiet courtyard houses a strange, circular chapel and a statue of two knights sharing a single horse.
The chapel is Temple Church, consecrated in 1185 as the London home of the Knights Templar.
But Temple Church is not just an important architectural, historical and religious site. It is also London's first bank.
The Knights Templar were warrior monks. A religious order, with a theologically inspired hierarchy, mission statement, and code of ethics, but also heavily armed and dedicated to holy war.
How did they get into the banking game?
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The Templars dedicated themselves to the defence of Christian pilgrims to Jerusalem. The city had been captured by the first crusade in 1099 and pilgrims began to stream in, travelling thousands of miles across Europe.
Those pilgrims needed to somehow fund months of food and transport and accommodation, yet avoid carrying huge sums of cash around, because that would have made them a target for robbers.
Fortunately, the Templars had that covered. A pilgrim could leave his cash at Temple Church in London, and withdraw it in Jerusalem. Instead of carrying money, he would carry a letter of credit. The Knights Templar were the Western Union of the crusades.
We don't actually know how the Templars made this system work and protected themselves against fraud. Was there a secret code verifying the document and the traveller's identity?
The Templars were not the first organisation in the world to provide such a service. Several centuries earlier, Tang dynasty China used "feiquan" - flying money - a two-part document allowing merchants to deposit profits in a regional office, and reclaim their cash back in the capital.
But that system was operated by the government. Templars were much closer to a private bank - albeit one owned by the Pope, allied to kings and princes across Europe, and run by a partnership of monks sworn to poverty.
The Knights Templar did much more than transferring money across long distances.
As William Goetzmann describes in his book Money Changes Everything, they provided a range of recognisably modern financial services.
If you wanted to buy a nice island off the west coast of France - as King Henry III of England did in the 1200s with the island of Oleron, north-west of Bordeaux - the Templars could broker the deal.
Henry III paid £200 a year for five years to the Temple in London, then when his men took possession of the island, the Templars made sure that the seller got paid.
And in the 1200s, the Crown Jewels were kept at the Temple as security on a loan, the Templars operating as a very high-end pawn broker.
The Knights Templar were not Europe's bank forever, of course. The order lost its reason to exist after European Christians completely lost control of Jerusalem in 1244, and the Templars were eventually disbanded in 1312.
So who would step into the banking vacuum?
If you had been at the great fair of Lyon in 1555, you could have seen the answer. Lyon's fair was the greatest market for international trade in all Europe.
But at this particular fair, gossip was starting to spread about an Italian merchant who was there, and making a fortune.
He bought and sold nothing: all he had was a desk and an inkstand.
Day after day he sat there, receiving other merchants and signing their pieces of paper, and somehow becoming very rich.
The locals were very suspicious.
But to a new international elite of Europe's great merchant houses, his activities were perfectly legitimate.
He was buying and selling debt, and in doing so he was creating enormous economic value.
A merchant from Lyon who wanted to buy - say - Florentine wool could go to this banker and borrow something called a bill of exchange. This was a credit note, an IOU, but it was not denominated in the French livre or Florentine lira.
Its value was expressed in the ecu de marc, a private currency used by this international network of bankers.
And if the Lyonnaise merchant or his agents travelled to Florence, the bill of exchange from the banker in Lyon would be recognised by bankers in Florence, who would gladly exchange it for local currency.
Through this network of bankers, a local merchant could not only exchange currencies but also translate his creditworthiness in Lyon into creditworthiness in Florence, a city where nobody had ever heard of him - a valuable service, worth paying for.
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Every few months, agents of this network of bankers would meet at the great fairs such as Lyon's, go through their books, net off all the credit notes against each other and settle any remaining debts.
Our financial system today has a lot in common with this model.
An Australian with a credit card can walk into a supermarket in Lyon and walk out with groceries.
The supermarket checks with a French bank, which talks to an Australian bank, which approves the payment, happy that this woman is good for the money.
But this web of banking services has always had a darker side to it.
By turning personal obligations into internationally tradable debts, these medieval bankers were creating their own private money, outside the control of Europe's kings.
Rich, and powerful, they had no need for the coins minted by the sovereign.
That description rings true even today. International banks are locked together in a web of mutual obligations that defies easy understanding or simple control.
They can use their international reach to try to sidestep taxes and regulations.
And, since their debts to each other are a very real kind of private money, when the banks are fragile, the entire monetary system of the world also becomes vulnerable.
We are still trying to figure out what to do with these banks.
We cannot live without them, it seems, and yet we are not sure we want to live with them.
Governments have long sought ways to hold them in check.
Sometimes the approach has been laissez-faire, sometimes not.
Few regulators have been quite as ardent as King Philip IV of France.
He owed money to the Templars, and they refused to forgive his debts.
So in 1307, on the site of what is now the Temple stop on the Paris Metro, Philip launched a raid on the Paris Temple - the first of a series of attacks across Europe.
Templars were tortured and forced to confess any sin the Inquisition could imagine. The order was disbanded by the Pope.
The London Temple was rented out to lawyers.
And the last grandmaster of the Templars, Jacques de Molay, was brought to the centre of Paris and publicly burned to death.
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Loach said the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) asked for cuts to some language in The Angels' Share.
The British middle class is "obsessed by what they call bad language", he said at the Cannes Film Festival.
The BBFC said the film company chose to reduce the number of uses of very strong language in order to get a 15.
An 18 certificate was available for the uncut version, they said.
The Scotland-set comedy - partly shot at the Balblair Distillery near Tain in Ross-shire - tells the story of young, unemployed father to be who discovers a talent for whisky tasting.
It is in competition for the Palme d'Or, six years after Loach won the festival's top prize for The Wind That Shakes the Barley.
The director said the BBFC should pay attention to "the manipulative and deceitful language of politics" rather than "our ancient oaths and swear words".
"The British middle class is obsessed by what they call bad language," he told reporters. "But of course bad language is manipulative language.
"They're very happy with that. But the odd oath, like a word that goes back to Chaucer's time, they ask you to cut."
The film's producer Rebecca O'Brien said the film's script represented "natural" language spoken by young people.
"We have made films with heavy scenes of torture and waterboarding and fingernails being torn out - they have been 15 certificates," she said.
"If they're looking for diversity in Britain they should look no further than this film and Glasgow and see that there are different ways of speaking and see that that should be acceptable to all and sundry and should not be censored."
The film, Loach's 11th in competition at Cannes, had its first screening on Monday with English subtitles for those unfamiliar with the strong central Scotland accents used by the cast.
Loach said it would not have English subtitles for its British release.
"They were for the benefit of those for whom English is not their first language," he said, but added: "We did fight the matter quite hard because it's perfectly comprehensible."
Writer Paul Laverty admitted that he "had no problem" with the subtitles.
"I think if someone genuinely can't catch it or understand it and it helps them, then I've got no problem with that," he said
"I think it's much better than someone trying to dilute their language or find some mid-Atlantic accent to suit the US."
The central role of Robbie, who comes up with a whisky scam which will see him and his oddball gang of misfit friends either rich or in jail, is played by newcomer Paul Brannigan.
He was discovered working part-time as a football coach in a Glasgow community centre and said the character of Robbie is not too far from his own background, raised in a tough part of the city with few prospects.
"After this I'm unemployed, that's just the way it is right now," he said. "Paul found me and came with Ken and they saved me.
"Things were tough, I had no money, it was around Christmas time. I'd say hands-up he saved my life because I had nowhere to turn, got a kid, who knows what I'd have done for money?"
The film is a broad comedy but writer Laverty insists the film reflects the huge scale of youth unemployment in the UK.
"You have to breathe in what's around you and you'd have to be blind not to notice this crisis in Scotland and around the world. I heard the figures, 75 million 15-24 year olds out of work," he said.
"That doesn't make a film but what we wanted to do was tap into that and go into the life of one young person."
Sofya Velikaya, Yuliya Gavrilova and individual champion Yana Egorian took the maximum of five points off Ukraine in all nine fights.
In the bronze-medal match, the United States - featuring Ibtihaj Muhammad - beat Italy.
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They have been fitted with individual coloured number tags on their backs.
Queen Mary University biologists hope the project will establish what are bees' preferred patches in which to pollinate in London.
Five hundred bees will be released on Tuesday, followed by several hundred more each week over the coming month as bee colonies mature.
It is hoped people will be able to spot the bees, then enter photographs of them into a competition to find the best picture, highest number of bees spotted and most bee-friendly garden.
Once the bees are released, the researchers will be able to see how successful urban gardening efforts have been.
Project leader Prof Lars Chittka from the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences said: "The fact that the bees have individual 'licence plates' will allow anyone interested to develop their own science project, and ask scientific questions about the behaviour of bees.
"For example, citizen scientists might be intrigued to see the same bee return to their balcony and might record when during the day, how many times and which flowers they prefer.
"They may be curious about what these regular visits tell us about a bee's memory for places and why certain bees prefer particular colour flowers."
The victim, aged 35, suffered serious cuts to his right arm during the incident, which happened at a property in Cottingley Drive, Leeds, on Friday.
Amy Gidman, 25, from Cottingley, is charged with weapons offences, false imprisonment and common assault.
A 24-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with the incident.
Ms Gidman has been remanded in custody until 29 June when she is due to appear at the city's crown court.
West Yorkshire Police said the 24-year-old was currently being treated in hospital under police guard.
Det Insp Phil Jackson said the attack was believed to be linked to an earlier incident involving two dogs.
A 45-year-old man and a 28-year-old woman also arrested in connection with the incident have been released on police bail pending further enquiries.
The victim of the attack was treated in hospital before being released.
Light-heavyweight Cleverly, 30, will make the first defence of the belt he won from Juergen Braehmer, on the undercard of Floyd Mayweather's bout against Conor McGregor in Las Vegas.
Former WBC world champion Jack is stepping up from super-middleweight.
"He's coming up to my division, we are going to make him pay," Cleverly said.
Cleverly, who has three defeats in a 33-fight career, performed his open workout at the MGM Grand on Wednesday. There were rumours among the press at the venue that he was not going to turn up.
It was thought he was keen to check on his weight rather than attend the event, perhaps suggesting he has work to do to make the 175lbs limit before Friday's weigh-in.
When he did arrive, the two-time world champion went through a repertoire of shadow boxing and pad work in a ring housed in a busy walkway in the hotel.
Fans lined the ring but when Jack took his turn to workout, he did very little by contrast. The Swedish fighter has lost once in 24 fights and faces Cleverly after a draw at super-middleweight with Great Britain's James DeGale.
"Badou does the basics very well, a solid all-round fighter," Cleverly added. "He has a good guard, good defence and is a world-class operator who is consistent.
"He's had good wins over big fighters but he doesn't do anything exceptional. So he's a tough fighter but I think his style is suited to mine.
"I think he may feel stronger at the weight, and feel as though he has more energy. That extra bit of weight can invigorate you. He may be more confident and stronger. But I'm established at this weight for years and at some point in the fight you will see that difference."
Cleverly admits he has been patient in waiting for this fight and claims he turned down a rematch with Braehmer because it lacked "spice" and "risk".
His reward is a bout which is chief support to the Mayweather versus McGregor bout which could become the richest in boxing history and surpass the record for pay-per-view buys.
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Cleverly gave both men credit for "capturing the imagination of fans," but maintains the meeting of a former five-weight world champion and UFC's McGregor, who makes his boxing debut, is a "fantasy event".
"You're looking at the best ever in Mayweather," he added. "He has mastered the art of boxing, hit and don't get hit. He's been in with the best in the world and they struggled to land a glove.
"For a martial artist to come in and hope to land a glove, let alone to become victorious, there's pretty much zero chance. But it's captured the imagination. It's a money spinner and fair play to the guys. I think Floyd in six rounds."
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Archaeologists have unearthed walls about 1m (3ft) thick at Tintagel Castle in Cornwall in the first excavation of a five-year English Heritage project.
It is thought the walls formed part of the seat of the rulers of the early medieval kingdom of Dumnonia.
Winn Scutt from English Heritage said it was a "very dense settlement".
"It's a complex of buildings and many people since the 1980s have argued that it's a royal centre, and that it's the royal centre of the kingdom of Dumnonia", the properties curator said.
"We haven't found any others, so it's quite possible that this was the centre, and maybe they were static."
Some of the buildings had been excavated in the 1930s by the British archaeologist Ralegh Radford who had thought they formed part of a monastery, Mr Scutt said.
He added the excavations did not tell us "anything" about King Arthur, the legendary ruler who was conceived at Tintagel Castle according to the 12th Century writer Geoffrey of Monmouth.
Discoveries at the site also include large amounts of pottery from the eastern Mediterranean used for olive oil and wine, as well as Merovingian glass and fine Phocaean tableware from the west coast of Turkey.
Mr Scutt said the richness of the discoveries made Tintagel "one of the most important sites in western Europe".
"It isn't just a trading centre to move olive oil around, they're actually indulging in it, they're feasting here", he said.
English Heritage has appointed Cornwall Archaeological Unit (CAU) to carry out the excavations which form the first major research project of the area since the 1990s.
Traditional rites to honour Oba Okunade Sijuwade - a king of the Yoruba, Nigeria's second biggest ethnic group - are being held in the city of Ife.
Dignitaries, including Nigeria's Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, paid their respects before the private burial.
The 85-year-old sovereign was crowned in 1980 and was widely respected.
He died in London in July but his death was only announced on Wednesday.
He was considered the most influential monarch by most Yorubas, who number about 35 million in the region.
Nigeria's many monarchs vary in hierarchy and importance and some like the Ooni of Ife and the northern emirs rule over large areas, while others are traditional rulers of a village or town.
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Abubakar Madagali, the leader of the Hausa ethnic group in Ife, told the BBC Hausa service that both Christian and Muslim leaders offered special prayers for the late king before he was buried.
The ancient city of Ife is very quiet and people are in mourning. Banks and businesses have shut, Mr Madagali said.
"We have been told to close to our businesses for seven days."
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Customs were fully adhered to at the funeral for the Ooni of Ife, his body was not displayed neither was any mention made of his burial.
An inter-denominational Christian religious service was organised by the royal family on the palace premises. Dignitaries, priests and a choir were there, but there was no casket.
This is because in Yorubaland, which refers to south-west Nigeria, Togo and Benin, a traditional ruler does not die: He only goes on a journey to join his ancestors.
The moment he dies his immediate family are required to hand over his body to a traditional "cult" - a religious secret society - which will immediately begin the necessary rites. Details of the burial will remain secret.
The powerful "oro cult" has declared a night curfew on Ife, which will last seven days.
Meanwhile qualified princes within Ife's ruling houses have started putting forward their candidacy. The job of choosing a successor rests squarely on the kingmakers from within the family in consultation with their oracle, known as Ifa. They have no time limit to make their decision.
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari said the traditional ruler would be remembered for his "worthy service and invaluable contributions" to the sustenance of the cultural heritage of his people.
"Oba Sijuwade had lived a very fulfilled life, and has left worthy legacies for his successors to build upon," he said in a statement.
He was a successful businessman at the time he was crowned - making much of his money from importing vehicles.
A southern Christian, he was a close friend of one of Nigeria's most revered Muslims leaders from the north, the late Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero.
His relations with the Emir, who died last year, helped bring about peace and stability between the country's two main religious communities.
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Film director Ken Loach has criticised British film censors for asking him to remove swear words from his new film in order to qualify for a 15 certificate.
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Russia won Olympic gold in the women's team sabre, beating Ukraine 45-30 in the final in Rio.
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A woman has appeared at Leeds Magistrates' Court in connection with a machete attack on a man.
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WBA champion Nathan Cleverly says he will make Badou Jack "pay" for stepping up a weight division when he defends his world title on Saturday.
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The royal residence of 6th Century rulers is believed to have been discovered at the legendary birthplace of King Arthur.
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A revered monarch in south-west Nigeria, the Ooni of Ife, has been buried after thousands attended his funeral, a mourner has told the BBC.
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In a seven to three ruling, the court banned federal and civil police officers as well as firefighters from going on strike.
Members of the military police were already banned from stopping work.
A stoppage in eastern Espirito Santo state caused chaos in February, with schools closing and public transport suspended as the murder rate shot up.
Police strikes are not uncommon in Brazil and have in the past created problems in major cities such as Rio and Sao Paulo as well as the state of Bahia.
The judges said that anyone working directly in the area of public security had no right to go on strike "in any form or manner" because they carried out "an essential activity for the safeguarding of the public order".
They argued that work stoppages by security personnel "promoted anarchy, which is not allowed under the constitution".
Shortly after the ruling, the union representing federal police officers said its members had voted for nationwide industrial action over a social welfare reform bill.
Union leader Luis Boudens said his members would come up with actions other than stoppages to protest against the bill, such as symbolically handing in their duty weapons and bullet-proof vests.
In February, hundreds of federal police officers and soldiers were deployed to Espirito Santo after the murder rate jumped up during a strike by military and civil police officers over pay and working conditions.
Because military police were already banned under the constitution from going on strike, hundreds of those involved were threatened with charges of rebellion.
A deal was eventually reached and the officers returned to work after three weeks of stoppage.
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The new at-a-glance scorecards rate their efforts at cutting the number of 16- to 19-year-olds not in education, employment or training (Neet).
The Department for Education says the 16-to-24 Neet rate is at its lowest level in a decade.
Youngsters must now stay in education, employment or training until age 18.
Skills Minister Nick Boles said: "With recent figures showing record lows in the number of young people not in education, employment or training, it is clear that our economic plan is working.
"But we know there is more to do, and the annual Neet scorecards will prove a highly effective tool in delivering our commitment to helping young people reach their potential."
The cards will rate councils' performance in a number of areas on top of the Neet rates.
These include the percentage of each age group offered a place in education and how well councils are tracking the occupation of teenagers who are not in school.
The scorecards, which have been tested for all local authorities over the past six months, will be published every summer.
Councillor Nick Forbes, vice chair of the Local Government Association's Children and Young People Board, said: "NEET scorecards need to be broken down by government-commissioned schemes rather than by council area, if we are to see a true picture of performance.
"Whilst councils have reduced 16-18-year-old disengagement over the last 15 years to 7.1%, they have had their powers to carry out vital services such as careers advice, national engagement programmes and further education steadily removed, meaning that many will not necessarily be running their local area's employment scheme.
"In a recent LGA survey, four-fifths of councils said that greater devolution would enable them to further reduce youth disengagement and nine in ten felt they could deliver better value for money if resources went directly to local areas."
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Francis McCabe Jr sustained injuries to his face and chest in the explosion on Corliss Road, close to his home, on 25 February.
At the time, it was reported that he was trying to remove a poster from a lamp post when the bomb detonated.
The poster claimed another person was a security forces informer or "tout".
To date, no-one has been arrested over the explosion.
The following day, police recovered parts of what was believed to have been an exploded pipe bomb from the scene.
On Tuesday, the Irish News reported that although surgeons battled to save his injured eye, Mr McCabe will "lose his sight permanently".
The former PM told the BBC's Andrew Marr that Labour should change its position if the government delivers a Brexit deal the people do not like.
He urged Labour to hold ministers to account over its pledge to secure a trade deal with the EU.
Labour's Jeremy Corbyn has said the referendum result should be respected.
Mr Blair, who was Labour prime minister between 1997 and 2007, said the government faced negotiations of "unparalleled complexity" if it was to achieve its stated aim of delivering an agreement that replicates as closely as possible Britain's existing trade arrangements with the EU.
While voters had backed Brexit in last year's referendum, he said he believed it was "possible" the public mood would change if it did not result in the promised benefits - and Labour should be ready to capitalise on that.
"A few weeks ago in the House of Commons [Brexit Secretary] David Davis said they were going to deliver a deal with exactly the same benefits we now have from the single market and the customs union - we should hold them to that," he told the BBC.
"If they are going to try and deliver exactly the same benefits as we have now in the single market and customs union, this is an endeavour of unparalleled complexity."
He argued that if control of EU migration is the only reason for Brexit "it is possible - I don't put it higher than that - that people start to think, 'is this really the thing that is going to be important?'"
Mr Blair said in his opinion Labour should say: "We believed in Remain, we still think the best thing is for Britain to be part of the European Union - we acknowledge the people voted against that, we acknowledge therefore the government has a mandate to negotiate Brexit, but we are going to hold them to the test that they have set.
"And if they do not pass that test, then we are going to retain the right to represent the people of this country should their will change, to offer them the option of staying."
Redknapp, 69, will take charge of World Cup qualifiers against Bangladesh and Australia later this month.
He will combine his international duties with the advisory role at Derby to which he was appointed this week.
"This is a fantastic step for the national game in Jordan," said Jordan FA president Prince Ali bin al-Hussein.
"Harry is a world class manager with an internationally recognised record at the highest level."
He has also previously managed Bournemouth, West Ham, Portsmouth and Southampton.
Jordan, who have never qualified for a World Cup, are currently second in their group in the second of three phases of Asian qualifying for the 2018 finals in Russia.
They were previously managed by former England midfielder Ray Wilkins between September 2014 and June last year.
The force has admitted it carried out the surveillance without gaining the necessary approval from a judge.
Assistant Chief Constable Ruaraidh Nicolson said an officer misinterpreted a recent change in regulations.
He said the force was concerned leaked information about a murder probe could harm a future court case.
The Interception of Communications Commissioner said in November that the force had obtained communications data without judicial approval on five occasions.
Investigative journalist Eamon O Connor has previously told the BBC he believed his communications were intercepted in an attempt by Police Scotland's Counter Corruption Unit to uncover his sources within the force.
He had been investigating the police inquiry into the 2005 Emma Caldwell murder.
Appearing before Holyrood's justice committee, Mr Nicholson confirmed the unit had been asked by "someone external" to find out how sensitive material got into the public domain.
He said there was an awareness the new rules had come into force requiring judicial approval for this type of interception of communications.
Details of the rule change were supposed to have been circulated but had not reached the "single point of contact" within the Counter Corruption Unit, he said.
Mr Nicholson said the failure to obtain proper authorisation was a "misinterpretation issue".
He also confirmed that powers to intercept communications had been used in relation to journalists on seven other occasions but insisted they involved journalists' sources rather than the journalists themselves.
The justice committee had wanted to question four officers directly involved in the case - Det Supt David Donaldson, Det Insp Joanne Grant, Det Supt Brenda Smith and Ch Supt Clark Cuzen.
However, the force said "critical legal issues" prevented that - and instead put forward Mr Nicolson to give evidence.
The committee expressed disappointment that the four officers were not being made available and that not all of the 16 questions put to Police Scotland had been answered.
The breach of the rules is also being investigated by an Investigatory Powers Tribunal and HM Inspector of Constabulary in Scotland.
Stephen Charters, 51, of Galashiels, began molesting his victims as a boy and continued on into adulthood.
He had denied a string of offences during his trial at the High Court in Edinburgh, but was convicted of seven sex crimes, including two of rape.
He was remanded in custody and will be sentenced next month.
Charters was charged with starting his sexual offending at the age of 12 - the youngest age for prosecution in Scotland.
A court heard he began by molesting a younger girl at a house in the Borders in 1977 and exposing himself and carrying out sex acts in her presence.
He later raped the girl when she was aged 11 and he was a teenager.
He also targeted another girl from the age of four and carried out indecency offences against her in the Borders, at a house in Midlothian and at Edinburgh's Royal Commonwealth Pool.
During the abuse he forced his victim to perform sex acts on him and raped her when she was aged between six and eight on an occasion between June 1984 and April 1987.
Charters also made sexual and inappropriate remarks to a girl aged between 10 and 11 between 1995 and 1997 in East Kilbride and during a car journey.
He had been on bail during his trial but after he was found guilty of the offences he was remanded in custody ahead of sentencing next month.
The 4,605 children between the ages of six and 14 dressed in traditional white dhotis - long loin cloths - came dressed in spectacles, fake moustaches and skull caps and carried bamboo sticks.
They assembled for four hours at Bangalore's Kanteerva Stadium for Guinness adjudicators to count and verify the numbers.
The record had been previously held by a school in the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu.
Gandhi, popularly known as Mahatma (Great Soul), was India's greatest leader who fought for the country's independence from British rule and for the rights of the poor.
In case you haven't already heard it, the UKIP Calypso song has been recorded by former Radio 1 DJ Mike Read, who is a big supporter of the party.
Some people have said that they have found his mock accent insensitive.
He's released the track to help raise money for UKIP.
But the party's leader Nigel Farage has appealed to supporters to help get it to the top of the official chart.
Not surprisingly, it's full of claims about the EU and immigration and what UKIP would do if they got in power, so we decided to check if they got their facts right.
1. "Tax payers money, where does it go? Not even George Osborne knows"
We're off to a questionable start. Knowledge of how taxpayers money is spent is fairly high up on the job description for any Chancellor of the Exchequer. However, UKIP would claim the government don't know where taxpayers money ends up if it goes towards the EU.
2. "When we're in power and we engage there will be no tax on minimum wage"
True. The chances of UKIP getting into power might be slim but they have promised to not tax those on the minimum wage if it happens. Last month, UKIP leader Nigel Farage told the BBC "We're going to push very hard for there to be no tax on the minimum wage."
3. "Our leaders committed a cardinal sin. Open the borders let them all come in. Illegal immigrants in every town"
It's difficult to measure how many people are living in the UK illegally but a study last year by the London School of Economics estimated the number to be around 800,000 with the majority (70%) living in London. We might be nitpicking here but it's very difficult to work out if there are illegal immigrants living in every town of the UK.
4. "With Jean-Claude Juncker we're giving away 55 million every day"
In case you didn't know, Jean-Claude Juncker is about to become the next President of one of the EU's top institutions, the European Commission. The claim that EU membership costs Britain £55 million everyday has been made on several occasions by Nigel Farage's party. What he doesn't mention is that after you deduct the money we get back, it's closer to £33m per day.
5. "The EU live in wonderland tried to ban bent bananas and British jam"
You could argue the bananas claim is sort of true. Several years ago the EU said anyone who wanted to sell bananas in Europe had to make sure they weren't 'abnormally' bent. It didn't define how bendy an 'abnormally' bent banana was. The jam ban claim is more straightforward. EU officials say it's completely untrue.
6. "The daily polls suggest somehow UKIP are the third party now"
True. UKIP may only have one MP in Parliament but they've been polling ahead of the Liberal Democrats for the last two years. In May, the party came first in the European elections
7. "Meanwhile down at on Clacton-on-Sea UKIP are making history. Douglas Carswell is quite adamant he will be the first MP in parliament"
In case you missed it, this has already happened. Former Tory MP Douglas Carswell was elected as UKIP's first MP after his victory in the Clacton by-election.
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The sport has changed a lot since 1977 - the game itself, its characters, and its fashion.
Snooker got its big break during the 1970s and 1980s, with the advent of colour television and increased media exposure boosting its popularity, and making superstars of the era's leading players.
iWonder: Why did snooker get its big break in the 80s?
Into the 1990s, when the prize every snooker fan wanted was a John Virgo waistcoat.
While Big Break entertained millions of television viewers on Saturday evenings, Stephen Hendry became the sport's dominant force and many of snooker's colourful characters from the 1980s drifted out of the game's elite.
One snooker star has shone brighter than most since the turn of the century - Ronnie O'Sullivan. While his choice of playing attire has rarely changed, his hair certainly has.
And it is not just "The Rocket" who has experimented with his hairstyle over the years.
The snooker fashion parade has even continued during this year's championship, with Alan McManus sporting a tartan trouser and waistcoat combination during his semi-final against Ding Junhui.
Snooker is now a global sport, with ranking events staged all over the world and players competing for huge prizes - the winner of the 2016 World Championship will take home £330,000.
The game appears to be as popular as it ever has been - and there is still room for the fashion-conscious to strut their stuff.
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The £1,000 award will be made by the Saltire Society in November to a post-secondary school student, considering a career in music, fine arts, theatre, dance of cultural studies.
The society said it would give a young artist the opportunity to research and explore their own creative ideas.
It was launched at the opening of a small exhibition of Alasdair Gray's work in the Saltire Society's offices.
The 82-year-old spent six months in intensive care after the fall at his home in Glasgow in the summer of 2015.
He has begun working again on a number of projects, although he said it was "not as much as I'd like".
He said: "If I was able to walk or stand up, I would be able to paint on a bigger scale, the scale I formerly worked on.
"There are a number of big pictures I'd like to finish and some I'd like to start."
He said he was delighted the Saltire Society had launched the bursary in his name.
"It's as important as it's ever been," Gray said.
"It helps if you can find someone who likes your work and is prepared to finance it, and that's not easy."
But he said he was glad he would not be involved in choosing a winner.
He said: "I was asked some years ago for advice on how an artist could work and I suggested they sub-let rooms in a house because you could have a steady income and you could work without distraction.
"The young artist thought I was making fun and of them and I wasn't.
"It's very difficult indeed to persuade someone to support you. Unless they see your work and decide it's great and give you enough money to work on the next one."
Sarah Mason, programme director of the Saltire Society, said the bursary entry was "very open".
She says: "If you have a project of interest to the society and to Scotland as a whole, don't be afraid to give us a call, or an email saying 'what do you think?'
"The important thing about art and culture is that you do it."
For severe obesity, shedding excess weight in a year is even more unlikely, a study of UK health records concluded.
Researchers say current strategies for helping obese patients are failing.
A team from King's College London is calling for "wider-reaching public health policies" to prevent people becoming obese in the first place.
Lead researcher Dr Alison Fildes said the main treatment options offered to obese people in the UK - weight management programmes via their GP - were not working for the vast majority.
"Treatment needs to focus on stopping people gaining more weight and maintaining even small levels of weight loss," she said.
"Current strategies that focus on cutting calories and boosting physical activity aren't working for most patients to achieve weight loss and maintain that.
"The greatest opportunity for fighting the obesity epidemic might be in public health policies to prevent it in the first place at a population level."
The research tracked the weight of 278,982 men and women between 2004 and 2014 using electronic health records.
People who had had weight loss surgery were excluded.
During the study, 1,283 men and 2,245 women got back to a normal body weight.
For obese people (with a Body Mass Index of 30 to 35), the annual probability of slimming down was one in 210 for men and one in 124 for women.
This increased to one in 1,290 for men and one in 677 for women with morbid obesity (BMI 40 to 45).
Dr Fildes said the figures for losing 5% of body weight were more encouraging - one in 12 men and one in 10 women managed this over a year, although most had regained the weight within five years.
And more than a third of the men and women studied went though cycles of weight loss and weight gain.
Co-researcher Prof Martin Gulliford of King's College London said current strategies to tackle obesity were failing to help the majority of obese patients shed weight.
"The greatest opportunity for stemming the current obesity epidemic is in wider-reaching public health policies to prevent obesity in the population," he said.
The research is published in the American Journal of Public Health.
The 23-times Isle of Man TT winner will again ride Honda machinery as he moves ever closer to the late Joey Dunlop's all-time record of 26 wins.
Speaking at the event's launch in Douglas, he said he would be "disappointed" not to add to his tally.
The 43-year-old won both the Senior race and TT Zero class in 2015.
On his way to victory in a shortened four-lap race Senior race, he also set a new absolute course record of 132.701mph in the process.
His victory took him level with Mike Hailwood's record of seven Senior race triumphs.
McGuinness, who turns 44 this week, said: "I feel strong. I'm not the fittest guy in the world but when I get on the bike I feel 21 again".
"I spoke to Joey's wife last week and she gave me the family's blessing. Joey was a national treasure and it might upset some if I caught his record, but records are there to be broken.
Joey Dunlop died in Tallinn, Estonia, in 2000 while leading a 125cc race - his death coming just weeks after he secured a hat-trick of TT wins - aged 48.
McGuinness will be competing in six races at this year's event, which will be his 20th year of competing.
He added: "Even with all my experience, I will still have butterflies - you never know what will happen and the quality of the field is getting better every year."
"I 100% want to win and I believe I can. I will be disappointed if I don't reach the top step this year."
The Gunners arrived on Merseyside high on confidence at the top of the table, but were demolished as Liverpool scored four in a devastating opening 20-minute burst that could have brought them even more goals.
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Martin Skrtel turned in two set-pieces and when Raheem Sterling and Daniel Sturridge also hit the target for rampant Liverpool, a shell-shocked Arsenal's confidence was reduced to tatters.
Liverpool, unsurprisingly, were unable to maintain that level of dominance in the second half, but Sterling added his second before Mikel Arteta pulled a goal back for Arsenal from the penalty spot.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger must now rebuild morale and belief before Wednesday's home meeting with Manchester United and an FA Cup fifth-round tie against Liverpool next weekend, leading into the Champions League confrontation with holders Bayern Munich.
Wenger has maintained confidence in his Arsenal side all season, but this will now be their severest test after a defeat that was far more comprehensive than even the scoreline suggests.
Martin Skrtel's two early strikes took Liverpool to 22 goals from set-pieces this season, more than any other Premier League side. Arsenal, with 43%, have conceded the highest proportion of set-piece goals in the league.
As for Liverpool, they continue an impressive pursuit of a top-four place and a return to the Champions League - and they are now only five points behind Arsenal.
Liverpool swept away the Gunners in exactly the same manner as Everton were beaten here at Anfield, in a storm of speed, pressing and deadly finishing that was a testimony to the growing threat of Brendan Rodgers's team.
The signals for a harrowing 90 minutes to come were posted inside the first minute when Skrtel cashed in on some flat-footed Arsenal defending to divert Steven Gerrard's angled free-kick past Wojciech Szczesny.
Liverpool's only moment of anxiety in a magical first half came when goalkeeper Simon Mignolet inexplicably punched a clearance straight at Jon Flanagan - but otherwise Arsenal were overwhelmed.
Liverpool's second came via Skrtel and another set-piece, the defender showing great agility to head Gerrard's corner past Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain on the goal-line.
The speed with which Arsenal's effort and performance deteriorated in the immediate aftermath of that goal will have horrified Wenger as Liverpool ran riot.
Sturridge should have added a third but a rare blemish in front of goal saw him put a lofted finish just wide before sending in a low cross that just failed to find Luis Suarez.
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Suarez almost added what could have been the best of his collection of brilliant Anfield goals this season with a volley of stunning quality and technique that struck the angle of post and bar with Szczesny helpless, Kolo Toure wasting a chance from the rebound.
Liverpool were inflicting wave after wave of attacks on Arsenal and the third eventually came, Sterling steering in a simple chance from Suarez's cross.
And as Wenger stood motionless in his technical area, Sturridge made it 4-0 after only 20 minutes, taking Philippe Coutinho's perfectly weighted pass in his stride to beat Szczesny.
If Arsenal expected respite after the break, it did not arrive and Sterling added the fifth in the 52nd minute. Once again Arsenal were ruthlessly exposed by Toure's pass and even though Szczesny saved Sterling's first effort, he was able to turn in the rebound in front of the Kop.
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Wenger made a triple change on the hour, sending on Kieran Gibbs, Lukas Podolski and Tomas Rosicky for Nacho Monreal, Olivier Giroud and the desperately poor Mesut Ozil.
Suarez demonstrated his brilliance once more with an angled free-kick that was heading for the top corner until Szczesny's intervention.
Arsenal finally got on the scoresheet after 69 minutes when Gerrard upended Oxlade-Chamberlain and Arteta scored from the spot, the Spaniard almost adding a second immediately as Mignolet did well to see his free-kick through a crowded area to save.
Liverpool closed out the win to leave Arsenal facing the most searching questions of their impressive season.
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers:
"It was breathtaking, some of our play. The intensity of our pressing and the goals were fantastic. It gave us a great platform.
"We've been doing it most of the season. Obviously this is a high-profile game and everyone is looking at it.
"The players have been brilliant with their hunger and appetite of the game. We've a lot of young players who want to learn and improve and when you mix that with experienced players, it's a great mix."
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Four men from Derby, a man from Burton upon Trent and a woman from London were arrested on suspicion of offences under the Terrorism Act on Monday.
The North East Counter Terrorism Unit was later granted more time to question the six people.
A further extension means the suspects can now be held until Boxing Day.
The four men from Derby are aged 22, 27, 35 and 36. The suspect from Burton upon Trent is aged 27 and the woman from London is 32.
Six properties were searched as part of Monday's operation, which was regarded as "significant" and the result of an ongoing investigation, the BBC understands.
Sources said the investigation was into a group believed to be working towards an attack, although a strike was not thought to be imminent.
Diane Roberts, 33, was brought in to save money at the Llantwit Major club, but instead stole funds over 20 months and nearly forced it to go bust.
Roberts, from Boverton, pleaded guilty to fraud.
She avoided an immediate prison sentence after Cardiff Crown Court heard the money was being paid back.
The court heard she took money from the club between March 2012 and November 2013, but it would be paid back into the Vale of Glamorgan club's account by Friday morning
She had regularly taken sums of £500, saying it was being used to pay bar staff when it was not.
The court previously heard the club had nearly folded because of the missing money and it had been unable to buy floodlights. The club had to renegotiate with its creditors.
She had denied another charge of fraud and two of dishonestly acquiring criminal property and it was directed those charges lie on the file.
The court was told she had taken out several loans in order to pay back the money and she now had two jobs to meet the repayments.
It heard she felt strong remorse and was a low risk of committing further offences.
Judge Patrick Curran QC told her: "This was an abuse of a position of trust and persistent conduct so powerful that only a custodial sentence would be appropriate."
Roberts wept in the dock as she was told she was a woman of previous good character but depression following the birth of a child "may have played a part in you committing these serious offences".
Roberts was also ordered to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work and attend a positive thinking course.
Trouble broke out in the area in the early hours of Thursday morning and hundreds of students and young people celebrated St Patrick's Day in the area.
Residents said trouble happening in the area could not continue.
Mr Farry is expected to meet residents on Monday.
The minister said he was "appalled" by the behaviour of some young people.
"The department understands whilst some of these people will have been students at local institutions, the majority of people in the area yesterday were not university or college students," the department said in a statement.
"The minister and his officials are liaising with the universities and colleges and those responsible for community safety.
"A range of agencies including the universities and colleges have been collaborating in recent years to manage bad behaviour.
"Any further steps will now be considered in light of this year."
Ray Farley, the chairman of the Holyland Regeneration Association, said a "major rethink" was in order to deal with the issue.
"Whatever we've been doing last year, the year before, the year before that, doesn't work," he said.
"If we repeat the same thing again, it's not going to work next year."
A spokesperson for the office of the first minister and deputy first minister said: "We condemn the disorderly behaviour of some people in the Holylands area in recent days which has been very disruptive to local residents.
"It is not acceptable and we are prepared to work with everyone involved including the residents and all the respective organisations and agencies to prevent a similar situation happening again."
Eleven people were arrested after trouble in the area and mainly student Holyland area of south Belfast and the city centre on St Patrick's Day.
Police said the arrests were for public order offences including disorderly behaviour and assaulting police.
In the city centre, a paramedic needed hospital treatment after a man she was helping kicked her in the stomach.
But police said there was no repeat of what they described as "disgraceful" levels of violence on Thursday morning.
Three men aged 19, 20 and 21 have been charged over trouble in the early hours of Thursday morning.
There was little trouble in the area on Thursday night but police kept a heavy presence throughout the day.
Ch Supt Chris Noble said there had been "numerous reports of anti-social, nuisance behaviour" and "sporadic instances of scuffles and fights" in student areas and the city centre.
He added that "a significant police operation" had been in place "to help ensure the festivities passed off in a largely peaceful fashion".
John McPoland, of the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS), said paramedics were hindered by some instances of "reprehensible behaviour.
"One of our female paramedics ended up admitted to hospital this morning after having been kicked by a patient she was attending just after 10 o'clock last night," he said.
Bottles were thrown at ambulances, he added, and one was blocked from passing through the Holyland by people in the street.
SOS Bus Northern Ireland, a charity that offers help to people who have been drinking or injured themselves while drunk, was stationed close to the Holyland.
The charity's chief executive Joe Hyland said some people suffered "severely cut hands" after falling on broken glass.
Belfast's Queen's University and Ulster University issued a joint statement after Thursday morning's trouble.
"This societal problem is one which the universities and colleges commit significant time and resources to annually, both in educating, and if necessary, disciplining their students," they said.
"It was clear, however, that the majority of people in the area yesterday were not university or college students.
"The universities and colleges will continue to be robust in their disciplining of what is a minority of students who are engaging in this type of behaviour.
"Given the breadth of young people involved, we clearly need the full support and action of all stakeholders to effectively deal with this societal challenge going forward."
One officer was injured when bottles were thrown at police in Agincourt Avenue as a crowd of about 300 people gathered in the early hours of St Patrick's Day.
The disturbances lasted for more than two hours, ending at about 04:30 GMT.
Vehicles parked along the street were damaged during the trouble.
Police said 13 people were arrested in connection with the St Patrick's Day celebrations in Londonderry.
They were detained for a number of offences, including disorderly behaviour, indecent behaviour, common assault and resisting police.
Over 170 people attended the city's Atlnagelvin's emergency department on Thursday.
Russian military intelligence used Wikileaks to distribute hacked material during the US election, he added.
Earlier this month Wikileaks published details of what it said were CIA hacking tools.
The FBI and CIA have launched a criminal investigation into the leak.
"WikiLeaks walks like a hostile intelligence service and talks like a hostile intelligence service," Mr Pompeo said, speaking at a Washington think tank.
"It overwhelmingly focuses on the US, while seeking support from anti-democratic countries and organisations," he added.
Wikileaks responded by posting a screenshot of a tweet sent by Mr Pompeo last July, in which the then member of the House of Representatives referred to material contained in the Wikileaks release of Democratic party emails. The tweet has since been deleted.
US intelligence agencies say Russia stole emails from the Democratic party to try to tilt the election in favour of Republican Donald Trump.
However Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has said the release was not intended to affect the election.
The CIA has refused to comment on the Wikileaks release of papers said to detail a wide range of hacking methods including using mobile phones and smart TVs.
But former CIA boss Michael Hayden told the BBC the leak was "incredibly damaging" and had made the US "less safe".
US officials say IT contractors are likely to have breached security and handed the documents to Wikileaks.
Mr Assange has said Wikileaks will give technology firms access to the full details of the alleged spying programmes so they can defend their products against the hacking.
The Wikileaks founder has been living in the Ecuadorean embassy in London since 2012 after seeking refuge there when he lost his appeal against extradition to the Sweden, where he faces rape allegations.
He says the sex was consensual and believes the allegations are politically motivated with the aim of having him extradited to the US to face charges over Wikileaks's release of US military documents.
Home Office minister Lord Bates said the total cost to the end of June was £10.1 million, with another £2 million budgeted for the next year.
Madeleine was three when she went missing from the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz eight years ago.
Last year Met Police officers went to Portugal to continue investigations.
Detectives observed Portuguese police questioning 11 "people of interest".
Lord Bates disclosed the full cost of the investigation in an answer to a written parliamentary question from Lord Black of Brentwood.
"The total cost of the investigation in to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann (Operation Grange), up until end of June 2015, is £10.1m. The Home Office has budgeted £2m for the investigation in 2015/16," he said.
"The Home Office funds this work from the special grant budget.
"The level of funding provided to the Metropolitan Police in relation to this investigation is reviewed regularly and will continue to be monitored."
The Met's Operation Grange was set up in 2011 after Prime Minister David Cameron asked the force to "bring their expertise" to the inquiry following a request from Kate and Gerry McCann.
A spokesman for Madeleine McCann's parents, Kate and Gerry, said they were "incredibly grateful" to the police for their investigation, and to the prime minister and the Home Office for "making it possible".
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Officials at Wednesday's meeting at Kempton made the claim about a sample for routine dope and alcohol testing.
Prior to Gibbons' decision, the British Horseracing Authority was considering whether to suspend his licence as it investigates the incident.
Gibbons and Shepherd, whose licence is unaffected, had one ride at Kempton.
A leading jockey on flat racing's all-weather circuit, Gibbons finished sixth on Button Up in the second division of a one-mile maiden event.
A stewards' report on the BHA website said: "The stewards held an inquiry following a report from the clerk of the scales.
"Having heard evidence from the sampling officer, Graham Gibbons, Callum Shepherd, Paul Struthers - the chief executive of the Professional Jockeys Association (PJA) who accompanied Shepherd - and a valet, they forwarded a report to the head office of the British Horseracing Authority for further consideration."
A PJA statement read: "Callum made a serious error of judgement but, to his credit, very quickly took steps to correct that error, which ultimately led to the resulting stewards inquiry into the matter, to which he gave candid evidence.
"The PJA is in touch with both jockeys and will provide all necessary support. They have been assigned legal representation and will co-operate fully with the investigation."
Gibbons, who served a five-week ban after failing a breathalyser test in 2007, was scheduled to take seven mounts at Newcastle on Friday.
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How times have changed, and prices soared, since that landmark move, with Angel Di Maria's 2014 switch to Manchester United from Real Madrid costing nearly 60 times as much.
The reported fee of £59.7m is a new record paid by a British club, topping the £50m Chelsea forked out for Fernando Torres in 2011.
It takes total spending by Premier League clubs in a transfer window past £700m for the first time.
Here we look at the rising sums down the years, including the £1,000 striker called Common and the forward who was injured when he signed for £35m and is on the sidelines again now.
Scot 'Darlin' Willie Groves was the first £100 player, transferring from West Brom to Aston Villa in 1893.
While the sums may change, some of the transfer tactics do not, with Villa fined £25 over allegations of tapping up players.
A former Celtic and Hibernian star, Groves also had a key role in helping West Brom win the FA Cup a year before his move, and landed the league title with Villa in 1894.
But despite the transfer fee - which equates to about £11,000 in today's money when inflation is taken into account - he died a pauper.
Groves retired from the game after developing tuberculosis and died in Edinburgh aged 39, 15 years after his landmark transfer.
The mark was soon passed, with Alf Common becoming the first footballer to move for a £1,000 fee.
Common joined Middlesbrough from local rivals Sunderland in 1905, and the forward helped his side stave off relegation to Division Two.
Transfer fees grew steadily throughout the 20th century but advanced significantly in the 1960s and 1970s as sides competed for trophies in Europe.
Denis Law attracted the first six-figure fee from a British club when he returned to England from Italian club Torino, with Manchester United paying £115,000.
He scored on his debut against West Brom in 1962 and racked up 237 goals in total with the Old Trafford outfit, trailing only Sir Bobby Charlton in United's list of all-time leading scorers. Law was just 12 short of Charlton's tally, despite playing 354 games fewer.
The transfer record was broken twice by one man - Allan Clarke went for £150,000 in a 1968 move from Fulham to Leicester, and then £165,000 the following year when transferring to Leeds United.
Another trophy winner, England 1966 World Cup winner Martin Peters, joined Tottenham from London rivals West Ham for £200,000 in 1970.
While the first £1m move in Britain happened in an age before 24-hour news channels and social media, there was a certain razzamatazz around Trevor Francis signing for Nottingham Forest from Birmingham City in 1979.
It was double the amount received by Liverpool when Kevin Keegan was sold to Hamburg two years earlier, but Clough seemed determined to ensure some of the focus was switched away from his star signing.
The mercurial manager turned up at a news conference in a bright red sports jacket and with a squash racket in his hand, as if to suggest his social life was far more important than a bit of football business.
Clough had remarked that he wanted to keep the fee down to £1 below the £1m mark at £999,999 so the fee did not got to the player's head, but it added up to £1.18m once VAT was added.
Whether it was money well spent divided opinion, although Forest lifted the European Cup two years running.
More seven-figure transfers followed later in the year, with Steve Daley leaving Wolves for Manchester City while his former side bought Andy Gray from Villa.
In the 1980s, with a ban on English clubs competing in Europe after the Heysel Stadium disaster, top players such as Mark Hughes and Ian Rush were prepared to move abroad.
But the lifting of the ban, and the advent of the Premier League with increased television revenue, saw a new era of big spenders.
Striker Andy Cole dramatically joined Manchester United from Newcastle in January 1995 in a £7m cash-plus-player deal that saw Keith Gillespie head in the opposite direction.
Magpies boss Kevin Keegan came in for criticism from fans over the departure of a man who had scored 55 goals in 77 league games, and United snatched the league title from Newcastle in 1996.
But there were delirious scenes on Tyneside when Keegan signed Old Trafford target Alan Shearer from Blackburn for £15m.
"This signing is for the people of Newcastle. It just shows you the ambition of Newcastle United. We are the biggest thinking team in Europe now," said Keegan.
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Shearer, scored 206 goals in 404 appearances during a 10-year playing stint until he retired in 2006, but the club never won the title.
"I loved being the world's most expensive player," Shearer told BBC Radio 5 live. "It gives you a pressure on you, there's no doubt about that. But it's a pressure I enjoyed.
"If someone is crazy enough to spend that type of money that's their problem. I thought it was an honour someone was prepared to pay that amount of money for me. Looking back £15m is a snip nowadays."
Gareth Gates topped the charts when Manchester United last broke the British transfer record in 2002.
As Gates crooned Anyone Of Us (Stupid Mistake), Sir Alex Ferguson was hoping he had done nothing of the sort, buying England defender Rio Ferdinand for £29.1m from Leeds, having shelled out £28.1m the previous year to Lazio for Argentine captain Juan Sebastian Veron.
Ferdinand clearly had the X Factor - his £18.5m move from West Ham to Leeds in November 2000 had made him the world's costliest defender - and he won six league titles, two League Cups, and a Champions League in his 12-year Manchester stint.
The £30m mark was broken by Chelsea for Andriy Shevchenko as Russian owner Roman Abramovich wielded his financial muscle.
The Blues set another new record in January 2011, spending £50m to recruit Spanish striker Fernando Torres from Liverpool.
It was a move that allowed the Anfield club to bring in new recruits - and they paid out £35m for Newcastle's Andy Carroll and £22.7m for Uruguay striker Luis Suarez.
The deals showed the profits and pitfalls of spending big - Torres has failed to fire so far at Chelsea while Carroll, who was out with a thigh injury when he signed for the Reds, is currently sidelined at West Ham, who bought him for a knockdown £15m at the start of 2013.
But Suarez was last season's Premier League top scorer, albeit he was subsequently handed the third ban of his career for biting an opponent. He is now at Barcelona following a deal worth between £65m and £75m.
In a statement the ministry said the attempt was made on Sunday night in Taichung prison in central Taiwan.
The statement added that he had used a towel in the attempt but was stopped by guards in a prison bathroom. He is now said to be in a stable condition.
Chen Shui-bian, 62, was the island's president from 2000-2008. He is serving a sentence for corruption offences.
According to the statement, Mr Chen said he tried to take his own life to protest against his conviction.
"No serious abnormalities were found after a health check," the justice ministry said.
The jail had arranged for a psychologist to see Mr Chen and his mood was "gradually improving", it added.
Mr Chen had been receiving medical treatment in recent months for health problems, which according to local reports include severe depression.
His office has been seeking medical parole for him.
The former president, who angered Beijing while in office by pushing for Taiwan's independence, was jailed in 2009 for corruption.
In 2011 he was given an additional sentence for money-laundering and forgery. He says the charges are politically motivated and a punishment for his pro-independence stance.
Chen's election as president ended more than 50 years of rule by the Kuomingtang, which is now back in power.
The information was previously used by the police and the MI5 intelligence agency.
However, the Telegraph newspaper cited industry sources, in a report on 25 April, saying the government's access had been "blocked".
Twitter declined to comment on the matter.
"We are protesting this decision. We are in talks with Twitter on getting access to this data," a government spokesman said, according to the Reuters news agency.
The BBC understands that the data in question is available to private companies but the Home Office has now been denied access to it.
Recent reports of Twitter data being used for surveillance had caused the company "great concern", vice president Chris Moody wrote in a blog post last November.
"Our commitment to social justice is core to our mission and well established," he wrote.
Prior to that, the firm had already blocked the CIA from purchasing data on Twitter users from the data-gathering service Dataminr.
Dataminr confirmed to the BBC that it is not the third party previously used by the Home Office to access Twitter data.
"Dataminr is committed to privacy and civil liberties protections," the firm said in a statement.
Stormont has the potential to introduce a 12.5% rate - in line with Ireland - from 2017.
It is seeking to attract thousands of new jobs from overseas firms.
The Treasury has previously calculated the cost to the block grant at £325m, annually, by 2020.
But Grow NI, a lobby group in favour of the tax cut, believes the cost "may be closer to £192m".
It says its estimate is based on an analysis of newly-released 2014/15 Treasury and HM Revenue and Customs figures.
Corporation tax is the tax companies pay on their profits.
The current UK rate is 20%, but it will fall to 19% in 2017.
An even lower corporation tax rate locally would mean less revenue for the Treasury.
Under rules, Stormont has to surrender a slice of its block to make up for that - this is where the calculation comes in.
Corporation tax powers were devolved to Stormont earlier this year.
But a clause was built in meaning it can only implement a cut from 2017, provided it resolves the dispute over implementing welfare reform and other budgetary issues.
Stellenbosch University condemned "racial superiority and any attempts to polarise" the campus, a spokesman said.
The posters, reminiscent of Nazi propaganda to rally support for Hitler, called for a "Fight for Stellenbosch".
The university has been fraught with racial tension since white minority rule ended in 1994.
During apartheid, it was an elite institution for Afrikaans-speaking white people.
The university has been hit by protests over language policy, tuition fees, and alleged racism.
Following calls for Afrikaans to be replaced with English as the main language of instruction, the university says it has adopted a multilingual policy and no student is excluded on the grounds of language.
Most black people in South Africa prefer to speak English than Afrikaans.
The posters were issued in the name of "The New Right", and called on "Anglo-Afrikaner" students to attend a meeting on Thursday to "Fight for Stellenbosch".
The images were a recreation of the Nazi-era League of German Girls, and of slogans such as "The German student fighting for the Fuhrer and the people".
The posters have caused outrage, with people saying they were the latest example of racism and inequality at the prestigious institution, says the BBC's Pumza Fihlani in the main city, Johannesburg.
In a statement, the university said it had so far identified three individuals who were allegedly linked to the "totally unacceptable" and "highly offensive" posters.
Investigations, led by the university's Equality Unit, were continuing, it added.
"There seems to be deliberate mischief-making involved and, if that should be the case, disciplinary steps will be taken," Vice-Chancellor Wim de Villiers said.
"Stream+ is a loyalty points system where players can earn points by watching streams," said Patrick Gilmore of Amazon Game Studios.
He said points could be used in "polls and wagering" and could be spent on items to use in games.
The studio's forthcoming multiplayer game Breakaway will be the first title to use Stream+.
Breakaway is Amazon's answer to rival studios Blizzard, Valve and Riot, which have all developed similar team-based battle games.
"Over recent years Amazon has invested significantly into its first-party games development capability but has yet to make a commercial impact on the market," said Piers Harding-Rolls of the IHS Markit consultancy.
"Amazon's acquisition of Twitch back in 2014 laid the foundation for the development of its own games that were built from the ground up to engage Twitch viewers.
"Breakaway does look to be an interesting addition to the competitive play arena with it mixing some sports elements with more traditional action elements. We've seen with Rocket League that it's possible to make a break out hit in the esports scene against the incumbent titles."
Mr Gilmore said Stream+ points could be accrued by watching other gamers' video streams on the Twitch website.
A demonstration video showed a player betting on the outcome of a Breakaway tournament for the chance to win more points.
However, Amazon and Twitch have not revealed exactly how the virtual currency will work.
Video games and esports are under close scrutiny from gambling regulators, after unofficial and unlicensed betting websites were developed around popular titles such as Fifa and Counter Strike: Global Offensive.
The UK's Gambling Commission has said it is "paying close attention to the growing popularity of virtual or 'in-game' items, which can be traded, sold or used as virtual currencies to gamble".
The ability for players to buy virtual currency using real money, and the facility to turn virtual coins back into something with "real world" value are thought to be an important distinction.
Online retail giant Amazon bought Twitch in 2014, in a deal worth $970m (£747m).
The man was driving a car on the A449, near junction 2 of the M54, on the Staffordshire/West Midlands border, when he hit the HGV at about 04:40 BST.
He suffered multiple, serious injuries and died at the scene, West Midlands Ambulance Service said.
No-one else was hurt in the collision, which closed the road for a time. Police are appealing for anyone with information to contact them.
The US president-elect said he wanted to avoid "even the appearance" of any conflict of interest.
New York's attorney general is looking into suspected "impropriety" at the Foundation, which Mr Trump denies.
The attorney general's office said Mr Trump could not shut the Foundation while the investigation was continuing.
Mr Trump's statement on Saturday said that "the foundation has done enormous good works over the years in contributing millions of dollars to countless worthy groups, including supporting veterans, law enforcement officers and children.
"However, to avoid even the appearance of any conflict with my role as president I have decided to continue to pursue my strong interest in philanthropy in other ways."
Mr Trump will be inaugurated on 20 January, succeeding President Barack Obama.
The Republican billionaire beat his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in the 8 November elections.
Why has the Trump Foundation become controversial?
New York's Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said in September that his office wanted to ensure the Foundation was "complying with the laws that govern charities in New York".
"We have been concerned that the Trump Foundation may have engaged in some impropriety from that point of view," Mr Schneiderman told CNN at the time.
US media say Mr Schneiderman's office has been investigating the Trump Foundation since at least June, when it formally questioned a donation made to a group backing Republican Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi in 2013.
The $25,000 (£20,350, €23,920) payment was made at a time when Mrs Bondi's office was reportedly considering whether to open a fraud investigation into Trump University.
The fraud investigation never happened, although Mrs Bondi denies the decision was influenced by the donation she received.
Aides to Mr Trump have already admitted the donation was a mistake resulting from clerical errors, according to reports.
The Donald J Trump Foundation is a private charitable organisation started by Donald Trump in 1987 with money he earned from his best-selling book, The Art of the Deal.
Up until about 2005, the foundation was primarily funded by Mr Trump himself, including a million-dollar contribution in 1989. Since then, however, it has been bankrolled almost exclusively by donations from Mr Trump's friends and associates.
According to its 2014 filing with the Internal Revenue Service (the most recent on record) the foundation claimed assets totalling $1,273,895 and brought in $500,849 - almost entirely from a gift from New York ticket-reselling mogul Richard Ebers, a regular contributor. The foundation gave out $591,450.
Other past prominent Foundation donors include Vince McMahon, the professional wrestling impresario and NBC Universal (which aired Mr Trump's show, The Apprentice).
Many of the contributions to Mr Trump's foundation appear to be in lieu of payments to Mr Trump himself. People Magazine gave $150,000 after it received rights to publish photos of Mr Trump's son, Barron. Comedy Central donated $400,000 after Mr Trump appeared on one of its celebrity roasts.
Several dozen charitable groups received contributions in 2014 - about an average number for the foundation. They included the Alliance for Lupus Research, the American Skin Association, the Anti-Defamation League and a variety of veterans' charities.
Pay rates for cleaners, whose numbers have been slashed in recent years, remain frozen at 2012 rates.
The United Voice union said the low pay rates were particularly hard to take in light of revelations about MPs abusing taxpayer-funded expenses.
Former lower house speaker Bronwyn Bishop resigned earlier this month because of her use of expenses.
The union is pushing for a pay increase of A$1.80 per hour, bringing pay rates up to A$22.90 ($16.90, £10.80) per hour.
Last year, changes introduced by the Abbott government pushed pay rates for full time contract cleaners who work in government offices back to 2012 levels, said the union.
"The Coalition's treatment of government cleaners is unfair and unwarranted," union representative Lyndal Ryan said in a press release.
"Frankly, it's not a good look ... Self-indulgence and waste of taxpayers' money could not be more stark," said Ms Ryan.
The Nick Williams-trained 12-year-old pulled up sharply before the final flight at the Edinburgh Gin Handicap Hurdle.
Before jockey James Reveley had a chance to dismount, the horse fell to the floor.
Course clerk Anthea Morshead said: "It was very sad, he suffered an internal bleed and collapsed and died."
Reve De Sivola won the Long Walk Hurdle at Ascot for three consecutive years between 2012 and 2014.
He also won the Challow Hurdle at Newbury as a novice, as well as the Champion Novice Hurdle at Punchestown, with career win and place prize-money of more than £600,000.
The stock market's rise over the year ranks it among the world's best-performing major indexes.
For the day, it closed up 0.3% to 19,033.71, taking the strong lead from Wall Street overnight.
The index's performance over the year was driven by the economic recovery in the US, a weaker yen, along with the Bank of Japan's asset purchases.
Japanese markets will be closed on Thursday for a public holiday.
The rest of Asia also headed mostly higher, following US shares where rising oil prices led to a rebound in the market.
The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones indexes both gained over 1% as oil prices rallied overnight to climb by around 3% after Monday's declines.
Encouraging economic data such as housing and consumer confidence in the US also boosted investor sentiment.
In Australia, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed up 1% to 5,319.9, hitting a two-month high and leading the gains in the region.
The index also finished higher for the ninth consecutive session - marking its longest winning streak since January.
Chinese shares traded mixed. The Shanghai Composite closed up 0.3% at 3,572.88 points. However, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index ended down 0.5% at 21,882.15 points.
Investors are looking ahead to manufacturing data due on Friday for clues on the extent of the slowdown in the world's second largest economy.
South Korea's Kospi index closed down 0.3% to 1,961.31 on its final day of trading in 2015, but gained 2.4% for the year.
Investors' confidence was dented by data that showed industrial production saw its worst decline in 10 months in November on slumping global demand for exports.
Factory output fell a seasonally adjusted 2.1% from a month earlier, according to Statistics Korea.
The Danish striker, then 20, arrived for a club record fee of an initial £7.5m but failed to score in 11 games.
Cardiff owner Vincent Tan believes the club paid too much - and has instructed lawyers to take a detailed look into the transfer. Tan says he has new information on the matter.
It comes as Tan renewed his attack on former boss Malky Mackay.
Tan called Mackay an "idiot" over the Cornelius signing.
The striker was Scotsman Mackay's first purchase after guiding Cardiff to promotion to the Premier League, but he rejoined FC Copenhagen after just six months in Wales.
Cornelius rediscovered his form at Copenhagen with a tally of 45 goals over his two spells with the club.
Cornelius joined Italian Serie A side Atalanta this summer.
"It was unfortunate that we only stayed in the Premier League for one season," said Tan.
"You know the main reason, I always say, and I have told Mehmet [Dalman, Cardiff's chairman] the same, is that we spent a lot of money there - I think it was £50m.
"What did we get? We paid £10.5m [based on add-ons] for Cornelius who didn't even play 45 minutes and then the manager said he was a project.
"I'm in the Premier League, I need to survive. What an idiot he [Mackay] is."
Tan added, "You pay for a big striker £10.5m you should play him 90 minutes, not 45 minutes, five minutes, 10 minutes. Because he's a project he [Mackay] says, finally, he says he [Cornelius] is a project.
"How come I'm in the Premier League and you're finding time to do a project for the future? What rubbish is that? And you pay £45,000 a week for a project? Rubbish!"
Chris Nott, a senior partner at Cardiff law firm Capital Law, confirmed he's been instructed to look into the Cornelius transfer.
"Mr Tan has asked for this particular transfer to be looked at in micro detail," said Nott.
Mackay's representatives told BBC Wales Sport they had nothing to say regarding the new investigation.
Tan's acrimonious sacking of Mackay - who is now the Scottish Football Association's performance director - was one of several flashpoints in what has been a tumultuous tenure since the Malaysian businessman bought the Welsh club in 2010.
Cardiff subsequently sent a dossier to the Football Association alleging that Mackay and former head of recruitment Iain Moody shared racist and sexist texts, with the governing body deciding that both men would face no action.
The club engaged law firm Mishcon de Reya, whose investigators obtained a search order from the High Court to enter the property seizing work computers and phones and taking electronic imagery of evidence.
This came as the UN published a report saying that Israeli commandos used excessive force when they boarded an aid ship. Nine Turkish activists died.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said it was "time Israel pays a price for its illegal actions".
Israel has refused to apologise and said its troops acted in self-defence.
"Israel, like any other country, has a legitimate right to protect its citizens and soldiers," an Israeli government official told the BBC.
The report was leaked to the New York Times on Thursday, the day before it was delivered to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's office.
"The secretary general's idea was to help bring these two countries back together again. He deeply regrets the fact that this has not been possible through this report," said deputy UN spokesman Eduardo del Buey.
"I imagine he will want time to read the report, to discuss it with his officials and then take a decision as to future steps."
US state department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Washington hoped Turkey and Israel "will continue to look for opportunities to improve their longstanding relationship, and we will encourage both to work towards that end", according to the AFP news agency.
The nine pro-Palestinian activists who died were on board the Turkish-flagged ship, Mavi Marmara, when it was intercepted by the Israeli navy in international waters as sailed towards Gaza's coast on 31 May 2010.
By Yolande KnellBBC News, Jerusalem
The Palmer report was seen by the media in Israel as a rare vindication by the UN.
Crucially it accepted that its naval blockade of Gaza is both legal and "a legitimate security measure" to stop weapons reaching militants by sea.
An Israeli inquiry reached the same conclusion, while a Turkish one found it to be unlawful and a collective punishment of the people of Gaza.
The dilemma that remains for Israeli officials is how to handle the deepening of the rift with their long-time regional ally, Turkey, with which it has trade, military and strategic ties.
This report was meant to mend relations but has achieved just the opposite.
Turkey wants an apology and compensation for the families of the victims. Israel has expressed only regret but may consider payouts. It believes a full apology would demoralise its citizens and project weakness.
At the time, the Israeli military said its commandos fired live rounds only after being attacked with clubs, knives and guns. But activists on board said the commandos started shooting as soon as they hit the deck.
The UN inquiry chaired by former New Zealand Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer found the Israeli troops faced "significant, organised and violent resistance from a group of passengers" and were therefore required to use force for their own protection.
But it said Israel's decision to board the vessels "with such substantial force at a great distance from the blockade zone and with no final warning immediately prior to the boarding was excessive and unreasonable".
The report noted "forensic evidence showing that most of the deceased were shot multiple times, including in the back, or at close range".
The inquiry also found Israel's naval blockade "was imposed as a legitimate security measure in order to prevent weapons from entering Gaza by sea and its implementation complied with the requirements of international law".
The report was completed months ago, but its publication was delayed several times as Turkey and Israel attempted to repair their diplomatic relations, which have been frozen since the flotilla incident.
But on Friday, hours before the report was released by the UN, Turkey' announced that diplomatic relations had been reduced to the level of second secretary and all military agreements had been suspended.
"The time has come for Israel to pay for its stance that sees it above international laws and disregards human conscience," Mr Davutoglu said. "The first and foremost result is that Israel is going to be devoid of Turkey's friendship."
"As long as the Israeli government does not take the necessary steps, there will be no turning back," he warned.
Mr Davutoglu said the report "displayed the violence committed by the Israeli soldiers", but added that some of its findings were questionable.
"Turkey does not recognise Israel's blockade of Gaza. It will secure the study of this blockade at the International Court of Justice."
He added that Turkey would take all necessary measures to protect its shipping in the eastern Mediterranean.
Asked to comment on the UN panel's decision not to recommend that Israel apologise, Turkish President Abdullah Gul said: "To be frank, the report is null and void for us."
Turkey's embassy in Washington later said in a statement that it was "determined to defend the rights of its citizens and will take legal actions against all those responsible for the crimes committed".
Hamas, whose decision to seize control of the Gaza Strip in 2007 led to Israel imposing the blockade, applauded the Turkish move.
"This is a natural response to the Israeli crime against the flotilla," spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri told the BBC.
The Israeli official said the government accepted with "reservations" the UN report, which it considered "professional, profound and serious".
"During the events of the Mavi Marmara flotilla, Israeli soldiers boarded the boat with non-lethal means. They had no intention to hurt anyone," the official said.
"Once the Israeli soldiers were viciously attacked by dozens of violent IHH activists, armed with batons, knives and steel pipes, the soldiers had to defend themselves," the official added, referring to the IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation, which Israel has banned for supporting Hamas.
"As recommended in the report, Israel again expresses regret about the loss of life but will not apologise for acts of self-defence by its soldiers."
Head of the Army General Sir Nick Carter said the move was about trying to operate "smarter".
The 77th Brigade, made up of reservists and regular troops and based in Hermitage, Berkshire, will be formally created in April.
It has been inspired by the Chindits who fought in Burma in World War Two.
An Army spokesman said the unit would "play a key part in enabling the UK to fight in the information age" and that it "consists of more than just traditional capabilities".
He said: "77 Brigade is being created to draw together a host of existing and developing capabilities essential to meet the challenges of modern conflict and warfare.
"It recognises that the actions of others in a modern battlefield can be affected in ways that are not necessarily violent and it draws heavily on important lessons from our commitments to operations in Afghanistan amongst others."
Recruitment for the brigade, 42% of whose personnel will be reservists, will begin this spring.
Its members will come from the Royal Navy and RAF as well as from the Army.
One former commander of British forces in Afghanistan has warned the new operation should not mean fewer troops on the frontline.
Colonel Richard Kemp said: "My view is that this should not be done at the expense of combat troops. Where are these 2,000 people going to come from?"
"They are likely to come from savings made in combat troops. I think that's a mistake.
"I think the British forces have already been cut far too much in a very uncertain and increasingly dangerous world.
He acknowledged the need for this type of innovation, but said "it should be added to the forces, not created out of savings found elsewhere."
The creation of the new unit is part of a major restructuring of the military under the Army 2020 plan, which will see the military scaled down to around 82,000 regular troops in the next five years.
The unit will also seek "new ways of allowing civilians with bespoke skills to serve alongside their military counterparts".
The Army spokesman said it would share the "spirit of innovation" of the Chindits in the Burma Campaign of 1942 to 1945.
Chindits was the name given to the Long Range Penetration (LRP) groups that operated in the Burmese jungle behind enemy lines, targeting Japanese communications.
The new unit will also use the old Chindit insignia of a Chinthe, a mythical Burmese creature which is half-lion and half-dragon.
Tony Redding from Kent, whose father was in the Chindits, told the BBC he was disappointed by the move. He said: "Sadly the Ministry of Defence didn't inform the surviving Chindit veterans of the decision to use the badge in this way.
"I've tried very hard to look for similarities and the only common denominator I can find is that the Chindits 70 years ago were a highly unconventional force. Perhaps this new force are to use some unconventional means of warfare."
By BBC defence correspondent Jonathan Beale
The Army says it's learnt valuable lessons from Afghanistan - not least that it can't win wars using pure military force alone.
The brigade will be made up of warriors who don't just carry weapons, but who are also skilled in using social media such as Twitter and Facebook, and the dark arts of "psyops" - psychological operations.
They will try to influence local populations and change behaviour through what the Army calls traditional and unconventional means.
Civilians with the right skills will work alongside regular troops and reservists and could be sent anywhere in the world to help win hearts and minds.
It can be seen as proof that the Army is adapting to modern asymmetric warfare, and that it remains relevant at a time when there are fears within the British military of more cuts after the election.
Paul Rogers, a professor of international security at the University of Bradford, said the announcement represented a "big expansion" of the Army's psychological operations and was an "attempt to rebrand and update" this area of its work.
"We had so much difficulty in Iraq and Afghanistan, it's about trying to learn the lessons of how these groups are using social media," Prof Rogers explained.
He added: "In some senses it's defensive - trying to present the case from this side against opponents who hold many of the cards.
"We've seen with Islamic State, its incredible capability on the net, Facebook, Instagram and all the rest."
A former Army officer involved in psychological operations in the Balkans, Afghanistan and Iraq, Simon Bergman, predicted it would help build "the Army for the future".
"For example, 77 brigade have a large component of civil affairs soldiers who'll be operating in populations, working with them, achieving military effects - and a broader effect, because as we know from Afghanistan, the military doesn't work in isolation. It works as a component of government."
The man, in his 20s, was found in Moseley Street, Highgate, with suspected stab wounds on Saturday morning. He died on the way to hospital.
A murder investigation is under way and part of the street was cordoned off for forensic checks. CCTV is also being checked.
Anyone with information is urged to contact West Midlands Police.
Det Insp Paul Joyce said: "We are looking into reports there was an altercation, but I would urge anybody with any information to get in contact with me and my team as soon as possible."
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The newborn was discovered at Windmill Pit, in Weasenham St Peter, near Fakenham, Norfolk, on 5 June 1988.
His body was buried at the local church but exhumed last April for tests to be carried out.
Norfolk Police said the woman was initially arrested on suspicion of infanticide.
When interviewed, they said, she told officers she had delivered the stillborn baby alone after concealing her pregnancy from family and friends.
She has since been released on police bail.
A Crown Prosecution Service spokeswoman said it was discussing how to proceed with the case but "all options were open".
Charges including failing to register a birth and preventing a lawful burial could be considered, she said.
Det Insp Andy Guy said it was "pleasing" to make progress in a 27-year-old case.
"But one can only feel for the lady involved who has had to carry this enormous burden in secret for all this time," he said.
Police were satisfied no-one else was involved in the incident, he added.
The Budget
The executive has not agreed a budget for the 2017-18 financial year.
Finance Minister Máirtín Ó Muilleoir said he had drawn up a draft budget but it had not gone to the executive for approval.
The minister told BBC NI's Talkback programme that "monies will continue to flow" and projects such as the A6 and the mother and children's hospital would continue but "other initiatives that were planned and were in the draft budget, they cannot go forward".
RHI audit
Michael Doran of Action for Renewables, who heads a newly-established group of boiler operators told the BBC's Good Morning Ulster that the political crisis "might provide an opportunity to carry out the audit that we have been asking for, both business audits and technical audits".
He said this could be completed in eight to 10 weeks under the direction of civil servants.
Mr Doran said the association was "still not convinced that the problem is as big as was highlighted by the auditor".
Bedroom tax
DUP Communities Minister Paul Givan said there was now a threat to the mitigation measures intended to over 30,000 people in Northern Ireland from the effects of the so-called bedroom tax.
"It requires executive agreement," he said. "As a result of that I do not have the legal basis to provide the £25m that is needed in the next financial year."
Mr Givan said he had asked officials to look at emergency procedures but added: "We may well be having the bedroom tax being introduced on 20 February".
Abuse Inquiry
The Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry, headed by Sir Anthony Hart, is due to publish its report on 20 January.
Margaret McGuckin of Survivors and Victims of Institutional Abuse (SAVIA) said the report had already been delivered to the Executive Office.
"Victims and survivors are just heartbroken at this debacle that's going on," she said, referring to compensation payments recommended by Sir Anthony.
"Please, we're asking them to initiate this, implement this payment. So many people at death's door and I'm afraid for their welfare, said Ms McGuckin.
In a statement on Tuesday, a spokesperson said: "The Executive Office has received the Inquiry Report and findings in line with the legislation and the timeframe in the Terms of Reference.
"The publication is entirely a matter for the Inquiry and no further comment will be made by the Executive Office at this time."
Free Derry Corner
Following his resignation, a poster praising Martin McGuinness was erected at Free Derry Corner, the preserved gable wall carrying a message dating back to the Troubles.
The Scottish Conservative replaced Alex Johnstone who died last week after being diagnosed with cancer.
Chartered accountant Mr Bowman stood for the Tories in Dundee City East at May's Holyrood election.
He came third in that contest, which was won by SNP MSP Shona Robison, and also just missed out on a seat from his party's regional list.
Following Mr Johnstone's death, Mr Bowman's name was next on that list and he was automatically made an MSP.
Kincardineshire-born former dairy farmer Mr Johnstone, 55, was the longest-serving Scottish Conservative MSP at Holyrood.
His funeral was held at Glenbervie Parish Church, Aberdeenshire, last week.
Edwina Hart gave the pledge to bosses and union leaders at a crisis summit she called on Thursday in Cardiff.
High energy costs and cheap imports have been blamed for thousands of job cuts at plants across the UK.
Mrs Hart said she would look at the cost of cutting business rates "and the reality of whether I am able to do it".
High business rates are contributing to what the industry says is a crisis in steel.
BBC Wales has been told Tata Steel is losing about £1m a day in Wales - its heaviest losses since the depths of the recession.
The company recently said it planned to mothball some operations at Llanwern, Newport, where unions fear 250 jobs will go, and Shotton, Flintshire, where it is claimed 40 jobs could be affected.
Mrs Hart said: "We have to look very carefully at our budget, because we can't spend more than we have coming in on business rates.
"We have to look at other priorities.
"We've also got to ensure we won't be told that we are unfairly helping an industry that is subject to such stringent restraints in the European Union."
Many of the big issues facing the industry were "UK government issues", she added.
"You cannot allow an industry like this to fail. What are we going to do in the defence sector? Are we going to be reliant on others for our steel?"
Roy Rickhuss, general secretary of the Community trade union, said Welsh ministers could help ease the crisis by giving more contracts to companies in Wales.
"I think 55% of all procurement is awarded to Welsh companies, but clearly that figure needs to rise and can rise even further," he told BBC Radio Wales before the meeting.
Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb said UK and Welsh ministers were "doing everything within our power to support communities where the local economy is built on steel and will continue to do so in the weeks, months and years ahead".
They also underline the delicate and highly risky relationship between the Ukrainian government and the volunteer militias, who are helping fight Moscow-supported militants in eastern Ukraine.
On Saturday, in the city of Mukachevo, around 20 members of the ultra-nationalist Right Sector volunteer battalion exchanged gunfire with police and the security detail of a local politician.
At least three people were killed, reports said, two of whom were from Right Sector, and 13 were wounded.
Currently, officials in the capital, Kiev, have sent reinforcements as well as armoured vehicles to the area, which is next to Ukraine's borders with European Union members Hungary, Slovakia and Romania.
Two Right Sector members have given themselves up, officials say, while authorities are searching for the remaining gunmen.
Right Sector for its part has set up a roadblock outside of Kiev, and are demanding the resignation of Interior Minister Arsen Avakov and other officials.
Despite the stand-off, Kiev at the moment very much needs the volunteer battalions. They are often more motivated than the regular Ukrainian army and have engaged in some of the worst of the fighting.
Most of the battalions have now placed themselves under Kiev's direct control. But a few, like Right Sector, are still wholly or to a large degree independent.
And as the events in Mukachevo indicate, some of these groups follow their own agenda.
Details are extremely murky over what happened in Mukachevo. Right Sector members say they were cracking down on the illicit export of contraband cigarettes into the European Union, which generates millions of dollars and contributes to local corruption.
Others say that Right Sector is itself involved in the illegal cigarette trade, and has become entwined with criminal interests. Still others say the group has been infiltrated by Russian special services and is engaged in carrying out provocations to destabilise the country.
None of the proponents of these scenarios have provided any conclusive evidence, however. What seems clear is that Right Sector possesses an impressive collection of firepower - which they were capable of employing in a corner of Ukraine furthest from the fighting in the east.
Videos and reports from the fighting suggested they had a large number of automatic rifles, grenade launchers and a hand-fed machine gun. Another key question is how much support they enjoy.
After Mukachevo, some volunteer battalions have come out in support of Right Sector. The group is also a political party - albeit on the extreme fringe, after receiving less than two percent of the popular vote in parliamentary elections last year.
Still, even if they do not vote for them, many Ukrainians view them positively, as patriots who are defending the country from Russian aggression.
President Petro Poroshenko promised this week to move against "illegally armed groups".
At times, Right Sector seems as if it came straight out of the Kremlin's playbook to portray Ukraine as awash with ultra-nationalist extremists.
Other times, when they attack LGBT rallies or sport white-power symbols, they seem very sincere indeed in their far-right convictions.
Whatever the group's motives, for many, their weaponry and willingness to use them are sufficient cause for concern.
The Premier League champions are only one point above the relegation zone after Monday's defeat at Leicester, their ninth loss of the season.
After the game, boss Jose Mourinho said his "work was betrayed" by his players.
"If you are a big player and paid like a big player, you must play like a big player and behave like a big player," said Blues midfielder Fabregas.
"I am not saying you can't have a bad season and bad games but the attitude must be spot on.
"We must always be at the top of our games and the behaviour has to be better than what we are seeing right now from every single Chelsea player."
Chelsea are 16th with only 15 points from 16 games following Monday's defeat by table-topping Leicester.
In Premier League history, when teams have had 15 points from 16 games, they have finished, on average, in 17th position - one place above the drop zone.
Mourinho says he does not believe the Stamford Bridge club are in a relegation battle.
However, former Blues winger Pat Nevin told BBC Radio 5 live that the Portuguese should not "ignore the concept" of going down.
Nevin also said that injuries could make it "even more difficult" to avoid being dragged into a "battle" to avoid the drop.
"You have to be realistic about relegation," he said. "Absolutely do not ignore it. When you lack confidence, that can spread through the team and it all can go against you.
"I don't think they'll go down, but don't bury your head in the sand. It's a possibility, so don't ignore it.
"I didn't think they'd be down there after 16 games. What about 20 games? What about 23 or 24? Then you start thinking about it."
Fabregas, speaking at a Facebook question and answer session, added: "Right now is not the time to think of where we might finish."
The inflatable rose more than 9m (30ft) in the air on Sunday and was thrown some 40m, reports say, sending the children plummeting to the ground.
The cause of the accident near Girona is being investigated.
Some reports say the attraction exploded but others say it was badly tethered and blew away.
Debris from the bouncy castle was found on the roofs on nearby buildings in the town of Caldes de Malavella and in trees.
A report in El Pais newspaper, quoting officials, says the restaurant did not have a permit for the inflatable. Police also say only two of the six anchors were in place.
All the children were rushed to hospital and the six-year-old girl died on Sunday night from her injuries. Two of the other children were seriously hurt and the rest suffered minor injuries.
A CIA internal watchdog has been tasked with determining if the agency accessed the computers of Senate staff.
The Senate committee was tasked with investigating potential past CIA abuse at the time of the alleged breach.
The chairman of the Senate Armed Services committee called the reports, if true, an "extremely serious matter".
Senate intelligence committee chairwoman Dianne Feinstein told US media that CIA inspector general David Buckley was looking into officer actions.
The alleged improper monitoring is said to have taken place as the committee investigated allegations of CIA abuse stemming from a detention and interrogation programme in use under former US President George W Bush.
Ms Feinstein has told US media in the past that the committee's 6,000 page "comprehensive review", completed in 2013, found the CIA programme yielded little or no significant intelligence.
The New York Times initially reported the allegations of CIA monitoring of Senate computer networks, citing an anonymous official.
"Such activity, if it occurred as alleged, would impede Congress' ability to carry out its constitutional oversight responsibilities and could violate federal law," chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee Carl Levin wrote in a statement on Wednesday.
CIA director John Brennan reacted swiftly to the Senate allegations on Wednesday.
"I am deeply dismayed that some members of the Senate have decided to make spurious allegations about CIA actions that are wholly unsupported by the facts," he said. "I am very confident that the appropriate authorities reviewing this matter will determine where wrongdoing, if any, occurred in either the Executive Branch or Legislative Branch."
Nintendo rose by 1.6% following the 17.7% plunge on Monday.
While the Pokemon franchise is owned by Nintendo, the developer of the game is US company Niantic.
Nintendo's market value more than doubled at one point due to the huge success of Pokemon Go.
Despite seeing its sharpest drop in more than 25 years on Monday, the firm's shares are still up more than 60% from before the 6 July launch of Pokemon Go.
On the wider market, Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 1.4% to close at 16,383.04.
The losses come ahead of a Bank of Japan meeting at the end of the week, which is expected to give clues about a new stimulus package promised by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index rose 0.6% to close at 22,129.73 led by financial and consumer stocks.
Over on the mainland, the Shanghai Composite gained 1.14% to end at 3,050.17.
Shares in South Korea gained ground, with the country's benchmark Kospi index ending 0.8% higher at 2,027.34.
Investor sentiment was lifted by fresh growth data showing that South Korea's economy grew at 3.2% in the second quarter, beating expectations.
Shares in SK Hynix, though, lost 1.4% after the world's second-biggest chipmaker said its second-quarter operating profit fell 67% from a year earlier due to weaker demand.
In Australia, the ASX 200 share index closed flat at 5,537.50.
Both goals came from first-half corners as first Lukas Jutkiewicz headed the visitors in front before an unmarked Steven Caulker levelled for QPR.
Adam Legzdins saved from Tjaronn Chery after the break as QPR failed to win for a fifth game in all competitions but ended their three-match losing run.
Birmingham, unbeaten away from home so far this term, remain in the top six.
Having gone 28 months without a goal before scoring his stoppage-time winner against Sheffield Wednesday, Jutkiewicz found his second goal in two games to give Blues the lead as he nodded in from close range after Michael Morrison's header.
He had forced a good save from Alex Smithies early on, as Birmingham - who were without striker Clayton Donaldson through injury - started brightly.
All 11 of QPR's league goals so far this season have come from set-pieces and the result keeps them 16th in the table.
Both sides pushed for a winner in the second half but Idrissa Sylla missed the target for the hosts after his team-mate Nedum Onuoha had blazed well over.
QPR manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink:
"Our display was very good. We had a setback when they scored but it didn't affect us and that was really pleasing to see.
"In the second half there was only one team in it and we did very well. Unfortunately for us their keeper made good saves.
"But I must say I am happy with that performance and we need to put that kind of performance in regularly.
"If you can make a string of these kind of performances then you will win games and that is what we now need to do."
Birmingham manager Gary Rowett:
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"Ryan Shotton lost his man. He apologised to the other lads at half-time. He just switched off for a second and didn't get tight.
"We knew QPR, given that they're under pressure after recent results, might go a little bit more direct and put balls in to make us defend.
"I felt we were fairly comfortable, and we scored, but it was very disappointing that we then allowed them to get into an area to get a corner and then score."
"In the second half we had to weather it a bit. It was a combination of QPR's desperation to get that win they're looking for and us being poor."
Match ends, Queens Park Rangers 1, Birmingham City 1.
Second Half ends, Queens Park Rangers 1, Birmingham City 1.
Attempt missed. Idrissa Sylla (Queens Park Rangers) header from the right side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Pawel Wszolek with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Ariel Borysiuk (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tjaronn Chery.
Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Sebastian Polter.
Grant Hall (Queens Park Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Grant Hall (Queens Park Rangers).
Greg Stewart (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Steven Caulker (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jack Storer (Birmingham City).
Attempt saved. Ariel Borysiuk (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Idrissa Sylla.
Substitution, Birmingham City. Jack Storer replaces Lukas Jutkiewicz.
Foul by Sebastian Polter (Queens Park Rangers).
Ryan Shotton (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Birmingham City. Paul Robinson replaces David Davis.
Massimo Luongo (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City).
Attempt missed. Nedum Onuoha (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Idrissa Sylla following a set piece situation.
Idrissa Sylla (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Jonathan Spector (Birmingham City).
Hand ball by Idrissa Sylla (Queens Park Rangers).
Offside, Birmingham City. Greg Stewart tries a through ball, but Jonathan Grounds is caught offside.
Foul by Grant Hall (Queens Park Rangers).
Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Offside, Queens Park Rangers. Alex Smithies tries a through ball, but Idrissa Sylla is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Massimo Luongo (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Idrissa Sylla.
Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Ariel Borysiuk.
Attempt blocked. David Davis (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Maikel Kieftenbeld.
Foul by Sebastian Polter (Queens Park Rangers).
Jacques Maghoma (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Birmingham City. Maikel Kieftenbeld tries a through ball, but Lukas Jutkiewicz is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Nedum Onuoha (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Pawel Wszolek following a set piece situation.
Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Massimo Luongo (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Maikel Kieftenbeld (Birmingham City).
Attempt saved. Idrissa Sylla (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sebastian Polter with a headed pass.
Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Sebastian Polter replaces Olamide Shodipo.
Foul by Ariel Borysiuk (Queens Park Rangers).
Jacques Maghoma (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Birmingham City. Ryan Shotton tries a through ball, but Lukas Jutkiewicz is caught offside.
An inquest into Amin Abdullah's death heard he died in February last year after losing his job at Charing Cross hospital.
The coroner said he had been "suffering from depression following a disciplinary matter at work."
The 41-year-old died from burns and the "inhalation of fire and fumes."
As she delivered her verdict, coroner Dr Shirley Radcliffe, at Westminster Coroner's Court, extended her "very deepest condolences" to Mr Abdullah's partner of 12 years, Terry Skitmore.
Dr Radcliffe said the Malaysian-born nurse became suicidal after he was dismissed from the job he loved.
The three-day inquest heard how problems began when Mr Abdullah had written a letter for a colleague to assist in her response to a complaint which had been made by a patient.
He had also signed a petition in support of her, resulting in him becoming embroiled in the issue, and disciplinary proceedings being taken against him in September 2015.
Following a disciplinary hearing on 16 December, the inquest heard how during the middle of his shift on 21 December he was informed he was "dismissed and needed to leave the hospital".
"He said he felt his whole life was over and ruined, there was nothing else in his life and nothing to live for," Dr Radcliffe said.
She added: "I am unable to identify an action that would have prevented this death.
"He did exactly what he said he was going to do. He was clearly intelligent enough to deflect questions and made it difficult to accurately assess the risk he posed.
"Tragically, it is not an uncommon problem."
Although Penny has a part-time job with a charity, her husband Rich has been struggling to find work as a chef.
Their rent, at £900 a month, has become unaffordable.
But much to their surprise, they have found that they are not entitled to Housing Benefit payments, which might have helped them stay in their four-bedroom home.
"We've been thinking of going to a small one-bedroom flat. That's what we'd have to move in to," says Penny.
Now it's being claimed that millions of working renters could find themselves in a similar position.
A report out this week warned there are large gaps in the Housing Benefit safety net - leaving the majority of Britain's 7.7 million renters at risk of losing their homes, should their income drop significantly.
More than five million working adults would not qualify for full Housing Benefit if they lost their job, according to the report by Royal London insurance.
The benefit is also known as Local Housing Allowance (LHA) for those renting in the private sector.
The report identifies four groups who are particularly vulnerable:
"Unless they are able to resume paid work quickly, 5.5 million working renters would be at risk of not being able to pay the rent, and having to move to cheaper accommodation," said Steve Webb, director of policy at Royal London, and a former pensions minister.
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Penny and Rich fit into three of the "at risk" groups above.
Penny's part-time income counts against them when it comes to their entitlement.
They have three grown-up children who are no longer living at home, so they are classed as having three spare bedrooms. Again this reduces their entitlement.
And they rent in a relatively expensive area. Their Housing Benefit is worked out on the basis of the cheapest rents in Bristol. So they lose out further.
Only this week a committee of MPs urged the government to ensure that Housing Benefit "more closely reflects market rents".
"We're not trying to scrounge the system," says Penny.
"Nevertheless it would be nice to feel that because we've paid into the system, we could have some support back when we're going through difficult times.
"A lot of other people are in the same situation."
Shelter: Many families could not pay a month's rent if they lost their job
In response, the government said it was doing all it could to protect those who need help.
"We continue to spend around £90bn a year on working age benefits, including unemployment and sickness benefits, to ensure a strong safety net for the most vulnerable," said a spokesperson for the Department of Communities and Local Government.
It said it was also working to produce a bigger private rented sector, including homes provided by companies.
Lee Healey, the managing director of IncomeMAX, advises people experiencing a shortfall in Housing Benefit to apply for so-called Discretionary Housing Payments.
These are financed by the government, which has given local authorities extra cash to mitigate the impact of benefit changes, such as the spare room subsidy and Universal Credit.
"There is a system of Discretionary Housing Payments available to vulnerable renters, but there is no guaranteed entitlement to them, and you have to apply," he says.
"Despite the pitfalls, it is still extremely important to apply for Housing Benefit - or the rent element of Universal Credit - and Discretionary Housing Payments if you need help with your rent."
The deal was offered by Radu Dogaru and five other suspects as they went on trial, one in absentia, in Bucharest.
They are accused of stealing masterpieces, by Picasso, Gauguin and Monet among others, from Rotterdam's Kunsthal museum last October.
There were fears that some of the paintings had been destroyed.
The remains of paint, canvas and nails consistent with those of the famous works were found in the oven of Olga Dogaru, mother of Mr Dogaru, at her Romanian home in February.
She had confessed to burning an unspecified number of paintings, although later retracted her statement.
Forensic experts have so far refused to say definitively whether or not the burnt remains were from the stolen paintings.
The trial of Radu Dogaru and his five alleged accomplices - one of whom is still on the run - was opened and adjourned by the Romanian court until 10 September.
One of the lawyers said their clients had offered to return five of the paintings, with no mention made of the remaining two.
Another lawyer, Maria Varsii, said: "It is more likely the paintings are intact. My client says they can be handed over to the Dutch authorities. In exchange, they want to go on trial in the Netherlands."
The works have been valued at around 18m euros (£15m; $24m) although they were previously said to be worth as much as 200m euros.
They include Monet's Waterloo Bridge, Picasso's Harlequin Head, Matisse's Reading Girl in White and Yellow and Lucien Freud's Woman with Eyes Closed.
The works were taken from the museum through a back entrance in a pre-dawn raid that lasted less than three minutes.
It was the Netherlands' biggest art theft since 20 works disappeared from Amsterdam's Van Gogh museum in 1991.
The Rotterdam paintings came to light some months later when Mariana Dragu, an art expert at Romania's National Art Museum, was asked by a friend to examine some artworks he was planning to buy.
She said she called the prosecutor's office when she realised she was looking at the stolen originals.
A few months later, three Romanian men were arrested on suspicion of involvement, including Radu Dogaru.
It was following her son's arrest that Mrs Dogaru allegedly burned the artworks at her home in the village of Carcaliu, in the Danube Delta region of eastern Romania.
It's a sunny Friday in August 2014. All around Shepperton Studios, threatening signs warn against unauthorised entry to the soundstages.
The film they're keeping under wraps is of Avengers: Age of Ultron, although the notices only refer to the movie's code name "Afterparty".
And what a party the original Avengers turned out to be. It took more than $1.5 billion (£991 million)at the global box office, and delighted millions of fans across the world with its mix of irreverent humour and budget-busting action sequences.
I'm here on what is day 89 of a 93 day shoot. During a brief break in filming, the movie's writer and director Joss Whedon confesses to feeling the pressure - but it's not the pressure of outside expectation. It's the pressure he puts on himself.
"The fact is there's a certain amount of expectation, obviously," he admits. "But for me the expectation is, can I make a better movie? Can I make this more interesting? Can I push myself as a filmmaker, can I push the actors? Can I expand the Marvel universe in the way that it should be expanded? Not just make it bigger, but make it deeper."
Last week, a few days before the film's release, Whedon is still tired. Even more than the last time we met.
"It feels like I'm at the end of a two or three year journey," he sighs, "and it was all uphill."
"When you start out, it's all perfect in your head. When you work with the actors, it gets better.
"And then at some point you've been editing it for so long you start thinking 'What am I? What's happening?' and you forget why you ever showed up.
"And you despair. It's a very bleak experience."
Luckily, he's now had the privilege of watching audiences' enjoyment of the finished film - and it's been something of a vindication.
"When you get a reaction, particularly if it's something you fought for. Then it's pretty wonderful."
It's hard to overstate how important Joss Whedon has become to the series of films that make up the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He's been a creative consultant on the franchise for three years, in addition to his duties on the Avengers sequel.
Chris Hemsworth, who plays Thor, is full of praise for the "fantastic writer and director". Speaking after a long night shoot, Hemsworth says Whedon has done an exceptional job keeping one of cinema's biggest-ever productions on track.
"I'm as impressed, if not more so, than I was on the first one working with him," he says. "There's got to be a sense of confidence with that success, but he has just such a great self-deprecating sort of humour, and I'm sure he'd tell you the opposite. Look what we're involved with, so he's done something right."
Newcomer Elizabeth Olsen, who plays Scarlet Witch, might be Thor's on-screen opponent, but she shares his appreciation for the director.
"The guys from the first Avengers all make jokes saying 'In Joss we trust' because, even though you maybe feel silly some days at work, Joss says, 'no, it looked awesome'.
"Then you go to [fan convention] ComicCon and you see the teaser they put together and you're like 'In Joss we trust!' You feel really taken care of. More so than I have on any other film."
Olsen's character is a welcome female addition to the male-dominated series. "I know that Joss doesn't want it to be a boys' club. He wants it to be what the comics are, which is a balance of men and women," she emphasises.
"I think it's fun for him to have been able to develop the character together, as opposed to the way he inherits roles from all these other franchises."
Whedon, who in the past tried to bring Wonderwoman to the big screen, agrees that there is some way to go in balancing genders in the superhero genre.
"There is a genuine sort of recalcitrant, intractable sexism and old fashioned sort of quiet misogyny that goes on. Now I'm not saying it's in Marvel more than other places, 'cos there's no one out there who's really doing it in this genre.
"I think at some point if Marvel doesn't step up, someone's going to sweep that away from them. I mean Hunger Games already has," he says.
"Marvel is in the position of making a statement simply by making one of those movies, which I think would be a good thing to do. But it has to be a good movie and it has to be a good character."
And on that note Whedon returns to the adjoining Stage J. Among the scenes he's overseeing today is one of the film's less complex moments.
The Hulk's alter ego Bruce Banner is emerging from the Avengers jet known as the Quinjet. He looks around warily calling out "Is this a code green, guys?"
Between every take the director and Mark Ruffalo who plays Banner/ The Hulk confer, eager to get the scene just right, surrounded by dozens of studio crew.
Once he's wrapped the sequence a few hours later, Ruffalo says he's taken the view that he's not going to worry too much about the Hulk-sized pressure the film is facing. Instead, he's simply enjoying the experience.
"It's actually been quite a bit of fun. It went well the first time so we're not battling against people's negative expectations, or lack of expectation, or whatever hurdles that I had to personally overcome.
"It's just a great group who, after the success of the first one, have become very close and it's a nice little family. And it's good to be back."
Avengers: Age of Ultron opened in UK cinemas this week.
The BBC has seen papers that show England and Wales' College of Policing said there were human rights "risks" but argued this could be monitored.
Rights group Reprieve said the training was "scandalous" and might help Saudi police target activists.
But the college said it could cut the likelihood of miscarriages of justice.
The revelations are contained in documents obtained following Freedom of Information requests from Reprieve and the BBC.
These show that since 2009 the college has provided training to the Saudi Ministry of the Interior in finger-printing, forensics and crime scene investigation, as part of a "trusted professional partnership".
It now wants to expand the training to include cybersecurity, mobile phone analysis, CCTV systems, voice recognition, DNA use and IT digital forensics including decryption and the retrieval of deleted files, documents show.
Maya Foa, who campaigns against the death penalty for Reprieve, warned that mobile phone analysis has, in the past, been used in Saudi Arabia to prosecute protesters, who can then face execution.
The details appear in a form submitted earlier this year to the International Police Assistance Board (IPAB), which vets plans to provide police assistance overseas according to "British values and interests".
In the form, the college noted there were human rights "risks" that "skills being trained are used to identify individuals who go on to be tortured or subjected to other human rights abuses".
But, it said, if it was shown that the skills learned had been used in human rights violations, the Foreign Office and the college would "reconsider the training".
It also said if the college declined to support the training, there might be "wider risks to UK partnerships and trade".
There was also concern raised that media attention might highlight UK involvement in a country with "a poor human rights record".
But the BBC has learned the training has been officially supported by the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) lead for international policing.
Labour MP Andy Slaughter, the shadow minister for human rights, called the document "astonishing", saying: "This is a regime which executed 47 people in one day this year, that still has minors on death row.
"We shouldn't be having anything to do with this criminal justice system."
A relative of one of those executed, who the BBC is not naming, told Radio 4's World At One programme: "Britain shouldn't train them and support them because this is how they continue to get stronger."
But the college argues that through police training, they might improve human rights in Saudi Arabia.
"Decisions to carry out the training must reconcile the difficulties of working with countries whose standards of human rights may be at odds with our own with the opportunity to contribute to reform and address national security concerns," a spokesman for the college said.
"Modern forensic investigation techniques can contribute to a move away from confession and witness-based convictions, helping to ensure innocent individuals are identified quicker and more easily, and reducing the likelihood of miscarriages of justice."
According to the documents, the objectives of the training were diplomatic, development and security benefits, and they highlighted how co-operation with Saudi Arabia on counter-terrorism had helped find a printer cartridge bomb in a cargo plane at East Midlands airport in 2010.
The College of Policing said any payments from Saudi Arabia would only cover costs, not make a profit.
A NPCC spokesman said: "Before any IPAB [application] is approved an Overseas Security Justice and Assistance Human Rights assessment is made", adding that in the most serious cases ministerial approval was required.
The Foreign Office declined to comment on the plans.
Last October, the UK government withdrew from a controversial £5.9m prisons deal with Saudi Arabia, to provide a "training needs analysis" for prison service staff.
Downing Street said the move reflected the government's decision to focus on domestic priorities and was not connected to the case of expat Karl Andree, jailed in Saudi Arabia after being caught with homemade wine.
Police received a report of the 58-year-old man being injured in Udny, near Pitmedden, at about 17.15 on Wednesday.
The emergency services attended but the man died.
Police Scotland said his next of kin had been informed and the Health and Safety Executive is making inquiries.
A limited number of tickets were made available after the initial round of tickets sold out in 35 minutes in October - the quickest sell-out since the show went on the road in 2006.
The shortlist for this year's award will be unveiled on The One Show on Monday 30 November from 18:50 GMT.
Taking place in Northern Ireland for the first time, the main award show will be broadcast live from the SSE Arena on Sunday 20 December.
Gary Lineker, Clare Balding and Gabby Logan will again present the show, which will be live on BBC One, the BBC Sport website and BBC Radio 5 live.
The Sports Personality of the Year award will be determined by a public vote on the night with a list of contenders selected by the following panel:
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Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton won last year's Sports Personality of the Year award in Glasgow, taking 34% of the 620,932 votes cast, with golfer Rory McIlroy second and athlete Jo Pavey third.
Real Madrid footballer Cristiano Ronaldo was named Overseas Personality of the Year, and the England women's rugby union team took the Team of the Year prize.
European Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley won Coach of the Year, six-time Olympic gold medallist Sir Chris Hoy was honoured with a lifetime achievement award, and Young Sports Personality of the Year was given to gymnast Claudia Fragapane, who won four gold medals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
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President Assad made the comments in an address at Damascus University,
His forces have been steadily recapturing rebel-held towns near the Lebanese border for several months.
More than 150,000 people have been killed in the conflict, with millions forced to flee their homes.
"This is a turning point in the crisis," President Assad said.
He added that his army was winning what he called "the war against terror".
Government forces have secured the main north-south highway in Syria in recent months, and have cut off vital supply routes for rebel forces.
President Assad is expected to announce that he will stand for a third term as leader.
The BBC's Lyse Doucet says the comments make clear that he is not willing to stand down despite repeated calls for him to go by armed opposition groups and their Western and Arab backers.
Meanwhile, the Syrian air force carried out bombing raids on areas near Damascus on Sunday, rights groups said.
Activists said 20 people were killed in government air attacks in the Douma suburb.
Syria's official news agency reported that a man was killed and twenty injured in a mortar attack in central Damascus.
On Friday, the government and opposition forces accused each other of using poison gas in the village of Kafr Zita.
The attack killed two people and left dozens injured.
In August last year, a chemical attack near the capital killed hundreds of people.
The young men scaled a barrier and then used suspension wires as handholds to climb to the top of the bridge, which is 156m (510 ft) high.
Humberside Police and the Humber Bridge Board said they were working together to discuss security measures.
Police urged people not to take part in "such potentially hazardous activity".
Charity Humber Rescue also condemned the group's actions.
The climbers, led by London-based vlogger and urban explorer Harry Gallagher, who goes by the name of Night Scape, made the ascent on Monday before posting their antics on Youtube.
The group are seen making a quick exit after CCTV cameras turned on them.
The footage, labelled 'Climbing the tallest bridge in England - Almost caught' has so far had more than 135,000 views.
A spokesperson for the Humber Bridge said: "Although security at the cable access points is sufficient to stop the vast majority of people from gaining access, we are reviewing it."
A police statement said: "We're aware of the incident in question and our security advisors are working with the Humber Bridge Board to discuss ongoing and future security measures.
"From a safety perspective we'd recommend people do not put themselves at risk by taking part in such potentially hazardous activity."
Humber Rescue founder Paul Berriff said he had helped recover 95 bodies from the stretch of water.
"I know all to well what the consequences of being on the bridge can be. This is extremely dangerous and just putting one foot wrong would result in death."
He told the new assembly at its first sitting that the move "heralds a new era for devolved politics at Stormont".
Mr Nesbitt added: "Let battle commence."
SDLP leader Colum Eastwood said his party has not decided yet whether it would go into opposition or government.
Earlier, Mr Nesbitt said his party's decision was a "big, bold step forward to normal democracy".
The UUP's 16 assembly members unanimously agreed on the decision to enter opposition.
He said: "We had two tests which would determine whether we went back into the executive.
"The first was whether it was a progressive programme, and it's clear we won't have the answer for that perhaps until the end of the year.
"The second test was whether the DUP and Sinn Féin were going to allow a sort of collective spirit in terms of delivery.
"And in our short discussions over the last two days, it's very clear the DUP and Sinn Féin are going to retain ownership of the programme for government and what's going to be published is motherhood and apple pie.
"We're not really interested in discussing what type of apples go in the pie. Our concerns run a lot deeper than that.
"So, both tests have been failed. We add in the fact that the chief constable says that nothing has changed in terms of the security situations since last October.
"So, on that basis, we're out."
Mr Nesbitt added that opposition would be stronger and there would be a "more honest" executive if the SDLP and Alliance Party joined the UUP in opposition.
He said that he had not talked with the SDLP yet but "would welcome a discussion with Colum at this point".
Mr Eastwood said his party would decide on whether to go into opposition until after talks over a programme for government had finished.
"We're not focused on big announcements. We're focused on working hard to get a programme of government we can sign up to," he said.
"There's been many negotiations over the last number of years and we've always stuck in to the end.
"We wait until all the negotiation is done and then make a decision. That's the right way to do a negotiation."
He added: "We have a job to do, because now we're the only party holding the DUP and Sinn Féin's feet to the fire to achieve a proper progressive programme for government."
Alliance party leader David Ford congratulated Mr Nesbitt on the "soundbite of the day".
"Some of us recognise that government is a bit more substantial than the soundbite of the day" he said.
Martin McGuinness said he was "deeply disappointed" that the UUP had decided to go into opposition.
"I do think that rather than it be seen as leadership, it will be seen as a lack of leadership," he said.
"It will be seen as a lack of the Ulster Unionist Party's ability to accept the democratically expressed wishes of the people who have charged the DUP and Sinn Féin to lead this administration forward."
He added: "We now wait with considerable interest to see if the SDLP are going to stand by the principles of the Good Friday Agreement."
Bahman Daroshafaei was arrested at his home in Tehran on Wednesday, according to the opposition website Kaleme.com.
Mr Daroshafaei, who has dual British and Iranian citizenship, has been working as a translator since leaving BBC Persian about two years ago.
Officials have so far given no reason for his arrest, which came on the eve of a visit to the UK by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
In November, two prominent journalists were arrested as part of what appeared to be a crackdown on writers, artists and other cultural figures in Iran.
A lawyer for Isa Saharkhiz and Ehsun Mazandarani said earlier this week that they had been accused of acting against national security.
Mr Saharkhiz's son linked his arrest to this months' elections for Iran's parliament and Assembly of Experts, in which reformists are hoping to make a comeback.
In October, poets Fatemeh Ekhtesari and Mehdi Mousavi and a filmmaker Keywan Karimi were handed lengthy prison terms by a court after being convicted of charges including "insulting sanctities and propaganda against the state".
The 35-year-old retuned to Wales this summer after six seasons in England.
Henson was named in the side in France while a different Dragons team will play Northampton at Franklin's Gardens on Saturday, 12 August (15:00 BST).
Wales wing Hallam Amos made his first appearance since suffering shoulder damage in November, 2016.
Amos missed the rest of last season after coming injured while playing for Wales against Australia.
The pre-season friendly against Montpellier was part of the Vaquerin Challenge and will be the first match for new head coach Bernard Jackman.
The former Ireland hooker travelling to Northampton for Saturday's game.
Dragons: C Meyer; A Hughes, S Beard, J Dixon, H Amos; G Henson, S Pretorius; T Davies, E Dee, L Fairbrother, M Screech, A Sweet, J Thomas, H Keddie, J Benjamin.
Replacements: R Buckley, P Price, L Brown, M Williams, N Cudd, C Davies, A O Brien, P Howard, A Hewitt, W Talbot Davies.
The march, organised by Stop Climate Chaos Scotland, was part of a global campaign ahead of the United Nations' meeting in Paris.
The campaign is urging politicians to agree plans to cut carbon emissions.
It is also asking for support for developing countries who are "suffering most from catastrophic climate change".
Marchers gathered at The Meadows before heading to the Ross Bandstand in Princes Street Gardens for a rally.
Marchers, who gathered in the rain, were asked to wear bright colours and unite around the slogan Climate, Justice and Jobs.
Organisers said about 5,000 people were at the event, which was also attended by Environment Minister Aileen McLeod.
Dr McLeod said Scotland "wants and expects an ambitious and fair climate treaty to be agreed" at the conference.
She said the Scottish government had "high ambition" for climate change - "with a world-leading target of 42% cut in emissions by 2020 compared to 1990."
Tom Ballantine, chairman of Stop Climate Chaos Scotland, a coalition of 60 organisations, said: "We're proud that so many people in Scotland are coming together to show they care about the fate of others across the world and that they want to protect the planet that we all rely on.
"Scotland and the UK as a whole benefited massively from the era of fossil fuels - now we need to take our fair share of responsibility for the world's growing climate crisis."
At next week's United Nations talks in Paris, international leaders will attempt to agree a deal on cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Patrick Harvie MSP, co-convener of the Scottish Greens, said Scotland could lead the way in the transition from fossil fuels to a low-carbon economy.
He said: "The negotiations in Paris must strike a bold deal to protect our society.
"The trend of rising global temperatures is clear and the impact will be felt by the poorest people in the world. The pollution that has caused this is the responsibility of developed nations such as ours.
"The scientific consensus is clear - we need to leave fossil fuels in the ground if we're to limit the damage that climate change will cause."
Scottish Labour's environmental justice spokeswoman, Sarah Boyack, said her party in government at Holyrood would deliver regulatory change to make warm homes that tackle climate change "a 21st Century reality".
She said: "These are worrying and challenging times for renewables, so the SNP government needs to redouble its efforts to get on with tackling climate change.
"Without the political will to support low- carbon heat and power, we won't tackle fuel poverty and Scottish companies will miss out on becoming leaders in making this globally important technology commercially viable."
The Court of Appeal in London considered mitigating factors including his diagnosis for Asperger's Syndrome, a condition on the autism spectrum.
He was previously sentenced in August to 14 years in prison for conspiracy to defraud.
Hayes was the first person to face a jury trial for manipulating the rate.
Libor is used as a benchmark for trillions of pounds of global borrowing and lending.
Many of the world's leading banks have paid heavy financial penalties for tampering with the benchmark.
The final sentence in the Appeal Court judgement on the Tom Hayes case is the one that carries significant weight.
It will serve as a wake-up call to any in the City that may still believe financial crime is somehow not as serious as other crimes.
Or, that because the rules were arguably unclear, the guilt of those involved is debatable.
"This court must make clear to all in the financial and other markets in the City that conduct of this type will result in severe sentences of considerable length," the three Appeal Court judges said.
Yes, Hayes had his sentence reduced slightly, but the court appears to want to make it clear that long sentences for manipulating markets - above the 11 years finally settled on here - could well be handed down in the future.
Lawyers failed to overturn the conviction of the former UBS and Citigroup trader.
Lord Thomas, sitting with Sir Brian Leveson and Lady Justice Gloster, said that none of the grounds of appeal on conviction had any merit.
"Those who act dishonestly in these markets must receive severe sentences to deter others from criminality that is often hard to detect and has such a damaging effect not only on the markets, but more broadly on the general prosperity of the state," he said.
Hayes said in a statement: "Today I lost a battle to have my conviction in relation to Libor overturned.
"Whilst I am immensely disappointed with this result, I am relieved and grateful that the extremely long sentence imposed on me has been reduced."
He added: "I continue to maintain my innocence."
The case was originally brought by the Serious Fraud Office, which said Hayes set up a network of traders over 10 financial institutions and persuaded them to help rig Libor rates for profit.
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Mario Balotelli and Edin Dzeko each scored twice as City tore United - who had Jonny Evans sent off - apart.
Ferguson said: "It's the worst result in my history. The impact will come from the embarrassment of the defeat."
The warning signs have been there for Manchester United in home games against Chelsea, Basle and even Liverpool last week as they all had a host of chances. The defence left Silva in oceans of space at times and for the first goal there wasn't any pressure on the ball. The sending off might have changed the game but it was a horror story for United
Sergio Aguero and David Silva also scored for City in United's biggest Old Trafford defeat since 1955.
Ferguson believes the loss - which ended their run of 19 consecutive home wins in the Premier League - was self-inflicted, and criticised his team's gung-ho approach.
"It was a horrible defeat but it was suicidal," added the United boss.
"Jonny Evans's sending off was a killer for us. With 10 men we kept attacking - it was crazy football and ended up being an embarrassment. We should have just said: 'We've had our day'.
"I believe you shouldn't bring down a man on the edge of the box. Evans is young but he should let Balotelli go through and see what he can do.
"I thought with the experience we've got - Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra - they would have defended more but we just kept attacking. Sometimes there has to be common sense about it. It was a bad day."
Despite the manner of the defeat, Ferguson insisted that United will recover and close the five-point gap that now separates them and City.
"We'll come back," he said. "We usually get the show on the road in the second half of the season and that will have to be the case.
"We've played all the teams around us and they all have to play each other so the second half of the season is important to us now.
"We will react, no question about that. It's a perfect result for us to react to because there is a lot of embarrassment in the dressing room and that will make an impact.
"I can't believe the scoreline. Even as a player I don't think I ever lost 6-1. That's a challenge for me too."
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The Fermanagh and South Tyrone MP said he provided a statement about a man who was convicted of benefit fraud.
However, the politician insisted he did not make a character reference.
Clive Miller, a former soldier from Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, claimed housing benefit while he owned properties in Spain.
He got income support despite having more than £280,000 in his bank accounts and was overpaid almost £40,000 in benefits between 2002 and 2010.
Miller was was given a suspended jail sentence at Dungannon Crown Court on Monday.
The court heard that his legal team had a reference from "an esteemed source" which spoke "glowingly of his work in the voluntary sector".
Mr Elliott said he is not sure if he is the esteemed source referred too.
However, he said he did provide a statement about Mr Miller but insisted it was not a character reference.
He told the BBC: "I confirmed that I knew him. That is what I was asked. I knew him in the context of him coming to me with constituency issues."
The MP also declared: "I did take the step of writing to the judge to let him know this was not a character reference, in case there was any doubt about it "
Mr Elliott now intends to take the matter further, saying: "Obviously I will be taking it forward with the lord chief justice."
He added: "I would have concerns if that simple acknowledgment or answering the question that I confirmed I knew the person is taken as a reference ".
Miller, of Coleshill Crescent, admitted four charges of failing to declare a change of circumstances to the Social Security Agency.
Two charges of money laundering were left on the books.
The judge sentenced 47-year-old Miller, to 12 months in prison, suspended for two years.
They also have multiple entries in the singles chart, where Drake remains top.
Beyonce's "visual album" sold 73,000 copies, making it the second-fastest selling artist record of 2016, behind David Bowie's Blackstar.
Fifteen of Prince's albums made it into the chart as fans rushed to buy his music following his sudden death.
Six are in the top 40 with The Very Best Of, Ultimate and Purple Rain at two, three and four.
In the midweek chart Prince had held every spot in the top five, but many retailers ran out of physical stock at the start of the week and could not keep up with fan demand. The singer's catalogue is also only available on streaming service Tidal, limiting its reach.
Record label Warner Music, which published most of his classic albums, said more CDs were being pressed this week.
Ultimate, which was released in 2006, reached a new peak at three after first only making it to number six when it was first released in 2006.
The Purple Rain soundtrack at four, is up on its previous peak of seven when it was first released in 1984. Dirty Mind, which entered the chart at 61, did not previously chart in the UK.
Beyonce's Lemonade sold 10,000 copies via streaming - which is the biggest streaming sales since they were introduced into the chart last year.
In the singles chart, Beyonce has six tracks in the top 40 - the highest being Hold Up at 17. Formation, Sorry, 6 Inch, Don't Hurt Yourself and Freedom also made the top 40.
Six Prince tracks entered the top 100, with Purple Rain the highest entry at number six. The track peaked at eight when it was first released in 1984.
When Doves Cry, Kiss, Raspberry Beret, 1999 and Little Red Corvette also all charted.
Drake remained at number one for a third consecutive week with One Dance with sales of 129,000, which include 50,000 downloads and a record-breaking 7.86 million streams.
It is the highest number of track streams in a week ever recorded, beating Adele's Hello which reached 7.32 million plays on its release week in October.
Elsewhere in the album chart Adele's 25 fell out of the top five for the first time since its release in November.
Katherine Jenkins was at seven with Celebration, her album commemorating the Queen's 90th birthday. It is also number one on the classical album chart - giving the singer a record 12th UK classical number one, ahead of violinist Andre Rieu's 11.
Three other new entries in the album chart top 40 were Katy B's Honey at 22, Sandy Denny's I've Always Kept A Unicorn at 31, and Julian Ovenden's Be My Love at 37.
The officer was shot in the arm, according to local broadcaster KSDK, but the circumstances are not known.
Ferguson, a suburb of St Louis, has suffered outbreaks of violence since the shooting dead of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown on 9 August.
He was shot by white policeman Darren Wilson, leading to protests.
St Louis County Police spokesman Brian Schellman told AP news agency that an officer had been shot but he had no further information.
There have been violent clashes between police and demonstrators since the shooting of Mr Brown, 18.
Last week, police in Ferguson said they would not tolerate further violence after protesters looted shops and harassed officers.
Also last week, a street memorial where Mr Brown was shot was burned down in suspicious circumstances.
Police said the cause of the blaze was under investigation, and local residents suspected arson.
A St Louis grand jury has yet to decide whether or not to charge Mr Wilson with Michael Brown's shooting.
It is unclear when they will make a decision. A separate investigation by the US justice department is continuing.
The clubs meet again next Saturday in the second leg of the semi-final and a home draw will be enough to take the team from the Algerian capital into the decider for the first time.
Another Sudanese side, Al Merrikh, fared better in the first semi-final 24 hours earlier in another Omdurman stadium by winning 2-1 against TP Mazembe from DR Congo.
Hilal made the perfect start on Sunday, with Mudather 'Careca' Eltaib scoring after just two minutes before a capacity 35,000 crowd at the Al Hilal Stadium in Omdurman.
But USM shrugged off the stamina-sapping 35 degree celsius night-time heat to level 15 minutes later through recent signing Mohamed Amine Aoudia.
Karim Baiteche scored the 67th-minute match-winner with his first goal of the Champions League campaign.
Just before the decisive goal, Hilal squandered a great chance to regain the lead when Brazilian Andrezinho had a penalty saved.
Hilal were runners-up twice when the competition was called the African Champions Cup, while the best previous showing by USM was reaching the 2003 semi-finals.
Algerian outfit Entente Setif won the Champions League last season, edging Vita Club from the Democratic Republic of Congo on away goals after both legs of the final were drawn.
On Saturday, Al Merreikh of Sudan scored 10 minutes from time to grab a 2-1 first-leg lead over TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo in their semi-final.
Local star Babeker 'Al Medina' Bakri snatched the winner in front of the 45,000 supporters who filled the Omdurman stadium.
Ghanaian Francis Coffie had put semi-finals debutants Merreikh ahead against four-time African champions Mazembe three minutes before half-time.
Thomas Ulimwengu, one of two Tanzanians in the multi-national line-up of the Congolese outfit, levelled for Mazemebe on 77 minutes.
It was the first goal Merreikh had conceded at home in seven Champions League matches this season, and could prove crucial overall.
A 1-0 victory for Mazembe in the southern mining city of Lubumbashi next Sunday would take them into the final on away goals.
Before Saturday's contest, Merreikh coach Diego Garzitto had admitted he was realising a dream by facing Mazembe with his Sudanese club.
The 65-year-old Italy-born handler had steered DR Congo's Mazembe to victory in the premier African club competition six seasons ago.
The first leg of the other semi-final will also be played in Omdurman with Al Hilal of Sudan hosting USM Alger of Algeria on Sunday at a different stadium.
Drug cheat and leading USM Champions League scorer Mohamed Youcef Belaili has been ruled out of the Hilal tie after receiving a two-year international ban this week.
Belaili, who scored four Confederation of African Football goals this season, tested positive for an unspecified banned substance last month after a group victory over fellow Algerians Mouloudia El Eulma.
USM, whose best previous showing was reaching the 2003 semi-finals, are returning to Omdurman two weeks after losing 1-0 to Merrikh in a group game.
Twice runners-up Hilal are a multi-national squad coached by Tunisian Nabil Kouki and captained by Saif Masawi, a defender with a fondness for scoring goals.
The second legs are scheduled for next weekend in Algiers and Lubumbashi.
Tourist guide John Alasdair Macdonald captured his image on a compact camera near Dochfour at about 21:00 on Sunday.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency got calls from people in the Highlands, Dumfries and Galloway and Cumbria concerned it was a distress flare.
Mr Macdonald described his images as a "fluke".
Mr Macdonald said: "I was taking some new pictures to put on my Facebook page using a Sony RX100 compact camera.
"It was a beautiful, clear night and I got some nice pictures but capturing the meteor was a fluke. I will never take a picture like that again."
Mr Macdonald, who runs the business The Hebridean Explorer, said he had seen messages on social media of a meteor being seen elsewhere, including Sleat on Skye.
Meteor sightings were also said to have been made from North Uist, Oban and Mull.
A "meteorite" mistaken for a distress flare also sparked a lifeboat search operation off the English coast on Sunday.
Maryport Coastguard Rescue Team said it received numerous reports of a moving red object over the sea between Workington, Cumbria, and the Isle of Whithorn in Dumfries and Galloway.
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The deal for the 17-year-old to be fast-tracked into F1 is part of an investment in Sauber by a group of Russian companies.
A statement from the Swiss team said they would set up a development programme for Sirotkin "to prepare him as racing driver for the team in 2014".
A spokesman added: "The goal would be to have him in our car next year."
Sirotkin races this year in the Formula Renault 3.5 series and lies eighth in the championship, with a best result of second place.
This extensive co-operation will showcase Russian innovation at the pinnacle of motorsport. At the same time, the Sauber F1 Team will have a solid foundation to increase its competitiveness on a long-term basis.
On the face of it, he does not qualify for the 'super-licence' required to be an F1 driver, and would have to win the Renault 3.5 championship to ensure he did.
However, there is a catch-all clause that Sauber could use to argue his case, which states a driver must have "consistently demonstrated outstanding ability in single-seater formula cars".
Sauber's race drivers this year are German Nico Hulkenberg, who is expected to move on next year, and Mexican Esteban Gutierrez, who also owes his presence in the team to sponsorship from his home country.
Sauber have been in financial trouble for some time and the deal with a group of Russian companies secures their future for the next few years.
The spokesman said there had been no change in shareholding at the team "for the time being", with founder Peter Sauber retaining two-thirds of the shares and team principal Monisha Kaltenborn one-third.
The Sauber statement said: "This extensive co-operation will showcase Russian innovation at the pinnacle of motorsport. At the same time, the Sauber F1 Team will have a solid foundation to increase its competitiveness on a long-term basis."
Sauber will also promote Russia's inaugural grand prix in Sochi in 2014.
Teenage Korean amateur Choi Hye-Jin and compatriot Amy Yang are tied in second having both shot two-under-par 70s at Trump National Golf Club.
Fellow Koreans Sung Hyun Park (-6), Mirim Lee, Ryu So-yeon and Jeongeun6 Lee (all -5) complete the top seven.
England's Charley Hull is tied for 18th on one under par after a one-over 73.
Compatriot Georgia Hall hit four birdies but two double bogies to card a five-over 77 and sits in tied 55th place.
Having hit eight bogeys, Scot Catriona Matthew dropped to 57th on six over after a third-round 79.
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The Metropolitan Police said the 33-year-old had also been charged with the rape, attempted murder and kidnap of a woman in her 20s.
Another man, 28, has been charged with the kidnap of both women.
The teenager's body was found at an address in Coombe Lane West, in Kingston Upon Thames, on Wednesday night, three hours after she had been reported missing, police said.
The second woman had earlier been treated for stab or slash wounds at a south London hospital.
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The dismissal of Mike Rice from Rutgers University in New Jersey was effective immediately, a college spokesman said.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and NBA star LeBron James were among those who condemned the coach's conduct.
Mr Rice apologised on Wednesday, saying there was no excuse for his actions captured on video.
He was recruited in 2010 to be head basketball coach at Rutgers, which finished last season near the bottom of their league, the prestigious Big East Conference.
"I've let so many people down: my players, my administration, Rutgers University, the fans," Mr Rice told ABC News in an interview outside his home on Wednesday.
"My family [are] sitting in their house just huddled around because of the fact that their father was an embarrassment to them."
Featuring clips shot between 2010-12, the video aired on sports network ESPN shows Mr Rice shouting obscenities, hurling balls at team members, as well as kicking and grabbing them.
Rutgers athletic director Tim Pernetti reportedly viewed the footage late last year.
The university then suspended Mr Rice for three games, fined him $75,000 (£50,000) and ordered him to attend anger management classes.
On Wednesday, Rutgers President Robert Barchi said in a statement on the university website: "Coach Rice's abusive language and actions are deeply offensive and egregiously violate the university's core values."
Mr Barchi added that the video revealed a "chronic and pervasive pattern of disturbing behaviour", which led to his dismissal.
The decision to fire Mr Rice comes amid mounting pressure at both state and national level for the university to take action.
Gov Christie said in a statement that he was "deeply disturbed" by the footage.
"This was a regrettable episode for the university, but I completely support the decision to remove Coach Rice," he said.
New Jersey Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver said the coach's conduct was "unbecoming of our state".
She called for an investigation into why Rutgers decided not to fire Mr Rice when it first became aware of the video.
One of the most famous basketball players in the US, the Miami Heat forward LeBron James, tweeted: "If my son played for Rutgers or a coach like that he would have some real explaining to do and I'm still gone whoop on him afterwards! C'mon.''
Athletic director Mr Pernetti apologised for not taking more robust action when the footage first came to his attention.
"I am responsible for the decision to attempt a rehabilitation of Coach Rice," he said in a written statement.
Saying that Rutgers had considered firing him at the time, Mr Pernetti added: "I thought it was in the best interest of everyone to rehabilitate, but I was wrong."
Since the first major appeal in 1980, more than £840m has been raised to help children in the UK.
Pyjama parties, leg waxing and carwash karaoke were among the many fundraisers which took place across Wales on Friday to raise money for this year's event.
By 22:45 GMT, more than £2.6m had been raised in Wales.
The annual telethon started at 19:30 on BBC One with live broadcasts from Swansea.
Schools and offices across Wales took part in fundraising activities.
Pudsey the Bear even joined in for some work experience with South Wales Fire and Rescue Service crews at Barry fire station on Thursday.
The charity aims for every child in the UK to have a safe, happy and secure childhood to help them reach their potential.
BBC Wales' live broadcast of Children in Need came from Swansea University's Great Hall.
BBC Radio Wales presenter and Welsh tenor Wynne Evans hosted a night of entertainment and fundraising and was set to perform along with Baby Queens, Tenors of Rock, and Jodi Bird.
Children in Need support youngsters affected by:
Jemma Wray, national head for Wales, BBC Children in Need, said: "We are delighted to be in Swansea for this year's appeal show.
"BBC Children in Need supports a range of projects in the Swansea area that are helping to change the lives of disadvantaged children and young people.
"We are always overjoyed by the support we receive from the Welsh public and hope this year is no different!"
The Trainwreck star will appear first at the Edinburgh Playhouse on 30 August, as part of a European tour.
She will then play Manchester Apollo on 3 September and London's O2 Arena the following night.
The 35-year-old tweeted news of the eight-city tour, which also includes a date in Dublin on 26 August, saying: "I'm going abroad!"
Tickets for the UK dates go on sale on 10 June.
The comic has won a number of awards for her TV series, Inside Amy Schumer, including an Emmy for best variety sketch series and Critics' Choice award for best actress in a comedy series.
She will next be seen on the big screen in drama Thank You For Your Service, looking at how post traumatic stress disorder affects soldiers returning home from war, due for release later this year.
She is also currently working on an untitled mother-daughter comedy alongside Goldie Hawn.
The plants were discovered after Mersey Fire and Rescue Service was alerted to a blaze at a terraced house on Oakfield Road, Anfield, at 09:30 GMT on Monday.
About 350 plants and equipment filled three rooms and the loft of the property, which is believed to have been uninhabited.
Merseyside Police said the fire may have been caused by a make-shift system of heating and lighting in the house.
Crews discovered the blaze on the landing area.
A search revealed electricity had been taken by bridging the meter in the property.
A utility company was called to make the house safe.
Police are trying to trace those responsible for the cannabis farm.
Sgt Angie Norstrom said cannabis farms are "a huge fire hazard due to the dangerous and illegal way that the electricity supply is tampered with".
"Criminal gangs use lots of small properties such as flats or terraced houses to spread their risk... putting those residents and business owners at risk," she added.
Signs of a cannabis farm include:
The deal would make Cosco the world's third biggest shipping company, with more than 400 vessels.
And it would be the latest in a wave of mergers, which has left the top six shipping lines controlling almost two thirds of the market.
Overcapacity and slowing demand is leading to major changes in the shipping industry.
Korean shipping giant Hanjin filed for bankruptcy last year, while France's CMA CGM bought Singapore's Neptune Orient Lines.
OOIL's subsidiary OOCL is currently the world's seventh largest shipping line, with 3.2% of global market share, according to shipping database Alphaliner.
Cosco is offering $10.07 per share, a 38% premium over OOIL's closing price on Friday.
The family of Hong Kong's first Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa founded OOIL, and still holds a 69% stake in the company.
They have accepted the offer, but it still needs the approval of Cosco shareholders, as well as US and Chinese regulators.
He was 42-year-old Mark Hems from Aberdeen.
Emergency services had been called to the fire in Nellfield Place at about 20:00 on 24 December.
Mr Hems was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary but later died. A police spokesman said inquiries into the cause of the fire were ongoing.
The event, which is part of a four-night celebration, will be hosted by Ant and Dec on 15 in May on the private grounds of Windsor Castle.
Previously announced performers include Kylie Minogue, Andrea Bocelli, Katherine Jenkins and Jess Glynne.
Ant and Dec said they were "honoured to be hosting the special celebration".
"This spectacular evening will bring together some of the best known names in the entertainment world who will perform with 900 horses and 1,500 participants to mark this very special birthday", they said.
Dame Shirley, 79, has sung before the monarch on several occasions including for the Royal Variety Performance and during The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert at Buckingham Palace in 2012.
Take That star Barlow, 45, was chosen to compose the Queen's official Diamond Jubilee single, Sing, with Andrew Lloyd Webber.
He performed the song with the Military Wives at The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert.
The celebration will tell the story of the Queen's life, from her birth in 1926 to her coronation in 1953, and the whole of her reign.
The event will be broadcast by ITV on 15 May.
Following their 1-0 defeat at the hands of the Republic of Ireland, in Dublin, Georgia are winless after two matches in Group D.
Weiss admitted the match at the Cardiff City Stadium could be the final hope for his side.
"This maybe the last chance to do it, to dream. This is very true," said Weiss.
''I hope we can take points from any team. We have quality, but we must show it, score goals and play with balance between attack and defence.''
Georgia will be without captain Jaba Kankave while defender Solomon Kverkveliya will play with protective head gear after an injury in the Ireland game.
Wales lead Group D on goal difference from Serbia, Austria and Ireland, who are all on four points.
Georgia, who lost despite encouraging showings against Austria and Ireland, are pointless and have only Moldova below them on goal difference.
Defender Zourab Tsiskaridze backed his coach and he too has been heartened by the form of his side.
''You open up the papers in Dublin and you could see the disappointment," said Tsiskaridze.
"Actually it said in big letters - ''Big Escape'' - that was the headline because we dominated that game, its a shame we did not get a point.
''We deserved three. It was the same thing with Austria, maybe not as fantastic a game, but we had three or four chances, but we were not able to capitalise on those chances.''
In the absence of injured Joe Allen and Aaron Ramsey, Georgia say they will attempt to plan for the presence of Gareth Bale as they look to build on their record of having won all three previous encounters with Wales.
Tsiskaridze added: ''He has unbelievable quality. With the coach we will make some plan toward that, but it will be an honour to play against him if it happens.''
Every night between December 1 to 24 a different resident of Arcot Street, Penarth, will light up their Christmas-themed window display.
Rosslyn Offord came up with the idea as a way of uniting the community and getting to know new people.
Her husband's blog documenting the project has attracted views from 90 different countries in just five days.
After hearing about a living advent calendar in the Yorkshire town of Saltaire, Ms Offord, 42, decided she could use the idea to do something nice for her community.
She later enlisted the help of her son, Osian, nine, who set about making leaflets to encourage neighbours to take part.
"In the past year, the country has been a bit divided, people in groups, not mixing and we thought, 'what's something nice that we could do together to get us talking to people in the street?'" she said.
"Christmas is a time when you think about peace and hope and we thought his could be an idea people might like and it's a way of talking to people you wouldn't normally talk to. Especially since Brexit."
The duo signed up their last participant a few weeks ago and have received positive feedback from local people and those further afield.
"People have been really enthusiastic, obviously not everyone can do it but even people that haven't have said it's a lovely idea and quite a few people have even thanked me for it."
Ms Offord's husband, Nick Beynon, 43, set up his blog to document the project and display pictures of the windows, which has had more than 1,200 views since Tuesday from countries including Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and Australia.
"We are just amazed because we only put it [the blog information] through the doors of the people in the street so how are there 1,200 visitors from all over the world?" Ms Offord added.
Those who are taking part in the advent calendar have been asked to keep their lights on until 24 December.
The incident happened on the Templepatrick Road near Doagh in County Antrim on Friday afternoon.
Two men, aged 27 and 36, have been charged with possession of a Class A drug and possession of a Class A Drug with intent to supply.
They are due to appear at Belfast Magistrates' Court on Saturday.
All charges will be reviewed by the Public Prosecution Service.
However, no weapons were found in or near the plot at Brandwood End Cemetery in Kings Heath.
West Midlands Police said it had received "credible evidence" that firearms were near the grave.
A spokesman stressed the coffin remained untouched throughout, the family of the deceased were informed and no machines were used.
The intelligence had been corroborated by a scan of the ground before the search was made, the spokesman said.
The grave is thought to have been that of a stabbing victim who died several years ago. It was examined while the cemetery was closed on May 27, police said.
"West Midlands Police obtained a licence from the Ministry of Justice earlier this year to excavate a grave plot in Birmingham," a spokesman said.
"The excavation happened in private, behind a screen, while the cemetery was closed and the team carried out the search with the utmost sensitivity and respect.
"We suspected potential weapons were just a couple of feet below the surface of the ground and it's our duty to ensure they don't end up in the wrong hands."
Those on welfare will feel the squeeze especially, as payment rates are frozen for the second year in succession, and the generosity of some benefits are reduced.
However, those in work are likely to become better off, as tax rates become more generous, and the National Living Wage also rises.
Some of these changes will occur on 1 April, at the start of the government's financial year, while others occur on 6 April, the start of the tax year.
From 6 April the personal allowance - the annual amount you can earn before paying tax - rises from £11,000 to £11,500. This should save over 20 million people £100 a year, and take thousands out of tax altogether.
At the same time the starting point for paying the higher, or 40%, rate of tax will move from £43,000 to £45,000. This will save higher rate taxpayers a further £400 a year.
However, in Scotland the higher rate threshold has been frozen at £43,000, so better-off taxpayers north of the border will see no benefit.
Millions of people over the age of 25 will receive a 4% pay rise from 1 April, as the National Living Wage (NLW) increases from £7.20 an hour to £7.50.
However, those between the ages of 21 and 24, who receive the National Minimum Wage (NMW), will get a rise of only 1.4% - well below the current 2.3% CPI inflation rate.
The new wage rates are:
Savers can apply to open a new Lifetime Isa (Lisa) from 6 April. The government will add a 25% bonus to your savings after a year, up to a maximum of £1,000. The Lisa is designed for people who want to buy a property, or need a retirement income.
Anyone nearing the age of 40 is advised to consider opening a Lisa soon, as those over that age cannot start an account.
More details about the Lisa here.
The allowance for saving into an ordinary Individual Savings Account (Isa) goes up from £15,250 to £20,000 from 6 April.
The money can be invested in a cash Isa, or in stocks and shares.
There is no tax to pay on income from an Isa, or on any capital gain.
Anyone buying a new car from 1 April will pay a different rate of Vehicle Excise Duty (VED).
This is because car emissions have got so much cleaner that most of them would no longer qualify for VED at all.
New buyers will pay a special rate in the first year, depending on engine emissions, followed by a fixed rate in one of three categories thereafter: zero emission, standard or premium.
The standard rate will be £140. Luxury cars, costing more than £40,000 will pay an extra £310.
Rates for existing car owners will not change.
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Inheritance tax will become less onerous for people who want to leave property to their children.
Currently, any estate worth more than £325,000 carries a tax liability of 40% on anything above that threshold.
But from 6 April there will be a new transferable main residence allowance on property within the estate, enabling individuals to pass on an extra £100,000 tax free.
Couples who are married, or in a civil partnership, will now be able to pass on £850,000 in total without paying tax, an amount that will rise to £1m by 2021.
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People living in England will see the steepest rise in council tax. From 1 April the rise will average 4%, equating to £61 for a typical Band D property. The rise will be smaller in district councils, which do not have responsibility for social care, and up to 4.99% in those that do.
In Scotland the average rise is 3%, equating to about £32 for a Band D property.
Council taxpayers in Wales will see a rise of 3.1% on average, equal to about £35 a year on a Band D property.
Rate-payers in Northern Ireland have still not been told what their bill will be, due to political issues.
From 6 April there will be cuts to future child tax credits. Where a first child is born after this date, claimants will no longer receive the family element of the payment, worth £545 a year.
Those whose first child was born before 6 April will see no change.
In addition, those who have a third or subsequent child after this date will no longer receive a payment for that child - limiting future tax credits to two children only.
The same will apply to people claiming universal credit. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) calculates that as a result of this change alone, 600,000 three-child families will on average be £2,500 worse off than under the old system.
But in practice no existing parent, and no existing claimant, will actually lose money.
From Monday 3 April new claimants for the Work Related Activity Group (WRAG) of ESA will receive £29 a week less than existing claimants. These are people whom the government judges may be capable of working at some stage in the future.
They will receive £73 instead of £102, to bring them into line with claimants for Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA).
The IFS has estimated that half a million future claimants will receive £1,400 a year less than current claimants.
April 2017 sees the start of the second year in which many state benefits will be frozen. This includes JSA, ESA, child benefit and some housing benefit payments.
Given that CPI inflation is currently running at 2.3%, this will amount to a real terms cut for tens of millions of people.
The freeze is due to last until March 2020.
From 10 April, those people who claim universal credit (UC) will be allowed to keep more of what they earn from a job before their benefits are reduced.
Previously those in work were allowed to keep 35p out of every pound they earned, before their UC payment was cut.
Now they will be allowed to keep 37p in every pound. This is as a result of the so-called taper rate being reduced from 65% to 63%.
The cost of an NHS prescription in England rises on 1 April from £8.40 to £8.60. However the cost of pre-payment cards has been frozen.
Dental charges in England are also rising. The cost of a check-up will go up by 90p to £20.60, the cost of a filling goes up by £2.40 to £56.30, and the most complex work will go up by £10 to £244.30.
From 1 April, four million consumers who use pre-payment meters for their gas and electricity will see their charges capped. The regulator, Ofgem, says they should each save around £80 a year.
However, on average they were paying £220 more than other consumers, so they will still be paying a higher charge than others.
Water and sewerage bills will go up on 1 April. The average rise in England and Wales is 2%, making a typical annual bill £395. In Scotland the rise will be 1.6%, or around £5 per household.
Residents of Northern Ireland pay for water through their rates bills.
Some energy bills will rise significantly. SSE customers on standard tariffs will see electricity prices rise by 14.9% on 28 April. E.On will increase electricity prices by 13.8%, and gas prices by 3.8%, on 26 April. Most other suppliers increased their prices in March.
Several telecoms companies, including BT, EE and Vodafone are putting up prices. The cost of BT broadband, for example, will go up by £2.50 a month.
On 1 April the cost of a TV licence goes up by £1.50, to £147.
Needing five to win, Morgan, 30, launched Ben Hilfenhaus down the ground as Thunder chased down Stars' 166-8.
It was Morgan's final act before joining England in India for the one-day international series this month.
His knock of 71 off 50 balls keeps the defending champions' hopes alive after their first win of this year's event.
Former England international Kevin Pietersen earlier hit 60 off 37 balls before his dismissal sparked a late collapse for the Stars.
The hosts slipped to 85-4 in response before Morgan combined with Australia international Pat Cummins in a partnership of 83 to see his side home with no further loss.
Thunder beat Stars in last season's final, but have struggled so far this year, losing their first four games.
England take on India in a three-match ODI series starting in Pune on 15 January, with a three-match T20 series to follow.
A fight broke out as officers tried to search a bag belonging to a 17-year-old at the restaurant in Birmingham, at about 23:30 BST on Wednesday.
West Midlands Police said the gun was found in the bag, along with six bullets at the branch on Bishopsgate Street.
Two knives and suspected Class B drugs were found in a search of the group.
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The seven, who are all male and aged between 15 and 19, were arrested on suspicion of possessing a firearm.
Det Ch Insp Sam Ridding, from the force's serious and organised crime unit, said: "It is shocking to think that this group of young men were enjoying a meal in a family restaurant while holding a loaded gun."
A spokesman for Nando's said they are helping the police with their enquiries.
Police from the Organised Crime Unit are investigating the incident, which happened on 30 July.
The customers affected have a Premier Account with Lloyds, which comes with emergency home insurance.
The stolen device contained details of their names, addresses, account numbers and sort codes.
It is described as being the same size as an old-style video recorder, so is perfectly portable.
It was taken from a data room belonging to Royal Sun Alliance (RSA) insurance, which provided the home cover.
The theft only affects customers who opened their accounts between 2006 and 2012, and who subsequently made a claim on the insurance policy.
"We recognise this should never have happened and apologise to all customers who have been impacted," said a spokesperson for RSA.
However RSA said there was no evidence that it was stolen by fraudsters, and so far it is thought that no one has had their account compromised.
Nevertheless customers are being advised to take out identity protection, as an extra layer of security.
RSA said it would fully refund the £20 fee for two years cover.
Lloyds said RSA was the insurance cover provider for "a small number" of Premier Account holders, and said it had contacted all the customers affected.
Anyone concerned can call a freephone number 0800 316 8090.
Further advice is available on the RSA website.
Mr Farron said she would "retain her independence" and aim to make education in Wales "markedly better" then in the rest of the UK.
Ms Williams's appointment is subject to a vote of Welsh Lib Dem members at a special conference on Saturday.
She has said she is not taking party support on the matter for granted.
The AM for Brecon and Radnorshire, who boosted her majority over the Conservatives at the assembly election to more than 8,000, was named by First Minister Carwyn Jones on Thursday as part of an eight-member cabinet.
Speaking on BBC Radio Wales' Good Morning Wales programme on Friday, Mr Farron said Ms Williams's cabinet role would be "great news for education in Wales".
"Kirsty has that great strength of somebody with great experience of education, the mother of three children who are in Welsh state schools, and somebody who's very committed to making a difference."
Mr Farron said he was "very impressed" with the "hard achievements" the Liberal Democrats would get out of the agreement with Labour.
"But my aim is, and Kirsty's aim will be, that education in Wales will be markedly better than anywhere else in the United Kingdom because of Kirsty and the Liberal Democrats' involvement in this administration."
Asked if she was confident of getting her party's support, the former Welsh Lib Dem leader said: "I never take anything for granted in politics.
"The great thing about being a member of the Welsh Liberal Democrats [is that] it's not up to individuals to make these choices.
"Every single member of our party will have an opportunity to have their say and have a vote on this decision."
Ms Williams denied her appointment would effectively mean her party ceased to exist in the assembly.
"It exists with a cabinet minister, hopefully subject to the party agreement, being able to implement Welsh Liberal Democrat policies and influencing the agenda," she said.
"That's a lot stronger than being a single assembly member on a backbench."
Ms Williams said she would never leave her party, and did not think Labour, Plaid and the Welsh Liberal Democrats should merge or have a formal relationship.
"There are different traditions and political strands that are represented by each of the parties.
"What is important is that we look to work where we can together and recognise that the way in which politics happens in Wales is changing.
"It isn't about one single party driving home their manifesto without due reference to other voices."
The deal between Ms Williams and Labour agrees a list of nine common priorities which include pledges from the Welsh Lib Dem election manifesto, such as:
It also calls for the upcoming recommendations of the Diamond Review into student finance to be considered "with a view to early implementation where appropriate" but with no "negative effect" on the higher education budget.
The Lib Dem tuition fee policy at the election was to end tuition fee support grants that students currently get. The party proposed to replace it with a student living support grant funded by the other grant's withdrawal - but this is not written into the agreement.
Ms Williams was the only opposition AM to back Mr Jones in the first deadlocked vote for first minister - despite Plaid Cymru, the Conservatives and UKIP supporting Plaid leader Leanne Wood.
Mr Jones was later reinstated after he came to an agreement with Plaid Cymru - although no members of that party were appointed to his cabinet.
Plaid Cymru AM Adam Price said it is unlikely all the policies in the agreement between Ms Williams and Welsh Labour will get support of parties outside the government.
He said on Twitter: "Important to note these policies will need opposition support to be implemented. Unlikely that all will succeed."
The senior Plaid figure also questioned the Lib Dems' pledge in the agreement to reduce infant class sizes to 25.
He said that "most evidence suggests you need to reduce to 15 to have any real effect. Reducing to 25 is costly but ineffective".
Meanwhile UKIP group leader Neil Hamilton said Ms Williams should resign her seat and seek a fresh mandate in a by-election.
He said: "When UKIP's Douglas Carswell and Mark Reckless left their old parties, they did the honourable thing and went back to their electors at a by-election to seek a new mandate to represent them.
"Kirsty is now duty bound to support Labour 100% over this five-year assembly term.
"I call on her to take the same honourable course and seek a fresh mandate from her constituents because, in all but name, she has now become a Labour AM."
As a result, Northern Ireland will receive an extra £1bn during the next two years as part of the deal, but what could prevent the Stormont parties setting up a power-sharing executive to spend the money?
The most obvious sticking point is Sinn Féin's previous stipulation that it won't share power with DUP leader Arlene Foster until an inquiry into her controversial and expensive RHI Renewable Heating Incentive (RHI) scheme is concluded.
That inquiry is expected to take more than a year.
But after her election success and this week's deal, Mrs Foster's position within the DUP appears impregnable.
Sinn Féin must budge on their previous "red line" for a deal to be concluded.
During the spring Assembly election Mrs Foster vowed this would not happen "on her watch", before describing Sinn Féin as a "crocodile".
Either the DUP must drop this apparent red line or Sinn Féin must accept a wider form of legislation - a so-called hybrid model which would also cover Ulster Scots.
Gerry Adams has previously hinted there could be a deal without resolving differences over Northern Ireland's troubled past, but it wouldn't be a strong deal.
Republicans will be dubious about a section in the DUP-Conservative agreement which said there should be no unfair focus on former soldiers and police officers.
However, the wording is loose, so perhaps they can live with it.
Under the Foster-May agreement, the DUP is committed to backing the Conservatives on any Brexit-related legislation.
Sinn Féin still backs "special status" for Northern Ireland - effectively preserving many aspects of EU membership.
So will Sinn Féin willingly take the DUP deal cash or conclude that it is inadequate compensation for the damage they believe Brexit will do to Ireland, north and south?
No-one is expecting the DUP to drop its opposition to same-sex marriage.
Nor will the DUP or other Stormont parties suddenly decide to implement the 1967 Abortion Act in Northern Ireland.
But some argue that if the Stormont Assembly procedures are altered to exclude the use of cross-community vetoes on such moral or social issues, this could pave the way for movement.
However, is the DUP in a mood to curtail the veto power, which it can no longer wield without the backing of other Unionists?
We have been at it a long time - discussing how Stormont might be put together again since January when the late Martin McGuinness resigned as deputy first minister.
You could argue that the Stormont parties have had more than enough time to resolve their differences.
But Sinn Féin and some of the other parties have pointed out that for most of the past three weeks the government, which set Thursday's deadline, has side-tracked one of the main talks participants, namely the DUP, into another set of talks primarily focussed on Westminster's stability, not Stormont.
So you could get some participants believing the secretary of state should stop the clock.
However, if he does the credibility of NIO talks deadlines, already pretty low, would take another plunge.
An unnamed official told the Associated Press that gunfire broke out after a car tried to ram the gate to the sprawling military campus near Washington DC.
Officials told the AP that the men inside the car were dressed as women.
Aerial footage showed a police vehicle and another car with extensive damage.
The incident began shortly after 9:00 local time (14:00 GMT) when at least two people attempted to drive the vehicle into the National Security Agency section of the Fort Meade facility, according to a statement released by the Army base's public affairs office.
"We do not believe it is related to terrorism," FBI Baltimore spokeswoman Amy Thoreson told the BBC. FBI investigators have been dispatched to the scene, where they are interviewing witnesses.
Fuller details are not immediately available, and multiple requests for information sent to the NSA have not yet been returned. Calls to the NSA were answered, but no information was provided. Calls to spokespersons for the Army were not picked up.
President Barack Obama has been briefed on the incident, according to White House officials.
Helicopter footage showed two cars - one a police vehicle and the other a black vehicle with no insignia - in a junction that had been roped off near the security gates leading to the NSA.
The cars appeared to have collided and debris was strewn across the intersection. A white cloth appeared to cover something beside the black vehicle.
The large Fort Meade campus, located about 30 minutes outside of Washington, is home to about 40,000 military and civilian personnel, plus many members of employees' family.
The facility houses the US Cyber Command, the US Defense Information School, in addition to the NSA.
The NSA is a clandestine intelligence agency, charged with collecting and analysing electronic signals for US intelligence and counterintelligence purposes. The agency rose to prominence after Edward Snowden leaked thousands of the agency's documents in the Spring of 2013.
Local emergency responders say that the NSA police force is handling the incident, and local agencies are providing support.
Early this month the FBI arrested a man for firing shots that damaged the building from a nearby highway.
Sarah Wollaston was among Tory MPs to face the wrath of David Cameron's strategy chief Lynton Crosby at a meeting of backbenchers on Tuesday.
The Australian spin doctor told the MPs they had to decide whether they were "commentators or participants".
Mrs Wollaston said she felt "uncomfortable" about his remarks.
"I think it's important that if you are a backbench MP you're there to be a critical friend and to scrutinise government policy," she told the BBC News website.
"To send out a message that says as a backbench MP you are a 'participant not a commentator,' I'm very uncomfortable with that message. I don't think that's the right message to send out."
The Totnes MP, who was selected in an open primary, said she considered herself a "Cameron loyalist" who believed talk of leadership challenges should end.
But she said she did not get into politics to be "lobby fodder" and reserved the right to comment on policy, or the party leadership, when she felt it was warranted.
"I think that my job as a backbench MP is to be able to commentate, on behalf of my constituents, on important issues of the day and sometimes, of course, that will be uncomfortable for the executive."
One recent Tweet quoted in the press, saw Mrs Wollaston writing: "Inner circle still look far too posh, male and white and Cameron is running out of time to fix it".
She said she was "making a valid point about how the public view us and whether or not we need to make the cabinet sound more like modern Britain".
She said it was "ironic" that Mr Crosby's plea for party unity was leaked to the media before Tuesday evening's meeting.
Other Tory MPs to have criticised the party leadership on Twitter include Michael Fabricant, who accused it of sending "mixed messages" over immigration and Peter Bone, who said it was "wrong" to commit 0.7% of state spending to foreign aid.
Mr Crosby, who masterminded London Mayor Boris Johnson's re-election and Michael Howard's election campaign in 2005 - urged Tory MPs at Tuesday evening's meeting to focus on selling the party's message and stop airing divisions on social media.
They were also told to stress that the next election would be a choice between having Mr Cameron or Ed Miliband in Downing Street.
Labour Vice Chairman Michael Dugher said: "Things are so bad for Cameron that he is reduced to gagging his own backbench MPs on Twitter because he is fearful they will tell it how it is.
"This is a weak and increasingly out of touch prime minister desperately trying to stop his divided party imploding."
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Dyke, 67, told the BBC he wanted to invest £250m in new training facilities and improve English coaching standards.
However, his plan to add Premier League B teams into the Football League is in doubt after a report said the reaction from clubs was "not favourable".
"If you go to Germany or Holland we are miles behind in terms of facilities and the number of coaches," said Dyke.
"It is clear we have a real problem with pitches. Local authorities' budgets are being squeezed and most of the pitches are owned by them," added Dyke, speaking as the FA Commission issued its second report after a year-long look at improving English football.
"The maintenance of these pitches is not as good as it used to be and over the last two years there have been swathes of games called off, so it's a real issue.
"There's a degree of crisis in what's happening in grassroots football. Facilities are being lost and local authorities have come to us and said 'what can we do about it?'"
Dyke, who has set the England national team the target of winning the World Cup in 2022, wants to create football "hubs" in 30 cities by 2020 and increase the number of top-quality 3G artificial grass pitches in urban areas by 130% to more than 500.
A pilot scheme was unveiled in Sheffield on Friday and will be followed by similar schemes in Birmingham and Liverpool.
It is likely to cost about £50m a year to reach the required target by 2020 - but Dyke is confident the scheme will find plenty of backers, including the Premier League, local government and private companies.
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"We will put some money in, and we hope government will put some in and local authorities will as well," added Dyke.
"The Premier League already puts money into football facilities, but we hope that will increase as the years go on. We're building 25 of these pitches a year but we need at least 100 a year."
Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore said: "We were consulted by the FA chairman's England Commission as part of its research into the provision of grassroots facilities and coaching, and welcome proposals to enhance both areas.
"Getting this right is imperative to the good health of the game at all levels - players like Raheem Sterling and Calum Chambers have to start off somewhere.
"The Premier League and our clubs will keep playing our part to help ensure the provision of top-quality facilities and coaching is delivered where it is needed most and will have greatest impact."
Sports minister Helen Grant added: "I welcome the FA's plans to strengthen the game at the grassroots through improved facilities and coaching.
"I'm keen to see what more we can do to help further improve the nation's facility stock, putting 3G pitches in places that need them most, and I am continuing discussions with the football authorities."
Last year, Dyke set up a commission, which included England manager Roy Hodgson, former national boss Glenn Hoddle and ex-internationals Rio Ferdinand and Danny Mills, to assess the future of the sport in the country.
The commission's first report was published in May and included a suggestion that Premier League teams would field B teams in a newly-formed fifth tier of English football.
However, those plans have not received the support Dyke wanted.
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"We knew when we introduced 'B-team' proposals it would be controversial," he said.
"We thought there was only a chance of it happening. We just want the elite kids at the big clubs getting better competition than they're getting and that's what they want."
Nevertheless, Dyke still hopes the idea may be embraced in cup competitions and that the proposal had not been "kicked into the long grass".
He added: "If you look at the Germany team that won the World Cup, every single one of those players played in B-teams. There are still discussions going on.
"In the end we can't force the clubs or the leagues to do it, but the problem is still there. Everyone recognises a problem, but no-one wants to solve it."
Dyke's commission also wants to set and deliver a target to significantly increase, above the levels of the game's Inclusion and Anti-Discrimination Plan, the number of qualified coaches from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and others currently under-represented, including female coaches.
He said: "The law allows you to discriminate in favour of particular backgrounds if they are under-represented and clearly in coaching they are under-represented.
"We have set some targets for people from these backgrounds and let's see how we are going to achieve that. It's the only way we will change. It doesn't mean we will definitely get them jobs - that's a different matter - but what we have to do is get people through the pipelines.
"One of the priorities is to get people of ethnic minorities backgrounds into coaching and through the system."
In a report MSF said there were no weapons or fighting inside the compound in Kunduz before the bombing started.
The US initially said its forces had come under fire, but later said the air strikes were requested by Afghan forces under Taliban fire.
The bombing killed at least 30 people.
The report acknowledged that about 20 patients at the time - out of more than 100 - were wounded Taliban. But this accorded with the rules of war, it said.
Some accounts of events mentioned shooting that appeared to "follow the movement of people on the run", the report said. It said the shooting probably came from the plane carrying out the attack.
The death toll was earlier set at 22, but the report says at least 30 people were killed, including 10 known patients, 13 known staff, and 7 more bodies that were not recognisable.
MSF says the co-ordinates of the hospital were well-known and had been communicated again to all sides three days before the bombing.
It said the bombing went on for a more than an hour despite repeated calls to US and Afghan military officials in Kabul and Washington to call off the strikes.
MSF General Director Christopher Stokes told reporters on Thursday: "All the information that we've provided so far shows that a mistake is quite hard to understand and believe at this stage."
"From what we are seeing now, this action is illegal in the laws of war," he added.
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The US defence department said on Thursday that it was still trying to establish what had happened.
"We are committed to conducting investigations that are thorough and transparent," it said in a statement.
The US has said the bombing was a mistake. It came amid efforts to reverse a Taliban takeover of Kunduz.
A number of inquiries have been ordered - by the US Department of Justice, the Pentagon, Nato and an American-Afghan team.
But MSF said both the US and Afghanistan must agree to an independent inquiry.
Kunduz, a strategically significant city of about 300,000 inhabitants in north-west Afghanistan, was quiet for the first night in more than a week, the report says.
Joseph Allen, 70, raided Poppy Appeal collection tins to steal £10,000 destined for former servicemen, Amersham Crown Court heard.
He stole the rest of the cash by writing cheques made out to himself.
Allen, of Paterson Road, Aylesbury, admitted four charges of theft and was handed a 16-month sentence.
The former treasurer for the Buckinghamshire Royal British Legion branch had served in the forces for 15 years and was a volunteer with the charity for 20 years.
He wrote 23 cheques worth £16,000 out to himself over a three year period, forging countersignatures so as not to raise suspicion, the court heard.
Allen was told he had abused his position to commit a gross breach of trust.
Laura Blackband, prosecuting, said: "He was of course allowed to write cheques from that account to cover legitimate expenses but these were unexplained," she said.
"They were not supported by any expense claims and he could not explain why they had been written."
Allen also took cash straight from collection tins from 2011 to 2013.
Ms Blackband said: "This was money he had failed to pay into the (British Legion) bank account. He appropriated the cash from the tins."
Tim Nutley, defending, said Allen had initially been motivated by his £13,000 debt to a mortgage company and money owed on credit cards.
"He also spent part of the money [he stole] on two holidays which he went on with his wife to Turkey," he said.
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At a whopping 122 metres long, it's definitely not going to fit into your lunchbox.
Sixty French and Italian bakers worked nearly seven hours to bake the bread.
They used a specially designed portable oven to bake the dough and had to be very careful that it didn't break.
Watch the clip and see the finished baguette in all its glory.
The pair in Massachusetts, on the US east coast, grabbed shovels and a wheelbarrow to make a massive snow pile, and then chiselled it into shape.
They used spray paint and some sticks to complete the droid look.
Their creation has been admired online since their aunt shared the photo.
The Spanish magistrate ruled that there was not enough evidence to prosecute the 62-year-old man for homicide through negligence.
Of the 13 people killed in the crash in Catalonia, seven were Italian.
One of the victims' parents, Alessandro Saracino, said he was "in shock again".
Speaking to Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Mr Saracino said the families may launch an appeal.
Catalan police had previously said a black box on board indicated several changes of speed before the crash.
But the court, in the southern city of Amposta, ruled that there was no proof of speeding and there was no mechanical fault. It also said the driver was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
The accident happened on 20 March, near Freginals, 150km (93 miles) south of Barcelona.
Most of the passengers were exchange students, returning to Barcelona from a fireworks festival in Valencia.
All of the victims were aged between 19 and 25 - seven were from Italy, two from Germany, and one each from Romania, Austria, France and Uzbekistan.
The court decision can be appealed.
The 24-year-old Australian-born seamer has previously represented New South Wales and Tasmania.
He claimed the wicket of Eoin Morgan when Netherlands beat England at the 2014 World Twenty20.
"He is a bowler who has stood out for Netherlands and has the potential to forge a successful county career," said Glamorgan chief executive Hugh Morris.
Van der Gugten, who has a Dutch father, made his international debut against Afghanistan in March 2012 and played in England for the Netherlands in that year's CB40.
He played in Australian domestic cricket for New South Wales, Tasmania and Hobart Hurricanes between 2011 and 2014 and mostly recently played three games for Northern Knights in New Zealand's domestic Twenty20 competition.
Glamorgan have Jacques Rudolph contracted as their overseas player until 2017, but van der Gugten will be able to play alongside him as he holds an EU passport.
"I am thrilled to be joining Glamorgan," said van der Gugten.
"I have always been keen to play county cricket and I am pleased to have joined such an ambitious and passionate county."
The series - starring Tony Hancock and written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson - featured 103 episodes but 20 of the audio recordings are missing.
Five of the those scripts - chosen by Galton and Simpson - will now be re-recorded in front of a live audience.
They will air in November to celebrate Galton and Simpson's 60th anniversary.
The five episodes will feature Kevin R McNally, who appeared in the Pirates of the Caribbean films, as Hancock.
Other characters will be played by W1A and Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa actor Simon Greenall, Hugo and Hot Fuzz star Kevin Eldon and Sherlock actor Robin Sebastian.
Recording begins at the BBC Radio Theatre in London on Tuesday.
Hancock's Half Hour was an immediate critical and ratings success.
In 1956, Hancock's Half Hour was made into a TV series and both versions alternated until 1959.
The TV show remained faithful to the radio series, although only Sid James was retained from the cast.
The radio show wound down in 1959, while on television, Hancock was becoming concerned at the increasing popularity of his co-star James.
James played the man-on-the-street foil to Hancock's pompous character, with viewers often siding with James.
As a result, Hancock decided that following the 1960 series, James was to be dropped and the show would continue without him, re-titled simply Hancock.
Matty Pearson's header put the Tykes ahead during an impressive opening, but Forest switched from five at the back to a 4-4-2 and began to dominate.
Daryl Murphy headed the equaliser from Barrie McKay's cross and McKay, Ben Osborn and Murphy all went close.
But Hedges restored the lead after the break and although Forest remained in control, Barnsley held on.
Forest's desire to continue the attacking approach which brought them a thrilling 4-3 win over Brentford on Saturday saw Barnsley exploit the space behind their wing-backs early on.
Tom Bradshaw, Hedges and George Moncur all threatened after Pearson's header from Moncur's free-kick made it 1-0 inside three minutes.
Murphy did hit the post with a strike almost immediately and, after the change in Forest tactics, his second goal in two games restored parity.
With McKay impressing out wide and Forest's movement, passing and creativity posing problems, Forest looked likely to earn a third league win in three.
But Hedges' low left-footed effort, his third goal in four games this season, made it 2-1 against the run of play soon after the interval.
And a combination of wayward finishing and some smart goalkeeping by Adam Davies, notably when he denied Tendayi Darikwa late on, saw the Tykes earn their first league points.
Barnsley boss Paul Heckingbottom:
"I am delighted. The players have been surprising me.
"I said after the Ipswich game on Saturday we should have won as we played really well, and I said we would have to play better than that and win.
"That is the organisation, the hard work, being in the right places at the right time, showing people the right way, which makes your job easier when defending your own box. I am happy because certain players are further down the line than I thought."
Nottingham Forest boss Mark Warburton:
"We gave an away early goal, but we re-gathered and changed our shape and scored a really good goal.
"I thought we then controlled the game and looked really dangerous every time we went forward.
"We looked so, so good in the final third, but we snatched at the ball too many times, pulled shots wide, had them saved, and we didn't get our rewards."
Match ends, Barnsley 2, Nottingham Forest 1.
Second Half ends, Barnsley 2, Nottingham Forest 1.
Substitution, Barnsley. Harvey Barnes replaces Adam Hammill.
Kieran Dowell (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ryan Hedges (Barnsley).
Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Adam Davies.
Attempt saved. Tendayi Darikwa (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Jason Cummings (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ben Osborn.
Joe Williams (Barnsley) is shown the yellow card.
Kieran Dowell (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Joe Williams (Barnsley).
Attempt missed. Jared Bird (Barnsley) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Attempt saved. Kieran Dowell (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mustapha Carayol.
Foul by Daryl Murphy (Nottingham Forest).
Adam Hammill (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tendayi Darikwa (Nottingham Forest).
Matty Pearson (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Brad Potts (Barnsley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Andreas Bouchalakis (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Brad Potts (Barnsley).
Corner, Barnsley. Conceded by Armand Traore.
Attempt blocked. Ryan Hedges (Barnsley) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jared Bird.
Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Jason Cummings replaces Barrie McKay.
Foul by Andreas Bouchalakis (Nottingham Forest).
Jason McCarthy (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Andreas Bouchalakis (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Tendayi Darikwa.
Barrie McKay (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Adam Hammill (Barnsley).
Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Jared Bird.
Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Mustapha Carayol replaces David Vaughan.
Tendayi Darikwa (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ryan Hedges (Barnsley).
Attempt missed. Brad Potts (Barnsley) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Tom Bradshaw.
Foul by Kieran Dowell (Nottingham Forest).
Joe Williams (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Barnsley. Jared Bird replaces George Moncur.
Attempt saved. Daryl Murphy (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Matt Mills.
Attempt missed. Matt Mills (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Barrie McKay with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Angus MacDonald.
Attempt blocked. Kieran Dowell (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Barrie McKay.
The woman, believed to be in her 40s, was found dead after police were called to an address in Taverners Road, Millfield, at about 18:30 BST on Sunday.
A 63-year-old man has been arrested and is currently being questioned by detectives.
A post-mortem examination is expected to be carried out later.
British Transport Police (BTP) said about eight teenagers caused the disturbance between Larbert and Linlithgow on 23 January.
The men are believed to have been returning from East Stirlingshire's game against East Fife at Ochilview Park.
Officers said their behaviour resulted in the train being delayed.
The men, aged in their mid to late teens, travelled on the 17:28 Dunblane to Edinburgh service and left the train at Linlithgow station.
BTP said CCTV footage from the train and stations will be reviewed and appealed for witnesses to the incident.
The attacker threw a bottle containing explosives, which went off near a check-in counter in Terminal Two.
The man then took out a knife and stabbed his own neck, officials say.
In 2013 a man in a wheelchair detonated a bomb at Beijing airport to highlight a personal grievance. He was later sentenced to six years in prison.
The latest incident happened at about 15:00 (07:00) on Sunday.
Eyewitness Ni Bowen told the Associated Press news agency that she was waiting to check in at Pudong International Airport when there was a loud bang.
"A beer bottle filled with white smoke rolled right by my feet. I was scared and made off at once,'' she said.
The four victims sustained light wounds and are being treated in hospital. The unnamed attacker is said to be in a critical condition.
Experts say this doesn't mean she is technically pregnant and have urged people "not to get too excited."
However, they say that if everything goes to plan, they will be able to confirm the pregnancy within 20 to 30 days with a potential birth in August.
The procedure was carried out after attempts to bring her together with male partner, Yang Guang, failed.
Tian Tian also conceived last year and hopes were high for a rare birth in captivity.
But Edinburgh Zoo announced in October that she was no longer pregnant.
Staff had said the panda was showing signs of pregnancy, but that she had lost the cub.
Experts said at the time her hormone and behavioural signs indicated that she had conceived and carried a foetus until late term.
Tian Tian had been showing signs of pregnancy for several weeks.
However, the zoo said she later returned to the eating and behavioural patterns of a non-pregnant panda.
Tian Tian and Yang Guang arrived in Scotland from China in 2011.
Sarah Barton, 36, admitted having a relationship with a pupil at the Essex school she worked at until 2016.
The National College for Teaching and Leadership heard she had showed someone a photo of her kissing the girl.
The panel found she fell short of the standards expected of her profession.
Mrs Barton, who had worked at the school - which was not named in the panel's report - since 2007 and was head of dance and drama there, met the girl in the academic year 2015/16.
The pair's friendship eventually "culminated in a sexual relationship", the misconduct panel heard.
They would meet in the school office or in "numerous public places", and went to see the musical Matilda together during half term in June 2016.
Mrs Barton admitted she had failed to maintain boundaries and had abused her position of trust by having a "sexually motivated" inappropriate relationship with the pupil.
The panel said Mrs Barton was "dedicated to her career and to ensuring that the pupils at her school received the best education available", and described her as "an asset to the profession".
A colleague said she was an "exceptionally well respected member of staff". The male co-worker said he would be happy for Mrs Barton to teach his daughter, in spite of knowing what she had done.
Mrs Barton had experienced "significant trauma" a few months before the relationship started, the panel heard.
On behalf of the secretary of state, Alan Meyrick said he believed a ban from teaching - which would be reviewed after five years - was "proportionate and in the public interest".
A performance was just starting when a storm with winds of up to 60mph (97kpm) hit the tent on Monday evening.
Although a thunderstorm warning was in effect for the region, it was unclear whether the spectators were aware of the storm's strength.
About 100 people were inside the tent when collapsed in the town Lancaster.
The injured were taken to hospitals for treatment.
Heidi Medeiros was at the circus with her three-year-old son when the tent went dark and she heard screams.
"I see these very large metal poles that are in the ground and go through the top of the tent, I see them starting to come out of the ground and fly up, into the air toward us," she told local television station WMUR-TV.
Ms Medeiros said she and son were not hurt, but the poles came within feet of their seats.
On Sunday, one man was killed and more than dozen people were hurt in a similar incident when a tent at music festival in Illinois broke from its mooring during a storm.
They include some birds, mammals, insects and fish.
But the report also finds more positive trends for other species.
The State of Nature report 2016 assesses the health of Northern Ireland's habitats and species. It has been published to coincide with Environment Week.
A series of events is being held to raise awareness of environmental issues among politicians and the public.
Researchers use an all-island approach for some of their research findings.
The report said iconic species like barn owls, curlews and corncrakes are at serious risk.
Of the more than 1,400 species studied, 295 are at risk of being lost forever, including the Irish damselfly and marsh fritillary butterfly.
But the report said some conservation projects are helping to redress years of decline.
This includes work to boost the number of yellowhammers in County Down, and a species of butterfly in County Armagh.
And there is good news for some mammals, including bats and otters, numbers of which are on the up over the last 10 years.
More than 25 organisations contributed data to the report.
It found that habitats in Northern Ireland are still in decline.
It attributes that to intensification of farming, development, non-native invasive species and problems accessing funding for conservation.
Council workers Charles Owenson, 62, and James Costello, 44, helped award contracts to Edinburgh Action Building Contracts Ltd (ABC Ltd).
In return, ABC directors Kevin Balmer, 52, and Brendan Cantwell, 44, gave them tens of thousands of pounds, trips to lap dancing clubs and football tickets.
The charges related to the maintenance of council buildings from 2006 to 2010.
Owenson was sentenced to more than four years in prison, Costello received more than three years and Cantwell and Balmer were both jailed for more than two years.
Cantwell and Balmer were also disqualified from serving as company directors for five years.
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The figure includes spending on credit cards, bank borrowing and student loans, but excludes mortgages.
It would be the largest amount in cash terms that consumers have been in debt.
However, a survey conducted alongside the report suggested that most consumers are confident about paying off those debts.
One reason for such confidence may be the continuing low level of interest rates, which means that borrowing is cheap.
According to PwC, unsecured borrowing increased by £19.7bn last year, or 9%.
It said the average household owed "close to £9,000" in 2014.
The most recent report from the Bank of England put the figure at £8,000.
One reason for the increase is the amount of money being borrowed by students.
Nearly half of the increase - 46% - was accounted for by student loans.
Borrowing on credit cards was responsible for 22% of the rise, with the rest from other sources, such as loans and overdrafts.
The PwC report said that even though most people were in control of their debts, that could be tested when interest rates eventually rose.
It warned that the size of debts in relation to household income could exceed its peak, which occurred in 2008, just before the financial crisis.
"Consumers could begin to feel squeezed once again," said Simon Westcott, a director in PwC's financial services business.
As far as secured lending is concerned, the Bank of England has previously said that a sudden rise in interest rates could leave more than 600,000 families vulnerable to a rise in mortgage rates.
However, it said in December that overall household debt levels were below the long-term average.
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He is one of nine athletes, including six medallists, disqualified by the International Olympic Committee after samples from the 2008 Games were retested.
The 33-year-old has lost the silver he won in the men's freestyle wresting.
Four years ago he was disqualified from London 2012 after winning bronze.
The IOC has been retesting more than 1,200 samples from Beijing and London.
The nine athletes disqualified on Wednesday are:
Officials say this will be the first time a sitting president has been questioned by prosecutors.
Ms Park is accused of allowing her friend, Choi Soon-sil, to manipulate power from behind the scenes.
Hundreds of thousands rallied on Saturday to demand her resignation.
South Korean news agency Yonhap quoted officials as saying Ms Park's questioning should take place no later than Wednesday.
Prosecutors have also questioned top bosses at Samsung, Hyundai and Korean Air.
Lee Jae-Yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, was questioned over whether Ms Park pressured the company into donating millions to foundations controlled by her friend Ms Choi.
Ms Choi is accused of trying to extort huge sums of money from South Korean companies and is under arrest on charges of fraud and abuse of power.
She is suspected of using her friendship with Ms Park to solicit business donations for a non-profit fund she controlled.
The president, whose approval ratings have plummeted to 5% because of the scandal, has said she is "heartbroken".
On Saturday, organisers said some one million people encircled the presidential compound in the South Korean capital of Seoul, in the largest anti-government rally the country has seen.
It was the latest in weeks of demonstrations against Ms Park.
On Sunday, the presidential office said Ms Park was "earnestly considering ways to normalise state affairs" and that she had "heard the voices of the people at the rally".
She apologised earlier in November for putting "too much faith in a personal relationship".
"Sad thoughts trouble my sleep at night. I realise that whatever I do, it will be difficult to mend the hearts of the people, and then I feel a sense of shame.'"
She said wrongdoing would be punished, and that she was prepared to be investigated by prosecutors.
South Korea's constitution does not allow a sitting president to be prosecuted, but investigations are permissible.
Ms Park has 15 months left in her term. If she steps down elections must be held within 60 days.
The 47-year-old Englishman ran away with the first set, winning five of the last six ends for an 11-4 success.
But his experienced Welsh opponent dug in to win the next 8-6 at the Dewar's Centre in Perth.
Greenslade struck first in the tie-break but misjudged the final bowl of the contest with the jack in the ditch to hand Harlow a 2-1 victory.
Harlow, the 2008 champion, did a cartwheel to celebrate, telling BBC Scotland: "It's a longer format in the final, so you need to pace yourself and try not to play too much risky stuff early on.
"There was really nothing between us. I just got a break of two or three ends in the first set.
"The second set, I'm desperate to win 2-0 because I know how deadly he is in a tie-break.
"To leave anyone with a shot for a take-out, I'm thinking it's Jason's, so there was relief at the end as it slipped past wide.
"The game went pretty much as I thought, we both draw well, we both convert well, and then it was down to the last bowl on the last end. One of us will be happy and the other left scratching their head."
The friends, aged 18 to 23, were each given an eight month custodial sentence after admitting causing more than £21,000 worth of damage.
Using a crowbar, a bent blade and a screwdriver they slashed tyres and smashed windscreens and windows.
The attacks happened overnight between 1 and 2 January in two towns and 19 villages.
Adam Guy, 23, Kieran Painter, 18, Lewis Watts, 22, and Tyron Cotterill, 20, all pleaded guilty to criminal damage and were sentenced at Leicester Crown Court.
Recorder Justin Wigoder described it as "a spree to cause criminal damage over much of the county".
In total, 86 cars were damaged between about 22:00 on 1 January to 06:30 on the following morning.
In sentencing, Recorder Wigoder said: "I don't know why you all decided to do this. Whether is was because you intended to damaged one car and then damage others to simply cover your tracks, or whether it was the severe enjoyment of hearing the glass smash."
He said it was the length, breadth and scale of the criminal damage which made the offending so serious.
"The sentence needs to be one of immediate imprisonment."
Guy, of Stirling Road, Melton, and Painter, of Morley Close, Melton, were given eight months in prison.
Watts, of Nottingham Road, Melton, was handed eight months plus an additional four for breaching an existing community order.
Cotterill, of Butterwick Drive, Beaumont Leys, was given an additional three months to his eight-month sentence for dangerous driving. He was also banned from driving for 17 months.
Some of the worst affected areas were Thurmaston, where 15 vehicles were damaged, Syston, where five were vandalised, and East Goscote where eight vehicles were targeted.
The 27-year-old scrum-half, who joined from Bradford Bulls in 2014, was under contract until 2017 but had been linked with a move away from The Jungle.
"It's great to be able to put all the rumours to bed," said Gale.
"I did have interest from elsewhere but I always wanted to stay here and I'd like to see out the rest of my career here at Castleford Tigers."
Coach Daryl Powell said: "Luke Gale has been outstanding since he signed at Castleford Tigers and I expect him to improve every year he is with us.
"I fully expect him to become the next England half-back and look forward to him continuing to grow as a person and a player within our environment."
On Wednesday, the DMV published draft regulations which outline how the technology could be used on the roads.
The regulations say truly driverless cars would be "initially excluded" from operation.
Google's director of self-driving cars, Chris Urmson, said the move was "perplexing".
"This maintains the same old status quo and falls short on allowing this technology to reach its full potential, while excluding those who need to get around but cannot drive," he wrote in his blog.
"We've heard countless stories from people who need a fully self-driving car today. People with health conditions ranging from vision problems to multiple sclerosis to autism to epilepsy who are frustrated with their dependence on others for even simple errands."
Google argues that driverless cars are much safer than manually driven cars, because they eliminate the human error that causes a majority of collisions.
The technology has inspired a web game by Made With Monster Love which demonstrates the effectiveness of computer control over human intervention.
Google said its vehicles had been involved in only 16 minor incidents during six years of testing, with humans in other cars to blame.
"We've seen in our own testing that drivers can't be trusted to dip in and out of the task of driving when the car is encouraging them to sit back and relax," said Mr Urmson.
However, the technology is still being improved and in November, one of Google's cars was pulled over for driving too cautiously.
Some of the driverless cars Google has been testing in California do not have any manual controls such as steering wheels or pedals.
The DMV's draft regulations would prevent residents from riding in those vehicles until their safety could be assessed in "subsequent regulatory packages".
"The draft regulations are designed to address complex questions related to vehicle safety, certification, operator responsibilities, licensing and registration, privacy, and cybersecurity," the DMV said.
A public consultation on the draft will take place in the new year.
On Tuesday, car giant Ford announced it had obtained a permit to start testing driverless cars in California.
Its vehicles retain manual controls for humans to take over, as required in the draft regulations.
But David Cameron like all political leaders, was trapped by his own party's past, and sought a way out, promising a renegotiation and then a public vote on our place in the EU.
But with the deal now emerging, he is perhaps, trapped again?
This deal is not so awful that he could justifiably throw up his hands and walk away. One cabinet minister pondered - is Britain really going to flounce out, be the teenager that goes to their room, and slams the door and then sulks, wondering what to do?
But the deal is not so good that he can argue truthfully that he is keeping every one of his election promises.
In most walks of life it's well, rather normal, to admit that negotiations mean compromise - not so, perhaps misguidedly, in politics, where David Cameron was repeatedly reluctant today to accept he's had to budge at all.
But while the handful of Eurosceptic cabinet ministers are still under orders not to speak out, the very fact that there is now a deal in black and white, even in draft, allows the Prime Minister to start making his case.
Fair? Effective? In the end you'll decide. And for most voters it will be the broad contours of this campaign - not the details of this deal that make the difference.
The Hampshire force tweeted: "Officers assisted driver on driving test who took wrong turn off roundabout and ended up on M27. Test abandoned & driver failed."
On the same motorway, on the same day, police also stopped a driver for watching YouTube on a smartphone.
Another driver was pulled over for using an iPad.
The road policing unit said the learner driver ended up on the eastbound carriageway at junction seven for Hedge End.
A spokesman said the learner and the instructor pulled the VW Passatt on to the hard shoulder before officers assisted the vehicle off the motorway.
A provisional licence does not allow learner drivers to use motorways.
The country's first prime minister, David Ben Gurion, said that without the Negev, Israel would be hardly a state and hardly Jewish.
But 60 years on, new Zionist groups fear the wilderness which makes up more than half Israel's territory could eventually have an Arab majority population.
They are calling for huge state investment in the Negev to persuade more Jews to move there from the country's overcrowded central belt.
"If we don't work fast, we might find ourselves in a situation which is on the verge of catastrophe, with 80% of our land which is not disputed today," says Dany Gliksberg, a founder of Ayalim, an organisation which encourages students to live, and do voluntary social work, in the Negev, the south of Israel, and Galilee, its northern region.
The two areas, which together account for about 80% of Israel, have the country's highest proportion of non-Jewish citizens.
In Galilee, 56% are non-Jewish, mainly Arab. In the Negev, Bedouin Arabs make up a quarter of the population, but according to government statistics, they have the highest population growth rate in the world, doubling their numbers every 15 years.
In Israel's current election campaign, the future of the occupied West Bank, and domestic living standards, are two of the main issues. But Mr Gliksberg thinks more attention should be paid to what he regards as a ticking time bomb:
"The Negev and the Galilee are one of the biggest missions we have today in Israel," he says. "If we lose 80% of our land, both on the social and economic side, and of course eventually on the demographic and political side, then I think we lose our right to exist as a country for the Jewish people."
Ben Gurion's dream was of five million Jews living and working in the Negev. But today they are still only about half a million, and the relative lack of jobs and services makes it hard to persuade more to move to the barren region.
Ayalim, which means "Gazelles", is one of a number of movements formed in recent years which aim to recapture what they see as the ideals and pioneering spirit of early Zionism.
It was founded in 2002 by Mr Gliksberg and four friends who had just finished their military service. They pooled their army discharge grants and bought a prefab which they put up on the edge of the desert in Ashalim, south of Beersheba.
Today Ashalim is the site of one of the organisation's "student villages". Together they house 1,000 young people - though they have applications from six times that number. Much of the building work is done by students themselves.
"To build with your own hands, to feel the brick, the sand, to build your own house, to plant your own tree, to pave your own path, this is something that will get you connected to the ground," says Ayalim worker Yakir Keren.
One of the places its volunteers work is a nearby Bedouin village, where they teach Arab children to grow plants in a school greenhouse.
"The challenges we have today in the Negev are above the conflict," Mr Keren says. "To be a settler and a pioneer does not mean you have to segregate yourself. It starts from setting a personal example, so that others can follow you."
But land use in the Negev has become a serious cause of conflict between the government and many Bedouin, who say their families have wandered and farmed the desert for generations.
Israel has built towns specially for them, and is now building more - in full consultation, it says, with Bedouin representatives. But it says many Bedouin in other places are living illegally on state land.
Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev says the official policy - known as the Prawer Plan - of moving Bedouin to planned communities is specifically intended to ensure they get a better allocation of national resources than in the past:
"One of the primary problems we've had till now is that the Bedouin haven't had ownership of the land they're on, and through the Prawer Plan we want to bring a situation where the Bedouin sit on land that they are legal owners of, and this is a form of empowerment that, together with parallel policies of investing in education and healthcare and other aspects of Bedouin infrastructure, we hope will bring the Bedouin into the mainstream."
But in one particularly controversial case, Bedouin houses in the former village of al-Arakib have been repeatedly demolished by the authorities in the course of a protracted legal battle over ownership.
Awad Abu Freih is among those who saw his family home destroyed. Professionally, he is an example of how Bedouin can succeed in Israeli society. With a PhD in chemistry, he lectures to mixed classes of Jewish and Arab students at a college in the Negev.
But he is deeply critical of state policy towards his people:
"They push us into cities," to concentrate us," he says, standing on a pile of stones which is all that is left of the home where he grew up. "They want a lot of Bedouin on a very small amount of land, and a few Jews on a big amount of land."
Like many Bedouin, he would like to have a farm. But he says Jews find it easier than Bedouin to acquire land for agriculture, because of the policy of encouraging Bedouin to live in towns.
"Why can't Bedouin live with camels, when Jewish people can?" Mr Abu Freih asks. "It's our profession to milk camels. But now I drink camel milk from Jews."
Dany Gliksberg of Ayalim says a Jewish majority in the Negev is essential to preserve the democratic nature of the state. Otherwise, he says, "we will be a minority ruling a majority of non-Jews".
His organisation is getting increasing political backing from the government, with two visits from Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in recent weeks.
Israel says its Arab and Jewish citizens have equal rights under the law. But Jewish civil rights activist Ofer Dagan, of the Negev Coexistence Forum, says that in practice land policy in the Negev gives Bedouin fewer opportunities than Jews:
"The argument that we have to Judaise the Negev in order to ensure the existence of the Jewish democratic state is just simply not true. Because it may serve the purpose of making it a Jewish state. But it for sure won't be a democratic state.
"The danger that is already happening is that Bedouin society is gradually losing its faith in the authorities of the state, and we are starting to see a few violent incidents between Bedouin people, who are most of the time very peaceful patient people, and the authorities of the state - and I think it's a great danger to the future of this area," he says.
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Millicent Owuor, 20, gave birth to the twins in south-west Kenya on the day Mr Obama was re-elected.
A short distance from the hospital, at the Obama family's ancestral village, people were celebrating his victory.
"I named the first twin Barack and the second one Mitt," Ms Owuor is quoted by Reuters news agency as saying.
Ms Owuor posed for photographers on Wednesday at the Siaya District Hospital with her twin boys.
She said she had named her twins after the winning and losing US presidential candidates in order to remember the day of the vote, Kenya's Standard newspaper reports.
The US president's father was born in Kenya and his step-grandmother, Sarah Obama, still lives in the village of Kogelo.
The residents of Kogelo sang and danced after Mr Obama was declared the winner.
"The reason why he has won is because God has given it to him," said Sarah Obama, who turns 90 this year.
"Secondly, he has got the knowledge to love all people, he doesn't have the knowledge of division, that is why he has won."
Barack Obama senior died in a road accident in Kenya in 1982.
Emergency services were called to the one-vehicle crash on the A710, five miles south of Dalbeattie, at about 03:25 on Sunday.
The 17-year-old driver of the crashed Ford Focus was taken to Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary.
The road was closed for several hours while an accident investigation was carried out.
It has since been reopened.
Police have appealed for witnesses to the crash - at the Rockcliffe junction in Colvend - to contact them.
The move will make Australia the sixth biggest shareholder of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
More than 50 members have signed up to the lender, which is widely seen as a rival to the Western-led World Bank.
The US and Japan have refused to join, however.
Both countries have raised concerns over the bank's standards of governance, while there are concerns in the US that the AIIB could be used by China to extend its political influence.
The Beijing-based lender will help finance construction of roads, ports, railways and other infrastructure projects in Asia. The UK, France, Germany and Iran are among its members.
Australia's decision to join "comes after extensive discussions between the government, China and other key partners around the world", said Australia's Treasurer Joe Hockey.
"The governance of the AIIB will be based on best practice, ensuring that all members will be directly involved in the direction and decision making of the bank in an open and transparent manner."
Mr Hockey said the AIIB would have paid-in capital of $20bn, "with total authorised capital of US$100bn".
The lender would provide Australia with "great opportunities to work with our neighbours and largest trading partner to drive economic growth and jobs", he added.
Yakubu, 33, lives close to Wood's ground and played in Saturday's friendly versus former club Reading.
"He's like a Rolls Royce, especially at this level. When he lands on the ball he's phenomenal," said Garrard.
"Is he as sharp as he used to be in the Premier League? No, but at 33 he could definitely do a job in the League."
Yakubu has scored more than 140 goals in his career for clubs also including Middlesbrough and Blackburn and has returned to England after a spell in the Turkish top flight with Kayserispor.
Garrard got in touch with the forward through a mutual friend and invited him down for two training sessions, before he appeared in the match against the Royals.
"I can imagine he's got interest especially after he'd been with us and played against Reading, so I can imagine something will happen in the next week or so but until then we'll enjoy his company," Garrard told BBC Sport.
"It's a long shot (signing him for Boreham Wood).
"I spoke to him on Sunday and he was very open in terms of a few bits that are going on but I've heard a little rumour someone in the League has put an offer to him so it will be very interesting to see how that pans out."
Often seen as a necessity only for the unemployed or those on welfare, the Trust's data suggests even people with jobs are receiving emergency food packages.
For the first time in 2014, the majority of users blamed low income - and not welfare benefit delays or changes - for having to rely on emergency food packages from the Trust.
Here is a breakdown, by food bank, of the three most common reasons cited by people who used Trussell Trust food banks in December 2014.
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Senior official Devesh Kumar told BBC Hindi that three bodies had been discovered from the Beas river in Kullu valley where the incident happened,
The surge was a result of water being released from an upstream dam, he said.
The students had reportedly left a bus to take photographs when the surge occurred.
The incident took place some 200km (125 miles) from the state capital, Shimla, as the students from an engineering college in the southern city of Hyderabad were travelling to the popular tourist resort of Manali.
Baldev Chauhan, a Shimla-based journalist, says angry locals and tourists blocked traffic on the busy road on Sunday, asking why there was no warning before the dam released the water.
"The students had got off the bus to take photographs at the edge of the river at around 19:30 when the sudden rise of the water washed them away," Himachal Transport Minister GS Bali said.
Rakesh Kanwar, a senior state government official, said: "The water was released by the Larji power project dam."
A few students noticed the sudden surge in water and managed to run away from the site, reports said.
"We saw a wall of water hit those who were on the banks. They fell flat and disappeared under the waves. The police reached very late and carried nothing to start a rescue operation," Sumiran, one of the survivors, told The Indian Express newspaper.
A controversial exemption from the tradition had been granted for two teenage brothers whose interpretation of the Koran meant they were unwilling to touch a member of the opposite sex.
If they continue to refuse, their parents could face a fine.
The regional authority said teachers "had the right" to demand handshakes.
Country profile: Switzerland
Shaking teachers' hands as a sign of respect is a longstanding tradition in Switzerland.
When it emerged last month that a middle school had allowed two Syrian brothers aged 14 and 15 to avoid the tradition due to their religious beliefs, it sparked a national controversy.
The boys, whose father is an imam, said their faith did not allow them to shake hands with a woman who was not related to them.
Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga said on television that "shaking hands is part of our culture".
There are about 350,000 Muslims in Switzerland, which has a population of eight million.
Some Swiss Muslim groups said there was no religious justification for refusing to shake a female teacher's hand and urged the Swiss not to give in to extremist demands. But one Islamic organisation said a handshake between men and women was prohibited.
The family's citizenship process was halted and the migration office in Basel said it was seeking more information about the circumstances under which the boys' father's asylum request was approved.
The school, in the small northern town of Therwil, had tried to find a compromise in the matter by deciding the boys should not shake hands with male or female teachers.
Later, after considerable media attention, the school turned to regional authorities to settle the matter.
The authorities said in a statement on Wednesday that "the public interest concerning gender equality as well as integration of foreigners far outweighs that concerning the freedom of belief of students".
The school said it was "relieved" at the ruling and that there was now "clarity on how to proceed".
In future, the parents or guardians of pupils in the northern canton of Basel-Country could face fines of up to 5,000 Swiss francs (£3,400; $5,000; 4,500 euros) if the pupils refuse to shake hands with a teacher.
The boys told Swiss media (in German) that "nobody could make them" shake hands with a woman, and that they "could not just delete their culture as if it were a hard drive".
Israel and Egypt maintain tight border restrictions on the coastal enclave, which have severely hampered reconstruction efforts. They say these are needed for security.
Although the UN brokered a deal to ease building material imports, progress has been slow. Over 100,000 Palestinians remain homeless.
Since the Islamist group, Hamas, reinforced its power in Gaza in 2007, there have been three large-scale conflicts with its sworn enemy, Israel. But the 2014 war was the most deadly and devastating.
More than 2,200 Palestinians, mostly civilians, were killed, according to the UN. On the Israeli side, 67 soldiers and six civilians were killed.
Israel said its offensive was to stop Palestinian militants firing rockets at its population and to destroy a network of tunnels designed for attacks.
About 170,000 homes and 360 factories in Gaza were damaged or lost. Key infrastructure was also hit and thousand of acres of farmland were ruined.
English teacher Abdul Karim Abu Ahmed lived with his wife and 11 children in a large house with a rose garden in Shejaiya, east of Gaza City.
They fled during the war as their neighbourhood - near the Israeli border - saw fierce fighting. When they returned they found their home was reduced to rubble.
Most of their belongings including furniture, clothes and books were destroyed.
The family now lives in a small, cramped apartment. Aid from the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, has helped cover rental costs.
There is a shortage of bulldozers in Gaza but last month, Mr Abu Ahmed was finally able to clear his plot of land. He has plans for a new house and has been promised funds donated by Qatar.
"Since the war there have been a lot of obstacles that stop us rebuilding," the teacher says. "It's been very frustrating but I have hope and try to be patient."
Israeli restrictions prevent so-called "dual use" materials from entering Gaza. These include building supplies that could be used by militants to create new tunnels, or weapons and storage sites.
To allow reconstruction to take place the UN agreed a temporary Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism (GRM) with the Israeli and Palestinian governments.
This brings in aggregate, steel bars and cement (known as ABC materials) via the Kerem Shalom commercial border crossing.
UN monitors have helped assess housing damage and needs. Full details are kept in a computer database and the Israeli military has oversight of some information.
Palestinian ministries administer lists of individuals cleared to collect materials from approved vendors. So far, about 90,000 Palestinians have been cleared to obtain supplies, mostly for small-scale repairs.
The UN Special Co-ordinator for the Middle East, Nikolei Mladenov, says delays have been caused by the huge scale of the task and the slow flow of promised foreign aid.
Renewed divisions between Hamas and the Western-backed Palestinian Authority, which was meant to station its security forces at Gaza's border crossings, added to complications.
However Mr Mladenov says he is "quite hopeful" the reconstruction mechanism will show its effectiveness "in the next few months". A new process should simplify approvals for new houses.
Ultimately, the UN and international aid agencies continue to call for a lifting of the blockade. They say this is the only way to bring in all the materials needed to repair homes and infrastructure and revive the local economy.
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) chairs the so-called Shelter Cluster, a group of UN agencies and non-governmental organisations working on housing in Gaza.
It calculates that only 7.5% of building supplies that are needed are currently entering the Palestinian territory each day.
"If we look at the import of ABC materials just through the GRM then it will take 19 years just to reconstruct what was destroyed last year," says Vance Culbert, NRC country director for Palestine.
"If we look at the outstanding damage for previous conflicts we're up to 22 years and if you look at the overall housing shortage in Gaza then it will take 76 years."
For now, homeless Gazans stay with relatives or live in overcrowded rented accommodation, donated caravans or the ruins of their properties.
There is huge frustration compounded by shortages of electricity and water and the dire economic situation, which sees 80% of the population reliant on aid.
IMF figures put unemployment at 43% and 60% among young people.
Without long-term political solutions to solve Gaza's underlying problems, many warn of social unrest, instability and the increased risk of further hostilities.
PC Chris Young, 46, from Nottingham, appeared at Derby Crown Court charged with committing sexual misconduct in a public office in 2012 and seven other "like" charges.
He was bailed until 24 November for a trial expected to last two weeks.
Mr Young, who was based in Hucknall and has also worked in Worksop, is currently suspended from duty .
At the hearing on Wednesday morning, the court was told he faced one count of sexual misconduct in a public office and seven similar counts, the details of which have not been finalised.
Sonny Bono talent-spotted Cher in a coffee shop. Kiss hired their drummer after he placed an ad in Rolling Stone magazine saying he was "willing to do anything". REM's Mike Mills and Bill Berry were sworn enemies until a mutual friend asked them, separately, to a rehearsal.
Berry wanted to storm off... but his drums were too heavy to allow a dramatic exit, so he stuck around and the history of rock was changed forever.
The Chainsmokers, it is fair to say, do not have such an interesting story.
"Our manager's intern introduced us," says Alexander Pall.
"We talked about our passion and interest in dance music and we took a shot."
Despite those undramatic beginnings, the duo, in which Pall is joined by Andrew "Drew" Taggart, have created one of 2016's biggest hits.
Closer is a duet between Taggart and alt-pop heroine Halsey, who portray a couple rekindling their romance after a four-year break, only to remember all the reasons it didn't work out in the first place.
"We wanted to write an unsexy sex song," says Taggart. "And every line in Closer is pulled from, like, five of my past relationships."
The lyrics are sentimental but quirky. "Baby pull me closer in the backseat of your Rover, that I know you can't afford," sings Taggart, before the encounter continues on a "mattress that you stole from your roommate back in Boulder".
It's unusual to hear such autobiographical, observational phrases in a dance track - but that's exactly why Closer broke free of genre constraints, topping the UK charts for four weeks and, at one point, racking up more than five million plays on Spotify every day.
"It's hard to comprehend, to be honest," says Pall.
"We wrote it and recorded in our tour bus and we didn't immediately say, 'Wow, this is really something,'" adds Taggart.
"We didn't even know it was going to be a big-selling song."
There was one small snag along the way. A couple of weeks before Closer came out, it emerged that its riff bore similarities to a piano line on The Fray's 2005 single Over My Head (Cable Car).
"Luckily, someone in Sony Australia was like, 'Hey, by the way, did you guys notice this?'" says Pall. "We just went, 'Oh my God!'"
The Fray were hastily given writing credits on the song, allowing them a share of all future royalties.
"I'm really happy we took care of it the way we did," says Pall. "It would have sucked if it became a headline, simply because of a lapse of thought or whatever. That takes away from the song."
"We're lucky it was resolved that way and not like Blurred Lines," adds Taggart, referring to the controversial trial which found Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams guilty of copying Marvin Gaye's single Got To Give It Up.
"That case sets an insane precedent for what is plagiarism and what is inspiration. Pharrell said in an interview that he used to listen to Marvin Gaye and that was used against him. He listened to Marvin Gaye? Yeah, so has everybody that exists on the planet."
Growing up in separate states of the US, music was the unifying feature of The Chainsmokers' formative years.
Taggart was born and raised in Freeport, a coastal town in Maine with a population of 7,700.
He was a studious teenager, who found time to set up an investment club for his classmates. "I thought it was crazy that kids weren't taught about taxes and what to do with their money before they leave High School," he says, cringing at his "dorky" hobby.
Pall was more rebellious. The son of a New York art dealer, who hung Picassos in the family's Manhattan home, he says he spent his school years smoking marijuana and throwing parties.
When Napster emerged as a source of free music in the early 2000s, it was a revelation. "I destroyed my family's computer," he laughs. "So many viruses." But it gave him a musical education that inspired The Chainsmokers' mix of indie and dance.
Indeed, the duo's introduction to dance music came late - in Taggart's case, on a school trip to Argentina. Previously, they were into punk and emo bands like Dashboard Confessional and Death Cab For Cutie.
As they refined The Chainsmokers' sound, those were the groups they turned to for a lyrical blueprint.
"When we started, there was so much European dance music. A lot of these artists were Dutch and Swedish and it's different to sing in a second language," says Taggart.
"We'd look back to those bands we loved and think, 'Why isn't this making its way back into our music?' And when we applied that lyrical process, that's when we realised that what we were doing was interesting."
But it took a while to get there. The band's breakthrough single #Selfie was a big, dumb party anthem built around the inane ramblings of a drunk girl. The key lyric: "But first, let me take a selfie".
"It was a novelty hit and I'm sure a lot of people doubted we'd be back," admits Taggart. "But the only thing you can do after your first hit song is keep trying to write another one."
"It taught us a lot about us and the music business," adds Pall. "And, you know, obviously, if I could make it not be a song about selfies, that'd be great - but that's just the way it is and we're all good where we are now."
And right now, they are one of the most in-demand groups on the planet, with Bono and Chris Martin among the names in their phonebook.
"A year ago we were not getting as many of these calls. Now we're working with a lot of artists who we're huge fans of," says Pall.
The limelight hasn't always flattered the band, however. A profile in Billboard magazine painted them as beer-swilling misogynists, while Pall made headlines after telling a reporter that Lady Gaga's comeback single, Perfect Illusion, "sucks".
"Who cares what I think?" he asks, still bewildered by the backlash. "No-one's cared whether I thought something was good or bad for 30 years.
"I do feel badly about it, because it was never my intention to be disrespectful. Lady Gaga is an amazing artist - and she hit us back with the perfect response". (Gaga tweeted the band a link to her follow-up single, A-Yo, saying: "Maybe you'll like this one better").
The musician says he's still "in an adjustment phase", as he grapples with the idea that people are paying attention to what he says.
"It's a lesson learned."
Perhaps that's why The Chainsmokers are so cagey about their future plans. After a run of hit singles - Don't Let Me Down, Roses, Closer and All We Know - most bands would be prepping an album. But Pall side-steps the idea in almost every interview.
"We don't want to put out an album that's a collection of singles. We want to have a concise message throughout our discography and we're waiting to figure out exactly what that message is going to be."
They "definitely have the songs" to make a full-length record, he adds, but given that their biggest audience is on streaming services - where fans favour tracks over albums - maybe there's no point.
"To us, it's just about putting music out consistently. We don't want to put all this work into making an album of 12 songs and some of it gets overlooked".
Instead, the band are biding their time by releasing an EP, Collage, which will combine all of their 2016 singles with a brand new song.
"The idea is that we got a lot of new fans with Closer and, by creating an EP, it will hopefully introduce them to our older work."
"It's really exciting," adds Taggart, "but it's taken a lot of steps to get to this point. It's not like we suddenly woke up one morning and felt, 'Wow, it's arrived', but we're really pumped - and there are still big things to come."
If he's right, and the band steer clear of controversy, they could become one of dance music's few genuine crossover acts.
Either way, one thing's for certain - that intern has a bright future in the music business.
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The proportion of children without books is increasing, the charity said. It is now one in three, compared with one in 10 in 2005.
Children with their own books were more likely to be above-average readers and do better at school, the study of 18,000 children suggested.
Poorer children and boys were less likely to have books, it added.
The survey was carried out in September with school-aged children from 111 schools across the UK.
It suggested that a third (33.2%) did not have books of their own. That translates to 3.8m children UK-wide.
Better off children and young people were more likely to say they had books of their own, compared with those who received free school meals.
Trust director Jonathan Douglas said the steep rise in the number of children without their own books was of particular concern.
He said: "We know there is a direct correlation between book ownership and children's reading abilities.
"With one in 6 in the UK struggling with literacy it is very worrying that many children could be missing out on opportunities to develop these essential skills."
The trust said that children who owned books were more likely than others to read every day, and that book ownership had a clear link with reading ability.
Of the children and young people with books of their own, more than half read above the level expected for their age, with fewer than one in 10 reading below the level.
By contrast, among those without books of their own, nearly a fifth were failing to meet the expected reading level, with only a third reading above that level.
The trust launched the survey to coincide with an appeal for public donations towards books and reading support for disadvantaged children.
A number of children's book illustrators have designed cards to support the trust's Christmas Gift of Reading campaign.
The survey also revealed links between reading ability and receiving books as presents.
About a fifth of children said they had never been to a book shop or a library.
But the survey also showed that reading any type of material, for example magazines, outside class at least once a month was also associated with greater reading attainment.
Although details of the emails have not been disclosed, they have been described as "highly inappropriate" and demeaning about female staff members.
Three people have been suspended and 14 are under investigation, officials say.
This comes after a government report last year detailed several incidents of abuse in the military.
Army chief Lieutenant-General David Morrison said this inquiry revolves around the production and distribution of "highly inappropriate" material over the last three years.
He described the emails - comprising text and images - as "explicit, derogatory, demeaning and repugnant".
"I view the allegations that are being made in the gravest light," he said, adding that it was worse than the military sex scandal which rocked the country in 2011.
He added that the highest-ranking official involved was a lieutenant-colonel and others included majors, warrant officers, sergeants and corporals. At least 90 other people, mostly from the army, are also implicated in the emails, officials say.
Lt-Gen Morrison said he has apologised on behalf of the army to at least four of the female victims, who he said were angry and concerned about the situation.
Defence Minister Stephen Smith described the conduct of those involved as "despicable".
Australia began a series of inquiries into its military after an incident in April 2011 in which two cadets from the Australian Defence Force Academy were accused of secretly filming a female cadet having sex and broadcasting it on the internet.
The investigation received more than 1,000 claims of sexual, physical and mental abuse dating from the 1950s. The government apologised to victims last year.
A separate review by Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick warned that women were failing to thrive in the Australian military and were under-represented in it.
The Curiosity robot used its wideangle science camera placed high up on a mast to acquire the frames.
The low-resolution vista shows at centre the big mountain that lies in the middle of Gale Crater, the deep depression in which the rover landed.
Curiosity's ultimate goal is to drive towards this peak - informally known as Mount Sharp - to study its rocks.
"This is a very low-resolution panorama," explained Mike Malin, the principal investigator on the rover's Mastcam cameras.
"The individual frames are only 144 by 144 pixels. There are 130 of them in there. It took us about an hour and six minutes to take the mosaic.
"For the full-resolution panorama, the data volume will be 64 times larger, [and] the resolution will be eight times better. But this was pretty enough and interesting enough that we thought it was worth sharing with you guys," he told BBC News.
The colour is what the camera saw. Apart from the process of blending the individual frames, the only modification made was to brighten the image slightly.
Pictures are deliberately acquired underexposed so as not to saturate any bright regions in the field of view.
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The full-resolution frames are currently held in the camera memory, but at 4MB per shot it will take some time to get them all back on Earth.
Curiosity has two Mastcams. The one that took this panorama has a focal length of 34mm. The other camera has a 100mm telephoto lens. The two can be used together to make stereo pictures.
The Mastcams will be paramount in helping to plan Curiosity's science mission, choosing where to drive and which rock targets to investigate.
Researchers want eventually to take the robot to the base of Mount Sharp.
Evidence from satellite photos has suggested there are sediments exposed at the base of the 5.5km-high peak that were laid down in the presence of abundant water.
The rover will use its instruments to try to understand what kind of environments existed at the time of the rocks' formation, and whether there were periods in Mars history when any type of microbial life could have thrived.
The Curiosity rover mission is being run out of Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory here in Pasadena, California.
A large team of scientists is planning the future work of the vehicle.
The group has divided the ground around the landing site into a series of 1.3km by 1.3km boxes, and has been systematically mapping terrain features and rock textures seen in satellite and rover imagery on to those quadrangles.
"We will use this map to find a path from where we landed to the main target at the base of Mount Sharp," explained Dawn Sumner, a mission scientist and geologist from the University of California at Davis.
"On the way, we're going to have a lot of interesting geology to look at but the team will have to balance our observations and investigations on our drive [with the need] to get to the base of Mount Sharp."
It could take a year or more to reach key locations at the base of the mountain which are some 6.5km away.
Nasa has announced that the quadrangle in which Curiosity currently sits has been named Yellowknife, after the capital of the Canadian Northwest Territories.
Yellowknife was a settlement established by prospectors in the early 20th Century.
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Mr Trump had been under pressure to release his medical history after several other candidates had done so.
The 69-year-old real estate tycoon would become the oldest president to be elected in US history.
However, his physician said he would be the "healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency".
New York City-based physician Harold Bornstein said his physical strength and stamina are "extraordinary".
Promising to release it a few weeks ago, he tweeted that his medical report would show "perfection".
The release follows other presidential candidates including Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton and Republican rival Jeb Bush sharing their medical histories.
"I am fortunate to have been blessed with great genes," Mr Trump wrote on Facebook. "People have been impressed by my stamina, but to me it has been easy because I am truly doing something that I love."
Mr Bornstein writes in a note that he has been Mr Trump's personal physician since 1980, and that in 39 years, he has had no major issues.
His blood pressure and laboratory tests are "astonishingly excellent" and he has lost 15 pounds (7kg) in the past year, according to Mr Bornstein.
He said Mr Trump has had no forms of cancer, or joint surgery, and does not smoke or drink alcohol.
Mr Trump has said Ms Clinton may not have the "stamina" to be president.
Her physician described the presidential candidate as a "healthy 67-year-old female whose current medical conditions include hypothyroidism and seasonal pollen allergies", with a concussion, elbow fracture and blood clot in her record.
Ms Clinton does exercise regularly and eats a diet "rich in lean protein", physician Lisa Bardack noted.
Jeb Bush's doctor, Alberto Mitranin, described him as a "healthy a vigorous 62-year-old man" in "excellent physical and mental condition".
In November Northumbria police announced increased numbers of firearms officers on patrol, and invited people with concerns to "chat" with them.
Critics said they did not want to see armed officers at Christmas events and it made people feel uncomfortable
A force spokesman said the officers were there to "protect and reassure".
Thousands of people responded to the pictures on Facebook and Twitter of the officers at the Christmas market in Newcastle City Centre.
Comments included: "Please keep your guns away from our children."
"Armed police does everything but 'reassure' the public, it makes us really uncomfortable. This isn't the states!"
"I do not want to live in a country where it's a daily occurrence to see armed police with semi automatic weapons patrolling our streets and our Xmas events."
"Obviously we would prefer it if it weren't necessary, but it is ... and ... makes me and my family feel safer."
"Has Santa been warned. No sudden movements or present giving."
Northumbria Police said it understood people might be concerned.
It said the armed officers were not there because of any specific threat or intelligence, but to reassure the public that the force was in a position to respond to any incident that did occur.
Supt Steve Neill said: "In terms of posing with children, that would be at the request of children or their parents or grandparents.
"What we are trying to say is that these are just police officers who happen to have a gun.
"Don't be alarmed, don't be scared, go and have a chat with them."
Northumbria was one of nine forces in England and Wales to be given Home Office funding to increase the number of trained firearms officers.
St Martin's Constable Gerry Tattersall believes the costs are too high for the Environment Department to consider the work at Petit Port Bay.
Environment Minister Yvonne Burford said a decision on the future of the area had yet to be made.
She said the costs over the past 10 years averaged out at £77,000 a year.
The bay was closed between 2001 and 2005 after a series of landslides made the area too dangerous to access and was only reopened after new concrete steps, handrails and fencing to contain rockfalls were installed.
The steps were again shut in May after damage caused by heavy rainfall in the storms in the early part of this year.
Deputy Burford commented on the BBC Radio Guernsey Facebook page: "This is an appropriate time to take stock.
"A 10-year contact for scaling of the cliffs (to reduce rockfalls) is coming to an end next year and we need to have a discussion as to the best way forward."
She said the department was due to meet with parish officials in January to look at the future of "one of our loveliest beaches".
Deputy Burford said: "What is pretty certain is that to keep the steps open will always require money. At what point does the spend become unjustifiable?"
The actress became a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations in 2014, to promote equality and help improve opportunities for women and girls around the world.
As part of her work for the organisation, she made a speech about how important it is to make boys and girls more equal.
Now, she's hoping that a break from acting will give her more time to focus on that role.
Swansea Council put its 14-acre Penllergaer offices on the market last November to help tackle its £26m budget deficit.
Council leaders said the level of interest has been "very encouraging".
The council is also expected to put its landmark seafront civic centre building up for sale soon.
A final decision on the future of this and a number of other council properties is due to be taken by councillors next week.
Staff have gradually been moved out of the Penllergaer offices, which used to be the headquarters for the old Lliw Valley Borough Council.
Around 100 housing and transport staff still remain but they are set to be relocated during the year.
Councillor Robert Francis-Davies, cabinet member for enterprise, development and regeneration, said: "This shows we're determined to do our bit to help make inroads into our considerable savings target and protect as many services as possible for residents across the city."
The agents say there has been "promising" interest and there is demand for homes in the Penllergaer area.
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The 45-year-old, currently in charge at Bayern Munich, will replace Manuel Pellegrini, who will leave on 30 June.
A statement from City said Chilean Pellegrini, 62, was "fully supportive" of the announcement being made.
The club said negotiations with former Barcelona coach Guardiola had been "a recommencement of discussions that were curtailed in 2012".
Roberto Mancini was City boss at the time, and led them to the domestic title that year.
Pellegrini succeeded the Italian in 2013 and took the club to a Premier League and League Cup double the following season.
He has won 64 of his 99 Premier League games as a manager, a record only eclipsed by Jose Mourinho, who won 73 of his opening 99 league matches as Chelsea boss.
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City could yet win four trophies under Pellegrini this season.
They are already through to the final of the League Cup and are second in the league behind Leicester City.
The Blues are also through to the knockout stages of the Champions League and will play Chelsea in the fifth round of the FA Cup.
"I talked to the club and I will finish my contract on the original date," said Pellegrini on Monday.
"We signed a contract for one more year, but with a clause that one of the club or me cannot use that extended contract. So I will finish here on the original date.
"They are not doing anything behind me. I knew this a month ago. But I don't think it's good, this rumour and speculation about different things. I would prefer to finish the speculation today. That's why I told the press, I told the players, and I spoke with the club two weeks ago saying that I would do it."
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Former Man City winger Trevor Sinclair said news of Guardiola's appointment was "a massive, massive statement" by the club and "huge news for all City fans".
He told BBC Radio 5 live: "He's the hottest manager out there. Every club would want him.
"And when you look at the recruitment possibilities now, that's where you really start to get excited. He'll be able to bring in some huge players."
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp spoke to the media before his side's game with Leicester on Tuesday, and said of Guardiola's appointment: "He is one of the best managers in the world, no doubt about this.
"He had two big, big clubs where he has worked at and now he will do his job at Manchester City.
"Pep won everything in Spain, nearly everything in Germany, so I think he wants to win everything in England, that is clear."
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Former QPR boss Harry Redknapp told BBC Radio 5 live: "City are fighting on all fronts still, and you wonder what signal it sends out to the players when they know the manager isn't going to be there at the end of the year.
"Pellegrini is an excellent manager and a really nice guy. I'm sure he'll want to go out as a success. It's a massive move for Man City. Guardiola is really a big statement."
Stoke manager Mark Hughes said: "I don't think the news itself was a surprise, maybe the timing of it?
"I think Pellegrini's done a great job. Coming in after Mancini the club seemed a bit fragmented. He's won trophies, which is what they demanded. It's unfortunate that when a manager with the quality of Pep Guardiola comes on the market, a team like Man City feel the need to go after him."
Phil McNulty, BBC Sport's chief football writer:
The announcement that Guardiola is to be the next Manchester City coach is not a huge surprise - but the timing is.
Manuel Pellegrini is still in charge and is still in serious contention for four trophies.
What is beyond question, however, is that this is the most powerful statement of intent from City's Abu Dhabi owners that they intend to construct a club to stand alongside any in world football.
Guardiola is the game's most coveted coach with a history of claiming the top prizes.
The combination of the charismatic Catalan's coaching brilliance and the financial backing he will receive makes this a partnership the rest of football world could come to fear.
Brachiosaurus, depicted in Jurassic Park, now has an early relative, providing clues to the evolution of some of the biggest creatures on Earth.
Scientists say the plant-eating dinosaur was longer than a double-decker bus and weighed 15,000kg.
Its remains were found in the 1930s in the Jura region of France.
Since then it has been somewhat over-looked, spending most of that time in storage crates in the National Museum of Natural History in Paris.
Lead researcher Dr Philip Mannion of Imperial College London said the dinosaur would have eaten all kinds of vegetation, such as ferns and conifers, and lived at a time when Europe was a series of islands.
''We don't know what this creature died from, but millions of years later it is providing important evidence to help us understand in more detail the evolution of brachiosaurid sauropods and a much bigger group of dinosaurs that they belonged to, called titanosauriforms,'' he said.
Titanosauriforms were some of the largest creatures ever to have lived on land and were very diverse, surviving right up until the asteroid strike that wiped out most life on Earth.
The new species, given the scientific name, Vouivria damparisensis, lived in the Late Jurassic, some 160 million years ago.
"It's the earliest member of a group that includes Brachiosaurus - one of the most famous dinosaurs we know - one of the prominent animals in Jurassic Park," Dr Mannion told BBC News
"And it gives us a much clearer idea of what's going on in the early evolution of this really important radiation of dinosaurs."
The dinosaur is a sauropod - a sub-group of titanosauriforms, which include well-known groups such as Brachiosaurus, Diplodocus and Brontosaurus.
They had very long necks, long tails, and small heads with thick, pillar-like legs.
The fossil predates the previously oldest-known member of this group by about five million years.
"It starts to give us an idea that these animals were evolving much earlier than the fossil record previously has indicated," Dr Mannion added.
"This pushes back a lot of origin times for a range of sauropod dinosaurs based on our understanding of how these different species related to one another."
The re-classification of Vouivria as an early member of the titanosauriforms will help in mapping their spread across the Earth, from Jurassic times to the extinction of all dinosaurs.
It is thought that they were present across Europe, the US and Africa, but became extinct in Europe towards the end of their reign.
The fossil was discovered in the village of Damparis in the Jura region of eastern France in 1934.
It was documented scientifically in the 1940s, but has not been studied in detail since then.
Its scientific name, Vouivria damparisensis, relates to 'La vouivre', a local folklore legend about a winged serpent.
Dr Mannion examined the bones of the creature along with scientists at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris and the CNRS/Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
The research is published in the journal, PeerJ.
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Evans, 26, helped Britain win the Davis Cup and collected three ATP Challenger titles in the past 12 months.
"It's a great story but it shouldn't stop here," Smith told BBC Sport.
"It's a learning curve about what it takes, not just to stay at that ranking, but also how to get to the top 70, top 50, or top 30."
Evans has not won a Grand Slam main draw match since 2013, but the British number four has shown that he is capable of performing under pressure at an elite level, having clinched Davis Cup ties against Slovakia and Russia in the last four years.
Before losing in the first round at Queen's Club on Wednesday Evans had also not played in an ATP World Tour event since Eastbourne in 2014.
He quickly gets another chance at the Aegon Open Nottingham event, which starts on Saturday.
And while Evans has not been playing regularly at Tour level in recent times, Smith has still called upon him to produce for his country.
Smith now feels that Evans, who is based at the Nottingham Tennis Centre with coach Mark Hilton, has matured as a player.
"Everyone comes through at their own stage, and he wasn't ready before," Smith said. "He wasn't ready to be at that level every single day and he's made a great jump over the last 12 months.
"There's a lot of learning still to be done, but he's very committed.
"He's got to focus on what he's done well in the past year to get to this point and learn from the bigger tournaments he is playing in more often now.
"This phase of the season is an important period for him to test his game against the best players in the world. He can win matches at this level and we've seen that at the Davis Cup."
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Nautanki is one of India's oldest folk theatres, and it's hugely popular in small towns and rural areas. Photographer Udit Kulshreshtha explains how this art form is surviving in the age of easily available entertainment on smart phones.
The travelling theatre used to be the cheapest and often the only source of performance-based entertainment in northern India until TV became popular in the 1980s.
But some groups and performers are trying hard to keep the tradition alive.
Nautanki, also known as folk opera, is still a crowd puller in traditional cattle fairs. At least eight different theatres performed during one such recent fair in the northern state of Bihar's Sonepur town.
Tickets are usually priced between 100 ($1.55; £1.22) to 500 rupees, and they sell out fast.
Nautanki performances usually follow storylines derived from folk and mythological tales. The stories are punctuated with dance performances, musical compositions and skits. The atmosphere is usually casual and audiences are allowed to ask performers to repeat a skit or a dance of their choice.
The mainstay of Nautanki are female dancers who perform to folk songs often composed by their colleagues.
Artists often get ready for their performances in dingy backrooms before appearing on stage in all their finery.
Sangeeta, who only uses one name, says she started dancing in Nautanki because of poverty. "I had nothing to eat and that is why I started dancing. But now I love to dance, my feet can't stop," she says.
She adds that she learned her dance moves from her colleagues and from watching Bollywood films.
She adds that "this trade gets dirty at times". Performances start at 5pm but sometimes continue until the early hours of the following day.
I witnessed men in various stages of drunken stupor trying to get closer to Sangeeta during one of her performances in Sonepur.
Mousumi Sarkar, 34, has been performing in Nautanki for more than a decade. She says her career has taken her to places like Dubai and Nairobi.
"I like travelling with the group. I have even performed at government functions," she says.
But the dancer adds that the money she earns is not enough to provide for her family.
"I earn around 2,000 rupees (£25; $31) every day. We need help from the government in the form of jobs for our children and a pension for me when I retire."
Dancers often don't get respect as artists and face discrimination.
Amit Kumar Singh married Nautanki dancer Chandni three years ago, and lost his family inheritance.
Now he does minor jobs at the theatre.
Nautanki performances don't always end well. Excited men watching performances often indulge in drunken brawls and damage chairs.
Palestinian medics identified him as Mohammed Mubarak, 22, a labourer from the Jalazun refugee camp near Ramallah.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said its soldiers had opened fire on a "terrorist" after he attacked an army post near the settlement of Ofra.
But Palestinian witnesses told the AFP news agency that Mubarak had not been armed, and had been harassed by the troops and made to remove his clothes.
A Palestinian Red Crescent spokesman said he was found with three bullet wounds in his back.
Palestinian Housing and Public Works Minister Maher Ghneim called for an investigation into the "cold-blooded killing".
He said Mubarak had been working on a project co-ordinated by his ministry.
The Israeli military insisted its soldiers felt "an imminent threat to their lives", adding that a weapon and 12 bullet casings had been recovered.
Ohad Shoham, the soldier who says he shot Mubarak, told Israeli Army Radio the Palestinian had fired a gun.
He was the first Palestinian to have been killed by Israeli troops in the West Bank this year.
Twenty-seven Palestinians were killed in 2013, according to the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem, three times as many as in 2012.
In the same period, the group said nine Palestinians in the Gaza Strip were killed by Israeli forces, while Palestinians killed three Israeli civilians and three Israeli security forces personnel in Israel and the West Bank.
The former Italy boss leaves with the club outside La Liga's relegation zone on goal difference.
Voro, who has previously been caretaker-boss four times, is in charge again, although it is not clear if it is on a long-term basis.
Gary Neville was sacked in March after four months and replaced by Pako Ayestaran, who was then fired in September, and replaced by Prandelli.
Valencia have spent one season outside La Liga since 1931.
Mrs Hollingworth happened to be making a trip across the border from Poland to Germany in August 1939, when she saw large numbers of military vehicles by the side of the road.
This was ahead of the German invasion.
While scoops do not get much bigger, it was the start of an illustrious career involving many other stories.
In the Daily Telegraph on 29 August 1939, Hollingworth reported: "Today, I crossed the frontier between Polish and German Upper Silesia and spent several hours in Beuthen, Hindenburg and Gleiwitz.
"The frontier is still closed to local traffic. Everywhere I saw signs of the most intense military activity. In the two miles between Hindenburg and Gleiwitz I was passed by 65 military despatch riders on motorcycles. The only cars to be seen were those belonging to the military."
Mrs Hollingworth was born on the same day that Sun Yat-Sen and other revolutionaries overthrew the Qing dynasty in China.
It seems fitting that a woman who would go on to report on many world events should have been born on such a newsworthy day.
She knew both British intelligence officers and spies Donald McLean and Kim Philby when they defected to Russia.
She travelled extensively reporting on Aden, the Vietnam war and Algeria.
She interviewed the shah of Iran, and reported from Beijing during the demise of Chairman Mao Zedong among many other stories.
Asked why it was important to her to be a reporter, she replied: "Because I just enjoyed it, nothing else."
She still loves life, she said, and listened to the BBC World Service on the hour.
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First-time mother Kianga gave birth to the male ape at Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire on 9 February.
Keepers were concerned about its health to begin with as Kianga was not holding it properly to allow suckling.
But Cheka, a more experienced mother, noticed this and showed her how to feed the baby properly.
The newborn, which does not yet have a name, is said to be developing well.
Dr Charlotte Macdonald, director of life sciences at the zoo, said: "We were astonished to find out about the wonderful intervention by Cheka, as it is unique to observe such an important social teaching behaviour."
Cheka has reared several babies, with youngest, Ndeko, born at the zoo in August.
"It is very exciting to welcome a second baby to our bonobo group in such a short space of time," said Dr Macdonald.
Both births were part of a carefully planned European Endangered Species Programme, which ensures healthy genetic lines.
Dr Macdonald said managing the breeding of bonobos has to be carefully done because of their "promiscuous behaviour".
"Bonobos use sex as a communication tool, so it is not always used for reproduction, but also to establish social hierarchies, or to avoid potentially aggressive situations," she said.
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A UK zoo has announced the birth of a bonobo ape - one of only 11 births of the endangered animal in zoos across the world in the last year.
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The original cost of the bailout was put at 17.5bn euros.
But the new total, disclosed in a document seen by news agencies, means Cyprus will have to find 13bn euros to secure 10bn euros from the European Union and the IMF.
Previously it was thought that Cyprus would have to raise 7.5bn euros.
Government spokesman Christos Stylianides said: "It's a fact the memorandum of November talked about 17.5bn (euros) in financing needs. And it has emerged this figure has become 23bn.
"Who is responsible for this? How did we get here? It was the fear of responsibility and indecision of the previous government," he added.
Analysts are now questioning if Cyprus can raise such a sum.
By Mark LowenBBC News
Eurozone officials patted themselves on the back last month as it seemed that Cyprus had been rescued. The bailout was approved: Cyprus would raise around 7bn euros itself, and its creditors would cough up about 10bn.
Then reality set in as a botched deal began to unravel. The recession will be far deeper, requiring greater government spending on benefits. And troubled banks might need further recapitalisation.
So Cyprus must dig deeper. That will crush large savers at the Bank of Cyprus, who face a potential loss of up to 60% to cover the shortfall.
But one government MP told me that a worse recession might require more austerity, which could then deepen the recession still, locking Cyprus into a vicious circle. And that may prompt a second bailout. Serious questions remain over this island's survival in the single currency.
The winding up of one Cypriot bank, Popular, and the writing-off of a large portion of secured debt and uninsured deposits in the largest bank, Bank of Cyprus, should raise a total of 10.6bn euros.
There have also been reports that Cyprus may sell a large portion of its gold reserves in order to raise another 400m euros.
"The sheer size of the increase has underlined the extent of the enormous challenges facing Cyprus itself,'' said Jonathan Loynes of Capital Economics in an analyst note.
The Cypriot economy is only worth about 18bn euros and accounts for less than 0.2% of the eurozone total. Several analysts now think the Cypriot economy may shrink by more than 10% this year alone.
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The cost of the bailout for Cyprus has increased to 23bn euros ($30bn; £19.5bn), according to a draft document prepared by the country's creditors.
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Daniel Brown, 27, said he "lost control" on 11 July last year and set fire to Capel Aberfan, which was used as a makeshift mortuary following the Aberfan disaster.
He caused more than £500,000 damage to the chapel, which was built in 1876.
Brown, from Nixonville, said he "got a kick" from arson, Merthyr Tyfil Crown Court heard.
He will stay on licence for 10 years.
The court was told Brown set fire to his own home when he was nine years old.
A £40,000 Aberfan disaster memorial organ which was destroyed in the chapel fire had been donated by Queen Elizabeth II.
It was given when she visited the community after a slag heap collapsed on the Pant Glas Junior School leaving 116 children and 28 adults dead.
Prosecuting, Rachel Knight said Brown had set fire to a wheelie bin earlier that evening and called 999 himself, but was "disappointed" when neighbours put out the fire before crews arrived.
"Less than two hours later fire officers were called back to tackle the chapel blaze," she said.
"The chapel was locked but they were approached by Brown, claiming to be the caretaker."
Brown had a set of keys for the chapel because he was a voluntary cleaner - and he had sneaked in to set fire to a dust sheet before walking home.
Miss Knight said: "The fire was completely out of control. The roof became well alight and quickly collapsed."
A pulpit worth £15,000 was also lost, which was due to be sold to an American buyer to raise funds for the building.
Brown told police: "I don't know why I did it. It just got out of control. I love that church. I set fire to my house in Aberdare when I was nine. I need help."
Ms Knight added: "He told the police he was a Christian and attended weekly prayer meetings."
Iris Minett, 80, whose two children died in the Aberfan disaster welcomed the jail sentence.
"We have been through so much here that it is beyond belief that someone could have done this," she said.
"The chapel meant a lot to many people but now it will never be the same."
Her daughter Gaynor Madgwick said: "No amount of time in prison will make up for the emotional damage caused by what he did to the chapel.
"Nothing can bring back the pews where those children were laid to rest.
"It is now a scar on the village and is standing like a monstrosity."
Judge Richard Twomlow said: "It was a building that was priceless to the community and there was understandable outrage and grief.
"An important part of the history of Aberfan has been irretrievably lost."
Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark said that the state's supply of pentobarbital would end in September.
Texas has the highest execution rate in the country, with 11 inmates put to death so far in 2013.
Some drugs companies have objected to their products being used for capital punishment.
Texas has used pentobarbital, a drug used to treat severe epilepsy, in executions since July 2012.
The state was forced to change to the single-dose sedative when supplies of sodium thiopental, one of three drugs used previously, were cut off.
But state officials are now having difficulties with the availability of pentobarbital, which is also typically used to put down animals.
"We will be unable to use our current supply of pentobarbital after it expires,'' the Associated Press news agency quoted department spokesman Jason Clark as saying. "We are exploring all options at this time."
The state is planning at least five more executions this year.
Reuters quoted Mr Clark as saying that Texas was confident it would be able to continue with the deaths, despite the shortage.
Richard Dieter, who heads the Washington-based Death Penalty Information Center, said other states would be having similar problems.
"The states really scramble to go all over to get drugs,'' he told AP.
"Some went overseas, some got from each other. But these manufacturers - a number them are based in Europe - don't want to participate in our executions. So they've clamped down as much as they can."
The first US prisoner put to death using pentobarbital is believed to be 58-year-old John David Duty.
Duty, who killed a cellmate in 2001, died in Oklahoma in December 2010.
Texas is reported to have executed more than 500 death row inmates since 1982 - the highest of any US state. Virginia came in second with 110, AP said.
Journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza, who works for pro-democracy group Open Russia, became ill earlier this month.
He has now recovered enough to leave the country to seek further treatment, his lawyer Vadim Prokhorov said on Facebook on Sunday.
The activist nearly died when he suffered sudden kidney failure in 2015.
Mr Kara-Murza, a friend of opposition leader and former deputy prime minister Boris Nemtsov, who was shot dead in February 2015, fell into a coma for a week, with tests revealing he had ingested a poisonous substance.
It is unclear what prompted the latest collapse.
However, Mr Prokhorov said he was leaving Russia on Sunday "to go through rehabilitation treatment after his second acute poisoning".
He added: "The diagnosis in his hospital discharge report is still the same: 'toxic influence of an unknown substance'."
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare or the ACA, is the largest overhaul of the US healthcare system since the 1960s. What does it do, and why is it controversial?
Its aim is simple - to extend health insurance coverage to some of the estimated 15% of the US population who lack it. Those people receive no coverage from their employers and are not covered by US health programmes for the poor and elderly.
To achieve this, the law requires all Americans to have health insurance, but offers subsidies to make coverage more affordable and aims to reduce the cost of insurance by bringing younger, healthier people into the medical coverage system.
It also requires businesses with more than 50 full-time employees to offer health insurance.
The law creates state-run marketplaces - with websites akin to online travel and shopping sites - where individuals can compare prices as they shop for coverage. Some states have chosen not to participate in the ACA, and their residents can shop on a marketplace run by the federal government.
In addition, the law bans insurance companies from denying health coverage to people with pre-existing health conditions, allows young people to remain on their parents' plans until age 26, and expands eligibility for the government-run Medicaid health programme for the poor.
The law aims eventually to slow the growth of US healthcare spending, which is the highest in the world.
Republicans say the law imposes too many costs on business, with many describing it as a "job killer". However, since the implementation of Obamacare, jobs in the health care sector rose by 9%.
They have also decried it as an unwarranted intrusion into the affairs of private businesses and individuals.
The party and a veritable industry of conservative think tanks and advocacy groups have fought the law since Mr Obama first proposed it in 2009 at the start of his first term in office.
After the law was passed in 2010, Republicans launched several legal challenges. In 2012 the US Supreme Court declared it constitutional. It also featured in another Supreme Court case in 2016, when employers argued both against the provision that says companies have to provide birth control and the work-around that allowed the federal government to provide birth control to employees who worked at companies who did not want to provide birth control. The court did not issue a ruling, instead ordering both sides to try to find a compromise.
Meanwhile, the House of Representatives, controlled by the Republicans, has taken dozens of symbolic votes to repeal the law and forced a partial government shutdown over the issue. Republicans in state capitals have also sought to undermine it in various ways.
Democrats say Republicans have been politically motivated to attack Mr Obama's flagship domestic achievement in order to weaken him.
It's estimated that 22 million would lose medical insurance if Obamacare were repealed. Provisions of the law make care accessible to those who had previously been shut out. The uninsured rate has dropped by 5% since the programme began.
Some of the more popular provisions include:
As the law has been implemented there have been certain sections that work better than others, and some that cause problems for consumers. The Obama administration and Democratic members of Congress have tried to push through fixes that they say would alleviate these problems; the Republicans say the flaws are evidence of a failed programme.
Some of the bigger problems include:
Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi is suspected of war crimes over the destruction of nine mausoleums and a mosque in the ancient Malian city in 2012.
He was handed over by Niger after the ICC issued a warrant for his arrest.
Islamists occupied the city until they were ousted by French forces in 2013.
Wearing a navy-blue suit and wire-rimmed spectacles, Mr Faqi told the court: "My name is Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi, I am from the al-Ansar Tuareg tribe."
He told the court he was born "about 40 years ago" in Agoune, 100km (60 miles) west of Timbuktu, and was a "graduate of the teachers' institute in Timbuktu and... a civil servant in education in the Malian government beginning 2011".
He said he wished to be spoken to in Arabic, but gave no other statement during the proceedings at which the charges were read out.
The judge said the next hearing would be on 18 January, where a decision would be taken whether to put the suspect on trial.
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According to the prosecutor, Mr Faqi was a "zealous member" of Ansar Dine, a Tuareg extremist militia with links to al-Qaeda, reports the BBC's Anna Holligan who was in court.
He is alleged to have been head of the Hesbah - or what some call the "manners' brigade" - which enforced strict Islamist law in Timbuktu during the unrest that rocked Mali in 2012 and 2013, and of being involved with and executing the decisions of the so-called Islamic Court of Timbuktu.
During their occupation, the militants vandalised and destroyed mosques and mausoleums, and burnt tens of thousands of ancient manuscripts.
The city - which is listed as a World Heritage Site by Unesco - was considered the centre of Islamic learning from the 13th to the 17th Centuries.
At one time it counted nearly 200 schools and universities that attracted thousands of students from across the Muslim world.
The mausoleums were shrines to Timbuktu's founding fathers, who had been venerated as saints by most of the city's inhabitants.
But this practice is considered blasphemous by fundamentalists.
Earlier this year, 14 mausoleums were rebuilt by local stone masons using traditional techniques.
The case against Mr Faqi is the first to be brought before the ICC "concerning the destruction of buildings dedicated to religion and historical monuments".
The court, which has until now always focused on attacks against people, hopes the charges against Mr Faqi will deter others who may seek to destroy these treasured pieces of history, our correspondent says.
Some 659,030 people submitted applications by the end of June - up 4% on the same point last year.
The final deadline for candidates applying through the University and College Admissions Service (Ucas) was 30 June.
After that, unfilled places are allocated through a post-results process known as clearing.
The latest Ucas statistics show a rise in applications in England, Wales and Scotland of 3%, 2% and 3% respectively. In Northern Ireland the numbers have remained static.
Applications from other EU students rose 5%, while those from non-EU overseas students were up 6%.
The figures also show that, in general, more women have applied than men.
Director of fair access to higher education Prof Les Ebdon said: "These figures are excellent news.
"Applicants are clearly recognising the advantages of higher education and are embarking on a potentially life-changing journey.
"At the same time, our economy and society will continue to benefit from a consistent supply of highly-qualified graduates."
Chief executive of university umbrella group Universities UK, Nicola Dandridge, said: "It is encouraging to see the numbers applying to university increasing again this year, demonstrating the widespread recognition of the importance of a university degree and the positive impact it has on people's lives and the economy.
"The opportunities afforded by higher education are not just there for young people, but also for people of any age.
"It is therefore particularly good to see an increase of nearly 9,000 more mature students compared to last year.
"We are a knowledge-based economy and rely increasingly on people to develop their skills throughout their lives."
Former skipper Atapattu, 44, was appointed in October 2014 after six months as interim coach where he led Sri Lanka to a series win over England.
No reason was given for the change.
But a statement said Atapattu had served his time "with the same professionalism that was his hallmark as an international cricketer".
Sri Lanka are set to tour England in the summer of 2016, playing a three-Test series against Sri Lanka followed by five one-day internationals and a Twenty20 match.
Enda Dolan, 18, from County Tyrone, was in his first term at Queen's University when he died after being hit on Belfast's Malone Road in October 2014.
David Lee Stewart, of Gray's Park Avenue, drove with the teenager on the roof of his van for about 800 yards before he stopped.
The 31-year-old has admitted a series of charges linked to the collision.
Belfast Crown Court heard on Friday that Stewart said during a police interview he "would give up my own life for that wee lad".
"I am deeply sorry for it, deeply, deeply sorry," he told police.
"If I could turn back the clock I would."
Stewart is due to be sentenced for causing death by dangerous driving and four other motoring offences.
The court was told that Stewart's passenger, 21-year-old William Ross Casement, who he had been drinking with in the hours leading up to the collision, got out of the van when it hit Mr Dolan.
Witnesses saw him standing close to the student's body, which was on the road, before he returned to the van, which was then driven from the scene.
Prosecutors said he "must have been aware that at least very serious injury was caused".
Casement, from Belvoir Drive in Belfast, admits aiding and abetting dangerous driving, and aiding and abetting failing to remain at the scene of an accident where an injury had occurred.
A prosecution lawyer told the court that CCTV footage had shown both men were in a Belfast bar on Thursday 14 October.
Stewart took 13 drinks, including six pints of beer and four Jagerbombs, a mix of a spirit and an energy drink.
The men were later seen to "stagger on the road" before getting into the van.
It was driven to Donegall Square East, where the men went to a nightclub.
They left at 02:20 BST, and less than 10 minutes later Mr Dolan was dead.
Witnesses saw the van being driven dangerously, undertaking a taxi and speeding through a red traffic light.
Mr Dolan was walking to his student accommodation when the van mounted a footpath and hit him.
He sustained a broken neck and head injuries.
One witness said the van had taken off at speed and it crashed further up the road.
Casement was able to get out of the vehicle and Stewart had to be cut from the driver's seat.
The prosecution said Stewart was taken to hospital, where he twice refused to give a blood sample, claiming he had only drank two pints of shandy.
But a sample taken later that morning indicated he was three times over the legal alcohol limit for drivers.
Traces of drugs, including cocaine, were also found in his system.
The prosecution said Stewart was "highly intoxicated" at the time of the crash and had "made two decisions to drive in that condition".
He added that Mr Dolan, from Killyclougher in Omagh, was "talented" both academically and in sporting terms and was "generous with his time with his family and the wider community".
A defence lawyer for Stewart said the father-of-three was "so intoxicated that evening that he was uncertain as to the events that occurred".
Stewart revoked his own bail while on remand, and his wife Samantha told the court: "He couldn't go out, after what he had done.
"He had no life. He took somebody else's, he just couldn't get on with his own."
A barrister representing Casement said his client "reflected on a daily basis" about the incident.
He said Casement "deeply regrets becoming involved in the course of events that led to the death of Mr Dolan".
Both men were remanded in custody ahead of sentencing.
Top of the Championship, Karanka's side have four games left to play and have a two-point cushion over second-placed Burnley, who they face on Tuesday.
"I think we will have less pressure than Burnley because they need to win," Karanka told BBC Tees.
"It's tough for the players in these games when everyone is excited and expecting promotion."
He continued: "It's difficult to manage the situation but they are handling it really well. We know we are arriving in this game in a good position against Burnley, who were in the Premier League last season with the same players."
After a poor run of games which coincided with Karanka failing to take training and missing their 2-0 defeat by Charlton, Middlesbrough have improved their form with six consecutive victories putting them top of the league.
"It's impossible to know what will happen in two or three weeks. I have been here for two years and I have learned this league can change in just two days," Karanka added.
Middlesbrough's George Friend and Daniel Ayala were named in the Football Manager Team of the Season at Sunday's Football League Awards, but Karanka has heaped the praise on the unity of his squad and says many players contributed to Boro's success.
"I can't forget players like Tomas Kalas but he's on the bench because Daniel Ayala is playing really well," said the Spaniard. "It is the spirit of the team to play together."
The Briton, 29, will end the year at the top of the rankings if he wins the title at London's O2 Arena.
Murray faces Croatia's Cilic in his opening round-robin match at approximately 20:00 GMT.
"I just want to finish the year on a high note by playing well," the Scot told BBC Sport.
"If I finish number one, that's great, but that wasn't a goal of mine a few months ago. I wanted to put myself in a position to hopefully get there at the beginning part of next year."
Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka plays Kei Nishikori of Japan in Monday's first singles match at 14:00, live on BBC Two and the BBC Sport website.
Murray overtook Novak Djokovic at the top of the rankings last week and is locked in a battle with the Serb to see which of them ends the year as world number one.
Djokovic opened with a three-set win over Dominic Thiem on Sunday, and knows that two group-stage wins followed by a record sixth ATP Finals title would see him reclaim top spot.
However, Murray can deny Djokovic if the Scot wins the season finale for the first time.
"He said that it wasn't a focus to be world number one this year," said BBC Sport commentator Andrew Castle.
"But with the Wimbledon title and Olympic gold behind him, he perhaps reset himself after the US Open and just said, 'It's available and I'm going to go for it.'
"He basically won every single match for the last six weeks."
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By his own standards, Murray has a relatively mediocre 11-11 record in eight previous appearances at the ATP finale, but he arrives this year in as strong a position as ever.
He is on a 19-match winning streak, and took three days off following his Paris Masters win before practising on the newly speeded up O2 Arena last week.
"The court's definitely a bit faster than it has been in the past, so that changes the way you play the matches a little bit," said Murray.
"But I think that's a positive thing. At the end of the year, when the players have played a lot of tennis, to play on the slowest court with really, really long rallies is tough, so it will shorten the points a bit and maybe make for some better tennis."
Murray has enjoyed the best season of his career, but if he is to hold on to the number one spot he must come through the most difficult run of matches he has faced in terms of rankings.
The Briton will play world number three Wawrinka, number five Nishikori and number seven Cilic in the John McEnroe Group, with only two progressing to the semi-finals.
First up is Cilic, who beat Murray last time out in Cincinnati three months ago but has won just three of their 14 matches.
"He's been on an amazing run these last few weeks, he's going to be extremely motivated and he's going to have the crowd on his side," said Cilic.
"I just hope I'm going to continue with this good form I had the last few months."
The rules have applied to German cinemas showing adult films since 2002, but they are now being extended to cover books available on the internet.
It follows a complaint that a sexually explicit e-book titled Schlauchgeluste was too easy for children to obtain.
One book industry blogger said the decision, taken by the regulator Youth Protection Authority, was "just nuts".
The German Publishers and Booksellers Association confirmed that retailers were now considering ways to enforce the rules.
It has been suggested that they will have to start tracking the titles that count as "youth endangering" under German law, isolate them in a specific section and make them invisible using filtering software.
But Jessica Sanger, from the legal team at the German Publishers and Booksellers Association, said: "A time lock doesn't seem to make a lot of sense to us as kids can find ways to circumvent that.
"A system that requires proof of age is harder to circumvent and that is the way we see things going."
Booksellers face fines of 50,000 euros (£35,000) if they do not comply with the rules.
Digital media blogger Nate Hoffelder said it did not make sense to apply the legislation to e-books.
"Given the prevalence of adult content on websites outside of Germany, trying to control access on sites in Germany is just nuts," he wrote on his Inks, Bits and Pixels blog.
"Even King Canute knew that he could not hold back the tide, but apparently German regulators lack that level of common sense."
The decision to change the rules was sparked by a transgender memoir called Schlauchgeluste (Pantyhose Cravings), which became the subject of legal action over its easy availability in a bookseller's database.
Tunnelling is set to start for a line from Turin to Lyon, which is expected to cut the travel time by nearly half.
Local residents built barricades to prevent heavy machinery from starting work in the picturesque Val di Susa, in northern Italy.
Police used fire hoses and tear gas to disperse them.
Police had to escort the contractor's bulldozers to the high Alpine site where work is due to begin.
Demonstrators set on fire barricades erected to keep out intruders, but failed to halt the works.
Despite environmental objections, the Italian government is determined to go ahead with the project, which is heavily backed by EU money and is estimated to cost 15bn euros (£13bn).
Work is due to start by 30 June or the country risks losing the hundreds of million euros the EU is contributing, a minister said at the weekend.
Earlier, more than 3,000 people took part in a peaceful, overnight candle-lit prayer vigil against the project.
"The majority of residents of the valley are against this project which damages the environment and is an absurdity for public finances," said Paolo Ferrero, secretary of Italy's Communist Refoundation Party.
Residents fear that, despite safeguards built into the multi-billion euro project in a deal signed in 2001, an area of outstanding natural beauty is going to be spoilt.
Other protests have been announced on the internet, with a demonstration due in Rome on Tuesday, reports say.
The council was asked to consider cutting the length of summer holidays from six weeks to five.
The other week would then be moved to another time in the school year.
The authority's children and young people scrutiny committee will now look into possible dates and consider the wider implications of the move.
The proposal - put forward by Gabalfa Liberal Democrat councillor Ed Bridges - highlighted what he called the "disproportionately expensive cost of holidays" during the traditional holiday break.
"Currently families taking holidays during school term time can do so more cheaply than during allocated school holiday times," said Mr Bridges.
"From my own experience the cost of going away for a week during October half term is basically double what you would spend on the same holiday in May during the school term time.
"Families are often having to make a very difficult decision of whether they go on holiday during school term time and pull their children out of school, or in some cases not go on holiday at all if finances don't allow it."
It was suggested extending the October half term to two weeks could help families save money by booking travel outside peak periods.
A Welsh Government spokesman said the education secretary Kirsty Williams would not be using ministerial powers to direct local authorities and governing bodies what their term dates must be.
He said the government was "pleased to see that they have successfully worked together to ensure harmonisation of term dates across geographical areas for 2017-18".
"Schools have a discretionary power to authorise up to 10 days' absence during a school year for family holidays during term time," he added.
Her book Animal Kingdom - A Colouring Book Adventure currently tops Amazon's best sellers list and she is part of an industry which saw almost one million books worth £6m sold so far this year.
But as she starts work on her third book, she looks back on her success with a mixture of pride and shock.
Ms Marotta, who grew up in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, before moving to Tenby, Pembrokeshire, described her new-found fame as "really amazing", adding: "I just wanted to make beautiful books and I'm really flattered that people enjoy them so much."
When she started, her aim was to create a book people would love colouring as much as she enjoyed creating the illustrations.
But the idea for the books originally came from her publishers. They spotted the adult colouring phenomenon as it gathered momentum in France, and believed Ms Marotta's intricate style of drawing would be ideal for hobbyists looking for new inspiration.
Since then a huge colouring "community" has grown up around the books.
Friends Natasha Trew-Burns, Val Hall, Malissa King and Sarah England, from Newport, met through one of the many colouring groups on Facebook.
They now meet regularly to share books, pens and colouring tips and agree one of the big attractions is the freedom it provides from the modern world's digital distractions.
Ms King said colouring brings instant gratification.
"You can sit down with a picture and have it finished by the end of the evening, but when you look at what other people have done with the same picture they're all completely different and I like that about it," she said.
But all four admitted it was all too easy to get addicted to the different types of pens and pencils available.
And with sets costing as much as £250, it can quickly become an expensive hobby.
Andre Breedt from Nielsen Book Services has been monitoring sales of adult colouring titles and believes they are here to stay.
He said they make popular gifts, and predicts they will be a Christmas hit.
He added the number of colouring books on the market was forecast to double over the next six months and so far demand shows no signs of waning.
The Newcastle athlete, 34, pulled away over closing laps to win in 9:11.17 with Sara Treacy (9:19.96) in second and Michelle Finn (9:21.93) third.
O'Flaherty may attempt to win the 1500m title in Athlone on Sunday.
Ciara Mageean easily qualified for the women's 800m final as she won her heat in 2:08.85.
Rio Olympics-qualified Mageean, 23, has set new Irish indoor 1500m and mile records in recent weeks but has indicated that she will opt out of competing at next month's World Indoor Championships.
Letterkenny man Mark English showed that he looks in good shape for a strong performance in Oregon as he clocked an impressive 1:48.15 in his 800m heat.
The UCD medical student was having a cut at the 1:46.50 world indoor qualifying standard, and, although he didn't reach that mark, he can still be selected.
""I didn't feel there was any reason not to," as he explained his fast pace from the gun.
"It's a perfect opportunity to try and get two races back-to-back.
"I think the most important thing is to analyse how you felt afterwards and I felt strong so that's good. I'm happy with how today went."
English's fellow Letterkenny man Brendan Boyce won his first Irish Indoor title as he clinched the men's 5K walk in 20:17.81.
"After 12 attempts at national indoors I finally came home with the gold," said Boyce happily afterwards.
The Donegal man will race in three weeks over 20km in Slovakia.
That quake killed more than 18,000 people, displaced tens of thousands and generated a tsunami which caused a nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima power plant. This time, Japan escaped with only a few reports of minor injuries, and tsunami waves of over 1m.
So how common is it for aftershocks to be felt so many years later?
Martha Savage, a geophysics professor at Victoria University in Wellington who is currently in Japan, told the BBC that an aftershock is simply any smaller quake that follows a large earthquake in the same region.
It is "not particularly unusual to have aftershocks for years after large events", said Prof Savage.
While Tuesday's quake was "quite large for an aftershock", the quake it followed measured a massive 9.0 - one of the largest ever recorded - so it's "at least two magnitudes smaller".
In 2011, the fault line behind the Japan quake slipped a massive 50m in one go, as the Pacific Ocean Plate slid under the Continental Plate, on which Japan sits. The seabed rose 30m in some places, triggering the tsunami.
Since then, pressure has continued to build up across the plate, which was released on Tuesday in what's known as an inland earthquake, Aiming Lin, chair professor of the department of geophysics of Kyoto University, told the BBC.
Even though five years have passed, there is still sufficient seismic activity in the area to trigger a magnitude-7 earthquake once a year, according to the Japan Times.
But Tuesday was the first time since December 2012 that the JMA had issued a tsunami alert due to an aftershock from the 2011 quake, said the paper.
Being both late and large makes Tuesday's aftershock slightly unusual, Prof Savage said.
New Zealand, which had a large earthquake last week, is one. It has since had thousands of aftershocks, some with a magnitude of more than 6.
And Napa County in California has had more than 4,600 aftershocks since a large quake in August 2014.
The Messina earthquake in 1908 was a magnitude-7.5 quake that struck southern Italy and brought 13m-high tsunami waves.
But even a century later, Prof Savage said there were more seismic activities in the Messina Region than other surrounding regions.
It has made more than $6.2bn (£3.8bn) in ticket sales alone, not counting merchandise, cast recordings or revenue from the film on which it is based.
And that means it has overtaken The Phantom of the Opera, even though Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical has been seen by twice as many paying punters.
The biggest film release at the box office, Avatar, has made almost $2.8bn.
Featuring music by Sir Elton John, with lyrics written by Sir Tim Rice, The Lion King began on Broadway in 1997.
It was based on a highly successful Disney animation released three years earlier.
Last year, it was the highest-grossing musical on the New York stage, and it retains its number one position so far in 2014.
Its 22 productions around the world are thought to have been seen by 75 million people.
Disney Theatrical Productions president Thomas Schumacher said: "It's difficult not to become emotional at this realisation of the show's impact."
He added he was "deeply proud" of how the stage show had offered the same audience experience in numerous countries around the world.
The producers of Phantom acknowledged being overtaken by The Lion King, calling it "the pride of Broadway".
But Phantom, which started life on stage in 1986, remains the longest-running show in Broadway history and has been seen by an estimated 140 million people around the world.
Ten productions of Phantom are currently running, including in London's West End, on Broadway and touring North America.
And new productions are planned for Moscow, Hong Kong and Istanbul.
He received his medal at a private event in Stockholm before a scheduled concert in the city.
No further details were given.
Swedish Academy officials previously said Dylan would not deliver his Nobel lecture, a traditional condition of receiving the 8m krona ($900,000, £727,000) prize money, at the event.
He is expected to deliver a taped version of the lecture later.
If he does not deliver a lecture by June, he will have to forfeit the prize money.
A member of the Swedish Academy, which awards the prize, told the Associated Press news agency "it went very well indeed", and that 75-year-old Dylan was "a very nice, kind man".
In an earlier blog post, the academy's secretary said the setting would be "small and intimate". No media were present at Dylan's request.
After receiving the prize, Dylan performed a concert on Saturday evening at the Stockholm Waterfront venue. A second concert is planned for Sunday evening.
The Nobel Prize for literature has usually been associated with poets and novelists.
But the academy handed Dylan the prize "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".
Dylan failed to attend the December ceremony, citing previous commitments. In a speech read on his behalf, he said it was "truly beyond words" and he thought his odds of winning were as likely "standing on the moon".
The 20-year-old has made 25 appearances for League One Oldham, scoring three goals, since arriving at Boundary Park in January 2014.
He was on loan at York City earlier this season where he scored once in nine games.
Turner goes into the Silkmen's squad for the visit of FC Halifax Town on Saturday.
He was awarded the honour during the first of its graduation ceremonies in Swansea.
Coleman, who is from the city, played for Crystal Palace, Blackburn and Swansea was capped 32 times for Wales.
He became Welsh boss in January 2012 and was appointed an OBE after guiding Wales to the semi-finals of Euro 2016.
Then in January, the 47-year-old was awarded an honorary degree from Swansea University.
He was presented with his latest honour by Ceredig Emanuel, head of the university's school of sport, health and outdoor education.
Mr Emanuel said: "It is difficult not to overestimate the effect the Welsh football team's performance had on our nation.
"It has enriched our sporting and cultural life and will always be there as a landmark and iconic moment in our history."
Coleman, who helped Wales to their highest ever Fifa world ranking position of eighth, said he was "ecstatic".
"I've failed as many times as I've achieved, but it's not about that, it's about self-belief and perseverance," he said.
"You'll have so many doubters along the way - if you haven't got belief in yourself, you don't go a long way.
"If you haven't got perseverance, your talent doesn't get you through. If you think you can't, you won't."
Despite being African champions, the Junior Chipolopolo entered the tournament with huge question marks hanging over their title aspirations.
But after sealing a place in the last eight with a dramatic 4-3 extra-time win over Germany on Wednesday, Chambeshi was full of praise for his team.
He credited the players' fighting spirit for their triumph over the Germans which set up Monday's quarter-final showdown against Italy.
"It's amazing and I'm happy to see this team go this far. I'm proud of my team and my technical staff," said Chambeshi.
For sure we have to respect every team and they also have to respect us
"The most important thing is that we have character in the team, we have players who've got that heart [to fight on]."
Indeed, it is testament to Zambia's battling qualities that they overcame a late fightback from Germany to advance to the next round.
During the group stage, the Zambians also fought back from 2-0 down to beat Iran 4-2 and book their place in the second round.
"This is a tournament where you can't run from any team so what we need is to prepare well and face whichever team comes our way.
"For sure we have to respect every team and they also have to respect us."
However, Chambeshi admitted that a leaky defence has been been the least pleasing aspect of their remarkable run in South Korea.
He said: "It's unfortunate that we are conceding goals, we can't run away from that, it is football.
"Zambia is a football loving nation; you give them a win and everyone is happy!"
The South Bristol Link Road joins the A370 to the A38 and forms part of the route for the city's Metrobus scheme.
Simon Dunn from Alun Griffiths Contractors, which built the road, said: "It'll make it easier for the traffic to get to the airport."
Critics say it will worsen pollution and will fail to reduce traffic levels.
The cycle path section of the South Bristol Link Road is already open but safety checks are needed before the main road opens in January.
"The last thing we want to do is open the road just before Christmas and there are any concerns or any issues," said Mr Dunn
"The sensible thing to do is to leave it until January, do the safety checks and then open it."
Green Party prospective candidate for the Bristol South constituency Tony Dyer said: "Part of it goes through green belt and we're not convinced it's going to make a major difference to traffic.
"It will work for a small section of it but our other concern is how it's going to drive more demand for yet more roads."
The four councils behind the wider transport strategy also say the new road, which is 3.1 miles long (about 5km), will help boost south Bristol's economy, a view shared by the local Chamber of Commerce and firms in the area.
Chief executive of Computer Share UK, Naz Sarkar, said: "We have 1,500 people working here. Many of them live locally and they can travel by foot or cycle, they can use the free buses that we lay on for them.
"But we also have people who travel from much further afield, from Somerset, Gloucestershire, Wales and Wiltshire and for those people they do have to drive and the congestion in Bristol has made it difficult for them."
The 35-year-old overtook fellow prop Jason Leonard by making her 115th international appearance.
She is now level with Scotland's Donna Kennedy as the record caps holder in the women's game.
Izzy Noel-Smith scored the crucial try for England eight minutes from time at University College Dublin, after Nora Stapleton had crossed for Ireland.
Sunday's match was not part of the autumn international series.
England, who beat France 10-5 at Twickenham Stoop on Wednesday, have moved up to second in the world rankings.
They meet New Zealand, the top-ranked team, at Twickenham on 19 November before facing Canada a week later.
Raymond Clarke, chief executive of Industry Qualifications, is calling for tougher scrutiny to prevent fraud in workplace qualifications.
And when it applies to security staff, he says, such fraud is a "significant threat to public safety and wellbeing".
Exam watchdog Ofqual said it had "a number of ongoing investigations".
Mr Clarke says regulation is more focused on trying to prevent academic malpractice, but it is not adequately equipped to take on systematic, deliberate fraud.
He says he is speaking out because of "frustration" at the lack of effective monitoring - and because qualifications fraud is "more widespread than we might like to believe".
He is calling for an expert panel to be set up to try to establish the extent of qualifications fraud, particularly in areas of security and public risk.
This could be in jobs such as security guards or door supervisors.
Such fraud could be falsifying course work or test answers, by individuals or colleges or training centres, to allow people to dishonestly gain qualifications needed for work.
And it could mean unsuitable or untrained staff being put into positions where safety would be compromised.
"In an age tragically marked by terrorist atrocities, we need to know that those charged with keeping us safe are appropriately trained and qualified through a rigorous system of assessment and accreditation," says a statement from the Industry Qualifications awarding body.
But at present, Mr Clarke says, there is insufficient gathering of information and record-keeping about fraud and inadequate efforts to pursue those responsible.
And he fears that when fraud is detected in one part of the education sector or type of qualification, it moves to another.
"If you lift the carpet, there's a lot going on under it," he said.
Mr Clarke's own awarding body was caught up in a case of fraud exposed by the BBC, when a college was found to be helping students to gain its qualifications fraudulently.
Undercover researchers found colleges that would sit or forge exams for a fee, for students wanting to get qualifications needed for a Security Industry Authority card.
But Mr Clarke says that the "worrying fact" is that people involved in such frauds "could still be active in the delivery of regulated qualifications elsewhere - nobody knows".
He warns that for awarding bodies there is insufficient up-to-date information to alert them of fraudulent activity.
He is calling for better co-ordination with the police and ways to prevent fraudsters from returning to the education sector.
"A failure to confront the issue serves the interests of nobody other than the fraudsters," says Mr Clarke.
There has been a long history of fraud at the edges of the education and qualifications system - and Mr Clarke says there has been insufficient effort to root this out.
"Bogus colleges" have operated as a front for getting visas for overseas students, and earlier this month more than 40 websites that had been selling fake degrees were shut down.
There have also been concerns raised about private colleges recruiting large numbers of people to courses they might not properly complete - with payments to colleges from fees and students being able to claim loans.
The qualifications regulator Ofqual said there were "robust procedures" in place to make sure awarding bodies gave qualifications only to "candidates who have met the right standard in assessments completed in the right conditions".
"This includes ensuring that the potential for malpractice, including fraud, is avoided, and that suspected malpractice is properly investigated so that action can be taken against those found to be responsible," said an Ofqual spokesman.
"As the exams regulator, we are continually vigilant about malpractice, including fraud.
"We investigate and take action when necessary and alert other stakeholders, including the police, and currently have a number of ongoing investigations."
The Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU) said on Tuesday that they feared the missing students had been kidnapped by al-Shabab, Kenyan media report.
The ministry of education said that the UASU was spreading "unfounded rumours".
An assault by the Somalia-based al-Shabab group killed 148 people at Kenya's Garissa University last week.
An angry worded statement signed by Education Minister Joseph Kaimenyi said that it was "unfortunate" that the UASU would make these claims which would only "exacerbate pain and suffering of parents and relatives in mourning".
It also said that spreading such "rumours" could be against as security law passed last year.
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The statement outlines the figures in an effort to show that everyone, alive or dead, has been accounted for but it may have added some ambiguity.
It says that 815 are confirmed to have been enrolled at Garissa University College and that 663 students were rescued.
The government gives the student death toll as 142, which when added to the number rescued still leaves 10 students unaccounted for.
In May, Alitalia filed to be put into special administration for the second time since 2008. It will now be restructured, sold off or wound up.
On Friday, Italian media reports said Alitalia had received about 10 non-binding offers.
"We are serious in indicating we have an interest in Alitalia," said Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary.
He added: "But we are also serious in that our interest in Alitalia is only... if there was a significant restructuring so that Alitalia could reasonably be seen to operate on a profitable basis."
Mr O'Leary also said there would need to be "an absence of Italian government interference".
The Italian government has ruled out renationalising Alitalia, which was privatised and relaunched nine years ago after filing for bankruptcy in 2007.
The government said in May that it would provide a bridging loan to keep the airline's planes flying for about another six months.
About 18 firms initially interested in a potential purchase were reportedly given access to Alitalia's financial figures, and non-binding offers had to be submitted by the end of last week.
Those interested in making binding offers have until October to do so.
However, if no buyer comes forward then administrators will be faced with the prospect of winding up Alitalia, which is 49%-owned by Gulf airline Etihad.
The 59-year-old former World number one and US Masters champion is targeting his first Senior Open title,
"It would be very special to finally put that trophy on the mantelpiece," he said.
Phillip Price and Stephen Dodd will be taking part in their first Senior Open alongside the experienced Mark Mouland.
Woosnam added: "Naturally, I'm very proud that the Senior Open is coming back to Wales for a second time and we will have a solid presence with four Welsh lads in the field."
The Senior Open Championship is at Royal Porthcawl from 27-30 July.
Wednesday's disappointing GDP figures also contributed to the sharp falls in the US.
The Dow Jones slumped 1%, or 195 points to 17,840, while the S&P 500 lost 21 points, or 1%, to 2,085.49 points.
The technology-heavy Nasdaq index ended the day down 1.6%, or 82 points, at 4,941.42 points.
After the close of trading, the business social network site LinkedIn reported a 35% rise in quarterly revenue to $637.7m. However its shares fell sharply in after-hours trading as analysts were disappointed by its sales forecast.
Harman International, which makes audio systems for cars, slipped 7% after posting worse than expected revenue forecasts for 2015.
Online listings company Yelp sank more than 23% after reporting slowing growth for the second consecutive quarter.
On the upside, shares in Glu Mobile, best known for creating the popular Kim Kardashian: Hollywood game soared almost 25% after China's Tencent said it would buy a 14.6% stake in the company for $126m.
The deal with one of China's biggest online gaming companies would help Glu expand in that market, the company said.
The Kardashian game has generated revenue of almost $100m since its release in June 2014 and Glu now plans one based on Britney Spears.
Developed as a response to the stalemate trench warfare, it was hoped the armoured vehicles would be the solution and help push the British advance forward.
"It was going to be like a mobile battering ram crushing down barbed wire, letting the infantry coming on from behind get into the German trenches without being held up," said David Willey, curator at the Tank Museum at Bovington in Dorset.
But even before the first model - nicknamed Little Willie - was completed, it was realised the design was flawed.
"The shape is all wrong, it's a square box on top of tracks," he said. "It was soon realised that the classic rhomboid shape which we now associate with the First World War was far better."
Advancements and improved models quickly followed and Mr Willey says by the end of the war in 1918, the designs produced during the conflict form the basis for most of the vehicles still in service in the Army today.
There have been many design changes since then, with vehicles being adapted to cope with different terrain and environments facing the British Army in countries like Iraq and Afghanistan.
One of the recent additions to the fleet is the Foxhound Armoured Vehicle. With its modular design all components can be removed easily, allowing it to be modified according to its need as an ambulance, supply vehicle or jeep.
It's a vehicle L/Cpl Thomas Warner of Port Talbot will spend many hours in over the next few months as part of his deployment with his regiment, 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards, in Afghanistan.
"I'm a gunner," he said. "My role is to keep the machine gun prepped and ready to fire at anytime to protect the crew inside the Foxhound and the convoy."
He outlines some of the new design features which help make the Foxhound 'a better fit' for action in Afghanistan.
"It has a V-shaped armoured 'spine' that deflects any potential blasts away from the pod where the men sit," he said. "That protects the guys and components like the engine and fuel tank which are inside the pod."
For him the design of the Foxhound compared to tanks used in the World War One is startling. "Everything is just square and flat, creating a massive surface area. That means you're also a massive target," he said. "This (the Mark IV) just stands out a mile."
David Willey says around a thousand Mark IV tanks were built during the conflict and it took eight men to drive and man the vehicle. "If you think the engine is here in the middle with just this tiny tin cover, it became very hot inside here very quickly," he said.
"There are accounts of guys climbing out of the rear door at the end of a battle in just their underpants because it's that hot."
Examining the shell damage on the outside of some of the tanks on display, L/Cpl Warner is taken aback by how little protection they offered.
"The armour looks quite thin," he said. "When you think German 76mm shells could rip right through these tanks, it's really offering next to nothing in terms of protection for the men inside."
Although tanks were designed to break the stalemate of trench warfare on the Western Front, David Willey says they were not particularly effective. "The first tanks were mechanically unreliable, they were crude and there's just not enough of them," he said. While operationally tanks may not have delivered, he says their impact was important in other ways.
"As a propaganda weapon the tank was fantastic," he said. "The public fell in love with the tank and it was used to raise war bonds."
Before radio communications were introduced pigeons were kept inside tanks to send messages back to base. But they also came in handy when the men ran out of rations.
"There's one story where the men have two pigeons inside the tank. They send one back to say they had run out of rations, but when they didn't hear back they thought it was better to cook and eat the second one," he said.
While the technology of the tanks used in the World War One is far removed from the sophisticated kit in vehicles now, Lance Corporal Warner says essentially the 'job' hasn't changed.
"Their job was to drive the vehicle, to make it as efficient as they could and defeat the enemy," he said. "They would have had to have been a tight knit team to work in those conditions and that's exactly how it is today."
The move comes ahead of Thursday's board meeting where the firm is expected to finally approve the project in Somerset - Britain's first new nuclear power plant in decades.
The French state, which owns 85% of EDF, will buy 3bn euros-worth of new shares in the fundraising.
The project is expected to cost £18bn.
"We need to boost our equity as market conditions are tough and we need to maintain the quality of our debt and our credit rating," EDF chief executive Jean-Bernard Levy said.
Hinkley Point C, which would provide 7% of the UK's total electricity requirements, had originally been meant to open in 2017.
But it has been hit in recent months by concerns about EDF's financial capacity to handle the project.
While one third of the £18bn capital costs of the project are being met by Chinese investors, Hinkley Point would remain an enormous undertaking for the stressed French company and has been criticised by French unions.
But last week, confirming Thursday's board meeting, EDF said Hinkley Point C was a "major element" of its low-carbon growth strategy.
Earlier this month, the new Chancellor Philip Hammond said the government remained committed to building Hinkley Point, despite the rising potential cost to the consumer of the electricity it will produce.
The UK government has guaranteed a price of £92.50 per megawatt hour of electricity - more than twice the current cost - for the electricity Hinkley produces for 35 years.
Wholesale energy prices have fallen since the price was agreed, leaving the government to make up the difference.
The UK's National Audit Office estimated future top-up payments would rise from £6.1bn to £29.7bn over the length of the contract.
Blackman, a former AFC Wimbledon and Plymouth player, has featured in three pre-season matches for the Red Devils.
"Andre has really impressed me and looked very good physically," head coach Dermot Drummy said.
The 25-year-old has also previously played for Bristol City, Celtic, Inverness and Blackpool before he was released in the summer of 2015.
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Chloe Thomas, 25, originally denied neglecting Finley, who was found with "catastrophic" injuries at his home near Tonypandy in September 2014.
But she changed her plea at Cardiff Crown Court on Wednesday.
Her boyfriend Sean Buckley, 28, denies murdering Finley and cruelty to a young person under 16.
Thomas was visibly upset and shaking in the dock as she pleaded guilty, before Mr Buckley then took to the stand.
Describing the day Finley died, Mr Buckley said he had just returned home and was upstairs when he heard a "banging noise".
Asked by Vincent Coughlin QC, defending, where Finley was, he replied while crying: "At the bottom of the stairs.
"I picked Finley up under his arms, I held him to eye level, and his eye were rolling in the back of his head.
"I tried to stand him on the floor and he just flopped over.
"I give him a little wobble and tried to rouse him but.... I don't know how to explain... I took him into the living room and sat him on the settee and I just starting panicking."
He said he then grabbed his phone, called Thomas and told her to "come over, quick, quick, quick".
The evidence suggested Finley's injuries "could well have been caused by gripping in an inappropriate way", Mr Coughlin told the court.
Mr Buckley said he could never recall gripping Finley and denied doing anything that could have caused bleeding on his brain three to five days before his death.
Earlier on Wednesday, the court heard Mr Buckley been diagnosed with ADHD, epilepsy and bipolar disorder and that Thomas was managing his prescription for his mental health conditions.
Mr Buckley told the court he regularly smoked cannabis and had taken cocaine in the past, but denied there was any "after-effect" and that he "rarely" drank alcohol.
Describing Finley as "lovely", he explained his two dogs "fitted in well" with Thomas and her son at their home and he never reacted badly towards the toddler.
He said he had "heard about" Finley having two or three other falls down the stairs from Thomas, although he had never been there at the time.
"What was your reaction to being told about it?" Mr Coughlin asked.
"I was a bit worried about it," he replied, telling the court that Thomas was "struggling" at being a mother.
"She was always calling me; she was depressed," he said.
Traces of cannabis and cocaine were found in Finley's body after he died, but Mr Buckley denied taking illegal drugs in front of the toddler or exposing him to the substances.
The trial continues.
The clip shows a woman using make-up and a razor blade to make it appear that she has cut one of her wrists.
A Russian watchdog banned it on the grounds it provided information about how to commit suicide.
Google indicated it wished to use the example as a test case to help clarify the blacklist's rules.
Moscow introduced an amendment to its Information Act in November allowing sites to be taken offline in order to protect children.
Had Google not taken down the offending clip in Russia it could have faced local internet service providers (ISPs) blocking the whole of its YouTube site.
The video remains accessible in other countries.
The clip was originally uploaded on 18 January 2012 by Russia-based user SNEG0VA. It had been viewed fewer than 7,500 times when the blacklist came into effect. News of its deletion was revealed by the Russian newspaper Vedomosti.
"We will, at times, restrict content on country-specific domains where a nation's laws require it or if content is found to violate our community guidelines," said a YouTube spokeswoman.
"In this case, we have appealed the decision of Russian Consumer Watchdog because we do not believe that the goal of the law was to limit access to videos that are clearly intended to entertain viewers."
Roscomnadzor (Federal Service for Supervision in Telecommunications, Information Technology and Mass Communications) - the agency in charge of running the blacklist - confirmed that the clip had been flagged by a second watchdog Rospotrebnadzor (Federal Service for Control in the Sphere of Protection Consumers' Rights and Well-Being of Humans) .
Russia's rules state that material can be banned for including any one of three kinds of forbidden material.
Rospotrebnadzor makes rulings about suicide and drugs while Roscomnadzor decides whether items featuring items relating to child sex abuse should be banned.
"The company [Google] fulfilled all requirements of the law (delete the video) and now it is necessary to wait for judgement results," Roscomnadzor spokesman V Pikov told the BBC.
The clip is not the only one Google has blocked on YouTube in Russia, but a spokeswoman for the US firm was unable to say how many videos it had hidden.
The creation of the Russian blacklist has caused controversy.
Human rights groups have said it might increase censorship since sites can be forced offline without a trial.
The list is meant to be updated daily, and users can check if a site is banned via an online search tool.
The Russian version of Wikipedia, search engine Yandex and social network Vkontakte all protested against its creation warning that it posed a risk of "extra-judicial censorship".
Activists have subsequently raised concerns that LJRossia - a blogging platform "created to support freedom of speech" - was recently added following allegations that two posts on it had contained "child pornography elements".
Other sites associated with the net's subculture, including a Russian version of discussion and image post website 4chan, have also been targeted.
The Russian government has stressed that the aim of the law is not to enforce censorship, but rather to protect children.
In a statement the country's central bank said it had lowered its one-week minimum auction repo rate by 1 percentage point.
Inflation eased from a high of 16.9% in March to 15.8% in May.
The bank also repeated that it was concerned about a "considerable" cooling of the economy. It said it expected gross domestic product to contract by 3.2% this year.
The Russian rouble was little changed after the rate decision as it was in line with analyst predictions.
Interest rates had hit 17% last December in an emergency move to halt a run on the rouble.
Russia's economy is being squeezed by Western sanctions over the situation in Ukraine, and a fall in global oil prices.
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The first minister said Scotland was now "leading the UK" with its progressive policies.
But she admitted that the SNP had not got everything right over the past decade.
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson said the anniversary marked a "missed opportunity".
And she said the Scottish government could have achieved much more "if they hadn't spent so much time trying to rip Scotland out of the UK".
Ms Sturgeon was marking the 10th anniversary of her predecessor Alex Salmond becoming first minister on 16 May 2007.
Speaking to SNP activists in South Queensferry, she said the country had "come a long way" since then.
She added: "The SNP has only reached the milestone of 10 years in government because we have worked hard - each and every day - to repay the trust of the people of Scotland and deliver on their priorities.
"I know we are not perfect. We haven't got everything right and there is much more work still to do - work to grow our economy, get more people into employment and drive up standards in our schools even further.
"But we can be proud in Scotland that when it comes to progressive policies, we are leading the UK."
Ms Sturgeon was speaking shortly after Labour launched its manifesto for next month's general election, which she said "directly lifts policies that the SNP is already delivering" including free university tuition, ending hospital parking charges, and the abolition of the so-called Bedroom Tax.
Meanwhile, she said the Tories "who for years have mounted ideological attacks on policies as diverse as free prescriptions and council house building have now - albeit belatedly and with little credibility - decided that they are both a good thing".
The SNP leader said: "They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But in this case the imitation shown by both Labour and the Tories is anything but sincere.
"The fact is that they have had the chance to back the SNP's progressive policies - but instead they opposed them tooth and nail."
However, opposition parties insisted the SNP's record in government had proven to be a "disappointment".
Ms Davidson, who was campaigning in Dumfries ahead of the 8 June general election, said the country's school were "going backwards" and its economy was "one quarter away from recession, whilst the rest of the UK is growing."
The Tory leader added: "I think people, if they stop and think about a Scottish government that's got more powers than any previous Scottish government, that's got a bigger budget than any previous Scottish government, what they could have done in 10 years if they hadn't spent so much time trying to rip Scotland out of the UK and continuing to do so.
"There will be people in Scotland thinking it is a real missed opportunity."
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie said people were "getting tired of the SNP and all their promises".
He argued: "They haven't been anywhere near as good as many of their supporters had hoped back in 2007. They have let education drift down the international rankings. Literacy has tumbled. They have turned their back on transformative investment.
"In the NHS, young people still have to wait up to 600 days to get the mental health treatment they need. The Scottish economy is on the edge of recession.
"All this is because SNP ministers have been distracted by their obsession with independence."
Meanwhile, Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has described her party's UK manifesto as "a radical vision for the country".
Ms Dugdale said that while the SNP "has done nothing to stop austerity", Labour's proposals would redistribute wealth across the UK.
She added: "A Labour vision for our country is one where the rich and the powerful pay their fair share.
"Labour's manifesto gives voters a real choice: a fairer Scotland for the many, not the few; or a Scotland caught between the two extremes of Tory and SNP nationalism."
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Under the resolution, European Union boats charged with seizing migrant-smuggling vessels in the Mediterranean Sea will also be asked to stop vessels suspected of smuggling arms.
The UN had become concerned that arms trafficked to the country were being used by so-called Islamic State (IS).
There are 20m weapons in the country of 6m people, the UN envoy to Libya said.
"These weapons do not fall from the sky, but come increasingly through illegal shipments by sea and by land.
"The arms fuel the conflict. These shipments must end if there is any serious hope of bringing peace to Libya," said Martin Kobler.
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The British-drafted resolution had the potential to be a "game changer" for Libya, France's UN ambassador Francois Delattre said.
Under it, EU ships will seize and dispose of boats being used by arms traffickers.
But vessels must first make efforts to obtain consent from the country where the suspected smuggling boat is registered.
The UN imposed an arms embargo on Libya in 2011, when former leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces cracked down on pro-democracy protesters.
However, Libya has become increasingly lawless since Gaddafi's overthrow and a power vacuum has allowed IS militants to gain control of parts of the country.
Last year sanctions monitors told the UN that Libya needed help from an international maritime force to halt the flow of weapons.
Western countries hope a new unity government formed earlier this year will be able to bring together Libya's different factions.
The new government is allowed to import arms with UN approval.
Colin Pitchfork, now 55, was given a life sentence in 1988 for the rape and murder of 15-year-olds Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth in Leicestershire.
A Parole Board refused his request for release but recommended open prison.
Justice Secretary Michael Gove has now agreed with the recommendation.
In statement, the Prison Service said moving an inmate to an open prison did "not guarantee eventual release in any form", adding "public protection is our top priority".
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Pitchfork, then 27, was jailed in 1988 after an unprecedented mass screening of 5,000 men in Leicestershire using pioneering DNA profiling.
He admitted the two attacks and was described by the judge as "a danger to young women" whose crimes were of a "particularly sadistic kind".
The families of Lynda and Dawn both called on the Parole Board not to release Pitchfork and a petition signed by almost 20,000 people was submitted to the panel.
Barbara Ashworth, Dawn's mother, previously said she was concerned Pitchfork could harm a member of the public if allowed out of open prison on temporary release.
"It's a process whereby he's released more gradually and gradually into the community again," she said.
Ms Ashworth added that "life should mean life".
The lord chief justice at the time said after he was jailed that "from the point of view of the safety of the public I doubt if he should ever be released".
Pitchfork was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 30 years, but in 2009 the Court of Appeal reduced the minimum term to 28 years.
Speaking at the time of the reduction, Lord Judge said Pitchfork's progress since he was first incarcerated "goes far beyond general good behaviour and positive response to his custodial sentence, but reflects very creditable assistance to disabled individuals outside the prison system".
The police turned to the University of Leicester's Dr Alec Jeffreys for help in cracking the case.
With DNA profiling, originally used in paternity disputes, experts proved a 17-year-old boy's innocence before carrying out a mass screening of 5,000 men.
Even then, Pitchfork evaded justice by persuading a colleague to take the test for him, going so far as to replace his passport photograph.
But he was overheard boasting about the case in the pub and was eventually arrested. His DNA profile ultimately led to his guilty plea and 30-year term.
In a statement, the Prison Service said: "The independent Parole Board decided not to release this offender. Instead it recommended a transfer to open conditions and that recommendation has been accepted.
"Public protection is our top priority and transfers to open conditions can only be made after a thorough, expert, risk assessment carried out.
"A transfer to open prison does not guarantee eventual release in any form - whether that be on a temporary or other form of licence. Before that happens, offenders must meet another stringent set of tests."
The Parole Board will not recommend a prisoner's move to open conditions unless it considers it safe to do so.
In a statement, the family said they were with 10-year-old Kaden Reddick at the time of the tragedy at the Oracle Centre in Reading.
They added that his death would leave a "huge empty hole in the lives of everybody that knew him".
An investigation has been launched into his death, which happened on Monday.
Kaden, from Reading, suffered serious head injuries in an accident involving a display barrier.
His family said Kaden was a "very creative" and "adventurous" boy who enjoyed playing on his bike and with his friends in the woods.
"For us the saddest part of Kaden's death is that he will never be able to fulfil his potential.
"Kaden will be forever remembered by us; with him looking down from the stars, and us looking up and smiling at all of our loving memories of him.
"He was much loved by all of his family and friends, and will be hugely missed by his siblings, and everyone else who was touched by his warmth and love."
Garland Junior School in West Berkshire, where Kaden was a year six student, said news of his death had come as a "shock to the school community".
In a statement, the school described him as an "energetic young man who enjoyed helping others".
The statement added: "We send our heartfelt condolences to Kaden's family and our thoughts will remain with them as they come to terms with his death."
Kaden had been taken to hospital with serious head injuries on what was the first day of half-term for pupils in Berkshire, but later died.
Police said the incident had involved a display barrier and that it was being treated as unexplained but not suspicious.
An investigation has been launched by the force and Reading Borough Council.
Topshop said earlier it had removed till barrier units from all its stores after what it described as a "horrific accident".
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Britain's Murray overtook Djokovic in the rankings on Monday and needs to match his results at next week's ATP World Tour Finals to end 2016 on top.
However, the Serb has won the past four titles at London's O2 Arena.
"There's no reason to think he won't have a really good tournament," said 29-year-old Murray.
Djokovic's form has been the subject of much debate in recent months, with just one tournament win since June and early exits at Wimbledon and the Olympics.
But Murray said: "Before then he'd been playing great, so for him not play his best tennis for a couple of months, I'm sure it's not too much to worry about.
"I'd imagine shortly he'll be back to playing his best tennis."
Djokovic, 29, will open against Austria's Dominic Thiem on Sunday, before Murray plays Croatia's Marin Cilic in his first group match on Monday.
The Scot has lost just three matches since he last played Djokovic in June, when the Serb completed the career Grand Slam by winning the French Open.
Murray's spectacular run of form culminated in a first Paris Masters win on Sunday and the number one ranking for the first time on Monday.
"It feels good, obviously, but I don't feel any different this week than I did the week before," he said.
"Maybe when you step on the court you have a little bit more confidence and feel a little bit better about yourself when you're hitting balls. But I didn't feel much different when I woke up on Monday morning. I felt just the same."
On his indifferent form, Djokovic said: "The high standard of results and success that I've had the last couple of years probably has taken its toll.
"I didn't get to recover as fast after the French Open to be ready to compete on the highest level after that.
"All in all it was a very good year that I'm proud of. I'm here in London to try to crown this year with the best possible result."
Appearances: Seven (eight qualifications)
Finals: None Semi-finals: Three Win-loss record: 11-11
2008: Murray qualified for the year-end tournament - then known as the Masters Cup and held in Shanghai - for the first time. He beat Andy Roddick, Gilles Simon and Roger Federer, but lost to Nikolay Davydenko in the semi-finals.
2009: He won two of his three group matches but Juan Martin del Potro's win over Federer saw the Argentine advance at Murray's expense.
2010: Wins over Robin Soderling and David Ferrer saw Murray advance to the semi-finals, despite a straight-sets defeat by Federer in his second match. He lost a hard-fought semi-final featuring two tie-breaks to Rafael Nadal.
2011: Murray lost his opening match in London to Ferrer before withdrawing from the tournament, his place going to Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic.
2012: The last time Murray reached the knockout stages of the tournament. The newly-crowned US Open champion beat Tomas Berdych and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in his group, either side of a defeat to Djokovic, but lost to Federer in the semi-final.
2013: Murray's first Wimbledon title was the highlight of his season as he qualified as the fourth-ranked player, but he withdrew before the tournament to have surgery on a back problem and was replaced by Richard Gasquet.
2014: Defeat to this year's group-stage opponent Kei Nishikori and a 6-0 6-1 hammering by Federer saw Murray eliminated before the semi-finals.
2015: Murray opened his campaign with victory over Ferrer, but defeats to Nadal and Stan Wawrinka - another of this year's opponents - saw him eliminated at the group stage.
Gen John Campbell admitted that no US forces had been under fire at the time, reversing an earlier statement.
MSF says Afghan attempts to justify the strike amount to "an admission of a war crime".
Afghan forces backed by the US have retaken much of Kunduz, which was overrun by the Taliban last week.
Twelve MSF staff members and 10 patients were killed when the hospital was hit on Saturday by a US airstrike. MSF says it was a lifeline for thousands in the city and in northern Afghanistan.
"We have now learned that on 3 October, Afghan forces advised that they were taking fire from enemy positions and asked for air support from US air forces," said Gen Campbell, the top commander of the US-led Nato coalition in Afghanistan.
"An air strike was then called to eliminate the Taliban threat and several civilians were accidentally struck." He expressed his "deepest condolences" over the civilian deaths.
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Responding to Gen Campbell's remarks, Christopher Stokes, the General Director of MSF, accused the US of "attempting to pass responsibility to the Afghanistan government".
"The reality is the US dropped those bombs," Mr Stokes said. "The US hit a huge hospital full of wounded patients and MSF staff. The US military remains responsible for the targets it hits, even though it is part of a coalition.
"There can be no justification for this horrible attack. With such constant discrepancies in the US and Afghan accounts of what happened, the need for a full transparent independent investigation is ever more critical."
The Afghan defence ministry said on Saturday that "armed terrorists" were using the hospital "as a position to target Afghan forces and civilians".
A day later, the Pentagon said a strike had been conducted against insurgents directly firing on US forces - a claim Gen Campbell has now rolled back on.
MSF says none of its staff reported fighting inside the hospital compound prior to the strike, though one local, Mohammad Arif, told the BBC Taliban militants had entered the hospital building and there had been firing.
The Pentagon says a full, transparent investigation will be conducted into the incident.
Gen Campbell said the strike was carried out from an AC-130 gunship but declined to give further details, including the rules of engagement under which US forces were operating.
He said he expected to receive a preliminary report into the incident within a couple of days.
Areas of Kunduz now controlled by government forces include the police chief's office, the central square and the governor's compound.
Residents ventured out of their homes and shops reopened on Monday. However, pockets of Taliban resistance were reported on the outskirts of Kunduz.
Platini announced on Wednesday that he wants to succeed Sepp Blatter when elections take place on 26 February.
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The Uefa president, 60, says Fifa needs to "turn over a new leaf" after being dogged by corruption allegations.
However, Prince Ali Bin al-Hussein and Musa Bility claim Platini would be a bad choice as a successor.
Prince Ali, who stood against Blatter in the last presidential election, said that "football's fans and players deserve better".
A member of the Jordanian royal family, he added that Fifa needed a "new, independent leadership, untainted by the practices of the past".
Bility, president of the Liberian Football Association, agreed, saying Platini would bring "chaos", "more division" and "more problems".
In an interview with the BBC's World Football programme, he added that the Frenchman "doesn't represent the change that we all want".
Platini, a former three-time Ballon d'Or winner, has a good chance of becoming Fifa president after receiving indications of support from four continental confederations.
Scottish Football Association chief executive Stewart Regan is among his backers, insisting he had done a "fantastic job" at Uefa.
"He's developed the financial revenue streams for football and has led the way, led from the top," Regan told the BBC's World Service.
"He's allowed every national association to have a voice. He consults and engages with chief executives and presidents... that's been a breath of fresh air. He listens and he's very innovative and creative."
Platini, a former France international, said he had decided to stand after weighing up "the future of football alongside my own future".
Swiss Blatter, 79, has been in charge of Fifa since 1998. Candidates have until 26 October to be nominated.
In a letter sent to the presidents and general secretaries of the 209 member associations of Fifa, Platini pledged he would work tirelessly "in the interests of football".
He added: "There are times in life when you have to take your destiny into your own hands.
"I am at one of those decisive moments, at a juncture in my life and in events that are shaping the future of Fifa.
"During this last half-century or so, Fifa has only had two presidents. This extreme stability is something of a paradox in a world that has experienced radical upheavals and in a sport that has undergone considerable economic change.
"However, recent events force the supreme governing body of world football to turn over a new leaf and rethink its governance."
Platini highlighted his success as Uefa boss.
"I have brought Europe together on a unifying path," he said. "I gave all the national associations - big and small - the place they deserved.
"Now, I aspire to do the same at world level, to offer all national associations a common cause."
As a player, Platini won three Ballon d'Or titles in the mid 1980s as well as a European Cup, Cup Winners' Cup and Super Cup with Juventus.
The former Nancy and Saint-Etienne midfielder, famous for his ability to score from free-kicks, also won league titles in France and Italy.
He also helped France to European Championship success in 1984 and third place at the 1986 World Cup.
He was elected Uefa president for a third term in March.
Mixed, according to BBC sports editor Dan Roan.
"Platini can fairly lay claim to being 'a football man', his status as a genuine great former player a rarity in Fifa's corridors of power, earning him respect and admiration," says Roan.
"As Uefa president, he has also gained credit for increasing diversity in the Champions League by making it easier for clubs from smaller countries to qualify, and at least trying to curb over-spending through his albeit controversial Financial Fair Play reforms.
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"However, he has been accused of tarnishing the qualification process for the European Championships by meddling with the competition to increase it to 24 teams.
"He has also been criticised for his pan-European vision for Euro 2020, while his stubborn opposition to goal-line technology also makes it hard for him to present himself as a reform candidate.
"Most importantly, despite his recent opposition to Blatter, he is associated with the outgoing president's regime.
"Not only was he a Blatter protege, he has been on Fifa's tainted executive committee since 2002.
"Most damagingly, he has admitted to having 'no regrets' for voting for Qatar to host the World Cup in 2022, a decision which, for many, is symbolic of Fifa's malaise.
"Platini has at least been open about his choice of Qatar, unlike most Fifa officials, but the fact his son has been employed by a Qatari-owned sports kit manufacturer does him no favours, no matter how much he denies this had any influence over his decision."
It's hard to see past him, says BBC Radio 5 live sports news correspondent Richard Conway.
"With four of the six global football confederations telling Platini they would support his candidacy, he will be very difficult to defeat," he says.
"Those four confederations count 144 national associations as members.
"Not all of them will vote for Platini, but a significant number will and that should be enough to get him over the line come 26 February.
"Securing Asia's support is the key.
"Their two power brokers, Shaikh Salman and Sheikh Al-Sabah, have given Platini their blessing - and what they want they usually get."
The rules dictate presidential candidates must have been involved in football for two of the past five years.
They then have to gain the support of five football associations in order to validate their place on the ballot paper.
A former Fifa vice-president, South Korean Chung Mong-joon says he will "carefully consider" running for the presidency.
The 61-year-old is part of the family which founded and owns Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd, one of the largest corporations in the world.
Chung was a fierce critic of Blatter during his time with Fifa and told a news conference last month he would meet with European delegates before making his decision.
Former Fifa deputy general secretary Jerome Champagne, who tried and failed to make it onto the Fifa presidential ballot paper, is yet to decide whether he will stand.
The 56-year-old Frenchman, who secured the backing of only three national football associations last time round, has "excluded nothing" at this stage.
One of the more unlikely candidates is former Brazil international Zico, while ex-France winger David Ginola and Argentina legend Diego Maradona could also stand.
He or she presides over an executive committee, which is where the organisation's real power lies.
The president supervises the committee's eight vice-presidents and 15 ordinary members, casting a deciding vote when necessary.
According to Fifa's statutes, the president also:
The salary for a Fifa presidential salary is shrouded in secrecy and estimates vary wildly.
According to Fifa's 2014 financial report, total salaries amounted to $88.6m (£56.8m), of which $39.7m (£25.5m), excluding pension contributions, was paid to "key management personnel" - the executive committee, finance committee and general Fifa management.
Blatter said in 2011 that his salary was "$1m (£600,000), perhaps a bit more", adding: "I'm not ashamed by that."
Amounts in British pounds are based on historical exchange rates.
Brett Hutton took two early wickets, and Harry Gurney struck in his first over as the hosts wobbled on 75-4.
Gidman, leading the side in place of the injured Daryl Mitchell, made 71, and Ben Cox stroked a fluent 56.
But Gurney (3-47) removed Cox and Saeed Ajmal to bowl out the hosts for 269 before Notts reached 71-0 at stumps.
Worcestershire won the toss and batted first at New Road, but soon lost Richard Oliver, caught behind by Chris Read off Hutton, for four.
Gurney trapped Brett D'Oliveira (18) and Joe Clarke was dismissed leg before to Hutton without scoring as the hosts stumbled to 60-3.
Tom Fell departed soon after lunch, also caught behind by Read for 44, but Gidman was Worcestershire's anchor.
He brought up his 50 off 89 balls before Imran Tahir, on his Championship debut for Notts, had him caught behind.
Ross Whiteley made 34, and Cox added a brisk 56 before he fell to a stunning one-handed catch by Steven Mullaney, as Worcestershire's batsmen failed to build on good starts.
In reply, Alex Hales (38 not out) survived two strong lbw appeals early on before he and Brendan Taylor (29 not out) guided the visitors to stumps without loss.
Ukraine said they were a "threat to national security" for supporting Russia's annexation of Crimea and pro-Russian separatists in the east.
Mr Depardieu, who received a Russian passport in 2013, was last month banned from entering Ukraine for five years.
The actor has described Russia as a "great democracy".
The blacklist was published by Ukraine's culture ministry (in Ukrainian) on Saturday.
The ministry said it acted at the request of Ukraine's security service (SBU).
Among those on the list is singer Iosif Kobzon, who was born in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, part of which has been seized by the separatists.
Mr Kobzon has already been targeted by EU sanctions for supporting Russia's actions in Ukraine.
Responding to Ukraine's move, some of the actors and singers said they were "honoured" to be on the list.
Nearly 7,000 people have died in fighting in Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk regions since April 2014.
The clashes began a month after Russian President Vladimir Putin annexed Ukraine's southern Crimea peninsula.
Ukraine and the West accuse Russian of sending its troops and arming the separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk.
Moscow denies the claim, but admits that Russian "volunteers" are fighting alongside the rebels.
The report provides new details on the 2015 attack on the BoM, which owns one of Australia's largest supercomputers.
The Australian Broadcasting Corp previously quoted officials blaming China for the hack, which China denied.
The weather bureau produces scientific research information which is valuable to other countries.
Among other services, it gives climate information to commercial airlines and shipping, analyses national water supplies, gathers climate data and works closely with the defence department.
The Australian Cyber Security Centre report says that suspicious activity was detected from two computers on the bureau's IT network last year.
Investigations found the presence of malware "popular with state-sponsored cyber adversaries, amongst other malware associated with cybercrime".
The same "Remote Access Tool" (RAT) malware had also been used to compromise other Australian government networks, said the report.
The ACSC said the malware was linked to "a foreign intelligence service" and that security controls "were insufficient to protect the network from more common threats associated with cybercrime".
It said the hackers had been "searching for and copying an unknown quantity of documents from the bureau's network".
The report did specify which country it believed was responsible.
Unnamed sources have previously told ABC that China was behind the hack, but China said the accusations were "groundless" and "not constructive".
China has repeatedly been accused of using cyber-attacks to spy on foreign states and companies.
But its officials routinely deny this, and say China is itself a victim of hacking.
Plans for the West Way shopping area in Botley include student accommodation, a supermarket and a six-screen cinema.
Developers Doric Properties said it wanted to "serve the future needs of a growing community".
But two Vale of White Horse councillors will request cabinet withdraw the option to sell the site to Doric after strong opposition from residents.
Liberal Democrat councillors Debby Hallett and Dudley Hoddinott will tell the Conservative-led full council the plans are "universally unpopular".
Campaigners from West Way Community Concern said the scale of the development was "totally out of context in this neighbourhood".
Campaigner Jan McHarry said: "We do not want the shopping parade turned into an anonymous, faceless entity which only comprises of known brands."
Doric said the Conservative-led council had been interested in regenerating the area for 15 years.
Simon Hillcox, of Doric Properties, said the proposals were designed "to bring Botley up to date with modern facilities and serve the future needs of a growing community".
He added the regeneration would "create at least 600 new full and part-time jobs".
Plans for the site, near Oxford University colleges and Oxford Brookes University, includes accommodation for 600 students, with a stipulation that students do not drive to and from the site.
The developers signed a conditional agreement with the Vale of White Horse District Council, and a consortium of vendors, to purchase land off West Way for the development.
Ms Hallett and Mr Hoddinott will request the cabinet to withdraw this agreement at the meeting later.
An otter's battle to land a fish as big as itself has been captured in a series of images taken by a Highlands-based wildlife photographer.
Charlie Phillips, a Whale and Dolphin Conservation field officer, watched the otter as it landed the ling on a support of the Kessock Bridge at Inverness on Saturday.
Mr Phillips had been on the Inverness Marina-based boat, Mischief, trying to spot bottlenose dolphins when he and the craft's crew came across the otter and its "snack".
The conservation officer said: "We did see one harbour porpoise, but the real cracker of a sighting was seeing the otter landing on the Kessock Bridge bumpers with a huge fish."
He was first arrested in March by officers from Operation Yewtree, set up after claims of sex abuse were made against BBC presenter Jimmy Savile.
His arrests are not connected to the Savile investigation.
The Metropolitan Police said an 83-year-old had been "further arrested in connection with further allegations", and rebailed until later in August.
Operation Yewtree was set up following the death of Savile in 2011, when hundreds of sex abuse allegations came to light.
The Met Police have not named Mr Harris, instead describing him as Yewtree 5.
He has been a fixture on British TV screens for more than 40 years, having arrived in the UK from his native Australia in 1952.
In May, Mr Harris, who lives in Berkshire, made his first public appearance since his arrest at a live show in Bristol.
He received multiple standing ovations and thanked fans for their support.
Operation Yewtree has three strands. One is looking specifically at the actions of Savile, while the second strand concerns allegations against "Savile and others".
The third strand relates to alleged complaints against other people unconnected to the Savile investigation.
It happened on the 16:37 service from Glasgow Queen Street on Saturday.
The men are described as being in their late 30s. One had a shaved head, another was wearing a white t-shirt and one of them had a moustache.
BTP appealed for help in tracing the men who were said to have sang songs of a religiously offensive nature.
PC Stephanie Crawford said: "This sort of behaviour is not acceptable and other passengers should not be forced to tolerate it during a train journey.
"I am appealing for anyone who was on the train and can provide information which can help identify the men responsible to contact BTP as a matter of urgency."
The claims of an organised covert attempt to impose a hardline Muslim ethos on a group of state schools emerged in a letter describing a so-called Operation Trojan Horse.
There have been investigations by the Department for Education, Ofsted and the local authority - and disputes about the plausibility of the letter. But there has never been any consensus about what really happened.
You can talk to people close to events who will say the entire story was an overblown hoax, unsubstantiated claims built up by a climate of fear about Islamic extremism. They say it's been more Salem than Birmingham, with high-achieving schools being unfairly condemned.
Or you can talk to others privately who will say that this was only the tip of the iceberg. They say teachers have been bullied and schools have been manipulated by closed groups, operating to their own religious and cultural agenda. They also suggest that this isn't only a problem for Birmingham.
Nothing so far has brought these deeply-held and contradictory views any closer.
The claims and counter-claims are now being heard in a series of misconduct hearings for 11 teachers, held under the auspices of the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL).
One of these cases has already been withdrawn. A teacher at Park View, facing claims along with others of acting in a way that could undermine "respect for the faith and belief of others", has been told he has no case to answer.
There have so far been no decisions in the remaining 10 cases, some of which will continue until mid-December.
These professional conduct panels, acting on behalf of the secretary of state, can issue "prohibition orders" banning people from teaching.
They can impose indefinite bans, or else there can be a prohibition with a time limit, so that after a specified number of years the banned person could seek permission to return to teaching.
In 2014-15 these panels heard 150 misconduct cases, with 108 leading to prohibition orders.
So what is the case being brought against these former staff?
Opening the misconduct case, Andrew Colman said this was "not about an evil plot to indoctrinate young children in extremist ideology or anything like it".
"We say the education of children in a number of schools in Birmingham was led at the instigation of a group of like-minded individuals who shared deeply held religious beliefs, sincerely held.
"We don't suggest they were malicious or ill-willed but it looked as though they believed the best way to educate the children of their community was to make them mirror their own image of what a good Muslim was."
But what is suggested is that "improper pressure" was put upon "unsympathetic" staff that they wanted to remove, that there was segregation of boys and girls, an over-emphasis on religion and a lack of tolerance towards other beliefs.
A former assistant head gave evidence that she had been isolated and excluded by the changing culture of a school. And it was claimed that jobs were being "passed around" between friends.
Exchanges on WhatsApp are claimed as revealing evidence of private prejudices. A former head of department has claimed that the use of derogatory language was not adequately challenged, including anti-semitism.
Another accusation was that pupils were told that wives had to obey husbands.
Representatives of the teachers have said the claims against them are over-simplified and lacking in context or in one case "frankly bonkers".
Some of the evidence has been given anonymously and again there has been a gulf in interpretation.
There were accusations of "excessive disciplinary punishments", including "stress positions" and pupils being left to stand in the rain.
And one of these alleged punishments was "being made to stare at bushes".
A representative of one of the teachers said "some pupils were placed in detention" and that meant "they have to look out towards bushes".
The misconduct panel has still to reach any decisions - that will emerge in the weeks and months ahead.
But even though the names of some of the schools have changed, and the control of the schools has been put into new hands, and there have been multiple inquiries, don't expect any agreement on the outcome.
Proposals for the cinema on North Street were put forward in 2008 and granted outline planning permission.
However, that has since lapsed and the cinema plans are now even more in doubt after the council rejected the release of North Street Car Park.
The authority said there was not "sufficient certainty" of development.
The cabinet meeting was held behind closed doors on Tuesday and the minutes were only released on Thursday.
Councillors were told to consider whether getting rid of the car park would represent good value and not whether a cinema would be built, as that was "not guaranteed".
Last month, separate plans for a new multiplex cinema on the site of Scarborough's Military Adventure Park were rejected by the council.
Councillors rejected the recommendation of planning officers to approve those plans over concerns about the impact it might have on the town centre.
The 27-year-old has agreed a three-year deal at Craven Cottage, with the option of a further 12 months.
McDonald, who has had stints at Dundee, Burnley and Sheffield United, made 126 appearances during a three-year spell at Molineux.
Meanwhile, Fulham have sold Fernando Amorebieta to Spanish La Liga side Sporting Gijon for an undisclosed fee.
The 31-year-old Venezuela international, who had one year remaining on his deal in west London, made 48 appearances for the Whites after joining from Athletic Bilbao in the summer of 2013.
The left-back spent time on loan at Middlesbrough in each of the last two seasons.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
In this video (which is in Dutch) an eagle is seen swooping towards a hovering drone, grabbing hold of the machine with its talons and flying off.
The birds are taught to treat the drones as if they were a small animal they would hunt to eat.
"The bird sees the drone as prey and takes it to a safe area, a place where he does not suffer from other birds or humans," says a statement from the police.
The Dutch National Police force says it's trying to limit how often members of the public are using drones.
Drones have been a big problem, sometimes they are flown too close to aeroplanes.
Obviously there's the chance that an eagle could get hurt by the blades on a drone.
That's why the police are apparently looking into some sort of protective clothing for the birds.
Myles Bradbury, 41, of Herringswell in Suffolk, admitted abusing 18 boys in his care at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, between 2009 and 2013.
He was jailed in December for sexual assault, voyeurism and possessing more than 16,000 indecent images.
His appeal was upheld at the Royal Courts of Justice earlier.
The paediatric consultant haematologist had taken images of his victims, some of whom had haemophilia, leukaemia and other serious illnesses, while treating them at Addenbrooke's Hospital.
Victims also told investigators he had focused on examining their genitals, when there was no medical need to do so.
At Bradbury's sentencing in Cambridge, Judge Gareth Hawkesworth told him: "In many years' experience on the bench, I have never come across a more culpable or grave course of sexual criminality, which has involved such a gross and grotesque breach and betrayal of your Hippocratic Oath and trust reposed in you by your patients, their families and colleagues."
He was jailed for 22 years for 25 offences involving boys aged between 10 and 16.
His intention to appeal against the length of his term was described as "shocking" by a victims' solicitor.
However, Angela Rafferty QC, representing Bradbury in the appeal court, argued that insufficient credit had been given for his guilty plea at an early stage.
She also told the court his actions were "low level... not high risk, penetrative".
Appeal judges Lady Justice Hallett, Mr Justice Haddon-Cave and Mr Justice Goss determined Bradbury's original 22-year sentence should be "restructured".
His custodial sentence will now be 16 years with an additional six years on licence.
Bradbury will have to serve at least 10 years and eight months before being considered for release.
Under his original 22-year sentence, Judge Hawkesworth told Bradbury: "You will be released after service of half of that sentence and then be released on licence."
Speaking after the appeal was upheld, Renu Daly of Hudgell Solicitors, which represents a number of the victims' families, said while they were disappointed the sentence had been cut, the situation was "much better".
She said the restructuring meant Bradbury would serve 10 years and eight months before even being considered for release, and would have to meet "far stricter" criteria if he is to be freed.
Jong-nam was born in May 1971 in Pyongyang. His mother was North Korea's film actress Song Hye-rim. She was the daughter of South Korean communist intellectuals who migrated to the North during the Korean War.
She was four or five years older than Kim Jong-il and was still married to another man (with whom she had a child) when they began their romantic relationship.
By the conservative standards of North Korean society, this was a fairly sordid relationship, and for many years Kim Jong-il concealed his common law wife and new son from his father, Kim Il-sung.
At the time of Kim Jong-nam's birth, Kim Jong-il was the leading candidate to succeed his father, and details of his relationship with Ms Song, if they had become public, could have derailed his ambitions (particularly as his nearest political rival was his despised stepmother).
Because of the nature of the relationship, Kim Jong-nam was shuttered away in a large residence in central Pyongyang.
As his mother suffered from a variety of physical and mental infirmities requiring treatment outside North Korea, he lived with his maternal grandmother and his maternal aunt, Song Hye-rang.
The second Ms Song was an author and widow with two children of her own.
When Jong-nam was an infant, his aunt, Kim Kyong-hui, (Kim Jong-il's sister) tried to take the baby away and adopt him as her own child. She was overruled, but she would always support Jong-nam.
Instead, he grew up in secret, literally sealed behind palace gates.
Kim Jong-il doted on his son - co-sleeping with him, eating dinner and telephoning him when he was too busy to return home.
Despite rumours perpetuated by South Korean sources, Jong-nam did eventually meet and forge a relationship with grandfather Kim Il-sung.
In 1979, Jong-nam began a 10-year odyssey studying and living outside North Korea.
He stayed in Russia and Switzerland and eventually became fluent in French and English, returning to North Korea in the late 1980s.
His exposure to the outside world and his impatience living in relative social isolation in Pyongyang and Wonsan led him to question North Korea's political and economic system.
At several points, Kim Jong-il became so frustrated with Jong-nam that he threatened to send the young man to a political prison camp to work in a coal mine.
According to his aunt, the threat of imprisonment was so real that the family took measures to buy adequate clothing and shoes for the day when they would be sent away.
Instead of being incarcerated, Jong-nam spent his 20s contending with his father's demands and unrealistic expectations.
Jong-nam would never be a viable candidate as his father's successor, but he still joined the family business. He would be linked to North Korea's internal security apparatus and its foreign exchange-earning operations outside the country.
During the Arduous March of the 1990s, as thousands of North Korean citizens starved to death, Jong-nam participated in audits in which central party officials reviewed the finances and business practices of state-owned factories.
After some of these audits, Jong-nam would witness the public executions of factory managers accused of stealing from the state.
All of this would be enough to disillusion Jong-nam about the country in which he was born and the political system his father and grandfather led.
He married in the late 1990s and fathered several children. From the early 2000s onward, Jong-nam would begin to reside outside the DPRK, living at the Kim family's houses in Macau and a separate residence in Beijing.
He would be tasked with managing some of the family's financial accounts (which total billions of dollars). He also would be involved in some of North Korea's illicit business operations.
While Jong-nam was never directly involved in such activities as narcotics trafficking or arms smuggling, he did have an active role in seeing that some of the monies from both legitimate and illicit activities avoided the scrutiny of legal authorities.
It was no accident that Jong-nam frequented casinos throughout Asia and maintaining some of these financial interests led to a jet-set lifestyle and cemented his reputation as something of a "party boy".
Rewind back to 1979, when Jong-nam went overseas.
Kim Jong-il got drunk as Jong-nam departed the country and tearfully reproached Song Hye-rang: "You... you are doing this. You are taking my boy away from me."
By the late 1970s, Kim Jong-il had begun a relationship with a dancer in the prestigious Mansudae Art Troupe, an ethnic Korean repatriated from Japan named Ko Yong-hui.
With his son out of the country, Kim Jong-il set up a household with Ko and fathered three children with her, the middle one being the current leader Kim Jong-un.
In contrast to his other wives and common law partners, Ko actually took an interest in Pyongyang's palace politics and, what is more, Kim Jong-il fell passionately in love with her.
Jong-nam would later tell an outsider that - once he had left North Korea to study - his father used his relationship with Ko and their children to fill the void left by Jong-nam.
Ko was ambitious. She befriended the close aides and generals that made up her husband's entourage.
When Jong-nam returned from studying abroad in the late 1980s, there were already rumours among Kim family staff that the "button nose" (referring to Ko) was positioning her children for succession, even though discussions about hereditary succession were generally prohibited and could get some North Koreans sent to the firing squad.
During the late 1990s to early 2000s, Ko acted as a de-facto first lady, accompanying her husband on military inspections and greeting top North Korean leadership.
This would lay the groundwork for one of sons, Jong-un or his older brother, Jong-chol, to become hereditary successor.
When Jong-nam was arrested at a Tokyo airport with a counterfeit passport in May 2001, it initially served to embarrass the Kim family and other North Korean elites because it exposed the fact that they sometimes travelled using passports with assumed identities.
It has been widely misinterpreted and misreported that this incident sidelined Jong-nam as hereditary successor; he never was.
But this incident was used internally by Ko to press the claims that one of her sons would succeed Kim Jong-il. And so, unwittingly, the exaggerated rivalry between Jong-un and Jong-nam was born.
With numerous pronouncements and analyses that Jong-un is engaged in a "reign of terror" targeting North Korean political leaders or that his leadership (not to mention his mental health) are "unstable", it doesn't serve Jong-un's public image or political interests to have his half-brother assassinated.
It would just feed the rumours, and one doubts that Jong-un would give his South Korean counterpart that kind of satisfaction.
Jong-nam was not a threat or a credible rival to Jong-un's leadership. He had no interest in the job itself.
Living outside the country as long as he has, Jong-nam could not form a power base among DPRK elites and was largely clueless about how to seize the regime's nodes of control.
Jong-nam was also closely tied to Chinese elites and had lived under some protection from Chinese authorities.
Within the past few months, Pyongyang has made an attempt to shore up ties with Beijing, a major ally and its largest trading partner.
Unless Jong-nam had outlived his usefulness to elements of the Chinese government, it is not in Jong-un's geopolitical interests in the region to have his half-brother killed.
Jong-nam didn't possess a significant powerbase in Pyongyang.
Publicly and privately, he expressed little interest in taking the reins of power in North Korea.
However, given his heritage, Jong-nam was viewed by some elderly North Korean elites as a kind of grandson figure.
These elites were close comrades of Kim Il-sung. They knew Jong-nam's personal history, his back story, and so he was treated with a special affection by some of the country's top heroes.
This affection and relationship could not necessarily form a basis of political support domestically, but it would have been helpful had Jong-nam ever put himself forward as a political rival to his half-brother.
Since Kim Jong-un assumed power in 2011, North Korea's state media have gone out of their way to show these revolutionary elders praising Jong-un.
At state events, Jong-un always makes a point of greeting these elders (and being photographed and filmed doing so).
This goes above and beyond merely paying respect to his elders and national heroes.
Instead, for propaganda purposes, Jong-un needs to be seen as having the blessing of North Korea's founding generation. More importantly, it conveys the message that the ruling elite at least appears unified in its support for the youthful leader.
If Jong-nam had been going to mount a power challenge to Jong-un, it would not have helped him that his two possible primary patrons as hereditary successor or would-be challenger to Jong-un's rule - his uncle Chang Song-thaek and his aunt Kim Kyong-hui - are no longer active in Pyongyang's power circles.
Madame Kim effectively retired from political life after her husband Chang was executed on Jong-un's orders in December 2013.
Jong-nam had been the target and subject of disinformation in the South Korean press for almost 30 years.
Because of his business and personal activities (which could possibly have seen him arrested) Jong-nam did very little to push back against the perceptions and rumours about him.
He followed his father's suggestion that outsiders should only see "a fog" when looking at North Korean leadership.
That said, Pyongyang watchers should give the Malaysian authorities some breathing space to do a proper investigation.
Already, there are conflicting accounts about Jong-nam's purported demise. For all we know, he may have had a heart attack.
Michael Madden is a visiting scholar at the US-Korea Institute at the School for Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University.
Scientists sequenced the genome of a one-year-old boy who died in what is now Montana about 12,500 years ago.
Some researchers have raised questions about the origins of early Americans, with one theory even proposing a link to Ice Age Europeans.
But the Nature study places the origins of these ancient people in Asia.
The infant was a member of the Clovis people, a widespread, sophisticated Ice Age culture in North America. They appeared in America about 13,000 years ago and hunted mammoth, mastodon and bison.
The boy's remains, uncovered at the Anzick Site in Montana in 1968, were associated with distinctive Clovis stone tools. In fact, it is the only known skeleton directly linked to artefacts from this culture.
But the origins of the Clovis people, and who they are related to today, has been the subject of intense discussion.
Eske Willerslev, from the University of Copenhagen, and his colleagues were able to extract DNA from the bones of the Anzick boy and map his genome (the genetic information contained in the nucleus of his cells).
The researchers found that around 80% of today's Native Americans are related to the "clan" from which the boy came.
The result casts doubt on theories that the Clovis were descended from Europeans or colonists from Oceania.
The former theory relies, in part, on close similarities between Clovis tools and those of the Solutrean culture, which thrived in Ice Age France and Spain.
The latest results place the homeland for Native American peoples - including the Clovis - in Siberia.
Interestingly, however, the teams found that Native American ancestors coming in from Asia split into two groups.
One group was ancestral to native peoples presently living in Canada and the other one - which is represented by the Clovis boy - was ancestral to virtually all Native Americans in South America and Mexico.
In the US, many native groups are suspicious of contributing to genetic surveys, hampering the collection of data.
The Bairns had the better of the first half, but Hemmings hammered in a stunning strike after 39 minutes.
Falkirk were level within two minutes when Paul Watson profited from poor home defending.
But Hemmings converted Paul McGinn's cross to make it 2-1 on the hour before turning provider for captain Harkins.
Dundee's impressive second-half display means that Paul Hartley's side secure a fifth-round tie away to Dumbarton.
Falkirk, who are third in the Championship ahead of the Sons, started more positively than their Premiership opponents with a high-tempo pressing game that didn't allow Dundee to settle into any sort of rhythm.
The Bairns looked slicker when in possession, with Craig Sibbald finding plenty of space going forward down the right side.
It was Sibbald's set-piece delivery that created an early chance for the visitors, but Aaron Muirhead steered the dangerous corner wide from eight yards.
Dundee had a strong wind at their backs in the opening period, but they were guilty of over-hitting forward passes as they failed to make the most of the advantage.
Harkins did provide a rare flash of brilliance after 18 minutes with a lovely turn on the edge of the box before a delicate chip sent Nick Ross clear.
The midfielder, part of the Inverness Caledonian Thistle side that won the Scottish Cup against Falkirk in May, lashed his shot high and wide.
Hemmings showed him how to do it when Dundee broke the deadlock in controversial fashion six minutes before the interval, with Peter Houston's side furiously claiming for offside.
The striker did not hang about to debate it as he drilled a stunning drive from the right edge of the area in off the underside of the crossbar.
The lead lasted just two minutes and, once again, it was some dodgy defending that proved costly for Hartley's side.
Kostadin Gadzhalov was at fault, staying well behind the rest of the backline claiming an injury, only to play John Baird onside.
The striker made the most of the opening to drive the ball across the six-yard box, where central defender Watson forced it over the line.
Dundee were far more impressive in the second half and Hemmings claimed his second of the night with another smart finish after 61 minutes.
McGinn set it up with a perfectly-flighted deep cross on the run down the right and Hemmings hammered the ball into the net from close range for his ninth goal in his past six games and 15th of the season overall.
Harkins ended any doubt about the outcome in the 73rd minute with a terrific goal on the counter-attack as Falkirk were caught trying to find a way back into the tie.
Hemmings played a crucial part with the pass that his captain guided into the corner of the net from the edge of the area.
It was a first defeat in 14 games for Falkirk, who will have to pick themselves up for a crucial league match against Rangers on Saturday.
He died at a Cairo hospital on Tuesday, Egypt's state news agency said, after being admitted with a broken pelvis.
He took office in 1992 at a time of growing influence for the UN following its decisive role in the Gulf War, serving one five-year term.
However, he faced criticism for the UN's failure to stop the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
Washington was angered by his opposition to NATO's bombing campaign in Bosnia.
The 15-member Security Council observed a minute's silence after the announcement of Mr Boutros-Ghali's death, which was made at the start of a session on Yemen's humanitarian crisis.
No further details on his death were immediately available.
Mr Boutros-Ghali had received a phone call from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi last Thursday, after being admitted to hospital, Egyptian press reported.
Boutros Boutros-Ghali was the first Arab to serve as UN Secretary General, but also the first to serve only one term in the post. His five years were dogged by controversy. During the Rwandan genocide in 1994, he was criticised for the UN's failure to prevent the massacre. His opposition to NATO's bombing campaign in Bosnia also angered Washington, and contributed to his ousting.
The US wielded its veto when Boutros-Ghali sought a second term, which he regarded as a personal betrayal. Madeleine Albright, the US Ambassador to the UN at time, wore a "friendly smile" and repeated "expressions of friendship and admiration," he claimed in his memoir.
But behind his back she tarnished his image and demolished his authority. His treatment brought to mind the words of a Hindu scholar: "There is no difference between diplomacy and deception."
In terms of a positive legacy, Ban Ki-moon, his successor as UN chief, praised the dramatic rise of blue-helmeted peacekeeping on his watch. In a landmark report entitled Agenda for Peace, Boutros-Ghali also emphasised the importance of post-conflict peace-building, which informs a lot of UN thinking to this day.
But perhaps his biggest diplomatic accomplishment pre-dates his time as UN Secretary General. Serving as Egypt's foreign minister under President Anwar el-Sadat, he played a key role in negotiating the Camp David agreement brokered by the US president Jimmy Carter.
A former Egyptian foreign minister, Mr Boutros-Ghali led the world body during one of its most difficult times, with crises in Somalia, Rwanda, the Middle East and the former Yugoslavia.
His five years in office were clouded by controversy, especially about perceived UN inaction over the 1994 Rwandan genocide and Angolan civil war of the 1990s.
To some, he was an effective diplomat who was caught in a rift between the UN and the United States. Others, most notably in Washington, saw him as a symbol of all that was wrong with the organisation.
He was often jeered, and often waded into crowds to confront protesters when security guards permitted. "I am used to fundamentalists in Egypt arguing with me," he told Reuters.
He shocked many in Sarajevo when he said he was not trying to belittle the horrors in Bosnia but that there were other countries where the "total dead was greater than here".
Mr Boutros-Ghali was born on 14 November 1922 into a Coptic Christian family in Cairo, and educated at Cairo University and in Paris, where he established a lifelong connection with France.
He went on to study international relations at Columbia University in New York and became Egypt's foreign minister in 1977, under president Anwar al-Sadat.
After leaving the UN, Mr Boutros-Ghali served from 1998 to 2002 as secretary general of La Francophonie - a grouping of French-speaking nations.
In 2004, he was named the president of Egypt's new human rights council, a body created by then-Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak amid US pressure on Arab nations for democratic reform.
The unit at Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, would close in August if plans go ahead.
Save Withybush Action Team called the protest ahead of the outcome of a judicial review starting on 24 June.
Hywel Dda health board and the Welsh government have said the changes would provide a better level of care.
The demonstration was the second this year against the controversial plans.
In February about 1,000 people marched in Haverfordwest after Health Minister Mark Drakeford announced the changes.
As part of a Hywel Dda health board reorganisation, the proposals would see doctors in Carmarthen providing specialist care, with other hospitals eventually providing a midwife-led service.
Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth would become a midwife-led maternity unit, although during the transition period it would also retain some consultants.
The plans were revealed a year ago by the health board, but were opposed by the local patients' watchdog over concerns that closing the special care baby unit in Haverfordwest could put lives at risk.
When he announced the changes, Mr Drakeford said the experts who had recommended them had included important safeguards, and had suggested a phased introduction.
A spokesperson for Hywel Dda University Health Board said: "We understand that local health care is an emotive subject and would like to reassure people that the service and care they receive will be safe.
"The Welsh government's scrutiny panel's recommendations were expressly based on "providing the best outcomes and experience for mother and baby" and the conclusion that the new service model will "provide an improved service for Hywel Dda mothers and babies".
The health board will monitor the changes and they will be scrutinised by the Welsh government at the end of the first year.
The number of holidaymakers coming to the UK rose by 21.1% - although the number of business visitors declined.
Overall there were a record 8.3 million visits in the quarter, a rise of nearly 10% on the same period in 2016.
The visitors spent £4.4bn while in the country, also a record amount.
But at the same time the fall in the value of the pound did not discourage Britons from travelling overseas.
UK residents made 14.1 million trips abroad over the three months, a rise of 8.1% on 2016.
The decline in sterling makes it cheaper for foreign visitors to come to the UK, but more expensive for Britons going the other way.
The number of American visitors was particularly significant. Their numbers were up by 16%, while their spending grew 29% to £604m.
There were a record 54,000 visits from Chinese nationals, who spent a record £91m, and there was strong growth in the number of Australian and French visitors too.
Wales appears to have been one of the most popular destinations, with the number of overnight visits increasing by 28%.
But the "visitor balance of payments" remains tilted against the UK.
While visitors spent £4.4bn in Britain over the quarter, Britons spent nearly twice as much - £8.6bn - on trips abroad. a figure that has risen by 11.7% over the past year.
Petroineos Manufacturing Scotland incurred the eight-figure loss in the year to 31 December despite increasing turnover to more than £240m.
The firm's strategic report said "the longer term outlook remains challenging in the current economic climate".
It also noted that a £32.8m "cost reduction challenge" was completed in 2014.
The firm's annual report, lodged with Companies House, noted that Ineos and Petroineos now operate as separate businesses, but remain integrated.
It said 2014 was "a busy year", with the overhaul of the plant's Hydrocracker Complex taking approximately half a million man-hours to complete.
Petroineos also said "trading conditions in the refining sector continued to be difficult" due to slow growth in Europe and competition from imports from other regions.
That year, the firm made a loss of more than £20m, and while total turnover increased from £215m in 2013 to £240m in 2014, the business still lost £16,396,000. As such no dividend was paid to shareholders.
The future of the petrochemical complex was in doubt in 2013, with Ineos at one point announcing the plant would close in the midst of a dispute with unions and staff.
The director's report submitted to Companies House said the company was reliant on parent firm Petroineos Trading Limited to meet the needs of the business in terms of financial risk management.
The Grangemouth refinery processes about 210,000 barrels of crude oil per day, providing fuel to Scotland, the north of England and Northern Ireland.
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and Trading Standards searched eight shops in Stoke-on-Trent last week.
In five of the shops they seized suspected illegal tobacco products, with an estimated value of almost £14,000.
In another shop the tobacco was hidden under chocolate bars and packets of crisps on the sweet counter, HMRC said.
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Paul Fisher from HMRC, said: "These shopkeepers had gone to great lengths to build these concealments and thought we wouldn't be able to find them.
"But our experience and the highly trained sniffer dogs we use, ensure that no matter how sophisticated they believe their hiding places to be, even underground, we will uncover them."
During the visits, two workers were identified as illegal and one employer was issued with a civil penalty for employing an illegal worker, HMRC added.
They are the latest unusual methods used to conceal illegal cigarettes.
Border Force officers at Southampton Port found five Buddha statues filled with cigarettes in a shipping container in June 2013.
And crates of rotting pears were used to hide more than 146 million cigarettes smuggled into the UK by a lorry driver.
More than 14,000 women, who were treated at BPAS clinics, became pregnant despite using the pill or a long-acting contraceptive.
They often spotted their pregnancy late because they hadn't expected their contraception to fail.
No method of contraception can ever be 100% effective.
But long-acting methods are said to have a very low failure rate (99%).
Oral contraceptive pills are by far the most popular way of protecting against unplanned pregnancy among women, but long-acting methods - known as Larcs - are catching up.
They include contraceptive injections, implants and intra-uterine devices (IUDs) or systems (IUSs).
Contraceptive pills are estimated to be 91% effective while condoms are 82% effective.
However, BPAS says unplanned pregnancies can occur if the method is not inserted properly, or if it moves or falls out.
It also says hormonal contraception, such as the pill or patch, can mask the symptoms of pregnancy because they may cause light or irregular periods.
This may be why women using these methods have abortions at a later stage than other women.
BPAS said that in 2015, more than 5% of women having abortions past 20 weeks were using Larcs, compared to around 3% of those having one at less than 19 weeks.
The legal limit for abortions is 24 weeks in England, Wales and Scotland. Women in Northern Ireland are now able to get free abortions in England.
Further information: NHS contraception guide
Ann Furedi, chief executive of BPAS, said: Our data shows that women cannot control their fertility through contraception alone, even when they are using some of the most effective methods.
"Family planning is contraception and abortion.
"Abortion is birth control that women need when their regular method lets them down."
Out of 60,000 women who had an abortion at BPAS clinics last year, more than half were using at least one form of contraception.
The total number of abortions in England and Wales has been around 185,500 during each of the last few years.
Every year, nine in every 100 women using the pill, six in every 100 using the injection and one in every 100 using the IUD become pregnant.
Abortions are only allowed in Northern Ireland if a woman's life is at risk or there is a permanent or serious risk to her physical or mental health.
The sexual health charity FPA said people did not always use contraception consistently or correctly.
It also said some of the most effective methods of contraception were not always made as available as they should be.
"In a survey of GPs, we found that one-fifth don't offer the intrauterine device (IUD), and almost a quarter said they don't offer the contraceptive implant."
GPs told the FPA that this was partly because of a lack of training qualifications and a lack of funding.
But NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) guidance suggests that long-acting methods of contraception can reduce unintended pregnancy and be cost-effective for the NHS.
Ex-England spinner Giles, 43, was previously director of cricket at Edgbaston and he will oversee both the men's and women's teams, as well as the club's academy, in his new role.
Dougie Brown left Warwickshire by mutual consent in October after four seasons in charge.
Giles was Lancashire's cricket director and head coach for two years but he was keen to move closer to his family.
He was Warwickshire's leading choice to replace Brown and, having reached an agreement with the Bears, Lancashire have released him from his contract at Old Trafford, which was due to expire in 2018.
Recently appointed first-team coach Jim Troughton will report to Giles, who left Warwickshire in 2012 to become England's one-day coach following the Bears' seventh County Championship triumph.
"The new role at Edgbaston is a great opportunity and I am delighted to return to Warwickshire," said Giles, who spent 14 years as a Warwickshire player and featured in 54 Tests for England.
"While I have a lot of history with the Bears and have previously enjoyed success as a player and a coach, this is a brand new challenge and I look forward to meeting up with all the players and the new management team in January."
Giles led Lancashire to promotion into County Championship Division One and a maiden T20 Blast title in 2015, before they narrowly avoided relegation by finishing seventh in the Championship in 2016.
He added: "I thoroughly enjoyed my time at Lancashire and I would like to thank chairman Michael Cairns and the board for the opportunity to work as director of cricket at such a great club.
"I am also very grateful for their understanding and for agreeing to release me from my contract so that I can take up this new role with Warwickshire and move back to the Midlands, where my family have remained."
Lancashire have placed Glen Chapple in charge as acting head coach, with another former captain Mark Chilton as acting assistant coach.
The men were arrested on Thursday at a hotel where two IPL teams were staying after a match in the northern city of Kanpur
Police told the BBC that the men had contact with low-level staff at Green Park stadium to obtain information about the condition of the pitch.
Two IPL teams and three players were banned in 2013 on corruption charges.
The IPL is considered to be the world's showcase for Twenty20 cricket. Top Indian and international players take part, contributing to what is one of the world's most-watched cricket tournaments.
But the tournament has also faced allegations of corruption, spot-fixing and bribery. Spot-fixing involves players bowling wides and no-balls at certain times arranged beforehand with bookmakers.
Other than horse racing, sports betting of any kind is illegal in India. Despite that, illegal betting syndicates are known to be active in the country.
Rahul Srivastava, chief spokesperson of the police, said the men secured information about the pitch's condition through WhatsApp to influence their betting decisions.
"We are questioning the arrested individuals to find out if more people are involved in the betting racket," he said.
Police arrested the men after a tip-off from the Board of Control for Cricket in India's anti-corruption unit, he said.
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Last year, it made changes to the way the site is viewed in Belgium following a similar order from the Belgian Privacy Commissioner.
The French data protection body also demanded stronger password complexity, requiring at least eight characters rather than the existing six.
Facebook said privacy was its priority.
"Protecting the privacy of the people who use Facebook is at the heart of everything we do. We... look forward to engaging with the CNIL [French data protection authority - Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertes] to respond to their concerns," a spokeswoman said.
The social network tracks everyone who visits the site, regardless of whether they are members, by installing cookies - small text files which gather information about web activity.
The type used by Facebook, known as datr, can last for two years.
In Belgium, visitors to the site must now log on before they can view any pages.
The CNIL also told the firm to cease the transfer of some personal data to the US, as the Safe Harbour agreement has ended. Facebook has repeatedly stated that it uses other legal contracts to transfer data to the US.
The agreement, which enabled the transfer of data between the EU and US, was ruled invalid in October 2015, and while a new pact has been drawn up, it is not yet operational.
If Facebook fails to comply with the French privacy body within the three-month time frame it may face a fine, Reuters reported.
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The government has agreed on a new law to criminalise "insulting and slandering the good name of Poland".
The ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) has a clear majority in parliament.
Phrases like "Polish concentration camps" will be punishable by up to three years in jail. Millions died in Nazi German camps on Polish soil.
Under the new law it will be illegal to suggest "publicly and contrary to the facts" that Poles participated in, or bore any responsibility for, the crimes of the Third Reich, a Polish Justice Ministry statement said (in Polish).
Millions of people, mostly Jews, from across Europe were killed in six German-run extermination camps in occupied Poland.
Further Holocaust atrocities were committed in Nazi concentration camps and ghettos in Poland.
The country was occupied by the Nazis between 1939 and 1945. The murders wiped out 90% of Poland's pre-war Jewish population.
The ministry statement said the new law "will effectively combat the lies detrimental to the good image and good name of Poland, reproduced mainly by foreign media".
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There were, however, some Polish atrocities against Jews and other civilians during and after the war.
In 1941, Polish villagers in Jedwabne, perhaps at the instigation of the Nazis, rounded up more than 300 of their Jewish neighbours and burned them alive in a barn.
And 42 people, most of them survivors of the Holocaust, were murdered in 1946 in Kielce, 150km (93 miles) south of Warsaw.
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Surgeons are cautious with brain tumours as removing the surrounding tissue could lead to disability.
A technique, reported in Science Translational Medicine, used a laser to analyse the chemistry of the tissue and show the tumour in a different colour.
Brain tumour researchers said it could be an "exciting development".
Removing a brain tumour is a balancing act - take too little and the cancer could return, take too much and it seriously affects a patient's quality of life.
The key is knowing the boundary of the tumour. Surgeons take sections of the tumour and surrounding tissue and look under a microscope for the differences between the two to find cancer's edge.
A team at the University of Michigan Medical School and Harvard University have come up with a new way of analysing the tissue, called SRS microscopy, while it is still in the brain.
A laser is fired at the tissue. However, the beam of light's properties are changed depending on what it hits. The differing chemistry of a cancerous cell and normal brain tissue mean the laser can show a surgeon the outside edge of a tumour.
Dr Daniel Orringer told the BBC: "Neurosurgery is plagued by a problem, it's very difficult to see when a brain tumour ends and normal tissue begins.
"If you're removing a colon cancer you can take 2cm either side with no damage, but in the brain it could disable a patient.
"SRS microscopy allows us to see the margins on an microscopic scale."
The method has been tested in mice and on human brain samples, but actual trials in patients are still needed.
This is just the latest in a series of developments aimed at improving surgery. A team at Imperial College London have developed a knife that can detect the "smell" of cancer so it knows if it is cutting through tumour or healthy tissue.
Dr Colin Watts, a Cancer Research UK brain tumour expert at the University of Cambridge, said: "It needs to be tested in a clinical trial, but this technique could be an exciting development in visualising tumour tissue, which is the first step in enhancing removal of disease.
"A crucial factor will be to ensure that patient safety is not compromised. This technique is particularly exciting because it has the potential for helping us to remove tissue at the tumour/brain interface from where recurrent disease can emerge.
"It will also be interesting to determine if SRS microscopy can be used in tumours that recur after treatment."
The Wales Under-21 international, 20, has been handed a new two-year deal this week, as a reward for becoming a first-team regular under Micky Mellon.
And the Town manager praised the National League North side for the part they played in toughening him up.
"Before we sent him on loan he was a bit stand-offish," said Mellon.
"We said 'If you don't start knocking the first team around, you'll be out of here'. You fight or you go. He came back and, in his first training session, he started to knock the first team around.
"They started to get annoyed so I watched him and thought 'If you go under now, I won't forget that' - and he didn't. It didn't bother Dom, he still does it now.
He added: "That tells you lots about his character because you wonder about their chances playing against men in front of a crowd.
"But he certainly started knocking people about and we thought 'we've got a boy with the right character here'. There's a long way to go, but certainly the signs are very encouraging."
Smith has made 18 appearances, 14 of them starts, in what has mostly been a season of struggle for Shrewsbury in League One.
But Mellon warned that, like his improving side, who have now gone unbeaten in six league games following Tuesday night's 2-1 win over Coventry City, the young centre-half must keep getting better.
"Dom's well aware he has to keep improving," he told BBC Radio Shropshire, "If he doesn't, we'll bring someone in. He's not 'wee Dom' any more. He's going to be judged as one of the lads and, if he plays poorly, people will be all over him."
"Dom Smith looks every inch the sort of player capable of following in the footsteps of players like Ryan Woods and Connor Goldson - youth team graduates who made summer deadline day moves to the Championship.
"A physically gifted central defender from Shrewsbury who provides a link to the local community so many teams currently lack. Speaking to people around the club, it's his hunger to learn and improve that impresses them most.
"It's little wonder the club were keen to tie up the deal, so keen in fact that it was confirmed in the early hours of Wednesday morning, after a team with Smith in it had just beaten Coventry City in League One.
"His performance in that game offered yet more confirmation that Smith has come of age as a first team player with a calm authority that will surely see him go far."
The girl, who was terminally ill with a rare cancer, was supported by her mother in her wish to be cryogenically preserved - but not by her father.
She wrote to the judge explaining that she wanted "to live longer" and did not want "to be buried underground".
The girl, who died in October, has been taken to the US and preserved there.
A High Court judge ruled that the girl's mother should be allowed to decide what happened to the body.
The details of her case have just been released.
The teenager, who lived in the London area and cannot be named, used the internet to investigate cryonics during the last months of her life.
"I have been asked to explain why I want this unusual thing done.
"I am only 14 years old and I don't want to die but I know I am going to die.
"I think being cryopreserved gives me a chance to be cured and woken up - even in hundreds of years' time.
"I don't want to be buried underground.
"I want to live and live longer and I think that in the future they may find a cure for my cancer and wake me up.
"I want to have this chance.
"This is my wish."
The judge, Mr Justice Peter Jackson, visited the girl in hospital and said he was moved by "the valiant way in which she was facing her predicament".
His ruling, he said, was not about the rights or wrongs of cryonics but about a dispute between parents over the disposal of their daughter's body.
It was brought to court for the first time on 26 September and the judge made his decision on 6 October.
Cryonics is the process of preserving a whole body in the hope that resuscitation and a cure are possible in the distant future.
It is a controversial procedure and no-one yet knows if it is possible to bring people back to life.
There are facilities in the US and Russia where bodies can be preserved in liquid nitrogen at very low temperatures (less than -130C) - but not in the UK.
The cost of preserving the body for an infinite amount of time in this case was £37,000, which was paid by the girl's mother's family.
Chrissie de Rivaz, from Cornwall, has decided to be cryogenically preserved after her death - as has her husband John - and she has committed £28,000 to the plan.
"I can't see any reason to just send me up the flume and I hate the idea of being buried in the ground, so why not take this chance to come back again?"
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Simon Woods, an expert in medical ethics from Newcastle University, thinks the whole idea is science fiction.
He said: "The diagnosis of death is that death is irreversible, and for people who seek cryopreservation, they've died of a serious disease, in this case it's cancer.
"The person is in a pretty bad state of health to begin with, and there's absolutely no scientific evidence that the person could be brought back to life."
The girl's solicitor, Zoe Fleetwood, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme it had been a "great privilege" to be involved with the case of an "extraordinary individual".
When the girl was told about the court's decision, she had been "delighted" and referred to the judge as "Mr Hero Peter Jackson", her lawyer said.
"It was a difficult process. Some might say the girl's mother's attention was directed towards that procedure rather than grieving at this time," Ms Fleetwood added.
"But her daughter had passed away, the procedure needed to be carried out."
The case had not set a precedent for future cases around cryopreservation, she said.
The girls' parents were divorced and the girl had not had any contact with her father for six years before she became ill.
While the girl's mother supported her wishes to have her body preserved, her father was against it.
He said: "Even if the treatment is successful and she is brought back to life in let's say 200 years, she may not find any relative and she might not remember things and she may be left in a desperate situation given that she is only 14 years old and will be in the United States of America."
Although he then changed his mind, saying he respected his daughter's decision, he subsequently wanted to see his daughter's body after her death - something to which she would not agree.
The judge said the girl's application was the only one of its kind to have come before a court in England and Wales - and probably anywhere else.
Mr Justice Jackson said the case was an example of science posing new questions to lawyers.
The girl died peacefully in October knowing that her remains would be preserved, but the judge said there had been problems on the day she died.
He said hospital staff and bosses had expressed concerns about the way the process of preparing her body for cryogenic preservation had been handled.
This was carried out by a voluntary group in the UK before her body was flown to the US for storage.
He suggested that ministers should consider "proper regulation" of cryonic preservation for the future.
Inspectors also found the banned anti-inflammatory horse drug phenylbutazone, or "bute", in 0.5% of horsemeat tested.
The EU said it was "a matter of food fraud and not of food safety".
The three-month programme of checks was agreed by the 27 EU member states in February after horsemeat had been found in a batch of Findus frozen lasagne.
"Restoring the trust and confidence of European consumers and trading partners in our food chain following this fraudulent labelling scandal is now of vital importance for the European economy," said EU Commissioner for Health and Consumers Tonio Borg.
He said the Commission would "propose to strengthen the controls along the food chain in line with lessons learned."
Of the 4,144 tests carried out across the EU for the presence of horsemeat DNA, 193 were positive (4.66%).
There were 3,115 tests for bute, of which 16 were positive (0.51%).
In addition, member states reported another 7,951 tests for horse DNA performed by food business operators; of these 110 were positive (1.38%).
The number of tests varied between 10-150 samples depending on the size of the EU country and on consumption habits, the Commission said.
The tests were commissioned by the EU amid concerns about possible fraudulent attempts to sell horsemeat as processed beef in a number of member states.
The tests, although not comprehensive, provide an indication of the scale of the problem.
Last week the Dutch government announced that, as part of its investigations, it had identified two processing plants that might have supplied horsemeat as beef since January 2011.
The UK's Food Standards Agency conducted 150 tests for the Commission, with no positive results.
However, separately, Britain has announced a "wide-ranging" strategic review of its food chain.
There have been 6,000 tests carried out by the industry and local councils in the UK. So far 24 have shown the presence of horsemeat in a range of food.
BBC European correspondent Christian Fraser, in Brussels, said the Commission believed the EU had one of the best food safety systems in the world but it relied on a complex web of suppliers.
In a food chain that might stretch from Romania to the Netherlands, the south of France and Britain, pinning down where the system had gone wrong had proved difficult, he added.
Our correspondent said the food companies across the EU were so interwoven that one fraud could have a serious ripple effect across a number of countries.
In the UK, Food Minister David Heath said the government's review would look for any vulnerabilities in the food chain that could be exploited by fraudsters.
Consumers "must have confidence in the food they buy", he said.
Howley names his Six Nations squad on Tuesday, with Wales' opening match in Italy on Sunday, 5 February.
"It would be nice if Rob went away from the status quo and picked players who perform on a weekly basis," Jones said.
"If you're young and good enough, you've got to play. Whoever's playing well needs the opportunity."
Wing Keelan Giles, 18, has impressed for Pro12 leaders Ospreys this season and was called up for Wales' autumn internationals, but did not play.
He was an unused replacement in the narrow win over Japan, but limped out of Ospreys' European Challenge Cup win against Lyon on Saturday.
James says Wasps flanker Thomas Young, 24, could be in contention to be named in the squad.
"I'd like to see him brought in to the squad," James, who won the last of his 48 Wales caps in 2007, told BBC Wales Today.
"I'd like to see Rob be a bit bolder in his selection policy and give a couple of the young guys who have excelled throughout the season a chance to play on the big arena.
"I think you need the right blend, whether you put them on the bench and bring them on gradually as the game is evolving."
Cardiff Blues flanker Sam Warburton's six-year spell as Wales captain seems set to end, with Ospreys lock Alun Wyn Jones taking over the role.
Howley must decide how to handle the absences of vastly experienced prop Gethin Jenkins and highly regarded number eight Taulupe Faletau.
Jenkins, who plays for Cardiff Blues, is not expected to return until the latter stages of the tournament as he recovers from a calf injury.
Bath's Faletau is being treated for a knee ligament injury, having been largely absent during Wales' autumn campaign for the same reason.
The former Newport Gwent Dragons player is not expected to return until after Wales' tournament starts against Italy in Rome.
Like his fellow British and Irish Lion Jenkins, Ospreys flanker Dan Lydiate is a long-term injury absentee.
The six officers were shot dead on Friday when they attempted to evict about 100 farming families from land they had invaded three weeks ago.
At least nine farmers were also killed in the clashes. Police had earlier put the number of officers killed at seven.
President Fernando Lugo has ordered the army to the area to restore calm.
Territorial disputes are not unusual in Paraguay, but the incident on Friday was the most violent for decades.
Police said one of the police officers hurt in the confrontation remained in a serious condition.
Relatives of the landless farmers said they had found two more bodies at the site of the clashes, bringing the number of dead civilians to 11, but there has not yet been official confirmation of the find.
Murder charges
Police said the nine suspects, one of them a 15-year-old boy, were all in custody. They said some of them were being treated for injuries sustained during the eviction attempt.
They have been charged with murder, attempted murder and criminal association.
The confrontation started in the early hours of Friday, when police moved in on private land which had been occupied by more than 100 landless farmers.
According to police official Walter Gomez the officers were ambushed in a wooded area.
He said they had not been expecting violence and had wanted to negotiate a "peaceful eviction". Mr Gomez said his officers had been attacked "with high-calibre weapons".
Among those killed was the chief of the Police Special Operations Force, Erven Lovera.
Battle for land
Farmers' leader Jose Rodriguez told Paraguayan radio that those killed "were humble farmers, members of the landless movement, who'd decided to stay and resist".
The farmers said the land was illegally taken during the 1954-1989 military rule of Gen Alfredo Stroessner and distributed among his allies.
According to the Paraguayan Truth Commission, 6.75 million hectares of land were sold or handed over under "irregular circumstances" during military rule.
The Commission says that almost 20% of Paraguayan land can be qualified as "ill-gotten gains".
Interior Minster Carlos Filizzola and Chief of Police Paulino Rojas were replaced over the incident.
The new Interior Minister, Ruben Candia, said that the evictions would continue, and that they would be carried out "with the full backing of the law".
Peter Byrne contacted the firm as tremors caused by his condition meant he kept hitting the standard controller's touchpad, pausing games.
Alex Nawabi from Sony's marketing team said he would investigate.
He then modified a Dual Shock 4 controller himself and sent it to Mr Byrne as a surprise.
On the bespoke version, the touchpad has been disabled and its button re-routed to the back of the device.
In a letter to Mr Byrne, who lives in New Jersey in the US, Mr Nawabi said it took him around 10 hours and three attempts to create his solution.
He said he had undertaken the work on his own initiative and told Mr Byrne it would not be covered by the warranty.
"I'm not 100% sure how long it will last, as it's the first time I've ever done anything like this," he wrote.
"I have plans to build you one more controller in case this one breaks but I'd like feedback on this one first."
Mr Nawabi added that Mr Byrne's email had "struck a chord" with him.
"It killed me to hear how something you used to enjoy thoroughly was being ruined because of our new controller design," he wrote.
Mr Byrne said he was delighted with his new controller.
"Honestly, I expected them to just make a note of my issue and say 'we'll address this in the future'," he told the BBC.
"It works very good so far. I have no problems and gameplay has been fine".
Mr Byrne's story attracted the attention of local news outlet News12 New Jersey (subscription site) after he posted pictures of the letter and his controller on Facebook and it was shared widely.
Sony has been contacted by the BBC.
Hamilton's third win of the season cut his deficit to 12 points to Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel, who finished fourth.
Hamilton, who equalled his hero Ayrton Senna's mark of 65 poles on Saturday, said: "I definitely think I have been at my best this weekend.
"It has been a spectacular day and the team really needed it."
It was Hamilton's sixth win in Montreal in 10 races, by far his best record at any circuit and it came on the 10th anniversary of the first victory of his career.
"It has been smooth," Hamilton said. "I was so happy with the qualifying lap, just beaming from ear to ear, sitting there at dinner thinking I can't believe I got 65 poles, really having to pinch myself.
"Today I just really relived my first grand prix win in 2007. It has been a spectacular day. A lot different now. I am older, the crowd was actually with me as opposed to my first year when no-one knew me."
The win comes after a difficult weekend for Mercedes at the last race in Monaco, where the team struggled to make the car perform and Hamilton finished seventh after qualifying 14th.
Hamilton praised the team's efforts in working out what had gone wrong and fixing it for Canada.
"To come away from Monaco, everyone pulled together and I don't think in five years I have ever seen them pull together like they did," he said. "We have delivered a great blow to the Ferraris. Well deserved for everyone.
"They did such great work analysing what went wrong and giving us a summary and saying this is where we went wrong.
"Here the car was back where it should be. I'm happy it was that early in the season, even though Monaco is a good one to win. Hopefully that shouldn't happen again."
Vettel's hopes were hit when his front wing was damaged by Max Verstappen's Red Bull at the first corner, and he had to stop to replace it.
He fought back through the field and said he was disappointed not to pass Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo for the final podium place at the end.
"I wanted that podium but I didn't get it," he said.
"It was clear with the damage we had that unless there is trouble at the front or we are extremely lucky with safety cars or whatever that it would be difficult.
"I was very busy for most of the race. I enjoyed it, it was fun, it was good racing. There were some manoeuvres where I nearly wanted to close my eyes but ultimately the team and car deserved more. The pace was there.
"It was a bit difficult to read. Mercedes were very strong in the race but it is also a different story when you can control the race and the pace, the tyres. I was flat out and when you are chasing other cars you lose quite a lot of grip, then you are sliding. A different race."
All three main US share markets jumped more than 1%, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq index closing at a record high.
Europe's main markets jumped at least 2% and the euro hit a five-month high as fears over the election eased.
"Markets are taking the news out of France very positively," said David Levy, US-based investor at Republic Wealth Advisors.
Centrist Emmanuel Macron topped the voting on Sunday and is strongly tipped as the eventual winner in the run-off with far-right candidate Marine Le Pen on 7 May.
Investors had worried that far-left Jean-Luc Mélenchon would beat Mr Macron on Sunday, giving voters a choice between two Eurosceptic candidates.
In the US, the Nasdaq gained 1.2% to finish the day at 5,983.82, up about 67 points from a record set last week. The Dow Jones and S&P 500 indexes both rose 1.1%.
As in Europe, banking stocks were among the stand-out gainers.
"This [election] alleviates fears that we were going to have to navigate a French exit (from) the European Union," said Brian Jacobsen, chief portfolio strategist at Wells Fargo Funds Management.
"This is a classic relief rally showing up most in financials," he said. "We cleared this hurdle and now it's a little bit more clear running."
France's Cac 40 share index closed 4% up, while Germany's Dax was 3.37% up.
The Cac's gains took it to its highest level since the financial crisis of 2008. In London, the FTSE 100 share index ended 2% ahead.
At one point, the euro rose to its highest level against the dollar since mid-November, before giving up some ground.
Octavio Marenzi, chief executive of the financial research consultancy Opimas in Paris, said: "Macron will be reassuring to markets, with his pledge to lower corporate taxes and to lighten the administrative burden on firms. He basically represents continuity."
Other analysts said markets had welcomed Mr Macron's large lead in opinion polls over Ms Le Pen, who has opposed the euro and France's EU membership.
"Clearly investors are happy with the result as a 'Frexit' seems to be off the table," said Neil Wilson, an analyst at ETX Capital in London.
"But watch for the risks to return - if Le Pen starts polling in the 40%+ bracket we will see nerves creep back in and some of these big lurches higher could be dialled back as profits are taken and investors reprice risk."
European bank shares rose to their highest level since December 2015 on the improved prospects for the euro.
In France, shares in Societe Generale and Credit Agricole jumped 9.86% and 10.86% respectively. In London, Barclays rose 5.4% and Standard Chartered added 4.75%.
Germany's Dax broke through 12,400 points for the first time, led higher by Commerzbank and Deutsche Bank.
In the US, JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs were the Dow's biggest risers, gaining 3.5% and 3% respectively.
As results started coming in on Sunday night, the euro jumped 2% to its highest level since 10 November, the day after the results of the US presidential election. The euro eased back later on Monday.
The move left sterling down 1.3% against the euro at 1.17, while the pound dropped 0.2% versus the US dollar at 1.27.
"The extent of the market reaction shows how nervous investors were, worried that the actual polls would deliver another shock result," said Steven Bell, chief economist at BMO Global Asset Management.
Mr Macron, a former investment banker, served as economy minister under current President Francois Hollande.
Despite his relative inexperience - he has never served as an MP - polls see him defeating Ms Le Pen in the second round.
Richard McGuire, head of rates at Rabobank, said: "The assumption now is that centrist voters will rally around Macron, denying Le Pen the presidency and hence this will effectively be a pro-establishment, pro-European result."
Mr Macron's defeated rival in Sunday's election, François Fillon, has already endorsed him. Other senior political figures in France, including former Prime Minister Alain Juppe, have also thrown their weight behind Mr Macron.
However, Mr McGuire cautioned that, after the UK Brexit vote and the election of Donald Trump in the US, no one should take anything for granted ahead of the second round on 7 May.
Pro-European Mr Macron was the Socialist finance minister until the autumn, when he quit to set up the En Marche movement, which proposes tax and spending cuts.
The anti-EU Ms Le Pen's campaign focused on jobs, security and the threat from Islamic extremism.
Bookmakers made Mr Macron the firm favourite to win the run-off, with both Ladbrokes and Coral offering 1-6 and William Hill 1-8, with Ms Le Pen at 4-1, 7-2 and 9-2 respectively.
The still shows a man wearing a jacket with a distinctive "V" on it, in an off-licence near the bus stop where the murder took place hours later.
Despite previous Met Police appeals the man has never been identified.
Stephen, 18, was murdered by a group of six white youths in an unprovoked attack, in Eltham, south-east London.
Gary Dobson and David Norris were found guilty of his murder and sentenced to minimum terms of 15 years and two months and 14 years and three months in January 2012.
The investigation into Mr Lawrence's death remains open.
The Met said the potential witness was in an off-licence on Well Hall Road in Eltham at 20:00 BST on 22 April.
The off-licence was 330 yards (300m) from the bus stop where Mr Lawrence was attacked two and a half hours later.
Witnesses saw a man in the "V" emblem jacket near Well Hall Road roundabout at about the time Mr Lawrence was attacked, the Met said.
Det Ch Insp Chris Le Pere, said he hoped the man would come forward to help police with inquiries, or to "eliminate this strand of the investigation".
The image of the jacket was previously circulated to media in 1993 and again in 2013.
The CCTV was "recently identified as part of a regular internal review of the case", he said, and released as a public appeal after being digitally enhanced.
Mr Le Pere said: "We are hoping that over the passage of time allegiances may have changed, people may have moved away and feel more confident coming forward."
He won back to back promotions in his second spell at Stevenage.
But Westley's Exiles are bottom of League Two and five points from safety.
"It's embarrassing, humiliating even though in your own mind you can justify that you've inherited one bad run, a team that was doing a lot of losing," he said.
"You try and make a difference to it and it's painful. But I am quite philosophical.
"I did believe when I walked in the door that there were missing ingredients, we've gone into January and hopefully I'm showing I mean it and I can do something about it."
Since the January transfer window opened Westley has brought in eight new signings and is expecting more new arrivals before the end of the month as he bids to help them avoid relegation.
"It's time for change, time for action and we are taking that action," Westley added.
"We were looking at the amount of promotions there are in the camp.
"Promotions get won by players who know how to win games consistently.
"It was surprising how few promotions there were amongst the players at the football club.
"Mickey Demetriou, of course, comes in having recently won a promotion out of League Two with Shrewsbury.
"So having a player in the camp who knows what it takes to win consistently on a Saturday and a Tuesday is important."
On Saturday the Exiles host Colchester with Demetriou unlikely to start.
On-loan midfielder Josh Sheehan is expected to be fit after missing last weekend's defeat at Stevenage while Jamie Turley, Lenell John-Lewis and Joss Labadie all remain sidelined.
Dieudonne was also fined €9,000 ($9,500; £6,300) by the court in the city of Liege. He was not in court.
The comedian, who insists he is not anti-Semitic, made the remarks during a show in Liege in 2012.
He has several convictions for anti-Semitism and hate speech.
One of his most recent was after the attack in January on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris.
Dieudonne rose to prominence through the invention of the "quenelle", a hand gesture critics have likened to an inverted Nazi salute.
Several French cities have banned the comedian from performing.
The Belgian court's judgement on Wednesday said that "all the accusations against Dieudonne were established - both incitement to hatred and hate speech but also Holocaust denial".
Eric Lemmens, a lawyer for Belgium's Jewish organisations, said the guilty verdict was a "major victory".
Earlier this month the European Court of Human Rights ruled against Dieudonne in a separate case. It judged that freedom of speech did not mean his performances could be racist or anti-Semitic.
Dieudonne was at that time appealing against a fine he received from a French court in 2009 for inviting a Holocaust denier on stage.
In March, Dieudonne was found guilty by a French court of condoning terrorism and given a two-month sentence.
He had posted on Facebook "I feel like Charlie Coulibaly" just days after the January Paris attacks..
The post combined the "Je Suis Charlie" slogan with the name of one of the three gunmen involved in the attacks on Charlie Hebdo.
Eyewitness Simon Crowcroft, from Jersey, told the Islington Gazette he came across the "strange scene" on Upper Street while in the city on Tuesday.
The Met Police said officer Dan Smith was helping a man who had collapsed. He was treated at the scene.
A force spokesman said the officer's horse, Invictor, was "showing he's a team player".
The Met said its mounted horse unit carries out day-to-day patrols and is tasked like any other unit.
A London Ambulance spokesman added: "We were to reports of an unwell person on Upper Street. We treated a man at the scene but did not take anyone to hospital."
The 2018 competition begins a day earlier when Wales host Scotland and Ireland travel to France.
The tournament will climax with a 'Super Saturday' on 17 March, as Scotland go to Italy, England host Ireland and Wales entertain France.
The 2019 Six Nations will run from 1 February to 16 March, with England away to Ireland in their first fixture.
Wales will face France in Paris in their 2019 opener, while Scotland host Italy at Murrayfield.
England finish the tournament by hosting the Scots at Twickenham, with Italy v France and Wales v Ireland the other matches in the final round of fixtures.
Yoshiki, founder of rock superstars X Japan, will have an artificial cervical disc inserted in his neck.
Known for his aggressive heavy metal drumming, he has often ended up in pain on the floor by the end of a show.
His management said the injuries he had sustained "would force a professional rugby player to retire".
All forthcoming X Japan concerts are being rescheduled and Yoshiki is expected to go under the knife within days in Los Angeles.
"I'm having neck surgery next week. This time the surgeon will open my neck from the front and insert an artificial disc between my vertebrae. I'm a little scared but I'll make it through," Yoshiki told fans on his website.
A quick YouTube search brings up countless videos of the man - full name Yoshiki Hayashi - drumming himself in a frenzy until he collapses behind his kit.
There's likely some performance mixed in here and there, but there's little doubt he puts more effort into his gig than just a gentle background shuffle.
X Japan's blend of androgynous glam and heavy metal turned them into one of the biggest acts in Japanese music history, with a huge and fanatical following, especially in the 1980s and 1990s.
The band transformed the music scene in Japan. They spawned a whole new style - over the top outfits, wild stage performances - and sold 30 million records.
Their fame caught on around the globe.
They reformed in 2007 and have been touring Japan and the world since then, with a huge gig at London Wembley Arena as recently as March.
A documentary about the band was released worldwide earlier this year.
The now 51-year old Yoshiki Hayashi is the band's founder, drummer, pianist and main songwriter so there's maybe reason why he pushed the drum performances very much to the fore.
He's also a classically trained pianist and frequently strayed off the heavy metal path, recording several classical albums or composing the song for the 2012 Golden Globe Awards.
But with a poor bones structure since his childhood, he is paying a price for years of intense drumming.
"Yoshiki has been informed by a neurosurgeon in Japan that his neck has experienced severe damage that would force a professional rugby player to retire," his management said.
"It has been medically determined that he is approaching his limit, both physically and mentally."
He is now to receive an artificial cervical disc, having already received prior treatment in 2009.
According to his doctor, he had already lost feeling in his left hand when he performed with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra in New York's Carnegie Hall in January this year.
His management said X Japan would be reviewing July arena concerts in Japan as well as a planned world tour and the shows are expected to be rescheduled.
In response, an adviser to London mayor Boris Johnson, Daniel Moylan, said if true, it is "sadly short-sighted".
Known as "Boris Island" because of Mr Johnson's backing, it was one option being considered by the Airports Commission on how to expand airport capacity in the UK.
An official announcement is expected on Tuesday.
"Airports policy has been stalled for nearly five decades, ricocheting like a billiard ball between Heathrow and Gatwick," said Mr Moylan, aviation adviser to Mr Johnson.
"We have only one opportunity to break out of that but it seems the Commission has taken us back to the same old failed choice."
He added that the final decision would rest with the government. "The key question now is whether the Airports Commission will play much of a role," he continued.
Earlier, the Financial Times reported that Whitehall sources had confirmed the "Boris Island" plan would be ruled out.
It would have led to the development of a four-runway airport on the Isle of Grain in the Thames Estuary.
The commission, led by Sir Howard Davies, was set up by the government to consider ways of expanding the UK's airport capacity. Its final report is expected next summer, after the general election.
The decision to eliminate Boris Island as an option would leave the commission with three alternatives: Adding a third runway at Heathrow, lengthening an existing runway at Heathrow, and a new runway at Gatwick.
Sir Howard Davies' decision is unlikely to surprise many people.
A few months ago he told me that the Thames Estuary scheme had much higher hurdles to jump over than its competitors at Heathrow and Gatwick.
He said the construction challenge was "massive", and that he was concerned about the impact on the environment, the cost of getting 150m passengers to and from the site (you would have to build new roads and rail lines), and the effect it would have on Heathrow, which may have to close.
For several months now he has been analysing the detail and in the end he has decided it's not worth all that cash.
So now the focus is very much on Heathrow, which boasts two of the three schemes on the Airports Commission short-list.
Expanding Heathrow is a politically toxic idea. The whole point of setting up a Commission was to delay any decision until after the general election.
It's just possible that the politicians will be pressured into declaring a favourite before then.
"By excluding the Thames Estuary airport option, the Airports Commission has made the right choice on the basis of robust evidence", said Chris Richards from the manufacturers' organisation the EEF.
Before the decision about "Boris Island" emerged, the CBI business lobby group said that a single, larger-hub airport where passengers can transfer to a range of destinations was "critical" to the UK's long-term economic growth.
The CBI urged the commission to ensure its decision "maximised links across the UK" and made the "best use of existing capacity".
"While no-one can predict the future of air travel, the track record shows that it tends to be hub airports that deliver the new connections to emerging markets that we desperately need," said CBI deputy general Katja Hall.
Heathrow said this meant that the CBI backed its expansion but Gatwick said hub capacity could be achieved by switching some traffic to its airport, freeing up space at Heathrow.
The Anglian Sovereign covers Orkney and Shetland but was sent to shadow the escort of a cargo ship to Lewis after it ran aground on Monday night.
The incident came just days after the Western Isles' tug, Anglian Monarch, was withdrawn from coastguard duties.
Other UK emergency towing vessels were withdrawn last year.
In October, the UK government agreed to short extensions to the contracts for the hire of two vessels for Scotland following a campaign by local authorities and politicians.
The funding package for the Anglian Monarch ended at the weekend and at midnight for the Anglian Sovereign.
Talks are still going on between the UK government and the oil and gas industry about how future cover for the Northern Isles might be provided and funded.
Shetland Islands Council convener Sandy Cluness had described the withdrawal of the Anglian Sovereign without a deal being finalised as a "disgrace".
However, MP Alistair Carmichael has told BBC Scotland that the vessel will stay on duty to allow an agreement to be reached.
Lenford Whyte, 38, chased Jonathon Coulthurst, 36, after an argument at a Liverpool retail park on 22 August.
Mr Coulthurst, a rigger in the North Sea, now suffers physical problems and stress, Liverpool Crown Court heard.
Whyte, of Goswell Street, Liverpool, was jailed for five and a half years after admitting wounding, possessing a bladed article and criminal damage.
The court heard words were exchanged between the pair as Whyte's vehicle approached a junction behind a car driven by Mr Coulthurst's partner - with the couple's seven-year-old son in the back.
Both men stepped out of their vehicles and "pushing and shoving" took place outside the Hunts Cross Shopping Centre, the court heard.
CCTV footage captured Whyte collecting the sword, with a 2ft blade, from his boot and running towards Mr Coulthurst.
He waved the sword in front of members of the public before inflicting a wound in Mr Coulthurst's chest.
Whyte then drove off and later dumped the sword near a block of flats.
On sentencing, Judge Foster said: "It was clear that you are the aggressor in the conversation and in the altercation, and of course then escalated matters by getting a very intimidating weapon, which you wielded with menacing effect and eventually used it to jab - really stab - the complainant in the chest."
Paul Wood, defending, said Whyte, who suffers from a "recurrent depressive disorder", had been a victim of assault himself in the past.
He said his client accepted his actions were "foolish" and he was "very sorry" for the attack.
The defendant had problems with cannabis use but it was not suggested as a cause of the offence.
The 30-year-old has been heavily linked with Hearts as the Tynecastle club's current head coach Robbie Neilson nears a move to MK Dons.
Cathro previously worked with Dundee United and Valencia and is now part of Benitez's backroom team at St James' Park.
"Ian is a great coach," said Benitez of the Scot.
"We don't have any official approach. We are happy with him and we will continue with that. He is a young coach, he has some experience and has a great future.
"The media is telling me Hearts will come, but it depends on the head coach they have at the moment if he goes or not. That is football. It is just speculation."
Neilson left Hearts' training ground on Thursday afternoon having met with the players and used an unusual tactic to evade the waiting media pack.
One of the backroom staff left the training ground wearing a Robbie Nielson mask before picking up the man himself around a corner.
Working under director of football Craig Levein, Neilson led the Tynecastle side to the Scottish Championship title and promotion in 2015. Their first season back in the top-flight ended with a third-placed finish and a place in the Europa League qualifiers.
And victory over Rangers on Wednesday took Hearts second in the Premiership.
Cathro, who never played at professional level, began working at Dundee United during Levein's reign at Tannadice.
He became the assistant manager of Portuguese club Rio Ave in 2012 and followed manager Nuno Espirito Santo to Valencia in 2014, helping to secure a fourth place La Liga finish in his one season in Spain.
Lubitz, 27, is suspected of deliberately crashing the plane in the Alps, killing all 150 people on board.
Officials in Duesseldorf said the investigation to this point had revealed no clue to any motive.
So far, DNA strands of 80 of the victims have been found.
Duesseldorf public prosecutor Christoph Kumpa said that "several years" before Lubitz became a pilot he "had at that time been in treatment of a psychotherapist because of what is documented as being suicidal".
But he added: "In the following period, and until recently, further doctor's visits took place, resulting in sick notes without any suicidal tendencies or aggression against others being recorded."
No specific dates were given. Lubitz enrolled in training with Lufthansa, which owns Germanwings, in 2008 and became a pilot in 2013. He was diagnosed with a serious depressive episode in 2009 and received treatment for a year and a half, media reports say.
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Lufthansa said Lubitz's medical records were subject to doctor-patient confidentiality and it had not had any knowledge of their contents.
A spokeswoman for the German health ministry said doctors could break confidentiality if it was thought the patient represented a danger to other people.
Mr Kumpa added: "There still is no evidence that the co-pilot said beforehand that he would do what we have to assume was done and we haven't found a letter or anything like that that contains a confession."
Mr Kumpa said: "We have not found anything in his surrounding [environment] - be it personal or his family or his professional surrounding - that is giving us any hints that enable us to say anything about his motivation."
There had been some media reports that Lubitz had problems with his vision, possibly a detached retina.
But Mr Kumpa said there was no documentation on any eyesight problems that were caused by an "organic illness".
There has also been widespread speculation about Lubitz's romantic life.
One unconfirmed report has suggested his long-term girlfriend was pregnant, while an ex-girlfriend revealed that he vowed last year to do something memorable.
"One day I'm going to do something that will change the whole system, and everyone will know my name and remember," she quoted him as saying.
Flight 4U 9525 crashed near the French Alpine village of Le Vernet on 24 March, flying from Barcelona to Duesseldorf.
The cockpit voice recorder suggested Lubitz crashed the plane deliberately after locking pilot Patrick Sondenheimer out of the cockpit.
Capt Sondenheimer is heard banging on the door, screaming, "Open the damn door!"
The data recorder, which tracks the plane's altitude, speed and direction, has not yet been found.
Lufthansa board chairman Kay Kratky on Monday warned it may have been too badly damaged and may not be sending signals.
Bad weather has halted helicopter flights to the site, forcing investigators to get there on foot.
An access road to the remote site is being dug by a bulldozer to provide all-terrain vehicles with access to the area and could be completed by Monday evening.
A support centre for victims' families has been opened at a hotel in Marseille, from where Germanwings plans to provide counselling and visits to the crash site.
In Germany, a 100-strong task force is investigating the crash. While 50 police work on the murder inquiry, the others are obtaining DNA samples to help identify victims' remains.
An official memorial service for those on board flight 4U 9525 from Barcelona to Duesseldorf will be held on 17 April in Germany's most famous church - Cologne Cathedral - in the presence of President Joachim Gauck and Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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The study, commissioned by Liverpool City Council, said the move from Goodison Park could take up to 50% of the 130-acre Walton Hall Park.
Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson said the report is an independent investigation into the potential impact and "in no way a plan or an agreement".
Campaigners said the report ignored the "major" issue of traffic and parking.
A spokesperson for the Save Walton Hall Park group said "not a lot of the park will be left to improve" if 40 to 50% was lost to the stadium development.
Everton has been in talks with Liverpool City Council to collaborate on a new stadium since June 2013.
Mayor Anderson said: "I can state that, at this time, no plans have been presented to us by Everton FC, but clearly it would be irresponsible of us to allow anyone to come to us with any proposal, for anywhere in the city, without us first taking a full and in-depth look at the situation."
The feasibility study, conducted by consultancy firm Volterra Partners, said the proposed stadium could accommodate 50,000 fans and remaining green space "would be upgraded".
It reported 30,000 sq m (323,000 sq ft) of leisure and retail space could be created if Everton moved to the park, originally opened to the public in 1934.
The scheme could also include university facilities for sports, a school and a bigger health practice.
The study added current facilities could also be provided as part of the redevelopment, including the leisure centre, children's play area and sports pitches.
A Save Walton Hall Park spokesperson said
"We will have a generation of children who will never live and play in local parks and green space. They will live in a concrete jungle.
"The report looks good on paper [but] in the real community they do not always work."
The 41,000-capacity Goodison Park is one of the oldest football stadiums and has been the home of Everton since it opened in 1892.
Their local rivals Liverpool revealed plans in April to increase their stadium's capacity at Anfield from 45,500 to almost 59,000.
Police said the accident happened at about 12:10 on the A697 near to Greenlaw.
The man was badly hurt and has been taken to the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh for treatment.
Inquiries into the full circumstances of the incident are ongoing and anyone with information has been asked by police to come forward.
The Egypt Football Association (EFA) has awarded the points to Al Makasa, who arrived to play the game.
The EFA has added that it will also deduct three points from Zamalek at the end of the season.
The sanctions mean Zamalek are now in effect 27 points behind league leaders Al Ahly, who have a game in hand.
Security concerns meant that the game could not be played as originally planned on Saturday, which is Christian holiday in Egypt.
Both teams asked for the match be played in midweek as they felt it was also too soon after two Coptic Christian churches were attacked on 9 April.
However the EFA refused that request and scheduled the game for Sunday.
Zamalek's largest and most passionate supporters group the Ultras White Knights have released a statement on social media demanding Mansour's resignation.
They blame the chairman for the clubs problems and have asked fans, ex-players and everyone from Zamalek to 'save the club from Mansour'.
Fans of the club are disowning the club with one tweet saying "this is now Mansour and his sons' club and no longer Zamalek."
Another fan added "we need who stop this man and save our club."
Former Egypt international Mido, who also played and coached the club, is also concerned at what is happening at Zamalek.
"Fighting and winning is the only way to end your suffering, I can't understand why they wanted to postpone the match," he tweeted.
It is not the first time that Mansour has courted controversy.
In 2015 he withdrew the team from the league over referees before going back on that decision.
He also has a reputation for sacking coaches who fail to impress - none of the last five permanent bosses have lasted more than 17 matches.
Sunday's forfeited match should have been a second game in charge for Portuguese coach Augusto Inacio after losing his first on Monday 2-0 to Enppi.
The body was found at a property on Carlton Road, Bordesley Green, at about 23.30 BST on Friday.
The man is yet to be formally identified but police said he was believed to be a 34-year-old from the Yardley area, reported missing on Thursday.
They said they believed the 11 people arrested were known to the man.
They are: Five men aged 45, 33, 28, 24 and 23, four women aged 50, 41, 25 and 19 and two boys, both aged 15.
A post-mortem examination is yet to take place.
West Midlands Police called on anyone who saw the man's car - a white Toyota Yaris registration FM64 PHU - in and around Carlton Road in the last two days to come forward.
The car was found about a mile away in Adderley Road on Friday.
Det Insp Warren Hines said: "We are currently treating his death as suspicious and we took swift action to arrest 11 people at the scene - who we believe were known to the man - on suspicion of his murder."
Saturday's 1-0 loss at relegated Alloa means the Easter Road side have collected a mere four points from their last seven Championship games.
Falkirk, six points ahead in second place, visit on Tuesday.
"You look for responses and there's a lot of big characters in the dressing room and at times like this we need them to shine through," said Stubbs.
Stubbs said he was "surprised" by a "disappointing performance" at part-time Alloa, adding: "We need to move on very quickly.
"I'm glad we've got a big game that can pick us up."
The former Everton defender also insisted he would have no difficulty lifting his players for the match against Falkirk, who have played two more games in the league.
"The players have pride and that pride has been dented," Stubbs told BBC Scotland.
"But they know it's just a matter of time before it changes again.
"There's a lot of quality in the dressing room and that's what give me the confidence to know that as well losing a few games you can very easily win a few."
Hibs finished a distant second behind Hearts last year only to fall against this season's champions Rangers at the semi-final stage of the play-offs.
Failing to overhaul Falkirk would mean two legs against Raith Rovers, with the Bairns waiting in the semi-final to decide who meets the 11th-placed side from the Premiership.
"Obviously, we would like to finish second," said Stubbs. "How important that is, I don't think anyone can tell.
"We had it last year and it didn't necessarily point to us having a better opportunity to get promoted.
"Some will say not having that break can work in your favour and it's another chance to build momentum."
Hibs lost the League Cup final to Ross County last month and will be back at Hampden on Saturday for a Scottish Cup semi-final with Dundee United.
"Our priority is promotion," said Stubbs. "It has been from the beginning.
"But we have an opportunity to get to another major final. Our attention is on Falkirk first, then we look forward.
"I can't emphasise this strongly enough; we have, potentially, a very exciting end to the season.
"While that's in front of us, we're going to be doing our upmost to make that possible."
Simmons left the Ireland job in 2013 after six successful years to take charge of his native West Indies.
But last September the 53-year-old former Test opener was dismissed, with Joel Garner taking temporary charge.
The Afghanistan Cricket Board said Simmons would assist head coach Lalchand Rajput on technical issues.
As well as the four-day Intercontinental Cup matches, Ireland will play Afghanistan in five one-day internationals and three T20 games, all in Greater Noida.
Under Simmons, Ireland qualified for the 2011 and 2015 World Cups, achieving wins over Test nations England, West Indies and Zimbabwe.
The Windies appointed ex-Australia batsman Stuart Law as Simmons' full-time successor last week.
Prof Rafael Bengoa was speaking after a health summit in Belfast.
The panel put a set of principles to politicians who now have until 26 February to agree them.
If the politicians reach consensus they will underpin the work of the panel as they design a new model for health.
Health Minister Simon Hamilton described Wednesday's discussions as "very constructive".
The SDLP and the Ulster Unionists have questioned the timing of the summit, just months before an election.
Arlene Foster's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and the four other main parties took part.
The DUP Health Minister Simon Hamilton announced the panel members in January.
The panel consists of two local doctors, two health service managers originally from Northern Ireland and two international experts.
It is chaired by Prof Rafael Bengoa, who is regarded as a worldwide expert on health reform and is also a former health minister for the Spanish Basque Country.
The panel was suggested by Sir Liam Donaldson in his 2015 report, which said there were too many hospitals in Northern Ireland and expertise was too thinly spread.
It highlighted duplication and called for a simpler, more efficient system.
Ross Morgan, 25, was watching the Ipswich v Norwich play-off match on television at home on Saturday when Paul Anderson equalised.
In his excitement, Mr Morgan jumped and put a fist-sized hole in the ceiling.
After he tweeted a photograph of the damage, Ipswich winger Anderson offered to foot the bill.
Salesman Mr Morgan, from Wetherby, near Leeds, said he was "shocked" at the gesture.
"I only sent it to him because I thought he might have thought it was funny," said Mr Morgan. "Then he replied saying he'd pay for it. I was pretty shocked by that. It's a great gesture from him.
"I'm 25 years old but footballers who play for your team are still your heroes. It was really good of him."
Mr Morgan said he was watching the game with four friends at the rented home he shares with his girlfriend.
"I wasn't too happy because they'd [Norwich] just scored but then when Ando scored I just lost it," he said.
"I went for a fist pump while jumping up at the same time. The next thing I knew I had gone through the ceiling."
Mr Morgan said he is unsure how he will react if Ipswich beat Norwich on Saturday to reach the Championship play-off final at Wembley.
"l really don't know what I would do. Maybe the TV would go through the window. I'd really love to go to Wembley."
Managing Editor Will Dana apologised to readers and "all of those who were damaged by our story and the ensuing fallout".
The November 2014 article described a gang rape at a University of Virginia fraternity house in 2012.
A four-month police investigation found no evidence that the incident occurred.
However, police chief Timothy Longo said that did not mean "something terrible didn't happen" to the student known as Jackie.
When the story was published, it prompted student protests and a renewed national debate about sexual violence at US college.
The Columbia School of Journalism report, commissioned by Rolling Stone, described the article as "a story of journalistic failure".
Written by journalist Sabrina Erdely, the 9,000-word article A Rape on Campus relied on Jackie as the sole source to tell the story of an alleged rape at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house.
Subsequent investigations by other reporters and Ms Erdely herself identified errors in the reporting of the piece.
The Columbia School of Journalism report said the magazine failed to use "basic, even routine journalistic practice" to verify the details after Ms Erdely failed to contact the alleged attackers.
"The failure encompassed reporting, editing, editorial supervision and fact-checking", and there were "systematic failures" at the magazine, the report said.
The report went on to suggest that the article had undermined work to stop sexual violence as it "spread the idea that many women invent rape allegations".
Mr Dana described the report as "painful reading", and said the magazine was committing itself to a series of recommendations in the report.
He apologised to all those affected by the story, "including members of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and UVA administrators and students".
"Sexual assault is a serious problem on college campuses, and it is important that rape victims feel comfortable stepping forward," he added.
"It saddens us to think that their willingness to do so might be diminished by our failings."
Ms Erdely also apologised in a statement released alongside the report.
Columbia said that Jackie had declined to answer questions for the report and that her lawyer said it "is in her best interest to remain silent at this time."
Former Olympian Goodwin, 26, says he quit athletics "more than a year ago" to focus on American football and therefore stopped giving Usada his whereabouts for testing.
However, a Usada spokesperson told BBC Sport Goodwin submitted his whereabouts for the first quarter of 2017.
Usada therefore attempted to test him on 17 January, resulting in a missed test - his second whereabouts failure - while the body conducted an out of competition test on Goodwin in his capacity as a track and field athlete on 12 May.
Goodwin's first whereabouts failure occurred when he failed to submit his fourth quarter 2016 filings by the deadline.
His third failure came when he did not supply his second quarter 2017 filings in time.
Under the whereabouts system, athletes must specify where they will be for one hour a day, seven days a week, for three months in advance, as well as where they will be training each day.
A missed test or filing failure constitutes a whereabouts failure and any combination of three breaches in a 12-month period is considered an anti-doping violation.
For Goodwin, who finished 10th in the long jump at London 2012 and has played in the NFL as a wide receiver since 2013, this has resulted in a one-year ban from 1 April 2017, the date of his third whereabouts failure.
In a statement, Goodwin said: "I discontinued all practices associated with competing in track and field, including submitting my whereabouts information.
"It appears that because I did not inform Usada of my plans, my name was inadvertently included in their 2017 testing pool."
Usada says Goodwin, who missed out on selection for Rio 2016 at US trials in July last year, has still not informed it in writing as required that he would like to retire from athletics, despite "multiple opportunities over months" to do so.
As an elite track and field athlete he was therefore entered into the world athletics' governing body (IAAF)/Usada registered testing pool.
"He sometimes filed his whereabouts, he was tested and he never informed us - despite being told in writing and through on-line education that he needed to inform us - that he wished to retire or otherwise not participate in the sport," said a Usada spokesperson.
Usada says Goodwin submitted a whereabouts form in the second quarter of 2017 and it conducted an out of competition test in May.
"We always ensure athletes are aware that we are the organisation conducting the tests," said a Usada spokesperson. "We are not involved with the NFL drug testing program."
Usada added they confirmed Goodwin's first whereabouts failure with him and, as with all such cases, notified him in writing that he was still in the registered testing pool.
"What is disappointing is that he was informed he needed to either provide his whereabouts and be available for testing or retire from the sport if he was no longer competing," said Usada.
"He had multiple opportunities over months to do this and was well educated on these procedures but he chose not to do either, and as a result was not able to be tested.
"This is clearly not ideal for us from a testing standpoint."
Goodwin will not be subject to a ban under NFL rules, the 49ers say.
The NFL is not a signatory of Usada or the World Anti-Doping Code and has its own performance-enhancing substances policy.
Goodwin was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in 2013, playing 49 games in four seasons before signing a two-year deal with the 49ers in March 2017.
In a statement, the 49ers said: "Marquise informed the organisation some time ago that he has no intentions of competing in track and field and has been entirely focused on his football career for more than a year."
"We have been in touch with the League office regarding this matter, and understand that Marquise will not be subject to discipline under the NFL policy on performance-enhancing substances as a result of Usada's decision."
Goodwin, who won the Diamond League event in Birmingham in June 2016, added he has never failed a test and has always been "compliant with each and every protocol and policy" during his competitive athletics career.
Thirty five firefighters attended the BMW Mercedes garage in Woodham Road, Barry at 17:15 BST on Wednesday.
A wall and roof of the building collapsed and the five vehicles inside were all damaged.
A spokeswoman for South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said: "The fire has been extinguished now, but it is expected to smoulder overnight."
The cause of the fire is believed to be accidental at this stage.
The former NBA player is travelling as a private citizen.
"I'm just trying to open the door," he told reporters at Beijing airport, en route to the reclusive state.
He made headlines after befriending North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on previous trips to Pyongyang in 2013 and 2014. Mr Rodman has called him his "friend for life".
The US state department said it is aware of his visit.
"We wish him well. But we have issued travel warnings to Americans and suggested they not travel to North Korea for their own safety," said US Under Secretary of State Thomas Shannon, according to Reuters news agency.
"My purpose is to actually see if I can keep bringing sports to North Korea, so that's the main thing," Mr Rodman told reporters.
It is unclear whether he will also bring up the detention of US citizens in the country.
US and North Korean tensions have intensified under President Donald Trump, who has said he fears a "major, major conflict" breaking out between the two countries.
However, the president has also said he would be "honoured" to meet Mr Kim, in the right circumstances.
Speaking at the airport on Tuesday, Mr Rodman said: "I am pretty much sure that he [Trump] is happy with the fact that I am over here trying to accomplish something that we both need."
When asked about Mr Rodman's North Korea visits in 2013, Mr Trump called the ex-basketball player "smart".
"You look at the world, the world is blowing up around us. Maybe Dennis is a lot better than what we have," Mr Trump told Fox News.
Mr Rodman had been a contestant on Mr Trump's reality TV show The Celebrity Apprentice that same year.
In 2014, Mr Trump flatly dismissed rumours that the pair might travel to North Korea together.
Mr Rodman endorsed Mr Trump's presidential campaign.
The former Chicago Bulls star also once encouraged former US President Barack Obama to "pick up the phone and call" Mr Kim, emphasising that the two leaders both liked basketball.
His trips have been referred to as "basketball diplomacy" in the US press.
He has offered invites to the country to many well-known figures, from US media mogul Oprah Winfrey to director Seth Rogen, who co-directed the controversial 2014 comedy The Interview about assassinating a North Korean leader.
In 2014, he told luxury lifestyle magazine DuJour he had approached the US government for support but was rejected.
He also implied the US - then under the Obama administration - may not let him return home if he went to North Korea again.
He has previously broken down in tears during TV interviews, saying he has had death threats over his trips, which have been condemned by human rights activists.
Although at one point he did tweet Mr Kim to ask if he would "do me a solid and let Kenneth Bae loose" - referring to a US-Korean missionary who served two years of a 15-year jail term for trying to overthrow the government.
Mr Bae later thanked Mr Rodman for raising public awareness of his case.
On Twitter on Tuesday, Mr Rodman said his latest trip was being sponsored by a company that provides digital currency for the marijuana industry. He wore fully branded clothes to the airport.
A previous trip to the country was sponsored by a betting company.
The incident happened about 1600 GMT on Sunday before a flight departure.
A spokesperson for the airport said passengers were on board while waiting for aircraft to be de-iced.
The flight was the 1445 GMT Amsterdam service.
Passengers were offloaded and the flight was cancelled.
A spokesperson for Easyjet said:
"EasyJet can confirm that flight EZY6773 from Belfast to Amsterdam on 20 November was cancelled due to a technical issue resulting from an airport vehicle accidentally hitting the aircraft during boarding.
"The safety and wellbeing of our passengers and crew is always easyJet's highest priority.
"The Captain kept the passengers informed and they were given the option of being rebooked onto the next available flight or obtain a refund.
Passengers were offered meals and hotel accommodation if they needed it.
The company apologised for any "inconvenience caused."
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The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) found that NHS Wales appears to be performing no better or worse than the rest of the UK.
But how does Wales sit alongside the other nations in what it does and the challenges it faces?
HOW MUCH DO WE SPEND ON HEALTHCARE IN WALES?
Wales spends 48% of its budget on health and social care - set to be £7.1bn over the next year (2016/17).
The issue of how much Wales spends on health compared to England - and how the NHS is performing in the two nations - has been a political hot potato.
The OECD says following the 2008 financial crisis and budget squeezes, Wales decided to balance spending cuts more evenly between health and social care - whereas in England, social services have borne the brunt.
It pulls out these three figures to illustrate this:
But Mark Pearson, head of the health division at the OECD, said: "Let's get something very clear - it's not to do with money. It's not that you spend more money and get better quality of care.
"Poor quality care costs you - if you mess up your operation it will cost you a lot more to put right. It's not to do with the amount of resources in the system but to get the people on the ground to actually do the things the fantastic policies want them to do.
"That's not really happening across the four nations of the UK but for different reasons in each country."
HOW DOES NHS WALES PERFORM, COMPARED WITH OTHER UK NATIONS?
It's not straightforward comparing like with like; that's the first point.
There are a "surprisingly limited" number of indicators to compare patients in the different UK nations.
Based on the available information, "no one health system appears to consistently outperform the others," says the OECD.
It goes on to look at some specifics:
The OECD suggests concerns over comparing Wales with England could be overcome if Wales was compared with a region like the north east of England instead.
This chimes in with the Nuffield Trust's research for BBC Wales last year, which looked to compare Wales with that region.
CHALLENGES FACING THE NHS IN WALES
AGEING: The UK's population is getting older - and the over 65s will make up a quarter of it by 2050. The issue is even more pronounced in Wales. More than a third of the population of Wales is expected to be over the age of 60 by 2055 and by 2069, those aged over 75 will be the biggest proportion of all age groups.
Our mid-2014 estimated median age is 42.1 years, compared to 38 years in Northern Ireland.
CHRONIC CONDITIONS: With people living longer, this means more people with chronic and complicated conditions to treat.
The burden is increasing in the UK - including diabetes and kidney disease - but is even higher in Wales.
ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGES AND HEALTH NEEDS: The OECD recognises that Wales is the most economically deprived of the UK nations and that this lower income per head has "likely impacts" on health and wellbeing, and demand for NHS services.
Drinking, smoking and obesity are well publicised issues and relative health needs are higher in Wales than in all nations apart from Northern Ireland.
The OECD looked at National Audit Office estimates of health need in the different nations and health boards and primary care trusts within them.
The first-half incident had gone unpunished during Friday's Premiership match, but he was later cited.
Later in the game, Clark, 27, was yellow-carded for bundling a Warriors player into touch off the ball.
He will miss league matches against Newcastle and Leicester, and the Champions Cup game against Leinster.
"The panel found this was not a premeditated act but an intentional strike to the head of an opponent that merited a mid-range entry point of three weeks," an RFU statement read.
"The player's remorse before the panel was genuine and heartfelt."
Gwynn Roberts and wife Valerie, from Prestatyn in Denbighshire, had to be rescued by police after being stuck in their car for four hours.
Local newspapers have reported about 100 people needed help after the A67 Santander motorway became blocked.
Snow is causing widespread disruption in central and northern Spain.
Mr Roberts said: "We were coming out of Santander and had just been on the ferry. They told us it had been snowing and to be careful. We set off on the motorway and there was a bit of snow and ice - not a lot.
"As we carried on, it started again, really heavy snow. I have not even seen it like that in Snowdonia."
The couple had been heading for Marbella when they became trapped by the snow.
He said they are still at the village school in Aguilar de Campoo, along with about eight other British nationals who have also been stranded.
Mr Roberts added: "Come to Spain for the winter sun, they say, and you get loads of snow."
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Jeremy was ok after and the video of the heroic kitty went viral, attracting over 24 million views.
It has been over a year since the attack happened in California, America, and now Tara has been honoured for her bravery.
The president of the organisation that gave the award said: 'We were so impressed by Tara's bravery and fast action that the selection committee decided that a cat this spectacular should be the National Hero Dog.'
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The 25-year-old faced a four-year ban after failing an out-of-competition test in October 2015.
He was banned in December but the International Cricket Council has now lifted the sanction after declaring Perera's results "not sustainable".
Perera returns to the game "without restriction and with immediate effect".
ICC chief executive David Richardson said the governing body was "troubled" by the case.
He added: "We wish to make it clear that there is no evidence that Mr Perera has ever used performance-enhancing substances and we wish him well in his future cricketing endeavours."
In a statement, the ICC said the World Anti-Doping Agency-accredited laboratory in Qatar that conducted the tests had withdrawn its adverse finding after an independent review could not rule out the possibility that the substance - 19-Norandrostenedione - had been produced naturally by the player or formed in the samples after they were provided.
"Whilst I am confident that this is an isolated incident in respect of tests commissioned by the ICC, we are seeking an urgent explanation from Wada and the laboratory in an attempt to understand what has transpired and what will be done to ensure it does not happen again," Richardson said.
"Had it not been for the diligence of Mr Perera's legal team and the ICC's own desire to uncover the explanation for the reported findings, the consequences could well have been different, and that should be of concern to all involved in the fight against doping.
"We regret what Mr Perera has had to endure, and would like to commend him for the manner in which he has conducted himself throughout this period."
Sri Lanka are currently in England preparing for the first Test at Headingley, which starts on 19 May.
A 40mph speed restriction on the Forth Road Bridge led to long tailbacks in the area and reports of hour-long delays on the A92 and a six-mile queue on the M90.
There were also problems on the M73 at the Baillieston Interchange, on the A8 in North Lanarkshire and on the M77.
Flights from some Scottish airports were also affected by the fog.
There were a number of cancellations from Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Edinburgh Airport said flights were able to take off and land there but that fog in London, Amsterdam and Cardiff had resulted in delays and cancellations.
Glasgow Airport tweeted: "Due to fog elsewhere, some of our flights are delayed or cancelled this morning. Please check with your airline for further details."
Brian Sim, 30, was meant to be flying home from Heathrow to Glasgow first thing on Monday morning.
He said: "My original flight was cancelled outright, and I was booked on a replacement six hours later. However the replacement has now been delayed by another two hours.
"I was meant to be at work at 9am this morning. Luckily my colleagues have been able to cover for me so far, but it's still not clear if I'll make it back for my evening shift."
He added: "There are a lot of people standing around and queuing at the airport, but it's a fairly sedate atmosphere to be honest."
On the M90, police said some drivers had been illegally using the bus lane to avoid the congestion. They said anyone caught doing this would face a fine.
The delays around the Forth Road Bridge were caused by a combination of the speed restrictions and a lane closure due to ongoing roadworks. The speed restrictions were later lifted.
Traffic Scotland was tweeting updates throughout the morning rush hour.
It said: "Lots of fog affecting the network this morning. Please use appropriate lights and drive safe."
It later jokingly appealed for help to "locate" the Forth Road Bridge as a further blanket of fog moved in.
South Africa did not want to execute ICC arrest warrants which would lead to "regime change", a minister said.
Last year, a South African court criticised the government for refusing to arrest Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir.
He is wanted by the ICC on charges of genocide and war crimes.
Mr Bashir was attending an African Union summit in Johannesburg, when the government ignored an ICC request to arrest him.
He denies allegations that he committed atrocities in Sudan's troubled western Darfur region.
Several media outlets say they have obtained a copy of the "Instrument of Withdrawal", signed by South Africa's foreign minister.
"The Republic of South Africa has found that its obligations with respect to the peaceful resolution of conflicts at times are incompatible with the interpretation given by the International Criminal Court," the document says.
Justice Minister Michael Masutha said at a press conference that the government would table legislation in parliament to withdraw South Africa from the ICC.
The Rome Statute, under which the ICC was set up, required the arrest of heads of state for whom a warrant was issued.
The consequence of this would be "regime change" and the statute was incompatible with South African legislation which gave heads of state diplomatic immunity, he added.
Analysis: Anna Holligan, BBC ICC correspondent
The ICC has a notoriously fractious relationship with the African continent. Despite 34 African nations voluntarily signing up to the court's jurisdiction - in recent years a handful of governments have decided their idea of international justice is incompatible with that set out in the Rome Statute.
When the Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta was charged with crimes against humanity, the African Union argued that heads of state should be entitled to immunity for the duration of their term in office, a direct contravention of the ICC's raison d'etre to hold the most powerful to account. The trial against Mr Kenyatta later collapsed because of a lack of evidence.
There were almost farcical scenes when the Sudanese president attended a summit in Johannesburg at the invitation of the African Union, then disappeared during dinner after resounding calls from human rights groups for South Africa to uphold its obligation as a member of the ICC to detain him in line with the outstanding arrest warrant.
It seems this divided loyalty between the competing demands of AU and ICC has driven South Africa to initiate the process of pulling out. Nine out of 10 of the ICC's current investigations are in Africa - leading to allegations of bias against African countries.
So is this the beginning of the end of the world's first permanent war crimes court? The answer will partly depend on whether this withdrawal generates a domino effect.
Human Rights Watch has criticised South Africa's decision.
"South Africa's proposed withdrawal from the International Criminal Court shows startling disregard for justice from a country long seen as a global leader on accountability for victims of the gravest crimes," said Dewa Mavhinga, the NGO's Africa division senior researcher.
"It's important both for South Africa and the region that this runaway train be slowed down and South Africa's hard-won legacy of standing with victims of mass atrocities be restored," Mr Mavhinga said.
Mr Masutha said the government had also decided to drop its appeal against a ruling of South Africa's High Court, that it had violated its international obligations by failing to arrest Mr Bashir.
The appeal was due to have been heard next month.
The move to leave comes a week after the South African President Jacob Zuma visited Kenya, a country that has been highly critical of the ICC ever since the prosecutor charged its President Uhuru Kenyatta with crimes against humanity.
He denied the charges, and the trial later collapsed beceause of a lack of evidence.
The ICC and global justice:
What is the International Criminal Court?
Two weeks ago Burundi said it would pull out of the ICC - a decision described by the court as "a setback in the fight against impunity". MPs backed the decision and its president signed the measure into law on Tuesday.
Last year, Namibia also said it planned to withdraw from the ICC, describing the court as an an "abomination" which wanted to "dictate" to Africans on how they should be governed.
Previously, the African Union has urged member states not to co-operate with the ICC, accusing it of being racially biased against Africa by failing to prosecute suspected war criminals from other parts of the world.
The ICC denies the allegation, saying it pursues justice on behalf of Africans who are victims of atrocities.
The 124-member ICC opened in 2002. It is the first legal body with permanent international jurisdiction to prosecute genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
The school roll at Trossachs Primary in Brig o'Turk fell from five to zero at the end of last term.
The future of the Victorian school now lies in the hands of the local authority, Stirling Council.
Its education committee will discuss a proposal to close the school temporarily pending a final decision on its long-term future.
The school, which opened in 1875, has one classroom and shares its headmistress with the 10-classroom primary school in Callander, less than seven miles away.
A Stirling Council spokesman said: "As there are no children enrolled to attend Trossachs Primary School after the summer holidays, and following discussions with local parents, a report will be taken to next week's education committee to propose that it be mothballed for school session 2016/2017."
Last term, the remaining pupils were offered some lessons at Callander.
Local councillor Martin Earl said: "No one wants to see any schools close but when pupil numbers get as low as they have at Trossachs Primary School, the parents must make decisions that are in their children's best interests and if that is addressed by moving to another, larger, school then no other criteria is relevant."
George Martin, 88, nabbed the small lead Sherman tank used for training from Bovington in Dorset in 1944.
Mr Martin, from Crondall, Hampshire, kept the tank as pride of place on his mantelpiece but has returned it to the camp, now home of the Tank Museum.
He said: "I was worried that if I died it would be thrown away and that its story would be forgotten".
Mr Martin had trained with 52RTR as a gunner for a Sherman tank.
In order to simulate conditions on a firing range, a series of small lead Sherman tanks had been laid out on a table top for the trainees to take shots at.
Mr Martin said after the training was over he decided he would like one of them to keep as a souvenir.
The little tank went with him around the rest of his service in Egypt, Japan and Burma until he left the Army in 1953.
Mr Martin visited the Tank Museum to present his treasured souvenir to curator David Willey.
Mr Willey said: "This lead tank is not an item we previously held in the collection and coming to us with such a good story - and the fact it's been cherished so long by its owner - makes this a very worthy addition to our collections here."
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Greg Docherty had put Accies in front early on with a powerful 12-yard shot.
But Frenchman Pogba popped up at the back post to neatly nod in a measured Steven Lawless delivery.
And the turnaround was complete late on as substitute Kris Doolan crossed for Edwards to head home his first Jags goal.
The Australian was not even meant to be starting the match, but was drafted in as a late replacement for Liam Lindsay, who injured himself in the warm-up.
His match-winning contribution means Partick Thistle jump above Dundee into seventh place, and Jags fans will surely be allowing themselves to dream of a late surge into the top six, rather than worry about any relegation threat.
That is still a concern for Accies though, who failed to make the most of another Kilmarnock defeat - by Celtic earlier in the day - with player-manager Martin Canning undoubtedly tearing his hair out at how to seal a victory in front of the club's own fans.
Docherty, who has been with Hamilton since the age of nine, is developing a habit of scoring against Partick Thistle.
This strike was only the third of the 19-year-old's career, but it's the second time the Jags have been victim to him popping up in the right place at the right time.
His effort - which hit the roof of the net after taking a slight deflection on its way in - owed much to the industry of Gramoz Kurtaj on the left hand side. The German held the ball up well before rolling it diagonally towards the penalty spot for Docherty to convert emphatically.
The visitors took most of the first half to adjust to losing Lindsay and could have been two goals down had Eamonn Brophy not strayed offside before collecting Docherty's pass and finishing into the far corner.
Partick Thistle made the perfect start to the second half, though.
Paul Pogba scored at the Allianz Arena for Juventus against Bayern Munich in the Champions League during the week, but in South Lanarkshire brother Mathias equalised for the Jags versus Hamilton.
It was a neat downward header past Michael McGovern at the back post and came about thanks to an excellently weighted cross by Lawless from the left.
Brophy, in for the suspended Carlton Morris, remained lively for the hosts and watched his angled shot flash over.
But it was Partick Thistle who had the last laugh, snatching their first win in four attempts when Edwards' positive run met Doolan's centre.
The news comes amid growing criticism of the software's user interface.
Microsoft said the revision to the operating system (OS), codenamed Windows Blue, would be released at Build, a three-day developers event in San Francisco starting on 26 June.
However, while the company said it had listened to "feedback", it has still not disclosed what changes are planned.
Microsoft added that a final version of Windows Blue would be released before the end of the year, and highlighted that it had already sold more than 100 million licences for the system.
The Verge, ZDNet and other tech blogs have reported that the update could mean Microsoft reversing its decision to remove the start button from the system's desktop environment.
They also suggested it would give users the option of booting their PCs directly into Windows 8's desktop mode rather than having to visit the tile-based Start menu screen first.
On Tuesday the Financial Times ran a front-page story suggesting that a U-turn over key elements of Windows 8 would mark "one of the most prominent admissions of failure for a new mass-market consumer product since Coca-Cola's New Coke fiasco nearly 30 years ago".
This was a reference to the beverage makers' decision to launch and then abandon a new version of its fizzy drink.
The FT's article followed a news briefing given by Microsoft to mark the first six months of Windows 8.
The tech company has issued a statement taking issue with the report.
"It is unfortunate that the Financial Times did not accurately represent the content or the context of our conversation about the good response to date on Windows 8 and the positive opportunities ahead on both Windows 8 and Windows Blue," it said.
"Our perspective is accurately reflected in many other interviews on this topic as well as in a Q&A with [chief financial officer] Tami Reller posted on the Windows blog."
The FT told the BBC it stood by its story.
More than 1.5 billion devices used Windows 7 and earlier versions of the system at the time of Windows 8's launch, making the OS both the most popular of its kind and one of the company's key sources of revenue.
However, Microsoft was aware that sales of tablets and other touch-controlled devices had been growing at a much faster rate than PCs.
This helped prompt it to introduce a new start screen, initially dubbed "Metro", containing resizable tiles that could be tapped and swiped to launch and navigate apps.
Users can still switch to a more traditional desktop mode by clicking on an icon, but the environment lacks the start menu button offered since Windows 95.
This caused some people to become confused about how to shut down their PC and carry out other tasks. Several third-party developers subsequently released their own software allowing users to restore the facility.
"Many people have recoiled in horror at Windows 8 because it is such a stark change over what they had become used to over the past 15 or so years," Chris Green, principal technology analyst at consultants Davies Murphy Group Europe, told the BBC.
"Unless you are using it on a brand-new computer or laptop with a touchscreen display it's not as intuitive to use as Microsoft makes out - and these are still premium-priced products."
Since businesses traditionally wait until at least a major service pack has come out before updating their computers to a new OS, the major impact of the changes has mostly been limited to consumers.
But Mr Green added that it would be a worry for Microsoft if companies now opted to skip Windows 8 in the same way many had previously decided not to install Windows Vista.
"Microsoft wouldn't necessarily miss out on revenue from their largest blue-chip customers because they pay an annual subscription fee for access to its tech whether they use it or not," he said.
"But it's the mid-sized companies - who buy computers and software as they need it - which is where the big money and margins are."
Microsoft has acknowledged that "there is a learning curve [to Windows 8] and we can work to address that," but it also points out it has sold a similar number of licences for the OS as were achieved over the first six months of Windows 7's life.
"It's too early to say that it's flopped," said Benedict Evans, a digital media specialist at research firm Enders Analysis.
"However, there's clearly a lot of pushback from consumers and corporates about the radical change the firm wants to make in the user interface.
"The broader issue is that Microsoft is building an operating system designed with a touchscreen in mind. That's essential for its future because computing is shifting to tablets and mobile, where Microsoft has been irrelevant."
"What in effect they've done is compromise the desktop experience to create a great tablet and mobile experience. The problem is that it's the desktop buyers that pay for everything right now."
The 28-year-old was restricted to 18 Bantams appearances after joining last summer because of a broken leg.
Anderson has played 292 times in his career for teams including Nottingham Forest and Ipswich Town.
"Paul is a player of proven quality with a lot of Championship experience," said Cobblers manager Rob Page.
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The number of visitors from North America shot up by 34%.
While in the UK, the visitors spent £2.2bn, a rise of 2%, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
The increase comes as the weak pound makes the UK more affordable for visitors, but also follows terror attacks in London and Manchester.
Meanwhile, UK residents took a June record of 7.2 million trips abroad, up 4%.
However, with the fall in the value of sterling putting them at a disadvantage, the amount they spent leapt by 15% to £4.6bn.
The big increase in visitors from North America, from 483,000 in June of last year to 650,000 this year, was "clearly buoyed by the particularly sharp drop of the pound against the dollar since mid-2016", according to Howard Archer, chief economic adviser to the EY Item Club.
The number of visitors from Europe rose by 2% to 2.241 million.
The weaker value of the pound since the Brexit referendum vote means that the UK is now a much cheaper destination than it used to be.
Many mainland Europeans, Americans and Chinese people are taking advantage of that.
That's clear from the cacophony of different languages and accents outside Buckingham Palace, and on the streets around the Palace of Westminster.
"It's a little more economical than it was a few years ago," says one visiting American tourist.
Meanwhile, a German man said the euro-pound rate has "made me quite happy".
UK tourism sector booms as sterling falls
The best month so far this year was April, with 3.7 million visitors coming to the UK - up 19% from a year earlier.
Over the April-to-June quarter the number of visitors from overseas rose to 10.75 million, up 8% from the same period a year earlier.
But while holiday visits were up by 20% to 4.7 million over the same three months, business visits were down by 4% at 2.4 million.
VisitBritain director Patricia Yates said: "Tourism is one of Britain's most valuable export industries and this continued growth demonstrates the industry's increasing importance as a key driver of economic growth across our nations and regions."
He said disclosure of a secret court document on phone record collection threatened "irreversible harm".
Revelations of an alleged programme to tap into servers of nine internet firms were "reprehensible", he said.
Internet firms deny giving government agents access to their servers.
The director of US national intelligence said he wanted to reassure Americans that the intelligence community was committed to respecting their civil liberties and privacy.
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He issued a strong-worded statement late on Thursday, after the UK's Guardian newspaper said a secret court order had required phone company Verizon to hand over its records to the National Security Agency (NSA) on an "ongoing daily basis".
That report was followed by revelations in both the Washington Post and Guardian that US agencies tapped directly into the servers of nine internet firms to track people in a programme known as Prism.
The reports about Prism will raise fresh questions about how far the US government should encroach on citizens' privacy in the interests of national security.
The NSA confirmed that it had been secretly collecting millions of phone records. But Mr Clapper said the "unauthorized disclosure... threatens potentially long-lasting and irreversible harm to our ability to identify and respond to the many threats facing our nation".
The article omitted "key information" about the use of the records "to prevent terrorist attacks and the numerous safeguards that protect privacy and civil liberties".
He said reports about Prism contained "numerous inaccuracies". While admitting the government collected communications from internet firms, he said the policy only targets "non-US persons".
Prism was reportedly developed in 2007 out of a programme of domestic surveillance without warrants that was set up by President George W Bush after the 9/11 attacks.
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What this highlights is the way we now entrust our data and our privacy almost entirely to American companies, storing it in their "clouds" - vast data centres located in the US.
Prism reportedly does not collect user data, but is able to pull out material that matches a set of search terms.
Mr Clapper said the communications-collection programme was "designed to facilitate the acquisition of foreign intelligence information concerning non-US persons located outside the United States".
"It cannot be used to intentionally target any US citizen, any other US person, or anyone located within the United States," he added.
Mr Clapper said the programme, under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, was recently reauthorised by Congress after hearings and debate.
"Information collected under this program is among the most important and valuable foreign intelligence information we collect, and is used to protect our nation from a wide variety of threats," he added.
But while US citizens were not intended to be the targets of surveillance, the Washington Post says large quantities of content from Americans are nevertheless screened in order to track or learn more about the target.
The data gathered through Prism has grown to become a major contributor to the president's daily briefing and accounts for almost one in seven intelligence reports, it adds.
The Washington Post named the nine companies participating in the programme as Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube and Apple.
In 2006 I was a plaintiff in an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit against the government over a domestic spying programme. Other plaintiffs include the late Christopher Hitchens, and James Bamford, the author of a book, The Shadow Factory, about the NSA.
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Microsoft said in a statement to the BBC that it only turned over customer data when given a legally binding order, and only complied with orders for specific accounts.
"If the government has a broader voluntary national security program to gather customer data we don't participate in it," Microsoft said.
Meanwhile, Yahoo, Apple and Facebook said they did not give the government direct access to their servers.
In a statement, Google said: "Google does not have a 'back door' for the government to access private user data."
On Wednesday, it emerged that the NSA was collecting the phone records of tens of millions of Americans, after the Guardian published a secret order for the Verizon phone company to hand over its records.
A senior congressman, House intelligence committee chairman Mike Rogers, told reporters that collecting Americans' phone records was legal, authorised by Congress and had not been abused by the Obama administration.
He also said it had prevented a "significant" attack on the US "within the past few years", but declined to offer more information.
The order requires Verizon - one of the largest phone companies in the US - to disclose to the NSA the metadata of all calls it processes, both domestic and international, in which at least one party is in the US.
Such metadata includes telephone numbers, calling card numbers, the serial numbers of phones used and the time and duration of calls. It does not include the content of a call or the callers' addresses or financial information.
As surveillance practices come under scrutiny in the US, a new system to monitor phone and internet connections in India is being criticised as "chilling" by New York-based group Human Rights Watch (HRW).
The Central Monitoring System (CMS) enables authorities to follow all online activities, phone calls text messages and social media conversations.
The Indian government said in December 2012 the system would "lawfully intercept internet and telephone services". But HRW says the system by-passes service providers in a country that has no privacy law to protect people from arbitrary intrusions.
In the UK on Wednesday, a committee of MPs criticised a decision to allow Chinese firms such as Huawei to become embedded in British network infrastructure without the knowledge and scrutiny of ministers.
Huawei - which denies close ties with the Chinese state - signed a 2005 telecoms deal with BT to supply equipment for a £10bn major network upgrade.
The Public Accounts Committee added it wanted the service to reach more people via radio, television and online.
It also called on the government to confirm how much money it will grant to the World Service beyond 2020 so it can invest in new language services.
It has already granted the service £289m between 2016 and 2020.
That money is intended to help expand services and strengthen democratic accountability and British values around the world, the National Audit Office said in a report earlier this year.
But the Foreign Office, the BBC and the BBC Trust have not yet agreed on how the success of this will be measured and accountability arrangements should be set out "as quickly as possible", the committee said.
Chair of the Public Accounts Committee Meg Hillier said the BBC World Service "will only prosper if it continues to adapt effectively to changing circumstances and demonstrates a commitment to providing value for money for licence fee payers and taxpayers in general".
She added: "In recent years the government's approach to funding the service has not been consistent and it is vital it sets out its intentions beyond 2020 if the service is to plan properly for the future.
"For its part, the service should be more transparent in reporting its performance and work from up-to-date data when planning its next steps in what remains a competitive and fast-moving environment."
A BBC spokeswoman backed the committee's call for more clarity from the government over funding.
She said: "Thanks to new funding from the government we are now preparing for our biggest expansion since the 1940s - we, like the Public Accounts Committee, would welcome more clarity about whether this funding will continue beyond 2019/20, so we can plan more cost-effectively for the long term.
"We agree we should continue to demonstrate value for money to licence fee payers, but we are unconvinced that our guiding principles of increasing media freedom and bringing Britain's voice to the world are best measured on a cost-per-user basis."
She added: "We do not accept that our record audience figures prove our targets were not sufficiently challenging, especially given the previous cuts to our funding and increased competition globally."
The World Service currently has a weekly audience of 246 million, up from 210 million last year.
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On Monday, Tesla's market value passed Ford's after the firm's shares rose on news it had delivered a record number of cars in the first quarter of 2017.
Tesla's shares continued to rise on Tuesday, putting its value within a whisker of GM's $51bn market size.
Reuters reported earlier that Tesla had surpassed GM's value, but in fact at midday Tesla's value was $2bn lower.
Tesla's stock rose 7% Monday or was up another 1% on Tuesday - breaking through $300-a-share for the first time.
The share price rise was sparked by news that it delivered 25,000 electric vehicles in the first three months of 2017.
However, those sales were dwarfed by the 550,000 that GM sold during the same quarter.
Tesla has been at the forefront of battery-powered car technology and investors are banking on strong growth in the future.
In the summer, the California-based company, run by Elon Musk, who is also the chief executive of the rocket business SpaceX, begins production of its mass-market Model 3 sedan.
Tesla is also expanding its production of batteries for household and commercial buildings at a giant new $5bn factory currently under construction in Nevada.
In what was seen as a vote on confidence in the firm, last month China's Tencent spent $1.78bn on buying a 5% stake in Tesla.
After overtaking Ford's market value, Mr Musk dismissed criticism that the 14-year-old company was overvalued, tweeting: "Tesla is absurdly overvalued if based on the past, but that's irrelevant. A stock price represents risk-adjusted future cash flows."
The van was carrying eight kindergarten pupils and two teachers, as well as the driver. It was meant to carry only seven people, according to Xinhua.
The crash happened in the late afternoon near the province's capital of Changsha, in a mountainous area.
Local media reported it was travelling on a narrow road that had no barrier.
The victims' family members told Xinhua that school buses in the region are often overloaded.
School transport is a particularly sensitive issue in China, where a series of accidents have heightened concern.
A shortage of education funds has seen school closures and children, especially those from rural villages, are often forced to travel far to get an education, according to agencies. They often have to take overcrowded buses.
In 2011, 18 children and two adults were killed when an overloaded school bus collided with a coal truck in foggy conditions. That bus had only nine seats but was packed with 64 people at the time of the accident.
The following year a school van plunged into a pond in Jiangxi killing 11 children, and three children on board a bus died in a traffic accident in Guangdong.
China's cabinet issued new rules governing school bus safety, setting out specifications for school buses and punishments for offences such as overloading.
Dean Baquet, 57, the paper's managing editor, has been named as the replacement.
Arthur Sulzberger Jr, chairman of the New York Times company, gave no specific reason, but spoke of an "issue with management in the newsroom".
Ms Abramson, 60, was appointed in 2011.
In a statement, she said: "I've loved my run at The Times. I got to work with the best journalists in the world doing so much stand-up journalism."
A spokeswoman rejected reports that there had been friction when Ms Abramson discovered her male predecessor had a more lucrative pay deal, saying that was incorrect.
Mr Baquet, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who formerly edited the Los Angeles Times, will become the first African-American to lead the paper.
Shares in the company fell more than 4.5%, ending the day at $15.06.
The New York Times recently reported net income of $1.8m, and said that both print and advertising sales had grown for the first time in several years.
Also on Wednesday, Natalie Nougayrede, editor in chief of Le Monde, quit after a power struggle with senior staff.
In a letter, published on Le Monde's website, she wrote of "personal attacks" that impeded her plan to turn around the newspaper.
The appointment of Manchester-based Taylor for Monday's game was criticised by Keith Hackett, the ex-head of the Professional Game Match Officials Ltd.
The decision has also been questioned by Liverpool fans on social media.
Mourinho says "somebody with intention is putting such a pressure" on Taylor, who supports non-league Altrincham.
Similar scrutiny last season led to the removal of Leicester-based official Kevin Friend from Tottenham's game at Stoke, when Spurs and the Foxes were both going for the title.
Mourinho, who replaced Louis van Gaal at Old Trafford in the summer, described Taylor, 37, as "a very good referee".
However, the 53-year-old Portuguese added: "I feel that it will be difficult for him to have a very good performance."
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Mourinho is not concerned about his side's discipline heading into the fixture at Anfield, which kicks off at 20:00 BST.
"Our disciplinary record is really, really good - we don't have problems at all at this level," he said.
"We are a team that plays with discipline, that is following everything that was told to us in the meetings that we had with the representatives of the Premier League and the referees.
"We don't press referees, we behave on the touchline so that's a point that we are very comfortable with."
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The 28-year-old had been a target for Rangers boss Ally McCoist.
"They're a massive club. I just wanted to stay down in England," he told BBC Radio Suffolk.
"I'm only 28 and I've got my peak years ahead of me. I wanted to come here and push for promotion to the Premier League, where everyone wants to be."
Berra has been re-united with McCarthy, his boss at Wolves, where he played 153 games, 100 of which were in the Premier League.
And the centre-half, who signed a two-year deal at Portman Road, is hoping to rekindle his Scotland career and further add to his 27 caps.
"I've played quite a few games for Scotland and I want to get back into the squad," he said.
"My aim is to get into the Ipswich team by getting fit and with good performances get back in with Scotland to play in the European qualifiers."
Fellow new signing Frederic Veseli has also outlined his international aspirations, but the Swiss full-back has yet to make his full international debut.
"It's every footballer's dream to play internationals," said the 20-year-old former Manchester United and Manchester City defender.
"My first goal is to get into the Ipswich team. I will work as hard as I can to do that and see what happens.
"If I play at a good level, and I believe this is a good level, who knows, I may be called up to the international team."
Veseli has still not made a professional appearance in England, but has said he is ready to make the step up after a season of youth football last term with United.
"It was all under-21s and while you try to put your own sense of competition into it it's never the same as the league," he said.
"It's time for me to move on, get some experience and play some professional games."
He said the 31-year-old Portugal captain had no interest in the deal, which included an £85m annual salary.
Ronaldo said he could play for another 10 years in November after signing a new deal with Madrid until June 2021.
"The Chinese market is a new market. They can buy a lot of players, but it is impossible to go for Ronaldo," said Mendes.
"Cristiano is the best player in the world and best ever. It is normal to have some offers," added the Portuguese.
Under the offer claimed by Mendes, Ronaldo would have earned £1.6m a week in a deal worth almost treble the world-record transfer fee of £89m paid by Manchester United to Juventus for midfielder Paul Pogba.
Mendes told Sky Italia: "From China, they've offered 300m euros (£257m) to Real Madrid and more than 100m euros per year to the player.
"But money is not everything. The Spanish club [Real] is his life."
It comes after Shanghai Shenhua confirmed on Thursday they had signed former Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez from Boca Juniors.
Shanghai, coached by ex-Brighton boss Gus Poyet, are reported to have agreed a deal worth £40m for Tevez, including a salary in excess of £310,000 a week.
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If Mr Hofer wins, he would be the first far-right head of state in the EU.
Traditionally, the far-right Freedom Party ends its election campaigns with a big rally at the Viktor-Adler market in the 10th district of Vienna, a working-class area. There's beer, and a band playing Austrian-style pop and country music.
But not this time.
This time it was all about looking presidential.
Norbert Hofer, who has tended to present himself as the smooth, soft face of the Eurosceptic, anti-immigrant Freedom Party, held his final campaign appearance in the marble halls of the Vienna Stock Exchange.
Standing at a podium, emblazoned with the slogan, "Your Homeland Needs You Now", he gave a speech billed as the state of the nation.
Norbert Hofer
Alexander Van der Bellen
Presidential elections are normally quiet affairs in Austria - but this long and turbulent campaign has broken the mould.
It began with a major upset in April, when the two main centre-left and -right parties, the Social Democrats and the conservative People's Party, were knocked out of the race, for the first time since 1945.
That left the two outsiders, Norbert Hofer from the far right and Alexander Van der Bellen, a liberal, pro-European former Green politician.
At the run-off in May, Mr Van der Bellen won narrowly, by less than 1%.
But then the result was overturned by the High Court because of issues with the way postal votes were counted. A re-run planned for October had to be postponed because of problems with the glue on postal votes.
Mr Van der Bellen, who has been trying to widen his appeal, held his final rally at a party venue in Vienna's 10th district - the traditional stronghold of the Freedom Party.
The mayor of Kaunertal, the small village in Tyrol where Mr Van der Bellen came to live as a child with his Russian and Estonian parents who were refugees from the Soviet Union, addressed the cheering crowd.
"Look what can become of a refugee child," the mayor, Josef Raich, said.
Analysts say the result for Sunday's vote is too close to call.
If Mr Hofer wins, it will be seen as a sign that European rightwing populism is alive and well after Brexit and the victory of Donald Trump.
If Mr Van der Bellen wins, there is likely to be a sigh of relief from Europe's elites.
Scoot Ferries is launching a service between Yarmouth on the island and Lymington in the New Forest.
There will also be a shuttle between Town Quay, Cowes and East Cowes, giving passengers an option to use the chain ferry service.
CEO Zoë Ombler said: "The primary goal is to enhance the ease of islanders getting on and off the island".
It is hoped services between Cowes and Hamble and Cowes and Portsmouth will start in 2016.
A free chain ferry has been running between Cowes and East Cowes since 1859.
Protests about the introduction of a charge were staged at the end of last year, but passengers will have to pay up to 70p for a return journey from 20 July.
The body of the 44-year-old was discovered at a flat in Rhyl on 8 January, two days after he was last seen.
A 46-year-old man is being held on suspicion of murder, and a woman, 41, on suspicion of assisting an offender. Both are from the Rhyl area.
The arrests follow an emotional appeal for help from family members on Friday.
They told a press conference the death was "a nightmare we can't wake up from".
Mr Hill was found in his West Parade home with significant head, upper and lower body injuries.
Police are continuing to appeal for anyone with information about his death, or who saw him in the days before he was killed, to contact them.
T/Supt Mark Chesters, who is leading the investigation, said: "I am certain the key to this investigation lies within the local community and I continue to appeal to anybody who may have information that could assist our investigation to come forward."
Former Aston Villa striker Jordan Bowery had given Oxford an early lead with a close-range left-foot strike.
But County were level within a minute as Medy Elito's long-range shot beat Liechtenstein goalkeeper Benjamin Buchel for his first goal this season.
County kept out dominant Oxford, who drop to third, having won just once in five league games.
Newport, however, are still not completely clear of relegation as York's shock win against play-off chasing Portsmouth means the Welsh side are nine points above the drop zone with three games remaining.
Warren Feeney's men, though, have a better goal difference by 11 and need just one more point to guarantee survival.
Kick-off was delayed by 55 minutes, as Bastia fans tried to attack visiting Lyon players during their warm-up.
Lyon were then persuaded to start the match - having initially refused - before a further incident caused the abandonment at half-time.
Bastia's next home game is against Rennes on 29 April.
The French league's disciplinary commission said that "in view of the seriousness" of the incidents, it had suspended the Armand-Cesari stadium as a precautionary measure and would "relocate SC Bastia's next home game to a neutral ground behind closed doors".
The league also ordered the space allocated to visiting fans to be closed at Bastia's away games, without specifying how long this closure would last for.
Bastia are bottom of Ligue 1, three points from safety.
The Corsican club were made to close part of their stadium for three matches after a group of supporters shouted racist insults at Nice striker Mario Balotelli during a 1-1 draw in January.
The Spaniard, who scored the Swans' winner in front of their new boss at Crystal Palace on Tuesday, said: "He could have probably stayed at Bayern Munich and had an easy life.
"But he's decided to come here and face it and you have to give credit to him for that.
"Now we have to respond."
The 34-year-old defender's 88th-minute strike lifted Swansea off the bottom on the day Clement arrived from his role as assistant at Bayern.
Alfie Mawson had headed Swansea in front and, after Wilfried Zaha equalised, substitute Rangel struck late for the winner.
Rangel says Clement's passion for the club and task at hand was evident when he met the players beforehand and during the game.
The former Derby County manager came down from the stand to join the pitch-side coaching staff and spoke to the players at half-time and on the field.
"It's a good sign that he was already going through emotions like us and he'd been only one day here, not even that.
"So he feels a commitment already and we felt that from him as well.
"The fact that he came down and he put a few comments in the changing room and also on the pitch shows that he is ready for the challenge.
"He said he clearly wanted to focus on the performance more than the result and I think we did that.
"We put in a great performance and the result was there too."
Rangel believes Clement's coaching style will complement the ethos that took Swansea from the fourth tier of English football to the top.
"He's worked at big clubs with great footballers and a great way of playing football," he said.
"At Derby you could see as well that even in a lower division he tried to produce good football and obviously the pedigree is there."
The player was also pleased to reward Swansea's fans with only a second away league win of 2016-17, the first having come on the season's opening day at Burnley.
"For them it's been hard, but having a new manager in and starting 2017 with a win and 18 games to go, beating a rival is good," said Rangel.
"With us, confidence needs to be high. I think we need to believe that we've got enough quality.
"I think it's been a confidence issue, for me. Not picking up points, you don't play the same way and I think that's been the main issue.
"But with a win, you can look forward to the next few games."
It was Rangel's 10th goal in 10 seasons at Swansea and he believes it may prove to be his most important.
"It's still too early to say we are going to stay up, but for sure now we can look forward to the next few sessions with him and see what he wants from us," said Rangel.
"I was the lucky one to score the goal, but after so many weeks being probably, if you want to call it a 'shambles' or 'not well organised', we looked like a proper team and we deserved the win.
"Nothing's done yet. There's a long way to go."
Swans midfielder Jack Cork and Clement crossed paths at Chelsea when the latter was assistant to their former boss Carlo Ancelotti.
Cork said: "I worked with him (Clement) briefly at Chelsea and he was a good coach, a good man manager and he wants to play football the right way and with confidence so hopefully he'll be a good fit for us."
Megan Bannister, 16, from Leicester, was dead before the collision in Enderby on Sunday, police said.
Jason Burder, 28, of Braunstone Avenue, Leicester, and Adam King, 27, of Waltham Avenue, Leicester, were charged with gross negligence manslaughter.
They are due to appear at Leicester Crown Court on 15 June.
The men were refused bail after appearing before magistrates' earlier.
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A third man, aged 34, has been arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs.
He remains in police custody.
The force revealed Megan's injuries were not consistent with a crash, but a post-mortem examination was inconclusive.
Megan was due to take the first of her GCSE exams on Tuesday, her school said. She wanted to become a midwife.
Her family said in a statement: "Megan was our beautiful, talented, loving daughter and sister, and our hearts have been utterly broken by her death.
"The thought of life without Megan is impossible to imagine, and we cannot adequately express in words the sense of numbness and overwhelming grief we feel at her loss.
"She was bright, clever, and a responsible person who loved her family and her many friends.
"She had a strong self-will and had set her heart on training to becoming a midwife.
"Knowing how confident and determined she was, we have no doubt she would have realised that dream."
Wigston College, where Megan was a student, said in a statement: "Megan was funny, friendly and good.
"She was popular and had a wide range of friends. She liked people and they liked her and this is how we will remember her.
"Our thoughts are very much with her family at this impossibly difficult time."
The funding will see the Scottish government's Climate Justice Fund double in size to support projects in countries such as Malawi and Zambia.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced the move at the UN global climate change summit in Paris.
She told the BBC: "Scotland is leading by example."
Over the past five years, the Climate Justice Fund has invested £6m into 11 projects in four sub-Saharan African countries.
Speaking from Paris on BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme, Ms Sturgeon said: "I think developed countries have an obligation to help developing countries who bear the biggest impact of climate change but have done the least to contribute to it.
"We were the first country in the world to set up a climate justice fund and it's invested £6m over the last few years in clean water and clean energy projects in countries like Malawi, Zambia and Tanzania.
"What I am announcing today is that over the next four years we are effectively doubling that fund.
"It's a relatively small contribution in the grand scheme of things but it is one very tangible way in which Scotland, as one of the world's relatively rich countries, can pay our obligation to some of the poorest countries in the world."
The first minister attended a states and regions event in Paris on Monday morning along with representatives from 44 sub-national governments.
Asked what impact Scotland can really make at the climate change summit, the first minister said: "Scotland is a relatively small country but when we come together with others the cumulative impact we can have is enormous.
"Coming together and working together, I think, is so important as we tackle one of the biggest global challenges we face."
The Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF) welcomed the climate justice fund cash boost which it said "sets a positive example to other wealthy nations meeting in Paris".
Director Alistair Dutton said: "It's a clear recognition that wealthy industrialised countries like Scotland have a responsibility to help poor countries cope with the huge climate challenges they face."
Tom Ballantine, of Stop Climate Chaos Scotland, said: "Tackling climate change is an issue of justice. Like other wealthy nations, Scotland benefited greatly from the era of fossil fuels, and it means we owe a climate debt to the world's poorest people, who are the most affected by climate change."
Ricardo Navarro, an engineer and climate campaigner from El Salvador, also welcomed the first minister's announcement.
He told BBC Scotland: "The climate problem has been generated by the wealthy people of the planet. Poor people have no goods to buy gasoline or goods that require gasoline to be produced.
"The guys responsible for the problem, the wealthy people of the planet, don't even want to acknowledge that.
"The climate injustice is the fact that people who are not responsible for the problem are the ones who are suffering the consequences."
Ms Sturgeon will also tell the summit that Scotland has cut emissions "by a massive 38% since 1990" and that global leadership in tackling climate change has received international recognition.
However, Scottish Labour said the Scottish government had missed its climate targets every year since the Climate Change Act was passed, and that plans to reduce air passenger duty would generate an extra 50,000 tonnes of emissions a year.
The party's environmental justice spokeswoman Sarah Boyack said: "We all have a duty to reduce emissions and leave this planet a better place than we found it - that means government, society and business.
"The margin by which the SNP has failed to meet their climate targets is enough to power Glasgow for five years.
"The reality is that the SNP's record is simply not good enough. Nicola Sturgeon is going to the climate change conference in Paris despite having a headline tax policy which will increase emissions by 50,000 tonnes a year.
"The SNP's plan to hand a tax cut to airlines will make it more difficult for Scotland to meet those targets in the future. We need more than warm words from the SNP government on climate change."
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said it was a serious breach of the Data Protection Act.
The woman gave her phone to Kent Police because she said video footage backed her claims against her partner, but the phone also contained sensitive data.
Kent Police said procedures had been changed to avoid errors in the future.
ICO head of enforcement Stephen Eckersley said: "Kent Police was investigating a serious matter yet the need to take proper care of the personal details they were entrusted with does not appear to have been taken seriously."
He said the force handed the solicitor "the entire contents of the complainant's mobile phone".
It contained many other files, with sensitive personal data including text messages and family photographs.
The woman's partner was a police officer who was subject to a professional standards investigation by Kent Police into misconduct.
According to Kent Police, the unnamed officer was facing a criminal investigation over alleged domestic abuse and was then also investigated for misconduct following a breach of his bail conditions after his arrest.
The ICO said the data on the phone was sent by mistake in advance of the misconduct hearing, and the solicitor disclosed the information to his client.
An investigation by the ICO found Kent Police had inappropriate security measures and it had committed a serious breach of the law, likely to have caused "substantial distress".
In a statement, Kent Police said it accepted the ICO's decision.
The force said: "When the data breach became apparent Kent Police referred itself to the Information Commissioner and fully cooperated with the investigation.
"As soon as the breach was identified a new standard operating procedure was implemented to ensure that a similar error cannot be made in the future."
In a team that contains six debutants, McIlroy has a key role to play if the continent is to successfully defend the trophy.
His stunning Deutsche Bank Championship victory allows the 27-year-old to carry confidence and a renewed and invaluable aura to the Minnesota showdown.
The last thing Europe needed was to have McIlroy arriving at the Ryder Cup still struggling to find a reliable putting stroke.
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By coming from six shots behind to beat England's Paul Casey, the four times major winner claimed his second and most significant title of the year.
And this after slumping to four over par after just three holes in the opening round. "It's incredible how things can change," said McIlroy.
"It's been a great lesson to me not to get down on myself and to stay patient."
European skipper Darren Clarke will be well aware of his Northern Irish compatriot's ability to ride momentum when he finds his groove.
McIlroy's success at TPC Boston lays the foundation for the rest of his FedEx Cup play-off events in America, the Race to Dubai on the European Tour as well as the Ryder Cup that begins on September 30.
Clarke, meanwhile, will be mulling his likely combinations for the fourballs and foursomes with buoyed confidence that McIlroy can be one of the lynchpins of his side.
There is every chance the man who has climbed back to number three in the world will be asked to shepherd one or two of the newcomers, perhaps including his regular practice partner Andy Sullivan.
In what will be his fourth Ryder Cup, McIlroy is now much better equipped to play the role of talisman after his decision to seek assistance from renowned putting guru Phil Kenyon paid rapid dividends.
The coach, who also advises Open champion Henrik Stenson, encourages his pupils to seek their own solutions to allow the putter to find its correct position at impact.
This is what happened with McIlroy, after he battled back to card a level-par first-round 71 last Friday.
Ahead of the second round on Saturday he made a slight adjustment by moving his right hand more on top of the grip.
A new-found accuracy helped him to rounds of 67, 66 and 65 and a victory he could not have imagined after such an awful start to his opening round.
McIlroy spoke of "excitement more than relief" at the outcome, because he knows there is so much significant golf still to be played this year.
Central to his exciting schedule is Europe's bid for a record fourth successive Ryder Cup victory and Clarke is surely the more comfortable captain at this stage.
While his team is settled, American counterpart Davis Love III is wrestling with four wildcard picks.
The first three choices come at the conclusion of this week's BMW Championship at Crooked Stick in Indiana - and the selections look far from straightforward.
Neither world number seven Bubba Watson or ninth-ranked Rickie Fowler made it into the list of eight automatic qualifiers. They might be top-10 players but they are among a wider group of candidates struggling for form.
Watson missed the cut in Boston and, although he was eighth in the Olympics, has not had a top-10 finish on the PGA Tour since March.
Fowler, meanwhile, squandered a winning position to finish seventh at The Barclays in the first of the play-offs and was 46th last week. A member of the US 'Task Force' assembled in the wake of their 2014 Gleneagles defeat, he needs a big week at Crooked Stick.
That opportunity is not available to Jim Furyk. His injury-hit PGA Tour season came to an end in Boston as he failed to make the top 70 to progress to the next stage of the play-offs.
Love will have the 46-year-old at Hazeltine as a vice captain but will be mindful that Furyk shot a record 58 at the Travelers Championship last month and despite having lost more Ryder Cup matches than any other US player (20 out of 33), possesses huge experience.
Given his lack of competitive golf between now and the Ryder Cup, there is a lot to weigh up with Furyk - and the same can be said of Olympic bronze medallist Matt Kuchar.
He would be a shoo-in if selection was purely based on his famed team room ping pong, but having finished 46th and 64th in the last two weeks his form in the pursuit that matters is hardly compelling.
JB Holmes, a hero when American last won the trophy in 2008, was third at the Open Championship but has endured five missed cuts in his last nine events.
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Then there is the prodigiously talented potential rookie Justin Thomas, who is also beset by inconsistency. He has twice failed to make the weekend while collecting two top 10s in the last month.
At this stage, Ryan Moore looks the only convincing choice - seventh and eighth in the first two play-offs, the 33-year-old also won last month's John Deere Classic.
A former US Amateur champion, Moore has a game made for matchplay and he is overdue a Ryder Cup debut. Again, though, he will feel an urgency to succeed this week at Crooked Stick.
We can be sure Captain Love will be monitoring his players' progress knowing that his selections will be far from easy.
Indeed, after all the US introspection that led to the formation of a 'Task Force' aimed at regaining the trophy, the pressure is building for the American skipper.
And, undoubtedly, it has been intensified further by McIlroy's spectacular return to form.
Mr Lambert, nicknamed "Gobby", is well known in Westminster for shouting questions to ministers on their way in and out of 10 Downing St.
He said he was "delighted" to add his experience to the UKIP team.
Welcoming him to UKIP on Sunday, party leader Nigel Farage said Mr Lambert was always effective at getting his message across and would fit in well.
Mr Farage said: "He will fit UKIP like a glove. Drive, passion, hard work, honesty and immense good humour are the hallmarks of Paul. It'll be fun working with him".
Long-serving producer Mr Lambert's voice is often heard in the background to TV news packages.
Last week he shouted: "Have you fixed the deficit yet, chancellor?" as George Osborne prepared to deliver the Autumn Statement.
There was a brief social media campaign, joined by some MPs, for him to have his Commons pass reinstated in 2011.
It was removed because he had filmed the aftermath of the foam attack on Rupert Murdoch, in contravention of strict rules on what can be filmed inside Parliament.
BBC colleagues paid tribute to him on Twitter. BBC Newsnight political editor Allegra Stratton wrote: "Shock departure of @westminstergoby to UKIP doesn't trigger byelection at the BBC... But it leaves a big hole. Very good hire for Farage."
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It was a huge disappointment for the 37-year-old who had been hoping to repeat his victory last year.
The Citroen driver from Dungannon had been in a battle for the lead with Jari-Matti Latvala and Hayden Paddon.
M-Sport driver Ott Tanak of Estonia leads by 4.6 seconds, ahead of Dani Sordo and Sebastian Ogier.
Meeke had been running in second position before the midday break, hitting the front on the first stage of the afternoon.
He stopped with a puncture on stage seven, the longest of the day, however the battle to fix his C3 was in vain as he was then forced to retire with left-rear suspension damage.
Toyota driver Latvala rolled at the beginning of SS7, while Paddon lost nearly 11 minutes with a mechanical problem.
It has been another disappointing day for Citroen, who only have Waterford driver Craig Breen in the top five as team-mates Stephane Lefebvre and Khalid Al Qassimi both hit problems.
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It was Wales' first match of a campaign which saw the team come to within a point of qualifying for the 1992 European Championships in Sweden.
Catch BBC Wales Sport's "Wales: The Road to the Euros" - our very special documentary on the history of Welsh football - on BBC iPlayer.
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Pietersen, 32, was dropped by England in August for sending "provocative" text messages to South Africa players and omitted from the squad for India.
"The issues have to be resolved, but if they have, I would want Kevin Pietersen batting at four," he told Radio 5 live.
"I don't think England have ever had a player like him. He's exceptional."
England begin their four-Test winter tour of India on 15 November in Ahmedabad, with subsequent fixtures in Mumbai from 23 November and Kolkata from 5 December, before finishing in Nagpur for the final Test which starts on 13 December.
Pietersen had said he hoped to be back to tour New Zealand in February but Vaughan believes the batsman could make the difference if recalled earlier.
"If (captain) Alastair Cook wants him back in the team and all the issues have been resolved, I would not want to be waiting four games to get him back in," he said.
"They could lose four games. It could be 4-0 in India if England are not careful and they don't play spin better.
Test debut: v Australia (Lord's), 21 July 2005
Test record: 88 matches, 151 innings, 7,076 runs, highest score 227, average 49.48, 27 fifties, 21 centuries
One-day international debut: v Zimbabwe (Harare), 28 November 2004
ODI record: 127 matches, 116 innings, 4,184 runs, highest score 130, average 41.84, 23 fifties, nine centuries
T20 international debut: v Australia (Southampton), 15 June 2005
T20 international record: 36 matches, 36 innings, 1,176 runs, highest score 79, average 37.93, seven fifties
"The venues England are playing at all suit India. They are all low, slow spinning wickets and I wouldn't want to go there without my best players.
"I'm sure the selectors would want to see their best players and I'm sure they'll want to pick Pietersen.
"We heard (national selector) Geoff Miller talk about it - that Pietersen's still one of the best players in the world and he'd like to see him back in the team, but things need to be sorted out.
"Pietersen, if it has been resolved, get him back in for India, because Cook does not want to start on a real bad shoeing.
"If you lose in India badly, you then go to New Zealand and they are not a push over any more."
Discussions between Pietersen and the England and Wales Cricket Board have been ongoing since the second Test against Proteas at Headingley, when the Surrey man himself cast doubts on his future - a claim he later backtracked from.
Pietersen also apologised to former captain Andrew Strauss, who was allegedly criticised in the texts he sent to the South Africans although he denied he offered any tactical advice.
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"He's been terribly advised this year and made loads of mistakes, but if the issues have been resolved and he's given a central contract, which is a year long, you've got to get him in."
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The two men were taken off a plane, bound for the US, for questioning late on Wednesday and released hours later.
Two teammates - Ryan Lochte and James Feigen - were barred from leaving the country, but Lochte had already left.
Police have queried their accounts of a robbery they reported in Rio on Sunday.
The four swimmers said they had been robbed at gunpoint in a taxi in Rio.
But police say their account of when they arrived at the Olympic village does not square with CCTV recordings.
A statement from the US Olympic team said that Bentz and Conger "were released by local authorities with the understanding that they would continue their discussions about the incident on Thursday".
"James Feigen is also communicating with local authorities and intends to make further statements regarding the incident on Thursday as well," said TeamUSA.
Lochte's lawyer told the BBC he got back to the US two days ago.
"He arrived back before the judge issued anything," said Jeffrey Ostrow.
"He was never asked to remain for further investigation or for any other purpose after he met with Brazilian authorities after he gave a statement."
Lochte is one of the most successful swimmers in history, with 12 Olympic medals, and he once had his own reality television show in the US.
In Rio, he swam in two events, winning gold in the 4x200m freestyle relay.
Feigen, who told the San Antonio Express he was still in Brazil, won gold in the 4x100m freestyle relay.
Bentz competed in the 4x200m preliminaries, but not the final. He still received a gold medal after the US team's win.
Accounts of what happened to the swimmers have been confusing from the beginning.
Lochte gave an initial account of the events to US TV network NBC, but International Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Adams said reports of the robbery were "absolutely not true".
The US Olympic Committee (USOC) later confirmed the swimmers' accounts.
Lochte himself told police that he and team mates Feigen, Bentz and Conger had all attended a party in the French Olympic team's hospitality house on Saturday evening.
He said that during their return drive to the Olympic village, their cab was stopped by men who pulled a gun and robbed him of his money and personal belongings.
But police investigating the case say they have found no evidence of the robbery. They also point to "inconsistencies" in the swimmers' accounts.
Lochte and Feigen told police they and their fellow swimmers had returned to the Olympic village at 04:00 local time (08:00 GMT).
But CCTV recordings appear to show the swimmers returning to the Olympic village at 07:00 local time.
Police say they have not been able to track down the driver who the swimmers said drove them back to the village.
They also said that Feigen and Lochte had given different accounts of how many men robbed them.
Investigators have requested a search warrant for the rooms the swimmers stayed in with a view to examining Feigen's mobile phone.
A music journalist in India has claimed to have received a list of the singer's demands, which he posted on Twitter.
It's a pretty extensive list, but then again, Justin has a pretty extensive entourage of 120 people to look after.
And, to be fair, most stars pay for the things they request, so he is the one footing the bill for the many demands.
Its authenticity hasn't been verified by Bieber's team, but oh how we hope it's accurate.
In every dressing room, Justin needs white crew-neck T-shirts, tank tops and some socks.
All fairly normal right items of clothing right? Well, yes, but the sizes he's requested are a bit odd.
Let's take the socks. JB only wants sizes available in XS (extra small) and L (large).
Now, this suggests to us that he's got one foot significantly bigger than the other.
Either that or his crew is made up of only very large or very small people, so if you're of average build you might find it hard to join the Bieber clan.
You know what's, like, really annoying? When you have to go to the effort of opening your fridge to find out what's actually in it.
Bieber has come up with an excellent solution to this problem we all face - specifically requesting a glass-door refrigerator.
That way, he'll be able to see through to his requested energy drinks, cream sodas, protein drinks, half a gallon of almond milk and "24 still water bottles" (no need for the actual water, just the bottles).
He'll need some food to go with all that liquid, so there's also dried fruit, vegetables seasoned with ranch sauce, organic turkey and white cheddar popcorn on the list.
The list doesn't just cover snacks - it also offers many clues about the kind of meals A-list singers like to eat while on the road.
"Top culinary experts will supervise the gourmet food being served to Bieber over the four days with five dishes per day being renamed after his popular songs," it says.
This line is an absolute gift to any chef, surely.
You could have the Baby burrito, the Boyfriend burger, the Sorry sandwich, the Love Yourself lamb and the What Do You Mean watermelon.
"Arrangements for a Jacuzzi have also been made for Bieber's personal use to unwind before he takes to the stage," the star's list says.
If whirlpool access could be made law for all people with normal jobs, we'd really appreciate it.
You do have to Love Yourself, after all, and Justin is clearly a man who believes you should practise what you preach.
Which would also explain the other requests for a massage table and an accompanying personal (female) masseuse.
It's quite irritating when you go out to do your food shop and remember to buy bread, milk and veg, but forget to pick up a special Indian yoga casket.
In Bieber's case, it's not just any special Indian yoga casket, but a special Indian yoga casket which contains aromatic essential oils, jasmine, mogra and incense sticks.
We're not totally confident we even know what a "mogra" is.
To compliment the casket, "books on chakras and yoga asanas will be placed in Bieber's suite knowing his love for yoga". We all knew about his love for yoga didn't we?
No Bieber tour is complete without his requested cola gummies, ping pong table, 12 white handkerchiefs and hydrating lip balm.
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Westminster City Council said the 75 cameras were primarily used to support police prosecutions rather than as a deterrent.
Cameras in the area run by Transport for London, private businesses and on housing estates will continue to operate.
In its report the council said the cameras, which require a £1.7m upgrade, cost £1m a year to run.
The cameras will be axed when the current contract with security firm G4S ends in September.
The council is now working with police, the Greater London Authority and other boroughs to find a pan-London solution.
Nickie Aiken, cabinet member for public protection, said: "Like many other local authorities around the country, our current view is that we are not able to continue to subsidise this non-statutory service when there are many other pressures on our budgets and where other partners are the main beneficiaries."
The crew launched on Saturday, not head to a boat in distress, but to deliver the groom to his bride.
Martin Wood was taken to Kildonan to tie the knot with partner Kate Gillies.
A spokesman for the Arran lifeboat team said: "We are delighted to see Martin and Kate married and wish them all the best for their honeymoon and the many happy years they have ahead."
He added: "En route to the wedding, Martin showed he is always thinking of improving his crew as he launched an impromptu training exercise while waiting for the go-ahead for the groom to go ashore."
Excavations at Beckery Chapel near Glastonbury aim to accurately date buildings of an early Christian chapel.
During an open day on Sunday visitors will be able to see remains which were last excavated in 1967-1968.
The trenches will then be filled in and the position of the chapel will be marked on the ground in the field.
Archaeologist, Dr Richard Brunning, from the South West Heritage Trust, said: "Previous excavations in the 1960s suggested that a Saxon monastery may have been present on the site before it became a chapel.
"The present research aims to get new scientific dating samples to precisely date the monastic cemetery for the first time."
The chapel is connected to legendary visits by King Arthur, who is said to have seen a vision of the Virgin Mary and the baby Jesus there.
The Irish saint Bridget also reputedly visited it in AD 488 and left some possessions at the site, which later became a place of pilgrimage.
14 April 2014 Last updated at 18:59 BST
Gareth Williams, 47, from Cardiff, was caught after South Wales Police found thousands of indecent images of children on his computer following an international investigation into child sex abuse images by police in Canada.
They discovered films he had made using hidden pinhole cameras to capture images of children in toilets, including at two houses. He will be sentenced next month.
Two decades ago, Williams was presenting the Welsh-language programme Sut a Pham (How and Why) which answered questions on science and nature asked by children.
Teacher had 16,000 indecent images
Mr Trump's campaign planned to announce his selection on Friday, but cancelled the event because of the attack in Nice, France.
On Friday, Mr Trump confirmed the selection on Twitter.
Mr Trump hopes Mr Pence - a former congressman popular among social conservatives - can help him shore up support among wavering Republicans.
"My family and I couldn't be more honoured to have the opportunity to run with and serve with the next president of the United States," Mr Pence told reporters in New York on Friday.
Other candidates in the running were former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.
If there's anything resembling a "safe" vice-presidential pick for Donald Trump, Mike Pence is it. He has executive experience as Indiana's governor and a strong legislative resume from his 12 years as a member of the US House of Representatives.
While in Washington, he chaired the Republican Study Group, a coalition of hard-core conservatives, which gives him solid bona fides among the grass-roots Tea Party wing of the party that has occasional doubts about Mr Trump's ideological purity.
Mr Pence also hails from the mid-west, which Mr Trump's team has identified as perhaps the key battleground in his quest for the White House.
In Republican circles Mr Pence's record isn't entirely clean, however. Some on the right have criticised the governor for backing down when the state's "religious liberty" law was challenged by LGBT activists and local businesses last year.
Mr Pence's decision to expand government health-care coverage for Indiana's poor is also considered ideological heresy by some.
The real question, however, is whether Mr Pence has the rhetorical dexterity to both fulfil the traditional running-mate role of political attack dog on the stump and the nominee's most ardent defender.
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Before his current job, Mr Pence, 57, spent 12 years in Washington in the House of Representatives.
His legislative experience and position of governor of a Midwestern state could give Mr Trump advantages in the general election.
The Indiana governor is strongly anti-abortion and signed a religious freedom bill, which some saw as anti-gay, into law.
The likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton quickly responded to the selection on Friday, emphasising Mr Pence's stances on gay rights and abortion.
The campaign hopes that Mr Pence will help boost Mr Trump's image with social conservatives who have been unsettled by Mr Trump's brash persona.
Mr Trump - a New York real estate tycoon who has never held elected office - has said he wants a running mate who could help him work with Congress.
However, Mr Trump and the Indiana governor differ on some key issues including the billionaire businessman's call to ban Muslim from entering the US.
Last year, Mr Pence tweeted that Mr Trump's plan was "offensive and unconstitutional".
He has also expressed support for free trade agreements and was in favour of the war in Iraq, which Mr Trump says he was not.
Mr Pence also criticised Mr Trump for his attacks on Hispanic judge Gonzalo Curiel, who was born in Indiana.
Mr Trump had said Mr Curiel could not possibly rule fairly in a case against him became of his Hispanic heritage.
The Lothians MSP has previously criticised UK leader Jeremy Corbyn, and has faced criticism from left-wing members of her own party.
She insisted she was leaving the party in a much better state than she had found it.
But she said a new leader was needed with "fresh energy, drive and a new mandate".
Ms Dugdale said she wanted to give her successor the "space and time" to prepare for the next Scottish Parliament election in 2021.
And she strongly denied suggestions that she was leaving now in order to avoid being pushed out by supporters of Mr Corbyn.
In an exclusive interview with BBC Scotland's political editor, Brian Taylor, she said she had taken over the leadership when the party was "on its knees" in Scotland.
Ms Dugdale, who is leaving with immediate effect, said she had devoted "every waking moment of my life" to improving Labour's fortunes in Scotland, with a lot of progress being made and the party now ready for someone else to take it on the next stage of its journey.
She added: "I have thought long and hard about this. I care deeply about the Labour Party - I love it and I have devoted my adult life to serving it in a number of different capacities.
"And I have just come to the conclusion that the best thing for it, the Labour Party, this precious, precious thing that has done so much good in our country, and indeed for me, is to pass that baton on."
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn thanked Ms Dugdale for her work as Scottish Labour leader and "the important role she has played in rebuilding the party in Scotland".
"Kezia became Scottish leader at one of the most difficult times in the history of the Scottish Labour Party, and the party's revival is now fully under way, with six new MPs and many more to come," he said.
"I want to thank Kez for her tireless service to our party and movement."
Former Labour leader Ed Miliband tweeted that Ms Dugdale had given her "heart and soul to leading Scottish Labour".
He added: "Thank You. You deserve to get your life back. Enjoy."
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was among political opponents to pay tribute to Ms Dugdale
She wrote on Twitter: "We may be opponents, but @kezdugdale led her party with guts and determination and I admired her for that.
"I wish her well for the future."
And Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson tweeted: "Leadership can be tough and @kezdugdale deserves the thanks of her party for putting in the hard yards. I wish her well."
Ms Dugdale replaced Jim Murphy as Scottish Labour leader in August 2015, after the party lost all but one of its Westminster seats in Scotland to the SNP.
Under her leadership, Labour finished third behind the SNP and Scottish Conservatives in last year's Scottish Parliament election - but went on to win seven seats in the snap general election in June.
Ms Dugdale backed Owen Smith to replace Mr Corbyn in last year's leadership contest, arguing at the time that: "I don't think Jeremy can unite our party and lead us into government."
Labour's stronger-than-expected performance in this year's general election has seen pressure mount on her from supporters of Mr Corbyn, who believe the party's improvement in Scotland was down to him rather than Ms Dugdale.
Mr Corbyn recently completed a five-day tour of Scotland, when he appeared alongside Ms Dugdale at events in Glasgow.
Kezia Dugdale was elected to Holyrood in 2011, after working for the former Labour MSP Lord Foulkes.
She was Jim Murphy's deputy as Scottish party leader - and replaced him in the top job when he stood down after the party's calamitous defeat in the 2015 UK general election which left Labour with only one Westminster seat in Scotland.
Initially highly critical of Jeremy Corbyn, she has since argued for party unity. However, that has not prevented elements of the left in Scotland from arguing that she should stand down or face a challenge.
There is no recrimination or name-calling in her departure. Rather, she pledges to continue to work for Labour as a list MSP.
But there is an oblique reference in her resignation letter to the tensions at the top, when she says that "being leader has always been a difficult but fulfilling challenge".
She adds it was a challenge that "until now" she had enjoyed.
Speculation will now centre upon her likely replacement. Contenders on the left might be Neil Findlay, Richard Leonard and the current deputy Alex Rowley. Other names mentioned include Anas Sarwar, Jackie Baillie, Jenny Marra and James Kelly.
Ms Dugdale's resignation takes immediate effect. Her deputy, Alex Rowley, will serve as acting leader - unless he decides to resign from his post to contest the leadership himself.
Ms Dugdale insisted she was not leaving now in order to avoid a possible challenge to her leadership from a more left-wing rival.
And she said Mr Corbyn has her full support, and that she expects him to become prime minister.
She said: "On a personal level we continue get on extremely well, and I wish him every success for the future".
In her resignation letter, Ms Dugdale also referred to the death earlier this year of her close friend Gordon Aikman, a Labour Party activist who died at the age of 31 after a battle with Motor Neurone Disease.
Ms Dugdale - who celebrated her 36th birthday this week - said his example taught her "how precious and short life was and never to waste a moment."
Ms Dugdale recently announced that she was dating SNP MSP Jenny Gilruth after splitting with her long-term partner Louise Riddell.
She said she had thoroughly enjoyed her time as party leader, and believes she still has a lot to offer public life in Scotland - but stressed that would not always be in the Scottish Parliament, although she will remain as a backbench MSP for now.
And she admitted that the "immense" period in Scottish politics over the past three years, which has included the independence and EU referendums alongside two general elections and a Holyrood election, had taken its toll on her.
Ms Dugdale added: "Of course it is tough - it should be tough. It is important decisions you are taking all of the time, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
"I have taken on some of the big battles of our time, whether that be around the constitution or making the case for progressive taxes.
"I have delivered two sets of diverse candidates, 50% men and 50% women, and I have guaranteed the autonomy of the Scottish Labour Party.
"Nobody has ever told me what to do in this job - it is not something dictated from London any more, that is beyond all doubt."
Dear Linda,
As Chair of the party, I am writing to you today to resign as Leader of the Scottish Labour Party.
It has been an honour and a privilege to have served this party in a leadership position for the last two and a half years, covering four national elections and one referendum.
I have worked with many great people, not least the staff in our HQ led by Brian Roy and those in the Scottish Parliament, whose boundless energy, expertise and good humour has guided our party through some dark hours and difficult times.
I'd like to thank my shadow cabinet for their efforts, and in particular Iain Gray for his unflinching love and support and James Kelly for the thankless but crucial job he does so well as our Business Manager.
Earlier this year I lost a dear friend who taught me a lot about how to live. His terminal illness forced him to identify what he really wanted from life, how to make the most of it and how to make a difference. He taught me how precious and short life was and never to waste a moment.
Being leader has always been a difficult but fulfilling challenge. One that until now I have enjoyed, driven by a clear guiding purpose and goals, many of which I have achieved.
I am proud of the fact that I've demonstrated how the parliament's powers can be used to stop austerity with progressive taxes and the creation of new benefits. Proud to have advanced the call for federalism across the UK. Proud to have delivered real autonomy for the Scottish Labour Party and a guaranteed voice for Scotland and Wales on the NEC.
Educational inequality is the number one issue in Scottish politics after the constitution because Scottish Labour under my leadership put it there.
I am proud to have delivered 50/50 slates of amazing and diverse candidates in both the Scottish and U.K. Elections and equally proud to have invested in the next generation of labour activists and parliamentarians with leadership programmes. These have already furnished us with two of our magnificent seven MPs. With that re-established Scottish Labour group at Westminster, and a talented and effective group in Holyrood, Scottish Labour has a bright future.
A marker of success for me was to leave as leader with the party in better shape than I found it and I have done that.
Emerging from the challenging times following the 2014 referendum, and the 2015 UK election, we now have a solid platform on which to build towards success, and government.
I have given the task of achieving this all that I have. But with nearly four years now until the next Scottish Parliament elections, I am convinced that the party needs a new leader with fresh energy, drive and a new mandate to take the party into that contest.
I will continue as a Labour MSP for the Lothians and am already looking forward to spending more time with constituents and on constituency issues.
Too often our leaders leave in a crisis, with scores to settle. I love this party too much for that to be my way. There will be no press conference and no off the record briefing in my name. I choose to stand down because I believe it is best for me and best for Scottish Labour, at a time when we can be positive and optimistic about our future.
I remain in awe of all those party activists who devote their time to this movement without pay or reward. I thank them for their belief in me.
Yours in solidarity,
Kez Dugdale
Two F-16s intercepted Myrtle Rose's aircraft as she took to the skies over the suburbs of Chicago city on Wednesday afternoon.
The widow told US media she thought the warplanes were just admiring her plane.
The agency which oversees air safety in America said it was investigating.
Because of President Barack Obama's visit to Chicago on Wednesday to attend a fundraiser marking his 50th birthday, restrictions were in place forbidding private pilots to come within 30 miles (48km) of the city's O'Hare Airport.
Ms Rose told the Associated Press news agency that before flying her Piper J-3 Cub aircraft she normally checks for any airspace restrictions on her computer, but it was not working properly that day.
"I hadn't flown in over a week," Ms Rose told AP. "It was a beautiful afternoon."
She also said she did not have her radio on. Jets were scrambled from Toledo, Ohio, when air traffic controllers were unable to contact her.
Asked what she thought when the F-16s appeared, Ms Rose told AP: "I thought, 'Oh, well, they're just looking at how cute the Cub is.'"
When Ms Rose landed on an airstrip on the outskirts of Chicago, police were waiting.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (Norad), which scrambled the two warplanes, said there was no excuse for not knowing about the airspace restrictions.
"The biggest thing to keep in mind is that when F-16s come screaming up to you, they are probably trying to tell you something," said Norad spokeswoman Stacey Knott.
Ms Rose said she had filled in a report with the Federal Aviation Administration, which said she could face a fine, a pilot's licence suspension, or no action at all.
He was only 20 when a long-standing knee injury ended his playing career and he spent the next 15 years working up the ranks of youth coaching.
Elements of the job need to be learned, but Rodgers could always rely on an instinctive understanding of how to handle different personalities and manage people. That empathy and an enthusiasm for a certain style of technically advanced, passing football, immediately endeared the Northern Irishman to Tommy Burns.
Their paths crossed when Burns took charge of Reading in 1998 and Rodgers and the former Celtic manager became firm friends.
Their friendship endured, not least because Rodgers has an affinity with Celtic because so many of his family support the club.
Rodgers grew up following Sheffield Wednesday but has a keen sense of his background and his roots. He has spoken of his childhood and recognising even as a boy the efforts of his father, Malachy, to earn enough money to support the family, of which Brendan was the eldest of five brothers.
Rodgers has become a self-made man, building a property portfolio with his former wife that makes him independently wealthy outside the money he earns in football.
When he took his first senior role in management, at Watford in 2008, a framed £5 note sat on his desk. It was a limited edition, carrying the face of George Best to commemorate the former Manchester United great, and a reminder to Rodgers of the country he came from and the worth of pursuing his ambitions in the game.
One of the first text messages he received after joining Watford was from Roy Keane, then in charge of Sunderland and who did his coaching badges with Rodgers, which simply said: "welcome to hell".
Rodgers' career has contained moments of mixed fortune, but he has tended to absorb the lessons.
As well as travelling abroad during his younger years as a coach, he has also learned languages, in particular Spanish, to broaden his horizons and push his intellectual development.
At Reading, he attempted to implement his preferred style of football - possession, pressing, passing - on a team that was not adequately equipped to play that way.
He has seldom made the same mistake since. At Liverpool, he was prepared to try various different formations and styles, often switching during games, to deliver the best performances from his players.
'Rodgers has to not pretend to reinvent football as he did at Liverpool'
For Celtic, the most comparable spell has been his time at Swansea, an aspirational club, with a well-defined budget, and a sense of momentum.
Rodgers embraced the club's past, but also redefined its horizons, taking them into the Premier League and then to 11th place.
He signed shrewdly, seeking talented players who had not been coveted by larger clubs or were not yet ready for that stage, moulding them into a side that played attractive, engaging and artful football.
There has always been a sense of substance to Rodgers' career, since he never had a reputation as a top-class player to be indulged. He earned every step along the way, and that sense of worth, rather than entitlement, underpinned his move to Liverpool.
The limelight was harsh at Anfield, though, beginning with the documentary Being: Liverpool that would have benefited - not merely from Rodgers' perspective - from a sharper edit.
Rodgers has at times since then been caricatured in the media. The occasional bouts of scorn are unfair, though, when his handling of the brash, immature, but talented Raheem Sterling is recalled. With a mixture of discipline and encouragement, Rodgers played a critical role in delivering the player's potential.
His achievement in almost guiding Liverpool to the title in 2014 has occasionally been portrayed as the consequence of having Daniel Sturridge, Luis Suarez and Sterling to hand, but plenty managers fall much shorter with talented squads.
Rodgers showed the innovation and clarity of mind to make the most of his resources that season.
He might latterly have bemoaned the presence of a transfer committee that seemed to make signings based on compromise, though, and also the increased profile - one newspaper published pictures of him proposing to his fiancée in New York.
It has been evident at times in the English media that his weight loss, change in appearance and private life have somehow been connected to his work as a football manager. That is absurd, but also a heavy bout of double standards when Jose Mourinho or Quique Sanchez Flores are fawned over for their air of urbanity.
Rodgers is a talented coach and manager of individuals. He will seek to implement a vision at Celtic Park, and be respectful of the club's sense of itself. That alone should make the partnership worthwhile.
Damien Bancroft shared the photographs and videos from addresses in Dundee and Forfar over a four-and-a-half year period.
A court was told that the 36-year-old could not explain why he had distributed the material to others.
Bancroft will be sentenced at Forfar Sheriff Court on 3 August.
Depute fiscal Trina Sinclair told the court that police officers, acting on information, found more than 600 still images and 16 videos on two laptops and also on a mobile phone.
Miss Sinclair said Bancroft admitted to police that he was a pornography addict, having started watching adult material at the age of 19.
He accepted that he had downloaded and shared images with others but could not explain why that included indecent images of children.
Bancroft admitted taking or making indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of children between 14 May, 2011 and 20 October, 2015.
He further admitted distributing indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of children.
Sheriff Pino de Emidio continued Bancroft's bail and placed him on the sex offenders' register in the interim.
30 November 2015 Last updated at 08:27 GMT
And they also think that time is running out to change things.
In December, there's a big meeting of world leaders in Paris in France to try to agree what should be done.
Here's Newsround's guide to what's happening.
She says that stigma around mental health means that many children do not get the help they need.
The duchess recorded the message for the Place2Be charity, which is organising the mental health week.
Kensington Palace said she was a "committed champion of issues related to children's mental health and emotional wellbeing".
Place2Be, of which the duchess is a patron, provides emotional help and support in schools and is organising the first ever Children's Mental Health Week.
In the message, Kate says that both she and the Duke of Cambridge have seen how many children struggle to cope with issues such as bullying, bereavement and family breakdown, which can lead to depression, anxiety, addiction and self-harm.
"Through Place2Be I have seen the benefits of offering children support for their mental health in the safety of the school environment," says Kate, who has been royal patron of the charity since 2013.
"Both William and I sincerely believe that early action can prevent problems in childhood from turning into larger ones later in life."
The video was recorded at Bethlem and Maudsley Hospital School in Beckenham, south London, to launch the week-long campaign by the charity.
A Kensington Palace spokesman said: "Her Royal Highness has seen that issues such as addiction, poverty, abuse, neglect, loss and illness of family members, can have a long-lasting and traumatic impact if left unsupported.
"The Duchess of Cambridge is especially concerned with early intervention mental health support for young people, to tackle these issues at the earliest possible stage, so that children have the brightest possible futures, as they deserve."
Catherine Roche, chief executive of Place2Be, said: "We're thrilled to have the support of our royal patron, HRH The Duchess of Cambridge, for this important new campaign.
"By raising awareness of the benefits of getting support early for mental health issues, we hope to change attitudes and help reduce the risk of more complex and serious problems when those children reach adulthood."
The 47-year-old Serb was appointed by the west London club on Sunday, replacing Kit Symons, who was sacked as manager on 8 November.
"We talked a few weeks and it was a long process. I believe I was the first choice for the club and they pushed hard to bring me here," said Jokanovic.
"It is a great chance for me to work at a historical club."
Fulham held talks with then Reading boss Steve Clarke in mid-November about taking over from Symons, but chairman Shahid Khan said the club "had an obligation to fully explore our options" and were interested in Jokanovic "from the start".
The Championship club have paid Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv £367,000 compensation for Jokanovic's services and the former Watford boss will be joined at Craven Cottage by coaches Alberto Escobar and Javi Pereira.
Jokanovic expects Stuart Gray, who had been in charge of the Whites since 8 December, to remain in his role of senior coach at the club.
"Stuart has tried to give me all the information and I need help from him," he said. "I expect in the future we will collaborate better.
"We are both here in the interests of Fulham and I believe we can work together to do a quality job."
Jokanovic watched from the stands as his new side beat Rotherham 4-1 at home on Tuesday night to record their first win in 10 games and move up to 18th in the table.
The former Chelsea midfielder won promotion to the Premier League with Watford last season, but he has not yet set himself goals for the rest of the campaign.
"My job is clear and people expect me to improve the team and fight for more important targets," he said.
"After some weeks and months our targets will be clear. We need to take short steps.
"I believe in myself, the club and the people. I am ready for the challenge."
Jokanovic will take charge of Fulham for the first time on Saturday, when they host Sheffield Wednesday.
That being the case, he now has some new furniture.
The RAF Wing Commander has just seen the installation of the seat he will use in the Bloodhound Super Sonic Car.
This is the vehicle he will drive in South Africa later this year to try to break his own world land speed record (763mph) set back in 1997. The aim eventually is to go beyond 1,000mph.
Like all race cars, the seat has been moulded to Andy's body shape, for comfort and safety.
It was a complex build - as with a lot of the components in Bloodhound - and involved a consortium of UK engineering expertise.
First, Andy had to sit in his driving position, in a bead bag provided by Real Equip. This took a cast of his body.
Next, Hexgon Metrology scanned him and the cast to create a 3D model; in essence, a template around which to fabricate the seat.
This started with Sigmatex and SHD, who produced the carbon fibre threads and weave. The URT Group then did the final "lay up" of the material.
It took one "sitting day" to get the shape correct, and 10 man-days to make the finished article. The seat is 8.4mm thick and has, in places, 26 layers of carbon fibre.
It has no padding; it doesn't need it because the shape is perfect. Andy should feel quite snug as his supersonic car pins him back under acceleration with a force of 2g (twice the acceleration due to gravity), and throws him forward into his straps under deceleration with a force of 3g.
"All of that is really neither here nor there. What this seat is really about is what happens if there is an accident," the RAF man told BBC News.
"It is a structural carbon member of the cockpit; it is bolted to the monocoque. I will be sitting in the strongest, most survivable crash structure in the history of motorsport, and the seat is an integral part of that."
The Bloodhound project has been receiving advice and direction from motorsport's governing body, in the form of Peter Wright and Andy Miller from the FIA Institute.
For example, they have overseen the fitting of the seat into the cockpit to ensure the harness straps, buckles, and the Hans device (which holds Andy's head in place) sit properly in relation to the seat and Andy himself. This means all the loads will be carried across his body properly.
When the Wing Commander set the current land speed in the Thrust SSC vehicle in 1997, he used a large foam-moulded seat.
"At the time, that's what we were advised," he recalled. "Today, you'd never use that; the technology is so much more advanced.
"And it's another of those areas which genuinely makes me say: I feel a lot more comfortable about going 1,000mph with this technology in Bloodhound than going 760mph in the old car with its technology."
The Bloodhound SSC project aims to have the car ready for low-speed runway testing in the UK in August.
All the major components have been designed and the drawings sent out to top aerospace companies for manufacture.
As soon as these parts arrive at Bloodhound's technical centre in Bristol, they are bolted in place.
The car will use a Eurofighter jet engine and a hybrid rocket motor to power it through the sound barrier.
The "race track" will be a specially prepared dried-out lakebed in Northern Cape.
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A rare example of a UK-owned British landscape by an American painter, the government needs to raise almost £5 million to keep it in the country.
Lord Inglewood, of the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest (RCEWA), called it "a rare survivor".
"I hope funds can be raised to save this wonderful painting," he added.
The ruling by Culture Minister Ed Vaizey follows a recommendation to defer export by the RCEWA.
The committe made the decision on the grounds that the painting was of outstanding significance for the study of the relationship between British and American painting in the 19th Century.
Born in New York's Staten Island, Cropsey - a leading light of the 'Hudson River School' of landscape painting - showed regularly at the Royal Academy in the 1850s.
One early assessment of his Richmond Hill painting said it depicted "a view unsurpassed for its purely English beauty".
Cropsey was forced to sell the piece after he ran up huge debts entertaining in London. The work has remained in Britain ever since.
An earlier export licence application for the painting in February 2000 was withdrawn after the RCEWA recommended that export be deferred for three months to allow time for a potential purchaser to be identified.
Any decision about the painting's current export will now be deferred until 7 April 2013, with a possible extension to 7 August if a serious intention to purchase the painting is found.
Earlier this week a temporary export bar was placed on two works by George Stubbs that gave the 18th Century British public their first chance to see what a kangaroo and a dingo looked like.
The Welsh singer will present her first episode on Sunday 23 July from the Sussex town of Hastings, where she will sing the classic hymn Jerusalem.
"Having watched Songs Of Praise for as long as I can remember, it is wonderful to officially become part of the family," said Jenkins, 37.
She joins fellow Welsh presenters Aled Jones and Sean Fletcher on the show.
Jenkins is a multi-award winning, mezzo soprano and has performed for the Pope, presidents and royalty - including performing by special request at the Queen's 90th birthday celebrations.
The Neath-born singer has had eight number one albums since her 2004 debut and has sold more than five million albums.
Jenkins, who has featured in Strictly Come Dancing, has appeared as a mentor on ITV's Popstar To Operastar and been a contestant on the 14th season of US TV show Dancing With The Stars.
She has also been praised for her performances as Julie Jordan in Lonny Price's production of Carousel at the London Coliseum.
"I am hugely excited about my new role, about working with my friend Aled again and about meeting and worshipping with new people across the country," she added.
She said she had been "personally engaged" in the efforts to restore devolution.
Mrs May was speaking while on a brief visit to Northern Ireland at the Balmoral Show in County Antrim on Saturday.
She is visiting all parts of the UK before next month's general election.
In April, a new deadline of 29 June was set for Northern Ireland politicians to restore a power-sharing executive following its collapse in January.
It allows for more talks between Stormont's political parties and the British and Irish governments after the general election on 8 June.
The prime minister was asked about criticism that she had not been involved enough in resolving the deadlock, but she said she had been in contact with Sinn Féin's northern leader Michelle O'Neill and Democratic Unionist Party leader Arlene Foster in the run up to Easter.
The prime minister said it was important the parties "come together and come to an agreement that can enable that devolved administration to be re-established".
"After the general election, there will be several weeks until the end of the June for those parties to come together and see a resolution," she added.
"We all want to see devolved administration restored in Northern Ireland."
While at Balmoral, Mrs May was asked a number of questions by the assembled media.
She insisted Friday's cyber-attack, which disrupted NHS organisations in England and Scotland, had not just affected the UK and Europol had described it as "unprecedented".
Mrs May said the government had put £2bn into its cyber security strategy and set up the National Cyber Security Centre, which has been advising organisations in the public sector like the NHS.
She was also asked about the potential prosecutions of soldiers over their involvement in Bloody Sunday.
She said prosecutors in such cases would "make those decisions independently".
Legacy issues from the Troubles had to be dealt with in a "fair and proportionate way", she added.
The prime minister was also asked how the border situation in Ireland would be resolved post-Brexit.
Mrs May reiterated that she wanted "no return to the borders of the past and no hard border". and there was "goodwill on all sides" to resolve the issues.
"Brexit is an opportunity for the UK but of course we have got to make sure we resolve the issue of the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland," she added.
The prime minister was accompanied on her visit by the Secretary of State James Brokenshire and four of the Conservative Party's seven candidates standing in Northern Ireland.
The Conservatives received about 1% of the vote in Northern Ireland in the last general election.
Keziah Flux-Edmonds died in hospital after she was found unconscious near her father's body at a house on the Isle of Wight on Wednesday.
A post-mortem examination showed her father Darren Flux-Edmonds hanged himself.
On Monday, PCSOs and psychologists will visit Queensgate Foundation Primary School to reassure the children.
There will also be the chance for parents dropping off their children to talk to police, school staff and the local vicar Reverend Allie Kerr.
The post-mortem examination on Keziah's body was undetermined and further tests are being carried out.
Police said her father's death was not being treated as suspicious and they are not looking for anyone else.
Insp Sam Dunlop said: "We know that the events in East Cowes this week have had a massive impact on the community and our thoughts are with Keziah's mum and the families involved."
The name has become the runaway favourite in an online poll to suggest names for the Royal Research ship.
The man who suggested it as a joke has now said sorry.
James Hand said that while he stands by Boaty McBoatface as a "brilliant name" for a boat, he has actually voted for RRS David Attenborough to be the new name.
Traditionally, ships are named after explorers, so Boaty McBoatface would be an unusual choice.
There's no guarantee that the ship would have the name though, as the poll is only a suggestion and a panel of experts will choose the name.
Other names in the running are RRS Pingu and RRS Usain Bolt.
The boat is currently being built and when it's completed it will study ice sheets, ocean currents and marine life in the Arctic.
The plan would see all emergency acute and high-risk planned care moved to Halifax's Calderdale Royal Hospital.
The Greater Huddersfield and Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) met in the town to vote on the Right Care Right Time Right Place proposal.
Huddersfield Royal Infirmary would be demolished and a new hospital built.
It would be developed at Acre Mill, Huddersfield, but with no A&E department.
The decision was met with an angry response from campaigners at the meeting at the Cedar Court Hotel in Ainley Top.
Both CCG groups voted unanimously to approve the recommendations, with shouts of "You're a disgrace" and "Shame on you" from the public seating area.
Several demonstrations against the proposal have been staged since it was first announced, with a public consultation revealing 60% of 7,500 respondents feeling they would be negatively hit.
The CCGs will submit detailed plans to NHS England and the Department of Health for comment before a final decision is made.
The Right Care Right Time Right Place website states the proposals "have been developed and are supported by doctors, consultants and health professionals who are dedicated to improving safety and standards in our hospitals".
It states the trust would be in danger of becoming "financially unsustainable" without changes and some existing services "do not comply with national guidance".
Analysis - Jamie Coulson, BBC Look North health correspondent
There are very few things as controversial and emotive as plans to radically change local hospital services.
Thousands of people have already marched through the streets of Huddersfield and more than 130,000 people signed a petition that was delivered to Downing Street.
The leaders of the local NHS in Greater Huddersfield and Calderdale have always maintained that what they're proposing is the best option in terms of patient care and affordability.
However, their plans have been fiercely criticised by campaigners, local MPs and many front line GPs, who've raised questions about safety and cost.
Speaking after the meeting, Paula Sherriff, Labour MP for Dewsbury & Mirfield, said: "There's one man who can stop these proposals going ahead and can save lives.
"We ask Jeremy Hunt to come along to this area and have a constructive meeting."
She added: "We will prove to why we need to keep two hospitals."
Jason McCartney, Conservative MP for Colne Valley, tweeted: "After an hour highlighting huge flaws in their plans, appalled that the CCG unanimously voted for plans to downgrade A&E at HRI".
One year after the 5p charge came in, Welsh Environment Minister John Griffiths says it has been a success.
Scottish ministers have consulted on a scheme, Northern Ireland plans a charge in 2013, and the UK government says it wants to work with English shops.
But the British Retail Consortium says there are bigger waste issues.
Wales became the first nation in the UK to charge for single use carrier bags when it was introduced on 1 October, 2011, with the aim of helping the environment.
The proceeds go to good causes, but businesses with fewer than 10 staff are not obliged to keep records of how the money is used. Retailers face a fine of up to £5,000 if they do not comply.
RSPB and Keep Wales Tidy have received a combined £800,000 since the charge was introduced, the Welsh government said.
Mr Griffiths said: "I have been really impressed by the ease with which Welsh retailers and shoppers have adjusted to the charge.
"Their efforts have been key to its success and I can see no reason why the charge wouldn't work just as well in other parts of the UK."
The cost is not linked to inflation and the Welsh government has no plans to increase it.
Research commissioned by the Welsh government says the charge is "widely supported" with people changing their habits as a result.
Published in July, the study by Cardiff University found 82% of shoppers brought their own bags compared to 61% before the charge was introduced.
A Scottish government consultation on whether to introduce a 5p charge closed last week.
The Northern Ireland Executive will bring forward legislation later this year to introduce a 5p charge for single-use carrier bags in April 2013.
A spokeswoman for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said: "We want to work with retailers to help them lift their game to cut the number of bags they hand out.
"We are monitoring the results of the charging scheme in Wales and the outcome of the Scottish consultation on a charge."
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) says the UK's leading high street and grocery retailers voluntarily cut the number of carrier bags they hand out by half between 2006 and 2009.
BRC food policy director Andrew Opie said further reductions would require legislation.
"It's a political issue. Where are your priorities in terms of the environment?" he said.
"Actually there are much more important things in waste to concentrate on than bags.
"To spend so much attention on it and not address bigger issues in waste does seem to us to be missing the point."
They could suspend the organisation's board or ask another body to run the service.
In June last year, a damning report criticised mismanagement of the Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board in north Wales for a catalogue of errors.
Conservatives said the changes should go some way to making health boards accountable for poor performance.
Ministers said it would now be much clearer how such matters were dealt with.
The new arrangements are also intended to clarify the roles and responsibilities of the Welsh government, Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) and the Auditor General Wales when dealing with potential problems.
Less drastic options, in place from next month, are "enhanced monitoring" and "targeted intervention".
The Welsh government said the need for a stronger inspection and regulation regime emerged from last year's joint HIW and Wales Audit Office (WAO) report into governance arrangements at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.
The board runs all aspects of the NHS in north Wales.
The report found operations had been delayed and waiting lists allowed to grow at hospitals to avoid financial problems getting worse and that "significant management failings" had risked patient safety by under-reporting infections.
On Thursday, Health Minister Mark Drakeford said inspection and regulatory regimes "need to evolve and keep pace with change so we are assured of a reliable and robust quality assurance system".
"I am confident that, where issues do emerge which give rise to concern, we now have a clear set of arrangements for all to understand how such matters will be systematically dealt with, to ensure proportionate and timely action," he said.
"Wales already has one of the most closely inspected healthcare systems in the UK - this new arrangement will ensure clarity about who is responsible for driving improvement."
The Conservatives said the situation at Betsi Cadwaldr health board had been "allowed to fester for far too long" and the previous processes were "far too murky and needed to change".
Shadow Health Minister Darren Millar said it was because of a "lack of accountability and insufficient clarity regarding triggers for Welsh government intervention".
"Patients and their families need to have confidence that (health) boards will be held to account for poor performance and these changes should go some way to ensuring that this is the case," he added.
In a debate in the House of Commons, Labour's Gordon Marsden will warn that not enough consideration has been given to the impact on low-income families.
From this autumn, means-tested grants are to be switched to loans repayable after graduation.
The government says the changes will mean extra support for students.
The motion to be put forward by Labour on Tuesday afternoon will call on the government to reverse its decision to remove the last non-repayable grants to help with students' living costs.
Until now, there has been a means-testing process for student living costs - with the poorest provided with up to £3,387 per year extra non-repayable support, with the aim of reducing financial barriers to university.
But instead of grants, under the system to be introduced by the government, all student finance will have to be repaid, once students have graduated and are earning at least £21,000 per year.
It will end the decades-long process which has seen student grants incrementally switching to loans.
Labour will argue that the scrapping of maintenance grants is not "technical tinkering" but a fundamental change in direction, which will affect half a million students from low-income families.
Mr Marsden, Labour's shadow universities minister, will say the decision is a "leap in the dark" introduced without adequate scrutiny for such a "step change".
The National Union of Students says many students are already struggling to meet their living costs, such as accommodation, transport and food.
NUS president Megan Dunn says the grants have been a "lifeline" for poorer students "important for helping students not just get to university but also to stay there".
Among those who will be starting this autumn, Ms Dunn said: "They have a real sense of having had this snatched away from them."
There have also been concerns raised at the decision not to increase the repayment threshold of £21,000 with inflation, which means that, in real terms, repayments begin at a lower rate.
The government has also indicated that it will allow universities to charge more than £9,000 per year for tuition fees, if they can show a high quality of teaching.
A spokesman for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills says that the changes to student maintenance will mean more support for students when they most need it.
Students from the lowest-income households, studying outside London, will be able to borrow £8,200 per year, an increase of £766.
"Everyone with the potential to benefit from higher education should have the opportunity to do so and our policy means that a lack of finance should not be a barrier to participation," the spokesman said.
"Our changes will increase the overall living costs support we provide to students."
Twelve people died when two brothers, Said and Cherif Kouachi, fired on the journalists on 7 January. Five others were killed over the two following days by one of their associates.
"I don't know who did this, but they are not Muslims," says the 18-year-old, standing outside his school.
One of his friends finds it "deeply suspicious" that Said Kouachi should leave his identity card in the car.
Such doubts are rife among the Muslim teenagers living in the deprived "banlieues" (suburbs) around French cities. "Of course it was staged," scoffs Lydia, 17, who goes to school in Argenteuil, east of Paris. "All my friends know that."
Who did the staging? Lydia suspects some right-wingers within the government bent on discrediting Muslims - something they have achieved: "Now people look at you as if you were a terrorist."
The killing of prominent journalists united the country in defence of free expression, under the rallying cry "Je suis Charlie". But such unity was not in evidence in the institution where such core values of the French Republic have traditionally been forged - the school system.
In middle-class suburbs, provincial towns, and affluent city centres across France most students embraced the "Je suis Charlie" message.
"It was very spontaneous," says Constance, who teaches literature in the eastern city of Dijon. Arriving in class a day after the attack, she found her students making signs reading "Let ink flow, not blood", in preparation for an impromptu street rally. "They asked me if I had adhesive tape for the banners," she recalls.
Things went differently in Saint-Denis, one of the poorest suburbs of Paris.
Iannis Roder, who teaches history to predominantly immigrant pupils there, says most were unconcerned. "Twelve people were killed," he says. "It didn't mean much to them."
Some did express shock because Islam is peaceful. "They don't react in the name of universal values, but in the name of their religion," Mr Roder says.
There are youths in Saint-Denis who feel strongly about the right to offend religion, but theirs is not the prevailing voice there.
This does not mean that most children of immigrant origin are impervious to France's republican values and the Enlightenment ideas that underpin them. It does mean, however, that in Saint-Denis and elsewhere, those ideals and values will be frequently challenged in class.
The education authorities have been aware of this for years. An official 2004 report warned that for some pupils the word "jihadist" had a heroic connotation - a fact confirmed by several teachers interviewed for this report.
In 2012, after seven people were killed in the southern cities of Toulouse and Montauban by a radical Islamist who targeted soldiers and Jews, many pupils refused to observe the minute's silence declared in schools - with a small number expressing support for the gunman.
After the Charlie Hebdo killings, the education ministry was not taking any chances. Every school was instructed to make time on the eve of the moment of silence to explain the reasons for it.
Although disruptions were recorded in many places, the strategy did yield results. History teacher Iannis Roder says there were far fewer incidents during the minute's silence at his school in Saint-Denis than in 2012.
The minute's silence for Charlie Hebdo "would have been impossible without prior discussion", says Marie, a literature teacher in one of the better secondary schools in the area. The tears she was unable to hold back also helped pupils understand the seriousness of the occasion.
Marie says that her school's good results in a high-immigration area are the fruit of years of engagement with pupils. However an ability to think on her feet clearly helps.
When a student recycled one of the Charlie Hebdo conspiracy theories swirling around the internet in class, she turned it into an object lesson on fact-checking and source analysis. Marie says the message got through: "The next time a conspiracy theory was brought up, they all said: 'What are your sources?'"
Mr Roder's technique is to confront any objectionable remark, including homophobic or anti-Semitic prejudice. "I will not let anything go unchallenged," he said. "And it works. The kids respect you when you stand up to them because it shows you care."
For some, however, the tough-love approach is not an option. "We are on the front line," a history teacher in Saint-Denis says. "Sometimes it's best to pretend you haven't heard."
Teachers' testimony
If teachers in Saint-Denis were braced for the challenges posed by the Charlie Hebdo killings, elsewhere many were caught by surprise.
Anne works at a school in a quiet, mixed area west of Paris. Many of her pupils come from upwardly-mobile migrant families who have escaped nearby housing estates. She says she has a "wonderful relationship" with the children, and was "completely unprepared" for their response.
"It hit me in the guts," she says. "I heard: 'They [the journalists] got what was coming to them. You do not mock the Prophet.'" Only the Muslim pupils - about a third of the class - spoke. Others did not say a word.
"On the Thursday my pupils did observe the minute's silence, but I did not feel it was out of respect for the victims - it was out of respect for me," Anne notes. Her colleagues who have less authority over their own class did not even try to observe it.
A few days later, she had a further shock when she found the "Je suis Charlie" poster she had put up in the hallway of the school torn down and spat on.
In another incident at her school, a pupil was recently caught re-enacting the massacre, shouting "Allahu Akbar" and mimicking the firing of a Kalashnikov.
A similar incident occurred at another school visited for this report - and located in a salubrious city centre. These are no doubt adolescent provocations, but they have a chilling effect in a country that is the largest provider of European jihadists in Iraq and Syria.
Xavier, a history teacher in a mixed neighbourhood near the Charlie Hebdo offices, also heard comments along "they-were-asking-for-it" lines, but dismisses these as "bluster". Most of his students, including many immigrants, attended the "Je suis Charlie" march at the nearby Place de la Republique, he stresses.
But Gabrielle Derameaux says the sought-after secondary school in a plush part of Paris where she teaches literature does face serious challenges. She was alarmed when some pupils who had never shown any sign of radicalism blamed intelligence services for the Charlie Hebdo killings.
"They were defiant," she says. "I represented the official version, and they had access to a hidden truth."
Honouring the victims
More generally, Ms Derameaux says, it is becoming difficult for teachers to tackle religion. "When mentioning the Bible as part of the course on the Ancients, you also have to talk about the Koran, which is not on the official curriculum." If she failed to do so, she says, the class would be disrupted.
In her course on the Song of Roland, an epic based on Charlemagne's victory over the Saracens, Ms Derameaux takes care to depict the latter as a great civilisation, as many pupils identify with the defeated Muslims.
A senior official in the education ministry acknowledges that tackling religion is a challenge for many teachers. A crash seminar on the subject was speedily organised in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo shootings, at the request of philosophy teachers.
The official points out that pupils of all religions - not just Islam - are becoming increasingly sensitive. This seems borne out by a visit to one of Ms Derameaux' classes. Almost half of her 13 to 15-year-olds - including Jews, Muslims and Christians - felt that Charlie Hebdo should not have been allowed to caricature Muhammad.
None sought to justify the attack, but clearly the message at the heart of the "Je suis Charlie" movement - in defence of free expression and secularism - does not appear to have been been fully absorbed.
For many French teachers, the Charlie Hebdo attack has brought home a disturbing fact: some of the principles that have forged French identity no longer go without saying.
"I had to hammer home the principles of the republic," says Esther, a literature teacher in a middle-class area east of Paris. "I realised that the basic notions of tolerance and freedom of expression are not so obvious to our students."
Across the country teachers are waging an ideological battle they thought had been won a century ago. In an age that combines new digital technology and old religious fervour, some are not sure they are winning.
I am told that discussions were held with the head of the FCA in recent weeks where it was made clear that the chancellor would not be asking Mr Wheatley to stay on when his contract came up for renewal in March 2016.
With that sword hanging over his head, Mr Wheatley decided that he would go early.
The Treasury has always had a scratchy relationship with Mr Wheatley who famously said he would "shoot first" and ask questions later when he came across wrong doing in the financial services sector.
The banking industry didn't much like such a gung-ho attitude and Mr Wheatley was often the subject of poisonous comments from senior banking executives.
The FCA also blundered over leaked details of an inquiry into the savings industry. You can read about that shambles here.
Mr Wheatley was very much his own man and he received widespread praise for his aggressive "pro-consumer" attitude - for example leading the charge against the payday loan industry.
The problem seems to be, he wasn't Mr Osborne's man.
So, the Treasury got rid of Mr Wheatley. And it is now becoming clear that the head of the FCA is not happy about that at all.
Talking to those close to the now former head of the FCA, it seems he believes the Treasury was looking for a "big signal" that it was time for a different type of relationship with the City.
Less banker bashing, more supportive of the changes that the City believes it has made on issues of conduct since the financial crisis.
It seems Mr Wheatley did not fit the bill. I asked one person if Mr Wheatley "felt sore" about how he had been treated.
"Oh yes," came the reply.
In the chancellor's Mansion House speech, George Osborne spoke of "a new settlement" with the financial services sector.
Mr Wheatley believed he was talking a similar language, saying that the FCA's aggressive push on conduct issues (look at the large fines for foreign exchange manipulation) had successfully pushed the issue to the level of the board room.
Where it should be, he believed.
It seems Mr Wheatley agreed that the tone and the way of working should now be subtly changed - very much because of the success of the FCA in its more tub-thumping start-up phase (the regulator was formally launched in 2013).
But it appears Mr Osborne did not agree that Mr Wheatley was the man to lead that change.
Two routes are being assessed with one focusing on the A55/A494 from the River Dee bridge to Northop.
The second looks at highway and transport improvements using the existing A458 Flintshire Bridge.
It is hoped the improvements will boost the economy by improving access to Deeside Enterprise Zone and north Wales, say officials.
Neither of the two routes involves widening the A494, the scheme that was abandoned after opposition by residents on Aston Hill.
Homes were demolished to make way for a controversial seven-lane highway before ministers threw those plans out.
Exhibitions are at Coleg Cambria, Connah's Quay, on Tuesday and Wednesday and Deeside Leisure Centre, Queensferry, on Thursday and Friday.
George Honeyman lifted the ball over Bury keeper Joe Murphy after a neat move to win the tie in the second half.
That came after a first 45 minutes of few chances at Gigg Lane, the best of which saw Murphy deny Aiden McGeady.
The Black Cats were wasteful late on as they pushed for a second goal, but Lee Clark's hosts rarely looked likely to force an equaliser at the other end.
Victory was new boss Simon Grayson's first in a competitive game since taking charge of the relegated club, following their draw with Derby in their Championship opener on 4 August.
Sunderland will now go on to play Carlisle United in the second round.
Match ends, Bury 0, Sunderland 1.
Second Half ends, Bury 0, Sunderland 1.
Foul by George Honeyman (Sunderland).
Greg Leigh (Bury) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by James Vaughan (Sunderland).
Zeli Ismail (Bury) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
James Vaughan (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Zeli Ismail (Bury).
Foul by Didier Ndong (Sunderland).
Andrew Tutte (Bury) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Joel Asoro (Sunderland).
Tom Aldred (Bury) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Joel Asoro (Sunderland).
Tom Aldred (Bury) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Bury. Conceded by Brendan Galloway.
Foul by James Vaughan (Sunderland).
Craig Jones (Bury) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Didier Ndong (Sunderland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Adam Matthews.
Attempt missed. Jermaine Beckford (Bury) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Nicky Ajose with a cross.
Attempt missed. James Vaughan (Sunderland) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right.
Attempt saved. Joel Asoro (Sunderland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by George Honeyman.
Foul by Lynden Gooch (Sunderland).
Andrew Tutte (Bury) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Jermaine Beckford (Bury) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Andrew Tutte with a headed pass.
Attempt missed. Greg Leigh (Bury) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is too high. Assisted by Andrew Tutte.
Substitution, Sunderland. Lynden Gooch replaces Wahbi Khazri.
Darron Gibson (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Craig Jones (Bury).
Foul by Tyias Browning (Sunderland).
Jermaine Beckford (Bury) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Harry Bunn (Bury) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
George Honeyman (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Zeli Ismail (Bury).
Foul by Wahbi Khazri (Sunderland).
Tom Aldred (Bury) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Bury. Jermaine Beckford replaces Tsun Dai.
Foul by Joel Asoro (Sunderland).
Greg Leigh (Bury) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Bury 0, Sunderland 1. George Honeyman (Sunderland) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Didier Ndong.
Attempt saved. James Vaughan (Sunderland) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Darron Gibson.
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Windows were broken and the office at Bunscoil an tSléibhe Dhuibh in west Belfast was ransacked.
Between £5,000 and £10,000 of damage was caused to the school and its nursery unit. The break-ins had angered the community, said the school's principal.
"Neighbours had called in and texted their support," said Pilib Mistéil.
"Last night was different. People were coming in and saying: 'We need to catch these people, we need to bring them to justice.
"'We need to stop this immediately.'"
The school, in the Ballymurphy area of the city, has some 200 pupils.
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FA chairman Greg Clarke met former Crewe player Andy Woodward, the first person to speak out, on Thursday.
A hotline set up by children's charity the NSPCC and backed by the FA got more than 50 calls in its first two hours.
"I'd like to share my regret at the pain victims suffered," said Clarke.
"We will make sure no stones are left unturned in making sure there isn't a new generation of victims - and victims that have been hurt are truly helped."
Manchester United and England captain Wayne Rooney, an NSPCC ambassador, said: "It's awful that some of my colleagues have suffered this way whilst playing the sport that I and they love. It's important that people know that it's OK to speak out, there is help available and that they don't need to suffer in silence."
Woodward, former Crewe team-mate Steve Walters, and ex-Manchester City player David White all say they were abused by convicted paedophile and former football coach Barry Bennell.
Ex-Tottenham player Paul Stewart claims an unnamed coach - not Bennell - abused him daily for four years.
All four men have waived their right to lifelong anonymity to speak to the media.
Two other former youth players, Jason Dunford and Chris Unsworth, say they were abused by Bennell and spoke to Friday's edition of the Victoria Derbyshire programme. They have come forward after seeing Woodward's interview.
Manchester City said they are investigating "any past links" with Bennell, adding: "The club is aware of allegations that Barry Bennell had an association with Manchester City Football Club in the 1980s."
Meanwhile, according to the Guardian, an anonymous ex-footballer has also contacted police to say he was a victim of George Ormond - a former Newcastle United youth coach who was jailed in 2002 for offences against young footballers in the area.
A spokesman for Northumbria Police told the Guardian it has received an allegation of "historic sexual offences in Newcastle" and that inquiries are ongoing.
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Bennell, a youth coach at Crewe in the 1980s and 1990s, was sentenced to nine years in prison in 1998 after admitting sexual offences against six boys. He has been jailed three times for child sex abuse - including once in America.
Clarke was asked if the FA had failed to take appropriate action in the 1990s. He said: "If there was no response then, that was appalling."
He added: "I believe the FA has done a lot of good work since then, set up safeguarding rules, put criminal records checks in place. It has done a lot of work to make sure the situation is better.
"There are robust measures in place to ensure safeguarding of minors in football clubs across England. Are they perfect? No. There is no substitute for vigilant parenting. I am not claiming the system is perfect. We are rechecking everything."
Clarke said he had written to 30,000 professional and amateur football clubs in England. In his letter, he said: "We cannot and will not be complacent."
He added his immediate priority was to ensure potential victims "felt safe" to come forward and "report terrible crimes".
After meeting Clarke and other senior FA officials, Woodward said: "My concern is not looking back now, it is looking at what to do now, what to put in place to protect children even at grassroots."
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Former England midfielder Danny Murphy came through the ranks at Crewe when Bennell was at the club.
The 39-year-old said Bennell was "charismatic", and added he had stayed at the coach's house.
"My experience of Barry was quite brief," Murphy told BBC Sport.
"I was trained by him. He was a good coach. He had a nasty side - he could be a bit of a tyrant in training and go after people. He was good at his job and players liked to be in his sessions.
"I stayed at Barry's house one particular night, I recall. Hand on my heart, I didn't experience any negativity or problems at all."
Murphy said the football environment is "a perfect breeding ground for anybody who wants to do things to children".
He said: "The ability to take groups of children on trips, for a tournament, is there. That unfortunately means some will take advantage of that.
"At professional level, kids are desperate to become footballers and that particular coach can make it happen or not, they believe. For some of the lads, Barry was that person. 'If I don't tow the line, if I don't do what he says maybe I'll be dropped', and that's what Andy Woodward was saying in his piece."
On Thursday evening, police were seen at Bennell's address in Milton Keynes, removing a dog and some boxes.
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A baton representing the regiment's history is being taken around the world. It was handed over on the summit by 32 Regiment Royal Artillery.
Newport's 104 Regiment Royal Artillery are responsible for the Welsh leg of the journey.
The two-tonne gun was fired three times at 05:20 BST on Friday.
Cadets from Clwyd and Gwynedd Army Cadet Force took the baton from Snowdon to Blaenau Ffestiniog via the zipwire at Penrhyn Quarry, Bethesda.
The next stage of the journey will see the baton travel via bicycle to St Davids, Pembrokeshire.
The Welsh tour will also take in Brecon, Powys, Pen y Fan and Rhondda Heritage Park before ending with a gun salute in Cardiff on Sunday.
Wrestlers Vasyl Fedoryshyn, from Ukraine, and Artur Taymazov, of Uzbekistan, have lost their respective 2008 silver and gold medals.
Russian weightlifter Svetlana Tsarukaeva has been stripped of her 2012 silver.
All three tested positive for the steroid turinabol.
Taymazov also tested positive for another steroid, stanozolol.
The International Olympic Committee is retesting hundreds of doping samples from the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games based on targeted intelligence.
More than 100 athletes have already been sanctioned as part of the retesting programme.
Bottas was 0.095 seconds quicker than his fellow Finn, with Vettel's title rival Lewis Hamilton third, 0.416secs down on his Mercedes team-mate.
Ferrari's Vettel managed just one quick lap because of a problem suspected to be a water leak and was 12th fastest.
The German leads Hamilton by 12 points after seven races.
The session was more encouraging for Hamilton, who had a difficult day on Friday, struggling with tyre temperature and traffic and failing to record a fully representative lap.
But the margin to Bottas will still be a concern for Hamilton, who has not looked at home throughout the weekend regardless of some of his issues being out of his control.
Some of Hamilton's deficit to Bottas may be accounted for by the fact that the Finn secured a slipstream from Red Bull's Max Verstappen on both his best laps.
Vettel's start to the session was delayed as the team investigated a problem. He was sent out after about 20 minutes and managed to record one lap before he was ordered to come back to the pits.
Verstappen was looking strong before his engine cut out about 10 minutes before the end of the session, and he ended up sixth. The team said they suspected a hydraulics problem.
Verstappen's team-mate Daniel Ricciardo ended up fourth, 0.545secs off the pace, with the impressive Esteban Ocon in the Force India fifth and just 0.057secs behind the Australian.
Williams's Felipe Massa was seventh, just two places and 0.302secs ahead of rookie team-mate Lance Stroll, whose confidence appears to have been transformed by scoring his first points with ninth place in his home race in Canada two weeks ago.
Stroll ended his session with a trip into the escape road at Turn Two after overshooting his braking.
The Williams drivers were split by the Toro Rosso of Daniil Kvyat, with Force India's Sergio Perez 10th.
McLaren's Fernando Alonso was 14th, but knows he will start from the back after a total of 40 places of grid penalties for using too many engine parts.
Renault's Jolyon Palmer had another difficult session. After crashing on Friday at Turn Eight, he pulled off early in the final session with flames and smoke pouring from the back of his car.
Cole's double made it nine points from a possible nine for Uwe Rosler's side as they built on wins over Rotherham and Northampton.
The swirling winds set the tone for an aerial battle in the opening stages but when Fleetwood eventually got the ball down they looked a constant threat.
Midfield maestro Kyle Dempsey pulled the strings in the middle of the park and he orchestrated the opening goal.
The former Huddersfield man found a pocket of space on the right and slid the ball over to Jordy Hiwula, who teed up Cole to curl the ball home from the corner of the box in the 19th minute.
Cole struck again in the 57th minute, a perfectly-weighted Dempsey pass down the channel released him on the left with the striker cutting inside and curling the ball into the top-right corner.
It was not all one-way traffic though as Wimbledon enjoyed a spell of pressure after the goal.
Cody McDonald failed to set up a grandstand finish as he nodded the ball onto the bar with Lyle Taylor also wasting some good late chances for the visitors as Fleetwood absorbed the pressure.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Fleetwood Town 2, AFC Wimbledon 0.
Second Half ends, Fleetwood Town 2, AFC Wimbledon 0.
Foul by Bobby Grant (Fleetwood Town).
Liam Trotter (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Hand ball by Ashley Hunter (Fleetwood Town).
Foul by Ashley Nadesan (Fleetwood Town).
Adedeji Oshilaja (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Ashley Nadesan replaces Jordy Hiwula-Mayifuila.
Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Markus Schwabl replaces Aiden O'Neill.
Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Ashley Hunter replaces Devante Cole.
Attempt missed. George Francomb (AFC Wimbledon) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.
Foul by Lewie Coyle (Fleetwood Town).
Andy Barcham (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Liam Trotter (AFC Wimbledon) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
Foul by Aiden O'Neill (Fleetwood Town).
Nadjim Abdou (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Aiden O'Neill (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Andy Barcham (AFC Wimbledon).
Attempt missed. Lyle Taylor (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Jordy Hiwula-Mayifuila (Fleetwood Town) is shown the yellow card.
Devante Cole (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Barry Fuller (AFC Wimbledon).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Lyle Taylor (AFC Wimbledon) because of an injury.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Lewie Coyle.
Foul by Lewie Coyle (Fleetwood Town).
Lyle Taylor (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Barry Fuller.
Kyle Dempsey (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nadjim Abdou (AFC Wimbledon).
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Liam Trotter replaces Anthony Hartigan.
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Kwesi Appiah replaces Cody McDonald.
Kyle Dempsey (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Lyle Taylor (AFC Wimbledon).
Attempt blocked. Anthony Hartigan (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Amari'i Bell.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Lewie Coyle.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Ashley Eastham.
Cody McDonald (AFC Wimbledon) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box following a set piece situation.
Ashley Eastham (Fleetwood Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
The discovery pushes back the oldest evidence for preserved proteins by 100 million years.
Scientists have also found traces of a mineral that probably came from the blood of the early Jurassic dinosaur.
Soft tissues provide new insights into the biology of dinosaurs and how they evolved.
They are rarely preserved during the process of fossilisation, during which bones and teeth are slowly transformed into "rock".
Robert Reisz, a palaeontologist from the University of Toronto Mississauga, in Canada, said: "We hope to be able to learn more about the biology of these animals and the more we know about their soft tissues the more we will know about them overall.
"We are actually looking at the preservation of the original materials that were in the living organism rather than an impression of the soft tissues that were there."
The researchers studied the fossils of a Lufengosaurus dinosaur using infrared spectroscopy with a synchrotron in Taiwan.
Preserved fragments of collagen and iron-rich proteins were found within the walls of blood vessels running through rib bones.
They think the remains of dinosaur blood may have preserved the collagen for almost 200 million years.
Stephen Brusatte of the University of Edinburgh, who is not connected with the research, said the discovery was "a jaw-dropper".
"To find proteins in a 195-million-year-old dinosaur fossil is a startling discovery," he told BBC News.
"It almost sounds too good to be true, but this team has used every method at their disposal to verify their discovery, and it seems to hold up."
He said the fact that proteins can survive for so long has two big implications.
The preservation of microscopic proteins for nearly 200 million years tells us that there is still much to learn about how fossils form.
And the findings appear to corroborate previous reports of similar proteins in other dinosaurs, that are about 70 million years old.
"This discovery tells us that yes, you really can probably preserve soft, microscopic proteins inside dinosaur bones for tens or hundreds of millions of years," Dr Brusatte added.
"And that opens up entirely new avenues for studying dinosaurs."
Lufengosaurus belongs to a group of dinosaurs which lived during the Early Jurassic Period in what is now south-western China.
A site in south west China has produced dozens of skeletons of the plant-eating dinosaur.
The discovery follows research by the same team on the oldest dinosaur embryos ever found.
Insight into life in a dinosaur egg
The research is published in the journal, Nature Communications.
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Yorkshire had reduced the hosts from 238-1 to 299-7 after tea on Saturday, but Lancs then plundered 195 runs in an extended morning session to hit back.
Clark (84*) and Jarvis (55) both made career-bests, helped by Arron Lilley (45) as Lancs were bowled out for 494.
Yorkshire then replied on 136-2, of which Alex Lees has so far made 62.
Jarvis continued an already good day by getting the first wicket to fall, trapping Adam Lyth for 25, while Jack Leaning edged Tom Smith to Liam Livingstone at first slip seven overs later.
But, although Lees then bedded in with captain Andrew Gale in a third-wicket stand so far worth 81, the Tykes will resume on day three still needing another 209 runs to avoid the follow-on.
That was thanks first to Clark's 87-run eighth-wicket stand with Lilley. And, although Nathan Buck went cheaply, Clark then helped reach a century partnership with ex-Zimbabwe seamer Jarvis, who made a maiden first-class fifty from number eleven.
Their efforts eventually delayed lunch by 25 minutes before the previously well plundered England leg-spinner Adil Rashid got his revenge by trapping Jarvis lbw to wrap up the innings in the 133rd over.
The 107-run last-wicket stand between Clark and Jarvis was Lancashire's best in a Roses match, surpassing the 82 put on in 1991 by Ian Austin and Peter Martin at Scarborough.
But it was just a run short of breaking the all-time Roses match last-wicket record partnership of 108 set by Lees Whitehead and the venerable Lord Hawke at Old Trafford in 1903.
Lancashire seamer Kyle Jarvis told BBC Radio Manchester:
"It was set up nicely this morning by Arron and Clarky, who batted really well. I came in and played a few shots and it came off.
"We didn't have an ideal session last night losing those six wickets, and we were in a bit of trouble at 299-7. For them to go and play as positively as they did was fantastic. It took the pressure off.
"I haven't quite cracked that fifty before. I've got out for 48 a few times, so it was nice to get it. If I could choose any game to do it in, it would be the Roses."
Yorkshire batsman Jack Leaning told BBC Radio Leeds:
"We didn't quite start as we'd like with the ball. Sometimes you don't hit your straps. They got away from us, but the lads have clawed it back.
"They bowled well at us early doors. But Leesy and Galey fought back really well, and we're in a good position now.
"With the blokes we've got in our dressing room, there's no reason why we can't win."
The 66-year-old, who was born in Ilkeston, said his parents "would have been delighted".
Councillor Chris Corbett, Leader of Erewash Borough Council, said: "This is a well deserved honour."
Mr Lindsay is known for his role in TV shows such as, Citizen Smith and My Family, as well as stage work.
This has included appearances with the Royal Shakespeare Company and in musical theatre.
The recipient of a BAFTA, a Tony Award, and three Olivier Awards, he said his childhood in Ilkeston "remains strong" in his memory.
Danny Corns, who put forward the idea, said: "I've known Robert about 35 to 40 years, he went to the same school as me.
"I first saw him at 12 years of age in a school play... It was obvious that he had a lot of talent."
Councillor Corbett said: "He is one of Britain's best-loved and best-known actors and it is with great pride that we can say he is 'one of ours', he is from our borough.
"We thank those who organised and signed the petition asking us to award this Freedom of the Borough."
Mr Lindsay becomes the second individual to receive the honour after cycling boss Dave Brailsford, who was awarded it in 2012.
Recipients are presented with a ribboned Badge of Office medal and an ornate framed scroll.
The Bluebirds defender has undergone ankle surgery after being injured in the 2-0 win over Preston.
"We'll know more about that in two weeks time, but he's out for a few months we think," he said.
Warnock also praised the impact Garry Monk has had at Leeds United since he took over last June ahead of Cardiff's visit to Elland Road.
The Cardiff boss hopes defender Peltier could possibly return to action before the end of the season.
"Apparently the operation went better than expected," he told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
"They took three or four big chunks of bone out of his ankle that. It's quite amazing how he's played for as long as he has really.
"He should be ok by the end of the season."
As Warnock prepares to return to one of his old clubs, he has heaped praise on former Swansea boss Monk, who has guided the Elland Road club to fifth in the Championship.
Monk is the sixth full time head coach appointed by owner Massimo Cellino since June 2014 and Warnock thinks he is the stand-out boss of the division.
"Garry has clamed him (Cellino) down a little bit. They needed someone to steady the ship and show him what can happen if everything goes quietly behind the scenes. And that's what Garry's done.
"He (Cellino) has been looking for that person like Garry Monk because it would have been easy to get rid of him after the first few games.
"They had a terrible start where a lot of people would have panicked. But he's probably my manager of the season so far."
Monk parted company with Swansea in December 2015 after one win in 11 Premier League games.
And Warnock has been impressed with the way that he's responded to that disappointment.
"At the time it was probably the easy decision for the chairman (Huw Jenkins) to make rather than support him. And that's what they do sometimes, they take the easy way out," he said.
"When you're a manager you have to look to the next challenge. You can't have any regrets. You look at thing you do well and I'm sure Garry looked back at things that he didn't do so well because that's how you learn as a manager.
"You don't get carried away too much if you have a good time. In the same ways you don't get too down if you have some bad times."
The driver, from Banbury, was travelling in a Hyundai car on Thursday morning on the A41 between the Rodney House roundabout and Oxford Road in Bicester.
At 00:15 BST the man suffered serious injuries when he was in collision with a white DAF lorry.
He was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford but later died.
The two-way road was closed while crash scene investigators assessed the scene.
The driver of the lorry was uninjured and Thames Valley Police have appealed for witnesses to come forward.
Like-for-like sales - which strip out the impact of new stores - rose by 2.3% in the three months to 27 May, boosted by demand for fresh food.
Analysts had expected a rise of 2.2% after Tesco reported an increase of 0.7% in the fourth quarter.
Tesco will face shareholders on Friday who are expected to question a pay deal awarded to chief executive Dave Lewis.
Mr Lewis was given a £142,000 package to help him move to a house closer to Tesco's headquarters in Welwyn Garden City. This was on top of his £4.1m pay packet.
He defended the relocation costs, saying that similar payouts were made to other members of staff.
"We move a lot of people around - store managers in particular," he said. "The policy we have is to pay the legal fees, stamp duty and in some cases moving costs. The board offered me exactly the same policy that everyone else gets."
Commenting on its first-quarter results, Mr Lewis described current market conditions as "tough" but said: "This is a good start to the year, with our sixth consecutive quarter of positive like-for-like sales growth across the group."
In the UK, Tesco said that fresh food in particular had performed well between March and May, with like-for-like sales up 1.6%.
The company also said that it "worked hard" with its suppliers "to protect customers from inflationary pressures and to keep prices as low as possible".
Figures out this week revealed that average earnings fell by 0.6% in real terms in the three months to April, as pay rises were outstripped by rising inflation.
Laith Khalaf, senior analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said: "Recovery is continuing at Tesco, despite the squeeze on consumer incomes from weak wage growth and rising inflation.
"The going is still tough though, as the sector is highly competitive and a rising pound will put pressure on supermarket margins, so it remains to be seen just how much those higher sales will feed through into profits."
Mr Lewis has been attempting to refocus Tesco on its core supermarket business in the UK, which has seen it sell off the garden centre business Dobbies, restaurant chain Giraffe and the Harris & Hoole coffee shops.
The retailer said it was continuing with its plan to cut costs by £1.5bn, which includes selling its opticians business to High Street chain Vision Express and "repurposing" space in larger stores by linking up with Dixons Carphone to open Currys PC World outlets.
Tesco made no mention of its £3.7bn takeover of wholesaler and convenience store group Booker in Friday's trading update but is expected to face questions about the deal at its annual general meeting.
Schroders and Artisan Partners, both shareholders in Tesco, have said that Tesco is paying too much for Booker and wrote to the supermarkets group's chairman John Allan in March outlining their concerns.
The Competition and Markets Authority has also announced that it is considering whether to launch an investigation into the deal.
Across the Tesco group as a whole, like-for-like sales rose 1%. Its international division recorded a 3% fall in sales, which was mainly due to the company pulling out of bulk product sales in Thailand.
This month's general election has only served to heighten the sense that much of the Brexit process is still unknown - particularly the final destination.
So what has changed in the past year?
Well, in terms of the process, in March the UK triggered Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon, the formal route out of the EU that has never been put to the test before.
And - after an unexpected UK election that produced an unexpected result - formal face-to-face negotiations on the terms of divorce finally began earlier this week.
But there has been only one day of meetings between the two chief negotiators - David Davis and Michel Barnier - and there is an enormous amount still to do. That worries EU officials in particular.
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The next few months will be crucial. By October we should know whether a deal looks achievable on the elements of separation that the EU intends to focus on first: citizens' rights, a financial settlement, and the future status of the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
For now, all we know is that the two-year period for Article 50 negotiations is due to come to an end on 29 March 2019, and unless all parties agree on an extension, that is when the UK will leave the EU.
Amid all this uncertainty, what about some of the claims that reverberated around the referendum campaign last year?
The claim: £350m a week going to the EU that could go to the NHS
The verdict: The famous £350 million-a-week slogan daubed on the side of a Vote Leave bus has been debunked many times. It wasn't true then, and it isn't true now. The UK didn't send £350m a week to the EU because the rebate was deducted before any money was sent, and there's no sign that such a sum will be plucked from a magic money tree to be sent to the NHS when we leave.
A big concern for the NHS post-Brexit is whether it will be able to recruit the staff it needs to keep services going. The number of nurses from the EU registering to work in the UK has dropped from 1,304 in July 2016 to just 46 in April 2017.
That's a problem because 6.9% of nurses and health visitors in the NHS and 9.3% of doctors come from countries elsewhere in the EU (and the European Economic Area).
The fall in the number of EU nurses registering for work is part of a pattern that has seen net migration to the UK fall even before Brexit happens. The latest figures from the ONS show fewer EU citizens arriving in the UK and more leaving. What we don't yet know is what kind of immigration system the government plans to introduce when it brings free movement of people from the rest of the EU to an end.
The claim: Another prominent claim from the leave campaign in the run-up to the referendum last year was that Turkey was on the verge of joining the EU, and the UK couldn't do anything to stop it.
The verdict: Again, not true then and not true now.
In fact, since the referendum, Turkey has lived through an attempted military coup, a massive crackdown on opposition and dissent, and a sharp deterioration in human rights. Several countries are calling openly for stuttering membership talks to come to an end, and Turkey feels further away than ever from joining the EU.
The claim: There were many warnings of dire economic consequences from the remain side during the referendum campaign.
The verdict: A Treasury analysis that a leave vote would tip the UK into recession and cause an "immediate and profound" economic shock has proven to be unfounded.
That may be partly because so little actually happened in the immediate aftermath of the referendum result. It took nine months to trigger Article 50, and for much of the past year there was a sense of a phoney war as the country digested what had just taken place.
But many of the economic forecasts were about what might happen after we actually leave, and we're nowhere near that point yet. However, there has been one clear economic consequence of the Brexit vote that has had a knock-on effect on inflation: a sustained fall in the value of the pound.
During the course of the past year, sterling has fallen by as much as 19.3% against the US dollar and 15.5% against the euro. It has recovered slightly, but on Thursday the pound was 15% lower than it was on 23 June 2016 relative to the dollar, and 13.2% lower against the euro.
The claim: Another economic argument, used this time by the leave campaign, was that the UK would be well advised to leave an economic union that was in terminal decline.
The verdict: In fact the latest projections from the OECD predict that the UK economy will grow by 1.6% this year and 1% next year, while the euro area will grow by 1.8% in both 2017 and 2018.
The World Bank is more optimistic about the UK economy, and the eurozone still has some serious underlying issues to grapple with. Perceptions can change quickly, but the election in France of a new young president in Emmanuel Macron has reinforced the idea that perhaps - just perhaps - the EU has got its mojo back, just as the UK shuffles towards the exit door.
So where do we go from here?
All in all, it feels like there still has not been an honest debate in the UK about what Brexit actually means in practice. Both the main parties avoided any serious detail during the course of the election campaign.
But debate has resumed about alternative models - the Swiss model and the Norwegian model - that were discussed at length before and after the referendum, only to be discarded once Theresa May announced that she was determined that the UK would leave the single market and the customs union.
Debate about the long-term destination, and the prospects for a lengthy transition period, will intensify in the coming months. But there is an urgent need for progress on some of the more immediate practical issues.
As a direct result of the decision to leave the EU, the government plans legislation that will totally recast national policy on immigration, customs, trade, agriculture and fisheries, nuclear safeguards and international sanctions, as well as the "Repeal Bill" that will transpose all EU rules and regulations into British law.
It is a vast undertaking.
It is remarkable how much we still don't know about how this process is going to unfold. One year on from the referendum, we are in many ways none the wiser.
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Huw Lewis also hopes to have the content available to teachers by 2018.
He said he is determined the curriculum will "embody better learning and higher standards" and wants teachers to help design and develop it.
At the National Education Conference in Cardiff on Thursday, Mr Lewis will outline how the Welsh government will produce it.
In June, the minister accepted all 68 recommendations in Successful Futures, an independent report into education in Wales by professor Graham Donaldson.
This report will provide the "foundations" for his plan titled A curriculum for Wales- a curriculum for life.
It will be based on eight building blocks that include encompassing areas of learning and experience, developing cross-curriculum responsibilities and enabling the Welsh language to thrive.
Speaking ahead of the conference, Mr Lewis said the "first ever made in Wales curriculum" would be "fit for the 21st Century and driven by the latest national and international thinking".
Professor Donaldson said: "Wales is about to embark on a radical reform of its curriculum and assessment arrangements."
He added: "The challenge is to be both creative and realistic in building the new curriculum and assessment framework."
Witnesses said they heard two loud bangs, reported to in the foyer, after a pop concert by singer Ariana Grande.
Greater Manchester Police said there are a "number of confirmed fatalities and others injured".
The cause of the reported explosion is unknown but the North West Counter Terrorism Unit is treating it as a possible terrorist incident.
BBC Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford said senior counter-terrorism officers are assembling in London and are liaising with the Home Office.
He said early estimates put the number of fatalities in double figures, although these are not confirmed.
Manchester Victoria station, which is close to the concert venue, has been closed and all trains cancelled. British Transport Police say explosion was in the foyer area of Manchester Arena.
Greater Manchester Police tweeted to urge people to stay away from the area.
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The BBC's Tim Ashburn, who is at the scene, spoke to some volunteer paramedics who treated the injured for "shrapnel-like injuries".
A number of eyewitnesses have described the confusion in the aftermath.
Andy Holey, who had gone to the arena to pick up his wife and daughter who had been at the concert, said: "As I was waiting, an explosion went off and it threw me about 30 feet from one set of doors to the other set of doors.
"When I got up I saw bodies lying on the ground. My first thought was to go into the Arena to try to find my family.
"When I couldn't find them, I went outside with the police and fire and looked through some of the bodies to try and find my wife and daughter.
"I managed to find them eventually and they're OK.
"It was definitely an explosion and it was some force. It happened near the box office at the entrance to the Arena."
Robert Tempkin, 22, from Middlesbrough, said: "Everyone was screaming and running, there were coats and people's phones on the floor. People just dropped everything.
"Some people were screaming they'd seen blood but other people were saying it was balloons busting or a speaker had been popped.
"There were lots of ambulances. I saw somebody being treated. I couldn't tell what had happened to him."
Josh Elliott, speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live, said he was shocked by news of the fatalities.
"A bang went off and everyone stopped and screamed... we basically hit the deck," he said
"It was bedlam… it was horrific.
"We got up when we thought it was safe and got out as quickly as possible.
"People were just crying and in tears... police cars were everywhere.
"We just wanted to get out as quickly as possible because we didn't know what was going on."
Manchester Arena, formerly known as the MEN Arena, is the biggest indoor venue in the city with a capacity of around 18,000 for concerts.
The arena foyer connects with Victoria train and tram station, a major hub on the northern edge of the city centre.
The arena regularly hosts concerts by major stars like Ariana Grande - a 23-year-old American TV teen actress-turned-pop star.
She's a big draw for young fans, with hits including Problem, featuring Iggy Azalea, which hit number one in the UK in 2014; and Side To Side, featuring Nicki Minaj, which reached number four last year.
She's currently on a European tour - she's already played Birmingham and Dublin and is due to be at the O2 Arena in London on Wednesday and Thursday.
Michelle Sullivan, from Huddersfield, was attending the concert with her daughters, aged 12 and 15.
"It was really scary," she said. "Just as the lights have gone down we heard a really loud explosion... Everybody screamed.
"When we got out they just said 'keep on running, keep on running'."
Pat Carney, Manchester City Council's spokesman for the city centre, said the city's thoughts were with the families of those killed and injured.
"It's a very easy target - a concert hall where young people are enjoying music," he said.
"The public are really co-operating by staying away from what is basically now a crime site.
"The world we live in, police and the council have emergency procedures that we practise all the time.
"Obviously everyone in the city is shocked, having seen how young some of these people are
"The police are treating it as a live site, we don't know if this is the end or there are other incidents in that area... we don't know at the moment."
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Gwynedd council confirmed action has been taken involving two members of school staff in the authority.
Ysgol Pendalar has about 90 pupils aged between three and 19-years-old, all with special educational needs.
The council said an internal investigation is currently under way.
"It would not be appropriate for the council to make any further comment whilst the investigation is ongoing," added a spokesman.
Thousands of passengers were affected across all eight lines due to a problem at the Network Management Centre in Old Trafford.
It is thought the communications system was unable to flag up where trams were on the network.
The problem began at about 11:15 BST and services have now resumed.
Metrolink said most services are back to normal apart from East Didsbury and the Rochdale via Oldham lines.
A couple of miles east of Alizai town in the Kurram tribal district, north-western Pakistan, boundary walls of two large compounds are rising fast.
Elders of the region's largest tribe, the Turi, say they are building homes for eight families from western parts of Kurram who have volunteered to resettle here.
"Apart from a house, each family will get four acres of land for agricultural use," says Haji Hashim Ali, a Turi elder and in charge of the community project.
"We hope to attract more than 200 families to this colony in a year's time," he says.
The idea is to boost Turi presence in an area that belongs to the tribe but where the population has thinned out.
That has allowed others to step in and bring Taliban militants with them, Mr Ali explains.
The Turi tribe, which belongs to the Shia sect of Islam, has traditionally abhorred the Taliban - who adhere to a hardline Sunni form of the faith and many of whom consider Shias to be non-Muslims.
Two years ago, the Turis fought a major battle with the Taliban in the surroundings of Alizai.
They are now consolidating their hold on the region.
To the south of Alizai, across the Kurram river, the tribe is building a 14km (8.6 miles) road to link Alizai with the Turi stronghold of Parachinar in the west.
The Shurko road detours the Sunni-dominated town of Sadda, which is located on the region's main road that links Parachinar with Alizai and the rest of Pakistan.
In Parachinar, the district centre, and all along the Shurko road, community volunteers man checkpoints and also guard the region's airport.
There are no military checkpoints anywhere in the Turi lands from Parachinar to Alizai - and no Taliban.
To a casual observer, this comes as a surprise because Kurram is the most important strategic site from where to launch guerrilla attacks inside Afghanistan.
Its western tip is only 90km (56 miles) from the Afghan capital, Kabul.
Local people say that Taliban started pouring into the area in 2006 and set up base at a mosque in Parachinar.
"When we came to know of their presence, we took up the matter with the authorities, but they refused to expel them, saying the decisions were taken at a much higher level," says Ali Akbar Turi, another local elder.
Fighting between the locals and the Taliban erupted in April 2007, and dozens of people were killed over the next year.
Devoid of local support, the Taliban were forced to retreat to their bases in Sadda and Alizai in eastern Kurram, but from there they enforced a blockade of Kurram's only road link to Pakistan.
"Our traders lost millions of dollars worth of merchandise when our trucks were bombed and burned down, and dozens of our people were beheaded," recalls Haji Hashim Ali.
In August 2008, local elders decided that if the army wasn't prepared to deal with the Taliban, it was time to raise a tribal force and storm the militant bases themselves.
Najib Hussain, a Kurram resident, fought on a front that finally led to the fall of Bugzai, a village that housed the Taliban's main base in the region, just across the river from Alizai.
"We had about 100 to 150 fighters. We would rotate them in four hourly shifts," he says.
"Fighting was intense. During the first 27 days I only came down twice from my position on the hill to take a bath. On the 27th day, I was hit and had to be carried away to the hospital."
It took the tribal force 46 days of fighting - and the loss of around 400 fighters - to inflict a final defeat on Taliban.
Nearly two years after the war, this entire area remains free of Taliban.
But further east, the Taliban continue to block their exit route.
People can only leave Kurram in convoys, and only when the government provides security. Even then, they are regularly attacked.
In the last attack in July, suspected Taliban gunmen killed 18 people travelling in a passenger van from Parachinar to Peshawar, the regional capital.
Syed Abid Jan, 75, was one of four survivors.
"We started in the convoy but our van fell behind," he says.
"In Charkhel area, some 20km (12.4 miles) east of Alizai, about 10 gunmen fired at the van, causing it to overturn. Then they came closer and fired at the passengers trapped inside from all sides."
Mr Jan was hit in the back.
"When they went away, I looked around. My grandson was dead. He had fallen on me. I had fallen on my wife. She was also dead."
After three years of road blockades, the intensity of war has left a mark on the people of Kurram.
Trading and development work have come to a halt, much of the infrastructure of health, education and agriculture has been destroyed, and there is of course the emotional toll.
"A friend of mine told me to beware of going mad. I think that warning has kept me from going mad entirely," says Aqeel Hussain, the owner of a petrol station in Alizai.
"But sometimes I think I'm half mad. My blood pressure shoots up sometimes. It never used to happen before."
After the fall of Bugzai, the Taliban twice offered to guarantee the safety of the road from Kurram to Peshawar in return for access for their militants through Kurram into Afghanistan.
But this is an offer which the people of Kurram say they are determined never to accept.
Arriving in the capital Vientiane from Vietnam, she met Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong and Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith.
The US is spending $9m this year on helping clean up unexploded ordnance left over from the Vietnam War in Laos.
Mrs Clinton will then head to Cambodia for an Asean meeting.
The US dropped two million tons of bombs on Laos during the Vietnam War and unexploded bombs are still affecting lives and agriculture in the South East Asian nation.
The last top US diplomat to visit Laos was John Foster Dulles in 1955.
The US and Laos also "agreed to improve and further facilitate the accounting operations for American personnel still missing from the Indochina War era", said a statement released following Mrs Clinton's meeting with Mr Thongsing.
The two sides also discusssed Laos' pending entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Mrs Clinton visited a Buddhist temple and a prosthetic centre funded by the US, the Associated Press reports.
Another key item on her agenda, reports say, is the controversial Mekong River dam, which critics say would have a major impact on the environment and millions of lives.
The $3.8bn (£2.4bn) hydro-electric dam project at Xayaburi has caused tension among Mekong region countries - Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand.
In April, a multi-billion dollar contract was signed for a Thai company, CH Karnchang, to build the dam.
The Lao government has pledged not to go ahead with the project until environmental issues have been resolved.
However, activists say work on the project has already begun, with reports and photographs emerging of construction vehicles in the area.
Mrs Clinton's trip is part of a tour of Asia which analysts say signals the United States' growing interest in the region.
"My trip reflects a strategic priority of American foreign policy today," she told reporters in Mongolia earlier this week.
"After 10 years in which we focused a great deal of attention on the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, the United States is making substantially increased investments - diplomatic, economic, strategic and otherwise - in this part of the world. It's what we call our pivot toward Asia."
At the Asean regional forum later this week in the Cambodian capital, where she will join counterparts from the 10-nation bloc and other Asian countries, including China, tension in the South China Sea is expected to top the agenda.
Mrs Clinton had earlier urged progress on a code of conduct for resolving conflict in the disputed waters between China and several South East Asian nations.
The performance keeps the Toomebridge man, who competes for the Apsar Ducati team, in ninth place in the series.
Laverty achieved his best MotoGP result with a fourth in Argentina in early April and has also achieved a ninth spot and two 12th place finishes.
Jorge Lorenzo led from start to finish to take the lead in the championship.
Previous series leader Marc Marquez and Andrea Dovizioso both crashed as they were duelling for second place the French race, which was the fifth round of this year's championship.
That left Lorenzo's Movistar Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi to take a comfortable second place 10 seconds off the pace with Suzuki's Maverick Vinales completing the podium places.
Prior to the crashes involving Marquez and Dovizioso, Andrea Iannone exited while in second place.
Marquez was able to rejoin the race and finished 13th to limit his losses to Lorenzo, who now leads the table on 90 points, five ahead of his fellow Spaniard, with Rossi in third on 78.
Laverty has accumulated 33 points and his performances currently leave him ahead of Iannone and Dovizioso in the championship.
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In February, Lynette had a double mastectomy. In an unusual case, inflammatory breast cancer was found in one breast while a different form of cancer was in the other.
Lynette was dealt a triple blow in August when secondary cancer was found in her brain. A tumour was removed and further treatment followed.
Lynette said intends to enjoy Christmas - especially the food and drink.
"We are having lots of family round from early morning. Cava will be flowing and lots of lemonade for the children, mince pies, and a feast for dinner.
"Last year, my mouth was covered in sores from the chemotherapy treatment. I actually couldn't eat."
Lynette first appeared on the BBC in February just weeks before both her breasts were removed.
"It's been such a tough year. Cancer turns your life upside down. I honestly believe I am not the same person that in was in July 2015," she said.
Lynette is not alone. There are currently more than 20,000 people aged 15-64 in Northern Ireland, living with cancer.
Each person deals with the disease in their own way.
On Lynette's journey, she stumbled across Clonard Monastery in west Belfast.
A member of the Church of Ireland walking through the doors of a Catholic church in August was both a daunting and enlightening experience.
"I can understand why some would question if there is a God whenever they have been thrown so many hand grenades, like I have been thrown this year," she said.
"I think, at the start, I probably did question that. But I got over it and I definitely have found peace just being able to spend time on my own. Praying has helped me get through."
A friend introduced her to Clonard and it was to become a place of solace for her in the heart of west Belfast.
"I have found great comfort here. Yes, I am Church of Ireland but this place is so welcoming to everyone, no matter what your denomination," she said.
"So just being here and just spending time praying and having time to myself has really helped me."
Throughout the year Lynette has been raising awareness about inflammatory breast cancer.
It is a rare and very aggressive disease - rather than a lump appearing, the breast looks swollen, red or inflamed.
Lynette said when she was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer in her brain she thought her time was up.
"I thought that when you are given that type of news, it was curtains down for me. Coming to Clonard has given me the strength to just turn it around and instead raise awareness."
Now, Lynette is looking to the future.
"Family are everything especially my boys and husband. We have lots of family trips planned," she said.
"I also intend to continue to fundraise to raise awareness."
That's next year - before then Lynette intends to celebrate Christmas.
Sampson did not select Aluko, 30, in his 23-strong squad for Euro 2017, despite her being last season's Women's Super League top-scorer.
She last played for England on 12 April 2016 against Bosnia & Herzegovina.
"For all my life I've always looked at performance to justify rewards you get," Aluko told BBC Radio 5 live.
"Sports people, athletes, young people, anybody in life - the message and values the England team represents should be about hard work, putting your best foot forward and getting rewards for that.
"Mark Sampson has publicly said he doesn't pick on form so the other criteria [are] popularity, team dynamics and character.
"The message this is sending out is if you are popular with the manager you get into the team. You don't have to perform.
"It's a dangerous message to send out, particularly to young players."
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This is the first time in 12 years that Aluko has not been selected by England for a major tournament but she said she was not surprised to be left out.
"After winning the golden boot last season and still not being selected it was obvious to me that the door is shut and has been shut on certain players for a while now," she said.
"I haven't spoken to Mark Sampson in over 12 months. He has said publicly the door isn't shut so I'm really intrigued to find out how that door can be opened again."
Despite her own disappointment, Aluko is hoping the team do well in the 16-team tournament in the Netherlands, where they have been drawn in a group with the hosts, Germany and France.
"I'm delighted for my team-mates who have been selected and I'm excited to watch them in the summer," she added. "I'm certainly behind every single player and supporting the team to hopefully do well in Holland."
The 16-year-old forward joined the Hammers aged 11 and featured for the Premier League club's under-21 side before leaving London Stadium.
"We're fortunate to have signed a very talented player," said Shots boss Gary Waddock.
"We need to make sure that we help him to realise his potential but we are planning for the future."
The 23-year-old from County Wicklow ended his two rounds on nine under par.
Dunne held a share of the lead after 54 holes of last year's Open at St Andrews while still an amateur but slumped to 30th after carding a final round of 78.
Since turning professional, Dunne has established himself on the European Tour with five top-20 finishes.
The Irishman was the first amateur since 1927 to lead the Open after 54 holes in his second appearance at the championship.
Dunne became a professional after sinking the decisive putt as Great Britain and Ireland regained the Walker Cup at Royal Lytham and St Annes in September.
He clinched his 2016 European Tour card by tying for 13th at the the Final Qualifier in Girona.
Dunne joins fellow Irish players Rory McIlroy, Graeme McDowell, Shane Lowry, Darren Clarke and Padraig Harrington in the field for Troon.
Earlier this week, McDowell was confirmed as one of 11 players who had secured their places in the Open through being the highest-ranked non-exempt players in the world rankings.
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The London mayor is on a trade visit to boost trade, including technology partnerships.
At the Google Campus in Tel Aviv - a hub for entrepreneurs and developers - he had the chance to demonstrate a dog simulation.
The games maker reported an annual profit of 7.1bn yen ($72m; £47m), It suffered a loss of 43bn yen in the previous year.
But the company's sales dipped 1.9%, struggling against its rivals Sony and Microsoft, as the three battle it out in the $44bn games market.
Nintendo is behind Pokémon and Super Mario, one of the most successful ever game franchises.
The major players are also facing challenges from firms that make cheap downloadable games for smartphones and tablets
The Japanese yen has been trading at around 95 yen to the dollar in recent months, compared to around 80 a year ago.
A weak yen makes products cheaper to buyers outside Japan.
Sales of Nintendo's Wii U consoles came in at 3.45 million units, well short of the four million annual target.
The Wii U, which went on sale late last year, was the first major new game console to arrive in stores in several years.
The company said a lack of game software had caused console sales to miss the targets.
Sony is promising to launch the latest version of its Playstation console later this year and Microsoft could also be set to release an updated Xbox by the busy festive season.
The 23-year-old student's male friend, who was also attacked, was the only witness at Tuesday's hearing.
The five accused deny the charges. If convicted, they could face the death penalty. A sixth suspect is to be tried by a juvenile court.
No reporting was allowed of Tuesday's proceedings, which have now ended.
The assault has outraged India and sparked a debate about the treatment of women.
The physiotherapy student's male companion was the first of some 80 witnesses to be produced by the prosecution at Saket District Court, a specially convened fast-track court.
By Sanjoy MajumderBBC News, Delhi
This was a key moment in what has become one of India's most closely watched trials.
The five accused arrived in a police van from prison, their faces hooded. And the bus on which the alleged assault took place was also driven into the court complex, as it is a prosecution exhibit.
Over the next several days, the prosecution will produce a number of witnesses, including police officers, forensics experts and doctors who treated the young woman in hospital.
The actual trial is being conducted in secrecy. Even before the day's proceedings got underway, the courtroom was cleared with only the accused, witnesses and lawyers allowed to remain. But that has not prevented the local and international media from taking up positions outside the court, determined to capture every moment in this complex and dramatic trial.
All reporting of proceedings inside the courtroom has been banned and the judge has ordered lawyers not to speak to reporters.
The male companion will be cross-examined by the defence on Wednesday.
He was with the student when she was attacked on a bus and thrown from the vehicle.
She died in a Singapore hospital on 29 December from her internal injuries.
The woman and her 28-year-old companion cannot be named for legal reasons. He arrived at the courthouse in a wheelchair, still unable to walk properly due to injuries suffered in the attack.
His father, who accompanied him into the court complex, told Agence France-Presse news agency: "My son will go to any lengths to ensure that the guilty are punished."
The bus believed to have been used in the attack was driven into the court complex on Tuesday.
The five defendants facing trial in the Saket fast-track court are Ram Singh and his brother Mukesh, Pawan Gupta, Vinay Sharma and Akshay Thakur.
They face 13 charges, including murder, gang-rape, kidnapping and destruction of evidence.
Prosecutors say they have extensive forensic evidence, supported by the suspects' mobile-phone records and the testimony of the dying woman and her companion.
Defence lawyers are expected to argue that the forensic evidence has been fabricated and that the rush to prosecute has led to an unsafe trial.
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The sixth suspect, who is 17, will face trial in a juvenile court.
The maximum sentence he would face if convicted would be three years in a reform facility.
The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder in Delhi says the case is being closely followed in India, where it has led to massive protests about the treatment of women and how the police and legal system tackle sex crimes.
On Sunday, Indian President Pranab Mukherjee signed a new anti-rape law which has increased the minimum sentence for those convicted of gang-rape and allows for the death penalty to be used in extreme cases.
But women's groups have come out against the new law, saying that marital rape and sexual assaults by Indian security forces in conflict zones should have been included.
Publisher Bethesda made the announcement at its press conference at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, also known as the E3 games show, in Los Angeles.
It also showed off a remake of iconic game Doom - out in Spring 2016 - and Dishonored 2.
Both Fallout 4 and Dishonored 2 will feature playable female characters.
The publisher's event kicked off the biggest week in the calendar for the video games industry.
Tomorrow will see similar events from Microsoft and Sony as they lay out their plans for the Xbox and PlayStation consoles over the next year.
On Tuesday, E3 will open its doors to the trade, press and around 5,000 members of the public.
Bethesda was the first of the major game publishers to hold an E3 event.
"I thought it was strong," said Rob Crossley, UK editor of Gamespot, who was at the event. "It was robust. I think they had a lot to show."
The company had shared a trailer for Fallout 4 earlier this month, but gameplay sequences were shown for the first time on Sunday.
A companion game called Fallout Shelter, which is played on a mobile application, was also announced.
In what was billed by Bethesda as a highly customisable environment, players can select a female lead character.
Dishonored 2 also features a female lead character - news which was greeted with cheers in the audience at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre.
"I think it's a really strong move, and I think it deserves a lot of credit," said Mr Crossley.
"Over the past few years we've seen a growing understanding and acceptance that the industry needs to be more inclusive in how it welcomes women into games."
Also getting a first-showing at the event was a remake of iconic series Doom, the game which defined the first-person shooter genre when it was released in the early nineties.
Marty Stratton, executive producer at Id Software, introduced a gameplay run-through of the new title.
In a nod to the original game, weapons such as the Super Shotgun and Chainsaw were demonstrated in a highly-violent scene in keeping with the series' style.
A multiplayer mode was also shown off, including Doom Snapmap, a tool for creating modifications to the game, including custom-designed maps.
A special store will show off users creations for others to try out.
Sunday night's showcase was the first of its kind from Bethesda, who analysts say are positioning themselves as a major publisher alongside the likes of Activision, Ubisoft and EA.
"Bethesda's presser [news conference] was a heady mixture of nostalgia, core gaming and a heavy nod to the changing landscape of games consumption," said Piers Harding-Rolls, a games analyst at IHS.
"This was Bethesda's first ever E3 press event and underlines the company's determination to start to expand its output and grow its fan base and ongoing revenue streams."
Of particular interest, Mr Harding-Rolls said, was the firm's attempts to establish itself on smart devices - phones and tablets - with companion apps.
"These titles will play a role in engaging the fan base for both franchises across new screens and at different moments of the gaming day," he said.
"They will also act as vehicles to broaden the appeal of the PC and console versions of the games.
"Having a smart device strategy, even as a core gaming publisher, is now vitally important for these reasons."
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The bird became trapped on the road at Whittington near Downham Market in Norfolk.
The driver travelled slowly to Graham Gillis Auto Repair where technicians removed the bird, which was then taken to the RSPCA centre at East Winch.
Craig Plumley, animal welfare officer, said: "It is the first time I have known it happen in the 19 years I have been working at the RSPCA."
Mr Plumley said the bird of prey was a victim of "very unfortunate timing".
"He got hit by the car at the exact moment it swooped up from catching a mouse - the dead mouse was also found in the grille," he said.
"You can't prepare for anything like this, but the driver did the right thing by driving slowly to a garage and the garage was really good in getting the kestrel out."
The RSPCA said the bird had been X-rayed and had no broken bones and it hoped to release it back to the wild soon.
Sue Levings, from East Winch wildlife centre, said: "Apart from tail feather damage, the bird is making a good recovery.
"He is receiving treatment for a wound, but it is eating well and it seems bright."
Four young women were killed and another injured when the car in which they were travelling collided with a van at about 21:45 GMT on 6 January.
All five were past pupils of St Leo's College in Carlow.
"It is with great sadness that we learned of the tragic accident involving five of our past pupils," a statement issued by the school said.
"The staff and students of St Leo's College are devastated at the loss of four beautiful young girls. We extend our heartfelt sympathies to their families and friends at this awful time."
Those who died were Aisling Middleton of Athy, County Kildare, Gemma Nolan and Niamh Doyle from Carlow town, all 19.
The fourth victim was Chermaine Carroll, 20, of Pollerton, Carlow.
The two men in the van have also been treated for injuries. They managed to escape from the van before it caught fire.
The crash happened on the N78 at Burtown, near Athy.
Fr Frank McEvoy was called to the scene two hours after the crash.
He told radio station, Newstalk, on Wednesday that it was a "very sad and very sobering" scene.
"It really brought it home. So many people are careful on the roads now but anything can happen," he said.
"Nothing could be done for those women, the inspector said to me the families would appreciate it if a priest came and prayed for them."
The road has been reopened to traffic following a forensic investigation.
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Henry Bolton's daughter Victoria was born in a Southeastern train carriage at London's St Pancras station at about 17:00 BST on Sunday.
Paramedics sealed off the platform after his wife Tatiana Smurova-Bolton, 41, went into labour during the journey into the capital.
Mr Bolton cut the umbilical cord while the baby was on the floor of the train.
He then handed her to his wife.
The UKIP candidate for Kent PCC, who was defeated in the 5 May election, tweeted: "Mum and baby very well."
"The staff on the train and at the station were outstanding," Mr Bolton told the BBC.
"We got the train as we knew the traffic wasn't excellent and we would end up stuck on the motorway.
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"I told the security staff on the platform what was happening and they started everything off from there. The platform was sealed off and they couldn't have done more."
The first six carriages of the 12-car train split off and left the station on its next journey after only a four-minute delay.
The former Army intelligence officer received 87,978 votes in the Kent Police and Crime Commissioner election, losing to Conservative Matthew Scott.
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The 28-year-old is believed to have built the device his younger brother used in an assassination attempt on Saudi Arabia's deputy interior minister in August 2009, and the underwear bomb a young Nigerian man tried to detonate in an aircraft over the US on Christmas Day.
He is also thought to have made the bombs hidden in two packages which were found on planes in Dubai and the UK in October 2010.
Both were shipped from Yemen, where he is based, and used the powerful explosive pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), which was also used in the two earlier attacks. The packages were addressed to synagogues in the US.
And in May 2012, US officials said they believed Asiri had built an improved version of the underwear bomb, which was reportedly given to a Saudi-recruited double agent to blow up on a US-bound flight.
Known by the alias "Abu Saleh", Mr Asiri was born in April 1982 into a pious military family in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.
Little has been reported about his early life, but he had four brothers and three sisters, and was previously imprisoned in the Gulf kingdom after trying to enter Iraq to join Islamist insurgents there.
"They put me in prison and I began to see the depths of [the Saudi] servitude to the Crusaders and their hatred for the true worshippers of God, from the way they interrogated me," Asiri was quoted as saying by a al-Qaeda-produced magazine in September 2009.
In 2007, the family was living together in the holy city of Mecca when he and his younger brother, Abdullah, went missing.
"We were planning to move back to Riyadh, but Abdullah and Ibrahim said they wanted to go to Medina before returning with us," their father Hassan, a retired soldier, told the Saudi Gazette in 2009.
"Abdullah later contacted us to say he was out of the country, but did not say where. From that day on we had no more news of him until we saw his and his brother's pictures... in the media on a list of wanted people."
Ibrahim's was the first name on the list of 83 Saudis and two Yemenis who the Saudi authorities said were wanted for "participating in extremist activities abroad" with "deviant groups". Abdullah was number 40.
Officials said the men had entered Yemen illegally and joined al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, formed in January 2009 by a merger between two regional offshoots of the international Islamist militant network in Yemen and Saudi Arabia.
AQAP established strongholds in central and southern Yemen, where it was protected by tribes who were wary of government interference. It took on new recruits and experienced fighters returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, including several former detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
The group's first operation outside Yemen was carried out in Saudi Arabia in August 2009 against the kingdom's security chief, Prince Mohammed Bin Nayef Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, though he survived with only minor injuries.
The suicide bomber - who was later named as Ibrahim's 23-year-old brother, Abdullah - concealed a device containing about 100g of PETN inside his body or inside his underwear. It used a detonator with a chemical fuse, which would not be spotted by a metal detector, Saudi officials said.
Posing as a militant who wanted to give himself up in person to the prince, Abdullah was flown on his private jet to the city of Jeddah and given a private audience in the interior ministry offices there.
Pictures of the aftermath showed a sizeable crater in the concrete floor, and Abdullah's body blown in half. It is believed the force of the blast went downwards, which is why only the bomber died.
After the assassination attempt, their father said he was shocked that Abdullah could have been involved, and complained that his son had been "snatched from his family" by extremists. Some reports suggested that Ibrahim had recruited his brother.
"We denounce this despicable act, and we stand right beside our guardians in the face of the enemies of the nation and the Ummah [Muslim community]," he said.
After the death of his brother, Ibrahim is thought to have designed the underpants bomb allegedly used by a young Nigerian man, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, in an attempt to blow up a US passenger jet as it flew into Detroit on 25 December 2009. That device also contained PETN and had a chemical fuse.
AQAP later released a statement saying it had sought to avenge recent raids by Yemeni forces aided by the US military and intelligence services.
Ten months later, in the wake of the alert over the bombs sent from Sanaa to the US through cargo firms UPS and FedEx, Mr Asiri was accused by unnamed US officials of making the devices.
The devices both contained PETN, and one of the detonators was almost exactly the same as the one made for Mr Abdulmutallab, they added. Pictures released by Dubai police showed one bomb was hidden inside a printer.
The US Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, John Brennan, did not name Mr Asiri but confirmed that the same person was believed to have made the underpants bomb.
"I think the indications are right now based on the forensics analysis that it's an individual who has been responsible for putting these devices together, the same," he told ABC News.
"He's a very dangerous individual - clearly somebody who has a fair amount of training and experience. We need to find him and bring him to justice as soon as we can," Mr Brennan added.
Mr Asiri subsequently became a major focus of US intelligence efforts and in March 2011 he was officially designated a wanted terrorist.
In September, US officials believed he had died in a missile strike that killed the US-born radical Islamist cleric, Anwar al-Awlaki. However, it soon became apparent that Mr Asiri was still alive.
As the first anniversary of Osama Bin Laden's death on 1 May 2011 approached, a joint intelligence bulletin issued by the US Northern Command, the FBI and Homeland Security Department expressed concern that al-Qaeda intended to "advance plots along multiple fronts, including renewed efforts to target Western aviation".
Then on 6 May, US officials said they had and their allies had foiled a plot to bomb a US plane, involving a device that bore the "hallmarks" of the underwear bomb carried by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in 2009.
The planned suicide attack was conceived in Yemen by AQAP, but was thwarted before a target had been selected, they added. It later emerged that the would-be bomber was a Saudi intelligence agent.
The device was reported to be a sophisticated construction. Officials said the main charge was a high-grade military explosive which would have been able to bring down an aircraft, and that it could have been detonated in two ways, in case one failed.
The bomb also had no metal parts and probably would not have been detected by most airport security magnetometers. Sewn into custom-made underwear, it would have been hard to detect during a pat-down.
Officials said the latest device bore the "hallmarks" of Ibrahim al-Asiri.
Advanced bomb-making techniques, such as those taught by Mr Asiri, have continued to alarm security services.
In July 2014, the US requested enhanced security checks on all direct flights to the US, in response to a "credible threat".
Security experts say that the warning was triggered by a fear that some of al-Qaeda's sophisticated bomb-making expertise, such as that pioneered by Mr Asiri, had proliferated out of Yemen to Syria.
In addition to his expertise in bomb-making, Mr Asiri is also said to be an expert in preparing poisons and well-versed in martial arts.
He is thought to be hiding under the protection of local tribes in the mountainous governorates of Shabwa and Marib with AQAP's leader, Nasser al-Wuhayshi, a Yemeni former aide to Osama Bin Laden.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has served a warning notice on Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust (AWP) due to "serious concerns" about its "places of safety services".
Inspectors found patients were being placed in police cells and regularly waiting over 12 hours for assessments.
The trust admitted there are "some areas" which it still needs to improve.
CQC inspectors visited the adult mental health service provider in May to check on progress after it was found the trust was not "always safe, effective, responsive or well led".
But in the latest report, described as "damning" by Karen Bennett-Wilson, head of inspection for the CQC's south region, the trust was criticised for using police cells as "places of safety" and for the "many" who had to wait for "two or three days" for assessment.
Currently, people detained under section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 can be held in a hospital or police station for up to 72 hours.
But the Home Office wants that time reduced to 24 hours and the use of police cells as a "place of safety for adults" to be restricted.
Dr Paul Lelliott, the CQC's deputy chief inspector of hospitals, said: "When a person in a crisis who requires mental health care is detained by the police, they should be taken immediately to a properly staffed place of safety where they can be assessed by a mental healthcare professional.
"They should be taken to a police cell only in exceptional circumstances. We found that too often the designated places of safety managed by AWP were not available when needed. This must be addressed as a priority."
The trust said it was working with councils, commissioners and the police to "find solutions".
Carol Bowes, from AWP, said: "We need to do better on the leadership and we need to do better on some of the safe domains.
"But the CQC were very clear that they understand that the work we need to do around places of safety is not just our work."
The report comes less than a fortnight after a woman with mental health problems was held for 11 hours in a police cell then three hours in the back of a police car.
Katie Simpkins, 23, from Chippenham, said it had been "one of the scariest things" she had ever been through.
AWP later apologised and said the situation "was not ideal".
If the trust fails to comply with the CQC's warning notice, it could face further enforcement action.
The victim, in her 80s, was assaulted in the early hours of Friday in Havant, Hampshire.
Police said the attacker was a man, described as aged between 30 and 40 years old, tall and of "sturdy" build and wearing dark clothing.
Officers are appealing for information about the attack, which happened in Lymbourn Road at about 03:30 GMT.
The Mourne men had been 4-1 outsiders but produced a hungry, high-energy display to reach the 16 July final in which they will play holders Tyrone.
Monaghan trailed by seven points when Darragh O'Hanlon converted a 41st-minute penalty.
They fought back to be just one point behind, but Down clung on to win.
It was a stunning display by Eamonn Burns' side and came just a year after Monaghan had hammered Down 2-22 to 0-9 at the quarter-final stage.
For Monaghan, it was a huge disappointment as they sought a third provincial title in five years.
They went in as strong favourites but came up against a fired-up Down side who had been buoyed by victory over Armagh in the quarter-finals.
In a pivotal first-half spell, Down accounted for seven of the eight points scored and they led 0-10 to 0-8 at half-time.
Then came the penalty drama, with Niall Donnelly being pulled back by Colin Walshe.
I'm so proud of the players - they did everything we asked them to do. We started brightly but at the end we dug in. We were patient and fought hard.
Stand-in referee Paddy Neilan from Roscommon, who had replaced the injured David Coldrick at half-time, awarded the penalty and O'Hanlon found the net despite keeper Rory Beggan getting a hand to the ball.
Victory seemed assured for Down - but Monaghan revived their hopes with a string of points from Conor McManus 4, Darren Hughes, Jack McCarron and Kieran Hughes.
Late in the game, Conor Maginn had the ball in the net but ref Neilan ruled it out for a foul on keeper Beggan.
McCarron had a chance to level the game but sent a free well wide and Down got the insurance point through Donal O'Hare.
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Down: M Cunningham; N McParland, G McGovern, D O'Hagan; D O'Hanlon, C McGovern, C Mooney; K McKernan, N Donnelly; P Turley, C Maginn, S Millar; J Johnston, R Johnston, C Harrison.
Monaghan: R Beggan; F Kelly, D Wylie, R Wylie; C Walshe, V Corey, N McAdam; K Hughes, K O'Connell; D Hughes, K Duffy, O Duffy; C McCarthy, J McCarron, C McManus
It is no wonder then that philanthropists are becoming more and more concerned that the money they are donating is being used effectively.
"I don't see it as giving it away. I see it as investing it for the common good," says British philanthropist Sir Tom Hunter.
"It's not just 'here's some money' - we really do see it as an investment. We're looking for a return - it's different to investing for profit, but we still want to measure things in charitable investments."
According to the Charities Aid Foundation, who surveyed those who made the 2012 Sunday Times Rich List - a list of the 1,000 wealthiest people and families in the UK - 88% say they will only invest in charities who demonstrate their impact clearly.
And 81% think that giving strategically is important.
This notion of strategic philanthropy - giving designed around focused research and strategies to be as effective as possible - has grown in recent years.
Kurt Hoffman, the chief executive of the Institute for Philanthropy, says strategic philanthropy is an attempt to go beyond traditional charity, where you make contributions but don't really know what happens with the money.
Several organisations now exist to advise those wishing to donate to good causes on how best to part with their wealth.
The Institute for Philanthropy was established in 2000 to work with philanthropists to increase effective giving.
"There's an assumption that all charities do equally well. That's not true. We need to find out which do better," says Mr Hoffman.
The trouble is: how do you measure which ones do better?
"It's difficult," Mr Hoffman admits. "There are no market-based rules or prices."
Rachel Findlay is the head of funder effectiveness at New Philanthropy Capital (NPC). She works with a wide variety of funders from individuals and families to corporates, larger trusts and foundations, advising them on how their funding can have the greatest impact.
Historically, she says, people have been very focused on looking at administration costs, but she encourages funders not to do so.
"Some charities have very high admin costs but are exceptionally well-run," she says. "If you have a charity that delivers food or clothes to Africa, would you rather they have good lorries and run them quickly, or cheaper ones that break down and aren't very efficient?"
Instead, NPC encourages funders to look beyond exactly what the money is being spent on, and to concentrate instead on what is actually being achieved.
"You could have a charity that works with a wide group of young people at a very light touch level, say once a week, while another might work more intensively with a smaller group, every day," Mrs Findlay says.
"So you can't always look at how many people you've worked with - the output. But you should ask how have you actually helped them - the outcome."
Nevertheless, charities are under pressure to show more hard data. For instance, how much grades have improved as a result of education programmes.
Kurt Hoffman from the Institute for Philanthropy says there is a "compelling" reason for both philanthropists and charities to measure impact.
"There is very little comparative analysis at the moment, if at all. That's where the sector has to head," he says.
The financial crisis of the last few years has also made funders keener to provide effective giving, according to Mrs Findlay.
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Those that have an endowment - who put their money in a foundation, invest it and then use the interest to fund charitable projects - have seen lower financial returns on their investments in recent years.
Therefore they really want to focus on funding that makes a difference, she says.
But the crisis has also had a significant impact on charities, with many seeing government funding dry up, and leaving potential benefactors with the decision of whether or not they want to step in and replace that funding.
Another recent phenomenon is the social impact bond, which aims to use private investment to prevent social problems and save the public sector money.
Philanthropists and social enterprises are asked to provide advance funding to support schemes commissioned and delivered by public bodies, such as prisons and local councils.
They would be remunerated by the government if it is concluded that pre-determined outcomes have been achieved. The rate of return will depend on how well the schemes perform - the higher the social impact, the higher the return.
Some are sceptical about how successful social impact bonds will be in the long term, and others have criticised them for being just another name for privatisation.
But the ultimate aim is to use philanthropic money efficiently, and that is what philanthropists have been striving towards.
Agreements have been made on the issues of paramilitarism, finance and welfare reform, but the legacy of the Troubles remains unresolved.
Politicians and other key figures have reacted to the announcement of the deal on Tuesday.
"At the outset of this process I indicated that we needed to make Stormont fit for purpose and to secure an agreement that would deliver a stable and long-term basis upon which to operate.
"I believe we have secured that outcome.
"Today represents another milestone along the way as we normalise and build our society.
"We must ensure that through co-operation and common purpose the spirit, vision and promise of the document is fulfilled."
"At the heart of this agreement is our common commitment to a better future for all of our people.
"Peter and I are at one in our determination to defend core public services, to continue to attract foreign direct investment, support indigenous businesses and to provide more and better jobs.
"The legacy of the past remains a huge gap in this work. The onus remains on the British government to live up to their responsibilities to victims, in particular full disclosure."
"This agreement deals with the issues that have cast the greatest shadow over the future of the devolved institutions here.
"This deal means that Northern Ireland's finances can be put back on a sustainable footing, ending the long-standing dispute over the budget.
"There will be a fresh emphasis on tackling paramilitarism and organised crime and clear declaration that such activity will never be tolerated."
"Today's agreement is another significant step in normalising politics and society in Northern Ireland, consolidating the hard won peace on this island.
"Devolved government in Northern Ireland is now placed on a more sustainable footing.
"This, together with the firm commitment to working for the ending paramilitarism, will help build the peaceful, reconciled, prosperous Northern Ireland its people deserve."
"This breakthrough today is an important turning point for Northern Ireland.
"The agreement secures sustainability for Northern Ireland's budget, sets out how we'll deal with paramilitary groups, and could provide a basis for a shared future for the people of Northern Ireland.
"What is vital now is that the parties in Northern Ireland use this agreement as the platform for stable devolved government that delivers on the day-to-day issues that matter to people."
"The agreement provides the people of Northern Ireland with a chance to have the burden of thuggery, intimidation and sectarian hatred taken off their backs once and for all.
"[It is] a chance for peace to mean more than the absence of violence, 21 years after the ceasefires.
"[It is] a chance for a prosperous and inclusive society to flourish to its full potential."
"I urge all of Northern Ireland's political leaders to support and fully implement this agreement.
"It was carefully constructed to deliver better and sustainable governance, as well as to advance Northern Ireland's peace process for the benefit of all the people of the region.
"I strongly encourage the UK and Irish governments and all the parties to continue their vital work to deal effectively with the past by creating the institutions set out in the Stormont House Agreement."
"We all signed up to a process where we would have all the parties around a table, trying to come up with a comprehensive deal, and then two parties went off and did their own deal.
"We're not going to sign up to anything until we've had a proper chance to look at it, but we're very disappointed that the issue around the past has once again been left out.
"The absence of comprehensive proposals on the past is a very serious failure. Those who persist in impeding truth and accountability cannot prevail."
"This document may be called A Fresh Start, [but] in terms of the feelings of the victims of the past, it's another false dawn."
"At this stage, it is not possible to credibly support a plan which doesn't detail where the money is coming from, no details where the money is to be spent, and which doesn't necessarily cover all the issues that need to be covered around paramilitarism.
"It's a half-baked plan, it's not a real move forward. It's not what they promised."
"There are, of course, a number of key questions that we will need answered to allow us to make that final decision [on whether or not to support it].
"For example, there's a startling omission of victims, there's nothing on the legacy of the past being addressed, we don't see paramilitary shootings, the IRA doesn't even get a mention, and that's before we even get into how the money is being handled."
"Sweeping murder under the carpet is the abiding message of this Sinn Fein/DUP manifesto.
"There is no mention of IRA murder. There is no mention of decommissioning the weapons still held by the IRA.
"That shameful state of affairs will not be forgotten by the unionist electorate."
"If additional resources are now to be allocated to the Police Service of Northern Ireland, it would be the wish of this Federation that an adequate amount is ring-fenced to finance a long overdue expansion of the service.
"The £160m is promised over five years when actually that amount is required right now."
"A reduced rate of corporation tax will open doors for us to be able to compete for, and seek to attract, new operations, which are tax sensitive.
"Today's announcement will provide a welcome boost to local, profitable businesses which will have additional finance to invest in their future growth."
"This new deal must ensure there is a fully functioning executive which can deliver good government and make decisions in the best interests of Northern Ireland's future prosperity and all its citizens.
"I hope this deal will ensure we have brought an end to the series of standoffs and showdowns."
"Political stability and a Northern Ireland Executive pulling together on the economy is vital for business growth in Northern Ireland.
"With a [corporation tax] rate and date now in place, businesses can plan for growth and Invest NI can start selling the proposition to potential inward investors across the world.
"Whilst the agreement on welfare seeks to protect the most vulnerable in our society, many of whom are victims and survivors, the failure to agree over the legacy issues is a bitter pill for victims and survivors to swallow.
"The much campaigned for pension for the most severely injured is one of a number of critically important steps that need to be taken now to meet the needs and expectations of those who have suffered most."
"Those who lost loved-ones in the conflict will be privately grieving and angry at London's insistence that it must be able to redact/censor reports from the proposed Historical Investigations Unit on "national security" grounds.
"If London had this right, it could mean that families would never discover that state agents, informers, UDR soldiers and RUC men had a role in their relatives' murders."
"We pray that this particular accommodation, reached in the interests of all, will be the basis for beginning to restore hope to those who are struggling and re-establish the trust that has been slowly ebbing from our political institutions."
"The two governments and political parties have said that dealing with the suffering of victims and survivors is central to Northern Ireland moving forward.
"They can no longer say that with any credibility.
"The reality is that they have abandoned and betrayed victims and survivors who have repeatedly been promised that there would be an inclusive and comprehensive way found to deal with the legacy of the past."
The complaint covers graphics processing technologies Nvidia says it owns via a wide patent portfolio.
The disputed technology is used in many Samsung devices, said Nvidia, which also wants gadgets using the technology to stop being sold.
Samsung said it would fight the legal claim. Qualcomm has yet to comment.
"They're using our technology for free in their devices today and they're shipping an enormous number of devices," said Jen-Hsun Huang, Nvidia chief executive, during a news conference.
The infringement complaint is the first ever made by Nvidia and has been filed with a court in Delaware from which it hopes to be awarded damages for unauthorised use. Nvidia owns thousands of patents covering its graphics technology but said it launched the legal action on the back of seven that were representative of its work.
In a statement, Nvidia said it had been forced to take legal action after months of talks with Samsung over use of its technology "made no progress".
In response, Samsung said: "Following a thorough review of the complaint, we will take all measures necessary against Nvidia's claims."
Nvidia has also lodged a complaint with the US International Trade Commission that rules on which devices can be shipped and sold in the US. It has also asked the ITC to block devices made using Arm and Imagination Technologies hardware that it claims are also using its patented technology. Neither Arm nor Imagination are named in the Delaware court papers.
The 21,000-capacity ground, who Swansea share with Ospreys rugby region, is the second smallest in the Premier League behind Bournemouth's Vitality Stadium.
Swansea had considered adding 12,000 seats but shelved expansion plans in December 2015 as talks to buy the ground from Swansea council stalled.
"We have to make sure the council are on board," said chairman Huw Jenkins.
Jason Levien and Steve Kaplan, experienced in running US sports teams, lead an American consortium which has bought a controlling stake of 68% in the Swans.
Swansea have averaged crowds of around 20,500 in their last four Premier League seasons, which is close to their capacity, and the club has an ultimate vision of expanding the Liberty Stadium to 40,000 seats.
The Welsh club's new major shareholders want to talk to the local council about purchasing the Liberty Stadium and Swansea's initial desire is to expand the ground to 33,000.
"All Swansea supporters would like to see the stadium expanded," added Jenkins.
"If we can find a deal that suits both parties and, perhaps with Jason and Steve on board, if we feel it is right to go down that route again we'll meet up and find a solution that helps everybody."
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Ernest Kalawa, 24, from Southwark, died from multiple stab wounds after an attack on Haymerle Road, Peckham on 30 December.
Derron Campbell, 23, also of Southwark, was charged on Wednesday. He is due before Camberwell Green magistrates.
Previously Klark Mangal, 21, of Peckham, was charged with Mr Kalawa's murder.
His trial is due to begin on 3 July at the Old Bailey.
A report from Macmillan Cancer Support reveals that more than half of health professionals say they have patients who refuse treatment because of this.
Former AM Karen Sinclair, who has cancer, was "saddened" by the findings.
"There are people out there who are facing this alone and they shouldn't have to," she said.
Macmillan's report, Facing the Fight Alone, looked at the number, profile and experiences of isolated people living with cancer.
It estimated that 3,420 people - 19% - of the 18,000 newly diagnosed cancer patients each year said they lacked support from family and friends.
More than half of health professionals - 53% - have had patients choose not to have treatment because they felt they did not have the support.
Susan Morris, general manager for Macmillan Cancer Support in Wales, said: "This research shows that isolation can have a truly shattering impact on people living with cancer.
"Patients are going hungry, missing medical appointments and even deciding to reject treatment altogether which could be putting their lives at risk, all because of a lack of support."
She said these figures were the tip of the iceberg.
"As the number of people living with cancer in Wales is set to double from 120,000 to 240,000 by 2030, isolation will become an increasing problem and we need to address this now," she added.
"That's why we are launching a new campaign to help tackle this crisis and to ensure that in future, no-one faces cancer alone."
She added: "We know of people, from a survey we've done by professionals, who said they've actually turned down treatment because they didn't think they would be able to cope with the demands of the treatment without that support around them.
"And we know if you're tired and can't prepare a hot meal for yourself, or can't take care of yourself in the same way, that's really tough and it can affect the outcome of the treatment as well.
"We know we live much busier lives these days and perhaps families don't have the same time for each other that they did."
Despite the love of a devoted family, Karen Sinclair knows how desperately isolating fighting cancer can be.
The 60-year-old former Labour AM for Clwyd South, who will never be cured, endured 18 months of treatment that "poisoned" her body and wiped out her immune system.
There were weeks where she was cut off from family and friends for fear of infection.
It was during these darkest moments Mrs Sinclair, from Llangollen, felt the loneliness of the disease.
She said: "When I could not see people I was isolated, I could not work, go out and meet people - my life had disappeared."
"I was saddened to see the percentage of people who face treatment alone or don't even have treatment - it makes me so sad because there's help out there."
Mrs Sinclair was diagnosed with multiple myelomas, which is when a collection of abnormal plasma cells accumulate in the bone marrow, in 2008 aged 55.
She said: "I wasn't isolated in the sense that I have a very supportive family - they are absolutely fabulous.
"But there are things that I cannot talk to them about during those deepest, darkest times because I don't want to distress or scare them.
"There are people out there who are facing this alone and they shouldn't have to because help is there."
Mrs Sinclair received eight months of chemotherapy and spent weeks at the Christie Hospital in Manchester receiving stem cell treatment.
Her spine was severely damaged by the cancer, which meant has been left in permanent pain and her movement has been severely affected.
Mrs Sinclair said she did lose a few friends who could not "cope with the idea of cancer".
The mother-of-two's immune system was broken down and she was not able to see anyone in case they passed on an underlying infection.
But Macmillan nurses would visit Mrs Sinclair for support.
She said: "They also put me in touch with the local hospice that had a hydro pool and I could use that, rather than a local pool, because they were kept so clean. I'd also go for massage therapy.
"That helped in all ways - mental as well as physical benefits. It makes me so sad that so many people don't seek out this help because it's there."
Mrs Sinclair and her husband Michael know her cancer can only be managed.
She said: "My Wrexham haematologist told me that while not curable my cancer was treatable and if it went well the course of treatment could see me in remission.
"I was told how long for no-one knows but then no-one can say what will happen in the future and with new treatments."
While Mrs Sinclair remains positive she admitted living with the disease, that she admits will cut her life short, was "pretty stressful" at times.
She said: "When I was diagnosed we were planning our wonderful retirement when suddenly all the things you were going to do you were never going to do."
The couple and their children Helen, 36, and Tom, 30, are now planning a close-knit celebration for their forthcoming 40th wedding anniversary.
Benjamin Netanyahu said Margot Wallstrom's remarks were "outrageous... immoral and... stupid".
Ms Wallstrom had called for "thorough and credible investigations" into the deaths.
Some 155 Palestinians - mostly attackers, Israel says - have been killed in unrest since October.
In that time, 26 Israelis have been killed in stabbing, shooting or car-ramming attacks by Palestinians or Israeli-Arabs.
The attackers who have been killed have either been shot dead by their victims or security forces. Others have been arrested.
On Tuesday, Ms Wallstrom said it was "vital that there is a thorough, credible investigation into these deaths in order to clarify and bring about possible accountability", according to Swedish media reports.
Speaking to foreign reporters, Mr Netanyahu condemned Ms Wallstrom's comments.
"I think what the Swedish foreign minister said is outrageous, I think it's immoral, it's unjust and it's just wrong," he said.
"People are defending themselves against assailants wielding knives who are about to stab them to death and they shoot the people, and that's extrajudicial killings?
"Does the Swedish foreign minister suggest that there be examinations of what happened... in Paris, or in [San Bernardino] the United States?" he asked by comparison, alluding to deadly attacks late last year by Islamist militants in which the assailants were killed by security forces.
Israel's deputy foreign minister earlier said Israel would continue a policy of barring the Swedish foreign minister from visiting the country, accusing Ms Wallstrom of fostering terrorism.
Relations between Israel and Sweden have been strained since Sweden recognised Palestinian statehood in October 2014.
In the wake of the November 2015 Paris attacks, Ms Wallstrom also angered Israel by saying a sense of hopelessness among Palestinians was a factor behind the rise of Islamist extremism in Europe.
The object, which proved to be a piece of non-explosive military equipment, was spotted at 15:30 in Deans Industrial Estate in Livingston.
A police spokesman said: "The Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit were contacted to safely dispose of the item.
"It was later found to be an inert training device."
The spokesman added: "The local community is thanked for their patience.
The 25-year-old Welsh keeper was out of contract with the League One club and will join North End on 1 July on a three-year deal.
Maxwell started his career at Wrexham and had four seasons at Fleetwood.
The Lilywhites were without a first-choice keeper after Anders Lindegaard's loan spell ended and they chose to let Chris Kirkland leave.
"Preston is a massive club and getting the deal done early going into the summer is good from a personal note," he told BBC Radio Lancashire.
"There was a bit of interest from other parties but once I knew Preston were interested in me, and speaking to the staff, it was almost a no brainer."
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Mr Shah was recently cleared of raping a schoolgirl in London hotels when she was between 12 and 15.
He said charges of rape involving girls under 16 who "threw themselves" at celebrities could be "technical".
But the NSPCC and National Association of People Abused in Childhood said rape was always a crime.
Mr Shah, the 69-year-old founder of the newspaper Today, who lives in Chippenham, Wiltshire, was found not guilty at the Old Bailey last month of raping a girl at upmarket London hotels when she was between 12 and 15.
After the case he called for a review of how rape cases are dealt with by police, saying: "Anybody walking down the street can point at a celebrity and say, 'he raped me'.
And on Saturday he told BBC Radio 5 live's Stephen Nolan rape charges involving girls who "threw themselves" at celebrities were a legal technicality.
Mr Shah said: "If we take the pop groups and people of the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, who everybody knows that women were throwing themselves at them - young girls who looked 17, 18, 19 and 20...
"Rape was a technical thing - below a certain age. But these girls were going out with the pop groups and becoming groupies and all the rest of it, and throwing themselves at them. You cannot put that down to the fact they've been abused.
"Young girls and young men have always wanted a bit of excitement when they are young. They want to appear adult and do adult things."
When asked if he was implying that under-age victims could themselves be at fault, he said: "If we're talking about girls who go out and just have a good time, then they are to blame.
"If we talk about people who happen to be out and actually get 'raped' raped, then I feel no - and everything should be done against that."
Mr Shah also commented on Scotland Yard's Operation Yewtree investigation, set up in the wake of allegations of sexual abuse by BBC DJ Jimmy Savile and other television stars from the 1970s and 1980s.
He added that he had been helping a "very well-known person" charged under Operation Yewtree deal with the "horrible, horrible feeling" of "emptiness about everything", which Mr Shah said he had experienced when he was wrongly accused of rape.
Asked if he thought the investigation was in danger of becoming a witch-hunt, he said: "I think it's developing into that. It's easy policing and it's easy prosecutions...
"In a civilised society there's got to be more checks and balances before these sort of accusations are used."
He also talked again about the suicidal thoughts he had experienced after his arrest.
"Every night I worked out different ways of committing suicide to help me go to sleep, actually," he said.
His comments come after another case, in which a prosecutor was suspended and a judge placed under investigation after it emerged a 13-year-old girl was labelled "predatory" and "sexually experienced" during the trial where a man admitted abusing her.
The NSPCC's Jon Brown said there was "nothing valid" about Mr Shah's comments.
He told BBC News: "If we start talking about gradations of rape, it's extremely concerning.
"Mr Shah's also completely incorrect. A young person under the age of 16 cannot give consent to sexual activity.
"We are talking about child abuse or we're talking about rape, it's as simple as that."
Mr Brown also called for more education and training to help judges with sentencing in child sex abuse cases.
Mr Shah's comments were also criticised by Pete Saunders, chief executive of the National Association of People Abused in Childhood.
Mr Saunders said: "I'd like to meet with Eddie, and to have him explain to me, and maybe explain to some rape victims, what he means by 'raped raped', because my understanding is there is rape, or there is not rape, and rape is always a crime."
His views were echoed by Jim Gamble, the former chief executive of Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP).
Mr Gamble said: "At the end of the day, a child is a child, and the law is configured to protect a child, and there's an assumption made that adults, you know, will respect that, because they will want to protect children themselves."
The animals have become a daily challenge in Cape Town by entering properties in search of food.
While measures are in place to keep them away from urban areas, some male baboons are still getting in and the team want to know how.
They have developed bespoke GPS collars allowing them to track their movements.
Prof Justin O'Riain from the University of Cape Town has been studying baboons in the region for over 10 years.
"The baboons enter properties to raid in gardens and bins, but also enter homes and sometimes take food directly from people," he said.
Swansea University researcher Gaelle Fehlmann carried out the fieldwork in South Africa.
She said raiding events are "so fast and intense" that they were unable to keep up with the baboons in urban areas due to high walls and security fences.
"We had to find another method to document the very special techniques baboons were adopting when raiding," she said.
The team from Swansea designed and built bespoke collars for the baboons that would allow them to precisely track their movements. Ten collars were deployed and they showed exactly what the baboons were doing over 252 days.
The team is now able to recognise more than 90% of baboon behaviours without even seeing the baboons.
The next step is to use the technology to uncover the secrets of the baboons' raiding tactics.
The UN Children's Fund said 30 schools had reopened on Sunday, allowing 16,000 children to resume their education after two years of jihadist rule.
Iraq's Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, has announced that the east of the city is now fully clear of IS.
However, deadly fighting was reported in eastern districts on Tuesday.
Photos published by Reuters news agency show Iraqi soldiers examining the dead bodies of IS fighters in what is said to be the Intisar district.
Further north, also east of the River Tigris, Iraqi troops said they had liberated the Rashidiyah district, as well as the villages of Haditha and Jurf al-Milih.
Government-led forces began their offensive against IS in Mosul in October. It is the group's last major urban stronghold in Iraq but the jihadist group still controls several large towns and large parts of Syria.
Battle for Mosul: The story so far
An additional 40 schools are expected to open in the coming weeks after being checked for unexploded ordnances.
IS uses schools to indoctrinate children into its extremist ideology.
Boys adhere to a rigid curriculum, where drawing, history, philosophy and social studies - considered by IS to be "the methodology of atheism" - are removed. They must instead memorise verses of the Koran and attend "jihadist training", which includes firing weapons and martial arts.
Girls - most of whom were banned from getting an education in Mosul - are veiled and taught how to cook, clean and support their future husbands.
Unicef said it was supporting the Iraqi authorities in their efforts to rehabilitate, equip and open schools as the security situation improved in previously contested areas. Many buildings were used for military purposes or were badly damaged by the fighting.
School supplies for 120,000 students in eastern Mosul have been put in place and Unicef is retraining teachers, introducing accelerated learning programmes for children and launching awareness campaigns against violence.
"After the nightmare of the past two years, this is a pivotal moment for the children of Mosul to reclaim their education and their hope for a better future," said Peter Hawkins, Unicef representative in Iraq.
Another 13,200 children living in camps outside Mosul, who are among the 180,000 people who have fled the city since the government launched an offensive 100 days ago, are also being helped to get an education.
Also on Tuesday, the UN's humanitarian co-ordinator for Iraq expressed deep concern for the estimated 750,000 civilians trapped in IS-held western Mosul, as troops prepare to retake it.
"The reports from inside western Mosul are distressing," she said in a statement also signed by 20 international and local aid groups.
"All the evidence points to a sharply deteriorating situation. The prices of basic food and supplies are soaring. Water and electricity are intermittent in neighbourhoods and many families without income are eating only once a day. Others are being forced to burn furniture to stay warm."
Ms Grande could not rule out the possibility of siege-like conditions or a mass exodus, and noted that almost half of all casualties from Mosul had been civilians, with many killed by booby-traps, caught in crossfire or used as human shields.
Mary Hawgood, vice-chairwoman of The Journey trustees, said not enough people see it at its current position at Durham's Millennium Place.
She said it should be moved to near Durham Cathedral.
A spokesman for Durham County Council said the square was a key gateway for the region and many festivals and exhibitions took place there.
Mrs Hawgood added: "The Millennium Place has not developed in the way we were told it might.
"As you go down the path to the main door [of Durham Cathedral], there's a lovely big area where the Journey would look perfect and it could be the end of the journey."
"We can afford [to move] it, so it's no cost to anybody else."
Durham sculptor Fenwick Lawson's publicly funded artwork, which was installed on 22 September 2008, pays tribute to the story of St Cuthbert's coffin.
The coffin was taken from Lindisfarne, after the monks fled from a Danish invasion, and transported it to different locations, ending at Durham Cathedral at the end of the 10th Century.
Charles Anthony Swift, known as Tony, 68, suffered severe head injuries at Mendip House on Monday and later died.
A 22-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder was released without charge on Thursday.
Mr Swift's daughter, Charlotte Wain, said she was feeling "really sad" he did not live "to a ripe old age".
"It is disbelieving that someone felt they could do this. He was a kind man who always did a lot for us," she said.
"We just need to find out who did this to him.
"If anyone's got anything they know, if you saw something... the tiniest thing could make such a massive difference.
"We would appreciate any help that anyone can give us."
Det Insp Richard Pegler, from Gloucestershire Police, said Mr Swift was "the subject of a horrific assault with a blunt instrument" and he had been "repeatedly hit on the head".
He said detectives were looking for discarded blood-stained clothing, Mr Swift's Samsung mobile phone and a potentially blood-stained weapon.
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The WRU has reached "heads of agreement" for a deal which includes the purchase of Rodney Parade.
The deal must be ratified by 75% of Newport RFC shareholders, and Dragons chairman Martyn Hazell says the WRU takeover is the only viable choice.
But Friends of Newport Rugby (FONR) says there are "alternative options".
The group have urged supporters 'not to dive in' and vote yes before further guidance from the group.
A statement from the Newport RFC supporters' group said: "FONR believes that the directors are putting the needs of the regional side ahead of Newport Rugby Football Club and that there may be alternative options which will enable Newport RFC to retain most of the ground."
The Dragons say their position "has not changed" since last Wednesday's statement.
They say an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) is "likely to be held in the second week of May," while they will also host an additional open meeting for Newport RFC supporters and shareholders.
"At the moment we don't want people diving in and voting yes until all other avenues have been explored," said Kevin Jarvis, secretary of Friends of Newport rugby and Newport Shareholders.
"The deal from the Welsh Rugby Union is on the table. The board is saying it's the only option and maybe it is.
"We have to explore whether there are other options available and give people alternatives if there are other options out there."
Feezan Hameed Choudhary, 24, from the Pollokshields area of Glasgow, is wanted over the alleged scam.
The scammers targeted people by using technology to make the phone number they were calling from seem like a legitimate bank.
Once customers' trust was gained they were duped into revealing account information.
Eleven arrests were made in London and Scotland earlier this week by officers from Falcon, the Met's cyber crime and fraud team.
Choudhary is about 6ft 2in with black hair and brown eyes. He is known to have links to Edinburgh and London.
Police appealed for anyone with information to contact them.
Det Ch Insp Andy Gould, head of Falcon's taskforce, said: "These fraudsters gain the trust of their victims by appearing to call from an official bank phone line.
"They sound professional and ask some subtle questions in order to gain the information they need to access the customer's bank account online.
"This is the largest covert proactive operation we have ever undertaken against cyber-enabled crime."
Louth beat last year's All-Ireland semi-finalists 0-16 to 0-12 in Thurles to go top on 10 points.
Following their 1-12 to 0-13 win over Antrim on Saturday, Armagh have nine points while Tipperary are on eight.
Ciaran McKeever hit Armagh's goal while Antrim had a CJ McGourty penalty saved as they stay in relegation trouble.
Antrim will go into the final weekend of round robin games third from bottom but almost certainly needing a home victory over Longford to survive.
McKeever netted as a close first half ended 1-3 to 0-6 before five points without reply saw Armagh surge clear.
Antrim closed the gap to three points when McGourty's penalty was superbly saved by Armagh keeper Blaine Hughes.
Saffrons pair Conor Murray and Stephen Beatty were red-carded late on along with Armagh's Stephen Sheridan.
McKeever's goal was the highlight of a low-key first half between the Ulster rivals, with the centre half-forward palming in to finish a fine Orchard move.
That gave Armagh a one-point lead after two CJ McGourty frees helped Antrim into an early advantage.
McKeever slotted over the final score of the half to level but Armagh were guilty of wayward finishing, registering 11 wides in the opening 35 minutes.
The side exchanged points on the restart and it was all-square before Armagh took charge.
Unanswered points from Charlie Vernon (2), Aidan Forker, Jamie Clarke and Anto Duffy gave the hosts a five-point cushion.
But Antrim showed resilience by hitting the next two points and then being awarded a penalty after a foul on Conor Murray.
McGourty stepped up and his strike was kept out by an excellent save from Hughes in a decisive moment in the game.
An unsavoury finale saw Murray, Sheridan and Beatty shown straight red cards for violent conduct in separate incidents while Armagh substitute Aidan Forker and Antrim's Conor Hamill were black-carded.
Armagh secured a hard-fought win and they are a point clear of Louth and Tipperary although having played an additional game.
Kieran McGeeney's team take on Tipperary in their final game as they chase promotion while Antrim are seventh to remain in relegation danger.
"We're delighted to get that victory and I'm happy to make any contribution," said Armagh defender Vernon, who scored two points.
"Antrim were very good tactically and they deserve credit - they caused us problems on the counter-attack.
"We now face a big game against Tipperary and it's a major challenge for us before the championship."
Allianz Football League results
Sunday
Division One
Cavan 1-10 0-13 Kerry
Tyrone 0-12 1-10 Mayo
Donegal 1-11 1-11 Monaghan
Division Two
Derry 2-10 0-20 Cork
Meath 3-15 0-6 Fermanagh
Down 1-13 3-15 Galway
Kildare 0-18 1-14 Clare
Division Three
Sligo 2-10 2-14 Offaly
Tipperary 0-12 0-16 Louth
Division Four
Leitrim 2-16 0-15 London
Wexford 0-9 3-24 Westmeath
Wicklow 0-10 1-18 Carlow
Saturday
Division One
Dublin 2-29 0-14 Roscommon
Division Three
Armagh 1-12 0-13 Antrim
Laois 1-13 0-13 Longford
Division Four
Waterford 0-8 0-14 Limerick
Two Eunan Walsh goals helped St Ronan's lead 2-4 to 0-8 at half-time but an Aaron Boyle fisted goal contributed to St Paul's taking control.
Maghera have the chance to win a third title in four years after they beat St Pat's Dungannon 2-10 to 1-11 on Friday.
Conor Glass and Shane McGuigan scored Maghera's first-half goals.
Academy of Dungannon made a great start and scored 1-3 in the first 11 minutes, Cormac O'Hagan netting a penalty after he was fouled by Patrick Turner.
Glass and McGuigan scored 1-1 and 1-3 respectively to help St Pat's to a 2-4 to 1-6 interval lead.
St Pat's, winners in 2013 and 2014, went on to secure a two-point victory.
They can thank keeper Sean O Caiside who made a great late save to deny Dungannon captain Liam Rafferty a crucial goal.
There were ugly scenes at the end of the game in Loup when players from both teams got involved in fighting.
This year, the show is being dominated by the launch of a clutch of supercars, sports cars and luxury motors from the likes of Bugatti, Ferrari, Lamborghini and Aston Martin.
While car shows in Detroit and Frankfurt vie for importance, they tend to be dominated by the host countries' companies.
It's Geneva's level playing field that the good and the great who run the industry find attractive - well, that and possibly the chance to squeeze in some skiing.
So the 86th Geneva Motor Show starts this week with the industry's mood much improved.
After years of painful restructuring and the near-death of several companies, motor manufacturing has climbed out of recession.
European car sales last year were 14.2 million, 9.2% higher than in 2014, though still below levels before the economic crisis.
And 2016 has got off to a good start, with sales up 6.3% in January year-on-year, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association.
There has been much debate, especially during the bad times, about whether spending millions of euros and dollars on motor show car launches is worth it.
In the era of social media, YouTube and the iPad, some people argue that motor shows are less important for getting the message across.
And with today's cars as much about technical wizardry as performance and design, marketing departments are increasingly diverting some of their budgets to tech events like Las Vegas's Consumer Electronics Show.
Yet, there are few signs at this Geneva show that carmakers are rowing back. The list of product launches is long, as is the showcasing of new technologies, concepts and curiosities.
Analyst Tim Urquhart, from IHS, thinks the show will be less about themes, and more about "the European industry taking care of business, coming up with compelling product that will bring buyers into showrooms and maintain the current positive sales trend."
Geneva has a reputation for debuting the exotic, and this year does not disappoint. Take a bow, the Bugatti Chiron.
For petrol heads, the launch of Bugatti's successor to its Veyron supercar will provide the show's wow factor.
Jeremy Clarkson described the Veyron thus: "It has rendered everything I've ever said about any other car obsolete. It's rewritten the rule book, moved the goalposts and in the process, given Mother Nature a bloody nose." The Chiron is Bugatti's attempt to improve on it.
Details were being kept under wraps until the official unveiling today. But to beat the Veyron, the Chiron needs to do 100km/h in under 2.7 seconds and have a top speed of more than 424kmh (264mph). It's all road legal - and yours for about $2.5m (£1.8m; €2.3m).
Back in the real world (if that's the right phrase), Ferrari is debuting two cars, the California T Handling Speciale and the GTC4 Lusso four-seater. The latter is pitched at the younger family man (and woman). The kids should enjoy doing the 100km/h in 3.4 seconds.
Meanwhile, Ferrari's near-neighbour Lamborghini celebrates the birth of its founder 100 years ago with the unveiling of the Centenario. Lamborghini has been promising an all-new car, not a tweak to an existing model, so aficionados have been getting excited.
However, if you've got a spare €2m (£1.5m), look elsewhere. Only 40 are being made - and they were all sold two months ago.
Another hotly-anticipated debut is Aston Martin's DB11, a replacement for the DB9 (the DB10 moniker was skipped because it was used in James Bond's last film, Spectre).
Last year, Aston's boss Andy Palmer hinted that the company might address complaints that each new generation of cars was starting to look alike.
That's sparked a lot of speculation about the DB11's design. A few spy shots of a camouflaged DB11s have aired on social media, but nothing official has so far been released.
Look out, too, for Maserati's entry into the crowded market for sports utility vehicles. If Geneva underlines any trend, it's the seemingly unstoppable growth in SUVs.
Audi, Seat, Skoda are among a string of manufacturers displaying new SUV products. Maserati's Levante is pitched at the top of the market, with the Porsche Cayenne in its sights.
It's a big diversion for the Italian sportscar firm, but it follows other luxury carmakers, including Jaguar and Bentley, into the SUV market.
"Maserati's Levante is an important model for the brand," says Mr Urquhart. "It is needed as a volume and profit generator, and to bolster the brand's credentials as a serious competitor to Porsche."
There are reports that Maserati is working on a plug-in hybrid engine, another example of how alternative technologies are moving up the industry's value chain.
In fact, "green tech" will be everywhere at Geneva.
Five years after a small Croatian company, Rimac, revealed its all-electric Concept One supercar, the firm is unveiling a production version. The car gets 1,073bhp from four electric motors, and a top speed of 221mph - making it the fastest electric car on the planet, Rimac claims.
At the other end of the design scale, the UK's boutique manufacturer Morgan is showing its EV3 electric three-wheeler. The technology was developed with the help of a £6m UK government grant. The car has a range of about 120 miles per charge, and with a price tag of £30,000.
Geneva will also see a big push of hydrogen technology. Honda is showing its Clarity Fuel Cell vehicle, Toyota its Mirai.
The fuel cell uses oxygen and hydrogen, producing electricity, heat and water vapour as by-products - and it clearly has big backers, but many people are sceptical that this will win out over rival technologies.
Just last week, Dieter Zetsche, boss of Daimler, which is working on battery electric and fuel cell cars, said that the former technology was likely to win out because charging technology and infrastructure was fast improving.
Of course, there will be plenty of more mainstream stuff at the show, including the launch of the fourth-generation Renault Scenic.
MPVs were the great sales success story of the 1990s, but the popularity waned with the rise of SUV and so-called crossover models.
Can the Scenic make us fall in love again with MPVs?
Amid all the supercar glamour and technological hype, it could well be that it is this latest variant of Renault's segment-leading family car that becomes the lasting sales success to come out of the show.
Cara Lee-Fanus, who was approaching her second birthday, was admitted to St Peter's Hospital in Chertsey, Surrey, with serious injuries in May 2014.
She was transferred to St George's Hospital in Tooting, south London, but died a day later.
Kirsty Lee, from Windsor, and Alistair Wayne Bowen, from Luton, are due at Guildford magistrates on 14 April.
A post-mortem examination found Cara died from a head injury.
Ms Lee, 25, of Grove Close, and Mr Bowen, 35, of Drayton Road, have both been charged with causing or allowing the death of a child and causing or allowing serious physical harm to a child.
East Northamptonshire District Council said a developer was due to submit an application to redevelop Rushden and Diamonds' Nene Park ground "in weeks".
But Max Griggs, who led the club to the Football League, said "a lot of money would need to be thrown at it" for a club to start at the site again.
The owner of the land has declined to comment on what is being proposed.
Rushden and Diamonds started in 1992 by the amalgamation of Rushden Town and Irthlingborough Diamonds.
After building a state-of-the-art stadium in Irthlingborough, the club was half way up the third tier of football when Mr Griggs pulled out in 2005 for financial reasons.
The club was sold to a supporters' trust but it eventually folded in 2011. Shortly afterwards, Kettering Town played at the ground for 18 months but could not afford its long-term upkeep.
New club AFC Rushden and Diamonds now play in the United Counties Premier League at a ground in Wellingborough about five miles away.
Mr Griggs, who is retired, said he would not envy anyone who took on the 6,500-capacity stadium.
"I don't think anybody could run the stadium and resurrect the football club again unless they're prepared to throw a lot of money at it like I did," he said.
"It costs a lot of money to run a football club and whatever money you put into football, in my experience, you don't really get back. You're really paying for your fun at the end of the day."
Site owner Keith Cousins said he hoped football would return, but he had a number of options to consider and declined to comment further.
East Northamptonshire District Council said the site must contain a leisure facility as part of its remit, but has not specified further what that could be.
23 February 2016 Last updated at 15:44 GMT
Well tiny transmitters have been put under the skin of the slippery slugs to see where they go.
It's part of an experiment in Shropshire to help farmers stop the slugs eating their plants.
Hundreds of slugs have been tagged and their movements tracked to give the famers a better understanding of what they get up to at night.
See how it works.
He was taken ill on Tuesday while visiting the country to support his daughter Tracey, who is the England netball coach, during the World Cup.
England Netball confirmed the 65-year-old died in hospital in Sydney on Friday evening local time.
Mr Neville was a former commercial director of Bury Football Club.
The League One side said he was in Sydney with his wife, Jill, who is also club secretary for Bury FC.
In a statement, the club confirmed Mr Neville's death "with deep regret and extremely heavy hearts", and said it would pay tribute at a future date.
"Where would this Club be without Neville? Rest in Peace big Nev," the club said, adding players would wear black armbands during their match with Doncaster on Saturday.
Mr Neville was involved in the fans' group Save Our Shakers, which was formed when the side faced bankruptcy in 2002.
His sons, Gary and Phil, both started their lengthy football careers with Manchester United in the early 1990s. Gary won 85 England caps, while Phil won 59.
Manchester United tweeted: "We are sad to learn that Neville Neville, father of Gary and Phil, has passed away. Our condolences go out to his family."
An emotional Tracey Neville led her England side out on court on Friday just hours after it emerged her father had been taken ill.
Local media reported Gary and Phil Neville were in the Sydney crowd to watch England win their first match 60-19 against Scotland on the opening day of the World Cup.
An England Netball spokesperson said: "Our immediate thoughts are with Tracey and the Neville family and we please ask that the privacy of the family is respected at this time.
"Tracey has chosen to remain with the England team for the remainder of the World Cup and has the full support from everyone at England Netball."
26 November 2015 Last updated at 07:30 GMT
People were left homeless and lots of children were unable to go to school.
A group of junior fire cadets in Cheshire raised money to build a school for one village that was hit, They went out to Nepal themselves to help complete it.
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It's not going to make you look good - it's going to make everyone else in the office distrust you.
That's the finding of research into the pernicious "cc effect", carried out by a professor of management studies at Cambridge University's Judge Business School.
David De Cremer has looked into the emotional undergrowth of office email traffic.
When people keep copying in a manager, it doesn't create "transparency", says Prof De Cremer, but feeds a "culture of fear".
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After reaching 399 in their first innings, they reduced the hosts to 155-4 in reply.
With the new ball due before lunch on day three [Wednesday], it's perfectly possible they could bowl West Indies out quite cheaply and have a healthy first-innings lead to build on. So I'd much rather be in the England dressing-room at the moment.
However, that only tells half the story of a rather frustrating day for England that saw them squander some of the advantage gained on a dominant first day through tentative cricket.
The end of the England innings was a disappointment. They probably scored 100 runs fewer than they would have wanted to get after ending day one in such a strong position on 341-5.
West Indies bowled well, but England's lack of resistance was poor. Ben Stokes will be hugely frustrated he didn't go on to get his second Test hundred, while Jos Buttler, who made an uncharacteristic 22-ball duck, never got to grips with the conditions.
It suggests a lack of confidence within the team, and that's hardly surprising. That's what happens when you haven't been playing good cricket recently, when you've been on the receiving end of criticism and when the coach and a number of the players are under scrutiny.
There's also been some pressure loaded on to the team by the incoming ECB chairman Colin Graves, who has suggested there will be an inquiry if England don't win this series. Frankly, that's the last thing the players need when they're not playing assertive, confident cricket anyway.
Nothing typifies the loss of confidence more than the decline of Stuart Broad's batting. He's a decent batsman, but at the moment he's got it in his head that he's very tentative about batting against anything above medium pace.
He hasn't been the same since he was struck in the face by Varun Aaron last summer, but he's got to find a way of getting over this psychological issue that he's got, because he's got some serious quick stuff to face later in the summer when England take on New Zealand and Australia.
England's performance with the ball was generally good - what they did very well was make each run difficult to score for the West Indies batsmen. But I still think they could be more imaginative.
I'd like to see them liberate Stokes: tell him to bowl fast, bowl short, bowl bouncers, and if it costs runs it doesn't matter - we need somebody to go in and shake batsmen up a bit. At the moment the four-man seam attack is too samey.
One big positive for England was the performance of James Anderson in his 100th Test match. He bowled really well, despite the pressure of trying to overhaul Ian Botham's tally of 383 wickets to become England's all-time leading wicket-taker.
Having a big target like that dangling in front of your nose is always challenging for a bowler - I remember years ago I went in to the last game of the season on 98 wickets, and to be honest I bowled like a drain!
But Anderson is experienced enough to handle the pressure. He has a new ball to bowl with tomorrow and I wouldn't be at all surprised if he gets the three wickets he needs to break the record.
Jonathan Agnew was speaking to BBC Sport's James Gheerbrant.
The correspondence between Bohr and his then-fiancee Margrethe Norlund reveal a rocky settling in period in England.
Excerpts of letters sent during Bohr's time in England were discussed at the American Physical Society meeting.
The letters show an exchange rich with literary allegory.
Bohr was eventually instrumental in overturning the "plum pudding" model of the atom, propounded by J J Thomson of Cambridge University, instead suggesting a dense nucleus orbited by electrons - the atom as we know it today.
He came to Cambridge in 1911 specifically to work among the famous Cambridge mathematicians including Thomson. But the letters to Margrethe showed that his transition to Cambridge intellectual circles was turbulent.
"He thought 'Thomson was a genius who showed the way to everybody', and he wanted to be part of that story," said John Heilbron, a fellow of Oxford University.
"But when he got there, he found out that Thomson was busy showing the way to other people, and also following his own research," he told BBC News.
"James Jeans, another of the Cambridge mathematicians, was too shy to do battle with Bohr, and [Joseph] Larmor… would not read Bohr until he prepared a proper English version of his work and had it published in a proper English journal - which never happened.
"The Royal Society of London declined on the interesting grounds that it was 'polemical', and it would not include in its Transactions insults to anyone who had not already been insulted in the Transactions. That was a great disappointment to him, that he couldn't engage with these guys."
But what strikes Prof Heilbron about the letters to Margrethe, whom Bohr married the following year, is the intellectual character of their exchanges.
"The material concerning literature - which is essentially the core of this new correspondence - consists of their making personae of one another derived from literature.
"We have in the case of Margrethe her appearance as several heroines from Ibsen, there are all these Dickens heroines, whereas Bohr is to her some hero as in a Carlyle story, but also people from Shakespeare and other heroic figures.
"In a way, their courtship is conducted on a level above the carnal."
The letters will be excerpted in a forthcoming book by Prof Heilbron and Finn Aaserud of the Niels Bohr Archive, titled Love, Literature and the Quantum Atom.
They were made available by the Bohr family, who Prof Heilbron said "have come to realise that these documents do honour to everybody, (and) are of great interest to a much wider society".
Following the conclusion of her 17-month Prismatic World Tour, she earned $135m (£90m), which saw her jump from 23rd place last year.
One Direction lead the British top-earners at number two after their On the Road Again Tour and album release, with earnings of $130m (£86.7m)
Last year's number one, Dr Dre, has dropped to 28.
Dre's earnings of $620m (£413m) in 2014 was the highest total amount by a musician ever, thanks to the sale of headphone maker Beats - which he co-founded - to Apple for $3 billion (£2 billion).
One Direction have been joined in the 2015 list by fellow Brits Calvin Harris and Fleetwood Mac.
Forbes has made the estimates based on industry information as well as interviews with managers and agents, along with data given by the artists themselves. It covers the period June 2014 to June 2015.
Many of the artists on the list have earned their place thanks to extensive live tours which have taken place across the year.
Here are the top 10 celebrities on the Forbes list:
1. Katy Perry: $135m (£90m)
2. One Direction: $130m (£86.7m)
3. Garth Brooks: $90m (£60m)
4. Taylor Swift: $80m (£53m)
5. The Eagles: $73.5m (£49m)
6. Calvin Harris: $66m (£44m)
7. Justin Timberlake: $63.5m (£42m)
8. Diddy: $60m (£40m)
9. Fleetwood Mac: $59.5m (£39.6m)
10. Lady Gaga: $59m (£39.3m)
The left-hander starred for Yorkshire in their defeat against Hampshire in the T20 Blast final in 2012 in Cardiff, hitting 72 off 46 balls.
"Hopefully what I can do over the next couple of games is lose a few balls [in the River Taff]," Miller said.
Miller will make his debut away to Gloucestershire on Tuesday 25 July, after the home wash-out against Essex.
The 28-year-old will also feature in home games against Surrey and Gloucestershire, and away matches against Kent and Surrey.
"It's exciting times, a short little stint but hopefully I'll make an impact towards the team getting to the quarters and semis," Miller told BBC Wales Sport.
"You've got to crack on, no excuses, I arrived [Saturday], I feel pretty fresh but this is my career and you've got to make the most of it - wherever I do play, I just want to make an impact."
Miller has played 52 T20 internationals and 99 one-day internationals, including several appearances in Cardiff, and is looking forward to teaming up with Colin Ingram again.
"He [Ingram] has been doing exceptionally well, he's a seriously good player and I'm looking forward to playing with him again after playing for South Africa together early in my career," Miller added.
Miller's arrival takes the number of South African-born players in the Glamorgan side to six, the others being Jacques Rudolph, Marchant de Lange, Chris Cooke, and Craig Meschede.
Just two Welsh players, Aneurin Donald and Andrew Salter, are in the starting XI after injuries to David Lloyd and Kiran Carlson.
But former Glamorgan batsman Mike Powell believes it is a longer-term issue than current selection.
"If [the South Africans' inclusion] makes Glamorgan a stronger team, then so be it. Rather than saying 'why aren't Welsh players in' we should be saying 'why aren't they good enough?'," Powell said.
"There are some young Welsh players coming through, but Ingram, Rudolph, Miller, Cooke, they're a lot better than what is available in the second team.
"If they win this competition, everyone's happy in Wales."
During talks with Italian counterpart Matteo Renzi, the UK PM suggested she favoured bespoke arrangements rather than replicating those used by others.
"I think we should develop the model that suits the UK and EU," she said.
Mr Renzi said the EU vote was sad but he hoped "some good would come of it".
During a press conference in Rome, Mrs May confirmed that she had chaired the first meeting of the UK cabinet committee tasked with overseeing work on Brexit on Tuesday.
Mrs May, who has already visited Berlin and Paris and is scheduled to visit other EU leaders later this week, said that although the UK was leaving the EU the UK would "still very much be part of Europe".
The prime minister said Brexit meant a "new chapter" in Anglo-Italian links but she said she hoped the current £24bn annual two-way trade could be boosted and the nations would continue to co-operate within Nato, G7 and the G20 to face the "complex and global challenges" posed by terrorism and mass migration.
She restated her position that the UK would need time to prepare for official negotiations on leaving the EU and that it was her intention to guarantee the status of EU nationals already working in the UK while limiting the future free movement of EU nationals into the UK.
Pressed on suggestions by the International Trade Secretary Liam Fox - who is on a trade mission to the US - that the UK could potentially leave the EU's customs union to facilitate trade deals with other countries, Mrs May said she was "looking at this with an open mind".
The UK, she suggested, should be flexible and not look to try and emulate any other country in its dealings with the EU.
"I think we should be developing the model that suits the United Kingdom and the European Union. Not adopting, necessarily, a model that is on the shelf already."
If the UK remained part of the EU's customs union, it would not face tariffs to export most goods into the EU but it would have to accept the EU's external tariffs when trading with non-EU countries and would not have any say in setting these external tariffs.
A number of countries, including Norway and Iceland, are members of the European Economic Area but outside the customs union. They still have tariff-free access to the EU's single market via free trade agreements but those exporting to the customs union may still have to pay administrative fees and be subject to customs controls and greater paperwork.
In response, Mr Renzi said the UK's exit would be "painful" but Italy would do "its utmost to collaborate and support the process" of UK negotiations.
But he added that the talks would be "delicate" given the conflicting desire of maximising trade while restricting freedom of movement.
He said it was "important to have a vision and precise timeline for the process" but added that it would be a "message against democracy" if the consequences people voted for in the referendum didn't happen.
Mr Renzi said the EU was a "miracle" that had produced "60 years of peace and prosperity" and it was time for its members to look to the future.
Earlier on Wednesday, the European Commission said it had appointed former senior official Michel Barnier as its chief negotiator for the UK's negotiations. The UK has said it won't begin official exit discussions - known as the Article 50 process - until next year.
Tadcaster in North Yorkshire was split in two on Boxing Day, when the River Wharfe bridge partially collapsed.
The bridge is now due to be finished by 27 January rather than Christmas, after "unusual and persistent" high river levels caused delays.
The arch rings mean stonemasons can start work covering the arches.
David Bowe, of North Yorkshire County Council's Business and Environmental Services, said the arch rings had been lifted in a day early.
He said: "Last night, we managed to lift in the large formwork arch rings which will allow us to get on with the masonry for the arches on Tadcaster Bridge.
"Next the masons will start constructing masonry piers and filling them with concrete, and putting masonry over the arch rings.
"Our new target completion date is 27 January, a month after the original date, but the guys on site are really up for the challenge and determined to beat that date."
New piling and construction of the pier base, the most complex part of the operation, are complete.
Piling would help prevent future scouring of the foundations, which contributed to the bridge's collapse last year, the council said.
The government pledged £3m for repair work within days of the bridge collapse, and £1.4m was given by the region's Local Enterprise Partnership to widen and strengthen the bridge.
The Ice Hockey Elite League's Player of the year has signed up for another year in Cardiff after a standout season.
The 27-year-old Canadian forward scored 31 goals and 53 assists in 63 games to top the league's overall scoring table.
"He is our top scorer, he is a total pro, he plays [when he is] hurt, he is an absolute warrior." said Devils player-manager Andrew Lord.
The wild bird was found on Moseley New Pool at Swanshurst Park, Swanshurst Lane, Moseley, by a passer-by.
It was taken to the RSPCA Birmingham Animal Hospital for emergency treatment. Vets said it was expected to make a full recovery.
The bird is now recovering and the charity has appealed for witnesses to the attack on Saturday to come forward.
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Insp Boris Lasserre said: "The bolt has gone right through the lower part of the goose's head. Incredibly he was still alive.
"He was taken to the RSPCA Birmingham Animal Hospital for treatment and X-rays to establish the damage that has been caused by the bolt and the safest way to remove it.
"This poor bird was the victim of a mindless cruelty. It beggars belief that someone would get enjoyment out of doing something like this."
He has also been fined £100,000 and ordered to attend a Football Association education course.
Shelvey, 24, had a personal hearing to challenge the charge after an incident with Wolves' Moroccan midfielder Romain Saiss in 17 September's 2-0 defeat.
The player has seven days to appeal.
Newcastle said in a statement they will wait to see the FA's written reasons "before making any further comment on the matter".
The FA's sanctions will be set aside pending consideration for an appeal.
Newcastle were losing to Wolves in their Championship match at St James' Park, when in the 87th minute an incident occurred between Shelvey and Saiss.
The breach, according to the FA's charge against the former Liverpool and Swansea player, related to Rule E3(1), and was an "Aggravated Breach as defined in Rule E3(2), as it included reference to ethnic origin and/or race and/or nationality".
BBC Sport's Pat Murphy said the matter was brought to referee Tim Robinson's attention by one of Saiss' team-mates immediately after the game.
If Boxing Day's visit of Sheffield Wednesday becomes the first game of the suspension, the England international will miss four league games and the FA Cup third-round tie at Birmingham.
Newcastle boss Rafael Benitez would next be able to name him in the squad for the Championship game against Rotherham on 21 January.
FA guidelines, which were revised in 2013, state any player found guilty of racially abusing an opponent or discriminating on religion, sexuality or disability, should be banned for at least five games.
Prior to that, Chelsea's John Terry was handed a four-match ban and a £220,000 fine for racially abusing QPR defender Anton Ferdinand, while Liverpool's Luis Suarez received an eight-match suspension and a £40,000 fine for his abuse of Manchester United's Patrice Evra - both in 2011.
They know that no voter wants to pay more, but they are also under pressure to fund manifesto pledges on public services.
Here's why it is so difficult to find the perfect balance.
For every £1 created in the UK through economic activity - that's the working, spending and saving that we all do - the government collects roughly 37p.
This adds up to about £700bn each year, which would be the equivalent of about £11,000 per person if the bill was split equally.
Tax is the most important part of this - the equivalent of 34p in every £1.
The rest of the government's income comes from a variety of sources. These include interest - for example on student loans; dividends - for example from holdings of Royal Bank of Scotland shares; and profits from assets - including the leasing of 4G mobile licences.
Taxes have increased since 2010 and in 2020 revenues are due to reach the highest share of national income since the 1980s.
It's usually the case that governments don't have as much money as they want to spend.
This year, for every £1 that it raises, the government will spend an extra 3p that it has borrowed.
This gap between spending and revenues is called the deficit, and the amount borrowed each year adds to the national debt.
The deficit increased substantially after the financial crisis of 2008, with attempts to limit it leading to large cuts to benefits and public services.
Any plans for spending cuts lead to controversy about the amount or quality of services.
But an ageing population and rising healthcare costs mean the government actually needs more money just to keep public services at their current level.
This is a massive challenge for any would-be government and means difficult choices between raising taxes and reducing spending.
Where the government decides to get its money is important because it determines who is being made worse off.
The biggest chunk of overall revenue - about 40% - comes from income tax and national insurance contributions, both of which are based on your earnings.
Overall, this amounts to about £300bn
A further 30% - about £200bn - comes from taxes on the things we buy.
This includes value added tax (VAT), which is a 20% tax on the cost of most things we buy, from pens and chocolate, to cars and fridges.
Some goods attract additional taxes, for example fuel, cigarettes and alcohol.
One of the key questions in any debate about tax is usually who's paying and who pays the most.
Based on income, the top half of households contribute 78% of combined receipts for income tax, national insurance, VAT, excise duties and council tax.
But this figure is actually an underestimate, because it relies on surveys that underestimate income tax paid by the highest income households.
Tax returns are more reliable and show that income tax is very top-heavy.
The top 1% of those who do pay income tax are responsible for 27% of revenues. The top half pays 90% of income tax.
Four out of 10 adults pay no income tax because they are not working, or their income is too low. There is also a large system of benefits that increase the incomes of poorer households.
There are two reasons income tax revenues are so concentrated at the top: inequality and the way taxes are designed - there are higher rates for higher earners.
Politicians can decide what to tax and how high to set rates.
In recent years, policy changes have led to national insurance, VAT and capital taxes becoming more important sources of revenue.
Income tax, excise duties and corporation tax have become less important.
Tax revenues also vary because of the state of the economy. Some, like corporation tax, fluctuate with the economy more than others, like council tax.
No one likes paying tax and there is no harmless way to increase taxes - someone is always made worse off.
This is even true of taxes that target businesses, rather than individuals, because the costs will ultimately be passed on - for example through higher prices, lower wages for workers or reduced dividends for shareholders.
Taxes affect the choices individuals make, from how much to work, to how much effort to put in, how much to save and spend and what to buy.
For all governments, there are difficult choices about how to raise - and spend - the money they need, while limiting the damage done.
There is no easy answer.
About this piece
This analysis piece was commissioned by the BBC from an expert working for an outside organisation.
Helen Miller is an associate director at the Institute for Fiscal Studies and its head of tax.
The IFS describes itself as an independent research institute which aims to inform public debate on economics. More details about its work and its funding can be found here.
While skin bleaching is a long-standing cosmetic staple across Sudan, a newer craze is sweeping the nation.
Many young women are turning to prescription pills in order to gain weight, and hopefully gain the curvaceous figures they see as the standard of beauty.
Away from the regulation of trained pharmacists, fattening pills are illegally dispensed by the same small shops which sell topical bleaching creams and other popular beauty fixes.
Sold individually, in small bags and emptied sweet containers, they are completely devoid of any information about medical risks.
It is difficult to estimate how many women in Sudan use these products to gain weight, because many are reluctant to admit to it.
"Pills are handed out in the village like penny sweets," says Imitithal Ahmed, a student at the University of Khartoum.
"I've always been scared [to use them] because I've seen family members fall ill and close friends become dependent on appetite stimulants.
"My aunt is on the brink of kidney failure and has blocked arteries from taking too many fattening pills, trying to get a bigger bum.
"Everyone in the family knows why she's sick, but she won't own up to it. She's had to stop taking the pills on doctor's orders."
Yousra Elbagir:
"Fattening pills are a popular niche within a much bigger trend"
Pills are often rebranded and given catchy street names which allude to their effects.
From The Neighbours' Shock to Chicken Thighs and My Mama Suspects, the clinical name of pills are forgotten and replaced by promises of a bigger bottom, shapely thighs and a belly that will have your mother concerned that you might be pregnant.
Tablets range from standard appetite stimulants to allergy medicines containing the steroid hormone, cortisone.
The side-effects of taking cortisone are now a cash cow for pill peddlers. It is known to slow the metabolism, increase appetite, trigger water retention and create extra deposits of fat around the abdomen and face.
Using unregulated steroids without supervision can damage the heart, liver, kidneys and thyroid, says Dr Salah Ibrahim, Head of the Pharmacists' Union in Sudan.
He explains that cortisone is a naturally occurring hormone in the body, helping to regulate vital bodily functions. But when a man-made, concentrated version enters the body in the form of pills or topical bleaching creams, the brain gives the body a signal to stop production.
If a user suddenly stops taking the substance, their major organs can spiral into dysfunction.
Young women in Sudan are dying from kidney and heart failure caused by sudden steroid withdrawal, medical professionals say.
Fatalities are especially common among new brides, who traditionally undergo a month of intense beautification before their wedding day and then abruptly stop using fattening pills and steroidal bleaching creams. Their deaths are put down to sudden organ failure.
Yet these horrifying beauty trends continue to gain traction.
Prescription pill abuse is taking off in Sudan's conservative society, partly because it lacks the social stigma and pungent, giveaway odour of alcohol and cannabis.
University students flock to buy the potent painkiller Tramadol, which is sold for 20 Sudanese pounds ($1; 80 pence) per pill.
Some of Khartoum's roadside tea-sellers are even known to drop the painkiller in a cup of tea, upon a coded request.
Awareness campaigns have so far had very little impact.
Dr Ibrahim, Head of the Pharmacists Union, has made numerous appearances on national television to warn of the dangers of prescription pill abuse.
At university level, pharmacists are taught vigilance and trained to act in keeping with ethics and pharmaceutical law.
But in a country where pharmacists and doctors are paid very little, the temptation to sell pills to illegal vendors is overwhelming for some.
"Last time I went to the beauty shop I go to for my creams, the shop owner brought out a chocolate box full of different fattening pills," says Ms Ahmed, the Khartoum student.
"Girls are too scared to ask pharmacists and doctors about the pills they buy from beauty shops, for fear of being publicly shamed."
Police may arrest traders and block smuggling routes, but the profits for rogue pharmacists keep growing regardless. Fattening pills are poured into the black market, deemed to be the lesser evil.
Sudan isn't the only African society where being overweight is a symbol of prosperity and power, boosting the "marriageability" of young women.
But in this country, it embodies an ideal.
It defines the ultimate Sudanese woman - full-bodied and light-skinned - epitomising beauty and coveted as a wife.
The iconic status of Nada Algalaa, a Sudanese singer whose looks are widely praised and emulated, is testament in itself.
For some women, it is an ideal to be acquired by any means necessary.
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What would you see if you travelled to the surface of Mars? Or were able to drift in and out of Saturn's rings?
A new exhibition - Otherworlds - focuses on the creative work of US-based artist Michael Benson. He mixes art with science - to make crisp, colourful and seamless digital images from data sent back to Earth by Nasa and ESA spacecraft.
The museum's Poppy Cooper, who helped put the show together, says the 77 images are meant to represent what humans would see if they went to visit those places.
Scroll down and travel deep into the Solar System yourself.
Moonlight on the Adriatic
As seen from the International Space Station, this first image looks back to Earth.
The boot of Italy is clearly visible. The bright lights in the bottom right hand corner is Milan.
The Adriatic Sea sparkles in the moonlight - although, as Poppy Cooper points out, moonlight is of course reflected sunlight.
Mosaic composite photograph. ISS 023 crew, 29 April 2010
Credit: Nasa JSC/Michael Benson, Kinetikon Picture, courtesy Flowers Gallery
Typhoon over Bay of Bengal
This immense vortex of Tropical Cyclone 03B slammed into India's east coast at the end of 2003, with wind speeds approaching 120 kilometres an hour.
Below, the top of the island of Sri Lanka is relatively cloud free.
Photograph. Terra, 15 December 2003
Credit: Jeff Schmaltz, Lucian Plesea, Modis Land Rapid Response Team/Nasa GSFC/Michael Benson, Kinetikon Pictures, courtesy Flowers Gallery
Eclipse of the Sun by Earth
"Incredibly violent, energetic and quite frightening" is how Poppy Cooper describes the next image, which shows giant solar flares leaping out from the surface of the Sun.
The view - based on an ultraviolet exposure taken in space by the Solar Dynamics Observatory - shows the Sun appearing to be in the Earth's shadow.
The shadow is due to the increased density of the Earth's atmosphere - from left to right in the image - which blocks UV light.
Ultraviolet exposure. Solar Dynamics Observatory, 2 April 2011
Credit: Nasa SDO/Nasa GSFC/Michael Benson, Kinetikon Pictures, courtesy Flowers Gallery
Ground fog in Valles Marineris
It is foggy on Mars.
This next image shows the planet's Valles Marineris canyon system - which is about as wide as Australia, and at almost 4,000km long, is the largest in the Solar System.
A fog hugs the canyon floor, which is more than 6.5km deep in places - more than three times deeper than the Grand Canyon in the United States.
Mosaic composite photograph. Mars Express, 25 May 2004
Credit: ESA/Michael Benson, Kinetikon Pictures, courtesy Flowers Gallery
Global dust storm on Mars
Mars can also bear witness to giant dust storms which can last for months.
This image was put together using data from a Nasa mission in 1977.
"The scale is amazing. It just reminds you how active all these other worlds are," says Poppy Cooper.
"Our planet is not unique in that respect - other planets are constantly changing and moving."
Mosaic composite photograph. Viking Orbiter 2, 19 February 1977
Credit: Nasa/JPL/Dr Paul Geissler/Michael Benson, Kinetikon Pictures, courtesy Flowers Gallery
Late afternoon on Mars
This more peaceful image was taken late afternoon during a Martian day.
In the distance is Husband Hill - named in memory of Columbia Space Shuttle Commander Rick Husband.
He died with six other astronauts in 2003, when Columbia disintegrated as it re-entered the Earth's atmosphere.
Mosaic composite photograph. Spirit Rover, 16 April 2006
Credit: Nasa/JPL/Michael Benson, Kinetikon Pictures, courtesy Flowers Gallery
A Warming Comet
There are hundreds of comets flying around the Solar System - celestial bodies moving about the Sun in stretched orbits.
This image is of the oddly twin-lobed Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko - which was discovered in 1969.
It starts to vent gas and dust as it heats up - about a month before perihelion, the point at which it is closest to the Sun along its orbit.
Rosetta, 7 July 2015
Credit: ESA/Rosetta/Navcam-CC BY-SA IGO 3.0/Michael Benson, Kinetikon Pictures, courtesy Flowers Gallery
Stormy Jupiter
Jupiter's Great Red Spot can be clearly seen here.
A persistent anti-cyclonic storm, it impedes the progress of the white clouds to its right - funnelling them into streaming tendrils below.
The churning dynamo is three times the size of Earth and has been raging for at least 348 years.
Photograph. Cassini, 1 January 2001
Credit: Nasa/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute/Michael Benson, Kinetikon Pictures, courtesy Flowers Gallery
Europa, an ice-covered ocean moon
This next image shows the jumbled faults and curving ridges that sprawl out across the icy surface of Europa - one of the dozens of moons of Jupiter.
It is slightly smaller than our own Moon.
Mosaic composite photograph, Galileo, 29 March 1998
Credit: Nasa/JPL/Michael Benson, Kinetikon Pictures, courtesy Flowers Gallery
Crescent Jupiter and Ganymede
Jupiter - the Solar System's largest planet - dwarfs its largest moon Ganymede, seen here on the right.
Ganymede is the ninth largest object in the solar system and is bigger than the planet Mercury.
Like Europa, Ganymede's surface is composed of water ice, and is thought to have a sub-surface ocean.
Mosaic composite photograph. Cassini, 10 January 2001
Credit: Nasa/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute/Michael Benson, Kinetikon Pictures, courtesy Flowers Gallery
Dark side of the rings
"It looks a bit like a marble or a hat you might wear to a wedding - the colours are beautiful," says Poppy Cooper of this image which looks down on Saturn's northern regions.
Dust and ice make up the distinctive rings which circle the planet - into which you could fit 763 (and a bit) Earths.
"Their relative dimensions are thinner than a sheet of paper. They are hundreds of kilometres long, but only about 10 metres deep."
Mosaic composite photograph. Cassini, 20 January 2007
Credit: Nasa/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute/Michael Benson, Kinetikon Pictures, courtesy Flowers Gallery
Enceladus vents water into space
"A lot of people have been drawn to this image of Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons, because it looks a bit like the Death Star in Star Wars," says Cooper.
The moon is bathed in direct sunlight on the left, with reflected sunlight from Saturn illuminating it on the right.
At the top of the moon, erupts a vast spray of water into space - which immediately freezes.
"Enceladus is very reminiscent of our own moon but it is much more active," says Cooper.
"It is believed to have a sub-surface ocean - which leaves people wondering if it might have the conditions to host life."
Mosaic composite photograph. Cassini, 25 December 2009
Credit: Nasa/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute/Michael Benson, Kinetikon Pictures, courtesy Flowers Gallery
Uranus and its rings
"I like this because it's so perfect and symmetrical - like a computer graphic - but it is actually real," says Cooper of this image of the planet Uranus.
"The blue comes from the methane in the atmosphere - reacting with the light from the Sun."
The third largest planet in our Solar System, Uranus was discovered in 1781 by the astronomer William Herschel - but its faint rings were only spotted in 1977.
Mosaic composite photograph. Voyager, 24 January 1986
Credit: Nasa/JPL/Michael Benson, Kinetikon Pictures, courtesy Flowers Gallery
A Plutonian Haze
This final glowing image is of the chilly dwarf planet Pluto - on the edge of our Solar System.
"I love the idea there might be blue skies on Pluto - it's romantic," says Poppy Cooper.
"It's so other-worldly it couldn't be Earth. It looks cold, distant, inhospitable."
But the blue haze - captured last year by Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft - is light from the giant Sun, hidden here behind tiny Pluto.
Mosaic composite photograph. New Horizons, 14 July 2015
Credit: Nasa/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute/Michael Benson, Kinetikon Pictures, courtesy Flowers Gallery
Otherworlds: Visions of our Solar System can be seen at the Natural History Museum, London, from 22 January - 15 May 2016.
Roy struck 112 off 116 balls, but his dismissal sparked a collapse which saw the hosts lose their last eight wickets for 81 as they were bowled out for 273.
Kent reached 22-2 before rain saw them set a revised 251 off 40 overs.
Matt Coles smashed a career-best 100 to take Kent close but was last man out as they were dismissed for 233.
Kent looked to be heading towards a big defeat at 169-9, before Coles hit nine sixes in his magnificent 73-ball innings as he put on 64 for the last wicket with Matt Hunn, who scored only one.
However, just as the visitors sensed pulling off a stunning victory, Coles nicked Tom Curran (3-22) behind.
Earlier Roy, who has been named in England's ODI and T20 squads to face Australia, was the mainstay of a Surrey innings which saw no other batsman pass fifty.
Once the 25-year-old was caught by Alex Blake off James Tredwell (3-47) in the 36th over, the rest of the batting line-up folded as the innings ended with one ball remaining.
Teenage paceman Sam Curran then continued his fine debut season removing Kent openers Daniel Bell-Drummond and Joe Denly, before a heavy rain shower led to a delay of more than an hour.
Once play resumed at 20:00 BST, older brother Tom Curran took two quick wickets and Zafar Ansari removed Sam Billings cheaply as Kent slumped to 49-5.
Darren Stevens showed some resistance with 37 off 35 balls before he edged James Burke behind to leave Kent eight down and still needing 111 to win off 77 balls.
Coles then provided the late fireworks, but couldn't quite get his side over the line as Surrey set up a semi-final clash with Nottinghamshire at the Oval on Monday, 7 September.
Thiago turned in a cross from outstanding winger Kingsley Coman to put Bayern ahead after nine minutes.
Coman set up Muller to volley in his 26th goal of the season before Muller steered in the third after the break.
Substitute Robert Lewandowski raced clear for the fourth before Thiago tapped in from another Coman assist.
Second-placed Borussia Dortmund play at home to Mainz on Sunday (16:00 GMT).
Bayern, who rested Arjen Robben, Arturo Vidal and Douglas Costa, are at home to Juventus in the Champions League on Wednesday night with the last-16 tie level at 2-2 from the first leg.
Pep Guardiola's side will go into that game on course for a fourth successive domestic title as they won for the first time in three Bundesliga games.
Werder Bremen had won their previous two league games and lost just one of their last five to enhance their prospects of avoiding relegation.
But they were also below full-strength, notably missing former Bayern striker Claudio Pizarro, and were no threat to the champions who had chances to make their 12th league home win in 13 attempts more emphatic.
The two sides meet again in the semi-finals of the German Cup in April.
Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola: "People think it's easy to win 5-0, but every game is like a final for us to stay ahead of Dortmund."
Bremen coach Viktor Skripnik: "No matter what team comes here, if they have 20 or 30 per cent ball possession, it looks like they don't want to (compete). We did everything. Bayern are Bayern."
The emails, sent in August 2016, advised people to amend out-of-date personal information and update their marketing preferences.
They also gave people the chance to enter a prize draw.
But the regulator said Flybe should have obtained people's consent before sending the emails.
"Sending emails to determine whether people want to receive marketing, without the right consent, is still marketing, and it is against the law," said Steve Eckersley, head of enforcement at the Information Commissioner's Office.
"In Flybe's case, the company deliberately contacted people who had already opted out of emails from them."
Flybe told the BBC it wanted to "sincerely apologise" to affected customers.
"We can confirm that appropriate mechanisms have already been actioned to ensure that such a situation does not happen again," it added.
The ICO has also fined carmaker Honda Motor Europe £13,000 after a separate investigation found similar breaches.
The company sent 289,790 emails to clarify customers' choices for receiving marketing, but did not secure their consent.
"The firm believed the emails were not classed as marketing but instead were customer service emails to help the company comply with data protection law," the ICO said in a statement.
"Honda couldn't provide evidence that the customers had ever given consent to receive this type of email, which is a breach of privacy and electronic communication regulations."
Honda said it was disappointed with the decision and that it had acted with "the best data protection practices in mind".
It added: "It is also important to highlight that we have already taken steps to address the concerns that the ICO has raised, and we are pleased that the ICO has recognised that any breach of the PECR by Honda was not deliberate nor intentional."
A horrible number, but it is going down - and part of the reason must be the large numbers of Network Rail staff and transport police now going on a suicide-prevention course from the Samaritans.
It teaches them what to do if they see someone looking vulnerable.
What should they say? What should they not say? Because the Samaritans stress that simply talking and sharing is often the first step to making a full recovery.
The number of "potentially life-saving interventions" from police and staff shot up last year.
They stepped in to talk to someone four times a day on average - and now rail suicides are at their lowest level since 2010.
Andy Wellbeloved has worked on the railways for decades. A few years ago he was called in when a man was threatening to jump under a train.
"I was nervous," he says. "Worried about saying the wrong thing."
But Andy learned something on the Samaritans course that helped him cope.
"I can remember the instructor actually saying, don't say, 'I know how you feel.' That's always stuck in my mind because it's the type of thing I would have said."
He admits he was cynical before going on the course. He's normally one of the first on the scene after a suicide.
"I did think that it might possibly be a waste of time, because I thought anyone who wants to take their own life on the railway is selfish, because of all the people it affects.
"But after doing the course that did change my mind. I sort of realised that people can be in such a bad state of mind they don't realise they're affecting someone else.
"And it gives you the confidence to approach someone."
That support is echoed by Carmel Giansante, a mum whose 16-year-old son Oscar took his life on the railway in 2015.
I went to see Carmel, who's setting up a charity in Oscar's name, called the Oscar Phillips Foundation.
Its aim is to teach school children how to cope with life's stresses and how to ask for help.
And that's the critical part, according to the experts. They want to get the message out there that suicide is preventable.
Carmel says that Oscar masked how he was feeling and showed absolutely no sign of being depressed.
He was doing well at school, popular, had a loving family. He was a lovely, caring young man.
"You feel like your heart has been turned into glass and shattered," Carmel said. She also says the course will save lives.
"If it was you that was in that vulnerable position, how would you feel if someone didn't come up and talk to you and you were allowed to go and take your own life.
"It's horrific isn't it... you'd want someone... you'd want to be able to thank someone one day."
The 25-year-old, who can play at half-back, full-back and hooker, has scored four tries in his nine Super League appearances this term.
The Vikings academy graduate has been out of action since April with injury.
Craven has made a total of career 109 appearances, including those during spells on loan at Whitehaven, Workington, Halifax and Featherstone.
Head coach Denis Betts told the Widnes website: "Danny is maturing into the player that we always felt he was capable of becoming, and we believe that he will contribute significantly for the remainder of this season and in 2018."
Three people were killed and 260 were injured when Tsarnaev, now 21, and his brother placed bombs at the finishing line of the Boston Marathon in 2013.
Tsarnaev is likely to be moved to a federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, to await execution, but there could be years of appeals.
Victims sobbed as the sentence was read, but Tsarnaev showed no emotion.
"Now he will go away and we will be able to move on. Justice. In his own words, 'an eye for an eye'," said bombing victim Sydney Corcoran, who nearly bled to death and whose mother lost both legs.
After 14 hours of deliberations, the jury concluded that he showed no remorse and therefore should be put to death.
"The jury has spoken. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will pay for his crimes with his life,'' said US Attorney Carmen Ortiz.
Tsarnaev was found guilty last month of helping carry out the attack, as well as fatally shooting a policeman.
As a state, Massachusetts ended the death penalty in 1984, but Tsarnaev was tried on federal charges, meaning he was eligible for execution.
Tsarnaev stood next to his lawyer. He tilted his head to the side and shifted his weight from one foot to the other as he heard the clerk read the notes from the jurors.
After the death sentence was announced, he bowed his head.
A juror with gold hoop earrings took a drink from a water bottle. A moment later she started to cry. Another juror touched her to reassure her and to comfort her.
Another juror with dark-framed glasses and a blue shirt cried too. He took off his glasses. He wiped his forehead and wiped his eyes. He bit his lips, distraught.
After the sentence was announced, US Attorney General Loretta Lynch said: "The ultimate penalty is a fitting punishment for this horrific crime and we hope that the completion of this prosecution will bring some measure of closure to the victims and their families.''
But not all of the victims supported the death penalty for Tsarnaev.
The parents of Martin Richard, an eight-year-old boy killed in the blast, wrote an article in the Boston Globe newspaper last month asking the government to not seek a death sentence as it would delay their emotional closure.
The Associated Press news agency reached Tsarnaev's father, Anzor Tsarnaev, by phone in the Russian region of Dagestan on Friday. He moaned after hearing the sentence and hung up.
During the trial, Tsarnaev's defence team admitted that he had played a role in the attacks but said that his older brother, Tamerlan - shot dead by police in the subsequent manhunt - was the driving force.
Lawyers also highlighted his difficult early life. The Tsarnaevs - ethnic Chechens - had lived in the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan and the volatile Dagestan region of Russia, near Chechnya. The family moved to the US in 2002.
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But prosecutors argued that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was an equal partner in the attack, showing the jury a message he wrote on the boat where he was arrested.
"Stop killing our innocent people and we will stop," it read.
Throughout the trial, the jurors heard grisly testimony from bombing survivors. They described seeing their legs blown off or watching someone next to them die.
At the start of the penalty phase, the prosecutors showed jurors a photo of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev raising his middle finger to a jail cell security camera months after his arrest.
"This is Dzhokhar Tsarnaev - unconcerned, unrepentant and unchanged," prosecutor Nadine Pellegrin said.
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The Tsarnaev brothers were of Chechen descent. Commentators from across the political spectrum in Russia were broadly unanimous in condemning the verdict:
It has signed of an agreement with Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province.
It will see authorities cooperate in the fields of economy and trade, transport and logistics, culture and sports, and education and tourism.
Links between the two began in 1855, when Swansea's Griffith John founded the Wuhan Union Hospital.
He set sail for China as a penniless 24-year-old missionary with a zeal to spread the gospel through good works.
The hospital he founded is now, 150 years later, one of China's biggest - with more than 5,000 inpatient beds and treating 3.5 million patients annually.
For the past four years Wuhan Union Hospital has been collaborating with Swansea University's Medical School.
The new broader agreement between Swansea and Wuhan was signed on Monday during a Chinese delegation visit to Swansea's Guildhall.
Councillor Robert Francis-Davies, Swansea council's cabinet member for enterprise, development and regeneration, said: "The agreement we've signed with Wuhan will have benefits for both cities because it will enable us to learn from one another in areas ranging from transport and health to education and tourism.
"Wuhan is the engine of central China's economy, so we look forward to hearing their ideas and sharing examples of best practice with them to improve Swansea as a city in future."
An assembly inquiry into Communities First said a single programme never had the ability to make "significant in-roads" into reducing poverty in Wales.
Communities secretary Carl Sargeant ended the programme in February, saying performance had been mixed. AMs found a total of £432m was spent since 2001.
The Welsh Government admitted it had "not had a significant impact".
Communities First supports anti-poverty programmes in 52 areas across Wales, but its funding will end next March.
The report from the equality, local government and communities committee found that despite "a significant amount of public money" having been spent, it was "difficult to make an overall assessment of the success of the programme".
It said the scheme was "set the near impossible task of reducing poverty, which could never be achieved through one single programme".
AMs said it was regrettable that when the scheme was launched it did not have "baseline data" that its success or failures could be assessed by.
"The basic flaw at the very start of the programme has persisted throughout its life," they argued.
A wide-range of indicators used to measure performance were introduced for the scheme in 2012, but one witness from Caerphilly council told the inquiry that having 102 indicators meant in practice there were none.
The report also said the decision and announcement of its closure should have been better managed after AMs learned many staff first heard about the phasing out of the scheme through the media.
There was also a concern that community centres could be lost without ongoing funding from the scheme.
"While Welsh Government capital funding is welcomed, more needs to be done to audit community assets in the interim to ensure they do not close until funding can be secured," AMs said.
Despite funding ending next March, a legacy fund of £6m a year is set to be made available for two years for projects which currently receive money, with a further two years' funding also possible.
The report added:
John Griffiths, equality committee chairman, said Communities First had "done great work in communities across Wales".
But he added: "We are concerned that the Welsh Government must learn lessons for future tackling poverty activities, ensuring progress is measurable, based on evidence of what works, and that the successful elements of Communities First, which could be delivered by other public bodies and are valued locally, are transferred to other public services to deliver."
A Welsh Government spokeswoman said: "The Communities First programme, whilst having a positive impact on many individuals, has not had a significant impact on poverty levels in Wales which remain stubbornly high."
She said the government was working to set the principles for the legacy fund "which will enable some of the most effective aspects of the programme to continue".
An extra £4m a year will be given to the Community Facilities Programme from 2017/18, with priority given to Communities First areas, to help protect community assets, while a £12m a year grant will be launched to support those "furthest from the labour market", she added.
Speaking on state TV, Mr Jammeh cited "abnormalities" in the vote and called for fresh elections.
Mr Jammeh, who came to power in a coup in 1994, suffered a surprise defeat to Adama Barrow, who won more than 45% of the vote.
Mr Jammeh said that he now rejected the results "in totality".
Mr Barrow, a property developer, is due to take office in late January. Neither he nor his party have so far commented on Mr Jammeh's statement.
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"After a thorough investigation, I have decided to reject the outcome of the recent election," Mr Jammeh said.
"I lament serious and unacceptable abnormalities which have reportedly transpired during the electoral process.
"I recommend fresh and transparent elections which will be officiated by a God-fearing and independent electoral commission."
According to the electoral commission, in the election on 1 December:
In his 22 years in power, Mr Jammeh acquired a reputation as a ruthless leader.
Ahead of the election, Human Rights Watch accused him of using violence to silence critics. The group said two activists had died in custody and dozens of people had been jailed and denied medical or legal help.
The 34-year-old victim, who is five months pregnant, suffered a broken arm and leg but her unborn baby was unharmed in the crash in Salford, Greater Manchester Police said.
A spokesman said: "Words were exchanged and the driver drove off."
Details have just emerged of the crash, on Monday on Bury New Road.
The woman was carried "a short distance" after she was hit by the white VW Polo or Golf, at about 19:30 GMT, as she walked towards Wellington Street West in Higher Broughton.
Appealing for witnesses, PC Mike Connolly said: "Thankfully the baby is okay. However, the victim suffered broken bones in her right arm and leg and will undergo surgery soon."
"Foster officials wanted RHI cost controls put in" reads the front page of the News Letter.
The paper's political editor, Sam McBride, reports the revelation puts "intense scrutiny" on Mrs Foster's repeated claim that she never went against civil service advice about the scheme.
He says the proposals for cost-control are contained within a 45-page consultation document on phase 2 of the Northern Ireland RHI.
In response, a DUP spokesperson says the public inquiry was the correct forum to deal with the questions raised by the paper.
In analysis on the same page, Mr McBride says the currently unanswerable question is "Given that the problem had been identified and a proposed solution already worked out in great detail, why - and on whose instructions - was the proposal abandoned?"
In the Belfast Telegraph, a separate RHI exclusive grabs the paper's top-story spot.
It reports that 59 bids to join the controversial scheme could still receive the most lucrative rate which allowed some applicants to make "cash for ash".
If approved, the claimants, who applied before 19 November 2015, could receive payments at the un-capped rate that led to the potential £490m overspend on the scheme.
The paper attributes its findings to information handed over by Ofgem.
In total, the energy regulator said it was dealing with 127 RHI applications.
Also in the Belfast Telegraph is one couple's unusual request.
Sarah Graham and her husband Nick have appealed through the paper for an egg donor after Sarah suffered two bouts of ovarian cancer.
The couple says they have been waiting for someone to come forward for a year and have not received one single response.
Mrs Graham told the paper: "Finding out I might not be able to have a baby was worse than being told I had cancer."
Elsewhere, the Daily Mirror leads with the headline "Brawl shook up" after ex-Celtic player Anthony Stokes paid out £25,000 to an Elvis impersonator for head-butting him.
The attack happened in a Dublin nightclub more than three years ago where the victim had his nose and two teeth broken.
The footballer was given a suspended two-year prison sentence.
On the front of the Irish News is a picture showing a statue of Jesus which has fallen off the Cross on the Falls Road in Belfast.
The statue is said to have fallen from the 20-foot structure sometime on Tuesday night.
The paper says clerics and parishioners worked quickly to remove the statue from the scene using a trolley.
One woman said: "Our Lord is on the ground, I hadn't even realised. I hope it's not long before he is returned."
The paper also carries tributes to Margaret McKinney, whose son Brian was among the 'Disappeared'.
He was abducted and murdered by the IRA in 1978.
Mrs McKinney met both Bill Clinton and John Major to raise issues for victims of the Troubles during her years of campaigning.
She died aged 85.
The woman received burns and severe smoke inhalation in a fire at her home in Robertson Place, in the St Ninians area of Stirling.
The fire, which is not being treated as suspicious, broke out at about 19:40 on Thursday.
A total of 15 firefighters battled the blaze which was extinguished in just over half an hour.
The woman was treated by paramedics before being taken by ambulance to Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Larbert.
The trusts, in Plymouth, north Bristol, Oxford, Southampton and Brighton will have consultants available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The new system is for patients with complex or multiple injuries.
Patients will be taken to one of the centres if it is in within a 45-minute ambulance drive.
If it is not possible to get to a major trauma centre in that time, or if a patient need to be stabilised quickly, they will be taken to the nearest hospital with a local trauma unit for immediate treatment.
The hospitals involved are Derriford in Plymouth, Frenchay and Southmead in Bristol, John Radcliffe in Oxford, Southampton General and the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton.
The new major trauma centres are part of an England-wide network of 22 currently being set up.
The first four hospitals were designated in London two years ago.
Two of them, St George's in Tooting and King's College in Denmark Hill, are the major trauma centres for patients in Surrey, Kent and Medway.
A report by the National Audit Office in 2010 suggested the centres could save an extra 450 to 600 lives in England every year.
"Trauma patients will have better access to highly-skilled and experienced trauma clinicians and the most advanced treatments in the world," said Dr James Mapstone, clinical director of acute care for NHS South of England.
"A huge amount of work has gone into developing this new model of care.
"All the ambulance services in the south have carried out enhanced training of their staff so they can take major trauma patients straight to the nearest major trauma centre.
"I am confident that having the highest level of expertise, experience and equipment in one place will help us save more lives."
Hundreds of new MPs, mostly from the National League for Democracy (NLD) but also some smaller parties, have been sworn in and taken their seats.
The NLD, led by Aung San Suu Kyi, won 80% of contested seats in November's historic election.
But a quarter of all seats are reserved for the military, which also retains control of key ministries.
One of the new parliament's first jobs will be to choose a new president when outgoing leader Thein Sein steps down at the end of March.
Ms Suu Kyi, who spent 15 years under house arrest under the former military government, cannot take the top job.
A clause in the constitution which was widely seen as specifically targeting her says anyone whose children are foreign cannot be president. Her sons are British not Burmese.
She has been very clear, however, that she intends to run Myanmar anyway, saying she would be "above the president".
Ms Suu Kyi, who has not named a possible candidate, did not speak to reporters as she entered the building.
But NLD MP Nyein Thit told the AFP news agency: "We will work to get human rights and democracy as well as peace."
Another NLD MP, Khin Maung Myint, told Associated Press: "I never imagined that our party would be able to form the government. Even the public didn't think we could have an NLD government. But now it is like a shock to us and to the world too."
Lama Naw Aung, an MP for the minority Kachin State Democracy Party, said a seat in parliament was "a good opportunity for us to speak out for the ethnic people and demand indigenous rights", AP reports.
For most of the last 20 years Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD has been treated as the enemy here, its activities suppressed and its leaders jailed.
Now hundreds of them are being sworn in as MPs. Even when the 25% of army-appointed representatives are included the NLD still have a majority.
The identity of the country's next president is still a closely guarded secret.
For it to be Ms Suu Kyi there would have to be an incredible last-minute deal and constitutional change. Most likely it will be one of her most trusted confidantes, possibly her doctor.
Has the new president been picked?
The parliament in the capital, Nay Pyi Taw, began its session by electing NLD stalwart U Win Myint as Speaker of the lower house, as expected.
U Ti Khun Myat of the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party was voted in as his deputy.
The transition from military-only rule will go on until the NLD government officially starts its term in April. The army overthrew the last democratically elected parliament in 1962.
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The party launched the document at a hotel in South Antrim, one of seven constituencies in which there are TUV candidates.
Party leader Jim Allister said he wanted the UK to be "liberated from the clutches of the EU".
He also said the system of mandatory coalition at Stormont should end.
Mr Allister said the Stormont Executive should be a voluntary coalition.
He said the current system was denying voters "basic democratic rights" and that people should be able to change their government.
"This election and the business of government-making provide the perfect illustration of the strength of the TUV's case against mandatory coalition," he said.
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"Just as the prospect of the people of the UK in a free election opting to change their government underscores the totalitarian denial of that right to the people of Northern Ireland when it comes to Stormont.
"If the Stormont system was applied at Westminster, then, despite the election, Cameron, Clegg and Miliband would all end up in Downing Street, with no opposition.
"How absurd. How unworkable, as we witness day, after day at Stormont. Yet TUV alone makes the case for democratic voluntary coalition plus opposition at Stormont, such as is likely to evolve at Westminster."
Mr Allister also said the DUP had "over-hyped" its potential to have influence in a hung parliament, and criticised the DUP for allowing MPs to be MLAs at the same time.
The manifesto, entitled The Real Alternative, said there should be no further devolution of powers to Stormont.
It also called for the development of Belfast International Airport to be prioritised because of increasing competition from Dublin Airport
Adrian Hardman was arrested after allegedly failing a breath test in Tewkesbury on 22 December.
Mr Hardman, who was appointed leader of the council in 2010, is due to appear at Cheltenham Magistrates' Court on 18 January.
He has confirmed the charge but told the BBC he will be making no further comment at this time.
Gloucestershire Police said: "A 59-year-old man from Bredon was charged with drink driving after he was arrested on Bredon Road, Tewkesbury at around 20:00 GMT on Tuesday 22 December."
The National Association of Head Teachers says with a fifth of children having a mental health problem before age 11, it is a key concern.
A snapshot survey of 1,455 English heads suggests two-thirds of primary schools cannot deal with such issues.
The government says it has ring-fenced £1.4bn for children's mental health.
Russell Hobby, general secretary of the heads' union, NAHT, says: "We know the government is determined to improve children's mental health but there's still a danger that some children will take untreated mental problems into adulthood."
Mr Hobby said three-quarters of school leaders had reported that they lacked the resources needed to provide the kind of mental health care that children need.
"Although increasingly common inside secondary schools, almost two-thirds of primary school leaders say that it is difficult to access local mental health professionals," he said.
"Schools play a vital role in supporting children's mental health and building their resilience - but rising demand, growing complexity and tight budgets can get in the way of helping the children who need it most."
The chief executive of the mental health charity Place2Be, Catherine Roche, said children faced all sorts of challenges, such as coping with parental separation, the illness or death of a loved one, and dealing with substance abuse and domestic violence.
The vast majority of schools were already working hard to support children, she said, adding: "Teachers are not counsellors, and sometimes schools need professional support to make sure that problems in childhood do not spiral into bigger mental health problems later in life."
Place2Be and NAHT believe all schools need access to, or should host, professional mental health services, and the government says it wants all schools to make counselling services available to their pupils in time.
But the union's survey revealed that 64% of schools do not have access to a counsellor on site, and three-quarters of these said the most common barrier was financial.
"Although increasingly common in secondary schools, almost two-thirds of primary school leaders say that it is difficult to access local mental health professionals," Mr Hobby said.
"While we have a better acknowledgement of the extent of mental illness amongst children and young people than ever before, the services that schools, families and children rely on are under great pressure."
One head teacher who responded to the survey said: "We used to have a counselling service in school which was amazing, but due to budgetary pressures we had to stop this service. Now there is virtually no accessible provision in our area."
Another NAHT head said: "There is a big gap in provision in this area for primary age children. When we feel we need more specialist intervention or advice than we are able to provide, there is not much else to access."
The Department for Education said: "We're at a turning point in how we tackle children's mental health issues and are determined to get it right.
"That's why we're investing £1.4bn over this Parliament to transform mental health support for children and young people, and have also given £1.5m over the last three years to projects involving Place2Be."
When news of the court's landmark decision affirming gay marriage rights in all 50 states broke, celebrations quickly erupted outside the court building - and on Twitter.
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Some of the political reaction wasn't as joyous, however. Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee condemned the ruling.
Others took the opportunity to point out that it's been an interesting week for flags in the US.
And a White House agency offered what it saw as an appropriate photo.
The National says thousands united in solidarity at the vigil after Nicola Sturgeon paid tribute to the victims during an emotional First Minister's Questions at Holyrood.
Faith leaders, tourists, commuters and emergency service workers were among those who joined the "dignified tribute" at the London landmark, according to The Herald.
The i newspaper also features an image from Trafalgar Square, while its lead story focuses on Khalid Masood, the man responsible for the attack which killed four people and injured many more.
Masood was inspired by Islamic State ideology and had been previously investigated by MI5, according to The Scotsman.
Meanwhile, the Daily Record describes the attacker as a "weak-minded savage exploited by the monsters of Isis". It adds: "He killed a hero PC, a devoted mum, a loving husband and an OAP."
The Scottish Sun reports that Masood told workers at a budget hotel in Brighton: "I'm off to London today". The paper claims he said the capital "isn't like it used to be".
And the Scottish Daily Mail claims guides to mounting a "car terror attack" are available on Google and Twitter.
Elsewhere, The Courier reports that nurses at Perth Royal Infirmary have contacted the paper to blow the whistle on staff shortages at the hospital. They claim it is only a matter of time before the shortages result in a death, but health bosses have moved to reassure patients.
The Press and Journal leads with a story about a pub in Keith, Moray, which was sealed off after it received a suspicious package with a note referring to so-called Islamic State.
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The aftermath of the London terror attacks again dominates most of Scotland's front pages, with many carrying images of a Trafalgar Square vigil.
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The 18-year-old was last seen on CCTV on the city's Longman Road at 01:00 on 10 November.
Police, RNLI Kessock lifeboat crew and the Coastguard have been involved in searches for Mr Mitchell.
His family said: "We are desperately concerned for our son who seemed to have lost his way. We would dearly love for our son to return home to us."
Police officers and dogs and specialist search teams have been focusing the search around Inverness' Longman Industrial Estate and nearby Moray Firth coastline.
In a statement, his family said: "Our son Adam left home on Wednesday afternoon (9 November) to go in town, where he was seen talking and having a laugh with people he met in the Tooth and Claw pub.
"He last spoke to his father at 20:30 in the evening."
Mr Mitchell is known to have left another pub, Wetherspoons, just after 00:00 and he was alone when seen walking down the Longman at 01:00 on CCTV on 10 November, his family said.
The statement said: "Adam is a typical teenager who loves heavy metal music. He constantly wore his off-cut denim jacket that was decorated with patches of his favourite bands, it was his pride and joy.
"He was wearing it when he was last seen over the top of his leather jacket, he always wore black jeans and black boots."
His family added: "Adam has a very distinctive look, long flowing brown hair and a beard.
"He didn't wear jewellery unless you include his headphones, he was always listening to music when he walked anywhere. He was friendly and open with everyone he met and he was a gentle, fun-loving young man who was loyal to his friends.
"This is totally out of character for Adam who rarely strayed from home without letting his parents know when he would be home."
Robert Butler, 30, was charged on Tuesday following last month's fatal stabbing of new father Jamal Mahmoud, 21, on the north London prison's G wing.
The Met Police said Mr Butler was remanded in custody until a court date can be set.
Basana Kimbembi, 34, has also been charged with Mr Mamoud's murder and will appear at court at a later date.
The G wing is the same wing from which two prisoners, James Whitlock and Matthew Baker, escaped on Monday.
Sir Ian Botham, Dickie Bird and Micky Stewart joined family and friends for the service at St Chad's Church in Headingley, Leeds.
Close, who lived in Baildon, died aged 84 following a long battle with cancer.
Sir Ian described Close as "simply the best captain a young player could have ever wanted".
Close became the youngest player ever to represent England at 18 and went on to lead his country seven times in 22 Tests.
He leaves behind his wife Vivienne, a son and a daughter.
In a glowing tribute to Close, Sir Ian said: "He was the first man to congratulate you but he was also the first man to pull you down and take your legs away from you if you didn't get it right.
"But then in the evening he'd be the first guy to come up put his arm around you and say, 'Ian lad, come here, that's what I thought was wrong... but here's a drink, let's learn from that and move on'."
Speaking in an earlier interview, Mrs Close said she did not see her husband as a famous cricketer, he was "just Brian".
"I see him as my husband, the father of my children, someone who could be awkward, someone who I loved very much and who I know loved me."
She said one of his other talents was being a "wonderful dancer".
"He always maintained that cricketers should learn to ballroom dance because it keeps them on the toes.
"He was lovely but we argued because we both wanted to lead, which doesn't work in ballroom dancing; there's only one leader. He always won."
Colin Graves, the chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board, former Yorkshire batsman Bryan Stott and former Yorkshire and England captain Ray Illingworth also attended the service.
Illingworth said: "We go back a long way. There won't be another like him. It's been shown by a wonderful turnout and the tributes. I think it's tremendous."
Bird said: "Brian was a tremendous captain and a wonderful man. I shall miss him and feel for his wife Viv and all her family.
"He was a hard man, believe me, but a good man."
The women both worked for Village Home Care in Carmarthenshire, where they were only allowed five minutes to get from one rural location to another.
One visit was 16 miles (26km) from the last, a journey time of 25 minutes.
Parent company Mitie said it would investigate the allegations.
Mitie own MiHomeCare, of which Village Home Care is a part, which operates throughout Wales and England.
MiHomeCare is currently being examined by HM Revenue and Customs over pay after an internal review examining pay at its Penarth branch in the Vale of Glamorgan found workers were effectively not being paid the minimum wage as they were not paid for time spent travelling between appointments.
The women, named only as Clare and Emma, told BBC Radio Four that long hours, stress and the practice of "clipping", as cutting short visits to enable the workers to reach the next client on time is called, had led to them both resigning from the company.
Clare described a journey from a rural location between St Clears and Llanybri to the east side of Carmarthen which would take far longer than the time allocated for travelling.
"It's going to take us 25 minutes and we're going 16.1 miles and we've got five minutes to do it in," she said.
Both felt the people they cared for were affected by the practice.
Emma said: "Bear in mind that for some of them we are the only people they spoke to in that day.
"And then we're running out of there in 15 to 20 minutes because we know the travelling time to the next call is more than the travelling time we've been allowed. It breaks your heart."
Clare added: "Some people used to say 'small wash today we haven't got time' and you'd say 'We need to do a full wash'. This person is going to be in bed until lunchtime maybe. You have to give them a full wash.
"It's not the fault of the carers although it does sound as though it is. It's going back to the company and how it's run."
Both women said they came under pressure not to let visits overrun.
A report by the Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales raised some concerns about working hours and stress among employees, and recommended reviewing travel times between calls depending on location.
Mitie said in a statement the employees had raised some serious allegations and they were going to conduct an investigation into them.
Gillesphey, 20, made 27 appearances and scored two goals for the Cumbrians during a loan spell last season.
"He is a young man who I think is going to have a very bright future," Carlisle boss Keith Curle told the club website.
"It's excellent that we can be part of his development. We're forging links with a fantastic club in Newcastle."
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The Englishman, 41, had been level with Stephen Hendry on six titles, but moved ahead after coming from 4-1 behind to beat Joe Perry 10-7 in the final.
"I am a competitor and I needed to fight until the end," he added.
O'Sullivan also said he was "not really into records or the history side of stuff" and the only downside to winning was he did not get to keep the trophy.
'The Rocket' had to repair a broken cue tip during his semi-final against Marco Fu on Saturday, and bit the tip off following his victory over Perry.
"Yesterday it played fantastic, today I couldn't do a lot with it, but I managed to hold it together under extreme pressure," he said.
"I have never felt so vulnerable because I couldn't play three quarters of the shots I wanted to so I had to hang in there and I'm proud that I was able to do that in such a major tournament."
O'Sullivan has won five World and five UK Championship titles to go alongside his Masters victories.
It means he is just one behind Hendry's haul of 18 triumphs in Triple Crown events - the Masters, World Championship and UK Championship - and is hungry for more success.
"I don't want to stop at seven but to keep enjoying playing," said O'Sullivan. "I am one for enjoying the sport I have played for a long time.
"Records are there to be broken, but I am not into this records thing. I am more into the love of the game, competing and if I break a few records on the way then fantastic. That is what I have done all my life."
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The Essex player became the first person to win the Paul Hunter Trophy, which was named after the three-time champion who died of cancer aged 27 in 2006.
I just love trophies, especially a beautiful trophy like that
However, O'Sullivan pleaded with the sport's governing body to allow him to keep the trophy for good.
"When growing up, I was not interested in the money, I was just into the trophies," he said.
"World Snooker need to give me a little replica, which I can put on my mantelpiece because looking at trophies is what I enjoy. It motivates you to win more. I just love trophies, especially a beautiful trophy like that."
Fellow Englishman Perry was appearing in his first final of a Triple Crown event at the age of 42. He had won just one ranking title in his career and was runner-up on three other occasions.
Having taken the lead in the match, a missed final red down the cushion in the sixth frame was "a turning point".
Cambridgeshire-born Perry added: "I wasn't happy with how I handled the situation from 4-1 up, I was not composed enough and let him back into the session.
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"It is different playing Ronnie, especially out there. You put him tight behind the yellow ball and the crowd scream 'come on Ronnie'.
"You can't go anywhere and it is a cauldron out there. You have to handle it. I did for the most part but lost my way."
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Sean Smith, 19, from Spittal, South Lanarkshire, taunted the West African striker as he took a corner kick at Celtic Park on 20 February.
He admitted committing a racially aggravated breach of the peace after being reported by fellow Celtic fans.
Smith was also banned from attending football matches for five years.
Sentencing him at Glasgow Sheriff Court, Sheriff Lindsay Wood told Smith he had pleaded guilty to "despicable racist behaviour".
"You thought you were making a fool of the player but you were actually making a fool of yourself.
"You have brought shame on the club you support and on Scottish football generally."
Sheriff Wood noted that Smith had been drinking before the game, but said this was "no way to go to a football match and appreciate it".
He added: "I have to look at these matters in the context of an Old Firm match where tensions are running high and I can see no alternative to a custodial sentence to mark the court's disapproval of such behaviour."
Defence lawyer Raymond McIlwham told the court that his client has received death threats as a result of what he did.
He also added that Diouf has a bad relationship with Celtic fans.
Mr McIlwham said: "The relationship between the player involved and the Celtic fans has been a difficult one.
"That in no way excuses Mr Smith's actions but it's conceivable that another player may not have roused that level of passion in a supporter."
The lawyer added that his client is ashamed and now "deeply regrets" what he did.
Caoimhín Hynes, 20, was attacked by a group of men wearing tracksuits at Donegall Place at about 02:50 BST.
He was slashed on the cheek and has undergone surgery at the Ulster Hospital.
Caoimhín boxes for Holy Trinity club.
His uncle, Jim Hynes was a champion boxer for the same club.
On Monday afternoon, Belfast boxing champion Carl Frampton tweeted: "Disgraceful and disgusting.
"Hope he'll be back to doing what he does best soon."
Holy Trinity boxing club coach Michael Hawkins told the BBC that he had undergone two operations.
"They have patched up the wound which is four and a half or five inches long. It is just an inch or so away from the main artery.
"He is not too bad. It is just a shock to the system. He went out for a night last night, he doesn't drink, he doesn't do anything else. He is a good lad. All the kids look up to him in the club. He has a great personality.
"He got into a bit of an altercation in Belfast, it's not the done thing, for it to finish how it did, we could have been in a really, really bad place today."
Mr Hawkins said the boxer was one of a group who travelled to Paris last week, where he won three fights out of three.
"He won the Montana belt and he is on a high. He is up there," Mr Hawkins said.
"He is a real good lad. Hopefully we will get this wound sorted out properly and we can carry on."
Mr Hawkins said that Caoimhín's mother allowed the media to use photographs of her son's injuries "to remind people how easily something can turn nasty".
Following his operation, Caoimhín posted on Facebook: "I am blessed!! very lucky guy to still be alive - any lower and things could have been a lot different. What a long day this has been, very lucky to have unreal friends, family and definitely girlfriend."
Police said this was a serious assault. They have appealed for witnesses to come forward.
The horse chestnut trees, which line Tenby's medieval town walls along South Parade, were investigated after one fell in strong winds this month.
They were all found to have fungal infections which could make them unstable.
Pembrokeshire council's environment cabinet member, Cris Tomos said the felling was "reluctant".
But he said the action was needed as "safety always comes first".
Ryan Currie has been charged with stabbing Kirk Cole, 36, at a flat in Crookston, Glasgow, on 22 June.
The 27-year-old faces a second charge of attempting to defeat the ends of justice by disposing of items and placing a knife in the hand of Mr Cole.
At Glasgow Sheriff Court he made no plea and was remanded in custody.
Unemployment fell to 9.8% in October - its lowest rate for seven years - from a revised 9.9% in September, the EU statistics agency Eurostat reported.
Eurostat had originally estimated the September rate at 10%.
Germany's jobless rate was 4.1% while Portugal's was 10.8%. Greece had a rate of 23.4% in August, the latest month for which statistics were available.
Nearly 16 million people in the 19-nation bloc are seeking work Eurostat said, down 178,000 on September and some 1.12 million lower than a year earlier.
The European Central Bank (ECB) has been taking continued action to stimulate the bloc's economy.
In March this year, the ECB stepped up its efforts, cutting its main interest rate from 0.05% to 0% and its bank deposit rate from minus 0.3% to minus 0.4%.
It has also stepped up its programme of quantitative easing, and is now buying €80bn worth of bonds a month.
The bank is currently worried about political uncertainty within the eurozone, with a constitutional referendum in Italy on 4 December and elections in France and Germany next year.
Across the eurozone, the rate of unemployment has gradually fallen since a peak of 12.1% in early 2013.
But it remains much higher than the rate seen before the global financial downturn. In March 2008, the jobless rate was 7.2%.
And youth unemployment remains high, at 20.7% in the eurozone area, although down from the 22.2% figure of a year earlier.
Of the 17 nations to report figures for October, 14 saw their jobless rate fall, in Cyprus and Lithuania it was unchanged and the rate rose slightly in Malta. There was no fresh data from Greece or Estonia.
For the EU as a whole, the unemployment rate was 8.3%, down from 8.4% in September and the lowest rate since February 2009.
MiHomeCare, which operates Village Home Care, said the new rates would come in as part of its renegotiated contract with Carmarthenshire council.
Two ex-workers said stress over cutting visits short because of too-long travel time contributed to them leaving.
The company said it was in discussions with revenue staff over the changes.
A spokesman for Parent company Mitie said: "The email was only sent to our people who are working on the Carmarthenshire contract and only applies to them.
"The ex-employees have raised some serious allegations. We will conduct a detailed investigation into these matters."
The company is being examined by HM Revenue and Customs over pay following an internal review examining pay at its Penarth branch in the Vale of Glamorgan.
This found workers were effectively not being paid the minimum wage as they were not reimbursed for time spent travelling between appointments.
An email to staff stated: "We are in discussions with HMRC to better understand how travel time should be accounted for across our business so we are both compliant and consistent.
"On conclusion of these discussions, we will be changing rates of pay to ensure that our staff are paid for travel time."
Speaking over a welcome pint of Guinness in the bar at Heathrow airport, he was clearly angry, saying Chinese prison authorities had denied him treatment for a prostate problem which has now become a tumour.
"I was constantly harassed in prison over signing a thing they call an admission of guilt and a statement of remorse," he said.
"I never signed those documents because I did not admit to having committed that offence as charged.
"Therefore, that's why they tried to extort this confession by withholding medical attention for my prostate condition."
Peter Humphrey and his wife were detained during a Chinese police investigation into corruption at pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline.
GSK made a public apology and was fined £300m after being found guilty of bribing Chinese doctors to buy its medicines.
Although Mr Humphrey and his wife were not implicated in the bribery case, they had been hired by GSK to investigate a sex tape sent to the company's headquarters in London, and were convicted in a separate trial of selling the personal data of Chinese citizens to corporate clients.
Mr Humphrey was released early on health grounds on 9 June. Yu Yingzeng, a Chinese-born US citizen, was freed two days later.
She had a month of her two-year sentence to serve. He had seven more months of his two-and-a-half year term remaining.
The irony of all of this is that Peter Humphrey's business was built on fighting corruption.
His company ChinaWhys was usually hired by multinationals struggling to investigate internal fraud problems.
His misfortune was to get swept up in the perfect storm which engulfed GSK's China operation in 2013.
A falling-out in the company's top management team led to the departure of a key Chinese member of staff and soon anonymous whistleblower emails were arriving at GSK headquarters in London, followed by the sex tape involving GSK's China boss in April.
I am very interested to hear what Peter Humphrey has to say about what happened next, the period between being hired by GSK to investigate the sex tape and his arrest in July.
But on his first day back in the UK, he told me he was not yet ready to discuss GSK.
Meanwhile the pharmaceuticals giant is trying to learn lessons after facing one of the largest fines in Chinese corporate history and two years of turmoil in one of its fastest-growing markets.
The case highlights the risks for foreign companies of doing business in a country where politics can often trump economics and where the red lines on what is acceptable business practice often shift.
It is a market where government relations are vital and where foreign companies need to map the political relationships of key employees and local partners.
In 2013, when this perfect storm was breaking around GSK, there was the added uncertainty surrounding a new leadership.
President Xi Jinping had just launched his anti-corruption campaign, and competing regulatory authorities were falling over each other to show their determination to crack down.
When GSK's internal problems spilled so sensationally into the world of politics and police, it was a moment when the red lines on acceptable business practice had suddenly shifted.
The company presented the perfect target for the wake-up call to the international business community which Beijing was keen to send anyway.
For two years, Peter Humphrey and his wife were collateral damage and now he needs urgent medical treatment for a prostate problem that has become a tumour.
He was also angry about the judicial process, telling me the couple were tried on state TV in China before they were tried in court.
"We were paraded in front of Chinese television in prison uniforms in handcuffs and placed in an iron cage," he said.
Of course, China says it is determined to become a "rule of law" country. But it is not there yet.
Peter Humphrey said he was extremely happy to be back home in the week when Britain is celebrating the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta.
"A milestone in Britain's political development and that is our democracy, our freedom and our respect for human rights which is a tremendous achievement here in the UK, in marked contrast with the situation in many countries."
Mr Humphrey's reference to Magna Carta over a pint of Guinness on a sunny afternoon at Heathrow reminded me of my own reflections on visiting the dedicated exhibition in the British Library a few weeks ago.
As someone with Chinese family and friends, I felt deeply sad that 800 years ago, British citizens had demanded and won rights that Chinese citizens still don't have today.
Mr Renzi, 42, won more than 70% of the vote in Sunday's primary among party supporters, leaving two other contenders far behind.
The victory propels him back to the forefront of national politics.
Mr Renzi resigned as prime minister and party leader after his constitutional reform plan was rejected in a national referendum in December.
"This is an extraordinary responsibility. Heartfelt thanks to the women and men who believe in Italy," he wrote on Instagram on Sunday.
Mr Renzi saw off a challenge see off from Justice Minister Andrea Orlando and regional governor Michele Emiliano.
About two million people voted.
Mr Renzi will now be preparing his centre-left PD for parliamentary elections, which are due in May 2018.
Recent opinion polls show the party has slipped behind the anti-establishment Five Star Movement.
The Olympic athlete was born in the city and adopted by a couple from South Wales when he was six months old.
Until 2014 he did not know his birth parents, or that his father was Jamaican, which he said could explain his speed.
Now, 43, Jamie has taken his search back to Nottingham.
His journey has been followed by cameras for a BBC documentary.
"I didn't think I would ever find any information on my father," he said.
"You never know what you are going to find but the reason why I can do this is because my upbringing has been fantastic. There was never confusion, but I wanted to find out more about who I am.
"I wanted to know where I got my running ability from."
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Jamie traced his birth mother Teresa through a similar documentary in 2014.
She told him his father was called Leonard, in his 60s, lived in Castle Boulevard, Nottingham and liked football.
Teresa was 19 when she fell pregnant but said her parents disowned her and Jamie's dad left her, so she gave him up for adoption.
She died last month after a battle with cancer.
The latest documentary sees Jamie visit Caribbean groups in Nottingham and carry out an interview on a local radio show in the hope of finding Leonard.
"I feel I'm Welsh through and through but knowing I'm born in Nottingham and going round the streets was different," he said.
"The people were so helpful and that meant a lot to me. There was a lot of tears, a lot of fun and a lot of sadness too."
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Total industry output amounted to £14.5bn in 2016, compared with the previous year's record figure of £14.7bn.
Output from the housing, private commercial and repair and maintenance sectors were all up year-on-year.
But infrastructure output fell from a record high of £4.2bn to £3.1bn.
Private industrial activity was also down, according to data from the Office for National Statistics.
Those sectors offset stronger performances in housing (up 16%), private commercial (up 6%) and repair and maintenance (up 5%).
Commenting on the figures, Scottish Building Federation managing director Vaughan Hart said: "Overall, these are encouraging results.
"They suggest that the industry is moving in the right direction in terms of achieving a balanced recovery across different sectors, hopefully with a reduced reliance on major infrastructure projects to drive future growth as other key sectors such as housing, commercial and repair and maintenance continue to show strengthening performance.
"We will be watching closely to see if this momentum continues into 2017.
"However, that is obviously very much dependent on how the wider economy performs and there is still a good deal of uncertainty about future economic prospects just now."
Last month, a survey suggested Scottish construction firms were more optimistic about the year ahead than they were last autumn.
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) found expectations of growth strengthened in the last quarter of 2016, following a dip after the Brexit vote.
Shooting of badgers will begin in early September in South Devon, North Devon, North Cornwall, West Dorset, and South Herefordshire, the BBC understands.
Culling is part of the government's 25-year-strategy to eradicate the disease, but opponents say there is no evidence culling is effective.
Dorset, Gloucestershire and Somerset are already practising culling.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) would not confirm the selections had been made but said it was "currently considering applications for further badger control licences as part of the usual licensing process".
However, the BBC understands that culling companies have already been selected, and marksmen trained for the new locations.
Tony Francis, a farmer who had TB in his herd near Okehampton in Devon, said he had signed up to one of the new cull zones to try to prevent the disease from returning.
"It's an issue which has been going on for decades," he said.
"No one has really got on top of it. I think the agricultural industry feel we've got to try and take control of it," he said.
According to Defra, England has the highest rate of bovine TB in Europe, which results in thousands of cattle being slaughtered every year.
But anti-culling campaigners say there is no evidence that killing badgers is reducing the level of TB in cattle.
Jenny Pike, of campaign group Devon and Cornwall Against the Badger Cull, said only 6% of TB cases in cattle came through badgers and the government should focus on curbing cattle-to-cattle transmissions.
"It really is not a good use of taxpayer money, and it's going to cost thousands of badgers their lives for no benefit at all to farmers," she said.
In March hundreds of protestors campaigned against the plans to introduce culling in Devon and a significant policing operation has been planned in case of disorder when culling begins in the new locations in September.
Culling in Gloucestershire is expected to be extended, while those in west Somerset and north Dorset are due to continue, the BBC has also learnt.
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The assault happened at about 23:00 BST on Saturday in the Lecky Road area of the city.
It is being treated as a sectarian hate crime.
Police said the victim sustained cuts to her head and was taken to hospital. Both women, aged 19 and 21, remain in custody.
The new goals recommend adults eat 30g of fibre a day - a 25% rise on previous levels.
And they suggest eating no more than of 5% added or natural sugars per day - roughly six teaspoons - a cut of 50%.
The changes have been based on evidence and advice from the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) and Food Standards Scotland.
Fibre helps prevent heart disease, diabetes and weight gain - as well as improving digestive health - and can reduce the risk of some cancers.
The "free sugar" guidelines refer to sugars added to food, or those naturally occurring in fruit juices, honey and syrups.
Eating too much sugar can lead to health problems including obesity and diabetes.
There is also a new goal that carbohydrates should make up around 50% of a person's total energy intake.
Minister for Public Health Maureen Watt said: "Despite some improvements in recent years, obesity levels are still too high in Scotland.
"Also, in common with most of western Europe, we have seen continued increases in the levels of Type 2 diabetes.
"It's clear that, as a nation, we need to improve our diet and think more about reducing our sugar intake and eating more fibre."
Earlier this week, Food Standards Scotland launched the new Eatwell Guide, which replaces the previous 'eatwell plate', and shows people in Scotland how they can achieve a healthy balanced diet.
In Wednesday's Budget, Chancellor George Osborne unveiled a new sugary drinks tax - to be in operation by 2018 - aimed at fighting childhood obesity.
His departure was first reported by BBC Sport on Friday.
The Belles, who won promotion last season, are bottom of the Women's Super League One after losing their first three games of the season.
Harris had said at the start of May that they needed new signings after defeats by Birmingham, Chelsea and Manchester City.
The Belles return to action after the league's month-long break with a trip to Notts County on 26 June.
The outcome was close, with just 56.61% of people voting against change, but it is a personal blow for pro-change Prime Minister John Key.
Here's how the debate unfurled, from Laser Kiwi to Red Peak to Silver Fern.
This is New Zealand's flag, which has fluttered from flagpoles across the nation since the 1800s and was officially adopted in 1902.
The royal blue is meant to represent the sea and the sky, while the four stars are the Southern Cross, representing New Zealand's place in the Southern Ocean.
In the top left corner is the Union Flag, a legacy of New Zealand's identity as a British protectorate.
That was problem number one: New Zealand has been fully independent since 1947 and for many people, including the prime minister, the Union Flag is a constant unwelcome reminder of the colonial era.
And here's problem number two:
That's the Australian flag, almost identical except for the Commonwealth or Federation Star in the bottom left and an additional star in the, now white, Southern Cross.
Mr Key said this was "terribly confusing" for the rest of the world, and that he'd seen news broadcasts which placed him in front of the wrong flag.
When Mr Key's National party was elected in 2014, he promised to put the issue to the people.
It was, said Mr Key, the "right time for New Zealanders to consider changing the design to one that better reflects our status as a modern, independent nation".
It began in May 2015, when the official Flag Consideration Project panel invited absolutely anyone to suggest a design for a new flag.
A total of 10,292 had a go, and it's fair to say not all took the task entirely seriously, to the delight of commentators around the world.
Though some of the ideas, like Laser Kiwi, have arguably since become icons of the country anyway.
On both sides of the debate, strong feelings began to emerge.
Former prime minister Jenny Shipley was quoted as saying she was "horrified to think that people would allow a colonial symbol to be part of the shadow that flies over us".
But military veterans said abandoning the flag soldiers had died under disrespected their sacrifice.
"So much has happened under our flag that has made us the nation we are today," said David Moger, of the Royal New Zealand Returned and Services Association (RSA).
He told the BBC that reassurances to veterans they could still use the existing flag if they wanted were "a poor attempt to sideline" them.
The Flag Consideration Panel announced a long list of 40 in August 2015. The list dropped to 39 shortly after when one was removed for copyright reasons.
It was a fairly predictable selection of Maori symbols, silver ferns and Southern Crosses. Just one made a reference to the Union Jack.
A few weeks later, the Flag Consideration Panel unveiled it four finalists.
Three silver ferns and one koru Maori symbol. All male designers, two of them the same man.
New Zealanders were by and large uninspired.
The creative mind behind Laser Kiwi, incidentally, found them "a tad disappointing".
"I think these people actually take their artwork seriously."
But a rebellion was brewing. Across the land, New Zealanders were throwing their support behind an outsider - Red Peak by Wellington-based Aaron Dustin.
Through the power of social media, some slick lobbying from Mr Dustin himself and perhaps a degree of trouble-making spirit, a petition for Red Peak to be added as a fifth finalist gobbled up signatures.
Signatories called it drawable, appropriately symbolic, and with the colours and shapes to represent the nation.
At first, Mr Key stood firm and defended the "well set-out process" of the judging panel. But 52,000 signatures were too many to ignore.
After a heated late-night debate, in which one MP compared Red Peak to a Nazi sentry box, parliament performed a dramatic U-turn and pushed through legislation to change the Flag Referendums Act to allow Red Peak to join the final stretch of the race.
Stage one of the referendum, which ran from mid-November to mid-December 2015 asked New Zealanders which of the five designs they'd want IF the flag were to change.
About 1.5 million people sent in a postal ballot, just under half of registered voters and a better turnout than some had predicted. And with just over 50% of the vote, this was the winner.
Designer Kyle Lockwood, who'd had two designs in the final and had the prime minister's backing, said he was "speechless", but that as Silver Fern had both red on it and the Southern Cross "we've got the best of both worlds really".
The flag was put in place across the country so people could get a feel for it.
One feng shui master, however, told the New Zealand Herald the colours represented mourning and its bad energy could cause a stock market crash.
Another month-long postal ballot opened in March - after unexpected encouragement came from sitcom The Big Bang Theory telling the "crazy Kiwis" that "we're rooting for you".
This time, the ballot papers asked whether Silver Fern should officially become the new symbol of New Zealand.
More than two million ballots were sent in and from fairly early on it appeared the status quo was leading the way.
One telephone survey in late March, however, found 59% of people condemned the whole NZ$23m ($17.4m; £12.3m) process as "a distraction and a waste of money".
The result on 24 March was close: 1,200,003 for no change, 915,008 for change.
Mr Key took it on the chin, calling on New Zealanders to "embrace" their flag.
So is that it? Officially yes, the Union Jack-bedecked flag will continue to fly above Aotearoa.
But there will be plenty who say the current flag was just the least bad of the two options.
Lewis Holden, chairman of Change the NZ Flag campaign group, told the BBC earlier this week there was still "a large sentiment for change".
"But the questions remain on what to change to. We'll keep campaigning, we have thousands of followers on FB, and strong support base and strong sentiment, but simply the issues have got in the way of the process."
And of course it remains to be seen whether rebellious New Zealanders may yet be pinning a Laser Kiwi to their lapels.
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The singer met 13-year-old Shamsher Sherin at a Calais refugee camp last week and was so moved by his story that she apologised "on behalf of my country for what we've put you through".
Shamsher is now with his father in Birmingham, according to translator Mohammad Ishaq, who is helping them.
He was among dozens of child migrants brought to the UK on Wednesday.
They will be joining their families and are among about 100 minors who will be brought over by the Home Office.
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During the interview with the pop star, Shamsher revealed he had been in the Calais refugee camp for two months after fleeing his home in Afghanistan.
He said his father lived in Birmingham, giving him a legal right to make his way across the Channel.
But he said it was better to make his way into the country on the back of a lorry because the legal process was too slow.
He described one occasion when he was kicked and slapped by police after a failed attempt to get into the UK.
Speaking to the BBC, he said he looked forward to starting a life in England and wanted to go to school.
After watching the interview, his father Hazrat Gul Sherin, who fled Afghanistan in 2005 and now lives in Alum Rock, said he would hold his son close to his chest and embrace him as soon as they were reunited.
Translator Mr Ishaq said he received a phone call on Thursday evening from Mr Sherin to say he was now with his son and he was "very happy".
"He was so emotional... he wanted to thank the UK government... he said 'my dream is completed now'."
After hearing the boy had crossed the border, Allen tweeted: "So happy to see that Sham Sher made it to the UK safely and won't be risking his life jumping on to moving vehicles."
Archaeologists made the discovery near the Kassam Stadium after a valuation was carried out as part of a planning application for a new hotel.
Paul Murray, from John Moore Heritage Services, described the discovery of the burials as "amazing".
The derelict Priory pub is the only building that remains of a nunnery founded on the site in 1110AD.
Whilst its location was known to experts, the full extent of its contents is only now becoming clear.
A series of "very unusual burials" were found at the site, including a woman found in a face down position, another who was a victim of blunt force trauma to the back of the head, and a stillborn child.
"It's unusual for someone so young to be buried within the church," Mr Murray said.
"And sometimes women found in prone positions are considered to be witches.
"Another possibility is that she sinned during her life and to atone for her sins she requested to be buried face down."
Isotope analysis is taking place at Reading University to determine more about the diets and lifestyles of the people buried in the church.
The bodies will eventually be reburied on consecrated ground.
Littlemore Priory was closed by Cardinal Wolsey in 1525 and turned into a farmhouse.
In 2012 ,a dig at the site unearthed a 4,000-year-old Bronze Age arrowhead.
More than 80,000 people were expected at the five day event at Donington Park, Leicestershire.
Headliners include Rammstein, Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden who were flown to the nearby East Midlands Airport by lead singer Bruce Dickinson.
It was hot and dusty when campers arrived on Wednesday but later storms led to it being dubbed Drownload.
The festival will be brought to a close later with Iron Maiden on the Lemmy Stage.
The muddy conditions failed to wipe the smiles off revellers faces, both young and old, or keep crowds away from the heavy metal extravaganza.
Bands at the festival included Korn, Megadeth and Deftones.
Ozzy Osbourne took to the main stage on Saturday night on Black Sabbath's apparent last ever tour with the band due to play their final gig in Birmingham in February.
Festival-goers are encouraged to attend the event in fancy dress with many rockers going to great lengths to impress
Away from the music stages there was plenty of other entertainment to keep the crowds busy.
And eagle-eyed campers may have spotted Iron Maiden fly in to neighbouring East Midlands Airport on Saturday.
The band's Ed Force One - pictured last week in Berlin - is piloted by lead singer Bruce Dickinson.
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The bomber blew himself up on Monday night at a hall in Tal Tawil, outside Hassakeh city, reportedly while the bride and groom were exchanging vows.
There were conflicting reports about whether the groom was among the dead.
So-called Islamic State said one of its militants had attacked a "large gathering" of Kurdish fighters with a machine-gun and and explosive vest.
Kurdish-led forces have driven the jihadist group out of most of Hassakeh province, but they have been unable to prevent deadly bomb attacks.
A man who was at the wedding on Monday told the AFP news agency that as the bride and groom were exchanging their vows, a man passed by him wearing a thick black jacket.
"I thought he looked strange and a few seconds later there was an enormous explosion," he said. "People had fallen on the ground and I saw bodies torn to bits."
Syria's official Sana news agency reported that 30 people were killed and 90 others wounded, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the death toll at 31.
The UK-based monitoring group said the groom, Zaradesht Mustafa Fatimi, was among those killed.
One relative disputed the report, saying the groom was only lightly wounded but that his father and brother were both killed.
"He and his new wife are staying at a relative's home. He doesn't want to see anyone," the relative told AFP. "They are really shaken up by this."
Mr Fatimi is reportedly a member of a prominent family involved in the autonomous administration run by Kurdish factions in northern Syria.
The Observatory said Mr Fatimi was also a member of the Syrian Democratic Forces, a coalition of Kurdish and Arab fighters that is battling IS with the support of a US-led multinational coalition.
Earlier on Monday, two bombers blew themselves up in a square in the government-controlled western city of Hama, killing three people, Sana reported.
Kate Moss, Victoria Beckham and Bond star Naomie Harris attended the "Savage Beauty" show at London's Victoria and Albert Museum.
The organisers say they've already sold 70,000 advance tickets to the exhibition - which runs to 2 August.
McQueen was one of the UK's top designers when he took his own life in 2010, aged 40.
He grew up in east London. His dad drove a taxi driver and his mum, Joyce, was a social science teacher.
She died from cancer just nine days before the designer killed himself.
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Melissa Bettoni twice crashed through to score as Scotland had no answer to the visitors' driving maul.
But Chloe Rollie responded with two smart tries before the interval, both expertly converted by Lana Skeldon.
There was no further scoring in an error-strewn second half, with the Scots holding on quite comfortably.
The win moves Scotland up to fourth place and they will stay there if Wales lose in France on Saturday.
Scotland have taken great strides this season under coach Shade Munro, who took over in June 2015.
Having suffered a heart-breaking loss to a last-gasp try against Ireland on the opening weekend, that promise was built on with a home success against Wales; the Scots' first win in the tournament for seven years.
There were heavy defeats on the road to France and England - 119 points conceded, none scored.
And the hosts appeared to be suffering a hangover from their Twickenham Stoop mauling in the early stages against Italy, repeatedly losing line-outs and struggling in the scrum.
On a wet and windy evening in Cumbernauld, Bettoni was able to barge over from close range after 11 minutes as the visitors drove a line-out from way out.
The hooker did the same again soon after following a great penalty kick into the corner from fly-half Beatrice Rigoni.
Michela Sillari converted the first score, while the angle proved too much from her second attempt.
Scotland were on the back foot for 30 minutes, seldom out of their own half, then suddenly sparked into life.
Lisa Thomson broke at speed from halfway and her clever chip was pounced on by full-back Rollie near the corner, with Skeldon adding the extras.
Another fabulous burst from centre Thomson took Scotland deep into Italian territory and, after a period of sustained pressure, the home side demonstrated good composure and great hands to finally work the ball wide for Rollie to level the game.
Again, Skeldon made a tough conversion look easy.
On a night in which replacement loosehead prop Heather Lockhart set a new record of 59 Six Nations appearances, both sides were guilty of coughing up possession after the interval, with scrappy play punctuated by injuries and changes.
A fantastic charge by Rhona Lloyd on 62 minutes got the game moving again and Scotland finished the stronger, with Rollie denied a hat-trick when held up half a metre from the line, with Sarah Law also thwarted from the same attack.
Italy, who beat Scotland 22-7 in Bologna last year and 31-8 on their last visit to Cumbernauld, battled doggedly but could not rediscover their early threat, falling to a first competition whitewash since 2009 as home captain Lisa Martin kicked to touch to start the celebrations.
Scotland Women: Rollie, Gaffney, Thomson, Martin, Lloyd, Nelson, Law, Balmer, Skeldon, Dougan, Wassell, McCormack, Forsyth, McMillian, Konkel.
Replacements: Malcolm, Lockhart, Smith, Bonar, O'Donnell, Maxwell, Harris, Sinclair.
Italy Women: Furlan, Sillari, Cioffi, Stefan, Magatti, Rigoni, Barattin, Cucchiella, Bettoni, Ferrrari, Locatelli, Trevisan, Arrighetti, Cammarano, Giordano.
Replacements: Gai, Giacomoli, Este, Pillotti, Fedrighi, Madia, Bonaldo, Zangirolami.
Imperial College London and the World Health Organization analysed lifespans in 35 industrialised countries.
It predicted all would see people living longer in 2030 and the gap between men and women would start to close in most countries.
The researchers said the findings posed big challenges for pensions and care for elderly people.
"South Korea has gotten a lot of things right," Prof Majid Ezzati told the BBC News website.
"They seem to have been a more equal place and things that have benefited people - education, nutrition - have benefited most people.
"And so far, they are better at dealing with hypertension and have some of the lowest obesity rates in the world."
The data also forecasts that Japan, once the picture of longevity, will tumble down the global rankings.
It currently has the highest life expectancy for women, but will be overtaken by both South Korea and France, the study suggests. Meanwhile, male life expectancy will go from the fourth highest to 11th out of the countries studied.
The US also performs poorly and is on course to have the lowest life expectancy of rich countries by 2030.
The study predicts an average age of 80 for men and 83 for women - roughly the same state Mexico and Croatia will have achieved.
"They are almost opposite of South Korea," added Prof Ezzati.
"[Society in the US is] very unequal to an extent the whole national performance is affected - it is the only country without universal health insurance.
"And it is the first country that has stopped growing taller, which shows something about early life nutrition."
The US will be overtaken by Chile, where women born in 2030 will expect to live for 87 years and men for 81.
Between 2015 and 2030, life expectancy in the UK is expected to go from 79 to 82 for men and from 83 to 85 for women.
The study, published in the Lancet, also shows the gap in life expectancy between women and men is closing.
Prof Ezzati said: "Men traditionally had unhealthier lifestyles, and so shorter life expectancies.
"They smoked and drank more, and had more road traffic accidents and homicides, however, as lifestyles become more similar between men and women, so does their longevity."
Much of the increases are due to improvements for the over-65s rather than reductions in deaths during childhood.
The study made the projections in a similar way to the methods used by meteorologists to forecast the weather.
It combined 21 separate mathematical models that analysed past trends to make projections into the future.
This approach indirectly takes account of all the different factors - smoking rates, medical advances, obesity patterns - that are changing life expectancy.
It assumes countries continue to progress as they are, so exceptional, unpredictable events equivalent to the fall of the Soviet Union, or huge breakthroughs like a vaccine for all cancer, would massively alter the forecasts.
In summary, Prof Ezzati said: "Places that perform well do so by investing in their health system and making sure it reaches everyone."
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The authority lost an appeal in April over issuing fixed penalty notices to drivers using Coppergate.
The Traffic Penalty Tribunal said errors in the signage meant the restrictions were not enforceable.
Conservative leader Chris Steward said a formal decision would be be made in July.
"We will be looking at the executive to approve a process to refund the fines and draw a line under the whole debacle," he said.
Mr Steward took control of the authority in coalition with the Liberal Democrats following elections in May.
The previous Labour administration had installed an automatic number plate recognition system on Coppergate in August 2013.
It came as a trial closure of Lendal Bridge began, which was also ruled to be unenforcable.
The schemes were both abandoned in April 2014 and the council has already refunded thousands of drivers for driving over Lendal Bridge.
About 13,000 motorists were issued automatic fines for driving on Coppergate during the scheme.
The council said the revenue from fines - about £350,000 - had been ring-fenced in the budget in case refunds had to be made.
Jonathan Teo from Binary Capital was responding to negative press coverage about the firm following allegations of sexual harassment by his co-founder Justin Caldbeck.
He added that he was "tired and indignant", and raged against "whiners" who demanded his attention.
Mr Teo has already offered to resign.
He did so after Mr Caldbeck left the firm in June, following allegations of sexual harassment.
"I'm incredibly sorry," Mr Caldbeck tweeted when the news broke last month.
Mr Caldbeck's actions were one of several sexism scandals to rock Silicon Valley in recent months.
They include a damning report into the work culture inside ride-hailing firm Uber, and the resignation of venture capitalist Dave McClure, who admitted "inexcusable behaviour" towards "multiple women".
No allegations have been made against Jonathan Teo, who said he had offered to step down in order to "quell a news cycle".
He blamed leaks to a "corrupted" media and claimed his offer had not yet been accepted.
Mr Teo said he was "angry that women had felt hurt", but described a suggestion by one of the firm's portfolio companies that the next partner should be a woman as "moronic".
"We must choose the best person, male or female," he wrote in the email, which the BBC has confirmed to be genuine.
"Talent is universal if we only choose to recognize it. Anything else is again grandstanding for a personal agenda."
Mr Teo also added that reports suggesting investors were trying to buy back shares was untrue, and said that it was "dishonourable" for an entrepreneur to back away "at the first sign of trouble".
Only one firm has so far announced its intention to pull away from Binary Capital.
Silicon Valley is full of "entitled human beings", Mr Teo continued.
"As for the people here that whine that they aren't taken care of, who have not to worry about their lives being taken from them or their basic needs met, who owes them more than the voice they already have access to?" he wrote.
The email was first published by the website Axios.
Journalist Erin Griffith described the email as "unapologetic" on the Fortune website.
"It is angry and, in parts, barely coherent," she said.
Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC leases Tulloch Caledonian Stadium from Tulloch Homes, which built the ground at a cost of more than £6m.
The stadium was constructed in stages in 2001, 2004 and 2005.
Tulloch Homes has offered to give the stadium to Inverness. The club's board is due to meet to discuss the offer.
When ICTFC was promoted to the top flight in Scottish football the club first played its matches at Aberdeen FC's Pittodrie Stadium because its own ground did not meet required criteria.
Inverness Caley Thistle chairman Kenny Cameron said the construction of the second and third stands to comply with rules "utterly transformed the club's fortunes".
He said: "I will be discussing this incredibly generous offer with my fellow board members over the next few days and fully anticipate a speedy completion."
George Fraser, chief executive of Tulloch Homes and a former chairman of Inverness, said: "Inverness Caley Thistle is a true community club and at Tulloch Homes, as the largest local housebuilder, we consider ourselves an important member of the Inverness community.
"As every Inverness Caley Thistle fan knows, Tulloch Construction built the north and south stands in just 47 days, bringing the current capacity to 7,500.
"That was over a decade ago and when we completed the work we always hoped to one day be in a position where we could offer the stands to the club, enabling them to assume ownership and to safeguard the club's future."
The 33-year-old, who left the Hammers in August, has agreed a two-and-a-half-year contract at the Matchroom Stadium.
Orient have been without a boss since head coach Ian Hendon was dismissed on Monday following a run of four wins in 21 league games.
"Kevin brings with him invaluable expertise and know how," said a statement on the Orient website.
Nolan, who began his career at Bolton and also had a spell at Newcastle, becomes the youngest manager in the Football League, ahead of Wigan's Gary Caldwell.
The uncapped Englishman has scored 99 goals in 522 league appearances since making his professional debut in March 2000.
"Kevin's hunger, desire and passion to succeed at Leyton Orient, coupled with his experience, were key in the decision process," added the club statement.
"The club believe they have the man to take Leyton Orient forward and improve the club's position."
Orient were relegated from League One last season and started the new campaign well under Hendon, who took charge after they suffered the drop in May.
They were top of the table after winning their first five games of the season but have since slipped to 11th, three points off the play-off places, leading to O's president Francesco Becchetti to dismiss Hendon.
Nolan, who spent over two months training with the O's at the end of last year after leaving the Boleyn Ground, will lead the east London club for the first time against Wycombe Wanderers on Saturday.
He becomes the sixth different man to take charge of Orient since Becchetti took over the club in the summer of 2014.
Meanwhile, Queens Park Rangers defender Cole Kpekawa has extended his loan deal with the O's until 1 March.
The 19-year-old has made nine appearances since moving across London in November.
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Five of the 24 staff are directly transferring to the Tayside operation, and the rest are being redeployed or have left the service.
Temporary accommodation is being used, with the new North Control in Dundee due to open by March.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said the public would see no difference in how calls are handled.
Concerns have been expressed about the loss of local knowledge.
The plans - which are also seeing Inverness, Dumfries, Fife and Falkirk being closed - were approved in 2014, with Johnstone in Renfrewshire, Edinburgh and Dundee remaining as bases.
Angelino Alfano's staunch opposition to surrogacy is part of a wider campaign by the minister against rights for gay and unmarried heterosexual couples.
Surrogacy is "the most vile, illegal trade that man has invented," Alfano told Italy's Avvenire newspaper.
Italy is the last major Western nation to deny same-sex couples rights on issues such as parenthood.
It was condemned last year by the European Court of Human Rights for failing to legislate on the issue.
Surrogacy is currently illegal in Italy, punishable by fines and up to two years in prison.
Mr Alfano's suggestion that the practice be classed in the same bracket as sex offences would entail harsher punishments.
His small New Centre Right party (NCD) - a junior partner in the ruling coalition - opposes any form of surrogacy, claiming it subverts traditional family values.
"Stepchild [adoption] really risks bringing the country closer to wombs-for-rent, towards the most vile, illegal trade that man has invented," he told the Roman Catholic newspaper.
"We want wombs-for-rent to become a universal crime, which is punished with a jail term. Just as happens for sex crimes."
Some Italian couples have used surrogates abroad, but the status of their children is legally shaky and has led to prolonged battles in the Italian courts.
Centre-left Prime Minister Matteo Renzi had promised to legalise civil unions before the end of 2015 but coalition infighting has meant that no action has yet been taken.
The contested bill is due to return to parliament on 26 January, with most of the tension focused on whether unmarried partners should be allowed to adopt their stepchildren under certain circumstances.
Proponents of the plan say this would protect the rights of a child if its natural parent died. Opponents such as Mr Alfano say it would open the way for gay couples to seek children via surrogate mothers.
The Stoke City boss came within one game of reaching the 1986 and 1994 World Cups and as manager almost took Wales to Euro 2004.
While acknowledging the contribution of stars like Gareth Bale, Ashley Williams and Aaron Ramsey, Hughes has been impressed by the team that carried Wales to Euro 2016 - a feat that, on Monday, is expected to bring manager Chris Coleman a two-year contract extension.
"Right from the start you could sense that there was something special happening and they got the job done at the key moments," Hughes told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
"That was something my teams and the teams I was involved in [as a player] weren't able to do."
Hughes added: "With this group of players, they've been together a long time and you sense there could be at least one more tournament out of them after the European Championship.
"Gareth has the ability to change games and he's done that on numerous occasions for Wales by being the difference in key games when you need your players to produce."
Hughes scored in the final 1986 World Cup qualifier against Scotland in a highly-charged game which the Scots drew 1-1, ending Wales' hopes of qualification.
Scotland boss Jock Stein collapsed just before full time in the game and subsequently died of a heart attack, something which Hughes reflects on.
"We knew that it was a serious situation that developed. The football itself and the game went into insignificance as it would do," he added.
"We were disappointed because of the result but in the wider scheme of things there are more important things on the night."
Wales' 58-year wait to reach an international tournament made it a difficult task for Hughes to deal with in his time as a player and manager.
"We had to accept that the longer it went on, the more difficult it became. Because we're a lower-seeded nation, invariably we were the fourth seed out of five," he said.
"That meant that you always had to overcome about three outstanding teams that on paper were better resourced and had better talent available to them."
Hughes was appointed as Wales manager in 1999 as replacement for Bobby Gould, when he was still representing his country as a player, but needed the support of some of the older members of the squad at first.
"I had a lot of good will when I got the job because the lads had gone through a period where it was hard work to play for Wales," he added.
"I had no experience in terms of managing a group and I needed a little bit of time and the support of the senior guys."
The defeat by Russia in the second leg of the Euro 2004 qualifying play-offs affected Hughes, and he feels his inexperience was a contributory factor.
"I never watched that game back. It was just one of those games where looking back, you think would I have done that and should I have done this?
"At that stage I was still an inexperienced manager. I would love to have the same opportunity, in the same circumstances.
"I've managed for 300, 400 odd games and I think I'd make a better fist of it now."
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Towards the end of his reign as Wales manager, Hughes received criticism from former boss John Toshack, who was appointed as his replacement after he was sacked in 2004.
Toshack had previously managed Wales in one game in 1994.
"Truth be known, the criticism did annoy me," admits Hughes.
"Looking back I think some of it was justified at the time. There were moments when we could have done things better but things sometimes go against you.
"Tosh felt it was a role that he might like. Possibly the fact we had 70,000 watching every game made it a bit more attractive than the first time he was manager.
"A lot of the senior guys came to the end of their international careers. Whether that was accelerated because of John's appointment you'd have to ask the individuals. Some would have said it probably did."
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The Office for National Statistics (ONS) data shows that unemployment in Scotland now stands at 139,000.
The number of Scots in work over the period also fell by 14,000, a figure which is higher than the drop seen across the UK as a whole.
Scotland's unemployment rate now stands at 5.1%, while the UK rate is 4.8% - its lowest rate for more than 10 years.
ONS labour market statistics show there were 2,604,000 people employed in Scotland.
The Scottish government said youth unemployment had decreased by 3.6 percentage points over the past year to 9.4% - a lower rate than the UK - and gave Scotland the second lowest unemployment rate in the EU.
Over the quarter, Scotland also had the second highest employment rate out of the four UK nations at 73.4% - though it is below the UK average of 74.5%.
The number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance in Scotland fell 1,100 to 52,700 in December, which was down by 11,200 on the same month of 2015.
The UK government's Secretary of State for Scotland, David Mundell, said the statistics painted a "worrying picture" for Scotland.
"Whereas across the UK the news is better, here in Scotland unemployment is up, employment is down and Scotland's economy continues to lag behind that of the UK," he said.
"The UK government has devolved a raft of new powers to Holyrood, agreed a fair financial settlement as a strong foundation, and delivered £800m of extra investment for the Scottish government to spend.
"The Scottish government now needs to use all of these powers to secure and strengthen Scotland's economy".
Across the UK as a whole, unemployment fell by 52,000 to 1.6 million between September and November 2016. The jobless rate was steady at an 11-year low of 4.8%, in line with forecasts, the ONS said.
UK average earnings increased by 2.8% in the year to November, 0.2% up on the previous month. However, the number of people in work slipped by 9,000 to just over 31.8 million, according to the ONS.
Holyrood's Employability Minister Jamie Hepburn, said the Brexit vote had caused "significant economic uncertainty" which was threatening economic recovery and the jobs market.
He added: "It is clear that the Scottish and UK economies, are currently facing challenging economic conditions nevertheless, despite a slight rise in the unemployment rate over the most recent quarter, it has fallen over the past year.
"It is also heartening to see how strongly we are performing in the youth labour market, where we see the unemployment levels among young Scots steadily declining.
"Scotland is also leading the UK in terms of the proportion of young people currently in work, which is testament to the effectiveness of our youth employment strategy, 'Developing the Young Workforce', and our commitment to support Modern Apprentices, providing 30,000 places by 2020."
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The Lilywhites went in 0-8 to 0-7 ahead at the break and it remained close with Antrim forward Ciaran Clarke netting before a goal from Brian Byrne.
Antrim edged in front late on to win it and they only trail leaders Carlow on points difference.
Armagh are still seeking a first league win after a 3-29 to 0-16 defeat by Westmeath in Ennis.
Westmeath moved into an early six-point lead and they remained dominant with the hosts holding a 0-17 to 0-7 advantage at half-time.
The three goals came in the second half as Allan Devine, Eoin Price and Brendan Murtagh netted for the Leinster side, who started the day without a point from two games.
Kildare topped the table before meeting Antrim but were quickly two points down after the opening scores from Paddy Burke and Clarke.
The visitors responded and led by a single point at the interval, only for Eoghan Campbell to level on the restart.
Kildare moved three points clear but were pegged back by Clarke's goal and then Antrim were three in front when Byrne found the net.
Late points from Clarke, Conor Johnston and Daniel McKernan helped the Saffrons to a two-point victory.
"I'm very happy with the result - we should have won easier but we showed great character," said Antrim joint-manager Terence McNaughton.
"This group of young players are committed to Antrim hurling and everything is in our own hands now in the league."
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Owners made the decision on safety grounds after many workers went on a rampage, the group's president said.
Retailers in Europe meanwhile said they would sign an accord to improve safety conditions in factories in Bangladesh.
At least 1,127 people were killed when the Rana Plaza collapsed on 24 April.
Officials say the rescue operation is drawing to a close, with the military expected to hand over the site to the district administration on Tuesday.
"The possibility of getting more bodies is thin," said Brigadier General Mohammad Siddiqul Alam Shikder.
The Rana Plaza in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, housed a number of textile factories, some of which were supplying Western retailers.
Its collapse is the latest in a series of deadly incidents focusing global attention on safety standards in Bangladesh's textile industry.
One report said as many as 300 factories had closed in the Ashulia industrial area near Dhaka.
"Owners decided to close their factories on safety grounds after workers went on a rampage almost every day after the collapse of Rana Plaza," Mohammad Atiqul Islam, president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, said on Monday.
Workers in 80% of the factories in Ashulia staged a walkout demanding a salary increase, as well as the execution of the owner of the Rana Plaza, local police chief Badrul Ala said.
Police say tensions have been further inflamed by the discovery of a body of a female worker in Ashulia on Sunday.
Thousands of workers took to the streets and vandalised vehicles and shops before being dispersed by police, a police officer told the Associated Press news agency.
On Monday, the government agreed to allow garment workers to form trade unions without permission from factory owners.
The government amended the 2006 Labour Act lifting restrictions on forming trade unions in most industries, spokesman Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan said.
"The government is doing it for the welfare of the workers," Mr Bhuiyan told reporters.
This comes a day after the government created a new panel of union representatives and factory workers to raise the minimum wage for garment workers to $38 (£25) a month, which is still one of the lowest in the world.
However, trade union leaders have responded cautiously to the changes.
"The issue is not really about making a new law or amending the old one,'' Kalpana Akter of the Bangladesh Centre for Workers Solidarity told the Associated Press news agency.
"In the past whenever workers tried to form associations they were subjected to beatings and harassment.''
Bangladesh has one of the largest garment industries in the world.
Last Wednesday, 18 garment factories were shut down for safety reasons, amid growing concerns about industrial safety across the country.
Four major Western retailers - H&M, C&A, the UK's Primark Stores and the owner of the Zara chain, Inditex - said on Monday they will back an International Labour Organisation-backed agreement on fire and building safety that has been under negotiation since the Rana Plaza collapse.
The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh would require them to conduct safety inspections, pay for repairs and stop doing business with any factory that refuses to make necessary safety improvements.
"This agreement is exactly what is needed to finally bring an end to the epidemic of fire and building disasters that have taken so many lives in the garment industry in Bangladesh,'' the executive director of the Worker Rights Consortium, Scott Nova, said.
However, US firm Gap Inc declined to sign the accord, throwing its impact into question. It said it would only sign if changes were made to rules on how disputes were resolved.
The changes, from next September, include new exams in maths, English and Welsh.
GCSEs, A and AS levels in both English and Welsh literature and the Welsh Baccalaureate have been revised.
But some independent schools said they might sit England's GCSEs over fears the Welsh exams may "lack credibility".
The campaign will be launched on Monday at St Richard Gwyn school, Barry, which is taking part in the pilot project.
The Welsh government said the new qualifications will place a greater focus on developing skills, particularly literacy and numeracy, and are designed to better prepare young people for work or further study.
An outline of the changes were announced in July following concerns about improving education standards.
Next year's reforms have been set out on a website and include endorsements from an Oxford University admissions official and the University of Cambridge's vice chancellor Prof Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, who was born and educated in Wales.
The Welsh government accepted 42 recommendations through an independent Review of Qualifications for 14-19 year olds and said it had worked with people in education.
The Federation of Small Businesses' Janet Jones believed the reforms had focused on literacy and numeracy.
However, some fee-paying schools have opted to follow the new GCSE courses for England.
Welsh Independent Schools Council (Wisc) said in June it believed the Wales-specific courses starting next year may "lack credibility and portability".
But ahead of the school visit on Monday, Education Minister Huw Lewis said: "These improved qualifications will meet the needs of young people and help support the Welsh economy.
"They will be recognised as a mark of excellence, trusted, valued and respected by employers and universities not only here in Wales and the UK, but internationally."
Olivia Campbell-Hardy, from Bury in Greater Manchester, died in the explosion last Monday.
Her family has set up a trust to enable young people to take part in the performing arts - Olivia's "passion".
Her father Andrew said: "Please don't hate in Olivia's name, we choose to love."
"Our memories are of happy times, of fun at family gatherings," he said.
"The ones suffering most are the young people in our family. Their world has changed forever. Suddenly it is not so full of joy and possibility.
Olivia's mother Charlotte said her daughter was "so lovely" but could be "an absolute nightmare in equal measure but everything she did we loved".
Ms Campbell said: "She was so cheeky, but you just couldn't tell her off, it was impossible. You'd just end up laughing."
She said Olivia loved her family and her boyfriend Lewis and that she was "obsessed with make-up".
"Anyone who met Ollie would never forget her. She was so loveable and has already changed so many lives.
"We will miss Ollie every day. But this house will always be full of laughter because of the 15 years of memories she gave us. Ollie - we love you so much."
Hours after the attack, Olivia's mother Charlotte Campbell made an emotional appeal for help as the family desperately searched for her.
Ms Campbell said Olivia had been to the concert with her friend, Adam, who was receiving treatment in hospital.
Twenty-two people were killed in the explosion at the concert by US pop star Ariana Grande at Manchester Arena.
Police investigating the Manchester bombing have found a car they said may be "significant" to their inquiry.
But the Tannadice manager thinks the 32-year-old's experience will be a boost to the Scottish Premiership club.
Kawashima has agreed to sign subject to a work permit being granted.
"There's no automatic starting place for anybody," Paatelainen told BBC Scotland. "Of course, we want competition for any position we have."
Kawashima has been without a club since leaving Standard Liege in the summer in search of first-team football after losing his place to former Charlton Athletic goalkeeper Yohann Thuram-Ulien.
"Certainly, Eiji will strengthen that competition in the goalkeeper's position," said Paatelainen.
"He's a seasoned professional with plenty caps - over 70 caps for Japan.
"He's been to major tournaments. It would be nice if there was a possibility of Eiji joining us because he would help our young goalkeepers with his experience.
"It's depending on a work permit. Eiji, we've agreed everything with him, but obviously we can't sign the contract until the work permit issue has been solved. I don't know how long it takes."
United lost last season's first choice, Radoslaw Ciernziak, to Wisla Krakow in the close season.
Luis Zwick, the 21-year-old previously of German side Hertha 03 Zehlendorf, had been preferred this term until Jackie McNamara was sacked as manager.
However, following a 5-0 defeat away to Celtic in his second game in charge, Paatelainen promoted 22-year-old Michal Szromnik from the bench for Saturday's 1-0 win over Ross County, a match Kawashima attended.
"Michal played really well against Ross County, kept a clean sheet," said Paatelainen. "Luis before that did really well.
"So we have, hopefully in the future, three quality goalkeepers fighting for a place."
Kawashima played for Omiya Ardija and Nagoya Grampus Eight in his homeland before, in 2007, being transferred to Kawasaki Frontale for 150 million yen, which was a J-League record at the time.
A move to Lierse in the Belgian top flight followed in 2010 and, two years later, Kawashima switched to Pro League rivals Liege.
Paatelainen revealed the opportunity to sign the Japan stopper came about "just through my contacts".
"It's not everyday that that calibre of player is out of contract at this time of year but, luckily for us, that's the situation," added the Finn.
"Looking forward to working with him, hopefully."
Archery: In Paralympic archery, archers compete in two classes - Open and W1 - and there are two bows used, compound and recurve. John Walker and Jo Frith are GB hopefuls in the compound W1 competition.
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Athletics: Athletics is one of only two sports at the Paralympics, along with swimming, which caters for competitors from all physical impairments groups, visual impairments and those with a learning disability.
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Boccia: The sport is played indoors on a court similar in size to badminton with players positioned at one end. Both sides have six balls - one side has red balls, the other blue balls and the aim of the game is to get your balls closer to the white target ball - the jack - than your opponent.
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Canoeing: Making its debut at the Paralympics, athletes paddle 200 metres in lanes in a kayak, which is propelled by a double-blade paddle. GB and Australia are the only two teams with a full quota of six boats taking part.
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Cycling: Cycling at the Paralympics includes both track and road cycling. Track cyclists ride either tandem bicycles or bicycles, while road cyclists compete on handcycles, tricycles, tandem bicycles or bicycles. Dame Sarah Storey, who won four golds for GB at London 2012, has been selected for her seventh Games.
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Equestrian: Equestrian events at the Paralympics consist solely of dressage competition, with riders divided into five grades. Britain has led the way since the sport made its debut in Atlanta in 1996, winning five golds at London 2012.
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Football 5-a-side: The game is played using a small ball with a bell inside that makes a noise as it moves to aid the players in their movements. The four outfield players must all wear eyeshades to ensure fair play as some players may be partially sighted.
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Football 7-a-side: Football 7-a-side is for players who have cerebral palsy or an acquired brain injury. Some of the players in GB's team used to play for academies related to Premier League football clubs before their respective injuries.
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Goalball: A sport for athletes with visual impairments. All players on the court must be blindfolded and the aim is to roll or throw the ball into the opponents' goal as many times as possible within two halves of 12 minutes.
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Judo: Judo at the Paralympics is only open to athletes with a visual impairment. Each competition is based on weight divisions, with seven for men and six for women. The men's contests take place over a maximum of five minutes, with four-minute contests for women.
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Powerlifting: There are 10 different weight categories for both men and women. Athletes are classified by bodyweight alone, which means those with different impairments compete for the same medals.
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Rowing: There are four events on the Paralympic rowing programme, raced over 1,000m, with competitors taking part in heats and repechages before going on to contest the finals.
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Sailing: There will be three boat classes competed for in Rio - the single-handed 2.4mR, the Skud 18, which features two sailors - at least one must be female - and the Sonar class, which has three sailors on board. The sport's classification system is based on four factors - stability, hand function, mobility and vision.
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Sitting volleyball: The net is lowered to ground level as the players hit the ball over the net sitting down. For a hit to be legal, all players must keep their pelvis in contact with the floor and unlike Olympic volleyball, blocking of the serve is allowed.
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Shooting: Both rifle and pistol events are contested at the Paralympics. Australian shooter Libby Kosmala will be representing her country at a 13th Games in Rio at the age of 74.
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Swimming: Races take place in a standard 50m pool in the freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly disciplines over distances which range from 50m to 400m. UK Sport has given GB's swimmers a target of between 35 and 45 medals in Rio.
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Table tennis: A match is played over the best of five sets, with each won by the first player to reach 11 points. If the score in a set reaches 10-10, a player must establish a two-point lead to win it.
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Triathlon: Triathlon will be making its Paralympic debut in Rio and the event will see athletes compete in three disciplines: 750m of swimming, 20km of cycling, followed by a 5km run. For the cycling section of the race, athletes may use a tandem bicycle, handcycle or bicycle, while a wheelchair may be used for the final 5km run to the finish line.
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Wheelchair basketball: Wheelchair basketball has been one of the mainstays of the Paralympics since the first Games in Rome in 1960. The GB men are hoping to take home a medal; they finished fourth at London 2012 but won three successive European titles in 2011, 2013 and 2015.
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Wheelchair fencing: Wheelchair fencing has three disciplines depending on the type of sword used: the foil, the epee and the sabre. Bouts in the first round of the competition are the best of nine hits and the direct competitors are then promoted to a direct elimination where bouts are awarded to the first to reach 15 hits.
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Wheelchair rugby: Played indoors on a regulation-size basketball court, wheelchair rugby features mixed teams of men and women playing matches of four eight-minute quarters. Contact between wheelchairs forms an integral part of the game, although making physical contact with an opponent leads to penalisation.
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Wheelchair tennis: Wheelchair tennis is broadly similar to the running game with a few important differences, including players being allowed to bounce the ball twice. Gordon Reid, the inaugural Wimbledon men's singles champion, will be aiming for a medal in the singles as well as the doubles with team-mate Alfie Hewett, who he shared the doubles title with at SW19 in July.
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A lower jaw bone was found centrally placed in a large whalebone vertebra within the ruins of a broch at The Cairns in South Ronaldsay on Tuesday.
Brochs, also known as Atlantic roundhouses, were fortified homes built in the Scottish islands and Highlands.
The BBC News Scotland website reported the discovery of the human remains on Wednesday.
The find, which also includes two human teeth and animal remains, were made by The Cairns Project on Tuesday.
A photograph of the human remains has not been released at this stage in line with guidelines and legislation followed by archaeologists.
These include a requirement to inform the police as part of a process confirming that the remains are archaeological, and not recent.
Work had been done to the whale vertebra to shape into "a vessel" to hold the human jaw bone, said the University of the Highlands and Islands, which is working on the project along with others including organisation Orkneyjar.
Careful excavations of where Tuesday's discovery was made and the wider archaeological site are still ongoing.
The Cairns site director, Martin Carruthers, said: "Initially we could see that there were some red deer antler points projecting out of the deposit surrounding the whalebone, but these were revealed to be almost full length antlers.
"They were laid out snug against each other and the southern side of the whalebone vessel, almost cradling it.
"It now looks like the whole event that led to the deposition of the human jaw involved quite a formal laying out of the various objects - the whalebone, the deer antlers, a large saddle quern, and stone mortar, as well as portions of a juvenile pig and a juvenile cattle vertebra.
"It's quite an interesting little assemblage of materials drawn together in a moment of reflection on the part of those who put them in the ground, shortly before abandoning the broch and packing it with rubble inside and out."
He added: "Perhaps there will be one last surprise before we lift the whalebone."
The party would also scrap the Electoral Commission and the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, claiming they have not done enough to prevent electoral fraud.
A total of 5.5m valid postal votes were received at the 2010 general election.
Postal ballots need to be received by 10pm on 7 May. They can also be handed in to polling stations on election day.
Postal voting is used by 15% of the electorate nationally - and voters do not have to give a reason why they want to vote this way.
'Voter intimidation'
But UKIP's manifesto says it "would restrict postal votes to those with a valid reason to have one".
A spokeswoman said: "We want to remove postal voting on demand and make sure people who have one have a valid reason, such as if you are housebound or genuinely can't get to a polling station.
"We believe postal voting has enabled a lot of electoral fraud. There have been countless incidents in various constituencies of voter intimidation, of more people being signed up to an address than actually live there.
"It's a system that is deeply flawed and has taken the transparency out of people going into the polling station, being checked and qualified for their vote.
"At the moment, anybody can opt in to have a postal vote and a lot of people do and it's being misused. Instead, under our plans you would apply to say: 'This is why I need to have a postal vote.'
"We know we'd get the backing of the general public - Tower Hamlets shows there are big issues in the way the postal vote is being misused."
'Start afresh'
Under UKIP plans, the Electoral Commission and IPSA would also be scrapped for not doing enough to make the system better, she said.
"We want to depoliticise it - start afresh to ensure we have transparency in the system," she said.
"We would merge their functions into a new political standards authority with a cross-party board of governance that would include voting members who are impartial and not tied into politics."
Still time
But a spokesman for the Electoral Commission said: "There have been changes to postal votes to make it more secure.
"Voters now have to provide a signature on two separate documents, which are then checked to make sure they match."
Individual electoral registration was introduced in June 2014 in England and Wales, and September 2014 in Scotland. To register, voters have their identity verified by providing a date of birth and national insurance number.
The deadline to apply to vote by post for the 7 May election was 5pm on 21 April.
However, postal voters can also hand in their ballot papers at their local Electoral Registration Office or polling station by 22:00 BST on polling day if they miss the post.
Subscribe to the BBC Election 2015 newsletter to get a round-up of the day's campaign news sent to your inbox every weekday afternoon.
Federer beat Tomas Berdych in straight sets 7-6, 6-2, 6-4.
He could face world number one Novak Djokovic in the next round on Thursday.
Serena Williams beat Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-1.
She's aiming for her 22nd Grand Slam title by winning this tournament.
Williams will take on Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska in her semi-final.
Neighbours told the BBC they had heard "a terrific crack" as part of the 30-metre Caucasian Elm, thought to have been planted in 1760, fell.
Firefighters helped residents from their homes in Park Drive, Worlingham. One of the properties was left structurally unsafe.
Suffolk County Council, which owns the tree, said it was inspected regularly.
Waveney District Council said the tree was considered of "national significance" because of its size and species.
Ray Pagram, who lives in one of the damaged bungalows, said he was woken at around 02:30 BST.
"There was terrific crack and I thought it was thunder at first," he said.
"Then I heard the sound of running water coming through the ceiling and I realised the tank in the loft had been struck."
No-one was hurt by the tree fall.
Derek Oldham, of Suffolk County Council, said the tree had a "visual inspection" in February 2015 and in January 2014 and there were no outward signs of damage.
They had installed a root barrier to stop "root infiltration" to other homes. Asked if this could have brought the tree down, he said: "It's a bit early to say.
"Our initial inspection suggests not - the side of the tree that is collapsed is not on the side where the root barrier is and there's no obvious sign of movement within the ground," he said.
Martyn James Price, of no fixed address, was charged with making threats to kill, misuse of telecommunications, criminal damage and possessing cannabis.
The school was closed on Friday after police said a "malicious" email threat had been received.
It is due to reopen on Monday.
The court heard Mr Price allegedly made the threat to kill via staff at an online gambling website on Thursday.
Giving evidence to the court on Saturday, a detective constable said she believed she could connect Mr Price, who had previous addresses at India Street and Rathmore Drive in Belfast, to the charges,
A defence solicitor said he was not applying for bail at this stage.
The district judge remanded Mr Price into custody to appear again via videolink on Friday, 30 January.
The home side produced an excellent first-half showing, with Leigh Griffiths hitting the bar then post.
The visitors improved after the break but substitute Martin's left-foot finish with two minutes left won it.
Scotland, whose head coach Gordon Strachan had described this match as a must-win, are now fourth in Group F, two points behind Slovakia in second.
England are top of the table on 13 points after their 2-0 win over Lithuania earlier on Sunday.
Strachan picked Kieran Tierney, Celtic's teenage left-back, at right-back and turned to Griffiths as his main striker.
With their backs to the wall, Scotland came out fighting with an intensity that set Slovenia rocking.
The game was only a minute old when keeper Jan Oblak dived away to his right to keep out a Russell Martin volley from a Robert Snodgrass corner, but the siege on the Slovenian penalty area carried on and on.
Martin caused more bother a few moments later when he headed home from another Snodgrass cross, but the big defender was done for a push. Then it was Griffiths' turn, his angled header, after excellent work from the terrific Stuart Armstrong, drifted wide.
This was a different Scotland and a jittery Slovenia. Defensively, they were an unadulterated mess. Offensively, they scarcely existed save for one effort from Roman Bezjak that Craig Gordon dealt with.
Towards the end of the opening half, Scotland upped the ante and came painfully close to scoring. James Morrison thundered a shot just wide, then it became the Griffiths show, a mini soap opera amid a major drama.
A fine Scottish move saw the splendid Andy Robertson put Snodgrass away down the left side of the penalty box. The West Ham midfielder clipped a precise cross towards the back post where Griffiths was lurking. The Celtic man had to score, simply had to. Instead, from point-blank range inside the six-yard box, Griffiths smashed his volley onto the crossbar.
It was a miss that shocked Hampden. There was a small crowd in the old place, but their groans were almost deafening in that moment. A minute later, though, Griffiths had another chance when a great surge and nice delivery from Armstrong presented another chance to the Celtic striker.
This was considerably harder, and he made a good fist of it, steering his right-foot shot off the inside of Oblak's left-hand post. The ball rolled across goal and was hoofed clear. Griffiths was desperately unlucky.
In this mad flurry, there was another Scottish opportunity. A further minute on from Griffiths' second chance, Morrison had a looping header cleared off the line by Valter Birsa. All this good stuff, all these chances and nothing to show for it was torture for the hosts.
Griffiths took a dunt from Oblak in the dying minutes of the opening half and he was replaced by Steven Naismith in the opening minutes of the second half. Scotland lost their edge as the game wore on, though.
They had huge amounts of possession but not enough accuracy and nothing like the chances they had earlier in the game.
There was one, however. A good one. With 15 minutes left, Ikechi Anya replaced Snodgrass and within seconds, more slapstick Slovenian defending created an opportunity for the substitute. With time and space, he tried to curl his shot around Oblak, but didn't get nearly enough on it. Oblak made an easy save. Hampden held its head in its hands again.
Strachan brought on Chris Martin in a frantic attempt to salvage the victory they desperately needed. And what a twist he served up. Martin was booed on to the field by sections of the home support, but with two minutes left, more clever work from Armstrong set up the striker, who hit his shot low past a stunned Oblak and in off his left-hand post.
It was a thoroughly deserved winner on a dramatic night. Scotland found their best performance of the campaign and get to dream on. Strachan, meanwhile, lives to fight another day.
Match ends, Scotland 1, Slovenia 0.
Second Half ends, Scotland 1, Slovenia 0.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Jasmin Kurtic (Slovenia) because of an injury.
James Forrest (Scotland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Bojan Jokic (Slovenia).
Miral Samardzic (Slovenia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Chris Martin (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Miral Samardzic (Slovenia).
Foul by Ikechi Anya (Scotland).
Nik Omladic (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Scotland 1, Slovenia 0. Chris Martin (Scotland) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Stuart Armstrong.
Substitution, Slovenia. Nik Omladic replaces Kevin Kampl.
Scott Brown (Scotland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jasmin Kurtic (Slovenia).
Steven Naismith (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Benjamin Verbic (Slovenia).
Hand ball by Stuart Armstrong (Scotland).
Attempt saved. Steven Naismith (Scotland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Chris Martin.
Foul by Ikechi Anya (Scotland).
Josip Ilicic (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Scotland. Chris Martin replaces James Morrison.
James Morrison (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Benjamin Verbic (Slovenia).
Corner, Scotland. Conceded by Aljaz Struna.
Offside, Scotland. James Morrison tries a through ball, but Steven Naismith is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Ikechi Anya (Scotland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Substitution, Scotland. Ikechi Anya replaces Robert Snodgrass.
Attempt missed. Robert Snodgrass (Scotland) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Andrew Robertson.
Offside, Scotland. Stuart Armstrong tries a through ball, but Kieran Tierney is caught offside.
Substitution, Slovenia. Robert Beric replaces Valter Birsa.
Steven Naismith (Scotland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Miral Samardzic (Slovenia).
Stuart Armstrong (Scotland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Benjamin Verbic (Slovenia).
Valter Birsa (Slovenia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
James Morrison (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Valter Birsa (Slovenia).
Substitution, Slovenia. Benjamin Verbic replaces Roman Bezjak.
Foul by Steven Naismith (Scotland).
The 36-year-old left Chelsea as their most decorated player, after winning 15 major honours with the London club.
He left the Premier League champions and joined a Villa side that finished 13th in the Championship last term.
"You don't put 22 years on the line, having won what I've won - that remains regardless," he told BBC Radio 5 live.
"Over the years at Chelsea, they haven't all been successes, we had some really disappointing ones.
"But if you can have a really good year and get promoted and win a trophy, the disappointing ones get forgotten a little.
"If I can add this to a long list of trophies and successes, fantastic."
Apart from a short loan stint with Nottingham Forest, Terry has spent his whole career at Chelsea, making 717 appearances, winning five Premier League titles, five FA Cups and three League Cups. He also has Champions League and Europa League winners medals.
Terry made his first-team debut for the Blues against Villa in a League Cup tie October 1998, and got his first taste of Premier League, FA Cup and European football by the end of that campaign.
He briefly dropped into England's second tier with Forest the following season, and says lessons learned almost two decades ago will serve him well in the Championship as Villa chase promotion at their second attempt.
Asked about contending with the "blood and thunder" of England's second-tier competition, Terry replied: "When I look back to when I first came into football, that was kind of what it was about - the big battles, long journeys on the bus. There were no private jets and those kind of things.
Speaking to BBC WM 95.6, the Villa captain added: "I'm adapted to that. I'm not worried in the slightest.
"The physicality of the Championship doesn't worry me at all, it has always been a big part of my game.
"I'm really looking forward to it and am excited by the challenge ahead."
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Montage of Heck features unseen footage, photographs, extracts from his journals growing up and interviews with his family.
Filmmaker Brett Morgen says he wants to dispel the myths about Cobain and show a more relatable side to the rock star, who killed himself at 27 years old.
He says we will see a funny and very romantic side to the Nirvana frontman who ultimately was someone who just wanted a family.
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck is released in the UK on 10 April.
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Aboriginal leaders want their own people to agree first on how to move towards constitutional recognition for the country's first peoples.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott said such a move would not gain broader support.
Indigenous Australians are not mentioned in the constitution and a treaty was never negotiated with them.
Mr Abbott has pledged to hold a referendum in 2017 that could see Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders recognised as the first Australians.
Indigenous leaders are angry Mr Abbott has rejected their proposals to hold Indigenous-only meetings first.
But in a letter to Indigenous leaders, published in The Australian newspaper on Tuesday, Mr Abbott said holding Indigenous-only meetings first risked creating "a log of claims".
He said his "anxiety about a separate Indigenous process is that it jars with the notion of finally substituting 'we' for 'them and us'".
"I am in favour of building consensus, but strongly believe that this should be a national consensus in favour of a particular form of recognition rather than simply an Indigenous one," Mr Abbott said.
Influential Cape York leader Noel Pearson told local media Mr Abbott's "log of claims" comments was "probably the most dismal part of this whole matter — it's almost offensive".
A Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples has recommended these changes to the constitution:
Repealing the two so-called "race provisions":
Indigenous lawyer Patrick Dodson said Aboriginal Australians needed to have their "own discussions" on "complicated matters".
"Until you can get something that is consensual it is very difficult to give them comfort to a proposition that may or may not have their support," Mr Dodson told National Indigenous Television (NITV).
Speaking at an Indigenous festival in the Northern Territory on the weekend, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda said it was hard not to feel despair.
"I sometimes think I meet the definition of insanity," said Mr Gooda, according to local media.
"I keep saying the same thing expecting different outcomes, but the thing I keep saying is you have got to engage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people respectfully, and that's what was proposed here."
Matthew Rothery was found at an address in Woodborough Road, Mapperley Park, at about 01:00 BST on Friday.
He was taken to the city's Queen's Medical Centre, but died shortly afterwards.
Nottinghamshire Police has launched a murder investigation and said detectives are continuing to follow up "several lines of inquiry".
Police previously said they believe the incident was "not a random attack".
Engineering student Robert Quinn received 46 items worth £3,600 because of a mistake by Amazon and was allowed to keep them.
He was sent a selection of gadgets, including a 3D TV worth £889, tablets, a games console and even a heater.
The goods were 'returns' meant for an Amazon depot, but were instead wrongly dispatched to his home address in Bromley.
"I told them I have a moral issue if people sending this stuff back end up losing out. But Amazon assured me that would not happen," the Liverpool University student told The Sun.
The 22-year-old said he would give some of the items to charity and sell off others to raise money to invest in a small business he's setting up.
He also received a baby buggy, a leaf blower, a single bed, a chest of drawers, a Sony PSP console, a Waterman pen, computer gear, a £170 electric wine cooler, CDs, DVDs and books.
The answer is yes and no, according to Citizens Advice.
Items that firms send to you, but you didn't actually order are called "unsolicited goods". You're well within your rights to keep them.
You have no obligation to send them back to the company or to pay for them. If a company demands payment, that's a criminal offence.
But this doesn't apply to items sent to you by mistake (as happened to Robert); if the order was sent to you twice; or if there's extra stuff on top of what you ordered.
If a firm has left goods with you that weren't unsolicited goods, they still belong to the trader and you should try to give them back.
Firms can take you to court to recover their goods.
That happened last Christmas when online retailer Zavvi sent customers games consoles worth £170, instead of games that cost £20.
If items are sent to you by mistake, you will need to contact whoever sent them and ask them to collect the goods.
That shouldn't cost you anything or inconvenience you in any way. You should also give the company a reasonable deadline to collect the items.
Yes, but it's quite a process.
You must try to contact the company twice in writing, following a set procedure.
Even after you've sold the items, it'll be at least six years before you can spend the dosh. During that time the original owner can still claim the money back from you.
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The government is pushing to secure an historic end to hostilities by November, whilst Farc leaders are pushing for a deal palatable to militants back in the jungle.
In the midst of it all is a middle-class Dutch woman, who went to Colombia to teach English in the 1990s and ended up a fighter with the Farc.
University educated, attractive and with near flawless Spanish and English, the Farc must hope that including Tanja Nijmeijer in the peace talks will help boost the group's image. Colombia's government tried to veto her involvement.
But the Dutch guerrilla is one of 10 Farc members with a seat at the negotiating table, and offers an insight into the insurgency at a critical moment.
The 34-year-old told the BBC that she knew "nothing about the war or the guerrillas" when she first visited Colombia as a student in 1998.
The insurgency was at its height then, militarily. She learned of the conflict whilst watching local television to improve her Spanish. She began asking questions, and was gradually radicalised by a fellow teacher, who later revealed he was a Farc militant.
The teacher took her to city slums and talked of a fight for "social justice" in a country of deep inequalities.
"I saw the poverty and I was really impressed by that. I started to question the capitalist system, everything around me," she recalls.
Four years later, she returned from the Netherlands "to see how those people were going to change society" but soon felt compelled to get actively involved.
By then, the Farc had been labelled a terrorist group by the US and the EU.
"Working for the Farc meant planting bombs," Ms Nijmeijer said in a 2010 film shot in the Colombian jungle, and added that the militia would "set buses and businesses on fire".
She has since been indicted by a Colombian court for attacks on a police station, Bogota's bus network and several warehouses. A US court is demanding up to 60 years in prison for her role in the kidnap of three US citizens, who were held hostage for five years.
"I am a member of an armed movement," is her only response today when questioned on her direct participation in violence.
She is impatient at questions challenging her motives.
"I didn't choose to use violence, I chose to do politics in a country where doing politics implies violence," Ms Nijmeijer says.
Malcolm Deas, an academic and long-time observer of the Colombian conflict, says: "The argument that you have to take up arms just isn't the case."
"How can you say the Left has no prospects in the country, if three of the last mayors of Bogota came from the Left?" he asks.
Like all the Farc delegates at the talks in Cuba, Ms Nijmeijer portrays the guerrillas as victims of a murky war, not aggressors.
The Farc's founders emerged from a Communist commune over-run by the military in 1964; Ms Nijmeijer also cites a short truce in the 1980s, when more than 2,000 Farc-backed candidates for elections were singled-out and assassinated.
Q&A: Colombia peace talks
The Farc come to this latest peace process much weakened militarily.
In 2002, then-President Alvaro Uribe launched a massive military offensive against the insurgents, just as Ms Nijmeijer joined the ranks.
Three of the Farc's top commanders have been killed and Mr Deas says the Farc are now negotiating "for a slice of the political action".
Ms Nijmeijer stresses that political representation is "very important" for the Farc, as well as guarantees that any agreements reached at the peace talks will be fully implemented.
There are glimpses of the former school teacher as she talks: when she laughs at her hesitations in English, or talks of long telephone calls home to her family. She has chosen a very feminine outfit for the interview, far from her usual military fatigues.
Tens of thousands of people have been killed in Colombia's long conflict and millions displaced. Ms Nijmeijer admits no regrets for her part in it.
"There are victims after more than 48 years of war. That's why we're talking about peace now," she says.
Perhaps it is a hardness born of necessity.
In 2007, her diary was discovered by Colombian soldiers in a raid on a rebel camp, and extracts made public mocked the privileges enjoyed by Farc leaders and questioned her decision to join the insurgency. But the Dutch guerrilla later said she had been misquoted.
Five years on, she talks of life as a militant in nothing but glowing terms, saying she has been "realised as a woman".
"The Farc isn't a debating society. If you want to survive, you toe the line and follow orders," Mr Deas points out.
After so long in the jungle, he suggests that "she's persuaded herself that [the Farc] are 'lovely' and that she was right".
Ms Nijmeijer clearly is not used to being challenged on her views. She bristles at the term "terrorist", saying she agreed to an interview - not a trial.
Her enduring fervour shows just how complex these talks will be. But for all the militants, they are the only possible way out of the jungle now.
"I'd go to Holland but just for a couple of weeks," Ms Nijmeijer says of her plans if peace is ever reached. But then she wants to be back in Colombia, with the Farc.
"We could continue as a political movement," she says of that potential future.
"We could start to fight for our ideas without rifles."
Stewart Spence used a derogatory term about homosexuals at The Marcliffe Hotel during a Hospitality Industry Trust (HIT) Scotland event last week.
Mr Spence later said he wanted to "sincerely apologise".
VisitScotland said the Marcliffe had been removed it from its website while it investigated the incident.
The agency told the BBC that all members of its Quality Assurance Scheme scheme must comply with the Equality Act 2010.
"Scotland is an inclusive, welcoming nation, and as an organisation VisitScotland is opposed to all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination," a spokesman said.
"VisitScotland is currently looking into this matter as a priority and in the meantime, we have suspended the Marcliffe's QA membership and the hotel's entry on VisitScotland.com."
The hotel's five-star status and website listing will not be reinstated until "written evidence" is submitted that it does not operate a discriminatory policy with staff and customers, the spokesman added.
HIT Scotland said homophobic views and comments were made about the industry during the event and that it was "shocking".
A source who was at the dinner said "jaws dropped".
Mr Spence later said in a statement: "I made some very ill-advised comments at the dinner and I am absolutely mortified.
"I would like to sincerely apologise for the offence caused. I don't know what I was thinking."
The hotel - a popular venue for wedding receptions and functions - has been at its North Deeside Road venue since 1993.
Ms Chanu has been fasting since 2000 to protest against a controversial law in the state of Manipur, which gave the Indian armed forces sweeping powers.
On Friday, a group of policewomen forcibly removed her from the fast site in the state capital, Imphal.
Television footage showed them putting her in a jeep and driving away.
Ms Chanu was arrested in 2000 and held in judicial custody in a hospital where she was force-fed through a pipe in her nose.
She was freed on Wednesday after the court rejected the charge that she was "attempting to commit suicide".
On her release, she had vowed to continue her fast until the government agreed to her demand to repeal the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) which gives soldiers sweeping powers to arrest people without warrants and even shoot to kill in certain situations.
Ms Chanu began a hunger strike after 10 civilians were killed by Indian soldiers.
Her protest has won her worldwide recognition, with Amnesty International describing her as a prisoner of conscience.
The administrations also expressed their deep condolences to the families of the victims.
The announcement came in a joint statement as memorial events were held on the 25th anniversary of the tragedy.
They said they wanted "all those responsible for this most brutal act of terrorism brought to justice".
The statement by the three administrations said: "On the 25th anniversary of the bombing of Pan American flight 103 over Lockerbie on 21 December 1988, the governments of Libya, the United Kingdom and United States of America reiterate their deepest condolences to the families of the victims of this terrible crime.
"We want all those responsible for this most brutal act of terrorism brought to justice, and to understand why it was committed.
By Andy MooreBBC News
A one-minute silence was broken by a single piper playing the lament Flowers of the Forest.
At three minutes past seven - the time Pan Am 103 was blown up -the names of the 270 victims were read out and candles were lit in their memory.
The Rev John Mosey, whose 19-year-old daughter Helga was killed at Lockerbie, delivered the sermon.
His theme was "don't be overcome by evil, but overcome evil by doing good".
Dr Jim Swire, whose daughter Flora was another victim, told the congregation that he did not believe that the British and American governments had told all the truth about the tragedy.
This service was organised by the parents of some of the British victims.
Many of them are now in their 70s. They believe this will be the last Lockerbie memorial at Westminster Abbey.
"We are committed to co-operate fully in order to reveal the full facts of the case."
Scotland's top law officer Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland announced this week that Libya had appointed two prosecutors to work on the investigation into the bombing.
The joint statement continued: "We will all provide full support to the investigation team to enable them to complete their inquiries successfully.
"We are striving to further deepen our co-operation and welcome the visit by UK and US investigators to Libya in the near future to discuss all aspects of that co-operation, including sharing of information and documents and access to witnesses."
Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was the only person convicted of the bombing.
He was released from jail by the Scottish government on compassionate grounds after being diagnosed with prostate cancer, and died last year protesting his innocence.
The joint statement by the three administrations was released as memorial events were being held in the UK and the US to mark the 25th anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am 103 above Lockerbie.
Wreaths were laid at Dryfesdale Cemetery in the town and a service took place in a local church.
Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond and Lord Wallace, Advocate General for Scotland, were among those who took part in the ceremony.
The service was led by the Rev John MacLeod, while readings and prayers were given by Major Kingsley Layton, commanding officer at Lockerbie Corps, the Salvation Army, and Lord Lieutenant Jean Tulloch, representing the Queen.
During the service Mr MacLeod said: "It is 25 years after the day on which certain men chose to set aside their humanity and destroy the lives of 270 people in the air over this area of Scotland and here in the little town of Lockerbie - not only their lives but also those who survived, families and friends.
"What we the people of Lockerbie in this area will never tire of saying is we welcome you once again to this place where you know you are always welcome.
"In doing so we seek to comfort and console you."
Speaking to BBC News after the wreath-laying, Mr Salmond said: "Out of disaster, there are the bonds of friendship.
"Lockerbie has been a welcoming place for the relatives of those who died, and over the last 25 years has taken as good care of people as it possibly could.
"I don't think you ever move on, you certainly never forget, but people do rebuild their lives and many have."
In the US, people gathered at the memorial cairn in Arlington National Cemetery, near Washington DC.
US Attorney General Eric Holder spoke during a ceremony there.
He said: "Although a quarter century has passed since the world was shaken - and so many lives were devastated - by a heinous and cowardly act of terror, no amount of distance or time can ease the pain, or erase the loss, that was inflicted on that day.
By James CookScotland correspondent, BBC News
It was the shortest day of the year and, for Lockerbie, the longest and darkest night.
For many years this little town has been torn between respect for the dead and a desire to move on and rebuild.
Today though it chose, once again, to stand still in remembrance and to offer a hand of friendship to those who had come from afar to do the same.
189 Americans died aboard Pan Am flight 103 and many of those in Dryfesdale Cemetery had travelled across the Atlantic to feel closer to their loved ones.
The 25th anniversary of the bombing may mark the last big memorial service at this windswept spot.
But for those who stood here today in the gathering gloom, the grief was undimmed and the bonds unbroken as the people of Lockerbie again opened their doors and their hearts.
"Even now, it remains difficult to comprehend the magnitude of such a senseless crime - which claimed the lives of 259 innocent men, women, and children in the skies above Scotland, along with the lives of 11 residents of the peaceful town of Lockerbie."
There has also been a service at Syracuse University in New York state, which lost 35 students returning from Europe on the Pan Am flight.
Senior Scottish officials and UK government representatives attended a service at Westminster Abbey.
The Reverend John Mosey, whose daughter Helga was killed in the bombing, gave an address during the London service and insisted that the "vicious circle of hatred and aggression" must be broken.
He said: "We remember those we lost with love, sorrow and pain but it is what we do with this other remembering that can affect, not only our personal lives but the wider world we live in."
The Lockerbie bombing remains the deadliest act of terrorism ever committed in the UK and until the attacks of 9/11 it was also responsible for the biggest single loss of American lives in such an attack.
The Boeing 747 was just over half an hour into its flight from London to New York when it exploded, seconds before 19:03 UK time, on 21 December 1988.
All 243 passengers and 16 crew died, and a further 11 people were killed in their homes when wreckage hit the ground in Lockerbie.
Encyclopaedia Britannica: Pan Am flight 103
Canon Patrick Keegans, who was parish priest at Lockerbie at the time of the bombing, said the anniversary had "brought to the surface many, many emotions people have had over the past 25 years".
"Other anniversaries have been calmer. This one makes us remember the devastation and horror that all of us experienced 25 years ago," he told BBC Breakfast.
The majority of the passengers and crew on board the aircraft were US citizens.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron paid tribute to the "fortitude and resilience" of those affected by the Lockerbie bombing.
He said: "Over the last quarter of a century much attention has been focused on the perpetrators of the atrocity. Today our thoughts turn to its victims and to those whose lives have been touched and changed by what happened at Lockerbie that night.
"To families, friends, neighbours, loved ones, and all those caught up in the painful process of recovery, let us say to them: our admiration for you is unconditional.
"For the fortitude and resilience you have shown. For your determination never to give up. You have shown that terrorist acts cannot crush the human spirit. That is why terrorism will never prevail."
Former Lebanon hostage Terry Waite said he believed the conviction of al-Megrahi was "very shaky indeed" and called for a further investigation into the atrocity.
Speaking after the Westminster Abbey service he said: " I think a thorough, in-depth, further investigation is required to get to the truth, because that's what we owe the families; that truth and justice be done, and I'm not sure we've got to the truth at all yet."
De Sousa had closed to within four wins ahead of the final day, with four rides to Hanagan's seven at the meeting.
But, when he failed to win on his first mount - True Bond - in the 1325 GMT Betfred Mobile Nursery, Yorkshireman Hanagan's title was confirmed.
Hanagan said: "It's a relief. It feels like a big weight has been lifted."
The Malton-based rider won the title last year when he saw off Richard Hughes after a close-fought battle.
Hanagan faced a similar challenge this season, with Kieren Fallon and De Sousa also in the hunt for the title.
It didn't feel as hard this year and I definitely learned a lot last season.
De Sousa had kept the battle alive with a four-timer at Wolverhampton on Friday, but Hanagan was delighted to prevail.
Hanagan added: "It's gone right down to the wire again.
"Last night was incredible but I've stuck at it and kept going.
"This season seemed to come around so quickly. It didn't feel like two minutes since the last season ended and the new one began, but in a good way the balls just kept on rolling.
"It's still been tough but last year I spent a lot of time watching Richard Hughes on TV whereas this year I was mainly riding in the same races as Silvestre.
"He's been riding out of his skin and deserves a lot of respect. We've just had a quiet moment when he came up and shook my hand.
"I'm just going to enjoy this."
The hosts could not have got off to a better start when Tubbs headed home a free-kick by Mohamed Chemlal after just seven minutes.
Forest Green pushed for a second with Chemlal looking the man most likely to add to the score.
But Sutton scored an equaliser when Nick Bailey struck from the spot after Drissa Traore brought down Bedsente Gomis in the area.
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Match ends, Forest Green Rovers 1, Sutton United 1.
Second Half ends, Forest Green Rovers 1, Sutton United 1.
Roarie Deacon (Sutton United) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Sutton United. Maxime Biamou replaces Ross Stearn.
Substitution, Sutton United. Shaun Cooper replaces Gomis.
Nicky Bailey (Sutton United) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Rob Sinclair replaces Drissa Traoré.
Substitution, Sutton United. Chris Dickson replaces Dan Fitchett.
Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Elliott Frear replaces Fabien Robert.
Goal! Forest Green Rovers 1, Sutton United 1. Nicky Bailey (Sutton United) converts the penalty with a.
Kieffer Moore (Forest Green Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
Second Half begins Forest Green Rovers 1, Sutton United 0.
First Half ends, Forest Green Rovers 1, Sutton United 0.
Kieffer Moore (Forest Green Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
Ross Stearn (Sutton United) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Forest Green Rovers 1, Sutton United 0. Matt Tubbs (Forest Green Rovers).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
The Weeping Window was part of an installation displayed at the Tower of London in 2014 to mark British and Commonwealth deaths in the war.
It goes on public display at Caernarfon Castle, Gwynedd, on Tuesday for six weeks as part of a UK-wide tour.
The castle is home to the Royal Welch Fusiliers museum.
The regiment fought throughout the war, including at the Battle of the Somme in 1916, and included a number of poets including David Jones, Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves and Hedd Wyn.
The event, which is free for the public to view, sees a cascade of poppies flowing from the wall of the castle to the ground.
It will also be accompanied by an exhibition entitled Remembrance for Peace, featuring Wales' Book of Remembrance from World War One.
The exhibition is staged by 14-18 NOW, the UK-wide arts programme marking the war's anniversary across the four years.
Executive producer Nigel Hinds said: "Caernarfon Castle is a poignant and fitting place for the poppy sculpture Weeping Window to be presented as part of its tour of the UK.
"It is particularly fitting that the poppies will be at the castle over the centenary of the last weeks of the Battle of the Somme, in which the Royal Welch Fusiliers played such an important role."
Julie James AM, deputy minister for skills, said: "The loss suffered by those affected by the First World War was felt for generations, and this exhibition offers an important opportunity to remember and commemorate all those lost."
The deal is worth $5.9bn (£3.8bn).
Activision said the acquisition would make it a global leader in interactive entertainment across mobile, console and PC platforms.
It added the combined firm would have more than half a billion monthly active users in 196 countries.
The Call of Duty series is one of the world's best selling console games, while Candy Crush Saga is among the most popular games on mobile devices.
Video game publishers are switching from the physical sale of games to digital growth as consumers move from consoles to playing on smartphones and tablets.
In a statement, Activision Blizzard chief executive Bobby Kotick said: "With a combined global network of more than half a billion monthly active users, our potential to reach audiences around the world on the device of their choosing enables us to deliver great games to even bigger audiences than ever before."
Mr Kotick told the Reuters news agency that the company wanted to broaden its reach and appeal to a larger demographic.
He said that 60% of King Digital Entertainment's players were female, and that no games console or hardware, besides a smartphone, was needed to access its games.
King Digital Entertainment has focused on a business model that allows users to play a game for free, but pay extra for additional features.
Candy Crush describes itself as the "sweetest game around" - but even so there's no guarantee that the $5.9bn (£3.8bn) takeover of King.com won't leave both investors and players with a bitter taste.
The big-budget, action-centric PC and console titles that Californian buyer Activision Blizzard is best known for are quite different to the more simple puzzle and role-playing mobile and web-based games its Stockholm and London-headquartered acquisition is skilled at making.
Furthermore, the size of the acquisition dwarfs other mega-deals in an industry already prone to consolidation.
For comparison's sake, other recent mergers include:
Microsoft's $2.5bn purchase of Minecraft's developer Mojang
Facebook's $2bn takeover of virtual reality headset-maker Oculus
Amazon's $970m acquisition of the games community Twitch
Electronic Art's $750m payment for Plants v Zombies developer PopCap
Read Leo's analysis in full here.
The international success of Candy Crush Saga has given it exposure to high growth markets in Asia, such as China, Japan and South Korea.
Activision's games are played on more expensive video game consoles or computers, with games costing between £20-£40.
King Digital Entertainment, which has its main offices in London and Stockholm, will continue to operate as an independent unit led by chief executive Riccardo Zacconi.
Mr Zacconi said: "Since 2003, we have built one of the largest player networks on mobile and Facebook, with 474 million monthly active users in the third quarter 2015."
We believe that the acquisition will position us very well for the next phase of our company's evolution."
Activision Blizzard is offering $18 (£11.66) in cash for each King share, and the deal is expected to boost Activision's earnings by about 30%.
King Digital Entertainment floated on the New York Stock Exchange in March last year with the original share price being offered at $22.50 (£14.60).
In early trade in New York its share price went up 14% to $17.72.
Candy Crush Saga, which was first launched on Facebook and smartphones in 2012, caught the public imagination and still makes up about a third of the company's revenue.
Even though the company has produced more than 200 games, including the popular Bubble Witch and Farm Heroes, it has yet to repeat the success it found with Candy Crush Saga.
"Candy Crush Saga was such a massive global hit, it's a very difficult challenge to replicate that even if they release sequels or expansions to the original theme or release new titles," said Piers Harding-Rolls, Head of Games at IHS Technology. "The share price reflects that."
"It's a big move by Activision who have gained access to an audience that does not overlap with its existing market, particularly in Asia," Mr Harding-Rolls added.
King Digital Entertainment helped boost its number of daily active users with the launch of Candy Crush Soda Saga in late 2014, but there has been a decline in player spending on their number one game.
Analyst, Eric Opara at Edison Investment Research said the deal made sense for both companies.
"For Activision, it will provide a step-change in its penetration of the mobile gaming channel, which is the fastest growing segment of the video games market."
"For King, it offers the potential to leverage its mobile and social gaming expertise across Activision's large games portfolio and reduces its reliance on its own blockbuster games like Candy Crush," he said.
The deal is expected to be completed by the second quarter of 2016, assuming approval from shareholders and regulators.
Net neutrality means service providers should treat all traffic equally. Users should be able to access all websites at the same speed and cost.
A battle to decide the future of the internet in India is being fought online, between telecom users and operators.
The panel has now released its report to the public and invited comments. Pranesh Prakash from the Centre for Internet Studies decodes the report and what it means for Indians.
"Zero-rating" is a policy whereby telecoms providers agree not to pass on the costs of handling the data traffic so that consumers can receive services for free.
On the one hand, this could decrease the cost of access to WhatsApp and Viber. But that might not be allowed because free services could harm competition and distort markets.
Whether this will lead to consumers paying for WhatsApp and similar services depends on what kinds of regulations are placed on them, and if any costs are imposed on them.
The report is clear that it strongly endorses the "core principles of net neutrality".
On the issue of "zero-rating" the panel proposes some sound measures, saying that there should be a two-part mechanism for ensuring that "harmful" zero-rating doesn't go through.
First, telecom services need to submit "zero-rating" tariff proposals to an expert body constituted by telecoms department.
Second, consumers will be able to complain about the harmful usage of "zero-rating" by any service provider, which may result in a fine.
Pranesh Prakash is policy director at the Centre for Internet and Society. A longer article he wrote on the panel report can be accessed here.
NFU Scotland issued the warning as an estimated £328m in single farm payments is made to around 16,700 producers.
They said a leading bank has contacted them to raise fears that criminals may target farm accounts.
NFU President Nigel Miller said: "This year's payment run brings a more immediate threat that requires producer vigilance."
The single farm payment is an agricultural subsidy paid to farmers in the EU.
Mr Miller warned that bogus callers could pose as banks, the police or other trusted organisations in unsolicited calls to farmers and landowners.
He added: "The reminder is that your bank would never ask you over the phone to transfer money to protect your account from fraud.
"If you receive a call of this nature, or any call you are suspicious of, you should end the conversation and call your bank on a trusted number, using a different phone line if possible.
"The good cheer brought by having SFP safely in the farm account for Christmas would quickly dissipate were anyone to fall for this cruel scam."
More than 357,000 boxes have been brought ashore between the markets in Lerwick and Scalloway.
It was the strongest year since 1987 when 390,000 boxes were traded through the market.
More than 300,000 boxes have now been landed in each of the last four years, with more than 303,000, 306,000 and 307,000 in 2013, 2014 and 2015.
Martin Leyland, of Shetland Seafood Auctions, said: "It has been an extremely busy year, with a large volume of high quality fish and good prices, so the value figures will be up too.
"The electronic auction system has resulted in steady growth in landings since it was introduced in 2003."
Brian Isbister, chief executive of the Shetland Fish Producers' Organisation, said: "I can't remember a time during my career when stocks have been so healthy and quotas have more or less reflected the stocks.
"Confidence is high in the industry and as we have seen again this year that's leading to investment in the future by crews, whether in new or improved boats or in training.
"It's vital that this confidence is maintained to sustain the communities around Shetland that are dependent on fishing and the islands economy in general."
Simon Collins, executive officer of Shetland Fishermen's Association, added: "More than anyone else, fishermen themselves have worked hard to turn their industry into the sustainable entity it is today."
Shetland is the second biggest port in the UK for whitefish landings after Peterhead.
In October, it was revealed more fish were landed in Shetland in 2015 than in all of England, Wales and Northern Ireland put together.
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Antrim maintained their unbeaten record in Division 2A with a 1-16 to 1-14 victory over Kildare in Cushendall.
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Many Bangladeshi textile factories near the capital, Dhaka, have shut because of unrest sparked by the collapse of a factory building last month, the country's textile association has said.
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Al Jazeera America will be available in almost 48 million US households, offering 14 hours of news each day.
The new network replaces Current TV, the cable television network founded by former US Vice President Al Gore, which the Qatar-owned broadcaster acquired in January 2013 for around $500m (£308m).
However, it has yet to sign agreements with major operators, such as Time Warner Cable, to carry the channel.
Al Jazeera America said that they will give less airtime than other US networks to advertising, typically carrying six minutes of adverts each hour, less than the industry average of 15 minutes.
By Nick BryantBBC News, New York
From the thumping beat of its news anthems to the familiar faces of its on-screen talent, Al-Jazeera America looks and feels like a US network.
It claims the new channel will look at news through an American lens. Why, it has even opened a bureau in Nashville, the country and western capital.
Its main problem is reputational. Al Jazeera was the network of choice when Osama Bin Laden wanted to broadcast threats to the world. Some Americans confuse Al-Jazeera with Al-Qaeda. Some actively conflate the two.
The channel's big-name hire Ali Velshi, a former CNN presenter who made his name covering the 2008 financial crash, draws an interesting analogy with Japanese products launched in America.
Honda and Toyota overcame consumer animosity because their products proved so attractive. He says the same will be true of Al-Jazeera America, with its emphasis on hard news rather than punditry and comment, a point of difference with Fox News, the market leader, and MSNBC, the number two.
So, the new channel faces a dual challenge: is there still an appetite for straight news, and will Americans trust Al-Jazeera to deliver it.
Globally, Al Jazeera is seen in more than 260 million homes in 130 countries.
However, the network has previously struggled to attract a US audience, partly due to it being perceived as anti-American.
In 2010, Al-Jazeera English blamed a "very aggressive hostility" from the administration of former President George W Bush for reluctance among US cable companies to show the network.
After the takeover of Current TV was announced in January 2013, Time Warner Cable dropped Current from its line-up.
"Our agreement with Current has been terminated and we will no longer be carrying the service. We are removing the service as quickly as possible," the nation's second-largest TV operator said.
Al Jazeera said that its new schedule "fulfils its promise to provide unbiased in-depth coverage of domestic and international news important to its American viewers".
"We're breaking in with something that we think is unique and are confident, with our guts and some research, that the American people are looking for," said Kate O'Brian, president of Al Jazeera America and a former ABC News executive.
The new US network will employ around 850-900 journalists at launch, based in 12 US cities.
The government-commissioned study said plant operators and regulators had failed to adequately anticipate a huge tsunami and its likely impact.
The interim findings were issued by an independent panel set up in May.
More than 20,000 people were killed when an earthquake and tsunami struck.
Tens of thousands had to be evacuated as radiation leaked into the atmosphere, sea and food chain.
The six-reactor Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant was badly damaged by the earthquake and tsunami, with blasts occurring at four reactors after the cooling systems went offline.
Last week, the authorities declared the plant had been stabilised, but said it would take decades to dismantle it completely.
The panel said its aim was not to apportion blame for the disaster, but to learn why the accident happened in the way it did, AFP news agency reported.
Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), the company which operated the plant, did not "take precautionary measures in anticipation that a severe accident could be caused by (a) tsunami such as the one (that) hit... Neither did the regulatory authorities," the report said.
It also accused Tepco of failing to "incorporate measures against tsunamis exceeding the design basis. This indicates the limit of voluntary safety measures".
Further, the government's nuclear regulatory body "did not require Tepco to take specific measures, such as additional construction, after they received simulation results from Tepco in 2008 and early in 2011 regarding the impact of tsunamis on their facilities".
Tepco's own report on the disaster, by contrast, said there was no way it could have been prepared for a 9.0 magnitude quake and huge waves that triggered meltdowns and explosions at the plant.
The panel's report said the situation was also made worse by;
"Collection of accurate and most up-to-date information is a pre-requisite for timely and appropriate decision-making. This issue, together with the need for providing information to the nation, is of a major concern," it said.
It said Tepco staff at the plant were not trained to handle emergencies like the power shutdown that struck when the tsunami destroyed back-up generators, AP news agency reported.
Staff also misunderstood problems that arose with the cooling systems for reactors 1 and 3.
The 506-page report was based on interviews with more than 450 people, including government officials and plant workers.
The 12-member panel is headed by Yotaro Hatamura - an engineering professor at Tokyo University who specialises in the study of failures - and includes seismologists, former diplomats and judges.
It was set up in May by then prime minister Naoto Kan, and is expected to issue its final report in mid-2012.
In an earlier report, submitted to the UN nuclear watchdog, the Japanese government said it had been unprepared for a nuclear accident on the scale of the one at the Fukushima plant.
With an international break on the horizon, however, the 17-year-old's future is a major talking point.
Wales travel to Dublin to face the Republic of Ireland in a crucial 2018 World Cup qualifier on Friday, 24 March, and, two days earlier, England play a friendly against Germany.
Woodburn is eligible to play for both Wales and England and, while it is unlikely he will feature for the latter in the near future, Wales are believed to be considering a first senior call-up for the Liverpool forward.
The teenager shot to prominence in November when he became the youngest scorer in Liverpool's history with a goal against Leeds United to reach the EFL Cup semi-finals.
That prompted talk of "a little war" between Wales and England for his services and, since that landmark goal, he has started three FA Cup games and impressed in his league appearances from the bench.
Wales manager Chris Coleman names his squad for the Republic of Ireland match on Thursday, and his assistant Osian Roberts says Woodburn is "knocking on the door" for selection.
Woodburn was born in Nottingham on 15 October, 1999, making him eligible to play for the country of his birth, England.
Having a maternal grandfather born in Wales, however, means he has played and impressed for Wales at under-16, under-18 and under-19 level.
He pledged his future to Wales, caught the eye as they narrowly missed out in the Under-19 Euro 2017 qualifiers and told BBC Wales Sport his ambition was to "replicate" the feats of Welshmen Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey.
There may be an opening in the Wales squad to face the Republic of Ireland - behind Bale and first-team regulars Sam Vokes and Hal Robson-Kanu, there is scope for a young forward to stake his claim for a place.
Woodburn may not have the experience of fellow hopefuls such as Ipswich loanee Tom Lawrence but, according to former Wales centre-back Danny Gabbidon, he has the ability and versatility to make an impression.
"Get him in there. Not just to keep him out of the clutches of England, I think he's ready," Gabbidon told BBC Wales Sport.
"I remember Gareth Bale coming into the squad when he was 16 and the whole squad thinking 'Oh my god, look at this player, he's unbelievable'.
"I think he [Woodburn] would have a similar effect on this squad now.
"He's so intelligent for a 17-year-old. His decision-making, he seems to be able to play in different positions - he can play out wide, as an inside forward, up front or as a 10."
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While the fanfare around Woodburn grows, some are eager to strike a more cautionary note.
Former Liverpool and Republic of Ireland midfielder Ray Houghton is excited about the 17-year-old's prospects, but he does not think Wales' trip to Dublin is the time to hand him his senior debut.
"I'm not sure this is one for youngsters coming in," he told BBC Wales Sport.
"I think what Chris Coleman will be looking at is his tried and trusted. He will be looking at players who have done well for him over the last two years or so - because he knows the knows the importance of the game.
"I don't think it's going to be one where you put in a youngster...[but] Woodburn has got a fantastic future in the game."
Houghton's warning will make pleasant reading for Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp.
When Liverpool secured Woodburn on what was only described as a "long-term" contract in November 2016, the German was effusive in his praise the player.
"Wow, what an exciting talent he is," he said at the time.
But after Woodburn's goal against Leeds, Klopp was eager to keep a lid on expectations.
"I'm afraid about all you in the media. That's why I'm so quiet," said Klopp.
"We know how to handle the situation."
The situation regarding Woodburn's international future now lies with Coleman and the player himself.
The cauldron of a pivotal World Cup qualifier in Dublin may not be the ideal setting for Woodburn's senior debut but, with England potentially waiting to pounce, Wales will not want to risk losing such a promising talent.
Rates for Salcombe's only bakery have risen from £9,000 a year to £21,000.
Others facing rises of 50% say that with increased costs and VAT, they are tempted to sell-up to chain stores.
The Valuation Office, which has announced the increases as part of a five-year review, says the Salcombe rates reflect high rental values there.
Becky Simpson, who runs a clothes shop in the town, admitted that Salcombe had a reputation as a place for well-heeled visitors, with average house prices of more than £500,000.
But she said local traders were "not massively well off" and were already being squeezed by rising prices of raw materials and VAT.
"We are normal people with normal businesses," she said.
"My income is going down and our rates are going up.
"We just can't afford it."
She said some traders had been made offers from chain stores.
"It's tempting to just take the money and run.
"In that case Salcombe will become just one big chain store."
Ben Holt-Wilson, 37, who runs the Upper Crust bakery in Fore Street, said: "I'm working hard, but I don't seem to be progressing because of the cost of living - these rates and other commodity prices are just going through the roof.
"So I feel at the whim and mercy of councillors and government."
Business rates are set by a government agency, the Valuation Office.
Spokeswoman Alison Gidman said business rates were based on where the property was situated, not what was sold there.
Adjoining properties of the same size had the same rateable values.
"We don't treat different occupiers in any different way," she said.
The comments by Panicos Demetriades, made in an interview with the Financial Times, echo remarks on Friday by president Demetris Christofias.
Cyprus had previously firmly rejected suggestions of a bailout, but its banking system is exposed to Greece.
Mr Demetriades told the FT that Cyprus was at "an important crunch time".
At the end of June, the Cyprus Popular Bank faces a deadline to find at least 1.8bn euros to meet new EU capital requirement rules.
There is a growing belief among analysts that the money will have to come from the European Financial Stability Facility.
On Friday, Mr Christofias told a news conference: "I don't take as a given that we will negotiate entry to a support mechanism, (but) I don't want to absolutely exclude it."
The Cypriot financial system has an exposure to Greece estimated at 23bn euros, compared with the size of the Cypriot economy of around 17.3bn euros.
Mr Christofias said officials are looking at contingency planning to "deal with a chaotic situation" if Greece leaves the eurozone.
"It is something I hope will never happen," he said.
Last year Cyprus, who credit status has been downgraded to junk by two of the three main ratings agencies, borrowed 2.5bn euros from Russia.
In his FT interview, Mr Demetriades, who became governor only last month, said further private sector or government borrowing might be possible.
But he said: "There is a backstop there and the backstop is the European Financial Stability Facility, and that backstop will be used if necessary."
McCullum, 33, led New Zealand to the recent World Cup final and will play seven games in this summer's T20 Blast.
"With AB de Villiers, he's in the top two players in the world in Twenty20 at the moment," Brown told BBC WM 95.6.
"Everybody talks about Ian Botham at Somerset and McCullum is in exactly the same vain. He's extremely exciting."
McCullum is the leading run scorer in international T20 cricket with 2,105 runs at a strike rate of 135.28.
He will join the Bears as they look to retain the T20 Blast title, with his first game scheduled to be against Lancashire Lightning at Old Trafford on 26 June.
"Getting the players enthused and motivated at the beginning of the summer is very important and I'm sure this has done that," Brown said.
Bears batsman William Porterfield, the Ireland captain, said: "We'll be looking to start well in the cup and when he comes he's only going to strengthen the side.
"The buzz amongst the lads is there for all to see. It's a great signing and hopefully he can help us defend the cup."
Sir Julian King has been put forward by David Cameron following last week's resignation of Lord Hill in the wake of the UK's vote to leave the EU.
Sir Julian, a career civil servant, will be interviewed by officials and MEPs before being offered the role.
Lord Hill was in charge of financial services but that job has now been given to Latvia's Valdis Dombrovskis.
The BBC understands that the new British commissioner is likely to be given a "less sensitive" post, potentially covering the environment.
The diplomat would take up his post at a time when the UK's relations with the EU are at an all-time low following the decision to end its 43-year membership of the organisation, previously known as the European Community.
Sir Julian is to be interviewed by EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker on Monday to assess his suitability for the post and will later face a "confirmation hearing" in front of the European Parliament.
Analysis by Damian Grammaticas, the BBC's Europe correspondent
Sir Julian King will, if accepted by the EU, fill an extremely delicate but highly influential position. The British Commissioner is the UK's most senior figure inside the EU institutions. A Commissioner does not represent their country, but he will be the eyes and ears of the UK, with a seat at the table as EU policy is drafted.
Crucially David Cameron's choice is not a politician, but one of the UK's most senior diplomats. Sir Julian King is currently ambassador to Paris. He knows the EU intimately. He's already filled three different diplomatic roles in Brussels.
He could face tough questioning in the European Parliament too before he can be confirmed. And it's not clear if Mr Juncker will give Sir Julian as high profile a portfolio as his predecessor Lord Jonathan Hill, who oversaw financial services in the EU but resigned following the referendum. Instead the UK's new Commissioner may get a less sensitive area such as environmental policy.
But having Sir Julian's experience in Brussels may prove crucial during future negotiations. French politicians have already indicated that the City of London will face tough conditions if the UK wants to enjoy its current level of access to Europe's Single Market.
According to the European Commission, new commissioners "shall be chosen on the grounds of their general competence and European commitment from persons whose independence is beyond doubt".
The approval of the European Council - made up of the 28 member states - is required before the appointment takes effect, while the Commission is also expected to "seriously consider" the opinion of the European Parliament.
If he is approved, Sir Julian will become one of the 28 top officials at the European Commission, the EU's executive arm. He would be expected to play an important role as a "conduit" between the UK and the other 27 member states during the talks over the UK's exit.
The UK remains a full member of the EU until it leaves, although it will not take part in all European Council meetings.
Mr Cameron has said it is up to the next prime minister, who will be elected in September, to decide when to trigger official exit talks - which, according to EU rules, should take two years although there remains controversy over the as yet untested Article 50 process.
Sir Julian only took up his current post in Paris in February. During a 30-year career in the diplomatic service, he held a number of senior positions in Brussels, including acting as a senior aide to a previous EU commissioner.
Previous UK commissioners have included high-profile political figures such as Lord Patten, Lord Kinnock and Lord Mandelson.
The 71-year-old, who was awarded a CBE in 2007, has been honoured for his music and charity work.
Downton Abbey's Penelope Wilton has become a dame, while its producer Gareth Neame has been made an OBE.
Presenters Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have become OBEs, along with Citizen Khan's Adil Ray, actor Brian Blessed and trumpeter Alison Balsom.
Speaking to the Radio Times in 2013, Stewart said he was confused why he had not yet received a knighthood, while his contemporaries such as Sir Tom Jones and Sir Mick Jagger had.
He added if his time did not come, he was "not bothered".
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Wilton, who played Isobel Crawley in the popular ITV drama and also appeared in films such as Calendar Girls and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, plays the Queen in the forthcoming Steven Spielberg adaption of Roald Dahl's The BFG.
Neame, who is credited with giving the idea of Downton Abbey to its writer Julian Fellowes, also co-produced the BBC series, The Hollow Crown, which brought Shakespeare's history plays to TV screens.
McPartlin and Donnelly, who have made their name as double act Ant & Dec presenting the likes of Britain's Got Talent and I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!, hosted a TV celebration of the Queen's 90th birthday in May.
The pair said they were "both shocked, but incredibly honoured".
"We are just two ordinary lads from the west end of Newcastle," they said. "We absolutely love what we do and have done since we started out aged 13. We hope us receiving this honour can inspire young people to chase their dreams and believe that anything is possible.
"This will definitely be the proudest our mams have ever been!"
Blessed began his on-screen career in Z Cars in 1962 and claimed in a 2015 Big Issue interview that the last time he met the Queen, she wanted him to shout "Gordon's alive!", a line from his appearance in the film Flash Gordon.
Ray, who plays his creation Mr Khan in the BBC sitcom Citizen Khan, originally made his name as a TV and radio presenter, while Balsom has won three Classic Brit Awards. The 37-year-old musician was one of the artists chosen to perform on a cover of The Beach Boys' God Only Knows, which was used to launch BBC Music in 2014.
Balsom said: "It means a great deal to be recognised and awarded for my endeavours in the world of music, which have also brought me great personal joy and fulfilment.
"It is also a fantastic message to the rest of the world that we in Britain consistently make this public recognition of individuals in the arts - which remain such an important part of our national identity".
Also receiving honours are Irish artist Michael Craig-Martin, who came to prominence in the 1970s and has since exhibited across the world, and Julia Peyton-Jones, the outgoing director of London's Serpentine Gallery. The pair become a knight and a dame respectively.
The renowned concert pianist Paul Lewis, who became the first person to play all five of Beethoven's Concertos in a single session at the 2010 BBC Proms, and journalist and regular panellist on ITV's Loose Women, Janet Street-Porter, have been made CBEs.
West End producer Sonia Friedman, who recently became the first person to be named Producer of the Year for the second consecutive year at The Stage Awards, and the artistic director of Bristol Old Vic, Tom Morris - who won a Tony award for his direction of the play War Horse on Broadway - become OBEs.
Former Blue Peter presenter Janet Ellis, Times journalist Melanie Reid, Dynasty actress and charity campaigner Emma Samms and soul singer Ruby Turner have all become MBEs.
Forces' sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn has been given an even higher accolade than her damehood, receiving a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour.
"I felt very greatly honoured to be given a Damehood and never expected to receive anything else. So for Her Majesty to bestow a further accolade on me is very unexpected and I feel even more honoured," she said.
The winning tickets in the Powerball jackpot were sold in California, Tennessee and Florida.
The previous draw was the 19th without a grand prize winner, which requires all six numbers to match.
Officials said it would take several hours to know if there were any other winning tickets.
The identity of the winners is not yet known.
Thousands of people queued up outside shops across the US on Wednesday, hoping to defy the odds of 292.2 million to one.
California Lottery tweeted that the winning ticket in the state was sold at a 7-Eleven store in Chino Hills, a suburb east of Los Angeles.
Television pictures showed a cheering crowd gathering at the shop after the result was announced.
The winners will share a prize of $1.586bn. They can collect their winnings in annual payments over 29 years, or opt to share a lump-sum payment of $930m.
The government will also share in the big prize, however, levying a 39.6% federal income tax on the winners - and the payout will also be subject any taxes that the winners' home states may impose.
Is this really the biggest?
The previous jackpot record was a March 2012 drawing of the US lottery Mega Millions which had a $656m (£457m) prize shared by three winners. Spain's El Gordo is the world's biggest lottery in financial terms - its prize in 2015 totalled €2.24bn ($2.43bn; £1.68 bn). But as there is no single jackpot - the same series are printed in multiple tickets - anyone who has the numbers wins a share of the prize. In Europe, the largest lottery prizes have been lower than in the US, but the jackpots are given as a lump sum rather than as an annuity and most countries do not tax the winnings. The biggest European prize was won in July 2011 by a ticketholder in the UK. That person took home a lump sum of $260m (£161.7m).
Where do Powerball profits go?
Back to the participating states. For example, New Jersey has sold more than $50m in tickets during this current jackpot craze, and lottery officials said about $20m of that would return to the state. More than 15 states use the profits to fund education. However, schools aren't expecting a huge windfall. California officials estimate the lottery money accounts for about 1% of the state's education budget. In Wisconsin, the profits go towards lowering property taxes.
How did the jackpot get so big?
No-one has won the draw since 4 November. The prize is based on ticket sales so high jackpots usually create a snowball effect until a winning combination is picked. A new format introduced in October makes these massive jackpots more likely, meaning more records could be broken in future.
Six of the 50 US states do not participate in the lottery, so some residents drive for hours to other states to buy tickets.
Alabama, Mississippi and Utah cite religious reasons, while Alaska has said it would not be economical in such a sparsely populated state.
In Hawaii, proposed legislation to start participating fails consistently, and in Nevada the lottery is rejected because the state's world-famous casinos prefer not to have competition.
Traditionally, the Lincolnshire resort is popular with tourists from the Nottingham area.
But East Lindsey District Council said it was trying to promote the town further a field.
The authority is spending £27,000 advertising the resort and other attractions in Lincolnshire using regional press and posters on buses.
The council is also investing £10,000 on two Visit England campaigns focusing on the seaside and outdoor activities.
Alison Macdonald, the council's tourism manager, said: "We are not ignoring our traditional markets in the East Midlands, we are still promoting to those customers.
"The West Midlands is a new marketing campaign based on research which showed we were receiving a high number of enquires for our visitor guide."
As well as aiming at visitors for the traditional seaside holiday, the authority is promoting local market towns along with the area's green spaces and aviation heritage.
The latest campaign follows criticism of the authority for using unflattering images of rival resorts in 2012.
The adverts, one of which showed graffiti on a wall in front of Blackpool Tower, featured the slogan "For sights you'll want to remember - visit Skegness".
They described the resort as England's cultural coast.
Skegness attracts more than four million visitors each year, generating £480m for the local economy.
Both Skegness and Blackpool featured in a TV advertising campaign to encourage Britons to take their holidays at home last year.
Eddie Jones' men achieved a series whitewash in June, but Australia have won three games on their European tour, including a dismantling of Wales.
Lynagh says they are now over a "mental and physical World Cup hangover".
"Australia are in a different place now," Lynagh told BBC Sport.
"There were a few guys [in the summer] who hadn't played Test rugby before. They are going to be more competitive than they were in Australia. It's a different team altogether."
Lynagh says fly-half Bernard Foley is an example of a player who has now regained his form having struggled earlier in the year.
"He was out of form in Super Rugby and when England toured," said Lynagh, who scored 911 points for Australia in a stellar career.
"He is a different player now. We saw against Wales how good he was then and how sparkling he was. He also has a lot of new people around him - he has got used to them and they have got used to him.
"It is a different Foley to what we have seen for most of the year."
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Meanwhile England's World Cup winning fly-half Jonny Wilkinson believes the speed of Australia's attack must be stopped if Jones' side are to prevail.
Wilkinson has worked in the England camp this year as a part-time kicking and skills coach, and was part of the side that won 14 straight matches from 2002-2003, a record England can equal this weekend.
"I have confidence in these [England] guys, but I'll be wary of an incredible [Australia] team coming this weekend," Wilkinson told BBC Sport.
"They are a team that is clearly on the move upwards, and some of the things they were doing against Ireland were as sharp and as quick as you will see in the international game right now.
"If anyone is a bit out of position it will be a long match for England, but they will be prepared and ready. It's the challenge we need."
Allegations made against Deputy Chief Constable Matthew Horne were referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) in January.
It is claimed he was physically and verbally abusive towards colleagues on three different occasions.
The IPCC's lead investigator has decided there is a case to answer.
Mr Horne will face a gross misconduct hearing in due course, the IPCC said. He is currently on secondment to the National Crime Agency.
Essex Police said it had no further comment to make before the hearing took place.
"Misconduct hearings deal with alleged gross misconduct by police officers on or off duty. They form part of the disciplinary process and are not criminal proceedings," a force spokeswoman said.
A total of 44,826 units were sold, an increase of just over 2.5% on the same period last year.
The UK as a whole saw the number of cars sold rise by 6% to 492,774, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.
March is typically a strong month for car registrations, as it is when new number plates are released.
Scottish Motor Trade Association chief executive Douglas Robertson said: "We are very pleased to see another record month for Scottish new car registrations.
"Though the increase is small, it is close to what we expected.
"Whilst fleet and business sales have increased over the last 12 months, the Scottish market remains consumer-driven and we have little doubt that the availability of PCPs and other finance options continues to drive the market."
Top Scottish sellers in March
1. Vauxhall Corsa 3,095
2 Ford Fiesta 2,471
3. Ford Focus 1,294
5. Renault Clio 1,240
5. Vauxhall Mokka 1,179
Source: SMMT
The biggest-selling car last month was the Vauxhall Corsa, followed by the Ford Fiesta and Ford Focus.
Commenting on the figures, Euan Murray of Barclays Corporate Banking said: "The UK and Scottish motor trade's winning streak continued last month in record style, with new car sales lifted by March's all-important plate change and strong demand for fleet vehicles.
"The question on everyone's mind is how long this phenomenal run can continue and whether April will be able to drive home another record month."
At its heart is a new €21bn fund that would provide loans for infrastructure projects. Mr Juncker hopes most of the rest of the money will come from private backers.
Only €16bn of the original money would come from the European Union budget.
However, critics doubt it can attract so much private investment.
There was immediate scepticism from the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) whose General Secretary, Bernadette Segol, suggested the Commission was "relying on a financial miracle like the loaves and fishes".
She said she did not believe that €315bn could be raised from €21bn, a leverage factor of 15 which the ETUC argued was "almost certainly unrealistic".
The Commission believes it could create up to 1.3 million jobs with investment in broadband, energy networks and transport infrastructure, as well as education and research.
Analysis by BBC Europe editor Gavin Hewitt
This is the new Commission's big idea. It is the EU's New Deal.
To a large extent it will be judged by its success or failure.
The markets are currently awash with money. The big test is whether they will invest in Europe where the economy is stagnating and confidence is low.
"Europe needs a kick-start and today the Commission is providing the jump leads," Mr Juncker said as he detailed his ambitious five-year plan at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
He said Europe had to face "the challenge of a generation" head-on, without a money-printing machine, and described his plan as the greatest effort in recent EU history to trigger additional investment without changing the rules.
The plan would take the burden off national governments, already facing big debts after the financial crisis. But they could contribute to the fund if they wished, and would be asked to come up with a list of projects with "high socio-economic returns" that would start between 2015 and 2017.
Illustrating the type of projects he has in mind, Mr Juncker said he had a vision of:
The Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) would create the fund's €21bn reserve, according to Mr Juncker, which would then enable the EIB to fund loans worth €63bn. Private investors would be expected to put forward the lion's share of the money, some €252bn.
Mr Juncker's speech came a day after Pope Francis addressed the same parliament, criticising an "elderly and haggard" Europe that had become less and less of a protagonist.
Initial reaction to Mr Juncker's plan came from Chancellor Angela Merkel, who told the German parliament that her government supported the package in principle, but it had to be clear to everyone where the projects were in the future.
The Commission president, who came to office at the start of November, said he could not promise how much investment would go to each country, but he argued that investment in one country could only be good for growth in another.
Structural reforms were necessary to modernise Europe's economy and fiscal responsibility was needed to restore confidence in public finance, but now investment had to be boosted as well, he said.
The start of the former Luxembourg prime minister's term as president has been overshadowed by his country's role in a tax break row.
Hundreds of multi-national firms were reportedly attracted to Luxembourg in legal tax avoidance schemes. Mr Juncker was prime minister at the time but denies wrongdoing.
Although a vote against him is due to take place at the European Parliament on Thursday, it is unlikely to attract widespread support.
After victory in the Caribbean, captain Heather Knight's England side are on the brink of clinching qualification for next summer's home World Cup as they head to Sri Lanka.
We were successful on the field, finishing with a strong win to take the series 3-2, but we also learned an awful lot as well. As a batting unit especially, scoring runs was not easy out there on slow, sticky pitches that turned inconsistently.
Sometimes it can test your mental game as much as your technical game - you know it's going to be tough and that some balls are going to spin past the bat, but you've still got to try to be positive and find a method to score.
Throughout the first four matches, there appeared to be a formula in play - win the toss, bat first, win the game - but we managed to buck the trend in the last match to register the first victory of the series for the side batting second.
That chase was anchored by a quality innings from Nat Sciver, which showed us all how far her game has matured over the past few years. We know she can play some seriously destructive shots, but the team needed her to be the rock on this occasion and that's exactly what she did.
The Caribbean isn't an easy place to tour and win, so to come away with a series victory against the current ICC Women's World Twenty20 champions is a big achievement. At times we were a bit inconsistent, but we're a young group of players who are developing all the time and there's bound to be a few bumps in the road.
Once the series finished we had an extra day in Jamaica before we flew home, so we managed to fit in a beach volleyball tournament, consisting of players, our management team, and the journos following the tour from the BBC and Sky Sports.
A bit earlier in the tour, we also played a friendly game against the West Indies team, including live commentary from the hotel staff, and encouragement from a rowdy crowd of holidaying Brits in the pool. After starting dreadfully, we clawed our way back into the match to finish with an epic victory thanks to Danni Wyatt's serves. Technically a 4-2 series win in the Caribbean then?!
The following day we headed to the airport to fly home, although former England star Lydia Greenway, who was out with BBC Test Match Special to cover the matches, nearly missed the flight trying to finish off this never-ending bowl of nachos at the airport (she didn't even get a sixth of the way through!).
It has been a quick turnaround before we venture overseas again to Abu Dhabi for a week-long training camp, before our four-match series against Sri Lanka in Colombo.
We're taking a squad of 23 to Abu Dhabi so we can have some internal games out there, meaning a number of the England Women's Senior Academy girls are joining up with the main squad.
It's a great opportunity for some of the youngsters to show what they can do, and benchmark where they are in comparison with the team.
It will also be great preparation for us before heading onto Sri Lanka, for the final round of the ICC Women's Championship (ICCWC) as after taking four points in Jamaica, we now need just one more win from the three ICCWC matches in Colombo to secure our spot in the Women's World Cup on home soil next summer.
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Excitement is already building for the World Cup next year, especially with the ICC launching a ticket ballot for the final at Lord's on 23 July for the first time. It's been great to see lots of publicity and hopefully everyone getting behind it.
Living in London, I got a slight shock on the Tube when I got back from the West Indies to see my ugly mug staring back at me on the platform in one of the adverts. A very weird experience, and my mates wouldn't let me get away without a spoof photo…
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The former The Only Way Is Essex star thanked fans for their "lovely messages" on Twitter after she rolled the car on Wednesday evening.
The 24-year-old's tweet added: "God was definitely watching down on me."
Police told Newsbeat they had been called to Woodford New Road, E18, at 22:00 BST "following reports of an over-turned car".
A spokesman added: "At this early stage it is believed that the vehicle was in collision with some traffic lights.
"There are no reported injuries at this time and enquiries are continuing."
They also said there have been no arrests.
The reality TV show star's brother tweeted: "Love my sister so much so glad she is ok."
Amy appeared first appeared in Towie in 2010.
Since leaving the show in 2011, she has gone on to launch her own boutique, clothing line and perfume.
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Essex Police asked for help in reuniting the card, containing wedding pictures and of a family holiday, with its owners after it was handed in at Clacton police station on Friday.
The post was shared almost 700 times and owner Chelsey Elliott was found 45 minutes later.
A number of users questioned Essex Police's detective work over the post.
"It should not be that hard to find the owners," wrote one Facebook user.
"A quick Google finds out who arranged the marriage in Kenya for them. Pretty sure you can ask them for contact details."
Within 10 minutes, friends and relatives of Rikki and Chelsey Elliott had realised the connection and "tagged" the rightful owners.
Some people praised the force's use of social networking in cracking the case.
"The power of Facebook being used in a good way for once. Well done all," said one man.
Mrs Elliott said she was a "very happy lady" and thanked everyone who had contacted her following the appeal.
"Many, many kind people out there. Thank you everyone," she wrote.
Scotland are on four points after four matches and sit second bottom of qualifying Group F, four points adrift of second-placed Slovenia.
Regan reckons the Scots can qualify for next year's finals in Russia, but only if they beat Slovenia at Hampden.
"That's really a must-win game for Scotland," Regan told BBC Scotland.
National coach Gordon Strachan has been boosted by the news that Celtic captain Scott Brown will be available against Slovenia.
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And Regan added: "We know how important it is to get our campaign back on track. Gordon knows it. The team knows it.
"We came out of the England game [November's 3-0 loss] very disappointed. Gordon was keen to have a friendly match to prepare for the next qualifier and we've set that up with a match at Easter Road on 22 March against Canada.
"Whilst ever there is an opportunity to qualify for the World Cup, that remains our focus.
"We still have a number of matches at home this year - we've got four home games - and we'll be trying to get as many points as we can possibly get, starting with Slovenia here at Hampden."
Scotland kicked off their qualifying campaign with a 5-1 win in Malta and a 1-1 home draw with Lithuania, before back-to-back 3-0 defeats away to Slovakia and England.
The couple tied the knot at the Oxfordshire palace on Friday.
The building, courtyards and formal gardens at the palace, classed as a World Heritage Site, had to close early ahead of the wedding.
The couple got engaged in December 2010 during a holiday on the Caribbean island of Antigua.
A notice warned visitors of the closure saying it was due to a "large private event".
"The park, the new east courtyard facility and the pleasure gardens will be open until 6.00pm as normal" it stated.
Mr Humes, 27, found fame in JLS when they came second on The X Factor in 2008. They have had five UK number one singles, including Everybody in Love.
They also performed the 2012 BBC Sport Relief song, Proud.
The Saturdays' hits include Just Can't Get Enough, a cover of the Depeche Mode song.
Miss Wiseman, 23, was previously a member of S Club Juniors.
Blenheim Palace was a gift from Queen Anne to John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, following his victory at the Battle of Blenheim in 1704.
It was also the birthplace of Winston Churchill in 1874.
Rajesh Babajee, 46, was employed in "good faith" as a law lecturer at the university's Mauritius campus in September 2015.
He was investigated by the Solicitor's Regulation Authority after 12 allegations were made against him while working as a solicitor in London.
Mr Babajee was struck off the Roll of Solicitors in May 2016 and resigned.
The tribunal, which Mr Babajee did not attend, heard he had charged an "incredible and unrealistic" fee for conveyancing work and that he had acted dishonestly in misappropriating funds.
In a statement, Aberystwyth University said: "The university was not aware of the allegations until the tribunal's judgement was published in May 2016.
"It is our understanding that the confidential allegations were made to the SRA after he had been employed by Aberystwyth University Mauritius.
"The SRA only disclose information when they publish their findings."
Proposals for The Gate shopping centre in Durham include new retail, leisure and cinema outlets and student flats.
Durham University said there was no need for extra accommodation beyond what was already planned elsewhere.
Residents' groups and the City of Durham Trust also opposed the plans, which have attracted some support.
Objections concern the location of bicycle racks, late-night noise and anti-social behaviour and the impact on the World Heritage Site.
Supporters welcomed the redevelopment of a "neglected" area and said the effect of students would be felt less by residents on this site than elsewhere.
But, in comments submitted to planners, the university said the development "would perpetuate an unbalanced residential population where one community group (in this case a temporary population of students) dominates to the exclusion of other types of resident".
The 40-year-old shopping centre went into administration two years ago and was bought by London-based developer Clearbell Capital LLP for almost £12m.
Councillors are recommended to approve the proposals at a meeting on 6 October.
Swansea Crown Court heard Geraint Evan Jones carried out a "cowardly and unprovoked" attack after being in an Aberystwyth bar for just six minutes.
The prosecution said he approached Gwynant Lewis Jones from behind before sinking his teeth into his left ear.
Mr Jones, 25, admits biting him - but insists he did not mean for the victim's ear to be torn off.
It is the defence's case that Mr Jones' ear lobe was accidentally torn off when a friend stepped in and tried to "pull" him away from the defendant.
But prosecutor Ian Wright argued he intended to carry out the attack - with jurors told the defendant was seen giving "high fives" in the street afterwards.
Mr Wright said: "The victim....was stood at the bar minding his own business when this cowardly and unprovoked attack took place.
"This defendant approached Mr Jones from behind and placed his hands on his shoulder before biting his left ear - ripping the lower section off."
Jurors heard that the attack took place at The Academy bar on 31 October, 2015.
Before the incident the complainant, from Machynlleth, had been watching the Rugby World Cup final before going to The Academy.
Giving evidence, he said: "All I can remember is being at the bar and then suddenly feeling a lot of pain.
"I leaned forward... and I think that's when my ear must have ripped off and I saw lots of blood."
The court heard the severed ear lobe was later recovered from the floor by a barman, but it was not possible to reattach it.
Mr Jones said he has since had an operation at Morriston Hospital and needs further reconstructive surgery.
He added that he had not spoken nor argued with the defendant prior to being attacked.
William Skinner, a friend of the complainant, told the court that he had stepped in to separate the two after seeing the incident unfold.
During cross-examination by defence counsel James Hartson, Mr Skinner was asked whether his intervention could have caused Mr Jones' ear to tear off.
He replied: "No....the damage had already been done by that time."
Jones, of Queen's Avenue, Aberystwyth, has pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm. He denies causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
The trial continues.
Conservative Heather Wheeler shared a graphic with a medals table split between "Rest of World", "British Empire" and "EU post-Brexit".
After congratulating Team GB, she then wrote: "Now for the Trade Agreements."
The South Derbyshire MP said the tweet was a joke in response to another total which put the EU medals together.
But the post - entitled "Empire Goes For Gold" - has been labelled "deeply offensive to so many people and their ancestors" by Labour MP for Tottenham David Lammy, while others have called it "insensitive and ignorant".
Ms Wheeler, who campaigned for Britain to leave the European Union, told the BBC it was a "tongue-in-cheek reply" which she felt was clear, adding: "My tweet says congratulations to Team GB and the Commonwealth".
When queried about the mention of the British Empire, she said: "It was clearly a joke."
Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan, who also campaigned for Brexit, tweeted in support of Ms Wheeler, saying: "This is Twitter! Any light-hearted remark will spark cretinous faux-outrage!"
The USA topped the Rio Olympics table with 46 gold medals and 121 in total, with Team GB finishing in second.
That's what some people who've been housed by councils in temporary accommodation have been telling us.
They say officials need to make sure vulnerable residents are protected.
A violent ex-offender, Matthew Williams, murdered 22-year-old Cerys Yemm in his South Wales room two weeks ago.
Police caught him reportedly engaged in an 'act of cannibalism'. He had been placed in a hotel temporarily by his local council after his release from prison.
While it isn't believed that Cerys was a victim of domestic abuse, the charity Women's Aid is concerned that too often women and children escaping domestic violence end up in these kinds of hostels or hotels.
One 27-year-old, who we are calling Sara, told us: "It really made me cry. I didn't want to stay there."
She had escaped a violent relationship and was eight months pregnant.
"The first hostel they put me in was in an old church and there were all kinds of people.
"My ex, the person I was running from, had a problem with drugs and they put me in a hostel with people with the same issue, and that really freaked me out."
Sara believes "it wasn't appropriate for a pregnant person seeing all these drunk people coming back at night".
It comes after the murder of Cerys Yemm in South Wales two weeks ago by violent ex-offender Matthew Williams.
He had been placed in a hotel temporarily by his local council after his release from prison.
Local councils are responsible for providing accommodation for homeless people.
But the Local Government Association, which represents councils, said 40% budget cuts have made it more difficult - especially for younger people.
Despite this they told us: "Councils do everything they can to protect vulnerable people from the risk of harm."
Violent ex-offender Matthew Williams was living in The Sirhowy Arms Hotel when he was found attacking Cerys.
His mother has claimed he'd stopped taking medication for paranoid schizophrenia but Mandy Miles, the woman who runs the accommodation, said she had no idea.
She also says the local council said nothing about Williams' past.
"We don't get filled with ex-offenders but when we do I ask them what they've done. I rely on them to tell me the truth."
She says if she knew about William's past she would have refused to keep him.
Others who've stayed with her include people who've lost everything in a house fire, or who've had their homes flooded, she says.
It also includes Rolly who was sent to the Sirhowy Arms Hotel to recover from heart surgery.
He'd lost his home after being made redundant.
"Some of them come in there, angry young men from prison.
"I was scared for myself sometimes."
He says he is also concerned for people, like Mandy, who offer this accommodation.
"You don't know what kind of background they've got. She could have anyone in there. They could turn on her one day."
Rolly says one fellow resident revealed that they'd just been released from serving a sentence for manslaughter.
Mandy's local authority, Caerphilly Council told Newsbeat: "B&Bs are used for short-term emergency accommodation while a permanent solution's found.
"Those running them are given relevant information about residents where appropriate."
Mandy however insists that didn't happen in the case of Matthew Williams.
She says data protection laws - designed to protect private information - are to blame for details being withheld.
She wants the system changed: "Any service provider who has taken in a prisoner needs to know their background.
"That Data Protection Act is no good to us. Not when someone has been killed."
And it seems more and more people are facing weeks, sometimes months, in these environments.
Women's Aid told Newsbeat one in six dedicated domestic violence refuges have been closed in the last ten years, due to funding cuts.
The housing charity Shelter told us the number of homeless families living in bed and breakfast (B&B) accommodation in England has almost doubled in just three years.
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Northern Irishman McIlroy, 25, will begin his campaign to complete a career Grand Slam at 15:41 BST on Thursday.
Tiger Woods, seeking a 15th major, will play the first 36 holes at Augusta National with fellow American Jimmy Walker and Wales's Jamie Donaldson.
Defending champion Bubba Watson is paired with Justin Rose and Gunn Yang.
(all players US unless stated; all times BST; a=amateur)
12:45 (Thurs), 15:52 (Fri): Charley Hoffman, Brian Harman
12:56, 16:03: Larry Mize, Danny Willett (Eng), (a) Byron Meth
13:07, 16:14: Tom Watson, Gary Woodland, Camilo Villegas (Col)
13:18, 16:25: Mike Weir (Can), Ben Crane, (a) Corey Conners (Can)
13:29, 16:36: Vijay Singh (Fij), Russell Henley, Darren Clarke (NI)
13:40, 16:47: Jose Maria Olazabal (Spa), Brendon Todd, Kevin Na (Kor)
13:51, 17:09: Jonas Blixt (Swe), Kevin Streelman, Stephen Gallacher (Sco)
14:02, 17:20: Patrick Reed, Keegan Bradley, Ian Poulter (Eng)
14:13, 17:31: Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), Lee Westwood (Eng), Anirban Lahiri (Ind)
14:24, 17:42: Bubba Watson, Justin Rose (Eng), (a) Gunn Yang (Kor)
14:35, 17:53: Adam Scott (Aus), Dustin Johnson, (a) Antonio Murdaca (Aus)
15:19, 18:26: Webb Simpson, Hideki Matsuyama (Jap), Paul Casey (Eng)
15:30, 18:37: Charl Schwartzel (SA), Joost Luiten (Ned), Sangmoon Bae (Kor)
15:41, 18:48: Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy (NI), Ryan Moore
15:52, 18:59: J. B. Holmes, Martin Kaymer (Ger), Brandt Snedeker
16:03, 12:45: Ian Woosnam (Wal), Erik Compton, Marc Leishman (Aus)
16:14, 12:56: Trevor Immelman (SA), Kevin Stadler, (a) Scott Harvey
16:25, 13:07: Ben Martin, Robert Streb, Cameron Tringale
16:36, 13:18: Sandy Lyle (Sco), Seung-Yul Noh (Kor), (a) Bradley Neil (Sco)
16:47, 13:29: Bernhard Langer (Ger), Bernd Wiesberger (Aut), Geoff Ogilvy (Aus)
17:09, 13:40: Zach Johnson, Jim Furyk, Ernie Els (SA)
17:20, 13:51: Angel Cabrera (Arg), Louis Oosthuizen (SA), (a) Matias Dominguez (Chi)
17:31, 14:02: Mark O'Meara, Chris Kirk, Shane Lowry (Ire)
17:42, 14:13: Padraig Harrington (Ire), Ryan Palmer, Thomas Bjorn (Den)
17:53, 14:24: James Hahn (Kor), Mikko Ilonen (Fin), Hunter Mahan
18:04, 14:35: Matt Kuchar, Brooks Koepka, Graeme McDowell (NI)
18:15, 14:57: Jordan Spieth, Henrik Stenson (Swe), Billy Horschel
18:26, 15:08: Fred Couples, Branden Grace (SA), Thongchai Jaidee (Thai)
18:37, 15:19: Luke Donald (Eng), Victor Dubuisson (Fra), John Senden (Aus)
18:48, 15:30: Tiger Woods, Jamie Donaldson (Wal), Jimmy Walker
18:59, 15:41: Jason Day (Aus), Sergio Garcia (Spa), Rickie Fowler
Three Labradors joined Edinburgh Napier University academics interviewing hopefuls vying for a place on a popular veterinary nursing course.
Staff said Simba, Tia and puppy Fern helped create a "tension-free" atmosphere in the recruitment room.
The dogs also allowed them to assess applicants' ability to communicate with both animals and humans.
Jodie Smith, lecturer and programme recruitment officer, said: "Having dogs present in interviews, in particular good quality Labradors, tests the aptitude of potential students for dealing with animals.
"Their presence also helps the assessors hone in on candidates' intuitive skills for working with dogs, which make up a large proportion of the patients in any veterinary practice."
It is not the first time dogs have been used in the interview process for the vet nursing course, as staff are keen to ensure students are comfortable around animals.
Simba, Tia and Fern are Red Fox Labradors which are training with the APPAWS charity to become therapy dogs for people with autism.
Ms Smith said: "Each year we have very tough competition for places on the BSc (Hons) veterinary nursing programme.
"Incorporating dogs into the selection procedure allows applicants to display their skills in an authentic setting and greatly helps the decision-making process."
Jessica Whelan's illness was brought to public attention when her father Andy published an image showing her in pain as she battled her terminal condition.
The four-year-old, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, was diagnosed with stage four neuroblastoma in September 2015.
Her death on Sunday was announced by Mr Whelan on Facebook.
Posting on the "Jessica Whelan - A fight against Neuroblastoma" page, he said: "I feel both sadness and relief in informing you all that Jessica finally found peace at seven o'clock this morning."
In a second post, he said: "Fly high my beautiful princess. Ride free on horses in heaven and enjoy being with loved ones and free from your pain.
"I will never forget you and I am honoured to call you my daughter.
"I love you more than words can convey, much more than you will ever know."
Neuroblastoma is an aggressive cancer of the nervous system.
A 'Creating happiness for Jessica' fundraising page was created on 7 October to give Jessica "as much happiness and enjoyment as possible" in the remainder of her life.
The image of her grimacing in pain as she battled her terminal condition was published on Facebook two days later, resulting in an initial £20,000 target being smashed.
By the time the page was closed earlier this month due to Jessica's deteriorating condition, it had raised £97,307.
Her family said the donations will be passed to charities that will "further research into childhood cancer".
On posting the picture, Mr Whelan said it was the "hardest photograph I have ever made... in a moment that we as parents could offer her no comfort, her pushing us away whilst she rode out this searing pain in solitude".
He said he wanted to raise awareness of the "darkness that is childhood cancer" adding: "I do not mean to offend or upset, I do mean however to educate and shock those that see it in its context."
One Direction singer Harry Styles also offered to make a recording for Jessica after seeing the photo, Mr Whelan said on Facebook.
Source: NHS Choices
The mass participation cycling event for amateurs and professionals is a legacy of the Giro d'Italia, part of which was staged in Northern Ireland in 2014.
Stormont will also provide the finish for this year's event.
Various roads will be closed on Sunday.
The race is split into two separate routes - the main one through the Mourne mountains and the other towards Strangford Lough.
The Mourne route starts at 07:00 BST, with the Strangford route beginning at 08:30 BST.
Darach McQuaid of organiser Shadetree Sports said this would be the biggest Gran Fondo in Northern Ireland to date and that it would have a truly international flavour.
It will include an octogenarian, originally from Northern Ireland, who is jetting in from the US.
"The first Gran Fondo in 2015 had around 3,000 cyclists taking part, with the second just under 4,000," Mr McQuaid said.
"This year, the start is switching from the Titanic Quarter to Stormont estate and for the first time we will have riders from the likes of Russia, India and South Africa.
"We are in double digit figures in terms of riders from the US.
"This year we have an 83-year-old travelling over from Seattle, Sam McComb.
"He is originally from Northern Ireland and he raced with my dad Jim McQuaid - a multiple Ulster champion - in the 1940s.
"John Sheehan, who I would have raced with, told Sam about the event and he is going to take part."
The Gran Fondo gives amateur riders the opportunity to rub shoulders with cycling royalty and renowned Irish road racer Stephen Roche will be among the main attractions at this year's event.
2017 has a particular resonance for the Dubliner as it marks the 30th anniversary of his triple crown triumph of the Giro d'italia, Tour de France and World Championship.
Stephen Roche's son Nicolas also competed in the Giro when part of it was staged in Northern Ireland, with Stormont featuring in a time trial.
Mr McQuaid recently attended some stages of the Giro d'italia as it celebrated its 100th birthday and he is hopeful the star-studded event will return to Northern Ireland in the future.
"I was in Sardinia and Milan recently for the 100th anniversary of the Giro d'Italia and some of the organisers still say Northern Ireland was our best start ever and that they want to come back, so hopefully they will come back at a future date," he added.
Full details, route maps, road closures and other information relating to this year's event are available on the Gran Fondo website.
The Shaymen lie bottom of the National League, 10 points adrift of Boreham Wood in 20th, following a 6-3 defeat by Braintree on Saturday.
Former Oldham Athletic manager Kelly, 36, was appointed at Halifax on 1 October and won two of his 10 games in charge in all competitions.
A club statement said a further announcement would follow shortly.
"Notwithstanding a backdrop of difficult circumstances and a short time period, it's been felt that an up-lift in performance and results has not been forthcoming - despite further first-team investment," the statement added.
Kelly's only previous managerial role was at Oldham, but he was replaced by David Dunn in September after just over four months - and nine games - in charge at Boundary Park.
Halifax conceded 37 goals in 10 games under Kelly, including seven against both Grimsby and Cheltenham.
The 21-year-old Marc VDS rider, a 750-1 outsider with bookmakers, coped best with the slippery conditions.
Honda rider Marc Marquez was second to extend his overall lead, with Britain's Scott Redding claiming the final place on the podium.
There were also first-time winners in Moto2 and Moto3 - Takaaki Nakagami and Francesco Bagnaia respectively.
Miller's victory made him the first Australian winner in MotoGP since Casey Stoner at Phillip Island in 2012, and the first rider on a non-factory bike to win since Toni Elias in Portugal a decade ago.
The treacherous conditions meant the race was red-flagged after 14 laps and restarted with only 12 remaining.
At that stage, Andrea Dovizioso was leading from Danilo Petrucci and nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi but all three soon crashed out.
Miller took advantage of the mayhem, passing Marquez with eight laps to go and maintaining a comfortable lead to the chequered flag.
He said: "It was nice just to stay on the bike.
"It was a wet-weather win, but it is great to have it under my belt and let people know that I can ride a bike."
Marquez moved 24 points ahead of Jorge Lorenzo, who took one point by finishing 10th.
"This race was all about getting points," said the Spaniard. "Second felt like a victory in these tricky conditions - 20 points will be important in the championship."
The next race takes place at Sachsenring in Germany on 17 July.
Assen MotoGP result:
1. Jack Miller (Aus) Marc VDS 22 mins 17.447 secs
2. Marc Marquez (Spa) Honda +1.991
3. Scott Redding (GB) Pramac +5.906
4. Pol Espargaro (Spa) Yamaha +9.812
5. Andrea Iannone (Ita) Ducati +17.835
6. Hector Barbera (Spa) Avintia +18.692
7. Eugene Laverty (Ire) Aspar +22.605
8. Stefan Bradl (Ger) Aprilia +23.603
9. Maverick Vinales (Spa) Suzuki +26.148
10. Jorge Lorenzo (Spa) Yamaha +27.604
Overall standings (after race 8 of 18):
1. Marc Marquez (Spa) Honda 145 points
2. Jorge Lorenzo (Spa) Yamaha 121
3. Valentino Rossi (Ita) Yamaha 103
4. Dani Pedrosa (Spa) Honda 86
5. Maverick Vinales (Spa) Suzuki 79
6. Pol Espargaro (Spa) Yamaha 72
7. Hector Barbera (Spa) Avintia 58
8. Andrea Iannone (Ita) Ducati 52
9. Aleix Espargaro (Spa) Suzuki 49
10. Eugene Laverty (Ire) Aspar 48
Ministers were recently criticised after research indicated fuel poverty levels had more than doubled since 2003.
The government intended to get rid of fuel poverty by 2016.
Councils and housing associations will receive a share of £9m to make it easier for tenants to heat their homes.
Housing Minister Kevin Stewart said a further £1m was being made available to provide interest-free loans to help people make their home more energy efficient.
Work is also being carried out to develop Scotland's Energy Efficiency Programme (Seep), with 11 pilot projects being set up to test different ways of saving energy.
Researchers recently found fuel poverty, currently defined as households spending 10% of income on heating, affected about 35% of Scottish homes.
The level has remained steady since 2009.
Mr Stewart said: "Everyone deserves a safe and warm place to call home. And that is why tackling fuel poverty is a priority, for me and for this government.
"I'm delighted that this week a further £9m is going out to councils and social housing associations to ensure some of Scotland's most vulnerable households are able to heat their homes. This means we are spending £113m this year alone tackling fuel poverty directly.
"I am also pleased to be announcing a further £1m investment in our interest-free loan scheme which will increase the number of people able to access help to install energy efficiency measures."
He added: "Over the next four years we are making half a billion pounds available to tackle fuel poverty and improve energy efficiency. This means, by the end of 2021, we will have committed more than £1bn to making our homes and buildings warmer and cheaper to heat."
The Scottish government plans to commission an independent academic review to consider narrowing the definition of fuel poverty and setting a new target, following a report by the Scottish Fuel Poverty Strategic Working Group which found the existing definition was "too broad".
"It is absolutely vital we make sure the action we are taking makes a difference to those who need it most," Mr Stewart said.
He made the announcement at the Energy Action Scotland's Fuel Poverty Matters national conference in Clydebank.
Liberal Democrat energy spokesman Liam McArthur said: "With around 850,000 households estimated to be in fuel poverty, the scale of the challenge we face in tackling this problem is significant.
"Any funding to help meet that challenge is welcome, but today's announcement seems like a patch-up job after ministers raided the fuel poverty budget to the tune of £16m earlier in the year.
"Families across Scotland, particularly in rural and island communities, have not forgotten that cash grab. They will rightly question whether the minister is showing anything like the necessary ambition or investment to address the problem."
Green housing spokesman Andy Wightman said: "All parties in the current parliament made election commitments to warm homes, so ministers must seize this opportunity to bring forward bold legislation to start to end fuel poverty, particularly in rural areas."
Norman Kerr, director of Energy Action Scotland, said: "Our network has a wealth of knowledge and experience about what is happening on the ground in order to turn cold, damp houses into warm, dry homes.
"This conference aims to help support plans for ending the blight of fuel poverty in Scotland."
Opposition politicians and housing charities had criticised the government's "unacceptable" performance on fuel poverty and called for increased action, while Labour said the SNP had "failed to get a grip" on the issue.
The worker plunged 9.5m from a scaffold tower while cleaning a former lift shaft at South Kentish Town station, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) said.
Its investigation found the transport authority failed to properly plan, manage and supervise the work that was being carried out in September 2014.
LU said it acted quickly to investigate the cause and take action.
The ORR report comes after LU pleaded guilty to a charge under the Health and Safety at Work Act at Blackfriars Crown Court on 7 October this year.
At a hearing on Friday, it was ordered to pay the £500,000 plus £50,000 in costs.
The maintenance worker suffered numerous injuries and spent 10 days in hospital following the fall.
ORR inspectors found the scaffold was incorrectly assembled and its stability had not been assessed.
Procedures which may have prevented the fall were in place, but were not implemented or followed, it said.
Keith Atkinson, HM Principal Inspector of Railways, said: "London Underground has a good safety record, but this incident highlights why there can be no room for complacency.
"Safety remains a top priority for the rail regulator. We will always take action against companies or individuals where failings are found."
London Underground fully addressed issues relating to safe access into the former lift shaft and the incorrectly assembled scaffold following the incident.
A Transport for London (TfL) spokesman said: "This was clearly a serious incident involving one of our employees and we acted quickly to investigate the causes and take action to ensure that it does not happen again."
The station was opened in 1907 but closed in 1924 as not many people used it.
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NHS England said people were not told their call was going into a queue during the changes made by South East Coast Ambulance Service (Secamb).
Patients thought an ambulance was on its way when this was not true.
Secamb has apologised and admitted proper processes were not followed during a time of "high patient demand".
Last week it was revealed Secamb was being investigated over the pilot project in which the trust decided to transfer certain 111 calls to the 999 system, thus gaining up to 10 additional minutes to assess patients' conditions.
As part of the pilot scheme from December 2014 to February, the trust transferred some calls between systems to reassess what type of advice or treatment patients needed and whether an ambulance was really required.
The NHS England report said pressure and demand on all ambulance trusts across England last winter was unprecedented.
It said Secamb introduced its pilot project because it was concerned about its ability to provide a safe service to patients with life-threatening illness and those who were severely ill.
But the report said:
Frances Russell, chair of patient's organisation Healthwatch West Sussex, said the cause of the "incredible" demand for services last Christmas and New Year led to the changes being made.
"I don't think anyone has got to the root cause," she said.
"I think its a whole range of issues and clearly poor decision making processes as well."
NHS England has made a series of recommendations following its investigation, including that there must be complete transparency within Secamb.
A spokesman for NHS England said: "The report makes clear that this project was initiated entirely within South East Coast Ambulance Service and resulted in changes to the handling of calls within the 999 service, not the 111 service.
"The regulator, Monitor, will oversee the next steps with the trust."
The Patients Association called for an independent investigation into "this serious failure of care".
"This is a whitewash and a major scandal," said chief executive Katherine Murphy.
"There has been is no accountability, no transparency in the investigation and absolutely no assurance for the safety of the public."
Secamb said in a statement: "We fully accept the recommendations in the NHS England report and have already started to act upon them, for example, by improving how we manage necessary change within the trust.
"We will continue to work closely with Monitor and NHS England through the review process to establish all the facts."
Secamb covers Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Brighton and north-east Hampshire.
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The 40-year-old Scot, alongside double sculls partner Vicky Thornley, now has a fourth silver to add to the gold she won in London 2012, making her Great Britain's most decorated female Olympian.
Yet she admits that "over the last year we have been through the mill a few times".
Having finally won gold in London at her fourth attempt, Grainger took two years away from the sport to study for her Phd, but then decided that the temptation of Rio was too strong.
Add in falling out with 28-year-old Thornley, which led to the disbanding of their boat; accusations their coach Paul Thompson was a "bully"; plus a failed quest to make the women's eight crew, and it sounded like a tale which would end bitterly.
But Grainger has once again shown her resilience and can now walk away from the sport safe in the knowledge that her comeback was justified after a result which very few saw coming.
Former double Olympic champion James Cracknell describes the build-up for Grainger and Thornley as "fractious", to the extent that 84 days before the start of the Olympics everyone concerned gave up.
After failing to make the podium at the European Championships in May, stories emerged that the pair were not getting on.
Thornley's boyfriend Rick Egington - who won Olympic silver in 2008 and bronze at London 2012 - accused their coach Thompson of "mismanaging the boat" and the Australian wasn't helped by bullying accusations, admitting while in Rio that he's "not the sweetest drink in the cabinet".
The whole situation was a mess so British Rowing decided to cut their losses by dissolving the partnership. At that point, Grainger's Olympic dream seemed doomed.
Sir Steve Redgrave was among those to suggest that they would be better off trying to make the women's eight go faster, but that failed too.
Having taken part in a race-off on the same week that the GB rowing team was announced, they could not beat the times of the existing crew and their names were omitted from the list of those heading to Rio.
Grainger admitted it was her lowest point. "Two months from Olympics, that's certainly not where you want to be," she said. "It was hard to see how to get through it."
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With only one option left and 60 days until Rio, Grainger and Thornley decided to bury their differences and reform the boat.
"When the press are doubting you, British Rowing are doubting you and when you doubt yourself, that's when you find resilience," said Cracknell, who won golds in the men's four in 2000 and 2004.
"I'm sure they will say there were times where they didn't row for each other, but with 60 days to go, it doesn't matter if they never talk to each other again, just do it for the short term."
After her triumph at Lagoa, Grainger admitted: "It simplified everything. It was the two of us and our coach on a mission to get to the Olympics. And I'm really proud of what we achieved in a short space of time."
The early signs were promising, according to Cracknell, who said a fifth place in the World Cup in June was "not bad" given they had raced so little together. But as the Olympics neared, 2004 bronze medallist Sarah Winckless says she could tell that they were on an upward curve and predicted a podium finish.
The first sign that it was possible came in the semi-final in Rio, where seemingly from nowhere Grainger and Thornley were fourth fastest overall, albeit by 0.01 seconds.
"The battle for Katherine and Vicky coming into the regatta was to make the final," Cracknell said. "After the heats, you would have said the same thing, but after the semis everything changed. I thought 'we could be on for a medal here'."
As it turned out, he was right. Cracknell says Grainger's experience played its part in rowing a textbook race. Despite being caught with 200m remaining by the Polish crew, Cracknell insists "they didn't lose gold, they won a silver medal".
He added: "The Olympics is all about performing on that one day in four years and it doesn't matter what you do in the 1,460 days before then. Katharine has shown she has Olympic medal form, and they had their two best races of the year in the Olympics.
"That is down to experience, self-belief and trusting each other."
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After finally achieving gold in London 2012 after three previous attempts, it is perhaps easy to dismiss the Scot's achievement four years later.
But given the toil she has been through, the risks she has taken and the trauma she has put her family through again, Grainger rates this more highly.
"I don't think anything could eclipse London because of everything that surrounded it," she said.
"But I remember at the start of this campaign feeling that if I could come out with anything, a medal of any kind, it would probably be my greatest achievement.
"There were many, many dark days if I am honest where I couldn't see this happening so to be standing here, finally, in the Rio sunshine with a big medal around our necks, has made it all worthwhile."
Comparing where Grainger now sits in the pantheon of British Olympic greats seems a fruitless task.
Cracknell, 44, would rather concentrate on the way she has achieved her milestone.
"Katherine proved the hunger was there," he said. "I thought she left herself too much to find the top level again, but she has proved me and everyone wrong and I'm so pleased for her.
"She was part of the first female crew to get a rowing medal in Sydney, and she backed that up in Athens, Beijing and London, so this was looking like it might be the first Olympics where that might not happen.
"Very few people who come to an Olympic Games walk away with a medal, but she's been at five and won a medal every time. The fact she has done it at 40... I would like to think that I could have done that, but I haven't and neither has Steve Redgrave."
According to her friend Winckless, performing in Rio was Grainger's "calling".
"It was brave to take on a new project after London and it would have been easier for a lesser person to say they were closing the account there.
"But this is a beautiful lake here, it was calling to Katherine and she has proved everyone who believed in her right."
The £550m 68,000-seater stadium in St Petersburg has a retractable playing surface which world football's governing body says is unstable.
It added: "Engineers will propose a solution to ensure a stable field."
The issue is that the field rolls into the venue on an unstable base and needs to be strengthened
The Krestovsky Stadium, which will become the home of Zenit St Petersburg, will host a World Cup semi-final and 2017 Confederations Cup games.
Russia's deputy prime minister Vitaly Mutko said: "The issue is that the field rolls into the venue on an unstable base and needs to be strengthened."
He said the problem was "nothing unusual" and the stadium would still meet its completion date next month.
Russia MP and former USSR player Valery Gazzaev added: "If the pitch is unsuited to holding such major events, then why has it been built?"
Russian opposition blogger Rustem Adagamov wrote on Twitter: "Just what we need, to spend 10 years building a stadium, spend half a billion dollars, and build a pitch you can't play on. Awesome."
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The infant, still with its umbilical cord attached, was found by a member of the public in Marston, Oxford, on 29 February.
Thames Valley Police has still not traced her mother and have continued to urge her to come forward over concerns for her health.
The baby was discovered with no signs of injury in bushes on Edgeway Road.
A police spokesman added it was not believed the baby, who weighed 8lbs, was born there.
A funeral will be held for the child, but a date has not yet been announced.
And cats, it turns out, even have chemical warfare in their anti-mouse arsenal - contained in their urine.
Researchers found that when very young mice were exposed to a chemical in cat urine, they were less likely to avoid the scent of cats later in life.
The findings were presented at the Society for Experimental Biology's annual meeting in Prague.
The researchers, from the AN Severtov Institute of Ecology and Evolution in Moscow, had previously found that the compound - aptly named felinine - causes pregnant mice to abort.
Dr Vera Voznessenskaya explained that mice have a physiological response to this cat-specific compound.
Chemical-sensing mouse neurons in the mouse's brain pick up the scent, triggering a reaction which includes an increase in the levels of stress hormones.
"It's something that has existed in cats and mice for thousands of years," said Dr Voznessenskaya.
This new study revealed that baby mice exposed to the compound during a "critical period" in their development would, as adults, react quite differently to their arch enemy's smell.
The team exposed one-month-old mice to the chemical over two weeks. When they were tested later for their reaction, they were much less likely to flee the same scent.
"Their physical sensitivity [to the chemical] was actually actually much higher," Dr Voznessenskaya explained. "More of their receptors detect the compound and they produce higher levels of stress hormone."
Despite this though, mice raised around the unmistakable scent of cat pee are less inclined to show signs of fear, or to flee when they sniff it out.
"You get a higher response, but less behaviour," said Dr Voznessenskaya, "and habituating like this is probably useful for the mice; they can't run away, because they need to live around humans and food. And cats [also] live around humans."
As for the cats: "They seem to be able to keep the number of mice around that they need," she added.
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Mrs Clinton cast him as an idealist who will not get things done and Mr Sanders accused her of being too tied to the establishment to achieve real change.
The TV debate in New Hampshire was their first since the Democratic race was whittled down to two this week.
Without a third person on stage, the policy differences were laid bare.
The former secretary of state said Bernie Sanders' proposals such as universal healthcare were too costly and unachievable.
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And she went after her rival aggressively over his attempts to portray her as being in the pocket of Wall Street because of the campaign donations and the fees she had received for after-dinner speeches.
"It's time to end the very artful smear that you and your campaign have been carrying out," she said.
Mr Sanders, a senator of Vermont, used a favourite attack line against her, that she backed the Iraq War, but she questioned his foreign policy expertise.
The debate comes five days before the second state-by-state contest in the battle for the presidential nominee, in New Hampshire on Tuesday.
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When in doubt, say you're with Barack Obama. It was telling in this last debate before the New Hampshire primary that both candidates, when forced to defend themselves on grounds where they felt vulnerable, turned to Barack Obama for protection.
Early in the debate, when pressed by the Vermont senator on her ties to Wall Street, Mrs Clinton noted that Mr Obama had taken donations from the financial industry and still passed comprehensive reform. He did it because he was a "responsible president," she said.
Later in the evening, Mr Sanders was pressed on his foreign policy views and willingness to normalise relations with Iran. He noted that he agreed with Mr Obama on the issue, despite Mrs Clinton criticising the then-senator in 2008 for being "naive".
The Democratic president is still overwhelmingly popular among Democrats - and he proved to be a reassuring refuge.
But if this, in fact, revealed where the candidates were weakest, that can only be good news for Mr Sanders. Polls overwhelmingly show Democrats are much more concerned about the economy than they are about international affairs.
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Despite the tensions over policies, the debate ended on a warm note, when Mrs Clinton said the first person she would call would be Mr Sanders, if she won the nomination.
The debate was their first without the presence of the former governor of Maryland, Martin O'Malley, who quit the race on Monday night.
He was a distant third in the first state to vote, Iowa, where Mrs Clinton narrowly beat Mr Sanders after a prolonged count.
Mr Sanders holds a big lead in polls in New Hampshire, which borders the state where he is a senator, Vermont.
Both Republican and Democratic parties will formally name their presidential candidates at conventions in July.
Americans will finally go to the polls to choose the new occupant of the White House in November.
The winner of the Democratic contest will likely face one of Ted Cruz, Donald Trump or Marco Rubio, who finished in that order in the Iowa primaries.
The couple - aged 59 and 56 - were reported missing on Sunday after failing to return from a walk with their dog.
Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team searched the Cairngorm Plateau overnight in freezing temperatures and deep snow.
They were found with their black Collie at around 12:00 and they were walked to safety.
Mountain rescue team leader Willie Anderson said the couple spent the night in a bivvy bag - a move that "saved their lives".
He said: "They misjudged how long their walk would take them yesterday and then the cloud closed in and it started snowing.
"They were a bit disorientated but at least they had a bivvy bag to shelter them. That probably saved their lives."
Mr Anderson said rescuers walked the couple to a track vehicle which took them to the funicular railway.
They are to be checked over by medics but Mr Anderson said they were safe and well.
The couple are believed to be from England and had been staying in the Glenmore area.
Conditions in the area have been described by Cairngorm MRT as "Arctic".
John Mappin from Cornwall said he knew two years ago Trump would win the US election.
He said he placed 35 bets over the course of the last eighteen months staking around £20,000.
The businessman says he only made his original bet so people would believe him when he said he knew it would be a Trump victory.
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The odds of Donald Trump becoming President were 33-1 when Mr Mappin, 51, owner of Camelot Castle at Tintagel placed his first bet.
The businessman from Tintagel who said he had never gambled before claimed he was "absolutely certain" that Trump was going to win and "never wavered from that position".
He is yet to receive his winnings but expects to take home around £110,000.
Ashrita Furman has set more than 600 official Guinness records since 1979 and currently holds more than 200.
They include holding the world record for holding the most world records.
The New Yorker's latest stunt took place at the National Botanic Garden of Wales, in Llanarthne.
He beat the previous 20m (65ft) record of walking while balancing a running lawnmower on his chin, with a distance of 48.85m (160ft).
Mr Furman's other world records include:
Nearby, another world record was broken at a May Day event for the most people throwing wellington boots simultaneously.
The previous record of 431 was beaten with a total of 636.
Both attempts will be verified by Guinness World Records before they become official.
Mark Reckless said under existing law the charge can only continue until approximately £80m has been collected once the bridges return to public ownership.
He said the Welsh Government should consider a court challenge.
The UK government, which plans to cut the toll, said it was determined to make the right decisions for Britain.
Ministers announced plans last week for the Severn tolls to be reduced to £3 for cars and other small vehicles.
The Welsh Government and all parties in the assembly, including UKIP, think the toll should be abolished.
The UK government wants continued charging to fund the operation and maintenance of the crossings, and to repay debt associated with them, once they return to public ownership in around 2017-18.
The UKIP regional AM for south Wales east said: "Severn bridges are going to come back to the public sector at the end of this year.
"After that, the Severn Bridges Act says that the UK government can only toll for a certain further sum, about £80m."
He said that is likely to be raised by the end of 2019.
"Unless the UK government passes a new act of parliament in Westminster or amends the Severn Bridges Act, my argument is that any charging scheme that leads to a toll continuing after the sum allowed has been raised would be illegal," Mr Reckless added.
Mr Reckless said: "Ultimately if the UK government won't respect this assembly and won't respect the strong legal arguments that we have on our powers, then ultimately the Welsh Government should take them to court".
In the Senedd earlier this week Mr Reckless also questioned how the tolling plaza, which is near Rogiet, could continue to be used given its location is in Wales and that transport policy for charges on trunk roads is devolved.
He also cited the consultation document from the UK government on the proposed cut in toll, which says the charge will only relate to the roads on the crossings that are in England: most of the M48 Severn Bridge and around half of the M4 Second Severn Crossings.
Newport West Labour MP Paul Flynn has also questioned the legality of new tolls on the crossings in an early day motion in Parliament.
Calling for "toll-free crossings", Mr Flynn said the bridges should "not be used unfairly as cash cows".
Economy Secretary Ken Skates, who has agreed to meet Mr Reckless to discuss the legality of the situation, told AMs that he was "baffled... by the rationale that's being given" for the charge to continue to be levied given that debt on the Humber crossing has been written off.
But he told AMs: "We don't think there's any reason to consider that this is not legally possible".
A spokeswoman for the UK government's Department for Transport said: "The Government is determined to make the right decisions for Britain's future and reducing the tolls on the Severn Crossings will cut costs for businesses helping boost jobs and trade in Wales and across the south west."
Cambridgeshire Police are examining the circumstances surrounding the death during an event held by the Fitzwilliam Hunt, which is based near Peterborough.
The force said it was alerted to the death when the hunt reached Elton, at about 14:00 GMT.
It is now working to establish if a crime was committed under the 2004 Hunting Act.
Hunting foxes with dogs is illegal and those found guilty can be jailed and fined up to £5,000 for hunting illegally or up to £20,000 for causing unnecessary suffering to an animal.
However, the killing of foxes is allowed in England and Wales for pest control purposes as long as the fox is shot and a maximum of two dogs are used.
"An investigation has been launched to establish whether the killing was lawful or not, and we have been speaking with a number of independent witnesses, as well as participants of the hunt and the saboteurs," Sgt Dave Walker said.
"We are taking this matter seriously and will conduct a thorough investigation to establish whether a crime has been committed."
The Hunt Saboteurs Association said its members had filmed the hunt and presented its footage to Cambridgeshire Police.
It claims the fox was disembowelled and pronounced dead shortly after the alleged incident close to the River Nene.
Spokesman Lee Moon said: "We look forward to a robust investigation by Cambridgeshire Police."
Mark Randell, director of operations at the League Against Cruel Sports, said the case could be an indication of a wider problem within hunting.
"We don't know the full details of this case, but this is a familiar story and people can make their own minds up as to whether or not it was a coincidence.
"We would like to see the Hunting Act tightened up a bit so that the law can more consistently catch up with people when they break it."
The Fitzwilliam Hunt is thought to be at least 250 years old and hunts two days a week in the main season.
A spokesman said: "The Fitzwilliam (Milton) Hunt is aware of the press and other interest in an incident alleged to have occurred on 1 January 2016.
"It is not considered appropriate for the hunt to comment further given that Cambridgeshire Police has stated its intention to conduct an investigation."
David Hoyle, of Idle Road in Bradford, hit Rebecca Bamber, 43, with wine bottles at her Widnes home in June then repeatedly stabbed her as she fled.
Chester Crown Court heard Hoyle left the scene calmly after the attack and smiled at a neighbour who was calling 999 while trying to help Ms Bamber.
Hoyle, 39, was given a life sentence and will serve at least 25 years.
Hoyle, who previously had a 15-year relationship with Ms Bamber, contacted her in May through the social networking site.
After they spent the night together at her Mersey Road home, he attacked her.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Ms Bamber's neighbour raised the alarm after hearing screams coming from her house.
He saw the 43-year-old at her window, covered in blood and mouthing "phone the police".
The neighbour called 999 and went to the back of her house, where he found Hoyle in the garden standing over Ms Bamber with a knife.
He rushed back to his own house to find something to defend himself with but, when he returned, Hoyle had gone.
He then saw Hoyle drive away in his van, who then "chillingly" smiled at him, the CPS said.
The court was shown CCTV footage of the scene, which showed Hoyle leaving calmly while Ms Bamber's neighbour was on the phone to the emergency services.
A recording of the 999 call was also played to the jury, in which the man can be heard trying to comfort Ms Bamber, saying: "It's all right Becky, I'm here, the police are on their way, it's all right darling, stay awake."
Police caught up with Hoyle near Runcorn Bridge, but he rammed their vehicles and escaped on to the M56, where he was again stopped before being Tasered.
Following his arrest, Hoyle made no comment at interview. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter, but the CPS insisted he be tried for murder.
Speaking after sentencing on Wednesday, prosecutor Richard Riley said Hoyle's claim that he had not meant to kill Ms Bamber was "ridiculous".
"Hoyle subjected Ms Bamber to a brutal and sustained attack and clearly intended to do her really serious harm.
"She'd been stabbed 11 times with two different knives and three broken bottles."
He thanked the neighbour "for the courage he showed throughout this dreadful incident".
"His 999 call was the key to putting a very dangerous man behind bars," he said.
Det Insp Helen Spooner from Cheshire Police led the investigation. She said Hoyle had "shown no remorse".
"We will probably never know the real reason behind Hoyle???s actions that day ??? only he knows why he subjected Rebecca to such a brutal attack in her own home," she added.
Ms Bamber's family issued a statement after the sentencing, saying: "We still find it difficult to believe that Rebecca has been taken from us in such a cruel and violent way. Not only has a mother been taken, but a sister and daughter too.
"It is difficult for us all to come to terms with what actually happened but, as a family, we hope that the conclusion of this court case will allow us some closure as we try to rebuild our lives and move forward."
Reggie Nunkoo, 41, was paid £1,650 by the Sun and Daily Mirror for stories including one on singer George Michael.
The Londoner admitted conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office.
Ex-Met Police call handler Rosemary Collier, 40, from Devon, was given a four-month sentence suspended for 12 months for misconduct in public office.
She had also pleaded guilty to the offence.
Both were prosecuted as part of Operation Elveden - the Met Police investigation into alleged inappropriate payments to police and public officials by journalists.
The court heard how Nunkoo, of Walthamstow, worked at London's HMP Pentonville when he was paid £600 by the Mirror for information he gave to reporter Graham Brough about Jade Goody's widow, Jack Tweed.
The information resulted in a story about Mr Tweed being placed on suicide watch and a prison break in 2009, the court heard.
Nunkoo went on to approach the Sun and handed journalist Neil Millard details about Mr Michael "crying in his cell", after the singer had been jailed in 2010 for crashing his car while under the influence of cannabis.
He was also paid in 2011 for a Sun article headlined, "Acid thug hid drugs in his cell", about Daniel Lynch, who was convicted of arranging an acid attack on TV presenter Katie Piper.
In mitigation, Jonathan Page said the information Nunkoo handed over was "more salacious gossip that anything that undermines security".
The offences were committed against the backdrop of a "a marriage in crisis", he said, adding that Nunkoo's wife had demanded "a better lifestyle" than he could provide on his wages.
However, the Common Serjeant of London, Judge Richard Marks QC, said his conduct had amounted to a "flagrant breach" of the terms of his employment and a "gross breach of trust".
The judge also heard how Collier, who worked at the Met's central communications command in east London, had been paid £700 for information about a confidential police briefing note about potential terrorist attacks.
It led to a story in the Sun headlined "Mumbai Raid Fear for Xmas Shoppers", the court heard.
Both journalists, Mr Millard, 33, of south Croydon, and Mr Brough, 54, of south-west London, were cleared of conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office following a trial last month at the Old Bailey.
Mr Brough said he did not believe Nunkoo was a prison officer at the time and he only give him "limited information" for his stories.
Det Ch Supt Gordon Briggs - who is leading Operation Elveden - said both Nunkoo and Collier had leaked confidential information to journalists "for their own private financial gain".
"When public officials act in this way, they betray the trust placed in them and undermine public confidence, their dishonest actions harm the public interest and merit criminal sanction," he said.
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean is a densely-packed district where unemployment is high and disengagement rife. Children play on green open spaces framed by graffitied walls, and behind the colourful shop facades there are pockets of poverty.
The population is transient, but some families have settled; mothers with buggies are a familiar sight. Within its melting pot of cultures there's a large Muslim community.
The recent Paris attacks have thrust Molenbeek into the international spotlight. Belgian authorities carried out a series of raids searching for key suspects believed to have lived in the area. Two people arrested have been charged with terrorist offences.
It's led to Molenbeek being widely labelled as a jihadi haven, but for some residents that's an unfair description.
Restaurant owner Derdabi Nabil said his regular customers came from more than 30 different countries but live in harmony in this corner of Brussels.
He was working on the day of the first police raids in connection with the Paris attacks.
"There were lots of police and lots of weapons," he said. "It was the first time we've seen anything like that.
"There is not usually any problem here. There is no problem here."
But Molenbeek has a history of connections with cases of extremism. It was searched as part of anti-terror operations that were carried out in Belgium in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks.
A suspect in a thwarted attack on a high-speed train from Belgium to France was reported to have stayed at his sister's house in Molenbeek, and a Frenchman accused of shooting dead four people last year at the Jewish Museum in Brussels also spent time in the area, according to Reuters news agency.
"Molenbeek is a strange part of the town," Brussels-based intelligence expert Claude Moniquet said.
"It has a very mixed population with thousands of immigrants, approximately half are of Muslim descent and in some parts 70-80%.
"That means no mixing population and the possibility of a place to hide for terrorists."
Some argue that Molenbeek has fallen between the cracks of long-term political divisions that dominate Brussels.
Belgium's Interior Minister Jan Jambon admitted a high proportion of those who have left Belgium to join Islamist groups came from the area, and recently vowed to "clean it up".
"The number of people going to Syria has gone down," he said. "But those who go, still come from Molenbeek and Brussels."
But some are angered by labels like "hotbed of extremism" which they see as an exaggeration.
For many, Molenbeek is home despite its problems, and they don't want the actions of a few to permanently taint an entire community.
Jonathan Rouse was convicted of five historical sexual offences at Warwick Crown Court in November.
His original two-year prison sentence suspended for two years was "unduly lenient", said Solicitor General Robert Buckland QC MP.
Rouse, of Leamington Spa, was sentenced to three years' immediate custody.
He had been found guilty of raping a girl between October 1980 and January 1984.
Rouse, of Heathcote Road, Whitnash, was also convicted of four indecent assaults on another girl in 1980 and 1981.
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According to some, the remote location of the building known as Casa Winter is not explained by its fine views over a landscape that now forms part of Jandia natural park, but something far more sinister: the presence of Nazis in the Canary Islands during World War Two.
"There is so much to investigate here, but no-one is helping me," says an exasperated Pedro Fumero, the current occupant of Casa Winter who believes he may be sleeping on top of a secret base or hideaway designed for use by the Nazis.
The 48-year-old former taxi driver, whose grandfather helped to build the house and later lived in it, moved into the building in 2012, having found out that his two uncles and an aunt were inhabiting the place in poor health and squalid conditions.
The family is facing an eviction order after a hotel company bought the property from the descendants of Gustav Winter, a German engineer whose unusual wartime activities on Fuerteventura attracted the attention of Allied spies.
Winter, who was born in the Black Forest region in 1893 and moved to the Canary Islands in 1925, was one of 104 German residents in Spain whom Allies requested be repatriated to Germany at the end of WW2 to face accusations of being Nazi agents.
A 1947 document on these Nazi suspects from the Madrid bureau chief of the US Office of Strategic Services, a precursor of the CIA, describes Winter as a radio operator and military operator.
Like other Germans on the list of suspected Nazis whom the Allies had wanted to question and put on trial after the war, Winter was not handed over by the Spanish authorities. He died in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in 1971.
"I am sure Gustav Winter was provisioning German submarines," states Mr Fumero, citing wartime reports and some of his own findings, such as a battery he says is from a U-boat and that he found in the property.
"Why would you build a tower like this on top of what is essentially a bunker? This was never a house meant for enjoyment," says Mr Fumero, standing inside the turret-like construction that dominates the upper level of Casa Winter, equipped with an unusually large fuse box.
Could the tower have been used for communications? Or even as a kind of lighthouse, sending messages through electric flashes? Local historians mostly conclude that Cofete's beach would have been unsuitable for naval use due to its shallow approach, but also point out that the natural harbour of Ajuy, 20 miles (32km) along Fuerteventura's remote east coast, could have been used by submarines or other large craft.
The biggest spaces inside the building are in the solid basement, whose walls are almost 2m (6ft 7in) thick. Several rooms have no windows, including one tunnel-like space which runs the length of the house with just a small window at one end. Mr Fumero speculates that such spaces could have been used for concealing people - with or without their consent - but admits that he cannot be sure who or when.
Local documents date the house as being built in 1946, but Mr Fumero claims the "bunker" or base of the building was there much earlier, pointing to papers he believes show that Winter had bought out the previous Spanish landowner and acquired the entire Jandia peninsula shortly after General Franco had become Spain's dictatorial ruler in 1939.
Under Franco, Spain declared itself to be strictly neutral at the outbreak of WW2, but supplied minerals, volunteer soldiers and, in places such as the Canary Islands, logistical support to Nazi forces.
The "U-boat peril", as Winston Churchill described German submarine power, was a huge threat to Britain's survival during the early stages of World War Two.
U-boats, supplemented by mines, aircraft and surface ships, succeeded in sinking three million tons of Allied shipping between the fall of France in June 1940 and the end of that year.
At the outbreak of WW2 in 1939, Spain was a broken country after the conclusion of its three-year civil war. General Francisco Franco wished to avoid dragging Spain into WW2, but his regime owed a large debt of gratitude, in material and other terms, to fascist Germany and Italy.
Spain was officially neutral, but unofficially on the Axis powers' side. And Spanish ports became important refuelling and provisioning sites for roving U-boats between 1940 and 1942.
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Alberto Vazquez-Figueroa, a writer from the Canary Islands in whose novel Fuerteventura Casa Winter is fictionalised as a kind of Nazi pleasure palace, says that islanders were kept out of the southern peninsula until the 1950s, when the Franco regime finally removed a fence which crossed the spit of land from coast to coast. "Word was that Franco had ceded that part of the island to the Germans and they had built a small airstrip there."
Winter built an airstrip in the barren, rock-strewn stretch of land between Cofete beach and his curious mansion, the remains of which are still evident to walkers and whose parallel lines of stones are visible in Google satellite pictures of the coast.
"I was told by one of his sons that it was because Winter's wife had a difficult birth experience, so he decided that planes should get access," says Juan Jose Diaz Benitez, a history lecturer at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, who has researched the story.
Dr Diaz Benitez believes that Winter used connections with the Nazi authorities in the 1930s to secure investment for the building of the harbour at Morro Jable and a plan to electrify the island of Fuerteventura and build a cement factory. Diaz Benitez cites a wartime letter from a German official to Luftwaffe chief Hermann Goering "complaining that it was rumoured in the Canaries that one Gustavo Winter was supplying fuel to German submarines, and that this was attracting the attention of enemy spies".
"The only thing proven by German documents is the subsidies he got for economic plans for island of Fuerteventura," Dr Diaz Benitez argues.
The presence of German submarines in the Canaries archipelago during the conflict is an established historical fact.
Dr Diaz Benitez says that besides the frequent use of local ports by tanker ships that would rendezvous with U-boats at distant, secret locations, German submarines docked at Las Palmas six times between May and July of 1941, prompting an official complaint by an exasperated British consul on the island of Gran Canaria.
For now, Mr Fumero's worries relate to the future of the house. But Lopesan, the company that now owns Casa Winter, told the BBC that it did not intend to develop the site as a resort, but rather "turn it into an interpretation centre".
"There are signs that this may have been a historically important and strategic site. We won't be developing the area around the house, but only restoring the building," Lopesan said.
Mr Fumero believes there is more to come from below the surface, literally. He says that he has asked a ground-penetrating radar company to prospect below Casa Winter, which he believes stands on a natural cave, a volcanic fissure which could be connected via a tunnel to the sea.
"It's not comfortable living out here. I left my family on Tenerife; I had a partner, but she couldn't take this remoteness. But now I am on a mission to uncover the truth about the house," he says.
A typical consumer bill currently includes £17.25 a year for renewables support.
The report by the Department of Enterprise says this could increase to more than £50 a year by 2020.
That is because of a UK-wide change in the subsidy system.
Until now, it has disproportionately benefited Northern Ireland.
The report also warns that the Stormont Executive's target of having 40% of electricity generation from renewables by 2020 could be "unachievable."
That is also related to the major change in how renewable energy projects, like wind and solar energy, are subsidised.
Around 20% of electricity in Northern Ireland is now generated from renewable sources.
Under the current system all renewable energy projects are guaranteed a subsidy.
That system is ending in 2017, to be replaced by one in which there is UK-wide competition for subsidy payments.
Renewable development will take place within the UK wherever it is most economic.
There will therefore be no guarantees about how much subsidy will be allocated to Northern Ireland generators.
The report states: "This also means that there is no basis for the Executive to set a NI renewable target. Instead it would contribute to the UK target.
"Despite the commitment to the 40% target by 2020, there is no EU driver for this."
The change in the subsidy scheme means that even if the 40% target is abandoned consumers will still have to pay more.
The report says that the maximum net benefit to the Northern Ireland economy is achieved at 25% renewable generation.
It adds that "increasing deployment above 25% is still positive for the economy but the net benefit declines with increasing deployment".
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster said the new subsidy scheme raises "difficult questions for Northern Ireland" in terms of cost to consumers and the ability to operate a devolved energy policy.
The consultation closes for responses on Friday, 8 May 2015.
Ryan Harley started the comeback in the 84th minute with a neat finish from Reid's knock-down, before Rhys Bennett brought down Reid inside the area in the 97th minute.
Reid stepped up confidently to dispatch the winning goal to move the Grecians into sixth place in the League Two table.
Mansfield had been good value for their interval lead and had put the ball in the net after just 80 seconds before the referee spotted Shaq Coulthirst had controlled with his hand before netting off the post.
Danny Rose headed a corner against the bar on the half-hour before the breakthrough came on 38 minutes as left back Mal Benning cut past Pierce Sweeney and slotted inside the far post.
However, the visitors raised it a gear in the second half and on 70 minutes Jack Stacey forced Jake Kean into his first real save, before the late double sealed a dramatic win.
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Match ends, Mansfield Town 1, Exeter City 2.
Second Half ends, Mansfield Town 1, Exeter City 2.
Goal! Mansfield Town 1, Exeter City 2. Reuben Reid (Exeter City) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Penalty conceded by Rhys Bennett (Mansfield Town) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Exeter City. Reuben Reid draws a foul in the penalty area.
Attempt missed. Krystian Pearce (Mansfield Town) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
Corner, Mansfield Town. Conceded by Troy Brown.
Attempt saved. Benjamin Whiteman (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Shaquile Coulthirst (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Ryan Harley (Exeter City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Shaquile Coulthirst (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jake Taylor (Exeter City).
Attempt missed. Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Alfie Potter (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from very close range is close, but misses to the left.
Shaquile Coulthirst (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Pierce Sweeney (Exeter City).
Goal! Mansfield Town 1, Exeter City 1. Ryan Harley (Exeter City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jake Taylor.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Rhys Bennett (Mansfield Town) because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner.
Substitution, Exeter City. Joel Grant replaces Jack Stacey.
Substitution, Mansfield Town. Alfie Potter replaces Danny Rose.
Substitution, Exeter City. Matt Oakley replaces Luke Croll.
Substitution, Mansfield Town. Lee Collins replaces Alexander MacDonald.
Attempt saved. Benjamin Whiteman (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Danny Rose (Mansfield Town) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Exeter City. Reuben Reid replaces Lloyd James.
Corner, Mansfield Town. Conceded by Troy Brown.
Substitution, Mansfield Town. Kyle Howkins replaces George Taft.
Foul by Alexander MacDonald (Mansfield Town).
Ryan Harley (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay in match Jordan Moore-Taylor (Exeter City) because of an injury.
Hand ball by George Taft (Mansfield Town).
Malvind Benning (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Jake Taylor (Exeter City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Jake Taylor (Exeter City).
Rhys Bennett (Mansfield Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Rhys Bennett (Mansfield Town).
Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Matt Green (Mansfield Town) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Barrow took a fortuitous early lead as Torquay goalkeeper Brendan Moore's clearance hit team-mate Exodus Geohaghon, allowing Ben Tomlinson to volley home from close range.
Courtney Richards levelled from 30 yards before Ben Gerring hit the bar with a header for Torquay.
Nathan Blissett put the Gulls in front before Cook's close-range leveller.
The Daggers took the lead against the run of play on 34 minutes through Ashley Hemmings' looping overhead kick.
But the visitors struck twice in nine second-half minutes through Michael Doyle and a Christian Burgess header.
Sub Gareth Evans headed in a free-kick from Kyle Bennett, who then sealed victory on 88 minutes after a mazy run.
Portsmouth stay sixth, five points behind third-placed Accrington, while Dagenham remain bottom of the table, 11 points adrift of safety with five games left.
Dagenham & Redbridge manager John Still told BBC Radio London:
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"We played very well first half and we started the second half alright. We made three massive errors.
"I don't think they won it. I actually think we lost it.
"Everything about what we were doing was fine. You've got to play with your head."
Portsmouth manager Paul Cook told BBC Radio Solent:
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"I think the most important thing to speak about is the end result. It was a great performance today by the lads in general.
"We've got to keep going, we've got to keep believing in what we're doing. It's important we believe in the run we're putting together now.
"I don't think this team's character will ever be in question; the consistency, yeah.
"We're on 69 points. There's a lot of points for us to play for and, as I say, it's a benchmark for where we want to go in the future."
The four each issued statements saying Blatter should quit after Swiss criminal proceedings were opened against him last week.
Coca-Cola took the first step, saying: "Every day that passes Fifa's image and reputation continues to tarnish."
McDonald's said Blatter going would be "in the best interest of the game".
The 79-year-old is accused by Swiss prosecutors of signing a contract that was "unfavourable to Fifa" and making a "disloyal payment" to Uefa president Michel Platini, but denies any wrongdoing.
In a statement released through his lawyers on Friday, Blatter said resigning now "would not be in the best interest of Fifa, nor would it advance the process of reform".
Budweiser's parent company, AB InBev, said it considered Blatter "to be an obstacle in the reform process", while Visa said it would be in "the best interests of Fifa and the sport" for the Swiss to resign immediately.
Football Association chairman Greg Dyke described Friday's developments as a "game-changer".
He added: "It doesn't matter what Mr Blatter says now. If the people who pay for Fifa want a change they will get a change. For those of us who want fundamental change, this is good news."
Blatter was re-elected for a fifth term as president of world football's governing body in May, but the election was overshadowed when seven Fifa officials were arrested in dawn raids at a five-star Zurich hotel at the request of the United States.
The US later indicted 14 current and former Fifa officials and associates on charges of "rampant, systemic, and deep-rooted" corruption following a major inquiry by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Blatter then announced he would be stepping down as president, but not until February 2016.
On Monday, Blatter said through lawyers he would not resign before then, despite criminal proceedings being opened against him.
He has said the 2011 £1.5m payment made to Platini, the head of European football's governing body, was "valid compensation and nothing more".
Platini, 60, has said he received the payment for work as Blatter's technical advisor between 1999 and 2002 and has written a letter to Uefa members denying any wrongdoing.
The contract described by Swiss prosecutors as "unfavourable to Fifa" is thought to refer to a 2005 TV rights deal between Fifa and Jack Warner, the former president of Concacaf, the governing body of football in North and Central America and the Caribbean.
According to an investigation by Swiss broadcaster SRF in September, the deal allegedly resulted in a multi-million pound profit for Warner's company.
Meanwhile, a separate Swiss investigation is looking into the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, which will be held in Russia and Qatar respectively.
Figures from 36 forces show the number of drivers given fixed penalty notices fell by more than 40% from 2010-14.
Chief Constable Suzette Davenport, lead officer for roads policing, said forces were using different approaches.
Last year, Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said motorists caught using mobiles could face tougher punishments.
Figures from a Freedom of Information Act request by BBC Radio 5 live show 72,753 fixed penalty notices (FPN) were given out in 2014.
Information was requested from the 43 police forces in England and Wales, plus British Transport Police - and 36 provided it.
In 2013, 95,941 FPNs were given out for mobile phone offences, while 122,752 were given out in 2010 by the same forces.
One force, Staffordshire Police, issued just four fixed penalty notices for mobile phone use last year.
The force said it had developed its own programme to deal with motorists - a four-hour "crash course" run by police, fire and victim support officials.
By comparison, the Metropolitan Police issued the most FPNs - 22,729 - last year, while Thames Valley Police issued 10,579 - the second highest.
Drivers caught using mobile phones at the wheel can be given a fixed penalty notice - which means three penalty points on their licence and a £100 fine.
In July last year, Mr McLoughlin said the penalty for motorists could be doubled to six points.
However, figures suggest many police forces have offered first-time offenders the chance to attend a road safety course, similar to those devised to deter speeding.
More than 99,000 people attended the What's Driving Us? course in 2014 - a 53% increase on the previous year.
The course is aimed at motorists found to be intentionally breaking the law, including those caught using mobiles.
A spokesman for road safety charity Brake said FPN figures could indicate a "decline in policing resources".
"We need traffic policing to be made a national priority, so police have the resources to catch and penalise risky multi-tasking drivers, as well as much higher fines to truly deter phone use by drivers," he said.
Jayne Willetts, roads policing lead for the Police Federation of England and Wales, also said the decrease could have been caused by a "substantial reduction" in office numbers.
Paul Newman, whose sister Ellen died after being hit by a driver using his mobile, said tougher punishments were needed - but warned even that might not be enough to deter drivers.
"All the penalty points in the world, it's not going to go away. All the education in the world, it's not going to go away," he said.
"I'm scared the figures will make people think they've conquered this - we really haven't."
Mr Newman added that he thinks it's a "dangerous message" to send out, saying: "It's a confusing message and we've a long way to go."
Jane Allen's 29-year-old son Shaun Worthington died in a car crash moments after sending a text while driving back from a safety awareness course last November.
She said: "This use of mobile phone while driving - it's not right. It's certainly not safe. It's not safe for you, it's not safe for other people that are on the road.
"Anybody can be wiped out in the blink of an eye. My son has paid the ultimate price with his life. If this can happen to my son, it can happen to anybody out there who is using a mobile phone."
Ms Davenport, the National Police Chiefs' Council lead on roads policing, said forces had "a number of options" when dealing with motorists using their phones when driving.
"If you are caught doing so, forces will choose what they believe to be the right enforcement action to deter you from doing so again," she said.
West Midlands Search & Rescue (WMSAR), which is run by volunteers, was on the River Severn in Shrewsbury after Daniel Hodgin, 20, went missing last weekend.
He failed to return home after a night out with friends at The Buttermarket nightclub in the town.
The damage on Saturday was believed to have been caused by submerged debris, WMSAR said.
Nobody was hurt in this weekend's incident and the crew was rescued by another of its boats nearby, it said.
A spokesman said: "We are a small charity, run wholly by specialist volunteers and funded by donations.
"The loss of a boat will have a significant financial impact and we desperately need help to replace the boat and get the team back up to full operational capacity."
WMSAR provides support to the emergency services in Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
West Mercia Police said it believed Mr Hodgin, from Madeley, left the club at about 03:30 GMT on 23 November.
Dozens of people assembled at the nightclub on Saturday to search for him.
Mr Hodgin, described as about 5ft 9ins (1.75m) tall with short spiked brown hair and stubble, was wearing a grey Police polo shirt with dark blue jeans and black boots.
The use of therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) in the sport has been questioned, while Femke van den Driessche became the first rider to be caught "mechanical doping" in April.
"The biggest threat in 2016 was to the credibility of our sport," said Cookson.
"Our anti-doping programme is rightly regarded as one of the leaders."
There were 22,652 samples from cyclists tested in World Anti-Doping Agency accredited laboratories in 2015, with 244, or 1.1%, returning adverse results.
In addition, thousands of bicycles, including 3773 at the Tour de France, have been scanned for hidden motors.
However the Fancy Bears' computer hack in September published confidential details of athletes' TUEs, which allow temporary use of prohibited substance on medical grounds, and questioned whether the system was being abused.
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British cycling legend Sir Bradley Wiggins defended his use of powerful anti-inflammatory drug triamcinolone before the 2011 and 2012 Tour de France races saying the medication "put him back on a level playing field" as he suffered from allergies and respiratory problems and it did not give him any "unfair advantage".
Cookson defended the system saying the levels of scrutiny on each TUE application was "a higher standard than required by international norms".
"The UCI strengthened its TUE assessment process in June 2014 during the first year of my presidency," said Cookson.
"This change put in place a more robust, independent three-person TUE Committee made up of independent experts that requires unanimity before sanctioning any TUE request.
"The number of TUEs the UCI has sanctioned in recent years is declining - from 31 in 2013 to 13 last year."
Cookson welcomed the changes to the track cycling disciplines with the introduction of a women's madison "bringing perfect parity between men's and women's track cycling events".
The omnium - the discipline in which Britain's Laura Trott is world and Olympic champion - will be cut from six to four events.
The timed elements - individual pursuit, time trial, flying lap - have been dropped with a tempo race added to the scratch race, elimination race and points race to condense the event into a one-day competition focused on endurance.
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The data comes from a Freedom of Information request submitted by the BBC Radio 4 programme File on 4.
The United Kingdom Homecare Association, which represents 2,000 care companies, described the findings as "horrifying" and blamed cuts to local government budgets.
The Department of Health said it had given councils up to £7.6bn of funding.
The BBC asked every council in England, Scotland and Wales with responsibility for social care for the numbers of allegations of abuse and neglect made against home carers contracted by local authorities.
In Northern Ireland, the BBC sent Freedom of Information requests to health and social care trusts.
This revealed that between 2013-14 and 2015-16 there had been at least 23,428 safeguarding alerts across the UK, but only half the councils provided data.
Most of the alerts related to care provided in England.
Last May, a hidden camera caught husband and wife carers Maurice and Deborah Campbell assaulting and abusing 86-year-old dementia patient Dora Melton in her Peterborough home.
Mrs Melton's daughter Elizabeth Budnik told the BBC about the moment she had watched footage of her mother being attacked.
She said: "He hit her round the head with real force.
"He didn't even stop to think.
"He just lifted his hand up and hit her across the head as hard as he could."
Last September, the Campbells both pleaded guilty in court to ill treatment and wilful neglect.
Maurice Campbell was sentenced to 28 months in jail.
His wife was sentenced to 38 weeks in jail, suspended for two years.
The Campbells were employed to care for Mrs Melton by Sagecare, through a contract with Peterborough City Council.
A Sagecare representative said it was "appalled and shocked" by the abuse but gratified justice had been done, adding it continued to provide care for Mrs Melton.
Peterborough City Council said there had been a thorough investigation into the incident.
But File on 4 discovered prosecutions were rare, with just 700 of the 23,428 alerts resulting in police involvement and only 15 prosecutions.
Gary Fitzgerald, from Action on Elder Abuse, said: "The overwhelming majority of abuse is criminal in nature and never gets prosecuted.
"It gets social worked, but it doesn't get prosecuted.
"If there's an investigation, rarely will the police be involved.
"If the police are involved, they don't actually want to upset that old person, so they won't prosecute.
"So you might get a police caution if you're lucky, or there might be no prosecution at all."
The vast majority of alerts were raised about elderly people, with more than 9,700 involving people aged over 80 like Dora Melton, and 164 about people who were aged over 100.
Councils were asked by File on 4 for the reasons behind the alleged abuse.
They included:
It is not possible to find out whether all these reports were valid and fully investigated.
But the local government ombudsman, Michael King, said there was a growing problem over standards of home care.
Ombudsman complaints about homecare rose by 25% last year to 372, and 65% of them were upheld.
He told the BBC: "What we see is just the tip of the iceberg.
"We see a whole range of complaints: failure to look after people's personal care needs, helping them with eating, with their own hygiene, helping them with medication, all sorts of day-to-day tasks that people should be getting help with."
A Department of Health official said: "This government has introduced tougher inspections of care services, given councils access to up to £7.6bn of dedicated funding for social care and will continue to challenge local authorities that do not fulfil their duties under the Care Act."
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The food retailer wants to relocate within Connswater retail park.
The units which Lidl is pursuing only have planning permission for the sale of bulky goods like furniture.
The recommendation says changing the use would conflict with policies which favour the use of existing suitable sites.
The council's planning committee is due make its decision at a meeting next Tuesday.
The recommendation hinges on the issue of the "sequential test".
It means that when a new development is proposed for a location which is not in the main retail core the applicant must show that there are no other suitable, available and viable sites.
The planners report states that other suitable sites are available including the units vacated by Tesco and Dunnes within Connswater shopping centre.
Although there are issues with each of those units the planners say the difficulties are "not insurmountable".
Tesco continue to hold a long lease on the unit they have vacated and the report says they "are limiting" the nature of retailer they will let to.
The planners say this not a criterion for the sequential test as it is "a private interest issue and not a matter of public interest".
Connswater Shopping Centre General Manager Gerry Monaghan said: "We fail to understand why planning officials would recommend refusing this application in spite of there being no objections from residents, consultees or any other interested parties and despite a retail impact assessment concluding that there would be no adverse impact on any businesses in Belfast town centre or outlying areas."
The Connswater Traders' Association say they intend to make a submission to the council planning committee next week arguing that the recommendation for refusal "fails to take into account the needs of traders and the residents of the area".
Simpson, 28, joined Orient in July 2014 from Thailand side Buriram United and has scored 36 goals in 99 appearances.
He will join up with the Philadelphia Union squad ahead of the new MLS season, which starts in March.
The fee for the Arsenal academy graduate and former Hull striker remains undisclosed.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page or visit our Premier League tracker here.
The sinking of the cargo ship SS Politician off Eriskay in 1941 was the inspiration for MacKenzie's story.
The book was later adapted for a famous Ealing comedy of the same name.
The story has now been turned into a play by Iain Finlay Macleod and will be performed across the Highlands and also in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
It will be performed almost entirely in Gaelic, with English subtitles, and adult audience members will be offered a dram at lunch-time and evening performances.
The production will also mark the launch of a new Gaelic theatre company, Robhanis.
The play will debut at the Sunart Centre in Strontian on 10 April.
Performances will follow at other venues including in Stornoway, Ullapool, Plockton and Inverness.
The National Theatre of Scotland, Robhanis and A Play, A Pie and A Pint are staging the production.
As well as its work with the play, the National Theatre of Scotland has celebrated Whisky Galore in its Belong season, a photographic essay that included an image of Mary and Alistair Johnston in the Am Politician pub on Eriskay.
The Johnstons were born in Eriskay and moved to Clydebank, but return to Eriskay every summer.
Thousands of bottles of whisky were among the cargo of the SS Politician, which was headed for Jamaica when it ran aground on the northern side of Eriskay in bad weather.
Islanders recovered hundreds of cases of whisky from the wreck and some of the bottles were buried to keep them hidden from customs officers.
Other bottles have since been found washed up on the island's shores and also recovered by divers.
Two out of eight bottles recovered in 1987 sold for £12,050 after an online auction in 2013.
Both sides spurned plenty of good openings, before the former Dagenham winger struck decisively in the closing seconds.
Nicky Bailey headed over after five minutes for the visitors and Matt Tubbs fired wide following a scramble from a corner.
George Porter missed two good chances for the hosts in the closing stages of the first half, firing over Blair Turgott's pass and missing the target from David Martin's cross.
Adam Cunnington fired wide from Turgott's cross, and winger Turgott was then denied by Ross Worner.
Alan Julian made a good save at the other end and Bradley Goldberg missed a great chance late on as he fired wide.
The game appeared destined for a draw until Dennis struck in injury time.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Bromley 1, Sutton United 0.
Second Half ends, Bromley 1, Sutton United 0.
Goal! Bromley 1, Sutton United 0. Louis Dennis (Bromley).
Adam Cunnington (Bromley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Nicky Bailey (Sutton United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Sutton United. Maxime Biamou replaces Bradley Hudson-Odoi.
Substitution, Sutton United. Dan Fitchett replaces Matt Tubbs.
Substitution, Bromley. Bradley Goldberg replaces George Porter.
Substitution, Sutton United. Gomis replaces Craig Dundas.
Simon Downer (Sutton United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Bromley. Louis Dennis replaces Dave Martin.
Connor Dymond (Bromley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Second Half begins Bromley 0, Sutton United 0.
First Half ends, Bromley 0, Sutton United 0.
Craig Dundas (Sutton United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Kent FA head Paul Dolan highlighted 130 incidents of abuse this season.
Referees in the county were the victims of physical and verbal abuse on 19 and 111 occasions respectively.
Speaking about elite players not being punished for swearing at officials, Mr Dolan said there was a "need to educate people that this isn't acceptable".
"You regularly watch the professional game and you see players routinely swearing and it doesn't get dealt with," he told the BBC. "Unfortunately that has filtered down into the grassroots game.
"Your wouldn't go into a local restaurant and just start swearing at people, so why is it acceptable to go on to a football pitch at the weekend and do it?
"The professional game needs to take a lead in this."
One referee, Holly Warmington, said she quit in July because of the problem.
She said: "On one occasion I had physical abuse, where a parent came on the pitch and poked me in the chest, telling me all the ways I was a rubbish referee and shouldn't continue.
"That put a bit of a fear in me and I don't think you should carry on something if you're scared to do it.
"On that occasion of physical abuse it was 12-year-olds I was refereeing."
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James' brace and Mike Haley's effort just before the break put Sale 21-14 up, with Worcester's tries coming from Francois Hougaard and Joseph Taufete'e.
Second-half Bryon McGuigan and Ben Curry tries ensured victory for Sale.
But scores from Chris Pennell and Biyi Alo were enough to move Warriors 10 points clear of bottom side Bristol.
While Worcester have not won away in the Premiership since beating Harlequins in March 2016, and their defeat in Greater Manchester extends their miserable winless run to eight matches at Sale, the point on their travels was a valuable one.
If Bristol fail to beat second-placed Exeter on Saturday, their relegation could be confirmed against pacesetters Wasps a week later.
Victory for Sale was their first in four games, and they were made to work hard for it. The lead swapped three times in the first half and Sharks then had to play much of the final 15 minutes with 14 men after Halani Aulika and Mike Phillips were sin-binned.
On both occasions, yellow cards were followed by tries, but the efforts of England Under-20 international Curry to score Sale's fifth try, having initially relieved pressure with a smart kick before then stealing the ball to score, put the result beyond doubt.
Sale Sharks director of rugby Steve Diamond: "We played some good rugby, we finished some good tries.
"I thought Sam James, McGuigan and AJ MacGinty played particularly well in the backs and Bryn Evans controlled the lineout pretty well.
"They obviously worked on us because they knew our wingers were quick and that missed ball beat Denny (Solomona) a couple of times.
"Once we sorted that out, once we got our lazy forwards off the deck and around the rucks then in the second half it was totally different; they struggled to score in those areas when it was 15 on 15."
Worcester's director of rugby Gary Gold: "I'm starting to get a little bit annoyed by the same story over and over again.
"We're scoring tries, we're playing good passages of rugby and asking questions with ball in hand, but we stopped concentrating. The try before half-time was a soft one.
"Mathematically, it's not enough (for us to be safe) and I would never want to say it's enough. Anything can happen and I just don't want us to think that we're comfortable because that will bite us, badly."
Sale: Haley; Solomona, James, Jennings, McGuigan; MacGinty, Phillips; Harrison, Webber, Aulika, Evans, Ostrikov, Neild, T Curry, Beaumont (capt).
Replacements: B Curry, Pope, Longbottom, Nott, Pearce, Mitchell, Bedlow, Charnley.
Sin-bin: Aulika, Phillips
Worcester: Pennell; Humphreys, Willison, Te'o, Adams; Mills, Hougaard; Bower, Taufete'e, Schonert, O'Callaghan (capt), Spencer, Vui, Lewis, Mama.
Replacements: Bregvadze, Grant, Alo, Barry, Potgieter, Baldwin, Lamb, Olivier.
Referee: Matthew Carley
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The 26-year-old, who began his career at Chelsea's academy and also spent time on the books at Wolverhampton Wanderers, has yet to play a game in the Football League.
He has spent the past two seasons with National League South side Whitehawk.
Ijaha worked alongside current Pilgrims assistant manager Craig Brewster during his time with the Sussex club.
He is the 12th player to join the beaten League Two play-off finalists this summer, but the length of his contract with Argyle has not been disclosed.
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Police were called to Royton Avenue in Sale, Greater Manchester at 23:10 BST on Thursday after reports of a scuffle involving a group of men.
The 34-year-old victim was treated at the scene and taken to hospital where he later died.
Detectives believe he was beckoned into the road by three men before he was fatally stabbed. A murder investigation has been launched.
Det Insp Mark Astbury, said: "In the space of minutes, the lives of this man's family have been turned upside down and his children have been left without a daddy.
"I'm urging anyone who either witnessed the incident itself or has information that would help us, to get in contact."
Spain took the lead when Cesc Fabregas dinked the ball over keeper Danijel Subasic and Alvaro Morata tapped in.
An Ivan Rakitic lob hit the woodwork for Croatia, who equalised when Nikola Kalinic turned in Ivan Perisic's cross.
Subasic saved a Sergio Ramos penalty and Perisic's late winner gave Croatia, who finished top of the group, a tie against a third-placed qualifier.
Perisic lashed in an 87th-minute shot in a thrilling match to inflict Spain's first defeat in 15 games at the European Championship since losing to Portugal in Euro 2004.
Croatia will now play on Saturday in Lens, while Spain's mouth-watering tie against Italy - a repeat of the 2012 final - will take place on Monday in Paris.
Relive Croatia v Spain
This was an eagerly anticipated game because of the quality at Croatia's disposal and the type of test they were expected to give the reigning champions.
From that point of view, Croatia pressed and pushed further up than Spain's previous opponents - Turkey and the Czech Republic - and, despite going behind, caused plenty of moments of uncertainty at the back for Vicente del Bosque's side.
Spain centre-back Ramos gave the ball away early on and Perisic had a shot palmed away by keeper David de Gea.
De Gea was then dispossessed by Kalinic and the ball fell to Rakitic, whose chip hit the crossbar and the post before bouncing the wrong side of the post for Croatia.
Spain again dominated possession but their resistance was finally broken when they conceded their first goal in 735 minutes at the Euros as Kalinic stole in front of Ramos to turn in Perisic's left-wing cross.
A weak punch from De Gea led to him having to save Tin Jedvaj's shot before Marko Pjaca sent an overhead kick wide.
Spain's keeper and their defence looked vulnerable when exposed before they were caught out on the counter-attack, with Perisic's strike beating De Gea at his near post.
Croatia coach Ante Cacic made five changes while his team were without key midfielder Luka Modric and striker Mario Mandzukic through injury.
Nevertheless, they managed to provide further evidence they pose a danger to any team in the tournament by not only showing character to come back from a goal down but discipline in defence and a threat when going forward.
Perisic and captain Darijo Srna are key to their play with their energetic running on the flanks and ability to whip in dangerous crosses, like the one which led to the equaliser.
Croatia, who left Ramos unmarked twice from crosses only for him to fail to get his headers on target, were angered by the penalty award for Sime Vrsaljko's challenge on David Silva and will have felt justice was done when Subasic, who was three yards off his goal-line, saved.
In another plus for Croatia, there was no trouble from their fans following the crowd unrest and throwing of flares on to the pitch which marred their draw with Czech Republic.
Spain manager Vicente del Bosque: "The players were sat in silence. They don't enjoy losing. We had the game under control, I'm not going to defend our performance excessively but I think we played quite well.
"We didn't hold on to the ball as well as we should have [before the winning goal] and weren't ready for the counter attack. But we're still in the competition, we are not on the path we wanted to be but we have to rise to the situation."
Croatia boss Ante Cacic: "This team is like our nation. The players have shown how to represent your country and how to behave.
"I wanted to play the next match with really fresh players. It's a huge achievement, and now we can be even more self-confident."
Former Wales forward and BBC Radio 5 live summariser John Hartson: "I think Croatia have deserved it, Spain have played some good football, easy on the eye, but they were not clinical enough in front of goal."
Match ends, Croatia 2, Spain 1.
Second Half ends, Croatia 2, Spain 1.
Offside, Croatia. Ivan Rakitic tries a through ball, but Duje Cop is caught offside.
Substitution, Croatia. Andrej Kramaric replaces Ivan Perisic.
Substitution, Croatia. Duje Cop replaces Marko Pjaca.
Foul by Sergio Busquets (Spain).
Sime Vrsaljko (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Sergio Ramos (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nikola Kalinic (Croatia).
Ivan Perisic (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
Goal! Croatia 2, Spain 1. Ivan Perisic (Croatia) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nikola Kalinic following a fast break.
Attempt blocked. Aduriz (Spain) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sergio Busquets.
Substitution, Spain. Thiago Alcántara replaces Cesc Fàbregas.
Foul by Cesc Fàbregas (Spain).
Darijo Srna (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Croatia. Mateo Kovacic replaces Marko Rog.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Vedran Corluka (Croatia) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Sergio Ramos (Spain) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by David Silva with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Spain. Conceded by Darijo Srna.
Sergio Ramos (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ivan Perisic (Croatia).
Attempt missed. Ivan Rakitic (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Foul by Aduriz (Spain).
Milan Badelj (Croatia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Penalty saved! Sergio Ramos (Spain) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
Darijo Srna (Croatia) is shown the yellow card.
Sime Vrsaljko (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Penalty Spain. David Silva draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Sime Vrsaljko (Croatia) after a foul in the penalty area.
Sergio Ramos (Spain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Darijo Srna (Croatia).
Foul by Cesc Fàbregas (Spain).
Darijo Srna (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Sergio Ramos (Spain) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by David Silva with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Spain. Conceded by Vedran Corluka.
Substitution, Spain. Aduriz replaces Álvaro Morata.
Corner, Spain. Conceded by Milan Badelj.
Attempt blocked. Jordi Alba (Spain) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Álvaro Morata.
Substitution, Spain. Bruno replaces Nolito.
The track, which was streamed 5.97 million times, knocked his previous chart topper, Sorry, to number two.
The last living artists to achieve the feat were The Beatles in 1963 with She Loves You and I Want to Hold Your Hand.
Former number one Hello by Adele held firm at three, while Bieber's third track in the top five - What Do You Mean - was at four.
In the album chart, Adele's 25 retained her number one position thanks to another week of high sales.
The record sold 439,000 copies, outselling the rest of the top 10 combined.
Earlier this week, the Official Charts Company confirmed it was the fastest million-selling album in UK chart history, managing it in 10 days.
Elvis Presley's If I Can Dream and Bieber's Purpose remained at two and three, with Little Mix's Get Weird climbing two places to four.
Jess Glynne's I Cry When I Laugh also rose three places to five.
The highest new entries came from The Vamps with Wake Up at 10 and The Corrs' first album in 10 years, White Light, at 11.
Christmas came early elsewhere in the singles chart, with Mariah Carey's 1994 hit All I Want For Christmas Is You re-entering the top 40 at 35.
Analysis - Mark Savage, music reporter
By replacing his own song at the top of the chart, Justin Bieber matches a feat previously achieved by The Beatles and Elvis. But unlike them, he didn't do it by selling records - his position at the chart summit is mainly down to streaming.
When his album, Purpose, was released a fortnight ago, it broke records on Spotify, being played 205 million times in seven days. To put that in context - it's the equivalent of everyone in the world listening to Justin Bieber for a minute-and-a-half over the course of a week.
By contrast, the record only sold 90,596 copies in the UK - a figure that actually incorporates streaming data.
The contrast to Adele (800,307 first week sales, all on CD or download) is striking. Her audience skews older, towards people who grew up with CDs - hence her decision to withhold 25 from Spotify. ("It probably is the future," she told Rolling Stone earlier this week). Bieber, who was discovered on YouTube, is firmly part of the streaming generation.
None of that makes his achievement less impressive. Indeed, when you consider that, 12 months ago, his career was considered to be over, it's nothing short of a miracle.
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Work on the bridge for the city's new West Link road was suspended earlier this week because of high winds.
A large crane is being used to lift sections of the crossing into place over the river.
The West Link is also under construction. Highland Council hopes that once completed it will ease congestion in the city centre.
It will form a link between the A9, A96 and A82 trunk roads.
The Parma-based Pro12 club are now under the control of the Italian Rugby Federation which announced 54-year-old Bradley's appointment on Monday.
Former Italy players Carlo Orlandi and Alessandro Troncon will be on the Irish man's coaching staff.
Bradley, who won 40 Ireland caps, began his coaching career with the country's under-21 side in 2002.
He coached Connacht between 2003 and 2010 and was Ireland's interim head coach for the 2008 summer tour to New Zealand and Australia.
Bradley spent two years at Edinburgh, guiding the Scottish club to the semi-finals of the Heineken Cup, before becoming Georgia assistant coach in 2013.
Developer Dandara said it was responding to a change in market conditions, with supply now outstripping demand for offices.
The tower and spire, built in the 1800s, became derelict in the 1970s.
Dandara said it was working with the city council's planning department over the change.
The singer of Welsh rock band Lostprophets changed his plea to guilty to "depraved" child sex offences including attempted rape of a baby.
The 36-year-old from Pontypridd, and two women in their 20s, had been due to stand trial at Cardiff Crown Court.
Helen Whittle from the National Crime Agency described his case as unusual.
"It's likely that someone with celebrity status will use that to gain access to individuals and a route into grooming behaviour," she said.
"It is quite unusual but unfortunately we are seeing a trend over the last few years of very young children being victimised in these images.
"While it's not the norm from our perspective, it is a reality."
Det Ch Insp Peter Doyle, of South Wales Police's specialist crime investigations team, said there was "no doubt" in his mind that Watkins exploited his celebrity status in order to abuse young children.
Watkins was due to stand trial having previously "furiously denied" the allegations against him claiming he was the "victim of a malicious campaign" but changed his pleas on Tuesday.
He admitted attempted rape and sexual assault of a child under 13 but not guilty to rape - which was accepted by the prosecution.
The court also heard the two women involved sexually abused their own children and made them available to Watkins for him to abuse.
Ms Whittle added: "It's likely that those mothers would have been groomed by the offender to commit the abuse, but without the motivation to sexually abuse a child it's unlikely they would have taken it that far.
"It's likely the offender has normalised the sexual abuse of children, has rationalised it, minimised it for these females, and therefore the psychological barriers that had stopped those females abusing in the past were then eroded and they took the steps of abusing the children."
She said research showed that 90% of child sex offenders knew they were interested in children when they were developing sexually at around the ages of 14 to 16.
And it is unlikely that someone who has had that motivation and interest since their teenage years has only just started offending in their adult life, the research found.
Two thirds of a new concourse linking eight platforms will open to passengers at London Bridge on Monday.
The concourse, set to be completed in 2018, will ultimately link 15 platforms serving 80 trains an hour.
The project has not been without challenges, with the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) citing "life-threatening chaos" during one crush.
London's oldest station, which opened in 1836, is used by 55 million people annually.
Network Rail said the work, as part of the £6.5bn Thameslink project, involved the station "effectively being rebuilt" while keeping it open to passengers.
This led to some jumping over and crawling beneath ticket barriers in an effort to avoid a crush on the concourse.
Monday will also see new stairs and escalators linking platforms unveiled, while Charing Cross trains - via Waterloo East - will start calling at London Bridge for the first time since January 2015.
Tim Witcomb, from Network Rail, said: "The concourse is very impressive. It's spacious, easy to navigate and very modern, but still keeps some of the character of the old London Bridge."
The next phase will see construction work relocated to the north of the station, where Southeastern trains to Cannon Street currently run.
It will mean major changes to services, including Cannon Street trains not calling at London Bridge, until January 2018.
The Thameslink Programme is focused on improving north-south travel through London with upgrades to Blackfriars and Farringdon stations and Borough Viaduct.
2011 - Planning permission granted
2013 - Complete redevelopment of London Bridge station started
2014 - First new platform opened
2016 - Partial reopening of concourse
2018 - Station redevelopment complete
Cheryl James, 18, from Llangollen, Denbighshire, was found dead at Deepcut barracks in November 1995.
The army claimed she had shot herself in the head, but in December 1995 a coroner recorded an open verdict.
Lawyers told a new inquest that evidence suggested her injuries may not have been self-inflicted.
Alison Foster QC, acting of behalf of human rights organisation Liberty and representing Pte James's family, said any scientific evidence should be heard before other witnesses to set out what was possible.
She said: "Now there is distinguished pathological evidence showing that the shot that killed Cheryl James may not have been self-inflicted.
"Third party involvement is more than merely speculative, according to this inquest's pathologist. It's important such evidence is fully acquired and assimilated."
Lawyers representing the Ministry of Defence and Surrey Police, who investigated the death, opposed a request for an adjournment for more forensic and ballistics reports to be filed.
Pte James was one of four Army recruits to die at the barracks, in Surrey, between 1995 and 2002 amid claims of bullying and abuse.
She was found at the base with a single gunshot wound to her head.
Coroner Brian Barker QC, has said he will not consider allegations of a culture of abuse at the base during the inquest, which was granted by the High Court as a result of the emergence of new evidence, although he will explore "the impact of any sexual abuse against Cheryl on her state of mind".
At the resumption of the hearing, in Woking, Ms Foster told the coroner: "The family has at all times sought to assist you with regards to forensics and ballistics. It is not fair or practical to start this inquest other than with the scientific evidence."
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The 24-year-old has agreed a six-year deal and is City's fourth high-profile summer arrival after Raheem Sterling, Fabian Delph and Nicolas Otamendi.
It is the second highest fee paid by a British club after Manchester United's £59.7m signing of Angel Di Maria.
"It takes a special player to improve our squad," said City manager Manuel Pellegrini of the ex-Chelsea player.
"We like to play attacking, attractive football. Bringing in a player like this will only aid us.
"He has all of the mental, physical, tactical and technical attributes required to fit straight in."
De Bruyne said: "I want to reach the highest level possible as a player and I think the most important thing is that at the end of the season we can be happy and maybe have some titles."
De Bruyne, who will wear the number 17 shirt at Etihad Stadium, joined Wolfsburg in January 2014 for a reported £16.7m after making three Premier League appearances for Chelsea.
Wolfsburg won last season's German Cup and finished second in the Bundesliga.
Chelsea signed the winger from Belgian side Genk for a fee in the region of £6.7m in January 2012.
He was at Stamford Bridge for two years, during which he spent spells on loan at Genk (where he scored twice in 13 appearances) and Werder Bremen (10 goals in 33 games).
He started two of the first three league games of the 2013-14 season, but after that began only three more matches - all in the League Cup.
Manager Jose Mourinho walked out of a news conference after being irritated by questions about the midfielder, who had been left out of the squad to face Steaua Bucharest in the Champions League.
"He was not selected. It was my decision," said Mourinho. "Only 11 can play and 18 can be selected. I try to decide, by what they do on the pitch, when they play and what they do in training.
"He's not selected because I didn't like the match he played against Swindon [in the Capital One Cup] and I didn't like the way he was training."
Having made his international debut in 2010, De Bruyne became a Belgium regular during qualification for the 2014 World Cup and with the tournament in Brazil looming and the midfielder struggling to start games, national team manager Marc Wilmots urged him to leave the Blues in search of first-team football.
After his move to Wolfsburg, De Bruyne told Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws he had "lost his joy" at Chelsea and that he asked Mourinho to let him go.
De Bruyne has enhanced his reputation since leaving Stamford Bridge.
It took De Bruyne 13 games to score his first Wolfsburg goal, but since then he has netted regularly, while also laying on even more chances for others.
He ended 2013-14 with three goals in four games and last season struck 16 times and made 28 assists as Dieter Hecking's men finished runners-up in the Bundesliga before then winning Germany's domestic cup competition.
Only one other player - Dimitri Payet - then of Marseille, now of West Ham - in the top five European leagues created more chances than De Bruyne's 112 last season. Chelsea duo Eden Hazard and Cesc Fabregas created 101 and 95 respectively.
During his time at Wolfsburg he created 254 goalscoring chances in 73 domestic matches, resulting in 35 assists.
City have begun this season in superb fashion, winning all four of their Premier League matches - including a 3-0 victory over champions Chelsea - without conceding a goal.
Midfielders David Silva and Yaya Toure have played a key role in this positive start, while Raheem Sterling - a £49m signing from Liverpool - has started every game.
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During his productive last season, De Bruyne operated mainly as a number 10, the role occupied by Silva, although he also spent some time in Sterling's left-sided role.
De Bruyne has also played on the right of an attacking three and you would expect the man most at threat following his arrival is Jesus Navas, who has looked more effective than last season but whose end-product pales in comparison to one of Europe's most prolific providers.
However, as Match of the Day pundit and former England international Danny Murphy warns: "De Bruyne is undoubtedly a quality player but he is not a natural winger.
"If he were used instead of Navas on the right, City would lose some of their width which is proving so effective at the moment."
Bristol City Council won an injunction against Tent City residents - who are camping in an Easton park.
The group, which has camped in Peel Street Park since April, has 28 days to leave or be moved by bailiffs.
Mayor of Bristol, Marvin Rees, said despite an offer of help through a specialist homeless service some people were "choosing to remain in the camp".
"The council and its partners understand that sometimes tents or temporary shelters are erected by vulnerable people in need of help and support," he added.
The group of 10 homeless people said they had raised £1,500 to fund a campaign to stay.
Spokesperson Ben Richie called on the council to "properly assess their housing needs".
He said: "Bristol has a serious homelessness problem that needs properly addressing. We understand the council is desperately short of resources but are shocked they are trying to criminalise homeless people."
However, Mr Rees said: "Those camped on the land have all been offered the support of St Mungo's outreach team, which is commissioned by the local authority to provide support to people sleeping rough.
"St Mungo's visited the camp more than 18 times and spoke to 15 different people. In addition the council's Streetwise team, which deals with anti-social behaviour issues, has visited the camp five times.
"This support is ongoing and we will continue to engage with the people still left at the camp."
Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said the Dutch ambassador would be barred from returning to Ankara, and high-level political talks suspended.
Turkish attempts to hold rallies in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands have been blocked.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the Dutch and Germans of Nazism.
The BBC's Mark Lowen in Istanbul says Turkey and the Netherlands, two Nato allies, are now locked in an unprecedented diplomatic crisis.
Meanwhile, German Chancellor Angela Merkel offered the Netherlands her "full support and solidarity".
On Monday, the Dutch foreign ministry issued a new travel warning, urging its citizens in Turkey to take care and noting the new "diplomatic tensions".
Voters in the Netherlands go to the polls on Wednesday for a general election dominated by concerns about immigration and Islamic radicalism.
Prime Minister Mark Rutte cited security concerns ahead of the vote as a reason for blocking the Turkish rallies.
The proposed rallies aimed to encourage a large number of Turks living in Europe to vote Yes in a referendum on 16 April on expanding the president's powers. The plans were criticised by senior EU officials on Monday.
In Germany, for example, there are more than three million people of Turkish origin, of whom an estimated 1.4 million are eligible to vote in Turkish elections. In effect, the diaspora is Turkey's fourth-largest electoral district.
Officials in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands said the rallies could stoke tensions.
A gathering in France went ahead, however, after officials said it did not pose a threat.
Two Turkish ministers were barred from addressing crowds in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, with one of them escorted to the German border after entering the Netherlands by land.
Police used dogs and water cannon against protesters waving Turkish flags in Rotterdam.
Mr Kurtulmus, who is also the Turkish government's chief spokesman, said: "We are not allowing planes carrying Dutch diplomats or envoys from landing in Turkey or using our airspace."
Ambassador Kees Cornelis van Rij is currently out of the country, with a charge d'affaires standing in for him.
Mr Kurtulmus added that all high-level political discussions would be halted, and parliament would be advised to withdraw from a bilateral friendship group.
The measures would remain in effect until the Netherlands took steps to "redress its actions", the deputy prime minister added.
Earlier Mr Erdogan likened the Netherlands to "a banana republic", demanded international organisations impose sanctions on the country and accused countries in the West of "Islamophobia".
"I have said that I had thought that Nazism was over, but I was wrong," he said.
Turkish officials have also suggested reconsidering part of a deal with the EU aimed at curbing an influx of migrants, namely Turkey's efforts to prevent them crossing by land to Greece and Bulgaria.
Mr Rutte said Mr Erdogan's comment that the Dutch were "Nazi remnants" was "unacceptable", and demanded an apology.
Responding to Turkish calls for sanctions, he said the Netherlands would "never negotiate under threat".
In a news conference on Monday, Mrs Merkel said she had condemned Nazi analogies made by Mr Erdogan about Germany the previous week.
"This rejection is also valid for our allies," she said. "These comparisons are completely misguided... particularly in the Netherlands that endured so much agony through the National Socialists [Nazis]. That's why the Netherlands can count on my complete support and solidarity in this."
The Netherlands was invaded by Nazi Germany in 1940 and occupied right up until the final days of World War Two in Europe, in May 1945. Rotterdam was devastated by German bombing during the invasion.
"We talk to a lot of bosses and there has been uncertainty whether it's for the election or the referendum," said Mr Carney on the BBC's Today programme.
Analysts fear businesses may delay making investments while there is uncertainty over Britain's future in the EU.
David Cameron has promised a vote on whether the UK stays in the EU by 2017.
"[Businesses] have not yet acted on that uncertainty," he said. "Or to put it another way, they are continuing to invest and they are continuing to hire."
But he added that it was in everybody's interests to resolve the uncertainty.
Companies may also be investing less in technology than they otherwise would do as a result of the wide pool of available workers.
Older people willing to work and workers seeking more hours added 500,000 to the labour force over the last two years, said Mr Carney.
Migrant labour also expanded the workforce, but its impact was only a tenth of the size according to Mr Carney.
Mr Carney told the BBC's Today programme that he would "really dampen down" the argument that foreign workers were to blame for lower productivity.
As the number of jobseekers falls, attention will turn to productivity, he added.
"Now that spare capacity is being used up," said Mr Carney. "For the economy to move forward, it's going to be a story of increased productivity.
"We think that it's going to start to pick up over the next few years."
Analysis: Jonty Bloom, BBC Business Correspondent
British productivity is awful and has been for years.
Take computerised lathes, hi-tech equipment that costs hundreds of thousands of pounds to buy. You might think that British and German workers with such a piece of kit would make the same number of widgets or car parts or whatever.
But they don't. Experts tell me there are two main reasons. German workers are more highly trained, so get more out of the machine. The second is that when it breaks down or needs reprogramming, they can do it themselves. British workers turn off the lathe and wait for an expert to come and fix it.
Just one example of a much wider problem that explains why a German, French or US worker can produce as much as a British one and still take every Friday off.
The UK's level of productivity per worker fell during the global economic crisis.
"This is one of the great costs of the financial crisis," said Mr Carney. "What you have in economies after a financial crisis is a sharp drop in productivity… There is a huge opportunity cost."
Productivity levels have taken longer to recover than expected.
"We have been successively disappointed with the productivity performance of the UK," Mr Carney told the BBC.
"[Productivity] matters in terms of the speed limit for the economy and for when we should raise interest rates," said Mr Carney. "We think the most likely path for interest rates is up."
Mr Carney warned on Wednesday that "persistent headwinds continued to weigh on the UK economy", which would mean more gradual increases in interest rates than had previously been the case.
Inflation was 0% in March for a second month, well below the Bank's 2% target.
Carney said that the UK might fall into deflation next month, but inflation was expected to pick up, notably towards the end of the year.
"Our aim is not just to get the inflation rate back to 2% but to keep it there," said Mr Carney. "In order to get it there and keep it there, there will be limited and gradual increase in interest rates over the next few years."
It has taken Cellnovo more than a dozen years and tens of millions of pounds to bring its product to market.
The company employs 120 people in Bridgend and Swansea.
It is one of 12 firms being showcased by Innovation Point, set up to support technology start-ups.
Innovation Point was launched this week as a not-for-profit company and is a Welsh Government-supported venture with the private sector.
It will offer expert advice and help develop ideas and secure funding.
Cellnovo is a good example of how long the process can take.
It started as far back as 2002 and quickly identified type 1 diabetes as an area in which it could apply its technology.
The product is a wearable patch pump for insulin, which can be worn discreetly on the body.
It also comes with a touch-screen handheld device which controls the pump, but also enables people to record their activity and input blood/glucose readings.
This also connects to a medical database so patients or doctors can monitor how they are doing.
Dr Julian Shapley, founder and chief science officer, said: "The majority of patients take multiple daily injections - one in the morning of slow-acting insulin and then they have to inject themselves based on whatever they eat.
"Other than that there's the pump community - these are generally large belt-worn devices, with long tubes so you know you're wearing a medical device.
"We decided what we wanted to do was remove the visibility and add some consumer iPhone technology to it."
Getting the product to market had been a long journey but sales are now accelerating - the company also has an office in Paris - and have already increased to more than £330,000 for the last quarter.
"We started putting some designs together and building prototypes - back of an envelope details - and went out looking for investment and eventually got some venture capitalist funding in 2008," said Dr Shapley
As well as financial hurdles, the company had to go through the rigorous design and testing needed to pass the regulations required for medical devices.
The digital dozen
The companies will be showcasing their technology at the Digital 2016 conference in Newport on 6-7 June.
A recent Tech Nation report found more than 43,000 are employed in the digital technology sector in Wales and it contributes £600m to the economy.
But 59% of businesses surveyed highlighted a limited talent supply as a problem while 48% identified accessing finance as another difficulty.
Dr Shapley welcomes the involvement of Innovation Point as providing expertise.
"We did quite well out of the Technium process when we were growing but there was always room for more advice, to get mentors to give knowledge and experience," he said.
"My advice is get yourself a mentor, speak to your friends and family - and ignore the nay-sayers."
The test for Innovation Point will be whether it can help companies like Cellnovo reach their potential, allowing the company to grow and create skilled jobs along the way.
Three Pokestops, the game's real-world locations, attracted hundreds of players to a park in inner Sydney.
Nearby apartment residents endured traffic jams, piles of rubbish and noise until the early hours.
The creators of the game are working to remove some real-world locations that do not wish to be included in the mobile game.
"There is loud shouting throughout the night, people dumping rubbish and cigarette butts and constant traffic jams," one of the apartment's residents told the Sydney Morning Herald last week.
The local council has put on extra rangers and undertaken extra garbage collection to deal with the influx of players at Peg Paterson Park in Rhodes.
There were also reports of disgruntled apartment residents water bombing Pokemon Go players.
"When playing Pokemon Go, we ask that people do this with consideration to where they are: in residential areas, keep noise levels to a minimum and bin any rubbish," Canada Bay deputy mayor Helen McCaffrey said.
The Anzac Memorial in Sydney, Arlington National Cemetery in the US and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Japan have asked to be removed from Pokemon Go.
The country's International Trade Commission (ITC) has ruled that it used technology developed by InterDigital without permission.
Microsoft said that it would challenge the decision.
The judge's findings will be subject to a review before any import ban comes into force.
"This is one step in the process and we look forward to the full Commission's thorough review," Microsoft said in a statement.
"We have a successful track record challenging patent assertion entities that misuse industry standards."
Judge Theodore Essex ruled that Microsoft infringed two wireless cellular patents which relate to technology that powers up phones and connects them to 3G networks without interference.
The ruling would cover the majority of its handsets which are manufactured outside the US.
The next step will be a review by the ITC with a decision expected by late August.
In response, InterDigital said it would have "continued discussion" with Microsoft to license its patents.
It has also been involved in patent disputes with several large mobile vendors including Samsung and Huawei.
It first accused Nokia of infringing its patents in 2007. It lost that case but won an appeal in federal court.
Microsoft acquired Nokia's handset division last year but it is struggling to make its phone business profitable.
According to its latest quarterly earnings report its hardware division lost $4m (£2.6m) on revenues of $1.4bn.
Hospital staff contacted police after four people carried the 17-year-old, who had been shot in the stomach, to a hospital on Monday afternoon.
He is thought to have been shot in a flat in Rubery Lane South, Rubery.
Three people, a 19-year-old man from Rednal, a 19-year-old man from Frankley and a 33-year-old man arrested in Rubery Lane South, have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
Police said a car and suspected drugs have been seized.
In a new report, the rights group says asylum seekers' lives were put at risk in two incidents in May and July.
In response the Australian government denied the allegations, as it has done ever since they first emerged in June.
The country has a controversial policy of zero tolerance towards migrant boats approaching its territory.
No migrants or asylum seekers are allowed to reach Australia's territories by boat. They have been instead intercepted at sea and turned back or taken to detention facilities in neighbouring Pacific countries.
Amnesty is now calling for a government-appointed investigation, known as a Royal Commission, into Operation Sovereign Borders, the name for Australia's controversial security operation to stop such boats.
In the first incident on 17 May, 65 passengers and six crew were allegedly intercepted by Australian officials and subsequently turned back to Indonesia.
Amnesty, which says it has interviewed all on board, claims that officials handed over US$32,000 (£20,900) to the crew.
The passengers were then transferred from their boat to two smaller rickety boats - one of which sank near an island in Indonesian waters. Passengers managed to swim to safety.
The report also speculates that officials may have paid another crew of people smugglers to return to Indonesia in a second incident on 25 July, based on testimony from 15 asylum seekers.
Their group of asylum seekers and people smugglers was intercepted by Australian officials and held separately on an Australian vessel for several days, before being put on another boat and told to head for an Indonesian island.
The officials allegedly gave two large bags to the smugglers and told the asylum seekers not to open the bags. They also threatened to shoot them if they returned.
Their boat ran out of fuel before reaching the island and they were eventually picked up by Indonesian officials.
In response to the report, the Ministry for Immigration and Border Protection said "people on intercepted vessels are held lawfully in secure, safe, humane, and appropriate conditions by the personnel of the Australian Border Force (ABF) and the Australian Defence Force (ADF)".
"To suggest otherwise, as Amnesty has done, is to cast a slur on the men and women of the ABF and ADF," the statement said.
Australian asylum: Why is it controversial?
At both ends of the African continent, there is macabre drama being played out over migration.
At the southern tip of the continent, poor black South Africans have risen up against poor black immigrants from African countries.
They want them to go back to their own countries. At least seven people have been killed.
There has been reaction from almost every part of the continent.
Threats have been issued to South African businesses. There is general outrage - African countries helped black South Africans fight apartheid and Africa expected some gratitude in return.
According to the South African High Commissioner to Ghana, there have been threats to burn down her High Commission in the capital, Accra. In Ghana, the main opposition party has accused the government of a "meek reaction" to the events in South Africa.
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, current chairman of the African Union, has had some choice words to say on the matter.
Meanwhile at the other end of the continent, at the northern-most tip, desperate young Africans are drowning in the Mediterranean whilst trying to get to Europe.
In the past two weeks about a thousand people have drowned in the seas between North Africa and the southern coast of Italy.
The European Union has had an emergency meeting on the matter and announced measures they intend to take.
The measures seem to amount to: "We will not open our doors to African migrants, no matter how many of them drown trying to enter Europe." Nothing more.
The Pope has had something to say and human rights activists around Europe have all made pronouncements on the humanitarian disaster that is taking place off the Libyan coast.
Everybody has had something to say except the African leaders whose citizens constitute the majority of those dying trying to get into Europe.
Elizabeth Ohene:
"The drama unfolding on the North African coast demands some noise of some kind from Africa. Otherwise we shall forfeit forever the right to comment on any other world event"
Eritrea heads the list of African countries generating the people wanting to leave their countries and go to Europe; followed by the usual suspects: Somalis, Senegalese, Gambians, Nigerians and my compatriots, Ghanaians.
There came a story within the story, when it was reported that on one of the migrant boats, the Muslims turned on their fellow desperados who happened to be Christians and threw some of them into the sea.
It has been determined that six Ghanaians were among those who perished in that incident.
Our foreign minister has said officials from the Ghana embassy in Italy have gone to find out more details from the survivors and from the Italian prosecutors.
On the main story of desperate young Africans - who would rather die in the cemetery of the Mediterranean Sea, to borrow the colourful words of the Maltese prime minister - not a single word has come from any foreign ministry or government on the continent, or opposition party.
The first comments on the subject made by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma came when she attended a meeting with the EU.
I have heard even her make a more spirited statement on other subjects.
I have heard African governments make statements on issues that do not concern them in any way; I have heard them on issues when their opinions are not sought and I have heard brave statements on issues about which we obviously are not well informed.
The whole world now knows that there must be something very wrong in Eritrea to drive their young people to such desperation. The African Union has not whispered one sentence of anxiety on Eritrea.
I do not suggest that African governments should, or can stop their citizens from leaving their countries.
But the drama unfolding on the North African coast demands some noise of some kind from Africa.
Otherwise we shall forfeit forever the right to comment on any other world event.
At the start of the year, I wrote the following in these columns as part of my predictions for 2015: "And struggling economies on the continent will mean there will be more desperate young would-be African migrants washing up on the shores of Lampendusa in Italy.
"The African Union will hold regular summits and our leaders will make speeches that will make no reference to why our young people are so desperate to leave our countries."
I did not expect to be proved so dramatically right and so early in the year.
If ever there was a need for an emergency summit by the African Union on a problem, this is it.
I have no idea what they will do or say, but at least it will give the impression that we care.
It is simply not like Africa to be silent. Somebody, anybody, please say something.
Or could it be that for the first time, we are feeling the shame that our young people cannot see any hope in our countries?
That must explain our silence.
At a spring conference in Liverpool, Ms Lucas will say the two parties could "forge a new grouping in Parliament".
The Greens are polling in similar numbers to the Lib Dems and say their membership quadrupled in the past year.
But the party's leader Natalie Bennett has faced criticism of her performance in recent weeks.
She struggled in a radio interview to explain how a flagship policy to build 500,000 new social rented homes would be funded, later attributing her performance to an "excruciating mind blank".
The leader of the Green Party on Liverpool council, John Coyne, said he had been "taken aback" by her "excruciating" performance and she had clearly been "underprepared".
He told the BBC that it wouldn't happen again as Ms Bennett - who could take part in a TV debate with other party leaders should they go ahead - would in future rehearse her performance in mock interviews.
"It's a failure that she was underprepared we know why that happened and we know it will be fixed for the future," Mr Coyne - a former Liberal Democrat who is now chair of the Green Councillors Association - said.
Main pledges
"It was a serious failure and we thought it might be damaging to us but one thing that perhaps is saving us from that is people who are attracted to the Green Party tend to have a more generous disposition anyway tend to be able to forgive a mistake."
In her conference speech, Ms Bennett will say her party offers a "message of hope and real change" and would create "a political system that puts the public first".
The Green Party in England and Wales is fielding its largest ever slate of candidates, aiming to stand in 90% of parliamentary seats on 7 May. The Green parties in Scotland and Northern Ireland are separate organisations.
In her address, former leader Ms Lucas will say the Green Party should join forces with the SNP in the next Parliament to maximise their influence on the next government.
"With the rise of the SNP, and with our own Green surge, we have the chance to forge a new grouping in Parliament. A progressive alliance.
"Of course, in Scotland and in Wales we'll be fighting hard for our distinctive values and policies. Just as we do against those individual Labour and even Lib Dem candidates with whom we have something in common.
"That's the nature of British politics under the first past the post system."
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The SNP is riding high in the polls, threatening even the safest Labour seat in Scotland, according to recent opinion polls published by Tory peer Lord Ashcroft .
In the past I have driven through some of the areas so described and its no idle metaphor. There are mile upon mile of oxidised, red metal skeletons, dead factories entombing dead jobs, dead hopes.
But the Interstate 75 road outside Detroit is a reminder that manufacturing industry could just be America's future and not only its past.
Towers and gantries poke up into the skyline, plumes of steam billowing white against a grey sky from dozens of chimneys: little lights, appropriately red and white and blue, blink with brisk industrial efficiency. This is the home of Motown - Motor City - famous for its music and its cars.
Eight years after a heart-stopping crisis for the motor industry Detroit is working again. Some say that is thanks to Obama. Others look to Mr Trump to make it what it once was again.
I am talking to Brian Panbecker in his car opposite Detroit's Ford plant. He's a forklift truck driver and he is just about to go on shift.
"Life around Detroit is always cyclical, up and down. My dad warned me when I was first hired in by Chrysler back in 1978. He said 'Brian, the auto industry is up and down. It is like a rollercoaster. When times are good you have to work overtime, save some money, pay off all your debts. When times are bad you have to ride it out'."
He says Mr Trump speaks the language of the shop floor - sometimes crude and vulgar but straight to the point. And many of those Brian works with support him as a result.
President of the 3000 branch of the United Automobile Workers union, Steve Gonzalez, tells me there are plenty who agree with Brian.
"Some of our members are Donald Trump supporters. I can't get into their heads but a lot of our workers were for him. Not sure if it was the promise of change, or his appeal on TV, little quips, on Facebook, on Twitter. People run with that."
But didn't President Obama and the bailout of Chrysler and GM save this city?
I meet Thomas in a trendy brewery pub. Bit of a waste as he does not drink, and I am not doing so at the moment. Still the brewery logo, of a heroic worker raising a glass, says something about this unionised city.
"I lost a job and I wasn't capable of relocating and because Obama saved this industry I got a job," he explains. The bailout "stopped GM and Chrysler being sold off to companies who would have split it up and sold it for parts. And that is what saved the industry".
I ask if he is better off than in 2008 and he replies: "I'm not broke and would have been."
Brian could not disagree more.
"The bailouts did not save the auto industry, bankruptcy saved the auto industry. That allowed GM and Chrysler to survive in some form and return to profitability. I would not give credit to Barack Obama. As a matter of fact, I think his policies - continuing high taxes and allowing the unions to remain powerful - have caused more jobs to flee to Mexico."
I am in Motor City at a big time of year for the industry - the North America International Auto Show 2017 has just opened. It is a huge sparkly, bright white space where cars rotate on their stands, polished so hard the lights positioned just so that they seem to glow, rather than simply gleam.
Despite the symbols of success and prosperity at the show and despite the health of the industry, the American worker feels insecure.
The Ford stand at the show is particularly impressive but I am drawn to a prototype, a silver car. Not particularly special looking - apart from the round cameras on its windscreen and roof rack-like sensors running along its length. On its side it says "autonomous vehicle development" and underneath "on the road by 2021".
Ford made an important announcement at the beginning of this year - they would invest $700m (£580m) in a plant just outside Detroit, a few miles from here, to make an electric SUV and driverless car.
And - this is where the politics comes in - they would cancel their plan to build a new engine plant in Mexico, something Mr Trump had called "an absolute disgrace", He thanked Ford and said it was only the beginning.
So, has Mr Trump's policy of imposing tariffs on goods made outside the USA - mocked as impractical by many - already paid off, before he is even in the White House?
Darrin thinks not. He is a newly-elected Democratic representative in Michigan's state house - and says without the bailout he would not be where he is now. His dad was an auto worker and Darrin argues that if the local economy had failed he would never have made it to college. But what about Mr Trump?
"I know he likes to take credit for a lot of different economic activities that have happened but the truth is that project had been in the works for a lot longer than the last couple of weeks, or even November.
"Part of this is some of these companies are trying to get out ahead of it, saying 'this isn't really Donald Trump doing this work, its really the unions and management getting together and looking for opportunities'. My read of it is that they want[ed] to put it in place before he was in office so he didn't take credit for it. But he did anyway."
The Detroit bureau chief of Automobile Magazine, Todd Lassa, agrees.
"That decision had a lot to do with the fact that Americans are not buying small cars, they're buying pick-ups and SUVs.
"I think a lot of the Mexico investment had to do with small cars that have thin profit margins and you have a little bit of a better profit margin if you are using Mexican labour. It's very much a commercial decision."
Union leader Steve says this will be the way of President Trump.
"When the news came out [that] we had the autonomous car coming here, we had it coming up on Facebook and Twitter: 'Thank you Donald Trump!'" he laughs.
"Trump did it already! He's not even in office so, that was a kind of misleading. But he puts it out there and, all of a sudden, any positive news he's going take credit for."
This will be the test of Mr Trump and the media. It is easy to mock the bombast. But the first evidence suggests crude and forceful plans may have played at least a part in changing the mind of a multinational.
More to the point, we have witnessed what may be a trademark of this presidency. He may have been pushing against an open door, but Mr Trump has very loudly portrayed himself as the author of a positive story.
Sophisticated observers may question if he deserves the plaudits but if America applauds he will reap the rewards.
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Having lost game one on home turf, Kevin Walters' side fought back to win game two and dominated the decider.
Cronulla winger Valentine Holmes ran in a hat-trick, with Gold Coast prop Jarrod Wallace adding another as the Maroons scored four tries to one.
Josh Dugan got the Blues consolation.
Three series in a row have re-established Queensland's dominance of the Origin series, in spite of the absence of the talismanic Johnathan Thurston through injury.
While the relatively inexperienced Holmes and Wallace picked up the tries and Cameron Munster impressed on his debut, the victory was built on the experience and class of long-serving trio Cameron Smith, Cooper Cronk and Billy Slater.
New South Wales failed to match the Maroons intensity, and had few chances to trouble their rivals on a tough night north of the Tweed River.
Mark Nesmith, 35, died in hospital after being found injured at a BP garage in The Butts, Coventry, on Sunday.
Uzair Hussain, 24, and Sebastian Vastaki-Barsby, 18, were arrested on Wednesday morning during raids at their home addresses.
Both have been charged with murder along with a third man - they are all due to appear in court on Thursday.
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Mr Hussain, from Crampers Field, Radford, and Vastaki-Barsby, from Barkers Butts Lane, Coundon, are due to appear at Coventry Magistrates Court.
Tyler Smith, from Attoxhall Road, Coventry, is due to appear at Leamington Justice Centre.
Mr Nesmith died from his injuries on Monday afternoon.
Speaking to the BBC at the Geneva Motor Show, Ian Robertson, said: "Somewhere around the middle to the third quarter of this year we will decide where to build the electric mini and we have said all along that we would like to see the UK have tariff free access to the single market.
"It's not the only consideration, but it is a consideration."
By car production standards, that is a very imminent decision and here's the obvious point - BMW will not know whether they will have tariff-free access to the EU at the moment they have to make that decision.
In fact, Theresa May has said more than once that she would prefer to have no deal with the EU rather than a bad deal and is prepared to walk away from negotiations.
No deal means falling back on international rules set by the World Trade Organisation and that could mean tariffs on finished cars of up to 10%.
No one - least of all the UK government - wants to see that, but if you are serious about walking away then it is a possibility that the board of BMW must consider when making up its mind in the next few months.
Not everyone thinks tariffs spell the end of the world for UK production.
Carlos Tavares, the boss of PSA said there may be a strong rationale for keeping some production on the UK side of the post-Brexit fence.
But there is a catch. That only makes sense if you can source parts in the UK. Currently 75% of the parts for an Astra come from the EU.
As Ian Roberston from BMW said, the UK's component supply industry has not kept pace with manufacturing and reversing that will be "a challenge".
According to PSA, BMW and Nissan - that is a challenge where the government can help.
Protecting car manufacturing plants that are uncompetitive is not.
According to Carlos Tavares: "Everywhere around Europe people are looking to be protected. The only true protection is performance."
Dyfed-Powys Police was called to the incident between Manordeilo and Llandeilo at about 10:30 BST on Thursday.
The driver of the Ford Fiesta died and her family and the coroner have been informed.
A 28-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving.
The road remains closed while police carry out their investigations.
They said officers lacked resources in their fight against the city's criminal organisations.
Hundreds gathered along the seafront in Copacabana to demand more support from the authorities and the population.
Ninety-one policemen have been killed in Rio state this year.
That is more than the total of deaths registered in the whole of 2016.
"I am desperate because I know my husband could be the next one," said Rogeria Quaresma at the march in Rio.
"We see families being destroyed every day. And I don't accept becoming the next widow," she told O Globo newspaper.
In the latest incident, Sgt Hudson Araujo was killed at the Vidigal favela in the early hours of Sunday.
The Brazilian government announced last week it would send an extra 1,000 federal agents to support local police.
Violence has been on the rise in Brazil - and particularly in Rio de Janeiro - since the end of the Olympics and Paralympics nearly a year ago.
Brazil is now going through the worst recession in its history.
The finances of many states, including Rio, have collapsed and there's no prospect of a solution for Brazil's serious political crisis.
The families of police officers say their loved ones are paying a heavy price for trying to fight crime without the resources and equipment required.
Police officers have been fighting for changes in the penal code so that the killings of police officers are treated as heinous crimes.
They complain that the hard work of honest policemen is not given the same media coverage as alleged human rights abuses in security operations.
In a report published in February, Amnesty International said it was concerned about the growing number of deaths in police operations in Brazil.
More than 800 people were killed by the police in the state of Rio alone in 2016.
Officers got reports of a Peugeot 206 being driven erratically in Coleraine around 20:00 BST last night.
They saw the vehicle on the Cromore Road in the town and began a pursuit. The car crashed on the Millburn Road a short time later.
Five people were taken to hospital, and two men, aged 26 and 23, and two women, aged 23 and 20, were later arrested.
They remain in custody.
A fifth person is still in hospital, but is not believed to have serious injuries.
PSNI chief inspector Mark McClarence said reports suggested the car had "allegedly [been] involved in theft across the Derry, Limavady and Coleraine areas from around 7pm".
He added: "The vehicle was spotted by police and was pursued by suitably trained officers."
The Police Ombudsman's office was informed about the incident but has since decided that no investigation was necessary.
Kieran McGrath, 26, was shot after leaving the Sheldon Arms pub in Ashton-under-Lyne on 4 October 2014. He drove to a nearby police station but died a short time later.
The jury at Liverpool Crown Court found Anthony Henry, 32, of Kenwyn Street, Miles Platting, guilty of murder.
Jurors are still deliberating on charges against five other people.
A further four men are accused of murder. A fifth defendant faces charges of assisting an offender.
They deny all the charges.
The trial continues.
Watkins and Liam Sutcliffe crossed for Leeds before Anthony Thackeray hit back for part-timers Rovers, who reached the Qualifiers as the lowest-ranked side.
Joel Moon then went over to help put Rhinos 18-6 up at the break.
Watkins ran in three of eight second-half tries to cap a dominant performance by the Rhinos.
Mitch Achurch, Carl Ablett and Tom Briscoe went over for Leeds before Sutcliffe, who landed nine kicks, completed his brace.
Moon went in for his second try and Watkins completed his treble while Leeds were a man down following Jimmy Keinhorst's sin-binning.
England centre Watkins completed the comprehensive win with his 13th try of the season.
Featherstone Rovers: Hardman; Duckworth, Channing, Taulapapa, L Briscoe; Briggs, Thackeray; Bostock, Ellis, Baldwinson, Snitch, Davies, Ormondroyd.
Replacements: Spears, Tagg, Cooper, Griffin.
Leeds Rhinos: Sutcliffe; T Briscoe, Watkins, Moon, Walters; McGuire, Burrow; Galloway, Segeyaro, Singleton, Ferres, Ablett, Jones-Buchanan.
Replacements: Keinhorst, Achurch, Garbutt, Delaney.
Referee: Joe Cobb (RFL)
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Anderson will play Danny Pink, a teacher at Coal Hill School where Oswald also teaches.
The eighth series will also introduce Peter Capaldi as the latest Doctor.
"I was so excited to join Doctor Who, I wanted to jump and click my heels but I was scared I might not come down before filming started," Anderson said.
"It's a quintessential part of British culture and I can't believe I'm part of it. It's an honour to be able to work alongside Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman and I can't wait to show people how my character becomes involved with such a fantastic duo."
In 1963, teachers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright accompanied the first Doctor in the classic series, so events have now come full circle.
Filming has recently begun on the fourth and fifth episodes of the eighth series of the Doctor Who reboot, which kicked off in 2005 with Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor.
Anderson has also starred in Gavin & Stacey and soap opera Emmerdale - where he played police officer Jason Kirk from 2007 to 2009.
He played Crowther in Alan Bennett's hit play The History Boys at the National Theatre and reprised the role in the film version.
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Mumtaz Qadri killed Salman Taseer in Islamabad in 2011, in a murder that shocked the country.
Qadri was hailed as a hero by some Islamist groups, and thousands of hard-line activists protested to show their support for him at the time.
After news of his execution, crowds again took to the streets in protest.
Security forces have been put on high alert and a heavy police presence, including riot police, are in place in the area around Qadri's home in Islamabad, AFP news agency reports.
His funeral will be held on Tuesday at Liaquat Bagh park in nearby Rawalpindi, where large numbers of mourners are expected.
Prison officials said Qadri was executed at 04:30 local time (23:30 GMT) at Adiala jail in Rawalpindi, near the capital, Islamabad.
What are Pakistan's blasphemy laws?
Qadri, who had trained as an elite police commando and was assigned to Taseer as his bodyguard, shot the politician at an Islamabad market in January 2011. He was sentenced to death later that year.
He claimed it was his religious duty to kill the minister, who was an outspoken critic of Pakistan's harsh blasphemy laws and supported liberal reforms.
Analysis: M Ilyas Khan, BBC News, Islamabad
Mumtaz Qadri's hanging has come as a surprise to many who thought such a move could spark a severe backlash from the religious lobby.
The hanging comes amid two recent developments that have already incensed religious groups.
In January, the Punjab government banned preaching in educational institutions by Tablighi Jamaat, a proselytising and revivalist movement. And earlier this month it enacted a law that provides for a helpline for women to report abuses by their husbands and others.
Amid this atmosphere, the move to hang Qadri indicates a growing confidence of the government in taming the street power of religious groups, which the military has long been accused of using to control politicians at home and fight its proxy wars abroad.
One reason may be the fact that most hard-line groups adhere to the Deobandi school and would be loath to lionise Qadri, an adherent of the rival Barelvi sect. But a more important reason seems to be the military's new-found willingness to curb militant groups that have a domestic agenda.
Pakistan has seen Islamist groups grow in influence in recent years and several high profile blasphemy cases.
Qadri was lauded by religious conservatives, and in his first court appearance was showered with rose petals by supporters. He never expressed any regret for the killing. His brother appeared to reassert that when he told the AFP news agency about his final meeting with Qadri.
"I have no regrets," Malik Abid told AFP. "We started crying, but he hugged us and chanted 'God is great,'" he added.
In May, just months after Taseer was gunned down, Pakistan's Minorities Minister Shahbaz Bhatti, the cabinet's only Christian, was shot dead by gunmen who ambushed his car.
That August, Salman Taseer's son, Shahbaz Taseer, was abducted in Lahore. His whereabouts are still unclear.
Blasphemy is an extremely sensitive issue in Pakistan and critics argue that blasphemy laws are often misused to settle personal scores and unfairly target minorities.
Read more: Death of a liberal
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Witnesses said two men were arguing on the street before one attacked another with a knife outside Wogan House in central London.
A 21-year-old man was later found by the Met Police and was taken to hospital for a stab injury on his hand.
BBC London's home affairs correspondent Nick Beake said there was some blood in and around the entrance to the building.
The Met Police said the injuries were not life-threatening and no arrests had been made.
It is not treating the incident as terrorism-related.
The entrance to the building has been closed.
Anyone with information should contact the police.
North Ronaldsay Primary School's single classroom will be kept on standby from August as Teigan Scott, 12, moves to secondary in Kirkwall.
Orkney's most northerly island only has a population of about 50 people.
Orkney Islands Council said the school would be brought back into use if more families with young children moved to the island.
The building is also used by community groups.
Island residents have blamed poor transport links for the lack of young families.
Teigan told the BBC she was looking forward to moving on to secondary but worried for the future of her former school.
"I am excited to go up to the bigger school," she said.
"But I have a tiny little drop of sadness because the school will be closing and the island might fall apart."
Councillor Kevin Woodbridge said the population on North Ronaldsay had halved since he arrived in 1977.
He said: "It's very sad but it demonstrates the decline on the island that has led to this.
"When I came here there were 17 people at the school and 127 on the island, now we have 50 to 60 people.
"The quality of life on the island can be improved considerably."
Billy Muir, chairman of the community council, said the loss of the school's only pupil was "a very serious blow for the community and no doubt will have a knock-on effect".
He said: "We need new housing to be built and to get new families in. You want a number of kids in the school, not just one.
"Higher speed broadband is needed too.
"There's no point painting a good picture, we have to be realistic. Hopefully this highlights our problem."
A spokesman for the local authority said: "North Ronaldsay Primary School's single classroom is part of a building housing a range of community facilities.
"The classroom will be kept on standby from August onwards and would be used as a school room again if a family or families with primary-age children move to the island.
"In the meantime, it will remain open for people of all ages in North Ronaldsay to use for a range of learning activities, managed by the local community association.
"This approach to keeping the room actively in use has been developed in discussion between Orkney Islands Council and a number of community groups in North Ronaldsay."
The woman, in her 20s, who was studying in Toronto, climbed on to a pillar overlooking the Canadian side of the falls and slipped over, police said.
She then fell into the Niagara River about 80ft (24m) up from the edge of the falls and was swept over.
The Niagara Parks Police described the death as a tragic accident.
As of Monday morning, the woman's body had not been recovered. Officials said they were working with the Japanese consulate to notify her family.
"The public is reminded that climbing over this wall is clearly dangerous and is prohibited by the Niagara Parks Act and its regulations," Niagara Parks Police Chief Doug Kane warned.
"Millions of visitors have viewed the scenic Niagara falls and the Niagara River gorge while respecting the safety wall without incident."
The accident, which occurred about 20:30 local time (00:30 GMT) on Sunday at Table Rock near the Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls, was captured on CCTV.
The woman, who was visiting with a friend, had been taking a photograph, then climbed on to a pillar holding an umbrella before standing up for a clearer view, police said.
She lost her footing as she tried to climb down from a block pillar and tumbled into the fast-moving river, police said.
Earlier reports said only that the woman was visiting from Toronto but did not specify she was Japanese.
While the woman's body had yet to be found on Monday, searchers did turn up an unidentified male body at the base of the falls.
Local authorities were working to identify that corpse, police said.
Philip Bramley - whose son Paul, 28, was among 150 people killed in the Germanwings Airbus A320 crash - said the victims should "not be forgotten".
If there was a "motive or reason" for the crash, "we do not want to hear it", Mr Bramley also said.
The flight's co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz, is thought to have deliberately crashed in the French Alps on Tuesday.
A former girlfriend of Lubitz has told Germany's Bild newspaper that he had vowed to "do something" history would remember him by.
He had hidden a sick note declaring him unfit to work on the day of the disaster, before boarding the Dusseldorf-bound Airbus A320 and piloting it into a mountain in the southern French Alps.
The New York Times, citing officials, also reported that Lubitz had sought treatment for eye problems.
Mr Bramley - whose son was originally from Hull and was studying hotel management in Lucerne, Switzerland - called for airlines to be more transparent, saying pilots should be "looked after properly".
"We put our lives and our children's lives in their hands", he said.
Reading an emotional statement from the French town of Seynes-les-Alpes, close to the crash site, he said what had happened on the day of the tragedy was the act of a "person who at the very least was ill".
But he said the motive or reason for the crash "was not relevant".
"What is relevant, is that it should never happen again; my son and everyone on that plane should not be forgotten, ever," he added.
"I don't want it to be forgotten, ever."
Speaking of his son, Mr Bramley said: "I will not get him back or be able to take him home because of the nature of the impact."
"Me and my family will visit here forever," he added.
He said the French people and an "army of wonderful volunteers" had helped his family in "every aspect".
The Foreign Office has said at least three Britons are known to have died in the crash.
Martyn Matthews, 50, from Wolverhampton, was among the victims, as was seven-month-old Julian Pracz-Bandres and his Spanish-born mother Marina Bandres Lopez-Belio, from Manchester.
A special Mass has been held in the French town of Dignes, close to where the flight came down, to honour the victims and support their families.
Unanswered questions
What drives people to murder-suicide?
Who was Andreas Lubitz?
Ukraine took a 2-0 lead from the first leg to Maribor, but conceded after 11 minutes when home skipper Bostjan Cesar headed in from close range.
Slovenia pressed to take the tie into extra time but created few chances.
Home right-back Miso Brecko was sent off in injury time, before Andriy Yarmolenko secured Ukraine's spot by converting after a counter-attack.
Ukraine earned qualification to a European Championship finals for the first time, having automatically reached the 2012 tournament as co-hosts.
Now they will go to France hoping to improve on their group-stage exit three years ago.
Ukraine built a convincing first-leg lead in a dominant display in Lviv on Saturday, but offered little attacking threat in the first half of the return leg as Slovenia threatened a comeback.
After Cesar converted Valter Birsa's cross, the home side enjoyed plenty of possession as they searched for a second goal to level the aggregate score.
However, they could not beat Ukraine keeper Andriy Pyatov, who denied Cesar in the 74th minute with a smart one-handed save.
Brecko was dismissed for a high challenge as home frustrations grew, Yarmolenko finally converting the equaliser following a three-man Ukrainian breakaway.
Albania, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Northern Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales.
Match ends, Slovenia 1, Ukraine 1.
Second Half ends, Slovenia 1, Ukraine 1.
Goal! Slovenia 1, Ukraine 1. Andriy Yarmolenko (Ukraine) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Artem Kravets following a fast break.
Milivoje Novakovic (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Serhiy Rybalka (Ukraine).
Substitution, Ukraine. Anatoliy Tymoshchuk replaces Yevhen Konoplyanka.
Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Bojan Jokic.
Dejan Lazarevic (Slovenia) is shown the yellow card.
Miso Brecko (Slovenia) is shown the red card.
Foul by Miso Brecko (Slovenia).
Yevhen Konoplyanka (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Bostjan Cesar (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Andriy Yarmolenko (Ukraine).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Artem Kravets (Ukraine) because of an injury.
Foul by Bostjan Cesar (Slovenia).
Taras Stepanenko (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Bostjan Cesar (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Denys Garmash (Ukraine).
Foul by Zlatan Ljubijankic (Slovenia).
Yevhen Khacheridi (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Rene Krhin (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Denys Garmash (Ukraine).
Corner, Slovenia. Conceded by Andriy Yarmolenko.
Attempt blocked. Rene Krhin (Slovenia) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Milivoje Novakovic with a headed pass.
Corner, Slovenia. Conceded by Yevhen Khacheridi.
Bojan Jokic (Slovenia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Artem Fedetskiy (Ukraine).
Rene Krhin (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Denys Garmash (Ukraine).
Foul by Zlatan Ljubijankic (Slovenia).
Yevhen Konoplyanka (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Zlatan Ljubijankic (Slovenia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Josip Ilicic with a cross.
Dejan Lazarevic (Slovenia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Artem Fedetskiy (Ukraine).
Rene Krhin (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Artem Kravets (Ukraine).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match (Slovenia).
Attempt blocked. Rene Krhin (Slovenia) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Josip Ilicic with a cross.
The Alex have not banked a seven-figure cheque for a player since Luke Murphy left for Leeds United three years ago.
They must either produce their own or find rough-cut gems like Jamie Vardy, who Gradi bid for at Halifax six years ago, prior to him joining Fleetwood.
"We tried to get Vardy when he was at Halifax," Gradi told BBC Stoke.
Former Crewe manager Gradi's long-time number two Neil Baker, now the club's head of recruitment. first spotted Vardy playing for non league side Stocksbridge Park Steels - but it was after he had moved across Yorkshire to Halifax that the Alex tried to sign him.
"We offered £50,000, £60,000," said Gradi. "But they wanted over £100,000. I wasn't willing to pay that at the time because he was in trouble off the pitch, but he has managed to turn his life around and has become a terrific player."
Gradi revealed: "We also wanted Che Adams, but Sheffield United were prepared to go way beyond what we were willing to offer.
"Those non-league players have become more expensive. The market has changed in that respect. It is not so easy to find those players like we used to. You are not going to get a Geoff Thomas, David Platt or Neil Lennon on a free transfer anymore.
"We have to keep on producing our own outstanding players. We have got to coach them through and then handle them correctly in their quest to make that impact in the first team.
"At a recent supporters meeting there were a few murmurings after I said producing players is more important than winning games. But without producing players for our survival we wouldn't have the stadium, the training ground or the players we've had in the past. The trick is to do both on a consistent basis."
Prior to Murphy's move to Leeds, Crewe had generated major funds the previous summer when they sold Nick Powell to Manchester United and Ashley Westwood to Aston Villa.
But, in the last three years, the only funds generated have been Ryan Colclough's move to Wigan Athletic for around £300,000.
Coincidentally, Gradi's hopes of finding another player in the Powell mould comes at a time when the 22-year-old is looking for a new club, having been released at the end of last season by Manchester United.
Injuries have not helped in limiting the England Under-21 striker to just nine first-team appearances in his four years on the books at Old Trafford, during which he was farmed out on loan to Wigan Athletic, Leicester City and Hull City.
But Gradi backs him to bounce back, suggesting: "He still has time to have a very good career. It's a shame he has been so unlucky with injuries but he is still young. He may have to adjust and adapt his game but he is a matchwinner.
"I know he's struggled physically over the last few seasons but if a club can get him fit and running around again, then he has incredible ability. If he'd remained injury free and Alex had stayed at Manchester United then I'm sure he would have been challenging for an England place. He is certainly good enough."
Dario Gradi first signed Steve Davis as a player in 1983. He then employed him as his assistant manager over two decades later and it was to Davis that he handed over the reins when he stood down as Alex boss for the final time in November 2011 after a combined 26 years in charge.
Now Gradi is backing Davis to turn things round at Gresty Road following last season's relegation - and, at 74 years of age, he will remain as supportive a sounding board as he always has.
"I am fairly careful to stay out of first team affairs," added Gradi. " I wouldn't welcome a previous manager in the same building who is getting frustrated at what the first team are doing.
"But honesty is the best way. We have always been an open club and we talk about football all the time. At the end of home games, we'll go into the boardroom and sit down with the management team and the directors and talk about the game. It is civil and I am able to say what I think. Steve takes that fine. I'll say sometimes 'I wouldn't pick him' and he'll say 'I know you wouldn't' and we have laugh about it. It's his job.
"What the last two seasons have shown is that the team has not been good enough. We survived with five minutes left the season before and then finished bottom last season, so the fact is we didn't have a good enough team. I'm sure there will be some team rebuilding.
"But we have experienced relegation before. I was relegated three times and, in those days, there wasn't much of a murmur or any crusade to get me sacked."
Dario Gradi was talking to BBC Radio Stoke's Graham McGarry
The attorney general's office says the men have ignored three summonses to appear for questioning.
The alleged victim, Ahmad Eshchi, says he was kidnapped and assaulted at the vice-president's residence in November.
General Dostum, a former warlord, denies the claims.
He has also failed to respond to attempts to question him.
Mr Eshchi, the former governor of Gen Dostum's home province of Jowzjan in the north, was taken by the vice-president's men from a sporting event in the province on 24 November.
He said the vice-president and 10 other men assaulted him for five days.
He described the alleged abuse in graphic detail, although his account cannot be independently verified.
"He ordered his eight guards to undress me. They even [pulled] off my trousers," Mr Eshchi told BBC Afghan.
A Dostum spokesman called the allegations "a provocation", and said Mr Eshchi had been detained not by him, but by the country's intelligence service.
Gen Dostum is an ethnic Uzbek blamed for some of the worst atrocities in Afghanistan's long-running civil war. He joined the country's national unity government in 2014.
It was seen as a controversial move but one that could signal some kind of reconciliation, given his ability to secure the confidence of the Uzbek minority.
The office of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has promised a thorough investigation into the accusations of sexual assault. Mr Ghani is under pressure to show he takes allegations of human rights abuse and torture seriously.
What happens now is unclear.
Gen Dostum's office says he has legal standing similar to the president, and a two-thirds majority in parliament would be required to remove him from his post.
But the attorney general's office says he should be treated like any other citizen.
The BBC's Dawood Azami in Kabul says Gen Dostum is a powerful figure, with a lot of support among ethnic Uzbeks, so the government is moving slowly and cautiously.
In the London borough of Richmond, 67% of 11-year-olds reached the required standard in reading, writing and maths, according to provisional results.
But only 39% of 11-year-olds in Peterborough met the standard.
Head teachers' leader Russell Hobby said it indicated a system in chaos.
Schools minister Nick Gibb said the majority of pupils had performed well, adding that he wanted this success "to be the standard".
This year's tests, taken by 11-year-olds in England in May, were more demanding than those in previous years and based on a new curriculum.
Overall, just over 53% of children in state-funded schools met the grade in all three sets of tests.
In 2015, 80% met the standard - but those figures are not regarded as being comparable because they were under the previous system that was dropped this year.
Last year, under the old system, the gap between the highest performing areas, at 90%, and the lowest, at 73%, was narrower than this year.
The detailed provisional figures for this year show the highest performing local authorities concentrated in London, and parts of the North East and South East.
The poorest performing are in the West Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber, the East Midlands and East of England.
This is a similar spread to that seen in recent years, according to the government statistical release, which also points out that that there was a small number of local authorities with "more extreme values".
Mr Hobby, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers said the results were still provisional but the wide variation between local authorities suggested a system "characterised by chaos and confusion".
In May the NAHT urged the government to cancel publication of this year's primary school results in England, warning of "serious mistakes" in the introduction of the new system which would make the results "unpredictable".
Mr Hobby said today's figures bear out concerns that the changes were "last minute" and "ill-thought out".
"The government should work with the profession to create a primary assessment system that works for pupils, teachers, school leaders and parents," said Mr Hobby, who also warned that data for individual schools, due to be published in December, could be "misleading".
Mr Gibb said the more rigorous curriculum and tests were designed to "build a country that works for everyone so that all children, regardless of background or ability have the opportunity to fulfil their potential".
"These figures show that many schools and local authorities have risen to the challenge and have delivered high standards but we want that success to be the standard everywhere.
"The government's objective is to extend that opportunity so every child has the excellent education they deserve," said Mr Gibb.
The top US spy said his experience demonstrated that everyone was vulnerable to cyber attacks.
Speaking at George Washington University, he also criticised the media for "giving air to what is criminal activity".
Documents from Mr Brennan's account have begun appearing on the website of anti-secrecy group Wikileaks.
Responsibility for the hack has been claimed by a man purporting to be a high school student protesting at US policy.
The hacker said he tricked telecommunications company Verizon into providing him access to the CIA chief's personal account.
Documents from the director's account that have been published so far include a list of contacts, as well as policy recommendations for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Mr Brennan said that nothing he had done was wrong.
He took time to criticise the press for their reporting on the hack, saying that "the implication of the reporting was that I was doing something wrong or inappropriate or in violation of my security responsibility, which was not certainly the case".
Organisers hope the parade and celebrations next June will "bring the whole community together".
David Lee-Bastable, chairman of Portsmouth LGBT Pride, said he believed the last event took place in 2003.
The festivities will feature a parade starting and ending at Victoria Park and stalls and performances in Guildhall Square.
The organisers are in discussions with Portsmouth City Council, as needs to happen with any event of this size, and it will need to be approved early next year.
Mr Lee-Bastable said: "We want to get everyone involved, not just the LGBT community.
"We felt that the time was right and I think Portsmouth needs it.
"It's a good opportunity for the city to turn around and say 'we support the LGBT community' and it also helps people to come together.
"The idea of Pride is to take away homophobic attitudes. It is just our sexuality that is different, we are trying to celebrate that.
"We want to make sure Portsmouth has a Pride."
The group's members are volunteering their time and Mr Lee-Bastable said they were looking for stewards and a treasurer and asked people to get in touch via their Facebook page.
Ryan Pettengell, 41, of King's Lynn, Norfolk, and Umar Balogun, 16, from London, died at Bawsey Pits, near King's Lynn, on 16 July 2013.
Mr Pettengell's partner, Lauren Cole, had swum out to save her boyfriend after seeing him get into trouble.
An inquest jury concluded that Mr Pettengell's death was an accident.
The hearing at Norwich Coroner's Court was told Mr Pettengell was with friends at the flooded quarry during the summer heatwave when he heard Umar was missing.
Mr Pettengell decided to swim out to an island to look for him, despite having broken his wrist a few weeks earlier and Ms Cole warning him not to go into the water.
After he got into difficulty, he called to her to throw him a stick or a log.
Ms Cole said she tried, but it wouldn't float.
She swam out to him, but after struggling to hold on to him, was forced to let go as he began to drag her under.
In a statement read to the inquest, she said: "I saw him swim about halfway and then he began to slow down.
"I grabbed his arm and started to pull him. I was being pulled under and I had to swim back to the side. As I swam back, I could see him going under."
Ms Cole said she saw bubbles on the surface where Mr Pettengell had been.
The inquest heard his body was found about 50m (165ft) from the shore.
Emergency services were at Bawsey Pits searching for Umar when they were alerted to Mr Pettengell's disappearance.
Firefighter Lee Broadhurst, who was responsible for search and recovery, said Mr Pettengell was likely to have been out of his depth.
PC Ryan Williams told the inquest he was there when Mr Pettengell drowned, but could not help because he was not a competent swimmer.
He said Mr Pettengell had told friends he was going to help search for Umar whose body, unbeknown to him, had already been found in a separate lake.
West Norfolk Council has since worked with the site's owners, Sibelco UK, to improve safety, the inquest heard.
Norfolk coroner Jacqueline Lake said she would prepare a report highlighting concerns about safety at the site.
Speaking outside the inquest, Mr Pettengell's best friend Wesley Moule, who was with him the day he died, said: "He was the sort of guy that if he knew someone was in trouble, he would have gone out of his way to help them out."
He said Mr Pettengell was a good swimmer and he thought he was joking when he first appeared to be in trouble.
"As soon as he didn't come back up again we realised that he wasn't and that something was seriously wrong," he said.
The referee deemed the pitch unplayable following an inspection at 09:00 GMT on Saturday.
Heavy snowfall on Friday had covered the playing surface at Vale Park, prompting the officials to call an inspection well ahead of kick-off.
Vale are currently 15th in the league table, three points ahead of the 18th-placed Dons.
This match has been postponed to play at a later date.
Lancashire County Council plans to stop the £85,000 subsidy it gives to the Fleetwood to Knott End ferry.
An online petition urging the council to change its mind has been backed by more than 1,300 people in three days.
Last week the council announced it planned to cut the equivalent of 367 full time jobs and 40 libraries.
The county council, which said it needs to reduce its budget by £65m over the next two years, pays half of the ferry's running costs, with Wyre Borough Council paying the other half.
Councillor Peter Gibson, Leader of Wyre Council, said: "I am really worried that the county council is looking at this service as though it isn't necessary, when it clearly is.
"If county withdrew their half we would really struggle to pay for all of it. We are not a transport authority at the end of the day."
The petition, which was started by local businesswoman Linzi Martin, said the ferry service was "a lifeline for many locals of Knott End and surrounding areas of Over Wyre who do not have transport".
The sailing lasts minutes, compared to an hour-long journey by road across Shard Bridge to Fleetwood.
The first official ferry service began in 1894 although fishermen had taken passengers across the River Wyre before that date.
A Lancashire County Council spokesman said it would not be commenting on the ferry funding, which will be part of the financial measures discussed at a cabinet meeting on Thursday.
With the score at 31-31, Sam Harrison bundled over for Tigers in the last minute at Kingsholm to seal the win.
Earlier, debutant Matt Scott crossed twice and tries from Charlie Sharples and Henry Purdy put the hosts 31-7 up.
But JP Pietersen, Harrison and Brendon O'Connor levelled things before Leicester's relentless pressure told.
It was the most sensational of comebacks from a Tigers side who were completely outplayed in the first half, with Scotland international Scott pulling all the strings.
The former Edinburgh centre got his Gloucester career off to a dream start with the first try of the game before racing through to add his second before the break - while England centre Manu Tuilagi's score was Tigers' only positive of the half.
However, it was another debutant, South Africa wing Pietersen, who started the turnaround for Leicester as he demonstrated all of his international class to finish in the left corner early in the second half.
Despite wave after wave of Tigers' pressure, not helped by Matt Kvesic's yellow card, Gloucester looked like holding on with a seven-point lead and three minutes remaining.
But 2007 World Cup winner Pietersen fed O'Connor, who danced his way through to score the eighth try of the night and a bonus point, before Harrison somehow managed to get the ball down from a driving maul.
Gloucester director of rugby David Humphreys:
"I haven't experienced a game where there was such a difference between the first and second-half performances.
"Everything we did well in the first-half, we did badly in the second-half. We gave away too many penalties, and Leicester took advantage of every opportunity.
"The bottom line is it's not acceptable when you lead 31-7 at home, and then lose the game."
Leicester director of rugby Richard Cockerill:
"We played so poorly in the first 45 minutes, to say the least. We conceded cheap points, we couldn't execute anything. It was pretty average.
"Then, we decided we would hold on to the ball and do what we practised. We have got the capability of scoring tries. When our mentality is right, and we put that into action, we are a team that can compete.
"Credit to the players for getting themselves out of a very big hole they dug for themselves, but that first-half wasn't good enough and we need to be a lot better."
Gloucester: Marshall; Sharples, Scott, Twelvetrees, Purdy; Burns, Laidlaw (capt); Thomas, Hibbard, Afoa, Savage, Galarza; Moriarty, Kvesic, Morgan.
Replacements: Dawidiuk, McAllister, Doran-Jones, Latta, Rowan, Heinz, Hook, Evans.
Leicester: Tait; Veainu, Betham, Tuilagi, Pietersen; Burns, Harrison; Ayerza, Tom Youngs (capt), Bateman; Slater, Barrow, Hamilton, O'Connor, McCaffrey.
Replacements: McGuigan, Genge, Cole, Kitchener, Evans, Ben Youngs, Smith, Thompstone.
The Welshman, currently competing in the Tour de France, lives in Monaco, 12 miles from the southern French city.
The Team Sky rider won a race which finished in Nice in March.
"When you hear about it in places that you don't live it's bad enough, but when you live just down the road it's scary. It's really sad that that's the world we live in today," he said.
"You try not to think about it once you're going, but certainly this morning when I woke up to the news it was devastating, it's a huge tragedy."
There were doubts Friday's 13th stage at the Tour de France would go ahead after Thursday's attack, where a lorry drove through a crowd celebrating Bastille Day.
Tour officials decided to continue with the race, with a heightened security presence, and Thomas says it was the right thing to do.
"You can't give in to these people and you need to continue and obviously go about it the right way, but we need to all try to keep living our life," he said.
"Surrounding it maybe there will be more police presence and more security, which is good obviously.
"But as bike riders you try to just think about the race and zone into that."
There was a sombre atmosphere at both the start and finish lines on stage 13, with most riders not learning of the news from Nice until they woke up on Friday morning.
There was a minute's silence held before the first rider set off on the course, and another minute's silence was observed as the jersey holders stood on stage after the day's racing had finished.
Thomas is 15th in the overall Tour standings after a seventh place finish in Friday's time trial.
His Team Sky team-mate Chris Froome extended his lead to one minute and 47 seconds by finishing second in stage 13.
Federer, 34, said he had sustained the problem during practice on Saturday and had pulled out as a precaution.
The world number three hopes to play in the Masters event in Rome from 9-15 May, the last major tournament before the French Open.
Federer, Madrid champion in 2012, returned to action in Monte Carlo in April following knee surgery.
"I arrived and I was OK," said Federer. "Then I practiced on Saturday and hurt my back a little bit and stopped early. I was supposed to practice for two hours - I had to stop after an hour and 15 minutes.
"At this point I don't want to take more chances as I know I'm not going to be fully ready for Wednesday. I would rather play it safe and rest up now and get ready for Rome."
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The Picture House in Campbeltown has now raised almost all the £3m it needs for a major refurbishment.
The cinema, which opened in 1913, closed last year. It is hoped restoration will begin later this year.
Campbeltown Community Business, which runs the cinema, has secured money from the Heritage Lottery Fund, Creative Scotland and Historic Scotland.
Contributions have also been made from various trusts, foundations and corporate donors as well as Argyll and Bute Council.
In recent months efforts have been made at securing additional funding from other sources.
Now the money has been raised, the work should go out to tender later in the summer.
The A-listed cinema on Campbeltown's waterfront described itself for many years as the "oldest continuously-run purpose-built cinema in Scotland".
The cinema in Bo'ness is older but was closed for many years.
The Picture House closed its doors in August last year so the community business could focus its efforts on raising money for the refurbishment and modernisation of the building, which is in need of repair.
The charity's plans include the building of a small, second auditorium to allow a wider range of films to be shown, along with a cafe and an exhibition area.
The redevelopment of The Picture House comes alongside the wider redevelopment of the Campbeltown area which has suffered years of economic and physical decline.
A major restoration project is currently underway at the Town Hall.
Meanwhile the last year of a three year pilot to test the market for a ferry service to Ayrshire is currently under way.
The 24-year-old spent two seasons with the National League side between 2012 and 2014 where he made 86 appearances and scored seven goals.
He left to join Grimsby, where he spent 18 months, and spent the latter part of 2015-16 at Tranmere but made just one start and seven substitute outings.
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During health questions in the House of Commons, Mr Hunt said he "didn't want to wait".
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham said Mr Hunt had been "irresponsible".
The Conservatives have offered seven day per week access to GPs should they win the general election.
During a health debate in parliament on Tuesday, Conservative MP Mr Hunt said: "I took my own children to an A&E department at the weekend precisely because I did not want to wait until later on to take them to see a GP.
"We have to recognise that society is changing and people do not always know whether the care that they need is urgent or whether it is an emergency, and making GPs available at weekends will relieve a lot of pressure in A&E departments."
Mr Burnham later wrote to Mr Hunt claiming it was "highly problematic" for Mr Hunt to suggest it is acceptable for people to "bypass GPs and go straight to A&E".
"While I sympathise with the situation in which you found yourself, and have no wish to inquire into your family circumstances, it is your statement that needs to be challenged.
"It appears to be at odds with long-standing advice to the public and, in advance of a potentially difficult winter in the NHS, could add pressure to already overstretched A&E services."
Mr Burnham went on: "Your statement in the House implies that it is acceptable for the public to use A&E on an on-demand basis or as a substitute for GP services.
"You will be aware that this is in contradiction with the official advice on NHS Choices."
If the situation is not life-threatening, the NHS advises people to call NHS 111. People with less severe injuries should visit minor injuries units and walk-in centres, the NHS says.
Mr Hunt and Mr Burnham later continued the debate on Twitter.
"If parents have an unwell child needing medical attention, A&E provides a trusted service," Mr Hunt said.
Mr Burnham responded: "If all 'unwell' people went to A&E, #NHS would collapse. Surprised you continue to contradict official advice. Irresponsible."
A spokesman for Prime Minister David Cameron said that Mr Hunt had been "describing a challenge that I think many people up and down the country will recognise in terms of access to GPs."
The loophole came to light during the prosecution of a driver allegedly found to be more than twice over the limit.
On Monday, the High Court ruled police must give test results in both English and Irish for prosecutions to be valid.
The minister has since amended the law to state either language can be used.
The legal uncertainty first emerged earlier this year in the case of 29-year-old Mihai Avadenei, from Swords, County Dublin.
His defence team argued that he should have been given a written statement of the results of his alcohol breath test in both English and Irish, and because this had not happened, the test results were inadmissible as evidence.
His case was then referred to the High Court, where a judge ruled that the bilingual requirement was stipulated in legislation.
Irish broadcaster RTÉ reported that Mr Justice Seamus Noonan had said a breath alcohol test "is not a valid piece of evidence if it is in English only".
Road safety campaigners expressed concern at the ruling, and its possible impact on those injured or bereaved by drink-drivers.
Within 24 hours of the High Court ruling, Minister for Transport Paschal Donohoe amended the relevant legislation, namely the Prescribed Form and Manner of Statements Regulations 2011.
In a statement on Tuesday, Mr Donohoe said: 'The advice of the attorney general's office was sought in respect of the need for amending legislation on foot of the judgement in relation to the language of the forms produced by evidential breath testing machines in Garda [police] stations.
"In the interests of road safety, I have moved immediately to provide the new legislation deemed necessary regarding the form of the statements to be provided under section 13 of the Road Traffic Act 2010."
A spokesperson for the Department of Transport confirmed the change had taken effect immediately.
"The minister has now signed into law a replacement statutory instrument which provides that the statements may be produced in either the English or the Irish language which was always the objective of the legislation," they said.
The man who died was Barry Bell from the Belvoir area of Belfast.
The accident, which also involved a car, happened on the Crossgar Road just after 17:30 GMT on Saturday.
Police appealed for anyone who witnessed the accident to contact them.
A cordon has been set up around the area in Maidstone and up to a dozen police vehicles have been at the scene.
Kent Police said the discovery was made at Cave Hill in Tovil at about 07:15 BST and inquiries were under way. A spokesman said it was being treated as suspicious.
Officers said the man, believed to be in his 20s, was found in Crisbrook Meadow, near a mill pond.
A police spokesman said the cause of death was currently unexplained and was being investigated.
Conservation volunteers were supposed to pick up litter in the area but were turned away.
Bryn Cornwell, chairman of the Valley Conservation Society, said police had told the group the area was being treated as a crime scene.
Kent Police has appealed to anyone who saw anything between Saturday and Sunday to contact them.
The vessel had been tied up at the quayside in Portaferry, County Down, for more than a year.
Strangford Lough is an important marine environment with international protection.
The Exploris Aquarium at Portaferry and a marine laboratory attached to Queen's University nearby have both closed their sea intake as a precaution.
Exploris has put an emergency plan in place following the diesel spill.
The authorities are on site and are discussing plans for refloating and removing the boat.
The Northern Ireland Environment Agency said a Water Quality Inspector has been at the scene since Friday morning.
It said: "Wind and tidal action will aid evaporation and dispersion. The situation will be kept under review to determine if any remedial measures are necessary or practicable given the strong currents in the vicinity of Cook Street.
"The NIEA Water Management Unit and DAERA Marine and Fisheries Division are working closely with Ards and North Down Borough Council and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in response to the sinking of this vessel.
"Ards and North Down Borough Council have called in specialist consultants in oil clean-up to manage the response to the incident."
It is understood the diesel spill could have a negative effect on any birds swimming on the water, and also mean any lobsters left in pots on the area by fishermen are now inedible.
A council spokesperson said: "As a precaution Exploris has implemented contingency plans to protect the marine life in the centre and will continue to monitor the situation in liaison with the other agencies involved."
Although the diesel spill will clear up relatively quickly, the salvage operation to move the Regina Caelis could take months.
It is understood specialist equipment that is capable of bearing the weight of the boat, which is more than 200 tonnes, will need to be brought in.
Jane Beedle, Candice Brown and Andrew Smyth are the only contestants left from the 12 who started this series.
They will face three rounds on Wednesday night's show before one is crowned the winner.
The episode is the last to be seen on the BBC after it lost the rights to the show to Channel 4.
The final show will see them create a signature challenge involving meringues and take part in a technical challenge set by Mary Berry asking them to make a British classic with just one instruction.
They will then have to produce a showstopper said to be the most complex ever set in Bake Off history, with the most bakes ever requested for a challenge.
The result will then be revealed in front of the trio's family, friends and their former Bake Off colleagues.
This year's competition has seen the baking enthusiasts compete against each other in rounds that took in patisserie, desserts and pastry. There were also two new rounds for 2016 - Tudor and botanical.
Garden designer Jane, 61, was the first to be named star baker in this, the seventh series of the amateur baking contest.
She is known for her traditional - but often intricate - bakes, including a marzipan cake decorated with swans for Tudor week.
Youngest finalist Andrew, 25, uses the skills from his career as an aerospace engineer to help him, with his products including a tower of pies that fitted together and turned like cogs.
PE teacher Candice, 31, has drawn on her family history with some of her bakes, including a memorable gingerbread replica of the pub she lived in as a child.
She has been star baker three times, while Andrew has been awarded the honour twice.
If this year's winner follows the path of previous champions, they have television shows and cookery books to look forward to in their future careers.
Paul Hollywood is following the show when it moves to Channel 4, while fellow judge Berry and hosts Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins have announced they are leaving.
Berry told Chris Evans on BBC Radio 2 that she will work with Giedroyc and Perkins again - joking that a future project could involve gardening.
She said: "We have made no decisions whatsoever, we haven't actually all three got together, but we will do something because we're good pals, and who knows what it would be?
"Well, it may not be baking, you never know, it could be gardening. I'm a very keen gardener you know."
She said her decision to stay with the BBC had been made "straight away" when she learned the corporation had lost Bake Off.
Berry said: "It was a gut feeling and I made it straight away for myself, having discussed it with my family and others. I'm very happy I've stayed with the BBC."
She added: "I'm sure the programme will go on to be a little bit different, but it will still be wonderful."
Programme makers Love Productions are yet to reveal who else will front the show alongside Hollywood.
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The anti-EU Europe of Nations and Freedom bloc includes Italy's Northern League and the Freedom Party of Dutch politician Geert Wilders.
The grouping also has the support of UK MEP Janice Atkinson, expelled from UKIP in March over an expenses scandal.
Forming the group will give the MEPs more influence in the parliament.
It will also mean that the new bloc's members have access to millions of euros in extra funding as well as more staff and speaking time.
To be valid, a group needs 25 MEPs from at least seven different nationalities.
Mr Wilders, whose anti-Islam rhetoric has seen him face legal action, said that the formation was a "historic moment".
"Today it's the beginning of our liberation, our D-Day," he told reporters, adding that the new bloc would be the voice of the new "European resistance", defending their countries' sovereignty. The anti-Islam leader said the bloc would fight mass immigration as well as "Islamisation".
Eurosceptic and far-right parties made gains in last year's European Parliament elections, in what France's PM Manuel Valls called a "political earthquake".
Until now the far-right National Front (FN) has struggled to find members from enough countries to form a group.
But it secured support from MEPs in Italy's Northern League, Austria's Freedom Party, Vlaams Belang from Belgium and the Polish Congress of the New Right.
The new group represented "a political force that will go far beyond our previous situation," Ms Le Pen told reporters in Brussels on Tuesday.
She said it would be "strong, determined, coherent and ambitious".
The group could qualify for around €17.5m (£12.6m) of EU money over the next four years, according to calculations by the think tank Open Europe.
The FN leader was praised by Ms Atkinson, who said Ms Le Pen was "leading the offence" against what was happening in the European Union.
Ms Atkinson was expelled by UKIP for "bringing the party into disrepute" amid newspaper allegations that a member of her staff tried to arrange a false receipt for a meal.
UKIP has previously said it was "not interested in any deal" with Ms Le Pen or her party because of "prejudice and anti-Semitism in particular" in the FN.
UKIP leader Nigel Farage already heads another anti-immigration alliance in the European Parliament called the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy Group (EFDD).
The party responded to Ms Atkinson's move to join the rival group on Tuesday by saying: "Whatever she does is beyond our control."
FN founder Jean-Marie Le Pen, who was suspended from the party last month over his comments that the Holocaust was "a detail of history", is not part of the new Europe of Nations and Freedom group. FN MEP Bruno Gollnisch is also not a member, according to reports.
Marine Le Pen, who succeeded her father as FN leader, has spent the past year trying to distance the party from his remarks, widely condemned as anti-Semitic.
Meanwhile the three MEPs from Greece's far-right Golden Dawn party remain unattached to a political group in the European Parliament.
Correction 19 June 2015: This story has been amended to delete mention of Hungary's Jobbik party, which is not in the new group.
Unison's Christina McAnea said imposing the contract "sends a very worrying message to other members of staff".
"Everybody else is really worried that if they can do this to doctors, what does that mean for us?" said Ms McAnea.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said the contract will improve patient care.
He has criticised the British Medical Association (BMA), which represents doctors, for failing to reach a deal over the past three years and said the contract is an "important step" in improving care at weekends.
Ms McAnea told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "Our feeling is the government wants to extend seven-day services but they don't want to fund it.
"They want staff to fund it through accepting cuts to pay and conditions."
Asked if she thought more strikes were likely from other categories of NHS staff if contracts were imposed on them, she said: "Yes, if there is a cut to unsocial hours payments or an imposition [of a new contract] then I think they would look to take some kind of action."
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A petition on a government website calling for a vote of no confidence in Mr Hunt has gained more than 180,000 signatures - above the 100,000 threshold for a Commons debate to be considered.
The office of the Conservatives in Fareham said it had cancelled a public event with the health secretary on Friday evening "on security grounds" after critics of the government's reforms began circulating details of the reception online.
A smaller private event went ahead at a different venue.
Paul Brooks, who runs an agency placing doctors in jobs abroad, told the BBC he had seen only "a few" more enquiries from junior doctors.
"Most, though, do not seem to be wanting to go overseas yet, as juniors. It's the doctors who have got their specialisation who are looking to move overseas - GPs or A&E doctors," said Mr Brooks.
"In the traditional places like Australia and New Zealand, there are many fewer jobs now than there were. They've trained quite a lot of their own doctors - there are already more doctors in Australia per head of population than we have here by quite a significant number.
"And I just don't think the opportunities are there for doctors without a specialisation."
However, he said the opportunities for GPs in Australia were "definitely better".
"It's fairly clear cut that they're getting a better quality of life," he said.
The Northern Irish player, who has slipped to 78th in the world rankings, carded four birdies in his two-under round at a windswept Castle Stuart.
"I'm really happy with that round - it was a battle out there at times," said the 2010 US Open winner.
"It would be great for my confidence to play well here."
McDowell, who won the event in 2008 at Loch Lomond, has struggled this season and missed the cut at the recent French Open.
He spent last weekend playing two practice rounds at Royal Troon, where he will compete next week at the Open.
"Those two days at Troon have been a big help and prepared me well for the wind," added McDowell.
"It it continues to blow it's going to be a real grind so I need to hang in there.
"It's been a funny year for me. It has looked volatile from a results point of view but I've felt I've played better than that.
"I'm just trying to stay relaxed and to enjoy it."
Meanwhile, Belfast man Michael Hoey started his challenge with a 74.
Jon and Jennifer Sharpe, of Featherstone, West Yorkshire, have raised about £20,000 for a nearby hospice in the past five years.
They decided to pull the plug on future events when Mr Sharpe had cancer tests.
Mr Sharpe said the 2014 lights were turned off on New Year's Eve as a final £130 was donated during the day.
"That's it, the last time, and I'm quite upset," he said.
Mr Sharpe, 74, said he could no longer physically cope with all the large Christmas decorations.
"My grandson won't understand why we haven't got lights all over the garden," he added.
He would be "keeping a few lights on the house" next Christmas but the large display items are to be used by a nearby farm shop to continue to raise charity funds.
The couple had been decorating their house in Featherstone Lane for about 20 years with recent fundraising benefiting the Prince of Wales Hospice in Pontefract.
St Mary's Church, one of the largest buildings in Melton Mowbray, will hold its services in various locations around the town including town council's Riverside offices.
Reverend Kevin Ashby said renovations at major churches usually take place "every few hundred years".
The church will reopen in November for the annual remembrance service.
"Every few hundred years major churches like ours need a major refurbishment and this one includes adding under-floor heating, making the church more accessible for disabled and elderly and adding new toilets and new lighting and audio-visual and sound equipment.
"We hope to reopen in November .... but it all depends on what they find under the church floor when they take up the slabs and the stones ... I don't think there will be very many people buried under there as most people were buried out in the church yard years ago - but you just never know."
The renovation will cost an estimated £2m.
The final service before the work started was held on New Year's Day.
Judge James Prowse lifted reporting restrictions on last month's assault on Moshe Fuerst in Manchester.
Mr Prowse said the attack on the Jewish teenager was not a hate crime although objectionable things were said.
He sentenced Joseph Kelly, 17, to 18 months of youth training detention for the attack and Zach Birch to 12 months for assaulting Moshe's friends.
Kelly admitted causing grievous bodily harm and actual bodily harm and assault by beating while Birch admitted causing actual bodily harm and assault by beating.
Mr Prowse said he lifted reporting restrictions at the youth court because of widespread media reporting that had put the hate crime claims in the public domain.
"The Crown has not offered any evidence that this was a hate crime... he was in the wrong place at the wrong time It was an alcohol-fuelled vicious attack," he said.
Holly Holden, prosecuting, said Moshe was with three friends at Bowker Vale tram stop in north Manchester on 5 September when they were attacked by Kelly and Birch who had been drinking after a day at Haydock Races.
One of the boy's friends was asked "Are you off to make some money?", which Ms Holden said he took to be an anti-Semitic remark that stereotyped Jewish people.
Kelly punched Moshe and kicked him after he fled to a nearby road.
The youngster came round, vomited and was admitted to hospital but later discharged, the court heard.
The next day he needed emergency surgery after collapsing at the cinema with his friends and was in a coma for four days.
The boy suffered a fractured skull, a bleeding brain and has yet to be given a long-term prognosis from his doctors.
Sasha Waxman, representing Kelly, said her client could not explain what happened and was apologetic and remorseful.
Zaid Khalif J Sultan, 46, of Calvert Road, Sheffield, used a Bluetooth device in a mobile phone to obtain the answers via an outside source.
Sultan was convicted of fraud at Nottingham Crown Court on Tuesday.
He was also given a 16-week custodial sentence to be served consecutively for breach of a previous suspended sentence.
Andy Rice, of the The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), said: "These people who cheat are putting the general public at risk."
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The theory test was carried out in Nottingham in February 2016. The agency had been tipped off Sultan would cheat and he was arrested after the test. He pleaded guilty to the offence in December.
"DVSA takes very seriously the fraudulent use of communication devices during the test process and works closely with the police to bring offenders to justice," Mr Rice added.
The theory test was introduced in 1996, replacing questions about the Highway Code during the practical test.
The Dowler family was told shortly before the trial of her killer earlier this year that journalists had hacked into her phone and deleted messages.
Chief Constable Mark Rowley said he could not comment while the Met Police phone-hacking investigation continues.
He said he did not want to undermine the investigation.
On Wednesday, Milly's parents Bob and Sally, along with her sister Gemma, met Prime Minister David Cameron in Downing Street over the phone hacking claims.
They have also had meetings with Labour leader Ed Miliband and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.
Speaking to BBC Surrey, Mr Rowley said: "I am not going to get into detail of who knew what, when.
"I am immensely frustrated about my inability to put all the facts out there.
"But I'm sure you'll understand I'm going to be very determined not to undermine the Metropolitan Police investigation."
Levi Bellfield was given a whole life tariff last month for murdering 13-year-old Milly, who was abducted from Walton-on-Thames in 2002.
Following the trial at the Old Bailey, Mr Rowley criticised the way the Dowlers were cross-examined.
He said he was "shocked" by their treatment and called for changes.
He was the first person to walk all the Munros, mountains of more than 3,000ft (914.4m), in a single trip.
Dr Brown's 112-day journey in 1974 involved 289 peaks and 1,639 miles, which he covered by walking, cycling and travelling on two ferries.
The 82-year-old, of Burntisland, Fife, will receive the award next month.
It will be presented during the Fort William Mountain Festival.
Mile Pescod, one of the festival's organisers, said: "Hamish embodies the passion and the excitement that exploring the wild Scottish landscape entails, and the great desire to share this sense of adventurous wonder with others.
"Not only has Hamish explored Scotland and many other mountain areas right across the globe but he has helped countless others do the same and find the same sense of satisfaction.
"Hamish is a true exponent of mountain culture."
The cross-party Public Accounts Committee criticises "delusions" in government over the budget situation.
Head teachers said the Department for Education had "buried its head in the sand" over the extent of financial problems.
The Department for Education says funding is at record levels.
But the report from the Public Accounts Committee says "funding per pupil is reducing in real terms" and will mean schools cutting spending by £3bn by 2019-20.
The highly critical report says the Department for Education must not be "deaf to the experiences of head teachers" who have been complaining of cuts to staff and services.
"Grand plans drawn up in Whitehall are dangerous if they are implemented without regard to real-world consequences, and we will expect to see measures to address our concerns as a matter of urgency," says Meg Hillier, who chairs the committee.
The report warns of a "collective delusion" that spending cuts could be achieved through efficiency savings - and raises concerns that the Department for Education does not seem to have a plan to monitor the impact.
Such financial pressures are "likely to increase teachers' workload, with implications for recruitment and retention, and put at risk the quality of education", says the report.
The MPs say that the Department for Education has failed to recognise the cost pressures on schools.
"Pupils' futures are at risk if the Department for Education fails to act on the warnings in our report," said Ms Hillier.
"Government must take all necessary steps to ensure it can intervene quickly if action taken by schools to meet efficiency targets risks damaging standards."
School leaders have been protesting against funding cuts - with head teachers from 3,000 schools across England sending a joint letter last week calling for a re-think on budget plans.
A consultation on funding changes ended last week - and the Department for Education has not set out a timetable for when it will respond.
But the ASCL head teachers' union said the Department for Education "does not seem to understand the pressures that schools are already under".
"The fact is that reduced budgets mean fewer staff and this in turn means larger class sizes, reduced GCSE options, and cutbacks in support services and enrichment activities," said the ASCL's leader, Malcolm Trobe.
Jo Yurky from a parents' campaign group, Fair Funding for All Schools, said it was "wishful thinking from our ministers to suggest that you can force schools to find £3bn cuts without harming our children's education. The government's position has now become untenable".
Kevin Courtney, leader of the National Union of Teachers, described the report as "another nail in the coffin of the government's school funding policy".
Labour's shadow education spokeswoman Angela Rayner accused ministers of not "having a clue what is going on in our schools".
"The government's handling of the schools budget is nothing short of a scandal."
The Liberal Democrats' education spokesman, John Pugh, said: "Tory ministers must be the only people left who haven't spotted the crisis in schools funding - or worse, they're choosing to ignore it."
A Department for Education spokeswoman said: "We have protected the core schools budget in real terms since 2010, with school funding at its highest level on record at more than £40bn in 2016-17 - and that is set to rise, as pupil numbers rise over the next two years, to £42bn by 2019-20.
"We recognise that schools are facing cost pressures, and we will continue to provide support to help them use their funding in the most cost-effective ways, so that every pound of the investment we make in education has the greatest impact."
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The call follows the discovery that Volkswagen coded some of its diesel cars to cut nitrogen oxide emissions when tested in lab conditions.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation suggests the deceit could have been uncovered earlier had researchers been able to look at the source code.
But one expert said the idea was risky.
VW's chief executive Martin Winterkorn has resigned after admitting his company had fitted computer-controlled "defeat devices" to more than 11 million vehicles.
In the US, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act prohibits people from circumventing "technological protection measures" that restrict access to copyrighted works.
This includes reverse-engineering many products' machine code to turn it into a lower-level computer language that can be understood by humans.
The EFF has long campaigned for automobile security researchers to be granted an exemption to the rule.
But the lobby group notes that the US's Environment Protection Agency - the watchdog that is holding Volkswagen to account - had opposed the proposal in a letter earlier this year.
"[We have previously] taken enforcement action against third-party vendors who sell or install equipment that can 'bypass, defeat or render inoperative' software designed to enable vehicles to comply with Clean Air Act regulations," the EPA's lawyer wrote to the US Copyright Office on 17 July.
"Any benefit in exempting motor vehicle technological protection measures... is exceeded by the risk that lawful owners could, intentionally or not, modify that software in a way that would increase emissions."
The EFF suggested that VW's case demonstrated the approach had undermined the regulator's own goals.
"When you entrust your health, safety, or privacy to a device, the law shouldn't punish you for trying to understand how that device works and whether it is trustworthy," blogged Kit Walsh, the foundation's staff attorney.
In the UK, security researchers face similar restrictions.
"You're certainly not allowed to go digging into source code without permission," Jeremy Harris, from the law firm Kemp Little, told the BBC.
"Copyright law does allow legal users to decompile machine code if it's to get two programs to work together, but you are not allowed to do it to go searching for flaws or other issues in someone else's product."
He noted, however, that car manufacturers and others could waive their rights in the wake of VW's scandal, to restore confidence.
The Open Rights Group said it too had concerns about the status quo.
"There is a need for car manufacturers to be more open about the technology they use," said spokeswoman Pam Cowburn.
"We need to make sure that laws are not being used by corporations to prevent research that could make our society safer."
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders declined to comment.
But one industry analyst said there were good reasons for the industry to resist pressure to share its code.
"Modern cars are heavily computer-controlled," said Chris Green, a tech consultant at Davies Murphy Group.
"The computer code may well be controlling emissions, but it's also controlling safety features like when your air bags fire and anti-lock braking systems.
"There is an argument for stopping people fiddling with those systems, because if you don't know what you are doing - or even worse do know and have malicious intent - you could create genuine safety issues."
One security researcher added that manufacturers might be worried about losing a competitive advantage.
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"That said, I understand why manufacturers are reluctant to allow it.
"There's a lot of effort, time and money put into creating the code, so they have a huge vested interest in keeping their proprietary tech locked down."
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Passengers on a British Airways flight from Prague and an Icelandair plane told of their relief after landing safely at Heathrow following the strikes on Wednesday.
One described "a white flash" while others said they felt a "crack" and "bang" as bolts hit the aircraft.
BA said planes were built to cope with lightning strikes and their jet would be inspected before resuming service.
Liz Dobson, a charity worker, told the Evening Standard: "It came out of the blue. There was a really loud bang and a white flash. Not really what you want on a plane.
"The lightning hit the wing."
Catherine Mayer, who is co-founder of the Women's Equality Party, was returning from Iceland.
She tweeted: "The plane got hit by lightning. Big flash and bang. #blimey."
She told the BBC how passengers sitting next to her looked distressed and frightened.
Icelandair confirmed that flight FI454 had been struck.
"The aircraft was of course inspected after landing for safety reasons, and as the lightning did not cause damage, the aircraft was returned to service later last night," said a spokesperson for the airline.
A spokesman for BA said: "Lightning strikes are fairly common and aircraft are designed to cope with them."
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England international Downing, 30, has rejoined hometown club Middlesbrough on a four-year deal.
"I didn't want him to go, he's a quality English player and I know how hard it is to get the quality ones," said Bilic.
"Of course I rate him, I tried to persuade him to stay with us."
Middlesbrough-born Downing spent two seasons at Upton Park, making 74 appearances and scoring seven goals for the Hammers.
Capped 35 times by England, Downing left the Riverside for Aston Villa in July 2009, before moving to Liverpool.
He joined West Ham for £5m in August 2013, his last England appearance against Scotland in a friendly last November.
"I know him from the national team when we played England, and he was brilliant in the first half of last season," added former Croatia manager Bilic.
"I was counting on him big time, but he told me that he wanted to go home.
"He said 'I like you and everything, but I want to go home. If it was any other club, I would stay here'.
"Maybe I could have stopped him, and all that, however it is not what we wanted to do, but he wanted to leave."
Meanwhile, Bilic said he was relieved after James Tomkins scored a 90th-minute winner against Birkirkara in the Europa League second qualifying round first leg at Upton Park on Thursday.
The Hammers travel to Malta for the return leg on 23 July with a narrow 1-0 advantage.
"We are well organised and are working hard for each other, but in the last third of the pitch, well, there you need some extra quality," he said.
"It is not job done, of course.
"They will probably play the same way in Malta, and will wait again for some long ball, some mistake or counter-attack, but we are quietly confident."
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The Toomebridge rider won by 0.23 seconds from James Ellison in the third race after finishing third in race two.
Carrickfergus man Glenn Irwin ended his Supersport campaign by coming in third in the feature race to finish fourth in the standings.
Josh Elliott secured another Supersport 1000cc victory as the champion from Fermanagh ended the season on a high.
Alastair Seeley, the Carrickfergus rider who was Elliott's closest challenger for the title, was forced out after five laps.
Laverty was ninth in the Superbike opener on his Tyco BMW before a third and first left him fourth in the series.
Superbike champion Josh Brookes won the opening two races on the English circuit.
Portadown's Marshall Neill finished ninth in Saturday's Supersport sprint race, in which Irwin was an early retirement.
Asked if he would travel to Doha for this year's World Championships, Sagan said: "We will see."
The Slovakian, speaking after finishing third overall in the Eneco Tour, added: "I still have to think about it. It's been a long season."
His absence could help British 2011 world champion Mark Cavendish, who would be suited to the flat course.
Sagan, who rides for Saxo-Tinkoff, added: "I'm tired. I have a lot of things to do. I'm happy the season is almost finished."
The UCI Road World Championships take place between 9 and 16 October in Doha.
Paramjeet Singh Saini spent eight weeks in a Portuguese jail, but returned home to the West Midlands over the weekend.
He has been fighting extradition to India over his alleged involvement in the murder of a Sikh politician in 2009 and bomb attacks in India in 2010.
His detention was a "consequence of the Indian state" against him, he said.
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His family has always maintained the arrest and detention was politically motivated and a breach of his human rights.
The father-of-four came to the UK about 13 years ago and was granted refugee status to stay in the UK until 2023, along with his family.
Indian authorities have alleged he was a leading member of Babbar Khalsa International, a Sikh separatist group banned in the UK under anti-terror laws, and suspect he was involved in the fatal shooting of politician Rulda Singh.
Mr Saini, from Smethwick, was arrested in 2010 by West Midlands Police, as part of a joint investigation with Indian police, and later released without charge.
Warley Labour MP John Spellar said Mr Saini's lawyer had told him the Portuguese government had rejected the case.
Mr Saini told BBC News he was stressed in jail and his release was a "big relief".
Now back home, he said he wanted to carry on with his life after celebrating with friends and his family.
"In India we are - the Sikh nation - going through very bad times. So many people are being detained in India for no reason as political prisoners.
"We are working for them. I'm an activist. I will carry on with my life as an activist in the UK... but in a legal way."
In October, Sikh Jagmeet Singh interrupted the presenter of BBC One's Sunday Morning Live programme to complain at a lack of media coverage over the deaths of two Sikh protesters in the Punjab.
Their deaths came as Sikhs protested because a torn-up copy of Sri Guru Granth Sahib - Sikhism's holy book - was found in a village in Faridkot district.
That sparked further protests in the state and 52 people being arrested over the desecration.
Last June, 82-year-old Bappu Surat Singh Khalsa went on a hunger strike for more than 150 days to campaign for the release of Sikh prisoners in the Punjab who have completed their terms for political crimes but remain in jail.
The Swans have fought off competition from Newcastle and Brighton for the 19-year-old, who scored 23 goals in 40 appearances on loan at Championship side Bristol City in 2016-17.
Abraham worked with Paul Clement when the Swans manager was a coach at Stamford Bridge.
The move could raise doubts on the future of record signing Borja Baston.
However, club chairman Huw Jenkins has said they will fight to keep Gylfi Sigurdsson, Alfie Mawson and Fernando Llorente at the Liberty Stadium.
Jenkins says Swansea are determined to keep hold of their star players, despite Everton being linked with a £40m move for Sigurdsson and England Under-21 defender Mawson apparently attracting Tottenham Hotspur.
Spanish striker Llorente has also been mooted for a move with the Swans reported to be ready to offer him a new contract.
"Keeping your top players is always a difficult one," Jenkins said.
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"It is a slow market as the players have been away on international duty. We want to keep our best players and to that end Gylfi Sigurdsson and Fernando Llorente had good seasons with us last year.
"Naturally that causes interest and there is plenty of media coverage, but our aim is to keep our best players and try to add to that.
"We aren't putting figures on our players. We see the figures bandied around in the Premier League and they are crazy, but we are part of that.
"We will do our best to add to the team, not take away from it.
"We've had no direct contact from any club, it is pure speculation and we hope it remains so."
On apparent Spurs target Mawson, who only joined last summer from Barnsley, Jenkins added: "There has been no firm interest, but his profile is being raised, we understand that.
"But we think he's got a few years left with us to develop his career."
Jenkins says Swansea are looking for additions in central midfield and attack, but France striker Bafetimbi Gomis is unlikely to be under consideration for a return after a loan season with Marseille.
"Gomis (moving) to Galatasaray is possible, we have been talking," Jenkins confirmed.
"Paul has a fair bit of money to consider and there are one or two players we are looking to get signed.
"The main positions we are looking for (with the way that we play) is a central midfielder and a second striker.
"Those are our main focuses, but there may be one or two other areas if some fringe players leave the club, as some last year didn't get enough game time.
"We need to make sure we freshen the squad up and the American investment has provided the club with financial stability, we are paying out for contracts bigger than ever before."
Rovers, relegated from the Football League last year, needed to win to have any chance of extending their season.
And although Steven Jennings slotted in from six yards to give them victory, Braintree's victory over Altrincham ended their hopes.
Grimsby's defeat means they finish fourth and will play Braintree in the play-offs.
The first leg will be played at Blundell Park on Thursday evening, with the return in Essex on the afternoon of Sunday, 8 May.
They're the same because nothing changes, not in terms of Scotland's bottom line at any rate.
Everybody wants a twist in their Six Nations story - a win, remember those?
You're more likely to find a hen's tooth in the car park at Murrayfield than a Scotland player on the training ground beyond who is rich with stories of success - even moderate success - in this unforgiving championship.
Thursday was another treadmill day. Running to stand still. One change to the team - Duncan Taylor, the admirable Saracen, in for the injured Matt Scott in the midfield - but zero difference in the questioning.
What else is there to say? Eight straight losses in the Six Nations. Eight straight losses to Wales, too.
Put another way: one win in 12 against Saturday's opponents. Or another: one win against the Welsh since Jonny Gray learned how to tie his own shoelaces.
We fetch-up at Scotland press conference carrying rugby's equivalent of ticking bombs in our bags, a volume of statistics so damning of Scotland's all-round hopelessness going back so many years that we dare not detonate them in ear-shot of a player or a coach.
It's uncomfortable enough as it is without dropping S-bombs. Stats, they say, are there to be twisted and turned, rewritten and broken. But with Scotland, there's no room for interpretation and ambiguity.
They're as straightforward and as damning as can be.
Cotter sees positives - and fair enough. They're there, for sure, but they haven't come together in sufficient number to add up to a win on his watch in the championship.
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The team he inherited gave away too many penalties, coughed up too many lineout balls and got beaten in too many scrums. Scotland have advanced in all of those departments - and others.
You wouldn't know from watching Saturday's 15-9 loss to England, but when the stars are aligned, Scotland's attack is better than it was. Its defence doesn't look to have the gaping holes it has had for the longest time.
None of this has brought a win, though. They're steps forward, but baby steps.
"It's just maintaining the vigilance and concentration that you need to put away games," said Cotter. "For long periods of the game last weekend we were in it, we dominated. We didn't score off two critical situations and if we had, perhaps, the result could have been different."
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"It's just a matter of believing in what we're doing," Cotter continued. "Six points away from England. A try away from a win. There's a positive feel within the team but we're not happy because we're not winning.
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"We're getting ourselves into situations where we can win and that's exciting and hopefully we'll get ourselves into the same situation this week and put in place the things we worked on during the week.
"Hopefully they'll get the opportunity to nail a big game and when we do that maybe things will become much easier."
Wales drew with Ireland in Dublin. As a Test match, it was well ahead of anything we saw at Murrayfield 24 hours earlier. It was more intense, more accurate, more brutal. It was no oil painting in its beauty, but even Cotter admitted that Wales and Ireland showed that they were "ahead of everyone else."
The Welsh are a bit of an optical illusion. Scan their starting line-up and they're a side with pace, power, wit and game-breaking threat. In reality, they've got the power covered, but the wit and the creativity goes missing.
They're not quite one-dimensional, but much of what they do is based on brute force. Hence, the massive physical toll it takes on them. They play hard, direct, largely risk-free rugby.
They bang away at an opposing defence waiting for it to crack under the bombardment rather than using their skill and pace to unlock it.
Against Ireland they made zero line breaks and just two offloads. Warrenball is attritional and not always easy on the eye, but it has served them well in the Six Nations.
A depleted Ireland - shorn of so many front-liners - still matched Wales' physicality and got a result many thought was beyond them in their weakened state. Ireland's powers of concentration and discipline and line speed in defence were huge.
They had inexperienced Test players stepping up to the plate, carrying ball prodigious amounts of ball, making a vast number of tackles, constantly troubling Wales with their intensity.
Now it's Scotland's turn. Cotter spoke of the need to be clinical. They weren't against England. In truth, taking their chances when they arise is a trait that has been beyond Scotland for a dozen years and more.
"To put everything into perspective, we lost by six points to England and we're not happy about that because we had opportunity to win it," said Cotter. "I'd rather be in a situation where we can win rather than be 20 points behind and have no chance whatsoever.
"We've spent another week together and the weather has been nicer to us. We've been able to train without that horizontal rain and sleet."
They've had enough storm clouds to last them a lifetime. The roof will be closed in Cardiff, but if a minor miracle happens and Scotland get the win they so desperately crave they'll still be able to see the sun through all that steel.
The council's loans of £3.74m to the club have been converted into shares.
Durham were relegated from County Championship Division One by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on 3 October, amid debts of £7.5m.
They accepted a £3.8m aid package approved by the ECB and will start next season with a 48-point deduction.
The agreement with the council means Durham's debt to the local authority will not be written off.
Instead, the council will have shares in a "community interest company" (CIC) that will run the club.
"The financial situation Durham faces is untenable and the club is effectively insolvent and not viable in its current state," read the council report.
"The council's role and participation in the new board is still to be determined."
A Durham statement read: "The club is pleased that this has been achieved without the need for significant public debt write-off, as has been the case elsewhere in cricket."
Durham also face a four-point penalty in the 2017 T20 Blast and a two-point deduction in the One-Day Cup, and have lost the right to stage Test cricket at their Riverside ground.
The CIC, which will be run by a new chairman and involve a new board of directors and management structure, can pay up to 35% of profits to shareholders each year.
Although the council's statement of accounts reveals an overall underspend for 2015-16, the local authority has needed to make budget cuts to a total of £153.2m, to which an estimated £104.8m must also be added over the next four years.
The document reveals Durham is the most deprived authority in the north east in terms of "the scale of income deprivation".
Independent councillor John Shuttleworth described the rescue package with Durham as "ill thought out".
He told BBC Newcastle: "We're writing off almost £4m in effect.
"Recently we've closed care homes and leisure centres and restricted services to vulnerable people - old and young - and shut schools.
"I don't think Joe Public out there is going to be very happy about it."
Hundreds of police officers stood in front of the coffins of commander Jean-Baptiste Salvaing and his partner Jessica Schneider, who died on Monday.
Mr Hollande said further measures would be taken to protect police officers.
But when the president filed past the front row, one policeman refused to shake his hand.
Hundreds of uniformed police officers and firefighters took part in the ceremony in the prefecture of Versailles, the region where the couple lived and worked.
In an emotional speech, Mr Hollande said Mr Salvaing and Ms Schneider were "everyday heroes" who were killed because they made the "perilous choice" to defend their country.
The pair were posthumously awarded the Legion of Honour.
Mr Hollande promised to take measures to guarantee the anonymity of officers and he said police would be allowed permanently to carry their guns when off duty.
They have been allowed to do so on a temporary basis, since the Paris attacks in November, in which 130 people were killed.
"Police and gendarmes must be given the means to defend themselves when they are not on duty," he said, adding: "We must also avoid police and gendarmes being identified and targeted by criminals they have jailed, or their accomplices."
Investigators are looking into whether the couple's attacker, 25-year-old Larossi Abballa, knew his victims.
At the ceremony, the president and prime minister moved along the front row, shaking hands with officers but one policeman kept his hand down.
The man looked straight ahead without shaking the president's or prime minister's hands.
Mr Hollande moved on, but Prime Minister Manuel Valls was seen engaging the man in brief conversation after his handshake was rejected.
Interviewed on French television channel TF1 afterwards, the police officer, who was not named, said: "There are too many problems in the police. We've had enough."
He said in Mantes-la-Jolie, west of Paris, police had only three vehicles for 40 staff.
Analysts say France's police force has been overstretched because of the security situation after the Paris attacks.
It has also had to deal with months of violent anti-government protests in which dozens of officers have suffered injuries.
Paris police chief Michel Cadot recently wrote to the interior minister, complaining that officers were "exhausted" even before the Euro 2016 football tournament started.
In the past week, forces around France have also had to deal with a minority of violent and heavy-drinking fans, who have fought police and each other.
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said 1,425 will come from the Army, 70 from the RAF and 10 from the Royal Navy.
Mr Hammond told the Commons the decisions were "painful" but Britain's security would not be put at risk.
Personnel currently serving or about to serve in Afghanistan will be exempt, while the Ghurkas face cuts.
Shadow defence secretary Vernon Coaker said the government was "taking risks with Britain's safety and security" by pressing ahead with latest job cuts.
The Army is cutting the number of regulars from 102,000 in 2010 to 82,000 by 2017, but seeking to increase the number of reservists.
The plans also involve cutting the Royal Navy from 35,500 regulars in 2010 to 30,000 in 2020 and the RAF from 40,130 regulars in 2010 to 35,000 in 2020.
By Jonathan BealeDefence correspondent, BBC News
It has clearly been a difficult few years for the Army. They have suitably called it "life in the tranches".
Their misery: one tranche, or round, of redundancies after another as the Army undergoes the very painful process of downsizing itself.
But there is now light at the end of the tunnel, or as the head of the Army Gen Sir Peter Wall says, an end to "the forced exodus of people from the Army".
He can now focus on its transformation.
Reservists will play a much bigger role in the Army. It needs thousands more part-time soldiers but also a constant flow of those wishing to join full-time.
So far, that has not been going according to plan.
And with the war in Afghanistan coming to an end and unemployment rates falling it's not going to get any easier.
The Gurkhas will be cut because they currently have too many personnel, the defence secretary said.
Mr Hammond told the Commons that the completion of the cuts marked a turning point, meaning the remaining personnel could "enjoy peace of mind" that a period of restructuring was over.
He said: "Our personnel will have certainty about the future size and shape of our armed forces, and confidence that they will have the kit, equipment and platforms they need.
"Just as important, the country can have confidence that its armed forces will not only be affordable and sustainable, but among the most battle-hardened, best-equipped and best-trained forces in the world, able to ensure that Britain remains safe and secure in the world."
He said to ease the transition to civilian life, the armed forces help-to-buy scheme would be extended to personnel taking redundancy who did not have their own home.
Mr Coaker said: "Labour is clear about the need to reconfigure our armed forces after withdrawal from Afghanistan and the end of a presence in Germany. But we would never do anything that would leave Britain's security under threat."
"The government is letting down our armed forces and their families, and taking risks with our nation's safety."
The previous round of redundancies in June, totalling nearly 4,500, was the largest number of job cuts since the government began the process following the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review.
Of those that were made redundant, 84% applied.
The head of the British army, Gen Sir Peter Wall said this final round of redundancies would end a period of significant uncertainty with the "forced exodus of people from the Army", and it could now focus on recruiting for the future.
Mr Hammond recently described army recruitment as a "big challenge", as a £3m campaign to boost regular and reserve forces was launched.
As the number of regular soldiers decreases, the government wants to boost the number of reservists from 19,000 to 30,000 - but it has so far failed to meet its targets.
Falklands veteran Simon Weston said he would not have joined the armed forces in its current form.
"I look at it now and think, 'Is it worth going in?' The way the guys were given their redundancies on the front line last year, that's some thank you for the job you have taken on, dedicated your life to, risked your life for, as many have done. I don't think I would," he said.
The government's plans to reduce armed forces personnel were criticised in recent weeks by former US defence secretary Robert Gates, who told the BBC that cuts would limit the UK's military standing.
That warning, though, was rejected by Prime Minister David Cameron, who said Britain had the world's fourth largest defence budget and was a "first-class player in terms of defence".
Cyber Iconic Man by the Chapman brothers, two of Britain's more hard-hitting contemporary artists, is in the cathedral's Chapel of the Holy Spirit.
Works by Maurizio Cattelan and Turner Prize winners Douglas Gordon and Susan Philipsz are also in the cathedral.
It is one of five venues showing works loaned by leading European collectors.
The Church of England cathedral has joined museums and galleries in staging Going Public, a collaboration between the city's venues and private art collectors from the UK, Italy, Germany and France.
The works in the cathedral have been loaned by the Turin-based Sandretto Re Rebaudengo collection.
They include a large tapestry showing drowning African migrants, the Twin Towers and the G20 leaders, by former Turner Prize nominee Goshka Macuga, which is hanging in the nave.
The Chapman brothers' work dates from 1996 and shows a figure turned upside down, with blood-like liquid running from his scars.
The Very Reverend Peter Bradley, dean of Sheffield Cathedral, said: "A lot of classic religious art shows images of really rather frightening violence, [such as] the crucifixion. But we don't notice that because we don't actually see it as violence. We see it purely as an illustration of a story.
"Some of these artworks invite us to reflect on violence, and violence in a religious context, in a new way, and that's strong, certainly."
The cathedral is showing 10 artworks in total. Dean Bradley said he had asked for pieces that "have quite a punch", so they were not "overwhelmed by the building".
He said he had already had some "very interesting discussions" about the artworks with members of the congregation.
He said: "Some people think they're fabulous. Some people don't like them. Some people have an open mind.
"There are people who complain about our Christmas tree every year, so there will be people who don't like it. Some of that will be a reasoned dislike, which is well worth investigating and we take very seriously.
"Some of it will be [saying], 'The cathedral shouldn't engage with this.' What we won't take seriously is not engaging with contemporary culture, because that's what we're there for.
"We're not here as a historic artefact. We're here as a contemporary Christian community engaging with the reality of contemporary British society."
Going Public is also taking place at the Graves Gallery, which is showing a collection of Marcel Duchamp works and archives, as well as Site Gallery, the Millennium Gallery and Sheffield Hallam's University's Institute of the Arts.
The aim of the project is to forge relationships with private collectors and philanthropists at a time when public arts funding is under threat, according to Museums Sheffield chief executive Kim Streets.
"I hope we can develop a longer term relationship from this particular group [of collectors] and that will enable us to bring other work to the city in the future," she said.
"And putting philanthropy in the spotlight will, we hope, make other introductions and begin a slightly wider conversation.
"We need to look closer to home to begin a conversation about philanthropy in the UK and in the North."
The Labour leader said he would allow a second vote "if the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish people want it".
But he insisted he would urge Holyrood "very strongly" to wait until UK talks with the EU had been completed.
Nicola Sturgeon has said that a vote should be held "not now, but when the final terms of the deal are known".
Mr Corbyn said: "What I've said is that if the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish people want a referendum, they have the right to do that.
"That was the whole point of the devolution agreement of the 1990s.
"I think the referendum should take place, if there is to be one, after the Brexit negotiations are concluded because this is the most important thing."
Nicola Sturgeon has previously called for a second vote on Scotland's constitutional future between autumn 2018 and spring 2019.
Launching the SNP's general election manifesto in Perth, Ms Sturgeon said opposition to an independence referendum would be "democratically unsustainable" if the SNP wins a majority of Scottish seats.
The manifesto includes a call for a vote on independence to be held "at the end of the Brexit process".
This has been rejected by Theresa May, who insists "now is not the time" despite a majority in the Scottish Parliament favouring a referendum in principle.
Speaking during a visit to a nursery in Westminster, Mr Corbyn said he would call on the SNP to "think again" and that he would "appeal to the Scottish people to think again on this".
He said: "Let's deal with the Brexit negotiations first, it's absolutely key that we get tariff-free trade access to the European market, our manufacturing industry relies on that.
"It's also important we have good agreements with Europe in the future in respect of management of the sea and all the other conditions that we've gained out of European membership."
Asked again if he would block a referendum if Holyrood passed a motion for it before Brexit is complete, Mr Corbyn replied: "We would discuss it with them and urge them very strongly to put it back until after the Brexit talks have been concluded.
"I think there would be a reasonable agreement around that because, after all, in Scotland the issues are actually poverty, actually on investment, actually on the housing needs of the people of Scotland.
"A Labour government would do a great deal to assist all the people of Scotland on those."
The Scottish Liberal Democrats have described Mr Corbyn's position on independence as "confused and chaotic".
South Westminster Drug and Alcohol Service said an increasing number of young male clients were seeking support for anabolic steroid use.
Home Office figures show 60,000 people used steroids in the UK in 2014.
But the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence said it was the "tip of the iceberg" and advised gyms to supply sharps bins for needles.
Roy Jones, from the South Westminster service, said: "Our numbers are increasing on a regular basis.
"I've been working with steroid users for 16 years and when I first started, the guys taking them were body builders in their 30s.
"Now the average age I see is 23."
According to Professor Gillian Leng, deputy chief executive of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), there is a worrying trend of young professionals turning to the drugs.
She said: "It's fair to say it is becoming a much more normal thing to do among some groups of young men who are concerned about the way they look...injecting steroids has become a solution."
Although government figures suggest 60,000 people used steroids in 2014, professional bodies believe the figure is much higher, as only those ending up in police custody are recorded in the statistics.
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Professor Leng said: "I think it is inevitable that the number is a lot higher.
"From the epidemiology (the data) we have about the kind of people who use steroids - it's a group that's not all going to appear in custody so that figure is bound to be the tip of the iceberg - it might be three times that number."
A 25-year-old, who works in the City of London and asked to remain anonymous, told BBC London he had taken steroids for two years.
He said he bought them from a dealer at his local gym and he knows many others who do the same.
"I started taking them because I felt I couldn't get any bigger training naturally," he said. "It was the next step for me."
"There's immense pressure to look good - it's part of the culture we live in, we all want that big figure."
Easygym have installed sharps bins in all their gyms, while Fitness First, Virgin Active and David Lloyd said some of their clubs also have them.
All the gyms said they had a zero tolerance approach to steroids and the bins were a health and safety measure for diabetic members and the disposal of razors.
The Department of Health said it had "given local areas the power and the funding to tackle public health issues like this".
Despite the increased awareness, Matthew Dear, 17, from Southend, died after an adverse reaction to steroids.
His mother Tina, who runs the Matthew Dear Foundation, which was set up to warn people about the dangers of steroid use, said: "When we lost Matthew six years ago, people thought it was a problem that wasn't going to boil over.
"We are now at that point where it is boiling over and somebody needs to take ownership."
Rolandas Malinauskas, from east London, is a natural bodybuilder - which means strictly no steroids.
The former British Champion said many young men did not consider the dangers of the drugs.
"In the long term, you do not win with steroids - they create a mirage," he said. "You can build muscle naturally but it takes time and dedication. Its all about precision, training and diet."
From 284-4 overnight, England lost Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler and Moeen Ali, who departed for 146, to slip to 321-7.
But Dawson and Rashid added 108, an England best for the eighth wicket in India, to see the tourists to 477.
India, who have won the series 3-0, moved to 60-0, 417 adrift, with KL Rahul on 30 and Parthiv Patel 28.
The home side's serene progress on a placid surface served to highlight how difficult it will be for England to force a consolation victory.
Indeed, with a spin attack that has been outbowled by India's throughout the series, their score may prove to be little more than par, especially with an innings defeat after making 400 in the fourth Test still fresh in the mind.
"It will be hard work for England's spinners as Rahul and Parthiv have gathered their runs rather easily," said former England spinner Vic Marks on Test Match Special.
"It looks a good batting surface and it's difficult to see how you'd get 10 wickets out there, let alone 20."
Dawson, 26, was only added to the England squad after the third Test as a replacement for the injured Zafar Ansari.
Primarily called up for his left-arm spin, the right-hander usually bats in the middle order for Hampshire and has eight first-class centuries.
After a nervy start that saw him struck on the helmet by Ishant Sharma and offer a leading edge just out of reach of Ravichandran Ashwin, Dawson showed composure, solid defence and sound judgement, as well as taking opportunities to score through the off side.
His only blemish was a mix-up that resulted in the run-out of Stuart Broad, but a six off Ashwin that was carried to the mid-wicket rope by sub fielder Axar Patel took him past the 59 made by David Bairstow against India at The Oval in 1979 to the highest score made by an England number eight on his debut.
"Liam Dawson can bat as well as any of England's late-order all-rounders," said former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott on TMS.
"He plays close to his pad, the bat is close to the body and I can only give him credit for the way he batted. He got hit on the head, but carried on, and he and Rashid played splendidly."
Like Dawson, Rashid has a first-class batting record that compares to the majority of his England team-mates, but he had made only one previous Test half-century and contributed just 51 runs in seven innings in this series.
He arrived when England had lost three wickets for 34 runs - Stokes was tempted to edge Ashwin in the first over of the day, Buttler played across Ishant to be lbw and Moeen, who added 26 to his overnight 120, loosely fell into Umesh Yadav's short-ball trap.
Initially supportive of Dawson - he scored only 13 from his first 77 balls - Rashid gradually took over the role of aggressor, wristily playing beautiful whips through mid-wicket and inside-out drives through the covers.
It was the intent to score that proved his downfall, a flat-footed waft at Umesh resulting in an edge behind.
After taking early wickets, India may have hoped to be batting by about lunchtime, only to complete more than five sessions in the field by the time England were bowled out after tea.
Fatigue, scoreboard pressure and the loss of opener Murali Vijay to a shoulder injury was a potential recipe for late casualties, yet Rahul and emergency partner Parthiv were untroubled for 20 overs.
England's bowling was tidy, but the pace bowlers were offered no assistance and the spinners - including Dawson's first over in Test cricket - were only afforded sluggish, unthreatening turn.
With India captain Virat Kohli and his 640 series runs still to come, the likelihood is the visitors face a long day in the field on Sunday.
England all-rounder Liam Dawson, who made 66 not out: "The first 20 balls were probably the most nervous I've ever been but thankfully I came through it. I've watched a lot of international cricket and knew the bouncer was going to be a factor but it was a good start.
"Becoming a genuine all-rounder is my goal. Batting is my priority but I was hoping I'd get at least an over to bowl this evening so that was great."
England all-rounder Moeen Ali, who made 146: "It's going to be very hard and a big challenge. We have three days but they play spin very well. We're going to have to do very well to bowl them out twice.
"Batting this year has gone quite well, but it's tough when you haven't got a consistent number. However, wherever I'm needed in the team, I'll bat. I was batting at five at the start of the tour but now I'm batting at four. It's a good place to bat but I'd rather bat five."
"Since that famous telephone call you made, you have changed the course of Nigeria's political history," Muhammadu Buhari said.
He was referring to the moment President Jonathan conceded victory and put paid to the daunting prospect of a disputed and probably violent aftermath to the election.
It was the first time ever in Nigeria's history that an opposition politician had won an election and both men were ready for the historic transition.
Many Nigerians have huge expectations of their next head of state, but one man who has worked for three different presidents including the former military ruler Sani Abacha says Muhammadu Buhari needs to be aware that it is easy to get cut off from reality once ensconced in "The Villa".
"As cocooned as Abacha was, I remember he was very fond of talking to the gardener. He would ask him 'Danzaria, what is happening in town?'" former minister Dr Aliyu Modibbo Umar told the BBC.
"'Today there are a lot of queues at the fuel stations', Danzaria would say or 'We have not been paid our salary'," said Dr Modibbo recalling the early 1990s when he was a special advisor in the presidency.
"If you are taciturn like some of the heads of state it is very easy to be in a cocoon and to only listen to a few people," Dr Modibbo said, adding that another President, Olusegun Obasanjo, was one of the few former heads of state to have kept his finger on the pulse of the country.
He put this down to his exuberant and outgoing nature.
As well as working as a minister under President Obasanjo, Dr Modibbo was also in Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's government. He believes that like Mr Yar'Adua, Goodluck Jonathan had also allowed himself to become isolated with just a few officials around him.
"How could you come out and not believe the Chibok girls had been kidnapped if you were not cocooned?" he said, referring to the fact that the president and his ministers were at first reluctant to admit that more than 200 schoolgirls had been seized by jihadists in April 2014. The 219 girls are still missing.
Some analysts suggest Goodluck Jonathan may be slightly relieved to be handing over, given the challenges facing the country.
The fact that Muhammadu Buhari has been head of state before may alert him to some of the dangers he is likely to face but he will be in no doubt as to how difficult it will be to deliver the changes so many Nigerians are craving.
Even on his way to the inauguration he is likely to see the fuel queues snaking for kilometres across Abuja - the latest sign that oil production and fuel importation are in need of a major overhaul.
As well as tackling jihadist extremism and helping create jobs, fighting corruption is the loudest call on the streets.
But will the new administration go after corrupt individuals in the outgoing government? This is a key factor which could affect Nigeria's stability after the handover.
At a newspaper stand in Abuja the headlines have prompted some fierce debate with arguments over whether all former governments should be investigated, or just Mr Jonathan's, or none at all.
"Jonathan urges Buhari not to be selective with probes," says This Day newspaper.
"Don't probe me alone - Jonathan tells Buhari," is the front page of the Daily Trust.
"It is good if he investigates the previous government because any money that he recovers from them he can use on the infrastructure like roads, electricity and so on," says one reader, James Isaac, as he scans the headlines.
But others are not so sure.
"If we say he should start investigating all the previous leaders, his whole tenure will finish before he settles down to work on Nigeria's issues," says another man joining the debate.
Muhammadu Buhari profile
Others like newspaper buyer Engineer Paul argue that the corruption of today did not start from President Jonathan's time in office.
"Every past democratic government has done something terrible to the citizens of Nigeria," he said.
"They have managed this country as if it is their family business," said Mr Paul, who feels all former governments should be made to account.
He also argues that Mr Buhari came to power with help from some corrupt politicians and that could have consequences.
"If a thief should crown you he will still steal the crown from your head," he reflects, adding that the new president may be in for a rough ride if he falls out with some of his allies in the coalition.
His to-do list may be long and daunting but the way Muhammadu Buhari stays in touch with reality outside State House and the way he handles the politicians who are supposedly close to him are two vital tests he faces.
Rigg joined the Craven Cottage side at the start of 2015 following a two-year spell with the Football Association.
He previously worked at Manchester City and QPR as a technical director.
Rigg worked closely with Fulham's scouting team, but the Whites said his departure would not affect their plans for the January transfer window.
"Mike made many solid contributions to our club and I know he will be up to the next challenge in his career," chairman Shahid Khan said.
Companies that publish, share or edit news will need a government licence, and senior editors must be approved by the authorities.
Other staff will be required to undergo government training and assessment, and receive official accreditation.
The legislation will bring online news providers into line with traditional news media operating in the country.
From 1 June, when the rules come into force, they will be expected to follow "information security protocols", including "emergency response" measures such as increased vetting following disasters, according to the state news agency Xinhua.
In a statement published online, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said the new rules would "strengthen management of information" and "promote the healthy and orderly development of internet news, in accordance to law".
The list of providers and platforms covered includes "websites, applications, forums, blogs, microblogs, public accounts, instant messaging tools and internet broadcasts".
Organisations that do not have a licence will not be allowed to post news or commentary about the government, economy, military, foreign affairs, or "other areas of public interest".
Editorial and business operations must be kept separate.
Only publicly funded organisations will be able to carry out their own reporting.
This most recent regulation from the Chinese state will make it more difficult for business media in the mainland to stay competitive.
Many outlets are independent and operate online.
It has already been problematic for staff from such organisations to obtain press cards to events - but financial websites such as Caijing and Caixin Online have traditionally been able to secure strong followings online because of their credible investigative journalism, and their articles are often shared through popular news portals.
But in recent months, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has made increased efforts to tighten online media regulation - particularly as live streaming and video blogging becomes a popular means of telling news.
In July 2016, it fined and disciplined a number of news portals for sharing independent news stories.
The following month, the CAC introduced rules for users of live streaming platforms to be monitored full-time, and in December of the same year, the CAC announced that all live streaming users needed a permit.
Chinese outlets will not be allowed to enter joint ventures with foreign partners, or accept foreign funding, until they have a passed a security assessment carried out by the government's State Council Information Office.
Companies that fail to comply will have their licences withdrawn and face fines of up to 30,000 yuan ($4,350: £3,370).
Google, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and many foreign news websites are banned in China.
The singer, who achieved 11 number one singles and nine top albums as a solo artist and with Wham!, is back posthumously at number eight with greatest hits album Ladies & Gentlemen.
Little Mix's album Glory Days ends the year as the number one album.
Clean Bandit's Rockabye remains at number one in the singles charts for an eighth week.
Michael died aged 53 at his home in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire and police have said that a post-mortem examination into the cause of his death was "inconclusive".
His retrospective album, which topped the chart for eight weeks upon its release in 1998, sees a 5625% surge on sales and streams from last week.
It was already one of the 60 best-selling UK albums of all time and now re-enters the album chart top 10 for the first time in 17 years.
Michael's last album with Wham!, The Final, is at 40, while Twenty Five, Faith, Symphonica and Older have all returned to the top 100.
Four of his singles, including 1987's Faith also return to the top 100 singles chart.
Last Christmas has returned to the top 10 for the first time in 31 years and is the second most-streamed track of the week with 3.6m streams.
Official Charts Company boss Martin Talbot said: "The sudden and terribly sad death of George Michael has naturally prompted his fans to re-explore his rich catalogue again, paying tribute to his incredible talent, both as a solo artist and founder of Wham!.
"Quite appropriately, given the season, it is Last Christmas which makes the biggest impact."
Little Mix's Glory Days, which includes the hit single Shout Out To My Ex, reaches number one for a third time.
Last month it became the fastest-selling album by a British girl group since The Spice Girls' Spiceworld in 1997.
Clean Bandit's Rockabye is the biggest selling single of the week in the UK, with 44,000 downloads and 3.4 million streams. It is also the second-longest running number one of the year behind Drake's One Dance, which claimed the top spot for 15 weeks.
Swedish pop sensation Zara Larsson claims her biggest hit yet as I Would Like rises to number two, beating her previous best effort Lush Life, which reached number three.
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The deficiencies of Mark Warburton's team were laid bare in their 5-1 defeat at Celtic Park on Saturday and the Rangers manager must be in a small minority to deny there's a gulf in quality between the Old Firm pair.
Maybe 30-plus midfielders Joey Barton and Niko Kranjcar can be deployed together against lesser opposition, but the pairing was woefully inadequate against Celtic.
I can understand why another over-30, newly signed Philippe Senderos, was pitched into another problem area, but the gamble at stabilising their central defence failed.
The performance of Josh Windass was one positive for Rangers, but it was a weekend that offered precious few crumbs of comfort for the Ibrox club.
Stuart Armstrong is the latest glaring example of how Celtic have been reinvented during this Brendan Rodgers revolution.
It's less than four months since the former Swansea City and Liverpool manager stepped into Scottish football, but his impact at Celtic Park has been spectacular.
Rodgers' first three signings, Moussa Dembele, Scott Sinclair and Kolo Toure, have all made an eye-catching impression and existing players like Scott Brown, Tom Rogic and James Forrest have been encouraged to reproduce their best form.
Armstrong is another who, under Ronny Deila's management, was going backwards, but his 40-minute cameo appearance off the bench during the routing of Rangers, which included the fifth Celtic goal, reminded us all how good he can be.
The watching Scotland head coach, Gordon Strachan, was almost purring at the impressive return of Armstrong, who can once again be knocking on the door of the national team.
There was confirmation for me at the weekend that Steven MacLean doesn't just have a top surname. The St Johnstone striker is also the owner of a great football brain.
Saints' number nine slammed in a spectacular goal at Firhill to seal the points against Partick Thistle on Saturday to secure a return to the Premiership top six.
But it's his game intelligence that consistently makes him a pleasure to watch.
When Stevie May was causing a sensation at St Johnstone, and scoring goals for fun, MacLean played a massive part in making that partnership so successful. And he continues to have a big influence on the players around him.
It's simple stuff really. MacLean gets the ball up front, keeps it, brings other attackers into the game and pretty much runs the show for the Perth team.
At the age of 34, he continues to be pivotal to St Johnstone's style of play.
The Aberdeen fans know how much they miss Jonny Hayes when the wee winger's not around. That's only been emphasised during his recent six-match absence.
He was back at the weekend against his old team, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, and, not surprisingly, needed the game to get anywhere near match sharpness.
While Hayes has been missing, Aberdeen have been knocked out of Europe and embarked on an underwhelming, by their standards, start to the domestic season.
They've won only two of the six games in which they've been without the Irishman and those were against Ayr United in the League Cup and early season Premiership strugglers Partick Thistle.
Don't be surprised if the return of Hayes coincides with a kick-start to Aberdeen's campaign.
Hearts have pleasantly surprised me with their impressive opening to the Premiership season.
I commentated on their two home games in the Europa League qualifiers and wondered whether, on the back of a couple of highly successful seasons, they had enough depth to their squad this time around.
We're only a month or so into the campaign, but Robbie Neilson's team are off to a very encouraging start.
Hearts have drawn at Pittodrie and beaten Hamilton Academical, Inverness Caley Thistle and Partick Thistle. Their only defeat was against champions Celtic.
I wasn't sure how they could possibly improve on their third-place finish last season.
Maybe, all things considered, they're in with a chance.
The plan is part of a multimillion-pound regeneration project including rebranding St Austell as "Clay Town" in tribute to it as the centre of Cornwall's china clay industry.
It's hoped the town could become a centre for the ceramic arts.
A partnership with Stoke-on-Trent - famous for pottery - is also planned.
James Staughton, chairman of the St Austell Bay Economic Forum and chief executive of St Austell Brewery, said it was a "huge opportunity" for the town.
Cornishware was first produced in Derbyshire in 1924 and was so named because the blue and white stripes reminded an employee of Cornwall's blue skies and white-crested waves.
"China Clay is unique to us and it's something we should really celebrate from the rooftops," Mr Staughton told BBC News.
"By putting together a programme of events as a cultural destination, I think we can encourage people in who will spend their time and hopefully their well-earned money."
Adam Daniels, who runs a restaurant in the town, said: "I've lived in St Austell pretty much all my life and it's got worse - not so many jobs, not so many shops.
"This would be a good thing because St Austell needs something and at the minute there's not a lot happening."
However, Ally Watkins, who runs a spice shop, said she was sceptical as previous attempts had failed because businesses and residents were not listened to.
"The first thing that comes to mind is Baldrick and 'another cunning plan'," she said.
"I don't mean to be dismissive... but so many have already been tried and tested and they've not really amounted to much."
In the early 20th Century, Cornwall dominated the world's market, producing one million tonnes of china clay every year - 75% of which was exported - and employed more than 7,000 local workers.
The china clay was used to make the finest porcelain and pottery, including Wedgwood, Spode and Minton.
Known as "white gold", china clay powered the local economy then and it is hoped the Clay Town project could do so again.
The photographs were taken last week between the Albert Bridge and McConnell's Weir while the river was at low levels.
The public bicycle hire scheme was launched in 2015.
On Wednesday the PSNI confirmed that more than a third of the bikes were out of action because of theft or vandalism.
Belfast City Council said this is costing ratepayers about £20,000 a year and there are now concerns about the future expansion of the scheme.
Since its launch, the Belfast Bikes scheme has almost 5,000 annual members and more than 5,000 casual users.
However, 210 of the 576 bikes in the fleet have been taken out of service.
Over the Easter weekend, 19 bikes were stolen and a further eight were vandalised.
PSNI's Sgt Pete Cunningham appealed for witnesses to "instances of theft or vandalism to report it to the police immediately."
Dublin Bikes launched in 2009 and the city's council said it does not gather statistics about theft or vandalism to the bikes because '"they are not a feature of the scheme in Dublin".
They conclude that the forged fossils were made by one man: the prime suspect and "discoverer" Charles Dawson.
The human-like skull fragments and an ape-like jaw, complete with two teeth, shook the scientific world in 1912 but were exposed as a hoax in 1953.
New tests show the bones came from two or three humans and one orangutan.
The research, published in Royal Society Open Science, was a multi-disciplinary collaboration including palaeobiologists, historians, dental experts and ancient DNA specialists.
Comparing the methods used on multiple forged specimens dug up near the Sussex village of Piltdown from 1912 to 1916, the team found what they describe as a highly consistent modus operandi:
Such a fixed strategy for fooling the scientific establishment points to a single person conducting the operation, said Isabelle De Groote from Liverpool John Moores University.
Critically, it also links two separate locations: "Piltdown I" where the original jawbone and skull fragments were planted and excavated in 1912, and "Piltdown II" 3km away where Dawson claimed to find a matching tooth and skull pieces in 1915.
"What we've been able to demonstrate is a signature, a fingerprint throughout all of these specimens, even including the second molar from the second Piltdown site," said Dr De Groote, first author of the study.
"Dawson is the only one who ever said there was a Piltdown II site; he's the only one who was ever associated with it and we can clearly link that molar to the original specimens."
That case is clinched by detailed analysis of the various teeth.
The exact shape of molars from the two sites, as well as traces of DNA found in teeth at both Piltdown I and Piltdown II, suggest they all came from the jawbone of a single orangutan - probably belonging to a rare subspecies from Borneo.
Remarkably, Dawson appears to have removed the teeth, breaking the jaw in the process, then ground them down to make them appear more human and stuck two molars back in the jaw with putty and gravel.
But planting a third tooth at Piltdown II, a century before ancient DNA analysis became possible, was his undoing.
"That has to be Dawson, there's no doubt about that. He's the only person uniquely linked with both those sites," said co-author Chris Stringer from London's Natural History Museum.
It is still possible that someone else supplied the specimens for Dawson to "discover", Prof Stringer added. But the amateur collector, anxious for scientific acclaim, was certainly "the central figure".
As a consequence, several other suspects are now off the hook, Dr De Groote said, including the French priest Teilhard de Chardin who excavated an isolated canine tooth at the Piltdown I site in 1913.
The new findings place that tooth firmly in the same orangutan jaw as the molars, which are now tied to Dawson.
"It exonerates a number of people who have been accused," Dr De Groote told BBC News.
She and her colleagues' fresh insights into the forger's methods - such as the precisely matching gravel embedded in the bones - also point to Dawson.
"It was very carefully done," she said. "That's another thing that exonerates some others - for example, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was one of the suspects.
"Obviously he could write a good story, but he probably would never have had the skill or the scientific knowledge to prepare a forgery like this one."
Dawson, on the other hand, had a long-standing interest in antiquity and fossil collecting. He knew that scientists were expecting the earliest human ancestor to have a big brain but an ape-like jaw.
"He listened very carefully," said Dr De Groote, adding that he even tailored subsequent forgeries to the reaction of the scientific community.
"When a jaw and the skull bones were announced, there was a big discussion at the Geological Society about what the canine in such an animal would look like. And, ta-da - six or seven months later, a canine shows up and it looks exactly like what they had predicted."
She says her sleuthing on the Piltdown saga has made her think no evidence should be taken for granted, and scientists must beware their preconceptions.
"If something fits a hypothesis maybe too well, question it again."
The scandal also makes a clear argument for not locking up fossils, Dr De Groote said; for decades after the discovery, scientists were only rarely given access to the Piltdown specimens themselves.
She said even today, her PhD students often face difficulties getting hold of samples.
"The field of palaeoanthropology is still very much a field of fossil hoarding."
By contrast, the recent example of the Homo naledi skeletons being quickly made available as printable 3D files is extremely positive.
"In the last four or five years, this has started to change," Dr De Groote said.
"Open access should include making fossils accessible to people. Now they can be scanned and shared very easily - it would just make for better science."
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If accepted, it would mean government-proposed rules, allowing those living in remote areas to demand broadband, were unnecessary.
BT says it would invest up to £600m and coverage would be universal by 2022.
About 1.4 million households currently cannot get speeds above 10Mbps, according to Ofcom.
This figure is disputed by a group of MPs who say there are a further 5.3 million who have not chosen to take up faster broadband services, some of whom may also not be able to get 10Mbps speeds.
In a recently published report, they called on regulator Ofcom to more clearly distinguish between the take-up and actual availability of fast broadband.
The government has proposed a universal service obligation (USO), designed to help remote households get fast broadband more quickly, by granting them the right to request broadband speeds of at least 10Mbps - speeds which the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport says would "meet the typical needs of a family". That proposal is currently under consultation.
BT's alternative proposal would see the company rolling out the necessary infrastructure "proactively" rather than waiting for a request. The investment would be recouped through customers' bills.
The government will now consider whether to abandon the USO in light of BT's offer.
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport said it would consult on BT's proposal, adding that, if the offer was accepted, it would be legally binding.
Culture Secretary Karen Bradley said: "We warmly welcome BT's offer and now will look at whether this or a regulatory approach works better for homes and businesses.
"Whichever of the two approaches we go with in the end, the driving force behind our decision-making will be making sure we get the best deal for consumers."
But Labour's shadow culture secretary Tom Watson said that the 10Mbps target was low and warned that customers must not be forced to pay more.
He said: "Families and businesses in areas without the minimum speed may see some hope in this announcement, but they will be rightly wary that they will be forced to pay the price in extra or hidden charges. That would not be acceptable and the government must take that into account.
"Businesses will also be concerned that the 10 Mbps minimum broadband speed will be outdated and inadequate before it is even fully delivered. Rather than choose an ambitious broadband speed the government went with the cheapest, which will leave us running to catch up with digital developments for years to come."
The telecoms firm claimed that by using a range of technologies, including fibre and fixed wireless, broadband can reach 99% of the UK by 2020. By 2022 BT suggests less than 1% of customers would receive broadband via satellite, rather than built infrastructure.
It added that it was already well on the way to offering fast services around the country, with 95% of premises able to access speeds of 24Mbps or faster by the end of 2017.
It estimated that the rollout would cost between £450m and £600m and would largely be delivered by BT's spun-off network firm Openreach.
"Our latest initiative aims to ensure that all UK premises can get faster broadband, even in the hardest to reach parts of the UK," said BT chief executive Gavin Patterson.
There have been criticisms that the UK was falling behind other nations in both the availability and speed of broadband services.
The universal service obligation (USO) - which the government planned to roll out in 2020 - would have meant that everyone, regardless of where they live, would have the right to request a broadband connection, and BT would have to provide the infrastructure.
It was seen as a way to speed up broadband rollout to remote areas which for years have languished on slower net speeds because providers such as BT and Virgin Media saw no profit in offering services to areas with small populations.
BT's announcement comes after figures were released by the British Infrastructure Group of MPs showing the worst areas in the UK for broadband.
Telecoms regulator Ofcom forced BT to legally separate its broadband infrastructure division Openreach in March.
The move was intended to shake up UK broadband, with the view that an independent Openreach would deliver better customer service and investment in broadband.
Since the split, Openreach has pledged to offer super-fast fibre broadband to 10 million homes by 2025, using technology known as fibre to the premises (FTTP) which it had previously said was too expensive for wide rollout.
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It is the first time researchers have had instruments in place to monitor so large a flow of sediment as it careered down-slope.
The event occurred in Monterey Canyon off the coast of California in January.
The mass of sand and rock kept moving for more than 50km, as it slipped from a point less than 300m below the sea surface to a depth of over 1,800m.
Speeds during the descent reached over 8m per second.
An international team running the Coordinated Canyon Experiment (CCE) is now sitting on a wealth of data.
"These flows, called turbidity currents, are some of the most powerful flows on Earth," said Dan Parsons, a professor of process sedimentology, at the University of Hull, UK.
"Rivers are the only other mechanism that transports comparable volumes of sediment across the globe. However, although we have hundreds of thousands of measurements from rivers, we only have a small handful of measurements from turbidity currents – often for short periods of time and at only one position within a system."
Sited on the California coastline where the canyon falls away into the Pacific is the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.
MBARI has been the launch pad for scientists these past few years to go out and place an array of sensors in the underwater gorge.
Some of these instruments, which are lowered to the seafloor from boats, look like Mars landers.
One recent innovation is the Benthic Event Detector (BED). "Think 'smart boulder'," said MBARI’s Prof Charlie Paull, who gave details of the 15 January event here at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union.
"The BED is a 44cm sphere. It has an electronic package entombed within in it; it measures pressure and orientation, and will record how it moves down the canyon floor. And we use the BEDs to see the progression of the turbidity current as it rolls over one BED after another," he told BBC News.
The force of these colossal flows of sediment has been known to sever the underwater cables that carry telecommunications around the globe.
It was no surprise therefore to hear that the CCE’s instruments had an extremely rough ride on 15 January.
Some sensors with anchors weighing more than a tonne were dragged 7km down the canyon. But what they recorded will be invaluable to the scientists as they seek to learn more about how turbidity currents are triggered, and how they actually work; how the material - what amounts to a kind of slurry - moves along the seafloor.
Researchers are rapidly recognising the huge role they play in all manner of Earth processes.
On the grand scale, they are the end stage in a cycle that starts with tectonics and the pushing up of mountains, and which is then followed by erosion and the transport of sediments down rivers to the coasts.
It is turbidity currents that ultimately return a lot of this material to the deep ocean.
More than 400,000 cubic metres of sediment is thought to be travelling down Monterey Canyon each year on this final leg of the cycle.
"The flows are responsible for flushing sediments, nutrients and organic carbon into the deep ocean, which can sustain life on the abyssal plain," explained Prof Parsons.
"These novel measurements in the Monterey Canyon, utilising state-of-the art robotics and sensors, are allowing us to make a step change in our understanding of turbidity currents."
And Prof Paull added: “The existence of these flows was something that was first described and inferred from rock deposits on land that had been pushed up. A lot of great work.
"They have been heavily modelled mathematically since, there have been a lot of flume studies, and remote-sensing surveys have looked at the deposits associated with them. But you notice what I left out from that list was actually making direct, physical measurements.
"There've been precious few made before this event and a good portion of those measurements were made in Monterey Canyon in anticipation for the CCE project."
MBARI's Prof Paull leads the CCE project in collaboration with researchers from the United States Geological Survey, the Ocean University of China, the UK’s National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, the University of Durham, and the University of Hull.
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The world's largest military airshow featured Spitfires, Hurricanes, a Messerschmitt - and a final flight for the show by the last airworthy Vulcan bomber, which will be grounded after the 2015 airshow season.
The RAF aerobatic team - better known as the Red Arrows - also thrilled crowds at the event, which featured 232 aircraft from 22 countries.
Organisers say nearly 150,000 people attended.
Officers from Dyfed-Powys Police attended Talgarth livestock market to ask farmers to check as they continue the search.
Mountain rescue teams have searched the countryside for the 51-year-old who was last seen on Tuesday morning.
Mr Skeen has a slim build and is 5ft 8in (1.73m) tall with short brown hair.
It is believed he was wearing an orange gilet, black running trousers, pale trainers and blue hat when he was last seen leaving his home in Talgarth.
Mr Skeen had recently moved to Talgarth from Bristol and local police are speaking with former colleagues and family members living in the area.
That was Mike Ashley's response to the suggestion that he runs the retailer Sports Direct with absolute power.
He may not be a Jedi master - in fact he described himself as "fat as a barrel" - and the retail empire he runs may not be a planet destroying machine but he is no ordinary businessman and Sports Direct is no ordinary company.
Mike Ashley is often mentioned in the same breath as Sir Philip Green. The now defunct BHS was part of Green's family-owned company Arcadia.
But unlike Arcadia, Sports Direct is a public company. That means that you or I could buy shares in it. But it's not one shareholder, one vote. Mike Ashley owns nearly 70% of all the shares which means he ultimately calls the shots.
He often buys them as well. According to the complainant in this unusual case, at a previous meeting he punctuated 12 pints of lager with vodka chasers in a drinking competition that saw his challenger admit defeat before the victor vomited into a fireplace.
The case itself is this. Jeffrey Blue - a former investment banker at Merrill Lynch who in 2007 helped sell a chunk of Sports Direct to outside investors - believes he was promised a payout of £15m if he helped double the share price of the company from £4 to £8.
Mike Ashley says that whatever was said on that boozy night, it was nothing more than bar room banter. He also maintains that the fact Sports Direct shares did double in just over a year was 99% down to the financial performance of the company - not from Jeffrey Blue's efforts to make investors less nervous about investing in a company which had a controversial reputation.
One of Mr Ashley's best lines today was this: "If I had good sales numbers, I could have turned up nude to a party and the shares still would have gone up. If I had bad sales numbers I could have turned up at a monastery and they still would have gone down."
Behind the ribaldry and the nearly suppressed giggles in the courtroom was a serious point about company stewardship and culture. A subject that has become highly politicised in recent months.
Sports Direct has been heavily criticised for its record on employee working conditions at its HQ in Shirebrook.
Mr Ashley also freely admits that it was common practice to have monthly management meetings at pubs (during which Mr Ashley himself admitted today he would have four to six pints of lager).
He says that he made important decisions about the future of Sports Direct every minute of every day - in the bath, in the car, on the loo. Were some of them in the pub? Probably.
For my money - one of his most interesting comments was this: "Did we have booze-fuelled nights at Merrill Lynch while we were trying to sell shares to the City - oh yes. Splish splash bosh."
He may not get his Star Wars or Jamie Oliver quotes quite right but he raises an interesting point about the potential for double standards in the corridors of financial power. When things are going well and the force is with you it seems you can turn up naked, or drunk.
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"I am not Obi-Wan Kenobi controlling the Deathstar."
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And until relatively recently, that's just about all it was - a round-the-world secondment to focus the mind, sharpen the skills and strengthen the lungs for the fifteen-a-side game. Not to mention fortify the liver at the booze-ups for which the circuit is notorious.
For the audience, it was frenetic, but fleeting entertainment. The domain of the super-fit and the super-fast. Bite-sized matches, bursting with chaos and flair, but fading away with the ensuing hangover.
No longer, though, is sevens rugby's also-ran. Since booking its berth in Rio, representing the sport on the Olympic stage for the first time in 92 years, the abbreviated game is booming.
Piloting Team GB in Brazil is Simon Amor, for years a World Series veteran for England, and now their head coach.
Amor's intention was to fill his boots with Six Nations heavyweights but the intricacies of international regulations and the physical pummelling wrought on these players over the season forced a rethink.
His squad is peppered with the Englishmen he knows and trusts, captained by Tom Mitchell. There are two Welshmen and two Scots. One of them, Mark Bennett, is the sole player befitting so-called marquee status. The other, Mark Robertson, is a full-time sevens international.
On that front, perhaps, there is a collective stab of regret.
Consider, for instance, a Team GB bristling with the ballast of Welsh winger, George North, the twinkling feet of England's Jack Nowell, or the swagger of Stuart Hogg, Scotland's rapier.
But the leap from fifteens to sevens has claimed several major casualties - Springbok Bryan Habana, third on the all-time list of Test try-scorers, and Australian playmaker Quade Cooper were both deemed surplus to requirements for Rio.
"I think that shows how advanced sevens is as a game, and the conditioning the sevens guys have gone through to get to that level," says Gregor.
"The top fifteens players, you would expect, could just cruise into a sevens team. Ideally for his training squad, Simon Amor would've liked a few more high-profile guys.
"But it would've been difficult to drop them in at the end of May, have a six or eight week training period, and be up to speed for the Olympics.
"It is a disappointment - what you hope is, the Olympics makes some superstars out of the sevens players in their own right, so you don't need to rely on fifteens guys to get more appeal or publicity."
Gregor reckons the Scottish operation he helped mould as unpaid devotee, canny playmaker and eventually veteran skipper could use a little more TLC, a few extra players to jostle for selection - there's a feeling in the squad, he says, that if you're fit, you'll play.
The Scottish Rugby Union only instated a full-time enterprise in 2011 and considered revoking that status last year when Glasgow was discarded as a World Series venue.
While the enthralling maiden Series victory in London two months ago may have reddened a face or two in the Murrayfield corridors of power, it failed to move Amor sufficiently to alter his selection.
Gregor's disappointment for former team-mates is overshadowed by a gnawing concern at the broader complexion of Team GB.
"I thought Scotland were the form home nation at the tail-end of the World Series," he says. "All the feedback from training from people I've spoken to, the Scottish guys all acquitted themselves very well.
"It's basically come down to Simon Amor going with what he knows, and even if players aren't playing well, he's thought, well, I know they can play well, and he's backing them on that element of trust.
"He's gone with a lot of individuals - I don't think there's a lot of glue. That's where someone like (Scotland stalwart) Scott Riddell would come in, because he would facilitate others.
"You need to have these X-factor players, but you can't have all of them, you need a blend."
Sevens is faster than the fifteen-a-side format. More tries are scored; more 'wow' moments.
By and large, it removes the perplexing maelstrom of rucks and mauls and scrummages that can baffle even the most seasoned observers.
Fewer international disparities exist - teams like Kenya, Canada and the USA are regularly successful even against the illustrious heartlands of the game.
Sevens is proliferating across the world, gobbling up athletes from all manner of backgrounds. Sprinters, netballers, American footballers - they're all pursuing their Olympic dreams on the rugby pitch in Rio.
Now the game is the beneficiary of huge global exposure.
So, could what was once a lager-sodden sideshow one day upstage its storied big brother as rugby's main event?
"You've got two different markets," considers Gregor. "You've got the traditional rugby strongholds - New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Britain, France - then you've got the rest of the world.
"It's far easier for a team to become successful at sevens than fifteens - mainly around how technical a game it is, and to get all that expertise takes a number of years and a lot of resources.
"Whereas if you've got a group of fit individuals that you can up-skill a bit, that you can get working as a team, then you've got not far off the basis of a successful sevens team.
"It then depends on what World Rugby wants: do they want the traditional fifteen-a-side game that's dominated by a fairly small number of countries, or do they want this proper, international, all-action, anyone-can-win-a-tournament kind of game?
"I think for rugby to grow worldwide, sevens is the way to do it. The way the world is now, everything's about shorter times, it's about being immediately engaged.
"The problem with sevens is, days are too long - you can't have an eight-hour day for a tournament, you need to whittle that right down, so you've got fifteen-minute games, but you're only there for a couple of hours each day.
"If they can find a package like that, I think that's the one that will really take off."
Stephen Connolly was speaking to BBC Northern Ireland's The View programme about the academic selection process.
Last week, Northern Ireland's First Minister Arlene Foster said she thought that a single test for secondary schools could be developed this year.
However, Mr Connolly said that would be "impossible."
"The registration process has been going on for the last month," he said.
"The schools have been preparing their children, so to turn around and say that 'we're now going to have a single test and it'll be different' would simply be impossible."
"We couldn't do that."
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.
There are two testing systems - GL Assessment exams are mostly used by Catholic schools, while AQE exams are mostly used by controlled schools.
Attempts by AQE and the Post-Primary Transfer Consortium (PPTC), which runs the GL tests, to create a common transfer test have so far failed.
The two bodies have not been able to find agreement on how the test should be paid for and what format it should take.
Mr Connolly said that, even if those differences could be overcome, it would take at least three years to create a common test.
"If we work hard to reach agreement on those important issues, particularly the issue of funding, then we've got to put together a test which is agreeable to both of us," he said.
"Then we're going to have to trial it in some way, provide past papers, give information to schools.
"Two years would be too tight a timetable, so I think we're looking at least - and I stress at least - three years.
"It's not going to be straightforward," Mr Connolly added.
The View will be broadcast on BBC One Northern Ireland at 22:45 BST on Thursday 2 June.
The agency is taking the 60,000 sq ft 'Maxim 6' building on a 20-year lease.
The move will allow Sepa to run several of its operations under one roof.
Maxim park was saved from financial collapse only a few months ago by the sale of Lloyds Banking Group debt to an American private equity investor.
The debt restructuring involved Cerberus Capital Management, a New York-based investment house.
The park, which offers 750,000 sq ft of office and retail space across 10 buildings on a prominent site by the M8 motorway, opened in 2007 but has secured few tenants until now.
David Gebbie, from commercial property asset managers Arisaig Property Partners, said the recent financial restructuring of Maxim had allowed Sepa and Maxim to achieve a leasing deal that previously could not have been achieved.
He added: "Both Maxim and Sepa have economically benefited from a review of the original terms without impacting the actual net present value of the lease.
"The news is a great boost for Maxim and the Lanarkshire area."
Sepa will relocate 350 staff to the office, including 200 from East Kilbride - where they are closing down two neighbouring offices - and others from Stirling and Perth as well as scientific staff from Edinburgh.
Sepa's headquarters will remain in Stirling.
Sepa chief executive Campbell Gemmell commented: "I am extremely pleased to be able to announce that Sepa has secured an excellent new facility, which will not only mean more efficient and effective environmental protection for Scotland, but which also provides better value for money for the taxpayer.
"It will provide the operational base for our regulatory teams for west central Scotland, an excellent working environment for several related national functions and a brand new, first class laboratory facility."
The South Korean sank seven birdies on the final day, finishing six under par with a round of 66.
Her compatriot Hur Mi-jung and Australian Karrie Webb, who had a share of the lead after day three, were joint second on five under.
"It was really good practice for the British Open and I'll take a lot of confidence from this win," said Lee.
"The first and second round, I hit them really well, I just missed a lot of putts.
"I made a lot of putts yesterday so I took a lot of confidence from that."
Webb's eagle putt on the 15th looked to be decisive.
Leading until the final two holes, she bogeyed on the 16th and double-bogeyed on the 17th, dropping her lead.
An eagle putt was needed on the final hole to force the tournament into a play-off - but after shooting into the bunker, Webb could not regain her composure.
Hur coped well in windy conditions to card seven birdies and a round of 66.
Carly Booth was top performing Scot of the tournament. The 2012 winner finished five over par with a final round of 73.
The 25-year-old, who carded two bogeys in her final round, was disheartened with her performance.
"I've just struggled this week," she said. "I'm looking forward to next week. I'm playing well, I just need to sort my putting out.
"I've always struggled on these greens every year. I find them very hard to read. When your confidence isn't up with it, that doesn't help either."
Two-time tournament winner Catriona Matthew finished 10 over par after a round of 74.
She struggled on the fourth with a double bogey and finished with a bogey on the 17th and the upcoming Solheim Cup vice-captain hopes to improve on her performance at the Women's British Open at Kingsbarns next week.
"It's not a typical links, but a nice course," said Matthew.
"I'm looking forward to it. [My game] feels pretty good, I need to sharpen up the short game and the putting."
The raid on the St Giles News Plus shop - in the St Giles Terrace area - took place at about 07:45.
A man brandishing a weapon demanded money from a shop assistant but fled empty-handed.
Police believe the man may have been in the vicinity of the Co-op on St Boswells Terrace a short time before the alleged incident.
The suspect is described as white, mid-20s in age, approximately 5'9" in height, slim build, wearing a large black jacket, dark coloured dress trousers and dark dress shoes. The man had a local Dundee accent.
Residents in Staylittle have accused BT Openreach of not responding quickly.
Openreach said engineers are trying to fix the fault which was caused by a thunderstorm.
Other problems with phone lines in the area over recent years include people being able to hear the conversations of neighbours on their own lines.
Resident Alwena Pugh told BBC Radio Wales' Jason Mohammad programme, her husband has an autoimmune disease and is receiving chemotherapy at Morriston hospital in Swansea.
"His consultant is away for a month on holiday and he'd said that all the blood test results would be given over the telephone which is obviously frustrating because our phone sounds like it's ringing - apparently it goes into answering machine," she said.
"I'm sure we've got I don't know how many messages once it comes back on but we're obviously not getting them."
She added: "I'm a carer for an elderly disabled lady. If she happens to have a fall at the night or morning or whenever she needs me she has no contact to get hold of me."
Openreach said the thunderstorm damaged parts of the local network which has affected landlines serving Staylittle.
A spokesman added: "The fault was reported on Monday 24 August and one of our engineers attended on the following day to investigate.
"We would like to thank the local residents for their patience and reassure them that we're working hard to resolve the matter and hope to restore full service to those that have been affected later this week."
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James Keatings scored twice in the opening 13 minutes.
The Sons steadied themselves but fell further behind to a Kevin Cawley own goal and Anthony Stokes' late strike.
Alan Stubbs' side remain in third spot in the table as Falkirk have a three-goal advantage going into the final league games on Sunday.
The home side came flying out of the traps and were one up after only seven minutes.
Stokes and Fraser Fyvie combined to set up Keatings, who had started ahead of rested top scorer Jason Cumming, and he thundered a shot into the roof of the net from the angle of the 18-yard box.
Hibs were denied a second when a Liam Henderson free-kick was parried away by Jamie Ewings, but the Dumbarton goalkeeper was helpless when the lead was doubled after 13 minutes.
A Niklas Gunnarsson effort was blocked, but the Norwegian hammered the rebound across goal, where Keatings was waiting to tap the ball home.
Henderson and Stokes both came close to adding to the tally for rampant Hibs, while Scottish Cup hero Conrad Logan, given his chance in goal, did well to keep out a Calum Waters effort in a rare attack by the visitors.
Gunnarson missed a glorious chance for number three when he had a clear sight of goal from six yards out.
Dumbarton looked better in the early stages of the second half, but there was a real let-off for Stephen Aitken's side when Martin Boyle fired the ball across the six-yard box.
With the goal gaping, on-loan Celtic striker Stokes fired straight at Ewings and the chance was gone.
Stokes almost made amends with a free-kick from 22 yards out, but Ewings produced a fine save.
With 15 minutes left, the home side scored a third thanks to a fair slice of good fortune.
Keatings chased the ball down the left, was challenged by Kevin Cawley and the Sons striker's block soared over his own goalkeeper and into the net.
As the home side laid siege, Ewings once again denied Stokes and Lewis Stevenson cracked a shot off the post after Boyle was also denied by the goalkeeper.
However, the scoring was completed in stoppage time when Stokes reacted first after Ewings had saved a Paul Hanlon header.
The battle for second continues on Sunday when Hibs host Queen of the South, while Falkirk entertain Greenock Morton.
The prime minister is facing questions about the UK's support for the Saudi-led coalition which is fighting rebels in neighbouring Yemen.
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said UK-made weapons were contributing to a "humanitarian catastrophe".
But the PM said the UK was also a "significant donor" of aid.
Speaking to journalists as she travelled to Jordan, which she is visiting before travelling to Saudi Arabia, Mrs May said humanitarian aid was one of the issues she would be discussing on her trip.
She also defended the drive to strike new trade links, saying the UK had "long-term and historic relationships" with Saudi Arabia and Jordan.
The countries, she said, were "important for us in terms of security, they are importance for us in terms of defence and yes, in terms of trade.
"But as I said when I came to the Gulf at the end of last year, Gulf security is our security and Gulf prosperity is our prosperity."
Asked about women's rights in Saudi Arabia, where - among other restrictions - women are not allowed to drive, she pointed to the changes promised as part of its Vision 2030 programme, adding: "I hope also that people see me as a woman leader will see what women can achieve and how women can be in significant positions."
Vision 2030's goals included increasing women's participation in the workforce from 22% to 30%.
She added: "I've talked to the Saudis on a number of occasions and raised issues of this sort. We have already seen some changes.
"One of the meetings I'm going to be having when I'm in Saudi will be with a female minister. I'll be meeting with her and talking to her about the role that she plays. And generally we do encourage people to look at women's role in society."
Mr Corbyn called for the immediate suspension of UK arms exports to Saudi Arabia.
He criticised the "dictatorial Saudi monarchy's shocking human rights record" and said the PM should focus on human rights and international law at the centre of her talks.
"The Saudi-led coalition bombing in Yemen, backed by the British government, has left thousands dead, 21 million people in need of humanitarian assistance and three million refugees uprooted from their homes," he said.
"Yemen urgently needs a ceasefire, a political settlement, and food aid, not more bombing.
"British-made weapons are being used in a war which has caused a humanitarian catastrophe."
As part of her visit, Mrs May is also setting out details of how a £1bn package to support victims of the fighting in Syria will be spent.
Downing Street said £840m announced last year and an extra £160m of new money would provide support for refugees and countries hosting them, including Jordan.
The investment will ensure refugees do not "feel forced to make the perilous and potentially life-threatening journey to Europe", Number 10 said.
It includes investment in education, skills and jobs.
Mrs May also announced that the UK will send military trainers to Jordan to help the country's air force in the fight against so-called Islamic State.
Jack Karl Thomas Williams, of Rhyl, is also charged with causing the woman grievous bodily harm with intent.
The incident is alleged to have happened at Pensarn beach, Abergele, in the early hours of Saturday.
Williams appeared before Llandudno magistrates and was remanded in custody.
His next appearance will be before Caernarfon Crown Court next month.
Ryan McDonald, 20, of no fixed address, will appear at Manchester City Magistrates' Court on Monday.
He will appear alongside Anthony Smith, 20, also of no fixed abode, who is charged with assisting an offender.
Two people were allegedly sprung from custody on 30 April as the van made its way to court from a prison in Merseyside.
Three other men appeared in court last week in connection with the alleged ambush.
Stevie McMullen, 31, appeared at Manchester Crown Court charged with escaping lawful custody and was remanded in custody.
Two other men are charged with assisting an offender.
Mr McDonald was arrested during a raid on a house in Ordsall, Salford on Friday while Mr McMullen was arrested on 4 May after police stopped a car on the A6 near Lancaster University in Lancashire.
Floodwater gouged out ground beneath Spencer Court, Newburn, on Tuesday, exposing the piles holding it up and badly damaging foundations.
Residents attending a public meeting reacted angrily to the news the flats might have to be pulled down.
On Thursday two further blocks of council flats were evacuated amid fears Spencer Court could collapse.
By Peter HarrisLook North
At a heated public meeting residents were shocked to be told the Spencer Court flats in Newburn are set to be demolished.
An engineer working for Northumberland Estates said an inspection this afternoon revealed they are likely to be beyond saving.
However, the homeowners said that was the first they had heard of demolition plans.
The mood in the meeting at Walbottle School hall became increasingly tense as locals vented anger at having worthless houses.
They suggested homes should never have been built there.
Residents of Hareside Walk and Hareside Close had been allowed home but were asked to leave again.
Housing company Your Homes Newcastle - which manages council housing for Newcastle City Council - said it took the decision in the interests of residents' safety.
Mick Murphy, technical director at Newcastle City Council, said after the meeting: "Engineers assessments say that it's unsafe and probably unsafe to try and repair."
Kate Scaife, who lives in Spencer Court, said: "To find out in a public meeting was shocking. To everybody else it's bricks and mortar, but to us it's home and it hurts."
Caroline Charlton, who lives in Mill Vale, said: "There's a lot of upset people and for us poor residents we're going to be stuck in the middle of a long legal battle between landowners.
"Who would want to buy our houses? They're lovely homes but who would take the risk? I certainly wouldn't."
Paul Nicholson, also lives in Mill Vale, he said: "We've had enough upheaval over the last few months, we need to walk away from this now because I've got a five-year-old and a one-year-old and I don't feel that it's safe anymore."
A culvert near the damaged flats collapsed in May but the force of floodwater on Monday eroded soil and a waterfall formed close to the flats.
Developer Dunelm Homes owns the land on which the homes stand, while the culvert is on land owned by Northumberland Estates.
Neither company has accepted liability.
Northumberland Estates said it was working hard to find a long-term solution but said there was little it could do "in the face of such very extreme weather conditions until the culvert can be cleared".
Dunelm Homes said it was attending emergency meetings and providing whatever assistance and support it could.
Mr Murphy said the flats at Spencer Court were "extremely unstable".
Engineers for Northumberland Estates told the public meeting an inspection had been carried out and the report was expected to confirm the flats are beyond saving.
Greg Blyth, a resident of Spencer Court, said earlier: "I don't think they should have built on this ground.
"The whole place needs knocking down because it's very, very unsafe and it's a matter of time before everything does go."
Newcastle City Council, which said planning permission had been given because the plans were right for the ground, is looking at how well the culvert was maintained.
Mr Murphy added: "You can build in most places as long as you take the right engineering steps. An engineer has taken account of poor ground because they've used those long piles."
Northumbria Police made the decision to evacuate the area on Tuesday after what the Met Office called the most intense September storms for 30 years.
Residents of Mill Vale were allowed back in for a short time to collect valuables on Wednesday.
The Portuguese, 46, has taken over at Ibrox after signing a three-year contract.
"They need to spend some money to bring in better players to try to bridge the gap," said Johnston, who played for both Celtic and Rangers.
"It's a huge gap, how many points is it at the top of the championship, 33?"
Defending champions Celtic are within two wins of a sixth straight top-flight title while Rangers, who won promotion last season, trail second-placed Aberdeen by eight points with 10 games to play.
While Johnston, 53, says Caixinha's appointment is a risk, the former Scotland striker believes the manager's three-year spell in Mexico with Santos Laguna will help him as he adjusts to the demands of Scottish football.
"It's a big gamble, [Caixinha] doesn't really know much about Scottish football," said Johnston, who lives in the United States and previously managed New York Red Bulls and Toronto.
"I don't think you can prepare yourself for the Old Firm.
"He was in Mexico - which is very similar to Major League Soccer - for three years, [and] he won three trophies.
"I don't think you can compare the MLS and Mexico to the Premiership [because the] MLS is a little bit better.
"He's a good coach, but he needs investment, that's all he needs."
Johnston expected Rangers to lose on their visit to Celtic Park on Sunday and says the Ibrox side will take plenty of belief from their hard-fought performance for when the two sides meet again in April's William Hill Scottish Cup semi-final.
"It was a great draw, because they're so far behind in the Premiership," Johnston added. "They'll take a lot [of confidence from it].
"When I was coming back [to the UK], you're thinking Celtic are going to run away with it, but the game was a little bit different. Rangers played well in the last 20 and deserved the draw.
"You need a strong Rangers for Scottish football to survive. Celtic are running away with it right now."
Merry Hill House and Nelson Mandela House are the last remaining homes run by Wolverhampton City Council.
The decision to close them as part of a plan to save £134 million over five years was made at Wednesday's cabinet meeting.
Jessie Bunce, 86, who lives at Merry Hill House is "absolutely devastated" said a family friend.
Paul Tunney said: "Her daughter [is devastated] as well - they are both supporting and consoling one another. As yet we don't know where she is going to go."
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The Woden Resource Centre, a day care facility in Wolverhampton will also be shut as part of the plan.
Council leader Roger Lawrence described the closures as "unpalatable" but "unavoidable" due to government cuts.
Councillor Elias Mattu, cabinet member for adults, said: "I do not want any specific timescale set until we have spoken with all of the residents and their relatives."
The pole, thought to be at least six decades old, was recently found at St John's Church in Higham.
It will be used in a traditional may fair folk dance in the village later.
Maypole dancing was once an annual event around England but the tradition has faded in many places.
The pole's discovery prompted teachers at St John's Church of England Primary School to teach pupils maypole dances.
Deputy head teacher Dominic O'Neill said he hoped it would be "something we could continue".
"I think it's really, really important because it goes back to the essence of village, school, community and church," he said.
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Brian Sutcliffe, who found the pole and has helped organise the dances, said it had "decades of dust on it" when he happened across it.
"Finding it after all these years of being abandoned, I was quite enthusiastic in renovating it and it's now going to relive its purpose," he said.
The restoration has included the pole being repainted and having new bright coloured ribbons attached.
The dances will mark the last day of the Higham Exhibition, a seasonal arts and craft fair and farmers market which has been running for the last 46 years.
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The pair had silver snatched from their grasp at London 2012, and did the same to Lithuania's Aurimas Lankas and Edvinas Ramanauskas this time around.
The Brits produced a strong finish to beat the Lithuanians by 0.014 seconds.
"We gave it a bit of a lunge for the line," said Heath. "We hit it as hard as we can."
Schofield added: "It is so satisfying. This guy has been on fire in training. I don't want to let this guy down."
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Exports fell 3.1% in June from a year earlier, indicating weak global demand for Chinese goods. Most analysts had expected a 4% increase in shipments.
Imports fell 0.7% from a year ago, showing a subdued domestic demand.
China, the world's second-largest economy, has been keen to rebalance its economy, after a decline in global demand hurt its export-led growth.
China's economy grew at an annual pace of 7.7% in the January to March quarter, compared with 7.9% in the previous three months.
Analysts say second-quarter GDP figures, due to be released on Monday, are likely to show a further slowdown, as demand in key export markets in the US and Europe remains weak.
At the same time, policymakers have found it tough to boost domestic consumption enough to offset a decline in foreign sales.
By Andrew WalkerBBC World Service Economics correspondent
This is more hard evidence that China's economy is slowing down. It comes less than 24 hours after the IMF lowered its global growth forecast, partly because China and other emerging economies haven't grown as robustly as they expected.
One of the reasons the IMF mentioned was slower growth in demand overseas, which was firmly underlined by the Chinese export data.
For Chinese exporters and their suppliers - many of them outside the country - it will be uncomfortable. But China's leadership does have a long-term aim of reducing the economy's reliance on exports and investment as a driver of growth, as well as a bigger role for consumers at home.
It's a path that the IMF and many of China's trade partners have urged it to follow. Perhaps it's under way. But as the new figures show, it won't be easy to manage smoothly.
Analysts said the surprise fall in exports and imports in June indicated that China's economic growth was likely to remain under pressure in the coming months.
"We expect both export and import data may remain at a relatively low level in the second half, due to weak demand at home and abroad," said Wang Jin, an analyst at Guotai Junan Securities in Shanghai.
Various organisations, including the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, have recently cut their outlook for China's growth.
Chinese export data had shown positive signs of a gradual recovery in external demand in recent months.
However, that had not been in line with data from other regional countries - which have been showing a slowdown in their export growth.
That triggered speculation that some Chinese exporters may be overstating their shipments in an attempt to bypass restrictions on bringing funds into the country.
Prompted by these concerns, Chinese authorities, who keep a tight grip on capital flows in and out of country, have announced steps to control any illegal flows.
In May, China's foreign exchange regulator, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE), said it would increase its scrutiny of export invoices and impose tougher penalties on firms providing false data.
Analysts said that the weaker-than-expected figures in June were partially because of the crackdown on such practices.
"Both exports and imports are weaker than market consensus, partially a result of Beijing's crackdown on speculative capital inflows disguised as trade," said Wang Jin.
"From this sense, we can say last month's export figure may reflect a true picture of the current trade situation."
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These are massive tubes which use powerful magnets and radio waves to produce a images of inside the body.
Doctors use these images to find out if a person has any problems in their bones, blood vessels, heart or brain.
Although they aren't dangerous, some people find the scanners quite scary - they are very loud and some people don't like being in very small spaces.
So doctors at King's College Hospital in London have been using VR to let patients see what the experience is like, before going through the real thing.
Ricky went to see it in action...
The group were jeered during a performance in Birmingham city centre on Saturday.
West Midlands Police said it will review CCTV of the event after receiving a complaint.
The BBC has contacted the dancers, from Alvechurch in Worcestershire, for comment.
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Supt Andy Parsons said: "We have received one complaint regarding verbal abuse and threats made to someone linked to the dance group.
"No complaints have been made about the Morris dancing performance itself. "
Mr Parsons added officers would also be speaking to witnesses to "understand exactly what happened" and determine if any offences were committed.
The issue has sparked numerous comments on social media, with many people voicing support for the dancers.
Among those was Bromsgrove MP, Sajid Javid, who said Morris dancers were "as racist as I am".
The use of black face make-up by Morris dancers has made headlines before after Shrewsbury Folk Festival banned the practice after receiving complaints.
However, supporters say the practice dates back centuries and is not linked to race.
The 51-year-old, who has managed Celtic and the Jamaica national team, has not had a coaching job since being fired by Tranmere in October 2009.
"A white manager loses his job and gets another job, he loses his job, he gets another job," Barnes said.
"Very few black managers can lose their job and get another job."
Barnes told ITV documentary John Barnes: Sports Life Stories: "What I can judge it from is by looking at society. How many black people are there in the higher echelons of any industry? We can talk about journalism, we can talk about politics. So why should football be any different?"
There are currently six managers from black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds employed by English football's 92 league clubs: Chris Ramsey (QPR), Chris Powell (Huddersfield), Chris Hughton (Brighton), Fabio Liverani (Leyton Orient), Keith Curle (Carlisle) and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Burton).
In March last year, former Newcastle, Birmingham and Norwich boss Hughton was the only black manager in England's top five divisions.
The Football League, under the guidance of chairman Greg Clarke, is conducting a review into how it can increase the numbers of BME coaches and managers among its member clubs.
Clarke has been criticised by the Professional Footballers' Association for his failure to keep a promise to hold a vote at the Football League's 2013 annual general meeting on a proposal to conduct a trial of a version of the NFL's Rooney Rule.
Last September, PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor voiced his belief that football has a "hidden resistance" preventing black managers getting jobs.
The Football Association has also set itself a new target to boost diversity within all levels of the game, while the Premier League recently said it wanted to see "more and better" coaches "who can progress to the highest levels of the game on merit and regardless of race, ethnicity, gender or background".
From the beginning of the year, boats had to start landing unwanted fish which were caught in their nets.
Incidents of throwing dead fish back into the sea had increased due to EU quotas on which fish could be landed.
UK Fisheries Minister George Eustice has unveiled the chance to bank or borrow quotas.
Mr Eustice said: "If we want a profitable fishing industry and thriving coastal communities in the future it is vital that we fish sustainably today.
"That is why the reforms we have secured to the Common Fisheries Policy, which will put an end to the shameful practice of throwing perfectly good fish overboard, are so important.
"It is essential that we ban the practice of discarding fish, but we are also committed to introducing new flexibilities to help fishermen manage their quotas."
Bertie Armstrong, chief Executive of the Scottish Fishermen's Federation (SFF), said the measures were welcome, but warned there was still a lot of hard negotiating to be done.
Scottish Fisheries Secretary Richard Lochhead said: "No-one wants to see dead fish being thrown back into the sea - least of all our fishermen.
"That's why we are working closely with the industry to ensure the discard ban is implemented effectively and proportionately in Scotland, and to help make sure fishermen are fully prepared.
"We published a consultation paper in June about the allocation of the 'discard transfer' - the additional quota that fishermen will receive when the landing obligation commences for each species. We will announce the outcome of that soon."
The ban came into force in January for species such as herring and mackerel, and takes effect next January for species including haddock.
Mr Assange said he had been in touch with lawyers for Mr Snowden, who fled to Hong Kong before the scandal broke.
Iceland's PM said "informal discussions" had been held with an intermediary of the ex-CIA contractor.
But Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson said Mr Snowden, 29, would need to be in Iceland to apply for asylum.
Mr Snowden, who most recently worked as a contract computer technician for the National Security Agency (NSA), the US electronic spying agency, has vowed to fight any extradition attempts by the US.
The US has yet to file a formal request for his extradition from the Chinese territory.
The leaks, published in a series of articles this month in The Guardian and Washington Post newspapers, revealed that US agencies had systematically gathered vast amounts of phone and web data.
"We are in touch with Mr Snowden's legal team and have been, are involved, in the process of brokering his asylum in Iceland," said Mr Assange in a conference call from the Ecuadorean embassy in London, where he himself is fighting extradition to Sweden.
On Monday, Mr Snowden said US officials had destroyed any possibility of a fair trial by labelling him a traitor.
"The US government, just as they did with other whistleblowers, immediately and predictably destroyed any possibility of a fair trial at home, openly declaring me guilty of treason," he wrote in a live online chat.
Former Vice-President Dick Cheney and two influential members of the US Congress have accused the leaker of betraying his country.
Mr Snowden's father has also urged his son not to commit "treason", using a US TV interview this week to urge him to come home and "face justice".
NSA Director Gen Keith Alexander told Congress on Wednesday that surveillance programmes leaked by Mr Snowden had helped thwart 50 attacks since 2001.
Plans to attack the New York Stock Exchange were among 10 plots targeting the US that had been stopped, Mr Alexander told the intelligence committee of the House of Representatives, adding that the snooping operations were critical.
Julian Assange walked into the Ecuadorean embassy in London on 19 June 2012 when his appeal against extradition to Sweden for questioning on accusations of sex crimes was turned down.
He has always denied the accusations, and said on Wednesday he would stay in the embassy even if they were dropped, as he still feared being sent to the US for releasing secret documents.
Wikileaks made headlines around the world in 2010 after it released more than 250,000 leaked US diplomatic cables.
Officers were called to Lavender Grove, Pentrebane, at about 11:20 BST, close to Ysgol Coed-y-Gof, Pentrebane and Holy Family Primary schools.
South Wales Police said it was aware of reports of a "possible abduction", but that no-one had been reported missing.
On Thursday evening, the force said it was satisfied "no offences took place".
Earlier on Thursday, young children who reported an incident to teachers were interviewed by officers, who carried out door-to-door inquiries and made CCTV and vehicle checks.
The force helicopter was also involved in a search of the area.
Ch Insp Joe Jones said he was aware of the concern the reports had caused so close to the three schools and a nursery.
"I am satisfied it is unlikely that any criminal offences have been committed," he said.
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The Finn set the fastest time of testing so far on day three in Barcelona - and set three laps that were as fast as any Mercedes have done.
Raikkonen's lap was 0.408 seconds quicker than Felipe Massa, with Nico Hulkenberg third.
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg was fifth, behind Toro Rosso's Max Verstappen.
Raikkonen started the day doing a couple of laps with the car fitted with a prototype version of the 'halo' head protection system that will be introduced in 2017.
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It is notoriously difficult to get an accurate reading of performance in testing because there are so many variables and the teams do not reveal the specification in which the cars run.
And comparisons are made even more difficult because different teams find different performance margins between the types of tyre - and their figures do not necessarily match those of supplier Pirelli.
Raikkonen and Force India's Hulkenberg used the ultra-soft tyre and Williams driver Massa the soft, which is about a second slower.
Raikkonen set a time on the soft tyre that was almost identical to one Rosberg managed on the first day of the test on Tuesday.
But track conditions vary so the two times cannot necessarily be directly compared.
It was another troubled day for the new US-based Haas team. After losing the best part of two days at the start of the test to engine trouble, Romain Grosjean had two off-track incidents on Thursday.
He blamed the first on brake-balance issues. There has not as yet been any explanation for the second, when he again appeared to lose control under braking.
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Fastest times
1 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 1:22.785
2 Felipe Massa (Brz) Williams 1:23.193
3 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Force India 1:23.251
4 Max Verstappen (Ned) Toro Rosso 1:23.382
5 Nico Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes 1:24.126
6 Felipe Nasr (Brz) Sauber 1:24.768
7 Fernando Alonso (Spa) McLaren 1:24.870
8 Pascal Wehrlein (Ger) Manor 1:24.913
9 Daniil Kvyat (Rus) Red Bull 1:25.141
10 Jolyon Palmer (GB) Renault 1:26.224
11 Lewis Hamilton (GB) Mercedes 1:26.488
12 Romain Grosjean (Fra) Haas 1:27.196
Raikkonen, Hulkenberg, Verstappen and Wehrlein set their best times on the ultra-soft tyre; Alonso on the super-soft; Massa, Nasr, Kvyat and Palmer on the soft and the rest on the medium
Only two Scots - Stuart Hogg and Tommy Seymour - were selected in Warren Gatland's 41-man squad for the summer trip to New Zealand.
Glasgow boss Gregor Townsend and Scotland attack coach Jason O'Halloran both turned down Lions roles.
"Because there was no Scottish voice, I think they lost out," O'Driscoll said.
"You have to have someone pushing your name forward in those very, very tight selections. There was no Scottish coach in the selection meetings batting for any Scotland players."
Head coach Gatland, who is on a break from leading Wales to take charge of the Lions, included 12 members of the Welsh squad that finished fifth in this year's Six Nations and were beaten by Scotland at Murrayfield.
O'Driscoll, who earned a place on four successive Lions tours - but was unexpectedly dropped by Gatland for the decisive third Test against Australia in 2013 - is not surprised the New Zealander has trusted those he knows.
"I'm not shocked at that at all," the former Ireland centre told BBC Sport. "You see it the world over.
"We've seen it in Ireland for the first couple of years of Joe Schmidt's tenure as Ireland coach. He went, time and time again in the 50-50 decisions, back to the Leinster players that he knew well, knew the personalities, that had done a job for him."
Gatland has insisted player nationalities did not influence the selection of the squad, which also features 16 England players and 11 from the Ireland squad.
"I didn't realise the split in the numbers," he said this week.
"We put together a group of players in each position we felt were in contention and then we went through and individually selected those players."
O'Driscoll, 38, captained the Lions on their last visit to New Zealand in 2005, but his involvement in the tour was curtailed by injury less than two minutes into the first Test.
He warns facing the back-to-back world champions on their own patch is the toughest task in rugby, but believes the Lions can upset the odds.
"They need their best players out on the park, they need to make sure they don't have a big injury toll to some of their key players," he added.
"It's not a three-Test tour down there, it's like playing 10 Test matches against New Zealand opposition. They're fighting for their lives, they're fighting for history, to be remembered as the side that beat the Lions.
"It's the most difficult place to go and play, and that's before you come up against the mighty All Blacks, so you need a lot of things to go your way. You need a little bit of luck, you need a very good gameplan, and you need everyone playing on form, and then you've got a chance, such is the difficulty of playing down there.
"I definitely think they can win a Test match, and if they can win one, they can squeeze a second one. There's no doubt the All Blacks are strong favourites to win the series, but you don't think it's a foregone conclusion."
Michael O'Kane was suspended from his post in September while an internal investigation was carried out.
The tabloid published pictures of the duchess and Prince William sunbathing on a private holiday in France.
Media tycoon Richard Desmond, whose Northern and Shell group co-owns the paper, had threatened to shut it down.
The Dublin-based Irish Daily Star said in a statement: "As a result of the publication on 15 September 2012, issues arose with the shareholders of Independent Star Limited.
"Having considered those issues in tandem with Mr O'Kane, it is Mr O'Kane's decision to resign as editor of the Irish Daily Star, effective immediately."
Northern and Shell group co-owns the newspaper with the Irish-based Independent News and Media.
Independent News and Media said Mr O'Kane acted at all times in a highly professional and appropriate manner and in the best interests of the newspaper.
He followed all editorial policies and guidelines, it added.
Both co-owners had criticised the decision of Mr O'Kane to publish the pictures, although Independent News and Media said closing down the title would be disproportionate.
The Irish Daily Star re-published the photographs in September after they appeared in French celebrity gossip magazine Closer.
The pictures were used by publications in France, Italy, the Irish Republic, Sweden and Denmark. No British newspaper has printed them.
They did not feature in the Northern Ireland edition of the Irish Daily Star.
The life-size sculptures, known as the "kneeling attendants", had been displayed at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art for nearly 20 years.
The museum pledged to return the artefacts after evidence suggested they had been illegally exported.
A ceremony was held at Phnom Penh airport to welcome them back.
Cambodian officials hailed the return journey of the sandstone sculptures as a "historic" moment for the country.
Buddhist monks chanted blessings during the ceremony, which was attended by government officials as well as executives from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The statues are believed to have been stolen from the Koh Ker temple 80km (50 miles) north-east of Cambodia's Angkor Wat temple complex in the early 1970s at the height of the country's civil war.
The museum announced its decision to return the statues in May after extensive consultations with the Cambodian authorities.
"The museum is committed to applying rigorous provenance standards not only to new acquisitions, but to the study of works long in its collections in an ongoing effort to learn as much as possible about ownership history," museum director Thomas P Campbell said in a statement at the time.
The Cambodian government is also pursuing other artefacts it believes were illegally removed the country in recent decades.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned artefacts to Phnom Penh before - in 1997 it sent back a 10th Century Shiva's head it had been given.
Lawyers were asked to write a letter on his behalf after Chesterfield High School ended his employment in 2011.
A tribunal ruled Mr Anderson was unfairly dismissed from a senior learning mentor role, but questioned the mayor's use of council lawyers.
Both Mr Anderson and Liverpool City Council have refused to comment.
In his written ruling, handed down on Tuesday, Judge Daniel Serota said a solicitor for Liverpool City Council wrote to Simon Penney, head teacher of the school in Sefton, in 2012 "raising several questions".
He said: "It is unclear to me why the legal department of Liverpool should have been acting on behalf of the Claimant in his private capacity."
Councillor Richard Kemp, leader of the Liberal Democrats in Liverpool, told BBC Radio Merseyside: "There is a clear distinction between the work of mayors and councillors - when we should be supported by the legal departments for what we do - and those things we do in other employment or personal capacities.
"I think it's an error of judgement by the council's legal department to get involved in this issue at all.
"In some ways the cost doesn't matter, it's the principle of this that matters."
During the tribunal, held in London in November, the judge said Mr Anderson started work at the school in 2001 when it was under local authority control.
He stopped working there when he became Liverpool City Council leader five years ago.
The local authority which then controlled the school - Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council - had agreed that he could continue as a staff member under legislation which allows employees to hold public office.
After it became an academy in 2011, though, the tribunal heard Mr Anderson was told his employment "arrangement" was "inequitable".
Bosses said pupils were getting "no benefit" for the £4,500 a year paid to Mr Anderson and so "terminated the agreement".
Mr Anderson maintains his contract was terminated six weeks before his 55th birthday, which significantly affected his pension rights.
BBC News understands the council's legal department only wrote an initial letter, and that Mr Anderson obtained subsequent advice privately.
His appeal was dismissed, with the judge ruling he was not entitled to compensation.
The council is considering plans to close Gwernyfed and Brecon high schools and replace them with a £50m education campus in Brecon.
Under the plans, Welsh-medium education would be provided at a bilingual school in mid Powys, currently Builth Wells High School.
The measures are to address falling school rolls and financial pressures.
Shia Muslim politicians have been calling for Thamer al-Sabhan to be withdrawn. He has said Iranian-backed Shia militia are aggravating tensions with Sunni Muslims in Iraq.
He also allegedly accused the militia of trying to assassinate him.
Saudi Arabia and Iraq are longstanding regional rivals.
The Saudi embassy in Baghdad only reopened in December after being closed since the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait more than 25 years ago.
Iraq's Shia community was angered by Saudi Arabia's execution in January of dissident Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.
The Premier League club are in the US capital Washington preparing for their second pre-season game at United Soccer League side Richmond Kickers on Sunday.
But Rangel has described how road closures for the president's motorcade made the players late for training.
"I'm sure managers have heard some great excuses over the years," he said.
"I don't think anyone has ever blamed American President Barack Obama. Well we did - and it was genuine.
"With our hotel a short distance from the White House, they closed all the roads in the vicinity for an hour because Obama was due to return from official business.
"At first we thought they had closed the roads off because chairman Huw Jenkins had arrived - but it was only the American President!" right back Rangel told the Swansea City website.
Swansea won their first pre-season game at Charlotte Independence 4-0 and striker Andre Ayew could return for the visit to Richmond, 110 miles south of Washington, following an extended summer break after helping Ghana qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations.
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The social media firm reported a net income rise of 11% to $891m (£579m) in July to September, compared with $806m in the same period last year.
Facebook also reported that developing markets had seen strong growth in the number of users.
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg said the company was "focused on innovating and investing for the long term".
The world's largest social media site reported 60 million new monthly active users in the third quarter, bringing its global users to 1.55 billion.
A growth in monthly active users means a potentially larger audience for advertisers using Facebook.
Ad revenue was key to Facebook's third-quarter performance, growing 45% to $4.3bn (£2.8bn).
Investors have been looking to see how Facebook's increasing emphasis on video would pay off.
Facebook reported eight billion video views per day from 500 million people, compared with four billion views in April.
In addition, the company has said it wants to increase advertising revenue from Instagram and Whatsapp in the past, but investors have been anxious to see specific plans.
The firm did not disclose Instagram's ad sales figures. But the app is expected to bring in $595m in mobile ad revenues this year, research firm eMarketer said.
Facebook's website and Instagram photo-sharing app, which opened up its platform to all advertisers in the third quarter, account for more than one in five minutes spent on mobile devices in the US, chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg said.
Facebook was also looking to show strong growth in its mobile user numbers, with mobile popular in developing countries. The number of mobile daily users was up 27% in September to 894 million.
Accrington are one of the form teams in League Two, having extended their streak without defeat to 10 games.
McCartan scored an 89th minute free-kick to earn a 1-1 draw with Grimsby, and the 22-year-old is confident John Coleman's side can keep it going over the remaining eight fixtures.
"We don't fear anybody now," he said. "That's the mentality we have."
McCartan has been a major part of Stanley's improvement, having scored eight goals in his last 13 league matches to help them move up to 15th place.
They are yet to lose at home in 2017, but despite being safe from relegation and 10 points outside the play-offs, McCartan thinks they have plenty of motivation for the rest of the season.
He told BBC Radio Lancashire: "To not lose in 10 games is a great achievement, especially considering the position we were in six weeks ago. It shows how strong the lads are mentally, but we've got to keep it going.
"We can go unbeaten until the end of the season, 100 per cent. We've played most of the big boys. We've got Plymouth coming up, but we know we can beat them.
"That's our mentality. As the gaffer said after the Morecambe game, we're a team of winners now."
Carmarthenshire council said it is "delighted" that chief executive Mark James, one of two chief executives to receive payments in lieu of employer pension contributions deemed "unlawful" by the Wales Audit Office, is staying.
Mr James has withdrawn his application for severance.
His package, worth a possible £446,000, was branded "a disgrace".
In a joint statement, the Labour/Independent administration said Mr James would stay on "for the time being".
Kevin Madge and Pam Palmer, the council's leader and deputy leader, said: "If ever there was a time when we need a first class, highly experienced and respected chief executive at the helm, it is now."
The public spending watchdog report said Carmarthenshire and neighbouring Pembrokeshire council acted unlawfully in allowing their chief executives to opt out of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) to avoid potential tax payments.
Instead the pair were given cash supplements in lieu of pension contributions.
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A council boss who was at the heart of an unlawful payments scandal is staying in his post.
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Chancellor George Osborne announced negotiations would begin with the local authorities in his Budget statement.
If successful, it could unlock a major round of new investment.
Glasgow City Council signed a City Deal with the UK and Scottish governments last year which is expected to result in the funding of major projects.
A bid for City Deal status worth £2.9bn was officially launched by the leaders of Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire councils earlier this month.
Highland Council is preparing a bid for up to £300m of funding.
It involves a combination of government grants and borrowing powers to secure a region's economic future.
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Aberdeen and Inverness could be the next two cities to benefit from City Deal status worth hundreds of millions of pounds.
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"Our hearts are broken. The shock waves of grief and denial are still sweeping through our family as we come to grips with what has happened," it read.
"You touched so many lives, maybe even more than you realised," it continued.
Bennington's body was found at a private home in Los Angeles on Thursday. The LA County Coroner said he apparently hanged himself.
He had previously struggled with addiction and had spoken to BBC Newsbeat about depression and suicide.
The statement continued: "In the past few days, we've seen an outpouring of love and support, both public and private, from around the world.
"Talinda and the family appreciate it, and want the world to know that you were the best husband, son, and father; the family will never be whole without you."
Bennington, 41, had six children, three with his wife Talinda.
The band are storming into this week's UK album and singles charts following Bennington's death, according to the Official Charts Company's midweek update.
Seven of the band's albums are on course to enter the top 40, with their debut, 2001's Hybrid Theory, currently at number three and One More Light, released earlier this year, at five. Meteora, the group's first UK number one, at seven.
Three of their hits are also on course to reach the singles charts. In The End - Linkin Park's first UK top 10 back in 2001 - is on course to re-enter at nine.
2003's Numb is at number 13, while Numb/Encore, the band's 2004 collaboration with Jay-Z, is at 29.
Artists can only have a maximum of three songs in the top 40 at any one time. The rules recently changed in an attempt to stop A-list artists elbowing newer acts out of the way.
Formed in 1996, Linkin Park have sold more than 70 million albums worldwide and won two Grammy Awards.
Meteora topped the Billboard 200 chart in 2003 and is regarded as one of the biggest indie rock records of all time.
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Linkin Park have released their first official statement after the death of frontman Chester Bennington last week.
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Nicola Jones, who has learning difficulties, sustained full thickness burns to 40% of her body and was left without any flesh on her ankles.
The 32-year old was being cared for at the Real Life Options centre in Bathgate, West Lothian, in August 2013.
The company admitted breaching health and safety laws.
Support worker Sharon Dunlop, 41, from West Lothian, who had failed to check the water temperature, pleaded guilty last month at Livingstone Sheriff Court to breaches of the Health and Safety at Work Act.
During sentencing on Thursday she was made the subject of a community payback order and told to carry out 160 hours of unpaid work.
Sheriff Peter Hammond told her: "Unknown to you because of a technical fault in the water system the water flowing into the bath was scalding hot, but you failed to check the temperature of the water and when Nicola Jones stepped into the bath she was unable to communicate the nature of the emergency."
The sheriff said it had appeared to have been an "isolated error" but said it was a "serious and reprehensible" breach of duty of care.
Solicitor advocate Raymond McMenamin, defending, said his client, who has no previous convictions, had found the consequences "deeply upsetting".
"This was a single error, albeit a tragic one, there was no malice or intent to injure," he added.
A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation found no risk assessment was in place at the venue at the time for the risk of exposure to scalding water.
It issued two improvement notices following the incident addressing this and the company has since complied, the court heard.
Solicitor advocate John McGovern, defending, said there was nothing he could say to detract from the "terrible and tragic nature of this incident", but said the company has apologised to Ms Jones and her family.
The sheriff said it had been a "serious failing" on the company's part but in determining sentence he said he took into account its "exemplary" record and the fact it was a not-for-profit organisation.
Speaking outside court after sentencing, HSE inspector Hazel Dobb said: "The injuries sustained by Nicola Jones were easily preventable by the simple act of checking the water temperature before she entered.
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A care home provider has been fined £20,000 after a woman was burned so badly by scalding bath water, she needed to have all her toes amputated.
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Williams got a kick on a blue in the deciding frame when he was on a break of 20 and in a promising position.
"I probably would have made at least 40 or 50 in that frame if it hadn't been for that kick on the blue," he said.
"I was a little bit sick to go out like that. But what can you do? It's just one of those things."
Williams - twice a Masters champion in 1998 and 2003 - levelled the match at 4-4 after coming back from 3-1 down at the interval.
Selby had made the highest break of the tournament, 139, and a break of 109 to take a two-frame lead into the interval but the world number 15 won three of the next four frames against the world number one.
After going 5-4 down, the Welshman forced a decider with breaks of 53 and 58 in frame 10 before his misfortune in the decider.
Selby, who is aiming for his fourth Masters title, wrapped up victory with a break of 89 and Williams was full of praise for his opponent.
"He's a class act on the table and off the table. You can't have a better player to represent our sport than him - he played fantastically," Williams told BBC Wales Sport.
Despite defeat, the 41-year-old was pleased to have competed in the Masters, which is restricted to the top 16 players in the world rankings.
"It's nice getting here - it's only the best players in the world," Williams added.
"I don't know how many more times I'm going to get here but I certainly enjoyed it. Even though I was a bit unlucky towards the end I still enjoyed it."
Murray, who beat Zverev 6-3 6-4 in the Hopman Cup last week, believes the 18-year-old is an ever-improving player.
Zverev, who is 6ft 6in, beat Murray's Wimbledon conqueror, world number 12 Kevin Anderson, in last year's event.
"He's still filling out his physique but he's got a very good game and he serves well," said Murray.
"For a big guy, he moves pretty well too. He's obviously improving all the time, so it will be a tough match."
Murray, 28, who will withdraw from the Australian Open if his wife Kim gives birth to their first child during the tournament, will be joined in the first round by fellow Britons Dan Evans, Kyle Edmond and Aljaz Bedene.
Evans, who was 772 in the world rankings as recently as May, beat Bjorn Fratangelo 7-5 4-6 6-0 in the final round of qualifying.
"It wasn't nice [to be ranked so low] but it's the sport we play and obviously I've come out the other side, and I am hopefully going up the rankings now," said the 25-year-old from Birmingham.
British number one Johanna Konta, who faces childhood heroine Venus Williams in the first round of the women's singles, says she will not allow sentiment to affect her performance against the seven-time Grand Slam winner.
Konta, 24, played 34-year-old Williams for the first time at Wuhan in October, and exchanged hugs in the locker room with the American after her 6-4 3-6 7-5 quarter-final defeat.
"The experience will be different," world number 47 Konta said.
"It was the first time I played her and she was one of the players I grew up watching when I was younger, so it was definitely a different experience to where I'm at now."
Konta will be joined in the main draw by British number two Heather Watson, who plays Hungary's Timea Babos in the first round on Monday.
Watson, 23, will be coached on a short-tem basis in Melbourne by Great Britain's Fed Cup captain Judy Murray, replacing Argentine Diego Veronelli, who quit in December to spend more time with his family.
"She's come in and saved the day pretty much and agreed to help me this Australia trip and she's just been brilliant - so positive and I've really enjoyed working with her," Watson said.
"She's just super positive and gets me in the right mindset all the time, and on the court we've been working on moving forward and going to the net a lot."
Roger Federer says Novak Djokovic is in a class of his own ahead of the rest of the "big five" of men's tennis.
Djokovic, Federer, Murray, Rafael Nadal and Stan Wawrinka have dominated the major tournaments, with only one of the last 24 Grand Slam champions coming from outside the group.
However, 17-time Grand Slam winner Federer, 34, says world number one Djokovic deserves "a little star", following a run of 16 consecutive tournament finals and three major titles last year.
Djokovic, 28, won 27 of his 28 matches in Grand Slam tournaments in 2015, with his only defeat coming to Wawrinka at the French Open.
"I still think the same guys are playing very well but, of course, Novak deserves like a little star next to his name right now because he's been doing extremely well," the Swiss said.
Djokovic, who is in the same half of the draw as Federer, will open the defence of his title against Chung Hyeon of South Korea on Monday.
Federer, who is seeded third, also plays on Monday, against Georgian world number 117 Nikoloz Basilashvili.
Serena Williams says she has fully recovered from a knee injury for the defence of her title at Melbourne Park.
The 21-time Grand Slam champion pulled out of the Hopman Cup last week with the injury and was photographed receiving treatment on the knee after struggling during a practice session on Saturday.
"It's actually really fine - I don't have any inflammation anymore," the American said.
"It's just that I needed some time to get over that little hump."
Williams will face Italy's Camila Giorgi, the highest-ranked non-seed in the tournament, in the first round on Monday as she looks to equal Steffi Graf's Grand Slam record of 22 singles titles.
Fifth seed Maria Sharapova has her own fitness problems after withdrawing from the Brisbane International last week with an arm injury.
"I might be rusty, make a few more unforced errors than I would like, but I'm ready to go," Sharapova said.
The 2008 champion begins her Australian Open campaign on Monday against Japan's Nao Hibino, ranked 58th in the world.
Rebels from the Zintan region who control the international airport have been attacked by a rival group trying to take over the area.
Flights have been suspended amid reports of heavy shelling and gunfire.
Libyan leaders have struggled to bring stability to the country since Muammar Gaddafi was removed from power in 2011.
Although some of the rival militias who attacked airport road are known as Islamists - this is not a clear-cut battle of ideologies. At the heart of this fighting is a turf war between militias that has been brewing in the capital for a long time.
We periodically see clashes like this on a smaller scale - the difference today is some have formed alliances with either side and in the years gone by, they've grown more powerful and hungrier for power.
Tripoli is divided along district lines with local militias controlling their areas and others from outside the capital who at different times were on various government payrolls. But there has long been a belief that those who control key instillations are the ones who yield the most power over the capital.
There was a reported meeting between the rival militias overnight to calm recent tensions. They allegedly agreed that there would not be clashes in Tripoli. This is clearly far from what came next.
Zintan fighters seized control of the airport and surrounding areas, 30km (18 miles) south of Tripoli, shortly after Col Gaddafi's 42-year-rule came to an end.
It is not clear who the attacking rebels are, but Libyan media report they call themselves the Stability and Security Force.
Armed vehicles massed in the area overnight before fighting broke out at dawn, witnesses told CNN.
The violence has prompted airport authorities to suspend flights for three days, starting Sunday.
The BBC's Rana Jawad, in Tripoli, says there have recently been threats from various militias wanting to seize the airport area.
The situation in Libya remains unstable as a complex web of armed groups, which emerged from the aftermath of the civil war, are fighting for power.
Analysts say the rebels are seen by Libyans as both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, in the absence of an effective army, they provide security across much of the country and protect the borders.
On the other, they have been accused of human rights abuses, unlawful detention and of taking the law into their own hands.
Kenneth Dickie, 64, died in hospital a week after being found with a serious head injury at the Rockley Park site in Poole in May.
Jamie Mitchell, 34 of Apple Close in Poole, pleaded guilty to common assault and intent to pervert the course of justice, but denied manslaughter.
His trial at Winchester Crown Court was set for January.
At the same hearing, Samantha Mitchell, 57 also of Apple Close, Poole, pleaded not guilty to intent to pervert the course of justice and her trial was also set for January.
Police were called to the Rockley Park resort in the early hours of 8 May. Mr Dickie was taken to hospital in Southampton where he died on 14 May.
Byrne began his career at Millwall before joining Saints in August 1964.
He scored three goals in 93 appearances over 10 years at The Dell and helped the club gain promotion to the old First Division in 1966.
Byrne won 14 caps for the Republic during his time with Saints before moving to Hereford in 1974, winning the Third Division title two years later.
He finished his career at Newport County before returning to Herefordshire during his retirement.
Various changes have been made to the way people face charges in the UK if they wish to keep their non-dom status.
Still, the tax status remains, and there is an element of mystery about it - with the number of non-doms in the UK a matter of informed guesswork.
Now the Labour Party has vowed to scrap non-dom status, with some caveats to protect temporary workers, if it wins power in the general election.
A non-dom is a UK resident whose permanent home, or domicile, is outside of the UK.
A domicile is usually the country his or her father considered his permanent home when he or she was born, or it may be the place overseas where somebody has moved to with no intention of returning.
That means somebody can be born, be educated and work in the UK but still hold non-dom status. It also means that some may inherit their non-dom status from their parents.
For proof to the tax authority, they have to provide evidence about their background, lifestyle and future intentions, such as where they own property or intend to be buried.
Key to non-dom tax status is that an individual must pay UK tax on UK earnings, but need not pay UK tax on foreign income or gains unless they bring that income back to the UK.
Yes, for more than 200 years.
The FT says it was originally introduced in 1799 and allowed people with foreign property to shelter it from wartime taxes.
It became a regular point of debate during and after the financial crisis when the legal tax affairs of wealthy residents was put under the spotlight.
This election issue includes income tax and national insurance levies and business taxes.
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This is where things become a little more opaque.
People do not necessarily have to indicate their domicile status on their UK tax return. The UK tax authority believes there was a general trend of rising numbers to 2008 when charges came in, but a fall since.
There were an estimated 114,800 non-doms in 2012-13, according to the latest figures available.
Non-doms have included some super-wealthy household names, but also include some foreign doctors and nurses working for the NHS, as well as some students.
Non-doms who have lived in the UK for seven of the last nine years must pay £30,000 each year to maintain their tax status.
Those living in the UK for 12 of the last 14 years must pay £50,000 to do so.
Non-doms living in the UK for 17 of the last 20 years must pay £90,000 to keep their non-dom status.
About 5,000 people pay these charges, raising an estimated £300m this year for the Treasury.
Some other countries have similar regimes, but the seven-year period of grace is unusual internationally.
There would still be a period of time where temporary workers and students can legally maintain their domicile overseas.
However, the big questions raised by effectively scrapping non-dom status include:
The debate is likely to continue whichever party wins the election.
In his first interview since he fled to the UK last month, the four-star general told the BBC that Mr Museveni's plans should be opposed.
Gen Sejusa fled after claiming that Mr Museveni was grooming his son Muhoozi Kainerugaba to succeed him.
The government has repeatedly denied any such plan.
Mr Museveni has been in power since 1986, and elections are due in 2016.
The security forces last month raided the offices of two newspapers which published a confidential letter by Gen Sejusa, calling for an investigation into allegations of a plot "to assassinate people who disagree with this so-called family project of holding onto power in perpetuity".
Gen Sejusa told BBC Focus on Africa that Mr Museveni was ruling over a "decadent system" and "playing God" in Uganda.
"Who gave Mr Museveni the right to rule over us forever?" he asked.
Gen Sejusa said Brig Kainerugaba represented a "national project of Mr Museveni to subvert the existing political system in order to perpetuate himself".
"The central issue is a political monarchy - a life presidency and then transiting [to] a political monarchy," he added.
"It is a terribly common African story. There is nothing strange about it."
Pressed to rule out suggestions that he harboured presidential ambitions, Gen Sejusa said: "Why should I? A four-star general without ambitions - he might be in a wrong place."
Government spokesman Ofwono Opondo denied there was any "project" that would lead to Brig Kainerugaba succeeding Mr Museveni.
He told Focus on Africa that Gen Sejusa had never raised his concerns within the government, even though he served in the military high command and was an MP representing the army in parliament.
Mr Opondo denied Gen Sejusa would be arrested if he returned to Uganda.
"He's a free man to return, if he's not a coward," Mr Opondo said.
However, the government would "deal" with Gen Sejusa if he resorted to unconstitutional means to oppose the government, he added.
Gen Sejusa told the BBC the constitution gave people the right to "use all means necessary.... including, by the way, armed struggle" to resist a leader who subverted democracy.
The twins are the latest addition to Cadw's family of dragons along with proud parents, Dewi and Dwynwen.
They have been brought to life by Cardiff-based prop designers Wild Creations.
The twins and Dewi and Dwynwen, which weigh two tonnes each, were sculpted and moulded before being cast and built out of fibreglass.
They are expected to spread their wings and drop in to other castles across Wales this summer.with
The shortlist, which features 15 albums, was announced on Saturday.
Now in its fifth year, the competition, created by BBC Radio 1 DJ Huw Stephens and music promoter John Rostron, aims to promote the best original music from Wales.
This year features more Welsh-language releases than ever before.
The Welsh Music Prize ceremony will be held on 26 November at Sherman Cymru in Cardiff.
Stephens said: "It's been another great year for Welsh music, with a diverse and strong list of albums making the shortlist.
"There's great songwriting, Welsh-language records, folk, electronica and world-conquering rock on the list."
President John Mahama called Mr Akufo-Addo to admit defeat, a spokesman for his party said, as the Electoral Commission announced the result.
Mr Akufo-Addo has promised free high-school education and more factories but critics have questioned the viability of his ambitions.
Celebrations have broken out in the capital, Accra.
Ghana has been a multi-party democracy since the end of military rule in 1992 and this result is seen as reinforcing its reputation for the peaceful transfer of power between administrations.
Mr Akufo-Addo, from the New Patriotic Party, won the election on his third attempt to reach the presidency, after a campaign dominated by the country's faltering economy.
"I make this solemn pledge to you tonight: I will not let you down," he told a jubilant crowd in front of his residence.
"I will do all in my power to live up to your hopes and expectations."
Ghana's Electoral Commission (EC) declared Mr Akufo-Addo the winner, with 53.85% of the votes, while Mr Mahama took 44.40%. Turnout was at 68.62%.
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In the previous election in 2012, Mr Mahama, from the National Democratic Congress, defeated Mr Akufo-Addo by less than 300,000 votes.
In two experiments, teams of researchers managed to attach tracking and sound-recording tags to 17 blue whales and two beaked whales.
They then played simulated sonar sound through an underwater speaker and measured the animals' responses.
The findings are reported in two Royal Society journals, Proceedings B and Biology Letters.
Researchers have previously linked mass strandings and deaths of beaked whales around the world to military exercises using what is known as mid-frequency sonar. So scientists have been keen to understand if the sound harmed the animals.
The new study does not explain those strandings - the chain of events that leads to these remains unclear.
But marine mammal expert Patrick Miller, from the University of St Andrews' Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU), who was not involved with the new study, said the results showed it would be wise for naval exercises to "avoid critical habitat areas".
The beaked whale study was led by scientists also from the SMRU.
It revealed what researchers had long suspected, that man-made sound had a negative effect on these deep-diving whales. Beaked whales use sound to hunt as well as to communicate. They produce echolocation clicks as they dive up to 1.5km (1mi) in depth, picking up echoes that bounce off the bodies of the squid they are hunting.
When the scientists played the sonar sounds during their experiments, both of the tagged Cuvier's beaked whales stopped hunting and "swam rapidly, silently away".
Perhaps more surprising was that, in the other study, led by Jeremy Goldbogen from the Cascadia Research Collective in the US state of Washington, several blue whales also responded to the sound.
Blue whales communicate with very low-frequency sound - far below that of naval sonar. And because they do not use sound to hunt, the scientists thought they would not be affected.
Yet the whales' responses did vary.
Animals that were feeding close to the surface showed almost no response, but animals that were diving for krill - rather than sifting the surface waters - reacted very differently.
"One animal was diving and feeding repeatedly all throughout the day," recalled Dr Goldbogen.
"And as soon as the sound started, the animal stopped feeding and maintained a directed heading and moved away from the sound source."
These vast animals can scoop up half a million calories' worth of krill in one gulp as they dive, so disturbing their feeding deprives them of large amounts of energy.
"I calculated that in that time, the animal lost a metric tonne of krill," said Dr Goldbogen.
"So if this happens a lot in these feeding hotspots, that could have real consequences."
And currently, naval exercises are carried out in these hotspots.
The blue whales in this study, for example, were feeding in the in-shore waters of California during the summer and autumn of 2010. The study area is where the US Navy carries out regular exercises and where the whales come to build up fat stores for the long migration to their breeding grounds.
Even subtle disturbance to this vital pre-migration gorge, said Dr Goldbogen, "could have real consequences for the population health".
"These are the biggest animals that have ever lived, so they need a huge amount of food," he added.
The detailed examination of the whales' behaviour was made possible by the technology contained within the tracking tags.
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"A lot of the same sensors that are in our smartphones are in the tags we attached to these whales," said Dr Goldbogen.
"When you rotate your phone and the screen moves with you, that's because there are these sensors called accelerometers and magnetometers.
"That's how we get the information about the position of the whale."
This resulted in detailed animations of each whale's position, speed and movement.
But to actually put a tag onto one of these giant mammals involved a chase.
The tags are attached using suction cups, so the researchers had to use a small boat to move alongside each whale, while one member of the team used a long carbon fibre pole to "tap" the tag onto the animal's back.
"It's a lot easier in blue whales than some other whales, because they're so big," said Dr Goldbogen.
"We can programme the tag to release, so we find the tag and download the data."
This is a far trickier exercise with beaked whales, which are smaller and dive for an hour at a time.
"If you see a beaked whale and if you don't get the tag on it, you might never see it again," said Dr Goldbogen.
Although both studies provide clear evidence that sonar affects these rare marine mammals, the scientists say much more research is needed into the specific impacts of human activity on their environment.
Dr Miller commented: "Further research on the possible long-term impacts of these effects is needed, to evaluate whether more protection measures are required."
Dr Goldbogen concluded: "We didn't expect blue whales to have a strong response, so there's clearly a dearth of basic data on how animals respond to man-made sound.
"These animals have evolved in a very different environment to the one they're living in today."
The retired British gymnast, 30, had fractured vertebrae fused together after she was injured while training for the winter sports TV programme.
Tweddle's parents, Ann and Jerry, said she had "walked a few steps whilst being assisted by the nursing team".
They added they were uncertain of a timescale for her recovery.
Olympic swimming champion Rebecca Adlington, 26, Holby City actress Tina Hobley, 44, and Made In Chelsea star Mark-Francis Vandelli, 26, have all withdrawn from the show because of injury.
Tweddle, who won five World Championships medals in her career, including three golds, has been in hospital in Austria since hitting a barrier last week.
She is Britain's most successful female gymnast, featuring at three Olympics and claiming Commonwealth Games gold in the uneven bars in 2002.
She won 11 medals across eight European Championships and seven consecutive national titles.
The Jump follows celebrities as they try to master various winter sports, including ski jumping, skeleton and speed skating.
Channel 4 said it had asked producers to review safety procedures on the reality TV programme.
Adlington, who won two swimming gold medals for Britain at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, suffered a shoulder injury, while Hobley dislocated her elbow and suffered two fractures to an arm.
Ian Paterson denied accusations that he did not make notes and also said the lack of records was "frustrating".
Mr Paterson, 59, is on trial at Nottingham Crown Court and denies 20 counts of wounding with intent.
The procedures relate to nine women and one man and were carried out between 1997 and 2011.
Giving evidence Mr Paterson, of Castle Mill Lane, Ashley, Altrincham, told how copies of clinical meetings, attended by other medical experts, to discuss a second opinion for patients would be shredded.
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In earlier evidence he had described the lack of records of what were known as MDT (multi-disciplinary team) meetings as "frustrating".
Under cross examination by Julian Christopher QC, prosecuting, the surgeon described a process where notes would be ripped up or shredded.
He described how a breast cancer nurse would also take notes in "a series of diaries".
But Mr Paterson then added: "It's also interesting that those seem to have gone missing."
Asked what would have been in those diaries, the surgeon replied: "Find the diaries and I'll show you."
Asked by Mr Christopher if the reason no MDT notes could be found was because he had never made any, the surgeon replied: "That's not true."
Jurors have previously heard claims he carried out completely unnecessary operations for "obscure motives" which may have included a desire to "earn extra money".
The jury has heard prosecution expert evidence from two consultants, who claimed a different approach could have been adopted to Mr Paterson's alleged victims.
The surgeon was formerly employed by Heart of England NHS Trust and also practised at Spire Healthcare.
The 61-year-old will have only 43 days to prepare the team before the country hosts the Africa Cup of Nations, which starts on 14 January.
Camacho, who has been out of football since he was sacked as China coach in 2013, has signed a two-year deal to fill the vacancy left by Jorge Costa's dismissal last month.
His former coaching jobs include Real Madrid, Sevilla, Espanyol and Benfica.
Camacho enjoyed a highly successful playing career, the former left-back was capped 81 times by his country and made over 440 appearances for Real Madrid.
His first competitive match as Gabon coach will be the Nations Cup opener against Guinea Bissau.
Camacho will also be tasked with trying to qualify Gabon for the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia when, qualifiers resume in August.
DigitalGlobe's WorldView-3 spacecraft will return pictures of the Earth's surface down to a resolution of 31cm.
Until recently, the company was restricted to selling images sharper than 50cm only to the US government.
DigitalGlobe's products will be familiar to anyone using Google or Bing maps - both run on views captured by the firm's satellites.
But its pictures also find wide application in areas such as scientific investigations, urban planning, forestry and agricultural monitoring, and in mineral exploration.
WorldView-3 is an important moment for the Longmont, Colorado-based company, however.
The market place for commercial Earth imagery is getting increasingly competitive, and being able to go to sub-0.5m resolutions gives DigitalGlobe a stand-out advantage over its rivals.
"It's important for them to be able to differentiate themselves by being able to say, 'we have the most high-resolution and highest-accuracy data available'," commented Adam Keith, the director of space and Earth observation at industry-watchers Euroconsult.
"That's a strong statement to make when there are new systems entering the market. It won't necessarily open up new markets for them, but it will certainly allow them to better serve the markets they already have."
There are still some security concerns over releasing such powerful imagery on to the open market.
The US Commerce Department, which licenses American commercial satellite imagery providers, says DigitalGlobe must wait six months before putting out any 31cm products. This will give the authorities time to assess any unforeseen issues or sensitivities.
The current benchmark is set by DigitalGlobe's GeoEye-1 satellite, which was launched in 2007.
Its systems can deliver a 41cm capability in the panchromatic mode (essentially black and white images).
WorldView-3 is another step forward again, says Rob Mitrevski from Exelis Geospatial Systems, which designed the new satellite's optics.
He tells people to imagine putting WorldView-3 in Los Angeles and then pointing it at San Francisco - a distance greater than 610km (380 miles).
"If we had that imaging system in the 'o' of the Hollywood Sign, we could count the number of people on the Golden Gate Bridge; we could count the number of cars and the colour of the cars - probably, the year and make of the cars, as well," he says.
At the core of WorldView-3 is a large telescope with a 1.1m primary mirror.
This directs the light to instrumentation which senses a total of 29 spectral bands.
A key innovation on WorldView-3 is its CAVIS instrument, which will monitor the state of the atmosphere.
This information will be used to correct pictures when the satellite views the Earth in more challenging conditions, such as when it is hazy or there are a lot of particulates (aerosols) in the sky.
"WorldView-3 by itself can collect 650,000 sq km [of imagery] a day, and if you add in our [existing] constellation - we'll be collecting four million sq km a day. That is almost half the size of the continental United States," says DigitalGlobe's Kumar Navulur.
"To get that kind of information to the ground, we've had to implement a much higher data rate - 1.2Gbps, which is much faster than wifi networks here on Earth," adds Alex Churnushin from Ball Aerospace, which has built all of DigitalGlobe's satellites.
The difficulty then is in processing all that data, and DigitalGlobe has developed an array of automated systems to prepare the various imagery products it now sells.
"When we have the data in the memory, we can actually do millions and trillions of operations very quickly," explains Dr Navulur.
"We're leveraging gaming technologies and the computing speeds with cloud computing to start extracting information."
DigitalGlobe operates at the pinnacle of the market. There is no publicly available imagery that is sharper (some military systems are reputed to deliver 15-20cm resolutions).
Its main competitor in Europe is Airbus Defence and Space, which has a diverse range of satellite types and can capture 70cm imagery (re-sampled to 50cm) with its Pleiades optical constellation.
Then there is a raft of smaller operators with systems that generally work at 1m and above, with one or two now providing satellite video as well.
Today, the image data market is worth about $1.5bn a year.
Euroconsult expects this to climb to about $3.6bn by 2023.
Phil Davies, whose company Deimos just launched a 75cm-capable platform, said: "What's interesting is that the market seems to be separating - into very high performance systems, such as WorldView, which are largely serving a US government market; and then other operators who are coming in with much lower-cost systems where the resolution is not as good but you still meet a lot of the market requirements."
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Two goals from Harry Kane and one each for Toby Alderweireld and Kyle Walker gave Spurs a 4-1 home win on Sunday.
"It is one of our best performances and results this season," said Pochettino.
West Ham boss Slaven Bilic apologised to Hammers fans for the defeat - only their second in 10 games.
"It hurts more because it was Tottenham," Bilic told the club's website. "I want to apologise to the fans because it's a special kind of game and tomorrow it's not going to be very good for our fans to go to work with the Spurs teasing them.
"The performance matches the result to be fair. They were better than us. They wanted it more than in a normal game, but we simply were not good enough to get anything, other than being defeated."
Bilic was without his "best player" Dimitri Payet, who has scored five goals and assisted three more this season but will be out for the next three months with an ankle injury.
"We knew we would miss Payet and we will be without him for a long time but we didn't lose 4-1 because he wasn't playing," added the Croat.
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Sunday showcased another high-pressing, energetic performance from Tottenham, who led 2-0 at the break thanks to Kane's neat close-range finish and Alderweireld's header from a corner.
Kane's second, soon after the break, essentially sealed the win before Walker added a well-taken fourth and Manuel Lanzini fired in a late consolation for the Hammers.
"I am very pleased with the performance and with the players. Congratulations to them," Pochettino told BBC Sport. "It was an amazing show and I feel very proud. We all feel very proud.
"The most important thing is that the players believe in the way we play and we share the same philosophy. Today was a big step forward because it was a very good example of how we want to play, and how we want to play in the future."
Police said the arrested man, 30, was also suspected of two assault offences.
PC Neil Doyle, 36, was attacked near the Aloha Club in the city centre early on Friday and died of bleeding around the brain.
A 28-year-old suspect handed himself in earlier. The suspects, both from Huyton in Merseyside, are being interviewed by detectives.
Merseyside Police has been granted permission to keep the 28-year-old in custody for further questioning until Monday night.
Officers said the 30-year-old suspect had been arrested on suspicion of murder and "two offences of Section 18 assault" - causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
PC Doyle was with two colleagues when they were assaulted on Colquitt Street, during a Christmas night out.
A post-mortem examination revealed major blood vessels were damaged, and police said his injury was consistent with an assault.
Investigators are considering the possibility that the three men were attacked after being recognised as police officers, although a Merseyside Police spokesman stressed it was "not a set-in-stone motive".
Chief Constable Sir Jon Murphy said the off-duty officers had been subjected to "an apparently unprovoked attack by a group of males".
"Following intensive emergency treatment at the scene Constable Doyle was taken to Royal Liverpool Hospital, where he sadly died a short time later," he said.
PC Doyle had been due to go on honeymoon with his wife Sarah, next month.
In a statement she said: "Neil was very well loved by all of his family, friends and colleagues and it is a great loss to us all.
"We are finding it extremely difficult to come to terms with what has happened and need time to be left to grieve."
Merseyside Police Federation chairman Peter Singleton said PC Doyle was "a good cop that any officer would be proud to call a colleague".
Alan Pardew's former assistant, 50, will take charge of the team for the final 16 Premier League games.
The Newcastle board will seek a permanent successor in the summer.
"Having explored at some length the options available to us, the decision has been taken to defer the appointment of a permanent head coach until the end of the season," read a club statement.
Pardew left to take charge of Crystal Palace earlier this month, with Newcastle since drawing one and losing three games under Carver.
"The head coach will be a long-term appointment that will play a major role in shaping the future on-field progression of Newcastle United," the statement added.
"It is vitally important that we get the right individual."
Carver said: "This is a proud day for me. I have worked with, and learnt from, the best manager that this football club has had in Sir Bobby Robson. I know what this club means to this city and its people.
"I believe in my players and the staff I have around me. I am confident that we can deliver exciting, successful football and look forward with relish to my role as head coach of this great football club."
Newcastle's managing director, Lee Charnley, said the club's original intention had been to appoint someone who could start work immediately.
With that not proving possible, he backed Carver to guide Newcastle to a place in the Premier League's top 10 before making a decision on a permanent appointment in the summer.
Charnley added: "John has a long history with the club and has the full support of the board. Our goal for the season of a minimum top 10 finish remains unchanged and we are confident that John, supported by the backroom staff, will be able to deliver this."
Newcastle drew 3-3 at home to Burnley in Carver's first game on 1 January before losing 1-0 at Leicester in the FA Cup third round.
They lost 2-0 at Premier League leaders Chelsea on 10 January and were defeated 2-1 at home by Southampton on 17 January.
After the Southampton defeat, Carver urged Newcastle to act quickly to appoint a successor to Pardew.
Frenchmen Remi Garde and Christophe Galtier, German Thomas Tuchel and Derby County boss Steve McClaren have been linked with the post.
Newcastle sit 11th in the Premier League ahead of Saturday's match at Hull.
Barba left the code and Cronulla to join French rugby union side Toulon for 2017 on the back of the ban, but ended his stint in May when he joined Saints.
Having seen out the ban, Barba, 28, is ready for Friday's debut against Wigan.
"What I've taken from it is how easy things can be taken away from you," Barba told the BBC Super League Show.
"It's been quite a ride. I'm now on the other side of the world and playing in a different competition, but I'm grateful to have the people around me and the family that I do."
The disappointment of Barba's ban from rugby league came on the back of a historic National Rugby League premiership win for club side Cronulla - their first title in 49 years.
Barba scored 16 tries in 27 games for the triumphant Sharks, including one in the Grand Final against Melbourne Storm.
"I've gone from playing footy every week, to having to sit out for such a long time," Barba continued.
"I've obviously put myself in that position with the drug testing but all I can do now is work hard and try to put some good performances on the field."
Saints head coach Justin Holbrook took the decision to add Barba to his squad, having worked with him before at Canterbury Bulldogs.
Holbrook said he was delighted to sign a player who less than 12 months ago was at the top of his game in the elite NRL.
"Everyone knows he can score tries, but it's the way he reads the game," he added.
"We don't have too many naturally talented players who have that vision in our game in the world, he's got that and experience, good at organising, he brings a lot of things."
Friday's derby against Wigan is a crucial fixture for both teams in the race for a semi-final spot and the opportunity for Barba to go back-to-back in terms of premierships.
Only points difference in favour of Saints separates them and Wigan on the ladder, with Wakefield above them in fourth currently in possession of a play-off spot.
"I think we've got the side to do it," Barba continued.
"We've got experienced guys and young guys who are playing unreal at the moment.
"Hopefully we've learned over the last couple of weeks and put our best foot forward the next couple."
Williams, 35, said she will also miss the Miami Open later this month.
The American, who won an Open era record 23rd Grand Slam at the Australian Open earlier this year, said: "I have not been able to train due to my knees."
She added she would return "as soon as I can".
Indian Wells organisers said a revised draw would be issued later.
Williams only returned to the Californian tournament in 2015 after a 14-year boycott following claims she had suffered racist abuse at the venue.
Her withdrawal means Germany's Angelique Kerber is set to replace her as world number one.
He told a meeting of EU finance ministers that he could not back the plans, which he fears could damage London's financial centre.
The EU is proposing to cap bonuses to 100% of a banker's annual salary, or to 200% if shareholders approve.
There will be further talks, but all other countries backed the plan.
Those negotiations will take place over the next few weeks ahead of a a formal vote at the European Parliament in April, and the UK will hope to win some concessions as the details are finalised.
Supporters of the bonus cap need roughly a two-thirds majority to pass the legislation, however, meaning the new rules can come into force even with British opposition.
Speaking after the meeting, Mr Osborne said the UK already had the toughest regime in Europe for bankers' pay and bonuses and that a cap could "have a perverse effect".
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This is an argument that the UK has basically lost.
The EU Commissioner for Financial Services, Michel Barnier, said it was "crystal clear" that the bonus cap would be imposed.
There will be further technical negotiations on some of the details: there will be a focus on a closer link between bonus schemes and long-term performance; and perhaps an increase in the amount of bonus that can be deferred and therefore discounted when the total pay-out is being calculated.
But EU officials say any alterations will have a pretty small impact on the amount of bonus that can be paid. Other countries want to find consensus with the UK - the German and Italian finance ministers said so explicitly.
But there is not much room for manoeuvre. It is almost unprecedented for a significant piece of financial legislation to pass in Europe without British backing - but that could be about to happen. And for some in the City, that is a worrying straw in the wind.
There were signs of support for the UK from Germany and Italy at Tuesday's meeting. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, for example, said "it would be better'' to reach consensus with the UK.
However, the UK chancellor can only really hope to tinker at the margins of the deal, BBC Brussels correspondent Chris Morris says.
EU officials say any alterations would have a pretty small impact on the total bonuses that can be paid.
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls said it was "no wonder" that George Osborne found himself outvoted 26-to-1 at Tuesday's meeting.
"He failed to engage with these sensible proposals to limit bonuses... until the very last minute," Mr Balls said.
"It shouldn't take the European Union to rein in excessive bonuses, but George Osborne has dragged his feet and refused to act in Britain."
The bonus proposals are part of wider measures requiring banks to strengthen their capital buffers in the hope of avoiding another financial crisis.
Michel Barnier, the EU commissioner for the single market, said high bonuses were behind excessive risk-taking by bankers. "Enough is enough. We've got to put a stop to that."
It is very unusual for a significant piece of financial legislation to pass without the backing of the UK, whose capital London is Europe's major financial centre.
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has dismissed the bonus cap as "self-defeating". The City fears the rules will drive away talent and restrict growth.
Simon Lewis, chief executive of the lobby group the Association for Financial Markets in Europe, said the proposed measures were not just a threat to the City of London, but to Europe's competitive position in financial services.
He told the BBC: "If this goes ahead, you will see the law of unintended consequences. Salaries will go up, there will be less flexibility, and the banks will be less competitive."
Last week the Federation of European Employers questioned whether restrictions on bankers' pay exceeded EU powers.
There has been speculation that the UK may try to invoke a little-used "national interest" defence to block attempts to curb bonuses.
The so-called "Luxembourg Compromise" allows a member state to block a majority decision being taken if an issue is deemed to seriously affect "a very important national interest".
Some banks have reportedly taken legal advice on whether the EU's proposals are within the law, according to the Financial Times on Tuesday. One bank had already received legal opinion that the bonus measures contravened European law, the FT said.
Mr Lewis told the BBC that he "was sure" lawyers would be looking at whether the proposals were lawful, but added that "these are early days".
The European Commission has said that it is confident the proposals are legally watertight.
It will launch as a two-seater convertible with petrol engines made at Jaguar's Castle Bromwich plant with the design to be unveiled this year, the carmaker said.
As the iconic E-type was last made in 1975, Jaguar said it had been "absent for too long" from making sports cars.
The car will go on sale in mid-2013.
Jaguar has previously described it as "the spiritual successor to the E-type", which had its debut more than 50 years ago.
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The F-type may be just one of 40 "significant new products" that Jaguar Land Rover says it will launch during a five-year period.
But it may also be the most significant one, in that it carries on a history of iconic sportscars that include the C-, D- and E-type.
Jaguar sees the F-type as the spiritual successor to its E-type, though it is eager to stress that this is only so in terms of the brand values it represents, rather than in terms of its looks.
Jaguar wants to be seen as a technologically-advanced and modern carmaker, rather than one that replicates models that were successful in the past.
The F-type will be central to this message.
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"The C-type, D-type and E-type Jaguars were all sports cars that held true to this principle in their era, and the F-type will hold true to that same principle in its time, a time that is soon to arrive," said Ian Callum, Jaguar's director of design.
The design will be basedon the C-X16 conceptthat it unveiled in September 2011.
"The reaction to it has been so positive that we've accelerated our development of an all-new Jaguar sports car," the carmaker said.
The C-X16 can accelerate from zero to 62mph in 4.4 seconds, yet emit just 165g/km of CO2, Jaguar said at the time.
That concept car was also fitted with a Kers system, short for Kinetic Energy Recovery System, that has been developed by the Formula 1 industry.
The system allows a 1.6kWh lithium-ion battery pack, mounted behind the seats for weight distribution reasons, to be charged through a rear axle electro-hydraulic brake energy regeneration system.
Jaguar's new sports car is part of a £5bn investment plan, announced by Jaguar Land Rover last year to launch 40 "significant new products" over the next five years.
Last May, Jaguar unveiled plans to build a £700,000 petrol-electric hybrid supercar in the UK in partnership with Williams F1.
Jaguar had previously tried to re-launch the F-type while under ownership of US carmaker Ford, but that car was never launched.
By the time it rolls off the plant, it will join Jaguar's range of other cars - the XF saloon and Sportbrake, the XJ saloon and the XK coupe and convertible.
The carmaker said last month that it would create 1,000 new jobs at its Halewood factory on Merseyside to meet strong demand for its Range Rover Evoque and Freelander 2.
Jaguar and Land Rover are now owned by Indian firm Tata Motors.
Separately, Ford raised its forecast for auto sales this year in the US on improving consumer confidence.
The company now expects full-year US sales in the range of 14.5 million to 15 million, up from the 13.5 million to 14.5 million it had predicted earlier.
Investors, including sovereign wealth funds and pension funds, are expected to file a complaint in a court in Braunschweig, Germany, on Friday.
They are to claim that VW failed to disclose its use of software defeat devices on diesel cars in a timely way.
VW has faced a flood of legal actions over the scandal.
In September 2015 the US Environmental Protection Agency found that many diesel VW cars had a software "defeat device" that could detect emissions testing and change how the car performed to improve the test results.
The shareholder claims relate to the drop in Volkswagen's share price after the scandal broke.
Between September and October 2015, Volkswagen AG preference shares lost about 45% of their value, and are still about 28% down.
Blackrock, one of the world's largest asset managers, said: "On behalf of their investors, a number of Blackrock-managed collective investment schemes are pursuing, alongside other institutional investors, legal action against Volkswagen AG in connection with Volkswagen's failure to disclose to investors its use of 'defeat devices' that manipulated emission tests.
"In light of the ongoing legal proceedings we cannot comment further on the matter at this point."
Norway's Oil Fund, which is the world's largest sovereign wealth fund, the California State Teachers' Retirement System, the Greater Manchester Pension Fund, and State Street are part of the action against VW.
The complaint will be filed by law firm Quinn Emanuel.
The case is being funded by Bentham Europe, which is also backing a complaint brought in June by institutional investors.
In May Volkswagen more than doubled its provisions for the diesel emissions scandal to €16.2bn (£12.6bn). In the same month Norway's sovereign wealth fund said it was planning legal action against VW.
In June, VW agreed to pay $10.2bn (£6.9bn) to settle some of its US claims, and in September Australia launched legal action against the car maker.
The death of Sir George, the veteran music producer who signed The Beatles, was confirmed on Wednesday morning.
In a statement posted on his website, Sir Paul said he had "so many wonderful memories" of Sir George.
"The world has lost a truly great man who left an indelible mark on my soul and the history of British music," he said.
Sir George produced more than 700 records, working with artists including Gerry and the Pacemakers, Dame Shirley Bassey and Cilla Black.
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Live: Tributes paid to Sir George Martin
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I'm so sad to hear the news of the passing of dear George Martin. I have so many wonderful memories of this great man that will be with me forever. He was a true gentleman and like a second father to me.
He guided the career of The Beatles with such skill and good humour that he became a true friend to me and my family. If anyone earned the title of the fifth Beatle it was George.
From the day that he gave The Beatles our first recording contract, to the last time I saw him, he was the most generous, intelligent and musical person I've ever had the pleasure to know.
It's hard to choose favourite memories of my time with George, there are so many but one that comes to mind was the time I brought the song Yesterday to a recording session and the guys in the band suggested that I sang it solo and accompany myself on guitar. After I had done this George Martin said to me, "Paul I have an idea of putting a string quartet on the record."
I said, "Oh no George, we are a rock and roll band and I don't think it's a good idea". With the gentle bedside manner of a great producer he said to me: "Let us try it and if it doesn't work we won't use it and we'll go with your solo version." I agreed to this and went round to his house the next day to work on the arrangement.
He took my chords that I showed him and spread the notes out across the piano, putting the cello in the low octave and the first violin in a high octave and gave me my first lesson in how strings were voiced for a quartet.
When we recorded the string quartet at Abbey Road, it was so thrilling to know his idea was so correct that I went round telling people about it for weeks. His idea obviously worked because the song subsequently became one of the most recorded songs ever with versions by Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye and thousands more.
This is just one of the many memories I have of George who went on to help me with arrangements on Eleanor Rigby, Live and Let Die and many other songs of mine.
I am proud to have known such a fine gentleman with such a keen sense of humour, who had the ability to poke fun at himself. Even when he was knighted by the Queen there was never the slightest trace of snobbery about him.
My family and I, to whom he was a dear friend, will miss him greatly and send our love to his wife Judy and their kids, Giles and Lucy, and the grandkids.
The world has lost a truly great man who left an indelible mark on my soul and the history of British music.
God bless you George and all who sail in you!
There are now an additional six miles of streets that have been deemed officially polluted in the capital.
Tourist areas Princes Street, George Street, most of the Royal Mile and the Grassmarket are all now included.
Edinburgh City Council said it was looking at ways to cut pollution in the busiest parts of the city.
Gorgie Road, London Road and some of Easter Road also make up the additional six miles of polluted streets.
The city council is extending its existing three air pollution problem zones: central, St Johns Road and Great Junction Street and adding two new ones at Inverleith Row and Glasgow Road.
The Cowgate, the Grassmarket, most of Gorgie Road, London Road and the top of Easter Road will be added to the central zone.
The Great Junction Street zone has had Bernard Street, Commercial Street and North Junction Street added.
Dr Richard Dixon, Friends of the Earth Scotland's director, said: "Having to include even more streets in the pollution zones is a sure sign that a decade's worth of action plans have failed.
"Pollution from cars, vans, buses and lorries are still making the capital's air bad for our health and the council needs to take urgent action on transport to bring Edinburgh's air up to scratch.
"We need fewer and cleaner vehicles, as well as more action on public transport, walking and cycling."
Councils are obliged to declare air pollution problem zones for locations where European, UK or Scottish air quality targets are not going to be met.
Lesley Hinds, the city's transport and environment convener, said: "Despite 98% of our city meeting strict air quality standards, this is still an important issue for the council and local communities in Edinburgh.
"There are a number of proposals currently being considered that will look at reducing pollution in our busiest parts of the city.
"These include the council's city centre vision which aims to encourage walking and cycling in the city, as well as our current consultation on low emission zones."
The 2-0 La Liga defeat at Las Palmas leaves Sociedad above the relegation zone only on goal difference.
The Basque side face Europa League winners Sevilla and European champions Barcelona in their next two La Liga games, after the international break.
Former Manchester United manager Moyes signed a deal until the end of the current season just under a year ago.
It doesn't just have to be physically hurting someone; it can be verbally bullying them, controlling what they spend their money on or deciding who they speak to and which friends they go out with.
Around 750,000 children a year are affected by domestic violence. It's thought that one in four women and one in six men will experience some form of domestic abuse in their lives.
It's hard to know exactly how many people are affected because lots of people don't report it to the police.
The law says that any incident of threatening behaviour, violence or abuse between adults who are family members or have been in a relationship counts as domestic violence.
Lots of families argue and have disagreements from time to time, it can be normal healthy part of family life.
If you are worried you should talk to someone you trust, either another adult in your family, a teacher or a friend.
Staff at the business on Market Street in Strabane discovered the fire at about 21:00 BST on Tuesday.
The fire service said the "prompt action" of firefighters prevented a major incident.
The damage was contained to the top floor of the three story building. No-one was injured.
Goals by Switzerland striker Eren Derdiyok and winger Bruma gave Galatasaray a commanding lead.
Brazilian defender Marcelo started the comeback after half-time before forward Cenk Tosun sparked wild celebrations with a 78th-minute equaliser.
A five-year ban on away fans attending football derby matches in Istanbul was lifted for the game.
Both clubs have 11 points from five games but Besiktas are second in the Super Lig table, one place above their rivals, on goal difference.
The former chief executive said it had lost its reputation for low prices.
Sir Terry told BBC Panorama there was a "failure" of leadership under his successor, Philip Clarke.
The programme also found that cosmetics giant L'Oreal threatened legal action over a disputed payment of about £1m demanded by Tesco.
Sir Terry was the man widely credited with building Tesco into one of the world's largest and most successful retailers, presiding over 14 years of growth in profits and sales.
He said losing the reputation for low prices was very damaging for Tesco - Asda is now 6% cheaper.
"Tesco is the biggest, people expect it to have the best prices and know they can trust Tesco to deliver that and not have to shop around and check that they're getting the best deal.
Watch Panorama: Trouble at Tesco on BBC One on 19 January at 20.30 GMT or later on the BBC iPlayer.
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"I think that some of that trust has been eroded, which has meant that people have shopped around."
On the failure of Tesco and the departure of Mr Clarke, Sir Terry said: "People tried very hard to do the right thing, it clearly has not worked.
"In the end that's a failure of leadership, not a failure of the business, not a failure of the people who work hard every day in the business.
"When you're the CEO, if it goes well, you get credit, if it doesn't go well, you must take responsibility and Phil Clarke has taken that responsibility and paid the price with his job."
Some allege there was tension at the business as Mr Clarke attempted to reverse the decline in profits and sales.
A number of people who have left the organisation have told the BBC of shouting matches at senior levels as people argued over how to right the listing ship.
A number of senior figures did leave, leading to accusations that the management team was spread too thin and that the culture at the organisation changed.
"I think it lost too much talent," Sir Terry said.
"It's a big company, Tesco, and also very empowered - people were given responsibility and trusted to get on with their job, so there was a big team of experienced leaders.
"And too many of those were allowed to go in too short a period of time and so there was a shortage of experience, the kind of experience you need to carefully navigate a business like Tesco through this very turbulent and difficult period of this long, long recession, with these changes in structure of retailing taking place.
"I think the culture did change under Phil Clarke and not for the better.
"I think if you talked to people who knew Tesco, worked in Tesco when I was there, actually the culture was pretty positive and it has to be because it employs half a million people and you can't make them do things, you have to motivate them to do things, they've got to want to do it."
In his first public statement since leaving the retailer abruptly in June last year, Mr Clarke said that he needed to change the business when he became chief executive in 2011 because of issues "that had been building for some time".
He said his new strategy for a "multi-channel" Tesco had the full backing of the board and was the right direction for the supermarket.
Panorama has discovered that in 2013, as it chased commercial income, Tesco had a major falling out with L'Oreal, one of the world's biggest cosmetics firms, which has a market capitalisation that is actually larger than Tesco's.
L'Oreal disputed almost £1m worth of charges, fees and fines from Tesco over supplier agreements. It threatened legal action over the disputed amounts and said it would take its products off Tesco's shelves.
Tesco said: "L'Oreal is the largest cosmetics company in the world, with a turnover of €29bn, generating profits of €3.9bn in 2013.
"As such, it is a major supplier for Tesco in all our markets and we value our relationship with them. Differences do sometimes occur in the course of commercial relationships and we always aim to resolve them amicably, as we did in this case."
Panorama also found:
Watch Panorama: Trouble at Tesco on BBC One on 19 January at 20.30 GMT or later on the BBC iPlayer.
David Patrick Hughes, 19, struck three parked vehicles, knocked down a lamp post and damaged drain pipes outside five different High Road addresses.
The chase on 9 May ended when he crashed his Audi A3 into a garden wall.
Hughes, of Fell View Drive, Egremont, admitted 17 offences and was sentenced to nine months in jail suspended for two years at Carlisle Crown Court.
He must also complete 150 hours of unpaid work and was banned from driving for a year.
The police chase came five days after Hughes sped away from officers and damaged a taxi in the same town.
Judge Peter Davies said it was "two moments of madness".
Ice Factor Kinlochleven has been shut since 29 July when an accidental fire broke out in the sauna area of the building.
Nobody was hurt in the incident and the structure of the 119-year-old former Victorian smelter survived.
Jamie Smith, of the site's owners Ice Factor International, said he hoped to be able to reopen in December.
The clean up has involved melting and removing walls of ice and cleaning thousands individual handholds.
He said: "Over the past nine weeks considerable progress has been made by staff and specialist teams to help clean, rebuild and reinstate key facilities.
"Though the fire was contained to the back of the facility, including the sauna area, the likes of the heating, ventilation and electrical systems were badly damaged."
Mr Smith added: "It is frustrating and disappointing to have been forced to close over our traditionally busy summer and autumn months and to cancel several events.
"I am hugely appreciative of the support and understanding of our many loyal customers."
Ice Factor Kinlochleven first opened in 2003.
Ice Factor International also owns Snow Factor Braehead on the outskirts of Glasgow.
They have won nine European bronze medals but have never played in a world, Paralympic or European final.
Co-captain Sophie Carrigill said: "It's definitely about time we changed that."
The GB men will defend a title they have won three times in a row and begin against Sweden on 22 June, with the women playing Germany on the same day.
The British women started a centralised training programme after the London 2012 Paralympics.
They have since gone on to record their best ever World Championships finish of fifth, followed by their best Paralympics placing of fourth at Rio last summer.
We've been at the top of the sport for the past 15 or 20 years so there's always some pressure on us to win a medal
In the Canary Islands, they will attempt to break the dominance of Germany and Netherlands, who are perennial European finalists.
"We're ready to compete in that final and compete for that gold medal," said Carrigill.
"We proved to the world that we're a really strong team and missing out on that medal in Rio just makes you more hungry for the next one," said Carrigill.
"For the last few years we've been centralised at the University of Worcester and being able to train with your team every day is going to help you perform better and build relationships.
"We're excited for the Europeans. We've had a run of bronzes but we've been training really hard and making that final is what the GB programme deserves."
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The British men's team go to Spain having won Paralympic bronze at Rio 2016, as well as the past three European titles.
"We're going to go there to win it, of course, but there's another five or six teams who will be thinking the same," said five-time Paralympian Terry Bywater.
"We've been at the top of the sport for the past 15 or 20 years, so there's always some pressure on us to win a medal.
"We're all passionate about what we do so it's just about keeping that level of consistency about us."
The 29-year-old ex-Scarlets captain, has left "by mutual agreement".
He played for Wales Under-21s and Wales Sevens before a senior call-up to tour New Zealand in 2010.
McCusker's Wales debut against South Africa in November that year and won his last cap in the 22-18 tour win over Japan in 2013.
He joined Scarlets in 2003 and went on to make 135 appearances, scoring six tries and led them in 2012-13 before being a joint captain with Jonathan Davies the following season.
McCusker said: "There have been some memorable experiences over the years including great Heineken Cup victories over Perpignan and Racing Metro and a big thank you must go out to the fans who support us through the highs and lows.
"It's been an honour to have played for such a fantastic club for so many years, but I'm looking forward to new challenges with London Irish."
Scarlets general manager of rugby Jon Daniels said: "At this stage in his career Rob understandably needs to be playing regular rugby, an opportunity which I am sure he will grasp with both hands at London Irish.
"On behalf of the Scarlets I would like to thank Rob for his contribution and wish him the very best for the future."
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The 25-year-old Welsh back row forward has been told that he needs surgery on the troublesome shoulder injury that has kept him out all season.
Lewis suffered nerve damage after being injured in the Warriors' pre-season friendly at Northampton Saints.
"We've tried a fairly conservative approach, but the problem hasn't had a sufficient response," said Warriors director of rugby Dean Ryan.
"The medical team are now looking at surgical intervention. It stems from having a shoulder impact injury. He will require surgery to try to stimulate a nerve and that will rule him out for the rest of the year."
After arriving at Sixways from Ospreys in March 2015, Lewis has made just five Warriors appearances, scoring four tries, including a hat-trick in the second leg of their Championship play-off semi-final win over London Scottish.
Worcester face a key fixture in the four-team fight to avoid the drop to the Championship on Friday, when they head to Kingston Park to face Newcastle.
Dean Ryan's side face a Falcons side that have won their last four Premiership home games on their artificial pitch.
"It's clearly creating problems for a lot of teams," Ryan told BBC Hereford & Worcester. "They've had a decent run of results there."
Since losing 38-3 to Saracens there before Christmas, after which they signed vastly experienced ex-Worcester and England stand-off Andy Goode, Newcastle have beaten Bath, Harlequins, Leicester and Northampton to rise to 10th.
That has put them three points behind ninth-placed Bath and two points clear of Worcester, who are five clear of bottom club London Irish.
After winning for the first time in 14 matches against Sale seven days earlier, Ryan is hoping his side can build on an encouraging first-half display in the 38-18 defeat at Northampton on Saturday.
"We played pretty well for 40 to 50 minutes but it wasn't good enough to get a result," he added. "They're all important games now. We've got to get wins."
Four of Worcester Warriors' young Academy players got a close-up look at the Kingston Park pitch last Friday night, having played in England Under-20 26-20 defeat by Ireland.
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Police Scotland said the 69-year-old was hit as she crossed Golspie Street, in the city's Govan area, at about 14:40.
Officers remained at the scene as investigations into the incident were carried out. Local diversions were in place.
Police urged anyone who witnessed the collision to come forward.
Sgt Andrew Shearer said: "This was a serious incident which has tragically resulted in the death of a woman.
"Specialist officers are carrying out inquiries and my thoughts are with the family at this time. Inquiries are continuing to establish the circumstances of the crash."
Activists are angry about a decision by China to screen candidates for Hong Kong's 2017 leadership election. They want direct talks with Beijing.
Government supporters also took to the streets and confronted the protesters outside the representative's office.
Activists tied yellow ribbons, a symbol of their demand for more democracy, on the gates of the China liaison office.
The march on Sunday follows almost six weeks of sit-ins and road blockades in a number of central districts.
Hong Kong Chief executive CY Leung - who is in Beijing - received the full support of President Xi Jinping in his dealings with the protesters.
Mr Xi said that he firmly supported Hong Kong in "driving forward the development of democracy according to the law, and in safeguarding the prosperity and stability of Hong Kong".
The BBC's John Sudworth in Hong Kong says that there is no sign that the Hong Kong government is prepared to make any concessions.
Protesters say that attempts to negotiate with the Hong Kong government have failed and now appear to be directing their grievances towards China's national leaders, our correspondent says.
China now has ultimate sovereignty over Hong Kong following the handover from Britain in 1997, although the territory still enjoys a large degree of autonomy.
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The ruling communist party's new rules for the election of Hong Kong's chief executive allow it to veto candidates it deems unsuitable.
It is the highest spend by overseas visitors between April and June ever recorded by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
However, the overall number of visitors dropped 7.5%, with a decrease in European tourists.
VisitScotland said the Scottish tourism industry was showing "resilience amid global uncertainty".
The tourism body believes the overall drop in visitors was probably caused by the early Easter and security tensions after terror attacks in Florida, France and Belgium.
However, the visitors that do come are spending more - particularly those from North America.
According to the ONS, overseas visitors spent £493m in the second quarter of last year, an increase of 9.5% compared to the £540m this year.
Despite the drop in the number of tourists from Europe, the Scottish government said they had spent £276m, which accounts for more than half of the total expenditure.
Tourism Secretary Fiona Hyslop said: "It is encouraging that overseas tourists are spending more when they visit Scotland. These figures highlight the hard work undertaken by our industry to make Scotland a must-visit destination.
"Scotland is famed for its warm welcome and these figures prove that visitors are prepared to come here to enjoy our incredible views, top class attractions and to spend in our hotels, shops and restaurants."
Ms Hyslop said the tourism industry was thriving despite difficult trading conditions and uncertainty in the run up to the EU referendum.
An estimated 217,000 people are employed in tourism in Scotland.
ONS figures also showed that in the first half of 2016, overseas visits increased by 2.6% and spend increased 9.3%.
VisitScotland chief executive, Malcolm Roughead, said: "It is positive to see that Scottish tourism is continuing to perform well in the first half of 2016 with an increase in both visits and spend year on year.
"And the news that, in the second quarter of the year, international visitors have broken through the £500m spend barrier for the first time ever is truly extraordinary."
In response to the figures, the Scottish Tourism Alliance (STA) said businesses should be congratulated on their determination and resilience.
The alliance has been working with the Scottish government and other public agencies on a "Big Five Questions" strategy, which aims to maintain sustainable growth in the sector over the next four years.
The STA's chief executive, Marc Crothall, said: "Tourism faces many challenges and unknowns post-EU referendum and engaging in the Big Five Questions right now is the most effective way to future-proof individual businesses and strengthen and grow Scotland's tourism industry for 2020 and beyond."
It was alleged last year extremists had tried to take over several schools in Birmingham to advance radical interpretations of Islam.
A series of official investigations found the claims to be groundless.
The Department for Education (DfE) says it is "building resilience" by actively promoting British values in schools.
In its report, the education committee investigates how the DfE, Ofsted and other bodies reacted to the allegations of extremism in Birmingham, and draws out wider lessons for the entire school system.
The chairman of the education committee, Graham Stuart, said that apart from one incident in one school "no evidence of extremism or radicalisation was found by any of the inquiries in any of the schools involved".
The MPs had found "a worrying and wasteful lack of coordination between the various inquiries carried out by the DfE, Birmingham City Council, the Education Funding Agency, Ofsted and others", Mr Stuart said, adding that those overlapping inquiries had "contributed to the sense of crisis and confusion".
The report criticises the Department for Education for what it calls a "lack of inquisitiveness" and says the department was "slow to take an active interest" in the allegations.
The report also criticises Ofsted's "inability to identify problems" in schools on first inspection, when they were found "shortly afterwards to be failing".
The committee concluded that Ofsted would now have to "act to restore confidence in the inspectorate".
"Questions have been raised about the appropriateness of Ofsted's framework and the reliability and robustness of its judgements," Mr Stuart said.
In 2011, the education committee called for Ofsted to be split in two, saying separate bodies should supervise child protection and schools.
The education committee's latest report recommends the government should:
Ofsted said in a statement that it welcomed scrutiny, "continually strives" to improve inspection, and would consider the committee's recommendations "carefully".
"As the chief inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, made clear to the committee last year, sudden changes in governance and leadership can have a significant impact on the standards in education. These Birmingham schools were no exception," the statement said.
"Ofsted is committed to ensuring that such drastic declines are not repeated elsewhere and will continue to work closely with other agencies to identify and investigate any areas of concern.
"All schools have an expectation on them to teach values such as tolerance and the rule of law and prepare pupils for life in modern Britain.
"From September 2015 Ofsted will begin conducting shorter more frequent inspections of good schools.
"Our new approach will mean that signs of decline can be spotted early and the necessary action can be taken to ensure pupils are receiving a broad and balanced education which prepares them for life in modern Britain."
The DfE said the understanding of extremism and way the ability of schools to respond to it is monitored had "advanced hugely in the past few years".
"As today's report recognises, we are tackling this problem at both ends: taking determined action where we find areas of concern, and building resilience in the system by putting the active promotion of fundamental British values at the very heart of our plan for education," it said.
"We are putting in place a helpline for schools to raise extremism concerns more easily and are working closely with Ofsted, having strengthened their inspection frameworks to include Fundamental British Values.
"No government has done more to tackle extremism, but we remain vigilant. We will respond to the report's recommendations in due course."
The select committee's report has been welcomed by unions.
Mary Bousted, the general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said the Trojan Horse affair had led to "a national panic".
"It seems that there are too many cooks spoiling the broth, with schools accountable to many different organisations and agencies - this causes confusion and overlap," she said.
"Radicalisation is a hugely complex issue and many teachers understandably have not received the training or support to enable them to confidently spot the early signs.
"We worry that Ofsted - as it has shown in other areas of inspection - also lacks the extensive expertise in matters of extremism that are necessary for it to investigate effectively."
General Athanase Kararuza and his wife died instantly, while their daughter was injured. No group has said it was behind the attack in the capital.
More than 400 people have been killed in unrest since President Pierre Nkurunziza said he would run for a third term last April.
A string of high-ranking army officials have been targeted during the conflict.
Security forces have also been accused of killing opponents and dumping them in mass graves by rights group Amnesty International.
Shortly after the attack in Bujumbura, the International Criminal court announced that it was starting a preliminary investigation into the violence in Burundi.
This will decide whether a full-blown investigation will take place, which could result in charges against those accused of being behind the violence.
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BBC Great Lakes reporter Robert Misigaro says the killing is a blow for President Nkurunziza because it shows that he cannot guarantee the safety of his officers.
On Sunday the Minister for Human Rights Martin Nivyabandi survived a grenade attack as he was coming out of church.
Although both opposition and government forces are ethnically mixed, some fear that the violence could descend into a repeat of the genocidal killings which the country has previously experienced.
President Nkurunziza is the former leader of a Hutu rebel group which battled a Tutsi-dominated army for many years until he came to power in 2005 as part of a peace deal.
The African Union had said it would send a 5,000-strong peacekeeping force to the country even if the government did not accept it but it has since back-tracked.
The Montreal-based circus troupe said the acquisition would also help it build its global presence.
The acquisition is worth tens of millions of US dollars, said Cirque boss Daniel Lamarre.
The deal is part of a growth plan developed since a US private equity firm invested in the circus in 2015.
Cirque du Soleil now aims to become "the global leader of live entertainment", Mr Lamarre said.
In Thursday's statement, he called the acquisition of Blue Man Group, known for performances with drummers wearing blue body paint, a "decisive step" towards those ambitions.
"We want to broaden our horizons, develop new forms of entertainment, reach out to new audiences and expand our own creative capabilities," he added.
Cirque du Soleil started in 1984 as a group of 20 street performers. It now employs almost 4,000 people and has 18 shows active throughout the world this year, with revenue of about $1bn (£770m).
In 2015, a group that included US investment firm TPG Capital, took majority ownership of the company.
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TPG's other investments include fashion retailer J Crew, music streaming firm Spotify and ride-hailing company Uber.
The firm's backing has provided new financial might to Cirque du Soleil, which is investing $100m in new shows this year, Mr Lamarre said.
He will visit China later this month to announce the establishment of a 14-month tour and a new, permanent Cirque du Soleil show in Hangzhou.
Cirque du Soleil also plans to start an ice show and an interactive attraction in New York tied to US football.
Mr Lamarre said he sees an opportunity to grow by making Blue Man a bigger player on the world stage.
Blue Man Group, founded in New York by three friends, has been performing since 1991 and employs about 550 people. Investment firm GF Capital took a stake in the company in 2010.
It currently operates resident shows in New York, Boston, Las Vegas, Chicago, Orlando and Berlin, as well as two touring productions.
The goal is to expand its reach to some of the 450 cities Cirque du Soleil visits globally, Mr Lamarre said.
He called the Blue Man brand "underdeveloped".
"We want to keep the Blue Man Group brand totally authentic and we want to develop the brand as much as we can," he said.
The remains of the Lockheed P-38F Lightning, buried in sand at Harlech beach, is currently vulnerable to storm damage and trophy hunting.
A special survey of the site will assess whether it can be designated as a "scheduled ancient monument".
It is part of £121,404 Welsh government funding to protect ancient relics.
Other projects awarded grants included Brymbo Iron Works in Wrexham, the medieval pottery kiln at Newport Memorial Hall, Pembrokeshire, Penrice Castle in Swansea and Caerau Camp in Cardiff where works will be carried out to make repairs and improve public access.
Announcing the funding, deputy culture minister Ken Skates said: "All over Wales our landscape is scattered with ancient monuments.
"They shape our communities, tell the story of our past and bring economic benefits through tourism."
Under the settlement, the German carmaker agreed to spend up to $10bn on buybacks and owner compensation.
An additional $4.7bn is to go to programs to offset excess emissions and to clean car projects.
The deal was agreed in June after regulators discovered VW software designed to cheat emissions tests.
Vehicle owners will be able to choose between having their car bought back at pre-scandal "trade in" value or having VW repairing the cars if regulators approve the fixes.
They will also receive an additional compensation of between $5,000 and $10,000 depending on how old their vehicles are.
The US judge turned down objections from owners who thought the compensation should have been higher, saying the agreement was "adequate and fair".
Part of the fines will see the world's second biggest carmaker fund programs towards a better charging infrastructure for electric cars, the development of zero-emission ride-sharing fleets and general efforts to boost sales of emissions-friendly cars.
Over the next three years, the automaker will also pay to fund infrastructure on Native American tribal land to reduce diesel emissions.
Volkswagen installed software in diesel cars sold worldwide to detect when they were being tested so the cars could cheat the results.
Some models could have been pumping out up to 40 times the legal limit of the pollutant, nitrogen oxide, regulators disclosed.
The carmaker said that around 11 million cars were affected worldwide.
The scandal has pulled down VW's global business, damaged its reputation and led to the ouster of chief executive Martin Winterkorn.
Volkswagen also still faces a flurry of fines and lawsuits outside of the US expected to the add to the overall bill the company will have to pay for the scandal.
Park View, Oldknow and Golden Hillock were among five schools in Birmingham put into special measures last year.
It followed an investigation into a supposed plot by a conservative group of Muslims to take over schools.
Visits last month, found they had made "reasonable progress", although remain in special measures.
The monitoring inspections, published on Tuesday, outlined improvements in teaching and leadership.
Teaching at Oldknow Academy was rated outstanding last year even though it was rated inadequate overall, due to criticism over leadership and the safety of pupils.
Those two elements have received some positive feedback in the latest report.
Despite improvements in procedures to monitor pupils and staff, Ofsted said there remained a "lack of accountability".
Staff morale also remains low and inspectors said there was a lack of trust.
Park View School was told as recently as January there were still "serious concerns" over teaching.
Since then, inspectors said the overall quality had started to improve, along with pupils' achievement levels.
Despite that, Ofsted's report found there was still "considerable variance" in teaching standards and "too much remains weak".
Pupil behaviour, criticised in January, has also improved at the Alum Rock school, and there was praise for the leadership.
Inspectors said the executive principal was working "to resolve some of the deep-seated problems" and had a "good understanding of the challenges that remain".
The school is currently recruiting for a permanent head teacher.
A year ago, Park View was criticised for failing to alert pupils to the risks of extremism, despite a series of official investigations subsequently finding claims of an overall plot to be groundless.
Since then, governors have received training on the risks of radicalisation, but inspectors said sex and relationships was still not being taught.
Overall, Ofsted said a number of new systems had been introduced at the school, but it was "too early to see if they are effective".
Golden Hillock Academy, part of the Park View trust, received a similar report with regard to teaching, with improvements in many areas, although there was criticism for maths teaching, which it said was "inadequate".
The reports for Park View, Golden Hillock and Oldknow broadly contrast with that for Nansen Primary - another of the schools involved in the Trojan Horse inquiries - which has been told it is "not making enough progress".
The report said the primary was in "an extremely fragile position" and standards remained low in reading, writing and mathematics.
PC Christian D'Andrea, 30, called police to report he had been assaulted by his partner in Wootton, Bedfordshire, on 27 May which led to her arrest.
He later admitted that his pet dog had caused his injuries.
D'Andrea admitted making false allegations and was jailed for four months at Aylesbury Crown Court.
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D'Andrea, of Holloway Head, Birmingham, also pleaded guilty to criminal damage after punching a hole in the wall of a property during an argument.
Two further counts of common assault on D'Andrea's partner were ordered to lie on his file.
He was also ordered to pay £300 in compensation.
Deputy Chief Constable Mike Colbourne from Bedfordshire Police said: "We expect our officers to act with integrity at all times but clearly PC D'Andrea's actions fell well below the standards we demand as a police force.
"His actions led to an innocent woman being arrested and interviewed about the fabricated claims.
"This case shows how we will not tolerate such behaviour."
The South Yorkshire route is still under consultation but one option includes cutting through the Shimmer estate in Mexborough near Doncaster.
The government said a decision would not be made until next year.
Elsewhere, a kilometre-long (0.6-mile) tunnel will be dug under Woodlesford in West Yorkshire.
Originally it was planned to put an HS2 stop for Sheffield at the Meadowhall shopping centre, but opponents said that was too far out of the city centre.
A second option would use the existing city centre station but that would mean laying new track through the Shimmer estate, the construction of which only began a few years ago.
Russell Holmes from the estate said: "The uncertainty of pretty much knowing it's going to be destroyed but not being able to do anything in the meantime, waiting until it happens, waiting for a decision as to when you can actually put something in place to move or whatever, is horrible."
Resident Rachel Ridler said: "For people who love this community who wanted to build their life here, it's more waiting, it's more turmoil.
"I love my house, I love my neighbours, I love my community and I'd hate to be the first person to jump ship then find out they've actually found a way around the estate.
"So I think we'll be here another few years yet."
Rother Valley MP, Kevin Barron, said he would "continue to fight" for the South Yorkshire station to be at Meadowhall with the second option being a "deeply unpopular plan which will ruin villages the length of Yorkshire".
In Woodlesford, where the high speed rail line was originally proposed to run north of the village along the River Aire, the mood is more positive.
Resident and campaigner James Lynch said the tunnel plan "sounds better than a massive viaduct".
He said: "We haven't seen the actual plans, there's still more uncertainty but that's the nature of the beast with HS2.
"We had various objections, the plans for Woodlesford were too disruptive for local residents."
For Crofton near Wakefield, HS2 Ltd is "working up a number of options".
Campaigners had complained that the village would be encircled by railway lines.
Andrew Jones, MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough and minister for HS2, said: "Crofton will be changed by the the new [M18] alignment, but we're still working up those options."
He said consultation on that would begin in 2017.
Paul Sandham, from Crofton Against HS2, lives within 60m of the proposed line.
He said the scheme would "blight" both sides of the village and his campaign group would be "seeking a legal challenge to the two routes".
He said: "It feels appalling, the history of HS2 in this area is one long catalogue of misinformation."
Transport secretary Chris Grayling said in the House of Commons that the route announcement was a "huge commitment to the Midlands and the north".
However, he said he would propose "substantial refinements" for the route through South Yorkshire, including public consultation, before reaching a decision next year.
Shadow transport secretary Andy McDonald said significant details of the route had been "dodged" by the government.
He said it was "imperative" that the voices of affected communities - particularly those in South Yorkshire - were heard.
Sheffield City Council has supported a station in the city centre.
The council said: "Numerous studies demonstrate that stations located in city centres drive more jobs and growth and we know that this will bring much bigger economic benefits not just to Sheffield but to the whole city region.
"We also believe a city centre location is essential for the development of future HS3 connectivity between cities in the north."
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With Linfield not in action until Monday against Cliftonville, goals from Philip Lowry, Jordan Owens and Billy Joe Burns secured Crusaders' home win.
Coleraine are now only a point behind third-placed Cliftonville after beating Glentoran 2-0.
Glenavon secured a top-six finish by beating Dungannon 2-0 while Ballymena United beat 10-man Portadown 3-0.
Only an heroic display by Carrick keeper Brian Neeson prevented the champions from hitting a cricket score at Seaview.
The Antrim GAA player made five superb early stops before Lowry struck the Crues ahead on 19 minutes with a close-range shot that Neeson will probably feel he should have stopped.
Tzee Mustapha's introduction did spur Carrick to improve but the Rangers substitute missed a chance to level after a poor Sean O'Neill clearance before Owens doubled Crusaders' advantage with a header.
Neeson, who had made further great saves early in the second half, protested that Owens' header hadn't crossed the line but referee Lee Tavinder awarded the goal.
With recalled Richard Clarke impressing in the Crues midfield, Burns sealed the champions' victory as he produced an accomplished finish from a tight angle.
Clarke's late missed penalty, as Neeson saved the weak effort, mattered little as far as the champions were concerned.
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Coleraine didn't have to get out of third gear to see off a disappointing Glentoran at the Showgrounds.
Eoin Bradley put the Bannsiders ahead from a 17th-minute penalty after he had been brought down in the area by Marcus Kane.
Steven Gordon clipped the Coleraine woodwork in the first half with Kane also having a header cleared off the line by his namesake Lyndon Kane, but the home side looked the more threatening for the most part.
Jamie McGonigle's seventh goal in as many games doubled Coleraine's advantage midway through the second half after a fine cross by Ciaron Harkin while Glentoran's misery was completed by Eric Foley's late dismissal for dissent.
Glenavon guaranteed their top-six spot as first-half goals from David Elebert and James Gray secured a comfortable win over a labouring Dungannon Swifts outfit.
Elebert nodded in Glenavon's opener on 12 minutes after a James Singleton header had come back off the Dungannon crossbar.
The second goal came some 15 minutes later as Gray netted from close range after a Joel Cooper volley had been blocked following good work by Guy Bates.
Glenavon-bound striker Andrew Mitchell headed a great Dungannon chance over the crossbar when the scoreline was 1-0 and also had an effort saved by Jonny Tuffey in the second half.
After having the bulk of the chances in the first half, Ballymena took the lead on 50 minutes against Portadown as Michael Kerr tapped into the net after a Johnny McMurray cross.
Recalled centre-half Johnny Flynn doubled Ballymena's lead just before the hour mark as he nodded home a Tony Kane corner.
Portadown's afternoon went from bad to worse as defender Ken Oman was sent off for an off-the-ball kick on Ballymena's Flynn and Kane rounded off the home win with a 77th-minute penalty.
Ballymena remain fifth in the table, two points behind fourth-placed neighbours Coleraine and a further point back from Cliftonville.
Lui Bo and four others associated with publisher Mighty Current, which produced books critical of Chinese leaders, went missing last year.
Mr Lui, the general manager of Mighty Current, disappeared on 15 October while in Shenzhen in southern China.
All five men later surfaced in custody of Chinese police.
The men appeared on Chinese television on Sunday, with four of them, including Lui Bo, saying they had been detained for "illegal book trading".
Public confessions have long been a part of China's criminal law although experts say many confessions are forced.
Hong Kong police said in a statement that they met Lui Bo on Friday.
Mr Lui told Hong Kong police he did not need any assistance from them or the Hong Kong government, and asked police to cancel the missing persons case related to him, they said.
"He refused to disclose other details," the statement added.
Pro-democracy lawmaker Albert Ho told AFP he believed Mr Lui "must be very scared", and that his request that police drop his case was "just to show the mainland authorities that he will keep quiet".
Hong Kong's missing booksellers and 'banned' Xi Jinping book
Causeway Bay Books, the Hong Kong shop owned by Mighty Current, closed following the disappearances.
The case has sparked accusations of China violating Hong Kong's judicial independence.
Two of the men, Gui Minhai and Lee Bo, were outside mainland China when they disappeared. Mr Gui was in Thailand and Mr Lee in Hong Kong - where Chinese police do not have jurisdiction.
Mr Lui's two other colleagues, Cheung Chi Ping and Lam Wing Kee, are also expected to be released on bail in coming days.
Mr Lui's release comes just a day before the opening of China's annual parliamentary session, the National People's Congress, in Beijing.
The UK has previously expressed concern about the disappearances. It said last month that Mr Lee, who has a British passport, was probably "involuntarily removed" to China in what would have been a "serious breach" of the Hong Kong handover treaty.
However, China's foreign ministry has said its officials would not behave illegally, and urged other countries not to meddle in its affairs.
Mr Lee was shown on Chinese state TV on Monday, denying he had been abducted by Chinese officials, and saying he would renounce his British citizenship.
However, his supporters believe the interview was done under duress.
1. Lui Bo, general manager, goes missing in Shenzhen, 15 October
2. Cheung Jiping, business manager, 32, goes missing in Dongguan, 15 October
3. Gui Minhai, co-owner, 51, goes missing in Thailand, 17 October
4. Lam Wingkei, manager, 60, last seen in Hong Kong, 23 October
5. Lee Bo, shareholder, 65, goes missing in Hong Kong, 30 December
The animals hunt with clicks and buzzes - and pick up the echoes from the animals they hope to eat.
Researchers at Denmark's Aarhus University say they switch from a narrow to a wide beam of sound - "like adjusting a flashlight" - as they home in on a fish.
The researchers believe this could stop the prey of porpoises, whales and dolphins avoiding capture.
They also think that by revealing these acoustic secrets, they could come up with new ways to prevent porpoises, and other toothed whales, from becoming trapped in fishing nets.
Lead researcher Danuta Wisniewska and her colleagues worked with harbour porpoises in a semi-natural enclosure on the coast of Denmark.
In this unique environment, the researchers were able to fit the porpoises with sound-detecting tags, and to place lots of microphones to pick up sound around their enclosure.
"The animals still have access to the seafloor and are only separated from the harbour by a net. Fish are able to come in, so they're still hunting."
The team carried out a series of experiments to work out where the sound energy the porpoises produced was directed
In one experiment, researchers dropped fish into the water to tempt the porpoises to hunt.
Underwater hunters
According to the study, the porpoises were able to broaden their beam by as much as 50% in the final phase of attack.
They were able to switch between a narrow and a wide beam.
This fine-tuning ability is controlled by a fatty structure in their forehead, called the melon, which acts as a sort of "sound lens".
The harbour porpoises involved in this study had been rescued after being caught in fishing nets.
The researchers hope this work will develop ways of using sound to prevent porpoises from accidentally chasing fish into these nets.
The change smoothes out some of the features in the letters that make up the well-known colourful logo spelling out its name.
It said the change was needed because people were now reaching Google on lots of mobile devices rather than just desktop computers.
The change comes after Google put its many divisions under an umbrella company called Alphabet.
It said that the logo, and its many variations, would work better on the many different-sized screens through which people used or encountered Google and its services. As well as the full logo of the company's name, it also plans to use four dots in its signature blue, red, yellow and green colours and a single, multi-coloured capital "G" to represent it.
Google announced the change on its official blog and illustrated what was different via a series of animated gifs. It said the revamped logo was "simple, uncluttered, colorful, friendly" and represented the best of Google.
It also provided a much more detailed explanation of what drove it to change the logo. One key challenge for the designers, it said, was to refine "what makes us Googley".
Google last updated its logo in September 2013.
Writing on Creative Review, Mark Sinclair said the shift was significant because before now Google had resisted doing the same as other tech companies many of which adopted a "simpler and often blander" look when they updated their official insignia.
By contrast, he said, Google had kept its "scrappier demeanour" but this latest update showed the company had indeed "smartened itself up".
The Ballygawley man has guided the senior team to three All-Ireland titles, winning its first ever Sam Maguire trophy in his debut season in 2003 - defeating Ulster rivals Armagh.
They would repeat that triumph in 2005 and 2008, both times defeating Munster giants Kerry in the Croke Park final.
Harte has also led Tyrone to four Ulster titles and one National League.
The former pupil of Omagh Christian Brothers School, who was born in 1952 and became a teacher, also represented his county as a player between 1975 and 1982.
Harte was appointed manager of Tyrone minors (under-18s) in 1991 and guided them to victory in the Ulster minor championship two years later.
However, tragedy hit the team in 1997 when player Paul McGirr collided with the goalkeeper of another team.
Mickey Harte helped stretcher him off the field, but he died that evening.
Vowing to win the all-Ireland minor championship in McGirr's memory, Harte achieved that honour in 1998, and was named manager of the county's under-21s a year later.
He guided the Under 21 team to two All-Ireland titles and three Ulster titles.
Harte's success meant it was no surprise that he was named senior manager in 2002 after the departure of Art McRory and Eugene McKenna.
The team regained the National Football League title that April, defeating Laois in the final, before their historic victory against reigning champions Armagh in the All-Ireland final.
But tragedy would strike the county again a year later when its young captain Cormac McAnallen - a former minor teammate of Paul McGirr - died suddenly due to an undetected heart condition.
At the time Mickey Harte spoke of his shock at the tragedy.
"It's simply unbelievable and no words could explain what has happened," he said.
''He was just a gem of a man, and it's going to be very difficult to pick up the pieces.''
In October 2008, Harte was hospitalised after suffering a broken rib, as well as cuts and bruises, after his car left the road and crashed near Carrickmore.
The following year the Tyrone legend, who is also a member of the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association, wrote his autobiography 'Harte'.
In the book Harte wrote of his daughter Michaela: "She loved her football.
"She was with me and my Tyrone teams from the beginning, helping with little jobs at training sessions, shredding tissues and rosary beads in the stands during matches."
Speaking after news of Michaela's murder in Mauritius, Father Gerard McAleer, a life-long friend of Mickey Harte said: "She would be the first person he would hug when that final whistle would go."
Indian-American Waris Ahluwalia, who is also a designer, said he was prevented from boarding after he refused to remove his turban in public.
The incident happened during additional security checks before a flight from Mexico City to New York.
Aeromexico said it had complied with security protocols and it regretted any "inconvenience".
He posted a picture of the ticket on his Instagram account. It carried an "SSSS" stamp, an acronym for Secondary Security Screening Selection, an airport measure that selects passengers for additional screening. The selection is said to be random.
Mr Ahluwalia, who has appeared in The Grand Budapest Hotel and starred in a campaign for American clothing brand GAP, said he was on his way to New York Fashion Week.
In an interview with the New York Daily News, Mr Ahluwalia said he had complied with the additional checks but refused to remove his turban when he was asked by airline personnel to do so.
"That is not something that I would do in public," he was quoted as saying. "That's akin to asking someone to take off their clothes."
Mr Ahluwalia added that when he said he would not take his turban off without going to a private room, he was told that he would not be flying and would have to book another flight.
"I was shaking at first," he told the News. "That's not a nice thing to be told, that you are not allowed to fly on this plane because of something you are wearing, or because of your religious beliefs."
In a statement, Aeromexico said that he was asked to go through "screening and inspection before boarding, in strict compliance with TSA protocol" - a reference to the US Transportation Security Administration.
"We have offered the passenger alternatives to reach his destination as soon as possible", it said.
The Sydney native, who won an Oscar in 2002 for his work on the first Lord of the Rings film, is believed to have suffered a heart attack on Monday.
Russell Crowe, who recently worked with Leslie on his directorial debut The Water Diviner, was among the first to react to the news.
"The master of the light, genius Andrew Lesnie has passed on," he tweeted.
Film critic Harry Knowles, who got to know Lesnie on the set of Lord Of The Rings, also paid tribute, recalling his "many great memories with that man".
"In the 14 days I was on set of the original LOTR shoot, I swear I never saw Andrew Lesnie not smiling huge and making others feel the same," Knowles tweeted.
"Andrew Lesnie and Peter Jackson would giggle behind the camera together like the most mischievous pair of movie masters that I've seen."
A spokesman from the Australian Cinematographers Society said: "We have been advised of the sudden death of Andrew," adding that the film-maker's family would provide an official statement later.
Jackson hired Lesnie for his Lord of the Rings trilogy after seeing his work on Babe, the Australian film about a talking pig.
"I'd never worked with him or even met him before, but he'd shot the Babe films and I thought they looked amazing, the way he'd used backlight and the sun and natural light to create a very magical effect," Jackson said in a 2004 interview. "Babe had that larger-than-life feel about it that I wanted."
Over the 12-year span of making the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films, Lesnie was also the director of photography on Jackson's remake of King Kong and the crime drama The Lovely Bones.
His other credits included Rise of the Planet of the Apes, I Am Legend, starring Will Smith, and The Last Airbender directed M Night Shyamalan.
Jackson has yet to release an official statement, but staff at Weta Workshop, which produced props and special effects for Lord of the Rings, said they were "saddened to hear the news" of Lesnie's sudden death.
"Our memories of Andrew will always be of a wonderful and caring person who looked out for the technicians around him, was keen to have a good laugh and keep everyone jollied along even when things were at the most stressful for everyone," said owners Richard and Tania Taylor on Facebook.
"What an incredible man and we are very fortunate to have had the chance to work with him on so many wonderful projects."
Lesnie began his career as a camera assistant on the low-budget horror film Patrick in 1978, while still a student at the Australian Film Television and Radio School.
He later worked as a freelance cameraman for TV station ABC, and made a 1980 documentary about Arnold Schwarzenegger's return to bodybuilding in Australia.
Throughout the 1980s, he shot music videos for the likes of INXS, UB40 and Mental As Anything.
A behind-the-scenes documentary on Mad Max 2 proved to be his big break into film, establishing a long working relationship with director George Miller - with whom he shot the Babe movies and the animated film Happy Feet.
But it was his work on Lord of the Rings that cemented his career, earning him an Oscar in 2002.
Accepting his award from Jodie Foster, Lesnie thanked the "sensational" Peter Jackson, and dedicated his prize to his partner, Bronwen and his sons Jack and Sam.
He was inducted into the Australian Cinematographers Society Hall of Fame in the same year.
Antony Ginnane, an Australian producer who worked with Lesnie on Patrick and the crocodile horror film Dark Age, described the cinematographer as "energetic, enthusiastic [and] agile".
"He had no fear and he had a wonderful eye," he told the Sydney Morning Herald.
Magda Szubanski, who played the farmer's wife Esme in Babe, said Lesnie had made the film look "golden".
"[He] was just a really lovely guy," she wrote on Twitter. "Heart goes out to his family."
Billy Elliot star Jamie Bell, who worked with the cinematographer on King Kong, added: "Andrew Lesnie was a treat to work with. I am blown away by all he achieved. He'll be missed greatly. RIP."
Ploughshare tortoises are highly prized for their distinctive gold and black shells and fetch exceptionally high prices on the international black market.
Efforts to steal the animals from their native Madagascar are so relentless that there may only be fewer than 500 left.
So the tortoises are now having their shells permanently engraved with a large serial number together with the initials "MG" for Madagascar.
The hope is that deliberately making the animals less attractive will reduce or even eliminate demand for them.
When the idea was first raised, it faced vigorous opposition from many in the conservation movement, the Madagascar government and also staff within the charity involved, the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust.
Carving into the ploughshares' shells to disfigure them is the equivalent of removing all horns from rhinos or tusks from elephants to stop those animals from being poached.
Richard Lewis, director of Durrell's operations in Madagascar, told the BBC that "we hate doing it but it's got to be done to help save the species".
"It goes against every grain and gene in our bodies to do this - everything says we shouldn't do this, what we believe in, what we stand for.
"But we think this can be a major step in stopping people wanting these animals. We believe this will be a genuine deterrent."
According to Mr Lewis, campaigners fighting animal trafficking had spoken to several traders who had made clear that there would be no market for tortoises that had been engraved.
The etching is several millimetres deep and only penetrates the shell, rather than the more sensitive bone underneath, and Durrell staff are convinced that while the process may be uncomfortable for the animals, it does not hurt them.
I watched while one tortoise was engraved. It waved its legs to try to move away as an electric drill was applied but it was not in obvious distress.
The task of marking each animal is one of a range of drastic measures designed to thwart the smugglers and head off the extinction of the species.
The charity runs a captive breeding centre in the Ankarafansika National Park to encourage the tortoises to reproduce - and more than 100 young adults have since been released into the wild.
The breeding centre, itself a target for poachers, is now guarded 24 hours a day with electronic surveillance and a team of policemen.
Only in April, two Taiwanese men, posing as tourists, attempted to bribe local staff to gain access. They were later arrested leaving Madagascar with dozens of a less threatened species of tortoise in their luggage.
The only habitat where the ploughshare tortoises live in the wild - a remote and arid stretch of sand, rock and bamboo at Baly Bay in northwest Madagascar - has been turned into a national park to offer protection.
Local people have been hired to patrol the area and to keep watch on the animals, many of which are fitted with radio tags.
But the area is too large to be guarded comprehensively and several times a year, perhaps more often, poachers slip in to steal tortoises.
The youngest of the animals - small enough to fit in the palm of your hand - are the easiest to smuggle. In 2013, officials at Bangkok airport found a suitcase that had arrived on a flight from Madagascar containing 54 young ploughshare tortoises. Wrapped in clingfilm, many of the tiny creatures were dead.
Internet searches have revealed the staggeringly high prices that can be fetched by the animals.
One site listed a ploughshare tortoise over 30 years old with a price tag of $37,900. A young adult that was 10 years old was priced at $14,200 and a baby of 8 months at $1400.
In the aftermath of a coup five years ago, there was a period with little or no control by the authorities and leading smugglers, known on the international scene, were spotted repeatedly entering Madagascar.
Mr Lewis says "they weren't coming here for a holiday" and he concedes that the effort to save the tortoise is an uphill struggle with a highly uncertain outcome.
"I'd be the first to admit at this moment that it's three steps backwards and two forwards with the poaching."
And that constant threat led to the extreme idea of defacing the animals, of wrecking the very beauty that makes them so sought after.
"It was clear that what we were doing was not enough, that animals were still going out.
"So when we first talked to the government and said 'we want to take one of your most prized animals and deface it, every one of them', you can imagine the reaction - 'are you crazy or what?'
"But we got the minister to come here [to the captive breeding centre] and after that he said 'I understand, do it'. "
So far about 70 of the tortoises living in the wild have been engraved - it's thought another 400 or so have yet to be found - along with all those bred in captivity that have reached a suitable age.
But now another potential threat has emerged. The tortoises' natural habitat in the area around Baly Bay turns out to be rich in iron and a Chinese company has plans to open an iron ore mine 30km inland.
The proposal would see a new road running through the national park to connect the mine with a massive new port that would be built on the coast.
Although the precise zones where the tortoises live would not be directly affected, the concern is that such major new developments in the area, attracting thousands of people, would vastly increase the risk of the animals being plundered.
It would also set a precedent if industrial infrastructure is allowed inside the boundaries of a national park - at a time when many precious wildlife habitats are under pressure elsewhere in the country.
One member of the Durrell team, Angelo Ramy Mandibihasina, said he understood the balance of interests facing one of the world's poorest countries where 92% of people are estimated to live on less than $2 a day.
"You can think in two ways - if a road is built, it will bring development which is good for the economy but at the same for the environment that will create some bad things that will affect not only the species but the whole park.
"There might some part of the park that will be open for the road and people will come easily and steal the tortoises or cut wood and get some other animals.
The company involved, Wuhan Iron and Steel, told the BBC that it did not wish to comment.
Sixth-generation dairy farmer Derek Mead, 72, employed about 300 staff across the Mead Group.
A family statement said Mr Mead was killed in a "tragic accident" on Sunday afternoon "doing what he loved".
He was reportedly involved in a freak accident involving a dog and a tractor at his farm in Hewish, near Weston-super-Mare in Somerset.
The Health and Safety Executive said it had been alerted to the death of a farmer and an investigation was under way.
"It's with a heavy heart that we have to let you know our father and grandfather, Derek Mead, was killed on his farm," the family said in a statement.
Mr Mead campaigned hard for the dairy industry and had been a critic of the National Farmers Union (NFU) for many years, claiming it did not properly represent the interests of farmers.
Speaking in 2015 he described all areas of British farming as being "on the floor" but said dairy farming had "been in crisis for the last 20 years and it's about time it was sorted out".
Mr Mead was chairman of Puxton Park, near Weston-super-Mare, and of Junction 24, which is a business centre and one of the largest livestock markets in the South West.
Chris Rundle, who worked as an adviser for Mr Mead, said his investment of £10m to help develop Sedgemoor Livestock Centre had "put new heart back in to the livestock trade".
"But he never got recognition for it - people have got knighthoods for doing far less than Derek's done."
The Lincolnshire rider set an average speed of 134.210mph during the third lap of the circuit on his Smith's BMW.
Hickman won by two seconds from Silicone Engineering Kawasaki's Dean Harrison with Bruce Anstey a further 0.3 seconds back on a Padgett's Honda.
Anstey won the Lightweight 250cc race, with Ballymoney's Paul Robinson taking the Moto3/125cc honours.
New Zealander Anstey enjoyed a 39-second lead over Ballymena man Neil Kernohan at the chequered flag, with Davy Morgan making up the top three.
The Kiwi's fastest lap was 117.020 on his first appearance on a 250cc machine at the Dundrod circuit.
Robinson edged out Christian Elkin by half a second and set a new lap record for the Moto3s on 110.311, while Adam McLean completed the rostrum positions.
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Having dominated practice for Saturday's Ulster Grand Prix, Hickman stamped his authority on the six-lap Superbike race to clinch the second victory of his career over the 7.4-mile course.
Harrison, Anstey, Dan Kneen and Michael Dunlop all lapped at over 133mph, with Yorkshireman Harrison and Dan Kneen bettering their previous best lap speeds at the event.
Manxman Kneen finished fourth on the Tyco BMW, followed by Michael Dunlop on his Bennetts Suzuki and Fermanagh's Lee Johnston.
Teenager Joe Thompson was awarded the win in the National race which was red-flagged after three laps, Davey Todd taking second.
The Challenge race was abandoned after being halted twice because of accidents at Leathemstown and Budore, while the planned Supertwin race did not take place as the organisers called an end to proceedings for the day at 20:00 BST.
Roads closed - Wednesday and Thursday 9 and 10 August - 10:00 BST to 21:30 BST; Saturday 12 August - 09:30 BST to 20:30 BST
Thursday racing - Dundrod 150 - Race 1 - Dundrod 150 National Race (5 laps); Race 2 - Ultralightweight/Lightweight (5 laps); Race 3 - Dundrod 150 Challenge (5 laps); Race 4 - Dundrod 150 Superbike (6 laps); Race 5 - Dundrod 150 Supertwins (5 laps)
Saturday racing - Ulster Grand Prix - Race 1 - Superstock (6 laps); Race 2 - Supersport (6 laps); Race 3 - Ultralightweight/Lightweight; Race (5 laps) Race 4 - UGP Superbike (7 laps); Race 5 - Supertwins (5 laps); Race 6 - Supersport (6 laps); Race 7 - Superbike Race (6 laps).
King, who won gold at London 2012 alongside Laura Trott and Joanna Rowsell, says the event's change from 3km to 4km is behind the decision.
It comes less than a year after she broke five ribs and suffered a collapsed lung in a training accident.
"I'm excited looking forward to the road now," she told BBC Radio Solent.
Hampshire-born King, who trains in Cardiff, was also left out of the recent squad for the Road World Championships last weekend, where Great Britain's Lizzie Armitstead took gold in the women's road race.
"Because I'd been focusing on the track up until the end of July, the selectors didn't think I'd have enough endurance for the World Championships," the 24-year-old said.
"I disagreed though as I did a six-day stage race prior to the worlds, where I finished in the top 20 on general classification and I'd done a lot of work for my team-mates.
"But, it was last-minute that I wanted to have myself put in the mix, so I understand it from that point of view. But it's still frustrating, as I was there competing in the team time trial anyway."
King has re-signed for road team Wiggle Honda for another year as her focus turns to the Rio Olympics and has also announced her engagement to fiancé Matt Rowe.
"It's exciting going forward for my personal ambitions as well as getting in the team for Rio," she added.
"I'm going to meet with the selectors in the winter to make sure I'm completely clear in my mind what they're looking for."
Chancellor George Osborne is set to announce the changes to the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) in Wednesday's Autumn Statement.
Under the plans, the taxpayer will take a share of up to 49% in new projects.
The current PFI regime has been criticised as being too generous to private contractors.
As well as allowing the taxpayer to take a share in profits from public infrastructure projects, the coalition says the new scheme, expected to be called PFI 2, will be quicker and more transparent.
It will allow the public sector to appoint directors to the boards of individual projects, as well as requiring the projects to publish financial performance figures every year.
The government has also renegotiated existing PFI deals to save £2.5bn, according to the BBC's business editor Robert Peston.
Rachel Reeves, Labour's shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, said the chancellor must explain "which frontline services, like the police and social care, he will cut further to pay for this latest U-turn".
"In last year's Autumn Statement, ministers boasted that their infrastructure plan would boost the economy, but none of the road schemes they announced have even started construction. The government needs to ensure that this funding urgently gets through on the ground."
The previous government engaged the private sector to provide major funding for large numbers of schools and hospitals, in return for payments from the public sector.
But the Treasury has decided that this financing model is no longer appropriate at a time when government debt levels are so high.
Nick Bliss, a lawyer who has worked on PFI contracts for 20 years, told the BBC the changes should provide more of a partnership between the public and private sectors.
"From the private sector's perspective, what has really irritated them has been for the last year or two, there has been a total lack of consensus about the way forward.
"This at least will provide a way forward and these are the rules of the game, like them or loathe them," Mr Bliss, who works for the Freshfields law firm said.
Graziano Pelle scored the only goal, but a combination of Italian profligacy and David Marshall brilliance ensured the damage was not worse.
"Everyone's let the manager and the fans down," McArthur told BBC Scotland.
"There's a lot of fans travelled here and we've not performed anywhere near where we should be."
Scotland offered little as an attacking force and struggled to keep possession as the Italians dominated the 90 minutes.
Pelle finally broke the deadlock after 57 minutes with a curling shot past goalkeeper Marshall.
"We came up against a side that has top-quality players and we didn't perform," continued McArthur.
"We need to analyse it and see where we could have done better.
"They're top-quality players, very well organised and they opened us up at times which is to be expected but I think we made it a bit too easy for them."
Crystal Palace midfielder McArthur admits the team will have to improve by some distance if they are to compete with European Championship hosts France when they meet in Metz on Saturday.
While Italy are 16-1 shots to win this summer's tournament, the French are favourites on home soil and will be keen to fine tune preparations against a Scotland side that was held at arm's length by their opponents in Malta.
"We're going to have to play the best we've played in a long, long time to create a shock," McArthur added.
"We'll have to play a lot better than we did [against Italy].
"The most disappointing thing was losing in the manner we did. We obviously hung in there and kept it down to 1-0, but we weren't near the level we wanted to be at."
"France will be a different kettle of fish. If Scotland play like we did [against Italy], we could take a spanking off France.
"There has to be an improvement in performance levels. I think the players need to be braver and take more responsibility on the ball.
"It is difficult because you are playing against players that are better than you, and you are under pressure."
Arnold guided Greene to gold medals at the Commonwealth Games, and European and World Championships.
But the 28-year-old Welshman has been troubled by injuries since winning the world 400m hurdles title in 2011 and lost his Commonwealth crown in Glasgow.
"I could do with a change of scene so at the moment I'm in search of a new coach," Greene told Sport Wales.
"I've been in Bath for around five years and I feel that the last couple of years haven't gone my way.
"It can be a little bit depressing going to training when you're the only guy injured and training on his own.
"[I'm] getting great support form the people at British Athletics and I'm sure I'll find something in the next couple of weeks - there's plenty of things going on behind the scenes."
Greene paid tribute to Arnold who is senior performance coach for UK Athletics, and has coached a number of high-profile hurdlers in a career spanning more than 40 years.
"Malcolm and I have had a good run at things," he said.
"I've learned so much under his tutelage and if it wasn't for him I wouldn't be sitting here, I wouldn't be being interviewed [and] I wouldn't have had the medals I have won.
"So I'll be forever grateful to him for what we managed to achieve."
Greene's decision to move from the training centre at Bath follows a season that saw him miss out on selection for the European Championships and fail to reach the final of his event at Glasgow 2014.
However, he will not be completely severing ties with Arnold, who is also national event coach for hurdles in the UK.
"Malcolm is very professional and more than happy to help me in my transition period between coaches," added Greene.
"I'll be more than happy to work with him. He's been a great guy and a lot of what I've learned from training [with him], that's what I'll be putting into my new programme with whoever that is.
"It was mainly the change of location for me that was the driving factor, the need to have more people around me at an elite level, especially when I've had lots of injuries.
"It's easier to overcome them when you're surrounded by more athletes."
It happened on the main road between Mallow and Cork city at about 13:00 local time on Sunday.
The dead man was in his early 70s, He was driving a lorry that was in collision with four cars.
The seven hurt, who included a lorry passenger, were treated in hospital for non-life threatening injuries.
A police spokesman said a horse was also killed in the crash.
This is not the set-up for a joke, but a four-day executive education course held at Harvard Business School in the United States last month.
Among the students taking the Business of Sport, Media and Entertainment course were Barcelona defender Gerard Pique, actress Katie Holmes and Irish rugby union player Jamie Heaslip.
Rapper LL Cool J is another former graduate.
"Many of the participants want to know how to monetise their brand and build a business around it, to launch a second career after their current one is over, or to enter new careers," says course leader Professor Anita Elberse.
Prof Elberse's job might sound like a teacher's worst nightmare.
Celebrities are not used to being told what to do - or that they have got something wrong.
But she insists none of them receives special treatment.
"They know that if they say something that makes no sense, then I or someone else in the class will tell them they are wrong," she says.
"This might actually be quite refreshing for them and one of the reasons they enjoy the course so much."
During the course, they eat meals together and sleep in the Harvard dormitories.
When a celebrity applies to the course, Prof Elberse often phones them up to make sure they know what to expect.
"So far all of them have been very engaged," she says. "I have not been disappointed."
The reason so many big names from sports and entertainment apply for the course is to capitalise on the growing importance of individual superstar brands in these fields.
The trend was identified by Prof Elberse in her book, Blockbusters.
She argues that building a business around "blockbuster products" - a small number of high impact, big investment films, TV shows, books or star names - is "the surest path to long-term success".
Barcelona and Real Madrid football clubs are claimed as examples - gaining sporting and commercial success by spending a large proportion of their budgets on a few stars like Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar Jr.
The rise of the superstar has been accelerated by social media, which allows individuals to connect directly with fans, rather than work through publishers or agents.
Irish rugby union player Jamie Heaslip might have been setting off for New Zealand with the Lions tour last month, but a serious injury in March meant he had time to attend this year's course.
He hopes to apply what he learned to his own sport.
"I was fascinated by the blockbuster theory and how it can be implemented in rugby, which has only been professional for 20 years, so is a relatively young sport in that sense," he says.
"We looked at how other sports have sold themselves as entertainment products, and how everyone involved in a sport is a stakeholder who can have a role in growing the game."
"I had some interesting discussions with [basketball player] C.J. McCollum about the differences between the business side of rugby and the NBA."
He says he would be interested in working to grow rugby in new markets after he retires from playing.
Prof Elberse's course could have an impact on the future of sport and entertainment, if her students go on to become leaders in these industries.
Gerard Pique has been suggested as a future president of Barcelona. Will he apply the blockbuster theory to running the Spanish club?
"I don't know, but I told him if he's president then I insist on being vice-president," she says.
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The course is taught using Harvard Business School's case study method. Students look at 10 recent examples of success and failure in the sports, entertainment and music industries.
These include Beyonce's gamble to release an album in 2013 without any prior marketing and promotion, and the decision by a production company to sell the TV series House of Cards to Netflix rather than a traditional TV network in 2011.
Students are divided into small groups to discuss the case studies, then the groups present their findings to the rest of the class.
"I ask questions and hope they come up with the answers, and I provide models for how they can think about or frame the discussion," says Prof Elberse, who also teaches the MBA at Harvard Business School.
Jamie Heaslip has an undergraduate degree in medical engineering and a master's in business. He says the case study method was "very different to what I've experienced in my own education" but "very insightful".
This was partly because of the backgrounds of his fellow students - only 10 were from the "talent" side of sport and entertainment and the rest were from the management and business side.
"There were high-up executives running TV companies and studios in the room so it was really interesting to get their perspective," he says.
The course costs $10,000 (£7,700) per head and no prior educational qualifications are required.
With around 60 students attending each year, cynics could say that it is an easy source of income for Harvard.
Prof Dan Sarofian-Butin, dean of the school of education and social policy at Merrimack College in Massachusetts, says the course benefits from Harvard's prestige.
"This type of course allows students to say they went to Harvard, were taught by a famous professor, and interacted with other cool students," he says.
He says most students on executive education courses are already "insiders" who may know more about their industries than a professor.
But he says they can still benefit from the wider view provided by teachers.
"This is what a good teacher can bring to the table - the ability to point things out that are obvious, but only once you are able to see the bigger picture," he says.
It had ordered a review of the plane after battery problems grounded the entire fleet last year.
The FAA said some of Boeing's suppliers did not follow industry standards for inspection that include training and testing requirement for inspectors.
But it said "effective processes" had been implemented to correct issues that arose during and after certification.
"For manufacturing, early issues with suppliers implementing the new business processes are being addressed, and improvements are in progress throughout the supply chain," said the report, issued jointly by the FAA and Boeing's critical systems review team.
The report added that while some design issues had occurred, their causes tended to represent "individual escapes in the design or manufacture of the airplane".
It said "a certain number of such escapes are to be expected in the development of a complex product such as a large airplane, due to state-of-the-art limitations in current design, manufacturing, and certification processes".
The 787 Dreamliner is considered to be one of the most advanced planes in the industry. However, it has been hit by a series of issues.
Last year, its entire fleet was grounded by regulators amid safety concerns.
That was after a fire in one of Japan Airlines' 787 Dreamliners, and a battery fault forced an All Nippon Airways (ANA) flight forced it to make an emergency landing.
The planes have since been given permission to fly again and Boeing has redesigned the battery system. However, the precise cause of the problem was never conclusively proved.
The plane has also suffered other issues in the recent past.
In July last year, a fire broke out on a 787 jet operated by Ethiopian Airlines while it was parked at London's Heathrow Airport. It was traced to the upper rear part of the plane where a locator transmitter is placed.
In August, ANA said it had found damage to the battery wiring on two 787 locator transmitters during checks.
US carrier United Airlines also found a pinched wire during an inspection of one of its six 787s.
Later in the year, one of the two engine-protecting anti-ice systems failed on a jet operated by Japan Airlines.
Earlier this month, Boeing said it was checking Dreamliner planes being produced in the US for potential "hairline cracks" in their wings.
That move came after Japanese supplier Mitsubishi Heavy Industries warned Boeing that a change in its manufacturing process may cause cracks.
Despite these issues, the plane continues to remain popular and Boeing has received orders for more than 1,000 jets since its launch.
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The result secured their second double of the season and lifts them into fourth place in League One, level on points with Rochdale but above them on goal difference.
Marshall put Bradford in front after 22 minutes when he received the ball on the right from Josh Cullen and cut into the penalty area before scoring with a superb right-foot shot low into the far corner of the net.
Ched Evans twice went close to equalising for Chesterfield. First, he took advantage of a mix-up between Bradford captain Romain Vincelot and fellow defender Nathaniel Knight-Percival before slipping the ball out to Reece Mitchell on the left and then just failing to connect when Mitchell returned the ball into the box.
He then latched on to former Bradford midfielder Gary Liddle's pass only to see his low, right-foot shot rebound off the post.
Marshall and Nicky Law then had shots saved by Ryan Fulton before Bradford doubled their lead in the 44th minute when Cullen's low cross from the right was met by the on-rushing Hiwula, who fired the ball into the net from close range.
Hiwula, Marshall and Law went close to adding to Bradford's lead in the second half as the Bantams maintained their unbeaten home record.
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Match ends, Bradford City 2, Chesterfield 0.
Second Half ends, Bradford City 2, Chesterfield 0.
Nicky Law (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ched Evans (Chesterfield).
Attempt saved. Timothee Dieng (Bradford City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Corner, Bradford City. Conceded by Dion Donohue.
Attempt blocked. Mark Marshall (Bradford City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by James Meredith.
Dion Donohue (Chesterfield) is shown the yellow card.
Corner, Bradford City. Conceded by Dion Donohue.
Tony McMahon (Bradford City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Dan Gardner (Chesterfield).
Nicky Law (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jon Nolan (Chesterfield).
Attempt saved. Mark Marshall (Bradford City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Chesterfield. Dan Gardner replaces Reece Mitchell.
Attempt saved. Conor Wilkinson (Chesterfield) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Delay in match Ched Evans (Chesterfield) because of an injury.
Foul by Timothee Dieng (Bradford City).
Gary Liddle (Chesterfield) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Nathaniel Knight-Percival (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ched Evans (Chesterfield).
Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by Stephen Darby.
Attempt missed. Nicky Law (Bradford City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Jordy Hiwula-Mayifuila (Bradford City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Corner, Bradford City. Conceded by Ian Evatt.
Attempt missed. Timothee Dieng (Bradford City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Substitution, Bradford City. Stephen Darby replaces Alex Jones.
Attempt saved. Mark Marshall (Bradford City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Jordy Hiwula-Mayifuila (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tom Anderson (Chesterfield).
Attempt missed. Nicky Law (Bradford City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Substitution, Chesterfield. Conor Wilkinson replaces Rai Simons.
Josh Cullen (Bradford City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Josh Cullen (Bradford City).
Reece Mitchell (Chesterfield) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Timothee Dieng (Bradford City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Jordy Hiwula-Mayifuila (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sam Hird (Chesterfield).
Attempt missed. Timothee Dieng (Bradford City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
A man was reported to have attacked the girl off Rother View Road in Canklow at about 08:30 GMT.
He has been described as aged about 40, white with a slight tan, spiked blonde hair and a clean shaven face.
The man is said to be between 5ft 7in and 5ft 9in tall and wearing black jogging bottoms and a grey hooded jumper.
Additional police patrols will be present in the area over the next couple of days to reassure the local community, South Yorkshire Police said.
The 22-year-old suffered the injury in scoring a try for Warrington in Friday's 35-28 loss at home to Wigan.
Currie's form meant he was widely expected to be included in the England squad for the upcoming Four Nations tournament at the end of the season.
"Our worst fears have come to fruition. He's torn his ACL off the bone," said Wolves head coach Tony Smith.
"He's on his way to London as we speak for repair. I believe that will involve a graft back onto the bone.
"The minimum recovery would be six months but I reckon he will be close to nine months. It's a big blow for the young man."
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The result means Britain, bronze medallists in 2012, progress from the group stage with a 100% record.
Michelle Vittese put the US ahead on 39 minutes, but GB scored twice in three fourth-quarter minutes through Sophie Bray and Alex Danson.
Danny Kerry's side will play Spain in the quarter-finals on Monday.
"If you'd offered us top spot at the start of the week I'd have bitten your hand off," said captain Kate Richardson-Walsh.
"The momentum we've created is good. All the sides are excellent in this tournament so I'm really proud of what we've done so far."
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Author Keith Allan Noble is offering a £25,000 reward for information on Mr Falconio's whereabouts.
In 2005 Bradley Murdoch was found guilty of murdering Mr Falconio whose body has not been found.
Mayor of Alice Springs Damien Ryan said: "To put out a reward like this... it doesn't seem to be very sincere."
Mr Ryan called posters advertising Mr Noble's reward, which had been put up in Alice Springs, "a cheap stunt".
He added: "[For] the family and the people involved in the whole case it's pretty offensive.
"A trial has been held, a person has been found guilty. Sadly the problem hasn't be solved for the family involved."
Mr Falconio, who worked in Kent and was from Huddersfield, was ambushed with his girlfriend Joanne Lees while they were driving along a desert highway between Alice Springs and Tennant Creek in northern Australia.
Ms Lees told police she was bound, gagged and bundled into a pick-up before she escaped.
Mr Falconio's body was never found.
Mr Noble, who believes Mr Falconio is alive, created a poster advertising the reward.
He said: "It's not publicity. I'm not interested in the book per se, I'm interested in us finding Falconio."
Mr Noble, who lives in Austria, said he had written five letters to the Falconio family asking them for a response to his claim, but he has not yet had a reply.
The airline is reported to owe $500,000 (£320,000) to a local supplier.
Earlier this week an Air Zimbabwe plane was grounded in London until a similar debt was paid off.
The airline is reported to be struggling to deal with a total debt of $140m and is said to be on the verge of collapse.
"We are not flying into South Africa. We are trying to secure funding to pay our debts in South Africa," Innocent Mavhunga, Air Zimbabwe's acting chief executive, told the state-owned Herald newspaper.
He said, however, that the airline was continuing to fly to Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Other companies, such as South African Airways and British Airways' Comair, continue to fly between Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, and South Africa, the regional powerhouse.
Tara Hudson, 27, from Bath, said she was segregated at HMP Bristol and kept in her cell.
Ms Hudson, who was moved from the men's prison after a national outcry, wants more training for staff and clearer rules on transgender prisoners.
The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) said a national review is looking at what improvements can be made.
Ms Hudson spent six weeks in jail in 2015, after she admitted head-butting a barman.
She has lived as a woman all her adult life but, because she is legally a man, was initially sent to a male prison.
"I could tell that they weren't really ready for a prisoner like myself," she said.
"Because of my gender identity they felt they had to lock me up in segregation and keep me away from the main population of the prison.
"I felt like I was being persecuted by the state… I felt I had no rights.. I felt like an animal in a zoo."
Before she was moved to HMP Eastwood women's prison, Ms Hudson said she was kept in her cell when other prisoners were allowed out for college courses and the gym.
The MOJ said transgender prisoners are managed safely and in accordance with the law, but it was carrying out a review to see what improvements can be made.
Eastwood Park's governor, Suzy Dymond-White, said a "one size fits all" approach would not work.
"I would prefer to maintain people as individuals and transgender people are at different states of transition and they have different backgrounds and they're in different states not just physically but emotionally and mentally as well," she said.
"A basic set of guidelines is always useful but actually we should assess the people as individuals and look at what their needs are."
Bath MP Ben Howlett, who is on the Women and Equalities Select Committee, said he was pleased the government had heeded the committee's calls to clarify the rules on transgender inmates.
"More prisoners are given a fair allocation of accommodation while serving their sentence.
"This issue is systematic of how much prejudice, discrimination and misunderstanding there is around trans community in today's society."
Later this week a new TV series, The Secret, revolving around County Londonderry murderers Colin Howell and Hazel Stewart, will air with Nesbitt in the lead role of Howell.
The couple were found guilty of murdering their spouses, Trevor Buchanan and Lesley Howell, more than five years ago. The bodies of the victims were found in a fume-filled car in Castlerock in 1991. At the time, police believed they died in a suicide pact.
The truth of what happened was kept secret until 2009 when Howell, a dentist and a former lay preacher, He told police he and Stewart had been having an affair at the time of the murders and planned them together.
Stewart was jailed for at least 18 years for plotting the murders with Howell.
It is an infamous case that shocked not just the quiet north coast community where the murders took place, but the whole of Northern Ireland.
Nesbitt, a north coast native himself, from Coleraine, told BBC Radio Ulster's Sunday News programme he had been fascinated by the story for some time.
"I knew about the story for a long time, it was a story I knew thanks to my friends and family," he said.
"Obviously, what drew me to it was that it happened in my home town, it's an incredible story which lifted Northern Ireland out of the torture of the Troubles - out of the frying pan into the fire.
"He (Howell) was a great character, and I was desperate to do it."
Nesbitt acknowledged that portraying a real-life murderer was unlike anything he had every done before, but that the cast and crew were given great access to the story to ensure the portrayal was as accurate as possible.
"What's difficult and important is to find the truth in this story, but we had such access to detail, to testimony, interviews Colin gave," Nesbitt said.
"We wanted to make it good. The idea of committing a murder is not very easy. It's ugly, clumsy, violent, messy and it has a terrible impact on someone's life, but it's a great jigsaw for us to try and put together."
Nesbitt's co-star, Irish actress Genevieve O'Reilly, plays Hazel Stewart in the drama.
She said she had heard nothing about the case prior to reading the script, and said it was both a "captivating and shocking tale".
"This story captivates us because it happened next door. These were respectable people, with strong communities around them, who had a seemingly deep faith with lovely children," she said.
"You do wonder, 'how did that happen'? But it's a deeply sad, sordid and horrible tale, living a lie and what that does to you."
O'Reilly said seeing testimony from the trial and media reports at the time were helpful for her portrayal of Stewart.
"It was all really helpful - to see that she was loved and yet vilified, respected and yet feared, somewhere in the middle there is the woman, and that's my task," she said.
"Seeing her interrogation, that was played in full at the trial and for me that was the most effective, valuable piece of evidence because I could read the woman in those words. Her half-tripping, lying, struggling to remember, doubting herself - I could see the lies under the secret there."
This interview will air on The Sunday News on BBC Radio Ulster at 13:00 BST on Sunday 24 April
The 36-year-old from Manchester played alongside wife Helen as they became the first same-sex married couple to win Olympic gold in the same final.
IoM sport's Gary Corkhill said her "vast international experience" will make her "a fascinating guest."
The awards ceremony will be held at the Villa Marina in Douglas on 22 March.
After Rio, she retired from international duty after a record 375 appearances, 49 goals and 13 years as England and GB skipper.
Corkhill added: "Kate is an inspirational and charismatic leader who helped build the incredible team ethos and commitment that drove the GB team to its nail-biting victory in Rio."
Richardson-Walsh said: "The Isle of Man has a fantastic sporting pedigree and it's a privilege to be able to take part in the awards."
Nominations for the Isle of Man Sports Awards close in January.
Artist Luke Jerram was commissioned by 20-21 Arts Centre in Scunthorpe to produce the work.
From February the gold replicas - each cast in £1,000 worth of 18-carat gold - will be hidden around the town for the public to find and keep.
Clues to their whereabouts will be disguised in five paintings which will be on display at the venue.
Officials said the paintings were created with the aid of a professional code-breaker, and the locations of the hidden gold artefacts would range in difficulty.
Dominic Mason, 20-21's exhibition officer, said one would be so hard to crack that the gold may not be found.
"As a legacy for the project ,this painting will remain on display in the North Lincolnshire Museum with the associated golden artefact remaining hidden for the public to find one day," he said.
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A Janus train engine - as used in Scunthorpe's steel industry - and a Viking brooch are among the five objects from North Lincolnshire Museum selected by the artist to reflect the heritage of the region.
Bristol-based artist Luke Jerram said: "I like the idea that ancient objects that were once hidden beneath the earth and were discovered and displayed at the museum are now being re-hidden."
Upon finding an artefact, the member of the public will get to keep the object, as well as being able to decide which venue in the area will get to keep the associated painting.
The exhibition, funded by the Lottery and Arts Council England, will run from 18 February until 29 April.
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In September, the board requested that Mr Kennedy resign following criticism of the commission's handling of a row with crofters in the Western Isles.
Mr Kennedy has refused to stand down, despite also coming under pressure from the government to do so.
He met the board members, known as commissioners, in Inverness.
One of the members walked out of the gathering after it was decided not to open the meeting to the public.
Mr Kennedy has said he did nothing wrong in the row over the running of common grazings in parts of the Western Isles.
In a statement following the gathering at a hotel in Inverness, the Crofting Commission described it as a "special meeting" which was called by the interim chief executive at the request of Mr Kennedy.
The commission said that those present "reaffirmed the importance of working together effectively" in the final months of their terms. Elections to the commission are to be held next year.
The board is due to meet again next Wednesday.
Wing Joyce is one of four changes to the team following their heavy defeat by England in Cardiff.
The other changes see Rhiannon Parker come in at scrum-half, Rebecco de Filippo return at centre and Cerys Hale at loosehead prop.
Joyce scored two tries in a non-cap match against Spain in January.
"Jasmine and Rhiannon are two talented individuals who have been in and around the squad for a while now, and we feel the way they've performed in the warm-up games and in training has earned them this opportunity," Wales Women boss Rowland Phillips said.
After their defeat by England, Phillips says his players have responded well in training and they can rise to the occasion against Scotland, who were defeated 55-0 against France in their last game.
Phillips continued: "The response of the players following the England match has been outstanding. From the Sunday following that game, our focus immediately moved on to Scotland.
"Scotland's last two performances in the competition - losing to a last-minute play from Ireland and being very competitive in the first 20 minutes against France - shows how much they have improved this season. We will need to be ready for this challenge."
Wales: Dyddgu Hywel (Scarlets), Jasmine Joyce (Scarlets)*, Kerin Lake (Ospreys), Rebecca de Filippo (Newport Gwent Dragons), Elen Evans (Scarlets), Elinor Snowsill (Newport Gwent Dragons), Rhiannon Parker (Cardiff Blues)*, Cerys Hale (Newport Gwent Dragons), Carys Phillips (c) (Ospreys), Amy Evans (Ospreys), Rebecca Rowe (Newport Gwent Dragons), Mel Clay (Ospreys), Alisha Butchers (Scarlets),Rachel Taylor (Scarlets), Sioned Harries (Scarlets)
Replacements: Lowri Harries (Scarlets), Gwenllian Pyrs (Scarlets), Caryl Thomas (Scarlets), Siwan Lillicrap (Ospreys), Nia Elen Davies (Cardiff Blues), Sian Moore (Newport Gwent Dragons), Robyn Wilkins (Ospreys), Gemma Rowland (Newport Gwent Dragons)
The hosts were already up against it after conceding a 154-run first-innings lead, before being reduced to 15-4 by Rory Kleinveldt (5-53) on day two.
Led by nightwatchman Hardus Viljoen (63), Kent's lower order put up a good effort in extending the score to 184.
But Northants took just 27 balls to reach their target on 31-0.
Openers Ben Duckett and Rob Newton were unparted in completing Northants' third win of the season.
Kleinveldt took just one wicket on the final morning, ending up with the 16th five-wicket haul of his first-class career and his first this summer for Northants.
Darren Stevens (44) and Sam Billings, who only arrived back in Kent in the early hours after driving from Manchester overnight having been 12th man for England's T20 international against Pakistan, also weighed in with runs down the order to see the game into the afternoon session.
Ben Duckett's first-innings double century helped to earn 23 points to ensure Northants will not finish bottom of Division Two, lifting them up to fourth.
But the main impact was at the top end of the table, where it leaves leaders Essex now needing just six points from two matches to be sure of the one promotion place.
Essex, on 219 points, are 20 clear of second-placed Kent, who have one game left - against Essex at Canterbury, starting on 20 September - and can get a maximum of 223.
Third-placed Sussex, who are on 176 with two games left, can get to 224 but it still leaves Essex in prime position to wrap up promotion at home to Glamorgan at Chelmsford next week.
Hardus Viljoen told BBC Radio Kent:
"Whatever the outcome in the final match against Essex, maybe it wasn't meant to be for us this year. We'll see what happens next summer.
"I'd never write us off as a team. This was one of those games when we weren't at our best and the overcast conditions on the first morning played a massive role in the outcome of the game.
"If you take Ben Duckett's incredible knock out of the game we might have shaped up quite well. Without his 208 we'd have bowled them out for 170-odd."
Northamptonshire captain Alex Wakely told BBC Radio Northampton:
"That was one of our most complete performances of the season. Earlier in the summer I felt we were playing bit-part cricket at times. In the last couple of games, things have gone perfectly.
"Bowling first we were brilliant and didn't give them much at all, but I must talk again about that innings by Ben Duckett. It was special.
"Sam Billings asked me if Kent had bowled badly to him or was Ben that good? I answered, he was that good. I don't think there is anyone batting better than him in the country right now. I don't think it will be very long before we see him in an England shirt."
Audience numbers grew by 17% to 76,624, with operating profit rising from £64,116 to £87,734.
The critically acclaimed The Cheviot, The Stag and the Black, Black Oil and Witness for the Prosecution were among the Dundee Rep Theatre productions.
Turnover and grants received also increased in the last financial year.
Scottish Dance Theatre, which last year celebrated its 30th anniversary, produced two new works and toured seven productions around the world.
Dundee Rep and Scottish Dance Theatre Limited reported a turnover of £1.764m, compared to £1.501m the previous year, the report noted.
It received £2.928m in grants, an increase of £47,885 from last year.
Creative Learning, which works with communities and schools, saw increased participation to more than 35,000 students.
Chief executive Nick Parr said he has been "blessed" with a supportive team who had "embraced the need for change."
He said: "Our two ensemble model, developed over the past two decades, is a beacon of quality that we are lucky to have in Dundee and, indeed, Scotland.
"No other organisation can boast permanent ensembles of dancers and actors and it is vital that our immensely supportive funders continue to work with us to preserve our wonderfully creative company."
Police said a 34-year-old woman who was the mother of at least seven of the children had been taken to hospital with stab wounds but was stable.
Police have not confirmed Australian reports that the children, aged between 18 months and 15 years, were stabbed.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said in a statement it was an "unspeakable crime".
He said all parents would feel "gut-wrenching sadness at what has happened".
A candlelit vigil and church service were held in Cairns on Friday night.
The house in the Manoora suburb has been cordoned off.
Police said it was a "tragic event" but there was no cause for public concern.
They have not made any arrests, but said the injured woman was assisting with their investigations.
Cairns Detective Inspector Bruno Asnicar confirmed to reporters that the woman was the mother of at least seven of the children, but that formal identification of the bodies had not yet taken place.
"We believe the other child is a family member but that is being followed up," he said.
He said police could not confirm how the children died until coroners' reports were carried out.
Police are speaking to a range of people, he said, including a man seen near the house earlier in the day, but there are as yet no formal suspects.
Specialist police officers were being brought in from Brisbane, he said, including child trauma experts.
AAP reporter Cleo Fraser at the scene told the BBC residents were standing in the street in shock.
Queensland Police said in a statement earlier that they were called to a residence in Murray Street at 11:20 local time (01:20 GMT) following reports of a woman with serious injuries.
"During an examination of the residence police located the bodies of the children, all aged between 18 months and 15 years," said the statement.
Associated Press quoted Lisa Thaiday, a cousin of the injured woman, as saying that the children were found by their elder sibling, a 20-year-old man, when he returned to the house.
"I'm going to see him now, he needs comforting," Ms Thaiday said. "We're a big family... I just can't believe it. We just found out [about] those poor babies."
Queensland Premier Campbell Newman said he was "deeply saddened and shocked" by the events.
"Indeed, the whole Cairns community and the people of Queensland will feel the effects of this tragedy, particularly at a time of year when families come together."
The deaths come with Australia still reeling from the siege of a cafe in Sydney which ended on Tuesday morning, with the gunman and two hostages dead.
Mr Abbott said in his statement that these were "trying days for our country".
Several police and governmental investigations are under way into the police operation and how the gunman, Man Haron Monis, was able to carry out the attack.
Monis was on bail at the time of the attack after being charged with sexual assaults and being an accessory to the murder of his wife.
A car packed with explosives blew up near car dealerships in the Shia area of Bayaa in the south of the city. More than 50 people were injured.
The Islamic State (IS) group claimed the attack, saying it targeted "a gathering of Shias".
At least 24 people were killed in other attacks on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Baghdad saw a wave of deadly suicide attacks by IS in the first few days of 2017, but the number had dropped until recently.
An AFP reporter at the scene of Thursday's bomb reported seeing numerous burnt-out vehicles, and blood on the ground.
Security sources said the bomb was detonated in a busy street and was the deadliest attack in Baghdad for several months. A plume of smoke from the blast could be seen above the Bayaa neighbourhood for much of the day.
Medics have warned the number of fatalities and injuries could rise as they struggle to cope with scores of people wounded in the attack.
It is thought that car dealerships may present convenient targets for the militants because it is easy for them to leave vehicles laden with explosives alongside lots of other vehicles that are also parked in the same area.
As the clear-up operation gets underway, distressed relatives are reported to be at the scene desperate to find news of their loved ones.
The IS group has stepped up its attacks since the Iraqi army, aided by US-led coalition strikes, launched its campaign to dislodge the Sunni militant group from its stronghold of Mosul in the north four months ago.
The militants now control the west of the city, while the eastern part is held by Iraqi forces and their allies.
On Wednesday, an attack on used-car dealers in the Habibya area of Sadr City, a suburb in the north of the Iraqi capital, left 18 dead.
On Tuesday, a car bomb in the south of Baghdad killed four people.
On 2 January, at least 35 people were killed in a bomb blast in Sadr City, in an attack claimed by IS.
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Seven fire engines are at the scene on the Blackstaff Road.
BBC News NI's Catherine Morrison reports.
Jonathan Elystan Rees said a lack of resources and lawyers in court as a result of less funding was making it difficult for staff to do their jobs.
His criticism comes after the CPS was blamed for the collapse of a number of high-profile criminal cases in Wales.
The government rejected claims budget cuts have affected the CPS' performance.
The CPS said it had tried to protect prosecution lawyers from the reductions; its budget has been cut by 25% since 2010 and staff numbers have fallen by 2,400.
Figures analysed by BBC Wales show the proportion of cases in Wales that did not make it to a full trial because of reasons relating to the CPS has gradually increased.
In 2009, CPS faults accounted for about 16.5% of case failures in Wales, compared to 19.6% in 2014.
Mr Rees, a representative of the Criminal Bar Association in Wales, said CPS staff were "operating with one hand tied behind their back at the moment" and often found themselves covering several courts at the same time.
"If you have properly funded prosecution and properly funded defence scrutinising each other's positions and challenging the case of either side, you're going to get the right result - that's British justice, that's how it works," he said.
"When one side or, even worse, both sides, aren't firing on all cylinders because they're not properly funded, that's when you get room for errors to take place and corners to be cut, not deliberately but inadvertently, and that's when there's a risk of miscarriages of justice."
Siobhan Blake, deputy chief crown prosecutor for Wales, denied cases were not being properly scrutinised, adding it had a conviction rate of about 80% - an increase on previous years.
"I'm very confident that we have highly-skilled, professional people who are extremely dedicated to the work that they do," she said.
The Treasury said the CPS budget settlement "protected core services", ensuring it had the resources needed to continue to tackle crime "effectively and efficiently".
It added the UK legal aid system remained "one of the most generous in the world" with £1.6bn spent last year.
Charges against two nurses due to stand trial for the neglect of patients at the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend were dismissed last year after the court heard a computer log of patient records was unreliable.
The judge described the prosecution's reliance on the log as "unrealistic" and "faintly desperate".
In October 2015, misconduct charges against three council bosses were dropped just weeks before they were due to stand trial.
The case collapse followed judges' criticism of prosecution lawyers for being unprepared at earlier hearings.
A recent report from the CPS Inspectorate warned victims were being "let down" by poor communication from prosecution officials.
Inspectors said the CPS was slow to contact victims in almost half of cases it examined and did not always take their views into account on key decisions.
South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Alun Michael has called for a new independent body to investigate complaints against the CPS.
But a spokesman for the Attorney General's office said complaints about CPS performance could be referred to the Independent Assessor of Complaints.
Dell, who made his British and Irish Lions debut in the win over Chiefs, has committed to the club until 2019.
Bresler, who joined Edinburgh in 2014, has penned a one-year extension.
"I'm looking for them to really push our young players on and help set the standard for Edinburgh going forward," head coach Richard Cockerill said.
"I've been impressed with Allan's performances for Scotland on their summer tour and it was pleasing to see him make an impact when he appeared for the Lions off the bench against the Chiefs.
"Anton is a physical player and has been a key player for Edinburgh in recent seasons."
Dell, 25, who won his first cap in November 2016, featured for Scotland in their Test wins over Australia and Italy on this summer's tour.
Bresler, meanwhile, becomes eligible for Scotland in the coming season as he will complete his three-year residency period in July.
The 2017-18 campaign will be his fourth season at the club.
Neither Ward nor West Bromwich Albion winger Chris Brunt figured for their clubs on Saturday because of injury.
"Of the two Chris has the better chance of being fit. We may decide to leave Jamie with his club for a couple of days," said NI manager Michael O'Neill.
"Realistically, his better chance is for the second game against Hungary."
Both players have been suffering from hamstring injuries, with Brunt having limped off after 14 minutes of his side's Capital One Cup clash against Port Vale last week.
"We have been in constant contact with West Brom and Nottingham Forest over the past few days. Hopefully they will be ready," added the NI boss.
Northern Ireland will welcome the Hungarians to Belfast for the second match of the crucial qualification double-header on 7 September, but O'Neill says his "initial focus" is on winning the game against the Faroes.
"The Faroes have made steady progress, beating Greece and going down to two narrow defeats, so we are expecting a very difficult game.
"They are a physical team and have improved their performances and results. We will prepare in the right manner and we won't treat them lightly."
O'Neill's men are second in Group F - one point behind leaders Romania and two ahead of third-placed Hungary.
Northern Ireland have never qualified for the finals of the European competition and the last time they qualified for a major tournament was the 1986 World Cup in Mexico.
Meanwhile there are also concerns over the match fitness of Kyle Lafferty, who has been ruled out of Norwich City's opening matches of the season through injury.
The striker, who has scored five times for his country in the present campaign but is sitting on two yellow cards, returned to first-team training with the Canaries last week.
"Kyle is fit in the sense that he has trained but he has not played any games so we will assess how he is when the players meet up on Sunday.
"We need him for the Faroes, but also against Hungary, which comes just three days later, so that is a big ask.
"We'll monitor him through the week, see how he is, and get as much out of him as we can."
The NI boss indicated at the announcement of his squad last week that the fitness of Shane Ferguson and Ben Reeves was also being monitored.
Reacting to the news that defender Jonny Evans has moved from Manchester United to West Bromwich Albion, O'Neill was glad one of his key men would be playing more first-team football, having been out of favour at Old Trafford recently.
"I thought Jonny might move to a club that's going to be higher in the Premier League but as long as he's playing that's the main thing. He is a huge asset for us."
The Brazil playmaker, 24, has missed six games with an injury picked up in November's win over Sunderland.
"The City game is too early and I'm pretty sure the Sunderland match on Monday is too early too," Klopp said.
The Reds manager also confirmed that defender Joel Matip will miss the City game with an ankle injury.
The title rivals meet at Anfield on Saturday (17:30 GMT), with second-placed Liverpool one point above City in the Premier League.
Klopp said: "We love playing the best and they are in the groove of one of the best teams in the world.
"This is a very big game for both teams. Six clubs fight for four or one positions. Each game is kind of a final. If I wasn't sitting on the bench, I would buy a ticket for the game 100%."
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Klopp was asked about the fact he has not been to Etihad Stadium to watch City. "I can see better from home rather than always standing up for selfies in the ground," said the German.
He also praised City boss Pep Guardiola, his former Bundesliga managerial rival.
"Our teams are completely different from when Dortmund and Bayern played each other," he continued.
"We know everything about how Pep played with Bayern but that is not important any more because it is different players and different systems. He was very nearly perfect with Barcelona. He had a big influence with Bayern and changed their style completely.
"He is an outstanding manager, 100%."
Klopp denied newspaper reports suggesting Liverpool could sign Arsenal midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, 23.
"Usually I don't say anything about transfers but I will make an exception. Nonsense," he said.
The centre's technology has been upgraded and new systems of operating have been introduced.
Personnel in Stornoway will also be able to share their workload with other stations, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said.
Angus Maclver, maritime operations controller at Stornoway, said the public would not notice any difference.
He said: "If you call 999 and ask for the coastguard, or issue a mayday broadcast, we will still be here to help you.
"The new national coastguard network will be able to oversee and assist with operations around the whole of the UK.
"Here at Stornoway we're now part of this network, so we can call upon help from our fellow coastguards elsewhere in the country, and also in turn help them out if needed."
He added: "It's important to remember though that the rescue teams in your community are unaffected. There will still be the same number of lifeboats, coastguard rescue teams, helicopters and other rescue resources."
The national network is scheduled to be fully operational by the end of this year. Aberdeen joined the network in July.
Christopher McNerlin, from Stratford-upon-Avon, was on flight BA0104 on Friday when he was bitten on the arm.
The Metropolitan Police said a 21-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of actual bodily harm and being drunk on board an aircraft.
Mr McNerlin was permitted to sit in the cockpit as thanks for his efforts.
He later posted pictures of the bite mark to social media, along with one of himself giving the "thumbs up" as he sat in the cockpit.
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He wrote: "That time when you help restrain and handcuff a nutter at 40,000ft.
"He bites you, but it's all OK because Captain Kendal lets you sit in the cockpit."
British Airways thanked Mr McNerlin for his help and said the matter was being dealt with by the police.
The Met said the arrested man had been bailed till late May and confirmed the injured passenger received medical assistance for a minor injury.
This initial venture will involve a satellite going to the Red Planet to study trace gases, such as methane, in the atmosphere.
The orbiter will also drop a probe on to the surface to test technologies needed to land the second mission - a rover - that should arrive in 2019.
The path to this point has been a tortuous one, with the programme coming close to collapse on several occasions.
ExoMars has gone through several iterations since being approved formally by European Space Agency (Esa) member states in 2005. Its vision has expanded from a small technology demonstration to a two-legged endeavour that will cost in the region of 1.3 billion euros.
In all the upheaval, ExoMars has also now become a joint undertaking with the Russian space agency (Roscosmos).
The new partner literally rescued the project when the Americans dropped it as a priority, and will be providing key components and science instruments for both missions, as well as the Proton rockets to get all the hardware to Mars.
Wednesday saw officials from both Esa and Roscosmos inspect the finished satellite and test lander at Thales Alenia Space in Cannes, France. TAS is the lead European contractor for ExoMars.
One of its senior directors, Vincenzo Georgio, said that it had taken a herculean effort to get the satellite and demo lander ready for flight.
"The baby's there in the cleanroom and ready to go," he told me.
"How did we get here? Two reasons. The first was the willingness of the people who wanted this programme. And the second was that, despite all the storms - the funding problems, the politics - we worked as if nothing was happening outside. We worked triple shifts; we worked seven days a week. And you see the result."
The 3.7-tonne Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) is equipped with remote sensing experiments that will make a detailed inventory of Mars' atmospheric gases.
A key quest is to better understand the presence of methane. From previous measurements, its concentration is seen to be low and sporadic in nature. But the mere fact that it is detected at all is really fascinating.
The simple organic molecule should be destroyed easily in the harsh Martian environment, so its persistence - and those occasional spikes in the signal - indicate a replenishing source of the gas.
The explanation could be geological: a simple by-product perhaps from water interactions with particular rock minerals at depth. There is, though, the tantalising prospect that the origin is biological.
Most of the methane in Earth's atmosphere comes from living organisms, and it is not a ludicrous suggestion that microbes might also be driving emissions on Mars.
"We are very interested in (a) trying to confirm the presence of methane and (b) also being able, maybe, to explain the origin," explained Esa ExoMars project scientist Jorge Vago.
"And either way, whether the origin is geological or biological - if the methane is coming from the sub-surface it requires the presence of liquid water, and that points to a Mars that is more 'alive' than we have thought up to now."
Schiaparelli is the entry, descent and landing demonstrator. It is named after the 19th Century Italian astronomer Giovani Schiaparelli, who used his telescope to describe surface features on the Red Planet.
He famously mapped what he called "canali" or channels, which others would later confusingly (perhaps lost in translation) refer to as canals.
The 600kg Schiaparelli probe will attempt the hazardous task of putting down safely on Mars' Meridiani plain.
Some of the systems it uses in the process of entry, descent and landing - notably its radar, computers and their algorithms - will find employment again in the Russian-built mechanism that puts the ExoMars rover on the planet in 2019.
Even if it works, Schiaparelli will be a short-lived affair.
It will have battery power to run a few environmental sensors and transmit their data home, but that is all. There will not even be an "I'm on Mars" photo because it carries no surface camera.
It is hard to believe today that any probe would go to the surface of another planetary body without this capability, and its omission on Schiaparelli is a decision senior Esa officials say they now regret.
All that said, the TGO will have a spectacular stereo camera aboard, which its principal investigator, Nic Thomas, hopes will provide a steady stream of imagery for the public to enjoy.
"The public can get engaged in this stuff very, very quickly, and it's nice to be able to feed that," he said. "Our target is to try to get images out into the public domain in three months after they've been acquired."
The TGO satellite, Schiaparelli and all their support gear head to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in mid-December.
Roscosmos is making the Proton ready for launch on 14 March. Arrival at Mars occurs in mid-October.
The 51-year-old lawyer was released from prison in August 2014.
At the time, his lawyer described Mr Gao, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, as emotionless, "basically unintelligible" and missing teeth due to malnutrition.
Mr Gao was speaking to AP, in his first interview in five years.
He said he was tortured with an electric baton to his face and spent three years in solitary confinement.
Mr Gao is known for defending members of the Falun Gong movement and Chinese Christians.
"Every time we emerge from the prison alive, it is a defeat for our opponents," he told the Associated Press from his home in Shaanxi province.
Unfortunately, the Chinese government's crackdown on Chinese defence lawyers did not end with the Gao Zhisheng's release from prison. If anything, Mr Gao's persecution represents the start of a wide-ranging campaign.
According to Amnesty International, 245 Chinese lawyers have been targeted by police since early July. Thirty are still missing or remain in police custody.
That number does not include other leading lawyers, like Pu Zhiqiang, who was arrested in May 2014 and has yet to face trial.
Many of the detained lawyers endured weeks of interrogation. Their families have been harassed, their homes and offices raided. Some have experienced violent beatings.
Mr Gao, whose wife and children live in the US, also said he would never seek exile abroad.
He described staying in China as a "mission" given to him from God.
Mr Gao was convicted of subversion and placed under house arrest in 2006, during which time he claims to have been regularly detained and tortured.
He disappeared in January 2009 before reappearing in March 2010. He disappeared again soon after and was revealed to be in a Xinjiang prison in January 2012 after state media said he was being jailed for three years for probation abuse.
Mr Gao said that propaganda was broadcast via a loudspeaker in his prison cell for 68 continuous weeks.
The Chinese government is yet to respond to the interview and has not responded to other allegations of torture previously made by Mr Gao.
Mr Gao's wife, Geng He, has said that she hopes her husband's case will be raised during talks this week between US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington.
2005: Authorities close down Gao Zhisheng's law practice
Dec 2006: Convicted of subversion and sentenced to house arrest
Sept 2007: Says he was tortured during a period of detention
Jan 2009: Disappears; last seen accompanied by security officials
Mar 2010: Reappears for a month before disappearing again
Dec 2011: State media says he has been jailed for three years
Jan 2012: Gao revealed to be in Xinjiang prison
Aug 2014: Gao freed from jail
US hedge fund Elliott Advisors reached a "standstill" agreement after clashing with Akzo over the way the company should be run.
The feuding was fuelled by a failed 27bn euro (£23bn) takeover bid for Akzo, which its management rejected.
Elliott has agreed to suspend legal action against the Dutch firm and back Akzo's plans to improve the business.
Gordon Singer, the boss of Elliott's UK division, said it was pleased to come to an agreement with Akzo.
In May, the hedge fund made a legal bid to force the removal of Akzo's chairman, Antony Burgmans, after the firm refused to enter takeover talks with US rival PPG Industries.
PPG walked away from its bid in June and Akzo is now pursuing plans to strengthen its business, which include selling its chemicals division.
Mr Burgmans said he was "pleased our recent constructive discussions with Elliott improved understanding between both parties".
Elliott has also agreed to back new chief executive, Thierry Vanlancker, at a shareholder meeting on 8 September.
The hedge fund oversees about $30bn (£23.5bn) of assets and has a reputation as a no-holds-barred activist investor.
The firm, founded by billionaire Paul Singer, is notorious for pursuing Argentine debt for more than a decade, seizing one of the country's naval ships while it was docked in Africa.
Separately, Elliott has increased its stake in mining firm BHP Billiton as it looks to force the company to sell its US shale business.
Elliott took its holding in BHP to 5% in a bid to keep the commodities giant "accountable for delivering results".
The match, which finished 5-0 to the visitors at Stair Park, was attended by hundreds of visiting fans.
The clubs' links were formed when Stranraer and Rangers fan Jim McKie helped out terminally-ill FC Twente supporter Dennis van Unen.
His dying wish was to see an Old Firm game, which they managed to arrange.
Mr McKie and his friend James Hilton, 61, a Stranraer and Celtic fan, got hold of tickets for Mr van Unen and when he arrived in Glasgow for the game they took him on tours of Ibrox, Parkhead and Hampden.
The fixture this weekend marks a decade since Mr van Unen's death from skin cancer aged 34.
Links between the two clubs, some 520 miles apart, have remained strong since with Saturday's game the latest example.
Mr McKie admitted he was surprised the Dutch side agreed to take part.
He said: "To be honest, when I asked them if they would come I was almost sure they would say: 'No, we can't come.'"
"They said: 'Yes, we are coming and we are bringing the full squad - 27 players, all the coaches, everything.'"
"Plus we don't know how many fans - it could be anything between 200 and 600 - we don't know."
He said he and Mr Hilton had never imagined what helping Mr van Unen could have led to.
"It is huge, it is amazing just how it has come by one simple act," he said.
"James and me feel very humble about the whole thing - it is difficult at times to talk about."
However, he said that the surroundings of Stranraer's ground had come as something of a surprise to their more illustrious opponents.
"When they sent one of their team managers across to look at the facilities I could see the shock on her face," said Mr McKie.
"Stair Park is old school - but these guys like old school.
"They like the fact that it has not been modernised, it is not a 3G pitch - everything has been left as it is."
Stranraer chairman Iain Dougan said it was "incredible" to finally have the two teams meet on the pitch.
"The boys are really looking forward to it and even though it's a friendly, they're probably one of the biggest opponents we've come up against," he said.
"We're expecting the stadium to be packed with supporters from both sides, and businesses in the town will benefit as a result."
A memorial tournament is played every year at FC Twente in honour of Mr van Unen and another fan Boris Dijkhuizen, which Stranraer youth teams regularly participate in.
Jan van Halst, technical director at the Dutch side, said: "It's fantastic that the Scottish FC Twente supporters have helped to arrange this fixture.
"What started with a last wish from supporter Dennis van Unen has now become a close friendship between FC Twente and Stranraer."
He said they were looking forward to a "very special friendly match" in Scotland.
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Ford guided the Blue, Black and Whites to last year's Premiership final, but they are currently ninth and just six points above the foot of the table.
"This losing run will make us stronger and a better organised team.
"We're going to get through this, we're going to fight our way back to form and winning ways," 50-year-old Ford told BBC Points West.
"It is not quite clicking at the moment, but we have to get through it."
Bath were beaten 15-11 by West Country rivals Gloucester at the Rec last Friday, despite racing into an 8-0 lead.
They have won just two of their last 11 games in all competitions and have already lost seven Premiership matches this season - more than in the entire campaign in 2014-15.
Ford continues to meet Bath chairman Bruce Craig, who he insists has given him his full backing despite the run of defeats, on a weekly basis.
"Bruce (Craig) has been really supportive," Ford added. "We have a long-term plan and we are sticking to that, looking at the bigger picture.
"He asks questions and I answer them. We talk a load of things through and we are trying as hard as we can to get through it.
Ford is hopeful Bath's fortunes will soon turn, starting with their game at fellow strugglers Worcester Warriors on Saturday.
He continued: "I am confident that we will come through this and I trust the players 100% to do that.
"We believe in what we are doing, we believe in our vision, believe in the way we coach and play."
Ellis, 27, played 17 Super League games in 2016, scoring five tries.
He told the club website: "It's going to be a competitive season, but hopefully we should do really well and I'm looking to help Hull KR get back up to where they belong."
Meanwhile, Albert Kelly, Mitch Allgood, Kevin Larroyer, Josh Mantellato and John Boudebza have all been released.
James Fewell - known as Bruce - was last seen leaving the Plockton Hotel at about 00:30 on Saturday.
He lives aboard a boat in the village harbour.
Coastguard, RNLI and mountain rescue team members have also been involved in the search for Mr Fewell. He is 6ft 1in tall, slim, with long, dark hair he ties in a pony tail.
He was wearing a blue woollen jumper and a pair of yellow boots.
The one-day course will take moments from The Simpsons and relate them to philosophical questions around morality, religion and free will.
Philosophy tutor Dr John Donaldson said beer-swilling Homer was a "complex character" who was hard not to like.
The Simpsons was created by Matt Groening and first aired in 1989.
It is the longest-running US sitcom and the longest-running US animated programme.
Dr Donaldson said the course - which is called "D'oh! The Simpsons Introduce Philosophy" - was designed for members of the public who had an interest in philosophy.
The course is being run on 14 and 21 January - though the earlier date has already sold out, the university said.
It takes popular themes from philosophy and applies them to different episodes and characters in the Simpsons.
"A boy without mischief is like a bowling ball without a liquid centre."
"Marriage is like a coffin and each kid is another nail."
"Beer. Now there's a temporary solution."
"When will I learn? The answer to life's problems aren't at the bottom of a bottle, they're on TV!"
"Oh, Marge, cartoons don't have any deep meaning. They're just stupid drawings that give you a cheap laugh."
In particular, the course examines Aristotle's classic account of a virtuous character and compares it to Homer. The budding philosophers will then debate arguments for and against whether they consider Homer virtuous.
Homer is a very complex character in many ways," Dr Donaldson said.
"He's very gluttonous, he can be quite violent and self-interested. But at the same time he's a character that's hard not to like.
"He's very popular. He has a childlike joy of life, he's open to doing the right thing and he's a faithful family man."
Dr Donaldson, who is a long-term fan of the show, said the cartoon had a rich seam of moments for a philosopher to plunder, with many episodes having a moral and a moment of realisation.
"I like the Simpsons because it's a great work of art. It's a cartoon of a great tapestry. There's so much going on in it," he said.
"It encourages you to reflect on what's important in life."
Westerman scored 29 tries in 128 appearances for the Black and Whites after signing from Castleford in 2010.
The 25-year-old made his England debut against Samoa in 2014, but was left out of the squad for the upcoming series against France and New Zealand.
"Hopefully next year we can win some silverware and compete at the top of the table," he told the club website.
"That's my ambition, it's a good enough club and there's no reason why we shouldn't be contesting for medals.
"When I was younger and with England I worked under [Warrington head coach] Tony Smith and I learnt a lot then, so I am looking forward to learning from him again."
The S&P 500 index recorded its worst fall in three months, dropping 1.5% to 2,430 points.
All of the stocks on the Dow Jones Industrial Average - which tracks the 30 biggest listed US companies - fell as the index dropped 1.2% to 21,751.
The Nasdaq index also stumbled, shedding nearly 2% to 6,222 points.
Markets had been rising steadily for weeks, leading analysts to describe stocks as over-valued.
Tensions over North Korea unsettled markets earlier this week.
On Thursday, the terror attack in Barcelona and speculation that one of President Trump's key economic advisers might resign further unnerved investors.
"It is uncertainty on the geopolitical front, on the domestic policy front, and as well it seems as if you have valuations that are stretched," said Chad Morganlander of Washington Crossing Advisors.
"So investors are looking for a reason to actually take risk off at this point in time."
Walmart was the biggest faller on the Dow Jones, dropping 1.6% after it reported lower profit margins and said it could miss forecasts for the current quarter.
Other retail also suffered at the start of trading.
L Brands, which owns Victoria's Secret and Henri Bendel, was one of the biggest losers, plunging more than 10% after it said sales for the year would be lower than expected. It later recovered some of those losses to finish down 5%.
Macy's and Kohl's also fell more than 2%.
But Gap shares climbed nearly 6% in after-hours trade, after the firm told analysts its expecting higher sales for the year than previously forecast.
Shares of Cisco, which trades on the Nasdaq, slipped 4%, after the firm said quarterly revenues fell more than 4% year-on-year.
Payrolls processor Automatic Data Processing fell 5.8%, as activist investor William Ackman pushed for changes at the firm.
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He was responding to the release of a government report into fraudulent qualifications in the public sector.
The education minister said that some had been using their relatives' school certificates, while others did not appear on official records at all.
President Magufuli has given those on the list until 15 May to resign or face legal action.
"These people occupied government positions but had no qualifications... they robbed us just like other common criminals," Mr Magufuli said, urging officials to "name and shame" offenders.
"We have been working hard to create new jobs while there are people in government who hold fake degrees," he added.
He has also asked newspapers to publish the names of everyone on the list.
There isn't a particular place which is well known for making fake certificates here, but it's easy enough to get hold of one on the black market.
It is very common for people to use fake certificates in Tanzania.
Police raided a house in Dar es Salaam last year and found two individuals with machines, stamps and piles of templates for fake secondary school, birth and even business licence certificates stacked up in a room.
It is also very common for people to use their friends' or family members' certificates.
In this case, when someone gets a job or goes on to higher education, they will actually change their name to match the one on their certificate.
The 9,932 people named in the report account for more than 2% of the country's estimated 450,000 civil servants.
Officials convicted of fraud could face up to seven years in jail.
Last year, Tanzania removed more than 10,000 so-called ghost workers from its public sector payroll in a crackdown on corruption.
Payments to the non-existent employees had been costing the government more than $2m (£1.4m) a month, it said.
When President Magufuli came to power two years ago, the government temporarily suspended recruitment in some government sectors while they checked up on existing employees' qualifications.
The report focused exclusively on secondary school qualification and did not examine university degree certificates.
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Irwin was ninth in race one, won by Leon Haslam, before coming in runner-up to PBM Ducati team-mate Shane Byrne.
Alastair Seeley was 17th in the first race for Tyco BMW but Michael Laverty failed to finish in both events.
Eglinton rider David Allingham was second behind Tarran Mackenzie in Monday's feature Supersport race.
Yamaha-mounted Mackenzie maintained his 100% winning start to the season by overtaking early leader Allingham and has now collected a maximum 150 points from six outings.
Allingham lies 54 points behind the Scot in second place in the standings, with fellow Northern Ireland riders Andrew Irwin and Keith Farmer fourth and fifth in the series respectively.
Carrickfergus rider Irwin, brother of Glenn, had clinched a second position in Sunday's sprint race, with Allingham third and Farmer fourth.
Haslam continues to lead the Superbike class despite crashing in race two in an incident which also saw James Ellison and Seeley come off.
Laverty and his machine were both recovering from the after-affects of a spectacular crash in practice.
Eugene McManus was second in the Motostar event, with Richard Kerr fifth and Scott Swann 26th.
McManus is third in the championship and Kerr fifth.
Michael Dunlop continued his preparation for the North West 200 and Isle of Man TT by taking 19th in Superbike race one on his Bennetts Hawk Racing Suzuki, but failed to finish the next race.
Carl Phillips, backed by Dunlop's MD Racing Team, was a non-finisher in the Superstock 1000cc class.
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Schmidhofer, who had never previously won a World Cup race, navigated the course in one minute and 21.34 seconds.
Vonn, 32, made a perfect start but slid out mid-course, managing to avoid a crash and skiing to the finish zone.
"I lost my pole early on and tried to get it back. It was a tactical error but I gave it everything," Vonn said.
"I went too straight and had no chance of making the next gate. I am not disappointed. I don't know why I am losing the pole. I will duct-tape it to my hand."
Vonn, who has 77 World Cup wins, has only featured in two races since returning from an injured knee and broken arm and has not won gold at a World Championships since 2009.
The 2010 Olympic downhill gold medallist says her best chance for a victory in St Moritz, Switzerland is now in Sunday's downhill.
Defending super-G champion, Anna Veith, also failed to register a time as Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein came second and Switzerland's pre-race favourite Lara Gut finished third.
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The group urged the US and European Commission to revise and clarify several points in the proposed Privacy Shield agreement in order to safeguard EU citizens' personal information.
The Privacy Shield is meant to replace an earlier data transfer pact called Safe Harbour.
Safe Harbour was invalidated by a court decision last year.
The Article 29 Data Protection Working Party said it was still concerned about the possibility of "massive and indiscriminate" bulk collection of EU citizens' data by the US authorities.
It added that it wanted further guarantees about the powers a US official would have to handle complaints from EU citizens.
"We believe that we don't have enough security [or] guarantees in the status of the ombudsperson and in their effective powers to be sure that this is really an independent authority," said Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin, the chairwoman of the group.
The group's recommendations are not binding on the EU or US, but should prove influential as the watchdogs can suspend data transfers they are concerned about.
"I am grateful to the experts for their thorough analysis," responded Vera Jourova, European Commissioner for Justice.
"[They provided] a number of useful recommendations and the Commission will work to swiftly include them in its final decision."
The European Court of Justice effectively brought an end to Safe Habour in October when it ruled that the pact did not eliminate the need for local watchdogs to check that US firms were protecting Europeans' data.
The agreement had been used for 15 years to allow American firms to self-certify that they were carrying out the necessary steps.
But a privacy campaigner challenged the process after whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed details about US authorities spying on foreign citizens' data held in the country.
The EU privacy regulators are concerned that a similar challenge could be brought against the proposed Privacy Shield unless its language is toughened up.
Earlier in the week, Microsoft had endorsed Privacy Shield on the basis that the US could take "additional steps" to protect data at a later point.
One US-based lawyer expressed concern that the matter had not been resolved.
"The working party's opinion today can really be summed up in two words: transatlantic chaos," said Phil Lee from the law firm Fieldfisher.
"If the Privacy Shield doesn't get adopted, countless US businesses will be left scratching their heads in wonder as to how they can continue to service their EU customers lawfully.
"The working party's opinion creates a real problem for the commission. Does it go against the view of the working party and adopt the Privacy Shield anyway? Or does it go back to the drawing table with the US Department of Commerce and try to negotiate a better deal?"
An Edinburgh-based lawyer echoed his concern.
"The reality is that international transfers of data are vital to economic growth and there needs to be a pragmatic solution adopted by the courts, policy makers and data protection authorities to recognise this," said Kathryn Wynn, a data protection expert at the law firm Pinsent Masons.
But Max Schrems - the campaigner who challenged Safe Harbour - welcomed the latest development.
"I personally doubt that the European Commission will change its plans much," he said.
"There will be some political wording, but I think they will still push it through.
"Given the negative opinion, a challenge to the Privacy Shield at the courts is even more promising. Privacy Shield is a total failure that is kept alive because of extensive pressure by the US government and some sectors of the industry."
The photo is of a lenticular cloud, sightings of which the Met Office said were suspected to be behind many reported UFOs.
The "truly spectacular" snap was taken by Thomas Beresford above the Ribblehead viaduct on Friday.
BBC weather expert Paul Hudson said the natural phenomenon was technically called a roll cloud and was quite rare.
"In this instance it's caused by air flowing over the top of Whernside from the east, creating effectively a stationary type of lenticular cloud - the shape and size of which is dependent on the wavelength of the stationary wave," he said.
Could Concorde ever fly again?
The lens-shaped clouds form when the air is stable and winds blow from the same direction.
BBC Look North weather presenter Abbie Dewhurst was certainly impressed by the photograph.
"Wow, it does look like Concorde - not that I have too many memories of it, being only 10 when it stopped flying," she said.
The supersonic plane was involved in a crash in France in 2000 that killed 109 people onboard and four on the ground.
It was retired in 2003 by British Airways and Air France who decommissioned it for "commercial reasons" amid declining passenger numbers.
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The first minister has said On the Runs have letters "stuffed in their pockets" guaranteeing that they will not be prosecuted for any offence.
The DUP has claimed that amounts to a general amnesty for those concerned.
But is that the case? What do the letters actually say?
We do not know if all of the so-called "letters of assurance" were couched in identical terms, but evidence presented in private hearings at the Old Bailey suggests they were, and that legal safeguards were built in.
In his judgement in the case of John Downey who denied the murder of four soldiers in an IRA attack in Hyde Park in 1982, Mr Justice Sweeney refers to the fact that on 15 June 2000, Jonathan Powell, who was prime minister Tony Blair's Chief of Staff, wrote to Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams enclosing letters representing decisions by the attorney general and the director of public prosecutions for England and Wales.
The letters stated that: "Following a review of your case by the director of public prosecutions for England and Wales, he has concluded that on the evidence before him there is insufficient to afford a realistic prospect of convicting you for any such offence arising out of..."
Anyone already convicted of paramilitary crimes became eligible for early release under the terms of the Northern Ireland Good Friday agreement of 1998.
The agreement did not cover:
They went on to say: "You would not therefore face prosecution for any such offence should you return to the United Kingdom. That decision is based on the evidence currently available. Should such fresh evidence arise - and any statement made by you implicating yourself in... may amount to such evidence - the matter may have to be reconsidered."
There are a number of key phrases. The statement that the decision is based on "evidence currently available" clearly suggests that if new evidence was to come to light, the issue could be reconsidered.
That is reinforced in the next sentence when it is spelt out clearly that should any fresh evidence arise "the matter may have to be reconsidered."
The judge also noted that on 22 March 2002, a briefing note was prepared for the prime minister for a meeting with Gerry Adams.
By that stage Sinn Féin had provided a total of 161 names of On the Runs for clarification of their legal status.
Of these, the judgement notes, "47 had so far been cleared". In a further 12 cases it said the director of public prosecutions for Northern Ireland "had said there remained a requirement to prosecute, and in a further 10 the police had sufficient evidence to warrant arrest for questioning."
We do not know details of the alleged offences this note referred to, but what it does make clear is that by that stage 22 of the 161 OTRs who sought legal clarification were not given assurances that they would not be prosecuted.
In the same month, the judgement notes that a note was prepared by a senior legal official following requests from Sinn Féin for the administrative process dealing with OTRs to be speeded up.
It was noted that "it would be necessary to include in the NIO's 'comfort letter' a qualification as to the level of comfort given."
A suggested draft again stated that the assurance that an individual was not wanted for arrest, questioning or charge was given "on the basis of the information currently available."
It added: "If any other outstanding offence or offences come to light, or if any request for extradition were to be received these would have to be dealt with in the usual way."
Peter Hain, who was secretary of state when the process to deal with On the Runs was introduced, told the court that the key phraseology used in the personal letters was "in essence common to all, that on the basis of current information they were not wanted and would not be arrested."
There is also clear evidence, other than the contents of the judgement, that not all On the Runs received assurances that they would not be prosecuted.
The BBC has obtained a copy of a letter sent to the Northern Ireland Policing Board in April 2010 by Assistant Chief Constable Drew Harris, the PSNI officer with oversight of its role in the process, which was to establish whether named individuals were wanted for questioning or arrest.
In it, he told the board that:
"Of the submitted names, 173 are not wanted, eight have been returned to prison and 11 remain wanted. In the year 2007 to 2008, three persons were arrested and referred to the court service. Of the remaining names, 10 have been referred to the PPS for direction, 11 are proceeding through Historical Enquiry Team review and two are ongoing live investigations."
The letter sent to John Downey in July 2007 contained a caveat that his assurance could be reconsidered if new evidence came to light.
His letter said: "The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has been informed by the attorney general that on the basis of the information currently available, there is no outstanding direction for prosecution in Northern Ireland, there are no warrants in existence, nor are you wanted in Northern Ireland for arrest, questioning or charge by the police.
"The Police Service of Northern Ireland are not aware of any interest in you from any other police force in the UK. If any other outstanding offence or offences come to light, or if any request for extradition were to be received, these would have to be dealt with in the usual way."
The key phrase is once again "information currently available."
The problem for the Northern Ireland Office was that at the time the letter was sent, John Downey was listed as wanted by the Metropolitan Police in connection with the Hyde Park bombing.
The problem for the PSNI was that it was aware of this fact, but had not made the NIO nor attorney general aware of it when it carried out a review of John Downey's legal status.
That meant Downey was wrongly informed that there were no warrants for his arrest, and enabled his lawyers to argue that there had been an abuse of process when he was arrested at Gatwick airport in May, 2013.
It also meant the caveat about "any other outstanding offence or offences" coming to light was null and void, because at the time the letter was sent he was wanted in connection with the bombing.
It was not an outstanding or new offence but one the authorities should have been aware of when the assurance was given because he was listed on the Police National Computer as wanted.
Likewise, the fact that he was wanted by the Metropolitan Police was "information currently available" when the letter was issued.
Legal sources say the problem was not a lack of caveat, but the fact that the PSNI did not highlight the fact that John Downey was wanted.
The result was that when he was arrested, prosecution lawyers could not argue that it was based on new evidence, or information the state was not aware of at the time the assurance was given.
Legal sources say that if the letters received by other OTRs contain similar wording, it would still be possible for them to be prosecuted at a later date if new evidence linking them to an offence comes to light.
That is of course, unless other mistakes have been made and assurances have been issued based on inaccurate information.
The PSNI is currently conducting a review of all OTR cases to determine if the information it gave the prosecution authorities was accurate.
But four-wheel drive vehicle, Idris, has been programmed to do just that by experts at Aberystwyth University's intelligent robotics group.
The electric four-wheeler, about the size of an Austin Mini, can pursue people, vehicles or anything it can "see".
As part of a series looking at robotics, BBC Wales finds out about the software which makes 400kg Idris run and why it could be very useful.
Dr Frederic Labrosse, who wrote much of the software, has acted as quarry for the all-terrain robot, walking ahead while it follows. He admits it can be "disconcerting".
"It's scary at some point, but you've got to trust the software. The problem is the faster you go, the faster it goes. So, you cannot escape, basically," he said.
"The trick is just to jump in front of it and that trips all of the safety devices and that will stop the robot."
Of course, in reality Idris is not as menacing or sinister as the concept might suggest, in spite of its detachable mechanical arm and gripper.
It is currently programmed to move no faster than 10 mph and halts whenever its laser scanners detect an obstruction.
Dr Labrosse said the main application would be for convoying, where a series of automated vehicles are led by a human driver or a smarter robot at the front.
In this way, the robots could be sent to places where its not desirable to have many people, such as war zones, areas used for mining and anywhere hit by a disaster.
The Idris platform was bought by the university from a French company for about £96,000 (130,000 euros) 10 years ago.
Using programming developed at the university, the robot was used to laser-scan a disused part of the Vivian quarry, in Llanberis, Gwynedd, for the Royal Commission of Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales.
The vehicle has a number of cameras to take in its surroundings.
But how does Idris "see" what it's tracking and differentiate it from everything else?
"Idris doesn't really recognise what it's supposed to follow," Dr Labrosse said.
"We give it an image of the object to follow and it just tries to find the same pixels or similar pixels in the image (it takes in).
"So, it does not know that what it follows is a person or a car or whatever. It does not recognise in that way we as human beings would do."
But what about the most important question?
"Does it work? Sometimes well, sometimes not so well," Dr Labrosse said.
During a demonstration for the BBC, co-ordinator of the intelligent robotics group Dr Mark Neal was enlisted as the "object" for Idris follow around a small lake while he wore a fluorescent bib.
Idris sounded "target found" when it detected the hi-visibility bib, which had been programmed in as its leader. It then followed Dr Neal along a rough path.
At points when the light changed or when Dr Neal left its field of vision, Idris said "target lost... lost... target definitely lost" and halted.
However, Dr Labrosse said adjustments to its software will improve performance.
The machine has already been made to follow Dr Neal's car over a considerable distance and has negotiated a cattle grid while driving on its own automated route without a target.
But Dr Labrosse is not content with the stark image of a robotised vehicle on Land Rover wheels rolling over the Ceredigion countryside, unnerving the sheep on a nearby hill.
"It could be a flying vehicle, for example," he said. "We're doing applications where we have flying robots that automatically follow a vehicle or a boat on the ground."
By Michael Burgess and Philip John
The 1623 first edition of the bard's work was stolen from the university in 1998. Its bindings and some pages were removed to try to disguise its origins.
Visitors to the exhibition at the new Wolfson Gallery at the university can view it in its current condition.
It will be conserved to protect it from damage after the exhibition. It is one of the earliest examples of a gathering together of the playwright's work.
Raymond Scott, 53, of Wingate, County Durham, was cleared of stealing the book, but found guilty of handling stolen goods and jailed for eight years in July.
He was also convicted of taking stolen goods abroad.
The folio, which has an estimated value of £1.5m, will form the centrepiece of the Treasures of Durham University in the refurbished Wolfson Gallery.
The new gallery has undergone a £2.3m refurbishment, funded in part by a £500,000 donation from the Wolfson Foundation - a charity that awards grants to support excellence in the fields of science and medicine, health, education and the arts and humanities.
Chancellor of Durham University, Bill Bryson, is the guest curator of this first exhibition, which covers topics including culture, science, faith and religion, reform and rule, and local history.
The treasures have been drawn from collections across the university.
The Shakespeare First Folio will be on display until 6 March.
Six candidates have been barred from running in the September poll for failing to prove they are no longer in favour of Hong Kong's independence.
Three of the rejected candidates joined the march to the offices of the chief executive, where police met them.
Beijing considers the former British territory an inseparable part of China.
Jimmy Sham, head of the Civil Human Rights Front which organised the march, said the key issues protesters were highlighting were judicial independence, and the principle of political neutrality for civil servants, which includes the electoral returning officers.
A court, he said, should decide who is not allowed to run in the election, not the electoral affairs office.
The protest comes days after a court spared three student leaders who led mass rallies and sit-ins in 2014 from jail.
Joshua Wong, who became the teenage face of the protests, was given 80 hours of community service for unlawful assembly.
Nathan Law was sentenced to 120 hours, while Alex Chow was given a three-week prison sentence suspended for a year.
The movement called on Beijing to allow fully free elections for the leader of the semi-autonomous territory. However, it failed to win any concessions on political reform.
Hugh Henry has stood down as justice spokesman and has been replaced by Graeme Pearson.
Ms Dugdale revealed the line-up in Edinburgh, just days after she secured the leadership of the party.
Her rival for the top post, Ken Macintosh, has been given the community spokesman role, covering housing, local government and planning.
She has also maintained a gender-balanced team, with five women joining her, alongside six men.
Ms Dugdale said: "I am excited about the future. We all know the big task that faces Scottish Labour in the months and years ahead, but we're up for it. My new team has a good mix of experience and vision to start the task of renewing Scottish Labour.
"The most important goal of any party must be to ensure that the life chances of our young people are determined by their potential, work rate and ambition, not by their background. These values will drive my team in every portfolio."
Ms Dugdale succeeded former MP Jim Murphy, who resigned in June after Labour lost 40 of its 41 Scottish seats at Westminster.
If Labour's new team looks a lot like the old team assembled by Jim Murphy, when he was leader, then that's because it is.
The names and faces are mostly the same.
One exception is that Hugh Henry has stood down as justice spokesman, to be replaced by former police chief, Graeme Pearson.
Mr Pearson supported Ken Macintosh for the leadership but that has not prevented either of them making the frontbench.
Kezia Dugdale says she doesn't bear grudges.
She has retained Jenny Marra, Iain Gray and Jackie Baillie in the key roles of health, education and finance.
However, their remits have been expanded and their job titles rebranded to reflect Labour values - equality, opportunity, public services.
The new leader wants her team to champion what the party stands for in the run up to next year's Holyrrood elections while also holding SNP ministers to account.
Leader - Kezia Dugdale
Deputy Leader - Alex Rowley
Covering policy and strategy
Equality spokeswoman - Jenny Marra
Covering health, equalities, welfare, care and social inclusion
Opportunity spokesman - Iain Gray
Covering schools, childcare, skills, lifelong learning, sport, science, workplace issues
Justice spokesman - Graeme Pearson
Covering justice and policing
Public Services and Wealth Creation spokeswoman - Jackie Baillie
Covering finance, infrastructure, business, delivery of public services, tourism
Community spokesman - Ken Macintosh
Covering housing, local government, cities, planning, island communities
Environmental Justice spokeswoman - Sarah Boyack
Covering transport, environment and rural affairs, land reform, climate change, energy (including oil and gas)
Democracy spokeswoman - Claire Baker
Covering constitution, Europe, culture, power in society
Reform spokeswoman - Mary Fee
Covering party and parliamentary reform
Business Manager - James Kelly
Chief Whip - Neil Bibby
Vadims Ruskuls, 25, is accused of murdering Pardeep Kaur as she walked to work in west London, in October 2016.
Ms Kaur's body was found near Harlington Bridge in Hayes, nearly a week after she was reported missing by her husband.
Mr Ruskuls denies murdering the 30-year-old.
Opening the trial at the Old Bailey, Crispin Aylett QC told jurors: "This is a truly terrible case.
"The evidence in this case is distressing and you will have to brace yourself for what is to come."
Mr Ruskuls was thought to be sleeping rough with his mother beneath the bridge crossing the M4.
The court heard the waste ground by the walkway on to the bridge over the M4 was a "bleak spot" used by rough sleepers, drunks and drug addicts.
CCTV cameras recorded Ms Kaur at 06:33 GMT on 17 October as she walked towards the bridge.
Investigators also noticed a man under the bridge at the same time as Mrs Kaur.
Less than half an hour later, someone was picked up on CCTV dragging her body away towards the patch of ground where it was later discovered.
Mr Aylett said: "What happened in the 25 minutes between those two pieces of film?
"The prosecution allege that the defendant must have pounced on Pardeep Kaur at some point on the ramp, that he then sexually assaulted her and he murdered her."
Jurors were told Ms Kaur scratched her attacker but her screams would have been drowned out by early morning traffic.
Following his arrest, Mr Ruskuls' DNA matched samples taken from Ms Kaur's ankle, sock, and bra with a probability of "one in a billion", the jury heard.
The trial continues.
Shauna Davies, 15, died in the early hours of Sunday, shortly after emergency services were called to Caerphilly Mountain Road.
Gwent Police said the boy has been charged with supplying drugs while four others who were arrested have been released pending further inquiries.
Shauna's family described her as "a beautiful person inside and out".
The circumstances surrounding her death are not yet known and a police investigation is ongoing.
In a tribute, Shauna's family said: "She was loved by so many people, she loved her brother and sister and friends and was fiercely loyal to them. She will be missed by so many.
"We were very proud parents. Fly high our beautiful daughter."
It is understood the decision was taken after three panels installed on council buildings overheated.
A report to the audit, risk and scrutiny committee details so-called "thermal events" in 2015.
The switch-off meant the panels did not generate any income for the contractor, so the council had to pay £275,000.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) was notified and the council switched off all systems as a precautionary measure.
Fire risk assessments were carried out and work was undertaken to upgrade fire alarm systems and install fire detectors.
The 31-year-old man and the boy, aged six, were knocked down by a private hire taxi outside Glencairn Social Club in Rutherglen at 00:15 on Sunday.
Police said the car, a Volkswagen Golf, failed to stop but the 60-year-old driver was traced a short time later.
The man's injuries were described as "life threatening" while the boy is in a stable condition.
Both are being treated at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital after the incident in Glasgow Road.
Sgt Craig McDonald, from Police Scotland, said: "Inquiries are at an early stage to establish the exact circumstances of this incident and we want to speak to anyone who may have witnessed what happened.
"Anyone with information is urged to contact police on 101."
Prosecutor Alex Prentice QC told the High Court in Glasgow that Mr Whyte took over the football club using money that he was not entitled to.
During his closing speech, Mr Prentice also said Mr Whyte had tried to conceal his funding source for buying the club.
Mr Whyte denies a charge of fraud, and a second charge under the Companies Act.
The prosecution QC told the jury of eight men and seven women that the case was not a public inquiry into how Rangers was run at a corporate level, but was about whether or not Craig Whyte had committed fraud.
He said Mr Whyte and his company Wavetower had no right to money used to purchase the club.
Prosecutors state the sums said to have been "immediately available" actually consisted of money from Ticketus, investment firm Merchant Turnaround and the Jerome Group pensions fund.
Mr Prentice put it to the jury that Mr Whyte bought Rangers using money that he was not entitled to and that he actively concealed his funding sources.
He also asked the jury to discount testimony that related to the historical governance of Rangers before Mr Whyte became the club's new owner in May 2011.
He said: "Evidence in relation to historical governance of Rangers is irrelevant.
"It doesn't relate to whether Mr Whyte had the money on completion of the Rangers takeover."
Craig Whyte denies the charges against him.
The trial, before judge Lady Stacey, continues.
Wardpark Studios has four sound stages across 48,000 sq ft. It wants to add two more stages, a back lot and offices in a 30,000 sq ft development.
Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop said that a planning application for the Cumbernauld site was imminent.
Opposition MPs remain critical over the lack of film studio facilities.
Ms Hyslop told Holyrood's Economy Committee that ministers could provide up to £4m to help with the project - including £1.5m in grant funding and up to £2.5m of loan cash.
"Wardpark Studios Limited's decision to seek planning consent for new studio facilities in Cumbernauld marks an important milestone in our work to strengthen the Scottish screen sector," she said.
Opposition MSPs questioned Ms Hyslop on the scale of the development.
Former Labour leader Johann Lamont said: "It doesn't seem like it's huge amounts of money and and it seems to have taken a long time to get to that point."
Committee convener Murdo Fraser said figures from Creative Scotland showed Wales has 51,000 sq ft of purpose-built studio space, with Northern Ireland having 42,000 sq ft, while Scotland currently has only 5,800 sq ft.
The Conservative MSP said: "The 30,000 sq ft you are talking about sounds a lot, but if that is a purpose-built studio that leaves us still quite a long way behind Wales and Northern Ireland.
"It seems to me that there has been a lot of heat around this issue, the government's been under pressure, there's an election coming up in eight weeks' time, and what you have done is produce a rabbit from a hat.
"Except it's not a very large rabbit, it's actually quite a small rabbit."
Ms Hyslop insisted: "In terms of the announcement, I think it's good news for Scotland and good news for the film industry."
She hinted at more development to come, saying: "For a period we had no prospect of any studios and now we have got prospects for not just one, but a number of studios, depending on different decisions made by either ministers or other developers in other areas."
Terry Thomson, chairman of Wardpark Studios Limited, said the planned expansion of the Cumbernauld site reflected its success.
"Our existing facility has been a major success for Scotland, attracting Sony's award-winning historical drama Outlander's first and second series," he said.
"We want to enhance the existing four sound stages with a further two stages to expand and grow productions using the facility.
"Our planning application seeks to make the most of the existing facilities and land available. While we've reached agreement in principle with Scottish Enterprise and the Film Studio Delivery Group on possible financial support, there remain a few commercial details still to be finalised before we can move ahead with our plans."
Ms Hyslop also told MSPs that there had been "significantly increased activity" during 2014 with film and TV productions spending "an unprecedented £45.8m shooting on location" - an increase of almost £12m on 2013.
Examples of films shot in Scotland since 2011 include:
Dylann Roof should have been stopped from purchasing a weapon due to a felony charge, FBI chief James Comey told reporters on Friday.
But he said the charge was either incorrectly entered into a background check system or mishandled by analysts.
Roof is facing nine counts of murder over the 17 June attack in Charleston.
Speaking to reporters at FBI headquarters in Washington DC, Mr Comey outlined a series of missed opportunities and incomplete paperwork that allowed Mr Roof to buy a firearm.
Mr Roof, 21, was charged with possessing drugs just weeks before the attack on the Emanuel AME Church, and police said he admitted to the offence.
That admission should have been enough to stop him from buying a weapon, Mr Comey said, but the offence was incorrectly added to Mr Roof's record.
This meant the FBI analyst doing the mandatory background check on Mr Roof did not see it. "If she had seen that police report," Mr Comey said, "that purchase would have been denied."
He said he learned about the problem on Thursday night and FBI officials were meeting with relatives of the nine victims on Friday.
An internal review into how the agency uses criminal background checks in gun transactions has been launched. The FBI runs background checks for gun dealers in about 30 states, including South Carolina.
"We are all sick that this happened. We wish we could turn back time," he added.
Mr Comey's comments came on the same day that South Carolina removed the Confederate flag from the capitol grounds in a ceremony attended by some relatives of the church shooting victims.
The flag was the battle emblem of southern states in the US Civil War and was raised over South Carolina's statehouse in 1961 to mark the 100th anniversary of the conflict.
Critics have long called it a symbol of slavery and the backlash against it grew when pictures of Mr Roof posing with the banner were discovered online.
Mr Roof was arrested the day after the shooting more than 200 miles away in North Carolina and then flown back to Charleston.
He appeared in court via a video link for a bail hearing last month and is next expected in court in October.
Source: FBI fact sheet
Manchester United's fees nearly doubled to just under £14m while Arsenal's almost tripled to around £12m.
The Football League also published its agents' fees list with Cardiff City the biggest spenders in the Championship.
The Bluebirds spent £2,828,133, with the total outlay by Championship clubs amounting to £26,124,044.
League One clubs spent £3,167,964, with Wigan Athletic's fees totalling £1,461,088. The Latics were relegated from the Championship last season.
League Two's biggest spenders were Portsmouth, who spent £268,175.
League One side Bury, and League Two duo Accrington and Hartlepool did not pay any money in agents' fees.
The Premier League and Football League totals were calculated in the period from 1 October 2014 to 30 September 2015.
The mile race was a trial for the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket on 30 April and three-year-old colt Foundation, ridden by Frankie Dettori, was 4-6 favourite.
But Dettori could not find a push for the line and it was George Baker on board Stormy Antarctic who broke clear.
The three-year-old chestnut raced home by three and a half lengths, his third victory in six races.
Stormy Antarctic was narrowly beaten in a Group One in France last time out in November, and trailed to a steady pace set by Richard Hannon's horse Tony Curtis, who led by three lengths and was still in front inside the final furlong before eventually finishing fourth.
Baker moved alongside Dettori before pulling away in a matter of strides and trainer Walker said: "That was awesome, I've always thought the world of him but I never thought he'd win a Craven like that and beat Foundation like that.
"I've never had to prepare a Guineas horse and you only dream of horses like this, these are the reasons you get up at 4.30am, for horses like him.
"I never felt we came here for minor honours and he is by far and away the best three-year-old I've got."
Foundation's trainer John Gosden said: "Foundation is a mile-and-a-quarter horse, he did get tired on the ground but the winner won very well.
"I'm delighted with him, and I'd like to think he'll go for the Dante [at York next month] next."
It will become the first major US city to implement a so-called "soda tax", which supporters say will improve the health of 1.5 million residents.
But opponents say it will hurt small businesses and poorer people.
The measure will come into force in January and is expected to raise $90m (£63m) next year.
The city's Democratic mayor, Jim Kenney, says the tax revenue will be spent on pre-nursery and community schools, and recreation centres.
He said: "Philadelphia made a historic investment in our neighbourhoods and in our education system today."
The tax will be set at 1.5 cents per ounce (about 50 cents, or 35 pence per litre). Distributors will be required to pay it on all sugary or artificially sweetened drinks, and may choose whether or not to pass it on to consumers.
"Soda tax" proposals have failed in more than 30 states and the only other city in the US with a similar tax is Berkeley in California.
The beverage industry paid for advertising against the tax proposal, saying the tax would be costly to consumers.
Multimillionaire Harold Honickman, who made his fortune in the soft drink bottling industry, spent an estimated $1.7m (£1.2m) fighting the tax and said he would file a lawsuit against the case.
In Philadelphia, more than 68% of adults and 41% of children are overweight or obese.
The council had already approved the measure in a previous vote, and Thursday's 13-4 vote rubber-stamped the proposal.
Russell Burgess from Abersychan believes the council thought he had two household waste bins, so destroyed one. His home CCTV system filmed the moment it was thrown into a bin wagon.
Other residents claim their bins have also been destroyed.
In a statement, Torfaen council said: "Any household putting out more than one bin will have the additional bins removed and recycled."
The CCTV footage shows a council refuse collector throwing Mr Burgess' bin into the back of a refuse lorry.
Mr Burgess claims council managers initially did not believe his version of events, and said he only received a new free bin when he went to the council depot and showed council bosses the footage.
He said: "I was livid, why would anyone do that, why throw it in the back of a wagon?
"There was nothing wrong with it, there was no justification for doing that, what a waste of money - and I would have to pay for it, that was the real thing."
Torfaen council said it "initially had no record of a bin being removed, however, the issue was resolved and it was replaced free of charge".
Replacement bins normally cost £20.
Other Torfaen residents have used social media to claim their bins have been removed by the council.
Some say they have had to pay for a new bin, as they have not been able to prove their bin was mistakenly removed.
Torfaen council said between April and August 2016 residents have had to pay for 196 replacement bins.
Bins have also been stolen in the area.
The authority said: "We are currently looking into this incident and have provided the resident with a wheelie bin free of charge."
There is no suggestion any Torfaen council employee has done anything unlawful.
Alonso said De Ferran, winner of the Indy 500 in 2003 and a two-time IndyCar champion, would "coach" him.
The two-time Formula 1 champion said: "I'm sure it will be very useful for all these new things I need to learn."
De Ferran told BBC Sport: "I will try to mentor him through his introduction to the speedway and its nuances."
Indianapolis is a very different challenge from an F1 grand prix. The race is 200 laps of a 2.5-mile 'superspeedway' with four left turns and an average lap speed of about 230mph.
Alonso, who will race at the Indy 500 on 28 May for the Andretti Autosport-Honda team, said he was aware of the difficulties of adapting to racing on a high-speed oval such as Indianapolis.
During a visit to the IndyCar race in Birmingham, Alabama on Sunday, Alonso said: "I think it's quite different. It's challenging... the level of downforce, the feeling with the car, running with a car that is not symmetric on the straights, on braking. Traffic I think is a big thing."
De Ferran is an ambassador for Honda. Their engines were used when he raced for much of his IndyCar career and he was sporting director of Honda's own F1 team from 2005-7.
The 49-year-old Brazilian grew up in European road racing, winning the 1992 British Formula Three championship, before moving to race in the States. De Ferran is the holder of the world closed-course speed record, with his 241.428mph pole lap record at the Fontana oval in California in 2000.
Alonso, who has not won a race in F1 for four years because of uncompetitive machinery from Ferrari and McLaren, has set his sights on winning the 'triple crown' of the Monaco Grand Prix, Indy 500 and Le Mans 24 Hours before he retires.
But he has also made it clear his priority remains F1, where he still hopes to win a third world title.
"If I want to to be the most complete driver in the world or the best driver in the world, then I want to experience all the different cars and different driving techniques, and I need to adapt and grow up as a driver," Alonso said.
"And if I want to do that, I need to win it and if it's not this year then we need to plan it for the next event."
He added that he felt making the leap from F1 to Le Mans was not as difficult. He said: "Some of the F1 drivers that jump into the Le Mans car, they have no difficulties in terms of adapting.
"The 24 Hours is a little different [from Indianapolis]. It's a more relaxed race, you can do it at an older age."
The Publishers Association has obtained a High Court order that requires the internet service providers (ISPs) to act by 9 June.
The offending sites are based overseas.
The movie, music and luxury goods industries have previously employed similar tactics to cause more than 100 other sites to be blocked.
The Publishers Association said that more than 80% of the material it had found on the ad-supported platforms involved, had infringed copyright.
"A third of publisher revenues now come from digital sales but unfortunately this rise in the digital market has brought with it a growth in online infringement," said the body's chief executive Richard Mollet.
"Our members need to be able to protect their authors' works from such illegal activity. Writers need to be paid and publishers need to be able to continue to innovate and invest in new talent and material."
The sites affected are:
The administrator of Freebookspot - which provides links to others' uploads but does not host eBooks itself - has posted a message to the site claiming to have deleted more than 10,000 titles following the ruling, in an apparent attempt to avoid the ban.
However, its search tool still points users to download links for other copyright-protected eBooks.
The ISPs affected are BT, Virgin Media, Sky, TalkTalk and EE.
They typically require a court order before they will agree to block a website outright.
The Publishers Association also said that it had asked Google to remove more than 1.75 million links from its search results relating to material found on the offending sites.
She smiles despite her thin left leg that will not fully straighten, and despite the prominent vivid scar that runs down her forehead from the hairline to just above the right eyebrow.
And she smiles even though she - like her country - will forever be affected by the earthquake that destroyed so many lives.
Six months ago, Telia was lying on the floor of L'Hopital de la Paix, in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, wrapped in dirty, blood-stained sheets, her legs shattered, her head smashed open.
She had been crushed when her home fell on her.
Above her stood a desperate father, Astrel Jacques, pleading for the world to help.
The hospital had no medicine, and barely a doctor.
"Ca va?" he asked his daughter. "Oui," she replied, but she was not OK.
The next morning he realised he had to find a doctor. So he managed to get Telia into someone's car, and drove until he came across some aid workers. They helped him and his daughter across the border to the Dominican Republic.
There she spent a month and a half in different hospitals, and her life was saved.
Another daughter and Mr Jacques' mother-in-law both died in the earthquake.
"Six months after not one day passes when I don't think about the earthquake," he says. "When I don't think about how our life was together. We lost everything. Everything has gone."
On the surface there is little change here.
The building material of necessity - blue plastic tarpaulin - covers much of Port-au-Prince.
The slums that seethe under those tarpaulins were meant to be temporary. Now they house more than a million people and have an air of permanence.
So Fabula Gilme can count herself lucky - and that here is a relative term - in that she at least has a corrugated tin roof above her head.
Most of the time it protects her and her son Mackenzie.
"There are holes in the roof. Sometimes when it rains, it leaks on the baby - I don't know what to do," she says.
Mackenzie was born a week after the earthquake. He barely made it into this world. Fabula was almost too weak to give birth.
Outside her home there is a mound of rubble. The view from here has barely changed in the last six months.
"It's the same it was. Everyone is using corrugated roofs, and tents and tarpaulins. Houses haven't been rebuilt. There are still people sleeping in damaged homes. Some sleep in tents."
That pretty much sums up this capital city. Rubble still appears to lie everywhere. Small groups of workers - paid mostly by international aid - clear patches by hand. There is little sign of the much-needed heavy lifting equipment.
It partly explains why it takes so long to get up to Jean-Michel Fleurimond's home. Or rather what remains of it.
The paths in his village are blocked by rubble.
Jean-Michel has no family anymore. His two brothers are still buried under the rubble of their home.
"I lost my brothers and everything I own," he says.
Now he lives in a small tin shack, with bare earth for a floor. When it rains, the water runs right through the space, eroding the ground.
He pulls out two sheets of wood, and a thin white curtain. This is his "bed".
"Before, my life was good. I am an artist. I used to make artwork to pay for school. My mother used to help me pay, too."
"Since the earthquake, I've been on my own. I can't live how I want to because I don't have a job. I can't feed myself how I like to. It's very difficult."
He gets by thanks to the Red Cross. It pays him and others $5 (£3.30) a day to improve the camp. He helped to build the steps that lead through the shelters, for instance.
But they are squatters here, and they fear soon the landowner may move them on.
Help has also come for Iselene Celne. Six months ago she was trapped under the rubble - she lost an arm, and both her hands.
Now her children help her run a tiny stall she's managed to start up with money from a small British charity, Tearfund.
"Without them, I'd be nothing," she says.
She shrugs with the stump of her arm.
"I'd have no money. I'd feel humiliated. Without the business what could I do?"
On the surface, there has been some progress here. There's clean water in the camps to drink and to wash with. Educational projects are starting up. The Haitian police are starting to patrol the city and the camps.
But few, if any, of the Haitians here feel that things are actually improving. It is as if their lives have been frozen in time.
A day after the earthquake, Astrel Jacques stood beside his dying daughter in the hospital and said: "We are fighting."
And now, half a year on, with Telia smiling next to him, he repeats those exact same words.
He and the rest of the survivors know that they will have to keep fighting, if life is to get any better.
Of people who had experienced housing worries within the past five years, 69% said their mental health was affected, suggests research for the charity.
The researchers interviewed 1,050 people from across England who reported poor housing, rent problems or being threatened with eviction.
One grandmother, facing eviction, even considered suicide.
"It just felt like all the doors were closing in my face," said Brenda, who is from Oldham.
Her daughter, Helen, and granddaughter, Lily Mae, were living with her so she feared her whole family might become homeless.
"You blame yourself and you feel a sense of total helplessness.
"I remember not wanting to go on and wondering if I should end it."
The polling company ComRes carried out online interviews for the report in February this year with a representative sample of 3,509 adults from across England.
Of these, about 30% or 1,050 people, said they had experienced housing problems within the last five years.
Among this group the most common mental health problems were:
About one in 20 had visited their GP because of their mental state and a worrying minority had contemplated suicide.
Shelter says that if these figures were replicated across the whole of England's population, one million people would have sought medical intervention because of mental health issues brought on by poor housing or worries about eviction or affording rent or mortgage payments over the past five years.
Additionally, one in six said housing worries had also affected their physical health, causing symptoms like hair loss, nausea, exhaustion, dizzy spells and headaches, while damp or mouldy homes can exacerbate respiratory conditions like asthma, says the charity.
Telephone interviews with 20 inner-city GPs highlighted the extent to which housing has an impact on mental health.
Housing difficulties can be particularly harsh for people "on the line of coping or not coping. Then, they really do tip over the edge", said one London GP.
A Sheffield GP said parents could become depressed because "they're unable to provide a nice environment for their children".
"In the children, they tend to get a little bit, sometimes withdrawn, sometimes a bit anxious and angry."
London GP Andrew Carr said housing was a major contributing factor to mental illness.
"With evictions on the rise in my area, I've seen people with acute anxiety or severe stress because they're facing the threat of losing their home."
With support from Shelter, Brenda and her family eventually found stable, rented accommodation.
"It was the beginning of me taking back some control," said Brenda.
Shelter's legal adviser, Liz Clare, said people with problems like Brenda's seek help from the charity on a daily basis.
"We hear from people at breaking point because they can no longer cope with their unstable, unliveable or unaffordable housing.
"From families in fear of falling further behind on the rent to people dealing with the misery of raising young children in a tiny, mouldy, freezing flat, people can feel completely overwhelmed," said Ms Clare.
The figures until June did not include the £2.8m sale of Andrew Robertson to Hull City, or Ryan Gauld's £3m switch to Sporting Lisbon.
United had an operating loss of £114,000, a £14,000 increase from the previous year.
But the net profit - their fourth in five years - was £900,000 more.
Their biggest player sale during that period was Scotland forward Johnny Russell's £750,000 move to Derby County.
The Scottish Premiership club pointed out that the figures to June 2014 include "an exceptional gain" relating to the exit of banking arrangements with the Bank of Scotland.
Chairman Stephen Thompson said: "While pleased to report significant profitability again, the directors recognise that this most recent financial performance was made possible by the arrangements put in place to buy out the bank debt.
"Looking ahead, we expect to record a further profit in the current year as a result of effective player trading, which is an integral part of our strategy to identify, develop and manage young players and provide them with the best opportunities to succeed within the club and the football sector generally.
"This aims to achieve footballing success for Dundee United and the opportunity for players to improve and, where appropriate, enhance their earnings elsewhere."
Revenues increased by 3% to £5.6m, which "reflected improvements in league placing and Scottish Cup income, both of which helped to counter the loss of European participation and the commercial benefits of the Dundee derby matches evident in the prior year figures".
Wages increased to £3.5m from £3.3m, "largely due to improved performance payments".
"As a result of the latter, the wages to turnover ratio increased slightly to 63% from 61%," added the club.
United pointed out that they are currently re-investing a significant part of the profit to the redevelopment of their Gussie Park community facilities opposite Tannadice.
The new centre piece for their youth academy is expected to open in March.
The visitors batted first but struggled against seamers Anya Shrubsole (3-27) and Katherine Brunt (2-44) and were bowled out for 155 at Chesterfield.
England passed the target for the loss of two wickets with nearly 20 overs to spare, but batted on for the full 50 overs to reach 348-5. Knight reached her century while Taylor fell for 86.
Even with the game long over as a contest, it will have suited the England duo to gain batting practice at Queen's Park as Knight has just returned to action after five weeks out with a stress fracture of the foot, while Taylor is returning to international cricket after taking a year's break to deal with anxiety issues.
England have one more warm-up, against New Zealand in Derby on Wednesday, before Saturday's World Cup opener against India at the same venue.
In Monday's other warm-up game, New Zealand bowled India out for 130 before cruising to a seven-wicket win thanks to 52 from opener Rachel Priest.
There are 65,000 unemployed, 25,000 fewer than a year earlier.
The unemployment rate in Wales is 4.3% for the latest quarter, according to latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.
This compares to 4.6% for March to May. It is still lower than for the whole of UK, which remains at 4.9%.
Only the south-west, south-east and east of England have lower unemployment rates than Wales.
The unemployment rate is also down 1.7% on a year ago.
There are now 38,000 more people employed in Wales than in June to August 2015.
Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns said: "These figures are the latest glimpse of the jobs market in Wales post-EU referendum vote and they suggest the Welsh economy continues to power ahead.
"Welsh businesses and entrepreneurs are clearly getting on with what they do best - creating jobs and selling their expertise across the world.
"The record employment rate in Wales is testament to our outstanding companies buoyed by the long-term effects of welfare reform which means it pays to be in work."
First Minister Carwyn Jones said the decline in unemployment in Wales continued to outperform the rest of the UK.
"We have big ambitions for Wales and its economy and will continue to work hard to support business and ensure the economic conditions to create and safeguard sustainable jobs and training in Wales," he said.
David Bamford was found guilty of stealing fentanyl and diamorphine from Emersons Green NHS Treatment Centre in south Gloucestershire where he worked.
The 47-year-old, of Quakers Road, Downend, stole the drugs to treat his bad back, Bristol Crown Court heard.
Bamford, a lead operating department practitioner, was jailed for two years.
In June 2015 an investigation was launched after a quantity of ampoules were found to have been tampered with at the centre, near Bristol which is run by Care UK.
The ampoules had been broken, emptied and refilled with substances, including less potent painkillers and what is believed to have been water.
Det Con John Shanahan, from Avon and Somerset Police, said tests on Mr Bamford "showed he had both of these drugs in his system".
"He was frequently accessing areas where these controlled drugs were kept outside of normal working hours," he said.
"He was involved in an unfeasibly large proportion of the breakages which were recorded and he appeared to involve himself unnecessarily in clearing up after operations."
He said Mr Bamford had ordered diamorphine from the pharmacy which had not been "put into the centre's stock" and advised a colleague not to report finding broken ampoules.
He added: "Bamford's actions had the potential to put the public at risk but thankfully it's not believed anyone was harmed as a result of medication being tampered with."
Some Welsh Labour figures fear a Jeremy Corbyn victory in the Labour leadership contest will make it harder for the party to gain ground in May's poll.
Labour currently holds 30 of the 60 seats in Cardiff Bay.
Mr Jones said: "It's a Welsh election and it will be Welsh Labour fighting the election with me as its leader."
"It's early days, we don't know who will win the leadership election in September," he told BBC Radio Wales.
"One thing I can say is that next May, whoever is the leader in London, I'm the leader in Wales and Welsh Labour will be the party fighting the election in Wales."
Mr Corbyn's team say there is still no meeting arranged between him and Mr Jones, although Mr Corbyn is keen to meet him.
The first minister has met the other three candidates, Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall.
Welsh Labour said it was "in the process" of setting up a meeting between Mr Jones and Mr Corbyn.
Mr Jones has previously described the left-wing MP as an "unusual choice" as UK Labour leader, but refused to endorse publicly any of the four candidates.
The result of the contest is due to be announced on 12 September.
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Yamaha Motors say they're making a robot that could beat even the fastest human motorbike champion.
Right now the Motobot is remote controlled, but in time the company want the robot to steer itself.
Owen Farrell responded to being punched in the face by Schalk Brits by lashing out at his Saracens club-mate.
We kept our composure and the scoreline reflected our dominance in the end
Brits was lucky to escape with a yellow card in Hong Kong and has been cited.
"Sometimes it is hard when someone lays a punch squarely on the side of your jaw not to react," Gatland said.
"But we are going to emphasise from the start of this tour the importance of keeping our discipline.
"It is a nice reminder that sometimes things happen and you need to take one for the team. If you get whacked and respond, the consequences for the team can be severe.
"We might find a similar situation in Australia if someone is grabbed off the ball and we have to make sure we don't react.
"From our point of view the good thing was that Owen wasn't injured or knocked out.
"I was pleased Brits wasn't sent off, and just given a yellow card. Had they played with 14 men it would have been less of a hit-out for us."
South Africa hooker Brits will appear in front of an independent disciplinary panel on Sunday at 09:00 Hong Kong time (02:00 BST) following the first-half incident.
He later took to Twitter to apologise for his actions, saying: "Lions played very well tonight. Sorry for the over-reaction brother (Owen Farrell), took it too far. Hope you have a great tour."
Gatland, whose men now head to Australia for nine further games culminating in a three-Test series against the Wallabies, declared himself "very pleased" after an eight-try victory against opponents who struggled badly in the oppressive heat and humidity.
Scrum-half Mike Phillips and wing Alex Cuthbert both grabbed a brace of tries, while open-side Justin Tipuric impressed in attack and at the breakdown, and lock Richie Gray and flanker Dan Lydiate both played the full 80 minutes to prove their fitness after recent long lay-offs.
"It was a good run-out, and exactly what we wanted," Gatland added. "It was a lot tougher than the scoreline suggests.
"We probably missed three or four tries when we were guilty of maybe trying to force it, but we kept our composure and the scoreline reflected our dominance in the end.
"It was tough out there. The players said the ball was like a bar of soap, with the humidity and heat.
"There is no-one I was unhappy with in terms of their performance. I thought our control was excellent and our kicking strategy was pretty good. We can't complain.
"It was disappointing to concede a try but going forward, the players who played today have laid down a marker. It was about us putting some foundations in place."
Captain Paul O'Connell described the energy-sapping conditions as "probably the most difficult I have ever played in".
"It was just hard to recover during the game," he added. "You would be huffing and puffing and generally you get a break for a scrum or line-out, but the heart-rate just didn't seem to go down.
"But it is great to have got that game under our belts. We did a lot of good stuff."
Barbarians coach Dai Young, a three-time Lion himself, believes the tourists will go on to beat the Wallabies in the Test series starting in three weeks' time.
"The Lions were very efficient," he said. "I would have thought they will feel there is still room for improvement, but they certainly starved us of possession, both at line-out and scrum.
"We were tackling for large parts of the game, and that was always going to sap our energy, but I thought our commitment was far better than it was against England [when they lost 40-12].
"I expect a Lions [series] victory in Australia - I think they have got too much strength in depth across the board.
"Competition for places is going to be huge, and that is only going to push up the performance levels."
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Greek police say the men - two British citizens and a UK resident - were hiding 22 firearms and 200,000 rounds of ammunition in caravans.
Officials suspect the men - who are of Kurdish origin - were trying to smuggle the weapons to Kurdish fighters in Syria and Iraq, via Turkey.
The UK Foreign Office says it is providing consular assistance.
Two of the men were detained by Greek authorities over the weekend at the entrance to the Greek port of Alexandroupolis - near the border with Turkey.
Another man was arrested near the Kipoi border point on the Evros river.
Appearing in front of the public prosecutor in Alexandroupolis, the men were given 48 hours to prepare statements in their defence.
No names have been released.
BBC correspondent James Reynolds says Greece wants to show it is controlling its borders and it is not "a weapons smuggling highway between Europe and the wars in the Middle East".
A 33-year-old man was winched to safety in Llandygai near Bangor, and a woman was helped by firefighters from her stranded car in Beaumaris, Anglesey.
Meanwhile, a river in Llanrwst, Conwy, burst its banks leaving engineers unable to access cables.
Scottish Power is trying to reconnect 700 homes.
Elsewhere, Arriva Trains Wales cancelled services to Chester after a bus shelter blew on to the tracks in Llanfairfechan, Conwy.
Trains have also been cancelled between Bangor and Holyhead because of flooding at several locations, particularly at Bodorgan on Anglesey.
An inspection of the track will be carried out at 08:00 GMT on Sunday, the company added.
North Wales Police said the driver in Llandygai raised the alarm at about 13:15 GMT on Saturday.
He had been swept downstream near the A5 and was found by the coastguard helicopter on the roof of his car and clinging to a tree.
Meanwhile, wind gusts of 83mph were recorded in Capel Curig, Snowdonia.
Scottish Power said engineers were working to restore supplies, with the worst affected areas in Conwy county and Corwen, Denbighshire.
But he added winds were very high, which was making it difficult for engineers to carry out the repairs in some places.
Faults in the electricity supply have also been reported at Bala, Gwynedd, and Trefriw and Llanrwst in Conwy county.
Natural Resources Wales has issued flood warnings and a Met Office yellow "be aware" warning for wind and rain runs until 09:00 GMT on Sunday.
North Wales Police had to close a number of streets surrounding Mostyn Champneys Retail Park, Llandudno, Conwy, after wind damaged Currys and Home Bargains.
The A477 Cleddau Bridge, Pembrokeshire, remains closed to high-sided vehicles and Arriva Trains Wales has warned of possible disruption on routes including Llandudno Junction to Blaenau Ffestiniog and Shrewsbury to Machynlleth on the Cambrian Line.
The bad weather follows on from Thursday night when fire crews attended a number of flooding incidents across Wales.
In one incident, a man was rescued from the roof of his car after getting stuck in flood water in Swansea, while flooding had closed the A490 in Welshpool, Powys, in both directions.
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The dairy worker agreed to undergo a partial amputation at Dumfries Infirmary in order to return to work as quickly as possible.
A different operation, with a longer recovery time, was carried out instead.
The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman has told NHS Dumfries and Galloway to apologise for the failings it found.
A report concluded the health board's records of the consent process were "inadequate" and that the operation performed had not been the one the patient - named only as Miss C - had consented to.
Instead of a partial amputation, a "terminalisation" had been carried out which involved the surgical shortening of the finger and closure of the wound with stitching.
"The board were unable to explain this, instead maintaining that Miss C had undergone the appropriate surgery," the ombudsman said.
The SPSO also found that the board's investigations of her complaint had been inadequate.
It had failed to identify the lack of records supporting her consent as a concern and failed to obtain a statement from the doctor involved.
In addition, the board's complaint response was found to have misrepresented records of Miss C's interactions with staff and failed to address her concerns about the financial impact of the surgery.
NHS Dumfries and Galloway was ordered to review its processes for obtaining consent and provide training to improve one doctor's communication skills.
It was also told to ensure another doctor reviewed his understanding of the consent process and the definition of a finger terminalisation procedure.
The SPSO sought evidence that both doctors had "reflected on the failings identified" as part of their appraisal process.
NHS Dumfries and Galloway was told to review its handling of the complaint and apologise for its failings.
Simon Brown, 45, was reported missing at 17:00 yesterday after he failed to return to HMP Castle Huntly near Dundee.
He is described as being 5ft 11in tall, bald, of slight build and has brown eyes. He walks with a stoop and a limp.
Brown was last seen in the King Street area of Dundee wearing a black jacket and trousers and a white T-shirt.
He was also carrying a black and grey holdall with a white Puma emblem.
Police Scotland said Brown should not be approached and have urged the public to contact them with any information.
The Toomebridge rider is making the switch after his Aspar Ducati team signed Alvaro Bautista.
Bautista will compete in a GP16 model next year while Laverty faced the prospect of racing the older GP15.
Laverty, who is poised to sign a superbike deal with SMR to ride a new factory Aprilia, said he has "unfinished business" in WorldSBK.
The 30-year-old is currently 11th in the MotoGP standings with 63 points from 11 rounds.
Laverty, who was runner-up in WorldSBK in 2013, had hoped to continue in MotoGP beyond this year but feels he would not be competitive in 2017.
"I kept pushing to try and get a GP16," Laverty told Crash.net.
"But when I knew that my team-mate was going to be on a GP16 and there was just going to be a GP15 [for me] it was a case of head over heart.
"Ultimately it was the competitiveness of the machinery that tipped the balance for me.
"I would really be up against it in MotoGP if I was to continue riding a two-year-old bike, whereas in World Superbikes I will have a bike and team capable of winning races each and every race weekend.
"At the end of the day the very reason I go racing is to win.
"Perhaps I could return to MotoGP one day as World Superbike champion, that really would be something very special."
The Welsh county have signed the 25-year-old fast bowler as their second overseas player for the T20 Blast.
Parnell has played four Tests, 46 one-day internationals and 33 T20 matches for South Africa.
"I know that he will really contribute to our environment and hopefully he can put in some big performances," said Rudolph.
The left-arm seamer's move to Glamorgan is subject to clearance from Cricket South Africa and a successful visa application.
He is due to arrive in Wales ahead of Glamorgan's T20 Blast fixture against Surrey at the Oval on Friday, 15 May.
Parnell will be available for an initial spell of 10 group stage fixtures ending against Somerset at Taunton on 28 June.
He has featured in two World Cups and three World Twenty20 campaigns for the Proteas and played for Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League,
"For a young guy he's got a lot of international experience and he's got a bit of X-factor about his bowling," Rudolph added.
"He's someone that can bowl quickly if he really wants to on his day.
"As a bowling unit he will definitely contribute a lot. He'll take the pressure off some of the other bowlers and he's the perfect fit for us.
"Another bonus is he's opened the batting for his own team back in South Africa in one-day cricket and he's scored hundreds there.
"It's nice to have that kind of balance at the back of our batting line-up as well."
The public service broadcasters TVP and Polish Radio - which have a huge audience - would be controlled by a national media council close to Poland's new conservative government.
The change would enable the government to appoint or dismiss media executives.
There has also been much criticism of changes to the constitutional court.
In October the Law and Justice Party (PiS) won enough votes to govern alone - the first party to achieve that since democracy was restored in 1989.
The public broadcasters would be re-designated as "national cultural institutes" under the new media bill.
The measure was condemned by media freedom organisations, including the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in a joint statement on Wednesday.
They said they were "outraged by the proposed bill, hastily introduced... for immediate adoption, without any consultation, abolishing the existing safeguards for pluralism and independence of public service media governance in Poland".
They said the bill would allow a government minister to "appoint and dismiss... the supervisory and management boards" of public broadcasters.
The European Commission has asked the Polish government to explain the proposed changes, stressing the importance of safeguarding media freedom, in a tweet.
In an open letter to Polish Culture Minister Piotr Glinski and his deputy Krzysztof Czabanski, the Association of European Journalists (AEJ) urged the government to shelve the media bill and delay reforms "until the issues have been fully and publicly aired in an inclusive public debate".
The AEJ said the bill might enable the PiS to make media appointments in line with the party's "priorities and wishes".
The EBU - an alliance of European public broadcasters - has also written to the Polish government, saying it fears that the bill will harm Polish public media and "reduce, rather than enhance the independence of its governance".
According to the EBU, Poland's public TVP has a market share of 30%, "which is significantly higher than the average market share of public service media in Europe", and reaches more than 90% of the Polish population every week.
TVP has two national channels, operates regional services and the satellite network TV Polonia.
Public Polish Radio reaches just over half of the population, with more than 200 radio stations.
On Monday, Poland introduced controversial changes to the constitutional court.
A new law requires the 15-strong court to reach a two-thirds majority with at least 13 members present, in order to pass most of its rulings. The PiS also appointed five judges to the court.
Critics say the changes will undermine democratic checks and balances.
Wallace, 21, has been with the League One side since January and has scored once in 14 appearances.
"We have watched Jed closely at Millwall, and he has enjoyed a very positive impact on the team with his performances," Wolves head coach Kenny Jacket told the club's website.
"We're now keen to get him back and make the step up and bridge the gap to the Championship."
Wallace began his career with Portsmouth before signing for Wolves last May. He will return to Molineux on Thursday having made seven appearances for the club so far.
The company has designed three keyboards in different sizes, with 47, 94 and 120 emoji characters.
There's a special button on the keyboard which you hold down to use emojis.
However these keyboards are only availible in America, and only work with Apple products and Windows 10 at the moment.
It's also unclear how future emoji updates would be included on the keyboard or whether you'd have to buy a new one.
You can however use emojis on Macs and PC's using Windows already.
On a Mac you press Command, Control and the Space Bar and a pop-up should appear with lots of different characters.
And on Windows, press the keyboard symbol in the bottom right of the screen and an emoji keyboard will replace the normal alphabetical one.
The body of the juvenile whale washed ashore on a beach near Bacton on Wednesday.
North Norfolk District Council said it was looking at how to remove the whale, which is beneath the Bacton Gas Terminal site.
The council said its environmental services team hoped to remove the whale "when the tide allows".
A spokeswoman said: "The location of the whale beneath the Bacton Gas Terminal site has caused some difficulty in terms of access, but working with local contractor Renosteel, the teams will be able to use specialist equipment which will be drafted in to bring an end to this sad situation."
Minke whales have a worldwide distribution, travelling vast distances and are the most common cetacean seen around the UK. They can grow up to 10m (33ft) long.
Wildlife officers for marine conservation group ORCA who regularly survey the North Sea saw a total of 39 minke whales in the sea between Britain and the Netherlands from March to September this year.
Germany rejected a Greek request for a six-month extension to its loan programme without austerity reforms, calling it a "Trojan horse" proposal.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 and broader Topix both closed 0.3% up at 18,321 and 1,499.28 respectively.
Trading in the rest of Asia was quiet over the Lunar New Year holiday.
Markets in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam remain closed.
In Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 ended 0.4% lower at 5,881.50 because of a decline in mining and energy stocks. New Zealand stocks rose 0.4% to finish at 5,748.95.
Andrew Kenningham, senior global economist at Capital Economics said a Greek exit from the eurozone would be felt primarily through the financial markets.
"The shock of 'Grexit' finally taking place would be likely to dampen global risk appetite, leading to a sell-off in global equities and some emerging market assets," he wrote in a report.
"On the other hand, there would be an increase in demand for safe havens, including non-euro government bonds and gold."
Gold prices rose by more than 1% and the metal was trading at about $1,208.70 an ounce in the US spot market overnight.
The gallery shut for the £6m revamp in 2011, shortly after celebrating its centenary.
But upgrading the building has been beset with delays.
Swansea council said the gallery will reopen on 15 October, with an exhibition of 10 drawings by Leonardo da Vinci.
Problems started after the original contractors tasked with the renovations, Opco Construction, went into administration in 2013.
The gallery's Grade II-listed status and difficulties working on a busy city centre site also caused further delays.
Funded by the Arts Council of Wales, the Welsh Government, the Heritage Lottery Fund, conservation body Cadw, and Swansea council, the project includes a new lecture theatre, library, exhibition and areas for the conservation of delicate artwork.
An extension will link the 1970s and 1911 sections of the gallery, with a new entrance making the building fully wheelchair accessible for the first time.
The first pieces to be exhibited will be 10 priceless Da Vinci drawings from the late 15th and early 16th centuries, loaned by the Royal Collection.
It is hoped the new-look gallery will attract about 90,000 visitors a year.
Robert Francis-Davies, Swansea council's cabinet member for enterprise, development and regeneration, said: "The completion of this redevelopment and restoration project will make the Glynn Vivian a destination gallery of international significance, right at the heart of a regenerated city centre."
Norfolk Fire Service said it was called to reports of a rubbish fire in Gertrude Road near the Norwich (Central) Freeview and radio transmitter.
It was forced to request the electricity at the transmitter site to be turned off.
It is hoped the TV service will be back on Saturday evening.
The DAB radio service should be restored on Sunday.
Satellite and cable TV, as well as FM radio, are unaffected.
Mr Jonathan's comments seem to suggest that he fears corruption investigations will be launched against his allies, a BBC correspondent says.
He became the first Nigerian leader to give up office, after losing elections to Gen Buhari in March.
Mr Jonathan said some of his friends had "abandoned" him after his defeat.
Gen Buhari, a former military ruler, is due to be inaugurated on 29 May.
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Mr Jonathan was widely praised for accepting defeat rather than plunging Nigeria into a crisis by challenging the election result.
But he said some of his allies were not impressed.
"If you take certain decisions, it might be good for the generality of the people but it might affect some people differently," he said at a church service held on Sunday to thank him for his leadership.
"So, for ministers and aides who served with me, I sympathise with them. They will be persecuted. And they must be ready for that persecution," Mr Jonathan added.
During the election campaign, Gen Buhari pledged to tackle corruption in Nigeria, Africa's main oil producer.
The BBC's Muhammad Kabir Muhammad in the capital, Abuja, says many people want him to live up to the promise by investigating numerous corruption scandals that hit Mr Jonathan's government.
Mr Jonathan became president in 2010 following the death of then-President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua.
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Peter Harte scored a first-half penalty and replacement David Mulgrew added two more goals after the interval.
Tyrone will meet All-Ireland holders Dublin in the semi-finals with Mickey Harte eyeing his fourth Sam Maguire success as Red Hand county manager.
Cathal McCarron of Tyrone was sent-off late on for two yellow cards.
Armagh had three players black-carded on what was a miserable afternoon at Croke Park for Kieran McGeeney's men.
They had gone into the last eight clash as 4-1 outsiders but were expected to give their neighbours a sterner test.
Tyrone, beaten in last year's quarter-finals by Mayo, were on top from the start with Colm Cavanagh landing a lovely point from play in the first minute and Mark Bradley quickly adding two more.
Sean Cavanagh's free and Tiernan McCann's score from play stretched the lead and, when Harte despatched the penalty, 4-1 outsiders Armagh were faced with a massive eight-point deficit.
The penalty was awarded by Meath referee David Gough for James Morgan's foul on Bradley, and Harte's reliable left boot did the rest.
It took Armagh 18 minutes to score their first point, through a Niall Grimley free, and Mark Shields and Rory Grugan also scored before the break.
But Armagh's cause was not helped by the black card issued to centre half-back Shields for hauling down Peter Harte from behind.
Tyrone held a 1-8 to 0-4 at half-time and they piled more misery on Armagh after the break.
Ardboe man Mulgrew, who had been dropped from boss Harte's original team selection, came on as a replacement and made his point with two goals.
He collected a high ball and slipped a cool finish past keeper Blaine Hughes in the 55th minute and eight minutes later raced through to net again.
McCarron's dismissal didn't matter in the grand scheme of things and, because it was for two yellows, he will be available for the semi-final.
The last four clash against Dublin on 27 August promises to be Tyrone's first real test of the 2017 Championship.
Armagh: B Hughes; J Morgan, C Vernon, P Hughes; B Donaghy, M Shields, J McElroy; S Sheridan, N Grimley; R Grugan, C O'Hanlon, A Forker; J Clarke, G McParland, S Campbell.
Tyrone: N Morgan; A McCrory, R McNamee, C McCarron; T McCann, P Hampsey, P Harte; C Cavanagh, C McCann; D McClure, N Sludden, K McGeary; M Bradley, S Cavanagh, M Donnelly.
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Central bank governor John Mangudya said the cash, known as bond notes, will be backed by $200m (£140m) support from the Africa Export-Import Bank.
The specially-designed two, five, 10 and 20 dollar notes will have the same value as their US dollar equivalents.
Zimbabwe introduced the US dollar after ditching its own currency in 2009 following sustained hyperinflation.
Since then Zimbabweans have been using the dollar as well as a number of other foreign currencies including the South African rand and the Chinese yuan.
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But the BBC's Brian Hungwe in the capital, Harare, says that bank customers are not always able to withdraw the amount of US dollars they want because of a shortage of dollar notes in Zimbabwe.
The governor stressed that the issuing of bond notes was not the first step on the way to reintroducing the defunct currency, the Zimbabwe Herald newspaper reports.
Mr Mangudya also introduced a number of other measures to steer people away from using US dollar cash.
This includes setting a $1,000 limit on how much cash can be taken out of the country.
He wants to encourage people to make greater use of the rand since a large portion of Zimbabwe's trade is with South Africa.
But our correspondent says that people are reluctant to hold rands as they are not confident that the currency will maintain its value against the dollar.
He adds that not all shops and traders accept the full range of currencies officially in use.
The central bank brought in so-called bond coins of one, five, 10 and 25 cents, pegged to the US dollar, in 2014.
Mr Mangudya said the bank was still working on a design for the new notes, but they should be in circulation "within the next two months", the Herald reports.
One source at the Iraqi army's Samarra Operations Command said almost 300 IS fighters had been killed in the battle.
There has been no independent confirmation of the reports.
IS fighters seized the northern half of Dhuluiya in June and surrounded the southern half after a local Sunni tribe refused to swear allegiance.
Since then, government forces backed by US-led air strikes have been gradually pushing back the jihadists north and west of the capital.
The operation to break Islamic State's grip on Dhuluiya began on Sunday with air raids by Iraqi helicopter and fighter jets, police and locals said.
Troops and militiamen had taken control of the town centre by Monday afternoon, and IS fighters had been surrounded in small areas to the north-west, Police Capt Khalaf Hammad told the Reuters news agency.
There were reports of fierce clashes overnight. Then by midday, security sources were claiming that the whole of the town was back in the government's hands, and that IS had suffered very heavy casualties when the northern area of Khrazraj was overrun.
A commander of the Badr Brigade, an Iranian-backed Shia militia, also told Iran's Press TV that Dhuluiya was now under full government control.
Gerald Sunnie is alleged to have accepted cheques from the women who had "submitted them on the pretence they had won a substantial monetary prize in a prize draw".
Mr Sunnie denies two charges, which are alleged to have taken place between August 2013 and August 2014.
A trial will take place in July.
Prosecutors allege Mr Sunnie "became concerned in an arrangement which you knew facilitated the acquisition, retention, use or control of criminal property".
Mr Sunnie, 58. is alleged to have taken £32,900 from the three women.
He denied a charge of fraud and another under the Proceeds of Crime Act at Dundee Sheriff Court.
The figures were revealed in a Scottish government survey of numeracy in Scottish schools.
Data showed the percentage of P4 pupils performing well or very well dropped from 76% in 2011 to 69% last year.
The government said it will make an extra £1m available to fund numeracy hubs, to help share good practice.
This is the second comparable National Numeracy Survey.
A total of 10,561 pupils across Scotland in P4, P7 and the second year of secondary school took part.
The proportion of P7 pupils doing well or very well fell from 72% in 2011 to 66% in 2013.
Because this is only the second set of figures, statisticians would caution against drawing a trend. However the drop in the numbers doing well or very well is still likely to raise some concern.
The report's figures also draw attention to the continuing challenge of falling achievement once pupils move to secondary school. In both surveys 42% of S2 pupils were performing well or very well.
The survey also suggested a significant drop in the number of children from the most deprived background in P4 performing well or or very well - down from 70% in 2011 to 61% in 2013.
Minister for Learning Dr Alasdair Allan announced the extra money for numeracy hubs on a visit to Stobhill Primary in Gorebridge in Midlothian.
The funding for numeracy hubs will be increased by £1.02m over three years to a total of £1.2m, to allow creation of additional hubs and the expansion of the current six.
Stobhill Primary is part of the Midlothian and East Lothian Numeracy Academy, which brings together a number of schools that are using a new approach to teaching maths; training teachers as champions who can share best practice in their schools.
The numeracy hubs work in a variety of ways to train teachers in new techniques around maths and to share best practice between local authorities.
Dr Allan explained: "Expanding and accelerating the development of numeracy hubs is an effective way of raising attainment in maths and I am confident that today's announcement will lead to further improvements.
"A range of measures of pupils' attainment in numeracy, such as the latest PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) figures and evidence from recent school inspections, are positive.
"The picture that emerges in these figures is one of very few pupils at P4 or P7 not working within the expected level, yet there is a clear issue by S2.
"We know from other figures that in the later stages of secondary the position improves, with a jump in recent years in the percentage of school pupils leaving with Higher Maths - up from 19% in 2007-08 to 24% in 2011-12."
He added: "We are therefore working across government and with a range of partners to address this issue and give every child in Scotland the best start in life."
Iain Ellis, chairman of the National Parent Forum of Scotland (NPFS) said: "We recognise the crucial importance of numeracy as a skill that opens many doors for a child's future. The role of parents is vital to improving children's skills in this area from an early age.
"The NPFS will work with government and other partners to ensure that parents get the information and support they need to help develop their child's numeracy skills."
He added: "We believe that more can be done if we all work together. We welcome the commitment of the Scottish government to putting in further support for teachers, parents and children."
Scottish Labour MSP Kezia Dugdale said the figures were "a wake-up call for the Scottish government".
"They show a marked drop in the proportion of children who are performing well or very well in numeracy at primary school, and no improvement at S2 level," she said.
"They also reinforce what we already know: pupils who come from the poorest households are lagging well behind those who come from wealthier backgrounds."
Scottish Conservative education spokeswoman Mary Scanlon said the statistics were "further proof that all is not well in Scottish education when it comes to the crucial matter of improving literacy and numeracy.
"The fact there remains a significant drop in competency between primary and secondary school is a real worry and it is also the reason for the large attainment gap between different groups of pupils.
"Time after time, teachers and parents are battling against a system which nurtures mediocrity rather than excellence."
Larry Flanagan, general secretary of the EIS trade union, said the figures highlighted the need for change in the education system.
He said: "Although the drop is relatively small and there are a number of potential mitigating factors, it does serve to underline the point which the EIS has been making, that there remains an ongoing need for additional support to embed Curriculum for Excellence in the primary sector.
"The current focus on the new qualifications has often led to the mistaken believe that the process is complete in primaries when clearly it is not. It's inequitable, for example, that secondary schools have been granted a further additional in-service day but primaries have been denied the same access to professional development opportunities."
He added: "One area, for example, which clearly needs to be looked at, is the transition from primary to secondary, and that needs both sectors to work together. We would call on the Scottish government to treat primary schools fairly and to provide the additional in-service time required."
The parents of Hope Lee had known for months she would have a short lifespan due to a deadly brain and skull condition.
Emma and Andrew Lee, from Newmarket, agreed Hope's kidneys would be made available for transplant.
Mr Lee said: "There's an adult lady out there who is doing very well, so a lot of good has come out of it."
Hope was born at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, last week ahead of her twin brother Josh, as first reported in the Cambridge News.
Her parents found out she had a condition called anencephaly in the 13th week of pregnancy and they rejected having her terminated.
Mr Lee said: "It was a very sad time, but our whole family are signed-up for organ donation.
"We had time to plan everything we wanted to do and the hospital was able to put into action the transplant of the kidneys and some liver cells were taken as well."
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Hope's father said if they had not planned it in advance, they might not have been able to go through with the organ donation plan after Hope was born.
"Just before she died she bent her fingers around my finger and I broke down," he said.
"Seventy four minutes isn't long, but it has given us a chance for a bit of closure."
Sally Johnson, NHS Blood and Transplant director, said: "It is exceptionally rare for very young babies to become organ donors.
"We are very grateful to Emma and Andrew for making such a courageous decision and to offer a chance of life to others at a time of personal loss."
Teddy Houlston of Cardiff was the previous youngest organ donor in the UK after he died about 100 minutes after his birth in in 2014.
The closure of Hawarden, Mancot and Queensferry libraries was agreed last year, partly due to funding cuts.
But a group, Friends of Mancot Library, has been set up to to operate the existing building as a community library from March.
The new library opens on 29 February and the others shut on different days.
William Paterson is alleged to have repeatedly shot and killed 29-year-old Mr Carroll outside Asda, in the city's Robroyston area, on 13 January 2010.
He is also accused of fleeing to Spain 10 days later "to avoid arrest, prosecution and conviction".
Mr Paterson denies all the charges against him and has lodged two special defences of alibi and incrimination.
The trial is taking place at the High Court in Glasgow.
An excerpt from a telephone call made by Mr Paterson to his girlfriend Sarah Maguire from prison in October last year was played to the court.
In it he was heard telling her that he had been served with his indictment and that there were 350 witnesses on the list, including her father.
Giving evidence to the jury, Miss Maguire's father Kevin Maguire, 70, told the court that Mr Paterson was in a relationship with his daughter and before going to Spain in January 2010 sometimes stayed at their house.
Det Sgt Grant Durie, who searched the house where Miss Maguire lived with her father in Cumbernauld, also gave evidence.
He told the court he was the crime scene manager and that during the search a bulletproof vest was found under the bed in Miss Maguire's room.
Advocate depute Iain McSporran asked if it was if it was "unusual" to find it and he said it was.
The prosecutor asked how many times he had previously come across a bulletproof vest during searches and he replied: "That was the first time, sir."
The officer also told the court that Kevin Carroll had the nickname "Gerbil".
He confirmed that a man called Ross Monaghan had been arrested and charged with Mr Carroll's murder.
It is claimed - while masked and acting with others - Mr Paterson repeatedly discharged loaded handguns at 29-year-old Mr Carroll shooting him on the head and body.
The 35-year-old is also accused of attempting to defeat the ends of justice.
The indictment claims that on 23 January 2010 he boarded a flight from Glasgow to Malaga "to avoid arrest, prosecution and conviction".
Mt Paterson further faces a number of firearms charges as well as another accusation of attempting to defeat the ends of justice.
He is also said to have been involved in the reset of a car or an alternative accusation of being in the vehicle knowing it had been taken without consent.
Mr Paterson denies all the charges and has incriminated six other people, including Ross Monaghan, and lodged a special defence of alibi claiming he was at his girlfriend's house in Cumbernauld on the day of the murder.
The trial before judge Lord Armstrong continues.
The W07 hybrid, with which Mercedes are aiming for a third consecutive title double and Lewis Hamilton a drivers' hat-trick, was unveiled on Sunday.
Technical chief Paddy Lowe said: "Our priority has been to identify the areas we were weakest and improve them.
"There were a lot of things that needed improving for 2016."
World champion Hamilton will drive the new car at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain on Monday when pre-season testing gets under way.
Lowe pointed to the races Mercedes did not win last year - particularly Singapore, where they suffered a bizarrely uncompetitive weekend - as motivation to take a step forward with the car.
"While the car may look very similar to its predecessor from the outside, underneath there are quite a lot of mini-revolutions that make up an overall evolution for the new season," said Mercedes' executive director (technical).
Mercedes have dominated since F1 switched to turbo hybrid power-units in 2014 and Mercedes engine boss Andy Cowell said the company had made a "good step" in performance over the winter.
He said a decision by governing body the FIA to loosen the restrictions on engine development from last year to this had meant Mercedes "haven't had to restrict any of our development activity to a specific area".
He added: "Anything which could yield a decent efficiency improvement - and therefore a decent performance improvement - has been explored and we're now working to make sure our package is sufficiently durable in time for Melbourne."
Monday sees the first of two four-day pre-season tests ahead of the start of the new season in Australia on 20 March.
Hamilton will drive the car on Monday, with the world champion and team-mate Nico Rosberg alternating over the remaining days of the test.
The new Mercedes has already turned its first laps in a brief test at Silverstone on Friday, where Hamilton and Rosberg both drove the car.
The club confirmed the 23-year-old has "a grade two injury in the left thigh muscle" - but did not specify a timeline for his return.
But Spanish media report that he will miss the San Siro final, and is a doubt for France's first Euro 2016 match.
Les Bleus face Romania in the tournament opener on Friday, 10 June.
France have called Sevilla defender Adil Rami into their training squad.
G&J Jack is blaming fish landing quotas and a general downturn in the industry for the decision.
It will shut by the end of the year, following unsuccessful attempts to sell the company.
The company was described as "one of Scotland's most respected and successful fish processing companies".
A statement said: "For four generations, G&J Jack has been delivering high quality fish to customers throughout Europe.
"However, the decline in the industry has been significant over the last two decades, with the white fish sector in which G&J Jack operates being affected by reduced fish stocks and quota availability.
"The Jack family, who own and operate the company, have tried various strategies in order to sustain long-term trading and safeguard the workforce.
"Attempts to sell the business as a going concern have not proved successful, despite recent interest.
"It is regretted that all staff will be made redundant."
Chartered Accountants Meston Reid have been dealing with the closure proceedings.
The broadcaster tweeted that she was "absolutely thrilled" to have been chosen to be the show's lead presenter from 17 October.
Jonathan Samuels said he was "hugely excited" to be appointed Mee's co-host.
Mee, who began her career at Sky as a runner for Sky Sports, added: "Taking over from Eamonn is a real honour. Live news is always such a thrill."
The 38-year-old has also worked for ITV as a sports reporter and presenter in the Midlands.
She returned to Sky in 2008, and viewers have seen her hosting Saturday Night Football and Cricket AM on the Sky Sports channel.
Stephen Dixon will continue to host Sunrise from Friday to Sunday alongside co-host Isabel Webster.
Holmes announced he was leaving Sunrise earlier this month after 11 years presenting the breakfast show.
The 56-year-old said he wanted to "step away" in order to "produce and present a number of documentary projects".
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Ryan Morse, from Brynithel, Blaenau Gwent, died on 8 December 2012 from Addison's disease.
Prof Ieuan Hughes said this could have been prevented if a basic examination was done and he was sent to hospital.
Dr Joanne Rudling, 46, of Cardiff, and Dr Lindsey Thomas, 42, of Tredegar, deny manslaughter.
Prof Hughes, a consultant paediatrician, told Cardiff Crown Court he would have expected Ryan to survive, given emergency treatment, up until a few hours before his death.
And another medical expert, Dr Leonard Peter said the care both doctors gave Ryan fell far below expected standards.
Earlier, the court heard Ryan's mother twice phoned Abernant Surgery in Abertillery the day before he died.
On 7 December at 08:55 GMT, she spoke to Dr Thomas about Ryan's sickness and diarrhoea and said he was too weak to make it to the surgery.
Mrs Morse phoned the surgery again at 17:45 GMT and spoke to Dr Rudling after she noticed parts of his skin had turned "completely black" but was told it was hormonal changes due to puberty.
Prof Hughes said: "In my view, if Ryan had been admitted to hospital on the morning of 7 December and received satisfactory resuscitation, I would have expected him to survive."
He said he believed Ryan's life could also have been saved if he had been sent to hospital when Dr Rudling spoke to him and even up until 23:00.
He died shortly afterwards and Carol Morse woke at 04:15 GMT on 8 December to find him cold and lifeless on the sofa.
Ryan first fell ill in July 2012 and weighed just 4st 11lb (30kg) at the time of his death.
Dr Peter told the court Dr Rudling should have weighed Ryan when she saw him on 7 November, a month before he died and on 21 November at a follow-up appointment, as Ryan's mother had mentioned his weight loss.
He said: "That complaint would have led any reasonably competent GP to weigh Ryan to see if he was below what was expected of a child of his age and height."
He said Dr Thomas had also missed several "red flag" symptoms when she spoke to Mrs Morse on the phone on 7 December and should have visited Ryan in person or arranged for him to be taken to A&E.
His symptoms included Ryan suffering from diarrhoea, being delirious and being unable to stand or walk.
He said: "Delirium in a 12 year old is not something I have ever experienced in 41 years as a GP except in a child with sepsis or meningitis- it's an extraordinarily unusual symptom.
"Taken together these symptoms should have given a strong warning for an overwhelming infection such as septicaemia or meningitis or metabolic problems like diabetes or indeed Addison's, although I would not have expected her to diagnose Addison's."
He said advising Ryan's mother to see how he was in a couple of hours was not appropriate as if he had had an infection, he could have fallen dangerously ill within that time.
The court heard an intravenous drip to rehydrate Ryan and boost his salt levels plus medication to raise his blood pressure could have saved him.
If his adrenal gland had been irreversibly damaged, he would have then needed oral medication for life, Prof Hughes added.
The trial continues.
But Cardiff Metropolitan University football team's players have not earned a penny despite securing promotion to the Welsh Premier League.
In fact the students, winners of Welsh League Division One, have to pay for the privilege of playing.
"They actually have to pay us £150 subscription each season and that's what funds our football budget for the year," director of football and former Wales international Dr Christian Edwards said.
"First and foremost they're at the university to study and they have to be good students in order to get their degrees and then it's their football life and their social life.
"They really do sacrifice a lot and a lot of these players are in their fifth, sixth year with us.
"Charlie Corsby is a PhD student and we've got a few Masters students. These players are not only developing as football players but developing as academics."
Cardiff Metropolitan University, then known as UWIC, merged with League of Wales founder members Inter Cardiff in 2000.
The students had failed to gain promotion to the Welsh Premier the previous season when they lost out to Haverfordwest County on the final day of the campaign.
Edwards said the disappointment of missing out spurred the team on to go one better this season and they secured their place win a 3-0 win at Taffs Well.
"We sowed the seed in pre-season discussing about the one goal and we carried that throughout the season," Edwards told BBC Wales Sport.
"Barry Town pushed us very hard, Goytre pushed us very hard. We're glad we came out on top."
Success on the pitch alone could not have secured promotion to the Welsh Premier League with the University investing in infrastructure and facilities to secure the required FAW domestic licence.
Edwards recognises how tough a task his side face in Welsh football's top flight next season but added they were not daunted by the prospect.
"We've played a couple of Welsh Premier League teams in the past few seasons in the Welsh Cup and in large parts of those games we've accounted ourselves very well," he said.
"We don't think we're going to be ripping up any trees but we certainly think we can compete.
"The journey that we started some six years ago is one that is progressive and we always believe we are arriving somewhere rather than arrived."
Caerphilly-born Edwards, who started his career at Swansea City, won one cap for Wales against Switzerland in 1996 when he came on as a substitute for current national team boss Chris Coleman.
Edwards also played for, among others, Nottingham Forest and Bristol Rovers before retiring from professional football at the age of 30.
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The central defender spent four seasons with Welsh Premier League side Aberystwyth Town, including a spell as caretaker manager in 2009.
A member of the teaching staff of Cardiff Metropolitan University's School of Sport since 2010, he combined his roles as lecturer and director of football with his own academic studies.
"It was a natural step when I retired in 2006 to go back to academia," Edwards said.
"My wife said I could never retire and become somebody who did DIY.
"I was never going to get a job like that so the next thing for me was to study. I always enjoyed studying even when I played.
"When I was at Swansea as a youngster I did my A Levels and If I hadn't been fortunate to be a professional football player I think I would have been a PE teacher."
Promotion to the Welsh Premier League has not been the only highlight for Edwards this year as in January he was awarded a doctorate by the University.
"The intention was a three-year degree and a PGCE and move on but the pathway allowed me to do a Masters degree and then I was fortunate to undertake a PhD," Edwards said.
"Another door opened and a job came with it and it's been fantastic. I never set out to gain a Doctorate.
"My thesis was based around the culture of the football club so I owe a lot to the football team, the players and the coaching staff in helping me gain my doctorate."
The group said one of its militants set off the car bomb among "rafidis" - a derogatory term for Shia Muslims.
The attack comes just days after rebels began evacuating the area under a ceasefire deal with the government.
IS has been expanding towards Homs in recent months.
"Abu Ahmed al-Homsi parked his car in the Zahra neighbourhood and exploded it among the 'rafidis' before detonating his explosives belt," IS said in a statement.
It claimed to have carried out two blasts, killing more than 25 people and wounding 70. Officials say 16 people were killed in a single explosion.
The vehicle used was filled with 150kg (330lb) of explosives and caused a gas cylinder to blow up in a nearby shop shortly after, the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency (Sana) said.
The first bomb exploded near a hospital in the al-Zahra area on Saturday, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said.
Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi condemned the attacks, saying they would "not discourage the Syrian people", according to Sana.
Government forces were able to tighten control of Homs following the implementation of a UN-backed truce deal in al-Wair, the last rebel-held area in the city.
About 700 people, made up of rebels and their families, are thought to have left Homs and travelled to rebel-held areas of Idlib province on Wednesday.
Fighters linked to al-Qaeda were among those due to leave, but moderate groups who accepted the ceasefire were expected to remain.
The procession marked the start of three official days of mourning for Havel, who died on Sunday aged 75.
Many applauded as the hearse carrying the dissident playwright, who led the 1989 overthrow of communism, passed through Prague's historic centre.
A state funeral for the first Czech president is to take place on Friday.
Royal route
Havel's coffin was carried in a hearse, followed by members of his family and an estimated 10,000 people, many dressed in black.
By Rob CameronBBC News, Prague
This is a country in mourning for the first post-communist president of the Czech Republic.
In the city's medieval centre, a crowd of mourners followed his coffin up the steep hill. Many more people stood by the side, watching the procession pass.
Many are still struggling to come to terms with Havel's death. Local people have told me that he was unique and that they felt he will always be their president.
He was, they say, the man who led the demonstrations in November 1989 and then led the country back to Europe.
Many towns and cities have already asked to name squares and streets after him.
"Mr Havel was a model of a man who longs to live in truth and in harmony with his inner conscience, and who is not afraid to suffer for that," Jaroslav Mino, who came from eastern Slovakia for the event, told Agence France Presse.
The procession through the heart of the medieval Old Town following what is known as the Royal Route - used by kings and emperors for centuries.
Among the crowd was Havel's secretary during the 1990s, Martina Smith.
"It's a personal affair for me. I wanted to bid farewell and accompany him on this journey," she said, according to AFP.
At the barracks of the Castle Guard, the coffin was draped in the Czech flag and placed on a gun carriage drawn by six horses accompanied by soldiers in ceremonial uniform for the short journey to Prague Castle.
Life of Vaclav Havel in pictures
The carriage is the same one that bore the coffin of Tomas Garrigue Masaryk, Czechoslovakia's first president after it was founded in 1918.
It now lies inside the 15th-century Vladislav Hall from where current President Vaclav Klaus - who often clashed with Havel on the direction of the country after communism - described his predecessor as a "remarkable personality" and a "brave man of firm opinions" who is "difficult to classify".
"He became a symbol of changes under way and people projected their hopes in him," he said.
Friday's funeral, at St Vitus Cathedral in Prague, will be the Czech Republic's first state funeral since independence and is expected to be attended by dignitaries from around the world.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, whose husband, Bill, visited a jazz club as president with the late Czech leader in 1994, is expected to attend, as is the Czech-born former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
Heads of state or government from France, Germany, Israel and Austria and leaders from across eastern Europe, including Georgia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Lithuania are also expected to attend.
Vaclav Havel became president of Czechoslovakia in 1989 after the fall of communism. When Slovakia split in 1993, he remained Czech leader until 2003.
Having suffered from respiratory problems for many years, he died on Sunday at his country home in Hradecek, north-east of Prague.
Jurors heard Shana Grice contacted the Sussex force over months - but at one stage was given a fixed penalty notice.
Miss Grice, 19, was found with her throat slit in her bedroom, which was set alight in Portslade, East Sussex, last August.
Michael Lane, 27, denies murder.
The prosecution gave a timeline of when police were contacted.
Jurors heard Miss Grice told police in February she was being stalked and Mr Lane had hid outside her home, sent unwanted flowers, and left a note on her new boyfriend's car which said "Shana will always cheat on you".
In March, Mr Lane denied a claim he had assaulted the teenager by pulling her hair and trying to grab her phone, and he showed police messages from Miss Grice saying she wanted to be with him, the court was told.
But the court was told Miss Grice was given a fixed penalty notice for failing to disclose she had been in a relationship with him, and for "having caused wasteful employment of police by making a false report", while no further action was taken against Mr Lane.
On 9 July, Mr Lane, of Thornhill Rise, Portslade, was cautioned and told to stay away from Miss Grice after he stole a key and let himself into her home to watch her sleep, the court was told.
The next day, Miss Grice reported receiving several calls from a withheld number, including one with heavy breathing, but the court heard Miss Grice was told there were no further lines of inquiry and the case would be left on file.
On 12 July, Miss Grice told police she had been followed by Mr Lane, but the court heard police treated the incident as "low risk".
Opening the defence case, Simon Russell Flint QC asked Mr Lane directly whether he murdered Miss Grice and the defendant replied: "No."
Mr Lane said he had taken Miss Grice's key and let himself in because he wanted to "find out why we ended so abruptly".
He said he was not responsible for letting down Miss Grice's tyres, or making phone calls, but he admitted leaving the note on her boyfriend's car and fitting a tracker device to Miss Grice's car.
He also told the court two days before her death, he had sex with Miss Grice at her home before meeting her in a hotel.
Mr Lane told the court that he had found Miss Grice's body but went into shock and "didn't know what to do".
He said it did not cross his mind to dial 999, and he did not touch her to check whether she was still alive.
He said he had gone round to find out why she had not left for work but found the front door open and he added: "I saw her slumped against the bed. She wasn't moving. I saw blood on the bed and blood on the floor.
"She was in her dressing gown. I thought she was dead. I didn't know what to do."
He said he saw no signs of fire and denied torching the room, and he told the court he had bought petrol because he wanted to kill himself because of depression following his grandfather's death.
He said he went home, told none of his family about the discovery, and "didn't want to get the blame".
Mr Lane said he showered and went to get a lottery ticket checked, but noticed blood on his trainers.
After hearing sirens, he hid his trainers and got rid of a T-shirt, he added.
Jurors heard he went to the dentist and then went to work before being arrested.
Mr Lane admitted in court that he told lies in police interviews.
The trial was adjourned until Monday.
Initial reports from Ko Chang indicate Rachel Turner Brown drowned. A full post-mortem examination is due to be carried out.
Mrs Turner Brown and her husband Stefan Brown, from Wolverhampton in the West Midlands, travelled to the country on 12 May.
Mr Brown said on social media that he was "in absolute tatters, still in shock, [it has] not sunk in yet".
The couple had planned to spend seven weeks touring Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.
They had been staying at Sofia Gardens Resort in Ko Chang, an island in the Gulf of Thailand's eastern seaboard, about 190 miles (310 km) from Bangkok and near the border with Cambodia.
The Foreign Office said: "We can confirm the death of a British national on 17 May in Thailand. We are providing consular support to the family."
Police believe the 41-year-old was assaulted and robbed and they have issued an appeal for information.
The man was discovered by a member of the public on the path behind Thorntreeside, near Easter Road, at around 23:20 on Sunday.
He was taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh where police said he was in a serious condition.
DC Andy Cory said: "The victim has sustained serious head injuries during the incident and we are now looking to establish what exactly happened and who was involved.
"Anyone who remembers seeing any suspicious activity in the Easter Road area prior to 23:20 on Sunday evening is asked to contact police immediately.
"We would also urge anyone with any further information relevant to this investigation to also get in touch."
The party took 48 of the 63 seats up for grabs in Rotherham in the first election since the authority was put under government control in 2015.
Meanwhile, in Sheffield, Labour has so far secured 56 of the 84 seats to give it an unassailable majority, with the Lib Dems taking 20 seats.
In Barnsley Labour took 19 of the 21 seats with the Barnsley Independent Group claiming the remaining two.
In Rotherham, UKIP gained two seats to take their total to 14, though group leader Caven Vines lost his seat in Rawmarsh.
Sole Conservative councillor Chris Middleton lost his seat in Sitwell ward, while Rotherham child sex abuse whistleblower Jayne Senior was elected in the Valley ward for Labour.
Clive Jepson was elected as an Independent in Anston and Woodsetts ward, where 19-year-old Katherine Wilson was elected for Labour.
Councillor Chris Read, leader of the Labour group, said: "It's a really pleasing result. It's a vote of confidence from the public of Rotherham and the changes that we're making, a chance to have another four years to see them through."
Mr Read said he was pleased Ms Senior had decided to stand for Labour adding: "Who better to be part of our team tackling Child Sexual Exploitation than Jayne who has been at the forefront of that fight for so long."
He described Miss Wilson as a "fierce campaigner" who would bring a "fresh attitude, a new approach and real enthusiasm" to the party.
In Sheffield, Kieran Harpham, the son of former Labour MP for Sheffield Hillsborough and Brightside Harry Harpham who died from cancer in February, followed in his father's footsteps by being elected as a Labour councillor for Sharrowvale and Broomhill.
Elsewhere, former council leader Lord Scriven was elected as a Liberal Democrat councillor for Sharrowvale and Broomhill.
The Greens and UKIP both took four seats.
The jobs are in technology, finance and consulting with average salaries set at around £30,000.
Invest NI is providing about £2.5m in support.
The company plans to invest more than £30m over the next five years
It is the second significant announcement by the company in Northern Ireland within the past 18 months.
Senior partner, Jackie Henry, said it was a proud day.
"This significant investment tells the world in Northern Ireland we have the skills, the wherewithal and the ambition to succeed in globally competitive markets."
Ms Henry said that the support the company got from government was a key factor in the decision.
"The excellent performance of the Belfast Technology Studio since it was set up in 2011, together with the support from government, made Northern Ireland stand out as the best place to grow this aspect of our business."
The First Minister, Peter Robinson, welcomed the expansion.
"It is testament to the quality of the Northern Ireland workforce and the confidence that Deloitte has in Northern Ireland that this internationally renowned company has decided to not only expand once, but twice here."
The Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness, said it was a strong endorsement of the economy.
"These jobs demonstrate Deloitte's confidence that the north of Ireland is the best place to grow this sector of their business and is recognition of the hard work, dedication, skills and expertise of our workforce."
In May last year Deloitte said it was initially creating 177 jobs, but indicated that the workforce would be increased.
Deloitte offers a range of audit, tax, consulting and corporate finance services to clients across the public and private sectors from offices in the UK and the Republic of Ireland.
Cotter has has made five changes from the side that beat Argentina last weekend.
''The players took it on board when we said we want to make our selections as hard as possible," Cotter said.
"This team selection is probably the toughest we've had as a coaching team."
The changes see Mark Bennett replacing the injured Huw Jones at centre, Ross Ford coming in at hooker for Fraser Brown, fit-again Richie Gray displacing Grant Gilchrist in the second-row, with Rob Harley and Ryan Wilson coming into the back-row in place of Magnus Bradbury and John Barclay.
''Players who were left out should feel quite rightly annoyed that they were left out and that's a good thing," Cotter continued.
"They need to make it as hard for us as they can. Depth is important to us, games are getting more attritional, more and more physical and you need depth.
''If you are going to play at the top level of world rugby you need depth, and that's something these young guys can offer. They are coming through from academies, they are getting well coached and they are getting good strength and conditioning programs and learning technically how to get better.
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''Combining skill and power is very important and if we can have young players forcing there way through, that's a good thing.
''We're hoping that at selection time at the Six Nations things will be tough.''
Bennett missed the summer tour of Japan to represent the silver medal-winning Team GB squad in the rugby sevens at the Rio Olympics.
His performances last year saw him nominated for World Rugby's breakthrough player of the year award, but his form has dipped since the World Cup.
Huw Jones has caught the eye in the autumn tests, producing a memorable two-try performance on his home debut against Australia before conjuring a moment of brilliance to lay on a try for Sean Maitland against Argentina.
The Stormers centre misses the Georgia match with an injury picked up in the act of laying on that try, but Jones' misfortune is Bennett's opportunity.
''I'm absolutely delighted to be back in squad," the Glasgow Warriors centre said. "Huw's been playing well.
"I have the opportunity to go out and stake a claim to keep the shirt. The competition in the squad is huge.
"I need to do my best to keep my place, I need to be outstanding."
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Coigach Community Development Company's turbine is believed to be the first large community-owned turbine in mainland Highlands.
Power generated is sold to the National Grid.
The company, which is supported by Highlands and Islands Enterprise, hopes to raise £2m over 20 years to help support local projects.
Often referred to by the name of its main village, Achiltibuie, the Coigach Peninsula covers 38,301 acres (15,500 ha) including around 20 small islands known as the Summer Isles.
The peninsula has a population of about 271 people.
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The 26-year-old, who joined from non-league team Hednesford in 2012, started 32 league games last season.
"I need to 'buckle down' on my consistency," said Clements.
"I want to cement a place [in the team], get more goals than I did last season and help the team gain promotion. We have a good chance of having a good season."
The length of the contract has not been revealed.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
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Mansfield Town midfielder Chris Clements has signed a new contract with the League Two side.
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