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An International Cricket Council (ICC) board meeting backed Australia's plan to host the events six months apart.
All five previous women's World T20s have been staged in parallel with the men's events, with semi-finals and finals played as double-headers.
"Women's cricket is undoubtedly gaining in popularity," said Cricket Australia chairman David Peever.
"We felt that by separating the two events we could accelerate that growth."
The women's tournament in 2020 will now take place in February and March, with the men's in October and November.
There is already a standalone women's event scheduled for 2018 in the West Indies, with the ICC yet to confirm a host for the men's tournament in 2018 which was only recently restored to the schedule.
While double-headers have raised the profile of the women's game, they have often meant women's semi-finals and finals played in half-empty stadiums while the crowd gradually arrives for the men's games.
Australia are confident about the marketability of a women-only tournament after the success of the inaugural Women's Big Bash League (WBBL), which found an audience on free-to-air Australian television last winter.
Peever, also chairman of the ICC's governance committee, added: "Having the ICC Women's World Twenty20 as a standalone event means we can hold it in stadiums that we can fill, put it on TV at prime-time and ensure it has the space to be promoted away from the shadow of the men's game.
"WBBL has taught us that there is an audience for women's cricket both live and on prime-time television and this decision means we have the opportunity to hold the biggest women's sporting event ever held in Australia."
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Stuart Bousie, who was riding a yellow Piaggio Vespa, died at the scene of the accident on the A914 near Kettlebridge at 10:50 on Sunday. No other vehicles were involved.
The road was closed for more than four hours while accident investigators worked at the scene.
The family of Mr Bousie, who was from the St Andrews area, said they were "saddened and shocked" by his death.
In a statement released through Police Scotland, the family said: "He was a much-loved son of Margaret, father to Emma and Laura and husband to Katherine and he will be greatly missed by his family and all who knew him.
"He was an avid member of the Lone Sharks Scooter Club and was coming home from a great weekend at his first scooter rally of the year when he tragically lost his life.
"We are grateful for all the kind messages and support we have received at this very difficult time and wish to be left in private to mourn our loss"
Police Scotland have appealed for witnesses to the accident to come forward.
Sgt Ewan Pearce, of Glenrothes road policing department, said: "This collision has tragically resulted in the death of a man.
"The scooter is a very distinctive yellow and I would urge anyone who saw it prior to the incident or was on the A914 near to Kettlebridge around this time and witnessed the collision to contact us immediately."
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Survivors UK said the money, over three years, will allow it to reach out to more victims to make them aware of a "safe space where they can get help".
Paul Scates, a sex abuse survivor, said the charity gave him "validation" and was "like a fourth emergency service".
Conservative London Assembly member Kemi Badenoch, who lobbied for the funds, said the "taboo" needs tackling.
A report called Silent Suffering, published last November by Ms Badenoch, estimates about 92,000 rapes and sex attacks were not reported to Met Police between 2010 and 2014.
Chief executive of Survivors UK, Keith Best, said the funding signifies a genuine need for support for male victims.
"We are only seeing the tip of the iceberg," he said.
"What we are seeing is that in many institutions, like schools, prisons and care homes, sex abuse is a potential problem."
The abuse has an "enormous knock-on effect" with post-traumatic stress, feelings of shame and guilt which leads to breakdown in relationships.
Mr Best said the charity had received £52,666 since 2012, but the funding was coming to an end in April. He now wants to develop its work in prisons.
"It is part of a joke in some cultures, particularly in male-dominated institutions," he added.
"We want to enable survivors to realise that there is a safe space where they can come and get help."
Mr Scates was abused from the age of eight until 16 by a "charismatic" married man who was introduced to his family by a relative.
"He groomed my family and me for three years before getting physical. It stopped when I tried to end my life."
Mr Scates said he was "lucky" to get therapy from the NHS and found Survivors UK three years ago.
"Wounds heal but scars remain forever. When you are abused it is like a life sentence and you live with it but with support you go from being a victim to a survivor," he said.
Ms Badenoch said: "Male rape is a rarely mentioned taboo.
"No victim of rape or sexual assault should feel they have nowhere to turn and be made to suffer in silence."
Wimbledon's pressure finally paid off with almost the last kick of the game when Elliott finished superbly - only to be shown a second yellow card for over-celebrating the goal.
Ricky Holmes' excellent free-kick looked to have been the difference between the two sides as he curled home expertly after Joe Aribo had been fouled.
Aribo almost doubled the Addicks' lead five minutes later but his effort curled just the wrong side of the post.
The hosts finished the half better and goalscorer Holmes was lucky not to see red after a horror tackle on Lyle Taylor was deemed only a caution by referee Carl Boyeson.
Lee Novak spurned a glorious chance to double Charlton's lead just after the break, a miss he was made to pay for as Elliott popped up for his 12th goal of the season in dramatic circumstances, only to be sent off before the final whistle.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, AFC Wimbledon 1, Charlton Athletic 1.
Second Half ends, AFC Wimbledon 1, Charlton Athletic 1.
Second yellow card to Tom Elliott (AFC Wimbledon) for excessive celebration.
Goal! AFC Wimbledon 1, Charlton Athletic 1. Tom Elliott (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tyrone Barnett.
Foul by Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Charlton Athletic).
Jake Reeves (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Josh Magennis (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Lyle Taylor (AFC Wimbledon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jordan Botaka (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lyle Taylor (AFC Wimbledon).
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Tyrone Barnett replaces Dominic Poleon.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Chris Solly.
Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Stephy Mavididi replaces Ricky Holmes.
Attempt missed. Jake Reeves (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Andrew Crofts (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Lyle Taylor (AFC Wimbledon).
Jorge Teixeira (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Lyle Taylor (AFC Wimbledon).
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Jorge Teixeira.
Attempt blocked. Lyle Taylor (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Jordan Botaka replaces Tony Watt.
Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Jake Reeves.
Attempt missed. Dominic Poleon (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high.
Tom Elliott (AFC Wimbledon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Tom Elliott (AFC Wimbledon).
Chris Solly (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Andy Barcham (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Chris Solly (Charlton Athletic).
Sean Kelly (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Joe Aribo (Charlton Athletic).
Attempt missed. Lyle Taylor (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Ricky Holmes (Charlton Athletic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt saved. Tony Watt (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Josh Magennis replaces Lee Novak.
Foul by Jake Reeves (AFC Wimbledon).
Tony Watt (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Lee Novak (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Foul by Lyle Taylor (AFC Wimbledon).
Jorge Teixeira (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Paul Robinson (AFC Wimbledon) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Maman Sidikou, the head of the AU in Somalia, apologised to the families of the seven people killed in the attack.
The AU had previously denied that the incident took place.
According to the campaign group Human Rights Watch, AU troops from Uganda began shooting at men at a wedding party after coming under fire.
Witnesses said that the troops entered several houses in Merca, 70km (45 miles) south of the capital Mogadishu, after a grenade attack on their convoy.
Mr Sidikou admitted on Friday that seven civilians had been killed.
"We have established that, on that occasion, seven civilians died following an incident involving our troops," he said in a statement.
"I would like, on behalf of the African Union, to offer my sincere apology for these deaths. We regret these deaths," he added.
The three AU soldiers have now been indicted and are waiting to be arraigned, according to the statement.
"I have instituted a board of inquiry composed of military, civilian and police officers who are not from the contingent concerned in order to ensure impartiality," Mr Sidikou said.
Witnesses described the incident to Human Rights Watch.
"At one house, where the Moalim Iidey family was celebrating a wedding, the soldiers separated the men from the women and shot the six adult men - four brothers, their father, and an uncle," HRW said in a statement.
"Four died immediately, one brother hid under a bed after being shot but later died, and the father died during the night after the soldiers allegedly refused to allow the family to take him to the hospital," it said.
HRW says witnesses also allege that 11 civilians were killed by AU troops on 21 July in Merca.
None of the survivors of the two alleged incidents spoken to by Human Rights Watch have yet been interviewed by AU investigators, the rights group said.
AU troops have been in the Somalia since 2007 helping various UN-backed governments fight the al-Shabab militant group.
"Our soldiers are operating in a very complex environment," Mr Sidikou said in the AU statement.
"We will continue to appeal to our host communities to facilitate the work of our troops in the fight against al Shabab."
The algorithm, known as SHA-1, will stop being supported by web browsing programs during 2016.
Its replacement - SHA-2 - will not be compatible with older web browsers.
Facebook said many of those exposed when SHA-1 is retired live in regions where web use is closely watched.
"We don't think it's right to cut tens of millions of people off from the benefits of the encrypted internet," wrote Alex Stamos, Facebook's chief security officer in a blogpost.
Statistics gathered by Facebook suggest that 3-7% of all web browsers are so old that they cannot use SHA-2.
SHA-1 is used in a lot of security measures as a guarantee of identity and to conceal what people do online. But the cost of mounting an attack has fallen sharply recently so it has become much more straightforward for attackers to impersonate websites and spy on data.
Security firm Cloudflare has also issued warnings about the retirement of SHA-1 and drawn up a list of the nations where older browsers that cannot work with the new version are most prominent.
"Unfortunately, this list largely overlaps with lists of the poorest, most repressive, and most war-torn countries in the world," said Matthew Prince, co-founder of Cloudflare in a blogpost.
"In other words, after 31 December most of the encrypted web will be cut off from the most vulnerable populations of internet users who need encryption the most," he said.
Both Facebook and Cloudflare have called for changes to the way that web browsers handle SHA-1 once it is retired. The proposal would mean SHA-1 would still be used for those using a browser that cannot use the updated algorithm.
Modern browsers that are updated to their most recent version will support SHA-2.
Both firms have called on the body that draws up browser security standards, known as the CA/Browser Forum, to support its proposal to operate a two-tier system. The CA/Browser Forum has yet to respond.
The goalkeeper, 34, has extended his stay at the club until the summer of 2020 and does not want that to be the end of his playing career.
"I'm very hopeful this won't be my last contract, whether that's here or somewhere else," Gordon said.
"I want to play at the highest level as long as possible and I'm hopeful that's beyond the end of this contract."
And he added: "I don't see any reason for that not to be the case. I'm enjoying my football, it's a great place to be and a great team to be involved in."
Gordon, who moved to Glasgow in 2014, was the subject of interest from Chelsea during the January transfer window but insists he remained focused on his performances for Celtic and did not contemplate leaving.
And he hopes to earn at least the five more international caps needed to be inducted into Scotland's Hall of Fame.
"It took a wee while, but delighted to get [the contract] sorted out," said Gordon, whose side lead the Premiership by 27 points.
"There were a few things to talk about, but not a great deal and after a transfer window closes, the people who talk about these things - agents and the people at Celtic - go on holiday. So there were time lapses, but it was always going to happen.
"The club never accepted any bids, so there was no chance of anything happening. It was just up to me to keep playing to the best of my ability and see what happened.
"If the club had accepted a bid, things would have changed, but I was just happy to keep doing my job."
Gordon did not play in Celtic's 5-1 victory over Rangers at Celtic Park earlier in the season, but was in goal for the two further wins at Hampden and Ibrox. Those scorelines were close, and he expects a difficult encounter when the sides meet again at Celtic Park on Sunday.
"Another tough match," the keeper added. "The two that I've played in this season, at Hampden and Ibrox, were only decided by a single goal.
"They're a good team. There's too much being made of us being overwhelming favourites and Rangers coming to take a beating. That's certainly not the case.
"We have to do the things that we're good at, and we have to defend as well because they create a threat on the break and have good players. We have to concentrate on ourselves and make sure we're doing the things we do well, and if we do that we give ourselves a chance to win the game."
The 25-year-old picked up the Marc-Vivien Foe trophy after finishing ahead of Algeria's Ryad Boudebouz (Montpellier) and Cameroon's Nations Cup winning captain Benjamin Moukandjo (Lorient).
The annual award is named in honour of Cameroon international Foe who died after collapsing on the pitch in 2003.
Seri is the second Ivorian to win the accolade after Gervinho who won it back-to-back in 2010 and 2011.
Capped 13 times by the Elephants thus far, Seri has been influential for Nice this season, scoring six goals and providing nine assists to help them to third in the league.
Seri began his career with Ivorian giants ASEC Mimosas followed by stints in Portugal with FC Porto and Paços de Ferreira respectively.
He joined Nice in June 2015 and played in all 38 league matches in his first season, scoring three goals as Nice finished fourth in Ligue 1.
Having made his international debut against Sierra Leone in September 2005, he played for Ivory Coast at this year's African Cup of Nations in Gabon where the defending champions suffered an embarrassing group stage exit.
Last year's winner, Sofiane Boufal of Morocco, played for Lille before joining English Premier League side Southampton.
Previous winners of the Marc-Vivien Foe trophy:
2016: Sofiane Boufal (Morocco/Lille)
2015: Andre Ayew (Ghana/Marseille)
2014: Vincent Enyeama (Nigeria/Lille)
2013: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon/Saint-Étienne)
2012: Younès Belhanda (Morocco/Montpellier)
2011: Gervinho (Ivory Coast/Lille)
2010: Gervinho (Ivory Coast/Lille)
2009: Marouane Chamakh (Morocco/Bordeaux)
Cornwall are the reigning champions and will head to Twickenham for their fourth successive final, meeting Cheshire for the first time since 1998 - when the latter won 21-14.
"I'd imagine we'd be billed as favourites," Dawe told BBC Cornwall.
"We've got a bit of responsibility there and it'll be an even bigger disappointment if we don't win."
Cheshire's last appearance in the final was when they beat Gloucestershire in 2002, with the last of their three victories coming in that win over Trelawny's Army in 1998.
"We've been pretty pleased with our game up to a point," Dawe added. "Our set pieces have been OK and our breakdown's been pretty good, but we've lacked continuity.
"An error or a penalty has stopped our momentum and that's the one thing we want to try to overcome - to get a bit more momentum into our game, a bit more continuity, and hopefully find some spaces in their defence."
The cortege left Chatsworth House for St Peter's Church at Edensor, where a service was held.
The Prince of Wales, who paid tribute to the last of the Mitford sisters who died aged 94 earlier this week, was there with the Duchess of Cornwall.
More than 600 staff from the stately home and hundreds of members of the public lined the route to the church.
The Dowager Duchess of Devonshire's body was laid to rest in a wicker coffin among the Cavendish family graves in the village churchyard.
Chatsworth Garden has been opened to the public for a celebration of her life.
By Aleena NaylorBBC Radio Derby presenter
I understand the dowager duchess attended a funeral herself and there was a wicker coffin at it.
She was absolutely enthralled by the idea.
When someone rather disparagingly said, "Well it looks like a picnic basket," she said, "Well that's what I want."
The order of service for the funeral included hymns, as well as Elvis Presley's How Great Thou Art because of the duchess's love of the singer.
The duchess transformed Chatsworth House in Derbyshire into a popular tourist attraction.
Tributes have been paid all week. Prince Charles said he would "miss her so very much".
The dowager duchess's son Peregrine, the current Duke of Devonshire, said this week his mother had always kept the family together.
"She never complained much about anything. She gets irritated by things but only briefly. Very much a 'half-full' person, optimistic and really happy," he said.
A book of condolences will be available for people to sign in Flora's Temple in Chatsworth Garden.
The Helen's Trust, which supports the terminally ill and the Addington Fund, which helps farming families, were supported by the duchess.
Donations were collected for the two charities.
Chatsworth House, farmyard, stables shops, restaurants and the Chatsworth Estate Farm Shop have been closed for the day.
Staffan de Mistura admitted there had been a lack of progress but said that the negotiations had not failed.
The talks opened just two days ago and are due to resume again on 25 February.
The move came as the Syrian government claimed a major blow against the opposition by cutting a key supply route to the rebel-held city of Aleppo.
Syrian state television reported that government forces had broken the siege of Nubul and Zahraa, two towns north-west of Aleppo.
Opposition attendees at the talks in Geneva had already been angered at negotiations beginning amid ongoing offensives by the Syrian government backed by Russia.
Basma Kodmani, a member of the umbrella group representing opposition factions, the High Negotiations Committee, said encircling Aleppo sent the message that "there is nothing to negotiate - Just go home".
On the talks, Mr de Mistura admitted "there's more work to be done".
"It is not the end and it is not the failure of the talks," he said.
"Why? They came and they stayed. Both sides insisted on the fact that they are interested in having a political process started."
The head of the Syrian delegation accused the opposition of wanting to withdraw from the talks under pressure from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey, Reuters reported.
Bashar Ja'afari said the UN's announcement was a way of avoiding such a walkout.
More than 250,000 people have died in almost five years of war in Syria.
Eleven million others have fled their homes as forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and those opposed to his rule battle each other, as well as the Islamic State group.
A donor's conference opens in London on Thursday aiming to raise billions in new funding for those affected.
With nominations closing on Tuesday, this is a by-election set to be contested by a small field because of a large dose of electoral tactics.
So far Zac Goldsmith, now flying under the colours of an Independent, has been joined by Sarah Olney for the Liberal Democrats and Christian Wolmar for Labour.
But there will be notable absentees, as parties give the contest a miss for strategic reasons.
The Conservatives are not putting up, with a belief that Goldsmith may have proved seriously "awkward squad" over Heathrow, but he's still their "awkward squad" and an otherwise commendable and dedicated local representative.
Party figures also ask how well a pro-Heathrow and pro-Brexit Tory candidate could actually do in the seat anyway.
Leaderless UKIP has also declined the opportunity, wanting to give a clear run to the fellow Brexiteer Goldsmith.
He - incongruously for some - extended his grip on the seat at the 2015 election, despite his Euroscepticism in a very Europhile patch of south-west London.
Will such tolerance of his views hold or will punishment be doled out from a constituency which voted 70/30 to remain in the recent referendum?
The Greens believe there might be such an opportunity, which is why they too have opted out of the race - a decision backed by their leader Caroline Lucas.
The party have decided that only if the "progressives" adopt a cold electoral strategy and unite behind one anti-Brexit candidate - in this case the Liberal Democrats - could the punishment be administered.
Their calls did not fall entirely on deaf Labour ears, with a small group of its MPs recommending withdrawal before the idea was squashed by the party's ruling NEC.
It is understood a fair few voices suggested the same thing at the Labour selection meeting on Saturday from which veteran transport writer Wolmar emerged victorious.
Some pro-European campaigners have not yet given up hope that a split in the anti-Brexit/anti-Goldsmith vote can be avoided.
The lobby group Common Ground is trying to drum up support for an online "primary selection" process which would culminate in a public meeting where the Lib Dem and Labour candidates would go head-to-head for the "authority" to take on Goldsmith alone.
This would be informal and have no binding impact but might offer some indication of the likely extent of any tactical voting.
But all those in the race now say they are very much planning to stay there.
One eyewitness said he felt the bus drifting before it crashed into the front of the Poggenpohl Kitchen Design Centre in Lavender Hill, causing the shop front to collapse.
Another said the driver told her he had "blacked out", adding a paramedic thought he had had "some kind of fit".
The women were rescued by fire crews and the driver was taken to hospital.
London Ambulance Service said a total of 10 people had been treated by paramedics, three of whom had been taken to hospital.
It said it had sent five ambulance crews, two paramedics and an incident response officer to the scene at about 06:55 BST, along with an air ambulance.
Andrew Matthews, 34, from Wandsworth, was one of about a dozen passengers on the bus.
"I was on the top floor at the back, fortunately," he said.
"I noticed the bus drifting. I heard a smash and saw the roof of the shop going through [the bus] from the front left. It went to the fourth or fifth row.
"I wedged myself in, bracing myself. As soon as the bus came to a stop there was yelling, screaming.
"I noticed a lady wedged in the front right-hand side. She was screaming for help. There was a lot of blood."
Another passenger, nurse Amy Mullineux, 40, from Wandsworth, said the driver told her he had lost consciousness before the crash.
"I spoke to him. He said he blacked out before the bus hit the shop. He doesn't remember hitting anything.
"The paramedic told me they think he had some kind of fit."
A witness said smoke could be seen coming from underneath the bus.
Solange Morin, 33, who lives nearby, said: "I saw this woman shouting and banging on the glass. Everybody shouted 'fire, fire'.
"I went on to the bus. I talked to her and was holding her hands.
"She was pinned. I wouldn't have been able to get her out.
"She was so scared because people were shouting fire. There was a lot of smoke."
Another local resident, Brendan Pfahlert, said the crash "sounded like a large amount of glass being dropped".
A Transport for London (TfL) spokeswoman confirmed the crash involved a route 77 double-decker bus and said an investigation was under way.
Poggenpohl UK managing director Simon Richmond said: "We are relieved that no-one from our team was injured as the showroom had not yet opened for the day, but our thoughts are with the driver and passengers on the bus as we understand there have been casualties."
He said he hoped business would return to normal soon, but that the showroom had been severely damaged.
Police have appealed for any witnesses to contact them with information.
Detectives are particularly keen to hear from anyone with dash or helmet camera footage who was passing either prior to or during the crash.
The jovian satellite has a deep subsurface ocean beneath its ice crust and is considered one of the top targets in the search for alien life.
After decades of work, a pair of missions to the moon have been taking shape - and have secured crucial support in Congress.
Scientists hope the lander could be launched some time in the 2020s.
Although Nasa has yet to approve the mission, the agency said it had funding to begin the search for instrument ideas.
Europa: Our best shot at finding alien life?
"The possibility of placing a lander on the surface of this intriguing icy moon, touching and exploring a world that might harbour life is at the heart of the Europa lander mission," said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for Nasa's science mission directorate.
"We want the community to be prepared for this announcement of opportunity, because Nasa recognises the immense amount of work involved in preparing proposals for this potential future exploration."
The announcement is intended to provide notice of a two-step competition for experiments. Science teams are expected to put together proposals which would be evaluated by experts working for Nasa.
About 10 proposals could be selected to go forward to the next stage.
Last year, in response to a congressional directive, Nasa outlined its concept for how a landing mission would work.
The report calls for a four-legged lander that would hunt for evidence of microbial life on Europa's surface. It would touch down with the help of the Sky Crane system used to deliver the Curiosity rover to Mars in 2012, but would use a much longer tether to minimise contamination of the Europan surface with rocket fuel.
The lander would carry some heritage from Nasa's Phoenix lander, which touched down in Mars' "arctic" in May 2008. That mission used a motorised cutting tool called a rasp to break up the hard, icy soil along with a scooper to retrieve the samples for analysis.
The Europa lander will carry a counter-rotating saw in addition to Phoenix's flight-tested rasp and scoop. Scientists want to dig at least 10cm below the radiation-processed ice, but comparatively little is known about Europa's surface properties.
With temperatures that dip to -170C, however, engineers have to prepare for the eventuality of steel-hard ice that resists Nasa's best efforts to dig through.
However, scientists believe that if there is any life near the surface, they could detect it at concentrations of at least 100 microbial cells per cubic centimetre of ice. Although Europa's icy outer shell is thought to be tens of kilometres thick, studying the surface could provide clues to what's going on deep below.
Warm blobs of ice, or diapirs, could well up from the ocean-ice shell interface, eventually reaching the surface over thousands of years - carrying any evidence of microbial life with them.
Earlier this year, Nasa programme scientist Curt Niebur told me: "The lander is all about hitting the freshest, most pristine sample possible. One way to do that is to dig deep, another way is going to where there is some kind of eruption on the surface - like a plume - that's dropping very fresh material onto the surface."
The Hubble telescope has provided tentative evidence for geysers that spew ice out into space from deep beneath Europa's surface.
The lander would follow several years after a flyby mission called Europa Clipper, which is scheduled to launch in the early 2020s.
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Thursday night's event, run by the country's Truth and Dignity Commission, aims to ease tensions arising from past abuses.
More than 62,000 incidents, including torture and rape, have been filed to the commission since 2013.
Tunisia became a democracy after President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali was ousted in 2011.
The commission is investigating reports of police torture, corruption and murder over a 50-year-period since independence.
Alleged abusers include Tunisia's previous state authorities and top security bosses.
A quarter of alleged victims are women who have complained about sexual violence, formerly a taboo in Tunisia.
The mother of a protester shot by security forces in 2011, Ourida Kadoussi, began the televised testimonies.
"They killed our children. We have not been given our rights," she said asking for freedom and dignity.
The president of the Truth and Dignity Commission, Sihem Ben Sedrine, opened the forum saying: "Tunisia will not accept human rights abuses after today. This is the message from Tunisia."
London-based human rights charity Amnesty International has welcomed the hearings, saying victims "may finally have a chance to have their right to truth fulfilled".
But the charity also said it is uncertain whether justice will be done.
"The real test facing Tunisia's transitional justice process, however, is whether it will ultimately lead to criminal prosecutions for the crimes of the past decades."
Tunisians seek justice for past wrongs
The BBC's Rana Jawad in Tunis says victims of abuse have each been given up to one hour to tell their stories to a panel of commissioners, and an audience including representatives of civic groups and international observers.
The commission hopes that victims will forgive their alleged abusers. But many victims who have spoken to the BBC have demanded financial compensation and say the accused should be held accountable in court.
The Truth and Dignity Commission says alleged abusers might also have a chance to give public testimonies in the near future. Two additional TV hearings are scheduled in December and January.
Tunisia's uprising was the first of the 2011 Arab Spring, and often hailed as the most successful with the country now functioning as a parliamentary democracy. But across the country many struggle to find work amid a high unemployment rate.
According to Reuters, the commission has said the hearings could boost economic investment "because foreign investors will know that Tunisia is dismantling its authoritarian and corrupt system".
The country is due to host an investment conference at the end of November.
Teachers will encourage students to use "mind exercises" that train their attention on the present, such as deep breathing, in the Wellcome Trust study.
Scientists say there is limited research to show mindfulness works.
The study will see teenagers fill in questionnaires about their mood to see if it does have an effect.
Mindfulness is already taught in some schools, but in this first large-scale trial, researchers want to find out whether introducing mindfulness to teenagers early on could help build their psychological resilience.
They suggest that, just as going for a run can help protect and improve physical health, mind exercises could be linked to better mental fitness and less mental illness overall.
Sessions include a practice known as "thought buses", where children are encouraged to think of their thoughts as buses that they can choose to board or let pass by.
Others focus on deep breathing - for example, counting in for seven seconds and breathing out for 11.
In each case the aim is to focus attention on the here and now, to make students aware of impulsive behaviour, and - over time - improve their ability to solve problems when under stress.
Researchers plan to recruit about 6,000 children aged 11 to 14 in 76 schools.
Half will be given 10 mindfulness sessions over a school term. The others, for comparison, will attend personal and social education classes as usual.
Throughout the study, students will fill in questionnaires assessing their mood and risk of developing depression.
Teachers will also be asked about the students' wellbeing and any positive or negative effects they notice.
A separate, smaller group will have laboratory-based tests and brain scans.
But schools will have to decide how to juggle the sessions with the rest of the school day and teachers need four days of training before they begin.
The trial, expected to begin late next year, will run for five years, including a follow-up period of two years for each student.
Haroon, a student at UCL Academy in London, says without mindfulness he would probably be much more rowdy in class.
He told the BBC: "Children our age might think it is just a waste of time, just sitting there.
"But I don't agree. For example, certain thoughts might hold you back but just thinking about them and reflecting on them might help you think about them in different ways."
The £6.4m programme will be carried out by teams at the University of Oxford, University College London and Medical Research Council over seven years.
William Kukyen, a professor of psychology at Oxford, says they are approaching the trial with an open mind.
But he argues that adolescence could be a key time to intervene - research increasingly suggests mental illness often takes root before before the age of 15 and that the brain goes through an intense period of development during teenage years.
Roy Dobson, from Chorley in Lancashire, had linked the account to his credit card, and son Alfie was able to spend £99 on more than 50 in-app purchases.
He said he wants to warn other parents how easy it is to run up huge bills as the charges "racked up and racked up".
Technology giant Apple has agreed to refund the family.
Mr Dobson said: "The first time he spent £700 in less than five minutes, then £1,100 in half an hour and it just racked up and racked up, all on the same game."
His wife Jill said Alfie is only allowed to play on the iPad at weekends.
She added: "He's bought things in the past for 99p or £1.49, but he's always asked and then he saw this at £99 and was just curious as to what you would get for £99.
"It was just to get better in the game, there's nothing to show for it, I didn't even know you could buy things for £99.
"It's scary. He said the game was that good he couldn't stop, but he only thought he pressed it a few times."
Games journalist Guy Cocker said: "These games were initially released for £8.99 or £9.99 but the games companies found they were able to make more money from them by offering in-app purchases, so the idea is that you download the initial game for free and then you pay for items or extras as you play.
"They are called micro-transactions as they usually cost a matter of pence.
"But it's completely feasible that someone could spend a lot of money unlocking items."
Apple did not comment on this specific case but did say that its parental controls and "Ask to Buy" features are a good way for parents to protect young users from making unauthorised purchases.
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Danielle Carter's sublime first-half strike was enough to secure a 1-0 win in the Wembley final.
But Losa was quick to praise 37-year-old Smith, who was increasingly influential playing in an advanced midfield role.
"With her personality and experience, she was phenomenal," Losa said.
"It is easy to plan especially with a player like Kelly. She can be a magician in moments. She gave us what we needed from a tactical part and with the character she brought.
"Kelly can make a difference in any team. With speed in the wide areas, we were capable to combine in the middle better than Chelsea."
Arsenal's high-tempo approach saw them dominate the 2015 FA Cup winners from the outset and Losa said the risky approach was their best hope of winning the game.
"We wanted to press them high from the beginning and make them uncomfortable," he said.
"We knew it would be difficult because it is such a big pitch but we were fantastic and the performances got better and better. We wanted to impact them mentally from the beginning.
"The players deserved it. It was a fantastic victory. We are a winning team with players who know how to taste a victory."
Chelsea boss Emma Hayes was magnanimous in defeat, praising Arsenal's risky "high-press tactics" and admitting the better team won.
But she had no doubt that her team, who face Women's Super League leaders Manchester City on Thursday, will respond.
The Blues missed out on the Women's Super League title on the final day of the 2014 season but Hayes said that setback was vital in motivating them for the double-winning season of 2015.
"The players will look hard at the game and be disappointed but that's what's made us champions," Hayes said.
"I don't think we can have any complaints. It was a fantastic performance by Arsenal.
"They dominated the first half, particularly the first and second-ball moments. As we know in football, that's what usually gives you a heads up."
Chelsea host Man City at Staines in their next league match. Both teams have won all their WSL matches but City have five wins from five, with the Blues having played a game less.
"It's time for the players to pick themselves up for Thursday," Hayes added. "It's my job to bring out the best in them even after a massive setback. We don't have time to sulk.
"But we will bounce back from that. We have a group that will look for solutions.
"Everybody wants to beats us because we are the top team in the country. If people don't think Liverpool or Arsenal will have a say in the league then I think they are being naive."
The 28-year-old three-time All Star's tally included eight three-pointers and was three points shy of the record from a player in any quarter.
"I made my first couple shots and it was on from there," said Love.
Love's exploits come after Stephen Curry claimed a record 13 three-pointers in a single game for Golden State Warriors earlier in the month.
Meanwhile, Golden State set a franchise record of 47 assists on 53 baskets - the most in the NBA this season and two more than their previous best from 1994 - as they powered past Los Angeles Lakers 149-106.
The Toffees are 11th in the Premier League but have won just three of their last 13 league games.
Barton, 33, a life-long Everton fan, believes there is discontent among supporters, who he feels have no confidence in manager Roberto Martinez.
"It is really worrying times," Barton told BBC Radio 5 live.
"I know there is discontent because I have dinner with my family once a week, they are all Evertonians and they all moan about what is happening there, some even refuse to go to the games under Martinez, that is how disillusioned they are."
Everton defender John Stones was the subject of interest from Chelsea in August last year, and Barton believes he will be one of several high-profile departures at the end of this season.
The Burnley midfielder added: "This summer Ross Barkley, John Stones, Romelu Lukaku and Seamus Coleman could all potentially leave Everton - what are you left with?
"Everton have very good talented young players but how long are they going to say 'we are not playing Europa League or Champions League and we need to go'?"
The social media craze has seen women hold up a piece of A4 paper vertically, to cover their waists.
Chinese state newspaper People's Daily described it as a "fitness challenge".
But people in China and elsewhere have responded with their own photos, arguing that a 21cm (8.3 inch) waist is unhealthy and unrealistic.
The craze began on social networks such as Weibo and WeChat, with users such as actress Zhang Li posting photos, before going global on Twitter and Instagram.
Posting under the hashtags #A4waist and #A4waistchallenge, many internet users showed their disdain for the trend.
Others found creative ways to underline the unrealistic nature of the challenge.
Even the Chinese authorities joined in.
The Ministry of Public Security posted on its Weibo account that the distance between the mainland and the island of Taiwan, which the authorities view as part of China, was "just the size of a piece of A4 paper".
The A4 waist challenge is not the first unusual online beauty craze emphasising thinness to emerge from China.
Previous challenges have included showing off prominent collarbones by balancing rows of coins on them and the "belly button challenge".
Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness told the outgoing Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader that all political careers end and added: "My day too will come."
Mr Robinson quickly interrupted him to say: "That's Tiocfaidh ár Lá isn't it?"
The DUP leader was referring to the Irish republican slogan which translates as "Our day will come".
Mr McGuinness replied that he was delighted Mr Robinson's knowledge of the Irish language was improving.
He wished the first minister well in his forthcoming retirement and praised his track record of leading the Northern Ireland Assembly since 2008, despite their different ideologies and allegiances.
"It hasn't all been trouble-free, we have faced huge challenges," Mr McGuinness said.
"It was never going to be plain sailing but I think the fact that we kept the institutions intact for eight years - they didn't collapse on one occasion - was a tremendous indication of our commitment to ensuring that the institutions, that are so embedded in the peace process, continue to work for people so that we can build a better future for all of them," he added.
Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said his government had presented Mr Robinson with nine volumes of Irish biography and football tickets to a Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal match as a farewell gift.
Mr Kenny said: "I want to pay public tribute to Peter Robinson as a political engine and driver over very many years, who has left his imprint on Northern Ireland politics and on the politics of this country and on the political landscape.
"I wish Peter the very best in his retirement."
The Irish Foreign Minister Charlie Flanagan said he had personal experience of the DUP leader's "great contribution" to Northern Ireland politics at the recent Stormont talks.
"There were occasions that gridlock and deadlock was avoided because of the intervention and leadership of Peter Robinson," Mr Flanagan said.
During Friday's meeting, the two administrations reviewed the political progress made at the Stormont talks that resulted in a new agreement between both governments, the DUP and Sinn Féin.
Mr Robinson said: "The Fresh Start [Agreement] has got off to a good start."
Mr Flanagan also repeated his government's commitment to the A5 road project between Londonderry and Dublin.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite closed down 6.42% at 2,749.79.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng shed 2.4% to 18,879.44 points in afternoon trade.
Elsewhere, markets in Asia followed US stocks lower as further falls in the price of oil continued to unsettle investors.
Brent crude prices fell 6.3% to $30.15 a barrel, ending a short-lived rebound as persistent concerns of oversupply were exacerbated by news that Iraq's output reached a record high last month
Wall Street also fell, wiping out most of its gains from the past two days.
Asia's biggest index, Japan's Nikkei 225, followed the US, dropping 2.4% to close at 16,708.90 points.
The ongoing slump in the oil price has investors worried that slowing growth in the global economy, and China in particular, is far from any substantial recovery.
Korean stocks also fell, with the Kospi index closing 1.2% lower at 1,871.42 points.
Investor sentiment in Seoul was also dampened by data showing the country's economy grew at a slightly lower rate in the last quarter of 2015 from the previous three months.
Fourth-quarter growth rose 0.6% in seasonally-adjusted terms from the third quarter, slowing from its 1.3% expansion in the previous quarter.
In Australia, markets remained closed for a national holiday.
The disease, which is spread by insects, causes birth defects in lambs and can reduce milk yields in cattle.
Outbreaks have been reported in farm animals in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Spain and the UK.
European scientists say wild deer can catch the virus, and are calling for the impact on wildlife to be monitored.
Dr Mutien-Marie Garigliany, a veterinary expert at the Universite de Liege is one of a team of experts studying cases of Schmallenberg virus (SBV) in wildlife in the south of Belgium.
Dr Garigliany said wild animals such as roe and red deer can potentially act as a reservoir of infection.
"We should implement specific surveillance of wild animals for SBV," he told BBC News.
He said wild boar as well as wild deer show signs of SBV infection, although it is not thought to make them sick.
SBV first appeared in south east England more than a year ago, but has now spread to every county in England and Wales.
Dr Rachael Tarlinton, a virology expert and veterinary scientist at the University of Nottingham, said the disease was having a huge financial impact on some farms.
Reports from veterinary students at the university suggest losses as high as 30% of lambs in some infected flocks.
Dr Tarlinton said the studies in Belgium show wild deer can catch the virus, but the impact on deer - and their offspring - is unknown.
"We know deer get the virus - they produce antibodies to it," she told BBC News.
"But deer have a different placental structure to cows and sheep - so we don't know if it gets across the placenta to affect foetuses."
According to Prof Trevor Drew of the UK government's Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, the virus can infect native red deer, fallow deer, sika deer and roe deer.
The disease is transmitted by bites from midges and other insects, which makes it impossible to eradicate from British farms, Prof Drew told MPs last week.
"It is just impossible to control midges across an area the size of Europe," Prof Drew told the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs select committee.
"Even if we had some national campaign, it would be quite simple that the midges would be blown over and of course we cannot control the disease in wild deer."
The UK's deputy chief veterinary officer, Alick Simmons, said a vaccine against SBV is not yet available but several are being developed.
"This is a disease which we believe will either through vaccination or through natural spread become less of a problem over time," he told the committee.
"And already in the areas we have been affected in northern Europe and to a certain extent in the south east of England, the disease is less than it was last year."
SBV, named after the German town where it was first detected, is an emerging livestock disease in Europe.
It was found in south east England early in 2012, and has since spread to every county in England and Wales.
SBV is not a notifiable condition, suggesting official figures on the number of outbreaks are a vast underestimate.
The real giraffe became an internet sensation after zookeepers put cameras in her pen, in New York state, to broadcast the birth to the world.
Yet, after 10 days and with millions of viewers tuning in, the calf has yet to appear.
In a fitting tribute, the woman paces her bedroom, doing not very much.
The spoof is by a South Carolina-based photographer Erin Dietrich, an expectant fan in more ways than one.
"I did not think this many people would get a kick out of this," said Mrs Dietrich. "All our friends have been making fun of me and my obsession with April so we just thought 'hey, we should order a giraffe mask'."
Her video, in which she sits in various positions, waves to the camera and dances with her giraffe mask on, has already been shared more than 200,000 times.
Meanwhile, tens of thousands of people at a time are watching the video stream from Animal Adventure Park in Harpursville, almost 200 miles north-west of New York.
A total of around 20 million people have viewed the park's footage of April the giraffe so far.
It has been running since 24 February and there have been no signs of April going into labour.
Many welcomed Mrs Dietrich's video as a distraction from the long wait.
"I'm gonna need updates on this one now too," wrote one viewer, Melissa Ann Williams Ramirez. "Who will have their baby first???"
However, as the parody is taking off online faster than the original story, some social-medial users are confused.
"Am I the only one who doesn't get what she is doing?" asked one.
The company will share the building - on the new London City Island development, close to the Canning Town railway interchange - with the English National Ballet School.
"I want the space to echo to the sound of creative Britain," Rojo said.
The companies hope to move into the new premises in autumn 2018.
The centre will combine training facilities, teaching and rehearsal studios alongside a theatre-sized studio space.
"I want to create a new space that allows us to produce and rehearse amazing work," said Rojo, who is also the company's principal dancer.
"Not only that, I want a building that will be available for other artistic organisations to rehearse too, whether they are staging opera, musicals or theatre."
English National Ballet, which was founded in 1950, is currently based in a 19th Century building in Kensington originally designed for student housing.
The English National Ballet School, established in 1988, inhabits part of a listed building in Fulham where it trains some 75 students per year. A third of ENB's current dancers are graduates of the school.
The two companies - who announced their intention to find a new home in July 2014 - will jointly fund-raise for the costs of fitting out the new space. ENB's current building is to be sold.
London mayor Boris Johnson described the joint relocation to east London as "an exciting development".
"Having bespoke, state of the art facilities will strengthen this internationally renowned company's ability to create new work and to rehearse, as well as allowing its talent development and creative learning plans to flourish," he said.
"The move will also open up new opportunities for local collaborations and further increase east London's growing status as an important cultural centre."
David Sell, from East Kilbride, appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court, charged with abduction, assault to severe injury and danger of life.
He made no plea or declaration and was remanded in custody.
The victim, 45, was attacked at his home in Barnsley, shot in the legs and abandoned in East Kilbride on 13 March.
Emergency services found him on a grass verge in the South Lanarkshire town, near the junction of Stewartfield Way and Stewartfield Crescent.
He was taken to Hairmyres Hospital for extensive treatment and has since been released.
Police in Scotland and England launched a large-scale investigation named Operation Draken to trace those responsible.
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Sadly, her hopes of winning the Championship were dashed by Venus Williams, who beat her in straight sets.
But for Jo, losing is all part of the game - and she thinks it's made her a better player.
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According to the Rugby Football Union, 10,000 more females are playing rugby in England now compared to 2014.
Jenny visits a new club in Peterborough to find out why the world of tries and tackles has been attracting more players recently.
The research ship for marine science will have floating labs and be able to despatch robotic submarines.
Cammell Laird in Birkenhead competed against international companies to be named as the preferred bidder. Work is due to begin next year.
The project would secure 400 jobs and create 60 apprenticeships. Cammell Laird said it was "fantastic news".
Discussions with the firm will now take place ahead of the contract being awarded next month.
Cammell Laird was chosen over firms in Singapore, South Korea, Spain and Norway.
Source: Department for Business Innovation and Skills
Cammell Laird was founded in 1828 and is a ship repair and conversion specialist with new-build capabilities.
John Syvret, Cammell Laird chief executive, said: "Being selected as the preferred bidder in a global tender to undertake such an exciting and major infrastructure project is fantastic news for our workforce, the local region and the UK."
Natural Environment Research Council, which selected Cammell Laird, said the ship would become operational in 2019.
Chief executive Duncan Wingham said the vessel would "help UK scientists continue to lead the world in understanding our polar regions".
Minister for Universities and Science Jo Johnson said: "This £200m investment secures the UK's position as a world leader in polar research and provides a major boost to shipbuilding in the North West."
The trees have grown back so enthusiastically that, from the road, the tiny village seems hidden behind a lush green curtain.
We stop the car on the outskirts, and I set off down a side road leading south toward the steep hills, looking out for a familiar face - and wondering how much it will have changed.
Ten years ago, I remember a very different scene.
In the days immediately after the tsunami - with everything flattened - you could see long distances in every direction from here - straight to the sea, perhaps two kilometres (1.4 miles) to the west and back towards the regional capital Banda Aceh.
And everywhere was mud, and debris, and misery. Emergency workers had just started trying to collect the dead, and hundreds of bodies lay in neat rows on the roadside.
It was in a makeshift camp for survivors in the grounds of a nearby mosque that I first met Mawardah Priyanka. She was 11 years old, exhausted, grimy and alone.
Her parents had both been killed when the wave - perhaps 35m-tall when it first hit the nearby coastal village of Lampuuk - reached their home.
It would be days before she discovered that her big sister, Mutiyah, 16, was still alive.
In the months that followed, I kept in contact with the sisters as they moved from the chaotic camp to their own tent, and eventually into a new brick and wood home built for them by the British charity Oxfam.
Mawardah went back to school. Mutiyah soon got married and moved away. Another, much older sister, Ita, came to share the house at Lhoknga.
And then, about eight years ago, I lost touch with them.
It's hard to get my bearings as I walk down what used to be a dirt track. Now it's a paved road, with a new bridge over a small stream.
On the right, I see a cluster of familiar buildings - concrete bases, with very simple wooden walls and tin roofs.
Someone shouts out that a foreigner is coming, and suddenly a tall, beaming figure is rushing out of the door.
It's happy, emotional - at times awkward - reunion for both of us. I'm immediately struck by how little Mawardah seems to have changed - height apart - and how much my return evidently means to her, and two days later, to her sister Mutiyah who travels in from the countryside.
And I feel a rush of guilt that I didn't do more to try to stay in touch after various local and foreign contacts - who'd acted as intermediaries in the early days - left the province.
"There is nobody to care about me - nobody loves me like my parents," says Mawardah tearfully, the following day.
The tsunami destroyed all trace of her parents - no photos of her mother or father remain, and Ita now is preoccupied with her young family, leaving Mawardah often alone with her chores, her wooden desk and a simple mattress on a concrete bedroom floor.
But it soon becomes clear that the disaster has shaped Mawardah's life in other, more positive ways too.
At the age of 21, she is a confident, intelligent and ambitious young woman.
She's won several educational scholarships from a local cement factory (now restored after the tsunami), and is studying English at a private college in Banda Aceh.
Over the next two days, as we talk in her small house, visit her school and lunch with her close circle of friends, I learn more about the trials and complexities of her life, and it strikes me that Marwadah's experiences reflect the broader circumstances of Aceh in the decade since the tsunami.
First there's the house - one of 140,000 built with the staggering $7bn (£4.5bn) in international aid given to Aceh.
Marwadah's was built quickly, and it shows. The roof leaks, its walls are flimsy, and I remember some unpleasant squabbles in the early years about which relatives would ultimately own it.
But the building has served its purpose, and the family readily admits it is better than the home they had before 2004.
Elsewhere, it's clear that a significant number of houses are now unoccupied - they were built in a flurry by a badly co-ordinated assortment of often competing aid agencies, flush with money and sometimes more anxious to spend it fast than to address the interests of local communities.
"I give the aid effort 65 (out of 100)," says Muslahuddin Daud, a World Bank official who himself nearly drowned in the tsunami.
"A lot of things are not perfect: $7bn - in many ways we could do better. A lot of houses are empty... redundant. We had more than 500 aid organisations and... a lot of overlapping.
Mr Daud said too much foreign money made people feel "entitled to get aid" and become lazy.
"Aceh has got stuck in terms of growth - the ability to manage the resources is not there," he said.
Then there's peace.
Before the tsunami, Aceh was wrestling with a violent separatist rebellion. Even as an 11-year-old, Mawardah remembers the impact it had on everyone's lives - the fear, the road blocks, and the clashes in the hills behind the village.
But the disaster acted as an immediate catalyst for peace talks, and today the province continues to benefit from an autonomy deal that ended the conflict.
The new government has since introduced elements of Sharia - which many here, including Marwadah, publicly support.
But critics say public floggings and other punishments are an abuse of human rights, and that foreign investors are increasingly steering clear of a province that is now falling behind the rest of Indonesia in terms of economic growth and poverty reduction.
"We like Sharia. And I am a good Muslim," says Marwadah, but she believes the officials who police the new laws are often "hypocrites".
Late one afternoon, we stop at Marwadah's college in Banda Aceh where she's got a Thai kickboxing class with a group of other male and female students.
"She's a good student. She works hard, studies hard. As a girl, she has a spirit like a boy. She's strong. She doesn't give up easily," says her English teacher Maulizan Za.
He worries about inflation, but - like almost everyone else I ask here - believes that life is significantly better and safer than it was before the tsunami.
"My friends are my family now," says Mawardah, finishing the hour-long kickboxing class and getting ready to drive back home on her sister's motor scooter.
"I want to be a strong woman. After I graduate from this college I will next study in America, and get a job like a reporter. I feel my future will be bright," she concludes, then bursts into a confident, full-throated laugh.
Stephen Wood, 43, leapt into the River Yare in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on 13 January when parts of the town had been evacuated over flooding worries.
Despite being asked to leave, he told the officer: "I might as well jump in."
Wood admitted a charge of obstructing a police officer in their duty during a hearing before the town's magistrates.
The officer said she watched in "utter shock and disbelief" saying he travelled "several metres in a split second".
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In mitigation, Wood's defence said he admitted his actions had been "stupid", but added he was a naval architect and experienced in the seas and rivers and he had been given bravery awards for helping in disaster situations such as Hurricane Katrina.
Handing down an order to pay a £150 fine, with another £115 in court costs and fees, magistrate Darren Gilkes said it was a night the officers would not forget.
Wood was cleared of another charge of being abusive to an officer.
The mob demanded the Christian girl's arrest and threatened to burn down Christian homes outside the capital Islamabad, local media say.
Officials said the girl could not properly answer police questions.
Her parents have been taken into protective custody following threats and other Christian families have fled.
It is thought that the girl has Down's syndrome.
Paul Bhatti, Pakistan's minister for National Harmony, told the BBC that the girl was known to have a mental disorder and that it seemed "unlikely she purposefully desecrated the Koran".
"From the reports I have seen, she was found carrying a waste bag which also had pages of the Koran," he said.
"This infuriated some local people and a large crowd gathered to demand action against her. The police were initially reluctant to arrest her, but they came under a lot of pressure from a very large crowd, who were threatening to burn down Christian homes."
He said more than 600 people have fled from the Christian neighbourhood.
Rights activists have urged Pakistan to reform its controversial blasphemy laws, under which a person can be jailed for life for desecrating the Koran.
Many of those accused of blasphemy have been killed by violent mobs, while politicians who advocate a change in legislation have also been targeted.
Last year, Shahbaz Bhatti, the minister for minority affairs, was killed after calling for the repeal of the blasphemy law.
His death came just two months after the murder of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer, who also spoke out about the issue.
The bronze figure by Scottish sculptor David Annand stands at the entrance to The Stables Theatre in Wavendon, Milton Keynes.
It was commissioned by trustees of the Wavendon Allmusic Plan (WAP), which he set up with his wife Cleo Laine to oversee the theatre's work.
She said it was a "fitting" honour.
Born in 1927, Sir John's career as a performer, composer and conductor spanned more than 50 years and earned him a CBE as well as a knighthood. He died in 2010.
He was 1949 Musician of the Year in Britain and worked as a leader of both small and big bands.
His hit records included Experiments with Mice in 1956 and African Waltz 1960, while his movie scores included those for Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and Modesty Blaise.
Sir John also served as musical director for artists including Nat "King" Cole and Ella Fitzgerald.
Together with Dame Cleo, he turned outbuildings at their home into a venue for concerts and educational music activities and founded a charity to run it in 1969.
The current Stables Theatre opened its doors in 2000.
WAP chairman Stephen Clarke said: "He established the trust 45 years ago with the vision of making all music genres accessible to all people.
"That vision lives on and the current trustees hope that David Annand's wonderful sculpture will serve as a fitting tribute to their legacy, as well as bringing much pleasure to all our visitors."
Dame Cleo said: "It's fitting that John's contribution to music and music education has been honoured by the charity we established 45 years ago."
The well-travelled Victorian migrant routes from Wales to America, Australia and New Zealand are better known.
But in 1870, John Hughes and about 100 workers and their families sailed in eight ships to Russia. They built an iron works and collieries and over the next two decades established a new town - called Hughesovka.
It included a thriving ex-pat community, in what is now known as Donetsk, a city of one million people.
An all-day event at Merthyr's Old Town Hall will bring together archive and new photography, film and music to re-interpret the story of the Welsh pioneers.
Called Enthusiasm, it has been named after an early documentary film about the Ukranian mining communities which followed and has been set to new music by Welsh composer Simon Gore.
But who was John Hughes? The Cyfarthfa-born industrialist was in his mid 50s when he came to the notice of the Tsarist Russian government, under Emperor Alexander II. He had built his own foundry in Newport but made his name in developing armour plating for ships. The Tsar wanted his expertise for a naval fortress on the Baltic.
It led to an opportunity for Hughes to develop his own works in Russia, which would include a factory for forging railway lines.
Times were hard economically back in south Wales so this was a new opportunity for workers from south Wales and England. Some brought over their families. They were a mix of skilled workers, engineers and managers in Hughes's new company.
This migrant middle class was swelled by labourers who flocked from all over the Russian empire.
The community had its own hospital, schools and Anglican church. They also enjoyed tennis, sailing, amateur dramatics and other pleasures which were part of respectable late Victorian and Edwardian society.
"There is a story of how one woman in 1906 wanted an authentic English tea party and was trying to get a proper teapot," said Dr Victoria Donovan a lecturer in Russian history at the University of St Andrews.
"She was trying to teach her Russian maid to make British tea properly but she kept getting it wrong."
Artist and curator Stefhan Caddick has worked with Glamorgan Archives, delving into its wealth of material, including letters, postcards and photos.
They include romanticised images of children from quite middle class backgrounds, dressed in Russian peasant costume.
Co-curator Dr Donovan added: "Over time there is evidence of greater integration and assimilation. Some were there for 30 years and acquired Russian language skills."
Hughes died in St Petersburg in 1889, still working at 74, although his four surviving sons continued running the works.
His town had grown to a population of 50,000 by the turn of the 20th Century. While Hughesovka was well established, Hughes's own personal story is still a little sketchy.
"You get a sense John Hughes was very paternalistic towards his British workers - he had semi-philanthropic ideas, in common with other entrepreneurs of the 19th Century," said Dr Donovan.
The Welsh chapter in the Hughesovka story came to a dramatic end with the Russian revolution - a century ago. Hughes's descendants and British migrants were forced to return home, with anything they could carry.
"A lot knew what was coming and left of their own accord although there are stories of women sewing their jewellery into their dresses for safe keeping, " said Dr Donovan.
"There is one story of a man of the managerial class who had decided to stay and ride it out who was turfed out in a wheelbarrow by the Russian workers under him."
Dr Donovan said workers dispersed to different parts of the globe, from Canada to the United States and back to Britain, some with nothing.
One of them was Thomas James. After the revolution, he ended up in Cardiff working as a labourer in a repair shop for the Taff Vale Railway "totally bankrupt, a rags to riches story, back to rags again."
James had owned a coal mine in Hughesovka, arriving for work in a carriage, and had won a medal from the Tsar for saving lives in a colliery disaster.
There is also an archive family picture of James as an elderly man in Llantrisant, in much reduced circumstances, but still wearing an eastern Asian style cap.
Hughesovka became known as Stalino and eventually Donetsk, where mining and metalworking are still important industries today.
A statue to Hughes was erected in the city in recent years - and he is still of fascination locally.
Back in Wales, Hughesovka has been researched by Glamorgan Archives' head archivist Susan Edwards while a history was written a few years ago and Manic Street Preachers even recorded an instrumental Dreaming A City about it.
But Dr Donovan said it was a story that needed a wider audience as part of modern Welsh history.
"I'm from Cardiff and an historian of Russian history and was amazed to come across this - and then to find such a treasure trove in the archive. This is something which should be in our GCSE syllabus. Children learn about the Rebecca Riots but this a story that so few people know about."
"In Donetsk, they know more about John Hughes than in Merthyr Tydfil."
Saturday's event will also draw on the theme of the migrant experience in and out of Wales, across the ages.
The words of Hughes's migrant workers will be read out by some of today's migrants living in Wales.
Mr Caddick said: "Putting together the exhibition, we've tried to do it in a quite a playful way - there are no vinyl boards that are holding static displays, we've left it quite porous.
"We've a big map which shows the journeys of John Hughes's workers - and what happened to them afterwards but people can plot their own journeys as well. It shows history as an ongoing process, not something that is set in stone."
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Members of Borders Search and Rescue Unit helped police officers recover the body from steep ground.
After hearing evidence at a fatal accident inquiry at Jedburgh Sheriff Court, Sheriff Kevin Drummond said he would issue his findings later.
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They were beaten by Germany after a penalty shootout. The game finished 2-2 after 90 minutes, with no further goals in extra time.
Then Germany won 4-3 on penalties in Poland as England's Tammy Abraham and Nathan Redmond had spot-kicks saved.
English players don't have a very good record when it comes to penalities.
England's senior side has lost six of the seven penalty shootouts they have been involved in at major competitions.
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The nUnder-20s won their age group's World Cup, the Under-17s got to the European final and a squad made up predominantly of under-18 players won the Toulon Tournament.
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"It's a huge game for us," said Neilson, whose side are three points behind the visitors from Ibrox but with a better goal difference.
"This season has been kind of stop-start games-wise.
"Now we're going into a period of playing Saturday - midweek - Saturday. It gives us a chance to get into second and to try and keep hold of it."
Hearts have not played Rangers since their Championship-winning campaign in 2014-15.
The Edinburgh side took seven points from four games against their Glasgow rivals, finishing 15 points clear of Rangers in third.
"It's been a while since we played them," said Neilson. "In the Championship, we had the upper hand on most occasions.
"There's still a few boys that were involved in those games and there is real confidence in the group. Every time we play at Tynecastle we expect to win the game.
"Rangers are a very good team and if you allow them a lot of possession they will hurt you.
"It's important that we try and stop that and the Tynecastle atmosphere will help us."
Hearts have lost just once at home in the league this term, to leaders Celtic on the opening weekend.
Celtic are eight points ahead of Rangers, with two games in hand, and Neilson makes the leaders strong favourites to make it six titles in a row.
"It's going to be very difficult for anyone to catch them, with the size of squad they have and the quality of players they've got," he said.
"You always want to hunt them down as best you can but it's going to be tough.
"Our focus at the moment is trying to take over that second place. If we do that, we can try and build from there. We finished third last year and we want to push on again."
Neilson revealed that he plans to add to his squad in January, while his is unsure if Scotland full-back Callum Paterson will see out his contract, which expires at the end of the season.
"It's going to be a really important window for us," he said.
"There are a few teams round about us at the moment that I expect to recruit. We have to recruit well if we are to compete and get second place.
"We have a stable environment at the club, which is important, and everyone is pushing in the same direction.
"We've discussed what I think we need for the team and I can strengthen. It's now a case of sourcing the players. I've got one that I hope to get done soon.
"That will be one part of it done and then we assess how January goes. The players have been doing well and we have guys like Paterson who will attract interest, so it depends what happens with him."
Paterson has scored six goals from defence this season, with Jamie Walker one ahead in the club's scoring charts.
And Neilson reckons the 23-year-old midfielder has what it takes to join Paterson in the Scotland set-up.
"Technically, he is really good," he said.
"His work-rate and defensive side of the game, which you need at international level, is definitely improving.
"He works back in quicker, his transition is better. That's what you need to play at that level. I'd like to think he can get in the squad eventually.
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The 22-year-old joined the Glovers from Leicester City on a one-year contract last summer and made 11 appearances in all competitions in 2016-17.
"Jonny is a good young keeper with huge potential," boss Darren Way told the club website.
"He was thrown in and had to play a major contribution. He's a fantastic character, works extremely hard and I'm sure he has a bright future."
Mujahid Arshid, 33, is also charged with the kidnap, rape and attempted murder of a woman in her 20s.
He appeared at the Old Bailey for a preliminary hearing alongside Vincent Tappu, 28, from Acton, west London, who is accused of kidnapping both women.
Ms Dookhran, 20, was found dead on 19 July in an unoccupied house in Kingston Upon Thames.
The court heard that Mr Arshid wished to be known as Mr Hussain and a provisional trial date has been set for 17 January 2018.
The defendants were remanded in custody and will next appear at the Old Bailey for a plea and trial hearing on 11 October.
The first 1,200 civil servants are due to leave on 30 September.
That is now uncertain due to the Stormont Executive's continuing disagreement on welfare reform and the budget.
The head of the Northern Ireland civil service said a decision will be taken at the executive meeting on 10 September.
In a letter to staff, Dr Malcolm McKibbin said he appreciated that "this timeframe is very close to the conditional leaving date" for the first group of leavers.
But he added, that if the decision is taken to proceed, staff will leave on the planned date.
The voluntary redundancy scheme was part of the Stormont House Agreement.
It was struck between the executive parties and the British and Irish governments in December.
The scheme allowed the executive to borrow up to £700m to fund 20,000 redundancies across the wider public sector.
Around 3,000 of those redundancies are in the civil service.
But, with the welfare reform part of the agreement collapsing, it is doubtful if the redundancy scheme can proceed as planned.
More than 7,000 civil servants expressed interest in the scheme and 1,200 of those have been told they can leave, depending on funding.
If the executive is not allowed to borrow the money, it would have to pay for the scheme by making cuts to day-to-day departmental spending.
Some public bodies, such as Translink, have said they will proceed with redundancy plans even if the Stormont House money is not available.
The victim was pronounced dead at the Bow Roundabout at about 16:45 GMT on Friday, the Metropolitan Police said.
The crash also involved a lorry and the driver of this vehicle has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
Last month a 58-year-old man was killed in a collision with a tipper truck.
Transport for London (TfL) said at the time that he was the first person to be killed on the superhighway network.
Four priority lanes for cyclists have been painted blue around London, and another eight are due to open within the next four years.
The safety of the Bow Roundabout was questioned on Wednesday by John Biggs, a Labour member of the London Assembly.
He called on Mayor Boris Johnson to "get an urgent grip on this situation and show leadership to make our roads safe for cyclists".
"TfL have previously said that there is nothing that they can do to make the roundabout safer, without causing traffic jams.
"It is time they bite the bullet and accept longer journey times for motorists in exchange for keeping pedestrians and cyclists safe."
TfL has yet to comment on Friday's crash.
The A11 has been partially closed while investigations take place.
Up to 6,000 new homes are planned on 1,000 acres (400 hectares) of land close to the M27 in Welborne, Fareham.
The borough council voted in favour of imposing compulsory purchase orders for the land at a meeting on Monday.
The move came despite opposition from the landowners and hundreds of people living nearby.
Plans for the site also include 30% affordable housing, one new secondary and three new primary schools, health facilities, shops, offices, warehouses, play areas and allotments.
Subject to planning permission, it is hoped work on the site could start in 2019.
The 23-year-old former Denmark youth international, who has agreed a three-year-deal, replaces compatriot Thomas Sorensen, who has been released.
"This is a huge opportunity for me," he told the Premier League club's website.
"I have known of Stoke's interest for quite a while now. It was December when I first spoke to my agent about it."
Haugaard, who helped FC Midtjylland win the Danish Superliga title this season, is aware of the Potters' improvement since promotion to the top flight in 2008.
"I follow the Premier League a lot," said the 6ft 6in Dane. "I know that the club has made tremendous progress over the last couple of years.
"Mark Hughes has brought a new style of play and it is one that I like very much. I can't wait to work with him and his staff. It is a great team with a great manager, so it is an opportunity I was never going to turn down."
Stoke's first-choice keeper Asmir Begovic is still in talks over a new contract at the Britannia Stadium, while his deputy - England Under-21 international Jack Butland - signed a new four-year deal in March.
Haugaard's move comes after defender Philipp Wollscheid made his loan spell at the club permanent.
Sir Norman Bettison, then a chief inspector, was on a business course with John Barry in 1989, jurors heard.
Mr Barry told the jury he was "stunned" and "staggered" at what Sir Norman said when they spoke in a pub in Sheffield.
Sir Norman later gave evidence and denied making the alleged comments.
He agreed he had spoken to fellow students in the pub twice during the fortnight after the disaster in a "typical bar-room conversation" but said: "The comments that have been ascribed to me I would not make in a private or public situation."
Inquests are being held into the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans following a terrace crush at the FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest on 15 April 1989.
Mr Barry, who worked as a civil servant at the time and had attended the game as a supporter, told the court he and Sir Norman met at the Fleur de Lys pub one evening in May 1989.
He said: "Norman said: 'I've been asked by my senior officers to pull together the South Yorkshire Police evidence for the inquiry and we're going to try and concoct a story that all the Liverpool fans were drunk and that we were afraid they were going to break down the gates, so we decided to open them'."
Asked how sure he was that those were the words used by Sir Norman, Mr Barry said: "Absolutely certain."
Mr Barry had seen the disaster unfolding from his seat in the West Stand.
He told the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) he was "gobsmacked" by the alleged revelation, because Sir Norman "knew the devastating effect that Hillsborough had had on me", the court heard.
The statement said: "I thought 'why are you saying this to me?'. He knew I had been at the Leppings Lane end and he had seen the bodies piling up and had been totally traumatised by it."
Mr Barry said: "I was asked about it years later - why did he? I thought maybe he felt that it was a feather in his cap and an indication of how well he was doing in his job."
Sir Norman went on to become the chief constable of both the Merseyside and West Yorkshire Police forces.
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Paul Greaney QC, questioning Mr Barry on behalf of Sir Norman, questioned why "an intelligent and experienced police officer should admit to you behaviour that was at the very least career-ending?"
Mr Barry answered: "I would have thought it unlikely but it happened."
Mr Greaney also said Sir Norman had announced on 24 April 1989 he was no longer going to attend the course because he had been seconded "to a team working on the disaster" and said he did not attend a "single class" during May or June.
Mr Barry replied: "My recollection is he did attend at least one class when he told me what he told me."
He also rejected a suggestion that his "traumatised state" may have confused him.
The court heard how in 2009 Mr Barry contacted Maria Eagle MP after reading a newspaper article about comments she had made in the House of Commons naming Sir Norman as "being involved in a black propaganda unit".
The pub conversation was eventually relayed in Parliament by Ms Eagle following the September 2012 publication of the Hillsborough Independent panel report, and he went on to give media interviews.
Mark Ellaby, who attended the same MBA course as Mr Barry, also gave evidence.
He said: "I remember Mr Bettison saying that he had just been seconded to an internal team in South Yorkshire Police, who were tasked with making sure that South Yorkshire Police bore no blame for the Hillsborough disaster and it was all the fault of the drunk Liverpool supporters."
Mr Greaney said: "What I'm suggesting is that Mr Bettison never suggested at any stage that the police were going to attempt to paint themselves out of the picture and that you've got that wrong."
Giving evidence himself, Sir Norman spoke about the pub conversations.
He said: "There was a wide-ranging debate, pretty much without sufficient knowledge and understanding, but there was a debate going on around the time about the potential causes of the disaster and I can recall that there were people in the room who had extreme views about football fans in general and the football fans on this occasion."
The inquests have previously heard how, in the minutes after the disaster, match commander Mr Duckenfield lied about fans forcing their way in to the stadium, when the truth was that he had himself ordered an exit gate to be opened.
Sir Norman said: "I did offer a view that there may be a reason why the gate needed to be opened, but that was as far as it went.
"I don't think the precise words can be recalled after 26 years. I was attending as a student and a professional police officer. The comments that have been ascribed to me I would not make in a private or public situation."
The inquests, held in Warrington, Cheshire, continue.
Mr Jarba, a Sunni Muslim, was born in 1969 in the north-eastern Syrian city of Qamishli, in Hassakeh province. The province is home to Arabs and Kurds.
He is a member of the Shammar tribe, one of the most prominent tribes in eastern Syria. The Shammar also has a presence in Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Jordan.
Mr Jarba was politically active in the 1990s and was imprisoned between 1996 and 1998 for opposing President Hafez al-Assad.
He was jailed again in March 2011, at the start of the current uprising, for supporting pro-democracy protests. Mr Jarba left for neighbouring Lebanon that August, after his release.
He has subsequently spent time in Saudi Arabia and is believed to maintain close ties with the Gulf kingdom's leadership. Saudi Arabia is a leading source of support for the Syrian opposition.
Mr Jarba has played a vital role in bridging the gap between tribes in eastern Syria and the opposition.
He is close to the faction of Syrian secular dissident Michel Kilo, who has sought to gain the support of minority groups in the face of a possible Islamist takeover.
Mr Jarba was a member of the opposition Syrian National Council (SNC), before joining the coalition.
He suspended his membership of the National Coalition in March 2013, following its appointment of Ghassan Hitto as prime minister of the organisation's interim government. Mr Jarba went on to help administer rebel-held areas.
According to the National Coalition's Facebook page, Mr Jarba "has been supporting the Syrian revolution, providing medical and military aid, since the beginning of the revolution". He has also been a "key figure in establishing political diplomacy", it says.
In recent months, Mr Jarba has been a leading advocate of providing arms to the opposition forces.
Although he often wears a Western-style suit and tie, some of Mr Jarba's official photographs show him wearing the traditional robe worn by Arab tribesmen.
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Forest department officials say the turtles may have been hit by trawlers fishing along the Puri beach in Orissa.
Local fishermen often flout the ban on fishing along the coast, disturbing the natural nesting space of turtles, they say.
Olive ridley is one of the five species of marine turtles to mate and nest on India's shores.
The turtles come in "large numbers to Gahirmatha, mouth of rivers Devi and Rushikulya in Orissa coast, for annual nesting", Sarat Chandra Behera, an official of the Puri-Balukhand forest range, told the Indian Express.
"We suspect that they were killed after being hit by fishing trawlers in the sea," he added.
Tens of thousands of olive ridley turtles also come to the shores of southern India to lay eggs every year between January and April.
In 2014, more than 900 olive ridley turtles were found dead along the coast of the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.
Police Scotland, assisted by Aberdeen City Council, secured a closure order for Harminasion in George Street.
It was due to what the force described as persistent complaints and concerns about "anti-social behaviour arising from the sale of legal highs on the premises".
Legal highs are officially called new psychoactive substances (NPS).
Harminasion will be closed under the Antisocial Behaviour etc (Scotland) Act 2004 for an initial three months.
Ch Supt Adrian Watson said: "We have had a significant number of complaints raised by the public and businesses in the area and despite trying to work this through with the shop concerned, we, as a partnership, have taken this action in bringing the closure order to give the community some well-deserved respite and to keep people safe."
Footage of hearings in the UK's highest court will be uploaded to its website on the next working day and be available to view for a year.
Supreme Court president Lord Neuberger said the service would allow people to see the background to decisions made in the court.
"Now justice can be seen to be done at a time which suits you," he said.
Once judgement is delivered in a case, the footage of the Justices' summary in court will be published alongside the full judgement text and press summary.
Lord Neuberger said it would also be an "informative tool" for those considering a law career.
BBC legal correspondent Clive Coleman called the service a "legal iPlayer" and said it had been dubbed "court catch-up".
He said the court already had a YouTube channel but it had shown only summaries of its judgements so far.
The new service offers the constitution in "living, breathing action", he said, allowing people to hear important points debated by the finest legal experts in the country.
Among the footage that will be revealed by the new service is film of barristers debating whether letters by Prince Charles to government ministers could be published.
The court ruled in March that they could be made public.
The on-demand archive will be funded by the Supreme Court until March 2016, when it will be reviewed.
The court also has an existing live streaming service, which has been used by about 15,000 people each month since its launch in October 2014.
West Tyrone MLA Ross Hussey said such a move would enable the PSNI or Garda to cross the border when chasing suspects.
Mr Hussey was speaking on RTE's Prime Time
programme.
"Obviously I don't want to see the Garda chasing someone from Dublin to Belfast, but I think a reasonable corridor could be created," he said.
"I don't have a problem in a hot pursuit situation if the guards (gardai) or the PSNI are chasing somebody from Emyvale to Aughnacloy, or Aughnacloy towards Emyvale.
"I think that some form of relationship can be formed between the PSNI and the guards for that."
The programme examined the issue of on-the-run criminals in the Irish Republic, some of whom are believed to have crossed into Northern Ireland before fleeing further afield.
Mr Hussey said: "These type of people are not wanted by society full stop, they are using the border to their own advantage.
"They are not Irish or British or anything of that sort, they're just conmen."
In March, Martin McDermott, 26, from Raphoe in County Donegal was arrested in Londonderry.
He had escaped from an open prison in County Cavan two years into a seven-year sentence for the manslaughter of a Garda officer.
The programme revealed that 660 prisoners are unlawfully at large from jails in the Irish Republic over the last 20 years.
Alex Neil made the pledge after a Scottish government paper said ministers were "considering the eligibility criteria".
Alternative options included a fuel bill rebate or using the funding to provide warmer homes, the paper said.
The government said no-one who receives the benefit currently would lose it.
The winter fuel allowance, of up to £300, is currently available to everyone aged over 62 and is paid to about 1.1m people in Scotland each year.
In 2013/14 the total amount spent on winter fuel payments in Scotland was £186m.
The government paper on social security stresses the need to "target resources" to make the most of a "limited budget".
It said ministers could look at "converting the payments into a fuel bill rebate or using the funding to provide warmer, more affordable homes".
A Scottish government spokesperson later clarified the plans, saying: "There is absolutely no question of means-testing eligibility for the winter fuel allowance - or of removing entitlement from anyone who currently receives it.
"What the consultation is aimed at, is seeing if it would be appropriate and effective to use winter fuel payments as part of our aims to tackle fuel poverty and make homes warmer.
"This includes looking at whether it is appropriate to extend eligibility and if fuel bill rebates should be considered. We want to help people who are struggling to keep their homes warm - and this is one area we are exploring to see if are able to do that."
Last year the SNP called for an increase in winter fuel payments, and pledged to protect the allowance in its 2015 election manifesto.
There have previously been calls to means-test fuel payments. A BBC investigation found that across the UK only about 400 out of 12 million recipients had chosen to decline the allowance.
The new paper on social security in Scotland says "tackling fuel poverty" is "a priority for the Scottish government", but calls for views on how effective the payments are in doing this and what changes "might be welcomed".
An Age Scotland spokesman said: "Age Scotland welcomes this debate over winter fuel poverty and cold winter payments, however, it must be stressed that no action can be taken until sufficient testing of changes to the programmes are undertaken.
"Therefore, we strongly advise that the Scottish government examines how older households will be affected by these changes by firstly seeking to engage the opinions of older people across the country."
An Energy Action Scotland spokesman said: "On proposals to use the winter fuel payment monies to provide a targeted fuel rebate, we would point to evidence such as the research that shows excess winter deaths among the over-65s fell by 50% following the introduction of the winter fuel payment.
"The winter fuel payment does appear to be used by people for the purpose intended and is making a difference to those who need support to keep warm at home.
"If the monies were to be channelled into the schemes to make homes more energy efficient, then Energy Action Scotland would have concerns.
"We need to be convinced that the monies would be well-targeted on those who need it most and also who need that support now. Most of the energy efficiency programmes are unlikely to deliver help instantly - they deliver longer term benefits."
The arm found on Dollymount strand in 2011 belonged to James Nolan.
The 46-year-old was originally from Finglas and had served jail sentences for rape and burglary.
He was last seen alive in November 2010.
The search at Tolka Valley Park in Finglas is expected to take three weeks.
An inquest found Mr Nolan's arm had been severed after his death.
George Lowe's early try put Quins ahead, but Samu Manoa's touchdown and two Stephen Myler penalties gave champions Saints a 13-8 half-time lead.
A George North score extended the visitors' lead after the break, before Jack Clifford got one back for Quins.
Kahn Fotuali'i then crossed for Saints and, despite Sam Twomey's late try for the hosts, Northampton held on.
It was a welcome return to Twickenham for Jim Mallinder's side, who won their first-ever Premiership title at the stadium by beating Saracens in May.
On the balance of play, Harlequins may have deserved more from the game, but Northampton, and in particular fly-half Stephen Myler, were clinical with their chances and retain their league lead after Bath had briefly taken top spot with victory over Exeter earlier on Saturday.
Quins seemed to feed off the bumper crowd early on, and opened the scoring in the sixth minute when Lowe burst his way through bodies after a lovely looped pass from Marland Yarde.
Tim Swiel kicked his side into an eight-point lead, which was short-lived thanks to Myler's accuracy from the tee.
Northampton were being put immense pressure from the home side, but managed to turn Quins around against the run of play as George Pisi's grubber kick forced a line-out five metres from the try-line.
The subsequent catch and drive got Manoa over for the score before Myler's extras put the reigning champions ahead.
And, despite having Salesi Ma'afu sin-binned for a high tackle on Lowe, Saints extended their advantage before the break with another Myler kick.
After the break, a dreadful few minutes for Swiel began when he missed a penalty, and ended in having a kick charged down by Manoa, who offloaded to Wales winger North to power over.
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Swiel managed to compose himself to kick over his second penalty of the afternoon, but Myler was once more clinical from the tee, before Saints brought on England prop Alex Corbisiero for his first game since September.
Swiel then nearly touched down, but Quins recycled and Clifford crept over, and the South African fly-half converted to bring his side to within five at 23-18.
But Saints once more imposed their authority in the 72nd minute, as Fotuali'i picked up the pieces after Mike Haywood almost barged through and dived over.
Harlequins were given hope of a dramatic end to what had already been an entertaining game when lock Twomey crossed for his first Premiership try, but Northampton stood strong to deny their hosts.
Harlequins: Brown; Yarde, Hopper, Lowe, Monye; Swiel, Care; Lambert, Ward, Collier; Matthews, Robson; Trayfoot, Clifford, Easter (capt)
Replacements: Gray, Marfo, Sinckler, Twomey, J Chisholm, Dickson, Casson, R Chisholm
Northampton Saints: Foden; K Pisi, G Pisi, Burrell, North; Myler, L Dickson; A Waller, Haywood, Ma'afu; Dickinson, Day; Clark, Wood (capt), Manoa
Replacements: McMillan, Corbisiero, Denman, Nutley, Dowson, Fotuali'i, Wilson, Stephenson
Root scored 254 and 71 not out as England won the second Test by 330 runs to level the four-match series 1-1.
Opener Cook made 105 and 76 not out, after a first-innings 81 at Lord's, and shared two century stands with Root.
"We had a look at Cook and Root again. We analysed our plans," said Arthur.
"We see them as a fundamental to England's batting. If we can get into them with the new ball we've got a real good chance."
Root's man-of-the-match performance at Old Trafford lifted him two places to number two in the International Cricket Council's Test rankings, while Cook is eighth.
Alex Hales has scored 56 runs, James Vince 76 and Gary Ballance 72 in the first two Tests, although only opener Hales batted in both innings last week.
Arthur said the lack of form posed an "interesting conundrum" for England.
"They are all quality players," he added. "But they clearly know that when they walk out they are playing for their Test places, so that provides another level of pressure.
"I'm not discounting Hales, but clearly Cook and Root are the beacon of England's batting at the moment."
England all-rounder Chris Woakes says he "always believed he was good enough" to play at the highest level.
Woakes, 27, has taken 18 wickets in the first two Tests, with figures of 11-102 at Lord's followed by 7-108 in the second.
"Whenever you go to the highest level, you're judged a little bit more," said Woakes, who also scored 58 at Old Trafford.
"It's understandable that people had their doubts about me.
"I always believed I was good enough. It's just a matter of getting it out of myself and getting a run in the side, which I've had."
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Tharwat Elsha needed three stitches to his face after the assault by a number of men outside the shop in which he works on the Strand Road on Tuesday.
Two men, aged 20 and 41, were arrested and released on police bail pending further enquiries.
Mr Elsha, who has lived in Derry for three years, said he was assaulted with a piece of metal.
He said: "I felt scared because one of them looked at me and told me: 'I will shot (sic) you, I will cut your neck off.'
"Why we have to work like that? Why we have to serve people like that?
"I don't know why they didn't like us."
He said his wife, who witnessed the attack, has been left in shock and is now unable to work.
But he added that he not experienced any previous trouble in his time living in Derry and would not be driven out of the city as a result of the attack.
Steven McKinnon, 44, from Uppingham Road, died in hospital two days after an attack near the Durham Ox pub in Catherine Street, on 6 June.
Gurdev Sangha, 24, from Leicester, appeared before magistrates earlier charged with Mr McKinnon's murder.
Philip Merry, 28, from Thurmaston, is also accused of murder and causing actual bodily harm.
Two other men, aged 29 and 27, from Leicester, have been charged with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
Blazer, whose evidence to US investigators helped trigger the Fifa corruption scandal, had been suffering from cancer.
He was a larger-than-life character, and formerly the general secretary of Concacaf, the governing body of North and Central American football.
In 2013 he pleaded guilty to bribery, money laundering and tax evasion.
He was banned from all football activities for life in 2015.
"We are truly saddened by the passing of our client and friend, Chuck Blazer," Blazer's lawyers said in a statement.
"His misconduct, for which he accepted full responsibility, should not obscure Chuck's positive impact on international soccer."
The official served on FIFA's executive committee from 1997-2013, during which time he pocketed millions to fund a globe-trotting VIP lifestyle.
A 2013 report by Concacaf's integrity committee said he had received more than $20.6m (£16m) in commissions, fees and rental payments from the organisation between 1996 to 2011.
His personal excesses included two apartments in New York's Trump Tower, one of which was exclusively for his cats.
In his blog Travels with Chuck Blazer and his Friends..., he was pictured enjoying time with football legends like Pele and Bobby Charlton, and other high-profile names like Prince William and Hillary Clinton.
He also introduced readers to his pet parrot, a blue-and-gold macaw named Max Blazer, even uploading a video of the bird dancing on the basket of his mobility scooter in New York's Central Park.
His luck ran out when he tried to conceal his income after failing to file tax returns from 2005 to 2010.
According to one account, Mr Blazer was arrested by the FBI and an Internal Revenue Service official in 2011 as he rode his scooter to a favourite New York restaurant.
"We can take you away in handcuffs now, or you can cooperate," he was reportedly told.
Mr Blazer made his choice, and agreed to become an informant to help the US government expose corruption in football.
His information led to charges against 14 other current or former FIFA officials, and contributed to the downfall of Sepp Blatter, the organisation's president.
The carmaker is investing £800m at its headquarters in Crewe to develop and build the sports utility vehicle (SUV), which will compete with cars like the Range Rover.
Bentley's owner, Volkswagen, considered making the car in Bratislava, Slovakia, where it already builds SUVs.
The British government lobbied to keep the project in the UK.
Prime Minister David Cameron was at the announcement at Bentley's headquarters.
"I am delighted that Bentley will be building their new vehicle here, not only creating a thousand jobs, but safeguarding many more, as well as increasing training opportunities for highly skilled apprentices," he said.
Chairman of Volkswagen Martin Winterkorn said: "The Volkswagen Group believes in the UK as a competitive location for industrial production.
"Together we will make this new Bentley another true Bentley - powerful, exclusive and successful."
The new car is due to go on sale in 2016.
It will be Bentley's fourth model joining the Flying Spur, Continental GT and the Mulsanne.
Sir Peter, 66, who has been an MP for 35 years and was a junior minister in Margaret Thatcher's government, was honoured for public service.
He is the first MP to receive a knighthood since fellow-Tory Sir Peter Viggers in 2008.
Since the expenses scandal the next year, MPs have been conspicuously absent from the honours list.
Sir Peter is joined on the honours list by Labour's Anne Begg, 55, who is made a dame for services to disabled people and equal opportunities.
The Aberdeen South MP, who was born with Gaucher's disease, a rare genetic condition which causes regular bone breakages, has chaired the All Party Group on Equalities and the All Party Group on Chronic Pain.
Sir Peter, MP for Worthing West since 1997, previously represented Woolwich West - later renamed Eltham - since a by-election in 1975.
He was a parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Department for Employment, the Department of Transport and the Northern Ireland Office between 1984 and 1990 - but has spent most of his Parliamentary career as a backbencher.
His wife, former health secretary Virginia Bottomley, was made a life peer in 2005.
Sir Peter said he was surprised and "delighted" to be knighted at a time when political honours were out of fashion.
He told BBC News it was probably, in part, in recognition of his campaigns on human rights - in the late 1970s he attempted to prevent the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero in El Salvador - and his achievements in helping to cut road deaths as a transport minister in the 1980s.
But he also spoke up for the role of backbench MPs and the importance of public service.
"My idea of what public and political service is, is to try to make possible the things which are right, and you normally do that in association with other people, some in Parliament, some outside of Parliament," he told the BBC News Channel.
Various civil servants also received honours, including the retiring permanent secretary at the Home Office, David Normington. Sir David, who has been in the civil service for 37 years, was also permanent secretary at the Department for Education and Skills. He was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath.
Tom Fletcher, Gordon Brown's former foreign policy adviser, was also appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George.
Pupils from P4 to P7 at Merrylee Primary in Newlands have been told to stay at home because 12 members of staff are unwell.
The city council said it was drafting in education department staff to assist at the school.
They hoped to have the primary open as normal on Tuesday.
Parents were notified on Sunday via text message and on social media.
Glasgow City Council said 12 staff were ill with sickness and diarrhoea.
A spokesman added: "Senior staff will be drafted in from the education department to help run the school for primaries one to three tomorrow.
"Apologies for this unavoidable inconvenience, however, please make alternative childcare arrangements tomorrow if your child is in P4-P7 at the school. Notice has also been given via the school's text messaging network and social media.
"We hope to reopen the school to all pupils on Tuesday."
The director of education at Glasgow City Council, Maureen McKenna, tweeted: "Apologies to all parents @MerryleePS we will have senior managers at the school first thing to assist. We will confirm Tuesday opening tmrw."
A post on Merrylee Primary School's twitter feed said the head teacher was also unwell.
A spokesman for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said they were offering advice and support to the school.
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The party is holding a one-day event in Dunfermline to discuss recent political events and policy positions.
Mr Rennie urged members to embrace hope rather than "despair" over Brexit and the election of Donald Trump.
He pledged not to give up on "open and progressive" values in America, Europe or the UK.
The Scottish Lib Dems were holding their autumn conference at the Vine Venue in Dunfermline.
Policy areas scheduled for debate included fracking, the gender pay gap, the local planning system, the coming council elections and Scotland's position in Europe.
Party leader Mr Rennie underlined his "grief" at recent electoral results, such as the UK's vote to leave the European Union and the US choosing Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton as its next president.
He said: "The grief this week has been palpable. Not just the fear of what a President Trump could bring, but the sense of loss of what could have been - the first woman president, committed to expanding healthcare, internationalism, equal rights, tolerance.
"It was the same sense of loss, even of bereavement, that so many people felt after the Brexit vote. The result was the opposite of everything we have worked for over the decades - it made many wonder if they even recognise the country we live in any more.
"So what do we do? How do we respond?
"Of course we could turn our backs, cut the ties, walk away. We could partition the country and hope we live in the best bit. But Liberals are not quitters. I refuse to give up on America, I refuse to give up on Europe, I refuse to give up on the United Kingdom."
Mr Rennie urged members to take inspiration from historical figure Robert the Bruce, "who refused to give up in the face of adversity".
He said: "No matter how disturbed by the results in June and this week, as liberals, our response must be one of hope, not despair. A mile from this venue is the Abbey Church, the final resting place of Robert the Bruce.
"Perhaps we should be inspired by his relationship with that famous spider. If at first you don't succeed, try, try and try again. This is a Robert the Bruce moment for us.
"Just because the progressives have failed on Europe and the United States does not mean that we give up on the USA, EU and UK. We don't give up on people. We must try, try and try again."
by Philip Sim
BBC Scotland political reporter
The Lib Dems gathered in Fife, a mile away from the abbey where the bones of Robert the Bruce are buried. So the theme of the day, inspired by a certain spider, was perseverance.
This extended beyond Willie Rennie's central message of keeping faith in liberal values in the wake of the Brexit vote and the election of Donald Trump.
The party leader also had to ward off a fresh insurrection on the topic of fracking, having overruled a pro-fracking resolution in the wake of the Spring conference.
Mr Rennie persevered - and after a feisty debate, won out.
He also got his way on the topic of Scottish independence, after another lively session.
Before the conference even started, opposition parties had seized on another motion calling for "all options" to be examined to maintain Scotland's place in Europe.
Did this somehow indicate support for independence, they wondered?
Well, here are some clues. At the conference, the Lib Dems were re-using old Better Together lanyards. A Scotland In Union stall was positioned in the middle of the venue, yards from a stall selling old No Thanks t-shirts.
Perhaps this was a message to any lurking pro-independence factions; in any case Mr Rennie left no doubt in his speech. He hit out at the SNP's "obsession" with independence and said he'd oppose it "in all circumstances".
And he again won out comfortably in the final vote, cutting all even slightly controversial passages out of the motion.
Mr Rennie will now be hoping this kind of winning form translates to the electorate at large in May's Council elections.
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Their 2-0 win over Sunderland left Hull needed a point at Crystal Palace on Sunday to maintain their survival bid.
But the hosts won 4-0, much to Clement's relief.
"Credit to the players for showing the form they have over the last four games to pick up 10 points from a possible 12," Clement told Swans' website.
"They deserve to be where they are - playing in the Premier League again.''
Clement took over in January with Swans bottom of the table with only 12 points from 19 games.
He added: "I am very proud of what we have achieved in the second half of the season, especially when you put into context where we were when I arrived.
"It's been a collective effort from everyone connected to the club; so congratulations to the players, backroom staff, club staff and definitely our supporters for their help in getting us over the line."
The Welsh club will host West Bromwich Albion on Sunday, 21 May in the season's final round of games.
"I honestly thought it would go down to the last game of the season," added Clement.
"I'm not complaining it hasn't gone to the last game as I predicted.
"And I'm sure the fans will feel the same way after everything they've been through this season.
"Our supporters have been amazing. It's been tough for them at times, but they've stuck with us all the way and I'm delighted for them more than anyone.
"I'm looking forward to enjoying the last game of the season with them at the Liberty on Sunday. It should be a fantastic atmosphere.
"We will be aiming to finish the season strongly and reach 41 points. Then we can look forward and make sure we are stronger next season.''
"We will leave the old Malaysian airlines behind," Christoph Mueller told the BBC.
He insisted that the transition would be "an orderly process".
Mr Mueller, who took the helm in May, said earlier this month that the airline was "technically bankrupt", and announced a restructuring plan involving 6,000 job cuts.
He said the airline expected no further bad news "particularly for our new employees".
Instead, Mr Mueller said improving its technology, renegotiating contracts with its suppliers and generally becoming more efficient would help the airline to cut costs further.
He said frequent flyer miles as well as any tickets sold by the old Malaysian Airlines would be honoured by the new company.
The airline was already struggling against strong regional competition and had made a loss for several years, before it was struck by two separate disasters in quick succession.
In March last year, Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared with 239 passengers and crew aboard. The plane is still missing.
Four months later, flight MH17 was shot down by a suspected ground-to-air missile while in Ukrainian airspace, with the loss of 298 passengers and crew.
Mr Mueller admitted it was "difficult to predict" how fast its brand would recover from the disasters, but said the rebranded firm would take on the compensation obligations of the old company.
Malaysia Airlines plans to announce details on the rebranding on 1 September. Mr Mueller would not be drawn on whether this would mean a change to its name, but said all options were open.
He also would not say whether the airline would withdraw from some costly long-haul flights, but said its new schedule would be announced "in a couple of weeks time".
Mr Mueller was hired by the carrier's owner, Malaysian state fund Khazanah, to lead the airline's restructuring.
He has previously had senior roles at Ireland's Aer Lingus, Belgium's Sabena and Germany's Lufthansa airlines. Famed for slashing jobs at the airlines, he has earned the nickname "the Terminator".
Sweden international Ibrahimovic is out of contract after deciding to leave French champions Paris St-Germain.
As well as interest from United, the 34-year-old has been made lucrative offers from clubs in China.
However, he has spoken warmly of his experience of working with Mourinho in the past and is the kind of stellar name United are looking to attract.
Mourinho, 53, is expected to take over from Louis van Gaal after his representatives met with United officials on Tuesday.
Whilst the Old Trafford club retain the ability to pay huge wages given their record turnover figures, which are set to exceed £500m this year, they recognise a failure to qualify for the Champions League for the second time in three years severely limits their ability to bring in the biggest names.
Ibrahimovic is obtainable and is keen to experience the Premier League, having already made an impact in the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and France.
He has won 13 league titles in those four leagues, including the two he secured at Juventus that were subsequently revoked due to the Calciopoli scandal.
Another was won with Mourinho, at Inter Milan in 2009, when Ibrahimovic was named Serie A's player of the year and won goal of the season.
The forward has spoken recently of how he wishes he had continued the relationship with Mourinho, rather than moving on to Barcelona.
Despite his age, Ibrahimovic remains one of the biggest names in the game.
United have not had great success with such signings recently. They paid huge wages to Angel di Maria and Radamel Falcao at the start of Van Gaal's two years in charge but both players left Old Trafford after a single season.
The Good Friday Agreement contained proposals for the decommissioning of paramilitary weapons within two years.
Seamus Mallon said the "mistake" was due to Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern's impatience to get into the history books.
Mr Mallon made his comments in an interview with The Irish Catholic.
The Good Friday Agreement in 1998 was reached after nearly two years of talks and 30 years of conflict, known as the Troubles.
The agreement was seen as a triumph for British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Taoiseach [Irish Prime Minister] Bertie Ahern who had been closely involved in the talks.
Mr Mallon told the newspaper that although the agreement was a "great step forward", it was part of a "flawed process".
The former SDLP deputy leader said if the two governments had told Sinn Féin they would not be in government until the IRA got rid of its arms "they would have done it [decommissioned] because they were holding onto the arms as a political weapon".
"The governments' failure was bad tactical politics and devalued and tarnished the agreement and the currency of politics," he said.
During his interview, Mr Mallon returned several times to the failure by the British and Irish governments to insist on decommissioning before Sinn Féin entered government.
"Some people don't realise that two and a bit years before Good Friday, the Provos [Provisional IRA] had already done their negotiations with London and Dublin and with America," he said.
"They had been talking to the British, they had been talking to [John] Hume and had been talking to Dublin and they had been talking to America.
"And they had been laying down their basis for ending [their campaign] before the [Good Friday Agreement] negotiations even started.
"The total fundamental weak part of it was that the governments allowed them [Sinn Féin] to set the agenda."
Mr Mallon said things "could and should have been done differently".
He said the failure of them to deliver had resulted in the "destruction of David Trimble who had made a courageous decision, took enormous abuse and at the end of the day was thrown out of the boat by the two governments when they called the [2003] election."
Discussions began last week at Stormont in a bid to resolve the current political row at Stormont.
The crisis was triggered when police said they believed IRA members had been involved in the murder of a former IRA man in Belfast in August.
Chief Constable George Hamilton said the IRA was still in existence, but added that the organisation was not engaged in terrorism.
Sinn Féin said the IRA no longer exists after it ordered an end to its armed campaign in 2005.
The claims by Mr Hamilton led to a breakdown in trust between Sinn Féin and unionist parties.
The Ulster Unionists withdrew from Northern Ireland's ruling executive, with three Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) ministers also later resigning, and DUP leader Peter Robinson stepping aside as first minister.
Unionists agreed to join the talks when the government ordered an independent review of paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland earlier this month.
The attack may have tested the city's resolve, but it didn't stop thousands gathering to share a drink and a hug, and watch Manchester United's triumphant Europa League final.
Even the club's rivalries with the likes of Liverpool and Manchester City were put to one side, and supporters around the world wished the team well.
"I can see tomorrow's headlines already," said fan Harry Charlton. "It will just say 'United'."
Mr Charlton was at the Old Nags Head in the city centre for the game, where fans watching on TV observed the same silence as the United players and their Dutch opponents Ajax did in the Friends Arena in Stockholm.
The pub has a reputation as one of the city's most diehard United-supporting venues.
The 33-year-old bricklayer said: "It's about unity. Manchester United has always been the most hated team in the world, because of its success, but I think everyone wants us to win this time.
"These attacks have hurt everybody. Everybody in the country. This match is a chance for the city and our friends everywhere to be united.
"A Manchester City fan walked past earlier with a club jacket on and he'd usually be told where to go. But even he said 'lads, I hope you win'."
Father-of-one Michael Noone, from Gorton, said he hoped the team would show the same fight and resolve that was so evident in the city's defiant response to the attack.
In the end, Manchester United's 2-0 win saw them take the trophy and return to the Champions League.
"Usually we have the big rivalries, like with City and Liverpool, but everybody has come together, regardless of the colour of their football shirts," the 35-year-old recruitment manager said.
"The reaction has been huge, and this is just another way to help bring people together.
"You have a big terror attack like this but so much good has come out afterwards. It's just a shame it had to happen at all."
However, despite regular renditions of the usual football songs and chants, Daniel Constable, of Levenshulme, said he detected a sombre quality in the atmosphere.
"It was a bit different getting the taxi into town," he said. "You could see it in the eyes of everybody walking around. I think everyone's thinking about the same things.
"But the sun is shining and its been good to see everybody coming out happy to watch the game."
From Bill Rice, BBC Radio Manchester, in Stockholm
The mood among Manchester United fans shifted from understated and sombre following Monday's attack to hope and expectation in Sweden.
Keiron, a student in Manchester who travelled to the Swedish capital, says the response from the city of Manchester has been "incredible".
"They are such great people and so willing to rally round in difficult times," he said before kick-off.
"The atmosphere in Stockholm has been a little bit subdued. In the stadium it is going to be emotional, but I hope we use that emotion to perform better and bring the trophy home."
Fans travelling to the game were quiet, after many had spent much of Monday night checking on friends and loved ones. They were tired because of it.
However, by Wednesday in the sunshine and heat of Stockholm, fans were drinking, chanting and looking forward to the final, albeit with mixed feelings.
Ryan, from Worsley, admitted it had not been quite the same as previous trips into Europe.
While he is "looking forward to it", he said it was "on a bit of a downer, we want to be happy but at the same time we are worried about everyone at home".
Lee, also from Worsley, said the game was less important to him. "I think you realise it's just a game of football," he said.
It is the first gold coin to be found at the Roman fort site of Vindolanda where archaeologists have been digging for more than 40 years.
Dr Andrew Birley, director of excavations, described it as a "special" find.
It is likely to be put on display at Vindolanda's museum once it has been fully researched and documented.
The coin was found by dig volunteer Marcel Albert, from Nantes in France.
He said: "I thought it can't be true. It was just sitting there as I scraped back the soil, shining, as if someone had just dropped it."
Archaeologists said the image of Nero dated it to AD 64-65 and added it would equate to more than half a year's salary for a serving soldier.
It was found in Vindolanda's 4th Century level and so would have been lost about 300 years after it was made.
Justin Blake, deputy director of excavations, said: "My first find at Vindolanda nearly 20 years ago was a coin.
"But because of their scarcity, I didn't think for a moment that I would ever see a gold coin unearthed at the site.
"It was an absolutely magical moment for the whole team."
Eishtec is setting up an operation in the Silverwood business park.
The company, which was founded in 2011, employs more than 1,100 people. It has a major contract with EE, the telecoms and broadband company.
The development is being supported with Invest NI and Department for Employment and Learning grants of more than £1.5m.
Recruitment websites are advertising the Eishtec positions at £6.75 an hour plus commission.
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster said: "There are a variety of roles, including management and team leader positions.
"They will offer excellent training and employment opportunities to a wide range of people, from those with experience in customer service to school leavers and the unemployed."
Employment Minister Stephen Farry said: "Northern Ireland continues to show that it has the talent and skills available to support business needs and this is evident in Eishtec's decision.
"I am committed to working with our inward investors and local companies to help them meet their skills needs and hence achieve their business objectives."
Colm Tracey of Eishtec said its new operation would "also service other clients and play a vital role as we diversify and grow our business".
"With the right training and career progression we can create a positive environment for our new employees to develop and help us further strengthen our offering to clients," he said.
The Delaware court order temporarily restrains Mr Charney from breaking a previous agreement, the firm said.
It prevents him from making any negative statements in the press about the company and from trying to get board members removed.
He was ousted last year after an investigation into alleged misconduct.
It followed a series of sexual harassment claims made by former employees.
American Apparel has already sued Mr Charney in May for breaking the agreement.
"Mr. Charney is temporarily restrained from directly or indirectly seeking the removal of any member of the Company's board of directors, including by instigating, encouraging, acting in concert with or assisting any third party in seeking to do so," the company's statement said.
He is "temporarily restrained from making or causing to be made to any third party (including by press release or other statement to the press or media) any statement that disparages or negatively reflects on the Company or its current, former or future employees, officers or directors," it continued.
Mr Charney's lawyer Stephen Brauerman said that his client intended to "fully comply" with the order.
"The Court's order is preliminary and based on pleadings we have not had an opportunity... fully to challenge at this stage", he said.
Canadian-born Mr Charney founded American Apparel in 1998 with a $10,000 loan from his father.
The firm rose to prominence in the mid-2000s for its "hipster chic" clothing, which is all made in America.
The Shakers took a 12th-minute lead through Jacob Mellis, only for Billy Sharp to equalise nine minutes later with his 17th goal of the season.
Kelvin Etuhu's own goal put the Blades in front for the first time on 72 minutes before Kieron Freeman sealed a fifth straight win for the Blades, tapping in his second in two games with nine minutes left.
Mellis stunned the league leaders by pouncing on a loose ball to fire home from 20 yards.
But the visitors were soon level as Bury failed to clear John Fleck's inswinging free-kick and Sharp fired home on the turn from close range.
Caolan Lavery was then denied by home goalkeeper Ben Williams before Stefan Scougall and Fleck had shots blocked.
James Vaughan spurned a great chance to restore Bury's lead as he fired wide just after half-time.
And United gradually got on top before Lavery's low cross struck Etuhu and went into Bury's net.
Lavery was again the provider as he squared for Freeman to make it 15 league games without a win for Bury, who are now out of the relegation zone on goal difference only.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Bury 1, Sheffield United 3.
Second Half ends, Bury 1, Sheffield United 3.
Foul by Neil Danns (Bury).
John Fleck (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
George Miller (Bury) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jack O'Connell (Sheffield United).
Substitution, Sheffield United. Matt Done replaces Billy Sharp.
Foul by George Miller (Bury).
John Fleck (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Scott Burgess (Bury) hits the bar with a left footed shot from the left side of the box.
Hand ball by Tom Pope (Bury).
Attempt missed. Tom Pope (Bury) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
Corner, Bury. Conceded by Mark Duffy.
Attempt blocked. Scott Burgess (Bury) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Jake Wright (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
James Vaughan (Bury) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jake Wright (Sheffield United).
Attempt saved. Caolan Lavery (Sheffield United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Goal! Bury 1, Sheffield United 3. Kieron Freeman (Sheffield United) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Caolan Lavery.
Substitution, Sheffield United. Paul Coutts replaces Daniel Lafferty.
Substitution, Bury. George Miller replaces Jack Mackreth.
Substitution, Bury. Tom Pope replaces Callum Styles.
Jacob Bedeau (Bury) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Billy Sharp (Sheffield United).
Scott Burgess (Bury) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Mark Duffy (Sheffield United).
Own Goal by Kelvin Etuhu, Bury. Bury 1, Sheffield United 2.
Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Jacob Bedeau.
Corner, Sheffield United. Conceded by Jacob Bedeau.
Attempt blocked. Mark Duffy (Sheffield United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Kelvin Etuhu (Bury).
Mark Duffy (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Bury. Neil Danns replaces Jacob Mellis.
Attempt missed. Billy Sharp (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Corner, Bury. Conceded by Ethan Ebanks-Landell.
Antony Kay (Bury) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Billy Sharp (Sheffield United).
Tom Soares (Bury) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Tom Soares (Bury).
Caolan Lavery (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
In an interview with BBC Persian, Benjamin Netanyahu warned: "If they get nuclear weapons this brutal regime will be immortal, like North Korea."
He also said the new President, Hassan Rouhani, could not "change the real decisions" made by the Supreme Leader.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Mr Rouhani have said they reject nuclear weapons.
They insist Iran's nuclear programme is solely for peaceful purposes, but world powers suspect they are not being truthful.
There has nevertheless been a recent thaw in relations between Iran and the United States, with Mr Rouhani and President Barack Obama recently discussing the issue - the first top-level conversation between the two countries for more than 30 years.
On Tuesday, Iranian diplomats at the United Nations reacted angrily after Mr Netanyahu described their president as a "wolf in sheep's clothing" in a speech to the General Assembly.
In his interview - his first with an international Persian-language media organisation - the Israeli leader said Mr Rouhani did not "represent the Iranian people".
"He represents a desire for change, but it wasn't expressed in a free open election."
"I don't think he has the mandate to change the real decisions that are made by Khamenei. Khamenei wants nuclear weapons for Iran."
Mr Rouhani has said he has "full power and complete authority" to strike a nuclear deal. However, ultimate power lies with the Supreme Leader.
Mr Netanyahu told BBC Persian that people, himself included, wanted to see "a diplomatic solution to end Iran's quest for nuclear weapons".
"But I want to see a real solution. Not a fake one."
That would involve the "complete dismantling of Iran's ability to make nuclear weapons", he added.
"If they want civilian energy, they don't need enrichment. Uranium enrichment is necessary only if you want nuclear weapons."
"If they get nuclear weapons this brutal regime will be immortal, like North Korea. It will go on repressing the people of Iran, who deserve better. They are a great people."
The UN Security Council has adopted a series of resolutions requiring Iran to stop enriching uranium, which can be used for civilian nuclear purposes, but also to build nuclear bombs.
But Iran says it is simply doing what it has a "right" to do under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and is enriching uranium for power station fuel or other peaceful purposes.
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The robbery, which happened at a Bank of Scotland branch in Kirkcaldy, Fife, on Wednesday, sparked a bomb scare.
The taxi driver picked up the man from The Avenue in Lochgelly and then made him carry out the robbery at the Mitchelston Industrial Estate branch.
Police said the suspect may have been hanging about in Lochgelly beforehand and had a large blue canvas holdall.
During the robbery, the taxi driver was forced to present a note to bank staff demanding money.
A cashier handed over a four-figure sum but it was later recovered by police at the scene.
A dedicated team of detectives have been checking CCTV footage from surrounding premises and carrying out door-to-door inquiries.
Det Insp Charlie Duncan said: "I believe the male we are looking for may have been hanging about in the area of the small industrial estate on The Avenue, Lochgelly between 12.15pm and 12.40pm on Wednesday, before he was able to get a taxi to take him to Kirkcaldy.
"I believe he was carrying a large blue canvas holdall with distinctive stripes on the corners. This male may have walked to this location from Lochgelly or may have been delivered there by another vehicle."
He added: "I also know the male left the area of Carberry Road, Kirkcaldy, as he has been seen running along Carberry Place, which leads to the rear of the Asda store.
"I believe he may have tried to leave the area immediately and in doing so may have again used a taxi or public transport, which would have been around 2pm.
"I would ask anyone who believes they may have transported this male to come forward."
The suspect was described as being as white, 5ft 6in tall, of heavy build. He was wearing a dark green baseball cap, a dark green scarf, a thick, dark blue jacket, tracksuit bottoms and sunglasses.
He spoke with a distinctive Eastern European accent.
Initial reports from the bank described how a possible explosive device was involved and nearby schools and shops were locked down while officers investigated the scene.
Bomb disposal teams scoured the area but they later confirmed no explosives were involved in the incident, police said.
All 108 seats in the new assembly have now been filled after the final count in Upper Bann on Saturday.
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Arlene Foster said she is looking forward to the start of government negotiations.
The DUP remains the largest party at Stormont.
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The DUP has 38 seats, while Sinn Féin has 28, the Ulster Unionists 16, SDLP 12 and the Alliance Party has eight.
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Those talks will begin at Stormont on Monday.
Mr McGuinness topped the poll in his home constituency of Foyle.
He said that it is "incumbent on all those with a mandate to work together for the greater good in the face of many challenges".
"On Monday, we will be entering discussions to agree and conclude a deliverable programme of government.
"This programme must build on the progress to date and must represent a further step in the new start for our institutions."
He told BBC Radio Ulster's The Sunday News that he hoped the programme for government negotiations could be finished before the two weeks allotted.
"Work on the programme for government has been going on prior to the election for some months.
"I do believe a considerable amount of work has been done. I would hope it could be concluded fairly quickly."
DUP leader Arlene Foster, also speaking on The Sunday News, said that she was "looking forward" to the negotiations.
"What I need to do now is bring forward my plan for the negotiations and to start getting things done for the country.
"That's what I'm very focused on now in the next week."
Mrs Foster added that she was hopeful that the programme negotiations would result in an extra £1bn spending for health.
"I'm heartened that Sinn Féin in their manifesto also pointed out there should be £1bn more spent on health, so hopefully that will be able to be delivered.
"I think people would welcome that right across Northern Ireland."
SDLP's Nichola Mallon said that the negotiations will determine whether her party goes into government or opposition.
"For us it's around the content for the programme for government," she said.
"If it's right, we will be a part of government. If it's not, then we will be in opposition.
"More has to be achieved and we're willing to be at the table to try and achieve that," she said.
Philip Smith, from the UUP, said his party would get involved in negotiations but will not support the programme for government if it is "pre-cooked" or "tinkering around the edge".
"If the programme for government is progressive and if there is a consensus to make it work, we may well go into government.
"If we do, we would love the opportunity to take education as it in such a mess."
Stephen Farry, from the Alliance Party, said there is a "major question" over whether the Alliance Party would go enter the executive.
"There are issues around the quality of the programme for government, issues around how the way business is done," he said.
The Frenchman, 29, has been with Lotus for four years and has 10 podium finishes in 78 grands prix.
Haas, powered by Ferrari engines, will be the first USA-owned F1 team since 1986.
"What everyone at Haas F1 Team is building is impressive, and I'm very proud to be a part of it," Grosjean said.
"While I'm committed to giving my absolute best to my current team in these last five races, I am very excited for what the future holds at Haas."
Grosjean has made the switch despite the expected takeover of Lotus by Renault.
He had been widely tipped to join Haas and his move leaves a vacancy at Lotus/Renault alongside Pastor Maldonado, who recently signed a new deal.
The other Haas seat is expected to be taken by former Sauber driver Esteban Gutierrez, who is Ferrari's reserve driver this year.
The newly-formed outfit was created by Gene Haas, co-owner of the Stewart-Haas NASCAR team, and while their base is in the USA they will also work out of Banbury in Oxfordshire.
Mr Farage said he thought people would be concerned if a group of Romanians moved in next door.
Labour leader Ed Miliband said the comments were a "racial slur", while Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg said the remarks had no place in modern Britain.
On Sunday, Mr Farage said he regretted his form of words but said there was a "real problem" of Romanian criminality.
In an interview for LBC Radio on Friday, Mr Farage was asked what the difference was between having a group of Romanian men and German children as neighbours.
"You know what the difference is," Mr Farage replied.
He added: "I was asked if a group of Romanian men moved in next to you, would you be concerned? And if you lived in London, I think you would be."
He also said many migrants coming to the UK had been "forced into a life of crime" by "real poverty" in their country.
In a statement following the interview he said: "Any normal and fair-minded person would have a perfect right to be concerned if a group of Romanian people suddenly moved in next door."
Mr Miliband said the comments were "deeply offensive".
He told Sky News: "I think they were a racial slur but I don't think of Nigel Farage as a racist himself."
Deputy Prime Minister Mr Clegg said Mr Farage's mask was slipping and that the UKIP leader had "a rather nasty view of the world".
He told BBC One's The Andrew Marr Show: "I think anyone who singles out one community, one nationality, and says 'I don't want to live next door to them', I really think that's the politics of division and I think it really should have no place in modern Britain.
"I would say to people if you don't like that point of view, if, like me, you are really put off by this very divisive, nasty approach to things then please go out and vote."
Keith Vaz, chairman of the Home Affairs Committee, said the comments had echoes of abuse against members of the Asian community in the 1960s.
He added: "This is just not the language that we should be involved in. I think there should be an explanation and I think there ought to be an apology."
Prime Minister David Cameron has described some of Mr Farage's comments as "pretty unpleasant".
"I just hope people will look at this and recognise that we are an open, tolerant, compassionate country," he said.
"Yes, we want to have a controlled immigration system; yes, we want to sort out the welfare system, but we shouldn't put these labels on as UKIP do."
The Sun newspaper on Saturday also criticised Mr Farage, saying his comments were "racism, pure and simple".
Asked about his comments on Sunday during an interview with ITV, Mr Farage said: "I regret the fact that I was, sort of, completely tired out, and I didn't chose, I didn't use the form of words in response that I would have liked to have used.
"I should have just hit back immediately and said, look, understand there is a real problem here, you can't deny it.
"Too much criminality from those gangs from Romania has come to London - I could have been clearer. But, do you know what? In life, sometimes we get things wrong."
The Glasgow City Alcohol and Drug Partnership said about 500 vulnerable drug users injected in public places.
It said these people were responsible for the majority of discarded needles which posed a health risk and also contributed to public order problems.
The partnership will examine if an injecting area, like those in Europe, Canada and Australia, could help here.
If such a facility was approved, it would be the first of its kind in the UK.
The Glasgow City Alcohol and Drug Partnership (ADP) is a multi-agency group tasked by the Scottish government with tackling alcohol and drug issues.
ADP chair, Susanne Millar, said: "There are approximately 5,500 drug injectors in Glasgow with around 500 of these injecting in public in the city centre.
"While this is a tiny percentage of the city's population, it has a huge level of need and consists of a huge cost to the public purse.
"We need to make our communities safer for all people living in and visiting the city, including those who publicly inject."
ADP said the majority are people who injected drugs in public places experienced problems such as homelessness, mental health issues, recent imprisonment and poverty.
They were at heightened risk of blood-borne viruses, overdose and drug-related death, and other injecting-related complications such as serious bacterial infections.
The partnership said that in 2015 there was an HIV outbreak in Glasgow, with 47 new infections compared to the previously consistent annual average of 10.
There were also several other outbreaks of serious infectious diseases such as botulism and anthrax.
ADP will look at the case piloting a medically supervised injecting facility in Glasgow city centre, extending the existing opioid substitution therapy services to include heroin-assisted treatment and developing a peer support network for harm reduction.
Dr Emilia Crighton, director of public health at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, and vice chair of the ADP, said: "We are decades behind other countries in the way we tackle this problem.
"Our ultimate goal is for drug users to recover from their addiction and remain drug free.
"However, until someone is ready to seek and receive help to stop using drugs it is important to keep them as safe as possible while do they continue to use drugs."
The League One club host the Premiership leaders in a fourth-round tie at Airdrie's Excelsior Stadium, with a crowd of 10,000 expected.
"The atmosphere will be electric," Young told BBC Scotland.
"These games don't come along very often, so when they do you've got to make the most of it."
Rovers have already caused a shock in this season's competition, knocking out Championship side Queen of the South with a 2-1 victory.
But former Aberdeen midfielder Young, 38, knows the challenge will ramp up against Brendan Rodgers' men.
"There's no other team in Scottish football that's beaten them this season and I think there's only one team [Inverness CT] that have drawn with them," he said.
"That shows you the kind of task we've got. Even if they rest a couple of players, it will be quality international players that replace them.
"They went away there and signed a player [Kouassi Eboue] for £2.8m and there's a chance he won't even start, so that's the quality we're up against.
"But we'll have a game plan and stick to it and hopefully get a few wee opportunities. If you take your chances at the right time, a wee bit of luck could help get us a victory or a draw."
Six Nations organisers had ruled Marler would not be punished for the comment, made during the first half of England's 25-21 win over Wales on 12 March.
But World Rugby, which governs the international game, says the prop's remark "amounts to misconduct and/or a breach" of its code of conduct.
Marler apologised to Lee, who is from the Traveller community, at half-time.
The Harlequins player was reprimanded by England head coach Eddie Jones, but the Welsh Rugby Union was disappointed he was not suspended.
The electricity fault was reported in the Woodburn area of the city at around 11:20 BST.
All affected customers had their power restored by 16:00 after the fault was repaired. NIE Networks have apologised for any inconvenience.
City centre businesses and traffic lights were affected by a major fault in February.
Gatland's team lost 39-21 in Auckland on Saturday, leading after an hour before conceding 21 points unanswered.
Wales face the Chiefs on Tuesday before the second Test against the world champions in Wellington next Saturday.
"There were a lot of positives out of today and we learn from the experience of that match," said Gatland.
"I think we would have learned a heck of a lot from that and hopefully we are better for it again next week."
Wales have lost 27 consecutive games against the All Blacks, with their last win coming in 1953.
However, Gatland said the performance at Eden Park was a big improvement after a disappointing defeat by England at the end of May.
"We were brilliant for 60 minutes. We said we were going to come out and play. We knew we needed that game after England," he added.
"It's the learning you take from playing against the best team in the world and sometimes the learning takes place out in the middle.
"It doesn't matter what we do on the training field and as coaches, you've got to be out there in the middle and experience the relentlessness that the All Blacks bring.
"We feel like we get better the longer we are together. Players don't have that many games at that level of intensity.
"They get to experience it a lot more than us and are familiar and comfortable with that."
Taulupe Faletau and Rhys Webb scored tries for Wales, but the All Blacks hit back through two tries from wing Waisake Naholo and scores from Julian Savea, Kieran Read and Nathan Harris.
The result ensured New Zealand's 22-year unbeaten run at Eden Park goes on after their 35th successive win at the ground.
Wales play Steve Hansen's side again on Saturday, 18 June as they look for a first win in New Zealand.
"We had to be brave and we had to be bold, and we did that," said Gatland.
"I thought a couple of tries that we scored were outstanding and could have scored a couple more.
"We made a couple of line-breaks where the All Blacks seemed reasonably happy to give away a penalty, rather than giving us a chance at the end of the breakdown.
"They are the world's best team and they showed that at the end of the day because they just kept playing for the full 80 minutes."
Patricia Wilson, 58, formerly of Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, vanished from her home in August 2012. Her body has never been found.
Jean-Louis Cayrou, 54, of La Salvetat-Peyrales, told a court in Rodez near Toulouse that the case was "lies".
The court heard the pair had an affair after her partner returned to Britain.
Mrs Wilson had been living in a hamlet called Les Landes Basses near the village of Vabre-Tizac.
She moved to the area with her partner Donald Marcus in 2008.
Judge Regis Cayrol said the missing woman began an affair with the defendant in 2012 - about six months after Mr Marcus left to receive treatment for multiple sclerosis.
The court heard that the relationship between Mr Cayrou and Mrs Wilson had deteriorated by mid-July 2012 and that she confided in friends that they had had an argument when she tried to end it.
It was alleged by her friends that Mr Cayrou entered her house on 25 July, cut the electricity, attempted to suffocate her while she was sleeping and said: "I am doing this to show that you need a man in the house."
Mrs Wilson returned to England between 8 and 17 August and the judge told the court the defendant was said to have bombarded her with calls.
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Upon her return to France, friends became concerned about her lack of contact, let themselves into her house on 22 August and found traces of blood, the court heard.
French police found blood and DNA in the boot of the defendant's car, on a head torch and a strap, the court heard.
Mr Cayrou, who lived in a caravan, protested as the judge read out the charge of premeditated murder, saying they were "lies".
The hearing continues.
Tom Thwaites had special prostheses made so he could walk like an animal.
The spoof awards, which are not quite as famous as the real Nobels, were handed out during their annual ceremony at Harvard University, US.
Other studies honoured during the event examined the personalities of rocks, and how the world looks when you bend over and view it through your legs.
On the surface, all the celebrated research sounds a bit daft, but a lot of it - when examined closely - is actually intended to tackle real-world problems.
And nearly all of the science gets published in peer-reviewed, scholarly journals.
It is unlikely, though, that the German carmaker Volkswagen will appreciate the point or humour of the Ig Nobels.
The firm has been awarded the chemistry prize for the way it cheated emissions tests.
Goat-man Tom Thwaites actually shares his biology prize with another Briton, Charles Foster, who also has spent time in the wild trying to experience life from an animal's perspective.
Clearly, the practice is fast-becoming a national trait.
Mr Thwaites concedes his effort was initially an attempt to escape the stress of modern living, but then became a passion.
He spent a year researching the idea, and even persuaded an expert in prostheses, Dr Glyn Heath at Salford University, to build him a set of goat legs.
Fascinating, if a little bizarre on occasions, was Mr Thwaites' verdict on the whole venture. He developed a strong bond with one animal in particular - a "goat buddy", but also very nearly kicked off a big confrontation at one point.
"I was just sort of walking around, you know chewing grass, and just looked up and then suddenly realised that everyone else had stopped chewing and there was this tension which I hadn't kind of noticed before and then one or two of the goats started tossing their horns around and I think I was about to get in a fight," he told BBC News.
The American science humour magazine, the Annals of Improbable Research, is the inspiration behind the Ig Nobels, which are now in their 26th year.
Thursday night's ceremony was reportedly as chaotic as ever, with audience members throwing the obligatory paper planes while real Nobel laureates attempted to hand out the prizes.
The full list of winners announced at Harvard's Sanders Theatre:
Reproduction Prize - The late Ahmed Shafik, for testing the effects of wearing polyester, cotton, or wool trousers on the sex life of rats.
Economics Prize - Mark Avis and colleagues, for assessing the perceived personalities of rocks, from a sales and marketing perspective.
Physics Prize - Gabor Horvath and colleagues, for discovering why white-haired horses are the most horsefly-proof horses, and for discovering why dragonflies are fatally attracted to black tombstones.
Chemistry Prize - Volkswagen, for solving the problem of excessive automobile pollution emissions by automatically, electromechanically producing fewer emissions whenever the cars are being tested.
Medicine Prize - Christoph Helmchen and colleagues, for discovering that if you have an itch on the left side of your body, you can relieve it by looking into a mirror and scratching the right side of your body (and vice versa).
Psychology Prize - Evelyne Debey and colleagues, for asking a thousand liars how often they lie, and for deciding whether to believe those answers.
Peace Prize - Gordon Pennycook and colleagues, for their scholarly study called "On the Reception and Detection of Pseudo-Profound Bullshit".
Biology Prize - Awarded jointly to: Charles Foster, for living in the wild as, at different times, a badger, an otter, a deer, a fox, and a bird; and to Thomas Thwaites, for creating prosthetic extensions of his limbs that allowed him to move in the manner of, and spend time roaming hills in the company of, goats.
Literature Prize - Fredrik Sjoberg, for his three-volume autobiographical work about the pleasures of collecting flies that are dead, and flies that are not yet dead.
Perception Prize - Atsuki Higashiyama and Kohei Adachi, for investigating whether things look different when you bend over and view them between your legs.
For those who cannot abide this sort of nonsense, the real Nobel Prizes are handed out the week after next.
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A delay in submitting audited accounts meant the club were under embargo from 1 January until accounts were submitted.
The club are on the verge of being taken over by an American consortium led by John Jay Moores.
The consortium have said the money for the deal - thought to be worth £50m - is in the bank and available.
But there has been no update from the club - or the prospective new owners - as to whether the takeover from Fawaz Al Hasawi has been completed.
The Reds have lost five of their last six matches, with their only point in that time coming in a 1-1 home draw with Preston, and are currently only two points clear of the relegation zone.
BBC Radio Nottingham's Nottingham Forest correspondent Colin Fray
"It's clearly good news that Forest are able to add to their squad again, even if fans are still waiting for news on the takeover.
"The suggestion was that the delay in submitting the accounts was because it was unclear who would be responsible for the day-to-day funding of the company.
"While we still don't know who that is. it now seems that someone - possibly the potential new owners, possibly the current owner, or possibly both - has taken on that responsibility.
"That would have enabled the club to send their accounts to the league and, as expected, as soon as they did, the embargo was removed. This news suggests that negotiations are progressing, but we still don't know in which direction."
BBC Sport has picked out some of the day's main talking points from Saturday's action in the Football League.
Every side dreams of scoring straight from kick-off and Reading managed just that against promotion-chasing Middlesbrough at the Madejski Stadium.
USA international Danny Williams gave the Royals a perfect start with just 15 seconds on the clock, heading in Hal Robson-Kanu's lofted cross.
It was the Berkshire club's third-fastest goal ever and helped Steve Clarke's side beat a Middlesbrough team who had won their previous five.
Nick Blackman added a late second for Reading, who move up to third in the Championship and two points behind Boro.
Reading 2-0 Middlesbrough
Former England international Darren Bent has had to accept a place on the bench following his summer move to Derby County, only starting twice this season.
He scored as a late substitute against MK Dons last week but getting stuck in a traffic jam in the Midlands meant he was omitted from the squad to face Brentford.
"It wasn't his fault and it can happen," Rams head coach Paul Clement told BBC Radio Derby.
"I couldn't be totally sure exactly what time he would arrive and I had to name the team and the substitutes in his absence.
"Anyone can get into traffic and that was the case with Darren. Is it harsh? It's unfortunate and not something I wanted to do."
Derby 2-0 Brentford
Leon Clarke's ninth goal of the season helped Bury extend their unbeaten run away from home to 17 matches - stretching all the way back to January.
The Shakers, promoted from League Two last season, won by a single goal at Colchester.
David Flitcroft's side have won their last six games in League One and are now third in the table, three points off leaders Burton Albion.
Their last defeat on the road came when they were beaten 1-0 by the Brewers at the Pirelli Stadium on 31 January.
Colchester 0-1 Bury
Blackpool have endured a difficult time since their relegation from the Championship last season.
Manager Neil McDonald has had to mould a new-look squad through supporter protests while chairman Karl Oyston has been involved in spats with fans and the club president.
However the Tangerines have recorded back-to-back wins for the first time since September 2013, following up victory over Chesterfield last week with a win over Swindon Town.
Mark Cullen's first-half goal was enough to secure all three points. Things may be looking up at Bloomfield Road, although the club remain in the League One relegation zone on goal difference.
Blackpool 1-0 Swindon
Former Tottenham and Manchester United forward Teddy Sheringham took his first managerial post at Stevenage this summer, following a spell as attacking coach at West Ham.
However the 49-year-old, who won the treble with United in 1999, has found the transition to the dugout far from plain sailing.
A 1-0 defeat at home to Carlisle on Saturday, courtesy of Tom Miller's late goal, meant Stevenage slumped to their fourth consecutive defeat in League Two,
Boro are now six games without a win and are just two points above the relegation zone.
Stevenage 0-1 Carlisle
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Mcor said it was the first time such technology had become available in a machine suitable for classrooms and offices.
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Fire appliances from Dundee and Perth were called to the White Horse Inn in North William Street at about 04:40 on Saturday.
The blaze started on the ground floor before spreading to the roof of the building.
Police and local authority officials temporarily relocated nearby residents. There were no reports of any injuries.
The White Horse Inn was damaged three years ago after a blaze swept through the ground and first floors of the building.
Noye, 63, stabbed 21-year-old Stephen Cameron during a fight on an M25 slip road at Swanley in 1996.
He fled to Spain afterwards but was extradited in 1998 and jailed for life at the Old Bailey in 2000. He denied murder, on the grounds of self-defence.
Two previous appeals by Noye, in 2001 and 2004, were unsuccessful.
Mr Cameron was stabbed in front of his fiance, Danielle Cable, who is now in a witness protection scheme.
Noye's case was being looked at again following a decision by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) to refer it to the Court of Appeal.
Clare Montgomery QC had told Lord Judge, the Lord Chief Justice, and two other judges that key prosecution witnesses at the trial were now "so discredited" that Noye's conviction should be quashed.
She said the court must regard pathologist Michael Heath and eyewitness Alan Decabral as being "so discredited or potentially discredited that the court would have to ignore their evidence".
Ms Montgomery said fresh evidence had demonstrated their unreliability and therefore the conviction was unsafe.
Mr Decabral, 40, from Pluckley in Kent, was shot dead in October 2000, six months after Noye's trial.
Noye launched his appeal in 2001 on the grounds that Mr Decabral had a criminal background and had lied in the witness box.
Kent Police said to date there had been no charges in relation to Mr Decabral's death, and the file on the case remained open.
Giving judgement on Tuesday, Lord Judge, sitting with Mr Justice Henriques and Mr Justice Davis, said there was no doubt that Mr Cameron was "deliberately stabbed" by Noye, and that it "was not self-defence".
Lord Judge said: "Rather it was a gross over-reaction in the context of a fight with an unarmed man, almost certainly consequent on the fact that the appellant was losing it."
He said nothing in Dr Heath's evidence "threw light on the truthfulness, or otherwise, of what the appellant asserted was in his mind, which was that he struck out in a panic while in mortal fear".
The prosecution case was that Noye had deliberately used the knife and caused the fatal injury, "not because he was in a panic or fearful of mortal injury, but because he had involved himself in a fight which he was determined he should not lose, and so he resorted to the use of a fatal weapon".
Lord Judge said: "To open the knife, and then return to the fight and 'punch' Mr Cameron with the open knife held in his fist was a wholly disproportionate response."
He went on to say that Noye could have tried to run away, or sought refuge among the many people who were nearby.
Lord Judge added that if Noye had genuinely thought Mr Cameron might have disarmed him and used the knife on him, he could have thrown it away.
"Dr Heath's evidence did not impinge on the essential issues in this trial, and the diminution of his standing as an expert witness does not undermine the safety of this conviction."
The judges found that no point raised during the appeal had caused the court to doubt the safety of the conviction.
Speaking outside court, Det Insp Dave Withers of Kent Police said: "We are pleased that the court have examined the evidence that has been presented and have found that the conviction is safe.
"We now hope that this brings some reassurance to Stephen Cameron's family and friends."
29 July 2017 Last updated at 12:32 BST
The team are fresh from picking up a gold medal at the world games last week.
But what does it take to be a world-class acrobat?
BBC sports reporter Mike Bushell has been finding out.
In fact, he's already trousered three of them - best producer, best engineer and best cover art - but the big ones, including best album and best male, are still up for grabs.
The 25-year-old says he has speeches ready in case he beats the likes of Sia and Troye Sivan, but he doesn't relish the idea of walking to the winners' podium.
"Award ceremonies," he cringes, "I'm not built for them".
Even if he wins the best album prize for Skin, a genre-bending collection of leftfield pop songs and incendiary instrumentals, the star says it might be his last.
"I'm sick of doing albums," he tells the BBC. "I'm excited just to do lots of little projects with people and see where it takes me. Maybe a soundtrack for a movie, or music for a video game. I feel liberated now."
It's the perfect solution for a musician who finds the glare of the limelight uncomfortable.
When he attends the Aria ceremony in Sydney, he won't be hanging off the arm of a supermodel but treating his parents and sister to a family night out.
Afterwards, he's even going to give guest vocalists Tove Lo and Kai a guided tour of the city.
"I'm definitely going to take them around to Manly Beach and show them a koala or something," he laughs.
With any luck, their escapades will be filmed for Flume's YouTube series, which documents his first ever world tour - or rather, the things you get to do on tour if you're a hugely successful, in-demand artist.
Recent episodes have seen him visit Nasa and go surfing at Kelly Slater's Wave Company, where scientists have created the "perfect" eight foot-high artificial wave.
"It was the most exciting thing I've done in years," says the star. "I had the same feeling I used to have as a kid when Christmas was around the corner."
Ahead of the Arias, Flume - whose real name is Harley Edward Streten - explained why he's disillusioned with albums, and how he wants to create sounds no-one has heard before.
Most artists say touring is mind-numbingly boring, so why make a series about it?
That was exactly why we did it. A lot of touring is just getting from A to B, so by committing to this thing, we were forced into making sure the tour was fun.
Like a lot of musicians, you play a lot of ping pong backstage. Why is it so popular compared to, say, football?
Because with football you need stamina and you need to be fit!
Who's the most famous person you've challenged?
I had a ping pong battle with Howard from Disclosure at a festival not so long ago. I absolutely crushed him, by the way. Make sure you put that in.
In the surfing episode, when you're riding the waves, the music cuts to the film so perfectly that I assume you wrote it specially.
It actually wasn't written to the pictures. It's a song from a new EP that's about to come out. It just seemed to fit the video.
Is this new music, or tracks that didn't make it onto the album?
Skin took me three years and I wrote a lot of music that didn't fit the sound of the album. But I didn't want those songs to sit on a hard drive forever, so we're doing a couple of companion EPs for the album.
Are the EPs a stop-gap while you build up material for the third record?
You know what? I'm kind of sick of doing albums.
The first one came naturally. The second one, I felt like I needed to make a statement. Now that I've done the two records, I feel comfortable and free to do whatever I want.
I like being creative and putting music out a couple of months after it's been made, rather than sitting on things for years and coming up with a big, grand plan.
You're not the first person to say this: Calvin Harris and The Chainsmokers have both suggested they're abandoning albums. Is it because dance artists make more money from streaming individual tracks and playing festivals?
If I didn't have two albums out, I wouldn't be saying this.
A lot of my stuff doesn't really make sense unless it's in context, because it's quite broad-ranging. Some of my songs are really quite pop heavy and some are leftfield and experimental. It's important that they come out in a package rather than just a single, so I'm keen on doing EPs.
It's convenient for me that, in this day and age, putting music out like that makes more sense from a business standpoint but that's not the reason I'm doing it. The reason I'm doing it is that's how I feel creatively.
Maybe in the future, when I'm ready, I'll do a third album.
How do you go about finding vocalists to collaborate with? I'd never heard of Kai, who sings on Never Be Like You, until the song came out.
I hadn't heard about her either. I wanted to work with vocalists and my manager came back to me with some of her music.
We sent her some ideas online, she came back with some of her own and we ended up meeting up in New York. That's how that song came about.
I heard you had your tarot cards read during the recording sessions.
We did, yes. Apparently I've got three kids on the horizon.
With Kai?
No! Haha! Who knows? Anything could happen.
Did the tarot reader mention that you'd be getting 11 Aria nominations?
Oh, definitely not. They didn't see that one coming.
Were you surprised to get so many?
I figured I might be up for something, but not 11. So, yeah, I've got to get my speeches ready in case I win.
You're performing with Tove Lo and Kai at the show. Will you take them out to see the sights of Sydney afterwards?
Yes, if I have time. I am definitely going to take them around to Manly Beach and show them a koala or something.
You have to be careful with koalas. Aren't they riddled with chlamydia?
Yeah, koalas are really messed-up creatures. They're also really high all the time. The eucalyptus gets them high. So they are stoned, they have chlamydia and they're technically not bears.
The singles you've released with Kai and Tove, Never Be Like You and Say It, are more emotionally mature than your typical dance track. What was the thinking behind that?
Those were two stabs at working with talented vocalists and creating proper songs, not just tracks. So I'm really glad and surprised at how well they've been received because they've been the driving force behind a lot of this record.
But you pepper those songs with strange sounds. They're very atypical pop songs.
Definitely. I love pop music but I feel like so much of it has boring-ass production. I want to change that. I feel like there's a place for that in the world right now.
I get a lot of satisfaction out of being a mad scientist in the studio. I'll spend a lot of time not even making music, just trying to create weird sounds, then I'll use them as ammunition when I feel inspired to write a song.
I get the impression you're as interested in sound design as you are in the music.
I'm constantly inspired by it. The amount of different textures and tones you can create on a computer… Mankind has never had access to that before. I find that so exciting.
Flume's album, Skin, is out now. His tour travelogue, Flume Adventures, is available on his YouTube channel.
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Mr Comber, 39, was last seen in Londonderry on Sunday, 14 May, at a supermarket in the Quayside area. His bicycle was found later in the week in a lay-by in the Newbuildings area.
Mr Comber's family say they believe he was swimming in the water and got into difficulty.
His body was recovered on Saturday morning.
Mr Comber was originally from Leicestershire.
A Facebook page - Help find our Sam - had been set up after he went missing.
A post on Sunday read: "This is a difficult time, but we would like to extend our gratitude for those that helped us this week."
It added: "The kindness of strangers was never as apparent as this week.
"Sam always spoke of how he loved the people of Derry. He knew there was a warmth and kindness in their hearts, just as he had. We saw the extent of that this week.
Thank you for bringing Sam home."
Couples are vying to be the first to complete their vows, with ceremonies lined up at midnight in some areas.
It is not known for certain how many couples will tie the knot beyond the numbers who have declared their intentions in the first few weeks of the new law being in place.
The government says its best estimate is that there will be a combined figure of 6,000 same sex marriages and civil partnerships every year - but it does not break down that number between the two options.
One campaigner estimated that there could be about 500 gay wedding services taking place this Saturday and Sunday.
Civil partnerships were introduced in 2005 and give many of the same legal and financial protections as marriage.
There were 6,362 civil partnerships formed in England and Wales in 2012, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport said.
A government spokeswoman said: "We expect the number of marriages of same sex couples and civil partnerships combined, when they are both available, to be broadly the same as the current number of civil partnerships.
According to the most recent data available, the councils registering the most civil partnerships are Westminster in London (224 in 2012) and Brighton and Hove (220).
Westminster Council already has 52 same sex marriages lined up, including four on Saturday. Brighton and Hove Council said five same sex couples would marry on Saturday alone.
The government spokeswoman said that a "short-term surge" had been anticipated in the weeks following the option of marriage being made available to same sex couples.
Pink News publisher Benjamin Cohen, who founded the Out4Marriage campaign, said he did not expect "humongous numbers" of weddings over the weekend, guessing there would be "something like 500 or so".
"People have not had had long to prepare for it", he said, pointing to the fact that the government only announced the date in December.
Another factor is that couples already in civil partnerships are not yet able to convert to marriages. The government, which put this down to legal technicalities, is hoping to remove this hurdle by the end of the year.
A number of other couples will have put off entering into a civil partnership until the marriage law came into force, Mr Cohen said.
Legislation allowing gay marriage was passed in Scotland in February and the first same sex ceremonies are expected to take place in October. Northern Ireland has no plans to change its current law which does not allow same sex marriages.
Janet Acheson was speaking at Stormont on Monday, at an event to promote a Northern Ireland Air Ambulance.
"John would be incredibly proud at the groundswell of support shown for this life-saving cause," she said.
Dr Hinds, 35, died as the result of a motorcycle crash in July.
He had been providing medical cover at a road racing meeting at Skerries, County Dublin, on 4 July. He was known as a "flying doctor" of Irish motorcycle sport.
Shortly after his death, his family announced plans to set up a charity to support his vision of a Northern Ireland air ambulance.
Last month, the then Health Minister Simon Hamilton said he was committed to establishing an emergency medical helicopter service in Northern Ireland.
At Stormont on Monday, Dr Acheson said: "The support for John's work - which he was so passionate about - has been humbling, at times overwhelming, but most of all inspiring. It has also given us strength through some very tough days."
A helicopter emergency medical service should be funded by government in the long term, she said. It should also be based in the Greater Belfast area.
"A properly structured helicopter emergency medical service will make a lasting difference to the people of this country," she said.
Among those at Stormont was Shaun McCann, 7, who suffered a life-threatening head injury as a result of a fall at his County Roscommon home.
Dr John attended the scene along with the air ambulance team from Roscommon.
"Doc John provided Shaun with a general anaesthetic and placed him in an induced coma to protect his brain," said Ms Acheson.
"He provided mobile intensive care level support whilst Shaun was being flown to a hospital with the specialities necessary to deal with his injuries.
"Shaun made a full recovery and two weeks ago welcomed his baby sister, Alana, to the family. But things could have been different.
"Without a pre-hospital doctor, delivered to his home in a timely fashion, Shaun would not have received this intervention until he reached hospital, meaning if Shaun had survived at all, he was unlikely to be the Shaun we have before us today.
"Without an air ambulance Shaun's family would be marking a very different anniversary on 14 July each year."
She urged everyone to do everything they could to make her partner's dream a reality.
A few weeks before he died, Dr Hinds and the leader of the Traditional Unionist Party (TUV), Jim Allister, met with the then health minister Simon Hamilton to discuss the issue.
Dr Hinds was originally from Portaferry, County Down.
He was a consultant at Craigavon Area Hospital, County Armagh, but also volunteered as a motorcycling medic on Ireland's road racing circuit.
With 125 miles of navigable waterways, 190 miles of footpaths, 8m visitors a year, it's worth more than half a billion pounds to the local economy,
But are the people who run it properly accountable for their actions?
It's a question which some of the 6,000 people who live within the Broads Authority area have been asking for a while and it's one that came up on several occasions during the election.
The Broads Authority is in charge of looking after the waterways and promoting tourism to the area. It also has a big say in planning matters.
But the people who run it are not elected, they are chosen to sit on the board by either local councils or the Environment Secretary.
Last year, in the Queen's Speech, the government announced plans to hold direct elections to the Broads Authority and all other national parks.
"The main benefits of the Bill would be to improve local accountability, without necessarily increasing numbers (and) address a local democratic deficit," declared the briefing note which accompanied the speech.
Now it's been revealed that the plans have been scrapped.
"The democratic element on the Broads Authority is represented by the fact that the majority of people serving on the board are elected," Defra minister Rory Stewart told MPs.
He added that deciding who sat on the board "ensures that we have a broad range of people with both environmental and navigation interests".
He was addressing a debate called by the MP for Broadland, Keith Simpson, who believes that a directly elected Broads Authority would be good for his constituents.
"If I were being harsh, which I am not, I might argue that the Broads Authority is a quango," he told the debate.
"Ultimately, those representatives are all nominated, and now is the time to consider how we could have a truly elected part - although not necessarily a truly elected whole - of the Broads Authority."
The MP for North Norfolk, Norman Lamb, said he was appalled that the idea had been dropped.
"There was overwhelming support in the Broads, and certainly in my constituency, for the idea that the local community should have a say, through a directly elected person or preferably persons, on the board of the Broads Authority," he said.
"That has been the case in similar authorities in Scotland for some years, and the world has not caved in".
Holding direct elections to the Broads Authority had thrown up a number of difficulties.
Who would be allowed to vote, for instance, given that many of those who work on the Broads live outside the area?
Would people stand as individuals or with the backing of a political party? Mr Simpson believed those obstacles could be overcome.
He reflected afterwards that he was disappointed by the decision: "I will make further enquiries about why an idea which we were so keen on last year has now been dropped."
It may well have been dropped because it was a Liberal Democrat idea.
Government sources tell us that with several high profile Lib Dems having constituencies in or near National Parks, the party was very keen to get the measure into last year's Queen's Speech. Now that the Lib Dems have gone, so too have the plans.
The Broads Authority told us: "Nine out of 21 members are elected councillors from all the constituent local authorities and a third are toll payers to ensure that the views of local people and boat owners are heard. They are joined by national Secretary of State appointees, which are posts open to everyone.
"We also consult locally on a wide range of issues and have a number of engagement mechanisms".
The South Norfolk MP, Richard Bacon, told the debate that he didn't believe that this was the most important issue on the Broads. His constituents were more concerned about the threat to boating interests.
But it is clear that some people have felt strongly about this issue. Will they now let the matter rest or will they keep on campaigning for directly elected representatives?
Cambridgeshire Police said one casualty was taken to hospital by air ambulance, while two others made their own way for treatment.
It happened in Wentworth Street at around 15:00 GMT on Tuesday. Four people have been arrested.
Police say the victims have serious but not life-threatening injuries.
The area around the incident in the centre of Peterborough remains cordoned off.
It's understood one victim has chest, leg and back injuries. The others have stomach and arm injuries.
Police are appealing for witnesses.
Apis mellifera mellifera, a native subspecies of dark European honeybee, were thought to have been wiped out in the British Isles.
Rumours it survived in the Highlands were found to be true in 1992.
Scientists are now studying the bees to better understand viruses transmitted by Varroa destructor mites.
The chocolate-coloured native dark bees are Varroa-free.
Experts involved in a European initiative called SmartBees, including scientists from the University of Aberdeen, hope they can provide previously unattainable insights into the immune system of honeybees.
The native dark bees in the study are from colonies reared in a project near Beinn Eighe, a mountain in Wester Ross.
These bees originate from eggs that were harvested in 2010 from a location 200 miles (321km) from Beinn Eighe. The original site of the dark bees is kept a secret to protect them from harm.
The harvested eggs were put in small boxes which apiarists then taped to their skin under jumpers to keep them warm.
Beekeepers later placed the eggs in "foster hives" and then raised them as queens.
Margie Ramsay has been breeding dark bees with help from Scottish Natural Heritage, which runs Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve.
She said: "These queen mothers founded the bee dynasties that bred true on the isolated mountain of Beinn Eighe.
"Now after only a few years they've grown to produce a thriving, healthy, native dark bee population in and around the gardens, hills and crofts of Kinlochewe."
Apis mellifera mellifera were thought to have been lost after foreign honeybees were introduced to the British Isles to boost commercial honey production in the 19th Century.
A bee plague called Isle of Wight Disease was thought to have decimated surviving populations during World War One.
Varroa are parasitic mites blamed for spreading deformed wing virus. Scientists believe the virus has wipe out billions of honeybees throughout the world.
Ms Lagarde threw her hat into the ring during an appearance on French television.
Her term in office expires on 5 July and the process to find a successor opened on Wednesday.
The UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has already said he is "delighted to nominate" her for a new term.
She has also received the backing of Germany, China, France and Korea.
Last month, Ms Lagarde was ordered to stand trial in France for alleged negligence over a compensation payment to a top businessman, Bernard Tapie. She approved the payment in 2008 when she was French finance minister.
However, Ms Lagarde's lawyer described the decision to make her stand trial as "incomprehensible", and said the IMF boss would appeal.
Despite this controversy, commentators say she has no obvious challengers for the job.
A health visitor told a court in Hull there was so much smoke she had difficulty breathing.
The house was described as dirty and unhygienic and there were other concerns about the boy's care.
The toddler had breathing problems and had been prescribed an inhaler, the family court heard.
The health visitor, Julie Allen, said she had never seen such a "smoky house" in her career.
Nursery nurse Emma Green said the house was cluttered with rubbish, including empty cigarette packets on the floor.
Judge Louise Pemberton concluded the child should be placed for adoption.
She said Ms Allen had "graphically highlighted" concerns about smoke.
"On entering the living room Ms Allen described being able to see a visible cloud of smoke surrounding the father and the boy," said the judge.
"He was asleep on the sofa and had been unwell for some time by this point.
"Ms Allen described the room as 'so smoke entrenched that I had difficulty breathing'.
Health and social services staff had also raised other concerns about the boy's care, describing how his toys and clothes "smelt heavily of smoke" the court heard.
The judge was told that the boy's father had mental health problems and had tested positive for cocaine, the house was "dirty, smelly and unhygienic" and that "potential drug paraphernalia" had been found there.
The judge added: "I am afraid that all of these matters lead me to an unavoidable and difficult conclusion that the risks to the little boy in being placed with his parents are far too high.
"Adoption really is the only option now available."
The coach believes his much-changed team will rise to the challenge of Saturday's Test series decider.
Ireland recorded a first ever away win over the Springboks in the first Test but conceded a 16-point lead in last week's second Test to miss out on a historic series victory.
"I'm utterly confident they'll make me and themselves proud," said Schmidt.
The New Zealander has made six personnel changes and one positional switch to his starting XV as Ireland bring their long season to a close with a 17th and final game.
Jared Payne has been ruled out with a calf injury but Keith Earls, Mike Ross and Jordi Murphy have been recalled and CJ Stander is back after serving a one-match ban.
Payne's injury means a first start for Connacht's Tiernan O'Halloran, while Ulster pair Stuart Olding and Luke Marshall partner up in the centre.
The absence of Payne and Robbie Henshaw, who departed the tour with a knee injury, is a big blow to Schmidt, but he insists he has full confidence in his players.
"I've no doubt that they'll be no different than it has been in the last two Tests," he said.
"Yes, it's been a long season, people are tired and that's going to maybe detract from people being at the their optimum.
"But, at the same time, I don't think too many people will detect that because what they don't have in fresh reserves of energy, they'll make up for in the full commitment they make to doing the job that they do."
Schmidt has said he will decide whether to remain as Ireland coach until the 2019 Rugby World Cup after the completion of the tour. His present contract runs until the summer of 2017.
South Africa have made two changes to their starting XV as they look to follow up last weekend's thrilling 32-26 win at Ellis Park by claiming a series-clinching victory.
Ruan Combrinck and Warren Whiteley come in for Lwazi Mvovo and the injured Duane Vermeulen.
Ireland: T O'Halloran; A Trimble, L Marshall, S Olding, K Earls; P Jackson, C Murray; J McGrath, R Best, M Ross; I Henderson, D Toner; CJ Stander, J Murphy, J Heaslip.
Replacements: S Cronin, F Bealham, T Furlong, U Dillane, R Ruddock, E Reddan, I Madigan, M Healy.
South Africa: W le Roux; R Combrinck, L Mapoe, D de Allende, JP Pietersen; E Jantjes, F du Klerk; T Mtawarira, A Strauss (capt), F Malherbe, E Etzebeth, P-S du Toit; F Louw, S Kolisi, W Whiteley.
Replacements: B Mbonambi, S Kitshoff, J Redelinghuys, F Mostert, J Kriel, R Paige, M Steyn, L Mvovo.
Two of the victims were thrown from a raft at the Thunder River Rapids ride and two others were trapped inside.
Ardent Leisure said decommissioning the ride was "the only respectful and appropriate course of action".
Dreamworld, on Queensland's Gold Coast, has been closed since the tragedy on 25 October.
The firm says it will not reopen until an independent safety review has been completed.
Kate Goodchild, 32, died alongside brother Luke Dorsett, 35, his partner, Roozbeh Araghi, 38, and Cindy Low, 42.
Dreamworld CEO Craig Davidson said every ride was undergoing a thorough safety check.
"From today, we will begin to move towards the re-opening of Dreamworld," he told reporters on Wednesday.
"Please be assured that as we begin this process, families who lost their loved ones will remain our first and foremost focus."
Friends and family have paid tribute to all four victims over the past week at a series of funeral ceremonies.
"Out of respect for the memories of Cindy Low, Roozbeh Araghi, Kate Goodchild and Luke Dorsett, and their deeply affected families, the ride will be permanently decommissioned," the company said in a statement.
The company also indicated that the victims' families would be invited to help create a "fitting and permanent" memorial.
Scott Clayton, UK under-18 champion in 2012, was a practice partner for the world number two at the World Tour Finals, which the Serb won, in London last November.
The teenager's ambition is to achieve similar greatness but a racquet and tennis balls are currently all that the two players have in common, however.
Djokovic has earned more than £23m ($38m) in prize money in just three years. Last month he hired the former Wimbledon champion Boris Becker as his coach.
Clayton, by contrast, is struggling to make ends meet on the Futures circuit, the third tier of the men's professional game, despite continued financial support from his parents.
"I'm not breaking even at all," the 19-year-old says.
"You go to tournaments trying to get ranking points and win money but it's tough," he says in the MCTA/Team Bath tennis academy, situated at the city's university, where he trains full-time.
"You're getting a lot out of it on the court. But money-wise, no, not really."
Clayton's coach is 27-year-old Jamie Feaver, for whom tennis runs in the family.
His father John represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup and once held the record for the number of aces served in a single Wimbledon match.
Feaver Jr spent seven years as a tour professional before moving into coaching, and knows first-hand the challenges facing Clayton.
Being talented at tennis is only half the battle at this stage of a fledgling career, he says.
"When we're here with all the facilities, it's fine. When you're on the road, it's a case of survival.
"You've always got your mind on expenses. You've always got to keep them as low as possible."
"You make all the arrangements yourself. You stay in the cheapest hotel possible. You're eating the cheapest food, wondering, 'can I get another drink?'"
In a typical year, Feaver's expenses as a player were £15,000 ($25,000). His income was regularly a fraction of that, despite his best efforts to cut costs, even if it meant more travelling.
"I once went from Bucharest in Romania to a tournament in north-west Bosnia. I took two-day train rides instead of a $200 (£120) air fare.
"I won my first-round match; then I lost and had to get back to where I started."
He adds: "After a trip like that, one match was the maximum I was going to win. Then you get drained emotionally and physically."
Feaver was able to cover his costs each year thanks to his success in lucrative club matches in Europe and because of a financial backer.
But it left very little for anything other than tennis and inevitably schedules took their toll.
"It's always at the back of your mind how much money you're spending.
"You know around the corner you're always going to have to struggle," he says.
With cost-saving firmly in mind, Clayton lodges with Feaver in Bath, with the pair scouring travel websites chasing the best deals.
"You know you're saving money and doing the right thing, but maybe not the best thing," says Clayton.
Their struggles form a familiar tale in the quest for a professional career.
Team Bath's director of tennis, Barry Scollo, was himself in the top 100 on the Junior ITF circuit during his time on tour.
He and his coaches understand they are preparing their players at a time of intense competition globally.
"It's always been tough but it's certainly getting tougher," he says. "There are more players [and] more countries involved in tennis.
"The funding is getting tighter and we've got to make more of the resources we have.
"It's important that we paint a picture of the Tour: the physical demands, the mental demands."
These become even greater during periods of injury and illness.
No tournaments means no earnings and potentially missing out on qualifying for a Grand Slam; at Wimbledon in 2013, first-round losers received £23,500 ($39,000), considerably more than Feaver's annual expenses on the Tour.
And as well as their usual living expenses, players face additional bills for scans and physiotherapy, plus the cost of repairing or replacing equipment.
For top players such as Djokovic, Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer - who have equipment deals and multi-million pound sponsorships - those issues will be taken care of by others.
Scollo acknowledges that financial support can affect performance, but says personality is a key factor too.
"Money on its own never made a player. It certainly helps but it always comes down to the individual."
Clayton enjoyed his best season in 2012 when he earned a wildcard entry to Junior Wimbledon's singles and doubles.
That early success helped focus a desire that saw him leaving home aged 11 to become a professional player.
His first year on the Futures circuit was challenging, but now he knows what to expect and believes can cope when "every point and every match counts".
And having practised against Djokovic, Clayton is even more determined to face him for real.
Ysbyty Glan Clwyd's new £18m unit in Bodelwyddan is still being built but equipment like incubators have arrived on site.
The health board said it wanted all new equipment to be approved by people whose babies have trialled them.
The unit is due to open in spring 2018.
Nine neonatal nurses and five consultant neonatologists have already been appointed for the sub-regional neonatal intensive care centre (SuRNICC),
More jobs will be advertised soon, Betsi Cadwaladr health board said.
The health board's neonatal services manager Mandy Cooke said: "The whole purpose of the exercise is to test drive the new equipment and ensure everything which goes into the new unit has been approved by people who have a lived experience of a loved one staying on the unit.
"It includes specialist equipment like incubators, but also seemingly simple things like the chairs or bathroom suite which families will use.
"We need to know, for example, whether chairs are comfortable for mothers to use when they're recovering from Caesarean section operations."
There are also plans to consult families on decisions like the colour scheme for the unit.
A weapon was fired through the window of a house in Dorian Drive, Clarkston, at about 00:05 on Friday 24 June.
A 49-year-old man and his two daughters, aged 20 and 25, were uninjured in the attack.
Police spoke to people in the area on Thursday night and Friday morning. They described the response as "useful".
Det Sgt Dougie Stevenson appealed for information from anyone who saw anything suspicious in the area around the time of the incident.
"Officers went back to the scene late last night and early this morning and spoke to a number people to try and find out more information about the shooting.
"Whilst the response from the public was useful we still need people to come forward with information.
"I would ask locals or those who are usually in the area to think back to just before and after midnight between last Thursday and Friday - the night of the EU referendum - and if they recall witnessing anything suspicious in the area to contact the police."
The detective added: "This could include anyone or any car seen in suspicious circumstances, one that wasn't common to the area, or any car driving off erratically or at speed immediately following this incident.
"Local CCTV is being examined and I would like to reassure the local community that extra police patrols will remain in the area in the meantime."
Ben Megarry, 19, who has autism, was charged with making a total of 23 hoax bomb threats between March and September 2012.
Megarry, from Harmin Park, Newtownabbey, pleaded guilty to all the charges.
He wept after being freed on two years' probation.
Megarry was also ordered to complete 70 hours of community service.
The schools he threatened included Columbine High School, the scene of a massacre in 1999.
Belfast Crown Court Judge Sandra Crawford told Megarry his crimes would normally require a lengthy custodial sentence, but there were several mitigating factors in his case.
These included his age at the time of the offences and the connection between his offending and his undiagnosed Asperger's syndrome.
The judge said she was prepared to accept pre-sentence report recommendations that found that there was a low likelihood of him re-offending and that he did not present a threat of serious harm to the public.
Each of the charges stated that Megarry "communicated certain information which he knew to be false... with the intention of inducing a false belief that a bomb or other thing was liable to explode or ignite".
He admitted making two hoax bomb threats to Columbine High School in Colorado on 16 and 18 April 2012, as well as to Malibu High School and Chico High School.
Megarry also admitted making calls to LAX Airport in Los Angeles and a Walmart store in Missouri, among other locations.
The judge said it "was a sad irony" that many of the schools targeted by Megarry had pupils who were disabled or diagnosed with special needs.
She said it was agreed his condition was not uncovered until February 2014 and that, at the time of his offending, there were no checks and balances to tackle many of the features of his condition that his offending "unfortunately displayed".
This included Megarry's "social naivety, desire to impress acquaintances and susceptibility to suggestion from others".
A defence lawyer said reports indicated that a remorseful Megarry may not have made the calls, which were part of a prank also involving others, had he been diagnosed as autistic before he was 15.
He added Megarry had been operating in a bubble, and not separating fact from fiction, leading him to his bedroom where he would seek the remote company of others, with a desire to impress.
The lawyer said Megarry had expressed, as best he could, his sorrow for what he had done.
The court heard that due to the hoax alert at Malibu High School, a number of sporting events, including the State swim finals, were cancelled, causing chaos to "some 1,000 out-of towners".
It also heard that both Kansas International Airport and JFK International Airport in New York were thrown into turmoil due to alerts, delaying flights, with inconvenience to hundreds of passengers.
In the case of one call to JFK International Airport in September 2012, a major terrorist incident was declared after authorities were told "there were improvised explosives" on two flights.
The court heard it was accepted that three calls made to a store in Fredericktown, Missouri, caused an estimated loss of $55,000, with some 7,000 customers having to shop elsewhere.
In addition, it was revealed that while local authorities spent between $8,000 and $25,000 policing the hoax calls, this did not include and was nothing like the cost of the follow-up investigations.
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Tensions have spiralled following the execution of Saudi cleric Nimr al-Nimr, the subsequent setting ablaze of the Saudi embassy in Tehran, and Riyadh's expulsion of Iranian diplomats.
The struggle between Riyadh and Tehran for political and religious influence has geopolitical implications that extend far beyond the placid waters of the Gulf and encompass nearly every major conflict zone in the Middle East.
Most notably, perhaps, the crisis means prospects for a diplomatic breakthrough in Syria and Yemen now look much more remote, just as international momentum for negotiations seemed to be on the verge of delivering results.
The current standoff is as dangerous as its 1980s predecessor, which first saw diplomatic ties suspended between 1988 and 1991.
This occurred at the end of the turbulent opening decade after the Iranian Revolution in 1979 and the grinding eight-year Iran-Iraq War from 1980 to 1988.
Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states backed Iraq's Saddam Hussein during the war and suffered Iranian attacks on their shipping, while in 1984 the Saudi air force shot down an Iranian fighter jet that it claimed had entered Saudi airspace.
Saudi and other Arab Gulf governments also linked Iran's post-revolutionary government with a rise in Shia militancy, an aborted coup in Bahrain in 1981, and a failed attempt to assassinate the emir of Kuwait four years later.
Meanwhile, the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah al-Hejaz was formed in May 1987 as a cleric-based organisation modelled on Lebanese Hezbollah intent on carrying out military operations inside Saudi Arabia.
Hezbollah al-Hejaz issued a number of inflammatory statements threatening the Saudi royal family and carried out several deadly attacks in the late 1980s as tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia rose sharply.
While the current crisis lacks as yet equivalent instances of direct confrontation, tensions are as dangerous as in the 1980s for three reasons.
The first is the legacy of years of sectarian politics that have done so much to divide the Middle East along Sunni-Shia lines and foster an atmosphere of deep distrust between Iran and its neighbours across the Gulf.
In such a supercharged atmosphere, the moderate middle ground has been sorely weakened and advocates of a hardline approach to regional affairs now hold sway.
Second, the Gulf states have followed increasingly assertive foreign policies over the past four years, partly in response to what they see as perennial Iranian "meddling" in regional conflicts, and also because of growing scepticism about the Obama administration's intentions in the Middle East.
For many in the Gulf, the primary threat from Iran lies not in Tehran's nuclear programme but in Iran's support for militant non-state actors such as Hezbollah and, more recently, the Shia Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Both the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen and the multinational coalition against terrorism announced last month by Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman show Saudi officials in no mood to compromise on regional security matters.
Finally, the breakdown in diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran probably sounds the death-knell, at least for now, for regional efforts to end the wars in Yemen and Syria.
Lost in the furore over the execution of Nimr al-Nimr was an announcement that the fragile ceasefire agreed in Yemen on 15 December had broken down.
Neither the ceasefire nor the UN-brokered talks that started at the same time had made much headway, and while the UN talks were due to resume on 14 January that is unlikely if the Saudi-led coalition and Iran intensify their involvement in Yemen.
A similar outcome may now await the Syrian peace talks due to begin in Geneva in late January, as weeks of patient behind-the-scenes outreach to align the warring parties will come to nothing if the two most influential external parties to the conflict instead double down and dig in.
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen is the Research Fellow for the Middle East at Rice University's James A Baker III Institute for Public Policy and an Associate Fellow with the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House. Follow him on Twitter.
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A man suffered "potentially life-changing injuries" and a woman also needed hospital treatment after the attack in Weymouth, Dorset.
The victim had liquid, believed to be acid, thrown in his face as he answered the door to two men in the Louviers Road area late on Sunday.
A 34-year-old man from Weymouth has been arrested.
Dorset Police said the people involved were believed to be known to each other.
One of the attackers was described as white, in his late 20s or early 30s, about 6ft-tall (1.83m) and of medium build. He had grade-one short hair and stubble on his face. He was wearing dark clothing.
The other was described as white, in his mid-20s to mid-30s and of large build. He had a moustache or goatee beard and what could be a London accent. He was also dressed in dark clothing.
Det Sgt Simon Austin, of Weymouth CID, said: "I am appealing to anyone who may have seen the two men, or has any information about the incident to contact police as soon as possible.
"Also, I would like to hear from anyone who may have witnessed any suspicious vehicles in the area at the time."
Police said the arrested man was being questioned on suspicion of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm with intent.
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Ravi Bopara (94), Tom Westley (88), Dan Lawrence (82) and Ryan ten Doeschate (77 not out) helped the hosts from 107-2 to 480-6 at the close, a lead of 273.
Bopara fell six runs short of a first century of the season in all formats.
South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada was unable to add to his two wickets from the opening day as Kent toiled.
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Another company, used by several camera equipment-makers to bring their goods to the UK, has also revealed it will soon follow suit.
Intro 2020 said it had been "punched in the stomach very hard" by sterling's drop after the Brexit referendum.
Experts predict further price rises.
The pound hit a fresh 31-year low against the dollar earlier on Wednesday - it has dropped more than 12% since the eve of the Brexit referendum result.
Falls against some Asian currencies have been even larger.
Dell declined to give examples of specific product price changes, but the Register reported that the company had already implemented a blanket 10% increase in the costs it charged UK retailers.
The PC-maker did, however, tell the BBC it had delayed the move as long as possible.
"In line with the rest of the industry, our component costs are priced in US dollars, and unfortunately, the recent strengthening of the US dollar versus sterling and other currencies in the EMEA [Europe, Middle East and Africa] region, following the UK's decision to leave the European Union, will have a direct impact on the price we sell to our UK customers and partners," a spokeswoman said.
"We understand that this is an uncertain time for many British businesses, and we will continue to work closely with our customers and partners to provide great value products and services."
OnePlus said it would sell its latest handset, the OnePlus 3, for £329 from 11 July in order to protect its "extremely thin margins".
That marks a 6.5% rise on its current price of £309.
"While we've held off action for as long as we can, the sharp drop witnessed in the currency markets following the Brexit decision has forced us to re-evaluate the OnePlus 3's pricing in the UK," the company said on its website.
"Accessories will not be affected."
Intro 2020 plans to raise its prices by 10-12%.
The company is the official UK importer for several camera-related products including:
"For virtually everything we handle, there will be price increases from 1 August," the company's general manager, Jim Mackay, told the BBC.
"The currency situation is precarious for us at the moment - my feeling is that it's going to be six to nine months before we get some stabilisation.
"It's painful. We expect our turnover will fall as a result."
The UK division of lens-maker Sigma has also indicated it will soon act likewise. All its products are made in Aizu, Japan.
"We build in a small buffer, which prevents the necessity of constantly changing our prices with every minor fluctuation of exchange rate, but the dramatic fall in the value of sterling as a result of [the] vote to leave the EU is far too great to be absorbed in this way," said Graham Armitage, general manager of Sigma Imaging UK.
"Our customers, who are predominantly High Street retailers, are buying more [stock].
"Whether that is to be in a position to maintain current street prices for longer or to increase their profit is anybody's guess."
The retail consultancy Verdict believes further tech price rises will follow.
"These will come sooner rather than later for those who have not hedged currency far in advance or for whom there is little flexibility in operational costs to mitigate currency fluctuations," said Andrew Hall.
"Retailers cannot be fully expected to absorb the costs incurred by currency volatility in the wake of Brexit.
"As such, price rises are likely to impact a number of products.
"For some markets, such as clothing and footwear, this will see a return to inflation after a period of deflation."
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The 28-year-old's time of 26 minutes 46.57 seconds wiped six seconds off Mohammed Mourhit's previous European record, dating back to 1999.
He also bettered Jon Brown's 13-year-old British record of 27:18.14.
"That was awesome. I wanted to break the British record," the Somalia-born Farah told BBC Radio 5 live.
"I was really confident and I knew if I could stay in the group I could work my way through and see what I could do on the last lap."
Farah, who won the 5,000 and 10,000m at last year's European Championships, finished just ahead of Ethiopia's Imane Merga, whose time of 26:48.35 was a new personal best.
"I want a world [championship] medal and showed here that if I keep working hard I will be in the mix," added Farah, whose previous fastest time was a 27:28.26 set last year.
"This is definitely a special track. If it wasn't for the crowds I would never have done this. With three laps to go I knew I had the chance for the record."
Farah appears to be benefitting from a move earlier this year to the United States where he began working in Oregon with Alberto Salazar, who won three successive New York marathons.
That was a truly world class performance from Mo beating a very strong field
"I wasn't even looking to win this race. I just wanted to run a good time. Alberto told me before the race I was ready to run under 27 minutes and I just used my patience," stated Farah.
Farah's performance earned some high praise from UK Athletics head coach Charles van Commenee.
"That was a truly world class performance from Mo beating a very strong field," he said.
"I am delighted for him. Not only did he destroy both the British and European records, he stood out in a global quality race and beat some of the world's top athletes.
"That is a positive indication as we move towards the World Championships and London 2012."
Another notable performance of the evening saw Kenya's Moses Mosop break the 30-year-old world record for the rarely run 30k.
The 25-year-old clocked a time of one hour 26 minutes 47.4 seconds, breaking the previous record of 1:29:18.8 set by Japan's Toshihiko Seko in 1981.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is satisfied with security for the tour of Bangladesh in October.
Morgan, 29, has yet to decide if he will make himself available.
"Once or twice security became a distraction and, when it has been, I told myself that I'd never put myself in that situation again," he said.
No international side has toured Bangladesh since 20 people were killed in a siege at a cafe in Dhaka in July.
The ECB conducted a security review before saying the tour, which includes three one-day internationals and two Tests, would go ahead.
England players Moeen Ali, Chris Jordan and Liam Dawson have publically said they will tour if selected, while Jonny Bairstow has indicated he will do the same.
Morgan, who led England to 3-0 and 4-1 series wins over Sri Lanka and Pakistan respectively this summer, said: "Ultimately, as an individual you need to be comfortable within yourself to be able to focus on cricket.
"I've been to places before where things have become a distraction.
"In 2010 we played an Indian Premier League game in Bangalore and a bomb went off in the ground. Immediately we left and went straight to the airport.
"Another one was playing domestic cricket in Bangladesh during political elections and things were incredibly violent.
"Given that no-one has toured there since the terrorist attack adds a bigger decision to it."
England director of cricket Andrew Strauss has said anyone who does not travel is giving a chance to another player, and had spoken to Morgan about his concerns.
However, he added it was "right" that the players did not rush into making a decision.
Morgan said: "International cricket, or any cricket for that matter, is not about worrying about different things.
"It should be the best time of your life. It should be something that your are looking forward to and wanting to do well and able to focus on."
England's tour squad will be announced on 16 September.
Andrea Constand, 44, shared her account publicly for the first time on the second day of Mr Cosby's trial.
"In my head, I was trying to get my hands to move or my legs to move, but I was frozen", she said.
She said Mr Cosby gave her pills he claimed were herbal to help her relieve stress over a possible career change.
"They're your friends," she recalled him saying when he handed her the pills. "They'll take the edge off."
Mr Cosby, 79, denies the charge while his lawyers claim she agreed to sex and has changed her story several times.
But Ms Constand said her vision started to blur about 20 minutes after taking the pills. Mr Cosby began groping her and placing her hand on his genitals, she said.
"I wasn't able to fight it in any way," she told the court. "I wanted it to stop."
She continued that she felt "humiliated" and "confused" after the alleged incident.
Before Tuesday's testimony, Ms Constand had been barred from sharing her story in public due to a confidential settlement she reached with Mr Cosby in 2006.
She received an undisclosed cash sum and her deposition from that lawsuit remains sealed.
Dozens of women say Mr Cosby assaulted them, but statutes of limitation rules mean he is on trial for only one allegation.
A mother of a witness who separately claimed Mr Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her in a similar manner in 1996 also testified on Tuesday in Norristown, a suburb of Philadelphia, where the trial is being held.
"She changed considerably," Patricia Sewell said in court. "Her circle of friends became small. She had very little social life. Her self-esteem was very damaged."
Kelly Johnson, Ms Sewell's daughter, testified on Monday that he gave her a pill to "relax" during a meeting at his Los Angeles hotel room for career advice.
Ms Johnson, who worked for a talent agency representing Mr Cosby, alleges she woke up partially clothed in the comedian's bed with him behind her, grunting, before he forced her to touch his genitals.
Angela Agrusa, an attorney for Mr Cosby, grilled Ms Sewell on her account of the alleged incident, suggesting she may have heard the story during a television appearance in 2015 instead of 1996 after it allegedly occurred.
The case is seen as the biggest US celebrity court case since the murder trial of former American football player OJ Simpson in 1995.
Ms Constand says Mr Cosby drugged and molested her after she visited his home seeking career advice in 2004.
She was 31 at the time and had befriended him through Temple University in Philadelphia, where he served on the board of trustees.
Mr Cosby's defence lawyers argued on Monday that his encounter with her was one of many consensual, romantic episodes between them.
His legal team said he had only offered Ms Constand Quaaludes - a sedative widely used recreationally in the US in the 1970s - after she complained of having trouble sleeping.
She is expected to serve as a key witness for prosecutors during the two-week trial.
Mr Cosby's wife of 53 years was not seen with him as he entered the court in Norristown, near Philadelphia, on Monday or Tuesday.
But Keshia Knight Pulliam, who played his on-screen daughter in The Cosby Show, did accompany him on the first day.
Mr Cosby faces three counts of aggravated indecent assault. Each count carries a maximum sentence of 10 years and a fine of up to $25,000 (£19,500).
The comic - who was at one point the highest-paid actor in the US - has said he will not testify in the trial, which is expected to last about two weeks.
If convicted, Mr Cosby faces up to a decade in prison.
The 23-year-old forward, along with four other players aged 18 to 23, will appear in court on 11 October.
The Cowboys have an NRL play-off match against the Melbourne Storm and coach Paul Green played down the incident.
"Back when I was the same age, I probably would have been as much trouble as these boys," Green said.
"It's disappointing if it does turn out to be true. But in the whole scheme of things we are talking about an egging here and let's keep it in context."
Taumalolo, who has five caps for New Zealand, and the other four players, who are not part of the top-flight squad at the Cowboys, were stopped by police in Townsville on Wednesday night.
The club are said to be investigating the matter internally but no decision will be made until after the play-off game.
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A giant database, Care.data, is being set up with anonymised records to help aid medical research and the monitoring of performance.
But Healthwatch England said the way NHS England had tried to explain the system had been confusing.
NHS England said privacy concerns were misplaced.
The central database - to be launched after April - will enable experts to assess diseases, examine new drugs on the market and identify infection outbreaks as well as monitor the care patients get.
Information is already available about what happens in hospitals, but to date it has been difficult to link those records with the information that was available about what is happening to patients when they are under the care of GPs.
However, concerns have been raised about the prospect of keeping all of the information in one place, with campaigners saying that it could lead to privacy problems and data breaches.
There is a proposal - to be discussed next month - which could give access to non-NHS bodies, including private firms.
Healthwatch England chair Anna Bradley said nearly a quarter of the 148 local Healthwatch groups had been in contact to raise concerns about the scheme in recent days.
It comes after NHS England started last month a mass mail out to every household explaining the project and giving people the chance to opt out.
Not everyone has received the leaflets yet, but Ms Bradley said there had been reports of people throwing away the leaflets as they did not realise what they were, struggling to understand what they were about and cases where GPs have decided to opt out all their patients themselves.
Ms Bradley said: "Once again the NHS has decided it knows best and is ploughing ahead with plans to share this data whether we like it or not.
"To make matters worse, the communications around this have been so poor that we are now in the situation where all of us are about to be automatically opted in to a scheme we know little or nothing about.
"While we recognise that sharing the data could be of significant benefit to researchers, the NHS has a moral duty to consult with all of us and trust us to make our own decisions."
She said Healthwatch England has now written a letter to NHS England chief executive Sir David Nicholson asking him to put back the roll-out of the scheme so patients could be consulted more.
Dawn Monaghan, of the Information Commissioner's office, also said she had concerns.
"At the moment, we don't think it is clear enough on the website or in the information that has been sent out exactly what data is going to go and what is not going to go."
But Tim Kelsey, NHS England's national director for patients and information, said patients need not have concerns as the information would not be "identifiable".
"This data is stripped of all the identifiers so, for example, the name and address features nowhere on this data; postcode, numbers, the data is stripped of all the identifiers and in their place are substituted meaningless pseudonyms in order that this data can be linked with other data sets.
"Can I be categorical? No one who uses this data will know who you are."
But what does the referendum mean for the EU, for Ukraine's future relationship with the 28-member bloc, and Dutch democracy?
BBC correspondents report from The Hague, Kiev and Brussels.
The Dutch have delivered a resounding no, with caveats.
The referendum was ostensibly about Ukraine - but the No campaigners weren't concerned with the intricacies of the trade deal. The main architect of the referendum boasted he hadn't even read the association agreement.
This exercise in direct democracy was presented as an opportunity for the electorate to express their discontent at what many consider unwanted expansionism and a lack of democratic accountability within the EU. The Yes campaign was notable in its absence.
The Dutch debate has been so multi-layered, the results are open to interpretation.
It is certainly symbolic that one of the founding fathers of the EU now appears to be a hotbed of Euroscepticism. Two-thirds of the electorate didn't cast their ballot, so some argue the result cannot be taken as a true reflection of anti-EU sentiment.
Interior Minister Ronald Plasterk expressed a sentiment that many people here share: the rules were confusing, primarily the 30% turnout rule that may have acted as a disincentive for those who supported the deal to go out and vote in favour.
Those who did may be wishing they hadn't bothered. If they'd stayed at home, turnout would have fallen below the 30% threshold thus invalidating the result.
Dutch PM Mark Rutte has promised to at least acknowledge the result, and politically it will be hard to ignore.
But the Dutch parliament had already backed the agreement, the vote was non-binding and legally speaking the government isn't obliged to listen to a vote that, after all, involved barely a third of the electorate.
The Dutch are masters of compromise - just Google "polder mentality". Expect weeks or months of protracted discussions in The Hague, and Brussels. These are uncharted waters; the Dutch government will need time to work out how to navigate them.
Vote cheers anti-EU camp
The Ukrainian government is adamant that its wide-ranging deal to align itself with the EU will remain on course, despite the Dutch No vote.
There is a huge amount of political will, both among top EU officials and powerful EU member states, namely Germany, for Ukraine's post-revolutionary political order to succeed.
The EU has already invested financially and politically in this country. EU officials are based at the parliament, trying to help broker deals. And the EU has offices within Ukrainian government ministries, where officials work with their Ukrainian counterparts to try to reform Ukraine's infamously clumsy and sometimes corrupt bureaucracy.
The EU-Ukraine association agreement should not be confused with EU membership. The consensus is that Ukraine is a long way from that, although the deal is a step in that direction.
Moldova and Georgia have made similar deals with the EU, which aim to break down trade barriers and create more transparent and efficient government institutions.
The trade deal has already been ratified by the other 27 EU member states. So the No vote complicates the Dutch government's position, even though the No campaign was more about the EU than Ukraine and the association agreement.
Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has insisted the referendum result will "not be a strategic obstacle for Ukraine on the path to Europe". And Dmytro Kuleba, a senior foreign ministry official, told me that "Dutch Eurosceptics cannot take Ukraine hostage to express dissatisfaction about the EU".
The result is a blow to Ukraine's morale, when domestic political uncertainty and infighting have increased scepticism over the Ukrainian government's EU-backed reform process.
But unless there is a much more fundamental political shift elsewhere in the EU, the Dutch referendum result will have little impact on Ukraine.
The government in Kiev has far bigger issues to contend with: a war in the east, Russia's annexation of Crimea, a problem-plagued economy, a political crisis and a battle to end deep-rooted corruption within state institutions.
When the Dutch referendum was first announced, European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker warned that a No vote "could open the doors to a continental crisis" and only Russia "stood to benefit".
He was unavailable for comment at the Commission's daily briefing on Thursday, but the session was dominated by questions about the vote, and his chief spokesman said Mr Juncker was sad about the vote's outcome.
There are two major issues now for the EU.
First, how to press ahead with a flagship deal that in effect makes Ukraine a member of the EU single market, in exchange for adopting EU regulations and standards. It took years to negotiate and was also one of the underlying causes of the conflict that broke out in eastern Ukraine with pro-Russian separatists in 2014.
Can the deal go ahead without the support of one member, when all other countries have ratified it? Commission officials say the next steps aren't clear, and will wait for the result to be confirmed next Tuesday.
Then there's a wider question about whether this is a signal, as Dutch Eurosceptics claim, that voters are losing faith in the European Union project.
Mr Juncker has previously described his team, as "the last chance Commission to regain public trust". It's a blow for the EU, but is being dismissed, publicly at least, as a domestic issue for one member state and not representative of a wider distrust in the institutions of Brussels.
The Mid Fife and Glenrothes MSP won the five-year job in a ballot of Holyrood's 129 members.
Ms Marwick pledged to do her "very, very best" in the role.
Labour MSP Elaine Smith and Conservative MSP John Scott were elected as Holyrood's deputy presiding officers.
Out-going presiding officer Alex Fergusson said the election of Ms Marwick, a member of the party which will form the Scottish government, presented "fresh challenges".
Labour criticised the appointment, saying it gave "cause for concern".
Ms Marwick, 57, saw off a challenge from party colleague Christine Grahame and former Labour minister Hugh Henry.
The elections were held as Holyrood sat for the first time since the SNP's landslide win at the polls, last week.
Tricia Marwick was born on 5 November, 1953, in the Fife town of Glenrothes.
The miner's daughter worked as a public affairs officer for housing charity Shelter Scotland until her election, in 1999, as a list MSP for Mid-Scotland and Fife.
She contested the Central Fife seat in subsequent elections, taking the constituency on the night of the SNP's historic win in 2007.
Ms Marwick, who has previously served as SNP business manager, won the new seat of Mid Fife and Glenrothes in the 2011 Holyrood election.
She has also served on Holyrood's management team, the corporate body.
In the second parliament, Ms Marwick brought forward a backbench bill to introduce the single transferable vote method of Proportional Representation voting for local council elections.
The move was rejected, but in reality was designed to flush out the Lib Dems, in coalition with Labour at the time, who favoured the move.
Ms Marwick was also convener of the Scottish Parliament's standards committee, but stood down in 2003, amid the fallout of a row involving former SNP MSP Dorothy-Grace Elder, who had made a complaint against her.
On her election as the Scottish Parliament's first female presiding officer in 2011, Ms Marwick said she would approach the job differently to her predecessors.
She said the different Holyrood factions must start being kinder to each other, adding: "We've had a lot of raucous behaviour - I will not tolerate that."
Ms Marwick insisted she would treat all parties equally, saying of the SNP leader: "I've stood up to Alex Salmond before.
"Alex and I have known each other for a very, very long time.
"Alex and I have been on opposing sides before - if necessary I would stand up to Alex Salmond as I would stand up to anybody else."
Ms Marwick also has an interest in animal welfare.
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The party will form Scotland's first majority administration, four years after it went into minority government following its victory in the 2007 election.
Paying tribute to her predecessor as presiding officer, Ms Marwick - who will resign from the SNP to take up the politically neutral post - told MSPs: "Alex was a class act and a difficult one to follow. I will do my very, very, best."
In an emotional acceptance speech, she added: "As presiding officer, I will be fair to all members. I will always act in the interests of the Scots parliament."
In his final speech as presiding officer, Mr Fergusson, who has returned to parliament as a Tory MSP, Mr Fergusson said each Scottish election had delivered a first for Holyrood - a coalition government in 1999, a "rainbow parliament" of seven parties in 2003, minority government in 2007 and, now, a likely majority administration.
Mr Fergusson, said: "The parliament itself seems to have taken this road of firsts to heart, electing a female member as presiding officer for the first time.
"Furthermore, it has also elected a member from the likely party of government for the first time and that in itself will present fresh challenges."
Mr Fergusson went on to say he could testify to Ms Marwick's "ability to put the interests of this parliament before the interests of any party within it."
In his pitch for presiding officer, Mr Henry, a former education and deputy justice minister, said he would not stand in the way of an independence referendum, which the SNP is staging in the second half of the parliamentary term.
Mr Henry was nominated for presiding officer by out-going Labour leader Iain Gray, and seconded by the Tories' Annabel Goldie.
His position came amid speculation that Nationalists would wield their majority to elect one of their own MSPs, because of fears that an opposition member could rule the referendum beyond the parliament's powers.
Labour business manager Paul Martin, said: "The appointment of the new presiding officer was a big challenge for the new majority government, and it has not got off to a good start.
"Labour wants to engage positively with it, but this appointment does not send out the right signal and is a cause for concern."
The election for first minister - with SNP leader Alex Salmond the only realistic candidate - is taking place at a later date.
Mr Gray and Miss Goldie have both announced they are standing down from their leadership roles in the autumn, while Tavish Scott earlier quit as Lib Dem leader with immediate effect.
No one was hurt after the roof collapsed at Rumworth School in Bolton at about 16:30 GMT on Saturday, Greater Manchester Fire Service said.
North West Ambulance tweeted that many cars and fences were damaged when debris with "dangerously sharp edges" spread over a large area.
They said it was a "lucky escape" the incident happened during the Easter weekend when no one was at the school.
The school said on its website it was "confident" that it would still re-open on 4 April at the start of the new term.
The 20-year-old hooker, who has won three caps, has previously spent time in the development squad of Super Rugby side Crusaders.
"We have one or two injuries in the hooker position," Quins director of rugby John Kingston said.
"He came on to our radar when we trained with Samoa recently. I'm sure he will make a valuable impact."
Elia featured as a replacement in Samoa's matches against France and Georgia in November, and made his first start against Canada on Saturday.
Dyfed-Powys Police were called to Garnant Pharmacy on Cwmamman Road at about 12:40 GMT on Monday.
A force spokeswoman said they were not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident.
The pharmacy has been cordoned off and is closed until further notice.
The Welsh Ambulance Service confirmed they attended the pharmacy and took a man to Morriston Hospital in Swansea.
Kwabs, Kate Tempest and Shura are also on the line-up for the festival from the people behind Ibiza Rocks.
There will also be DJ sets from Rudimental, Zane Lowe and B. Traits on the party beach of Zrce, on the island of Pag.
It comes as Ibiza Rocks celebrates a decade on the White Isle. Mallorca Rocks ended in September.
New acts including Brighton-based surf-rockers Black Honey and The Bulletproof Bomb will hit the Adriatic Coast.
While festival goers can also expect DJ sets from Fatboy Slim, Wilkinson, Waze & Odyssey and Jaymo & Andy George.
Croatia Rocks is working with the organisers of Hideout Festival, who have run their event in Zrce for the past four years.
Shane Murray, brand director of Ibiza Rocks said: "This is a genuinely exciting move for Ibiza Rocks and marks a significant new chapter in our story as we reach 10.
"Croatia has clearly evolved from an emerging to an established music destination and it's long been a wish of ours to bring the spirit of Ibiza Rocks to the beach."
Tickets for Croatia Rocks are now on sale, with more of the line-up being announced nearer the event.
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He was one of two suspects involved in the attempted robbery on Ramsay Road in Kirkcaldy at about 07:45 on Friday.
The woman, who was walking with three dogs, became aware of a man running from behind and was then approached by a second men who tried to grab her bag.
Police said the suspect who was bitten may have struggled to walk properly after the incident.
One of the woman's dogs bit him during the struggle over her bag. The suspect ran off towards Pratt Street.
The first man was described as in his 20s, about 5ft 8in tall, with dark joggers and a light coloured hoodie with his hood up.
The second man, who attempted to steal her bag, was also in his 20s, about 5ft 5in tall, with dark hair and a gaunt face.
He was wearing a dark cap with blue denim jeans and a dark tracksuit top.
Det Sgt Craig Fraser said: "We're appealing to anyone who might recognise these men, or may have witnessed this incident.
"The suspect shouted when he was bitten by the dog, and it's possible he may have struggled to walk properly afterwards.
"If anyone has any information, please contact us."
Police were called at 13:15 GMT to reports a man had been stabbed. Fifteen minutes later another person arrived at hospital with suspected stab wounds.
It is believed the two males, one in his 30s and a boy in his late teens, were hurt at the West Meadows site.
A 17-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder and has been taken into police custody.
The East of England Ambulance Service said crews were called to West Meadows, on the A14 junction near Whitehouse in the town, at the same time as police, and a man was treated for neck and back injuries before being taken to hospital.
A Suffolk police spokeswoman said detectives, dog units and the police helicopter had also been deployed to both sites.
An Ipswich Hospital spokeswoman said the site had not been "locked down", contrary to initial reports, but the area outside the accident and emergency department had been "cleared to assist police in their investigation".
The hospital was "running normally, but there is a strong police presence on site", she added.
A number of police cars could be seen outside the Garrett Anderson Centre, where the accident and emergency department is based.
The westbound slip road onto the A14 from the Whitehouse interchange has been closed while police investigate.
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Andy Sward is now walking five thousand miles across Vancouver Island to St. Johns and has collected 31 thousand bottles and cans so far.
He travels around with his litter buggy which is made from an old pram. It's packed with food for the journey, clothes and a tent.
Andy wants to collect one million bottles and cans and hopes that he will inspire others to do the same.
Nine lieutenants and a captain at bases in the US and Britain have been implicated in the investigation.
Two nuclear launch control officers at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana are said to be involved in the probe.
The Air Force has since suspended the two officers' security clearances, US media report.
The investigation was reportedly initiated with two officers at Edwards Air Force Base in California, the second-largest US Air Force base.
It then "expanded, based on contact with the officers in question regarding recreational drug possession", Air Force spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Brett Ashworth told Reuters news agency.
The investigation has since grown to include officers at bases Malmstrom, Vandenberg in California, FE Warren in Wyoming and Schreiver in Colorado, as well as Royal Air Force Lakenheath in England, he added.
Malmstrom Air Force base reportedly oversees 420 nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles, while Schreiver Air Force Base is home to the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization.
England's David Horsey had six birdies in his opening 12 holes to put pressure on Olesen but the Dane responded with three birdies in four holes to card a three-under 69 and win on 20 under par.
Horsey and China's Li Haotong both shot 65 to finish second on 17 under.
Masters champion Danny Willett failed to take top spot in the Race to Dubai.
The Englishman needed to finish fifth to move ahead of Open winner Henrik Stenson but was joint-68th after a disappointing final round of 75.
It was Horsey who had seemed the most likely to upset Olesen, holing five birdies to reach the turn in 29, while the Dane three-putted the ninth to card just his fourth bogey of the week.
But Olesen responded with birdies at the 12th, 14th and 15th and although he bogeyed the 16th, pars on the final two holes saw him claim victory.
He built his win on the back of course record 62 in the second round after missing the cut in eight of his 10 previous events.
He said: "The last three or four months have been poor and I didn't feel comfortable at the end, but I got over the line.
"I knew they had cut the lead to a couple of shots and it puts pressure on you. The last four holes were really difficult."
The land-based missile was fired from near Panghyon airfield, and flew for 37 minutes before landing in the Sea of Japan, said the US Pacific Command.
Japan has lodged a protest and PM Shinzo Abe said the launch "clearly shows that the threat has grown".
Pyongyang has increased the frequency of its nuclear and missile tests in recent months, raising tensions.
South Korea said Tuesday's projectile was launched at 09:40 local time (00:40 GMT) and flew about 930km (578 miles).
The missile may have landed in waters claimed by Japan as its exclusive economic zone, according to Japanese officials.
The US said it did not pose a threat to North America.
Meanwhile Pyongyang is due to make an "important announcement" later on Tuesday, reported South Korea's Yonhap news agency.
This is the 11th detected missile launch this year.
North Korea last test-launched missiles in May. It fired projectiles on two separate occasions, both towards the Sea of Japan.
While Pyongyang has appeared to have made progress, experts believe North Korea does not have the capability to accurately target a place with an intercontinental ballistic missile or miniaturise a nuclear warhead that can fit on such a missile.
The big question is: What range does this missile have - could it hit the US? One expert already thinks that it might be able to reach Alaska but not the lower states.
David Wright, a physicist with the US-based Union of Concerned Scientists, said: "If the reports are correct, that same missile could reach a maximum range of roughly 6,700km (4,160 miles) on a standard trajectory.
"That range would not be enough to reach the lower 48 states or the large islands of Hawaii, but would allow it to reach all of Alaska."
It's not just a missile that North Korea would need, but also the ability to protect a warhead from the intense heat and vibration as it re-enters the atmosphere, and it's not clear if North Korea can do that.
On the prospect of North Korea being able to strike the US, President Donald Trump tweeted in January: "It won't happen." The truth is that it might - most experts think within five years, probably less. What would President Trump do then?
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters on Tuesday: "North Korea's repeated provocations like this are absolutely unacceptable."
Mr Abe said Japan would "unite strongly" with the US and South Korea to put pressure on Pyongyang.
He added that he would call on Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin - who are meeting in Moscow - "to play a more constructive role".
US President Donald Trump also responded swiftly on Tuesday to the missile launch.
On his Twitter account he made apparent reference to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, saying: "Does this guy have anything better to do with his life?"
"Hard to believe that South Korea and Japan will put up with this much longer. Perhaps China will put a heavy move on North Korea and end this nonsense once and for all!"
Mr Trump had earlier called Mr Kim a "pretty smart cookie".
He has also repeatedly called on Mr Xi to pressure North Korea to end its nuclear and missile programmes. Beijing is Pyongyang's closest economic ally.
The latest missile launch comes a day after Mr Trump spoke on the phone separately with Mr Xi and Mr Abe about North Korea. The leaders reaffirmed their commitment to a denuclearised Korean Peninsula.
In South Korea, recently-elected President Moon Jae-in has called for an emergency meeting of the country's security council.
Mr Moon also met with US President Donald Trump last week, with the US leader warning Pyongyang of a "determined response".
The US recently started setting up its controversial Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (Thaad) system in South Korea, which is aimed at protecting against North Korean missiles.
Neighbours such as China have objected to it as they believe it undermines their security and the regional balance.
On Tuesday, Mr Xi and Mr Putin reiterated their opposition to Thaad, reported Chinese state news agency Xinhua.
It now seems rare for a week to pass without a significant celebrity death being reported - from David Bowie in the second week of January, to actor Alan Rickman a week later, to comedian Victoria Wood and Prince this week.
"Enough, 2016" and a more vulgar alternative are phrases people are uttering more and more regularly. So is this wave of celebrity deaths the new normal?
The answer is yes, according to the BBC's obituary editor Nick Serpell, who ought to know about such things.
He said that the number of significant deaths this year has been "phenomenal".
Looking at the basic statistics, there's a very clear upward trend. Nick prepares obituaries for BBC television, radio and online, that run once a notable person's death is confirmed.
The number of his obituaries used across BBC outlets in recent years has leaped considerably.
It's a jump from only five between January and late March 2012 to a staggering 24 in the same period this year - an almost five-fold increase, according to research by the BBC Radio 4's More or Less programme.
And that's before counting some of the notable deaths in April, including American singer Merle Haggard, the former drug smuggler Howard Marks and this week's two notable departures.
But might it just be that the BBC has increased its store of obituaries to such an extent it means plenty more are being used?
There are indeed more obituaries in the BBC's files - some 1,500 in total - than when Nick started 10 years ago, he says. He adds a few more every week.
But look elsewhere and the picture bears out.
Here in the UK, the Daily Telegraph maintains a gallery of famous people who have died, and updates it throughout the year. Up to this time in 2014, the number of those in the gallery was 38. By this time last year, the number of people in the gallery was 30. This year, the number is already 75.
At the beginning of every year, the (rather morbid) website deathlist.net lists 50 celebrities it believes may pass away that year. In six of the last 10 years, two or fewer of its predictions had come true by this time - this year, five names have died so far.
This all invites the question: why?
There are a few reasons, Nick Serpell says.
"People who started becoming famous in the 1960s are now entering their 70s and are starting to die," he says.
"There are also more famous people than there used to be," he says. "In my father or grandfather's generation, the only famous people really were from cinema - there was no television.
"Then, if anybody wasn't on TV, they weren't famous."
Many of those now dying belonged to the so-called baby-boom generation, born between 1946 and 1964, that saw a huge growth in population. In the US for example, the census bureau said that 76m people in 2014 belonged to the baby boomer generation - some 23% of the population.
Here in the UK, people aged 65 or older make up almost 18% of the population - a 47% increase on forty years ago.
With more babies born into the baby-boom generation, it meant more went on to eventually become famous.
Now, those famous former babies, aged between 70 and 52, are dying.
The age-bracket 65 to 69 is the one, in England and Wales for example, where death rates really start to increase - some 14.2 per 1,000 men in that age bracket died in 2014, compared with 9.4 per 1,000 in the 60 to 64 age bracket.
Among the major deaths this year, many - including Prince (57), Alan Rickman (69), David Bowie (69) and Victoria Wood (62) - were baby-boomers.
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Another factor that may play into the impression that more celebrities are dying is that we have heard of more celebrities than before.
"Over the past 10 years, social media has played a big part," Nick Serpell says.
Hours before Prince's death was announced, tributes were paid to the American former wrestler and porn star Chyna, who died aged 45.
But the news of her death was not confined to the US - close to 400,000 tweets using the word Chyna were sent worldwide on Thursday, and interest peaked in cities such as Lagos in Nigeria and Lima in Peru.
These days, it is far easier to hear news of whether anyone has died than at any time in the past.
The bad news? Yes, probably. "Over the next 10 years, these people will get into their 80s and it is going to continue at this level," Nick Serpell says.
"And that doesn't count the surprise deaths, when people die that shouldn't."
For the time being, the normally half-hour compilation of obituaries Nick produces for BBC News at the end of every year will be extended: this year, he says he has already been given permission to make it an hour long.
Aberavon MP Stephen Kinnock, watched by his father Neil and mother Glenys, spoke during Wednesday's debate on devolution: "I was born about 30 miles to the north east of Aberavon, in Tredegar, as was my father.
"My mother is of course form another country altogether known as north Wales They have always worked tirelessly to combat injustice and their dedication to public service has inspired me throughout my life."
Stephen Kinnock said he saw himself as "a global Welshman", having lived in many exotic lands, including England. "I believe Wales is a nation with the ability to punch far above its weight and I hope that I will have an opportunity to contribute to that worthy cause."
He also raised a local cause or two: "In Aberavon we like to connect our proud history to our promising present and our ambitious future. It is in this spirit that I wish to join those calling on the Ministry of Justice for the posthumous pardon of Dic Penderyn, a miner and son of Aberavon hanged in 1831 for his part in the Merthyr Uprising."
Cardiff North Tory Craig Williams told the debate his primary ambition during the next five years was to achieve a "city deal" for Cardiff. He saw it as an opportunity to deliver what he sees as "the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation - version two".
He was also critical of the Welsh government's refusal to adopt some UK government policies: "I will be shining lights on subjects where I think devolution is failing my constituents and the people of Wales."
Gower Tory MP Byron Davies - a member of the National Assembly for Wales until recently - said the key question was the added value brought by devolution. He said he found "much discontent after 16 years of devolution in Wales" during his election campaign.
Mr Davies also had a message for his wife: "It's my wedding anniversary today and I forgot to send a card so I do hope this will make up for it."
Green MP Caroline Lucas told him that although his speech was "exceedingly good" she wasn't sure it would compensate for the lack of an anniversary card and he might want to buy one anyway.
New Labour MP Jo Stevens managed to name-check a street known to some as "chip alley" during her maiden speech in the House of Commons.
"Alongside the world's oldest record shop, Spillers, which opened in 1894," she said, "and our beautiful Victorian shopping arcades, we have a famous Caroline Street, where early and late-night city-centre revellers enjoy our special Welsh delicacy of chicken curry, arf'n'arf."
Besides the traditional maiden speech guide to her constituency, she highlighted some of her political priorities: "Throughout the election, I campaigned on the need to tackle inequality head on—wealth inequality, social inequality and tax inequality. I will continue that campaign and be a strong voice for all the people of Cardiff Central."
Ms Stevens has also made her maiden appearance in the Daily Politics studio, where she was questioned about a newspaper interview with Harriet Harman in which the acting Labour leader suggested even some Labour supporters were relieved the party didn't win.
Was Harriet Harman right? Jo Stevens: "I'm afraid I don't recognise what that Independent interview describes. It's the polar opposite to what I experienced on the doorstep as an election candidate in a key seat for Labour over two years.
You can watch Jo Stevens's maiden speech here and read it in Hansard here.
"I think what Harriet is getting at is about persuading floating voters to come over to us and maybe that argument wasn't persuasive enough - clearly in large swathes of the country where there were Tory-Labour marginals that argument didn't work."
Was Ed Miliband the problem?
"Not as far as I was concerned. I think it was because we didn't rebut the Tory argument from 2010 onwards that we messed up the economy, and if we'd done that if, we'd made an an attempt to do it better than we did, I think that would have made a difference."
One of the vigilantes tells them: "No Bulgaria - go back [to] Turkey."
The video was shot in Strandja, a mountainous area near the Turkish border, the Bulgarian BTV news website reported.
Bulgarian border police chief Antonio Angelov, quoted by BTV, said such an arrest of migrants was illegal.
Bulgaria has erected a razor-wire fence along 95km (59 miles) of its 269-km border with Turkey.
According to Mr Angelov, the three migrants shown in the video said they were Afghans. The video was the main story across Bulgarian TV on Monday.
The vigilantes - at least one of them armed with a machete - stood over the three and one was heard telling them in broken English to return to Turkey. The migrants appeared frightened and were not resisting.
Bulgaria's neighbour Greece was embroiled in a row with Macedonia on Monday over rough treatment of migrants at the Idomeni border crossing on Sunday.
Medical charity MSF said 260 people were hurt when Macedonian security forces fired tear gas as hundreds of migrants tried to cross the border. Thirty were hit by rubber bullets, including three children under 10, MSF said. Tensions were still high at the border on Monday.
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras condemned the use of tear gas and rubber bullets, describing the violence as "a big disgrace for European civilisation".
But Macedonia insisted its security forces had not used rubber bullets, adding that 23 of its security forces had been wounded. Police had repeatedly asked Greek officials to secure the border, the foreign affairs ministry said.
More than 11,000 migrants have been camping at Idomeni for weeks in wretched conditions.
Greece remains the chief Balkan transit country for migrants - many of them fleeing the Syrian war - who hope to reach northern Europe.
There is concern that Greek deportations of migrants to Turkey, approved by the EU, may be violating the rights of some refugees.
Vigilantes became involved in the migrant crisis in Bulgaria earlier this year. Dinko Valev, a Bulgarian trader in spare parts for buses, became a national celebrity in February after starting to patrol the Turkish border "hunting" for migrants.
He won national praise for subduing a group of 12 Syrian men, three women and a child. Mobile phone footage showed the migrants lying on the ground, waiting for the police, while he insulted them.
Last week Bulgaria's border police gave an award to a volunteer "border patrol" which detained 23 refugees near the Turkish border, the Balkan Insight news website reported.
Mr Angelov said the vigilantes had acted "very appropriately", but he cautioned that such patrols were "very risky" and urged them to inform the police about any future patrols.
More than a million undocumented refugees and other migrants have entered the EU by boat from Turkey to Greece since January 2015, generating an unprecedented crisis for the EU's 28 member states.
But actress Emily Blunt is on the cover and models will appear in adverts.
Editor Alexandra Shulman said the difficulties she had in securing sample designer clothes for non-models for shoots made her want to explore what women wear through a "real" filter.
One campaigner welcomed the move as a "positive example of good work".
Tetraplegic journalist Melanie Reid, who writes a weekly column for the Times Magazine, Unruly Media video marketing company co-founder Sarah Wood, architectural historian Shumi Bose and ice cream entrepreneur Kitty Travers all appear in the issue.
The magazine, on sale from Thursday, explores topics including what "real" beauty is, and how successful women work a wardrobe.
Ms Shulman said of the issue's theme: "The combination of a newspaper commentariat - which is always keen to leap critically on a woman in the public eye who dresses even the slightest bit adventurously - alongside a professional culture that still encourages a conventional conformity, makes it hard for some women to dress the way they would really like to.
"Now we have a prime minister who clearly enjoys thinking about how she dresses - and is not afraid to wear jazzy shoes, bright colours and clothes that draw attention rather than deflect it - there really is no excuse."
Mental health and body image commentator Natasha Devon applauded the trend for using images of "real" women in fashion and beauty.
But she warned that if magazines still digitally altered their images, it could still put pressure on women and girls to adhere to unrealistic standards of shape and beauty, without recourse to the idea that the subjects were "professional models".
There has been long-standing criticism of the fashion industry, its designers, shops, magazines and advertising, for using models who convey an unrealistic image of the size of women.
The average UK size is a 12, with many designer sample sizes a UK 8 or below.
As part of its #NoSizeFitsAll campaign, the Women's Equality Party has called on designers to use a range of sample sizes, and the party urged Vogue's editor to back its efforts to persuade the British Fashion Council to compel designers attending London Fashion Week 2017 to do so.
The YMCA is one group involved in the Be Real Campaign for body confidence which aims to help people put health above appearance. YMCA England's CEO Denise Hatton welcomed Vogue using images that more accurately reflected how women look as a "positive example of good work".
But she said it was only a small step towards a culture that "actively and consistently" promotes diversity.
She said the campaign group of schools, people, charities, businesses and public bodies is due to launch an "image code" asking industries to reflect the UK's diversity by showing people of "all shapes and sizes, skin tones, genders, ages, ethnicities, disfigurements, abilities and disabilities".
"Only when the images we see in magazines and across the industry reflect what we truly look like will we finally be able to feel more body confident, leading to a healthier and happier nation," she said.
Marisa Bate, senior editor at website The Pool, said that while it was debatable how "real" a glossy magazine featuring luxury products could be, "the move is interesting because it shows a shift in positioning."
"Vogue is trying to stay culturally relevant and changing tack," she said, adding: "In this way, Alexandra Shulman is following the cultural agenda, not setting it, and the magazine is having to bend its boundaries to feel relevant to a younger generation that has begun to reject the 'perfect', airbrushed images that normally fill their pages."
Ms Shulman has previously criticised fashion houses for sending sample clothes too small for many models to wear.
The magazine called on designers to consider the consequences of issuing such sizes, which limited the range of women who could model the clothes, encouraging the use of extremely thin women and girls.
Alan Couper, 62, from Southampton, died at the scene on Stockbridge Road, at the entrance to the golf club in Leckford, on Wednesday.
In a statement his family called him a "loving, gorgeous husband, fantastic supportive father and grandad".
They added: "We will miss him so much. We loved him with all our hearts."
"Life will never be the same without him," the statement concluded.
The collision involved a lorry and two motorbikes, with another motorcyclist being taken to Southampton General Hospital with minor injuries.
Hampshire Constabulary said the lorry driver, a 57-year-old man from Tidworth, was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving following the crash.
He was bailed pending further inquiries.
Officers have appealed for witnesses to come forward.
With 36 of the 40 election results having been declared, the Tories have won in 20 of the contests while Labour has 13 victories.
Independents, who were elected to 12 PCC posts in 2012, have just three now.
The four remaining PCC elections, all in Wales, will declare results on Sunday.
Tories won in Kent, Lincolnshire, Warwickshire, Hampshire, Norfolk and West Mercia, which had all gone to independents last time.
Voters in South Yorkshire re-elected Labour's Alan Billings, who has said he will investigate claims that a former police press officer was asked to "spin" news during the Hillsborough inquests.
Hayley Court, who was employed in 2014, said South Yorkshire Police wanted her to encourage the media to report evidence favourable to the police case.
Turnout in the PCC elections was 25.2%, a substantial rise on the 15.1% recorded in 2012, which was the lowest recorded level of participation at a peacetime non-government election in Britain.
Home Secretary Theresa May had urged voters to take part, saying PCCs "have the power to hire and fire chief constables, control the police force's multimillion pound budget, and set local priorities for policing and crime".
Mrs May has also suggested that PCCs could in future help set up free schools to support children who might otherwise fall into crime.
They may also have a role in youth justice and probation, she has said.
A recent poll for the Electoral Reform Society found that nearly nine in 10 people could not name their local PCC.
At the height of the blaze, smoke could be seen from hills on the other side of the city.
West Yorkshire Fire Service was called to Ivy Mill on Mill Lane industrial estate in West Bowling close to the city centre, just before 08:00 BST.
There were still 60 firefighters at the site in the middle of the afternoon, the fire service said.
No one is believed to be trapped inside the building and there is no threat to residents, the fire service said.
Dorothy Gardner, 48, of Killycanavan Road, had alleged Mr Wells made homophobic statements during an election hustings meeting in Downpatrick in April 2015.
Mr Wells resigned as health minister a short time afterwards.
Controversy surrounded remarks about same sex marriage attributed to him.
Ms Gardner made a formal complaint to police after the hustings which included a statement claiming she had been at the event and heard the remarks.
A police investigation later cleared Mr Wells and concluded Ms Gardner had not been present at the event.
The South Down MLA said he had been vindicated by the outcome of the case.
"My reputation and political career were destroyed by a series of totally false reports of what I said at that hustings meeting," he said.
"As a result of these I was for forced to resign as health minister and suffered months of online abuse.
"The full transcript and video of my speech and the notes of the five experienced reporters who covered the event clearly confirmed that I never made the alleged remarks."
Ms Gardner is to be sentenced on 25 August.
The HGVs blocked the southbound carriageway from 05:00 GMT on Saturday.
Fire crews said both drivers had a "lucky escape" after receiving minor injuries. No-one else was hurt.
One of the lorries overturned and landed halfway down a bank between Bicester and Thame. The road was closed until 18:00 for emergency repairs.
Incident commander for Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue, Paul Webster, said: "It was a lucky escape for the two drivers and the other road users that there were no serious injuries. The cause of the accident is being investigated by police."
The 20-year-old forward received the accolade 24 hours after it emerged that he will ask to leave to club.
But while some fans jeered, others shouted: "Stay, Raheem."
The England international is expected to tell manager Brendan Rodgers and chief executive Ian Ayre on Friday that he wants to leave Anfield this summer.
Speaking at the event, Rodgers said it had been a "difficult, trying season".
Liverpool will finish outside the top four in the Premier League and therefore miss out on a place in next season's Champions League, while Rodgers is first Reds boss to fail to win a trophy in his first three seasons since the 1950s.
He added: "A number of distractions that we couldn't have planned for have made it difficult, but the players have given everything."
Brazilian midfielder Philippe Coutinho, 22, was voted Player of the Season.
Sterling rejected a new £100,000-a-week contract in April but denied being a "money-grabber" in an exclusive interview with BBC Sport which was not authorised by his club.
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He said: "I talk about winning trophies throughout my career. That's all I talk about."
The forward told Rodgers before Liverpool's 1-1 draw with Chelsea on 10 May that he wanted to leave, but it is understood the Reds want to keep the player, whose deal ends in 2017.
Should Sterling be made available, Manchester City are the frontrunners for his signature, while a number of leading European clubs have also expressed an interest.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger refused to be drawn on whether he would make a bid.
Several former Liverpool players have criticised Sterling and his representatives.
Former Reds striker Emile Heskey said Sterling would be "denying himself the opportunity to grow and develop into a top player" if he left, and that Liverpool should "try as hard as they can" to persuade him to stay.
John Aldridge, who played for Liverpool between 1987 and 1989, said Sterling had been given "woeful advice from his agent" and that "everyone in the game" felt it would be best for his development to stay.
Former Liverpool winger John Barnes said Sterling should stay at Anfield, claiming he would not be guaranteed regular first-team football elsewhere as he has still "not achieved anything".
Williamson, 32, was due to remain with the Championship side until January but Lascelles suffered a minor hamstring injury at Crystal Palace on Saturday.
Williamson has made only two League Cup appearances for the Magpies this term and played five matches for Wolves.
Newcastle are one place off the bottom of the Premier League and have conceded eight goals in their last two games.
The Commission on Widening Access said there was an "undeniable case for change" on the issue.
But it acknowledged the move would be "divisive", with concerns that middle-class students could be displaced.
The commission was set up by the first minister last year.
It was tasked with advising the Scottish government on how best to achieve its goal of ending the big gap between the number of students from wealthy and deprived backgrounds going to university.
The commission's interim report said there had been "steady progress" on the issue over the past decade.
But it stressed that "very significant socioeconomic inequalities" remained which were "unfair, unsustainable and detrimental to Scotland", and said the country had a moral and economic duty to tackle the issue
The report said it had been suggested that admitting students from deprived backgrounds with lower grades could have a detrimental impact on the academic excellence of Scotland's universities.
But it stated: "There is increasingly strong evidence that with the right support, bright students from deprived backgrounds can enhance, rather than jeopardise, academic excellence."
The report said other opposing viewpoints included:
But it added: "Unless we are prepared to accept the notion that Scotland's talent is concentrated in its most affluent communities, it is clear that, through accident of birth, a whole section of Scottish society has nothing like an equal opportunity to maximise their talent and reap the benefits of higher education.
"We believe that this is fundamentally unfair and that the ultimate goal of widening access should be to eliminate socioeconomic inequality.
"Equality of access is not just a passport to a better life for individuals; it is also a passport to a fairer, better Scotland."
The report also said there was strong evidence that parental experience of higher education was one of the most influential factors in determining the likelihood of a child entering university.
It added: "This means that equal access is capable of transmitting the social and economic benefits of higher education between generations, breaking cycles of deprivation and contributing to a society that is healthier, wealthier and fairer.
"The evidence shows that a higher education is a passport to a better life. Graduates benefit from higher wages, significantly improved health outcomes and a higher life expectancy.
"We believe that Scotland has a moral duty to ensure that these opportunities are distributed fairly."
The commission's final report is expected to be submitted next year.
The interim report was welcomed by Education Secretary Angela Constance, who said more needed to be done to tackle inequality in education despite the progress that had been made in recent years.
A spokeswoman for Universities Scotland said: "Contextual admissions can help with this and it is one of many tools, but definitely not a silver bullet, that universities can use to help widen access.
"Universities will always look for the best and brightest applicants - our quality and excellence is very important to us and absolutely will not be compromised - but we are open-minded about what best and brightest actually means."
Currently, councils do not need to be told if a child is home educated, unless they are removed from school.
Prof Sally Holland said she was disappointed this has not been changed in the new guidance.
She renewed her calls for a compulsory register of home-schooled students but some home educators are against it.
The Welsh government said it was still "considering the potential for introducing legislation".
Prof Holland called for laws to ensure parents tell local authorities children were being educated at home following a BBC Wales investigation into the death of eight-year-old Dylan Seabridge.
A child practice review found the boy had no direct contact with agencies such as doctors, nurses and teachers from the age of 13 months.
Safeguarding experts have also called for a register, saying the current guidance was in "stark contrast" to the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child.
Meanwhile, some councils have said the current guidance is not strong enough.
Prof Holland said she found the reluctance to legislate on home education "baffling".
"I think that Wales is not protecting the rights of children in Wales until it moves forward to legislate in this area," she said.
"So, I hope that when the cabinet secretary said that she would be looking towards a number of measures - including the potential for legislation - that she will move boldly forward with that.
"I've given clear evidence to the government that non-statutory guidance is not good enough for children in Wales.
"They all have a clear right to education and a clear right to have their voice heard about that education and this non-statutory guidance doesn't take us any further along that road."
A Welsh Government spokesman said: "We have listened carefully to concerns about safeguarding children who are educated at home.
"As the cabinet secretary indicated in her written statement, this new guidance will form part of a package of measures she is considering, including the potential for introducing legislation."
Jayne Palmer, chief executive of New Foundations Home Education, said the new non-statutory guidance was an invasion of privacy.
She said it gave too much power to councils and a compulsory register was a bad idea.
"I think more families will go into hiding, rather than risk being identified by local education authorities and being victimised by those who don't know what they are doing," she said.
She said current laws were "more than adequate" to allow social services or education officials access to a child if concerns are raised.
The move is aimed at promoting an "African solution" to the conflict in the world's youngest state, which became independent in 2011, it said.
An inquiry has found that both government and rebel forces have committed atrocities, the AU added.
Despite the signing of a peace deal last month, conflict has continued.
The formation of the court is part of the deal President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar signed following intense diplomatic pressure from regional leaders, reports the BBC's Emmanuel Igunza from the AU headquarters in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa.
Thousands have been killed in the fighting over the last 21 months and more than 2.2 million people forced from their homes.
South Sudan does not recognise the International Criminal Court (ICC), which investigates atrocities in member states or if a case is referred to it by the UN Security Council.
The AU is also extremely critical of the ICC, accusing it of failing to operate impartially - a charge it denies.
A special court, set up by Senegal with the AU's backing, is currently trying Chad's former President Hissene Habre for alleged atrocities committed during his rule.
The South Sudan court will use a mix of international and South Sudanese law.
In a statement, the AU said a commission of inquiry, formed last year under the chairmanship of Nigeria's ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, found evidence that both sides to the conflict in South Sudan had been involved in murder, torture, looting and sexual violence.
However, there was no evidence of genocide, it added.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon welcomed the setting up of the court at a high-level meeting on South Sudan held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.
"Horrific crimes have been committed against civilians in this war. The social fabric of South Sudan has been shattered. To mend it, the provisions in the peace agreement related to justice, accountability and reconciliation must be implemented in full," he said.
The conflict erupted after Mr Kiir accused his sacked deputy, Mr Machar, of plotting a coup.
Mr Machar denied the allegation, but then formed a rebel army to fight the government.
The university announced plans to increase the number of student beds from about 600 to more than 2,000 as part of a new campus village.
It said it wanted to house more students in university accommodation rather than private residential properties in Brighton and Hove.
Detailed plans are yet to be submitted to the city council.
Outline planning permission was granted last year.
The new student accommodation will replace outdated 1970s buildings with a mix of town houses and flats.
If approved, work will begin on the site in January with the first phase of accommodation ready in autumn 2018.
About 2,400 new permanent jobs could be created as a result of the campus redevelopment, the university added.
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The left-hander top scored with 93 before being caught by Ben Brown off the bowling of Oliver Robinson as the home side were all out for 234.
Robinson and Chris Liddle each took three wickets, but Steve Magoffin was the pick of the bowlers with 4-48.
In reply, Sussex lost Ed Joyce for 12 before closing on 33-1.
The visitors began the day with six fast bowlers unavailable, as Chris Jordan and Matt Hobden joined their injury list, but rose to the challenge as they pinned down the home side, who never really got going.
Malan was the only player to pass 50, with Nick Compton Middlesex's next highest scorer with 39.
Their stand of 90 was the mainstay of the innings after the early loss of openers Sam Robson and Nick Gubbins, but when Compton was caught at second slip that heralded a slump from 114-2 to 123-6.
Malan put on 55 with Ollie Rayner to calm the home side's fears, but when Rayner was out for 28 two balls after tea, the innings lost momentum. After Malan's dismissal, Toby Roland-Jones added 16 and Tim Murtagh 13, with Ravi Patel unbeaten on six.
Sussex reached 33-1 off 16 overs before the close and will have ended the day the happier team.
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Dawid Malan fell just short of a century for Middlesex, but it was Sussex who ended day one as the happier team at Lord's.
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It says that it is taking steps to combat it. But the official anti-piracy policy is stalling.
The government seems undecided on how to tackle the issue. Many Russians think online content should be free.
While chairing a meeting on cinema on 17 February, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev embarrassed officials by accessing RuTracker, Russia's most popular file-sharing website.
The connection worked despite earlier assurances that the site had been blocked forever.
"So how's your Roskomnadzor blocking it?" Mr Medvedev asked Communications Minister Nikolay Nikiforov, referring to the ministry's media watchdog.
Various explanations followed, ranging from suggestions that Medvedev's government-issue iPad could somehow circumvent restrictions, to claims that he accessed a different, permitted website.
But the incident points to possible failings in the government's efforts to fight online piracy.
According to Vedomosti, a business daily, Mr Medvedev was responding to remarks by Konstantin Ernst, the head of state-owned Channel One TV, who said that the government's anti-piracy policy was simply not working.
The moment illegal content is removed from one website, it appears on another, and even blocked platforms such as RuTracker remain accessible, Mr Ernst reportedly said.
President Putin's plain-speaking adviser for the internet, German Klimenko, is similarly downbeat.
"This is madness, it's not working and therefore it puts the government to shame," he says of the whole idea of blocking access to websites.
According to Mr Klimenko, copyright holders - whom he calls "greedy ghouls" - are themselves to blame for the piracy problem.
"Incomes are falling, so why demand people pay for watching a movie?" he wonders.
Earlier, questions were raised about Mr Klimenko's determination to eradicate piracy amid claims that he was linked to Torrnado, another popular Russian torrent-tracking service. He denies this allegation, saying that he does not own the website "in the legal sense".
Despite the criticism, the government has had some success in stopping Russians from visiting RuTracker.
LiveInternet, an online research firm that happens to be owned by Mr Klimenko, has registered a steady decline in traffic to the website from an average of 1.7 million daily visitors in February 2015 to just 758,000 in February this year.
But even if access to Russia's most popular file-sharing website becomes problematic, content remains freely available elsewhere.
There is little incentive to pay for films or music if they are just a couple of clicks away on the country's most popular social networks, VKontakte and Odnoklassniki.
A report by the International Intellectual Property Alliance says VKontakte will generally take down specific content when notified, but "that is not an adequate enforcement mechanism" for a problem that VKontakte created.
Stiff resistance from a public used to decades of consuming pirated content remains one of the most serious obstacles to any anti-piracy efforts in Russia.
In a recent poll, two-thirds of Russians admitted accessing file-sharing platforms, and more than a half said films, music and books should be available on the web for free.
BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media around the world. You can follow BBC Monitoring on Twitter and Facebook.
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Javeria Khan anchored Pakistan's innings with an unbeaten 90 as they made 271-5 from their 50 overs.
Despite a second-wicket stand of 74 between Cecelia Joyce (41) and Kim Garth (33), Ireland's challenge faded as they were bowled out for 185.
India and South Africa have clinched World Cup qualification after beating Bangladesh and Sri Lanka respectively.
With Ireland now out of contention, the final two places for the tournament - to be held in England in June and July - are likely to go to Sri Lanka and Pakistan, although Bangladesh could progress if they were to thrash Sri Lanka in their final game on Sunday and overhaul one of their rivals on net run rate.
Ireland's hopes of qualifying were already remote after suffering a seven-wicket defeat by Bangladesh in their opening Super Six match on Wednesday.
Pakistan's success at the Colombo Cricket Club owed a lot to second-wicket stand of 136 in 25 overs between Javeria and Nahida Khan (72), who hit 24 of Pakistan's 36 boundaries between them.
Nain Abidi chipped in with 44 from 55 balls as the Irish bowlers toiled in sweltering conditions, although 15-year-old Gaby Lewis (2-62) picked up two wickets in the last 10 overs.
A record-breaking run chase was needed for Ireland to stay in World Cup contention - as their target of 272 would have been their second highest one-day international total of all time, dwarfing their highest total batting second (204, against South Africa in Dublin last summer) and their highest successful run chase (175, against the Netherlands in 2010).
Despite the odds being against them, Joyce and Garth took the score to 91-1 in the 27th over before both were dismissed by successive deliveries.
Former captain Isobel Joyce fought a rearguard action, making 33, but Ireland's hopes of overhauling that massive target were over long before they were bowled out with seven balls of the innings to spare.
While their Super Six campaign will end with a dead-rubber game against South Africa at Colombo's P Sara Oval on Sunday, by virtue of qualifying for the Super Six they have retained their one-day international status.
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The 07:30 BST journey from Douglas to Liverpool and the 11:15 return have been cancelled along with the 08:45 to Heysham and its 14:15 return crossing.
The Steam Packet Company said its evening and overnight crossings are also "subject to disruption."
All passengers are advised to contact the ferry operators.
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He added that there will be a gradual improvement overnight and into Wednesday.
It has the largest proportion of indigenous people, who make up around two-thirds of the population.
The country has the second-largest reserves of natural gas in South America, but there have been long-running tensions over the exploitation and export of the resource. Indigenous groups say the country should not relinquish control of the reserves, which they see as Bolivia's sole remaining natural resource.
Bolivia is also one of the world's largest producers of coca, the raw material for cocaine. A crop-eradication programme, though easing the flow of conditional US aid, has incensed many of Bolivia's poorest farmers for whom coca is often the only source of income.
Population 10.2 million
Area 1.1 million sq km (424,164 sq miles)
Major languages Spanish, Quechua, Aymara, Guarani
Major religion Christianity
Life expectancy 65 years (men), 69 years (women)
Currency boliviano
President: Evo Morales
First elected in December 2005, Evo Morales, from the Aymara indigenous group, is first president to come from the country's indigenous majority.
As a leader of a coca-growers union, he was also the first president to emerge from the social movements whose protests forced Bolivia's two previous presidents from office.
Having come to power with a radical programme aimed at addressing the extreme social divisions and inequalities of Bolivia, he achieved in a few short years real social gains for the majority of Bolivians.
Mr Morales' political ideology combines standard left-wing ideas with an emphasis on traditional indigenous Andean values and concepts of social organisation.
By the middle of 2006, he had renationalised Bolivia's oil and gas industries.
With the gas money, Mr Morales's administration invested heavily in public works projects and social programmes to fight poverty which reduced by 25% during his government. Extreme poverty dropped by 43%.
In February 2016, Mr Morales lost a referendum that would have allowed him to run for president for a fourth term.
The Bolivian media continue to be polarized, resulting in a great deal of tension for journalists that the authorities do nothing to defuse, Reporters Without Borders reported in 2015.
Newspaper readership is limited by low literacy.
With hundreds of stations, radio is important, especially in rural areas. Bolivia's media landscape is dominated by private newspapers and broadcasters although there has been a rapid growth in state-owned media, including community radio stations, Freedom House said.
Some key dates in Bolivia's history:
1538 - Spanish conquer Bolivia, which becomes part of the vice-royalty of Peru.
1824 - Venezuelan freedom fighter Simon Bolivar, after whom Bolivia is named, liberates the country from Spanish rule. One year later, Bolivia becomes independent with Simon Bolivar as its president.
1952 - Peasants and miners overthrow military regime; Victor Paz Estenssoro returns from exile to become president and introduces social and economic reforms, including universal suffrage, nationalisation of tin mines and land redistribution, and improves education and the status of indigenous peoples.
1964 - Vice-President Rene Barrientos stages military coup, ushering in a period of political unrest punctuated by uprisings and military coups.
1989 - Leftist Jaime Paz Zamora becomes president and enters power-sharing pact with former dictator Hugo Banzer.
2003 September-October - 80 killed, hundreds injured in protests fuelled by government plans to export natural gas via Chile. President Sanchez de Lozada resigns under pressure of protests and is succeeded by Carlos Mesa. Mesa is forced to resign two years later after protests continue. Socialist leader Evo Morales wins presidential elections, becoming the first indigenous Bolivian to fill the post.
2006 - Bolivia completes its gas nationalisation programme, giving the state control over the operations of foreign energy firms.
2009 - New constitution giving greater rights to indigenous majority is approved in a national referendum.
2014-2016 - Evo Morales wins a third term as Bolivia's president; two years later he loses a referendum for the right to run a fourth time.
Peter Fuller acted "selflessly" to save dentist Dr Sarandev Bhambra in Tesco in Mold in January 2015 which led to his attacker being jailed for life.
Mr Fuller received the bravery award at the annual ceremony in Cardiff Bay.
Wales boss Chris Coleman won the sport award for helping Wales' football team reach the Euro 2016 finals.
He is the first national boss to help his team qualify for a major tournament since Jimmy Murphy led the country to the 1958 World Cup.
The citizenship award went to Janet Williams from Porthmadog, Gwynedd, who has fostered more than 100 children over the past 35 years.
A special award went to international rugby referee Nigel Owens, from Carmarthenshire, who was described as being a "fabulous ambassador for Wales".
The full list of award winners can be viewed online.
The Mexican government said almost 100 raids had been carried out in 12 countries.
Three girls aged between nine and 15 were rescued in Mexico, a government commission said in a statement.
Computers were seized that were allegedly used to post indecent videos on the internet.
The Mexican National Security Commission said searches were carried out in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, Spain, the United States, Uruguay and Venezuela.
"Operation Without Borders" was aimed at "breaking various structures dedicated to the distribution of pornographic material of children via the internet", the commission said in a statement.
A fourth girl was rescued as part of the operation but the commission did not specify in which country.
The raids come two months after Spanish police arrested more than 80 people in raids targeting images of child sex abuse.
People inspired to strip for the New York-based photographer, as well as those who have removed their clothes for other human installations, bare all and share their experiences of getting naked in the name of art.
"I'd been aware of Strange Cargo (the gallery that hosted a Spencer Tunick event in 2014) and they were a massive influence on me.
"I was intrigued by the prospect of getting involved in the nude art installation and was lucky enough to pass the selection process.
"There were around 70 of us taking part - all ages and sizes - when we gathered to pose on Folkestone Beach. I stood next to a pregnant lady.
"The photo shoot took place in the summer so it wasn't too cold. We were made to feel very comfortable and the process took around five to 10 minutes.
"I feel very proud to have taken part in the event."
"I participated in Tunick's 2010 homage to LS Lowry's Everyday People at various places in Manchester and it was a fascinating although chilly experience. Some of the people who met there are still in touch and have reunions.
"One person I'm good friends with from that freezing cold at 5am in May experience had never been naked in public before and was challenging herself to do something daring. It has been an enduring memory and something which has bonded us together.
"The art exhibition which resulted from this was displayed at The Lowry at Salford Quays and some of the photos were stunning.
"I did not do it because of a love of Lowry's pictures, not because I enjoy shivering naked and being ordered around, but because it was something new and unique and different.
"Now I have the chance to do something similar in Hull. I'll be applying to participate."
"I have taken part in a couple of Spencer Tunick's installations in the past and even been to a couple of his private party installations.
"The first one I went to was in Salford. I was a bit nervous at first, but once over that it was one of the best things I'd ever done.
"There is something very primal about being just you, without even a fig leaf to hide yourself from the person next to you.
"Once you realise you can do that, it changes who you are in such a positive way.
"It's also a great way to make friends. Many of us have stayed in touch over the years and meet up from time to time.
"I'd recommend everyone experience that feeling at least once in their lives."
Captain Lee Wallace slotted home the opener after being played in by Josh Windass after 16 minutes.
The lead was extended on the half hour, when Andy Halliday scored from the penalty spot after Jason Holt was fouled.
Windass set up Joe Garner to flick Rangers' third past goalkeeper Jamie MacDonald after the break.
With Aberdeen and St Johnstone both losing and Hearts being held to a draw, it meant that the Glasgow side finished the day a point ahead of those three still nine points behind leaders Celtic.
There had been murmurings around Ibrox about the future of manager Mark Warburton following the League Cup semi-final defeat by Celtic and the midweek draw at home to Saints.
With the club suspension of Joey Barton dragging on after his fallout with his fellow Englishman, Warburton had been linked with the vacancy at Wigan Athletic.
The boos that rang out in midweek would have reached a crescendo had Kilmarnock continued their own good form with a win that would have taken them level with their hosts.
But what a difference one set of results can make - with Rangers doing their own bit with their biggest league win since their promotion to the Premiership.
The hosts were holding their annual Remembrance memorial and rolled out a light artillery gun to mark the end of a minute's silence.
As the game got underway, smoke from its ear-cracking blast had barely cleared when Holt then Michael O'Halloran threatened the Killie goal.
Kilmarnock had their moments as forward Jordan Jones skipped past James Tavernier before whipping a shot beyond the far post.
However, Windass was pulling the strings for Rangers and had already set up O'Halloran with a sublime cross-field pass to force a save from MacDonald before playing his part in the opening goal.
Windass turned away from Luke Hendrie on half-way with a clever dummy before rolling the ball beyond the Killie back-four for the galloping Wallace, who beat MacDonald at his near post.
Rangers' second came when former Ibrox defender Stevie Smith's clumsy challenge on Holt left referee John Beaton with no choice but to point to the spot.
The pace of Halliday strike sent the spot kick past MacDonald.
There was now a fight and sense of belief in the Rangers ranks that has rarely been seen this term and they made sure of just the points two minutes into the second half.
Windass scuffed his volley on the corner of the box, but it made its way into the six-yard box, where Garner was lurking to tap home his second goal in two games.
Rangers' Mark Warburton: "We wanted to be dynamic, we wanted to be positive in our decision-making and we got the early chances straight away.
"Our intention was clear and we played a very pleasing first half. When we lost the ball, we reacted very quickly to get it back and win it high up the back and we created a host of chances.
"We wanted to come out, get on the ball and score the next goal, which we did really early.
"We just controlled the game from there. Maybe the tempo dipped a little bit in the second half, understandably against a very good Kilmarnock side who were high on confidence coming here. I thought it was a very good performance."
Kilmarnock's Lee Clark: "It was disappointing and quite similar to Celtic in that we've been very passive in the game.
"We thought we had an opportunity with the confidence levels of the players after their performance on Wednesday.
"We wanted to keep the game tight as long as we could so the fans would become a little bit nervous. But we allowed Rangers to gain momentum. The crowd got behind them and that made it a very difficult afternoon for us. Did it become an overwhelming occasion? It looks that way."
Match ends, Rangers 3, Kilmarnock 0.
Second Half ends, Rangers 3, Kilmarnock 0.
Attempt missed. James Tavernier (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Martyn Waghorn (Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Scott Boyd (Kilmarnock).
Attempt missed. Kris Boyd (Kilmarnock) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Martyn Waghorn (Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. James Tavernier (Rangers) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the right following a corner.
Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Greg Taylor.
Attempt missed. Souleymane Coulibaly (Kilmarnock) right footed shot from very close range is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
Corner, Kilmarnock. Conceded by Matt Crooks.
Joseph Dodoo (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Steven Smith (Kilmarnock).
Attempt missed. Martyn Waghorn (Rangers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner following a corner.
Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Greg Taylor.
Substitution, Rangers. Matt Crooks replaces Josh Windass.
Foul by Rob Kiernan (Rangers).
Kris Boyd (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Andy Halliday (Rangers).
Steven Smith (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Souleymane Coulibaly.
Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Luke Hendrie.
Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Scott Boyd.
Clint Hill (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kris Boyd (Kilmarnock).
Attempt missed. Jordan Jones (Kilmarnock) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
Substitution, Rangers. Joseph Dodoo replaces Joe Garner.
Substitution, Rangers. Martyn Waghorn replaces Kenny Miller.
Joe Garner (Rangers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Gary Dicker (Kilmarnock).
Josh Windass (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Rory McKenzie (Kilmarnock) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Rory McKenzie (Kilmarnock).
Attempt missed. Clint Hill (Rangers) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
Corner, Rangers. Conceded by Jamie MacDonald.
Attempt saved. Kenny Miller (Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt blocked. Joe Garner (Rangers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Rob Kiernan (Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kris Boyd (Kilmarnock).
Attempt missed. James Tavernier (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Tracey Connelly, 33, was jailed in 2009 and let out on licence in 2013, but returned to prison for breaching her parole conditions this year.
Earlier this month, a Parole Board panel decided against directing her release.
A spokesman said she would be eligible for review within two years.
The spokesman added: "The Parole Board is unable to comment on the specifics of any case due to the Data Protection Act."
Connelly admitted causing or allowing her one-year-old son Peter's death soon after being charged, and spent more than a year on remand before being sentenced in May 2009.
She received a sentence of "imprisonment for public protection", which carries a minimum term after which prisoners can be considered for release.
When deciding whether to release a prisoner, the Parole Board considers the nature of their crime, their history, their progress in prison, any statements made on their behalf and reports from relevant professionals.
Peter Connelly died in Tottenham, north London on August 3 2007 at the hands of his mother, her boyfriend, Steven Barker, and their lodger, Jason Owen.
Barker was given a 12-year sentence for his "major role" in Peter's death.
Owen was jailed indefinitely with a minimum three-year term, but later on appeal that was changed to a fixed six-year term. He was freed in August 2011 but has since been recalled to prison.
Peter suffered more than 50 injuries despite being on the at-risk register and receiving 60 visits from social workers, police and health professionals over the final eight months of his life.
A series of reviews identified missed opportunities when officials could have saved the toddler's life if they had acted properly on the warning signs.
David Marks, of Marks Barfield, revealed during a briefing with councillors that private funding for the i360 tower had been pulled.
But he said he was confident the £38m project will still go ahead.
Brighton and Hove City Council said its £15m loan offer still stood. The scheme also has a £3m enterprise loan.
The investors pulled their funding in the summer of 2012 but the information has only just emerged.
Mr Marks, who also helped to design the London Eye, said the investors had been "very reluctant to pull out".
He added: "The reasons they said had much more to do with the market and investor sentiment in their funds than the project, which is resilient and financially viable."
He said he was currently in discussions with other investors and that he and his wife Julia had invested their own money into the project.
Mr Marks added: "We care deeply about this project.
"We believe it's iconic in scale and design and it'll raise the profile of the city. We think it'll do a lot of good things for the city, it'll create jobs, it'll bring in visitors, it'll help more people stay overnight and it'll be a fantastic thing for the city.
"We will do this, this will happen."
Chairman of the economic development and culture committee, councillor Geoffrey Bowden, said he had confidence in Mr Marks.
But Brighton developer Mike Holland, who has previously expressed a wish to buy the nearby ruined West Pier, said the project did not have a hope of being realised.
He said: "Let's be honest about it, Nelson has more chance of getting his eye back than David Marks does of finding backing for this scheme.
"Let's stop talking about it, let's all stop being silly and let's get on and do something else. Let's tidy the seafront up.
"We either look for somebody to come along and rebuild in the old style or new style, or whatever, or we just take the thing away and we just tidy the railings and let the traders get on."
The developers believe the tower will attract up to 670,000 visitors a year.
The 66-year-old, from Hackballscross in County Louth, denies failing to furnish tax returns between 1996 and 2004.
The charges arise out of a probe by the Irish police's Criminal Assets Bureau.
The trial is taking place before three judges in a non-jury court and is expected to last three weeks.
Counsel for the state has said that despite Mr Murphy applying for and receiving government grants of more than 100,000 euros (£73,600) he did not make any returns to revenue commissioners.
He said he will show that Mr Murphy had access to considerable cash, more than 300,000 euros (£220,000), for renting land for silage purposes and for dealing with cattle marts.
Grainne Dalton, a retired official from the Irish Department of Agriculture, conceded under cross-examination that she had not personally seen Mr Murphy or any other grant applicant receive or complete forms.
Mr Murphy's lawyer said his client did not accept that he had played any role in submitting grant applications and denied the signatures on the forms were his hand writing.
The presiding judge agreed to a defence request to delay the trial until Thursday to allow them to access disclosure documents.
If found guilty, Mr Murphy could face up to five years in prison.
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23 April 2015 Last updated at 08:36 BST
Many of them are trying to escape poverty and war in their home countries.
Criminal gangs pack too many people into small boats, which leak and often sink. There's nobody to make sure the journey is safe.
Ayshah has been to Sicily, an island that's part of Italy, where rescue boats arrive every day, to find out what's being done to help.
She's heard from Babukar, a teenager who made the journey from Libya.
Carmarthenshire council voted to drop the English stream at Ysgol Llangennech, near Llanelli.
Michael Jones, a co-ordinator for Parents for Welsh Medium Education, said the decision should be accepted.
"If they do not like the Welsh language, can I suggest that that border is over there," he said.
"And they can cross the border," he added.
The removal of the English medium stream at the school has been an attempt to increase Welsh-language provision after a fall in the number of Welsh speakers; however English will still be taught as a subject.
Mr Jones told Welsh language news programme Newyddion 9: "If they do not want to be in a country where Welsh is spoken, well go somewhere else.
"But, if not, accept the fact there are two languages in Wales. I'm not saying that because they are English speakers to leave Wales.
"But I do say that if they cannot stand and hear the Welsh language, they better go somewhere else."
The move follows a bitter battle within the community over the issue. At the Carmarthenshire council vote vote - 38 councillors were in favour of the proposal and 20 against.
On Friday, Parents for Welsh Medium Education, known as RhAG, distanced itself from the remarks made by its co-ordinator Michael Jones and demanded an apology from the BBC.
The statement said: "RhAG (Parents for Welsh Medium Education) is demanding an apology from the BBC for today's news items involving Welsh medium education.
"The items claim that RhAG wants people who don't wish Welsh medium education to move across the border.
"RhAG has never expressed this, and RhAG would never profess such an idea.
"RhAG's aim is for Welsh medium education to be available to all who wish their children to be fully bilingual."
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Indonesian embassy officials met Siti Aisyah on Saturday in the Malaysian capital.
She said she was given the cash to smear Kim Jong-nam's face with "baby oil" as part of a reality show joke.
Tests show Mr Kim was killed with the highly toxic nerve agent VX.
It is classified as a weapon of mass destruction by the United Nations.
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Mr Kim died last week after two women accosted him briefly in a check-in hall at a Kuala Lumpur airport.
There is widespread suspicion that North Korea was behind the attack, which it strongly denies.
Three people have been arrested for the murder, while at least seven other suspects are wanted by police, including four North Korean men.
After a 30-minute meeting with Siti Aisyah on Saturday, Indonesian Deputy Ambassador Andreano Erwin said: "She only said in general that somebody asked her to do this activity. She only said in general she met with some people who looked Japanese or Korean.
"According to her, that person gave her 400 ringgits to do this activity... She only said she was given a kind of oil, like baby oil."
The officials said they did not see any physical signs that the suspect had been affected by the chemical.
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Seven hundred and seven students at Wellington College lay down to represent the number of the school's former pupils who died in the war.
Head boy Harry Randall described the two-minute tribute as "such a moving experience".
The school is hosting a conference on public schools and World War I.
Many Wellington College pupils went to join the fighting in the trenches in France straight after leaving school.
Harry said: "At the start of the First World War, people our age were preparing to go to war - and that's a scary thought. They'd be sent off in charge of a squad of 30 men.
"We lay down for two minutes, but for the men who gave their lives and paid the ultimate sacrifice - they never got up."
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) says ranibizumab, sold under the brand name Lucentis, is too expensive to use in people with diabetic macular oedema.
Charities say they will continue to campaign for the drug to be used.
At least 50,000 people in the UK are affected by this eye condition.
Macular oedema occurs when fluid leaks from the small blood vessels in the eye.
The fluid collects in the central part of the retina at the back of the eye, called the macular area, which can lead to severe visual impairment.
Straight lines may appear wavy and people can have blurred central vision or sensitivity to light.
Sight can become so impaired that the person can no longer read, work or drive.
Laser treatment has been the standard treatment for diabetic macular oedema on the NHS, but this only stops vision from deteriorating further.
An injection of Lucentis in the eye, however, can improve vision.
NICE already recommends Lucentis to the NHS for a different eye condition called wet age-related macular degeneration.
Four UK charities - Diabetes UK, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the Macular Disease Society and the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) - are urging government to rapidly agree a Patient Access Scheme with the manufacturer of Lucentis, Novartis, in order to bring down the cost of the drug to the NHS for treating diabetic macular oedema.
Currently, the drug costs £742.17 per injection.
Steve Winyard from the RNIB said: "We now hope that a patient access scheme can be agreed swiftly, so that patients with diabetic macular oedema are not left to needlessly lose their sight."
A spokeswoman for Novartis said the company would continue to work with NICE and the Department of Health to "ensure appropriate patients are able to receive this very important treatment, which in clinical trials has been shown to double the likelihood of gaining vision and reduce the chance of losing vision by up to three-fold compared to laser treatment".
Novartis believes that NICE did not consult sufficiently with clinical and patient experts on the data it submitted to the appraisal committee.
But Sir Andrew Dillon, Chief Executive at NICE, said the manufacturer significantly underestimated the cost of treatment.
Daniel Griffiths, who was a trainee with Pte Cheryl James at the Surrey barracks, said he saw her being shouted at by Sgt Andrew Gavaghan.
He said the incident happened late in the summer of 1995.
Sgt Gavaghan has previously told the inquest in Woking he did not meet Pte James until the morning of her death on 27 November 1995.
Pte James was found dead near the perimeter fence with a bullet wound to the head.
The 18-year-old from Llangollen, Denbighshire, was one of four recruits to die at the base in seven years.
Mr Griffiths said told the hearing it was quite common for recruits to be upset after being disciplined.
"There was a lot of crying going on, but that was the only time I saw Cheryl cry," he said, adding Pte James would usually laugh at people when they told her off.
Mr Griffiths claimed that one night he saw Sgt Gavaghan shouting loudly at Pte James behind a building at Deepcut.
He thought the location indicated it was something Sgt Gavaghan "didn't want anyone to hear".
Afterwards Pte James wouldn't tell him what the incident was about but, he said, she never told him she was dissatisfied with life in the Army.
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Later, the inquest heard from Lt Col Robert Gascoigne, who commanded Pte James's squadron at Deepcut.
Under cross examination by Alison Foster QC, representing Pte James's family, he accepted life for Deepcut recruits could have been better, but said those in charge did the best they could with limited resources.
The system was "just about fit for purpose", he said.
He had requested more resources, but failed to get them because the Army had other priorities.
Lt Col Gascoigne also told the court he regarded Sgt Gavaghan as a "professional individual doing his job".
He said Sgt Gavaghan was particularly good at welfare issues.
An initial inquest into Pte James's death in 1995 recorded an open verdict but that was overturned by the High Court, which ordered the new hearing.
The inquest was adjourned until Wednesday.
PM Tony Abbott and former leaders Julia Gillard and John Howard were among hundreds at the ceremony in Melbourne.
Tributes were paid to the man who led the nation between 1975 and 1983, propelled to office by a major constitutional crisis.
Peter Nixon, who gave a eulogy, said the country had "lost a unique and great Australian".
Malcolm Fraser became prime minister after the unprecedented dismissal of Gough Whitlam by the governor general over a budget impasse - a move that shocked the nation.
"The only source of hatred for Malcolm was policy issues, not people," said Mr Nixon, who served as a minister in Mr Fraser's government.
"The fact that Gough and Malcolm, who were the leaders in the toughest political contest in the nation's history, came to respect and like each other demonstrates what big men they were."
Mr Fraser was seen as a champion of refugee rights, including the many from Vietnam who arrived after the war.
Members of Melbourne's Vietnamese community gathered outside Scots' Church to pay their respects.
"He means everything to us but mostly freedom for saving us from the refugee camp. It's a very deep loss for our community," Phong Nguyen told Australian media.
Malcolm Fraser died on 20 March, at the age of 84, after a short illness. After Gough Whitlam's dismissal, the Liberal Party leader went on to win three elections.
In office he introduced laws that returned land to Indigenous Australians in the Northern Territory, created Australia's family court and protected a major part of the Great Barrier Reef.
In later years, he became a staunch critic of his own party because of its policies on rights of Indigenous Australians and refugees - eventually leaving the party in 2010.
"There were no days in his life where he woke and ceased to care about current affairs," his son Hugh told mourners at the funeral. "His sense of responsibility endured to the end."
Wilson, who has beaten top-10 seeds Joe Perry and Mark Allen, lost the first three frames despite having chances.
Selby, the 2014 champion, made it 4-0 at the mid-session interval after a break of 101 and was 6-0 up before Wilson claimed the last two frames.
China's Ding Junhui also impressed as he built a 6-2 lead over Mark Williams.
Two-time Crucible champion Williams won the opening frame of their best-of-25 tie, but Ding compiled six half-centuries as he claimed six of the next seven to establish a commanding lead.
Ding, an 11-time ranking event winner, looked sharp and in good rhythm throughout, edging the safety exchanges and scoring heavily when given the opportunity.
Both matches resume on Tuesday at 19:00 BST and, with eight frames scheduled, both could feasibly play to a finish a session early.
Six-time champion Steve Davis: "Having had the experience of going all the way here, Selby knows how to pace himself. Mentally, it's knowing you're in the quarter-finals, you've had a hard week, but you're still nowhere in the event. The quarter-final is arguably where it all starts."
Former champion Ken Doherty: "To win those last two frames showed Wilson's character and keeps him in this match. He's had two great wins and now he's got to come back this evening and do it all again. Winning those last two frames will certainly give him a bit of a gee up.
"Ding has been bereft of confidence for the last 12 months and slipped under the radar, but maybe it's done him good. He's come into these championships under the radar, nobody expecting anything of him. He's not at his best but he's in the quarter-finals and looking good at the moment."
Cobblers chairman Cardoza has been in the process of selling the club to an Indian consortium since June.
The consortium's identity has still yet to be revealed, and the work to Sixfields' East Stand has stalled.
"It's badly timed - let's hope it doesn't have an impact," said Cardoza.
"The reason people are having their protest, the prospective owners are here to sort all these problems out. The fact they are protesting could work against us."
The London-based consortium are looking to buy both the football club and land around the Sixfields ground.
In 2013, Northampton Borough Council agreed to loan the club up to £12m to allow them to redevelop the stadium, including the addition of a housing scheme and local retail development.
However, Cardoza, who had been "unbelievably" supportive during his tenure, revealed that the reason the East Stand's redevelopment has stalled is because of issues surrounding the contractors.
"People want to know why we're in this position - it's because the contractors went bust and there's bits and pieces swirling around that, that's it really," he told BBC Radio Northampton.
"My father and I have spent an enormous amount of money making sure when these problems happen, that the football club would be protected, the loan gets paid back and the stand will get built - it will happen. Unfortunately it's taking longer than we hoped."
And Cardoza tried to allay fears over the takeover, having already released a statement saying that the takeover's due diligence process was close to completion.
"The takeover is still going ahead," he said. "I'm scratching my head a little bit about why people are asking for more information on that. I did say a month ago it may take another month.
"We're very close to the deal happening or not, whatever the case may be."
But Andy Clarke from the Supporters' Trust says Cardoza needs to do more for the fans, some of whom are using #wewantanswers on Twitter.
"There is a problem with the absolutely getting no answers to any questions," said Clarke.
"Clearly, contractual issues with the East Stand are very difficult, but there are other questions that have emerged that aren't so difficult that could really help.
"One of the problems we've got is that David Cardoza says, and I quite believe him, that he's in a difficult position as he doesn't know where it is, but he's the only one that knows anything.
"Deep down it's a fact that Chris Wilder, the club, the staff and the fans need to have a bit of a clearer view of the future. If David Cardoza can't give us those answers, I think it's down to him to give us some comfort and give us a feeling that he's the guy in charge and that he's still taking the project forward."
The men, who are aged 53 and 34, are being questioned about dissident republican activity.
Mrs O'Hara was the mother of an INLA man who died in the 1981 hunger strike.
Dozens of people in paramilitary-style uniform attended the funeral last July.
The two men have been taken to Musgrave police station in Belfast for questioning.
The unit is filing for court protection from its creditors.
It aims to bring debt down to $8.6bn and is working to persuade a judge to approve its restructuring plans.
The company's total debt of $18bn comes from the purchase of Harrah's Entertainment in 2006.
It said that its casino-hotels would continue to operate as normal.
Gary Loveman, chief executive at Caesars, said in a statement: `I am very confident in the future prospects of our enterprise, which will combine an improved capital structure with a network of profitable properties."
The operating arm owns or manages 44 casinos and resorts in the United States. Its collection includes the Caesar's Palace in the Las Vegas Strip.
The parent company, Caesars Entertainment, employs around 68,000 people worldwide at more than 50 casino-hotels.
17 September 2016 Last updated at 15:54 BST
Chaudhry Muhammad Shahid made the denial before he appeared in court along with Ms Shahid's first husband, Chaudhry Muhammad Shakeel, who is accused of murder.
It is the first time Mr Shahid has publicly denied that his daughter, 28, was murdered.
He also refused to knowledge her second marriage.
BBC Pakistan correspondent, Shaimaa Khalil,
Luton Borough Council refused a planning application to turn the former ABC cinema in George Street into a Pentecostal Church.
ABC opened in Luton as the Savoy in 1938, but has been empty since closing in 2000.
A council spokesman said a place of worship would not "enhance aspirations for the regeneration of the town".
ABC was converted to a three-screen cinema in 1971, it was unable to compete with modern multiplexes and closed in November 2000.
The conversion plan only included the downstairs and upstairs foyers and the upstairs of the adjoining building. The three auditoriums would have been sealed off.
Parts of the art deco structure would have been retained.
The governing body said the teachers would not be allowed to teach again.
They were found guilty after a disciplinary process, the Teachers Services Commission (TSC) said.
A Child Welfare Society of Kenya has urged the director of public prosecutions to ensure those convicted are imprisoned, to protect other children in future.
This ban is a departure from previous reactions to sexual abuse by teachers, says the Kenyan newspaper the Daily Nation, as it says previously the TSC just transferred suspended teachers.
The list is compiled from complaints between 2011 and 2014.
Before this, in 2010, more than 1,000 Kenyan teachers were sacked for sexually abusing girls. Most of those cases occurred in rural primary schools.
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The charity said a 75% increase in the number of wild animals being treated over the last five years had prompted them to open the new £3.5m development.
The centre will have the capacity to treat up to 5,000 sick, injured and orphaned wild animals each year.
The Scottish SPCA said the move was a "major step forward for wildlife welfare in Scotland".
Colin Seddon, manager of the new national wildlife rescue centre said: "We cared for 3,917 wild animals in 2011, including 2,678 birds, which is a staggering 75% more than five years ago.
"The demands on our services have increased at such a rate that our previous centre at Middlebank in Fife, which was originally designed as an oiled bird cleaning unit, was being stretched to cope with the volume and diversity of animals we were rescuing.
"We often had to transfer wildlife to other organisations to continue their rehabilitation but we can now care for every type of wild animal found in Scotland from rescue to release, with only whales and dolphins the exception."
The centre has veterinary facilities, seal, swan and otter pools, aviaries, wild mammal enclosures, paddocks and a stable block for deer.
Mr Seddon said members of the public would not be able to visit the centre because human interaction with the animals had to be kept to an absolute minimum.
He said: "We have to keep the public out of this facility because our main aim is to get animals back to the wild which means they can't be tame, so we have to limit any sort of human contact with all the animals on site for their own benefit".
The centre was opened by George Reid, a past presiding officer of the Scottish parliament and both MP and MSP for the area.
He said: "This is a state of the art facility in which all Scotland can take pride. It is an ideal location, easily accessible from both coasts and from the north and south of the country."
The centre was funded entirely by donations.
Smith has now won three of his five games in charge since the Ravens parted company with manager Mark Goldberg.
Rohdell Gordon scored early on from Adam Cunnington's through ball before Moses Emmanuel grabbed the second from the penalty spot.
Tomi Adeloye had the visitors' best chance when he was given space in the area but shot straight at the keeper.
Campaigners trying to stop the "Spy Booth" artwork from being removed say they have proof the wall it is on is owned by the government.
The work depicting men "snooping" on a phone box appeared in April three miles from government listening post GCHQ.
A Department of Transport spokesman said it was looking into the claims.
Last month it was claimed the stencilled work had been sold by the owners of the house, on the corner of Fairview Road and Hewlett Road, and would be removed.
It was covered up with panels when a team of workmen came to remove it, but earlier this month Cheltenham Borough Council issued a stop notice preventing further removal work from taking place on the Grade II* listed building.
Local campaigners have been trying to raise money to buy the artwork to allow it to stay in situ.
Retired chartered surveyor Phil Jones said a Land Registry title proved the wall was owned by the secretary of state for transport.
He said the external wall on which the Banksy was painted used to be the internal wall of another house, the rest of which was demolished about 50 years ago.
"It was a house previously acquired circa 1960, which was knocked down for road improvements," he said.
"The government should acknowledge that they own it and that it's in the public realm for the benefit of the people of Cheltenham."
The owner of the house, Roger Wilson, said he was taking legal advice about the ownership of the wall.
It was part of a scheme limiting items inmates could be sent in an attempt to stop drugs getting into jails.
But the Incentives and Earned Privileges scheme, introduced in 2013, was criticised for the restrictions.
Opponents took issue with books being blocked, saying that reading can help offenders rehabilitate.
Supporters said that prison libraries should be enough - but critics said these were often poorly staffed and under stocked.
Now the rules have been relaxed, meaning families and friends can again send books to relatives, so long as they are bought from four approved shops.
So what else are prisoners allowed to keep in their cells?
"Every prison has its own rules about what you can keep in prison," says the Citizens' Advice Bureau.
"The amount of property you can have in your cell is limited to property which fits into two boxes." This equates to about six cubic feet of property.
Some prisons may also allow one outsized item, such as a stereo.
Unless given permission otherwise, prisoners are only allowed to have a total of 12 books in their cells - even if their loved ones send them more than this.
It is possible to have two extra books - but these must be a dictionary and one religious text such as a Bible or Koran.
Although prisoners are not allowed to keep pets, in the past some long-term inmates at a small number of facilities, were allowed to have a bird in their cell.
According to the Prisoners' Family and Friends Service, "at prisons where this applies, a bird cage is also allowed".
New birds cannot be purchased any more by inmates, but any prisoner with a bird is allowed to keep it "until it dies".
As with many of these rules, different prisons have different approaches to items allowed in cells.
But according to the latest version of the Incentives and Earned Privileges guidance, prisoners who are sticking to the rules and working well towards rehabilitation are allowed access to some craft supplies.
These include paint brushes and canvases, embroidery, knitting and sewing kits and modelling match kits.
All prisoners are allowed to own pens, pencils, sketch pads and scrapbooks, playing cards and jigsaws.
Again, those inmates who have earned certain privileges can have one musical instrument.
The choice includes a guitar, harmonica, recorder or flute.
Sheet music can also be kept.
Any games console that connects to the internet is forbidden behind bars, so they might have to be pretty old like the console pictured.
Games rated 18 are also banned.
Prisoners must have the highest ranking on the Incentives and Earned Privileges in order to have a console in their cell.
And the guidance states that "they must not be provided at public expense".
Any money gained from work during a prisoner's sentence is ok. Along with any cash sent by loved ones, this is usually held by the prison on behalf of the inmate.
"The amount they can actually spend weekly varies according to whether they are convicted or on remand, and whether they are on a basic, standard or enhanced regime," says the Prisoners' Family and Friends Service.
The basic rate that a prisoner is allowed to spend each week is £12.50.
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Cossies Beach in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, about 1560km (969 miles) from mainland Australia, was rated number one by researcher Brad Farmer.
It was named after Governor-General Peter Cosgrove and inspired by the colloquial term for a swimming costume.
Mr Farmer spent five months compiling a list of the country's finest beaches.
The rankings were sorted in consultation with the University of Sydney's coastal studies unit and were backed by Tourism Australia.
Charles Darwin, who visited the Cocos Islands in 1836, described it as a "brilliant expanse" in "shallow, clear and still water" and "under the blue vault of heaven".
It had a similar effect on Mr Farmer, who has been researching and reviewing beaches since 1985.
"I felt honestly as though I'd finally found the holy grail of beaches in Australia," he told the BBC.
"The finest white powder of any beach in Australia combined with the visual splendour of coconut trees and aqua waters is unique to Australia."
He said it may come as a surprise that the winning beach was closer to Indonesia than mainland Australia.
"I admit it's a long haul to those remote Indian Ocean islands," he said.
"Interestingly the majority of the population are Malay - so it's not your typical Australian beach."
His rankings aimed to shine a light on previously unknown costal expanses.
"I think this list, particularly including these refreshing new locations, will shake up and challenge Australians and international tourists to go beyond what are the branded, overexposed 'usual suspects'," he said.
This apparent contradiction hangs on the disjunction between the resumption of growth in the US and UK, on the one hand, and the much more dour and downbeat message contained in the 25-year yield curve for government bonds of the developed economies (sorry if this sounds tediously technical but, cross-my-heart-hope-to-die, this stuff matters to you).
You can see the UK chart of the long term yield curve for British government debt or gilts here.
It is a representation of the implied cost of borrowing for the UK government for different loan maturities, or the length of time it wishes to borrow, ranging from nought to 25 years.
Now the chart to focus on is the "real" yield curve, or the one adjusted for inflation expectations.
What this shows is that the real cost of borrowing for the government is negative or zero for any length of time the government would wish to borrow, up to 25 years.
Or to put it another way, investors are prepared to incur a loss when lending to the public sector - which implies that money for the Treasury is better than free.
Now conventional theory says this ultra-cheap-debt phenomenon is a manifestation of a conviction among investors that the rich developed economies will stagnate, that they will enjoy no growth, for decades.
How so?
Well, investors see governments as the safest place to lend. And when they are prepared to lend to governments at a loss, that implies they don't see anywhere else they can confidently lend at a risk-adjusted profit.
Or to put it another way, they don't expect the economies of the developed world to grow fast enough for it to be wise to concentrate investment on the private sector.
This is a restatement of the famous or notorious hypothesis made a few months back by the former US Treasury Secretary, Larry Summers, to the effect that for the rich west, the so-called "equilibrium" interest rate that generates growth necessary for full employment may be negative - which is another way of saying our economies are seriously crocked.
Now it is important to note that the UK is not anomalous: investors are equally prepared to lose money when lending to the US and to most of the eurozone.
And the second thing of importance is that this curve has flattened and shifted downward by about one percentage point this year. Or to translate, as the evidence accumulated that we are enjoying quite a rapid recovery, investors became more pessimistic about the long term.
Strikingly therefore, investors reduced the implied long-term interest rate they charge rich governments, just as the top central bankers of the US and UK, Janet Yellen and Mark Carney, signalled that the momentum of renewed growth means it may not be long till they increase the short term interest rates under their control.
Yikes.
Investors seem to be saying, in how they place their money, that the UK's and USA's current reasonably rapid growth will turn out to be a short-lived period of catch-up, following the deep recession of 2008-9.
Why might they fear that?
One reason, which I have been banging on about for years, is that in Britain (though less so in America) the private sector, especially households, remains hobbled by record debts incurred during the boom years - whose burden, at a time of low inflation, remains oppressive.
Other possible apocalyptic jockeys - with a nod to the influential US economist Bob Gordon - include our ageing populations, inequality which channels the fruits of whatever economic success we see to low-spending rich people, inadequate education for an intensely competitive global economy and the putative end of the West's capacity to make society-transforming innovations.
So far so gloomy.
But it might not be as dour and depressing as all that. Or at least it might be differently dour and depressing.
Investors might be taking a much shorter-term view in their gloom and preference for chucking cheap money at Western governments.
They may simply be saying that the world remains a hairy and uncertain place, such that they want their cash placed with those they are certain will and can repay it - viz the governments of strong stable countries - till the hairiness abates.
What makes investors anxious right now is:
1) a Middle East on the brink of total chaos, thanks to the caliphate-building ambitions of Islamic State,
2) a China awkwardly and belatedly recognising the risk of a crash as it tries to wean itself off its addiction to debt-fuelled investment and growth,
3) a Russia under Putin seemingly intent on provocative territorial expansion,
4) and a eurozone seemingly constitutionally unable to make the structural economic reforms that could end its remorseless economic decline.
If any of these dramas went from hairy to horrendous, the economic implications for the world would be nasty. So buying supposedly high-quality government bonds might be sensible insurance.
On this view, investors are not taking any long-term view about the supposedly dire prospects for the US, UK and other developed economies, but simply want a safe haven for their cash till the immediate uncertainties blow over.
Which would be less dismal, except for one thing.
In making these supposedly safe bets with their cash, investors are not putting enough of their money where it might help make us more prosperous - namely in the productive, wealth-generating private sector.
So their preference for supposedly safe government debt might not be a statement that they anticipate long-term secular economic stagnation. But it might end up causing such economic stagnation, by starving those who create our prosperity - small businesses in particular - of risk capital.
Which suggests that the brilliant thing for the British government to do, for example, would be to take advantage of its ability to borrow for 25 years at less than zero cost to throw money at investment in infrastructure - to generate both short-term growth and enhance long-term productive potential.
That would mean Labour's ambition to balance the current budget, but still borrow for investment, might be more sensible than the Tories' plan to create a surplus on the overall budget.
Except for one thing. None of us can know for sure if fickle investors would continue to give the government free money if the government were to elongate the timetable for deficit reduction by doing something economically useful with the money it borrows.
Everyone's hard at work, with only the clangs of the sharp knives of the meat slicers to break up the monotony.
It is a scene straight out of a futuristic film: dozens of men, in pristine white lab coats and hats, on a production line, hacking away at massive chunks of raw meat hanging in front of them.
Some of the workers here have been on this factory floor for close to two decades - fathers and sons, generations of families who have worked here. The factory has become an integral part of this town's life.
For Scott Grossman, it's more than just a job. It's a lifeline.
He's a slicer on the factory floor, and spent 14 years of his life here. But three years ago he left this job for an oil rig. When oil prices were high, his salary doubled. But just before Christmas he lost that job because oil prices crashed, and now he's back.
"I was made redundant because of the downturn," Scott told me in between slicing of parts of beef. "It came as a shock actually. We all knew that resources were slowing down, but I thought I would be safe. No one is safe."
When Scott returned to Oakey exports, he noticed a dramatic difference in the direction of the company's business.
"It's a lot faster in the boning room to what it was when I left. Everyone has higher production targets now," he said. "From what I've seen we seem to be doing a lot less domestic and a lot more export."
Asian demand
That's the picture across the country. Asia has become a major buyer of Australian agricultural products.
Australia sold a record $600m of beef to China in 2015, and that growth shows no signs of slowing, with China's appetite for beef expected to soar to 2.2 million tonnes by 2025.
The push into agriculture couldn't come soon enough.
Recent reports forecast a worrying economic future for Australia, despite it having had 25 years of consecutive growth.
The Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) says Australia is facing hazards it hasn't seen in its economy in more than 20 years.
The end of the mining boom, and a dependence on China are both reasons why Australia is suffering, which is why the government is so keen to keep agricultural exports to Asia growing.
"I think the growing middle classes in Asia are here to stay, and I think those opportunities are real," said Josh Frydenberg, Australia's minister for resources, energy and Northern Australia.
"We have seen the opportunity from the middle class in Asia. Some 3 billion people in the coming decades will be in the Asian middle classes.
"Rapid rates of urbanisation and continued population growth will lead to a demand for all sorts of services ranging from medical, to education, to high quality agricultural products, and high calorie products like beef. It's an opportunity for Australian exporters."
But Australia's agricultural exports are only worth a third of what coal and iron bring to the economy.
Even if Australia tried to be the food bowl of Asia, it only produces food enough to feed its own country and another 80 million people. That's not enough to feed neighbouring Indonesia, let alone the whole of Asia.
Australian producers say though that they're not trying to satisfy the entire region's needs - it's just the 1% or 2% at the top who they want to sell their premium products to.
Anne Story is the woman in charge at Story Fresh Farms in Toowoomba. She is hoping that the rise of the upper middle classes in Asia will keep her business growing.
"As a producer from an Australian perspective, our limitation has been that we have a small population," she told me as we walked around her lettuce fields.
"We have a lot of producers but a small market. Even if Asia slows down, there are still so many people who can select what they want to buy, who are able to pay for it now because they're in the right socio-economic class. So even though they're retracting, it's still a massive market from a business perspective."
That may be far too optimistic a view, given that Australia's been burned before by hitching its fortunes to Asia, and in particular to China.
First Australia sold coal and iron to the Chinese, now its trying to sell lettuce and beef.
But as Asia slows down, that could hurt farms and feedlots here in the future.
North Durham Clinical Commissioning Group has awarded a contract to About Health, which will advise on the best way to manage a range of conditions.
A local MP said it was "disgraceful" the system had been put in place without a public consultation.
Health bosses said the move would save money, and GPs had been consulted.
Under the contract, doctors across north Durham will write to About Health for advice on whether a patient should be sent to a specialist or whether they should try other treatments.
The conditions include cardiology, gynaecology, dermatology, or gastroenterology, but will not relate to suspected cancer or other urgent cases.
Durham Labour MP Roberta Blackman-Woods has said that taking the GPs' right to refer away is wrong and wants the contract immediately scrapped.
She said: "It is absolutely disgraceful that they have gone ahead with this with no public consultation.
"I am going to demand that the put a halt on this ... because I honestly believe it could compromise patient safety."
Richard Vautrey, from the BMA, said: "I'm a bit concerned if the clinical commissioning group does not believe that patients should be fully involved and fully informed about what is happening for their care.
"When a referral is being made or advice is being sought patients should understand who that advice is being taken from, and whether they are having the right expertise to be able to provide that advice, and whether the GP believes it is in the right interest for a patients at that time."
The North Durham Clinical Commissioning Group said that GPs had been involved in the process, and the aim was to diagnose conditions earlier, get patients to specialists earlier, and reduce hospital admissions.
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It followed a consultative ballot in which more than 60% voted against the OCA's offer to move to a three-week on, three-off pattern.
A new package was to be introduced to offset the impact of the changes.
The union said the vote increases the likelihood of industrial action in the North Sea.
The OCA said it was "extremely disappointed", and believed the offer balanced the needs of workers with the requirements of business.
BBC Scotland revealed in May that oil giant BP was moving its offshore staff to a three-on three-off rota pattern from January.
The company said the move was for the "long-term sustainability of the business".
The current rota is two weeks on and three weeks off.
The offshore rota pattern has been the subject of speculation since the industry began experiencing difficulties due to the oil price downturn.
Unions have raised safety concerns about workers being offshore for longer spells.
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An Ivorian government lawyer said the judgement "sends a signal" that animal trafficking is being taken seriously.
The men were arrested while trying to sell an infant chimp to a BBC reporter posing as the representative of a wealthy Asian buyer.
Chimpanzees are in such sharp decline they are listed as endangered.
Those in West Africa are judged to be critically endangered.
Since Ibrahima and Mohamed Traore have remained in prison since their detention last December, they are deemed to have already served their sentences and are therefore free.
Infant chimpanzees are in huge demand as pets in homes and commercial zoos in the Gulf states and China.
The dealers were arrested in a dramatic raid staged by Ivorian detectives working with international police organisation Interpol, acting on information shared by BBC News.
During the operation, a baby chimpanzee later named Nemley junior was freed and taken into the care of wildlife officials.
After becoming used to the keepers at the zoo in Abidjan the baby chimpanzee showed signs of recovery.
However he has since become unwell with wildlife experts raising concerns for his future.
According to a local charity, although Nemley junior is feeding, he remains thin.
One major concern is that he is too small to join older chimps at the zoo but becomes stressed if kept on his own.
In the wild, baby chimpanzees usually stick close to their mothers for four to five years.
A secret network of wildlife traffickers selling baby chimpanzees was exposed by a year-long BBC News investigation.
Nemley junior was seized by poachers who would have killed his parents and other members of his family.
During our investigation, Ibrahima Traore sent us videos of baby chimpanzees for sale, some were only a few months old.
He boasted of his ability to evade international export controls.
One technique, which he demonstrated in a video, was to hide a chimp in a secret compartment in a shipping case with other less rare animals, which can be legally exported, placed above it.
Another smuggling method that he outlined to us was to obtain forged or fake copies of international export permits.
These are issued under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) and are only supposed to be used for legitimate transfers between registered institutions.
During our investigation, Ibrahima sold us one of these permits, apparently issued by the National Parks department of Liberia.
"We are delighted that the first ever wildlife crime prosecution in Ivory Coast has resulted in a conviction, a custodial sentence and a fine," Cites secretary-general John Scanlon told the BBC.
He also commended the authorities in the Ivory Coast for pursuing the prosecution of the criminals, thereby sending an important message to the community that wildlife trafficking was a criminal offence.
Currently under Ivorian law, the maximum penalty for wildlife crime is one year in prison. A new law with tougher penalties is being prepared.
The lawyer acting for the Ivory Coast government, Mohamed Lamine Faye, said:
"Even if we would have liked a harsher sentence, we can only function within the limits of our laws on the protection of endangered animals, which date back to 1965."
He also pointed out that chimps were kept as pets by thousands of Ivorians, and the national and international trade is lucrative.
"In court the Traorés admitted they could receive $1,400 (£1,100) for a chimp. If they sell 10 in a year, that is more than enough to have a comfortable life," Mr Faye pointed out.
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A report into Hull City Council's handling of infant cremations said families had been given "incorrect or incomplete information" by its staff.
Tina and Mike Trowhill, whose son's ashes were scattered without their knowledge, said they were disappointed and called for an independent inquiry.
The council apologised and admitted "inconsistencies" in its records.
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Hull City Council started the internal investigation after a campaign by the Trowhills and complaints from bereaved families.
In its report, the council said its bereavement services had received requests from 57 parents asking for "information relating to their babies' cremations" between November 2014 and January 2017.
The authority said: "These historic cases relate specifically to instances whereby parents were told that a baby cremation could be arranged through the Children's Hospital but there would be no ashes as a result of the cremation.
"In almost all of these cases a record has now been obtained and it has been established that, unlike in other investigations nationally, ashes were always produced."
There was "a number of historical inconsistencies regarding the checking of instructions and record keeping, in the past", the report said.
It also highlighted "a lack of clarity of appropriate consent for the cremation to take place" during the "cremation application process".
In a statement, the council said it had "put a number of measures in place" to prevent further cases including a training programme for staff, clear forms and instructions.
It also said "a bereavement midwife" had been appointed at the Women and Children's Hospital.
Mrs Trowhill welcomed the changes but said: "It's striking there are still no answers in there.
"Parents are still not being told [what happened and] where the ashes were and where they've been scattered.
"I'm still not happy. There needs to be an independent inquiry."
Trish Dalby, deputy chief executive of the council, said: "Our priority is to ensure that families do not have to go through similar experiences in the future following the death of a baby, and we will continue to work with all parties to ensure the necessary changes are comprehensively implemented."
The PM has told his cabinet colleagues to wait until he returns from Brussels with a reform deal before campaigning to leave or stay in the EU.
But he told an audience of global business leaders they should "get out there" and start making their case now.
He was speaking during a three-day visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Mr Cameron said he hoped to get agreement on his reform demands at an EU summit next month, paving the way for referendum later this year, but he was in "no hurry" if the deal was not right.
Prospects for a swift agreement were played down by French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, who said the negotiations had "only just begun" and warned that a deal "at any price" would not be acceptable.
Holding the referendum was always going to be a gamble, but there was a building sense that a February deal was a safe bet.
But when the prime minister arrived in the freezing Alps of Davos, having departed a slightly less freezing Downing Street, he proclaimed he was not in a hurry to conclude the deal, and indeed, if there was nothing satisfactory on the table in February, then he is willing to walk away from the summit empty handed.
After that, you might reasonably wonder tonight, what on earth is going on?
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Mr Cameron said his proposed welfare reforms were "absolutely crucial" to his hopes of getting a reform deal.
But he said he was open to other, "equally potent", welfare curbs if other EU nations refused to accept a four year ban on in-work benefits for new arrivals to the UK.
He said he would continue to push for reforms to the EU in the future even if Britain voted to remain in it - and stressed that he believed the UK could succeed outside the EU, but he said the question was "how will we be the most successful?"
Success in the renegotiation could deliver the UK "the best of both worlds" by allowing it to be within the single market while retaining control of its borders and remaining outside the single currency and the ever-closer union sought by some other member states.
He said it was "a prize worth fighting for" and one "I'm determined to deliver in this, my second term as prime minister" and he issued a plea to businesses and charities to get behind him.
"I would say don't hold back right now, even though the question isn't settled.
"I think that if business backs my reforms, if you want to see the competitive Europe, if you want to see the flexible Europe, if you want to see a Europe where you can be in the eurozone and win or out of the eurozone and win, I would argue 'Get out there and support those things'."
Mr Cameron explained why Britain was having a referendum - that it was "drifting away" from the EU, which had become increasingly unpopular with the British public.
He said he wanted to "secure the future of Britain in a reformed European Union" and to do this by securing "full and democratic support" for membership from the public.
Meanwhile, in London, Downing Street said a cabinet meeting would be held "soon after" any deal was agreed - following concerns a delay could assist the campaign to remain in the EU.
Some ministers had raised concerns that a delay to holding a cabinet meeting would give Mr Cameron the opportunity to set out his case for the deal without being challenged.
However, Number 10 said a cabinet meeting would be held "in good order" after any agreement, but said it could not guarantee a day or time.
Liz Bilney, chief executive of Leave.EU, said: "The fact that the prime minister is begging for international corporations to stick their noses into our democratic process only shows how little he and the elite care for ordinary British citizens."
Matthew Elliot, who heads Vote Leave, suggested Mr Cameron's speech was aimed at big business but it was "the smaller businesses who are most hurt by EU regulation".
Sir Stuart Rose, chairman of Britain Stronger in Europe, said Mr Cameron's speech "underlines the importance of our place in Europe to Britain's economy and prosperity, and to businesses large and small".
"I have urged British business to speak up about Britain's place in Europe without fear or favour. Leaving Europe would have a profound impact on our economy for generations to come, so I refuse to accept that British business should be a silent partner in this debate."
CBI director general Carolyn Fairbairn said: "The majority of CBI members want the UK to be in a reformed EU - changing it for the better, not just for the UK but for all member states... there are several areas where the EU needs to raise its game. Businesses want to see more trade deals, completion of the single market and less red tape."
The Institute of Directors urged businesses not to "bury their heads in the sand" over the EU referendum and had "a duty to their shareholders, employees and customers to be discussing the implications of the vote at the most senior levels".
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Eifion Gwynne, 41, died last month and previously expressed his wish to be buried at Plascrug Cemetery, Aberystwyth.
The only plots left are for people with an exclusive right of burial.
But Ceredigion council confirmed a plot has now been transferred to the family.
It means Mr Gwynne can be buried in the cemetery when the funeral for the father-of-three and former Aberystwyth and Llandovery rugby player takes place on Saturday.
Family friend Wayne Thomas told BBC Wales Mr Gwynne had discussed his wishes with his wife Nia.
"He always said he wanted to be buried in this cemetery, it's close to the rugby club and it's close to his home," he said.
A memorial fund set up in Mr Gwynne's memory has raised almost £12,000 in donations.
Confirming a plot had been made available, Ceredigion council leader Ellen ap Gwynn said: "A family who had reserved a plot came forward and offered it to Nia and family.
"We were very pleased that the council was able to help with ensuring this. We offer our deepest sympathy to the family at this very difficult time."
Skipper Jordan Moore-Taylor saw red in the 24th minute but two strikes in as many second-half minutes from Lee Holmes and Ollie Watkins earned a surprise victory.
Exeter edged the opening exchanges and nearly took an 11th-minute lead as sloppy defending set up Robbie Simpson, who had his shot hooked off the line by Fraser Franks.
However, Moore-Taylor's desperate tug back on Tom Pett as the midfielder ran in on goal, prompting his sending off, looked to have pushed momentum with Stevenage.
The hosts kept control of possession but struggled to make the breakthrough as the Grecians sat back, with Tyler Walker's shot going into the side netting proving to be as close as they came.
They were made to pay with 20 minutes left as Stevenage's defence fell asleep and Holmes nipped in to score. With the hosts still dazed by this sucker punch, Exeter quickly doubled the lead as a fine passing move carved open 'Boro and allowed Watkins to fire home.
Stevenage hunted for an answer, but were not able to test Bobby Olejnik out as several headers failed to hit the target.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Stevenage 0, Exeter City 2.
Second Half ends, Stevenage 0, Exeter City 2.
Jack King (Stevenage) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Craig Woodman (Exeter City).
Attempt missed. Michael Tonge (Stevenage) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Substitution, Exeter City. Matt Oakley replaces Jake Taylor.
Attempt saved. Charlie Lee (Stevenage) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner.
Corner, Stevenage. Conceded by Lee Holmes.
Corner, Stevenage. Conceded by Pierce Sweeney.
Attempt missed. Charlie Lee (Stevenage) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Charlie Lee (Stevenage) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Robbie Simpson (Exeter City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Luke Wilkinson (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Robbie Simpson (Exeter City).
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Jamie Jones.
Attempt saved. Jack Stacey (Exeter City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner.
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Jamie Jones.
Attempt saved. Lee Holmes (Exeter City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt missed. Kgosi Ntlhe (Stevenage) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Corner, Stevenage. Conceded by Robert Olejnik.
Attempt saved. Ben Kennedy (Stevenage) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, Stevenage. Conceded by Jack Stacey.
Substitution, Stevenage. Ronnie Henry replaces Tyler Walker.
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Kgosi Ntlhe.
Attempt missed. Jack King (Stevenage) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Goal! Stevenage 0, Exeter City 2. Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jack Stacey.
Goal! Stevenage 0, Exeter City 1. Lee Holmes (Exeter City) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Jack King (Stevenage) header from very close range is just a bit too high.
Substitution, Stevenage. Harry McKirdy replaces Tom Pett.
Attempt missed. Tyler Walker (Stevenage) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt blocked. Jobi McAnuff (Stevenage) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jobi McAnuff (Stevenage).
Attempt missed. Lloyd James (Exeter City) right footed shot from more than 40 yards on the left wing misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Jobi McAnuff (Stevenage) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Tyler Walker (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Luke Croll (Exeter City).
Ben Kennedy (Stevenage) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Exeter City. Lee Holmes replaces Reuben Reid.
Substitution, Stevenage. Ben Kennedy replaces Andrew Fox.
Finnair celebrated its inaugural service connecting the two cities with a water cannon salute and Scottish bagpiper welcoming the aircraft when it landed in Edinburgh on Monday.
The airline said the journey takes less than three hours.
The service will be available four times a week during the summer months.
The airline said the journey will allow passengers from Scotland to travel onwards to Asia, including Hong Kong and Beijing, with just one transfer via the Finnish capital.
Gordon Dewar, chief executive of Edinburgh Airport, said the route was "fantastic news".
"I congratulate Finnair for recognising the growing international demand for direct links to Edinburgh, and this move shows that they have similar aspirations for growth as we do."
Malcolm Roughead, VisitScotland chief executive, said: "We are delighted to welcome this exciting new Finnair service between Edinburgh and Helsinki, which builds on the success of Scotland's growing global air network by connecting to yet another international hub.
"This service brings with it the opportunity for a double boost to Scottish tourism, from the high spending golf fans from the Nordic region seeking to explore the Home of Golf, to the growing market of new visitors from the Far East."
The 25-year-old suffered serious injuries after falling from Sandown Court in Avenham, Preston, shortly before 08:00 BST, police said.
She was taken to Royal Preston Hospital, where her condition is described as critical.
A 29-year-old man from Preston was arrested and remains in custody.
A spokesman for Lancashire Police said the incident was being treated as "unexplained".
The Victorian government euthanised about 700 koalas at Cape Otway in the state's south, in 2013 and 2014.
It said they were starving because of a population boom that could not be sustained by local woodland.
But critics angry with the latest move say the problem is too few trees, not too many koalas.
Despite some bush regrowth, the koala density at the cape remained high and sick koalas might be euthanised, the state government said on Monday.
Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning said it would carry out a "koala health assessment" of the "overabundant koala population" in the Manna Gum woodland.
The assessment will be conducted by vets and animal health officers, said department spokesperson Mandy Watson.
"We are focusing our attention on private land in Cape Otway where koalas are most affected by over-browsing," she said.
"Any unhealthy koalas, which are deemed too sick to survive release, will be humanely euthanized to prevent further suffering," she said.
Koalas live in tall open eucalypt (gum tree) forests and will only eat a few of the hundreds of species of eucalypts that grow in Australia.
Australian Koala Foundation chief executive officer Deborah Tabart said the koala habitat should be protected so a cull is not necessary.
"I know they are not looking at planting trees, they are not looking at the long term," Ms Tabart told ABC TV.
"I never see this as an overpopulation of koalas; I see it as a under-population of trees."
In 2012, the koala was listed as "vulnerable" under Australia's Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.
However, there is no specific law that protects koala habitat, which is under pressure from housing and commercial development.
FBI Director James Comey told Congress his agency's review had found nothing to alter its original conclusion.
In July, he said Mrs Clinton had been careless but not criminal in handling sensitive material on her private email server while secretary of state.
The issue flared up again with the discovery of new "pertinent" emails.
They were reportedly found on the laptop of Anthony Weiner, the estranged husband of one of the Democratic presidential candidate's closest advisers.
Mr Comey's letter to Congress late last month, revealing the bureau's inquiry into Mrs Clinton's emails had been revived, shook up the White House race and reinvigorated the campaign of Republican nominee Donald Trump.
It was much ado about nothing, but it certainly amounted to something. While FBI Director James Comey, in effect, said "never mind" with regards to Hillary Clinton's emails, for the past two weeks the story has dominated the political conversation, and Democrats have paid a price.
While Mrs Clinton's presidential hopes have stabilised, talk of a possible rout - and sweeping down-ballot victories in congressional races - are a distant memory.
Mrs Clinton will now try to focus on her closing campaign message. Donald Trump almost certainly will continue to accuse his opponent of corruption and, perhaps, again allege the FBI is covering for her.
With only two days until voting, the dust kicked up by this story won't have fully settled by the time Americans head to the polls.
Once this election is over, there should be serious soul-searching within the FBI and the media about how this saga played out. The nation's top law-enforcement agency was a source of constant leaks, as internal disputes spilled into public view.
If Mr Trump wins, many on the left will blame Mr Comey for the result. If Mrs Clinton prevails, she likely will bear a lasting grudge over this political near-miss.
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The FBI director had announced that the agency would investigate if the newly discovered messages contained classified information.
But in Sunday's follow-up, Mr Comey wrote: "Since my letter, the FBI investigative team has been working around the clock to process and review a large volume of emails from a device obtained in connection with an unrelated criminal investigation.
"During that process, we reviewed all of the communications that were to or from Hillary Clinton while she was Secretary of State.
"Based on our review, we have not changed our conclusions that we expressed in July with respect to Secretary Clinton."
On board the candidate's campaign airplane, her team said they were always confident of the outcome.
Communications director Jennifer Palmieri told media: "We're glad this matter has been resolved."
But the Trump team cried foul.
Newt Gingrich, an adviser to the Republican nominee, tweeted: "Comey must be under enormous political pressure to cave like this and announce something he cant [sic] possibly know."
Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway tweeted: "If FBI conclusions remain unchanged, that means she still was reckless & careless, still lied about classified info, lied re: # of devices."
Campaigning in Minnesota on Sunday, Mr Trump made no mention of Mr Comey's findings.
But he did say Mrs Clinton "will be under investigation for a long, long time, likely concluding in a criminal trial".
He also renewed his claims that the Democrat was being "protected by a rigged system".
The FBI has already established Mrs Clinton had classified information on a private email server that was run out of her upstate New York home.
Mr Comey said in July that her handling of sensitive material during her 2009-13 tenure as secretary of state was "extremely careless", but cleared her of criminal wrongdoing.
The revelation that she handled sensitive information while breaking federal rules by running her own email server has dogged her campaign since last year.
A new NBC/Wall St Journal opinion poll on Sunday before news broke of the FBI letter suggested a four-point lead for Mrs Clinton.
The latest Washington Post/ABC tracking poll put her lead at five points.
Sunday's campaign stops take her to Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire.
Also on Mr Trump's itinerary were Iowa, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
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Tony Wadsworth said his wife Julie was, "a very special human being" who had found the daytime encounter in a Warwickshire woodland "exhilarating".
The couple are on trial at Warwick Crown Court accused of assaulting seven boys in the 1990s.
Mrs Wadsworth accepts having sexual encounters with "young men" but has repeatedly denied they were under age.
The husband and wife duo were employed in BBC local radio at the time of the alleged offences.
Giving evidence in his defence, Mr Wadsworth described two separate encounters involving up to three males each time.
He told the court they appeared to be "16, 17 - possibly 18".
Mr Wadsworth described a claim he had illegal sexual encounters as "outrageous", and denied a prosecution allegation he had a threesome with his wife and a boy at his then home in Warwickshire.
When describing the couple's first encounter in the woods with one of the complainants, Mr Wadsworth said he found it "erotic" to watch his wife with the young stranger.
"She felt empowered as a woman," he said.
He claimed he and his wife had been "kissing and cuddling" when they became aware of a young man watching them.
Mr Wadsworth, 69, said: "I turned, looked around and saw this fella and must confess it was something of a shock.
"It was clear what he was hoping to do. He came forward as I stepped to one side."
He said the encounter took place without a word being exchanged.
He said: "After the heat of the moment was over, it was all very embarrassing and awkward.
"We tidied ourselves up and we all went our separate ways."
Asked by his barrister Michelle Clarke why he allowed his wife to be approached by another man, Mr Wadsworth said her past with an abusive partner had left her insecure.
He told jurors he wanted to prove others found her sexually desirable.
"I think it's fair to say that Julie was and to some extent still is today a damaged person," he said.
"And as our relationship developed she began to confide in me and tell me about her abusive partner who was absolutely vile - the things he perpetrated on her.
"So I did my best to bring out the woman inside her, I suppose."
Mrs Wadsworth has accepted going on to have a sexual relationship with the first complainant, after bumping into him some years later.
Her husband said he was angry when he discovered that tryst and rejected a Facebook friend request from the complainant in 2015.
He said the couple - who previously worked for BBC Leicester and Birmingham-based BBC WM - had taken part in a second woodland encounter involving three males.
Afterwards he said the couple agreed what was happening was "ridiculous, foolhardy and stupid and there would be no repetition".
The couple, from Broughton Astley, Leicestershire, deny five counts of outraging public decency which allege they engaged in sexual activity "against a tree" in view of others between July 1992 and June 1996.
Mrs Wadsworth has pleaded not guilty to 11 charges of indecent assault, while her husband denies nine counts of the same offence.
The trial continues.
The service was launched in June to rival apps such as Spotify and Google Play Music.
The Android version offers most of the same features as the iOS app including the free trial for new joiners.
One analyst suggested Apple's goal was to lure customers to its iOS ecosystem, but said Apple Music had received mixed reviews.
"With Apple, it has always been a question of whether it is in the digital music business, or whether it is using music to sell devices," said Chris Cooke, business editor for industry magazine Complete Music Update.
"Enticing Android users over to Apple's iOS will be part of the strategy, but is Apple Music a good enough experience?
"Reviews have been mixed, even for the iOS version."
In July, blogger Jim Dalrymple described the software as a "nightmare" after it lost thousands of songs he had imported from CDs.
But Apple announced in October that its music service had attracted 6.5 million paying subscribers after early adopters had completed their free trials, although that figure might include people who had forgotten to cancel their subscription after the free trial ended.
Rival Spotify says it has 15 million paying members, although Google has so far kept quiet.
"Apple Music has a big profile in the streaming space, even though Google Play has been doing it for longer," said Mr Cooke.
"Most people are more aware of music on YouTube than the full on-demand service in Google Play. Even a lot of Android users don't know what it offers."
Mr Cooke said Spotify had an advantage because it was available on a wide variety of operating systems and devices.
Google is trying to entice customers to use Play Music by offering them access to an ad-free version of its video site YouTube.
"I suspect Apple's goal is to sell devices, in the hope that people will get so excited by its music service that they will want Apple hardware too," said Mr Cooke.
"But Android has such a sizeable portion of the market, if Apple wants to take on Spotify, it makes sense to be on Android too."
Theresa May has said she will form a government with the support of the DUP, though it is not clear what kind of arrangement this will be.
Despite party leader Arlene Foster warning it would be difficult for the prime minister to stay in No 10, discussions are certainly going on behind the scenes.
The party has moved on to the political centre stage but most people will be in the dark about what it stands for.
The DUP website crashed on Friday morning after a surge of interest, and DUP was also one of the most searched terms on Google.
Basically, they are pro-union (not Europe but UK), pro-Brexit and socially conservative.
The party is now the fifth largest in Parliament; its 36% share of the vote in Northern Ireland resulted in 10 MPs being returned to Westminster, but it wasn't always so popular.
It started as a one-man-band, with Rev Ian Paisley, a fundamentalist Protestant preacher, at its helm. He founded the party in 1971 in opposition to what he saw as the increasingly liberal approach of the Ulster Unionists; the party of the political establishment since the state was founded in 1921.
Unlike nationalists, who want to see the Irish border removed and rule from Westminster ended, unionists want the link with Britain preserved. For most of his political career, Ian Paisley saw the prospect of devolved power sharing with his political enemies as a Trojan Horse to Irish unity.
He set his face against successive attempts to cobble together an agreement between nationalists and unionists, knowing that simply by saying no he could make political gains. And so it was that by 2005 the Democratic Unionist Party, which started as the party of resistance to any hint of accommodation, displaced the ruling class of the Ulster Unionists as the party which could legitimately claim to speak for all of unionism.
Power sharing with Sinn Fein followed in 2007 and, until recently, the DUP had a reputation for fiscal prudence and deft political strategising.
When Ian Paisley became first minister in Stormont - Northern Ireland's seat of government - with Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness acting as deputy first minister, the two of them got on so well that they were nicknamed the "chuckle brothers". But all of that seems like a distant memory.
The party remained electorally dominant under its next leader Peter Robinson, but relations between nationalists and unionists in the country's fragile power-sharing executive began to cool.
After Mr Robinson lost his Westminster seat in the 2010 general election, Mrs Foster took over as party leader in December 2015, and first minister in 2016.
Her leadership has been sullied by controversy over the Renewable Heat Incentive Deal, which saw the power-sharing executive collapse in 2017, causing a snap election in Stormont.
Northern Ireland is still without a government but the DUP has found itself in a position to influence political events across the entire United Kingdom, and that has led to scrutiny of some of the party's policies.
The party may be less overtly religious than it was in the days when Rev Paisley was in charge, but on social issues it is still deeply conservative. It opposes same-sex marriage and is anti-abortion - abortion remains illegal in Northern Ireland, except in specific medical cases.
DUP East Antrim MP Sammy Wilson, a devout climate change denier, was once Northern Ireland's environment minister.
Mervyn Storey, the party's former education spokesman, once called for creationism - the belief that human life did not evolve over millions of years but was created by God - to be taught alongside evolution in science classes.
He has also objected to an exhibition on evolution in the Ulster Museum and signs at the Giant's Causeway in his North Antrim constituency.
Then there's the party's historical links to loyalist paramilitaries.
During this general election campaign, the DUP's Emma Little-Pengelly received the endorsement of the three biggest loyalist paramilitary organisations.
Although the DUP said it did not accept their support, in her acceptance speech, Mrs Little-Pengelly thanked those who came out to vote for her, singling out several loyalist working class areas in Belfast.
In December, the DUP's Trevor Clarke was criticised by Sir Elton John after the politician admitted he did not know heterosexual people could contract HIV until a charity explained the facts to him.
The DUP was a wholehearted supporter of Brexit and got heavily involved in the Leave campaign.
After Brexit, the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland becomes an EU frontier and the DUP is not in favour of a so-called hard border. This means no checkpoints or intrusive enforcement.
So no hard border but in the round, the party's vision of Brexit is a fairly hard one - it was the most Eurosceptic party in the UK before the ascent of UKIP.
The party also wants to leave the EU customs union - their manifesto says there should be "progress on new free trade deals with the rest of the world" - and end the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice, ensuring that in future British law is supreme.
One red line is the idea of Northern Ireland being granted some sort of "special status" when Brexit comes to pass - the DUP will not stand for any arrangement that physically sets the region apart from anywhere else in the UK.
Its 2017 manifesto set out its position on Brexit and other issues, including:
Its key slogan during the campaign turned out to be rather prescient: "A vote for the DUP team is a vote to send 'Team Northern Ireland' to Westminster. It is a team that has real influence".
After a tumultuous night for the Conservatives, Prime Minister Theresa May has lost her majority in the House of Commons, and the mandate she was expecting from the British people.
But with more seats than any other party, she has the first opportunity to form a government, but she needs to have an overall majority of 326 MPs to get legislation past the House of Commons.
The DUP plays a key role in this as their increased Northern Ireland majority of 10 seats could get Mrs May's Queen's Speech through parliament.
Ahead of the election, Northern Ireland's largest party made clear its preference was for a Conservative rather than Labour government.
The DUP's most senior MPs, including its Westminster leader Nigel Dodds, have been consistently critical of the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, particularly for his past links with Sinn Féin and his stance on security issues.
Fulham will have the option to buy Martin, 27, for £9m at the end of his loan deal, reports BBC Radio 5 Live.
The former Norwich man has scored 55 league goals for the Rams since 2013.
Piazon, 22, has made three first-team appearances for Chelsea and scored four goals in 27 appearances on loan in the Championship with Reading last term.
Brazil Under-23 international Piazon has previously also spent time with Malaga, Vitesse and Eintracht Frankfurt.
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The Lisburn school wanted competition organisers to put back the last four clash with BRA because 17 of their squad were on a skiing trip in Austria.
But the plea was rejected and Friends were forced to admit they could not field a team for Saturday's match.
BRA play Methody in the last four while RBAI will face Ballymena Academy.
The RBAI v Ballymena game is on Monday 27 at the Kingspan Stadium with the second semi-final the following day.
The Bank said it had concluded it would be "appropriate" to keep the £5 polymer note in circulation.
It will also issue the £10 polymer note as planned in September, it added.
Vegans and some religious groups had voiced concerns, as the note contains a small amount of tallow, which is derived from meat products.
A petition to ban the note attracted more than 100,000 signatures.
The Bank said it treated "the concerns raised by members of the public with the utmost seriousness".
However, the central bank also emphasised that "an extremely small amount of tallow" was used at an early stage of producing the polymer pellets, which were then used to create the notes.
The Bank is still working with its polymer supplier to "determine what alternatives might be available" for the current £5 note and the Jane Austen £10 polymer note.
It said it had spent £46m on printing the £5 note, and £24m so far on printing 275 million of the new £10 notes.
"Reprinting these notes on a new substrate would mean incurring these costs again. It would also require a further £50,000 for the secure destruction of the existing stock," the Bank added.
The petition against the £5 note, hosted on the change.org website, stated that tallow was "unacceptable to millions of vegans, vegetarians, Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and others in the UK".
A number of Sikhs and Hindus have also called for the notes to be banned from temples, where meat products are forbidden.
Hindus believe cows are holy and sacred, and many do not wear shoes or carry bags made from the skin of cattle that has been slaughtered. Practising Sikhs are strict vegetarians.
The new plastic £5 note was introduced in September 2016 and is expected to last an average of five years - compared to two years previously.
The village of Imber was abandoned in 1943 and has been closed to civilians ever since as it is sited on the MoD's training zone on Salisbury Plain.
St Giles Church, the only building left intact in Imber, is normally open to the public for two weeks each August.
This year the MoD has reduced it to three days due to visitors "attempting to access restricted areas".
It was just before Christmas 1943 that Imber villagers were ordered to pack up and leave to provide a training area for American troops preparing for the invasion of Europe during World War Two.
They were never allowed to return and the village vanished off the map.
Since then, up to 50 days of public access is granted each year by the MoD.
But this year it has been "significantly reduced", according to Neil Skelton, custodian of the church, because visitors have been "trespassing in the restricted areas" of the deserted village.
"Last August, we had probably around 4,000 to 5,000 people over the two weeks and at Easter it was manic," he said.
"It's the sheer numbers, we're attracting so many people but if you reduce the number of days, you'll be squeezing more people in to fewer days."
It is feared people are putting their lives at risk by trespassing in to areas where there could be "unexploded ordnance".
A Ministry of Defence spokesman said keeping visitors to Imber village safe was a "top priority".
He said: "Unfortunately we have received numerous reports of members of the public placing themselves and others in danger during previous open days by attempting to access restricted areas.
"Following these reports a risk assessment was carried out which resulted in the decision to reduce public access periods to the village."
The Gotham villagers were desperately trying to get sandbags to stop their homes from flooding, but the advisor said he could only find a "Gotham City in New York" on his system.
Rushcliffe Borough Council, in Nottinghamshire, has since apologised.
It said the calls were answered by someone outside of the area.
"He said the only Gotham he could find is Gotham City in New York," said Racheal Webster, one of the residents who phoned up.
"I said 'are you trying to be funny? Is that some kind of joke?' and he said 'no, that's the only Gotham I can find'."
The conversation became "quite heated" when he said he could not help her, she said.
"I said 'well we do exist, obviously, we are getting flooded, the water is starting to come in'," she said.
"He said the same thing to my neighbour when my neighbour called as well."
There is no such city as Gotham in the real world, but New York is sometimes referred to as Gotham, and the nickname stems from the Nottinghamshire village of the same name.
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The villagers phoned a local emergency number printed on the council's website when flooding began in Gotham on Wednesday evening.
However, the council said its out-of-hours service is provided by a national company.
David Banks, executive manager for neighbourhoods, said: "Unfortunately, the advisor Mrs Webster spoke to wasn't familiar with the area and wasn't able to locate Gotham on the system to log the call.
"He tried to help by doing a Google search of 'Gotham' which returned results referring to the Gotham in America.
"We understand that experiencing flooding is stressful and upsetting and we are working with our out-of-hours provider to ensure that this doesn't happen again."
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Mayka Kukucova, 26, was sentenced for shooting dead Bristol businessman Andrew Bush at his home near Marbella on the Costa del Sol in April 2014.
Kukucova did not formally plead. Mr Bush, 48, died after being shot in the shoulder and then twice in the head.
She was sentenced by the court in Malaga to an additional six months for breaking into his home.
During the trial Kukucova said she had "never meant to hurt" Mr Bush and broke down in tears when photos of his body were shown in court.
Mr Bush was well known in his home city of Bristol for his jewellery business and was previously married to former BBC Bristol presenter Sam Mason, the mother of his daughter Ellie, 21.
He met Kukucova when she worked in his shop and the pair were together for two-and-a-half years.
The relationship broke down around six months before Mr Bush was killed.
Mr Bush had an interest in cars, and it was in his Hummer 4x4 that Kukucova made her getaway on the night he died.
Days later she handed herself into Slovakian authorities and was detained before being extradited to Spain.
Researchers analysed 14 years of data from 62 councils in England and Wales which had tried strategies such as permanently switching off lights or dimming them.
They said the findings could help save money and reduce carbon emissions.
The AA said the results were "extremely surprising" and differed from their own analysis of inquest findings.
The Local Government Association (LGA) said reducing street lighting does not happen everywhere but the research appeared to support some councils' decision "to save taxpayers' money and improve the environment without compromising public safety".
The study, led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in partnership with University College London and published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, looked at councils which had implemented a range of schemes.
These included switching lights off permanently, reducing the number of hours that lamps are switched on at night, dimming lights, and replacing traditional lamps with energy-efficient LED lamps.
To assess crime, they looked at data from 2010 to 2013 to analyse how many crimes took place in different areas and the types of street lighting used there.
They focused on offences more likely to occur at night, including burglary, theft of or from a vehicle, robbery, violence and sexual assault.
Overall, there was no evidence of an association between reduced lighting and increased crime.
They also looked at all roads in participating authorities, examining what type of street lighting was used and the number of traffic collisions that happened at night relative to the day during 2000 to 2013.
They found no evidence of a link between reduced street lighting and night-time collisions.
Lead investigator Dr Phil Edwards said: "An estimated £300m is spent every year on street lights in the UK.
"At a time when local authorities need to make spending cuts, our findings show that by carefully assessing risks, street lighting can be reduced without an increase in car crashes and crime."
Co-author Prof Shane Johnson said while the findings were "very encouraging", any changes to lighting "should be managed carefully".
AA president Edmund King said the motoring group's analysis of inquest findings uncovered six road deaths from 2009 to 2013 where coroners said the switching off of street lights had been a contributory factor.
"Police crash investigators said the drivers had little or no chance of avoiding the collisions," he said.
He said the AA advised its members to drive using their full beams on roads where street lights have been switched off, except where they might dazzle other road users.
Cllr Peter Box, environment spokesman for the LGA, which represents more than 400 local authorities, said "careful consideration" was given to safety when reducing street lighting.
"With local government funding having seen substantial cuts, reducing or dimming streetlights can free up vital cash to protect under-pressure services such as child protection, adult social care, collecting bins and filling potholes," he added.
Research published by the Labour Party in November suggested street lights were being switched off or dimmed in three-quarters of England's council areas.
He was patched up at A&E before being referred to a dentist at King's College Hospital, who recommended dental implants.
"I hadn't heard of them. I thought I'd end up wearing dentures for the rest of my life to replace the three front teeth I'd lost."
Instead, he had two screws drilled through his gum and into the jaw bone and, several months later, three replacement porcelain teeth were attached to them.
Two years on and Kwok is very happy with his new look and confident smile.
"They get better as time goes on. I can eat everything I want. They're fantastic and really sturdy."
But dental experts are warning that if implants are not looked after carefully, the story may not have such a happy ending.
Around 10,000 implant procedures are performed in the lower jaw each year in the UK, the majority in people over 65. Most procedures are carried out privately and can be expensive, costing around £1,000 per tooth.
Although implants are a growing industry, they are still far from being commonplace.
Dr Aws Alani, consultant in restorative dentistry at King's College Hospital, says implants have been a very successful innovation over the last 30 years. But he says patients are often not aware how to maintain them - and that can cause problems.
He is seeing more cases of peri-implantitis, a bacterial infection around the implant that results in inflammation of the gums and, in the worst cases, can lead to bone loss in the jaw itself.
Dr Alani has written about his findings in the British Dental Journal.
"There is an attitude that implants are indestructible, but that's not the reality.
"The majority of cases are successful as long as patients are told how to care for their new teeth.
"Most importantly, we want them to quit smoking and improve their oral hygiene," Dr Alani says.
And, he adds, patients should go for regular check-ups.
Those at high risk of developing gum disease are those who don't clean their teeth regularly, smokers and patients who already have gum disease.
If an infection is allowed to take hold around an implant inserted in the gum, the jaw bone around the implant can also become affected and begin to waste away.
Over time, this can reduce support for the implant.
It is inserted through the gum and into the jaw bone to support replacement teeth.
Implants are a substitute for a natural tooth root. They are made of titanium and are normally screw or cylinder-shaped.
Once in place, and after the gum has healed, an internal screw or post is placed into the implant.
This allows false teeth, crowns and dentures to be fitted.
Draegon Ismael, 40, originally from Tennessee, knows how it feels to have peri-implantitis.
He had implants inserted in 2007 in the US, several years after a serious car accident knocked out a number of his upper and lower teeth.
Now living in London, he has serious problems with his implants which he puts down to the fact that too many of his own teeth were removed at the time.
He also admits to not paying enough attention to the cleanliness of his teeth.
"They didn't tell me the best way to take care of them. I didn't know I had to go for cleanings.
"I thought implants were going to be a fix-all but they filed down too much bone and now the implants are starting to show through.
"Sooner or later they are going to fall out."
He regularly gets painful infections in his gums and he says his teeth have begun to separate.
Draegon was seen at King's College Hospital because of the acute nature of his problem, but his long-term treatment will need to be managed by a private dentist.
This is true for any patient who has had implants fitted abroad.
His options are limited because of the amount of jaw bone he has lost and this has left him feeling very stressed.
"I am a positive person, but at the moment, I wish I'd never gone ahead with the treatment," he says.
"People need to do a lot more research about them, and understand the risks. That includes knowing that, however good implants are, they are likely to fail at some point."
The message, according to Philip Friel, from the Association of Dental Implantology, is very simple.
Implants are no different from natural teeth and roots. They must be kept clean and maintained regularly.
"If you see any inflammation of the gums or any deterioration of the implant, then tell your dentist.
"It can be resolved, but if it isn't identified, it can progress and lead to bone loss - and that's permanent."
Kwok Law knows exactly what he needs to do to make sure his implants last a long time.
He was told to brush his teeth at least twice a day, floss regularly and use mouthwash - something he has adhered to.
"When brushing, you're only cleaning the surface of the teeth, but the problems come around the gums."
"Gum disease is the worst thing that could happen for me now."
The EU's Trade Commissioner, Cecilia Malmstrom, says the UK cannot begin negotiating trade terms with the bloc until after it has left.
"First you exit then you negotiate," she told BBC Newsnight.
But the BBC understands other EU Commission officials privately believe it is "inconceivable" that trade talks would not start before the UK's exit.
One of the candidates to be next UK prime minister, Liam Fox, called Ms Malmstrom's stance "bizarre and stupid", saying the Brexit talks would include trade.
But the BBC's Chris Morris in Brussels says Ms Malmstrom's view of two consecutive sets of negotiations appears technically correct.
At the EU summit this week the 27 government leaders - without the UK - agreed Brexit "divorce" talks should begin and end before any talks on a new settlement for the UK, Chris Morris says.
Brussels sources told our correspondent there was a real determination among the leaders not to mix the two.
The statement from the 27 said they wanted the UK to be "a close partner of the EU". But they also spoke of an agreement to be "concluded with the UK as a third country".
The phrase "third country" means the UK post-Brexit.
Outside the EU, the UK would trade with the bloc under World Trade Organization rules, pending a possible new deal on free trade.
WTO conditions would mean trade tariffs and non-tariff barriers, as the UK would no longer be in the EU single market.
Not until a new Conservative leader is elected, who will replace David Cameron as prime minister by October.
Then it will be up to the new leader to decide when to trigger the EU's Article 50, the procedure for withdrawing from the EU.
Article 50 sets a two-year deadline for withdrawal from the EU. But the detailed negotiations on the UK's future relations with the EU could last years longer.
Much depends on who wins the Conservative leadership. There are also divisions in the Leave camp over which of the UK's current EU arrangements should be kept.
Immigration was such a key issue in the referendum there is likely to be hard bargaining over free movement of EU workers.
But EU leaders have said access to the single market requires the free movement of people.
Achieving continued preferential access to the EU single market of 500m consumers would be a big prize for the UK. But there are also voices in the Leave camp urging a UK focus on trade with other partners.
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Once the UK has given notification under Article 50, the European Council - that is, the other 27 governments and council president - will adopt guidelines for the negotiations.
It is not yet clear how the EU will organise its negotiating team, but the European Commission will take charge of the details.
The final deals on UK withdrawal and a future UK-EU relationship will have to be agreed by the EU's top institutions - the European Council, Commission and European Parliament.
Emily Price, from Huntingdon in Cambridge, studied maths and physics and was due to do a masters degree in Aberystwyth from September.
She became ill days after being elected to the town's central ward and died on 12 May.
By Tuesday, a fundraising page in Ms Price's memory had already raised more than £3,300.
Her family said they hoped to help disadvantaged students take the same subjects as Ms Price.
Aberystwyth University has opened a memorial book for students to pay their respects, which will stay open until Ms Price's funeral takes place on 2 June at Cambridge Crematorium.
It has also arranged for a bus to take students from Aberystwyth to Cambridge for the funeral - and they are encouraged to wear some yellow or purple, the university colours, to celebrate Ms Price's time there.
Her sister Katie Price said: "We talked to her university and they are also interested in honouring her.
"We're going to create some kind of bursary for future maths and physics students as this was a subject and a university that she was so incredibly passionate about."
She added any extra money raised would go towards a bench outside Ms Price's flat on Aberystwyth seafront "so that other people can enjoy the exact same view as she did".
A fundraising page set up by Ms Price's parents, Natasha and John, and her, sisters Hannah and Katie, reads: "Emily wanted to make a difference in the world and with your help we can continue her legacy."
A confidential document shows security lapses at Belgium's airports were identified by EU inspectors in 2015.
Minister Jacqueline Galant had denied having seen the report, which was leaked by opposition parties.
Attacks on Zaventem airport and a Brussels metro station by so-called Islamic State left 32 people dead.
Prime Minister Charles Michel had previously defended Ms Galant, and he had told parliament that her office had not seen the critical EU report.
However on Friday morning, following the publication of further documents on Thursday evening, Mr Michel said that "contrary to what was communicated to me" the report had been discussed, according to public broadcaster RTBF.
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Mr Michel said he had met Ms Galant on Friday morning and following the meeting the minister submitted her resignation to the king.
Ms Galant wrote in her resignation letter that "the orchestrated and theatrical confusion of the last 48 hours prevents me from continuing in the performance of my duties".
The minister's resignation followed that of Belgian federal transport agency chief Laurent Ledoux on Thursday.
He had complained of a lack of funding from Ms Galant and said that the minister herself should "take responsibility and step aside".
Ms Galant said on Friday that she was shocked by the way Mr Ledoux had resigned, and said he was carrying out a "media crusade".
The 2015 European Commission report, published by public broadcaster RTBF (in French), cited "serious deficiencies" and said airport security programmes, air carriers and suppliers were "not adequately monitored".
Belgian newspapers believe that while Ms Galant had to go, her departure does not change the fact that the entire government's reputation on security appears to be in tatters. "The minister had a problem, the minister is gone," a commentary in the Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch) says, but adds that the Brussels recent attacks revealed a wider problem with security. "And this seems to have been a bit more structural in nature than the government let on."
Le Soir (in French) agrees, saying it is still unclear whether all the necessary safety measures were taken at Belgian airports before the attacks. "The response to this question has been lost amid cries of 'Go away, Madame Galant'," it says. The real issue, it adds, is a "malfunction of the machinery of state" that has left both the government and the entire country weakened.
The two suicide bombers who attacked Brussels airport blew themselves up in the departures area and would not normally have faced any security checks.
The bomb attacks on the airport and Maelbeek metro station occurred just four days after Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam was caught near his home in Molenbeek. He had been on the run for four months.
Belgium's parliament is to hold an inquiry into how the attacks were handled.
Mr Michel has had to defend his country's approach to fighting terror threats, insisting Belgium is not a "failed state".
The interior and justice ministers both offered to resign in the immediate aftermath of the attacks, following revelations that Turkey had warned Belgian authorities about one of the attackers when it deported him back to Belgium, but the prime minister asked them to stay on.
An eight-year-old boy in Whitehaven was left "traumatised" when a "seagull swooped down, took the ice cream out of his hand and off it went", Copeland Borough councillor Graham Roberts said.
"Anybody with any food near their face could have their nose or eye pecked," he said.
The drones spray nests with a chemical to stop eggs hatching.
Mr Roberts said council bosses were concerned the gulls could deter tourists and hit the harbour town's hospitality businesses.
He said: "Whitehaven's a lovely place to visit and we don't want incidents with seagulls to deter people from coming.
"People don't want to be in fear of being attacked by seagulls."
Spraying gull eggs by hand risks attack from the birds, Mr Roberts said.
The use of Drones is one of a number of options being discussed by the council on 27 August. Other options include acoustic electronic devices and manual egg-treating.
Mr Roberts added: "It's frightening. We've got to do something about it.
"Drones have been used in France quite successfully as have acoustic devices which can also be effective.
"The fact is we can't stand by while people are being hurt. As councillors we have to protect those we represent and people want action.
"Depending on the cost of using drones I think it's very likely we will begin using them within the next six months to a year."
Medics at Caerphilly Miners' Hospital fought to resuscitate the baby girl, but she suffered catastrophic oxygen starvation and brain damage.
The girl, now 10, has "complex" care needs, London's High Court was told.
An Aneurin Bevan health board statement said it hoped the money would "help the little girl and her family".
The court heard the health board accepted the mother should have been transferred to Newport's Royal Gwent Hospital to give birth.
The girl was delivered with her umbilical cord wrapped tightly round her neck.
Her barrister, David Westcott QC, said her mother's waters had broken days before she arrived at the birthing centre.
Had the girl been properly monitored in her mother's womb, the incident could have been averted, he claimed.
The health board denied responsibility for the girl's injuries, saying they occurred long before her mother even arrived at the birthing centre.
But, following negotiations outside court, the board agreed to a financial settlement.
She will receive a lump sum of £1.4m, plus tax-free annual payments to cover the costs of her care for life.
Those payments will start at about £140,000, before rising to more than £175,000 as her care needs increase.
The settlement - agreed on a two-thirds liability basis - has a total value of nearly £3.5m.
Approving the payout, Mr Justice Foskett said medics put "considerable effort" into saving the baby girl's life.
Experts made "rather gloomy predictions" that she might not live beyond the age of 27, the court heard.
Of the girl's parents, Mr Justice Foskett told the court: "This kind of selfless devotion deserves the highest praise."
A health board spokeswoman said: "We are pleased that we have been able to reach a settlement in this case and we hope that this will help the little girl and her family."
The 25-year-old from Dundee is only the third professional boxer to die in the UK from apparently fight-related injuries in the past 21 years.
St Andrew's Sporting Club confirmed Towell's death in a tweet on Saturday morning.
Other tributes have been paid to the fighter on social media including an emotional post on Facebook from Towell's partner, describing her heartbreak at the loss of her "annoying best friend".
On Twitter, retired boxer Audley Harrison wrote that it was "sad news", and that he was "sending love and light to his family".
WBO world middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders said "people need to understand boxing is not a game"
Fellow Scottish boxing professiongal Charlie Flynn said it was "hard to believe" what had happened.
Another professional boxer Tony Bellew said what boxers risk "every time we step through them ropes" had been highlighted again.
A fundraising page on the website JustGiving has been set up by former two-weight world champion Ricky Hatton.
It quickly attracted more than £10,000 of donations on social media. The page hopes to raise £20,000 for Towell's family and young son Rocco.
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The Glovers looked to be cruising into the second round after Ryan Hedges and Otis Khan fired them into a two-goal lead, but a careless red card for Kevin Dawson and a quick-fire brace from Jack Byrne earned the Midlanders a spirited draw.
It took Yeovil just eight minutes to go in front as Hedges fired past goalkeeper Danny Lewis from inside the box.
Ben Whitfield came close to doubling the hosts' lead, before Khan did score Yeovil's second goal early in the second half when he curled home a delightful free-kick.
The game turned when Dawson, already on a yellow card, was dismissed for a needless foul on Jamie Osborne as Yeovil lost their heads.
Byrne took advantage and pulled a goal back with a well-taken shot from the edge of the box, and he found space from a near-identical position six minutes later to pull Solihull level.
Substitute Akwasi Asante had a late chance to earn Solihull a famous cup upset but he fired his shot over the crossbar.
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Match ends, Yeovil Town 2, Solihull Moors 2.
Second Half ends, Yeovil Town 2, Solihull Moors 2.
Attempt missed. Matthew Dolan (Yeovil Town) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Omari Sterling-James (Solihull Moors) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Matthew Dolan (Yeovil Town).
Liam Shephard (Yeovil Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Attempt missed. Akwasi Asante (Solihull Moors) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Foul by Francois Zoko (Yeovil Town).
Omari Sterling-James (Solihull Moors) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Francois Zoko (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jordan Gough (Solihull Moors).
Bevis Mugabi (Yeovil Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Bevis Mugabi (Yeovil Town).
Akwasi Asante (Solihull Moors) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Jamey Osborne (Solihull Moors) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Substitution, Solihull Moors. Akwasi Asante replaces Harry White.
Substitution, Solihull Moors. Omari Sterling-James replaces Eddie Jones.
Attempt missed. Liam Shephard (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Matthew Dolan (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jamey Osborne (Solihull Moors).
Attempt missed. Andy Brown (Solihull Moors) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Hand ball by Francois Zoko (Yeovil Town).
Substitution, Yeovil Town. Francois Zoko replaces Otis Khan.
Nathan Smith (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jamey Osborne (Solihull Moors).
Corner, Solihull Moors. Conceded by Tom Eaves.
Goal! Yeovil Town 2, Solihull Moors 2. Jack Byrne (Solihull Moors) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
Hand ball by Jordan Fagbola (Solihull Moors).
Alex Lacey (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Harry White (Solihull Moors).
Substitution, Yeovil Town. Bevis Mugabi replaces Ben Whitfield.
Goal! Yeovil Town 2, Solihull Moors 1. Jack Byrne (Solihull Moors) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Jordan Fagbola (Solihull Moors) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right following a set piece situation.
Second yellow card to Kevin Dawson (Yeovil Town) for a bad foul.
Foul by Kevin Dawson (Yeovil Town).
Jamey Osborne (Solihull Moors) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Andy Brown (Solihull Moors) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Goal! Yeovil Town 2, Solihull Moors 0. Otis Khan (Yeovil Town) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
Ben Whitfield (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jamey Osborne (Solihull Moors).
Grace Roseman was found dead in her crib at her home in Haywards Heath, West Sussex, on 9 April 2015.
A coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death and said she died after becoming trapped on a bar.
NCT and Bednest released a statement saying they had reached a settlement.
The statement said: "Both NCT and Bednest as organisations unreservedly apologise for their respective parts in the tragic death of Grace Roseman and have reached a settlement on a confidential basis with the Roseman family.
"NCT and Bednest would like to make it clear that no blame should be attached to any member of Grace's family in relation to this tragic incident."
The cot was designed to be able to fold down fully, or partially, on one side.
Grace died when the cot was partially folded down and her head rested over the top.
At the inquest, which took place in December, coroner Penelope Schofield said she was unable to lift her head off and died of positional asphyxia.
She told Grace's parents, Esther and Gideon Roseman: "It must have been particularly harrowing for you to face accusations from Bednest that Pearl [the Roseman's other child] was involved in her death.
"But it was particularly unpalatable because there was no evidence on which to base that proposition."
Bednest said it had since modified the cot.
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It will be the biggest edition since 2000, with 16 teams and 31 matches.
England last hosted the competition in 2013, when Australia beat New Zealand 34-2 in the final at Old Trafford.
The Rugby Football League received £25m from central government to support its bid and plans to stage 80% of games in Lancashire and Yorkshire.
It also proposed "showpiece fixtures" in London, the Midlands and the north east of the country.
A mixture of 12 rugby league and other sporting venues, including Manchester's Old Trafford and Wembley in the capital, are in line to host matches at the 2021 event.
The Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) has recommended that the 2025 tournament be staged in North America as it attempts to increase the global appeal of the sport.
The American-Canadian joint bid aims to stage the competition outside Australasia and Europe for the first time since it began in 1954.
While praising their "extremely compelling" proposal, the RLIF said that England were preferred "primarily based on the current rugby league participation numbers in North America."
The Toronto Wolfpack - Canada's first professional team - will compete in English rugby league's third tier in this coming season as part of the game's development in North America.
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The Newry Democrat leads the week's coverage with a mother's "anguish" for her son after he was falsely accused of raping another man.
The Newry woman has told the paper about the devastating impact it has had on him.
"Before this he was happy-go-lucky, loved to get out and about," she said.
"Now he takes three sleeping tablets at night... he takes anti-depressants."
The man who made the claims was convicted of perverting the course of justice.
Also in the paper is some rubbish news for those living in the Newry and Mourne District Council area, where councillors have voted to put an end to glass bottles being put in blue bins.
Those who want to recycle their bottles (wine, beer or otherwise) will have to take them to their nearest bottle bank.
The paper reports the move could save that £250,000 in 2018/19, but that those savings could be trashed if people start putting glass in their black bins.
In Glenarm there's worrying news about the state of GP services.
The Larne Times reports that 2,000 patients are set to be reassigned from the local practice after the outgoing GP revealed there had been no applications to replace him after his retirement.
Also in the paper is a story about a graffiti warning that appeared at Woodburn Forest last weekend.
PSNI Larne shared the image, warning that a similar fatal tragedy to that which killed mum-of-three Valerie Young at Colin Glen could happen in the area.
A PSNI spokesperson said: "We are actively looking for anyone who is illegally using an off-road vehicle on the road or other public ground."
A spokesperson for NI Water said it was illegal to use scramblers or motorbikes in this area.
The Ulster Gazette carries a story about a Keady woman who pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to 15 horses in her care.
Pictures obtained by the paper show the extent of some of the neglect after some of the horses were left without food or water and made to live in filthy conditions.
Orla Shortt of Granemore Park was given a three-month suspended sentence.
But a man with 118 previous convictions was not so lucky and was jailed for one month for stealing alcohol from a city-centre shop.
Jody Curry has racked up the record aged just 24.
There's a warning to deer poachers in this week's Impartial Reporter.
An anonymous and "legitimate" deer stalker tells the paper that it's only a matter of time before someone gets shot in the midst of the illegal activity.
"The most common form of deer poaching locally is lamping," the paper reports.
"Gangs drive along the roadside and use strong vehicle-mounted lamps to make the deer stand motionless," before shooting it, adds the paper.
The deer stalker warned: "A bullet from one of those high-calibre rifles will travel for a mile-and-a-half. No one can tell where it will end up when shooting at night."
Also in the paper, parents who lost a beloved son tell how gambling can be "a killer".
Pete and Sadie Keogh share the story of their son's death, which they believe was linked to a gambling addiction, in the hope of raising awareness about the dangers of addiction.
Lewis Keogh was 34 when he died and the couple have campaigned tirelessly for tighter regulations.
Mr Keogh tells says: "Research has shown that gambling can release chemicals in to the brain to give a hit like crack cocaine."
Revisiting GP services, the Ulster Herald reports that a Castlederg doctor is on the "verge" of handing in his resignation.
Dr Brendan O'Hare says: "If we do nothing we risk losing GP practices right across the county" and cites increased workloads and difficulty recruiting new GPs to rural areas as the reasons for the crisis.
Joining a "chorus of condemnation", Omagh Ethnic Support Group has "slammed" President trump's travel ban.
Nick Cassidy, from the group, tells the Ulster Herald the ban raises concerns about "racism and xenophobia"
On the same page, former Herald reporter Rachael Quigley, who moved to America six years ago, writes that the American Dream is "literally unfurling into a nightmare, at the head of which is Donald Trump".
Is an accident waiting to happen in Portrush?
That's the question posed by the Coleraine Chronicle as plans are passed for the creation of a new traders' area in a busy Portrush car park.
It says an even bigger risk is now posed for children who could be involved in accidents.
Approval was sought and agreed at a meeting of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council on Wednesday for the for four trading points at Lansdowne Crescent.
Also on parking, people who use traffic cones to reserve spaces outside their homes are being reminded that the practice is illegal.
Parts of Coleraine, says the Chronicle, are popular with motorists as there is no charge to park cars, but people who live on these streets aren't always keen on sharing the spaces outside their homes.
There have been suggestions the International Olympic Committee may award both the 2024 and 2028 Games in September.
"2024 is now or never for us," co-chair Tony Estanguet told BBC Sport.
The LA 2024 committee later issued a statement saying their bid represents "the right city at this critical time".
The American city's statement added: "With all permanent venues already built and 88% public support, only LA 2024 offers the lowest-risk and truly sustainable solution for the future of the Olympic movement in 2024 and beyond."
The 2024 Games are scheduled to be awarded at September's IOC summit in Lima, Peru, with Paris the favourite to win.
"We believe we have the strongest offer but it is only available for 2024," added Estanguet. "We can't host the Games in 2028 because we don't have the project available for 2028.
"We have the guarantees, we have the public support, we have the political support, we have 95% of existing venues. This is the fourth bid from Paris and 2024 is the centenary of the Games in Paris."
There have been reports the losers of the 2024 bid could be awarded the following Games in 2028.
"All options are on the table, and this includes also the 2024-2028 procedure and vote," said IOC president Thomas Bach last week.
Estanguet, a three-time Olympic canoeing champion, says the bid committee has been in discussions with the IOC since the beginning of the bidding process.
He added that the bid committee has talked through the issue of 2028 with the IOC on several occasions.
Earlier this week, Eric Garcetti, the mayor of LA, warned the Americans were intent on winning the right to host the 2024 Games.
"We are competing for 2024," he told insidethegames. "Full stop. We have never contemplated anything else."
These are tough times for the 19-nation eurozone, as its recovery from the debt crisis remains anaemic, with persistently high unemployment and weak growth.
What are the key issues that will dominate the leaders' talks in Brussels on Thursday and Friday?
Avoiding Greek default and Grexit
€320bn
Greece's debt mountain
€240bn
European bailout
177% country's debt-to-GDP ratio
25% fall in GDP since 2010
26% Greek unemployment rate
Greece is just days away from possible default and empty coffers.
Eurozone finance ministers meet again on Wednesday, to decide whether the Greek government's new reform package meets the bailout conditions. That could determine whether the leaders arrive smiling or grim-faced.
Agreement would provide only a temporary breathing space. Greece would not crash out of the euro, a bank run could be avoided, but Greece's debt mountain is 177% of GDP - nearly double the country's total annual economic output.
A deal would unblock the €7.2bn (£5bn; $8bn) of bailout money that Greece desperately needs. But Greece will need tens of billions of euros more in future, to make its economy viable and pay off its colossal debts.
The Greek crisis affects market confidence in the euro. But it is also a clash of visions about Europe.
Richer countries such as Germany and the Netherlands demand budgetary rigour and refuse to end up subsidising indebted southern Europeans.
The leftist Greek government and many ordinary Greeks reject austerity and the liberal free market agenda. The anti-austerity mood is also strong in Spain and other EU countries hit hard by the debt crisis.
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Deepening monetary union
EU leaders believe that eurozone stability depends on further integration, co-ordinating economic targets. The debt crisis dramatically exposed how weaknesses in one country could undermine its eurozone partners.
But getting there is politically fraught - populists across Europe have made gains in elections by rejecting the "ever closer union" idea.
A blueprint for deeper eurozone integration has been written by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and other top EU officials, including European Central Bank President Mario Draghi. It will be a focus of the talks, and among its proposals are:
Treaty change is considered necessary to give a solid legal basis to economic integration.
The document suggests, however, that treaty change would be postponed until after general elections in France and Germany in 2017.
The UK and other EU states outside the euro - including Denmark and Poland - want the eurozone to prosper, but not if it means a two-tier system with eurozone countries setting the agenda and rules for the single market.
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UK renegotiation
UK Prime Minister David Cameron will not want Greece to dominate the summit talks, because he wants to get support among the leaders for EU reforms meaningful enough to persuade a sceptical British public.
This summit is his launch pad for renegotiation of the UK's EU membership terms, ahead of the UK in/out referendum promised by the end of 2017.
Mr Cameron has had meetings with national leaders individually, on a European tour. He will need to get all 27 other member states to sign up to new arrangements for the UK.
The EU principle of free movement of people is non-negotiable - EU leaders have made that clear to Mr Cameron.
But there is scope for change in the rules on migrants' benefits - a key issue for the UK Conservatives.
Mr Cameron is also expected to push for an opt-out from the EU's "ever closer union" ambition, and for guarantees that the rights of "euro outs" will not be watered down - especially in the single market - as eurozone integration advances.
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Migrant influx
EU solidarity is under severe strain because of the surge in migrants fleeing Libya aboard unseaworthy boats bound for Italy.
Tensions rose when France blocked hundreds of African migrants at the Italian border. But any re-imposition of border controls would violate the spirit of the EU's Schengen agreement.
Greece is also struggling with record numbers of migrants - and the boats will probably keep coming in the summer months.
A Mediterranean naval operation has been launched to track people-smuggling networks. The EU wants to get a UN mandate to use force to stop the people-smugglers.
The European Commission has drawn up plans to ease the burden faced by Italy and Greece, but the idea of mandatory quotas for moving migrants to other EU countries is not popular.
The plan is to relocate 60,000 asylum seekers from Syria and Eritrea, who fled war and/or persecution. Economic migrants would not qualify.
France and Germany say the Commission's "distribution key" for relocating them needs further work. And several East European countries reject mandatory quotas, saying migrants do not want to be told where to live.
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Tensions with Russia
The EU decided this week to extend the sanctions against Russia until the end of January 2016. So that is unlikely to take up much time at the summit.
Russia is still helping the pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine with heavy weapons and troops, Western leaders say. Moscow denies that.
But the sanctions are hurting the EU too, with Russia blocking imports of Western food. Italy and Greece are among the countries eager to get sanctions eased or lifted. But there has to be progress towards a peace settlement in Ukraine for that to happen.
Continuing clashes in eastern Ukraine mean that the rebels and Ukrainian government forces are still far from the targets agreed in the Minsk ceasefire deal.
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Lydia Leith, from Carlisle, said the artwork featuring Republican nomination candidate Donald Trump would make a "good talking point".
"He has a face that is interesting to illustrate, he was an obvious one for a sick bag," she said.
He is the only candidate Ms Leith plans to draw because of his links to the UK.
"Lots of people here in the UK can't believe he is serious," she said.
Communications agency director Mark Pack, who ran two Liberal Democrat general election internet campaigns, said political memorabilia becomes headline-worthy when it "captures the spirit of the election."
"The Trump sick bags certainly seem to do that," he said.
"They are a good example of how humour can capture the strength of emotion people have over a political issue, in ways that are hard to match with straight words without sounding [like] ranting."
Ms Leith said she takes inspiration from "something in the news that I get sick of hearing about".
Her previous successes include the "Throne Up" bags made for the royal wedding of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
The first edition of the Trump bags has already sold out to buyers in the UK, USA, Germany and other European countries.
A police chase led to a tense standoff in a car park for several hours, until police shot the suspect through the front windshield of the van.
Police say the suspect is dead, but have not confirmed the man's identity.
Two bombs left outside the Dallas police HQ in Texas, and two more bombs found inside the van, have detonated.
The motive for the attack is not clear. No officers have been hurt.
Police say the suspect's van caught fire as officers detonated two pipe bombs in the vehicle.
The gun attack on the police headquarters began at about 00:30 local time (05:30 GMT) on Saturday.
Initially, police quoted witnesses as saying that as many as four suspects were involved - however, Dallas Police Chief David Brown subsequently said it appeared that only one gunman was involved.
He said that following the shooting, the suspect fled in the van, ramming a police car.
A police chase ended in a car park in Hutchins, about nine miles (14km) from central Dallas.
The van, which was disabled using a police rifle, appeared to have gun ports built into its sides.
Police say the suspect was a white male, but his identity has not been confirmed.
Mr Brown said the suspect had given his name as James Boulware, and officers had attended three incidents of domestic violence involving a man with that name in the past.
"The suspect has told our negotiators that we took his child and we accused him of being a terrorist, and that he's going to blow us up. And then cut off negotiations."
At 05:07, police snipers shot through the front windshield of the van, Mr Brown said.
Police then sent in a robot equipped with a camera to confirm that the suspect had died, and detonated explosives found in the van.
Residents near the police headquarters had been evacuated as a precaution while specialist teams dealt with other explosives left nearby.
One of the bags exploded as a robot tried to move it.
Dallas police said they successfully detonated another device found under a police truck outside the headquarters, while a third package found in a rubbish container had been cleared and was not an explosive.
Maj Max Geron from Dallas police said one officer searching for explosives had almost tripped over one of the bags that exploded.
"Some officers say we are very lucky. I believe we are blessed that our officers survived this ordeal," Mr Brown said.
Joshua Guilbuad, who lives near the police headquarters, told the BBC he was woken by the gunshots.
"It sounded like approximately 200 gunshots going off across the street."
He said police told him and his flatmates to evacuate the building and shortly afterwards there was "a huge explosion which shook the glass in the windows".
Francis Pusok, 30, led police on a chase through San Bernardino Valley from atop a stolen horse.
The incident was was filmed by a news helicopter and shows Mr Pusok being kicked in the head and groin.
Sheriff John McMahon told reporters: "I am disturbed and troubled by what I see."
The suspensions come amid other high-profile charges of police misconduct in the US. A South Carolina police officer was charged with murder this week after video emerged of him firing into suspect Walter Scott's back as he flees.
The footage, shot by TV station KNBC-TV, shows Mr Pusok falling from the horse after being hit by a deputy's stun gun. Deputies jump onto suspect and several begin violently punching and kicking him, even after he appears to be complying.
The attack lasts about two minutes. Mr Pusok, who is white, was taken to hospital with unknown injuries after being shown on camera laying completely still.
Mr Pusok's lawyer, Jim Terrell, described what he sees in the video as "thugs beating up my client."
Deputies had been attempting to serve a search warrant in a identity-theft investigation when Mr Pusok fled by car and then later on horseback.
Scottish Agricultural College (SAC) researcher Dr Sarah Skerratt travelled across north and west Scotland in a mobile home to gather evidence.
She had hoped to visit 17 communities, but bad weather prevented her from reaching the island of Eigg.
Dr Skerratt's report will be made available to MSPs.
Her journey by road and ferry took in community land trusts in Assynt, Lewis, Harris, South Uist, Skye, Knoydart, Rum, Mull and Gigha.
Populations on the community owned lands ranged from 23 people to 11,000.
According to SAC, land trusts in Scotland own just under 500,000 acres (202,342 hectares) of land in total.
Dr Skerratt said: "It is evident that community land ownership is one clear way of achieving a more vibrant rural Scotland.
"While communities may not all have the range of skills and capacity needed for the task of purchasing and developing their land, they are overcoming the challenges by 'importing' training, guidance and support to complement what they have locally."
David Cameron, chairman of Community Land Scotland, said more communities should consider community land ownership.
He said: "On the basis of the evidence provided in the report, I am confident that it will encourage other communities to consider whether landownership could be an option for them.
"This applies not only to areas in the Highlands and Islands - I believe that there are absolutely no barriers to it happening right across Scotland wherever there are willing communities."
Duns-based landscape photo-artist Iain White was commissioned to take photographs during her travels in May this year.
The FSA said it had found "serious failings" in the sale of the products
, designed to protect firms taking out loans against rising interest rates.
The FSA said it had reached agreement with Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds and RBS over providing "redress".
The mis-selling is the third case of serious malpractice at the UK's banks.
This comes after manipulation of lending rates and the PPI insurance mis-selling.
The FSA said it believed the swaps had had a "severe impact on a large number of these businesses".
It did not say how much money would be necessary to compensate the businesses involved.
Sandy Chen, from Cenkos Securities, estimated that the total cost to the banks collectively would be between £1.1bn to £1.4bn, with most of that falling on Barclays.
Around 28,000 interest rate protection products were sold to thousands of small businesses, starting in 2001.
The businesses affected should now be contacted by their bank to instruct them whether they are included in a review of these sales. Those which were found to have been the victims of mis-selling will eventually be offered compensation.
The banks all released responses in the wake of the FSA announcement, saying they had co-operated with the FSA and would continue to work with it to resolve the matter. They said they had agreed to carry out a thorough assessment of sales of these products to certain customers.
Lloyds said that it had not sold these types of products widely, and therefore was not expecting the costs of redress to be substantial.
The managing director of the FSA's conduct business unit, Martin Wheatley, said the practice had been costly for the victims: "For many small businesses this has been a difficult and distressing experience with many people's livelihoods affected," he said.
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He added that the bosses of the banks, including Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond, had given a personal assurance they would sort out the problems caused.
The FSA has been investigating whether mis-selling took place for two months, and as part of that has been talking to some 100 businesses.
When Parliament debated the subject last week, the Aberconwy MP, Guto Bebb, said many business people did not understand the deals but trusted their bank managers, and many were told that without signing up they risked being refused credit.
Waheeda Bashir runs a halal butchers in Ilford, Essex, and approached Barclays in 2006 for a loan to expand her business.
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The 35-year-old said that she requested £1.45m to buy neighbouring properties and said she was told she had to take an interest rate protection product otherwise she would not get the loan.
As a result she said she has ended up paying £7,926 a month for the 25-year loan, but then an additional bill of £19,000 every three months for 32 years to pay off the rest of the complex deal.
"It is a rope around our neck. We have had to sell all the jewellery that my mum and dad gave to us. It has taken all our life earnings," she said.
She said that she hoped the situation would be dealt with as soon as possible in the light of the FSA's findings.
"We have had to beg and borrow from friends. Business is hard but we are pushing along," she said.
Another person who said he had been affected was Michael Barltrop, 59, of Wilmslow, Cheshire, who said that an exit from one of these deals eventually cost him £200,000.
"It has left us completely short of money and caused a lot of stress," he said.
Others have claimed that the extra bill that they have faced had led to their businesses collapsing.
Swaps products vary in their complexity and the FSA said some of these can be appropriate when sold in the right circumstances.
But it said it had found a range of poor practices including:
The FSA will now contact other banks which sold interest rate hedging products to see if similar mis-selling practices went on. These additional institutions were responsible for only a small proportion of the sales, the FSA said.
The 21-year-old, who won the women's C1 gold on Saturday, finished 0.24 seconds behind the winner in Prague.
Fellow Briton Mallory Franklin, 22, who claimed sliver behind Woods on Saturday, finished fourth, 4.9 seconds off the lead in the K1 event.
Spain's Maialen Chourraut took gold in one minute 44.68 seconds.
The government measure will mean the minimum wage for over-25s will rise in April 2016 from £6.70 an hour to £7.20.
Experts say it will have a major impact in the social care sector, where much of the workforce earns minimum wage.
The department said the hourly rate paid to providers would "inevitably have to be reviewed".
It is not yet clear how much extra money is needed or where it could come from.
A report by the Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland (COPNI) found the average hourly tariff paid for home care in Northern Ireland is £11.35.
That tariff, which must cover workers wages and all other costs, is the lowest of any part of the UK.
The body that represents private and voluntary sector care companies has described that as inadequate, even before the National Living Wage is introduced.
Pauline Sheppard, the chief executive of Independent Health and Care Providers, said some firms feared their businesses would no longer be viable.
She described the National Living Wage as a "positive" measure that would see care workers "recognised and rewarded".
"The difficulty is if it's not going to be funded through from the trusts and the Department of Health," she said.
She said "the market will fail, and fail quite soon" without an increased tariff.
The department said it was in discussion with the Health and Social Care Board about the financial impact of the National Living Wage on the delivery of services, including home care.
It added: "In recent discussions with independent sector representatives, the board has invited them to submit information which would help to inform these discussions."
COPNI has recommended that the department commissions a health economist to determine the accurate cost of home care, something that has never been done in Northern Ireland.
Ravi Babu said the piglet would star in his next film called Adhigo, which translates from the Telugu to "there".
Long bank queues have become common after 500 and 1,000 rupee notes were banned in a crackdown on corruption.
"I was taking it to a computer graphics lab when I realised I didn't have money for fuel," Mr Babu told the BBC.
"I stopped at the ATM but had to carry it myself because it squealed when my production assistant tried carrying it.
"You have to hold it with your hand under its chest and hold it close to you to make it feel comfortable."
The picture is being widely circulated on Indian social media.
There have been chaotic scenes in India ever since the currency ban was announced as part of a crackdown on "black money" two weeks ago. People have been queuing up for hours outside banks and cash machines which often are fast running out of money.
This has brought India's largely cash economy to a virtual standstill.
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The piglet, whose name is Bunty, is one of 25 pigs being reared to star in Babu's film.
"`They just grow too fast. So I am rearing quite a few to ensure the piglet's character looks the same size," he told the BBC.
Standing in line at the ATM in the southern city of Hyderabad, Babu took only about 15 minutes to withdraw 2,000 rupees - with Bunty firmly in hand.
The four people ahead of the star in the queue did not seem too bothered about the piglet and were apparently more concerned about withdrawing money.
It was only when the impatient piglet started protesting that onlookers reacted with amusement.
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After a 58-year failure to qualify for a major tournament, Wales reached the semi-finals in France where they were defeated by Portugal.
Fans say Wales' heroics have changed football in the country forever and Chris Coleman's side now aim to reach the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
"We can keep this momentum going," Liverpool midfielder Joe Allen said.
"We are all very proud of what we have done and hope this is the benchmark and that we can look forward to more future success."
Wales began the tournament as one of the outsiders but caused a shock by topping Group B, finishing above England despite losing to their neighbours.
They then edged past Northern Ireland in the last 16 before upsetting a highly regarded Belgium side 3-1 in the last eight.
Their return to Cardiff on Friday saw thousands of fans line the streets to greet a squad that has captured the imagination of the public in an often rugby-obsessed nation.
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Wales begin their World Cup qualifying campaign at home to Moldova on 5 September with Austria, Serbia, the Republic of Ireland and Georgia the other nations standing between Coleman's players and another major finals.
Captain Ashley Williams wants Wales to top their Euro 2016 efforts in Russia.
"We've said to ourselves on the bus, imagine if we had won the tournament. Because looking at the streets, it feels like we have.
"After the Russia World Cup hopefully it will be the same again, but with a trophy."
Wales' talisman Gareth Bale, the world's most expensive footballer, says he could never have imagined as a child that Wales could reach the semi-finals of a major tournament.
"Growing up, maybe not, maybe I didn't dream this was possible," he told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
"It has been the dream of many and we have fulfilled that potential."
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Allen feels Wales have age on their side as they look to qualify for a first World Cup since 1958, when they reached the last eight.
"I definitely feel we have more to give, we are still a young team, we all still have our prime to come and hopefully we can keep this confidence up and keep on growing as a team," he said.
Reading defender Chris Gunter is confident the squad can take their performances to another level.
"I don't think there is any way we won't build on this and will let this go," he said.
"Because these are the foundations for what we want to do for the next number of years and we won't be able to not use this experience and the momentum we now have.
"We need to start the next campaign well, soon this will be in the distant past, so we need to enjoy it while we can."
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No-one was injured in the incident at Comet Ping Pong in an affluent neighbourhood of the nation's capital.
A 28-year-old man from North Carolina was taken into police custody.
Conspiracy theorists said the pizzeria was the base of a child sex ring run by ex-US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her aide, John Podesta.
Edgar Maddison Welch, the man arrested on Sunday, told police he went to the restaurant to "self-investigate" the theory, dubbed "pizzagate".
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The suspect allegedly walked into the restaurant and pointed the rifle at an employee, who managed to flee. He later fired the weapon.
He has been charged with assault with a dangerous weapon.
The "pizzagate" theory originated on alternative message board 4chan, based on emails hacked from the Democratic Party and leaked by Wikileaks.
The restaurant's owner, James Alefantis, a Democratic Party donor, appears in the emails in relation to organising a Democratic fundraiser.
Users of 4chan and another message board Reddit had claimed that words in the emails, such as cheese, hot dog, and pizza, were code for young children and sex acts.
Mr Alefantis said after Sunday's incident: "Let me state unequivocally: These stories are completely and entirely false, and there is no basis in fact to any of them.
"What happened today demonstrates that promoting false and reckless conspiracy theories comes with consequences."
The bizarre and unfounded theory has been spread online by right-wing blogs such as Infowars, which is run by Donald Trump supporter Alex Jones.
Mr Jones, a conspiracy theorist and talk radio host, said Mr Trump called him the day after the election to thank him and his followers.
The theory was also pushed online by Michael Flynn Jr, son of General Michael Flynn, Mr Trump's choice for national security adviser.
Mr Alefantis, the owner of Comet Pizza, has received hundreds of threatening messages on Instagram and Facebook.
There have also been protests outside the eatery.
The conspiracy theory was one of a number of fake news stories related to the US election that have spread both before and after the poll.
Tim Martin, an ardent supporter of Brexit, used his company's profits statement to attack a host of targets, including the CBI, the IMF, Goldman Sachs and the former prime minister.
They and others warned the economy would suffer post-Brexit.
Data on the UK economy showed a dip in July but has been positive for August.
Wetherspoon's itself saw annual profits rise 12.5% after exceptional items to £66m.
In a detailed and extended statement, Tim Martin lambasted those who had failed to "see through the flaws" of the European Union, and said their forecasts had been proved wrong following the 23 June referendum.
Using striking language, he told the BBC: "We were told it would be Armageddon from the OECD, from the IMF, David Cameron, the chancellor and President Obama who were predicting locusts in the fields and tidal waves in the North Sea."
Closely-watched economic surveys have shown a sharp rebound for UK services and manufacturing in August after the industries took a hit in July.
Mr Martin also suggested that the UK did not need a trade deal with the EU, adding that an unsigned agreement with a major supplier had worked perfectly well for his business for a number of years.
"Common sense ... suggests that the worst approach for the UK is to insist on the necessity of a 'deal' - we don't need one and the fact that EU countries sell us twice as much as we sell them creates a hugely powerful negotiating position," he said in the trading statement.
In May, Mr Martin printed 200,000 beer mats criticising the head of the IMF, Christine Lagarde, for saying that a vote to leave the EU would be "pretty bad to very, very bad".
In contrast to Mr Martin at Wetherspoon, pub and restaurant chain, Greene King, said it was cautious about the impact of Brexit on the pub business.
The company reported a 1.7% rise in like-for-like sales for the 18 weeks to 4 September, crediting the European football championships and decent weather for what it described as a "strong start" to the year.
It said that uncertainty surrounding the UK's future withdrawal from the EU had translated into a weakening of some economic indicators and a reduction in consumer confidence.
It said it had noted a number of recent industry surveys flagging risks to leisure spending and said it was "alert to a potentially tougher trading environment ahead".
The divergent messages saw the shares move accordingly. Wetherspoon shares were up 5% and Greene King down 5%.
BBC Newsnight has heard that witness criticisms of police who had been at the scene were not properly recorded.
This is the first time fans have come forward to question how West Midlands police took their statements.
The force declined to comment pending ongoing inquiries and the forthcoming inquests into the deaths of 96 fans.
The Liverpool fans died when a crush developed on an overcrowded terrace at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough ground, during an FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest in April 1989.
The Hillsborough Independent Panel reported 18 months ago that 164 accounts from South Yorkshire police - the local force - had been changed, apparently to shift the blame for the disaster from the police on to the fans.
Nick Braley, who was a teenage student at the time, said that when he told West Midlands officers three weeks later that South Yorkshire police failings had caused the disaster, he was told he could face prosecution.
He says he was "scared and intimidated" by a West Midlands officer.
"I'm a 19-year-old boy, three weeks out of Hillsborough, traumatised, and he's threatening me that he's going to put together a case for wasting police time because he didn't like my evidence," he says.
Newsnight has found that his experience is typical of those cited by a number of Hillsborough survivors.
Some of the West Midlands officers seemed to regard them not as vulnerable and invaluable witnesses keen to make truthful statements, but more like suspects.
"John" - not his real name - was 17 when he went to the match.
He struggled to survive in pen three, behind the goal on the Leppings Lane terrace.
At one point he lost consciousness and came to among the dead and dying.
"I remember standing next to a guy with dark, greasy hair, obviously from the sweat. We were totally pushed against each other in such a way that it's impossible to describe," he says.
"It was just me and him fighting for our lives. And I don't know if he was one of the 96 [who died], but I know that I had to stand on him to get out."
Once on the pitch, John helped carry bodies to the gymnasium before collapsing. "I was broken," he says.
He tells how when two West Midlands officers arrived to take his statement at his home in Huyton, Merseyside, they sent his parents out.
John told them of police mismanagement at Hillsborough and how he planned to join the police to help prevent anything like it recurring.
According to John, the officers refused to let him read his own statement, saying, "I've written what you told me. All you need to do is sign this now."
He says he felt physically intimidated and powerless as the pair stood around him. He signed.
Nick Braley went to the semi-final as a neutral, excited to have been given a ticket by a friend.
He says the officer taking his statement was not impressed.
"I'd been wearing a Free Mandela T-shirt," he says.
This prompted aggressive questions. "Was I a student agitator? Was I a member of the Socialist Workers Party? I'm just a fan at a game of football. He then turned on me and said I was a criminal with a grudge against the police."
At one point, he says, the police suggested he had not even been at the game. When he produced his ticket, he was told he could have found it.
Professor Phil Scraton, of Queens University, Belfast, who was the main author of the Hillsborough Independent Panel's report, which led to the scrapping of the 1990 inquest verdicts and the setting up of two fresh investigations, believes many witnesses were subjected to what were effectively interrogations.
He sees a clear parallel between the way South Yorkshire police questioned the bereaved on the night of the disaster - asking whether they or those they had lost had been drinking and checking for criminal records - and the statement-taking of the West Midlands force.
He says both forces shared the same mindset and this has deepened the trauma for survivors.
For John, what he calls "survivor guilt" reached a peak 15 years after Hillsborough.
He was a detective in the Metropolitan Police's murder squad, frequently blotting out his feelings about Hillsborough with drink.
By 2004, overwhelmed, he attempted suicide by driving his car into a tree. He resigned from the force after a disciplinary hearing.
Following the independent panel report, he finally got to see the statement he was refused sight of 25 years ago. He says there were no surprises: "It's as I thought. It's not my account." He says it even places him in the wrong part of the ground.
Nick Braley also feels his statement does not reflect the truth. He's also now got access to internal West Midlands police memos and notes referring to his case. And there, handwritten, are the lines "came across as totally anti-police... at first doubted had been at the match".
And then there's his Nelson Mandela T-shirt. "Was wearing a 'left wing' type 'T' shirt, actual motif not known."
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Puea Thai Party sources said Ms Shinawatra left Thailand last week.
It was revealed on Friday that Ms Yingluck, who is charged with negligence, had gone abroad but the destination was not known.
When she failed to appear in court, an arrest warrant was issued and her bail was confiscated.
Dubai is where her brother, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, lives in self-imposed exile. He went there to avoid a 2008 jail sentence for corruption.
"We heard that she went to Cambodia and then Singapore, from where she flew to Dubai. She has arrived safely and is there now," a senior member of the Shinawatras' party told Reuters.
Deputy national police chief Gen Srivara Rangsibrahmanakul said police had no record of Ms Yingluck leaving the country and were following the matter closely.
Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said Ms Yingluck's location would "be clear soon".
Judges have postponed the negligence verdict until 27 September.
Ms Yingluck, 50, has denied any wrongdoing in the rice subsidy scheme, which cost Thailand billions of dollars.
If found guilty at the end of the two-year trial, she could be jailed for up to 10 years and permanently banned from politics.
Analysis by Jonathan Head, BBC News, Bangkok
Yingluck Shinawatra was the most high-profile criminal defendant in Thailand and was constantly monitored by the military authorities. So how was she able to leave the country just hours before the verdict was due to be read out? Immigration authorities say they have no record of her leaving the country.
However, it is a poorly-concealed secret that some in the military government would have been happy to see her leave the country before the verdict.
Had she been convicted and jailed, she could have been seen as a victim by her supporters. The government was nervous about their reaction. Acquitting her, though, would have been equally unacceptable to her hard-line opponents, many of them very influential.
That would also have undermined the justification for the military coup which overthrew her government. So it is unlikely anyone tried to stop her leaving, or that they will try to get her back.
Ms Yingluck's lawyer had requested a delay in the ruling, telling the Supreme Court that she had vertigo and a severe headache and was unable to attend.
But the court said in a statement that it did not believe she was sick as there was no medical certificate, and that the alleged sickness was not severe enough to prevent her travelling to court.
"Such behaviour convincingly shows that she is a flight risk. As a result, the court has issued an arrest warrant and confiscated the posted bail money," the statement said.
Ms Yingluck posted $900,000 (£703,000) bail at the beginning of her trial.
Friday's turn of events took many by surprise, including the hundreds of people who turned up outside the Supreme Court in Bangkok to support Ms Yingluck.
Ms Yingluck, who became Thailand's first female prime minister in 2011, was impeached in 2015 over the rice scheme by a military-backed legislature, which then brought the legal case.
The scheme, part of Ms Yingluck's election campaign platform, was launched shortly after she took office.
It was aimed at boosting farmers' incomes and alleviating rural poverty, and saw the government paying farmers nearly twice the market rate for their crop.
But it hit Thailand's rice exports hard, leading to a loss of at least $8bn and huge stockpiles of rice which the government could not sell.
Though it was popular with her rural voter base, opponents said the scheme was too expensive and open to corruption.
During her trial, Ms Yingluck had argued she was not responsible for the day-to-day running of the scheme. She has insisted she is a victim of political persecution.
Her time in office was overshadowed by controversy as well as strong political opposition.
The youngest sister of Mr Thaksin, she was seen by her opponents as a proxy for her brother, who was controversially ousted by the military in 2006.
Both siblings remain popular among the rural poor, but are hated by an urban and middle-class elite.
Their Puea Thai party has - under various different names - won every election in Thailand since 2001.
May 2011- Yingluck Shinawatra is elected PM, and shortly afterwards begins rolling out her rice subsidy scheme
January 2014 - Thailand's anti-corruption authorities investigate Ms Yingluck in connection to the scheme
May 2014 - She is forced to step down from her post after Thailand's constitutional court finds her guilty of abuse of power in another case. Weeks later the military ousts what remains of her government
January 2015 - An army-backed legislature impeaches Ms Yingluck for corruption over her role in the rice scheme, which effectively bans her from politics for five years. It also launches legal proceedings against her
August 2017 - Ms Yingluck fails to appear at court for the verdict, claiming ill health. It is later revealed she left for Dubai
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) says its focus will switch to the sevens game after the tournament, which starts in Ireland next month.
England's retired World Cup winner Maggie Alphonsi said the news was "very disappointing".
It is understood several current squad members will move to a sevens contract.
New XVs contracts will then be awarded in preparation for the 2021 Women's Rugby World Cup.
England, who won the World Cup for the first time in 20 years in 2014, begin their defence against Spain in Dublin on 9 August.
News on their contracts emerged at a time when there is increased focus on women's sport, with England lifting the Women's Cricket World Cup at Lord's and the football side winning their first two matches at Euro 2017.
England named a 28-player squad in June for next month's tournament.
Reports suggest there are a total of about 50 England players who are on a mixture of full-time and part-time professional contracts, with only 17 full-time professional fixed-term deals set to be handed out in September, purely for the sevens programme.
The move was criticised by two female Labour MPs.
Barbara Keeley, MP for Worsley and Eccles South, called it "a shameful decision" and Gower MP Tonia Antoniazzi said on Twitter: "Another huge blow for women with contracts being slashed by England RFU."
The RFU, which announced record revenues last year of more than £400m, says its priorities shift between the XVs and sevens programmes, with the Rugby World Cup Sevens and Commonwealth Games taking place next year.
It says the XVs side will continue to take part in competitions, and stresses it has invested millions of pounds in the women's game, including £800,000 annually on a new domestic club competition aimed at increasing and improving the talent pool available for selection for England.
"The women's squad were always aware that contracts would end in September, after the World Cup," said RFU director of professional rugby Nigel Melville.
"The current XVs squad was informed in April that the next contracts will be focused on sevens, reflecting the cyclical nature of the women's game. The squad fully understands the position and are focused on the World Cup in Ireland next month."
But what is the ozone layer and why is it important?
The ozone layer is the part of the Earth's upper atmosphere where ozone, a form of oxygen gas, is found.
It absorbs UV radiation, preventing most of it from reaching us on the ground. This is important as UV radiation can harm humans, animals and plants.
Scientists first noticed a dramatic thinning of ozone above Antarctica in the 1980s.
It was being destroyed by gases called CFCs that were found in things like hairsprays, fridges and air conditioning units.
The scientists say that in September 2015 the hole had shrunk by 4 million sq km since the year 2000 - an area roughly the size of India.
They think it's because CFC gasses were banned around the world.
Paramedics and a GP tried to resuscitate Glen Yates, also known as Colin Atkinson, but he was confirmed dead at Maelor Hospital, Wrexham.
Mr Yates, 36, of Mold, had been diagnosed as schizophrenic in 1999.
A coroner told an inquest in Ruthin he had no on-going concerns about how the matter was handled.
John Gittins, the coroner for North Wales East and Central, said: "It was clearly a very rare occurrence."
Mr Yates, a former forestry worker, became a patient at the mental health rehabilitation unit Delfryn House, near Mold, in March 2014.
Laura Rogers, head of care at the unit at that time, said he had physical health problems including diabetes and heart and respiratory problems but often did not take his medication.
"He was aware that he had a diagnosis of schizophrenia but did not agree with it," she said.
In May 2014, he discharged himself from hospital against medical advice.
In October that year, Mr Yates was struggling to breathe and sweating but he refused to go to hospital by ambulance. His GP in Mold, Sekela Mwambingu, told him he would die if he did not.
She and doctors at Delfryn House agreed Mr Yates did not have the mental capacity to refuse admission to hospital.
Dr Mwambingu said: "It was a very difficult case and I felt that I did what I did in the patient's best interests. I didn't think there was an option not to sedate him."
But she added with hindsight, she would have ensured there was an antidote to the sedative available and would have consulted a more senior medical colleague.
A post-mortem examination found Mr Yates died of respiratory tract infection and heart failure, with diabetes a contributory factor.
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board said a review into the case found all the actions were in the patient's best interests.
Recording a conclusion of natural causes, the coroner said he did not see the need to issue a report aimed at preventing future deaths as it was evident that lessons had been learned.
The retailer Brantano has 200 outlets across Britain, employing about 2,000 people.
It has shops at Aberystwyth, Broughton in Flintshire, Cardiff, Carmarthen, Holyhead on Anglesey, Pembroke Dock and Rhyl in Denbighshire.
Administrators said the shops would continue to trade while a decision was taken over the future of the business.
"Like many others, Brantano has been hit hard by the change in consumers' shopping habits and the evolution of the UK retail environment," said Tony Barrell, lead administrator for PwC.
"The administrators are continuing to trade the businesses as normal whilst we assess the trading strategy over the coming days and weeks.
"Staff will be paid their arrears of wages and salaries, and will continue to be paid for their work during the administration."
Forest face Ipswich Town on Sunday and must match or better Blackburn Rovers' result away against Brentford to be certain of staying in the Championship.
Forest's longest-serving player Cohen, 30, told BBC Radio Nottingham his deal "will all be sorted next week".
"I am just concentrating on winning on Sunday - that's what matters."
"I have always wanted to stay no matter where we are. Hopefully that will be in the Championship."
Forest are only above Blackburn Rovers by one goal.
Blackburn will survive if they better Forest's result. If they match Forest's result, Rovers must effect a two-goal swing on Forest to finish above them, as Forest's goal difference is better by one and they have also scored nine more goals. Blackburn will go down if both clubs draw.
But if Forest beat Ipswich then they could also finish above Birmingham City - if the Blues fail to win their final match of the season at Bristol City.
Meanwhile, Switzerland international midfielder Pajtim Kasami has left the club, reports BBC Radio Nottingham.
The 24-year-old's loan deal from Greek side Olympiacos was not due to expire until the end of the season.
Kasami made 27 appearances this term, but has not played under new manager Mark Warburton.
The players, including Test captain Alastair Cook, made the contribution to a fund organised by Taylor's partner Josephine Naylor and her siblings.
Batsman Taylor, 26, was forced to retire from all cricket in April because of a serious heart condition.
The fund's initial target was £3,000.
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The 58-year-old was speaking about her transition from being Robert Millar, one of Scotland's best ever cyclists.
She went public about her gender change last month, more than a decade after she completed the transition.
Philippa told BBC Scotland's Kaye Adams programme that she had first had the feeling that she was the wrong gender when she was five years old.
"I did function as a boy when I was younger and most of the time I was fairly happy, but there was always that feeling in the background that I didn't really want to be a boy," she says.
Philippa, who was then Robert, became one of Scotland's most successful ever road cyclists after taking up the sport as a teenager.
Millar finished fourth in the Tour De France in 1984. At the time it was the highest position recorded by any UK cyclist, and was only recently bettered by Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome.
The Glaswegian cyclist also won the King of the Mountains prize, awarded to the racer who performs best on the lung-busting, high-altitude stages of the race.
Philippa says of the King of the Mountains title: "It seems rather inappropriate now but that's what it was."
She says: "A lot of trans people find themselves in macho situations. I'm not sure why that is.
"I think you are trying to prove that you can function in that environment."
Born: 13 September 1958
Birthplace: Glasgow
Amateur clubs: Glenmarnock, Glasgow Wheelers, ACBB (Paris)
Amateur record: Scottish junior champion, British National champion, 4th World Championships
Pro teams: Peugeot, Panasonic, Fagor, Z,TVM, Le Groupement
Selected pro highlights: Tour de France King of the Mountains 1984, 4th Tour de France 1984, 2nd Tour of Spain 1985 and 1986, 2nd Tour of Italy 1987, winner Tour of Britain 1989, winner Dauphine Libere 1990
Philippa says the world of high level competitive sport is a strange one.
"There are lots of people who have got issues, because normal people wouldn't do those things," she says.
"Basically you are proving yourself every day. It is rather stressful, so not everybody can cope with it.
"It is a very different world the one I live in now. I wouldn't say it is the complete opposite but there aren't many similarities."
Born in Glasgow in 1958, the teenage Millar got into cycling as a way of getting out of the city and seeing the surrounding areas.
Almost immediately Millar became an amateur racer and turned professional at the age of 21.
The 1984 Tour De France success was followed by second place finishes in the Tour of Spain and the Giro D'Italia in the following years.
A few years after retiring in 1995, and returning to the UK from France, the cyclist began to seek medical help for gender reassignment.
"It is not an easy decision to make," Philippa says.
"It is something I had been considering for a long, long time beforehand.
"Eventually you come to a point where you have to make some sort of decision over how your life is going to move forward.
"For my happiness and everybody's happiness around about me I decided to seek help with it."
Philippa was married with children when she made the decision, but they did not know about her "internal struggle".
"I didn't really share that stuff until I came back to the UK and then I started dealing with it properly," she says.
Philippa was about 42 when she started the transition process and says it was not easy for anyone.
She says: "It is not a nice thing to deal with for your family. There are a lot of issues that come up.
"It is a process that takes a long time. During it you have crisis, depression, moments of high and lows.
"It is like a mini adolescence over again, except you are a fully grown adult."
Eventually though she felt confident to be Philippa.
"Because it takes so long there was no one date when you think I've done it, I'm going to live as Philippa now," she says.
"It's a gradual thing, it creeps up on you. Now I'm fine with who I am. I'm a middle-aged woman."
Philippa disappeared from public life for many years during and after her transition.
She made a statement about it last month in preparation for a return to commentary with the ITV4 team covering the Tour De France.
She says: "My children and the people around about me have got used to the idea and the offer came along from ITV to do a bit of commentary work.
"It would have been difficult to just appear without explaining what had happened to Robert."
The woman aged in her 30s and her child were abducted by two men from Redcar seafront at lunchtime on Friday.
Cleveland Police said the pair were taken about four miles to Longbeck Lane, near Yearby, where the woman was raped by both men.
A 31-year-old man from Redcar had been arrested on suspicion of rape.
A force spokesman said the man, who was arrested earlier, has been released without charge and inquiries are ongoing.
Police had previously said the woman's screams as she and her child were bundled into the car would have been heard by passersby.
The government money will be used to revamp Ness Point in Lowestoft, Suffolk, which is currently marked only by a circular stone plaque.
The council hopes to turn the semi-derelict promenade area into an attraction similar to Land's End and John O'Groats.
Ness Point visitor centre will celebrate the area's maritime heritage.
New cycle links and footpaths are also planned along with an area dedicated to cultural events such as festivals.
It is one of 30 coastal projects to benefit from up to £40m of government funds.
Up to 250 coastal communities bid for a share the Department for Communities and Local Government funding, which Communities Secretary Sajid Javid said was to "back the Great British Coast... to create new jobs, boost economic growth and increase tourism".
"There's a range of exciting projects set to benefit across the country, from a new conference centre for Blackpool to new beach huts and lifeguards for Hastings.
"This new funding will help attract even more tourists to our coast and help our seaside towns and coastal areas thrive," he said.
Coastal tourism is worth £8bn to the economy each year, Mr Javid added.
Also set to benefit is the West Norfolk Coastal Corridor, where cycling paths and walking trails will be improved and Ipswich town centre, where £750,000 will boost an £8m scheme to regenerate the Suffolk waterfront and dock area.
Funding has also been secured for a new conference centre planned for Blackpool's Winter Gardens, and on Merseyside, Southport Pier will use its share of the money to help promote the area to birdwatchers.
Money has also been awarded to Plymouth History Centre to improve visitor attractions ahead of the Mayflower 400 celebrations in 2020, and the White Rock area of Hastings will receive funds to boost lifeguard numbers and build new beach huts.
Since 2012, £120m has been invested in more than 200 projects through the Coastal Communities Fund across the UK, the government said.
The striker was suspended by the League One club last week after a "breach of discipline" and will not be allowed to play until the inquiry is over.
On Wednesday, the 25-year-old admitted an online banking fraud, but the suspension is believed to be unrelated.
It is expected the investigation will be concluded by the end of January.
"The club does not wish to pre-judge the circumstances and awaits the outcome of the Football Association's review and assessment before the club makes its own decision surrounding Nile's future," a club statement said.
"The club recognises the difficulties Nile Ranger has suffered in the past and, although to a lesser extent, that continues to impact on the present.
"It is therefore fair that the club comes to a decision only when all the facts, and factors, are to hand.
"A negative decision, and consequential termination of Nile's contract, would effectively undo all the good work the club, manager Phil Brown and his team mates have achieved to date. However, no player is more important than the club."
The mid-point net income of all households in the UK was up 3% after inflation.
That meant average income before housing costs reached £473 per week - around £24,600 a year, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said.
This income had fallen during the financial crisis.
There was little change in the gap between rich and poor, as has been the case since 2011-12, the figures showed.
However, the data revealed that on one measure child poverty had increased, and in two other measures it was unchanged in 2014-15 compared with the previous year.
"Child poverty isn't inevitable - the government needs to invest in our children so we can all share the rewards of a stronger economy and a fairer society," said Alison Garnham, chief executive of Child Poverty Action Group.
Work and Pensions Secretary Stephen Crabb said: "There is of course still more to do and that is why our Life Chances Strategy will look at the root causes of poverty whether that is worklessness, debt or addiction, family breakdown or educational attainment. It is only by doing this that we can truly tackle poverty and ensure everyone succeeds in life."
Nicola Payne, 18, of Coventry, disappeared while crossing wasteland near her parents' house on 14 December, 1991. Her body has never been found.
The new searches in Coombe Abbey Country Park have so far produced "nothing of relevance" but followed "credible evidence", police said.
Two men were cleared of murdering Ms Payne last year.
After the court case, West Midlands Police pledged to continue investigating her disappearance.
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The force said officers have been searching the woods for eight weeks with help from scientists and dogs trained to find bodies.
Ms Payne's family has been kept updated and supported by family liaison officers.
A lake at the 500-acre site was searched in April last year.
Det Ch Insp Martin Slevin said: "These searches come after we received credible evidence from an eye witness concerning the sighting of two men in this area on the day Nicola disappeared.
"West Midlands Police is as committed as ever to finding Nicola's remains. We promised her family following the acquittal of two men last year that we would continue to investigate this crime and bring those responsible for her abduction and murder to justice.
"We will endeavour to bring them the closure they deserve."
He said "many items" had been submitted for examination but although nothing of relevance had so far been found, searches would continue until they either eliminate the site from the investigation or do find something important.
Anyone with information was urged to contact police as they may hold the "piece of jigsaw we are seeking," he added.
Nigel Barwell and his brother-in-law, Thomas O'Reilly, both 51 and of Coventry at the time of the hearing, were found not guilty of murder by a unanimous jury at Birmingham Crown Court last November.
Barclays had been the biggest UK lender not to support the facility.
The bank offers rival facilities of its own - including bPay and Pingit - but had faced pressure from some customers to support Apple's effort.
However, Barclays said it had no plans to join Android Pay or Samsung Pay when they come to the UK later this year.
"We are passionate about helping customers access services and carry out their day-to-day transactions in the way that suits them," said Barclays UK's chief executive Ashok Vaswani.
"Adding to the existing choice, from today both Barclays debit and Barclaycard credit card customers can use Apple Pay to make payments with their Apple device across the UK."
When questioned about its lack of commitment to similar services for Android-based handsets and tablets, a spokeswoman noted the bank already provided a way to take advantage of the devices' NFC (near field communication) chips.
"In January this year, we introduced a contactless mobile payment feature to the Barclaycard Android app that allows customers with an Android phone to make contactless payments for £30 and under, and at some retailers for up to £100, using their mobile device," she explained.
"Alongside this they can manage their account on the go and have lost, stolen and damaged cards instantly replaced on to their phone."
At present, Apple does not allow third-party apps to make use of the NFC chips in its devices.
Apple Pay allows debit and credit card details to be added to an iPhone, iPad and/or Apple Watch. The devices can subsequently stand in for the physical cards at contactless payment terminals.
In addition, it can be used as a way to pay for goods within compatible apps without a user having to type in the linked card's three or four-digit security code.
Apple has yet to disclose any data about how widely the service has been used since it was launched in the UK in July 2015.
However, the Memo news site recently reported that that just 0.4% of Transport for London's daily pay-as-you-go journeys had used the service over the last six months of 2015 despite support for Apple Pay being publicised at Tube stations.
Even so, one expert said it would be wrong to suggest it had flopped.
"The adoption of device-based payments will be more of a marathon than a sprint," said Ben Wood from the CCS Insight tech consultancy.
"The tech firms have to get consumers to engage in a behavioural change away from using their cards and cash.
"But Apple Pay - and Android Pay - are already in a strong position given the amount of support they are getting."
Apple's recent introduction of the iPhone SE could also help.
It is the US firm's first entry-level handset to feature a fingerprint sensor, allowing the smartphone to support Apple Pay.
Several of the smaller UK lenders that do not yet support the service have also indicated their desire to join.
Metro Bank told the BBC it intended to join Apple Pay within a few months, while Virgin Money said it was looking into adopting it later.
"The banks have felt they had to support Apple Pay and similar services for use at stores' contactless card terminals," commented Dave Birch, a payments specialist at Consult Hyperion.
"But I personally think all of these payment mechanisms will eventually be subsumed into applications.
"In the future, when you go to Tesco's - for example - you will pay via a Tesco app, and it will use Barclays bPay, Apple Pay, PayPal or whatever."
The Colombian pop star was photographed with the ex-PM in Switzerland, briefly causing much confusion on social media.
But Shakira explained they had been speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos about global education - something she's a known campaigner for.
"With Gordon Brown discussing the next steps to secure new major financing for education," she tweeted.
The World Economic Forum is an annual festival where politicians, business moguls and campaigners meet to discuss the state of the world.
In this case, Shakira - who is best-known for her hip-shaking pop hits - was calling on business leaders to help support new parents who want to spend more time at home with their children.
Shakira is a global ambassador for Unicef, while Mr Brown recently served as the United Nations Special Envoy on Global Education.
It's actually not the first time the pair have met.
Shakira visited Mr Brown in Downing Street in 2006, and two years ago she presented him with a petition signed by more than 10 million people calling for all children around the world to have access to education.
The singer has previously said of Mr Brown: "I know for a fact that he is one of those leaders who is committed to promoting universal education. That conversation was quite serious."
It's not the first unusual politician-celebrity friendship.
Angelina Jolie met former Conservative party leader William Hague several times while he was UK foreign secretary.
The pair appeared at a London summit dedicated to ending war rape and visited Bosnia and Herzegovina together to meet rape victims.
A whole host of celebrities were keen to be associated with Barack Obama when he first ran for US president in 2008, with Will.i.am campaigning on his behalf and Beyonce singing it his inauguration.
Some musicians would prefer their encounters with politicians to be forgotten, however.
While Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher was happy to meet with the then prime minister Tony Blair in 1997 during the New Labour movement, he later said he regretted the famous photographs of them together.
He told the New Statesman in 2013 that while he was proud to have endorsed Labour, he "did regret that picture at No 10 that night... I can still smell the cheese!"
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The Olympic Council of Ireland said the fighter is provisionally suspended from competition after an "adverse analytical" finding in an A-sample.
"The athlete will now decide whether to accept a sanction for a doping violation, to request that a B-sample be tested, or to appeal the provisional suspension," it added.
"The finding relates to a test not conducted at the 2016 Olympic Games."
The council stated that the Sport Ireland Anti-Doping Agency "has returned an adverse analytical finding in an A sample provided to anti-doping officers".
An Irish Athletic Boxing Association statement said it had been notified by Sport Ireland of an "alleged violation" by one of its high-performance boxers.
The boxer has not been named officially, but is believed to a member of Ireland's eight-strong Olympic team.
The association added that it has "always maintained a zero tolerance approach to doping".
"Irish Boxing has been one of the most widely tested sports by the National Anti-Doping Programme over the last number of years," it said.
"We ensure our boxers are available for testing in and out of competition.
"The Irish Athletic Boxing Association will not be in a position to comment further until all elements of due process associated with the anti-doping programme are completed in this case."
Ireland have won 16 of their 29 Olympic medals in boxing, making it their most successful sport at the Games.
Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer has been named crime novel of the year at the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.
Bauer's fourth novel, it tells the story of Patrick Fort, an anatomy student who suspects the body he is dissecting is a murder victim.
It beat books by Denise Mina, Malcolm Mackay, Elly Griffiths and Stav Sherez.
Mina was going for a hat-trick after winning the prize the previous two years in a row.
Bauer started her writing career as a journalist before winning a screenwriting competition run by Bafta in the 1990s.
She only had one script filmed - Happy Now, starring Ioan Gruffudd and Alison Steadman - but that was never released and she turned to writing novels instead.
"I'm a failed screenwriter," she said. "That became so soul-destroying, because you really pour your heart and soul into it.
"I wrote my first book Blacklands, and that was so successful that I immediately knew I could become a novelist rather than a screenwriter."
Her career change paid off when Blacklands won the British Crime Writers' Association's Gold Dagger Award in 2010.
Thirty per cent of all novels sold in the UK are crime stories, amounting to 17 million physical books per year, according to Nielsen Book Research.
With violent crime falling in the real world, Bauer believes readers turn to crime fiction to "test themselves".
"We actually live in a very safe, civilised society," she said. "They like to imagine what it would be like to be in that situation.
"We don't have many tests of our inner strength any more in this world. Possibly if you lived in a country that was riven by crime, you might not be quite so entertained by fictional crime."
The Harrogate ceremony also saw author and screenwriter Lynda La Plante, who is best known for creating the Prime Suspect TV series, pick up an outstanding achievement award.
"It means an incredible amount because it's from crime writers, and truthfully it was unexpected and a great honour," she said.
La Plante praised Bauer and this year's other nominees for their innovative stories and research.
"I think it's making crime writing into a more respected genre," she said. "What they're coming up with now are really fabulous detectives and characters."
La Plante is currently writing a new Prime Suspect novel, which is set in the years before the TV series.
The award ceremony kicked off the four-day Harrogate festival, which will also feature a talk by JK Rowling about writing crime fiction under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny was one of the world leaders that Mrs May talked to in the hours after her appointment as the UK's new prime minister.
Mr Kenny said he congratulated his counterpart during a phonecall on Wednesday evening.
They talked about their "joint support" of the Northern Ireland peace process.
"We discussed the importance of continuing to work together to build on the excellent relationship that now exists between Ireland and Britain," he added.
Mrs May stressed her "commitment to delivering the will of the British people to leave the EU", a Downing Street spokesperson said.
She explained that time would be needed to "prepare for these negotiations" and said she hoped they could be "conducted in a constructive and positive spirit", the spokesperson added.
Mr Kenny said he "outlined Ireland's key areas of concern" over a future UK withdrawal from the EU and gave his perspective on "the challenges that lie ahead" in negotiations on the issue.
He added that he would meet Mrs May "in the coming weeks".
As well as speaking to Mr Kenny, Mrs May took calls from German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande.
She also began shaping her new cabinet, appointing Philip Hammond and Boris Johnson as chancellor and foreign secretary respectively.
London currently processes three-quarters of the trade in this financial sector, providing thousands of jobs.
But European Commission vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis said Brexit needed "certain adjustments to our rules".
The law will decide if London will have the right to host the work post-Brexit.
London is currently the world leader for the clearing of all types of currency-denominated derivatives including the euro.
Clearing is the process by which a third party organisation acts as the middleman for both buyer and seller of financial contracts tied to the underlying value of a share, index, currency or bond.
Trillions of euros are handled through clearing houses every year, mostly through London.
In a statement, Mr Dombrovskis said: "As we face the departure of the largest EU financial centre, we need to make certain adjustments to our rules to ensure that our efforts remain on track."
The financial industry has warned that forced "relocation" of the work would split markets, increase trading costs, weaken the euro and threaten the jobs associated with the clearing houses in London.
The proposal would split clearing houses into two tiers, determined by whether their operations are considered to be "systemically important".
If they are not thought to be important, then they will carry on working under the structure of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation.
More important "tier two" institutions will have to meet extra requirements set by EU central banks, could face "on-site inspections" and will have to give "all relevant information" to the European Securities and Markets Authority.
Those requirements may not be enough for the clearing houses thought to be the most important, which would force their operations back inside the EU.
A move like that could affect the clearing house at the London Stock Exchange.
The proposals will now go before the European Parliament and the European Union Council.
The policy chairman at the City of London Corporation Catherine McGuinness said "fragmentation" of foreign exchange and interest rate trading could see firms' costs increasing by "as much as 20%".
She said the Corporation was also concerned that it could "increase systemic risk".
"The UK is the only place that can guarantee financial stability with the lowest possible cost implications," she added.
Meanwhile, the UK Treasury said: "How UK firms access EU markets, and vice versa, is a matter for the forthcoming exit negotiations.
"In the meantime we stand ready to engage constructively on this legislation."
Food Standards Scotland has ordered the withdrawal from sale of batch G14 of Lanark White ewe milk cheese.
Earlier it emerged that the child who died during a recent E.coli outbreak was a three-year-old girl from Dunbartonshire.
The cheese's manufacturer, South Lanarkshire-based Errington Cheese, said it was conducting its own tests.
The young girl who died was among 20 confirmed cases of E.coli O157 which were all identified in July. Eleven of the cases required hospital treatment.
Health experts have previously investigated possible links to Dunsyre Blue cheese - also made by Errington - but until now there have been no positive tests.
In a statement on Saturday, Food Standards Scotland said: "A sample from a batch of Lanark White submitted for testing by South Lanarkshire Council has tested positive for E. coli O157.
"Although this organism may not carry shiga toxins, it is associated with human disease in the UK, so this cheese is a potential risk to health.
"FSS has issued a FAFA [Food Alert for Action] calling for this product to be immediately recalled from sale."
Shiga toxins are poisons produced by some but not all types of E.coli variants.
The order to withdraw the cheese from sale was made after Errington refused to issue its own voluntary recall.
The company said the cheese had been on the market for three weeks with no reported cases of illness.
In a statement on its website, it said: "When we were told of the presumptive E. coli 0157 result we immediately consulted experts in dairy microbiology.
"The experts told us they were confused and concerned by the testing methodology adopted by the laboratory.
"We have given careful consideration to this and to the fact that the cheese has been on the market for three weeks now with absolutely no reported incidence of illness.
"We have arranged for the sample of the same cheese tested by the authorities to be tested and the results will be ready on Monday when we will review the situation."
Earlier more details emerged about the child who died when prosecutors confirmed that an investigation had begun into the circumstances of her death.
A Crown Office spokesperson said: "The Procurator Fiscal has received a report in connection with the death of a three-year-old girl in Dunbartonshire on 2 September 2016.
"The investigation into the death, under the direction of Scottish Fatalities Investigation Unit (SFIU), is ongoing and the family will continue to be kept updated in relation to any significant developments."
Three batches of Dunsyre Blue cheese have already been recalled since the E.coli outbreak.
Health Protection Scotland previously said that epidemiological investigations had "identified Dunsyre Blue cheese as the most likely cause of the outbreak".
It added: "Despite extensive investigation, including looking for other possible food sources, no other link to a majority of cases could be established."
Errington Cheese disputed the link, maintaining there was no conclusive evidence linking its products to the outbreak.
In a statement on its website last month it said that testing had shown it to be "completely clear of E. coli O157".
It is unclear whether Oliseh will be contesting the sanction.
The 41-year-old posted a video on his own website to hit back at what he called the "insanity" of his critics.
He had come under pressure after Nigeria failed to get past the group stages of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Rwanda.
The coach has since apologised to the NFF for his outburst aimed at the Nigerian media as well as his vociferous former international teammates.
"When I spoke of critics I did not mean the general public of Nigeria! I would never dare refer to my beloved country men as insane!" Oliseh published on his Twitter account.
In another Tweet: "How dare I insult 170 Million people who I love and have shown me so much love. Please forgive the error of editing! God bless you all."
The country's sports minister Solomon Dalung and NFF boss Amaju Pinnick met in the capital Abuja on Tuesday to discuss the embarrassing saga.
Former Nigeria captain Oliseh, who succeeded Stephen Keshi as coach in July, has seen his reign in charge of the three-time African Champions blighted by controversies.
Some high profile players have decided to retire since he took over as coach including goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama - Nigeria's most-capped player - who quit after he was replaced as captain.
Two weeks later striker Emmanuel Emenike also announced his retirement from international football.
Oliseh, unpaid for five months, had also gone public with the money problems affecting his team during the CHAN tournament to the embarrassment of his employers.
Nigeria face seven-time African champions Egypt in back-to-back 2017 African Cup of Nations fixtures next month.
They are two points behind group leaders Egypt after two rounds of matches with only group winners guaranteed automatic qualification to the tournament in Gabon.
Cornwall Council took just 30 minutes to unanimously approve proposals for a new heliport in Penzance.
Tourism bosses says trade on the Scilly Isles has suffered since the old helicopter service ended in 2012.
Since then the link has been covered by a seasonal ferry and fixed wing planes.
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The new site will be built on land alongside the former heliport in Penzance.
The council said it received more messages of support for the heliport proposals, than it had received on any other planning application.
One of the main investors in the project, and the owner of Tresco, one of the Scilly Isles, Robert Dorrien-Smith said: "Today's decision marks the start of the of the project that we believe will bring about a revival for the islands and dramatic improvements for their residents, businesses and visitors".
In 2012 British International Helicopters ended the helicopter service, which had provided a link between Penzance and Scilly, the UK's most westerly islands, for more than 48 years, citing rising costs and falling passenger numbers.
The Serie A champions have paid $3.3m (£2.5m) for the loan spell and have the choice to buy him for $18.8m (£14.3m) next summer.
The 29-year-old returns to Italian football after spells at Udinese and Roma, whom he left for Bayern in 2014.
He made 23 appearances for the Bundesliga winners last season.
He had hinted earlier this year that he would consider his future after Bayern re-signed Germany defender Mats Hummels from rivals Borussia Dortmund.
Benatia was born in France but opted to play for Morocco at international level and has now earned 42 caps.
The sport involves athletes standing on a board and using a long paddle to move - a cross between kayaking and surfing.
The International Surfing Association (Isa) says it has organised competitions for years in the sport.
However, the International Canoe Federation (ICF) says the use of the paddle means it falls under its banner.
The sport has enjoyed huge growth in recent years and has been talked about as a potential Olympic discipline.
"We are pleased that the issue is now before CAS," said Isa president Fernando Aguerre on Thursday.
Surfing is one of five new sports to be included in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The Isa had unsuccessfully tried to include stand up paddle boarding in those Games as a surfing discipline.
The charges include robbery, grievous bodily harm and possession of an item to discharge a noxious substance.
The five attacks took place in 90 minutes across north and east London.
The 16-year-old has been remanded in custody to appear at Stratford Youth Court on Monday. A 15-year-old boy also arrested has been released on bail.
The 16-year-old has been charged with:
Police said the investigation into the five separate attacks "remains ongoing".
Speaking before the boy was charged Ch Insp Ben Clark, from the Met's Hackney Borough, said all of the victims had been riding mopeds.
One victim suffered "life-changing injuries".
Jabed Hussain, 32, was one of the five people attacked on Thursday and said his helmet saved him from worse injury.
"I took off my helmet and I was just screaming for help because it's getting dry and as much as it's getting dry it's burning. So I was just screaming for water," Mr Hussain said.
TDs failed to elect a new taoiseach (prime minister) when they voted on 10 March and are still without a leader.
A second vote on nominations for taoiseach will take place on 6 April.
Wednesday's talks will focus on the issues of climate change, justice, equality and disability.
It is hoped the discussions will result in support for a new government.
Caretaker taoiseach Enda Kenny told a meeting of 17 TDs on Tuesday that the options moving forward were stark.
He also ruled out Fine Gael supporting a minority Fianna Fáil government.
Mr Kenny also said Fianna Fáil had ruled out a coalition with Fine Gael.
The Green party leader, Eamon Ryan, said it was unlikely the party would go into government.
As it stands Enda Kenny, who did not receive enough votes to become the new taoiseach, and his party Fine Gael, are continuing to carry out their duties until a new government can be formed.
The other nominations for taoiseach were Fianna Fáil's Micheál Martin, Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams and People Before Profit's Richard Boyd Barrett. None received enough votes.
The Irish general election was held on 26 February Fine Gael won 50 seats, Fianna Fáil 44, Sinn Féin 23 and the Labour Party got seven.
Smaller parties and independents make up the other 34 seats.
The 32nd Dáil has been meeting without a leader.
The 27-year-old medium-fast bowler, who was out of contract at the end of the season, only featured in one County Championship game for Notts this summer against Worcestershire in July.
Carter said: "I'll have more chance to play all three formats at Derbyshire, which is where I think I should be.
"I am aiming to get a good run of games and kick on with my career."
Carter has played 29 first-class matches, taking 91 wickets at an average of 27.95 with best figures of 5-40. He has also made 20 List A and 23 Twenty20 appearances.
Notts director of cricket Mick Newell said: "His attitude has always been very good and he's a talented bowler. We wish him all the best."
Armitage, 24, who will join Wasps next season and has had spells with London Scottish, London Irish and French Top 14 side Toulon, has scored 12 tries in 25 appearances for Welsh this term.
"Guy has been one of the stand-out performers in the Championship," said Wasps director of rugby Dai Young.
"He has a real hunger to get involved and can create as well as finish."
Armitage has represented England at every age-group level and played at the 2011 Junior World Championships in Italy.
"Dai Young shows great confidence in his squad and you can see the players have bought into his plan and excelled," Armitage told the club's website.
"For sure, it's an exciting new challenge for me and I feel I am ready."
Armitage joins fly-half Danny Cipriani, Ireland prop Marty Moore, and hookers Tommy Taylor and Tom Cruse as new arrivals at the Ricoh Arena for 2016-17.
Unite members are taking part in a continuous overtime and on-call ban.
It coincides with a series of staggered periods of strike action, which the union said would have an impact on naval operations until 15 June.
Babcock Marine said it was "disappointed and perplexed by Unite's actions".
Unite said the strikes would affect all areas at the bases, including the nuclear operations department.
The Faslane base on the Clyde is home to the UK's fleet of Trident nuclear submarines.
Unite has accused Babcock of a "systematic campaign to undermine workers", claiming it had withdrawn facilities for shop steward meetings and was "failing to meaningfully consult and negotiate with the trade union".
The union represents a range of workers at the two bases, including cleaners, housekeepers, logistics operatives, drivers and mail staff.
It also has members in radiation monitoring and strategic weapons support roles.
Unite regional officer Stephen Deans accused Babcock of trying to "bypass" the union and undermine workers' rights.
He told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme: "The agreed consultation and negotiation structures that we have at the base have been ignored by Babcock.
"Our elected representatives have been ignored mostly, or presented with decisions rather than being consulted before decisions are finally made.
"Our representatives have been victimised and harassed by management."
Mr Deans added: "Our members have been forced into this action today. Management at Babcock Marine have engineered a complete breakdown of normal relations with workers.
"Our fear is that they want to try and undermine workers' rights so they can cut jobs and service quality through more outsourcing.
"They want to squeeze as much money as they can out of being involved in the nation's defence. But our members work hard supporting the Royal Navy's operations and will not allow profit to be put before service."
Babcock Marine said it had offered "reasonable solutions" to all of the issues raised by Unite.
A spokesman added: "We absolutely refute the allegations that we are attempting to undermine our relationship with the trade union and wider workforce or that we are engaged in a wide-ranging plan to outsource services.
"Our workforce at HMNB Clyde do a magnificent job in support of the Ministry of Defence and the Royal Navy and it is disappointing that most will get no direct benefit from the issues raised with us.
"We are working closely with our customer and the 1,100 Babcock employees who are not involved in this industrial action to minimise any impact to the smooth running of HMNB Clyde.
"We remain committed to finding a positive resolution to this dispute and hope to have further discussions with Unite facilitated by ACAS in the next few days."
The approach, tested across Europe, uses lasers and a drug made from deep sea bacteria to eliminate tumours, but without causing severe side effects.
Trials on 413 men - published in The Lancet Oncology - showed nearly half of them had no remaining trace of cancer.
Lifelong impotence and incontinence are often the price of treating prostate cancer with surgery or radiotherapy.
Up to nine-in-10 patients develop erectile problems and up to a fifth struggle to control their bladders.
That is why many men with an early stage tumour choose to "wait and see" and have treatment only when it starts growing aggressively.
"This changes everything," said Prof Mark Emberton, who tested the technique at University College London.
The new treatment uses a drug, made from bacteria that live in the almost total darkness of the seafloor and which become toxic only when exposed to light.
Ten fibre optic lasers are inserted through the perineum - the gap between the anus and the testes - and into the cancerous prostate gland.
When the red laser is switched on, it activates the drug to kill the cancer and leaves the healthy prostate behind.
The trial - at 47 hospitals across Europe - showed 49% of patients went into complete remission.
And during the follow-up, only 6% of patients needed to have the prostate removed, compared with 30% of patients that did not have the new therapy.
Crucially, the impact on sexual activity and urination lasted no more than three months.
No men had significant side effects after two years.
Gerald Capon, 68 and from West Sussex, told the BBC: "I'm totally cured and free of the cancer.
"I feel incredibly lucky that I was accepted for the trial... I feel that my life ahead is worry free."
He was out of hospital the day after the treatment.
Prof Emberton said the technology could be as significant for men as the move from removing the whole breast to just the lump in women with breast cancer.
He said: "Traditionally the decision to have treatment has always been a balance of benefits and harms.
"The harms have always been the side effects - urinary incontinence and sexual difficulties in the majority of men.
"To have a new treatment now that we can administer, to men who are eligible, that is virtually free of those side effects, is truly transformative."
More than 46,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer in the UK each year.
The tumours tend to grow slowly, but still around 11,000 men die from the disease.
However, the new treatment is not yet available for patients. It will be assessed by regulators at the beginning of next year.
Other therapies to kill prostate cancers, such as very focused ultrasound - known as focal Hifu - have a lower risk of side effects.
But these treatments are not universally available.
Dr Matthew Hobbs, from the charity Prostate Cancer UK, said the technology could help men who face the conundrum of whether or not to have treatment.
"Focal therapy treatments like this one have the potential to offer a middle ground option for some men with cancer that has not spread outside the prostate," he said.
He said the next challenge would be to find out which patients should still wait and see, which ones should have this type of therapy, and which should have more invasive treatments.
"Until we know the answer to this question, it is important that these results do not lead to the over-treatment of men with low risk cancer, or the under treatment of men at higher risk."
The technology was developed at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel alongside Steba Biotech.
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Officers suspect Kelly Buckingham, from Lincolnshire, was assaulted about the time she was last seen in November.
But they said friends may mistrust the police because she was wanted after failing to appear in court in August.
The reward was issued on her 47th birthday to help find Ms Buckingham, from Holton le Clay near Grimsby.
Det Insp Richard Myszczyszyn from Lincolnshire Police said it was unusual to offer a reward for help.
"Kelly's friends and acquaintances may be distrustful of police and may not believe us now when we say that she is being treated as a missing person," he said.
"But I would like to assure them that our concern for Kelly is genuine and our efforts to find her are very much driven by our fear that something has happened to her."
Later the Kenyan Red Cross said the baby, Dealeryn Saisi Wasike, was reunited with her father. She has no physical injuries.
The six-storey residence came down in heavy rain, killing at least 23 people.
Dozens of others are still thought to be buried under the rubble, but hopes of finding more alive are fading.
The baby's mother is still missing.
The building had been earmarked for demolition. Its owner was due to appear in court on Tuesday charged with manslaughter.
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Samuel Karanja Kamau was arrested on Monday. Officials say he did not have permission to rent out the building's 119 rooms.
Mr Kamau has not yet commented on the allegation.
About 135 people have been freed so far from the collapsed building, local media report. Another 93 have been reported missing.
The Kenya Red Cross said the baby girl was found in the rubble at 04:00 local time (01:00 GMT), in a bucket wrapped in a blanket.
Dealeryn appeared dehydrated, but had no visible injuries, it added. She was rushed to hospital for treatment.
She was originally reported to have been one-and-a-half years old.
The fact that the baby was not seriously injured played a key role in her survival, said Dr Ian MacOnachie, an expert in emergency medicine and clinical standards at the UK's Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
Dr MacOnachie told the BBC that, at this age, up to 90% of babies' bodies was made up of water, acting as a "natural storage" in cases of dehydration.
"She must have been fairly dried when she was found. But I'm not completely surprised," he said.
Several hours later, the Red Cross tweeted that it had located the baby's father, Ralson Saisi Wasike, through its tracing services.
He was reunited with Dealeryn, whom he positively identified.
More bodies were retrieved overnight.
Mr Wasike, speaking at a shelter where he has been living since the building collapsed, said his daughter had been strong but he had feared for the worst when he was unable to find her.
He had visited hospitals and mortuaries to look for his child, and was overjoyed when he heard she had been rescued.
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He told supporters that it was shameful that some top officials were earning $18,000 (£13,000) a month, while others were paid as little as $140.
Officials not ready to accept the new $7,000 monthly wage limit should "start looking for alternative jobs", he said.
Mr Magufuli has promised to cut wasteful public expenditure in office.
The changes would come into effect in time for the start of the next financial year, which starts on 1 July, the president said.
He likened the gulf in wages to a few "angels residing in heaven", while the majority "languished as if they were in hell", Tanzania's The Citizen newspaper quotes him as saying.
Junior civil servants would see their salaries increase as part of the new policy, Mr Magufuli added.
The president was speaking from his home town of Chato in north-western Tanzania in his first visit since taking office last October.
He also used his speech to announce a drop in the current income tax rate from 11% to 9%.
"It's true we want to collect tax, but we must also understand what the working class takes home," he said.
On Tuesday, a US government aid agency withdrew $472m (£331m) of funding for a Tanzanian electricity project after criticising the government's handling of elections in Zanzibar.
The president appeared to react to the move in his speech by criticising over-reliance on foreign aid:
"We need to stand on our own. Work hard so that Tanzanians can get rid of donor dependence."
Nicknamed the bulldozer, Mr Magufulil has announced a range of cost-cutting measures since coming to power including cancelling official celebrations for independence day.
Infrastructure Secretary Ken Skates has updated requirements for the foreign-owned firms hoping to win the contract and create the £600m South Wales Metro.
The existing contract did not contain specifications for "rolling stock".
Mr Skates said some of the trains in service were nearly 40 years old and "simply not up to the task".
Abellio, Arriva, KeolisAmey and MTR all hope to secure the next Wales and Borders franchise, due to be awarded in 2018.
The successful bidder will have to reinvest a portion of its profits in the railway and will be responsible for delivering a major upgrade to the rail network in and around Cardiff as part of the Metro scheme.
Transport for Wales, a Welsh Government-owned company, is assessing the bids.
Mr Skates said: "It is important that high quality rolling stock which meets passenger expectations is delivered as part of the next rail service contract."
The newest trains in service at present are more than 20 years old and this new demand for bidders comes after a public consultation in which people said they wanted to see a number of improvements.
Bidders must "minimise the impact" new rolling stock has on the environment.
In the meantime, the minister also said he was working with current operator Arriva Trains Wales to increase capacity on busy services.
Yongzim claims to be better at handling complex searches involving several words in the language than any alternative.
But a spokesman for the government in exile, the Central Tibetan Administration, told the BBC it could also be used as a "platform to promote propaganda to legitimise the illegal occupation of Tibet."
Tibet is governed as an autonomous region of China. Beijing claims a centuries-old sovereignty over the Himalayan region, yet the allegiances of many Tibetans lie with the exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, seen by China as a separatist threat.
Exile groups and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) around the world accuse Beijing of suppressing the region's culture and tradition with the Tibetan language being a big part of it.
Both Google - which is blocked in China and therefore also in Tibet - and the Chinese search engine Baidu can also carry out searches in Tibetan.
But Yongzim is entirely in Tibetan, including all the elements of its interface - and in that respect it is indeed a first. Its name translates as "master" or "teacher".
According to Chinese state media, the service will promote the Tibetan language and provide a dedicated platform for Tibetan-language websites.
"[It will] meet the growing needs of the Tibetan-speaking population and facilitate the building of Tibetan digital archives and the expansion of databases in the Tibetan language," an official said.
Kyinzom Dhongdue, of the Australia Tibet Council, told the BBC she welcomed the initiative as a "positive step towards popularising the use of the Tibetan language" but cautioned it could become a "propaganda tool" for Beijing.
Aynne Kokas, an expert on Chinese media at the University of Virginia in the US, also described it as being a "major technological advancement" that could be useful for "non-sensitive queries". But she said it would also "make it easier to redirect web traffic" to sites that tallied with the Chinese government's views.
The Free Tibet movement noted that the effort marked a change of policy.
"After decades of effectively suppressing the Tibetan language, China now puts emphasis on being seen to support it," spokesman Alistair Currie told the BBC.
"As with everything in Tibet, language is tainted with political connotations, and Beijing wants to control any development rather than permit it."
A simple picture search for the term Dalai Lama - the spiritual and former political leader of Tibet who fled the country after China took control of the territory in 1950 - is revealing.
Yongzim brings up only a single result, unlike Google, which produces dozens of photos.
"As we have already seen with Baidu, though the site is highly functional, the more centralisation there is of search, the easier it is to block specific terms," Ms Kokas told the BBC.
Even so, many "young, educated, online-savvy Tibetans inside Tibet have welcomed" the new search engine in their own language, said Ms Dhongdue.
"[Yet] this can also be seen as the Chinese government trying to win the hearts of the educated elites in Tibet," she said.
"In recent years, a growing number of the educated youth in Tibet has expressed their criticism of China's policies in Tibet through blogs, art and music."
With the internet becoming ever more widely accessible in Tibet, the number of websites in the region's language has steadily been on the rise, including blogs and social media.
Accordingly, Chinese authorities have paid close attention to the content being published.
Any websites producing content that Beijing does not like, run the risk of getting shut down and the people behind them face punishment or jail.
China already operates what is often described as a "Great Firewall", which keeps its citizens from accessing websites Beijing deems to be undesirable or likely to undermine its political and economic goals.
Within that context, it is little wonder that Yongzim is seen by many as a further attempt to control and influence what its citizens do on the net.
Officers attended a property in Plymouth after reports of a man with a can of flammable liquid were made by a member of the public.
The man later sustained serious burns and police records indicated a Taser was deployed, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said.
It was referred voluntarily by Devon and Cornwall Police to the IPCC.
The watchdog said the 32-year-old man was taken to the city's Derriford Hospital and has since been transferred to the burns unit at Frenchay Hospital in Bristol.
His condition is described as life-changing, but is not considered to be life-threatening.
The IPCC said it believed two police officers attended the address in Honicknowle shortly after 21:00 BST on Thursday.
It added that the investigation would be looking at what extent, if any, police actions caused or contributed to the man's injuries, and whether officers acted in accordance with procedures.
It occurred on the Erganagh Road near Omagh at 22:45 BST on Friday, and the victim received treatment at the scene before being taken to hospital.
Police are appealing for anyone who may have seen any suspicious activity in the area, particularly the movements of two quad motorbikes
The road was reopened to traffic on Saturday morning.
Witnesses are being asked to contact Omagh police station on the non-emergency number 101 or speak to Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Comosa AG - a new venture involving some of the biggest names in boxing promotion, is behind the event.
"It is Comosa's ambition to turn the World Boxing Super Series into the world's biggest and best boxing tournament," said Roberto Dalmiglio, Comosa's head of management board.
It could start as early as September.
The event will take a shootout format and involve eight fighters in two yet-to-be-decided weight classes.
The winners will receive the Muhammad Ali Trophy, named after the former heavyweight world champion who died last year.
"The World Boxing Super Series will change the world of boxing," said Dalmiglio.
A similar Super Six World Boxing Classic was held between 2009 and 2011.
Richard Schaefer, the former Golden Boy promotions chief executive, is among those involved in the venture.
"Boxing has really been missing a big tournament like the World Boxing Super Series. Every major sport has one," he said.
Or has the threat of other countries rushing to hold popular votes as a way of putting pressure on the EU been somewhat exaggerated?
French Front National (FN) leader Marine Le Pen has long made it clear that if ever she came to power, she would not hesitate to push for a "Frexit" if she did not succeed in renegotiating the terms of France's membership of the bloc.
Meanwhile, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's announcement of a referendum on migrant quotas suggests that the temptation for populist leaders to hold plebiscites on EU policies that are unpopular with their citizens - to try to boost their own standing at home and possibly gain extra leverage within the bloc - can be all but irresistible.
Several of the former communist countries that joined the EU in 2004 resent any suggestion that "old guard" members such as France and Germany may be trying to dictate policy to the rest.
This suspicion has been exacerbated by the migrant crisis, which resurgent right-wing groups and populist politicians have seized on to push a Eurosceptic agenda.
Immediately after British Prime Minister David Cameron's announcement that Britain would hold a referendum on its continued EU membership on 23 June, the pro-EU Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka warned of the impact of a Brexit, saying that it could produce a "domino effect" that would result in a "wave of nationalism and separatism" sweeping across Europe.
Mr Sobotka hinted that there were some fringe right-wing groups in his country who would jump at the chance to push for a "Czexit", though he insisted that such a scenario would be "senseless and dangerous" and could even return the Czech Republic to Russia's sphere of influence.
However, not all Eastern European leaders appear to share Mr Sobotka's concerns over the possibility of deepening divisions within Europe.
The Hungarian premier has long delighted in firing shots across the EU's bows and last week Mr Orban seized on what has become a sore point with several countries: the EU's proposal for mandatory quotas for the resettlement of migrants. He announced that his government was planning to hold a referendum to gauge whether Hungarian citizens were prepared to accept such a proposal.
Hungary, like its fellow members of the Visegrad group (which also includes the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia), is still effectively a monocultural society.
Many Hungarians fear that an influx of migrants from the Middle East, Africa and Asia would dilute their cultural identity. Mr Orban is therefore apparently using a referendum on the quotas issue as a vote of confidence in his government's anti-migrant policies - and seems to be sure that it will go the way he wants.
Last month, European Council President Donald Tusk warned of the possibility of other EU leaders following the lead set by the Brexit referendum, saying that this path was "a very attractive model for some politicians in Europe to achieve some internal, very egotistic goals".
The Hungarian move may prove to be the first of a new wave of post-Brexit referendums.
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Sir Terry Wogan hosted the BBC One event on Friday with Tess Daly, Fearne Cotton and Radio 1's Nick Grimshaw.
The annual telethon saw Boyzone take to the stage, while Sir Bruce Forsyth returned to Strictly Come Dancing to help find a young ballroom champion.
By the end of the show at 02:00 GMT on Saturday, £32,620,469 had been raised.
This is more than the £31.1m raised on the night of the 2013 gala, and the final total is expected to be higher once all donations are in.
The money will help disadvantaged children and young people in the UK.
The extravaganza was watched by an average of 8.3 million people on BBC One between 19:30 and 22:00 GMT. The audience peaked at 10 million for a special children's Strictly Come Dancing around 20:15.
Over the course of the night, Rochelle Humes from pop group The Saturdays joined veteran presenter Sir Terry - along with Daly, Grimshaw and Cotton - in hosting the gala.
Pop group S Club 7 performed for the first time since 2003 on the show, while One Direction played on the set of Eastenders.
Four former characters from the soap opera also made appearances from beyond their fictional graves.
Long-serving character Ian Beale encountered his late ex-wife Cindy, mother Kathy and daughter Lucy, while Pat Evans - who made her last appearance in January 2012 - also made a comeback.
Other highlights included a new cartoon starring Tom and Jerry made especially for Children in Need.
Elsewhere, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, The Script and the cast of West End musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory performed. And Donny Osmond and the cast of musical Made In Dagenham also took to the stage.
In a first for the gala, Gareth Malone and his all-star choir performed the Children in Need single, Wake Me Up, which is expected to top the charts on Sunday - according to midweek figures from The Official Charts Company.
Comic Jo Brand, TV presenters John Craven and Mel Giedroyc and actress Alison Steadman were among the members of the vocal ensemble.
Other fundraising efforts included the fourth Children in Need rickshaw challenge, which saw six young people travel 450-mile (724km) journey across England.
Ahead of Friday's gala, BBC Radio 2 had already raised more than £6m through a series of events, including a quiz night hosted by Ken Bruce, a performance of the West End musical Matilda and a series of live auctions.
The 2013 appeal made a record £49.6m - including the £31.1m raised on the night.
The figure is above the annual target of 8.5 days, and equated to an estimated ??32.7m of lost production.
Half of staff had no recorded absence while more than one in 10 had at least one long-term absence lasting an average of nearly three months.
This was the highest incidence of long-term absence in the last five years.
It accounted for nearly three-quarters of all working days lost.
The figures point to a particular problem in the NI Prison Service, with prison grade staff off sick for an average of 23.8 days.
More than a quarter of prison grade staff had a long-term absence during the year and the average length of these absences was 69.6 days.
As in previous years, the main reasons for absence across the civil service were anxiety, stress, depression and other psychiatric illnesses.
These conditions account for one out of every three days lost.
The former Department for Social Development made the biggest contribution to the overall increase in absence level for 2015/2016, accounting for almost two-thirds of the rise.
Around 25,000 people are civil servants for Stormont departments.
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The 41-year-old confessed during his interview with chat show host Oprah Winfrey in front of a worldwide television audience.
"I view this situation as one big lie I repeated a lot of times," he said. "I made those decisions, they were my mistake and I'm here to say sorry."
However the American denied it was "sport's biggest doping programme", saying "it was smart, but it was conservative, risk averse".
The interview with Winfrey, 58, was broadcast on prime time television on her OWN network in America, and was streamed worldwide through her website.
The tens of millions watching saw Armstrong reveal:
In response the US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada)
Cycling's governing body the UCI welcomed Armstrong's decision "to come clean and confess", and said the interview had confirmed it was not part of a "collusion or conspiracy".
Last year Armstrong was stripped of his Tour de France titles after being labelled a "serial cheat" by Usada.
In a detailed report, the body said he led "the most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping programme sport has ever seen".
The Texan decided not to contest the charges, saying last year he was tired of fighting the allegations. He had always strongly denied doping.
That all changed within seconds of an explosive opening to the interview when Winfrey, one of America's top chat show hosts, demanded yes or no answers.
"Did you ever take banned substances to enhance cycling performance?"
"Yes."
"Was one of those substances EPO?"
"Yes."
"Did you use any other banned substances?"
"Yes."
In the interview, broadcast on the Discovery Channel in the UK, Armstrong then admitted to taking performance-enhancing drugs Erythropoietin (EPO), testosterone, cortisone and human growth hormone as well as having blood transfusions.
He continued: "All the fault and blame is on me and a lot of that is momentum and I lost myself in all that. I couldn't handle it. The story is so bad and toxic and a lot of it is true."
Asked if doping was part of the process required to win the Tour, he said: "That's like saying we have to have air in our tyres or water in our bottles. It was part of the job.
"I don't want to make any excuses, but that was my view and I made those decisions."
In a key exchange Winfrey asked: "Did it feel wrong?
Armstrong replied: "No. Scary."
"Did you feel bad?"
"No. Even scarier."
"Did you feel that you were cheating?"
"No. The scariest."
Armstrong continued: "The definition of a cheat is to gain an advantage on a rival or foe. I didn't view it that way. I viewed it as a level playing field. I didn't understand the magnitude of that. The important thing is that I'm beginning to understand it.
Erythropoietin (EPO) increases red blood cell production, oxygen transportation and therefore endurance.
Testosterone supplements of the male hormone act like steroids, stimulating muscle growth and allowing people to train harder and recover more quickly.
Cortisone is a substance very similar to a steroid which is produced by the body. An injection of extra cortisone increases the body's ability to reduce pain, redness and swelling of the joints.
Human growth hormone is a powerful anabolic hormone that occurs naturally in the body. It also allows tired muscles to recover more quickly - allowing you to train harder and more often.
"I see the anger in people, betrayal. It's all there. People who believed in me and supported me and they have every right to feel betrayed and it's my fault and I'll spend the rest of my life trying to earn back trust and apologise to people."
On whether it was the biggest doping programme in sport he said: "I didn't have access to anything that anybody else didn't.
"Winning races mattered for me but to say that programme was bigger than the East German doping programme of '70s and '80s is wrong."
Armstrong said his battle with cancer in the mid-1990s turned him into a "fighter".
"Before my diagnosis I was a competitor but not a fierce competitor," he said. "I took that ruthless win-at-all-costs attitude into cycling which was bad."
Armstrong denied riders had to comply to a doping programme to compete for his US Postal Service/Discovery Channel team, but admitted his personality could imply that.
He said: "Yes, I was a bully. I was a bully in the sense that I tried to control the narrative and if I didn't like what someone said I turned on them.
"We felt like we had our backs against the wall and I was a fighter."
Armstrong said he had not been afraid of getting caught. "Testing has evolved. Back then they didn't come to your house and there was no testing out of competition and for most of my career there wasn't that much out-of-competition testing so you're not going to get caught because you clean up for the races.
"I didn't fail a test. Retrospectively, I failed one. The hundreds of tests I took I passed them."
However, he did admit that he received a back-dated therapeutic user exemption certificate for a cream containing steroids at the 1999 Tour to ensure he did not test positive.
Armstrong retired from cycling in 2005 but returned to the sport between 2009 and 2012.
He told Winfrey that he did not use drugs after his return to the sport. "That's the only thing in that whole Usada report that really upset me," he said.
Armstrong said he regretted his return, and was asked if he would have "got away with it" if he had not come back.
"Impossible to say," he replied, but added his "chances would have been better".
However, he conceded that when he discovered George Hincapie, who was the only man to ride in the same team as Armstrong for each of his seven Tour wins, had given evidence against him last year, he knew his "fate was sealed".
"George is the most credible voice in all of this," Armstrong added. "He did all seven Tours. We're still great friends. I don't fault George Hincapie, but George knows this story better than anybody."
Armstrong said he would now co-operate with Usada. "I love cycling and I say that knowing that people see me as someone who disrespected the sport, the colour yellow," he said.
"If there was a truth and reconciliation commission - and I can't call for that - and I'm invited I'll be first man through the door."
He went on to say that he wished he had complied with the Usada investigation. "I'd do anything to go back to that day," he said.
"I wouldn't fight, I wouldn't sue them, I'd listen. I'd do a couple of things first.
"I'd say give me three days. Let me call my family, my mother, sponsors, [the Lance Armstrong Livestrong] foundation and I wish I could do that but I can't."
Asked if his former doctor Michele Ferrari, who was banned for life by Usada after being found guilty of numerous anti-doping violations, was the "mastermind", Armstrong said: "No. I'm not comfortable talking about other people.
"I viewed Dr Michele Ferrari as a good man and I still do."
He said he regretted "going on the attack" against masseuse Emma O'Reilly, who was an early whistleblower.
"She is one of these people that I have to apologise to," he said. "She's one of these people who got run over, got bullied."
Oprah Winfrey became famous for her self-titled chat show broadcast from 1986 until 2011. Interviews with the likes of pop stars Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston, as well as US president Barack Obama made it one of the highest-rated shows of its type in American television history. It also helped Winfrey become a billionaire. In 2011, Winfrey launched the OWN television network, which is said to be available for 83 million homes in America and hosted the Armstrong interview.
He denied making a $100,000 donation in 2005 to the UCI, to cover up a failed drugs test. "It was not in exchange for help," he said. "They called. They didn't have a lot of money. I did. They asked if I would make a donation so I did.
"That story [of a cover up] isn't true. There was no positive test. There was no paying off of the lab. There was no secret meeting with the lab director. I'm no fan of the UCI. That did not happen."
However, Armstrong refused to answer questions regarding allegations made by former team-mate Frankie Andreu and his wife Betsy. Frankie Andreu had admitted in 2006 to taking EPO before the 1999 Tour - Armstrong's first victory.
The Andreus testified in 2006 that they heard Armstrong tell a cancer doctor that he had doped with EPO in 1996. Armstrong swore, under oath, that it did not happen.
He told Winfrey that he had a 40-minute telephone conversation with the Andreus but he was not prepared to reveal what was said.
The BBC Sport website will have a special live text commentary during the second Oprah Winfrey broadcast at 02:00 GMT on Saturday.
Duquemin, 25, holds the games records for both the shot put and the discus, taking gold in both disciplines on home turf at the 2015 event.
But the Gotland Games clashes with the British Championships, which doubles-up as World Championship trials.
"I've got to put myself first," he told BBC Radio Jersey.
"The main priority and goal is the World Championships and I have to do everything in my power to make sure I put myself in the best situation to qualify for that.
"Just recently the dates have come out and unfortunately it doesn't look like I'm going to be able to fit in the Island Games.
"I was trying to find a way to work it out, looking at dates and seeing if I could maybe fly in on the day to Gotland to compete and then fly back."
Jersey's top-ranked tennis player Scott Clayton, international archer Lucy O'Sullivan and cycling gold-medallist Kim Ashton are amongst the other competitors to already reveal they will miss Gotland.
The biennial Games will run from 24-30 June 2017, while the British Athletics Team Trials are set for Birmingham between 30 June and 2 July.
With the game goalless and heading for penalties, Harrison pounced on a Siobhan Hunter cross to settle it in the league leaders' favour.
Celtic had earlier booked their first SWPL Cup final place since 2010 with a 2-1 win over Spartans.
Colette Cavanagh scored early for Spartans, but Kirsty Howat and Suzanne Mulvey put Celtic into the final.
The two sides will meet in the final at Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld, on 21 May.
It was the champions against the league leaders and both sides arrived at Ainslie Park aiming to put down a marker for the season.
City, the Scottish title holders for the past 10 years, are under threat of being dethroned by last year's double cup winners Hibs.
League business may have been put to side for one week, but it promised to be an early indicator of what to expect in the title race.
For the first 45 minutes, the answer was disappointing. The sides cancelled each other out, although Katey Turner and Rachael Small headed wide for Hibs and, at the other end, Leanne Ross sent a free-kick past the post.
Both defences continued to be on top in the second half, but the chances were at least becoming more frequent.
City's Irish signing, Noelle Murray, found the roof of the net with a lob before Hibs' Amy Gallacher had a shot well blocked by Savannah McCarthy.
If a goal was to come in 90 minutes then Scott Booth's side were looking the more likely to find it; Lauren McMurchie and Brogan Hay firing wide and Kodie Hay meeting a header at the back post that Hibs defended well.
Into extra-time it went. City's lively 18-year-old, Brogan Hay, crossed for Megan Foley, who headed wide, but after that, Hibs took the initiative.
Cailin Michie and Harrison both shot wide from the edge of the area before the controversial moment of the game arrived.
Harrison rounded goalkeeper Lee Alexander and hit the deck. But, to the fury of the Hibs bench, she was booked for diving by referee Vikki Robertson.
Their jeers were turned to cheers two minutes later, with penalties just moments away, when Hunter's shot spun into the path of Harrison, who slid in at the back post to win it.
Spartans had started the season unbeaten and, after five minutes, they were ahead when Cavanagh broke free on the counter attack and slotted the ball past Celtic goalkeeper Megan Cunningham.
As the game went on, Celtic rose in dominance, although Cunningham reacted quickly to deny Alana Marshall then Sarah Clelland.
Her opposite number, Rachel Harrison, denied Howat with a brilliant one-handed to tip the ball around the post, but 10 minutes before the break, it was 1-1 when Howat latched on to Darcy McFarlane's through ball and coolly picked her spot.
In a bruising second half, Spartans lost Ronaigh Douglas to injury, before Marshall was carried off with what was later revealed to be ankle ligament damage.
With 15 minutes from time Celtic found a winner.
Mulvey sneaked in behind the defence and knocked the ball beyond Harrison to send Celtic into the final.
Celtic head coach David Haley: "We made very hard work of it. The first half, we made life very difficult for ourselves.
"We had to get used to wind. We made a mistake with that Spartans goal. After that, we controlled the game though.
"We dictated the pace, created chances.
"Bringing on Sarah (Ewens) and Suzanne (Mulvey) to make the contribution they did was massive for us.
"I said to the girls weeks ago that all players are going to be important to the squad and they've shown that today."
Hibs head coach Chris Roberts: "I'm immensely proud of the girls.
"I thought we should have had the game finished in 90 minutes, but of course you go into extra-time, I personally felt we were more on the front foot. I thought the girls deserved the win.
"Rarely are the games in the cup against Glasgow City settled in 90 minutes.
"It's a testament to our squad in standing up to a team who have been serial winners over the last 10 years; it's great to see us get some success now.
"But we've still not won anything, Celtic will be a really tough test."
That came after the Devils won their first game at their new home to lift the Erhardt Conference.
Saturday's fine 5-2 win over Belfast Giants applied to both competitions and was watched by a near capacity crowd at the new Ice Arena Wales.
The Devils remain two points behind Sheffield Steelers in the Elite League.
The Devils trailed the Giants 2-0 at the end of the first period, but responded through a Jack Morissette double and a goal from Zach Hervato in the second period as the score became 3-3.
The third period could not split the sides, but Tomas Kurka settled matters in overtime.
"Maybe something new and something different was what we needed and with it being opening night, how could you not be energised by that?," player-coach Andrew Lord told BBC Wales Sport after the victory on Saturday.
"The fans were great, we had our swagger back and it was just a special evening for everyone and we had fun with it."
The towns of Amatrice, Arquata, Accumoli and Pescara del Tronto, where many of the 268 dead and 400 injured came from, are just starting to come to terms with the tragedy.
Francesco Di Paolo, 27, from Amatrice - where more than 200 people died - describes the "shocking and traumatic" effect it has had on the close-knit community.
"My family - my mother, my grandmother and I - managed to escaped from our flat, which is in one of the few buildings still standing in Amatrice town centre.
The rest of the town centre is destroyed. The houses on both sides of our home collapsed.
There are five families who live in our building and we all got out, luckily.
After I helped my 60-year-old mother and 90-year-old grandmother to escape, I went back to help the other families. I helped all the families to get out in the dark.
My mother and grandmother were in shock, particularly my mother, who at first wanted to go back to bed.
It was dark when we got outside but when I switched on a torch, what confronted me was simply horrific.
A wall had fallen down on my car and the houses on either side of us had collapsed.
There were three people in one house, a mother, a daughter and her boyfriend. They were all killed in their sleep. They lived in a big, beautiful house with a lovely garden and they were buried under the rubble.
The family on the other side managed to survive, even though they fell from the second floor and their house was destroyed.
We consider ourselves lucky, very lucky.
I remember it was very quiet afterwards. Then after about 10 or 15 minutes people started coming in from the surrounding area to the centre of town looking for people, calling out and using their hands to try to find others under the rubble.
I joined in and tried to help my neighbours. I gave some blankets to people from our building. I was just wearing my T-shirt and underpants - I didn't have time to dress.
I stood on broken glass getting out of our apartment, but I'm ok.
I went back in to get some clothes later and went out again to try and find my friends. One friend lived in a beautiful house, but their house didn't exist any more, it was destroyed. Three of his family died there.
Around 200 people died in Amatrice. We all know each other. It's a small town and a close-kit community, so everybody knows people who died. Cousins, uncles, mothers, fathers. The whole town is affected.
There was a festival in the town the night before the quake struck and I know some people who were there who died, including a young girl who worked there.
I spent the whole of Wednesday helping neighbours and rescuers.
I also managed to collect some things from our home, but we can't enter the building now as it's not safe and the town is now closed off.
Our building will probably have to be destroyed as it is covered in cracks.
We have sent my grandmother to stay with friends on the coast, and my mother and I are now staying in a tented camp set up by the Red Cross.
The police, rescue services, volunteers and Red Cross have all been very good. People are trying to help each other.
I was back here for the week on holiday as I live and work near Rome - and this happened. I'm glad I was here to help my family and we are very fortunate we survived.
There are 200-300 people staying at this camp. The priority has been to find accommodation for people who survived and for the rescue services now to find the missing.
I will probably leave this camp with my mother today and go somewhere else for a couple of days, if we can.
I haven't slept since the quake and there is a lot of emotion in the camp. People have lost their houses, their friends and their families. We all know people who are dead, injured or missing.
It is a terrible, terrible thing that has happened here. A terrible tragedy.
We are the lucky ones. We are alive."
His daredevil stunts were a major feature in what many saw as the programme's golden years.
He became famous for his relationship with Shep, the dog that would never get down.
But he later claimed his television persona was faked and was a bitter critic of the programme's culture under its long-serving editor, Biddy Baxter.
He was born the son of a mill worker on 6 March 1934 in the village of Shelf, close to Halifax in Yorkshire.
His parents divorced when he was nine, and Noakes lived with his grandmother before going to a local fee-paying school, on a scholarship. He quarrelled with his father and left home at 16 to join the RAF as a mechanic.
A year later he changed his surname to Noakes, after a well-known Canadian trumpeter of the time, Alfie Noakes, who became his stepfather.
Notoriously defensive in the few interviews that he did, Noakes always refused to reveal his original surname on the grounds he didn't like it.
He left the RAF and went to work at Heathrow as an aircraft fitter for BOAC but he was already becoming interested in acting.
A series of mundane jobs provided the money to attend acting school and he made his first professional appearance in a summer show with Cyril Fletcher.
He spent six months in the Broadway production of Arnold Wesker's Chips with Everything before moving back to work in rep in Surrey, where he met his wife, Vicky.
In 1965 he was appearing in a play in Leicester when Blue Peter's editor, Biddy Baxter, spotted his photograph in a local paper.
At the age of 31, ancient by the standards of modern children's presenters, he passed the audition making his first appearance on 30 December 1966.
He became instantly recognisable, not least because his Yorkshire accent was at odds with the Received Pronunciation that was the norm in the 1960s BBC.
His first task was to conquer the nervousness engendered by having to perform on live TV so he decided to invent a character behind which he could hide.
"Idiot Noakes has an extrovert personality, is light-hearted and jokey. A bit of a buffoon who would do anything for a laugh or a few pence. I switch the personality on when I turn up to do the job, and off when I leave."
He never stopped being an actor. In later years he admitted that the incontinent baby elephant, one of the programme's more memorable moments, had not actually stood on his foot as he pretended at the time.
Noakes initially teamed up with two existing presenters, Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton.
When Trace left soon after, he was replaced by Peter Purves, completing what many fans claim was the classic Blue Peter presenter line-up.
Where Purves was the school swot and Singleton the prim head girl, Noakes was the boy at the back of the class disrupting the lesson.
He threw himself into the various challenges which came his way; white-water rafting, climbing the mast at HMS Ganges and travelling up the Amazon were some of the high spots.
One white-knuckle ride on a bobsleigh down the Cresta Run resulted in a crash which left him bruised and concussed after finishing the descent on his backside.
And he entered the Guinness Book of Records after becoming the first civilian in Britain to make a five-mile-high freefall parachute drop with the RAF.
He had no fear of heights and, in one memorable broadcast, climbed Nelson's Column on a series of rickety wooden ladders in order to help workmen clean up pigeon mess.
Like other presenters he was expected to have an animal and, in 1966, Patch arrived in the studio, the son of Petra, another Blue Peter dog.
Patch died suddenly at the age of five and Noakes broke down in tears when he went on set to give his young audience the sad news.
But Patch's demise opened the door for Shep, an enthusiastic black-and-white border collie who became Noakes's new companion.
The new dog was as excitable as his master's alter ego and Noakes's cries of "Get down, Shep" became a familiar catchphrase.
During his final two years with the programme, he travelled the country with Shep in a series called Go With Noakes but, behind the scenes at Blue Peter, a furious row was developing between Noakes and his editor, Biddy Baxter.
A formidable character, she had very clear ideas of how her presenters should behave, refusing to allow them any editorial input and insisting they work from scripts rather than an autocue.
His co-presenter, Valerie Singleton, later recalled in an interview that Noakes was the only person capable of standing up to Biddy Baxter and getting away with it.
Noakes complained of long hours and poor pay, later saying that he had once worked for a nine-week period with just a day and a half off.
The demands were huge; a twice-weekly live programme coupled with a punishing schedule of location films all took their toll.
His feud with Baxter would continue to simmer. In 2008 he initially turned down an invitation to attend a reception at Buckingham Palace to mark 50 years of Blue Peter.
"Biddy was a very difficult woman," he said. "She was a bully who treated me like some country yokel from Yorkshire. I couldn't abide her then, so I won't pretend I am looking forward to rubbing shoulders with her now."
He finally relented after the Queen sent him a personal message naming him as her favourite presenter.
Baxter herself, who has received high praise for making Blue Peter into the success it was, has always denied knowledge of any rift between Noakes and herself.
Noakes quit the programme in 1978 sparking a huge row over the future of his partnership with Shep.
He had been told he would be allowed to keep the dog, which technically belonged to the BBC, but he was not to use Shep in any future advertising.
Once he had left, Noakes duly recruited a similar-looking dog to do a series of pet food commercials.
After leaving Blue Peter, Noakes worked for a further 18 months on Go With Noakes, before setting off with his wife on a round-the-world yacht trip.
The couple's voyage ended when their boat was badly damaged by a giant wave off the coast of North Africa and they ended up in Mallorca, where they eventually made a home.
Noakes continued with some television work, presenting a 1983 children's documentary series for ITV but he failed to make it back into the mainstream.
There was one memorable and tearful appearance on a BBC programme called Fax in 1987 where he announced the death, a few days before, of his beloved Shep.
He was reunited with Purves and Singleton in 2000 when the three came together to dig up a time capsule that they had buried during a Blue Peter episode in 1971.
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The derelict malt kiln building in Newbridge Hill, Louth, could be pulled down and replaced with the discount shop if permission is granted.
Keep Louth Special said it was not against the plans as it would not affect the town's independent shops.
It said it was more concerned for the future of the nearby cattle market.
Aldi held an exhibition on Tuesday outlining its plans and said if the store was granted planning permission it could generate about 40 jobs.
But more concern has been focussed on another location in the town.
East Lindsey District Council's planning committee granted outline approval for a new cattle market at the Fairfield Industrial Estate, in Louth, in July 2012.
Keep Louth Special said they feared this could make way for one of the major supermarkets to buy the existing site.
Alan Mumby, chair of the group, said: "Aldi coming in is not bad news. It will get rid of the eyesore [malt kiln] and won't put a dent on Louth's independent shops.
"The cattle market site is our big one and we'd fight to the death [over it]. We don't want our high street to die."
Constable Claude Dorion said a search helicopter spotted the remains of Mike Gagnon, 37, late on Monday.
Mr Gagnon and his stepdaughter went missing on Sunday after their car was swept into the Riviere Sainte-Anne in the Gaspé region of the province.
Ground search crews and divers are still looking for the toddler.
The girl's mother was able to escape the vehicle after it was dragged into the river, but she lost sight of her boyfriend and child.
The fatality comes as flood waters in the deluged province slowly begin to recede and officials urge patience.
"We are seeing now the start of the decrease of the water levels, but it will take some time before people return to their homes," Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard said on Tuesday morning.
The central Canadian province is experiencing some of its worst flooding in decades.
More than 170 communities have been affected, 2,733 homes have been flooded, and 1,940 people have been evacuated, according to the Quebec government.
On Tuesday, Montreal extended its state of emergency until 14 May as a "preventive measure", said Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre.
Almost 400 homes have been inundated and 243 have been evacuated to date in the province's largest city.
"The water levels are stable and we've seen it beginning to recede in some areas. That's a good sign," said Mayor Coderre.
A number of schools across the province remained closed for a second day, as did federal government offices in Gatineau, in Canada's national capital region, which has also been inundated.
The Ottawa River reached peak levels on Tuesday and with no significant rainfall expected in the coming weeks, water levels are expected to slowly begin to fall.
Quebec Public Safety Minister Martin Coiteux said it would be "a number of weeks" before water levels return to normal.
About 1,730 soldiers and support personnel are in Quebec assisting with sandbagging and protecting critical infrastructure.
Floods have also affected the provinces of Ontario, British Columbia (BC) and New Brunswick.
Federal Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said flooding is still at "a critical stage".
One hundred people have been evacuated in Ottawa, Ontario; 30 people in BC; and three in New Brunswick.
In BC, the search for two men is ongoing following flooding in parts of the western Canadian province's interior.
Cache Creek Fire Chief Clayton Cassidy, 59, disappeared while checking creek-flow levels in the province's interior late on Friday.
Roy Sharp, 75, is missing following a mudslide near Tappen, BC on Saturday.
Mr Sharp's destroyed home and areas of the mudslide debris field have been searched to no avail. He was last seen inside his home the night of the slide.
Their run of 28 wins in a row was ended by Milwaukee Bucks, who won 108-95.
The Los Angeles Lakers hold the record for the longest run of successive wins, set in the 1971-72 season.
"Losing sucks even if you are 24-1," said Warriors interim head coach Luke Walton.
Warnock secured the club's Championship status after three months in charge but opted to leave on Wednesday.
Speaking to BBC Radio Sheffield, the 67-year-old admitted he nearly signed a new contract last week.
"I did feel the club needs somebody to commit themselves now to actually take it forward," he said.
"The chairman has a dream of the Premiership, and quite rightly so, but I do think that's a few years away yet.
"The main thing is consolidating in the Championship, have a steady season where they're not flirting with relegation and get the infrastructure correct for when they could make a push."
Warnock presided over 16 matches at Rotherham, taking them on an 11-game unbeaten streak that moved them out of the relegation zone.
Rotherham had been confident of keeping Warnock at the New York Stadium, but Warnock felt that the club needs a manager willing to commit to a long-term run.
"Ten years ago, I think I would have signed a three or four-year contract with the chairman because I trust him that much," he said.
"With one or two key signings Rotherham have the nucleus to take the club and try and be in a comfortable position."
Warnock has managed at 14 clubs in a 36-year career, including stints at Leeds United, Queens Park Rangers and Huddersfield Town.
"The club now is in a situation where it needs somebody to come in for a couple of years," Warnock added.
"I have that one season left in me and I felt at the end, I would have been staying at Rotherham for the wrong reasons."
The money will go to third sector and voluntary organisations running projects to complement those provided by the Welsh NHS and other public sector partners.
Diverse Cymru, Gofal, Hafal, Mind Aberystwyth, Mind Cymru and Sight Cymru are among those to benefit.
The grants will be made available on a three-year basis until March 2018.
The Alzheimer's Society, Bipolar UK, Cruse Bereavement Care, Mental Health Foundation, Samaritans and SPICE Innovations will also get funding.
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Two goals by Fernando Llorente put the Swans 2-0 up but Liverpool drew level through Roberto Firmino.
"It would have been easy for the team to capitulate at that point but we went on and got another goal," said Clement.
Gylfi Sigurdsson scored on the counter-attack, however, to give Clement his first win since taking over.
The victory lifted the Swans off the bottom of the table and dented Liverpool's Premier League title aspirations.
All the goals came in the second half and Clement - who took over on 3 January after former manager Bob Bradley was sacked - said defence was the key to victory.
"I think it's going to give everyone a big boost, this victory," said Clement.
"I'm very pleased not only with the result but with the performance. In the first half we frustrated Liverpool, made it very difficult for them to get through us."
Clement said the key to the victory was the way in which his team reacted after Liverpool equalised in the 69th minute.
"The crowd erupted the momentum was with Liverpool, but football is a strange game," he added.
"We got that counter-attack opportunity against run of play.
"We soaked up a lot of pressure, but we knew that would be the case and I think we deserved to win.
"It's very good for the confidence, and for me it reinforces that all the good work is done on the training ground in the week."
Swansea now have a 10-day break before facing Southampton on 31 January.
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Four people were badly injured as two carriages collided on the Smiler ride on Tuesday.
Solicitors Broad Yorkshire Law, based in Sheffield, posted a message on Twitter on Tuesday, but quickly removed it.
The firm apologised, blaming a junior member of staff, who has been reprimanded.
Lois Bayliss, of Broad Yorkshire Law, said she did not blame people for being "horrified" at the tweet and that it "would never try to profit in such a way from such a terrible accident".
The advert was described by one Facebook user as "insensitive, tactless, inconsiderate, thoughtless, cold, unsympathetic, heartless and callous".
Solicitors Molesworths Bright-Clegg, based in Rochdale, tweeted a similar message, but has since removed it.
The firm apologised, saying: "We jumped the gun trying to be topical before knowing how serious things were.
"It's obvious now we reacted too quickly without checking all the facts. As stated above, we unreservedly apologise to anyone who took offence at our tweet and, again, send everyone involved in the accident our best wishes for a speedy recovery."
One Twitter user, Karl Gunton, said he had been blocked by the business after complaining about its "bad taste".
Cohen Cramer Solicitors, based in Leeds, also took to Twitter to apologise.
While its original post was deleted, it tweeted: "Apologies to all concerned - it was crass and insensitive and we unreservedly apologise for the offence it undoubtedly caused #AltonTowers."
Meanwhile, Norwich City goalkeeper John Ruddy has apologised after a joke appeared on his Twitter account about the accident. He claimed his account was hacked after the post appeared hours after the crash.
It read: "Buzzing for @altontowers next weekend...at least I won't need a fast pass for smiler!"
The Alton Towers hashtag has been used thousands of times in the last 24 hours, with many people following news of the crash on Twitter.
Two men, 27 and 18, a woman, 19, and a girl, 17, suffered serious leg injuries and were trapped along with other passengers on the ride for several hours.
They are currently being treated at nearby trauma centres.
Alton Towers was closed on Wednesday while an investigation continues into the crash.
But accepting that his briefing to journalists at the G7 - at which he was reported as saying ministers would have to back him on EU reform or quit - was about the behaviour of ministers right now before any reforms have been negotiated, rather than in a future referendum on the UK's membership of Europe, leads to some worrying conclusions.
One possibility is that this was at the forefront of his mind - that he was reflecting on a huge internal row that we know nothing about.
I've seen it before - the public words only make sense when we read the private memoirs many years later.
It is possible, with a dash of that generosity - and a couple of handfuls of vivid imagination - to imagine some cabinet ministers are telling the prime minister his renegotiation is pointless and they want to shout from the rooftops that Britain should leave the EU come what may, even before he has started talks.
If this is the case, and they aren't even willing to pay lip service to his plan, even for a few short months, then he would have every right to demand they should exit from his presence forthwith.
It is hard to see how any minister could have the extraordinary temerity to demand to stay on the inside, while playfully soaking the tent.
So if that is why Mr Cameron interpreted the questions in such an odd way then he is in a whole world of pain, and the government is on the verge of revolt and disintegration.
If it is not the case, but Mr Cameron did genuinely misunderstand the clear point of the journalists' questions, then it is worrying that he is allowed anywhere near vital negotiations involving simple comprehension, or indeed putting nouns and verbs in the proper order.
To misunderstand the point of the inquiries you would have to be, to use a technical political term, a bit thick.
But most observers do not presume the PM is either daft or facing an imminent revolt.
They assume he meant what he said at the time, and subsequently had his spokeswoman row back at a rate of knots because he came under a lot of pressure from ministers who want to leave their options open when negotiations are concluded.
On one obvious level this is dangerous politics.
Shooting the messenger is all very well - gunning down the men and women who cover politics day in and day out, leaving them wounded, aggrieved, and distrustful is not smart.
But it is wise of Mr Cameron not to box himself in.
He is a master tactician unburdened by too much strategy, and will need plenty of wiggle room in the future, to work out which option is less likely to make his supporters squirm.
Whether or not to allow ministers the right to campaign either for an "In" or "Out" in a referendum will be a profound decision.
It implies the lesser, but still important, question of whether there will be a single, official Conservative Party position - a near impossibility, I think.
There won't be a good decision for Mr Cameron - only a less bad one.
Much will depend on the political realities at the time.
From Mr Cameron's point of view, there is obviously great merit in having a government position, presumably for a 'yes' vote and demanding loyalty from ministers.
It gives the country a firm and decisive message.
But if he insists on a facade of unity the risk is that it will fracture.
It almost certainly would to an extent. The question is how big the cracks would be.
There is a range from the terminally damaging - half the cabinet resigning - to the negligible (the junior minister for spoons going off in a huff and having his five minutes of glory on the Today programme).
The reality is likely to be somewhere in between.
While there are attractions for Mr Cameron in showing a liberality of spirit and allowing ministers to follow their inner instincts, there is a risk that a herd of them will head off to the "No" campaign, knowing there will be no penalty for undermining their leader and making the government look chaotic and split.
It doesn't take much to turn that from a matter of consciousness to a leadership challenge to a man you have judged to be selling a duff deal.
It is worth noting Boris Johnson has suggested it would be "safer and more harmonious" to allow minsters to campaign as they wish.
On the other hand if cabinet ministers who are well known sceptics, like the Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, do declare that they will back the UK staying in the EU that would be a powerful boost for the prime minister's case.
This is all being watched with extreme frustration across the continent.
Many in Westminster are misjudging the position of Mr Cameron's European allies.
Mrs Merkel's emollience and genuine alarm at the idea of the UK leaving the EU should not be taken for tolerance of the British debate.
The view is that Mr Cameron has no real burning desire to reshape Britain's relationship with the Union, but that he has got himself into a profound pickle trying to soothe his insatiable and fractious party.
They are wearily willing to lend a hand to pull him out of a morass of his own making, but don't expect to be lectured in the process.
The level of distress the continuing debate causes within the government is important for all of us.
Dealing with such a profoundly important question as the UK's future destiny is exhausting.
Sitting on a tiny majority and keeping together a party that is well versed in civil war is nerve-wracking.
The prime minister and chancellor may have boundless skill and enthusiasm, but they are only human.
Scaling twin peaks of such magnitude may not leave them with a great deal of time and energy to focus on bread-and-butter issues.
It is uncomfortable being a passenger in a vehicle where there is an argument over which way to go, more so if someone is actually trying to grab the steering wheel.
The prime minister has a nearly impossible job.
It is not just that his party is split on Europe - it is more that it isn't.
"We will legislate in the first session of the next Parliament for an in-out referendum to be held on Britain's membership of the EU before the end of 2017.
We will negotiate a new settlement for Britain in the EU. And then we will ask the British people whether they want to stay in on this basis, or leave.
We will honour the result of the referendum, whatever the outcome."
A majority in the Conservative Party have a widespread contempt for the European Union.
They will take some convincing to temper that, and argue Mr Cameron has changed the world.
Nevertheless, some Conservatives, including, I would guess, the prime minister and chancellor, feel that on balance it is in the national interest to stay part of the club, at least after a few cosmetic tweaks.
The strength of belief on the other side is deeper, and more passionate, if just as hard-headed about what is in the national interest.
It makes the tone of debate difficult, and the risk to the Conservative Party serious.
It may be easier for a self-declared two-term prime minister to choose country over party but it will be a dangerous moment.
It is always difficult when a country's leader has to choose between perceived national interest and party unity, and it is unsurprising Mr Cameron has chosen to look muddled now rather than face a revolt before talks have even begun.
He's releasing a brand new solo album, touring with Iggy Azalea in the US and still starring in Kingdom as an MMA fighter.
Now he's announced that he'll be starring in Ryan Murphy's new Fox mini-series Scream Queens and Nick says filming for that kicks off in March.
He will be appearing alongside the likes of singer Ariana Grande and Lea Michelle from Glee.
Also starring in the show will be Emma Roberts and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Scream Queens is being described as a comedy-horror, where a murder on a college campus throws everything into turmoil.
"As an actor I was trying to find projects that I was passionate about and that would help me to grow," he said.
"Kingdom is a really serious dramatic role. I play Nate Kulina on that show.
"So we were looking for something that would break that up a little bit, on the comedy side. So this is a darker comedy.
"Ryan Murphy is obviously a creative genius and has had major success in the last couple of years, whether it's Glee or American Horror Story.
"So I think this will be another success story."
Nick's new single Jealous is due out at the end of February and has already clocked up some impressive hits on YouTube (more than 31 million views) and Spotify (more than two and a half million streams).
Call us cynical, but it may have to do with him ditching his purity ring and flaunting his six pack at every given opportunity.
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The club's former owner Craig Whyte and former chief executive Charles Green were among the group who arrived at the High Court in Edinburgh.
David Whitehouse, Paul Clark and David Grier, who worked for administrators Duff and Phelps, also appeared.
The charges against the men include fraud, conspiracy and involvement in serious organised crime.
A takeover by the Pompey Supporters' Trust can now be completed after the club
Their takeover is conditional on taking control of Fratton Park which was owned by the club's major creditor Portpin.
Now the next chapter of hard work begins to transform our club into something the community of Portsmouth can be proud of
Portpin, led by Balram Chainrai, claimed they were owed £12m by the club and held Portsmouth's home as security.
The PST had offered £3m for the ground but with Portpin unwilling to sell at that price, administrators BDO went to the High Court to force the sale.
But it did not get that far, with an agreement reached out of court between administrators and Portpin, thought to be a figure of £3m plus add-ons.
It means the fans' group can now go ahead with their purchase of Fratton Park and BDO can start the process of finally bringing the club out of administration.
"It's fantastic, it's exactly the news we wanted. It's really exciting," PST chairman Ashley Brown told BBC Sport.
"It's taken a lot longer than we wanted but in the end we got the result we wanted. It's brilliant news, we're over the moon.
"Of course we believed it was possible otherwise we would not have put so much effort into it.
"There have been times where we thought we would definitely do it and times where we thought we wouldn't.
"Recently we've been very bullish, we've kept at it and we were right to as we've brought it home.
"The belief kept us going, we knew we were the right answer for the club and we all knew that we had to keep plugging away at what we wanted to achieve.
"This moment should be something special for all fans, not just Pompey. This should give a belief of what is achievable.
"We like to say we are the biggest community club in the country and we hope other clubs will follow.
"This club now has a very bright future. It is not going to be easy. We're going down to League Two but we have to accept that and use it as an excuse to rebuild."
Administrator at BDO Trevor Birch added: "I'm completely relieved. My reaction is that - relief that's is all finally over.
"It's taken quite a bit out of me personally. It's been a very difficult and complex case.
"It's been hugely frustrating, but at the end of the day it's all been worth it and Pompey are alive and kicking."
The club had been in danger of losing their 'Golden Share' - and effectively membership - with the Football League, who had warned Pompey they must come out of administration before the end of the season.
The PST have raised around £2m in pledges with fans' donating £1,000 each to save the club.
They are also backed by several High Net Worth individuals, who also support the club, and they have bankrolled the Hampshire outfit for several months now,
One of those HNW's is Iain McInnes and he will become chairman of the club as and when the PST takeover is complete.
This was the second case to determine the future of Pompey with the initial hearing in December adjourned.
It marks the end of several torturous years for a club that has been in administration twice in three years and suffered relegation from the Premier League to the Championship and now League One.
With another 10-point penalty on the way, a further relegation to League Two is expected.
On a day of drama at the High Court after two adjournments the case was finally heard and lasted only several minutes as Katharine Holland QC revealed an "agreement in principle" had been struck.
Holland asked for further time to seal the deal and after BDO returned at 15:00 BST several more adjournments followed before the judge declared it had been completed and the sorry saga was finally over.
It means Chainrai's four-year hold on the club is at an end.
Birch will now start the process of bringing the club out of administration, which is expected to be completed on 22 April.
The captain has urged Vern Cotter's side to finish with three wins out of five after beating Ireland and Wales earlier in this year's championship.
"It makes you sick when you watch it back," said flanker Barclay of Saturday's 61-21 loss at Twickenham.
"I'm very confident there'll be a positive reaction from the group."
The Scots last claimed three wins in a Six Nations series in 2006.
"We've been on the right path, certainly been on the right trend for a while now," said Barclay. "I don't think anyone saw that game coming at the weekend.
"We've got one more game left against Italy, which is a huge game now to try and finish the championship on a high, finish the championship with three wins from five and potential to finish second, which we've never done before.
"You can't gloss over it, the stuff that went wrong. We just didn't play well enough and we just made too many errors, couldn't get a foothold in the game, gave away a lot of stupid penalties. I like to think of it as a bump in the road, albeit a fairly big bump at the time."
"Regardless of what happened the week before, you have to go out and try and win the game and that's the case this week. It'll be a hard game; it always is tricky against them. We have to go out and play much better than we did at the weekend.
"[Italy] have played some good stuff in patches in the championship but undoubtedly they'll come to Murrayfield targeting a win.
"The boys are confident. We realise we've got to right a few wrongs."
They are now calling for Scotland's top prosecutor to make the pictures public.
The 31-year-old trainee gas engineer died in police custody after being detained following an incident in Kirkcaldy on 3 May.
His death is being investigated by the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (PIRC).
The family said Mr Bayoh's mother "still wants to know what her son's last words were" as they reiterated their determination "to seek the truth".
Relatives of the father-of-two, including Mr Bayoh's partner Collette Bell and his sister Kadijartu Johnson, have been demanding answers over police conduct and Mr Bayoh's cause of death, and have previously held meetings with the PIRC and Lord Advocate.
The family took their case to the Scottish Parliament on Thursday, where Labour MSP Claire Baker had organised a cross-party meeting to allow relatives to talk to politicians about the case.
It followed a meeting at the Lord Advocate's office, where relatives watched the footage of his final moments, family solicitor Aamer Anwar said.
Speaking outside the Scottish Parliament, Mr Anwar said: "Over the last four months the family has learned a great deal about the background of the police officers and what they did to Sheku Bayoh on the morning of 3 May.
"This morning, at the Lord Advocate's office, a heartbroken Bayoh family watched the last moments of Sheku's life taken on CCTV and mobile phone.
"Whilst they agreed to viewing the CCTV on the basis of confidentiality, the family would now urge the Lord Advocate to publicly release the CCTV."
Mr Anwar, speaking 22 weeks on from the death, said the family wanted to "urge politicians of all parties to hear their concerns".
"The family knows that the Scottish government has said that they cannot speak due to a live investigation, but they believe silence is not an option if we are to avoid a whitewash," the lawyer said.
Mr Anwar said the family remains unconvinced the PIRC will deliver a "robust and impartial inquiry", and they called for parliament to give the Commissioner more powers "to hold Police Scotland to account".
He said: "The Bayohs have always said that if Sheku broke the law, then the police had a right to act, but any force used had to be legitimate and proportionate.
"He was not a terrorist, he was not brandishing a knife at police officers, he was not carrying a knife when officers attended, nor was he 6ft-plus with superhuman strength. His family state that he did not deserve to die."
A spokesman for PIRC said the commissioner "continues to work closely with the Lord Advocate to investigate all available lines of inquiry", including gathering further expert opinion in relation to the cause of death.
The spokesman added: "The family were offered the opportunity to participate in the process of identifying further expert forensic pathologists, in addition to those already commissioned, to provide an opinion on how Sheku Bayoh died.
"They have now nominated three experts, whose details will be shared with the Lord Advocate for his consideration and instruction.
"The commissioner is keen that the family are able to openly and honestly communicate with her so that they may achieve a better understanding of the process and progress of the investigation.
"She is committed to further dialogue and looks forward to meeting the family again in the near future."
A Crown Office spokesman said: "In order to protect the integrity of the investigation we cannot at this stage release the CCTV footage into the public domain.
"We will however release the CCTV as soon as this can be done, without prejudicing the investigation."
Ch Supt Garry McEwan, of Police Scotland, said: "An independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding Sheku Bayoh's death is currently being carried out by the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner and they have submitted an interim report to the Crown Office.
"Police Scotland remains committed to co-operating fully with the PIRC's inquiries. I would like to again offer my condolences to Sheku's family and we await the conclusion of the investigation."
The Pro12 champions trailed 21-11 at the break with Niyi Adeolukun's early try cancelled out by scores from Yann David and Jean-Marc Doussain.
Tiernan O'Halloran and Bundee Aki crossed for second-half Connacht tries.
Toulouse failed to score in the second half as they crashed for a fifth away defeat in a row in the competition for the first time in their history.
Connacht's deficiencies in the scrum were exposed by Toulouse early on at the Sportsground.
They conceded three scrum penalties which were punished with penalties from Sebastian Bezy (two) and Florian Fritz as the visitors coasted into a 9-0 lead.
Connacht then sprang to life with a stylish 10-minute spell which produced 11 unanswered points, though it could have been more.
Ultan Dillane's lineout steal sparked a swashbuckling move by the Connacht backs who ran the ball from inside their '22' and Adeolukun dotted down for an easy finish in the corner.
Jack Carty missed the conversion but landed two subsequent penalties to put Connacht ahead briefly, at 11-9.
Connacht's dynamic play brought the best out of Toulouse, who sprang to life with two tries before the interval.
The four-time champions were at their best in the second quarter, scoring 12 unanswered points, with an expert off-loading game resulting in a try for Yann David, who powered over after 34 minutes.
Connacht's defence was again found wanting when Jean-Marc Doussain crossed the whitewash three minutes later.
The visitors, who had won all three previous trips to Galway since 2011, led 21-11 but failed to press home the advantage in a second half dominated by the home side.
With Wasps running in 12 tries in the rout over Zebre, Connacht could ill-afford to start their campaign with a home defeat.
Pat Lam's side played with heart and a lot of spirit in the second half and despite Jack Carty struggling to convert penalty and conversion chances, they were worthy winners on their first game in the competition since 2013/24.
Tiernan O'Halloran thundered his way through after 58 minutes to reduce the arrears and the brilliant Bundee Aki skipped through a missed tackle to draw Connacht level after 67 minutes.
Craig Ronaldson assumed the kicking duties from the unconvincing Carty and nailed a sideline conversion with his left foot to secure a memorable victory for Connacht.
Connacht: T O'Halloran,; N Adeolokun, B Aki, C Ronaldson, C Kelleher, J Carty, C Blade, F Bealham, D Heffernan, C Carey, U Dillane, A Browne, E McKeon, J Heenan, J Muldoon (capt).
Replacements: K Marmion for Blade (46), JP Cooney for Carey (52), S Delahunt for Heffernan (55), S O'Brien for McKeown (55), S Ili for O'Halloran (65), R Loughney for Bealham (68), L Stevenson for Dillane (73), S O'Leary for Aki (78).
Toulouse: M Médard; Y Huget, F Fritz, Y David , P Perez; JM Doussain, S Bézy; C Baille, C Tolofua, C Johnston; R Gray, J Tekori; F Cros, P Faasalele, C Axtens.
Replacements: G Lamboley for R Gray (30), K Vasil for Baille (41),J Marchand for Tolofua (47), A Dorian for Johnston (47), G Fickou for Huget (49), T Gray for Faasalele (55), E Maka for Axtens (69), T Flood for Fritz (68).
The 18-year-old central midfielder began his career at Arsenal, captaining their Under-18 side, before joining the Hammers in July 2015.
"George is someone we noticed a few months ago," said manager Jon Whitney.
"We did our homework on him and spoke to West Ham. He's held in high regard, a player who plays beyond his years."
Five of Whitney's six signings have been midfielders since he was officially appointed manager on 1 June.
Bermudian teenager Kacy Milan Butterfield was the first and was followed into Bescot by Peterborough United's Erhun Oztumer, Sheffield United's Florent Cuvelier and Colchester United's Joe Edwards.
Walsall, who reported back for pre-season training on Wednesday, secured their first loan deal from a Premier League when Southampton defender Jason McCarthy signed for the first half of next season.
"West Ham brought George in from Arsenal where he played as a centre half but was moved forward to play as a holding midfielder which is where we see him playing," added Whitney.
"I know he'll go on to be a top player of highest level and we're lucky that West Ham have entrusted us with his development for the next 12 months. Age isn't a factor. If he comes in and is good enough then he will play."
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Most try to paint their organisation as a picture of nirvana, but Mark Dodson doesn't bother. To the head of the Scottish Rugby Union, there's really no point.
Dodson knows how fiendishly difficult it is to fund the game right now, from professional club rugby to the grassroots and everything in between. The Pro12 has many strengths, but a cash cow it is not.
The league makes about £12m a year in broadcast revenues. That compares with north of £40m a year in the Premiership in England and, from the 2019-20 season, £76m a year in France. The financial gap to the big leagues was always wide, but for the Scots and their Celtic cousins it's only getting wider and more troubling.
The Celtic nations are vulnerable. TV cash continues to flood into the markets of their near-neighbours like a fast-running river giving them a vastly increased spending - and poaching - power.
Last season, Bath wanted David Denton, formerly of Edinburgh, and they cheerily coughed up six figures to get him out of his contract early. Racing 92 wanted Leone Nakarawa, Glasgow's one-time totem, and they slapped down a wad of notes in front of Scottish Rugby chiefs to get him out of Glasgow before time.
That's on top of the rock 'n' roll salary they're paying him, the kind of sum that Glasgow couldn't hope to match in their wildest dreams.
Who's the next target of the wealthy raiders from England and France? Stuart Hogg? Jonny Gray? WP Nel? John Hardie? One thing is certain - the better these guys play for their clubs, the more chance they have of getting an offer that their employers couldn't hope to match.
"The truth is that the French and the English have stolen a march and we understand that we have to look at ourselves," says Dodson. "If we don't do something with the Pro 12, I think it's a bleak prospect.
"We're finding it very difficult to hang on to our top players. Even the people who aren't leaving are demanding more. Unless we do something different we're going to struggle."
Scotland have, more or less, maxed-out on their revenue streams. They've sold the naming rights to Murrayfield to BT. They've got broadcast revenues that are now at the top of their cycle and it's still not enough. On Saturday, Dodson will announce record turnover of £47.3m - "an historic high" - but it does little to breach the financial gap when some of the English and French heavy-hitters have got multi-millionaires (or billionaires) at the helm "hoovering up the best players in the world."
The notion of expanding the Pro12 into America has been floated in the recent past. It's still floating. The embryonic plan would see one or two American clubs from the east coast parachuted into the league in time for the 2018-19 season.
These clubs would have coaching and player assistance from the Celtic nations in the beginning, a sharing of knowledge of personnel. Super Rugby has shown that the travel issue can be overcome with clever scheduling and enough money in the game. Quite where the Italians fit in is not clear.
It sounds fanciful, but you can't mistake Dodson's intent, driven by a need to bring more money into his organisation to avoid an exodus of talent.
"We've got to identify markets that matter and we have to be open-minded," he says. "To stay as we are isn't really an option. It's been out in the press that we will look at the eastern seaboard of North America (New York, Boston, Atlanta) to explore a new market that could provide a new team or two teams along with broadcast income. I think it's something we have to do.
"I understand why people would think it unrealistic. What we are doing now is working with individuals who are testing those markets for us. We're going to find out if it's feasible. We have to see if the big cities, and their businesses, want to invest.
"Our indications are that there is an amount of interest from American rugby and corporate America. There'll be a process that takes place over the next two to three months that will flush it out. There's a new mindset in the Pro12 now. I think it's appropriate that we do this - and that we do it with some speed.
"We don't want to leave this to 2020, we have to make this happen in a fairly short period of time or find something else. We're seriously investigating the possibility. I'd like to think it'll happen. It's the most attractive market that we can see."
Dodson also spoke of the conundrum that is the global rugby season, the vexed business of the major nations, from the northern and southern hemisphere, trying to agree on a universal Test-match calendar. Such chat has been going on for many years and there's scarcely been an inch of progress made.
"We've had a debate since 2007 and nothing happens. We meet periodically around the world.
"We find that we can't agree on very much. The northern hemisphere wants one thing and the southern hemisphere wants another.
"There's been endless conversations. We'd prefer a harmonised global season, but if we can't come to a conclusion then we'll do what is right for us. If that means we have home and away Six Nations and no autumn internationals and no summer tours then I'd be up for that.
"You'd play a Six Nations pod in November and then another in its traditional slot in the spring. It wouldn't be ideal, but I'll look at anything. If we can't get a common understanding on a global season then we have to do what is right for our teams because that's what everyone else is doing.
"If we're going to be pressured by people to change our season and we lose millions of pounds as a result then I'm not for being pushed around."
Brian Sandoval said the California-based company will use the plant to make cheaper and more efficient batteries for future cars.
Correspondents say the factory will be a key part of Tesla's ambitions of taking on major automobile companies.
The "gigafactory" is predicted to bring nearly $100bn into Nevada's economy.
Mr Sandoval said that he hoped that target could be reached within the next 20 years, simultaneously reducing Tesla's battery costs by 30%.
Tesla will prepare, provide and manage the land and buildings, while Panasonic will make and supply the lithium-ion battery cells.
The plant is to be located in an industrial park in Storey County, about 25km (15 miles) east of Reno, an area that currently has a population of around 4,000.
Nevada fended off competition from Arizona, Texas, New Mexico and California as the site for the factory, which is expected to create 6,500 jobs with another 16,000 more indirectly.
Mr Sandoval said that the plant will become the "world's largest and most advanced battery factory".
He described the selection of Nevada as a "historic day" for the state.
Tesla chief executive and co-founder Elon Musk said that while Nevada's offer to his company "was not the biggest incentive package", the state had proved it "can do things quickly" and "get things done".
Yoshihiko Yamada of Panasonic said in July that the factory would help the electric vehicle market grow.
Sales of zero-emission electric vehicles currently make up less than 1% of the world's car market.
Tydfil Jenkins, 80, was heading home after taking cake to her friend when she was knocked over on Bethania Street, Maesteg, Bridgend county, on Tuesday evening.
A 35-year-old will appear in court on Thursday charged with causing her death by careless or inconsiderate driving.
Mrs Jenkins' family described her as a bingo loving straight-talker who would be missed.
The man, from Maesteg, has also been charged with causing death by driving unlicensed or uninsured, causing death by driving while disqualified and fraud by false representation.
He will appear at Cardiff Magistrates' Court.
In a tribute, Mrs Jenkins' family said: "Tydfil was a much loved mother to Terry, Hayley and the late Wendy and was also a loving grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother.
"Tydfil loved going to the bingo with her friends and she was a straight-forward woman - what you saw was what you got.
"She would say: 'Take me as I am, if you don't like it, tough!' That's just who she was."
The University of British Columbia (UBC) fired Mr Galloway earlier this year because of unspecified "serious accusations".
Media reported accusations of bullying, sexual harassment and sexual assault.
Mr Galloway's lawyer says the author "regrets his conduct" but denies the most serious allegations.
The writer faces no criminal charges and has filed a complaint over his dismissal.
The university has never revealed the substance of the accusations against Mr Galloway or the results of the investigation conducted by a former British Columbia supreme court judge, citing privacy for both Mr Galloway and his accusers.
Speaking about the allegations for the first time, Mr Galloway's lawyer Brent Olthuis said that the sole complaint substantiated by the university's investigation was that Mr Galloway engaged in "inappropriate behaviour with a student".
"Both the student and Mr Galloway were married at the time. The relationship developed into an affair that lasted approximately two years," Mr Olthuis confirmed in a written statement sent to media.
"Mr Galloway profoundly regrets his conduct and wishes to apologise for the harm that it has caused.
"He does not seek to minimise it or to hide from it. He seeks fair treatment for all involved, and an end to the scurrilous assertions and accusations that have proliferated in the vacuum of information."
According to Mr Olthuis, the university also investigated "specific complaints of a sexual nature from 2011" related to one complainant. Mr Olthuis said the university's investigation concluded "on a balance of probabilities that Mr Galloway had not committed sexual assault."
Mr Galloway's case received considerable media attention since he was suspended over a year ago. The university also became the subject of considerable scorn, after over 80 of Canada's brightest literary talents came to his defence in an open letter to UBC.
In the letter published 14 November, writers including Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, Madeleine Thien and David Cronenberg demanded an independent investigation into how UBC handled the allegations against the creative writing professor and bestselling author.
The authors have since faced criticism that, by attacking the lack of due process they saw afforded to Mr Galloway, they are turning a blind eye to "rape culture".
Thirteen authors, including Camilla Gibb and Miriam Toews, have since removed their names from the letter.
"I may have been inadvertently complicit in contributing to a culture of shaming and silencing," Ms Gibb wrote on Facebook.
A number of others have added their names to the list.
The 54-year-old took over at Field Mill in November 2016 and guided the Stags to a 12th-placed finish in League Two.
Swindon boss Luke Williams left earlier this month after their relegation from League One.
Chairman John Radford said Evans was "fully committed" to the club and they would allow for "no distractions" as they look to win promotion next season.
He added: "I have refused Swindon Town permission to talk to our manager and work continues behind the scenes at our club as we put together a squad which we believe will be highly competitive in Sky Bet League Two next season.
"Steve has my full backing as we aim to fulfil the dreams of a town and its people."
Evans, who previously had spells with Crawley, Rotherham and Leeds, has already signed goalkeeper Conrad Logan and defender Zander Diamond for next season.
The 28-year-old, capable of playing in defence or midfield, has signed a one-year deal with the option of a second.
Krantz, whose move is subject to international clearance, joins after eight years with Swedish side Linkoping, where she won a league title and played Champions League football.
"She brings with her a lot of experience," said boss Rick Passmoor.
It bars him from running for president next year against Vladimir Putin.
But Mr Navalny, who denies the charges, has vowed to take part in the race regardless. It was not immediately clear if this was legally possible.
His conviction came in a retrial after the European Court of Human Rights ruled the first trial to be unfair.
The court in the provincial city of Kirov found Mr Navalny guilty of embezzlement in relation to a timber company called Kirovles, for which he was also handed a 500,000-rouble ($8,500; £6,700) fine.
Russian media debate Navalny's fate
Mr Navalny, 40, is known for his anti-corruption campaign, which targeted senior officials close to the Kremlin. He says the case against him is an effort to keep him out of politics.
He had recently stepped up his political activity after announcing plans last year to run for the presidency in 2018. Mr Putin is allowed by the constitution to run for a second consecutive six-year term, but he has not said yet if he plans to do so.
Mr Putin has already served three terms as president in total but just two of those consecutively.
Mr Navalny's rise as a force in Russian politics began in 2008 when he started blogging about alleged malpractice and corruption at some of Russia's big state-controlled corporations.
He described the president's United Russia as "the party of crooks and thieves", a phrase that appeared to resonate with many in Russia.
He stood for Moscow mayor in 2013 and got more than a quarter of the vote, a surprise to many.
Russia's vociferous opposition leader
Navalny wins European human rights payout
The outspoken critic of President Putin said the sentence in the case, which he claims was politically motivated, was a sign that the Kremlin considered him to be too dangerous to take part in the election campaign. He has vowed to appeal against the verdict.
"We don't recognise this ruling. I have every right to take part in the election according to the constitution and I will do so. I will continue to represent the interests of people who want to see Russia a normal, honest and non-corrupt country," he told reporters after the judge announced the sentence.
But the legality of his candidacy is in question, as under Russian law anyone is banned from running for office for 10 years after being convicted of a serious crime. Separately, the constitution bans anyone from running who is physically in prison.
Mr Navalny was allowed to stand as a candidate for the mayoralty of Moscow despite his suspended sentence in 2013.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has dismissed concerns raised about Mr Navalny's absence undermining the legitimacy of the election.
"We believe any concerns about this are inappropriate," he said, speaking before the trial concluded.
It took the judge well over three hours to read his verdict to the stuffy courtroom - at a fast mumble and with the occasional deep sigh. Towards the end he knocked the microphone away, and from then on was barely audible at all. But his final, guilty decision - once confirmed - was no surprise.
Even before the hearing began, Alexei Navalny told me he wasn't expecting anything good to come of it. The activist insists that this whole case was meant to stop his corruption investigations and to ensure he had a serious criminal conviction to bar him from running for president. Mr Navalny plans to dispute that law as a violation of Russia's constitution.
Mr Navalny has been convicted of embezzling timber worth 16m roubles ($500,000; £330,000) from the Kirovles state timber company while working as an adviser to Kirov's governor, Nikita Belykh.
It was a retrial of the original 2013 case - and another five-year suspended sentence - that was quashed by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), which said he was not given a fair hearing.
The ECHR also said the original trial had failed to address allegations that it was politically motivated.
At the time, the verdict was widely condemned by the European Union and the US, with opposition supporters clashing with police in Moscow, St Petersburg and other cities.
And last week, the ECHR ordered Russia to pay the leading opposition figure more than €63,000 (£54,000; $67,000) in compensation, saying his right to peaceful protest had been violated multiple times, in cases dating back to 2012.
At the start of the verdict on Wednesday, judge Alexei Vtyurin said the court had established that Mr Navalny had "organised" the theft.
Mr Navalny is likely to only serve 18 months of the five-year suspended sentence because the judge has taken into account time served from the previous sentence before the ECHR ruling, his lawyer told journalists.
The M20 is the main route through the county, but a 23-mile stretch of the coast-bound carriageway is currently shut.
The closure was ordered as part of Operation Stack, which is implemented whenever there is disruption to Channel crossings, and involves lorries being parked or "stacked" along the motorway.
The current closure is due to the ongoing Calais migrant crisis.
Local roads are also affected as motorists going about their daily business - and lorry drivers too - look for alternative routes.
It has led to heavy congestion in town centres, villages and country lanes across south-east Kent.
Jenny Chessman lives on the Orchard Heights estate in Ashford, close to the Drovers roundabout, which has consistently been at a standstill.
"We're prisoners on our own estate... people are using every other route to try to get around the problem," she said.
"There are so many lorries causing absolute chaos."
Chris Wolfe runs a wholesale flower business from Ashford and said getting around was impossible, with side roads gridlocked and unable to cope, and everybody "jumping the lights".
"It's the wedding season and sometimes flowers have arrived 15 hours late, so we've been delivering late at night," she said.
"There are a lot of angry, frustrated people out there."
Linda Farrier, who runs a family funeral directors in Dover, said the firm was having to add extra time on to most journeys.
"It's not just funerals, it's also collecting the deceased from hospitals," she said, adding that some mourners had even been unable to get to funerals because of delays on the road.
Residents have complained of spending hours sitting in traffic, with parked lorries blocking junctions and roundabouts.
Ken and Jeanette Green drove from Folkestone to Kingston, south London, with their cousin Dave Williams on Wednesday in a round trip that took more than 10 hours.
"It was the worst journey I have ever had," Mr Williams said.
He recalled how they were visiting a sick relative in hospital and got almost as far as Ashford on the M20 when all the lanes came to a halt because Operation Stack had suddenly been brought in on the London-bound carriageway.
Mr Green said they were at a standstill for at least three hours.
"It's ridiculous, and a national disgrace," he said.
Paget Silvester, from Lympne, works 12-hour night shifts as a healthcare assistant in a nursing home in Blackheath, south-east London.
Her journey to and from work normally takes just over an hour, but has been taking up to three-and-a-half hours.
But she and her husband, who also has to drive up the M20 to Maidstone for his job, have decided to turn the situation around.
"We have a small caravan, and we're going to tow it to Bearsted to a caravan site to live there and cut our journey times down," she said.
"We're trying to turn a desperate situation into something a little bit easier."
Russia confirmed earlier that the hull of the Liman, part of its Black Sea Fleet, had sustained a breach, with crew working to keep it afloat.
The cause of the collision is unclear but fog was reported in the area.
The ship hit a Togo-flagged boat carrying livestock, Turkish media say.
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim called his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, to express his sadness over the collision, sources in the Turkish prime minister's office were quoted by Reuters news agency as saying.
The Russian Black Sea Fleet (BSF) passes through the Bosphorus Strait for deployments in the Mediterranean, notably in Syria.
All 78 crew aboard the Liman were safely evacuated, the Turkish coastal authority said in a statement (in Turkish) on its website.
It collided with the Youzarsif H freighter, reportedly 29km (18 miles) from the Turkish town of Kilyos on the Black Sea coast just north of the city of Istanbul, and had sunk by 14:48 (11:48 GMT).
It was not clear whether either vessel was heading to the Bosphorus Strait at the time, Reuters news agency reports.
The BSF said the Russian crew had followed all the rules of sailing and manoeuvring and it suggested the incident had been caused by the other ship, Russia's Interfax news agency reports.
A former commander of the fleet, Adm Viktor Kravchenko, told Interfax the event was "out of the ordinary".
"There have been collisions but I do not remember a case like this, of a vessel, a warship sinking after it," he said.
The freighter reportedly sustained minor damage in the incident.
Built in Gdansk, Poland, the Liman was launched in 1970, when it served with the USSR's Northern Fleet before joining the BSF in 1974, according to the kchf.ru naval website (in Russian).
Based at Sevastopol in Crimea, the territory annexed from Ukraine by Russia in 2014, it was a regular visitor to the Syrian port of Tartus for decades, the site notes.
In 1999, the Liman made international headlines when it was deployed to the Mediterranean to monitor Nato operations against Yugoslavia.
The Welshman, who has had surgery after fracturing his tibia and fibula, says he has a "long period of recovery ahead".
Rowe, Team Sky's road captain, broke a rib in a crash on the opening stage of this year's Tour de France but rode on to help Chris Froome win the title.
"I'll be back, when I don't know, but I'll be back," tweeted. Rowe, 27.
Speaking about the incident, he said: "I jumped down into the water but landed in a shallow section on my right leg. I knew straight away that it was a bad one."
Rod Ellingworth, Rowe's coach, added: "Obviously it's a serious injury and so Luke's going to be off the bike for a while."
The woman, 29, who asked not to be named, said she would hear Daniel Pelka yelling two or three times a night from inside the family's Coventry home, but thought he was having nightmares.
Another neighbour said he called police after he was threatened by Mariusz Krezolek, who was convicted of Daniel's murder alongside the child's mother Magdelena Luczak on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, it emerged that Krezolek is wanted in Poland for an unconnected drinking and driving charge.
West Midlands Police said he would not face being extradited because a warrant for his arrest was never issued in Poland.
The 29-year-old neighbour said: "I used to be able to hear Daniel playing. He used to cry a lot but I never knew why. He would scream in the early hours of the morning. Two or three times a night. We thought maybe he was having a nightmare."
She said she saw Krezolek, 34, and Luczak, 27, the day after Daniel's death.
"The day after the ambulance came to the house (after Daniel's death) Krezolek and Luczak went out shopping. They came back with food. They were acting normal. The mother didn't have a tear in her eye," she said.
Another neighbour said he was threatened by Krezolek.
"He would not speak politely," said the man in his fifties.
"He was aggressive. There were some builders doing some work outside once and he came out and told them to stop making so much noise.
"He grabbed me by the shirt and pushed me against a wall. He said, 'tell them to stop working or you will see the result'.
"I called the police straight away and they came round and had a word. I was scared living here. At one point I was thinking about selling my house."
During a nine-week trial, a jury at Birmingham Crown Court heard Daniel had been beaten and starved. His emaciated body was likened by a doctor to that of a concentration camp victim.
The court heard Daniel's head injury was one of 30 injuries he suffered and he weighed just 14.8kg (32.6lb) in January 2011 and 13.8kg (30.4lb) three weeks before his death.
Another neighbour, Komal Dulai, said she was shocked by what had happened.
"They seemed like an all right family," she said.
"Daniel was quite a calm boy; a well behaved child. You did not get him running in the road. I saw them very rarely but when I did they were very normal. They did not argue."
The report reveals many hospitals force drivers to pay as soon as they arrive - so some patients may overestimate and overpay for their stay.
And a third of hospital trusts only offer car park payments in cash - with no credit or debit card options.
Health officials said patients should not have to deal with the added stress.
Health Minister Lord O'Shaughnessy added: "NHS organisations are locally responsible for the methods used to charge, and we want to see them coming up with flexible options that put patients and their families first."
While car parking is largely free at hospitals in Scotland and Wales, many hospitals in England charge visitors, patients and staff, as do some in Northern Ireland.
The RAC asked all 206 hospital trusts in England questions under a freedom of information request in 2016. More than 160 responded and the majority - 125 - charged for car parking.
Forty trusts said they do not allow drivers to pay for parking when they exit the car park - leaving people to guess how long they would need to be in hospital and making some rush back to their car to avoid penalties.
A similar number of trusts said that they offered pay-on-exit parking at some but not all hospital sites.
Meanwhile 36 trusts said they allowed people to pay when their visit was over at all hospitals while the rest could not provide any data.
RAC spokesman Simon Williams said anyone arriving at hospital - either as a patient or a visitor - had far more important things to worry about than paying for parking.
He added: "In the 21st Century we also think it is unreasonable to expect drivers to have to estimate how long their visit to hospital might take."
At the same time RAC data suggests only 41 trusts allowed patients and visitors to pay by credit or debit card at all hospitals.
And 31 provided card payment options at only some of their sites.
The RAC urged more hospitals to put credit, debit card, mobile phone and contactless payment facilities in place so fewer drivers would be "expected to carry pocketfuls of change in order to park legally".
Mr Williams said: "Things should be made as stress-free as possible and that includes taking the pain out of paying to park."
Commenting on the report, Dr Mike Smith, of the Patients Association, said the report showed the ongoing issues of using outdated payment machines and forcing customers to overpay for parking had yet to be sufficiently addressed.
He added: "Our helpline has received calls regarding this unacceptable overcharge, which we regard as simply a tax on ill health."
Meanwhile the report suggests the arrival of the new one pound coin will mean many machines will have to be upgraded.
The motoring organisation is calling on hospitals to work with car park operators to improve their systems as they upgrade and to publically announce an estimate of when patients and visitors can expect the changes to be in place.
Southmead Hospital's Brunel car park in Bristol has automatic number plate recognition systems which detect number plates as cars are driven in.
This is seen as an example of "really good practice" by the RAC.
When visitors are ready to leave the fee is calculated based on their length of stay and they can pay using credit or debit cards.
The hospital also has a free patient drop-off zone, available for 20 minutes.
Longer-term visitors and patients can pay for cheaper seven-day passes And long-term carers visiting patients in hospital frequently can apply for a carer's pass. If granted this allows carers to park for free.
Last year a report from the Press Association suggested hospitals in England collected more than £120m from parking fees in 2015 - up by 5% on 2014.
Many trusts defended the charges, saying the money was put back into patient care or maintaining car parks.
The chief executive of the Patients Association said it was unfair that hospital parking in Wales and Scotland was largely free, while patients in England had to pay.
Jane Andrews, from Cleethorpes, north-east Lincolnshire, and an ex-dresser to the Duchess of York, murdered businessman Tom Cressman in 2000.
The duchess had employed her for nine years and was involved in police efforts to her track down.
A spokesman for the Parole Board said a three-member panel of the board had directed the release of Andrews.
He added: "The decision to release is a matter for the board, which is independent. Arrangements and the date of the release are a matter for the Ministry of Justice.
"We are unable to comment further on the details of this case."
Andrews went on the run after stabbing her lover at the flat they shared in Fulham, south-west London, after he refused to marry her.
She hit him around the head with a cricket bat while he slept in their bed and then plunged an 19cm kitchen knife into his chest, before going on the run.
Four days after the murder, Andrews was found in her car in a lay-by in Cornwall, having taken an overdose of painkillers. She told police she panicked after killing her boyfriend by accident, in self-defence.
During the police search, the duchess left her two voicemail messages, urging Andrews to give herself up.
She also gave a witness statement to police - but it was not included in Andrews' four week trial at the Old Bailey in 2001, where she was was ordered to serve at least 15 years in jail.
That sentence was reduced by three years on appeal.
In 2009 Andrews absconded from East Sutton Park, an open prison in Maidstone, before being apprehended days later.
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The delegates were chosen by party members rather than ordinary voters.
Donald Trump - who did not actively campaign in the state - remains the Republican front-runner overall.
However, the billionaire could fall short of the number of delegates needed to secure the Republican nomination for November presidential election.
That would mean a contested convention where voting for candidates starts again from scratch.
Mr Trump is concentrating on New York, which holds a key primary on Tuesday.
A number of senior Republican leaders have backed Mr Cruz, a Conservative Texas senator, fearing that Mr Trump's controversial comments make him a weak candidate in the November election.
The result from the Wyoming contest brings Mr Cruz's tally from 545 to 559 delegates. Mr Trump has 743.
In his victory speech on Saturday, Mr Cruz said: "If you don't want to see Donald Trump as the nominee, if you don't want to hand the general (election) to Hillary Clinton, which is what a Trump nomination does, then I ask you to please support the men and women on this slate."
In the Democratic race, Ms Clinton is still ahead of her only remaining rival, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.
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Raymond Scott denied theft and handling stolen goods
High life of Shakespeare accused
'Unconscionable damage' to folio
But a Newcastle Crown Court jury found the 53-year-old from County Durham guilty of handling stolen goods and removing stolen property from the UK.
Scott, of Wingate, denied stealing the 1623 work from Durham University in 1998 and handling stolen goods.
He was remanded in custody and warned by the judge that he faced a "substantial custodial sentence".
The case related to one of the surviving copies of the 17th Century compendium of Shakespeare's plays, which went missing from a glass cabinet at the university.
It was handed in by Scott to the world-renowned Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC a decade later.
The trial was told Scott kept the badly-damaged volume, estimated to be worth about £1m, at his house for a decade before taking it to the Folger library where staff called police.
It was alleged he hoped to sell it at auction and share the money with friends in Cuba.
Scott was remanded in custody by Judge Richard Lowden, who told him: "There will, in due time, be an inevitable substantial custodial sentence."
The judge adjourned the case to a date to be fixed to allow a psychiatric report to be prepared.
During the trial, the jury heard experts from the US quickly suspected the book was stolen and called in the British Embassy, Durham Police and the FBI.
They discovered the artefact was an incredibly rare example of the folio, regarded as one of the most important works of literature ever printed.
It had been "damaged, brutalised and mutilated" after it was stolen, in an effort, the prosecution claimed, to hide its true origins.
Scott, of Manor Grange, Wingate, was arrested in June 2008 and claimed to have discovered the book in Cuba.
He declined to give any evidence in his defence during the three-week trial.
Durham University said it was looking forward to the folio being returned.
Fourteen specialized bikes were stolen from the East Coast Adventure centre in Kilbroney Park in Rostrevor.
The bikes had a total value of about £20,000.
It is the second time in four weeks that the company has been targeted - the last time 22 bikes were stolen.
There was also an incident earlier this month when vandals blocked trails in the park with rocks and logs and tied wool between trees at head height.
The 26km of mountain bike trails attract visitors from far and wide.
Three members of staff are employed to hire and maintain the bikes.
The company said this latest theft had effectively halted its hire business in peak season.
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The 46-year-old vacated his role as under-21s boss to take temporary charge of the national team last week.
On Sunday, he named his first squad for the games against Malta and Slovenia.
He confirmed that Wayne Rooney will remain as captain, describing the Manchester United forward as "the outstanding leader in the group".
But he added: "We can't just have one leader, we need a team of leaders. That needs to emerge before we head to Russia [for the World Cup in 2018]."
When asked about retaining striker Rooney as captain, he said: "Wayne bears a big burden for this team. Too much at times.
"After a period of change over the summer and now this month, the most important thing at this time is leadership, both on and off the field, and Wayne has provided that over the last two years.
"The way he has matured into the role is really impressive and there was no doubt in my mind about keeping him in that position."
Allardyce left his post as England manager by mutual agreement with the Football Association last week after just one match and 67 days in charge.
It followed a newspaper investigation claiming he offered advice on how to "get around" rules on player transfers.
Southgate, who revealed he had shared messages with Allardyce following his departure, would not be drawn on whether he had aspirations to succeed him in the role on a permanent basis.
"We have an opportunity to work with young players who need guidance," he said. "We need to provide stability. I have not had chance to think about anything other than this week. Everything else can wait."
"The role is an honour. I am a proud and patriotic Englishman and I am excited by the challenge. It is a wonderful job to have for whatever period of time."
Allardyce's dismissal came about following revelations published by the Daily Telegraph as part of their investigation into alleged corruption in English football.
The paper alleged that eight current or ex-Premier League managers have taken bribes for player transfers, although the agent who made these claims has since told the BBC that he lied.
When asked about the situation, Southgate said: "I am involved in a sport I love and an industry that, at times, I don't like.
"Representing my country was something that I loved and those are the bits that I want to focus on."
Southgate called up Manchester United pair Jesse Lingard and Marcus Rashford plus Stoke full-back Glen Johnson to the squad to face Malta on Saturday, 8 October and Slovenia three days later.
Lingard and Rashford have both recently played for Southgate with the under-21s.
"He [Rashford] was outstanding for us last month," said Southgate. "You can all see his ability but what impressed me most was his mentality. He was still the youngest in the Under-21 squad but took to that no problem at all.
"Jesse is a player we were impressed with in the under-21s. He is establishing himself in Jose's [Mourinho] team which speaks volumes for the level he is hitting. It is an exciting moment to bring him in."
Johnson returns for the first time since the 2014 World Cup.
The former Liverpool and Chelsea right-back, 32, has won 54 caps so far but has only played in three Premier League matches this season following a seven-month lay-off with a knee injury.
"In the past, we have gone young, young, young and there's only so long you can do that," added Southgate.
"In key pressure moments there is a lack of big-match experience. To be able to bring a player in with 50-plus caps was something we thought long and hard about but felt it was the right call."
England squad to face Malta and Slovenia
Goalkeepers: Fraser Forster (Southampton), Joe Hart (Torino, on loan from Manchester City), Tom Heaton (Burnley)
Defenders: Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Phil Jagielka (Everton), Glen Johnson (Stoke), Danny Rose (Tottenham), Chris Smalling (Manchester United), John Stones (Manchester City), Kyle Walker (Tottenham)
Midfielders: Eric Dier (Tottenham), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal), Michail Antonio (West Ham), Jesse Lingard (Manchester United), Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace), Theo Walcott (Arsenal), Dele Alli (Tottenham)
Strikers: Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool), Jamie Vardy (Leicester)
Robert Moulton, 76, is thought to have lost control of the high-wing monoplane after trying to correct his error.
He and wife Lillian, 84, died instantly when the aircraft hit the ground nose-down near Stoke Golding Airfield, Leicestershire, on 14 July 2013.
Their son, Michael Moulton, said the airfield was difficult to identify.
Giving evidence, he said: "My father was an experienced pilot, and I am myself, and even with several visits, a lot of visits to Stoke Golding, at an altitude below 1,500ft it's extremely difficult to spot the field.
"So it's entirely possible he may have mistook the runway."
He had been flying in an aircraft ahead of his parents on the day they died, but managed to land safely.
Speaking after the inquest in Loughborough he said: "Yes, it was a tragic accident. However, they died together, doing something they loved."
Post-mortem examinations showed the couple, who lived in Ashby de la Zouch, both died of severe multiple injuries.
They had been flying from Measham Cottage Farm, where they stored their aircraft.
Emergency services were called at 18:44 BST and the crash was later investigated by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch.
Investigator Andrew Robinson found no engineering issues with the aircraft that would have caused it to crash.
Investigator Timothy Atkinson said eyesight, the setting sun or windscreen glare could have been factors in misidentifying the runway.
Mr Atkinson said: "Misidentification is not something that happens rarely.
"History has shown us even airliners landing at the wrong airport because the flight crew have misidentified from the air."
Rutland and North Leicestershire Coroner Trevor Kirkman said: "Mr Atkinson was satisfied that, in his view, it is on the balance of probability likely that Mr Moulton mistook the distinctive mown strip in the field above Fenn Lanes, and was approaching that.
"[He] realised when he was fairly close to the ground that he was not approaching the correct runway, [which] prompted him to reassess his options at that point."
He concluded the deaths were accidental.
Argyle went ahead after just 15 minutes as Carl McHugh headed in Craig Tanner's cross from the right.
Luton almost levelled when Jack Marriott's cross-shot was turned away by Luke McCormick, who then saved Cameron McGeehan's strike but could not keep out Josh McQuoid's header.
However, Brunt's late close-range finish handed Argyle all three points.
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Luton Town boss John Still told BBC Three Counties Radio:
"Everything went against us today, the three substitutions, player sent off. We came from a goal down, we've tried to win, I didn't want to try and draw!
"I have no complaints about the late goal, the players have done fantastic. In the other games I would have complaints because they were different situations, we had a proper, up and at them, let's try and win this game attitude."
"It's a penalty, we've seen it, with the greatest of respect the assessor said it was a penalty, no doubt about it, but there's nothing we can do about that. "
The move follows his resignation as chairman in August and has added fuel to speculation he wants to buy out Crown and take it private.
It also comes amid falling revenues from Crown's operations in the gaming hub of Macau where China's corruption crackdown has hurt casino revenues.
Mr Packer owns a 53% stake in Crown.
"It looks like he's gearing up to take the firm private," IG Markets' Evan Lucas told the BBC.
"He is clearing the decks for his family business CPH (Consolidated Press Holdings) - which has the majority stake in Crown - to take it over."
Mr Packer's resignation as director of Crown removes any conflict of interest should he wish to buy out the international giant and make it private, Mr Lucas explained.
Mr Packer said it was simply the right time to resign.
"Now is the right time for me to focus my endeavours on my new role with Crown, as I outlined to shareholders when I stepped aside as chairman in August," Mr Packer said.
In response to widespread takeover speculation in the media, CPH said in a letter posted on the Australian stock exchange that if it did intend to buy out or privatise Crown - it would put forward a proposal for consideration.
Mr Packer will remain as co-chairman of Melco Crown Entertainment, which has operations in Manila and Macau, and co-chairman of Alon in Las Vegas.
"I intend to devote my energies to a number of key development projects in Sydney, Melbourne and Las Vegas as well as Crown's online platforms," Mr Packer said.
He also said however that CPH had recently concluded "a major transaction" which had contributed to the timing of his resignation.
Consolidated Press Holdings is an investment holding company. It has various interests in publishing, television, casinos, and the entertainment sector, among others.
Crown Resorts was started in Melbourne and has since expanded to Sydney, Perth, London, Macau, Manila and Las Vegas.
Peek-a-Boo Nursery has been served with a formal improvement notice.
An unannounced inspection had been carried out last month and the Care Inspectorate said it was concerned that insufficient progress had been made following a visit earlier this year.
Management have been given until the end of May to make improvements.
A spokesman for Peek-a-Boo Nursery said: "We are naturally very disappointed with the findings following the Care Inspectorate's recent visit.
"We will continue to invest in staff training, new resources and to seek external support, to bring the nursery up to the required operating standards and we are encouraged that the Care Inspectorate and Aberdeenshire Council are willing to work with us to remedy this situation.
"We want to assure all parents that we remain absolutely committed to resolving all outstanding areas of concern and would like to thank them for their continued support."
The statement added: "We will work hard to meet the requirements of the Care Inspectorate within the 29 May timescale."
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop made the offer to her Indonesian counterpart last week, it emerged on Thursday.
Ms Bishop also unsuccessfully offered a prisoner swap for three Indonesian prisoners in Australia.
Chan and Sukumaran are facing death for attempting to smuggle 8.3kg (18lb) of heroin from Bali to Australia in 2005.
In a letter to Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, Ms Bishop said Australia was "prepared to cover the costs of the ongoing life imprisonment" for the pair.
The letter also formally made the "one-off" prisoner swap offer, which the two ministers had discussed previously.
Ms Bishop pointed out to Ms Marsudi that the three Indonesian prisoners had attempted to import 390kg of heroin to Australia, "47 times the amount Mr Chan, Mr Sukumaran, and their co-convicted tried to smuggle".
Ms Marsudi responded to the letter and rejected the prisoner swap offer, but did not mention the issue of costs.
"Let me reiterate that there is no legal basis within the Indonesian law that would allow for such an exchange to take place," Ms Marsudi wrote.
"The president is of the position that such an exchange cannot be undertaken."
Australia's most senior Islamic cleric on Wednesday appealed to Indonesia to spare the men's lives.
Dr Ibrahim Abu Mohamed, the Grand Mufti of Australia, travelled to Jakarta to meet Indonesia's religious affairs minister Lukman Saifuddin.
Dr Mohamed said in a statement after the meeting that he and two other clerics "plead, with respect and humility, for the lives of two young Australian men".
"Mercy and forgiveness lies at the heart of Islam," he added.
Richard Branson has also joined the list of influential figures appealing for the men's lives, writing to Indonesian President Joko Widodo to urge him to grant clemency.
Not date has yet been set for Chan and Sukumaran's execution by firing squad. It could now be delayed by weeks after another convict due to be executed alongside them had his appeal adjourned until the end of the month.
An appeal hearing for the two men on Thursday was adjourned for a week.
The pair have been in prison in Bali since 2006, when they were convicted of being the ringleaders in a nine-strong Australian smuggling gang.
Families of both the men have argued that they have reformed their characters during their time at Kerobokan Prison and helped other prisoners to do the same.
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SPLM spokesman Kuol Deim Kuol said four soldiers went into Abyei town's market and fired at random, wounding a trader.
He told the BBC it was a pretext to start trouble, as UN-mediated talks on Abyei's referendum ended in failure.
The people of Abyei are due to vote in January on whether the region should belong to north or south Sudan.
It is scheduled to take place on the same day as the south holds a referendum on whether to secede from north Sudan.
Both referendums were part of a 2005 peace deal to end two decades of conflict between the north and south, in which some 1.5 million people died.
Units of northern soldiers and southern SPLA soldiers are stationed in Abyei, where there are still disputes over voter eligibility and the physical demarcation of the state's border.
Lt-Gen Kuol said northern soldiers in barracks in Abyei town responded to the market gunfire by firing in the air from about 2100 until 0200 on Tuesday morning.
The SPLM spokesman said the shooting only stopped after the intervention of UN peacekeepers.
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"They want to provoke a fight - and there was no fight simply because the SPLA officers who are part of the joint integrated unit managed to control the SPLA soldiers and they did not fire," he told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme.
"They want to dishonour the peace agreement and they're looking for a scapegoat. It's just a pretext to start a war," he said.
Correspondents say there is much suspicion in the south that President Omar al-Bashir and his colleagues in the north are doing all they can to stop the referendum because they stand to lose out on vast amounts of oil in Southern Sudan.
BBC East Africa correspondent Will Ross says the week-long talks in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on organising Abyei's referendum ended without agreement as northern politicians refused to recognise last year's international court ruling in The Hague fixing the region's borders.
But President Bashir's security advisor Salah Gosh blamed the breakdown in the talks on the SPLA.
He also denied suggestions the north was trying to delay or block the vote.
"We are working hard to run the south-north referendum," he told Focus on Africa.
The other more serious point of disagreement has been about who should be able to vote on 9 January.
Abyei is home to both the Dinka ethnic group, seen as supporters of the south, and the nomadic Arabic-speaking Misseriya people, seen as northerners.
The SPLM do not think the Misseriya, who spend several months of the year in Abyei and have grazing rights in the region, should have the right to vote.
The negotiators have agreed to reconvene at the end of October.
At least 100 people died and 50,000 people fled their homes in heaving fighting in Abyei two years ago.
Skipton Building Society is launching a product with an interest rate of 0.5%.
Currently only three providers are offering the Lifetime ISA, but those require investment in shares.
Money saved in a Lifetime Isa is designed for buying a first home, or for retirement. The government offers savers a 25% annual bonus.
The accounts can be opened by savers aged between 18 and 39.
Compared to other cash Isas, the Skipton's interest rate is relatively low. Rival providers of instant access Isas offer returns of more than 1%.
"I would say it's a disappointing rate, but they know there's going to be a big inflow, because of the government top-up," said Simon French, chief economist at Panmure Gordon.
As a result, those who save before the end of the tax year will get an effective rate of return of 25.5% on up to £4,000.
However there are heavy penalties for withdrawing money from a Lifetime Isa if you do not buy a property, or if you take the money out before the age of 60.
The Skipton said that anyone aged 25 who saved the maximum amount would have a pot worth £40,776 by the age of 33 - more than the average first-time buyer deposit.
Christopher Cantwell, from New Hampshire, faces charges of illegal tear gas use and malicious bodily injury.
He appeared in a Vice News documentary about the 11 August demonstration.
He has admitted pepper-spraying a counter-protester but says he did so in self-defence, according to US media.
Mr Cantwell and dozens of others took part in a torch-lit parade through the University of Virginia shouting racist, anti-Semitic and neo-Nazi slogans.
The far-right march had been organised to protest against the proposed removal of a statue of General Robert E Lee, who commanded the pro-slavery Confederate forces during the American Civil War.
But it descended into violence after the rally's supporters were confronted by anti-racism groups. A car driven by a man linked to white supremacists later ploughed through a crowd of counter-protesters and killed Heather Heyer.
Mr Cantwell, who is seen in the Vice documentary denouncing Jews and calling for an "ethno-state", appeared in a tearful YouTube video on 16 August asking for guidance about what to do in response to a police warrant against him.
"I want to be peaceful, I want to be law-abiding," he says.
On Wednesday, University of Virginia police said he had handed himself in and was taken into custody in Lynchburg.
Contacted by the Associated Press, Mr Cantwell said he pepper-sprayed a counter-protester "because my only other option was knocking out his teeth".
Police said he was being held on three charges - two counts of the illegal use of tear gas or other gases and one count of malicious bodily injury with a "caustic substance". If convicted, he could face several years in prison.
Monday sees the first round-table meeting involving the governments and local parties in negotiations to restore devolution.
Irish Minister Simon Coveney is taking part in the talks for the first time.
The parties have until 29 June to reach agreement and have been warned direct rule could follow if they cannot.
"I will spare no effort to fulfil the [Irish] government's duty as co-guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement," Mr Coveney said.
"I will do my utmost to support the parties in reaching an agreement which ensures that the integrity of the Good Friday Agreement is fully protected, that all of its institutions function effectively and fairly and that previous agreements are honourably implemented."
He added: "There is 10 days within the life-time of the current assembly to secure the necessary agreement.
"If we needed any reminder of the urgency of having power-sharing institutions in Stormont, it is the coincidence of the Brexit negotiations beginning in Brussels today."
Speaking at Stormont ahead of the talks, Sinn Féin's northern leader Michelle O'Neill called on Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar "to deliver for all the citizens on the island of Ireland" on Brexit.
"The DUP are on the wrong side of the argument, cosying up to the Tory government, who are disrespecting the mandate of the people here," she said.
Mrs O'Neill said that Sinn Féin wanted to make the institutions work.
Northern Ireland has been without a power-sharing executive since March and without a first and deputy first minister since January.
The institutions collapsed amid a bitter row between the DUP and Sinn Féin about a botched green energy scheme.
The late deputy first minister, Martin McGuinness, stood down, in a move that triggered a snap election.
The convoy had been given permission "from all parties" to proceed, the UN and Red Cross said.
About 4,000 people are thought to be trapped in the rebel-held suburb of Darayya.
Earlier this month, the UN said the Syrian government was refusing to allow aid to hundreds of thousands of people.
In a warning on Friday, Save the Children said that 12,000 people, a quarter of them children, were running out of food and medicine after the last route into the Khan Eshieh Palestinian refugee camp near Damascus was blocked.
Government forces shelled parts of Darayya on Thursday, the UK-based monitoring group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said.
The suburb borders a military airport used by Russian planes in support of the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
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The UN humanitarian co-ordinator for Syria, Jan Egeland, said that the aid convoy to Darayya had been preventing from reaching the "starving" area because it had baby milk on board.
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters that the UN and Red Cross had aborted the mission to Darayya "because the convoy was refused entry, due to the medical and nutritional supplies on board".
The trucks carrying baby milk, vaccines, medical supplies and hygiene kits had been stopped at the last government checkpoint, Mr Dujarric said.
"These conditions, imposed by government security personnel, were unacceptable, and contrary to earlier guarantees and approvals obtained from the Syrian government," he added.
The convoy was supposed to be a first step towards bringing in more aid for the people in Darayya, ICRC spokeswoman Krista Armstrong said.
"What we were bringing in was not enough for the people there. This was supposed to be a first step. We needed to assess what was needed and return," she said.
She said people in Darayya were living in desperate conditions.
"There's no electricity or water for the last three years so people have been improvising, burning plastic sort of as an alternative fuel to boil water that's not salubrious and for other means. That in itself is creating an extremely polluting environment and can lead to respiratory problems," she said.
UK Secretary of State for International Development Justine Greening said: "Access to medical treatment is not a privilege, it is a fundamental right. Immediate and sustained humanitarian access to reach all people in need in Syria must be a priority. It should not be subject to negotiation."
The UN says it still does not have government permission to send aid convoys to about half of the 900,000 people in Syria it wants to reach.
There have been reports of people starving to death in some besieged areas and aid agencies say arranging humanitarian aid takes months to negotiate.
Omar Khadr spent his youth between Canada, where he was born, and Pakistan, where his father had interests.
Ostensibly those interests were supporting charity work in Afghanistan and Pakistan, but according to the US government, Ahmed Said Khadr was a senior al-Qaeda member and helped fund terrorist training camps. He was arrested in 1994 in connection with the bombing of the Egyptian embassy in Pakistan.
The family moved to Jalalabad in Afghanistan in 1996, and the US alleges that the family had regular encounters with Bin Laden and other al-Qaeda leaders.
In the summer of 2002, according to US intelligence, Omar Khadr received personal weapons training and was subsequently part of a unit that turned landmines into homemade bombs.
In July of that year, the then 15-year-old was captured during a clash between US and Afghan soldiers, and a small group of militants.
Khadr was accused of throwing a grenade that killed a US soldier and injured another. He was shot and seriously wounded in the aftermath.
Khadr's father was killed in Pakistan in 2003. His brother Abdullah was held for five years in Canada on US charges of supplying weapons to al-Qaeda, before being freed when a judge said he should not be extradited.
Khadr himself ended up in Guantanamo Bay. He and his supporters have complained about ill-treatment for several years.
Boycotting his tribunal in 2006, Khadr said he had been held in solitary confinement for long periods.
His lawyers have also argued that trying him for crimes allegedly committed as a juvenile violates international law.
They also said statements given by him were extracted with the use of indirect threats of rape and death.
The second person to face terrorism charges under the tribunal system, Khadr was charged in 2007 with murder and attempted murder, conspiracy, providing support to terrorism and spying.
The charges were thrown out by a US military judge two months later, prompting an appeal by the Pentagon. A military appeals court agreed that Khadr was designated an "unlawful enemy combatant" and that charges could proceed.
Canada's Supreme Court ruled in 2008 that the government should have not handed over documents from Canadian interrogations of Khadr to the US.
In a video, released in 2008, showing Khadr being questioned by Canadian officials, the detainee complains of being denied access to proper medical treatment. In one section of the video an apparently disturbed Khadr repeatedly moans a phrase that sounds like "help me" or "kill me".
Khadr was eventually sentenced to 40 years in prison by a US military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay in 2010 on war crimes charges - having pleaded guilty to killing the soldier.
But as part of his plea deal, his sentence was limited to eight years, and under the deal, he became eligible to return to Canada last October, before being eventually returned at the end of September 2012.
Fury, 28, is back in training but has not fought since beating Wladimir Klitschko on points in November 2015.
Fellow Briton Joshua, 27, stopped the Ukrainian last month in the 11th round of a fight that went back and forth.
Froch said Fury had "kind of played with Klitschko", while Joshua "struggled" when he fought him.
The three-time super-middleweight champion was a ringside commentator as Fury beat Klitschko in Dusseldorf to become world heavyweight champion.
Speaking on the Friday Sports Panel on BBC Radio 5 live, Froch said: "He had his hands behind his back at times.
"He was tapping his foot and was goading and was nonchalant in his mannerisms from the first bell right through to the last - and this is a guy that Anthony Joshua struggled with."
Fury is the subject of a UK Anti-Doping hearing, which relates to a failed test in June of last year, and a potential fight between him and Joshua could depend on the outcome.
Froch, 39, says Fury needs to get himself into fighting shape before he considers taking on the unified world champion.
He said: "He's been out of the ring two years, he's had issues that I don't want to bring up, so is he going to be the same guy who beat Klitschko?
"Of course he isn't. He's probably going to need a couple of fights but he's certainly a really exciting and interesting addition to the heavyweight division."
You can hear more from Froch on Fury and Joshua by downloading the Friday Sports Panel podcast. He also talks about unsuccessfully trying to "bury the hatchet" with former foe George Groves, who he beat in a blockbuster fight at Wembley Stadium in May 2014.
The 51-year-old actress will replace Len Goodman for a week while the head judge takes a break.
Grey won Dancing with the Stars - the US version of the celebrity dance show, on which Goodman also judges - last year with her partner Derek Hough.
She will join fellow judges Craig Revel Horwood, Alesha Dixon and Bruno Tonioli on the panel on 5 and 6 November.
"I so look forward to making the pilgrimage to the birthplace of the greatest dance show, the mecca of spray tans and tangos, and to sit in for the great and pernickety Len Goodman," Grey is quoted as saying.
Goodman films Strictly and its US counterpart concurrently, with Dancing with the Stars airing live on Monday and Tuesday straight after the judge finishes his duties with the UK show.
Fellow judge Tonioli also sits on the US judging panel, alongside US choreographer Carrie Ann Inaba.
"Flying back and forth between London and LA doing the two shows is very gruelling, so this year the BBC have kindly agreed to give me a week off to rest," Goodman said.
A BBC spokesman added: "It was always agreed that Len would take a week off from Strictly due to his commitments with Dancing with the Stars."
Goodman will return to the UK judging panel from 12 November.
Grey remains best known for her role as Frances 'Baby' Houseman in 1987's Dirty Dancing, in which she appeared with the late Patrick Swayze.
The 30-year-old's current deal expires at the end of this season but Ospreys head coach Steve Tandy is hopeful he will recommit.
Former Ospreys coach Sean Holley believes clubs in England and France will be interested in signing Jones.
"There's certain things I've got to weigh up before I can make a final decision," Jones said.
"Everything's joined up in fairness, credit to the Ospreys and the [Welsh Rugby] Union with regards to that.
"Ultimately I've got to make the decision sooner or later."
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Jones, who has won 94 Wales caps and played six Tests for the British and Irish Lions, made his Ospreys debut in 2005.
He signed a Welsh Rugby Union dual contract in March 2015, a deal which is 60% funded by the Welsh Rugby Union and 40% by the region.
Jones said he had a number of factors to consider before deciding on his future.
"I've got a family now and I've got to make a decision that's right for me," Jones added.
"I'm not going to be one of those that comes out and says that the culture is the massive draw.
"Ultimately I'm going to have a job wherever I go or whatever I do. Even if I stay, I'll still have a job.
"And financially if I was solely motivated by that I would have gone on the previous two contract negotiations I've had at certain times and certain places."
Video and still images released by state news agency Tass show the two leaders in tracksuits lifting weights.
Later they shared a breakfast, barbecuing some of the food themselves.
Mr Putin is known in Russia for his strong-man image and has previously been pictured fishing, horse-riding, and hunting, often shirtless.
Aluminium composite material (ACM), which has come under question following the Grenfell Tower fire in London, will be removed from nine blocks.
Salford Mayor Paul Dennett said additional safety measures were also being taken by Pendleton Together, which manages the flats.
Similar work has also started at a block in Wythenshawe, Manchester.
Tests are being carried out on 600 high rises across England following the fire in London, in which at least 79 people died.
Cladding is typically fitted to the outside of high-rise buildings to improve their insulation and appearance.
Mr Dennett said it was the "right and moral thing to do" to remove it from the blocks in Pendleton and increase security patrols.
"Government tests are under way, but it is already clear the ACM on our blocks must be removed," he said.
Graham Worrall, who lives in Beech Court, one of the tower blocks, said a lot of residents were "very uneasy" after the announcement.
He claimed the work would "take about two years", adding: "I think vulnerable tenants should be moved out for that period."
The other blocks affected are Whitebeam Court, Malus Court, Salix Court, Spruce Court, Holm Court, Hornbeam Court, Thorn Court and Plane Court.
In Wythenshawe, cladding is being removed from a tower block despite an inspection by the fire service which concluded it is safe.
Tests showed decorative cladding on Village 135 could be made of materials similar to those used on Grenfell Tower, Manchester City Council said.
Wythenshawe Community Housing Group (WCHG) said there were concerns about 78 panels in one area, which were being removed in order to reassure residents.
A Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said the complex, which consists of 135 apartments in four blocks for the over-55s, "did not give them great concern".
The number of high rises with safety concerns has risen to 14 buildings in nine local authority areas including Manchester, Camden, Plymouth, and Hounslow.
All local authority and housing associations have been advised on steps to take if tower blocks are found to be covered in cladding they are concerned about.
Private landlords have been asked to do the same.
Advice service Greater Manchester Hazards Centre has welcomed the decision to remove cladding.
However, joint co-ordinator Janet Newsham said the action "does not alleviate the immediate distress of residents who know their building could potentially suffer a fire similar to Grenfell".
Worshippers on Thursday had expected to hear the familiar voice of the muezzin.
Instead they were surprised to hear a song by Umm Kolthoum, one of Egypt's best-known singers.
Investigators will look at whether the recording was deliberately sabotaged or if the broadcasting system was faulty.
Public opinion about what happened appears divided between those that think it was unacceptable, and those that find it amusing, says the BBC's Yolande Knell in Jerusalem.
One video shared on social media shows a minaret from which the music is blasting. One man says, "What's that?", before saying, "a bit of Umm Kolthoum" and then giggling.
The call to prayer, known as adhan, summons Muslims to prayer five times a day.
Previous controversies have involved muezzin with bad voices, or those who have accidentally left on their microphones to broadcast coughing fits or conversations.
Last year a muezzin in Egypt faced disciplinary actions for changing some of the text to reference Facebook.
Her appointment as Honorary Air Commodore-in-Chief is her first military-linked role.
She will represent 42,000 air cadets aged 12-19 and 15,000 adult volunteers.
Thanking the 94-year-old duke, Air Commodore Dawn McCafferty said he was "admired and respected by cadets and volunteers alike" and would be missed.
The Duchess of Cambridge is already patron of a number of youth and mental health charities, and is a trained scout volunteer.
The Duke of Edinburgh took up his appointment with the air cadets following the death of founding patron King George VI.
Relinquishing his role during an audience at Buckingham Palace, he was presented with an engraved crystal vase celebrating 75 years of the cadets.
Air Cmdr McCafferty said: "We will be forever grateful to HRH The Duke of Edinburgh for his outstanding commitment to the Air Training Corps over the decades.
"He is admired and respected by cadets and volunteers alike and we will miss his ready sense of humour and genuine interest in the development of the nation's youth."
The duchess, whose husband Prince William trained as a helicopter pilot with the RAF, was presented with a copy of Horizons, the history of the air cadets.
"Her links to the RAF family are already well-established and her desire to support youth development is well recognised around the world," Air Cmdr McCafferty said:
Adnan Habib, 10, and Mohammed Arsalaan Habib, four, were killed along with their aunt Bushra Tazarib, 32, close to junction 15, near Stoke-on-Trent.
The funeral, also attended by boxer Amir Khan, was held at a mosque in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.
Their aunt's body will be taken to Pakistan.
More than 2,000 people attended the funeral for the brothers and hundreds spilled out into the street from the packed mosque and said funeral prayers in the pouring rain.
Earlier in the morning, boxer Khan tweeted: "In Wycombe for the funeral of 2 young kids + aunty who died in a car crash on way to a cousin's wedding last week. Condolences to the family."
Khan was at the same wedding the three crash victims were travelling to on Christmas Day and has described how the occasion turned from joyous to "despair" as news of the tragic accident spread.
Before the funeral ceremony, the bodies of Adnan, Arsalaan and their aunt were laid in another mosque nearby, where grieving relatives, friends and members of the community paid their respects.
Afterwards, the coffins were moved to the town's nearby main mosque where the funeral ceremony was held.
A private burial was due to take place for the two boys.
An inquest into the three deaths has been opened and adjourned by North Staffordshire Coroner Ian Smith.
In a touching tribute issued earlier, the family said: "Adnan and Arsalaan were our family's precious jewels, spreading joy wherever they went.
"They were happy and joyous boys who were a central part of the family, always smiling and bringing smiles to everyone they met."
Bushra Tazarib was described as "beloved", "helping" and "supportive".
Two other women were travelling in the car that crashed, including the boys' mother, who was driving at the time, and were taken to hospital but discharged after treatment.
All five in the car were from High Wycombe and had been travelling north on the M6 to attend a family wedding in Greater Manchester.
The incident closed the motorway in both directions for three hours from junction 14 at Stafford to junction 15 at Stoke.
The Central Motorway Police Group's collision investigation unit is continuing to examine what may have caused the crash, which is believed to have involved one vehicle.
David Cameron has boasted that the deal he secured in Brussels with the 27 other European leaders is legally binding, and cannot be reversed.
He believes the promises in the deal have legal force, and that will be incorporated into EU law as part of treaty agreements in the future.
But in his first interview since announcing his decision to campaign to leave the European Union, the man who is responsible for the English legal system, Michael Gove, suggests that European judges could throw out the changes that Mr Cameron fought so hard to achieve.
And he urges voters to realise that the European Court still "stands above every nation state". He believes nothing in the deal will change that.
Given his role, and his closeness to the prime minister, Mr Gove's views have considerable significance in the early days of this fraught campaign.
With his customary sharp politeness, Mr Gove explained repeatedly how Mr Cameron's assertion that the deal can't be unpicked is essentially wrong.
He carefully stepped around making that direct accusation, saying instead: "There are two things which are true.
"The first thing is the prime minister is right: this is an agreement between 28 nations and all have agreed that they will abide by it.
"But above those nations sits the European Court of Justice."
But clearly, he, as now one of the senior members of the Vote Leave campaign, is disappointed that the prime minister's negotiations did not achieve his original aim of "full-on treaty change" and wants to highlight what he believes are the limitations of what's been achieved.
Mr Gove's comments will be catnip for Eurosceptics who've already been arguing that Mr Cameron's deal is hardly worth the paper it's written on.
For David Cameron, maintaining the sense that the deal he's achieved can and will improve the UK's relationship with the rest of the European Union in a meaningful way is a vital part of his campaign.
It's one thing Tories from different parts, different generations of the party, disagreeing. It's quite another when it is two who have shared political hopes, ambition, and even family holidays.
Michael Gove praised Mr Cameron's generosity in allowing ministers to disagree publicly. But politics has moved into a phase when friendships and loyalties will be tested like never before.
There'll be more of Mr Gove's interview here throughout the day on BBC News.
Surgeon General Vejaynand Ramlakan said Mr Mandela, 92, was suffering from ailments that were common in people his age but was in good spirits.
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe - using Mr Mandela's clan name - said: "Madiba is well."
South Africa's liberation hero flew from Cape Town to Johannesburg on Wednesday for a check-up.
Friends and family visited him amid tight security at Milpark hospital on Thursday.
On Friday Mr Ramlakan said Mr Mandela had suffered a respiratory infection, but was responding well to treatment and would be receiving home-based care.
"To us he is stable, but will be subject to intense monitoring," he told reporters.
"Medically, at present, there is no need to panic," he added.
After Mr Mandela's discharge, an ambulance surrounded by a police convoy drove him towards his home in the Johannesburg suburb of Houghton.
The BBC's Pumza Fihlani in Johannesburg says the news comes as a relief to many anxious South Africans.
"It's wonderful news. In a sense he is the one holding the country together," Johannesburg resident Brandon Quinn told the BBC.
Lerato Ledwaba, a 20-year-old university student, also expressed her joy: "As a young person in South Africa, Madiba means the world to me - he is my inspiration to strive for a better life for myself."
Mr Mandela's frailty has been underlined by his hospital stay, which is hard for some to accept, our reporter says.
"I am constantly surprised by his strength. He is old but we are not ready to lose him. I don't know if we'll ever have another leader like him," said another Johannesburg resident Karen van Rensburg, 50.
"Yes, he is a world icon but he is also a human being and he deserves his privacy. We should all just let him rest now," said Sizwe Mbatha, 28, a bank consultant.
During South Africa's apartheid regime Mr Mandela was jailed for 27 years. While imprisoned at Robben Island he had tuberculosis.
He became South Africa's first black president in 1994 and stepped down after one term in 1999.
Correspondents say he has seemed increasingly frail since retiring from public life in 2004.
His last public appearance was at the football World Cup closing ceremony last July.
The class action lawsuit, involving almost 900 citizens, aims to force the government to cut emissions faster.
The first hearing opened in the Hague on Tuesday.
It is said to be the first time in Europe that citizens have tried to hold a state responsible for alleged inaction on climate change.
It is also believed to be the first case in the world in which human rights are used - alongside domestic law - as a legal basis to protect citizens against climate change.
The campaigners, led by the Urgenda Foundation, want the judges to compel the Dutch government to reduce its carbon emissions to 40% below 1990s levels by 2020.
The activists also want the court to declare that global warming of more than 2C will lead to a violation of fundamental human rights worldwide.
Among the plaintiffs is Joos Ockels, wife of the late astronaut Wubbo Ockels, along with DJ Gregor Salto and Nasa climate scientist Prof James Hansen.
"Everybody is waiting for the government to take action but the government has done so little. If the case succeeds, they will be forced to take action," Salto told the UK's Guardian newspaper.
The EU has pledged to cut emissions by 40% by 2030, while the US promised last month to reduce its carbon emissions 26-28% by 2025.
However, analysts say the pledges being made ahead of a global deal in Paris in December are not strong enough to stop temperatures rising above the internationally agreed maximum of 2C.
The 2C target was acknowledged at the UN climate convention (UNFCCC) in 2009 as the threshold of dangerous climate change, which scientists say is largely caused by the use of fossil fuels.
Sceptics say the threat from climate change is exaggerated.
Commentators say it remains to be seen whether the Dutch court is able and willing to rule on an issue that is still the subject of scientific debate.
However, Jaap Spier, Advocate-General to the Dutch Supreme Court, was quoted by the newspaper Trouw earlier in April saying that courts could force countries to adopt "effective climate policies".
Mr Cameron was speaking in the wake of Sinn Féin's withdrawal of support for a welfare reform bill.
Sinn Féin withdrew its support for the bill on Monday after accusing the DUP of reneging on commitments made in the agreement.
Mr Cameron said what mattered was implementing the agreement.
"What matters is now implementing the Stormont agreement, and everyone should do what they signed up to do in that agreement, Sinn Féin included," he told the House of Commons.
"I know that the Northern Ireland Secretary is working very hard to try to make sure that everyone fulfils their pledges."
East Belfast MP Naomi Long from the Alliance Party had asked Mr Cameron if he shared her anger that Sinn Féin was "reneging" on promises made as part of the agreement.
Northern Ireland Secretary of State Theresa Villiers said Sinn Féin's withdrawal of support for a welfare reform bill was "unhelpful and hugely disappointing".
She said she hoped to get Northern Ireland party leaders together soon.
However, she said the agreement would not be reopened.
"We do need to press ahead with implementation," she said..
"The corporation tax question is difficult. It is expressly linked with resolution of welfare reform.
"The bill contains a commencement clause and there is no question that this welfare question must be resolved, the executive must fulfil its obligations under the Stormont House Agreement, before the commencement could be operated.
"But in the interim the government is proposing to continue with the legislation to complete its parliamentary progress because we are determined to implement the agreement fully and fairly.
"Let me be very clear, Northern Ireland will not get these devolved powers until the Stormont House Agreement is implemented."
DUP deputy leader Nigel Dodds said Sinn Féin's actions in reneging on the agreement had left people "stunned, bewildered and indeed angry".
"It is very clear that Sinn Féin are putting their own narrow self party interest ahead of vulnerable people and the entire community in Northern Ireland," he added.
Ms Villiers agreed Sinn Féin's actions were a "significant surprise, given the enthusiasm with which the Deputy First Minister and Sinn Féin were promoting the agreement".
"It would be a huge step backwards if the Stormont House Agreement were to be jeopardised and it would plunge us back potentially into the kind of budget and political crisis with which we were grappling last year," she said.
Shadow Northern Ireland secretary Ivan Lewis said the unravelling of the agreement would be an "unmitigated disaster" for economic and political confidence.
He asked if Ms Villiers would convene urgent talks to find a way forward and to clarify the deadline date by which the bill must be passed if the executive and not civil servants is to set next year's budget.
"I expect to be meeting with the five party leaders in the coming days, hopefully tomorrow," Ms Villiers said.
"It is vital that we see progress on welfare reform. That is a key part of the Stormont House Agreement.
"I will be pressing for that, not least because without this approach the Northern Ireland executive's budget becomes unsustainable which hugely impairs its ability to function effectively."
Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has said £200m would solve problems over welfare reform but the Northern Ireland Secretary has said there will be no extra cash.
The bus transported the Wales team around the capital as they returned home from the tournament in France.
The Birchgrove Primary School pupils "screamed" when they saw the bus in Cardiff, and were given a tour of the city singing football songs.
All 44 pupils rode on the open top.
Nicola Carr, whose daughter Minnie was one of the pupils, organised the surprise with another parent.
"We managed to ask a person who organised the bus whether it was available," she told BBC Radio Wales' Jason Mohammad programme.
"It was absolutely amazing, nobody knew so they were expecting a red double decker.
"I just remember hearing screaming."
The children sang Don't Take Me Home and Ms Carr said the atmosphere was "buzzing".
"We couldn't keep them calm to get them on the bus. They pushed past everyone to get on," she said.
"A real good memory because it's something they can keep forever.
"We had people waving and cheering, they were doing the Joe Ledley dance."
Minnie added: "It was amazing, we were all expecting a red open top bus and then the Wales bus came. Everyone was in shock."
Standing water on parts of the Plainmoor pitch has led to Saturday's game being called off, after an inspection at 12:00 GMT on Friday.
It is the second successive Saturday postponement for both clubs, with the Gulls' FA Trophy game at home to Macclesfield succumbing to the weather, as did Chester's tie at Halifax.
No new date has yet been announced for the fixture.
Kareena Hayes, nine, of Long Eaton, Derbyshire, needs £30,000 to pay for an operation and physiotherapy to treat complications caused by cerebral palsy.
Her father Craig Hammond said Kareena was "thrilled to bits" as the operation could now go ahead.
The charity box was stolen from a cafe in Borrowash last week.
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Mr Hammond, who is her full-time carer, said the operation was her only chance to ever walk unaided again.
He said the public response was "amazing" following the theft. He then received the news a local businessman had approached the Derby Telegraph with the huge donation.
"It was totally out of the blue... a whirlwind," said Mr Hammond.
"It's paid for the operation and physiotherapy and now we can just focus on her."
He said the operation at Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre is not provided by the NHS.
Mr Hammond added he was "very proud" of his daughter but expected the next stages to be "tough".
Kareena, who uses a walker to get around, was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when she was two years old.
The operation, which involves cutting some of the nerves in the lower spinal column, only became available in the UK 18 months ago, but is not yet offered by the NHS.
Derbyshire Police have said they are investigating the theft of the collection box.
Officers said 17 people were also wounded in the attack at a social service centre in San Bernardino.
The gunmen, wearing military-style clothing and armed with long guns, opened fire at the Inland Regional Center, which helps adults with disabilities.
Witnesses said people locked themselves in offices as the gunfire rang out.
Hours after the attack, police hunting for the attackers riddled a black SUV with gunfire in a residential area several miles away.
San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan tweeted: "Suspects are down, one officer wounded. Details still unfolding."
It is unclear if there is still a third suspect on the loose, but he warned residents in the area to stay inside.
The attack took place in a conference area where the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health was holding a social event, said Maybeth Field, the centre's president.
FBI officials said they do not yet know if it was a terrorist attack but local police said it might have been domestic terrorism.
"I think what they are getting at there, following the Paris attacks, is that they do not have any direct suggestion at this stage that this is an Islamist-style terrorist attack," said the BBC's James Cook who is at the scene. "Rather, if it is a terrorist attack it is perhaps some kind if home-grown terrorist attack here in the US."
He said that buses filled with people were being driven away from the scene, while the surrounding buildings remained closed with workers still sheltering inside.
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One man received a text from his daughter that said she was hiding inside the building, where she works.
Terry Petit told reporters his daughter wrote to him: "People shot. In the office waiting for cops. Pray for us. I am locked in an office."
President Barack Obama has responded to the shooting.
"One thing we do know is that we have a pattern of mass shootings in this country that has no parallel anywhere in the world," he said.
"There are some steps that we could take, not to eliminate all incidents, but to make sure they happen less frequently."
People were seen being led out of the health care centre which specialises in helping adults with disabilities like autism and mental health problems.
Some were wheeled away on stretchers with medics and police officers in attendance.
Marcos Aguilera's wife was in the building when it happened. He said a gunman entered the building next to his wife's office.
"They locked themselves in her office. They seen bodies on the floor," he told a local ABC News station.
His wife escaped unharmed.
The shooting happened less than a week after a shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado left three people dead and nine people wounded.
It has been carried out through the Fishing for Litter project.
The voluntary scheme allows boats to land marine litter they have caught in their nets.
It also "aims to change practices to prevent litter reaching the marine environment in the first place".
Items including a washing machine, tumble drier, a World War Two mine and a curling stone have been removed from Scottish waters over the past decades.
The latest phase of the project hopes to maintain the existing network of 14 Fishing for Litter harbours but will also seek to involve additional harbours, and increase the number of vessels taking part in the project.
Buckie is set to become the latest port to join the scheme.
Mr Lochhead said: "Litter is a blight on Scotland's communities and coastlines, tarnishing our beautiful landscapes and harming our wildlife and natural assets.
"Much of this litter ends up on Scotland's coastline which is damaging to our precious marine environment and harmful to our wildlife.
"It is also a major eyesore with waste often visible on our beaches and in our waters."
He said the Fishing for Litter scheme was "making a real difference".
Graham Humphries, of KIMO which runs the project, said he hoped it could expand in years to come.
"Looking to the future, further funding remains vitally important to allow for the continued growth of the project and to keep our seas clean," he said.
Eyemouth harbour has been participating in the Fishing for Litter scheme since 2005 with nine registered fishing vessels, in that time they have collected 8.5 tonnes of waste from the sea.
WWF Scotland director Lang Banks said: "Marine litter costs Scotland an estimated £17m a year as a result of its impact on the environment, wildlife, industry and tourism.
"It's therefore great news that initiatives such as Fishing for Litter exist to help to address this problem.
"However, we should all be ashamed that so much waste is being dumped in our seas at all."
He said people needed to be encouraged not to dump rubbish in the first place.
Peered at through rose-coloured spectacles, they become the democratic flowering of American exceptionalism.
Some post-war examples might include John F Kennedy's victory in 1960, which was interpreted as bringing the somnolence of the Eisenhower years to an end and unbridling the frenetic energy of the Sixties.
At the 1980 election, Ronald Reagan is credited with bringing closure to America's long national nightmare of Vietnam and Watergate.
In 2008, Barack Obama seemed to personify how America could renew itself after the destruction of the Twin Towers and the collapse of Lehman Brothers.
On closer examination, however, those elections don't just look like expressions of hope but also outpourings of fear.
Jack Kennedy exploited Cold War anxieties that America was falling behind the Soviet Union, even inventing a "missile gap" that gave Moscow the supposed nuclear edge.
Ronald Reagan kicked off his election campaign by championing "states' rights" in Philadelphia, Mississippi - the site of the "Mississippi Burning" murders in the 1960s - using language that articulated southern white fears about the encroachment of the federal government and advancement of African-Americans in a setting loaded with shadowy symbolism.
In the aftermath of the financial crisis, Barack Obama profited from anxieties that the American economy was in meltdown.
All three benefited from what the political theorist Richard Hofstadter memorably described in the mid-1960s as "the paranoid style in American politics".
"American politics has often been an arena for angry minds," wrote Hofstadter, a line penned in 1964 that resonates just as strongly today. Now, as then, American elections commonly witness the triumph of fear over hope.
As we enter election year, there is a deep pool of nervousness and resentment from which to draw.
On the economic front, there is the shrinkage of the American middle class. New figures from Pew Research suggest that for the first time in more than four decades, the middle class is no longer in the majority.
People becoming wealthy enough to be defined as "better off" explain some of this shrinkage. But 20% of Americans are now in the lowest income tier, compared with 16% in the early 1970s.
The median wealth of middle-class households has also seen a dramatic fall over the course of this century, decreasing by 28% from 2001 to 2013. Pew found also that median incomes in all wealth brackets were lower in 2014 than in 2000. The "American dream" is not such an animating force.
What's often called the Uberisation of the economy - the move towards freelancing and flexible working arrangements - is eroding the traditional compact between employer and employee.
Fears about economic security overlap with fears about national security.
In the aftermath of the San Bernardino and Paris attacks, Americans are more fearful about the prospect of terrorist attacks than at any time since 9/11, according to a poll conducted by the New York Times and CBS News.
Some 44% of the public thought an attack was "very" likely in the next few months. A poll this month from Gallup suggested that Americans regard terrorism as the country's number one problem.
Confidence in American institutions has also been on the wane, as seen in another Gallup poll. Here are the results for how many people said they had a "great deal of confidence" in the following:
These are not good days for the American establishment, whose pillars look increasingly wobbly.
Beyond these statistics lies further evidence of national anxiety.
The spate of mass shootings - almost one a day in 2015 - has not just spread fears about public safety, but seemingly heightened concerns among gun owners that the federal government will some day restrict the availability of firearms (not that gun control is going anywhere in Congress).
That offers one explanation for the spike in gun sales on Black Friday in November, when the FBI ran a record-breaking 185,345 background checks, about two per second.
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12,223 people killed in gun incidents
24,722 people injured in gun incidents
The Black Lives Matter campaign continues to highlight the brutal excesses of certain police officers. In recent months, a number of leading American university campuses, including Yale, have been restless. Even American football, the national winter sport, seems to be in a perpetual state of scandal.
Add to that the unchecked rise of China, the difficulty in combating the group calling itself Islamic State, the inability to humble Vladimir Putin, the failure to defeat the Taliban and a nagging sense of the waning of American international influence and that pool of resentment increasingly resembles a toxic swamp.
The state of the union is perturbed and anxious. America is beset by a climate of uncertainty and fear in which populist campaigns, like those mounted by Donald Trump on the right and Bernie Sanders on the left, can flourish.
Worryingly for Hillary Clinton, periods of national anxiety also have a tendency of producing party change in the White House. One thinks of Jack Kennedy in 1960, Richard Nixon in 1968, Jimmy Carter in 1976, Ronald Reagan in 1980 and Bill Clinton in 1992.
Back then, Bill Clinton cast himself as the candidate who still believed "in a place called Hope", his birthplace, but his success stemmed from enunciating the economic apprehensions of "the forgotten middle class".
For all the demographic and electoral map advantages that the Democrats have come to enjoy in presidential politics, Hillary Clinton will also need to give voice to middle class anxieties about stagnant incomes, wealth inequality and dwindling opportunity. It explains the tweet that launched her campaign back in April: "Everyday Americans need a champion, and I want to be that champion."
Whoever ends up on top, the campaign will provide yet more evidence of the paranoid style in American politics. It will not be marked by a sense of national renewal or sunniness.
Rather, 2016 looks set to be a year of fear.
He also told flight controllers of an engine problem at 16:09 local time (11:09 GMT) on Wednesday, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Chairman Muhammad Azam Saigol told reporters.
All 47 people on the twin-propeller plane flying to Islamabad were killed.
An investigation is ongoing, but the carrier has insisted strict checks left "no room for any technical error".
"I want to make it clear that it was a perfectly sound aircraft," Mr Saigol said. "I think there was no technical error or human error."
A flight data recorder has been found, the airline said.
PIA had earlier put the number of people on board at 48, but on Thursday said 42 passengers and five crew had died in the crash.
Pakistani authorities have said the apparent engine issue will be a focus of inquiries.
Irfan Elahi, from Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority, told Dawn newspaper: "At the moment, there is no other reason for the plane crash other than the failure of the left engine."
The plane crashed in the Havelian area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, about 70km (43 miles) from Islamabad.
Police said the passengers' charred remains have been taken to a hospital for DNA identification.
Famous pop singer turned Islamic preacher Junaid Jamshed was on board, along with three foreigners - two Austrians and one Chinese citizen.
There was anger amongst relatives of the victims, gathering at the hospital to collect their loved ones' remains.
Ghulam Rasool Khan told the AP news agency: "It is a murder and I want to know who killed my brother."
Plane crashes are not uncommon in Pakistan, but the last major crash involving a PIA aircraft was in 2006, in which 44 people died.
Junaid Jamshed was one of the pioneers of Pakistan's pop scene that took off after the 1987 death of the country's conservative military dictator, Gen Ziaul Haq. Vital Signs, of which he was the lead singer, is still considered one of the best Pakistani bands of the era.
After the 11 September attacks in the US, he gradually moved away from music and closer to religious circles. Influenced by Tablighi Jamaat, a global Islamic missionary movement that encourages Muslims to be more religiously observant, he grew a long beard and switched permanently to the local kurta-shalwar dressing and a preacher's turban. In this new incarnation, he evolved into a singer of na'at, or devotional Islamic hymns praising God and the Prophet Mohammad, which are sung without musical instruments.
During this period, he started a fashion-design chain called J. (J-Dot) which created fusion clothing - traditional garments with a modern touch. The chain has branches in all the major Pakistani cities, as well as in the Middle East and UK. He had three wives, the youngest of whom was with him on the ill-fated flight.
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Finnair, the national carrier, has cancelled 16 domestic flights and delays are expected.
Trains and city buses have stopped running, but ferries, including those to Sweden and Estonia, are operational.
Strikers are protesting against government cutbacks, including limits to benefits and overtime pay.
Talks on a collective agreement on wages and working hours collapsed, leading to the strike, Associated Press reported.
Last week, Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila announced plans aimed at reviving the eurozone member's economy after three years of recession.
The plans included cutting back holidays, reducing pensioners' housing allowances, and reductions in employees' overtime and Sunday pay.
"The Finnish state has contracted debt at a rate of almost a million euros (£730,000) per hour for seven years, day and night, every day of the week. We cannot continue like this," Mr Sipila said.
Police and organisers expect thousands of people to demonstrate in Helsinki, the AFP news agency reported.
TV is the leading medium and the sector is dominated by top commercial station TV3, two public networks and the Baltic variants of Russian networks.
TV3's owner, Sweden's MTG, is a major player in the broadcasting sector.
Russian-language media is dominated by pro-Kremlin, Russia-made content.
In response, Latvia has given closer official scrutiny to media policy and in 2016 temporarily banned a Russian TV network for "inciting hatred".
Public Latvian Radio (LR) dominates the radio market, thanks partly to the popularity of music station Radio 2. Public radio and TV are financed by state subsidies and advertising.
The BBC World Service in English is relayed in Riga on 100.5 FM.
Newspapers - all of them privately-owned - reflect a variety of political views. Many titles have suffered declining circulations.
By late 2015, more than 1.6 million Latvians were online (Internetworldstats). Latvian social network Draugiem.lv rivals Facebook in popularity.
Inbox.lv portal, offering email, dating and photo services, is one of the most-visited sites.
Tata Steel announced on Tuesday it was shedding 900 jobs at its North Lincoln Road site.
The company has pledged £3m to help create jobs in the town and another £6m will be provided by the government.
Statutory redundancy costs are not included in the package and would fall to the firm to fund.
The Community union, which represents the majority of those affected, said the plans were "putting the cart before the horse."
"Although any support for steel communities is to be welcomed, there is still a consultation process to go through and no worker will be redundant until that is completed," said general secretary Roy Rickhuss.
"Community is focused on looking at the rationale behind the proposals and all possible alternatives that will save jobs. It will be challenging, but all parties should be focused on the consultation."
Karl Koehler, chief executive of Tata Steel's European operations, said it was a "challenging time" for employees.
"We are committed to doing everything in our power to support those impacted and... we will help create new jobs in the affected local communities."
The industry blamed cheap Chinese imports for a collapse in steel prices.
The axing of jobs at Scunthorpe comes just weeks after the announcement that Redcar's SSI steel plant is being mothballed, with the loss of 1,700 jobs.
A financial package of "up to £80m" is being provided by the government to support workers and local businesses.
Tata's funding package is being matched by the government, which is also providing a separate £3m fund to help retrain affected workers.
Business Secretary Sajid Javid said: "The government has no intention of simply standing aside whilst the steel industry faces global challenges on a scale unprecedented in recent years.
"We will do everything we can to help workers and to ensure a level playing field for the industry."
Ministers have asked Baroness Liz Redfern, leader of North Lincolnshire Council, to help co-ordinate the programmes.
Tata is providing an additional £1.5m to support job creation in steel communities in Lanarkshire, around its Dalzell site in Motherwell and Clydebridge site in Cambuslang.
Taha Hussain, 20, of Langtree Avenue, Slough, is accused of circulating a publication entitled For The Sake Of Allah on 14 October last year.
He appeared at the Old Bailey on Friday via video-link and was remanded in custody.
Mr Justice Saunders set a two-week trial at a London court, with the case set to start on 30 January.
The "captain's pick" decision - in other words: "I won't bother consulting with anyone else" - to award Prince Philip an Australian knighthood in January this year was about as popular as a Polly Waffle in a public pool, as they say in these parts.
The move was widely panned by the public, as well as amongst his own cabinet, and within a few weeks Mr Abbott was facing a leadership challenge that, although initially unsuccessful, eventually concluded with his ousting in September.
Now, the new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, who one suspects doesn't see eye to eye on much with his predecessor, has wasted little time in abolishing the policy of awarding knights and dames.
In a statement, Mr Turnbull's office said the awards were not appropriate in a modern honours system.
Prince Philip will get to keep his title, amongst the seventy-odd others he already holds.
But as things stand, his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, Royal Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Grand Master and First Principal Knight Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Extra Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Knight Grand Cross with Chain of the Order of the Queen of Sheba, Knight of the Order of the Elephant etcetera etcetera (excuse me while I put the kettle on) will be among the last Australian knights.
Mr Turnbull's move will likely go down well with the Australian public.
But it also raises interesting questions about this country's future as a constitutional monarchy.
Unlike Mr Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull is a committed republican.
A former chair of the Australian Republican Movement, he led the unsuccessful 1999 referendum campaign to abandon the monarchy and establish a republic.
Following the referendum defeat, he accused the then prime minister and fervent monarchist John Howard of "breaking the nation's heart".
Many have wondered whether now in power, he might once again pursue another public vote on the establishment of a republic.
Just two years ago, Mr Turnbull was advocating a nationwide online plebiscite to address the issue ahead of a possible second referendum.
But since ousting Tony Abbott in September's leadership coup, the Prime Minister has stepped back from that position.
While saying he remains a firm republican he has made clear that he does not see the issue as a priority for his government.
He certainly wouldn't want to have a referendum and lose again. And polls show at the moment that is likely what would happen.
One survey last year showed support for a republic at a 20-year low with just 39% of people favouring abandoning the monarchy.
There seems absolutely zero chance of a referendum before the next election due in just under a year's time.
But who knows? If Malcolm Turnbull wins in 2016, he may want to return in his second term to an issue he has long felt passionately about.
Also public opinion might change, if Prince Charles were to come to power.
The Queen will celebrate her 90th birthday next year.
All these matters might make for interesting, if a little awkward, after-dinner conversation when Prince Charles makes a royal visit to Australia later this month.
Certainly if it were Prince Philip visiting, instead of his son, you might imagine him asking: "So Mr Turnbull, I hear you are a Republican and don't approve of my knighthood?"
The joint report was compiled by Her Majesty's Chief Inspectorate of Prisons in England and Wales and Criminal Justice NI.
It is one of the most critical of any prison in the UK. Her Majesty's Chief Inspectorate of Prisons in England and Wales, Nick Hardwick, said it was the most dangerous prison he had ever inspected in his role.
"I accept their findings as an accurate, comprehensive statement of how they found the prison when they did the report six months ago.
"The prison service in response to the preliminary reports, the immediate feedback, put immediate measures in place, that is why there is a detailed action plan which is published today as to how matters are being addressed and that is why there has been an improvement.
"But it was a very poor report and showed a very significant number of problems that needed to be addressed and which are now being addressed."
"It is no surprise to those of us who have talked to prison officers that morale was found to be at rock bottom with astonishingly high levels of staff sickness.
"Given that they have been working in an unsafe environment with officers routinely threatened and intimidated, it is not unexpected.
"The justice committee has already asked Brendan McGuigan, chief inspector of criminal justice in Northern Ireland and Sue McCallister, director general of the Northern Ireland Prison Service, to appear in front of the committee next week."
"This report is a damning indictment of the Prison Service failures, particularly in Maghaberry.
"It highlights a lack of leadership at senior level, resistance to change, concerns around health care provision, endemic absenteeism among other serious failings.
"The issues underscored in this report must be fully addressed and implemented and just as importantly be seen to have been addressed without further delay."
"This is a disappointing report. The snapshot taken in May demonstrated that Maghaberry had been greatly affected by staff absence which had a serious impact on the regime and outcomes for prisoners.
"That has been addressed through robust management of attendance while supporting staff, recruitment of new officers and through redeployment from the other prisons.
"Since May, sickness levels have fallen sharply, which means more officers on the landings and a more progressive and settled regime."
"What we saw and what we heard brought us to the clear conclusion that this prison was on a downward spiral.
"In 2009 we thought we had reached a watershed, in 2012 we saw improvements and we thought there were the green shoots of recovery.
"But at this inspection we found that it had regressed completely to a state that was actually extremely worrying to the inspection team."
"Where the buck stops for this, without any question, is in the overall management of the Northern Ireland Prison Service.
"It has to go as high as it can be, because you cannot have a succession of negative reports like this."
Perry, 29, helped Brighton to promotion to WSL 2 last season via the Premier League Championship play-off final.
The Republic of Ireland international was also an FA Cup finalist with Chelsea in 2012.
"Sophie is an experienced defender and has proven herself both in the WSL1 and at international level," Reading manager Kelly Chambers said.
The African champions fought back from 2-0 down to win this Group C encounter played in the city of Jeju and book their place in the second round.
As the Zambians struggled to find their rhythm in the first half, Iran took full advantage and Reza Shakari's brace had their fans in dreamland.
But they were a team reborn when the second half got underway as they pinned the Iranians deep in their own territory.
Fashion Sakala reduced the arrears in the 53rd minute before Enock Mwepu equalised with a well taken shot five minutes later,
Further strikes from Emmanuel Banda and Patson Daka then sealed a stunning win for the African side.
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Now we will discover who are the winners in a reshuffle made more dramatic and more wide-ranging by the decision of William Hague to quit the post he has filled for four years.
If, as expected, he is replaced by Philip Hammond we will see the appointment not just of new foreign and defence secretaries but also new environment and Welsh secretaries - to replace Owen Paterson and David Jones who've both been sacked - as well as a new attorney general and chief whip to fill posts left by Dominic Grieve unwillingly and Sir George Young who stood down.
The departure of at least another half a dozen senior ministers one rung below cabinet level leaves room for wholesale changes.
This purge of middle aged white men may help make way for the women David Cameron has long promised to promote and for the return of the former Defence Secretary Liam Fox.
At the end of today the question will be not which names have come and gone but the political impact of the changes.
We may have a new foreign secretary who has said he'd be ready to contemplate leaving the EU if it doesn't change and an attorney general who, unlike his predecessor, would not oppose threatening to leave the European Convention on Human Rights.
Pressures on the NHS budget - £115bn in England in 2015/16 - are mounting. A report published in October warned that the health service in England could face a £30bn annual shortfall by 2020. It said that £22bn of reforms could be made to make the service more efficient but the NHS would still need above-inflation rises to plug the other £8bn of the estimated shortfall.
Here is a guide to what we know so far about the main parties NHS spending plans for the next five years.
The Conservatives have promised to ring-fence and "protect" the NHS budget, so spending would rise in line with inflation.
In addition, in the 2014 Autumn Statement, Chancellor George Osborne announced an extra £2bn a year - beginning in 2015/16 - for frontline health services across the UK, which he described as a "down payment" on the highlighted £8bn annual shortfall.
Mr Osborne said: "Because of careful management, we can afford to put... underspend money into our National Health Service to cope with the pressures it faces: £2 billion every year to the front line of the NHS. Not money that busts our plans, but extra money that is available because we have a plan. That is a down-payment on the NHS's own plan, proving definitively for anyone in any doubt that we cannot have a strong NHS without a strong economy."
But the Conservatives came under fire after it emerged the £2bn sum includes £700m of underspend which was already allocated to the NHS budget. Mr Osborne was accused of re-allocating existing money.
The extra £2bn a year is for the whole of the UK and includes £300m funding for the devolved nations to be allocated under the Barnett formula.
The Tories have said the extra £2bn would be spent every year of the next parliament but haven't specified where the money for the years beyond 2015/16 would come from. The party has specified that £300m of the £2bn will be spent each year for four years modernising GP surgeries across the UK, paid for through fines imposed on banks after the Libor rate-rigging scandal.
Labour has promised to keep the NHS ring-fence and spend an extra £2.5bn a year - over and above the Conservative plans - across the UK by the end of the next Parliament, paid for by a mixture of its "mansion tax", tax avoidance measures and a windfall tax on tobacco companies.
The party was criticised after it became clear the promised £2.5bn would not be available in the first year of the new parliament. Labour has clarified that it would take time to raise the new revenue and there are suggestions it would not be available until 2017-18.
The proposed tax avoidance clampdown involves stopping hedge funds avoiding hundreds of millions in tax on shares, closing the 'Eurobonds' loophole which is being exploited by some large firms to move profits out of the UK and stopping 'umbrella companies' being used to avoid tax and national insurance.
The mansion tax would be levied progressively on properties over £2m, with "protections" for people who do not have a high income but happen to live in an expensive property. Labour estimates that the mansion tax would provide £1.2bn of the promised £2.5bn.
As with the Conservative pledge, a proportion of the extra money would be allocated to the devolved nations under the Barnett formula. Labour's leader in Scotland, Jim Murphy, provoked a row by announcing that 1000 extra Scottish nurses would be funded from Scotland's proportion of the money raised by the mansion tax.
Labour leader Ed Miliband told the party's 2014 conference: "We will transform our NHS... we need doctors, nurses, midwives, care workers, who are able to spend proper time with us, not rushed off their feet. So we will set aside resources so that we can have in our NHS 3,000 more midwives, 5,000 more care workers, 8,000 more GPs and 20,000 more nurses. And in order to pay for it we won't borrow an extra penny. Or raise taxes on ordinary working families. "
Labour also says it wants to bring health and social care together but has not specified details of how it would do this, when it might do this or what it might cost.
The Liberal Democrats have promised to meet "in full" the £8bn extra the NHS managers say is needed by 2020.
The plan is broadly based on the economy recovering in line with current projections made by the Office for Budget Responsibility, and would go alongside continued efficiencies and reforms in the NHS.
Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg said: "The big, big difference between ourselves and Labour and the Conservatives is that we have said that once we have dealt with the structural deficit, once we have dealt with it in 2017/18, we will link the amount of money going into public services - including the NHS - to the growth of the economy."
In the shorter term, the party has set out some commitments to extra spending.
The Lib Dems are promising an extra £1bn a year above Conservative plans from 2015/16 - to be funded from reducing tax relief, increasing tax rates on share dividends for high earners, and repealing the Conservative policy of allowing businesses to offer shares to workers in return for giving up their employment rights. Half of this £1bn would be spent on mental health services, a Lib Dem priority.
The Lib Dems' timeline involves:
The party also says it will ring-fence the NHS budget and pool the health and social care budgets.
UKIP is currently the only main party not pledging any extra cash to the NHS; it is instead committed to reprioritising what the NHS does.
The party has made no commitment to keep the NHS ring-fence and has in fact hinted that they would get rid of it.
UKIP leader Nigel Farage has said the idea of replacing the NHS with an insurance-based system is "a debate that we're all going to have to return to".
Specific policies include
The Green Party says health spending should be "maintained at around the average in the European union".
The party says an NHS tax, earmarked to increase direct funding of the NHS, would be introduced as part of general income and other taxation.
Most high profile of these are the November 2008 attacks in Mumbai which killed 174 people, including nine gunmen, and soured ties between India and Pakistan.
Pakistan's former president, Pervez Musharraf, banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in January 2002, along with four other Islamic groups. This followed considerable international pressure in the wake of the 11 September 2001 attacks in the US.
Until then LeT, with its reputation for being purely focused on fighting India in Kashmir, was able to operate openly inside Pakistan, raising funds and recruiting members.
Almost every shop in the main bazaar of every Pakistani town, large or small, had a Lashkar collection box to raise funds for the struggle in Kashmir.
LeT had no involvement in sectarian attacks in Pakistan and its leaders were often critical of other militant groups operating in Kashmir and Afghanistan who also took part in the sectarian Sunni-Shia bloodshed within Pakistan.
Problems arose, however, when some breakaway LeT members began to disagree with President Musharraf's strategy - post 9/11 - and were blamed for anti-government attacks in Pakistan.
In the months after 9/11, these breakaway factions of militant groups started to come together under a loose anti-US banner.
This meant that LeT members came into contact with sectarian groups which it had previously so disdained.
After the ban, the government did not try to break up LeT but restricted the movements of its leaders, while its members were told to keep a low profile.
By mid-2002 it reportedly renamed itself Jama'at ud Dawa or JuD (Party of the Calling). It said it would continue its activities in Pakistani-administered Kashmir.
Hafiz Muhammad Saeed who founded LeT in the late 1980s, soon after the birth of its parent religious organisation, Markaz Dawa ul Irshad, now runs JuD.
JuD denies any links to the militant group. It called itself a charity in 2005 after a massive earthquake in the region and was allowed openly to collect funds in Pakistan, officially for reconstruction work. Many of their offices reopened and its members played a prominent role in rebuilding work.
But cables released by Wikileaks in December 2010, attributed to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, said Mr Saeed and Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, considered the head of LeT, "continue to run" LeT. This was "despite being detained for their role" in the Mumbai attacks.
The US put a $10m (£6.2m) bounty on the head of Mr Saeed in 2012.
Since LeT's rise to prominence more than 10 years ago, it has often been blamed by Delhi for carrying out armed attacks in Indian-administered Kashmir and India.
These included bomb attacks in Delhi in October 2005 that killed more than 60 people.
India also says LeT was involved in the most audacious attack on Indian soil in December 2001. The armed raid on India's parliament - allegedly carried out along with another Kashmiri militant group, Jaish-e-Mohammed - brought India and Pakistan to the brink of all-out war.
LeT has not admitted carrying out those attacks. But it does claim responsibility for attacking one of the country's most famous landmarks - the army barracks at the Red Fort in Delhi in 2000 in which three people died.
Until its ban in 2002, LeT had never been shy of accepting responsibility for most of the armed attacks against Indian military targets.
However, it always denied killing civilians, maintaining that such a tactic was against the organisation's religious beliefs.
In recent years, it has abstained from claiming responsibility for such attacks.
It did not claim responsibility for the November 2008 attacks in Mumbai, but a subsequent investigation by Pakistan found that its members had been involved in planning and carrying them out.
The Pakistani revelation came amid mounting international pressure to rein in groups attacking India with covert Pakistani support.
Many militant factions in Pakistan's north-west also consider LeT and some other Kashmir-focused groups such as Jaish-e-Mohammad, as the "lackeys" of Pakistan's security establishment.
The 37-year-old was arrested at an address in the Burngreave area on Friday.
The offence relates the rape of the teenager in Sheffield between 2009 and 2010.
South Yorkshire Police said the man had been released pending further inquiries.
Bean told BBC Wales he left Newport as he "cannot work" with Westley.
"Any business that goes on between me and the football club is business between me and them," Westley said.
Bean says he quit the club because of the rift with Westley, who was appointed in October, but the manager says Bean was dismissed.
Bean, who was the first compliance officer at the Football Association and ran day-to-day operations at Leeds United until 2014, said his working relationship with Westley was "untenable".
"I have left the club," Bean said. "Graham Westley is an impossible man to work with.
"I've been in the game for 20 years and I very rarely fall out with anyone but he needs to learn some manners and start treating people with some respect.
"There's no way I'd be prepared to work with someone of his character."
The club confirmed Bean's departure but say they are not investigating Westley, despite reports to the contrary.
"The Board wishes to place on record that Graham Westley has the full trust, support and confidence of directors, players and club officials," they said.
"It also wishes to reassure fans that he is not under any investigation.
"He has made a significant impact raising standards throughout the club. The board and players have thoroughly enjoyed his positive impact.
"He has done a terrific job in a short space of time and is challenging the club in all areas to fulfil its potential."
It was reported on Thursday that Westley threatened to quit the club via email and then rescinded the offer. He did not deny those claims when interviewed by BBC Wales Sport.
"If I was to ring the chairman up and have a conversation or he was to ring me up and have a conversation, I'd talk to him and he'd talk to me and we wouldn't be talking to the big wide world," Westley said, when asked directly by the BBC if he had tried to resign.
"Most days in a football club I'll ring my staff or pull a player in and have a conversation. Those conversations are not for the big wide world. We talk all the time.
"Football is a passionate environment, people have highs and lows. Equally, I am a manager with nearly 900 games under my belt and I've managed some decent clubs and I know what I'm doing."
Westley says Bean left Rodney Parade because he was dismissed, but Bean is insistent he resigned his post.
"First and foremost, my understanding is that Graham Bean was relieved of his duties at the football club and he's moved on," Westley said.
"If there's allegations that he's making then he needs to make them to me. From my point of view we moved on as a club.
"If two people are saying different things, believe who you want."
Westley would not confirm a desire to stay at Rodney Parade long-term, even when asked directly if he would could reassure supporters. The Exiles remain bottom of League Two despite improving their form since Westley's arrival.
"I have answered you as fully as anybody would expect me to," he said.
"The questions and the allegations, and so on and so forth, people threw one or two press articles in front of me this morning.
"I'm a person who is professionally contracted to be confidential and professional. I think that people should do their business in the right, and professional, way and that's how I'd like to carry on.
"Alan Pardew, if press reports are to believed, might not be Crystal Palace manager for the long term. Neil Warnock went to Rotherham United last year and did a great job for them but wasn't there for the long term.
"There will be many managers who make their own decision about where they're going to go in the future and many who have decisions made about them.
"Nobody can tell what's going to happen tomorrow. Stuff happens in life and in football.
"Football is a funny business. Situations evolve and emerge all the time."
Rhwng 1997 a 2005, bu'n portreadu cymeriad Beryl Nicholas, mam Casi, yn yr opera sebon Pobol y Cwm.
Yn wreiddiol o Ben Llŷn, aeth ymlaen i Goleg Cerdd a Drama Caerdydd, cyn ymuno ag adran gyflwyno TWW.
Un fu'n cydweithio â hi ar fwy nag un achlysur yw'r actor Huw Garmon: "Cefais weithio gydag Iris Jones yn fy swydd broffesiynol cyntaf fel actor yn 1988. Roedd hi a Stewart Jones yn ofalus ohona i - cyw bach yng nghwmni dau gawr, dwy graig.
"Sawl blwyddyn yn ddiweddarach cefais y fraint o weithio efo hi ar Pobol y Cwm. Daethom yn ffrindiau da - rhannu sgyrsiau, straeon, atgofion, rhoi'r byd yn ei le, d'eud ein cwyn wrth ein gilydd a rhannu jôc.
"Mi fum i'n cyd gerdded ag Iris yn ôl a blaen i Ganolfan y BBC yn Llandaf mewn mwy nag un ffordd am flynyddoedd.
"Roedd clywed ei hatgofion am ei chyfnod fel 'Continuity Announcer' i TWW a Teledu Harlech yn ddifyr tu hwnt, rhai pethau'n newid a phethau eraill yn newid dim yn y busnes.
"Roedd colli Meurig ei hannwyl briod yn golled fawr i Iris ond mi ddangosodd wroldeb a dewrder a doeddach chi byth yn dod o'i chartref heb fod wedi chwerthin llond bol a chael sgwrs ddifyr, ddeifiol.
"Un o genod balch Pwllheli oedd hi ar hyd ei bywyd ac mae nghydymdeimlad dwysaf i efo'r teulu, y ffrindiau agos fu'n gofalu amdani yn ei llesgedd diweddar ac yn arbennig gyda Gwyndaf, ei brawd, fu mor ofalus ohoni."
Un arall fu'n perfformio gydag Iris Jones yw'r actor John Ogwen.
O'i gyfnod ar gyfres ddrama Minafon ar S4C, mae'n cofio actores drwyadl: "Roedd hi'n dysgu - nid jest ei llinellau ei hun - ond llinellau pawb arall hefyd.
"Roeddach chi'n medru d'eud wrth ei llygaid hi ei bod hi'n gwybod eich geiriau chitha' hefyd.
"Roedden ni'n tynnu 'mlaen yn dda. Roedd hi'n hwyliog iawn ac roedd hi'n hoff iawn o chwerthin."
Ar raglen y Post Cyntaf ar BBC Radio Cymru fore Gwener, bu'r actores Rhian Morgan yn rhoi teyrnged iddi: "Un oedd yn torri cwys oedd Iris - yn torri ei chwys ei hun.
"Fuodd hi'n un o'r rhai cyntaf i fynd i Goleg y Castell yng Nghaerdydd - gadael Pwllheli'n 16 oed.
"Un o'r Redcoats cyntaf ym Mhwllheli.
"Roedd hi'n un o'r continuity girls cynta - roedd hi'n dipyn o pin-up yn y cyfnod hynny, ac wrth gwrs yn cyflwyno ar deledu byw, ac roedd y straeon ganddi am hynny'n ddirifedi.
"Roedd hi'n berson dewr a direidus hefyd. Dyna beth fydd pawb yn meddwl amdani."
The 33-year-old was released at the end of last season, having spent 17 years at Rugby Park.
Fowler had a brief spell on loan at Cowdenbeath last term, playing 10 matches for the Fife side.
Queens manager Jim McIntyre has been looking for an assistant since the departure of Gerry McCabe, who joined Dundee earlier this month.
Anderson, who is yet to make a senior appearance for Burnley, played 18 games on loan at the Spireites last term.
The 22-year-old has previously had temporary spells at Carlisle, Lincoln City, Halifax and Hyde United.
Republic of Ireland under-21 international Wilkinson, 21, is yet to score in 11 games for Bolton.
He had loan spells with League Two clubs Newport County and Portsmouth last season, scoring one goal in 13 appearances.
Meanwhile, Chesterfield's teenage forward Curtis Morrison has been loaned to Gainsborough Trinity for a month.
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Resuming on 130-3 and needing to survive the final day in Dubai to earn a draw, the tourists were bowled out for 312 with only 6.3 overs remaining.
Rashid was last out for 61, while Stuart Broad made 30 and Mark Wood 29 after Joe Root fell for 71.
Yasir Shah took 4-87 and fellow spinner Zulfiqar Babar 3-53 for Pakistan, who lead 1-0 in the three-match series.
The final Test in Sharjah starts on 1 November.
England can take great credit for the character demonstrated in posting their highest fourth-innings total in Asia on a wearing pitch.
But they will surely reflect on the first-innings collapse from 206-3 to 242 all out, which effectively cost them this match.
Caught off an ugly slog for a second-ball duck in the first innings, Rashid - playing only his second Test - batted with immense composure during a 172-ball knock spanning four hours.
His technique against the spinners was exemplary, combining positive footwork, a straight bat and wonderfully soft hands until he drove Yasir to short cover to spark wild Pakistan celebrations.
From a seemingly perilous 193-7, he added 60 with Broad and 55 in 29.2 overs with Wood, the highest ninth-wicket stand in a fourth innings in Test history.
Broad made a sprightly 30 before being cleaned up by an inswinging Wahab Riaz yorker, and Wood played with composure belying his position at number 10 as he survived 95 deliveries.
After Wood edged left-armer Babar to Mohammad Hafeez at second slip not long into the final hour of play, England's hopes rested with Rashid and James Anderson.
Pakistan feared their chance had gone when Anderson was dropped by Asad Shafiq at short leg, but a rare moment of ill-discipline from Rashid in the next over gifted Babar a straightforward catch.
Former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott told BBC Test Match Special: "Do you blame him? Yes, it was a poor shot - but no, because he played splendidly in his second Test."
Rashid's stubbornness typified England's approach on a tense final day.
Although their hopes of salvaging an unlikely draw faded when Root edged Babar to slip less than an hour into play, Jonny Bairstow spent 86 balls making 22, only to be bowled playing across a Yasir googly.
After Jos Buttler fell to wonderful leg-break from Yasir, Ben Stokes' 13 occupied 66 deliveries and spanned almost an hour and a half before Imran Khan located his outside edge.
Rashid and Broad's response was admirable, but the consistent threat posed by Yasir eventually proved too much even for Rashid to repel.
England can trace defeat in this match to Saturday's collapse, when they lose seven wickets for 36 runs and conceded a first-innings deficit of 136.
"In these conditions you can't afford those two or three hours," said captain Alastair Cook.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan told TMS: "This isn't the time to judge. The time to judge was that collapse on the third morning. That was the game."
Ex-England spinner Phil Tufnell added: "This England side have got bags of character - they've just got a blunder in them. That massive third day was that blunder."
It was telling that left-arm Pakistan pace bowler Wahab Riaz, who instigated that collapse en route to figures of 4-66, was named man of the match.
On Sunday, England assistant coach Paul Farbrace claimed a limping Alastair Cook was "fine" despite the skipper's obvious discomfort when running between the wickets.
Come Monday morning, England confirmed Cook was suffering from "right groin tightness", although they said they were "not concerned" about his availability for the final Test.
Vaughan said: "This England set-up have been a breath of fresh air how we deal with things, but last night I didn't quite get it.
"It was very obvious that Alastair Cook couldn't run - it was a real problem. So to come out yesterday and say it wasn't a problem was just silly."
The child was a passenger aboard a hatchback car that was involved in a collision with the actress's Mercedes on Thursday night in Rajasthan state.
The MP from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party, was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
The driver of Ms Malini's car has been arrested, police said.
"Hema has injuries above her eyes, on her back and legs. I drove her to the hospital in my car. She was in pain," state lawmaker Shankar Lal Sharma told reporters.
"One girl child has died in the accident," he added.
Other passengers in the hatchback and its driver were injured and taken to hospital, the Press Trust of India quoted a local official as saying.
Television images showed Ms Malini, 66, holding a handkerchief to her bloodied forehead.
The actress has starred in nearly 150 films, including hits such as Sholay, Seeta aur Geeta and Johnny Mera Naam.
At the peak of her career, she was nicknamed "Dream Girl" and starred in a film of the same name.
News of the accident has been trending on social media in India with many writing in to express their concern for the actress.
Most, however, are criticising Ms Malini's driver, accusing him of rash driving:
Joyce, 22, has previously played for Oldham Athletic, St Johnstone and Barnsley and is the son of Manchester United Under-21 manager Warren Joyce.
Akintunde, 20, joined Cambridge United in 2013 but was released at the end of last season, after two loan spells.
Both players spent a period on trial with Chester and earned a deal after impressing manager Jon McCarthy.
But the 26-year-old is hopeful of being fit in time for the Rugby World Cup, which starts in September.
It means that Maitland has played his last game for Glasgow as he is joining London Irish next season.
Maitland picked up the injury during Warriors' 20-15 European Champions Cup defeat by Bath in January.
Warriors head coach Gregor Townsend said: "Sean Maitland, who has worked really hard during his rehab, got some tough news last week when it became clear that his shoulder would require surgery.
"The operation at Spire Murrayfield Hospital was a success and he's targeting to be back for the Rugby World Cup.
"I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Sean for his contribution to the club.
"He's been an excellent player for us and we wish him well at the Rugby World Cup and also next season at London Irish."
Maitland, who has 15 Scotland caps, had initially hoped to return to action during the Six Nations campaign but broke down during training.
Glasgow lead the Pro12 table with four games remaining and he will miss the play-off semi-final and final should Warriors progress.
The New Zealand-born back, who can also play on the wing, has made 40 appearances for Warriors and scored 10 tries since joining from Canterbury Crusaders in 2012.
A yellow "be aware" warning has been issued and covers the period from 16:00 Friday to 10:00 Saturday.
The Met Office said the conditions would mostly affect high ground, but snow could fall to lower levels during Friday night.
The warning follows high winds and heavy rain during Storms Abigail and Barney.
Snow has fallen on some of Scotland's hills and mountains already this year, and last week there were snowfalls in parts of Aberdeenshire and also the Highlands, including Aviemore.
The latest weather warning has been issued for the Western Isles, Highlands, Orkney, Moray, Aberdeenshire, Tayside, Fife and parts of the Borders.
The Met Office said: "The snow will mainly affect high ground at first but will fall to lower levels on Friday night. 1-4 cm is likely at some lower levels but with 5-10 cm above 150m, with drifting in the strong to gale force north or north westerly winds.
"Indeed severe gales with gusts to 60mph could bring a short period of blizzard conditions to the highest routes later on Friday evening and overnight.
"The more persistent snow and strong winds will have cleared by Saturday morning but ice will be an additional hazard by then, particularly for higher level routes."
The Met Office added that weather was a mark of a "major, but temporary change" following an "exceptionally mild" first half of November.
Clegg is one of British Paralympic sport's best-known faces, having enjoyed considerable success since she made her GB debut 10 years ago.
The 26-year-old has the degenerative eye condition Stargardt's Macular Dystrophy and is registered blind.
With Rio on the horizon, and as she chases a first Paralympic gold medal in her T12 category, Clegg has opted to link up with elite sprinter Chris Clarke, who himself is also aiming to make the GB Olympic team.
It has been a difficult time for Clegg since she won Commonwealth gold for Scotland in Glasgow in July 2014.
She had to withdraw from the European Championships in Swansea that August with a viral infection.
After switching coaches to Joe McDonnell, who also works with IPC Athletics world champion sprinter Sophie Hahn, in early 2015 the Scot was hoping for better fortunes.
Although she put in an impressive performance over 200m at the Anniversary Games in London in July, her season was hampered by injuries.
Worse was to follow when she had to pull out of the IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha in October with an ankle problem and she subsequently lost her British Athletics funding.
She also parted company with guide Mikail Huggins who she had been working with for five years, and who partnered her to Paralympic silver in London in 2012 and Commonwealth gold.
"The T12 sprint events have moved forward massively in the past 12 months, which is great for Para-sport in general," she says. "I just need to make sure I am up there with my rivals and in the mix for medals," she explains.
"At the World Championships, I saw that the guide runners who my rivals are running with are all elite-level international athletes themselves.
"I felt I needed a guide who had that international experience and was able to run those quicker times."
But Clegg admits that she had moments of self-doubt before deciding to push on to Rio.
"Losing my funding was a blow but I have retained my sponsors. Without them I wouldn't be able to carry on," she says.
"I definitely had some down moments. After Doha, I had some time off and I really needed that break to gather my thoughts and see whether I wanted to carry on for the next couple of years.
"That was very beneficial and helped to put my mind at ease that this is what I wanted to do.
"I didn't want to give up so close to the Games and I would have felt like a quitter if I had left with less than a year to go, especially knowing I have such a supportive team behind me."
Clarke, 26, is a talented sprinter in his own right. Trained by Steve Fudge, he represented England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and also has Great Britain representative experience.
As well as working with Clegg, he is also aiming for a place on the Great Britain Olympic team in Rio either in the 200m or 400m, or in the 4x400m relay.
He reached the semi-finals of the 200m at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and ran for GB at the 2012 European Championships - but missed out on a place at London 2012.
"Libby approached me and said she needed a new guide. I like a challenge and it is something new and exciting," he said.
"Being attached to someone when you are running took a bit to get used to but I think it is going well so far, even though it is early days.
"I want to make both the Olympics and Paralympics. It is achievable but I am excited for Libby and helping someone to achieve their dream is fulfilling."
Clegg's 100m personal best is 12.13 seconds, which she achieved at London 2012, while the world record - held by Cuba's Omara Durand - is 11.48, set at the Worlds. The silver and bronze medals in Doha were won with times of 11.94 and 11.96.
It means that Clegg will have to run her fastest times to have any chance of a medal in Rio, but she - and her coach - are confident she can do it.
"I am a lot fitter, healthier and stronger than I have ever been," she says. "It is now just staying injury free and I have a good team around me so I am confident I can do well."
"Libby has won medals at so many major championships. I don't think anyone should doubt her capability and her talent," insists Clarke.
McDonnell also believes she can make the improvement she needs.
"Some of the changes we have made involve the way she is placing her foot on the floor and you can see she is moving better. She is in the best shape she has ever been in over the past 12 months," he adds.
"Durand has blown the event wide open and there is a lot for the rest of the world to catch up on - but that is sport and the rest of the world has to get better, too."
Kristoff, 27, held off Dutchman Niki Terpstra in a sprint finish and Belgian Greg Van Avermaet took third place.
Welshman Thomas, 28, had been hoping to become only the second Briton after Tommy Simpson in 1961 to win the race.
A team service car clipped Trek's Jesse Sergent, leaving the New Zealander with a broken left collarbone.
Another service car then crashed into the FDJ team car, which sent Sebastien Chavanel flying onto his back, although the Frenchman was unhurt.
Team Sky's Thomas was among the favourites for the 264km race from Bruges, and was well supported by compatriot and team-mate Luke Rowe towards the front of the peloton as a number of attacks failed to stick.
Thomas made his own move with 18km remaining but was also hauled in, and he did not follow when Kristoff made what proved to be the decisive break.
The Katusha rider, runner-up in Milan-San Remo last month, became the first Norwegian to win the Belgian classic after following Etixx-Quick Step's Terpstra on an attack 25km from the finish.
Sir Bradley Wiggins crashed in the middle of the peloton while trying to negotiate a tight left-hand turn, necessitating a temporary bike change before he made his way back to the peloton.
"It's Flanders and it's obviously a hard race," Thomas told Team Sky website.
"I just lacked that punch which I had last week on the Kwaremont [climb]. I had to have a go as the boys road so well all day for me. I just didn't quite have the legs at the end.
"When you're feeling a bit average it feels like everyone is following you. Once I was in that group behind nobody would work together.
"Everyone was a leader in there and it was just attack after attack."
Tour of Flanders result:
1. Alexander Kristoff (Nor/Katusha) 6hrs 26mins 38secs
2. Niki Terpstra (Ned/Etixx-Quick Step) Same time
3. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel/BMC Racing) +7secs
4. Peter Sagan (Svk/Tinkoff - Saxo) +17secs
5. Tiesj Benoot (Bel/Lotto) +35secs
6. Lars Boom (Ned/Astana) Same time
7. John Degenkolb (Ger/Giant) +48secs
8. Juergen Roelandts (Bel/Lotto) Same time
9. Zdenek Stybar (Cze/Etixx-Quick Step) Same time
10. Martin Elmiger (Swi/IAM Cycling) Same time
A statue of General Robert E Lee was among those taken down from the Austin campus early on Monday.
Monuments to Confederate figures are symbols of "modern white supremacy and neo-Nazism", the college said.
A woman's death at a far-right rally in Charlottesville has reignited debate over America's racial legacy.
"Last week, the horrific displays of hatred at the University of Virginia and in Charlottesville shocked and saddened the nation," University of Texas at Austin President Greg Fenves said on Sunday.
"These events make it clear, now more than ever, that Confederate monuments have become symbols of modern white supremacy and neo-Nazism."
As well as Lee, who was military commander during the 1861-65 American Civil War, a statue of another rebel general, Albert Sidney Johnston, and of Confederate postmaster John H Reagan were taken down.
They were moved to a centre for American history on campus.
A statue of Texas Governor James Stephen Hogg, who served from 1891-95, was also removed and will be considered for re-installation at another site.
"The University of Texas at Austin has a duty to preserve and study history," Mr Fenves continued.
"But our duty also compels us to acknowledge that those parts of our history that run counter to the university's core values, the values of our state and the enduring values of our nation do not belong on pedestals in the heart of the Forty Acres."
The university removed a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis from its campus in 2015 following a mass shooting at a church in Charleston, South Carolina.
Mr Fenves added that he spoke with members of faculty, students and alumni following the deadly demonstrations in Virginia.
Dozens of schools and local governments have begun removing statues dedicated to the Confederacy, which was a pro-slavery rebellion against the federal government.
It follows violent clashes at a march on 12 August in Charlottesville, Virginia, where white supremacists and neo-Nazis protested against the removal of a monument of General Lee.
A 32-year-old woman was killed and nearly 20 people injured when a car was driven into a crowd of counter-protesters.
Last week, four Confederate-era statues were taken down in Baltimore, Maryland, while the governors of Virginia and North Carolina have ordered the removal of similar monuments in their states.
Recent removals of Confederate statues has sparked backlash among an outspoken group of Americans who view the statues as symbols of US history and southern culture.
President Donald Trump weighed in on the debate on Thursday, tweeting that controversial monuments are "beautiful", adding that they would be "greatly missed" from US cities.
But opponents argue the monuments serve as an offensive reminder of America's history of slavery and racial oppression.
"The historical and cultural significance of the Confederate statues on our campus - and the connections that individuals have with them - are severely compromised by what they symbolise," Mr Fenves said.
"Erected during the period of Jim Crow laws and segregation, the statues represent the subjugation of African Americans. That remains true today for white supremacists who use them to symbolise hatred and bigotry.
Annette O'Connor claimed she had been injured after a hotel manager directed her where to sit at a table.
A Dublin High Court judge increased her damages award on appeal on Thursday.
The Restaurants Association of Ireland said the case would mean insurance costs will increase for the sector.
The Irish Times reported that Mrs O'Connor claimed she had been directed to a table in the Mullingar Park Hotel in County Westmeath in March 2011, where a leg concealed by a tablecloth constituted a "trap".
The 48-year-old hairdresser, from Santry in Dublin, said she was not given any warning that the leg was hidden before she injured her left knee as she sat down and pulled her chair towards the table.
Adrian Cummins, the chief executive of the Restaurants Association of Ireland, described the case as "bizarre" and said it would result in serious repercussions for hospitality businesses.
He said: "I haven't seen a floating table with no legs in my life - how do you counteract a customer going into a restaurant, hitting their knee off a table and suing you?
"In that case, the woman got 20,000 euros, but the legal costs were about 200,000 euros.
"Insurance premiums will go up for that business, but they'll go up for our entire sector as well because we're now seen as being high-risk.
"Our members are up in arms and they're extremely distressed - they are wondering why we're being targeted and penalised for this."
Mr Cummins said that insurance costs for restaurants can rise by as much as 300% after personal injury claims are made against them.
Many businesses do not have the resources to fight claims in the courts, he added, and insurance rises can mean "close-the-doors time" for them.
"If you're a small business and your insurance cost goes up by 300% you have to cut back in other areas, either by cutting your staff numbers or you have to increase your prices."
Judges in the Republic of Ireland are "not using common sense" in dealing with personal injury claims, Mr Cummins claimed.
He called on the government to take steps to save hospitality businesses from a "claims culture that's spiralling out of control".
"The way that personal injury cases are handled needs to be changed," he added.
"Take it away from the judges and put it through an assessment board - they could make a common-sense deliberation and judgement on it.
"Our government needs to deal with this in a pragmatic way, quickly and efficiently.
"If they don't, businesses will suffer - that's the bottom line."
With the Year of the Rooster approaching, a Trump-inspired sculpture is on display at a shopping centre in Taiyuan, Shanxi province.
The designer told Chinese media he was inspired by both his iconic hairstyle and hand gestures.
The Lunar New Year falls on 28 January.
It is not the first time a resemblance has been spotted between the future leader of the free world and a bird in China.
A golden pheasant in a zoo in Hangzhou achieved brief internet fame in November after a visitor noticed that its swept-back blond hair and piercing blue eyes looked somewhat like Mr Trump's.
Beijing has grown increasingly critical of Mr Trump, who has appointed a fierce China critic to a senior trade post; spoken directly with Taiwan's president, in violation of the US's longstanding "One China" policy; and accused China of stealing an American underwater drone.
According to the Chinese zodiac, Donald Trump is a "dog", characterised as loyal, honest and suited to politics, though stubborn and prone to seeing the world as hostile.
The go-ahead has been given to build the UK's first inland surf lake.
The giant wave lagoon, three times the size of a football pitch, will be the first of its kind in the world.
The technology to create the consistent perfect wave has taken a decade to develop and could transform the sport of surfing - giving it the potential to be considered as an Olympic event.
A prototype has been built near the Spanish city of San Sebastian. An underwater foil operates beneath a pier that runs the length of the lagoon. It works like a snow plough, pushing the water upwards and outwards.
Wavegarden engineer Alex Onatibia presses a button and 1.2m (4ft) waves rise up, peel and break in exactly the same spot. One is formed every minute.
Mr Onatibia demonstrated the hand-held control panel: "We have all the parameters we need to control the machinery. You can see the height and shape and speed and the temperature of the water and exactly where the wave is positioned," he says.
Lloyd Cole is the GB surf team head coach. He spends a few hours surfing the mechanical wave.
"It's so much fun! So much better than I thought it was going to be. Just the way the wave is formed and the power behind it," he tells me.
"It's going to be a game-changer, both from a coaching point of view and a surfing point of view. We're really lucky to have it in the UK. It puts a smile on your face and that's what surfing is all about."
It was the idea of Wavegarden chief executive Josema Odriozola, who surfs in the Basque Country.
"Every surfer dreams of having the perfect wave in his backyard. Our ambition was to create a wave that is as good as a really good wave in the ocean," he says.
In the natural world waves are created by the action of wind moving over the water and are affected by, among other things, tides and the geography of the ocean floor. It is a complicated mix.
"The computer simulation of fluid dynamics has changed dramatically in the last 5 years," says Mr Odriozola.
"It's hard if you make a mistake of 10cm in the depth of the lagoon. Surfers know with the coming and going of the tide that a wave will disappear. We have to be precise."
It's not just for experienced surfers. The wave can be made smaller for beginners. Mr Odriozola's sons were both under six years old when they started surfing it.
The company bringing the technology to the UK is Surf Snowdonia. Construction has just started on a patch of wasteland near the town of Dolgarrog. An aluminium factory used to stand on the site but was closed down in 2007.
The freshwater lagoon will be 300m long and 110m wide and will generate an estimated 60 waves per hour. A ride of 18 seconds will be possible on the expert wave.
Andrew Ainscough is the project director. "The wave is on tap. You book your hour online, you turn up and you get in. It's awesome," he explains.
According to managing director Steve Davies, the International Surfing Association believes this facility could help persuade the International Olympic Committee to accept surfing as an Olympic sport.
"One of the obstacles is that every competitor wants precisely the same conditions as the other competitor, and when you're dealing with the natural world, that's impossible to guarantee. The Wavegarden technology produces a level playing field," he says.
Andrew Cotton from Devon recently surfed one of the largest recorded waves - around 24m (80ft) - off the coast of Portugal.
"It's a good way to get people in to surfing. But you're missing out on the ocean. Every wave is different and that's what makes a good surfer, reading waves and reading conditions. Learning about the ocean is the key to surfing. But at the same time you can progress your techniques and manoeuvres much more easily," he says.
The Snowdonia team looks set to pip another group in Bristol which wants to bring a similar project to the West Country. The Bristol Wave hopes to get planning permission in the next few days.
There are other surf wave machines, including ones in Tenerife and Dubai. However they operate in a different manner. According to Lloyd Cole, water is lifted up and dropped and it loses its energy more rapidly. This new technology is mechanical, giving engineers the capability of creating a wave that could last for miles.
The Snowdonia site is set to open around Easter 2015 and looks set to be the first of many Wavegardens around the world which could revolutionise the sport of surfing.
The single-player version is about a lone individual surviving in a harsh world with only their ingenuity to keep them safe. Their very survival depends on them building a home and battling monsters employing only tools and weapons they make with their hands.
If computer games were subject to the same analysis applied to novels it would be easy to read this as a metaphor for the life of Markus "Notch" Persson, the game's creator. He's talked in the past about growing up "relatively poor", about making his own entertainment, and about whether he will have to conquer the same "demons" that troubled his father.
Family, friends and the success of the things Notch made with his hands helped him prosper in this harsh world, but that success has led to other challenges. And ones that are much harder to conquer.
Just what had changed was evident at Minecon in 2012 where it was impossible for Notch to walk more than a few feet before he was grabbed by yet another fan keen to shake his hand, slap him on the back, take a photo or get him to sign their foam sword.
This transformation from humble programmer responsible only for his own code to the leader of a global movement was one he was never happy with. His heartfelt explanation of why he is leaving Mojang - "it's about my sanity" - underscores that.
He knows that Minecraft is now about overseeing a community - much, much more than it is about maintaining and developing a codebase.
And therein lies the potential problem for Microsoft.
With Xbox Live and its other cloud services there is no doubt that it has solid experience of running a massive computer infrastructure that serves millions of paying customers. That will be vital when it starts running the behind-the-scenes systems that keep Minecraft going.
But Microsoft will alienate that community if it does not realise how personal the game is, not just for Notch, but for many of the people who play it. It's where they meet their friends and make new ones, where they express themselves, where they show off their technical and creative prowess, where they find themselves.
I have seen that with my own children who play it in very different ways. One is a big fan of modified versions that involve arena battles or capture-the-flag-type competitions. The other spends hours crafting intricate homes built around swooping minecart tracks. Sometimes he builds treehouses that span forests. They also regularly go adventuring with their friends seeking treasure, avoiding creepers, and battling spiders, zombies and skeletons.
They, and millions like them, can only do this because of the freedom and openness of Minecraft. The malleability of the game lets them change it to suit their mood. It does this by giving people a degree of access that Microsoft, in its business software, has never embraced. And that is what has got the millions who play Minecraft worried. Those fans do not want Microsoft to mess with their freedom to tinker with it as they please. They have a deep-rooted sense of ownership about the things they create in the game.
There's no doubt that will be a tricky job for Microsoft to achieve given how critical that community can be.
It will have to work hard to battle those sworn enemies of every online gamer - downtime and lag (aka delay). It is likely that any problem with the game's availability in the future will be blamed on Microsoft - whether it is the company's fault or not.
Making more drastic changes to the running of the game such as limiting how people can modify it, charging them for things that are currently free or imposing restrictions on how they can tell the world about what they have done, might, if handled poorly, turn a big chunk of that community against Microsoft.
That would be bad, given that many of its players are now children who will grow up to be the gamers of the future. No doubt Microsoft is hoping to impress them with the way it handles Minecraft. If it gets it wrong, it could end up being one of the monsters that people want to take on and slay.
Its removal is one of the biggest ever maritime salvage operations.
The Concordia struck a reef off the Italian island of Giglio in January 2012 and capsized, killing 32 people.
Captain Francesco Schettino has denied charges of multiple manslaughter and abandoning ship, which could see him jailed for up to 20 years.
The Costa Concordia was re-floated nine days ago and is being kept above the surface by giant buoyancy chambers. More than a dozen vessels will help to tow the ship.
The wreck was hauled upright in September last year but was still partially submerged, resting on six steel platforms.
Sirens on nearby boats wailed and bells on Giglio tolled just before two tugboats pulled the vessel away.
Italian civil protection service head Franco Gabrielli told the Reuters news agency that "victory" could only be declared when the ship was in sight of the port of Genoa.
The cruise ship is being towed to Genoa at two knots, almost at walking pace, with an escort of more than a dozen tug boats.
The journey, which is expected to take four days, began shortly before 09:00 local time (07:00 GMT).
Senior salvage master Nick Sloane said early on Wednesday that everything was going according to plan.
However, French ecology minister Segolene Royal has said she will monitor the ship's movement from Corsica. Residents on the island fear that any oil leak from the cruise ship could cause significant environmental damage.
The Concordia is set to sail 25km (15 miles) from Corsica and close to the islands of Elba and Capraia before its expected arrival in Genoa late on Saturday.
A survivor of the tragedy told Reuters that initially he saw the area where the ship sunk as "a place where I saw tragedy strike", but over time his view had changed because it was a miracle that 4,000 people were saved.
Investigators are still looking for the body of Indian waiter Russel Rebello, whose body is the only one not to have been found.
The Costa Concordia's owners, Costa Crociere, estimate the operation to remove the wreck from the reef and tow it for scrapping will cost 1.5bn euros (£1.2bn; $2bn) in total.
The men - who are all in their 30s - were arrested on suspicion of being involved in the commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism.
They have been taken into custody at a London police station and seven addresses and several vehicles are being searched in Luton, police said.
The arrests are not connected to last month's attacks in Paris, they added.
The men are also not believed to have been preparing to travel to Syria.
BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said the arrests were "quite significant" and followed a "long-standing covert police operation" in Luton.
He said no firearms officers were involved, which suggested there was no intelligence of any immediate threat.
"However, there has been heightened concern in the UK that extremist groups are encouraging and radicalising individuals; recruiting people to get involved in Islamist terrorism; and planning attacks," our correspondent added.
The arrests were carried out in a joint operation by the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command and the Eastern Counter Terrorism and Intelligence Unit.
Terry received a guard of honour from team-mates as he left in the minute matching his shirt number, 26.
Thousands of pounds were won on the unusually timed substitution and the Football Associated has asked the betting companies involved for information on bets they received.
"All I care about is celebrating with my Chelsea fans," Terry said.
One bookmaker said it had paid out on three bets, with one customer claiming he had been paid at 100-1 on a £25 stake.
The 36-year-old, who is leaving the club at the end of the season, revealed the idea to come off at that time in his final Premier League game with the club was his.
He said: "I wanted to play 26 minutes because the shirt number means a lot to me and the supporters, so as long as they are happy - and I was over the moon with the reception - I promise you I could not care less.
"Me and the fans have a wonderful rapport and have done for 22 years. Nothing that people write or say can ever get in the way of that."
The former England defender, who joined Chelsea's youth academy in 1995, hopes to make his 718th and last appearance for the Blues in Saturday's FA Cup final against Arsenal.
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Addicks academy graduate Harriott has made 76 appearances for Championship club Charlton, having made his senior debut against Rochdale in April 2011.
The 21-year-old has played in two games this season, with his only start coming in Tuesday's victory at Peterborough.
Colchester are currently 23rd in League One, having taken just two points from their opening four fixtures.
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Rosberg has a 33-point lead, which sounds huge - more than one complete race win. But there are 100 points still available and it is still eminently possible that it can swing back to Hamilton.
Hamilton has already recovered a similar gap this season in a similar time - in the four races from Monaco to Austria, he reduced a 43-point deficit to an 11-point one. That's 32 points, only one short of what he needs to do now.
We have seen Rosberg have shocking races, such as Monaco, where he just seemed to be completely out of kilter.
And we have seen Hamilton have weekends where he just did not seem to be quite at the races - such as Singapore, a track where he would be expected to be very good, but he just didn't quite have it.
History also suggests it is a long way from over.
In 2007, Hamilton, then at McLaren, was 17 points ahead of Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen with two races to go. There were 10 points for a win. Raikkonen won both races, Hamilton went off in China and, after a scramble at the last race in Brazil, Raikkonen won the title by one point.
Hamilton has already been through three of these tight battles - and he has won two of them, in 2008 and 2014.
And look at 2010, when Fernando Alonso, then at Ferrari, was leading the Red Bull drivers Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel by eight and 15 points. Hamilton was also in the frame mathematically, but was so far behind he was never going to do it.
Everybody thought it would be Webber challenging Alonso, but all of a sudden Vettel came out of nowhere, had a clean race, Webber and Alonso were compromised by their teams fighting against each other and Vettel sneaked the world title.
The biggest difference this year is in all those examples there was wider competition, it was not just a fight between two drivers in one dominant team.
Mercedes have been so strong and really only Red Bull can challenge them and mix it up with Hamilton and Rosberg, and even then only in unusual circumstances.
If Ferrari get it totally right, they could be slightly in the mix, but really Mercedes have to be careful of only two cars.
For both drivers, the maths are simple - Hamilton really needs to win all the remaining races; Rosberg needs only to finish second to Hamilton in all of them. That gives both a clear focus. But so many more things can come into it than that.
So there is no doubt Rosberg is in the ascendancy. But it is not won until the chequered flag comes down in Abu Dhabi.
Rosberg has been consistently repeating a mantra this season - he's just taking it one race at a time and trying to do the best he can on a given weekend.
I did the same during my career. Early on, when I was younger, I would look too far ahead when I was in a situation to win a championship.
The problem with that is, by looking at the end goal, you lose focus on the day to day.
It's effectively the same as the old adage you've got to walk before you can run.
If you win the race this weekend, and then the next race and so on, the championship takes care of itself. So don't look at the championship. Look at the races, because they make up the championship.
That is effectively what Rosberg has done.
I suspect he has realised that, in the past, he maybe has looked too much at the big picture. Hence his very purposeful statements that he is only looking race by race. It's almost like by saying it he is reinforcing that approach in his own mind.
F1 is a mind game. And Hamilton also plays mind games with himself. A good example was when he said in a BBC interview in Malaysia that he likes jet lag, that he likes to be "a bit off time". That was for his own benefit, as much as ours.
Every driver has their own inner battle, and it is about controlling your emotions.
This is a high-stakes game. It's a world championship. The best driver in the world, by one measure, is going to be crowned at the end of the year. Don't tell me there is anyone in sport who would not have some nerves in that situation. Everybody does. Fact.
One big difference is that Hamilton has been through this several times already - he has been in final-race title deciders in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2014 and 2015. And he's won three of them.
By contrast, Rosberg has been in it and got tantalisingly close in 2014, and that's it. He was nowhere in 2015.
Adding to the pressure on Rosberg is he is not a silly guy, and he will realise this is probably his best chance.
Not only is there unlikely to be another year in which the reliability between the two Mercedes is as skewed in one driver's favour as it has been in Rosberg's this year. But there is also a big rule change coming for 2017 and there is no guarantee Mercedes will have the same advantage. So he will want to get this one over the line.
You may well be wondering how much harder it gets to stick to that race-by-race approach as the season comes to its climax.
It builds up the longer the season goes on, but it's really only at the last race when it really starts to take its toll. It comes down to the critical points - qualifying and the start.
Those are the highest-risk moments of the weekend, in terms of making a mistake in qualifying or the problems Hamilton, particularly, has had with the starts this year.
That's where you can end up in a compromising position and once you're behind and having to make up ground you have to take additional risks.
It's only at the last race that the "taking it race-by-race approach" starts to become more difficult. Because this is the day, the race. In two hours' time you can be world champion, or not.
A great example of that was Carlos Reutemann in Las Vegas in 1981.
The Argentine Williams driver needed only to finish ahead of rival Nelson Piquet of Brabham in the final race that year to win the title. He qualified on pole, but he was fourth by the first corner and faded to seventh in the race.
Piquet, who had to be helped out of the car at the end of the race he was so exhausted, finished fifth and won the title. Reutemann just fell apart, and that was all in the head.
That's the sort of pressure a title showdown can bring to you. The worst thing you can do is let it attack you. The best thing you can do is just breathe. But that is easier to say than do, I can tell you.
Hamilton has been very up and down in terms of results since the summer break. He drove a great race in Spa to finish third from the back of the grid, then dominated Monza only to mess up the start and get beaten by Rosberg.
In Singapore, he was nowhere by comparison. Then he dominated Malaysia until his engine failure while leading, and in Japan last weekend he was again slightly off Rosberg's pace, and messed up the start.
He was unfortunate in being on the wetter side of the track at the start, but that was not the only thing that went wrong, getting some wheelspin as well.
Starts have been Mercedes' weak area this year. But for some reason Hamilton has had more difficulty than Rosberg - it's 5-3 in terms of bad starts.
If I was Hamilton, I would simply focus hard on getting that sorted out, because he has to make four good starts in the final four races. But then you have make sure you don't make that the real tension point.
If he can sort that out, I think he can win the races, and after that he can't change anything more. He can just watch what happens behind him.
Japan was a difficult weekend all round for Hamilton. He also got himself embroiled in two controversies with the media, neither of which was necessary, both of which were potentially counter-productive.
It is true to say that on the one hand we want the drivers to be using social media to connect to the fans, but that having done that Hamilton has been criticised.
But, having said that, the official news conference was not the appropriate time or place to be doing it, and it was a little bit silly to do what he did.
The problem was that it became a talking point. That wound him up, created tension and inner angst. And then he made more trouble for himself by refusing to answer questions in his post-qualifying news conference two days later.
He had a right to say what he did that day, and was quite polite in the way he did, I'm told. But whether it was the right thing to do is another matter. It simply created another talking point around Hamilton, and it certainly didn't defuse the pressure.
It made headlines. That is good for F1. Whether it is good for Lewis Hamilton is a different question.
At the same time, his team-mate was able to glide along out of the spotlight.
You don't need that sort of distraction as a driver. You need to focus and concentrate on the only thing that matters, which is winning the races, not worrying about whether the media have been disrespectful or whatever.
I would think he will be avoiding that in the next few races.
At the same time, that is who Lewis Hamilton is, and people love him or hate him for it.
Allan McNish was talking to BBC Sport's Andrew Benson
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Spending and the number of transactions on contactless were higher in January to June than all of last year, figures from the UK Cards Association show.
Contactless now accounts for 18% of card spending - up from 7% a year ago, the data shows.
The average contactless transaction is for £8.60.
This suggests that marketing by the card companies to encourage the use of contactless for small retail purchases - particularly food and drink - has worked.
Use is high in London, reflecting the common use of contactless by commuters on the capital's transport system.
Cash is still the most common method of payment despite the increasingly popularity of contactless card use and online shopping.
"Contactless cards are firmly entrenched as the preferred way to pay for millions of consumers, who expect to be able to use them for everyday purchases," said Richard Koch, head of policy at the UK Cards Association.
"We anticipate the use of contactless cards will continue to increase, particularly as charities and transport operators outside London recognise the benefits this technology can bring."
The figures show that there were 1.1 billion contactless transactions in the first half of the year, compared with 1.05 billion for the whole of 2015. This saw £9.27bn spent on contactless across the UK from January to June compared with £7.75bn over the whole of the previous year.
The one-off spending limit on contactless cards rose from £20 to £30 in September last year, but some major retailers do not accept this method of payment.
Separate research by Barclaycard earlier this year suggested that Britons over the age of 60 were the fastest growing group of people taking to contactless card payments.
Portugal forward Ronaldo scored twice inside the opening 25 minutes and twice hit the woodwork before half-time.
But Real, who won their final 12 La Liga games, finished one point adrift of Barcelona, who won 3-0 at Granada.
Ronaldo was replaced at half-time as Real prepare for the Champions League final against Atletico Madrid.
The 31-year-old gave his side an eighth-minute lead, finishing after a cross from Gareth Bale and a scuffed shot by Karim Benzema.
And he made it 2-0 with a deflected header on 25 minutes following a Toni Kroos corner.
He struck the post in the 29th minute and the crossbar five minutes later before being replaced by James Rodriguez at the interval.
Real's intensity dropped in the second half, and Deportivo's Rober had a free header saved by Real goalkeeper Keylor Navas.
Match ends, Deportivo de La Coruña 0, Real Madrid 2.
Second Half ends, Deportivo de La Coruña 0, Real Madrid 2.
Luka Modric (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Luka Modric (Real Madrid).
Fede Cartabia (Deportivo de La Coruña) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. James Rodríguez (Real Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jesé.
Attempt missed. Luis Alberto (Deportivo de La Coruña) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Celso Borges.
Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid).
Oriol Riera (Deportivo de La Coruña) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Marcelo (Real Madrid) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jesé.
Corner, Deportivo de La Coruña. Conceded by Daniel Carvajal.
Attempt blocked. Fede Cartabia (Deportivo de La Coruña) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lucas Pérez.
Offside, Real Madrid. Karim Benzema tries a through ball, but Sergio Ramos is caught offside.
Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Stipe Pletikosa.
Attempt missed. Isco (Real Madrid) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Daniel Carvajal with a cross.
Offside, Real Madrid. Karim Benzema tries a through ball, but James Rodríguez is caught offside.
Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Sidnei.
Substitution, Real Madrid. Jesé replaces Gareth Bale.
Substitution, Deportivo de La Coruña. Oriol Riera replaces Faycal Fajr.
Substitution, Deportivo de La Coruña. Celso Borges replaces Pedro Mosquera.
Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Fernando Navarro (Deportivo de La Coruña).
Attempt missed. Pedro Mosquera (Deportivo de La Coruña) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Fede Cartabia.
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Rober (Deportivo de La Coruña).
Attempt saved. Rober (Deportivo de La Coruña) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lucas Pérez with a cross.
Corner, Deportivo de La Coruña. Conceded by Pepe.
Substitution, Deportivo de La Coruña. Rober replaces Alejandro Arribas.
Hand ball by Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid).
Attempt missed. Álex Bergantiños (Deportivo de La Coruña) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Luis Alberto.
Attempt missed. Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Corner, Deportivo de La Coruña. Conceded by Pepe.
Attempt blocked. Sidnei (Deportivo de La Coruña) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alejandro Arribas.
Foul by Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid).
Faycal Fajr (Deportivo de La Coruña) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid).
Fernando Navarro (Deportivo de La Coruña) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by James Rodríguez (Real Madrid).
Fernando Navarro (Deportivo de La Coruña) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Members of Fifa's ethics committee have recommended the sanction after the Swiss attorney general opened criminal proceedings against the 79-year-old.
He is accused of signing a contract "unfavourable" to football's governing body and making a "disloyal payment" to Uefa president Michel Platini.
Blatter denies any wrongdoing and his lawyers said he had "not been notified of any action".
European football chief Platini - who wants to succeed Blatter - has said the payment was "valid compensation" from his time working under the Swiss more than nine years ago.
The investigatory chamber of Fifa's ethics committee has requested the ban and a final decision is likely to be made on Thursday by Hans Joachim Eckert, the head of Fifa's ethics adjudicatory chamber.
Blatter's adviser Klaus Stohlker said the Fifa president was "calm" after being told the news, but a statement from his legal representatives denied he had been made aware of any decision.
It said: "We would expect that the ethics committee would want to hear from the president and his counsel, and conduct a thorough review of the evidence, before making any recommendation to take disciplinary action."
On Wednesday, Blatter told a German magazine he was being "condemned without there being any evidence for wrongdoing".
The investigation is centred on allegations believed to be around 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.
The ethics committee had been meeting in Zurich since Monday and have yet to make a decision on Platini, 60.
It is also examining a payment of two million Swiss francs (£1.35m) that Platini received in 2011 for working for Blatter.
The Frenchman has provided information to the criminal investigation but said he has done so as a witness.
Swiss prosecutors said he is being treated as "in between a witness and an accused person" as they investigate corruption at world football's governing body.
The latest development came hours after former Fifa vice-president Chung Mong-joon, who is also under investigation by Fifa's ethics committee, told BBC Sport his campaign to succeed Blatter was being "smeared".
Blatter won a fifth consecutive Fifa presidential election on 29 May but, following claims of corruption, announced his decision to step down on 2 June. He is due to finish his term at a Fifa extraordinary congress on 26 February.
This copy of the first collected edition of Shakespeare's plays, published in 1623, was found at Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute.
Academics who authenticated the book called it a rare and significant find.
About 230 copies of the First Folio are known to exist. A copy owned by Oxford University sold for £3.5m in 2003.
Emma Smith, professor of Shakespeare studies at Oxford University, said her first reaction on being told the stately home was claiming to have an original First Folio was: "Like hell they have."
But when she inspected the three-volume book she found it was authentic.
"We've found a First Folio that we didn't know existed," said Prof Smith.
The goatskin-bound book will now go on public display at the stately home for the first time.
Adam Ellis-Jones, director of the Mount Stuart House Trust, said the identification of this original First Folio was "genuinely astonishing".
The discovery comes ahead of the 400th anniversary of the playwright's death.
The First Folio, printed seven years after Shakespeare's death, brought together 36 plays - 18 of which would otherwise not have been recorded.
Without this publication, there would be no copy of plays such as Macbeth, Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar, As You Like It and The Tempest.
The book is also the only source of the familiar dome-headed portrait of Shakespeare by Martin Droeshout.
Prof Smith, author of Shakespeare's First Folio: Four Centuries of an Iconic Book, says it is uncertain how many copies were produced - although some put the figure at about 750.
About 230 copies are known still to exist. The last copy found was two years ago, in what had been a Jesuit library in St Omer in France.
The Isle of Bute discovery adds another, but there is uncertainty about where this copy had spent much of the four centuries since being printed.
It had been owned by an 18th Century literary editor and then appears in the Bute library collection in 1896.
Alice Martin, Mount Stuart's head of historic collections, believes it was bought by the third Marquess of Bute, an antiquarian and collector, who died in 1900.
The trust, which runs the Gothic revival house, had been researching the collection of books, paintings and historic items and called in experts from Oxford University to assess the authenticity of what had been claimed as a First Folio.
Apart from its cultural value, verification makes the book extremely valuable. A copy owned by Oriel College, Oxford sold for about £3.5m in 2003, while another copy sold at auction in 2006 for about £2.8m.
Authenticating a copy involves a series of technical checks on, among other things, the watermarked paper and printing process.
Imperfections are also part of the identification, as real copies can include the inky thumbprints of Jacobean printers.
Misspellings also appear, sometimes corrected after proofreading.
There is a stage direction in King Lear, which, in the early part of the print run, says rather cryptically "H edis", which is then updated in later copies to "He dis" before it is finally corrected to "He dies".
Prof Smith says there are also many fake copies.
Authentications are further complicated by high-quality reproductions produced by a 19th Century craftsman, John Harris.
He was hired by the British Museum to replace missing or damaged pages or sections of old books, including for First Folios - and was so skilled that it is uncertain how much of his work might now be accepted as authentic.
Prof Smith suggests not even all the officially catalogued First Folios may be authentic.
The story of the First Folio, she says, usually focuses on the literary genius of Shakespeare, but the survival of his plays depended on the practical skills of the people who produced this book.
"The vast majority of plays from this period have been lost, because they were never printed," she says.
The preservation of much of Shakespeare's work depended on the publishers of the First Folio copying, collating and editing from whatever hand-written scripts and first-hand memories were still available in the 1620s.
As Shakespeare's reputation grew, the value of the First Folio increased, with the book becoming highly prized by collectors.
In the 19th Century and early 20th Century many copies were bought by US railway millionaires, financiers and oil tycoons.
Mr Ellis-Jones says identifying a First Folio at Mount Stuart indicates how much remains to be examined in one of the "last great unknown collections".
"We knew that we had special things here, but we keep discovering how special - because it's never been researched and never been in the public eye."
Ms Martin says an "abundance of mysteries" remain. "We've got completely unexplored collections."
She says there has always been something "quite eccentric" about the house.
As well as being an art collector, the third marquess introduced exotic wildlife to the island, including kangaroos. The last of these exiled marsupials died when it was hit by the island's first car.
And are any more First Folios likely to appear?
"I'm sure there are a few more out there," says Prof Smith. "I don't think they're in people's lofts, even though it would be lovely and romantic.
"I think they're in libraries which have been neglected or forgotten, I suspect more will be in mainland Europe."
Forces loyal to the military leader, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, said they had driven local Islamist militias out of the Ganfouda district of Benghazi.
The area had been under siege for months and saw some of the worst fighting over control of the city.
Some fighters were affiliated to the Islamic State group or Al Qaeda.
The besieged district, nine miles west of the city centre, has been largely cut-off from the rest of Benghazi in blockades setup by Field Marshal Haftar's forces.
His forces are not being recognised by Libya's UN-backed government.
The spokesman for Field Marshal Haftar's forces - known as the Eastern Libyan Army - said they had freed the neighbourhood, but some militants had fled to a nearby area known as the "12 blocks".
The BBC's North Africa correspondent, Rana Jawad, said if it holds, the fall of Ganfouda district would be considered "a significant gain" for the forces, but locals had been hit hard.
"More than two years of fighting in Libya's second largest city has come at a high cost," she said.
"It has been deadly and it has internally displaced thousands of people."
Residents told the BBC that Islamist militias still control some parts of central Benghazi, though there have been no clashes there recently.
Libya's unrest since the 2011 ousting of Muammar Gaddafi saw extremist organisations, including the Islamic State group, gain a foothold in the country.
Field Marshal Haftar's forces and rival fighters loyal to the UN-backed Tripoli-based government inflicted a string of setbacks on the jihadists.
But the jihadists still control the central Benghazi districts of Al-Saberi and Souq al-Hout, according to Field Marshal Haftar's forces.
The 28-year-old becomes the Gloucestershire club's first signing since winning promotion to the English Football League at Wembley on Sunday.
A former Wolves trainee, he previously played for Port Vale and Northampton.
"The manager really sold the club to me. It didn't take me long to realise I want to come here," Collins told BBC Radio Gloucestershire.
"I want to get promoted. I've seen an article saying the chairman wants this club in the Championship some day. Hopefully I can help them get to League One."
Meanwhile, midfielder Sam Wedgbury has released a statement on social media revealing that he is to leave the promoted club.
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The 30-second commercial featuring residents of Mull, Iona and Tiree will be shown for the first time on 11 May.
The advert's soundtrack is a cover of Supergrass hit Alright by Celtic band Macanta, with some lines of the song sung by the islanders.
CalMac's head of marketing Peter Griffiths said there was "no need to cajole anyone" to take part.
Mr Griffiths said: "They were really excited about it and we got a great response."
The islanders who appear in the advert include Neil Jardine, a fisherman from Iona, and Hannah and Andy Wright and their family from Tiree.
Also featured are Tobermory fish and chip van servers Natalie Livingston and Rebecca Woolcock.
Interim chief executive Ellen Pao resigned on Friday after about 200,000 users had called for her dismissal.
Ms Blount told website Recode she believed Ms Pao had been put on a "glass cliff" - or set up to fail.
Victoria Taylor, who oversaw a popular question-and-answer section of the site, was sacked last month.
"Victoria wasn't on a glass cliff. But it's hard for me to see it any other way than Ellen was," Bethanye Blount said in an interview.
But Ms Blount, a former Facebook employee, added that her own decision to leave Reddit just two months after joining, had not been based on gender issues.
And new chief executive, Steve Huffman, said he was "confident" that the site could recruit female executives.
The phrase "glass cliff" is used to describe women placed in leadership roles during times of crisis, when positive change is hard to achieve.
Ms Taylor's departure threw the Reddit community into uproar, with moderators shutting down popular parts of the site in protest.
And Ms Pao was widely blamed for the sacking of the popular employee.
However, her predecessor, Yishan Wong, has since suggested that it had not been Ms Pao's decision after all, blaming Alexis Ohanian, Reddit co-founder and board member.
"Alexis wasn't some employee reporting to Pao, he was the executive chairman of the board, ie Pao's boss," he wrote.
"He had different ideas for AMAs [Ask Me Anythings], he didn't like Victoria's role, and decided to fire her. Pao wasn't able to do anything about it."
Mr Wong added that he was upset that Mr Ohanian had not defended his choice while Ms Pao had been receiving online abuse branded "sickening" by board member Sam Altman as a result.
Writing separately on Reddit, Mr Ohanian, also known as kn0thing, appeared to confirm his role in the controversial upheaval.
"It was my decision to change how we work with AMAs, and the transition was my failure, and I hope we can keep moving forward from that lesson," he wrote.
He added that Ellen Pao was "a class act".
Despite the ongoing turmoil, Reddit is in good financial shape, according to Mr Huffman, also one of its co-founders.
"Reddit has a lot of cash," he said, in an Ask Me Anything session on the site.
"Monetisation isn't a short-term concern of ours."
The site currently attracts 164 million monthly users.
It was bought by Conde Nast in 2006 but now operates as a spin-off enterprise of the firm's parent company Advance Publications.
In an official blog post, Reddit described itself as a "part-sibling-once-removed" of the publishing giant.
The total number of loans fell by 14% to 58,100, in the first full month since the UK voted to leave the European Union.
But the CML said it was still too early to assess the impact of the Brexit vote on the housing market.
The fall amongst first-time buyers was particularly pronounced.
They borrowed £4.4bn, a drop of 19% on the figure for June. However, lending in that month was exceptionally high.
"It is hard to determine whether these figures reflect a first uncertain reaction to the referendum vote, or are a sign of a market which was already cooling," said Paul Smee, the director general of the Council of Mortgage Lenders.
"It will be quite some time before a full assessment can be made."
Earlier this week figures showed that house price inflation dropped sharply in July.
Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggested house prices rose by 8.3% in July, compared to 9.7% in June.
David Goodfield had levelled after half-time following Diego Arana's opener, before Albert Beltran put Spain 2-1 ahead in the fourth quarter.
England started the tournament with a 9-1 defeat by the Netherlands on Sunday, but beat Germany 3-0 on Monday.
The competition serves as a warm-up for the EuroHockey Championships, which start on 18 August in Amsterdam.
The seventh seed won 6-3 6-4 to reach the last eight for the first time, setting up a rematch of her Wimbledon quarter-final against Simona Halep.
Romanian second seed Halep beat Latvian 15th seed Anastasija Sevastova 6-4 6-3.
Rain halted several third round ties, with top seed Rafael Nadal yet to start his match against Albert Ramos-Vinolas.
The winner of that all Spanish contest will face either Ivo Karlovic or Nick Kyrgios in the last eight - the Croatian led 4-3 when that match was postponed - with the victors due to play twice on Friday.
Bulgarian seventh seed Grigor Dimitrov beat Argentine Juan Martin del Potro for the first time in six attempts, coming through 6-3 7-5 to set up a quarter-final against Japan's Yuichi Sugita.
In the other men's quarter-finals, Austrian third seed Dominic Thiem will face Spain's David Ferrer, while American John Isner takes on compatriot Jared Donaldson.
Konta, 26, did well to win a match that was far tougher than the straight-set scoreline suggests and break new ground in Cincinnati.
Five double-faults and a first-serve percentage of just 54% meant the Briton had to work harder than usual in her service games, with Cibulkova teeing off aggressively on the return.
Konta took the first set with two breaks of serve to one and looked to have the match well under control when she broke at the start of the second set.
However, Cibulkova refused to submit and had three break points for a 4-2 lead as a gripping set unfolded.
Konta clung on and grabbed her chance with a deep return on break point at 4-4 before serving out for a fine win, finishing with 24 winners to Cibulkova's 10.
Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza saved three match points on her way to beating American Madison Keys for the first time in four meetings.
The Spanish fourth seed came through 6-4 3-6 7-6 (7-3) to set up a quarter-final against Russian eighth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova, who beat Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro 6-2 6-4.
"You never knew who was going to win until the last point," said Muguruza. "I had match points against me so it was really hard. I battled back and I'm glad things went my way."
Sixth seed Caroline Wozniacki saw off Australian qualifier Ashleigh Barty 6-4 6-2.
The Dane could next meet world number one Karolina Pliskova, who was leading Italian qualifier Camila Giorgi 3-0 when play was suspended.
Fifth seed Elina Svitolina, who could become world number one if she wins the title, has yet to start her third round tie against Germany's Julia Goerges and could then also face the winner of another delayed match between American Sloane Stephens and Russian Ekaterina Makarova on Friday.
Louise McGowan, of Walderslade Girls' in Kent, says discipline has been eroded by "a small but loud minority".
After an "unprecedented five exclusions" this year, a letter was sent to parents warning that the school was toughening up on bad behaviour.
She is calling for stronger parental support, and more head teachers to take a similar stance across the country.
Speaking to the BBC Mrs McGowan, a mum-of-four herself, said about 5% of the 900 girls were routinely breaking the rules and there had been a rise in reports of anti-social behaviour involving their pupils outside school.
She said the problems always seemed to involve mobile phones and social media, and often parents empowered the child's bad behaviour, supporting them even when faced with evidence of misconduct.
"When children know they're going to get into trouble some call home, trying to exonerate themselves, and we end up with a furious parent outside the school.
"The relationship and trust between schools and parents is breaking down. By screaming at teachers, parents are not instilling respect or right from wrong in their own children," she said.
While she stressed the school had a calm environment and most pupils were eager to learn, Mrs McGowan said "some very angry children" ruined lessons for the others.
"They treat life like a soap opera," she added, "they seem to enjoy conflict."
She described how weekend "dramas" were escalated on social media and blew up at school, with dozens of pupils becoming involved.
"We're even seeing parents arguing with each other online, and fuelling arguments between children.
"It's shocking, we're living in very bizarre times.
"A good education goes hand in hand with discipline, you need both in adulthood, and I hope other head teachers speak up."
A strict "no excuses" behavioural policy was being drawn up and implemented by the school.
Mrs McGowan, who is recovering from a recent kidney operation, is leaving at the end of the school year having served there for five years.
The work, which has just been fully restored, is thought to have been painted by a Da Vinci assistant.
"I think what's important is it enables us to understand how Leonardo worked in his studio," said deputy director of conservation, Gabriele Finaldi.
The painting moves to the Louvre in Paris for an exhibition in March.
The original hangs in the Parisian gallery so this will allow visitors to compare the two works.
A black layer of paint on the Prado copy was removed as part of the restoration process - this revealed details in the landscape which experts say is evidence the replica was made at the same time Da Vinci painted the original.
The restoration process took two years.
Experts discovered that the Prado version was painted on a walnut panel. This wood was used for other small-format panels by Leonardo and his studio, including The Lady with the Ermine and Saint John the Baptist.
The high quality of the materials used in the creation of the Madrid version suggests that it was an important commission.
The Prado's Mona Lisa has been in the museum since it was opened in 1819.
The newly-revealed painting will be on display there until 13 March.
There are dozens of surviving Mona Lisa replicas from the 16th and 17th Centuries - when copying famous artworks was a thriving business.
The original painting, dating from the early 16th Century, is obscured by several layers of old, cracked varnish.
However, cleaning and restoration is thought to be too risky because the painting is fragile.
The champions are three points below Real Madrid, who have a game in hand, going into El Clasico next weekend.
Messi fired Barca into the lead from 25 yards and scuffed home a second, his 498th goal for the club, before Samuel Umtiti's own goal gave La Real hope.
Paco Alcacer made it 3-1 before Xabi Prieto pulled one back.
Unlike a weakened Real Madrid, who beat Sporting Gijon by the same scoreline earlier in the day, Barca played a full-strength team.
Barcelona host Juventus on Wednesday in the Champions League quarter-final, having lost the first leg 3-0 in Italy.
But boss Luis Enrique decided he could not risk losing ground in the title race in order to keep his players fresh for that game.
Barca now go into a potentially season-defining week. After the Juventus match comes a trip to Madrid, where a win would send Enrique's side top on the head-to-head rule - although Real would still have an extra game to play.
All the goals at the Nou Camp were scored in the first half, with three coming in the five minutes before the break.
Barcelona, who were without the suspended Neymar, had to hang on for periods.
La Real's best chance to equalise came when Asier Illarramendi's ambitious 50-yard free-kick had to be tipped over by a back-pedalling Marc-Andre ter Stegen.
Match ends, Barcelona 3, Real Sociedad 2.
Second Half ends, Barcelona 3, Real Sociedad 2.
Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Asier Illarramendi (Real Sociedad).
Attempt saved. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Yuri (Real Sociedad) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Esteban Granero.
Offside, Barcelona. Ivan Rakitic tries a through ball, but Luis Suárez is caught offside.
Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Gerard Piqué (Barcelona).
Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Denis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Esteban Granero (Real Sociedad).
Substitution, Real Sociedad. Esteban Granero replaces David Zurutuza.
Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sergio Canales (Real Sociedad).
Attempt missed. Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Andrés Iniesta following a corner.
Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Yuri.
Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Iñigo Martínez.
Attempt saved. Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
Substitution, Barcelona. Denis Suárez replaces Paco Alcácer.
Offside, Real Sociedad. Raúl Navas tries a through ball, but Jon Bautista is caught offside.
Substitution, Real Sociedad. Jon Bautista replaces Willian José.
Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sergio Canales (Real Sociedad).
Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Iñigo Martínez.
Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Dangerous play by Raúl Navas (Real Sociedad).
Attempt missed. Iñigo Martínez (Real Sociedad) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sergio Canales with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Real Sociedad. Conceded by Marc-André ter Stegen.
Attempt saved. Asier Illarramendi (Real Sociedad) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Foul by Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona).
Xabi Prieto (Real Sociedad) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Raúl Navas (Real Sociedad).
Corner, Real Sociedad. Conceded by Gerard Piqué.
Substitution, Barcelona. Andrés Iniesta replaces André Gomes.
Luis Suárez (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Luis Suárez (Barcelona).
Raúl Navas (Real Sociedad) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Quoting a line from his first PMQs appearance, when he faced Tony Blair as leader of the opposition, his final words were: "I was the future once."
MPs on all sides burst into applause, with Tories and some other MPs getting to their feet, as he departed.
He had earlier joked and bantered with MPs and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
The prime minister is handing over to Home Secretary Theresa May - who was sat alongside him on the front bench during the half hour session - after announcing his resignation on 24 June, the day after Britain voted to quit the EU.
Mr Cameron told MPs he had clocked up 5,500 questions during his six years as prime minister, joking that he would leave it to others to decide how many he has answered.
He "warmly congratulated" Mrs May and told Mr Corbyn that "when it came to female prime ministers I am glad to say the score will soon be two-nil".
Mr Corbyn thanked the outgoing PM for his service over the last six years and praised him for his backing for equal marriage and his efforts to secure the release of Shaker Aamer from Guantanamo Bay.
He also paid tribute to Mr Cameron's wife Samantha and his family, who watched the proceedings from the public gallery. Mr Cameron's daughters Nancy and Florence were seen to give their father a wave and to cheer him on during the session.
Mr Cameron - who appeared to be enjoying his final appearance at the despatch box - dismissed suggestions he will now look to take over as Top Gear host or England manager, joking they "sound even harder" than being PM - and rejected Mr Corbyn's suggestion that he should take over from Len Goodman as a judge on Strictly Come Dancing.
Mr Cameron said of equal marriage: "I will never forget the day at No 10 when one of the people who works very close to the front door said to me 'I'm not that interested in politics, Mr Cameron, but because of something your lot has done I'm able to marry the person I've loved all my life this weekend'.
"There are many amazing moments in this job but that actually was one of my favourites."
The outgoing PM also stressed his love for Larry the Downing Street cat - amid rumours he was not a fan - even holding up a picture of himself with the feline to prove it.
And he took a good-natured swipe Mr Corbyn, saying he had come to admire the "tenacity" of the Labour leader in hanging on to his job, comparing him to the Black Knight, in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, who kept going despite having his limbs chopped off, insisting it was "only a flesh wound".
Mr Corbyn joined in with the banter, thanking Mr Cameron's mother for her advice - delivered by Mr Cameron at an earlier, less good-humoured PMQs - that he should put on a smart suit and tie.
The Labour leader also issued a defiant message to Labour MPs trying to unseat him, saying: "Democracy is a wonderful thing and I'm enjoying every minute of it!"
He added that there would be "plenty more" questions from him to Mr Cameron's successor.
He also attempted to raise rising homelessness rates, the rights of EU nationals living in the UK and the economy during his exchanges with the PM.
Mr Cameron turned serious as the end of the session approached, telling MPs: "I will watch these exchanges from the backbenches, I will miss the roar of the crowd, I will miss the barbs from the Opposition, but I will be willing you on.
"And when I say willing you on I don't just mean willing on the new prime minster at this despatch box or indeed just willing on the frontbench defending the manifesto that I helped to put together.
"But I mean willing all of you on. Because people come here with huge passion for the issues they care about, they come here with great love for the constituencies that they represent.
"And also willing on this place, because yes we can be pretty tough and test and challenge our leaders, perhaps more than some other countries, but that is something we should be proud of and we should keep at it.
"And I hope you will all keep at it and I will will you on as you do."
Reflecting on the power of politicians to drive through change, Mr Cameron went on: "The last thing I'd say is that you can achieve a lot of things in politics, you can get a lot of things done.
"And that, in the end, the public service, the national interest, that is what it is all about."
Finally, in a nod to a famous exchange he had in 2005 when he told the then prime minister Tony Blair "he was the future once", Mr Cameron said: "Nothing is really impossible if you put your mind to it. After all, as I once said, I was the future once."
Trollope was dismissed on Tuesday after less than five months in charge, with Cardiff second bottom of the table after two wins from 11 games.
Former Sheffield United boss Warnock, 67, helped Rotherham avoid relegation from the Championship last season, but turned down the chance to stay.
He now hopes to rekindle ambitions of an eighth promotion as a manager.
Warnock told the Bluebirds website: "I enjoyed it at Rotherham last year and I've got seven promotions and, I can't tell a lie, I thought I was trying to get that eighth promotion.
"I decided to wait - I had talks with three or four clubs from the summer onwards and it never materialised and, although I was disappointed, I'm a big believer in fate and when this cropped up, I had one phone call from Mehmet [Dalman, Cardiff chairman] and it was straight away.
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"I always want to feel wanted and he told me straight away I was his number one target, the club's number one target, and that goes a long way I think."
Kevin Blackwell will be assistant and Ronnie Jepson first-team coach.
Existing staff members James Rowberry, Martyn Margetson and Lee Southernwood will continue as part of Warnock's back-room team.
Cardiff is Warnock's 15th club as a manager and he says experiences on past visits and the challenge of trying to revive their fortunes will inspire his efforts.
"I've always liked it here. I've always liked getting off the bus," he said.
"Everywhere I go I get stick, but at Cardiff… I get on quite well with the Cardiff lads. I'm sure the same people are there by the bus with their autograph books.
"I've always had good banter with the Cardiff people. They are my kind of crowd, blood and guts and all that, which I like.
"If I can get it right for them I know they will get behind me and that's what keeps me going at the moment.
"There's some mouth-watering games coming up too.
"When I looked at the fixture list, it was not one of trepidation, it was one of looking forward to it really because that's the way I am."
The Englishman spent eight seasons in charge of Sheffield United, has twice managed Crystal Palace and QPR, and was also boss of Leeds United.
Former Cardiff defender Danny Gabbidon, who played under Warnock at QPR, said before Warnock's appointment that he "could be a nice fit" to "get the team up and running quickly".
He added: "He's a very good man-manager. He's good at working on a tight budget and getting the right players in. He's also proven in that division."
Trollope's assistant, Lennie Lawrence, and conditioning coach Ryland Morgan have also left the Welsh club.
Where before, artists and groups either evolved their musical style and appearance or remained unchanging, David Bowie seemed to be in permanent revolution.
He defied any label. Music, fashion, sexuality: all were Bowie's playthings. He was truly an artistic chameleon.
Bowie was born David Jones in January 1947 but reinvented himself as David Bowie, in 1966, in order to avoid confusion with the Monkees' Davy Jones.
He went on to study Buddhism and mime, and released his first album, the World of David Bowie, in 1967.
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But it was the title track of his second album, Space Oddity, which aroused more than passing interest.
The atmospheric tale of an abandoned astronaut, Major Tom, orbiting the Earth, Space Oddity became a hit in 1969, the year of the first Moon landing.
Initially a hit throughout Europe, it took four years to "break" the United States.
Bowie followed up this initial success with The Man Who Sold the World, a complex album, whose title track has been covered by artists as diverse as Lulu and Nirvana.
His second album of 1971, Hunky Dory, was arguably Bowie's first great work. Its 11 songs, including the haunting Life on Mars? and Oh, You Pretty Things, redefined serious rock for the 1970s generation.
And a line from Hunky Dory's final track, The Bewlay Brothers, seemed to perfectly sum up David Bowie, "chameleon, comedian, Corinthian and caricature".
The following year saw the release of The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, a superbly-executed concept album which included hits like Starman, Suffragette City and Rock 'n' Roll Suicide.
The album's huge popularity and the accompanying tour, featuring Bowie as the sexually ambiguous Ziggy, brought him worldwide stardom.
By now married to the former Angie Barnett (divorced in 1980) and with a young son, Zowie (now film director Duncan Jones), Bowie was a hedonist of breathtaking scale, living a rock and roll lifestyle fuelled by drink, drugs and vigorous bisexuality.
Having killed off Ziggy, 1973 brought Aladdin Sane, which cemented Bowie's reputation in the United States.
Songs like Cracked Actor explored the dark, seedy, side of fame, while Jean Genie was an old-fashioned rocker.
As well as writing and performing, Bowie now branched out, producing Lou Reed's Transformer album and writing and producing Mott the Hoople's hit single, All the Young Dudes.
While he was touring with his next album, the apocalyptic Diamond Dogs, David Bowie recorded the Young Americans album in Philadelphia.
This dalliance with "plastic soul" continued on the album Station to Station and brought Bowie hits including Golden Years, Knock on Wood and his first US number one single, Fame, co-written with John Lennon and Carlos Alomar.
But, once more, David Bowie changed direction, moving to Berlin and working on a triptych of albums, Low, Heroes and Lodger.
Produced in collaboration with Brian Eno, these dense works were perhaps the most experimental of Bowie's career, mixing electronic sounds and avant-garde lyrics to produce a radical, and influential, song cycle.
The late 1970s saw Bowie concentrating on acting, starring in Nicolas Roeg's The Man Who Fell to Earth and opposite Marlene Dietrich in the lamentable Just a Gigolo.
The critically acclaimed Lodger album was followed by Scary Monsters, notable for its groundbreaking video accompaniment and the single Ashes to Ashes, which updated the story of Major Tom.
But 1983 saw a new, driven, David Bowie return to form with the Let's Dance album.
Hits like China Girl and Modern Love, coupled with the spectacular Serious Moonlight world tour, introduced Bowie to a whole new generation.
And his 1985 duet with Mick Jagger, a cover version of Martha and the Vandellas' Dancin' in the Street, was a major factor in the success of the Band Aid project and its accompanying Live Aid concert.
Bowie returned to acting, playing the lead in The Elephant Man on Broadway as well as typically exotic characters in the films Cat People and The Hunger.
The late 1980s were dominated by Bowie's involvement with his new band, a postmodernist heavy metal outfit, Tin Machine.
This project, which was designed to allow Bowie to re-examine his rock 'n' roll roots, produced two albums of questionable quality and was panned by the listening public and critics alike.
As proof of his enduring popularity, in 2000 he was invited to headline the world-famous Glastonbury festival for the second time, nearly three decades after his debut there.
Bowie's 2002 album Heathen saw a long-awaited return to form for the indefinable master of rock style, and the man who, throughout his long and varied career, influenced everyone from Iggy Pop to Boy George.
In 2006, he made a surprise return to the big screen, playing a fictional version of real-life Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla in Christopher Nolan's illusionist drama The Prestige, for which he adopts a thick Eastern European accent.
After a decade without a studio album he released The Next Day in 2013, surprising fans who thought he had retired. It became his first UK number one for 20 years.
The same month, a retrospective of his career, "David Bowie Is..." opened at the V&A in 2013, becoming the museum's fastest-selling show, celebrating his legacy as a style icon as well as a musician and performer.
His latest album, the critically acclaimed Blackstar, was released on his 69th birthday, just days before his death.
He is survived by his second wife, Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid, and children Duncan Jones, the acclaimed sci-fi director, and Alexandria Zahra Jones.
Luatua, 25, back-rower has won 15 caps for the All Blacks.
"Since bursting onto the scene as a 19 year-old, Steven has been a consistently formidable presence, both at Super Rugby and for the All Blacks," head coach Mark Tainton said.
"He's a hungry, ambitious 25-year-old and a standout performer at the very highest level."
Richard Deakin, chief executive of Nats, said he was "not proud" of the disruption but defended the response and back-up plan.
Expecting systems to be failure-proof was "unrealistic", he told the Commons Transport Committee.
Nats has said airlines will get a "rebate" because of the disruption.
Mr Deakin said 120 flights had been cancelled and 500 delayed in the chaos.
A computer glitch at the national air traffic headquarters in Swanwick, Hampshire, caused a system failure affecting mainly Heathrow, Luton and Gatwick airports.
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin described the problems as "unacceptable" in his evidence to the committee earlier this week.
Mr Deakin was repeatedly pressed by the Labour MP Tom Harris on whether he agreed with that assessment.
"I think for those passengers it was unacceptable and from our point of view, yes, we're not proud of what happened on Friday night but I think we are proud of how we responded to it," he answered.
Mr Harris, a former transport minister, said Mr Deakin had come across as "incredibly complacent".
"Your evidence so far has kind of given the impression that everything's fine..You seem to be suggesting that what happened Friday was a bit of a nuisance but you're ticking the box, you're taking a couple of hours out of your day to appear before us but after that it's fine," the MP said.
Mr Deakin denied the accusation, saying a "huge amount of time" had been spent making sure systems were performing to their absolute ability.
He said the computer glitch had been identified and fixed and that particular problem would not occur again. However, he could not rule out other problems in the future.
"Any complex system will have failures in it. I think it's unrealistic to expect that a system such as Nats never has any reduction in capacity due to those failures," Mr Deakin said.
"They are rare...but we should take into account that sometimes systems do fail which is why we have back-up systems."
The Nats boss was also pressed over his pay package, confirming that he had received £1.05 million, including a bonus of £272,000, in the year to March 2014 - an increase of 46%.
The bonus itself had been cut by 12%, he said, because of a previous air traffic control failure in December 2013.
Mr Deakin was appearing with Nats operations managing director Martin Rolfe and Andrew Haines, chief executive of the Civil Aviation Authority, which has already announced that an independent inquiry will be held into last Friday's failure.
Questioned about the independence of the inquiry, Mr Haines said it would be "highly independent".
In a statement, Nats said it would suffer a "financial consequence" as a result of Friday's disruption.
"Under the company's regulatory performance regime, customers will receive a rebate on charges in the future," it said in a statement.
"The amount is being calculated and will be notified to customers in due course."
Paul Hanlon swept in a Jason Cummings corner at the end of a poor first half.
Brian Graham doubled the lead with a well taken strike midway through a second half dominated by the home side.
Cummings started his first game since October and he also had the ball in the net, but it was rightly flagged offside.
Hibs manager Neil Lennon was desperate for a positive reaction from his side following the away defeat by chasing Dundee United.
But, despite the score-line, the Edinburgh side struggled to create for long periods of the match.
Dumbarton looked very much like a side who have recorded only three wins all season and they created next to nothing all afternoon.
Hibernian assistant manager Gary Parker: "It was an okay performance, but the result is the most important thing at the end of the day.
"In patches, it was good and, in patches, it was not so good.
"After last week, we know it wasn't good enough and we had to put that to the back of our minds and go on another run.
"We got the result today and we just have to keep winning and winning."
Dumbarton manager Stephen Aitken: "It's never easy coming to places like Easter Road against a team that people see as a Premier League side.
"We had to get over the disappointment of midweek, but I thought the players gave everything they had today and, in the first half, we made it a good contest.
"We are in the mix, so we just have to build on that first-half performance."
Match ends, Hibernian 2, Dumbarton 0.
Second Half ends, Hibernian 2, Dumbarton 0.
Attempt saved. Martin Boyle (Hibernian) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Andrew Shinnie (Hibernian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Josh Todd (Dumbarton).
Corner, Hibernian. Conceded by Gregor Buchanan.
Attempt blocked. Andrew Shinnie (Hibernian) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Martin Boyle (Hibernian) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Gregor Buchanan (Dumbarton).
Foul by Paul Hanlon (Hibernian).
Ryan Stevenson (Dumbarton) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Jason Cummings (Hibernian) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Corner, Hibernian. Conceded by Mark Docherty.
Attempt missed. Martin Boyle (Hibernian) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right.
Goal! Hibernian 2, Dumbarton 0. Brian Graham (Hibernian) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by David Gray.
Substitution, Hibernian. Dylan McGeouch replaces Marvin Bartley.
Substitution, Dumbarton. Ryan Stevenson replaces Garry Fleming.
Liam Fontaine (Hibernian) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Mark Docherty (Dumbarton).
Brian Graham (Hibernian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Darren Barr (Dumbarton).
Corner, Dumbarton. Conceded by David Gray.
Foul by Martin Boyle (Hibernian).
Daniel Harvie (Dumbarton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Darren Barr (Dumbarton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Andrew Shinnie (Hibernian) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Darren Barr (Dumbarton).
Attempt missed. Paul Hanlon (Hibernian) header from the left side of the six yard box is just a bit too high following a set piece situation.
Andrew Shinnie (Hibernian) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Garry Fleming (Dumbarton).
Hand ball by Brian Graham (Hibernian).
Corner, Hibernian. Conceded by Joseph Thomson.
Corner, Hibernian. Conceded by David Smith.
Foul by Andrew Shinnie (Hibernian).
Joseph Thomson (Dumbarton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Andrew Shinnie (Hibernian) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Robert Thomson (Dumbarton) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
Corner, Dumbarton. Conceded by Darren McGregor.
Foul by Paul Hanlon (Hibernian).
Andy Stirling (Dumbarton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Ajayi, 23, is on loan at the Millers until the end of the season and has scored once in nine appearances for the Championship's bottom side.
The former Arsenal youngster will now make the move permanent at the end of the campaign.
"He has really impressed us around the training ground with his attitude," interim manager Paul Warne said.
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Welshman Bale, 25, scored in Saturday's 3-0 win over Espanyol, but was jeered for shooting wide instead of passing to Ronaldo for an easy tap-in.
The Portugal forward looked angry at the time, but later said: "The people will be nice with him and they should be nice. Things with Gaz are normal.
"They [fans] know that Gaz is a very important player for us, a key player."
Ronaldo, who won the Ballon d'Or for the second successive time on Monday, added: "What happened on Saturday is in the past, sometimes I make mistakes too so it's part of the business, part of football.
"Madrid fans are always the same, they are very intense, they show what they feel, they aren't liars."
Bale became the world's most expensive footballer when Real paid Tottenham Hotspur £85m for his transfer in September 2013.
He scored a goal in their Champions League final win over Atletico Madrid, and their Spanish cup final victory over Barcelona in his first season in Spain.
Blackmore did not reveal the identity of his business partner, but said he is from the Saudi royal family.
"We are investing together, but not only with him," said Blackmore, who is to become a vice-president.
Ex-Newcastle forward Hatem Ben Arfa has 11 goals for Nice, who are third, 24 points behind Paris St-Germain.
The reasons vary from physical issues to anxiety.
We spoke to four women who have experienced painful sex.
Natasha Kilby, aged 34, had experienced pain during sex throughout her long-term relationship with her partner but after receiving treatment they got married in December 2016.
"The problem started at university. Every time I thought about having sex, I felt horrible and I didn't want him to touch me.
"Eventually I was diagnosed with a very rare form of thrush, but by that point, the pain had created psychological barriers.
"The only way I could have sex was by getting really drunk or I'd force myself to do it, which upset my partner.
"I felt like I wasn't in a real relationship. For some time we only had sex once a year.
"I didn't want to get married until we solved the problem because I didn't feel like I could be a proper wife - our 'sex' life consisted of a peck on the cheek.
"I began to receive counselling, which worked and now our relationship is improving.
"The thought of having a baby used to be impossible but now we are in a much better place."
Hannah Bradley, aged 19, has always experienced pain during sex.
"Sex has been painful since I first had sex three years ago.
"I went to the doctor who suggested that I change contraceptive, then I was treated with dilation for vaginismus and later I had a procedure to cauterise my cervix, but these did not solve the problem.
"I had psychosexual therapy for two months, but I believe that the problem is physical not emotional.
"Now they think I might have vaginal scarring and tightening after untreated lichen sclerosus.
"I found it very difficult that I could not have sex. I felt really left out of conversations with my friends, and like I could not understand their lives.
"I only felt pain and I was jealous of their experience.
"It makes me feel different. Most people my age have an active sex life and I cannot have that.
"It still upsets me. My partner is understanding but it is upsetting for him too. I want to have sex but I physically cannot.
"I hope that it will improve soon, but no-one knows what is wrong. I'm still young and sex should be part of my life"
Sarah (not her real name), aged 20, cannot have sex without extreme pain, which led to the breakdown of her relationship with her boyfriend.
"Sex became gradually more painful to the point where it was just impossible - my vagina would literally close up and not allow anything in without excruciating pain.
"The physical and psychological symptoms for vaginismus matched up with mine so I decided to go to my university's student health clinic.
"The nurse suggested that I do some stretches with my fingers every day and see how I felt after a couple of months - it was completely unhelpful and, if anything, I had even less confidence than when I walked in there.
"My GP later told me it can be a very psychological condition - my brain associates sex with pain and so my body does everything it can to prevent that pain.
"This condition has made me feel increasingly angry, frightened, isolated, inadequate, anxious and depressed.
"I fear not only sex but any kind of intimacy and I have lost interest in doing anything.
"This put a huge strain on my relationship, leading to daily arguments and constant self-blaming on my part. I kept thinking it was all my fault my relationship was ruined because my body was malfunctioning.
"Eventually we faced the fact that I couldn't continue with it any longer, with the guilt of depriving any form of physicality to the relationship as well as being constantly angry.
"I don't know what it will take to 'fix' me but I am coming to terms with the fact this is going to be my life for quite a while and I don't think I'll be able to have any form of relationship in that time.
"The psychological effects are more damaging than the physical - I strongly feel the shame of the inability to have sex.
"Health issues related to dyspareunia need to be looked into - we all what know erectile dysfunction is but we hardly know anything about how dyspareunia affects women's health."
Margaret (not her real name), aged 68, has not had sex with her husband for 16 years because of pain she experiences during intercourse.
"There is a link between the physical side and the emotional impact.
"At the beginning we had sex a lot and I never thought something like this would happen.
"GPs are impatient and do not take me seriously - they say that women my age should not expect an enjoyable sex life.
"I got used to it but it has an impact on our relationship.
My husband says that he does not mind that we cannot have sex but it is important to me and it makes me feel really sad - I feel like I've cheated my husband of a proper sex life.
"I used to think that it would improve but now I have just given up on the idea that we will ever have a sex life again."
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It said those customers, who are often elderly or vulnerable, were not getting value for money.
BT has nearly 80% of the UK landline market, and Ofcom is hoping other providers will also cut prices.
The telecoms giant said it took its responsibilities "very seriously".
"Unlike other companies, [we] have many customers on special tariffs for socially excluded or vulnerable customers," BT said.
"Recently, we have frozen the cost of line rental for all of our customers who take a BT phone line."
The planned price cut will effectively reverse cost rises seen in recent years, Ofcom said. BT customers, who pay £18.99 per month for a landline-only contract, would pay no more than £13.99.
Ofcom has the power to set prices for firms that have significant market power.
The regulator's chief executive, Sharon White, told the BBC: "We believe there are about two million elderly and vulnerable [BT customers] - strikingly about half are in their late seventies - and for this group of people their landline is their lifeline.
"It's a group of people who have seen the cost of their landline bills rise by about a third in recent years, while BT's costs have fallen by about a quarter."
She said most people on bundled packages - which include landline, broadband and/or pay TV - can shop around for better deals.
BT is not alone in raising its prices. Major industry players increased line rental prices by between 25% and 49% in real terms between December 2009 and December 2016, while wholesale prices fell by about 26%, Ofcom said.
The regulator launched its review of landline phone prices in December.
Richard Neudegg, head of regulation at price comparison website Uswitch, said that the group of consumers affected are "the most reliant on voice-only services and least likely to leave BT for a better deal".
"The demographic tend not to be online, and are the least likely to engage with the market and switch their services, and it is right Ofcom is looking closely at what can be done," he said.
Andrew Ferguson of broadband comparison website Think Broadband said that while the price reduction would be welcome for landline-only customers, "a lot hinges on whether those who buy bundles will just end up subsidising those who buy standalone products".
However, the court has yet to decide if the government acted legally when it changed the rules of the referendum, making it easier to oust the president.
PM Victor Ponta accuses Mr Basescu of exceeding his authority and of meddling in government affairs.
Conflict between the two has stalled political decision-making in Romania.
Judges deliberated for nine hours before deciding that last Friday's vote in parliament was legal. The referendum is scheduled for 29 July.
On Tuesday, the court will rule whether Mr Ponta's government acted legally when it changed the rules of the referendum.
The changes make it possible to oust the president with a simple majority of all votes cast - not of the whole nine million-strong electorate, as under the previous rules.
Mr Basescu insists he should not be impeached as he has not committed any "serious violations of the constitution".
Mr Ponta said he hoped that Romanians would vote against the president, heralding a new era.
Conflict between the president and prime minister comes as Romania finalises agreements on an IMF-backed economic aid package.
Mr Ponta's government has been sharply criticised by German Chancellor Angela Merkel for persistently breaking EU democratic norms since it came to power six weeks ago.
Mr Ponta, who heads the Social Liberal Union (USL), is himself under pressure to resign over allegations of plagiarism.
He denies that he plagiarised large sections of his doctoral thesis, which was published in 2003.
Families and friends of the victims were among those who gathered on Shoreham Toll Bridge at 13:22 BST.
It marked the moment the Hawker Hunter jet crashed nearby, on the A27 in West Sussex.
Sussex Chief Constable Giles York joined the families on the bridge.
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Mr York said police remained committed to "finding answers as to how and why this dreadful thing happened".
"The tragedy of the Shoreham air crash still has significant impact for the families who lost loved ones, as well as their friends and across many communities in Sussex," he said.
The Rev Canon Ann Waizeneker read out the names of those who died ahead of the silence.
Civic leaders and members of the emergency services then laid flowers on the bridge, which became the focus of the community's grief in the weeks following the disaster.
Balloons and 11 white doves were also released in memory of the victims.
The father of Jacob Schilt, who died with his friend Matt Grimstone as they were on their way to play in a Worthing United football game, said the anniversary was difficult, but in a good way.
"It is very important to mark this occasion for our family and friends and Jacob's friends," Bob Schilt said.
"The community have given so much to us and to the other families and it is very important that we are able to mark the occasion with them as a sort of token of thanks."
The skies above Shoreham's Brighton City Airport, which staged the air show, also fell silent for one hour as a mark of respect.
The aerodrome was closed for all aviation activities between 13:00 BST and 14:00.
Flags are also being flown at half-mast at civic buildings in West Sussex to mark the anniversary.
It follows a service of remembrance on Saturday at St Mary de Haura church.
Pilot of the Hawker Hunter Andy Hill, 52, is at the centre of a manslaughter investigation.
He has been questioned under caution but not arrested.
Sussex Police is awaiting a ruling from the High Court over whether it can have access to Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) material relating to the crash as part of their inquiries.
The final AAIB report is not expected to be published before the autumn.
West Sussex coroner Penelope Schofield said a full inquest into the deaths, due to take place in March 2017, is likely to be delayed by the High Court action.
"Everything depends on the High Court hearing due in October - that has to come first," she said.
"Sussex Police then need their experts to look at any evidence that emerges and the CPS need to make a decision on whether any prosecution is appropriate."
The owners of the Hawker Hunter, Canfield Hunter Ltd, have admitted responsibility for the crash and settled two compensation claims from victims' families.
Moses, 26, who spent the previous three seasons on loan at Liverpool, Stoke and West Ham respectively, has become a regular under manager Antonio Conte.
"I feel very excited," said Nigeria international Moses.
"I'm enjoying my football and we have a good manager here that has given every single one of us confidence."
Moses, who signed from Wigan for a reported £9m in August 2012, has played 28 times, scoring four goals for the Blues this season.
He has started every Premier League game since being deployed as a right wing-back in a 3-4-3 formation in a 2-0 win away to Hull on 1 October.
Chelsea have won 16 out of 19 league games since that victory and are 10 points clear at the top of the table.
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The 29-year-old, who is currently assistant conductor at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, will be the only woman to lead a UK orchestra.
Her appointment makes London's orchestras look "stale and middle-aged," said critic Norman Lebrecht.
Replacing Andris Nelsons, Grazinyte-Tyla becomes the CBSO's chief conductor with effect from September 2016.
The Lithuanian musician made her debut with the orchestra in July 2015 and impressed the players so much that she was invited back last month to conduct a specially-arranged concert featuring works by Debussy, Schumann and Sibelius.
Reviewing the performance, The Guardian wrote: "She communicated something wonderfully alive and detailed to the players... [This was] a performance with fresh, clear textures and an unswerving sense of shape."
Grazinyte-Tyla told BBC Radio 3's In Tune she was offered the job shortly afterwards.
Announcing her appointment, the orchestra's chief executive, Stephen Maddock, said Grazinyte-Tyla had established "an instant chemistry" with the orchestra.
"Mirga is 29 and is thrilling audiences wherever she goes," he added. "We can't wait to start making music with her."
The conductor, a protege of Gustavo Dudamel, told the BBC: "I had the feeling, with the CBSO, it didn't matter which direction you would look, they are open to every impulse. It is a huge gift for a conductor.
"I believe we will be a great team and really look forward to making music together."
The CBSO is known for its spotting and promoting young talent. Its previous music directors include Sir Simon Rattle, who was appointed at just 25 years old, and Sakari Oramo, who is now with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Grazinyte-Tyla's immediate predecessor, Andris Nelsons, now leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
"My time with the orchestra will always be very special to me and I am sure Mirga will also be inspired by the wonderful musical family of the CBSO," he said.
Nelsons left prematurely in summer 2015, and recent months have seen several potential replacements perform with the orchestra in concerts that doubled as thinly-veiled auditions.
The daughter of two musicians, Grazinyte-Tyla went to school in Vilnius, Lithuania, and studied voice.
"As a teenager, I thought singing might be an interesting option," she told the LA Times last year. "Then, in the last years at school, we started to work with a choir and orchestra. I was loving it - being with the music and people at the same time."
She pursued her studies in Zurich, Leipzig and Bologna, eventually graduating with a bachelor's degree in choral and orchestral conducting from the University of Music and Fine Arts, Graz, Austria.
In 2012, she won Salzburg's young conductor competition in 2012; and was last year appointed musical director of the Salzburg Landestheater.
Among her conducting credits to date are appearances with the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Berlin's Komische Oper and the Kremerata Baltica.
The LA Times described her as "a natural leader and a musical force of nature" after her 2014 debut with the LA Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl.
"Her conducting style is striking. Standing erectly with her legs apart and stationary, she operates from her upper body, vivaciously waving her arms as though corralling the musicians," wrote Mark Swed.
"My guess is that before long she will be known simply as 'Mirga'."
Full details of the musician's opening season with the CBSO will be announced in April.
Although she will be the UK's only female music director, she will not be the first. Marin Alsop previously held the post at the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, as did JoAnn Falletta with the Ulster Orchestra.
It follows news that hundreds of youth coaches and officials have been debarred for failing to complete regulatory checks.
David Little, head of the Scottish Youth Football Association, said a backlog of vetting had been completed.
But he told MSPs that 488 people had been automatically debarred.
This was because they had not submitted an application to the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme.
The suspended coaches and officials would previously only have had access to children under supervision from PVG-approved officials, Mr Little told members of the Scottish Parliament's Health and Sport Committee.
There are more than 15,000 volunteer coaches and officials who help run 39 SYFA leagues and coach 60,000 young players.
Tam Baillie, Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People, told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme that a lack of funding and engagement from the Scottish Football Association was contributing to the problem.
He said: "What we've got is an organisation which is effectively run on a shoestring, trying to cope with an enormous number of PVG checks.
"I understand that they're now in discussion with Disclosure Scotland and I welcome those moves, but you need to take a step back here in terms of overall governance of our game and question why the SYFA have got so few resources to administer what is an important part of [football].
"The PVG checks are only as good as the information that is fed into them. There are key things about the culture and the approach that we take to our children and young people. I've been quite heavily involved with the SFA and professional football clubs and I've found that wanting, to be honest.
"The higher up the levels that you go in football, the more money is the driving force and, in my experience, that's at the expense of the best interests of children and young people."
The SYFA set a deadline of 28 February to clear a backlog of about 950 applications. David Little told MSPs that a further 1,170 were now being processed after an influx in applications for next season.
Mr Little said later: "We said late last year that clubs which do not expedite these compulsory checks would lose their member status and that those volunteers without a PVG certificate would be placed under a precautionary suspension. It is encouraging that the overwhelming majority of clubs take these responsibilities extremely seriously, but those that have not complied have now been suspended from all competitions.
"It is disappointing that we have been forced to suspend these 18 clubs, but player safety is our number one priority and we were determined to ensure that a strong signal was sent out across the country that these standards are non-negotiable.
"A total of 488 volunteer officials who have not completed PVG checks within three months of joining a club have been placed under precautionary suspension until such time as their checks are complete."
He added: "It is a key principle of SYFA membership that, until they have been cleared by the Disclosure Scotland process, volunteers joining clubs are only allowed to participate in activities under the direct supervision of a PVG-checked coach or official, of which there are more than 15,400 registered with the SYFA."
When asked how long they were coaching in the SYFA before they were suspended, Mr Little said: "That would vary from official to official. They would have had access (to children) only via supervision."
The Holyrood session on child protection in sport follows allegations of historical abuse in football. Police Scotland is investigating and the SFA has set up an independent review.
Last month, Disclosure Scotland, which runs the PVG scheme, told MSPs the SYFA turned down an offer of help to clear the backlog of checks.
SFA chief executive Stewart Regan told the committee his organisation had also offered to help.
He said: "Back in February 2015, we offered support on child protection matters to the SYFA which was rejected at the time in favour of further financial support."
Mr Little said: "I think at this particular stage we're trying to get the ability to bring more volunteers in to do more of the work (process applications).
"It would certainly assist if we had the ability to increase staff. The help that was on offer was in respect of the checking of the forms at meetings.
"With all due respect, that wasn't the assistance we required at that particular time. We've since had meetings with Disclosure Scotland where we've spoken about training and process."
MPs on the Home Affairs Select Committee are investigating the government's handling of a crackdown on student visa fraud.
And after ministers lost a major test case, the committee chair Yvette Cooper has called on the Home Secretary Amber Rudd to explain "as a matter of urgency" how a backlog of cases will be handled.
Bangladeshi student Sharif Majumder, who was one of tens of thousands accused of having faked a mandatory English language test, won his challenge after the Home Office could not produce crucial evidence.
Mr Majumder was caught up in a crackdown triggered by a Panorama investigation that showed mass cheating at two test centres approved to stage an exam called the Test of English for International Communication or TOEIC.
Undercover footage showed entire classrooms of registered candidates standing aside so their written and oral tests could be done by paid cheats who spoke better English.
The answers were recorded on computer and sent to be marked in the US by a company called ETS, which failed to detect the same voices appearing numerous times under different names.
In a multiple-choice paper, an invigilator was secretly filmed reading out the answers to those sitting the test.
Until the BBC exposed these abuses in 2014, foreign students could use a TOEIC pass to show they had the required standard of English to qualify for a visa.
When the then Home Secretary Theresa May was shown the BBC's footage, she said: "'What Panorama has uncovered is extremely important. It's very shocking and I want to do something about it."
The TOEIC was dropped from the list of exams recognised for visa applications and a criminal investigation was launched.
On Tuesday this week four people who featured in the Panorama programme were convicted of immigration offences and sentenced to between three and eight years in prison.
A fifth person, Chowdhury Baker Habib, pleaded guilty, admitting he had sat the test for others "30 to 40 times".
We can now also report that four other people who were also exposed by Panorama were convicted in May.
Jurors heard evidence that inspectors found spreadsheets with the names of more than 1,000 candidates whose TOEIC exams were faked at the two test centres where the BBC filmed.
In the months after Panorama was broadcast, the government spread the net much more widely to catch others who had obtained visas by deception.
The Home Office and ETS agreed that voice recognition techniques would be used to analyse the database of oral exams submitted electronically from 96 UK test centres.
If ETS computers detected the same voice appearing twice or more, it could indicate cheating.
The electronic result had to be verified by two separate human ETS analysts.
A test result could only be declared "invalid" if the computer and human assessments matched.
ETS subsequently gave the Home Office a list of more than 33,000 TOEIC tests it said were invalid, and declared a further 22,000 were "questionable".
In response, the Home Office curtailed or refused the visas of thousands of students. More than 4,600 people were deported or left Britain.
Sharif Majumder was among those who were accused of cheating and told to leave.
After arriving in Britain in 2005, he had gained a series of qualifications including several passes with distinction in English courses.
In 2012 he sat a TOEIC exam - at a test centre which did not feature in the BBC investigation - in order to extend his visa to study an MBA at the University of West London.
When, in July 2014, he returned to the UK after a trip home, he was stopped at immigration and told he was suspected of cheating.
"I was shattered. I was almost crying," he told the BBC. "At one point I thought they would actually return me back home with the next flight."
He said he eventually persuaded airport immigration officials that he was a genuine student.
Mr Majumder, who vehemently denies cheating, then appealed against the Home Office's decision.
He tried to obtain the voice-matching files that were said to prove he had cheated, but the Home Office and ETS did not hand them over.
Things came to a head in earlier this year when the cases of Mr Majumder and another student, Ihsan Qadir, came to an immigration appeal tribunal.
A forensic voice recognition expert, Dr Philip Harrison, gave evidence that the ETS database of alleged voice matchings could contain mistakes called "false positives" - an incorrect finding that a student had cheated.
If true, this could seriously undermine the Home Office's evidence against Mr Majumder and others accused of cheating.
The president of the Upper Appellate of the Immigration Tribunal, Mr Justice McCloskey, noted that Dr Harrison's evidence contained "a litany of criticisms of the ETS voice recognition testing systems, both automated and human" that he accepted in full.
It also emerged that ETS had refused to provide Mr Majumder's test recording to either the Home Office or the tribunal.
"Almost remarkably, ETS provided no evidence, directly or indirectly to this tribunal," Judge McCloskey noted. "Its refusal to provide the voice recordings of these two appellants in particular is mildly astonishing."
He concluded that the court found Mr Majumder and the other appellant to be "truthful and reliable witnesses" and "the clear winners" in their appeals.
This was a very significant judgement with implications for thousands of other cases, though Judge McCloskey pointed out that each appeal would be sensitive to the facts.
The Home Office was given leave to appeal. But in a landmark judgement last month, the Court of Appeal said that the Home Office's case was "fundamentally misconceived".
In April, following the immigration tribunal, the Home Affairs Select Committee began an inquiry into the government's handling of the English testing allegations.
In June the then Immigration Minister James Brokenshire wrote to the committee: "The investigation into the abuse of ETS English language testing in 2014 revealed systemic cheating which was indicative of an extremely serious, large-scale, organised fraud and was a significant attempt to undermine immigration control."
And the chief operating officer of UK Visas and Immigration, Mike Wells, told the committee: "If an individual wishes to obtain their voice recording then they should approach ETS." He said that ETS had released some voice recordings, but that they had not been required in most cases.
"The courts have consistently found that our standard evidence is sufficient to satisfy the presumption of fraud and therefore that it is not necessary to routinely obtain individual voice recordings to establish this," he wrote in August.
He also said that an independent forensic audio expert had "confirmed that the ETS analysis process was robust and suitably cautious being much more likely to produce false negatives than false positives".
Whatever the true level of fraud in the system, the Home Office now faces a legal headache.
It is already facing some 300 judicial reviews of decisions to cancel students' visas.
Its counsel told the Court of Appeal that the Home Office was minded to concede in some of these cases. But there remains the problem of how to conduct any new appeals from students who have already been deported.
Last week the chair of the Home Affairs Committee, Yvette Cooper, wrote to the Home Secretary Amber Rudd asking her to reveal "as a matter of urgency" what action she intended to take.
"The committee has previously raised concerns regarding the response of the Home Office to the revelation of widespread fraud in the English language testing system. We note that the Home Office recently conceded a key test case and has indicated that it may concede more. People's lives are on hold while awaiting judgement in their cases," Ms Cooper said.
Meanwhile, Mr Majumder - who has spent £30,000 on his legal battle - said the Home Office's actions had deterred genuine students from coming to Britain.
"I think the way they have been treating the TOEIC victims - not giving them the right to challenge the decision and without producing any evidence - is hugely damaging the reputation that Britain has to international students. They think they are not welcome here any more."
The same survey, organised by the Royal Society, revealed that 90% of 18-24 year-olds could not name a female scientific figure - either current or historical.
Almost half were able to name at least one famous male scientist, such as Albert Einstein.
The Royal Society's Lorna Casselton described the results as "frustrating".
But the same poll also indicated that parents see scientists as good role models for their daughters.
Respondents were offered a choice of six "role model types" for a daughter - ranging from a doctor or lawyer to an athlete or pop star.
Almost half of the 1,000 adults questioned chose "life-saving doctor", while "Nobel prize-winning scientist" came second, with 20% selecting it as their first choice.
According to the findings, public knowledge of the role played by women in major scientific breakthroughs is also low.
Just 6% of those polled knew that a female scientist (Jocelyn Bell Burnell) played a major part in the discovery of pulsar stars. Only 18% were aware that another woman, Dorothy Hodgkin, discovered the structure of insulin.
Professor Casselton, who is vice-president of the Royal Society, said: "People are still unaware of the contribution made by women to science in the past, [but] overall I am encouraged by the findings of this poll.
"They suggest public perceptions of women in science are changing. [We] want to encourage more girls (and their parents) to see science as an achievable and desirable career path.
"Most importantly we want to encourage them to see science not only as a fulfilling career but one that can change the world and contribute to our quality of life."
Malcolm Greaves, who has died aged 75, worked with Ivory when they were both binmen in Nottinghamshire.
Mr Greaves inspired two characters in the programme, who were played by actors Edward Woodward and Tim Healy.
Mr Ivory said in tribute: "Malcolm was a lovely, funny, kind man and was a big part of my growing up."
Mr Greaves worked on the bins for many years with his son Paul, and the pair inspired a father-and-son binmen team in the programme.
"Dad enjoyed watching the series," said Mr Greaves. "He was very pleased with it all because he could really relate to all the characters. He recognised a lot of the traits of people he'd worked with at the depots in Newark and Southwell.
"My dad thought the world of Bill Ivory anyway, and Billy always liked to get back on the bins when he was back home from university in the holidays. He liked to meet up with all the old friends and faces."
Malcolm, known as "Malc", worked as a driver on the bin lorries for 28 years, originally for Southwell Rural District Council, which was succeeded by Newark and Sherwood District Council.
"Edward Woodward played the serious side to my dad but dad was also very happy and jovial," said Paul.
"He was full of one-liners and would have people in stitches, but he was never crude. Everybody felt better for being in his company, whether they were 18 or 80."
Malcolm was diabetic and died in hospital on 31 July after complications from an operation to remove his leg.
His funeral takes place at 16:00 BST at the Sherwood Forest Crematorium in Ollerton.
Electric Circus, on Market Street, had been expected to stay open for another two years while plans for Fruitmarket Gallery were developed.
However, Electric Circus operators said, in light of the "eventual closure", they would close on 25 March.
City of Edinburgh Council owns both buildings and last year announced plans for the expansion.
A post on the Electric Circus Facebook page said: "It is with a very heavy heart that Electric Circus has decided to close.
"We would first like to say the biggest thanks to all of you; to the staff who have worked with us past and present, to all the promoters and bands we have had the pleasure of hosting over the past seven years.
"To the incredibly loyal customers, from karaoke, club and gig-goers - without you we wouldn't be here today, you have all been a joy.
"The decision to close was not an easy one but we feel that due to the recent news regarding the eventual closure of the venue and the expansion of the Fruitmarket Gallery we feel, as a business it is best if we go out with a bang.
"Our last day of business will be Saturday 25 March and we hope that over the next few weeks we will see lots of familiar faces come down to celebrate the last days of Electric Circus."
City of Edinburgh Council spokeswoman said: "We are aware of the leaseholder's decision to retire and close Electric Circus.
"They have sought consent from the council to assign the lease to the Fruitmarket Gallery, which has ambitious plans to develop the premises as an exciting new gallery space.
"While new clubs have been opening elsewhere in the city, we know the closure of an established venue is of concern to the live music community.
"The council's culture service is continuing to consult with musicians and promoters on the future development of the city's live music scene and the impact of changes like this."
Holdsworth's Sports Shield BWFC Limited and Anderson's Inner Circle Investments Ltd took over the club in March 2016.
The pair has since had a public falling out, including a disagreement concerning the sale of striker Zack Clough to Nottingham Forest.
Holdsworth, who scored 52 goals for the club between 1997 and 2003, will stay on as club ambassador.
A Bolton statement said: "Both parties acknowledge that certain public statements each has made about the integrity and conduct of the other may have been inappropriate and, on reflection, regrettable.
"Both Dean and Ken are delighted that they have reached this arrangement and have done so with the best interests of the club and its fans in mind.
"Part of the arrangement has seen both parties agree that Dean will continue his involvement with the club as club ambassador."
Holdsworth and Anderson took over the Trotters in a £7.5m deal in March 2016.
In November, it was reported that Bolton faced administration unless a deal could be struck between the two where Anderson would take sole control at the Macron Stadium.
Queen's Park FC said Harry the Hoopo's head had recently been taken from the the JB McAlpine Pavilion, the Glasgow club's youth and community facility.
On Twitter, the club said: "To date we have received no ransom notes. We beseech you all to leave no stone unturned in the hunt for Harry's head."
Queen's Park appealed for anyone with information to get in touch.
The club plays at Hampden Park and is currently in Scottish League Two.
Elliott Advisors says Antony Burgmans should be ousted because of the Dutch firm's refusal to enter takeover talks with US rival PPG Industries.
In a petition filed with the Dutch Enterprise Chamber, Elliott said Mr Burgmans had not discharged his duties.
Akzo has rejected three offers from PPG, but some shareholders - including Elliott - back the bid.
Mr Burgmans and chief executive Ton Buechner say the bid undervalues Akzo.
The most recent offer, rejected on Monday, is worth 26.9bn euros (£22.7bn).
Elliott, which holds a 3.25% stake in Akzo, had teamed up with other like-minded investors to request an extraordinary meeting to vote on a proposal to remove Mr Burgmans.
However, the company responded by reporting Elliott and PPG to Dutch regulators for possibly sharing potentially "sensitive" information with PPG regarding support for the meeting.
Now Elliott is seeking to "enforce the rights" of shareholders to hold the meeting.
"Elliott views Akzo Nobel's rejection of PPG's third proposal without entering into any constructive form of engagement with PPG as a flagrant breach of Akzo Nobel's boards' fiduciary duties and of Dutch corporate law, and as an arrogant dismissal of recognised principles of proper corporate governance," it said.
"Akzo Nobel's boards continue to demonstrate a disturbing and inexplicable tendency to act in their own, self-entrenching interests and against the interests of shareholders and other stakeholders."
Akzo has said that the removal of Mr Burgmans would be "irresponsible, disproportionate, damaging and not in the best interest of the company, its shareholders and other stakeholders".
Elliott, which became an Akzo shareholder in December, is known for its aggressive moves.
Founded in 1977 by American activist investor Paul Singer, it made a name investing in national debt in countries such as Peru. The firm is most famous for its long legal battle over Argentine debt, which climaxed when the firm seized an Argentine naval ship docked in Ghana.
The hedge fund is also pushing mining giant BHP Billiton to reorganise and spin off its US oil unit.
Mr Buchner has proposed selling Akzo's chemicals division and has embarked on a series of share repurchases.
Ednane Mahmood, 18, of Plane Street, Blackburn, was questioned by police at the airport on 21 September last year.
Mr Mahmood is charged with disseminating a terrorist publication and engaging in conduct in preparation of acts of terrorism.
He has been remanded to appear before Westminster magistrates on Thursday.
Adi Yussuf gave the hosts a first-half lead on his first home league start for the club, but Porter ensured a share of the points by smashing the ball into the roof of the net from the edge of the area.
Striker Yussuf, who scored one and made the other two in Crawley's 3-2 win at Morecambe last Saturday, gave the hosts the lead in the 17th minute.
Former Chelsea youngster Kaby Djalo began the move with an excellent cross-field pass and Dutchman Enzio Boldewijn played the ball into Yussuf who beat keeper Sam Walker with a deft finish.
Crawley defender Lewis Young picked up a booking for bringing down Tariq Fosu on the edge of the area and Craig Slater put the resulting free-kick over.
Slater had a long-range shot easily saved by keeper Glenn Morris shortly before the interval as Colchester struggled to impose themselves.
United midfielder Sammie Szmodics got into a good position inside the area on the hour, but put an angled shot across the face of the goal.
Szmodics threatened again when his goal-bound header was turned onto the post by keeper Morris.
Colchester applied late pressure and were rewarded when Porter lashed home his fourth of the season.
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Match ends, Crawley Town 1, Colchester United 1.
Second Half ends, Crawley Town 1, Colchester United 1.
Foul by Alex Davey (Crawley Town).
Kurtis Guthrie (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Crawley Town 1, Colchester United 1. Chris Porter (Colchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Luke Prosser.
Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Joe McNerney.
Attempt blocked. Craig Slater (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Sammie Szmodics (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kaby (Crawley Town).
Kaby (Crawley Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Kaby (Crawley Town).
Dion Sembie-Ferris (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Craig Slater.
Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Dion Sembie-Ferris.
Substitution, Crawley Town. Bobson Bawling replaces Enzio Boldewijn.
Attempt missed. James Collins (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right.
Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Lewis Young.
Attempt blocked. Sammie Szmodics (Colchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Foul by Mark Connolly (Crawley Town).
Chris Porter (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Jimmy Smith (Crawley Town) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Lewis Young (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sammie Szmodics (Colchester United).
Attempt saved. Drey Wright (Colchester United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Andre Blackman.
Substitution, Colchester United. Chris Porter replaces Denny Johnstone.
Substitution, Colchester United. Dion Sembie-Ferris replaces Tarique Fosu-Henry.
Sammie Szmodics (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kaby (Crawley Town).
Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Kane Vincent-Young.
Substitution, Crawley Town. Jason Banton replaces Adi Yussuf.
Substitution, Colchester United. Kane Vincent-Young replaces Richard Brindley.
Attempt missed. Tarique Fosu-Henry (Colchester United) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left misses to the right.
Corner, Colchester United. Conceded by Glenn Morris.
Attempt saved. Sammie Szmodics (Colchester United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt blocked. James Collins (Crawley Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Alex Davey (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Denny Johnstone (Colchester United).
Attempt missed. Enzio Boldewijn (Crawley Town) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Foul by Enzio Boldewijn (Crawley Town).
Mae denu lleoliadau pellach wedi bod yn un o amcanion y maes awyr fel rhan o'i strategaeth i dyfu.
Mae awyrennau eisoes yn hedfan o Gaerdydd i Orlando, a bydd Qatar Airways yn hedfan i brifddinas Qatar, Doha o 2018.
Fe wnaeth dros 1.3 miliwn o bobl ddefnyddio'r maes awyr ym Mro Morgannwg yn 2016 - cynnydd o 16% yn nifer y teithwyr.
Mae Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Hamad yn Doha yn ganolfan i Qatar Airways, gyda chysylltiadau yno i leoliadau fel Awstralia a China.
Dywedodd prif weithredwr Maes Awyr Caerdydd, Deb Barber ei bod wedi bod yn "daith hir i gyrraedd y man yma" a bod y trafodaethau wedi cymryd "blynyddoedd".
"Dros y misoedd nesaf byddwn yn gweithio gyda Qatar Airways i gadarnhau manylion y gwasanaeth, a ry'n ni'n edrych ymlaen i'r daith fod ar werth yn fuan," meddai.
Mae'r maes awyr, gafodd ei brynu gan Lywodraeth Cymru yn 2013 am £52m, eisoes yn hedfan i 50 o leoliadau.
Dywedodd Prif Weinidog Cymru, Carwyn Jones bod y cyhoeddiad yn "newyddion gwych i Faes Awyr Caerdydd ac i Gymru".
"Bydd y llwybr newydd, a'r berthynas rhwng Maes Awyr Caerdydd a Qatar Airways, yn agor cysylltiadau i Gymru â gweddill y byd a darparu cyfleoedd teithio, economaidd, ac hamdden newydd i fusnesau a phobl Cymru," meddai.
Shane Logan made the comments during a meeting of the Northern Ireland Assembly's social development committee.
It is taking evidence as part of its review of the Licensing Bill.
The bill would allow outdoor stadiums to apply for licences to sell alcohol.
Currently, stadium operators have to apply for temporary licences.
Mr Logan said, as it stands, there are up to 19 professional games played a year at Ulster Rugby's Kingspan Stadium in Belfast.
Each time, Ulster Rugby has to apply to a court for an occasional licence, and it has "no certainty" of a licence in advance, as these are only granted on the day of the match, he said.
He said that while Ulster Rugby had never been refused an occasional licence, it had "bid for events with certainty of licensing".
"This precludes us from bidding for major events," Mr Logan said.
"We would not be able to fulfil the criteria for access to alcohol bars and family access to entertainment that is required to allow us to bid for the 2023 Rugby World Cup."
"[With] the law as it stands, we would have to withdraw from that."
The Licensing Bill is a private member's bill proposed by Judith Cochrane, the Alliance Party MLA.
In his first annual report, Dr Frank Atherton has focused on health inequalities between the most deprived and least deprived areas.
The rates of baby deaths aged under one year are almost 50% higher in the poorest parts.
He called it an "unacceptable difference".
Dr Atherton said the NHS has to really think about how it focuses services to the most deprived areas.
The latest infant mortality figures for Wales stand at 3.7 deaths per 1,000 on average, compared to 4.4 between 2002 and 2011.
But it was 5.6 deaths per 1,000 in the most deprived areas of Wales, compared to 3.8 in the least deprived parts. Most deaths are for conditions related to pregnancy and birth.
"It's shocking and it's unfair and it's preventable. We can do better than that here in Wales," Dr Atherton said.
"Infant mortality rates are improving but we need to ensure they improve for everybody."
On childhood obesity, there was a "clear correlation" between levels of deprivation and rates of being overweight or obese - ranging from 28.4% of children living in the most deprived areas to 20.9% in the least deprived.
The report found one in seven children (14.7%) living in Merthyr Tydfil was obese, compared with just one in 14 children (7.3%) living in the Vale of Glamorgan.
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Jane Imperato, a team leader with Cardiff Flying Start and health visitor of almost 30 years, said: "We try to make sure that parents understand what their babies are trying to communicate to them, so we can give them the best possible start in life.
"We provide some outreach programmes with the homeless team and also with Gypsy travellers."
In the future, the programme is looking to introduce baby boxes - a Finnish idea which has just been given the go ahead in Scotland - which include about 80 useful items for new-born babies and which have been credited with cutting infant mortality rates.
Dr Atherton wants public services to work together to better target people who are disadvantaged.
"Our social circumstances and environmental factors are a significant influence on our health. So improving the health of the nation and reducing health inequalities means we must look at these wider influences," he said.
Dr Mair Parry, of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in Wales, said personal social health education was "desperately needed" in all schools to help tackle the effects of poverty, which "sadly often runs in family cycles".
"Through classes on sex education and relationships, the effects of smoking, drug and alcohol abuse and health and wellbeing, when taught early, has a real opportunity to influence young peoples' lives," she said.
"It's only then can these cycles be broken."
Welsh Local Government Association chief executive Steve Thomas said there was joint working going on between councils and health and social care bodies but it was important to keep the pressure on.
"It's tough in terms of budget constraints, it's tough in terms of making sure that we deal with the most disadvantaged communities out there, particularly in terms of health inequalities but that is assisted by the fact that public sector organisations can work together and do work together," he said.
The wooden finial, in the shape of a flame, appears to have been part of a staircase at Hereford Cathedral School.
The current head teacher Paul Smith wants to reinstate it to its original place, but does not know where that is.
It is thought the schoolboy thief would now be in his 70s.
Dear Sir / Madam
"I return this to Hereford Cathedral School. It was taken as a 'dare' about 55 to 60 years ago when the darer was a pupil. It is thought that it came from either the top of an upright supporting the main staircase in the Cathedral Junior School (Cathedral Preparatory School then) or from somewhere near the honours boards in the senior school. It has been carefully looked after. It has come to light recently as the result of a house move. The darer apologizes [sic] and hopes it can be re-instated."
The carving, which had been taken at some point between 1955 and 1960, had been sent to the school with a note of apology, and a promise it had been carefully looked after.
Mr Smith said: "We have been looking closely at all the staircases in the school to try and work it out but with no luck.
"Really, the only way to find out its true location is to meet with the 'darer' so that he can show us where it came from originally."
The finial is about 17cm (6in) tall and 8cm (3in) wide.
It was posted in Hereford, so the school is hoping the now-conscientious darer may live locally.
Set amid the Aids crisis in 1980s America, Tony Kushner's "gay fantasia" lasts roughly the same duration as a flight from London to New York.
Over eight hours, it packs in angelic visitations, burning books and surreal trips to icy continents and, of course, heaven.
And let's not forget a stellar cast that includes Andrew Garfield, Denise Gough, Nathan Lane and Russell Tovey.
After weeks of previews, the play officially opened at the National Theatre in London on Thursday.
Spider-Man star Garfield told us after the show: "You don't often get to work on a character like this or on a story that has so much humanity in it.
"It's the whole human experience in one seven and a half hour play. No one would turn that opportunity down."
The critics seem to love it, with four and five star reviews appearing on Friday morning.
Here are eight reasons why Angels in America is such a heavenly show.
On Thursday, both parts of the play played back to back - and lasted seven hours and 32 minutes.
Part one - titled Millennium Approaches - kicked off at 13:00, but it wasn't until after 23:00 that the second part - Perestroika - had reached its emotional climax.
But it never dragged. Much of the interval chat was about how quickly it seemed to go.
The cast may disagree.
Speaking after the show, Russell Tovey admitted: "On a two-show day, it's insane. It's like a 12-hour Zumba class!"
The way the play is broken up gives it an episodic feel. Each part has two 15-minute intervals.
That makes watching the play feel a bit like you are working your way through a TV box-set.
With plenty of loo and coffee breaks.
The ex-Spider-Man is unforgettable as Prior Walter, a man who discovers he has Aids and is then abandoned by his boyfriend Louis Ironside (James McArdle).
We see him early on as an elegant drag queen, later he's a spectral hooded figure dressed top to toe in black.
In the harrowing hospital scenes, he can switch from rage to despair in the course of a single line.
Back in January, Garfield found out about his Oscar nomination for Hacksaw Ridge while he was starting rehearsals for Angels in America.
It would be astonishing if he's not nominated for more awards for this performance.
Nathan Lane plays foul-mouth lawyer Roy Cohn who is in denial about his sexuality. Told by his doctor that he has Aids, he storms: "No. Aids is what homosexuals have. I have liver cancer."
Tovey plays Joe Pitt, a closeted gay Mormon Republican whose Valium-addicted wife Harper is played with gusto by the Olivier-winning Denise Gough.
McArdle is excellent as Prior's tormented lover, as is Nathan Stewart-Jarrett as hospital nurse Belize.
With more than 30 characters in this play, all of the main cast play multiple parts and it's fun to try and spot them under the costume changes.
Marianne Elliott is the award-winning talent behind the National Theatre's West End hits War Horse and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
Enough said.
The story begins quite modestly, with a simple revolving set showing us how the lives of the main characters connect.
Later it all goes much larger scale and a lot more surreal.
We get a fantasy Antarctica - complete with falling snow - and a neon ladder that ascends to a heaven filled with angels.
Yet many of the most memorable scenes are the intimate ones where Prior Walter and lawyer Roy Cohn are sick in their hospital beds and visited by both the living and the dead.
Angels in America had its British premiere at the National Theatre in 1992 (with a cast that included James Bond actor Daniel Craig).
The play is set in New York in the mid-1980s when Ronald Reagan was starting his second term as president and the world was in the grip of the Aids crisis.
While there is much that is upsetting, Kushner's script is packed with zinging comedy lines.
"It's very funny," said Garfield after the show. "You need to laugh to keep from crying in a situation as devastating as these characters are going through.
"It was amazing putting it in front of an audience for the first time because we were all surprised how funny it was.
"On the first preview it was shocking how many times we had to stop for the audience laughing."
You won't forget Amanda Lawrence's Angel in a hurry.
She crashes dramatically through Prior's apartment ceiling on massive wings that are operated - War Horse style - by six people.
She flies, she swoops and she even has sex with Prior.
Little wonder he later introduces himself to Harper Pitt as "an angel-ologist".
Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes is at the Lyttelton Theatre until 19 August.
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The plans have already been approved by the clubs and been ratified by a WRU board.
Aberavon, Bridgend, Carmarthen Quins, Llandovery, Llanelli, Neath, RGC 1404 and Swansea will form the west.
Holders Merthyr, Bargoed, Bedwas, Cardiff, Cross Keys, Ebbw Vale, Newport and Pontypridd are in the east.
The clubs will play each other home and away in the first half of the season before all 16 sides join together, with points being carried over from the regional format.
The sides will then play each other once, meaning clubs will have 29 guaranteed league games.
At the split, points will be allocated to clubs based on league positions so the winners of the east and west leagues will go into the second half of the season with eight points.
The clubs in second place will carry seven points into the 16-team league, down to the eighth placed clubs who will carry one point.
There will be no end-of-season play-offs and the club who finishes top of the table will be crowned overall champions.
This format replaces last season's format when clubs were split into two sections of eight midway through the campaign based on positions in the table. There were only 22 guaranteed games for clubs in this competition.
Overall winners Merthyr won the Tier One final by defeating Aberavon, while Newport were the Tier Two winners after beating Neath.
Merthyr will launch the defence of their title at The Wern against Cross Keys when the new season kicks off on the weekend of 26 August.
Principality Premiership clubs will continue to work with the regions to select Regional Premiership Select XVs for the British & Irish Cup, while the Foster's Challenge Cup will not take place.
WRU head of rugby performance Geraint John said: "The Principality Premiership is a vital competition in underpinning the professional game in Wales, providing a crucial stepping stone for our potential future professional players, in addition to the British & Irish and Anglo-Welsh Cup competitions.
"We believe the new format and the additional, guaranteed local derbies in the first half of the season will further support the work of the regions to establish the place of the Principality Premiership within the regional and national pathway, in order to underpin player, coach and referee development. At this time we feel this solution meets the vast majority of those needs.
"We will continue to assess the outcomes of this new format but there will be no further structural changes to the Principality Premiership until at least the 2019/20 season."
Principality Premiership East: Bargoed, Bedwas, Cardiff, Cross Keys, Ebbw Vale, Merthyr, Newport, Pontypridd.
Principality Premiership West: Aberavon, Bridgend, Carmarthen Quins, Llandovery, Llanelli, Neath, RGC 1404, Swansea.
The bill, to be introduced in the autumn, will also contain measures against takeaway restaurants and off-licences which employ illegal migrants.
Penalties will also include an unlimited fine and wages being seized.
Immigration Minister James Brokenshire said the government "would continue to crack down on abuse" of the system.
The government has made a series of immigration announcements over the summer of which this is the latest.
Takeaways and off-licences could lose their licences if they were found to be employing illegal workers.
Officials are also considering whether this provision should be extended to cover minicab drivers and operators.
The legal defence for other kinds of business discovered using illegal workers will also change.
They will no longer be able to claim they did not know a particular employee was not allowed to work - they will have to show that they carried out proper checks before taking them on.
The maximum sentence for employers found guilty will be raised from two to five years, in addition to the fines already in force.
Mr Brokenshire said: "Anyone who thinks the UK is a soft touch should be in no doubt - if you are here illegally, we will take action to stop you from working, renting a flat, opening a bank account or driving a car.
"As a one nation government we will continue to crack down on abuse and build an immigration system that works in the best interests of the British people and those who play by the rules."
Alp Mehmet, of Migration Watch UK, which supports tighter immigration controls, said: "This is not just about not being seen as a soft touch.
"More important is for the message to go out that if you are here illegally and caught working, you and your employer will end up in court.
"Let us hope that the authorities will not shy away from acting on the powers they are to be given, since their record on that front has not always been exemplary."
Earlier this month, the government also announced that landlords in England will be expected to evict tenants who lose the right to live in the UK, also under the proposed Immigration Bill.
Landlords will be able to end tenancies, sometimes without a court order, when asylum requests fail, and will be required to check a migrant's status in advance of agreeing a lease. Repeat offenders could face up to five years in prison.
And Mr Brokenshire has previously said businesses that employ illegal workers will be hit with "the full force of government machinery".
Immigration officers are reported to be preparing to mount a wave of raids this autumn targeting building sites, care homes and cleaning contractors.
The former Wales scrum-half will replace fellow Welshman Gareth Baber as Hong Kong sevens boss.
Ex-Blues assistant coach Baber has succeeded Fiji's Rio Olympics Sevens gold medal-winning boss Ben Ryan.
Ryan recently joined the Welsh Rugby Union as a consultant.
Ryan had worked in top-flight American basketball after leaving his role with Fiji.
John will also oversee Hong Kong's women's and junior sevens set-ups as he takes over from Baber, who is also a former member of Blues' coaching staff.
John said: "It is the perfect opportunity to get back in to coaching sevens and it's a sport I'm very passionate about and has huge potential."
Charles Hendry will publish his independent report into the viability of the renewable energy technology later, recommending the UK builds the lagoon to capture energy from the sea.
There are hopes of developing a network of larger lagoons around the UK coast.
The UK government still needs to agree on a deal and a marine licence would also need to be approved.
Former UK energy minister Mr Hendry has been gathering evidence for nearly a year for his independent inquiry, including visits to all the potential sites and discussions with industry.
Speaking ahead of the report, Mr Hendry said: "If you look at the cost spread out over the entire lifetime - 120 years for the project - it comes out at about 30p per household for the next 30 years. That's less than a pint of milk.
"That's where I think we can start a new industry and we can do it at an affordable cost to consumers."
The Swansea Bay project would involve 16 turbines along a breakwater but is seen as only the start - a prototype for much larger lagoons.
The "fleet" include one off the coast of Cardiff - east of where Cardiff Bay is now - Newport, Bridgwater Bay in Somerset, Colwyn Bay and west Cumbria, north of Workington.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Hendry said the lagoon would be a "world first" which was different to barrages elsewhere in the world as lagoons do not block the mouth of a river.
"We know it absolutely works," he said.
"One of the great advantages is it completely predictable for all time to come - we know exactly when the spring tides and leap tides are going to be every single day for the rest of time."
He said the best way to look at the cost was the subsidy required by the taxpayer over the lifetime of the project.
This calculation gave "a very much lower figure than almost any source of power generation," he insisted.
Swansea Bay would act as a "pathfinder" project, allowing people to learn more about the technology and bring the cost down.
Tidal Lagoon Power (TLP) claims the Cardiff lagoon is being designed to generate enough electricity for all homes in Wales and that it would be the cheapest electricity of all the new power stations in the UK.
One of the key questions will be over the so-called "strike price" - the deal with the UK government to provide a guaranteed price for the energy the lagoons will generate.
Gloucester-based TLP's contention is that the Swansea project will test the technology but it will come into its own - and could eventually meet 8% of the UK's energy needs - when the network of more cost-effective, larger lagoons come on stream over the next 10 years.
TLP forecasts that its lagoons would generate power for 120 years and is seeking a 90-year contract at £89.90 per mega watt hour (MWh)
That would be below the £92.50 per MWh agreed for the new Hinkley C nuclear power station.
Tidal energy plans for Swansea Bay first emerged in 2003 but the current project has been developed over the last four years.
At low tide, water would flow from the lagoon into the sea, and at high tide from the sea into the lagoon.
If lagoons are supported it could be a boost for Welsh companies and signal the dawn of a new industrial era, worth £15bn.
There are two big questions over lagoons: Will they harm wildlife and can they be built cheaply enough? There's no evidence yet on wildlife but most environment groups seem willing to see one trial lagoon built, then make an assessment.
On price, the firms backing the technology are confident they can force down costs if they get approval for a series of lagoons around the coastline.
Lagoons involve two long-established technologies - building breakwaters and running hydro-electric turbines - so some will be sceptical.
But recent experience with offshore wind turbines has shown costs can sometimes fall faster than predicted.
The firms hope that as Theresa May's government has already embraced two mega projects in HS2 and Hinkley Point, it may be enthused by another plan for engineering on a heroic scale.
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More than 20 companies earlier this week urged the project to be given the go-ahead, calling it one of the "biggest industrial opportunities in a generation".
But there are still environmental concerns and Natural Resources Wales (NRW) will be looking at the impact on flooding, fish, birds and marine habitats before it awards the all-important marine licence.
The process started in 2014 with no sign of it being resolved, with TLP and NRW saying they have been in "exhaustive discussions" about the impact on fish.
He says UKIP voters in former Labour minister Kate Hoey's Vauxhall seat are being asked to back her.
The party faces "a difficult" general election and the prospect of winning only two seats, he says.
But Mr Nuttall predicts voters will return to UKIP if Theresa May "backslides" on Brexit negotiations.
UKIP lost all but one of its county council seats in last week's local elections.
Mr Nuttall says he thinks UKIP voters have been swayed by Mrs May's "tough" talk - but suggests that if she "backslides" on fishing rights, freedom of movement and paying an EU divorce bill during Brexit negotiations, they will soon return to the fold.
"People will feel betrayed - they'll feel let down - where are those people going to go?" he told BBC2's Daily Politics.
"They are not going to go to the Lib Dems, they're not going to go to Green, they're not going to new Labour - they're going to come back to UKIP."
Asked about reports that UKIP is telling people to vote Conservative, he said: "We're also telling people in certain seats like Kate Hoey's to go out and vote Labour.
"These are people who are true and real Brexiteers. Theresa May never was - she wanted us to remain in the European Union. They are specific seats with specific sitting MPs whereby we will stand aside to ensure we get the Brexit that we want.
"It's quite a moral thing to do really - it's about putting your country above your party."
Mr Nuttall said UKIP always knew the local elections "were going to be the most tough", particularly during a general election campaign, but stressed that "politics is cyclical".
"If UKIP stays on the pitch, I believe it's going to prosper in the future," he said.
Hailing the party's manifesto as "a decade ahead of its time", he predicted the party "may well win a couple" of seats and was "targeting sensibly" resources and manpower on a small number of constituencies.
Asked if he thought he might be the last UKIP leader, Mr Nuttall added: "No."
Reports say at least four policemen and several civilians were killed when militants stormed Afgoye on Tuesday.
A spokesman with the African Union mission to Somalia later said the gunmen had been forced out, but this was not confirmed.
Witnesses said gunshots could still be heard into the night.
The African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) is supporting the Somali government in its fight against al-Shabab.
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Residents said the attack on Afgoye, 30km (18 miles) from Mogadishu, started when militants detonated a car bomb outside a police post, killing four policemen.
People took cover in their homes as fighters appeared in parts of the town and clashed with Somali troops and African Union forces.
Police officer Abdukadir Ahmed told AFP news agency that at least 10 people, including civilians, had been killed as well as some of the attackers.
Afgoye is considered a strategic town as it sits on one of only two roads into the capital.
As the fighting raged, both sides said they had control of the town.
Amisom troops captured Afgoye town in 2012.
The firm has announced it is to open a new manufacturing unit, featuring "robot-assisted" technology, at its headquarters in Street, Somerset.
Up to 300,000 pairs a year of the footwear firm's desert boots will be made at the facility, creating up to 80 technical and managerial jobs.
The company started making shoes in the county in 1825 but production was moved from to the Far East in 2005.
The company's desert boots are currently made in Vietnam and India and a spokesman said it will continue to source its range from its existing supply chain.
The last remaining Clarks plant in the UK, in Millom in Cumbria, closed in 2006.
Prime Minister David Cameron is seeking EU reform before Britain votes in an in/out referendum before 2018.
"There are still a lot of moving parts," Mr Hammond told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show.
"We've got a negotiation that will run through this week and, I have no doubt, will run right to the wire."
Mr Hammond said the draft deal contains lots of "square brackets", "blanks" and "unclear language", but added a final agreement should provide "clear winds for Britain on national sovereignty".
Mr Cameron has promised a referendum on whether Britain should remain in the EU by the end of 2017 but could bring the date forward if a deal is reached this week.
Among the four main changes Mr Cameron is trying to secure is limiting access to welfare benefits for EU migrants for their first four years in the country.
"Until a few weeks ago, people were telling us it was impossible to have any kind of period in which we treated newly arrived migrants differently from people who are already here," he said.
"But the text that's on the table recognises there can be a period of four years in which people are treated differently.
"That's a major step forward. What we have still got to discuss is what that difference in treatment precisely is... I don't think that is going to get resolved before Thursday."
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Asked whether a one-year ban on in-work benefits for migrants would be enough to satisfy his party, Mr Hammond replied: "Definitely not."
He went on: "Getting agreement that we can treat new arrivals differently for a period of four years is a major breakthrough in challenging, as we have done, one of the sacred cows of European ideology."
Mr Hammond said the government was "still arguing" that treaty change would be the best way of cementing a new relationship with the EU.
But Mr Hammond said it was not essential, if European heads of government signed a binding agreement.
"Even if treaty change is agreed, it will be years before that treaty change comes into force," he said. "And once this [deal on Thursday] is agreed we need to see it implemented as quickly as possible."
Eurosceptic Labour MP Gisela Stuart said the EU project "was always deeper integration" and Mr Cameron had not been ambitious enough in the reforms he had sought over membership.
"The bar he set himself was exceptionally low," she told Marr.
"My instincts are this simply isn't good enough and won't serve the British people."
Ms Stuart said she thought voting in the referendum over whether to stay in the EU or leave would "not fall along party lines".
"We will go into the referendum with people coming from all sides and voting in pretty unpredictable ways," she said.
Asked about Syria, Mr Hammond accused Russia of "carpet bombing tactics" and carrying out "indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas".
Russia denies hitting civilians and has said it will continue its air attacks, which it says target only "terrorists".
On the future of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Mr Hammond said the key question was "whether the Russians are prepared to use their influence to remove him".
"There is one man on this planet who can end the civil war in Syria by making a phone call and that's President [Vladimir] Putin."
Mr Hammond said Russian air strikes were causing "attrition" among rebel groups but that the conflict overall was in "a bit of a stalemate".
Russian air power was forcing opposition forces to give ground but the Syrian government was unable to take and hold that territory, he added.
Mr Hammond said the number of "moderate" opposition fighters now stood at 150,000.
"I wouldn't call them all democratic," he said.
Russia has said other countries should join it in backing the Syrian government.
Mr Hammond's comments come after three days of talks among foreign ministers in Munich about prospects for peace in Syria.
BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner says that with President Assad and three mainstream rebel groups all vowing to carry on fighting, talks are "in practice, back where they started".
It follows the publication of a critical Home Office report last week into the way the service is run.
A spokesman said the decision to suspend chief Kevin Pearson and deputy Lorraine Houghton was made by an Avon Fire Authority Employment Committee.
An investigation into the findings contained within the report will be carried out.
The spokesman added: "Suspension is a neutral act to protect the organisation and the individuals concerned.
"At the moment these are only allegations which will be investigated in line with disciplinary procedures and processes."
The Home Office report accused Avon Fire Authority, which oversees the service, as being an "old boys club" and there was a perception that bullying and harassment was "endemic".
In relation to Mr Pearson, investigators found officials on the authority's Special Purposes Committee (SPC) agreed a reduction in pay of 22% for him.
But he was able to claim on his pension to cancel out the reduction, making the pay cut an "illusory sacrifice".
Mr Pearson took up his role in 2001 and Ms Houghton became deputy in October last year.
While they are suspended, support will be provided by the chief fire officer of Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service Stewart Edgar, with the help of other neighbouring fire and rescue services.
Trump, who owns two Scottish courses, has been criticised for comments made during his bid to become the Republican Party's US presidential candidate.
And Sandy Jones says the negative publicity around Trump is bad for golf.
"Sadly his political campaign in America seems to be getting in the way of all the great things golf offers."
Jones says the PGA try to keep politics away from the sport, but Trump's high profile and controversial views make that difficult.
"The controversy is not a positive thing for golf," he told BBC Scotland.
"Donald has built some great golf courses and has two in Scotland, in Aberdeen and at Turnberry.
"I'd prefer to see less controversy around the game and sadly Donald is producing it through his political motive, not through his golfing ones. They are bound to be linked, there is no getting away from that."
Trump has spoken of his desire to attract the Open Championship to Turnberry, with 2020 a possible date if, as expected, the R&A stage that tournament away from St Andrews, allowing the 'Home of Golf' to host the 150th championship the following year.
But Jones believes the R&A will need to manage the situation carefully.
"I'm sure the R&A will be managing that situation very cautiously as they need to do and try to keep golf away from the political scene.
"An announcement to play at Turnberry would cause a huge political uproar. I'm sure they'll come to the right conclusion at the end of the day."
Former Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley feels it would be a shame if Turnberry was removed from the list of potential Open venues.
"We've got great history there going back to '77 with Nicklaus and Watson, and obviously Watson nearly winning a few years ago at the age of 60," McGinley told BBC Scotland.
"Unfortunately it's part of the modern world we live in now that sport and politics are very much blended in a lot of decision making.
"I don't envy them (the R&A) having to make that decision. What would be a real shame is if Turnberry doesn't happen to be on The Open rota because it's a terrific golf course."
McGinley - who captained Europe to a comprehensive victory in the 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles - does not envisage players having any issues about playing at Turnberry despite the recent controversy surrounding Trump.
"I think they'll be guided by the R&A. Whatever the R&A's decision will be you'll find the players will be behind that.
"If the R&A decide to have an Open Championship there I would be very comfortable playing - if I qualify."
The 28-year-old hooker was adjudged by fellow players to have made the biggest impact in this season's competition.
Hull FC boss Lee Radford was named coach of the year after leading them to victory in the Challenge Cup final against Warrington and the play-off semi-finals, where they lost to Wigan.
Wakefield winger Tom Johnstone picked up the young player of the year award.
Houghton beat Hull FC captain Gareth Ellis, who came second, and Castleford Tigers winger and this season's top try-scorer Denny Solomona, placed third.
"I'm honoured, I'm proud. To beat the legend Gareth Ellis is special," Houghton said.
"To walk out for your hometown club in front of 10,000 special people, it's humbling. I'm honoured that I've been able to take to the field and live my dream."
The Man of Steel is chosen by a poll of every Super League player and the award is named after ex-St Helens, Hull and Wakefield full-back Prescott, who was diagnosed with a rare form of stomach cancer in 2006 and died in 2013 at the age of 39.
Prescott raised more than £500,000 for charitable causes before his death.
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In a tie-up between South African technology firm Dimension Data and networking giant Cisco, the technology will track vehicles and people entering the reserve rather than animals.
There are only about 25,000 rhinos left in the wild, with the majority in South Africa.
It is estimated that about 1,000 are killed each year, primarily for their horn.
The firms have set up a local area network and wi-fi hotspots around the private, unnamed reserve, which is adjacent to the Kruger national park.
The next stage will be to link CCTV and infra-red cameras with thermal imaging, drones and vehicle tracking sensors to the network.
Tracking sensors are placed on vehicles and people are informed about the tracking when they enter the reserve. Car registrations are also checked at the gate against a national database of stolen cars and personal IDs are scrutinised.
The plan is to replicate it in other reserves not just to protect rhinos but other endangered species including elephants, lions and tigers.
Drones have been used before to help conservation efforts and last year British scientists from the University of St Andrews showed off a system dubbed Protect Rapid (real-time anti-poaching intelligence device) that combined a satellite collar with a heart-rate monitor and video cameras that are embedded in rhino's horns.
The heart-rate monitor triggers the alarm and rangers are immediately dispatched.
There are other schemes to place microchips under the skin of the animals.
One of the key advantages of the new system is that it is non-invasive, said Dimension Data executive Bruce Watson.
"We don't touch the animals by darting them with tranquilisers to insert sensors into their horns, or insert a chip under their skin. This can be extremely stressful and risky for the animal and we've seen a number of rhinos either dying, or going blind, and having to be euthanised."
Dr Paul Glover-Kapfer, the World Wildlife Fund's technology adviser, told the BBC that technology was "an increasing factor" in WWF's global work.
"The system outlined by Cisco and Data Dimensions, whilst not a panacea, is a welcome addition on this front."
But he questioned how applicable it would be "outside of well-funded protected areas".
"To be truly transformative, technology needs to be accessible, both in terms of its technical complexity and affordability.
Connectivity in particular is a huge challenge facing many conservation organisations, and WWF is working with technology leaders to design systems for real-time data transfer to and from the remote areas within which we work."
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My Autism and Me looks at what it's like to live with autism, a condition that affects the way you live your life and see the world around you.
Rosie, the film's presenter, was at the awards party to pick up the trophy.
Rosie was born with autism, and says even though living with it is hard, it makes her unique and who she is.
You can watch the whole programme using the player above, and follow the links on the left of the page to find out more about autism.
Other winners on the night were Tracy Beaker Returns for best children's drama, and Ant and Dec for best entertainment performance, for ITV1's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here, Red Or Black, Push The Button and Britain's Got Talent.
Harry-James Kirkham, from Kingstanding, Birmingham, was struck outside a police station in Erdington on 18 March.
He died in hospital the following day.
The male officer who was driving the car was on a routine patrol and was not responding to an emergency call, police said.
The IPCC said its investigation would examine the circumstances of the "tragic incident" and the actions and decisions of the officer involved.
The teenager was with his younger brother and a friend at the time of the crash.
They had just left the Potters House Christian Fellowship Church near the police station on Sutton New Road.
Police said CCTV in the area was being analysed.
Harry's family paid tribute to him, describing him as a "cheeky chappie" with a "huge heart".
In a statement they said he had died from severe brain damage.
They said they were "devastated" but had "comfort in knowing that he has donated his organs to continue to help others continue with life, something which we know he would have wanted".
The pearl was found 10 years ago by a fisherman who was unaware of its value and kept it as a good luck charm, Palawan official Aileen Amurao said.
"We were amazed when he brought it to us," she told local media.
Officials are awaiting confirmation from gemologists that the find is indeed the world's largest pearl.
The pearl is 1ft (30.5cm) wide and 2.2ft long and, if confirmed, will easily beat the current record holder, the Pearl of Lao Tzu, which weighs 6.4kg.
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It took a while for the Cumbrian club to find their rhythm but, when they did, Jordan Williams beat Dan Atkinson with a thunderous 20-yard shot.
Paul Cox's men once again rode the tide of euphoria, and Byron Harrison took his season's tally to 14 with a brace - putting him clear in second place in the National League scoring charts.
The first was an accurate header on the stroke of half-time. He then added a penalty after the break when Marcus Williams fouled Ryan Yates.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Barrow 3, Guiseley 0.
Second Half ends, Barrow 3, Guiseley 0.
Substitution, Barrow. Akil Wright replaces Ryan Yates.
Substitution, Guiseley. Alex Purver replaces Marcus Williams.
Substitution, Barrow. Andy Haworth replaces Jordan Williams.
Substitution, Guiseley. Jordan Preston replaces Jake Cassidy.
Substitution, Barrow. Ross Hannah replaces Byron Harrison.
Goal! Barrow 3, Guiseley 0. Byron Harrison (Barrow) converts the penalty with a.
Substitution, Guiseley. Joel Logan replaces Will Hatfield.
Ryan Yates (Barrow) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Second Half begins Barrow 2, Guiseley 0.
First Half ends, Barrow 2, Guiseley 0.
Goal! Barrow 2, Guiseley 0. Byron Harrison (Barrow).
Goal! Barrow 1, Guiseley 0. Jordan Williams (Barrow).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Prof Aileen McColgan said although the UK was a "leader" in areas of equality law, developments on equal pay had been "profoundly driven" by Europe.
Prof Catherine Barnard said that without minimum EU standards to abide by, the government could in future try to "lower" the bar.
The government says Parliament would have to vote to repeal equality laws.
The two professors were giving evidence to the Commons Women and Equalities Committee.
Asked what Brexit could mean for UK equality laws, Aileen McColgan, human rights professor at Kings College London, said "it would depend on the government of the day".
She said on one level "nothing need change" after the UK left the EU, as most directives had been implemented into UK law.
"But on another level it means there would be no underpinning or demand for maintenance of the current provisions, so... it is very troubling as the whole thing could be knocked away", she told MPs.
Asked what group she was most concerned about, Prof McColgan said: "I think in this matter it's gender, women".
She added: "My particular concern would be about equal pay... because it's probably economically rational to pay women as little as you can get away and if you don't have strong legislative provisions to prevent that, that is one of the areas that could be very problematic."
Catherine Barnard, professor of European law at Cambridge University, told MPs it would be very difficult for a government to repeal protections against discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or religion and belief, as it was "so politically sensitive".
But age was a "more difficult" area because "exceptionally, discrimination on the grounds of age can be justified".
The committee also heard that the potential impact on equalities law would depend on what Brexit model the UK negotiated with the EU.
If the UK opted for a Norway-style model, and remained a member of the European Economic Area, EU laws would continue to apply, Prof Barnard said.
"More difficult is if there is no model at all or a really hard Brexit," she added, as the UK would "lose EU law acting as this floor" and lobby groups were worried that a government may then "decide to lower the standards".
It could be "a complete free-for-all as far as employment law and equality legislation are concerned", she said, as it would be "for the government to decide which rules it wanted to keep" - although she acknowledged any changes would require parliamentary approval.
But she said those concerns had arisen because the current government and previous Conservative-Lib Dem coalition had been "most active" in areas where EU law did not apply - such as removing employment tribunal fees and changing the rules on unfair dismissal.
The government says the Equalities Act is part of UK law, even if some principles were founded on EU directives.
This means any changes would need MPs' backing, it says.
Steven Emerson told the channel that in London "Muslim religious police" beat "anyone who doesn't dress according to Muslim, religious Muslim attire".
He later issued an apology for his "terrible error".
His comments have come in for ridicule, with the hashtag #FoxNewsFacts trending on Twitter.
Mr Emerson, who founded a group called The Investigative Project on Terrorism, was giving his perspective on the terror attacks in France to Fox presenter Jeanine Pirro.
Birmingham City Council said Mr Emerson's "curious" comments had no foundation, and welcomed his apology, while Birmingham Edgbaston MP Gisela Stuart described the remarks as "stupid".
On social media, Mr Emerson has been the butt of jokes, while he has been accused of "speaking nonsense" by people posting on his investigative website.
One Twitter user said: "As someone born and raised in Birmingham, I must admit there was a pressure to read the Kerrang."
"I was supposed to go to Birmingham last week but I forgot my passport," said another.
I was at home and the video of the Fox News "expert" Steve Emerson had popped up on my Twitter feed and people were rightly expressing their disbelief at what he had said.
I thought it might be funny to counteract the anger with silliness, so I wrote a tweet and stuck the hashtag (#FoxNewsFacts) on it.
Sometimes the best response to such nonsense is satire and mockery, rather than anger and outrage.
Immediately, that proved successful and the people of Twitter did what they do best at times - took an idea and ran with it.
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Speaking on Radio 4's PM programme, Mr Emerson said: "I don't want people to use this to claim there's no such thing as radical Islam."
He said he "absolutely" stood by comments about "vigilante Muslim groups" in some parts of London.
Mr Emerson said he had been "living under a death threat" since an assassination attempt in the mid 1990s.
In terms of Birmingham, however, he admitted that he had "made an egregious error here in not doing my homework", adding: "I deserve what I got."
He said he had relied on sources he had used in the past, but accepted "responsibility" for his comments and did not know how his reputation would be affected in the long term.
Mr Emerson said he also wanted to apologise to "all the residents of Birmingham".
Kings Heath resident Penny Hughes, 27, said she really missed the city when she moved away.
"I moved to Leamington Spa for work which was completely different but I wanted to come back, so I did two or three years later.
"I grew up in Handsworth which was a very Asian and multicultural area."
Shabir Vanat, a 61-year-old Muslim who left Uganda for Birmingham almost 40 years ago, described it as "a very cosmopolitan city".
He said: "I've been in this shop for 29 years and I've never had one single problem - I am a big fan of Birmingham."
Responding to the controversy, Birmingham City Councillor James McKay said: "We are amazingly diverse, and that's one of the things that makes us brilliant - all this fuss is a reminder of how it's always best to check your facts before getting into a debate.
"Maybe Fox News could come and visit some time, and see for themselves what a great city we have here?"
Edgbaston MP Ms Stuart said Mr Emerson's comments had "no redeeming features".
"I checked whether this was some kind of early April Fool spoof, and then I thought he was talking about Birmingham, Alabama, but then I realised he was just utterly and completely wrong," the Labour MP said.
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As well as earlier apologising for his remarks, Mr Emerson has offered to make a donation to Birmingham Children's Hospital.
"I have clearly made a terrible error for which I am deeply sorry," said Mr Emerson, a witness called to testify to at least one Congressional committee.
"I do not intend to justify or mitigate my mistake by stating that I had relied on other sources because I should have been much more careful.
Scott Lucas, professor of American Studies at the University of Birmingham, said Mr Emerson's comments, however inaccurate, would appeal to some in the US.
"He speaks in sound bites that some people want to hear," he said.
"Some people want to hear it's us versus them, it's America versus the rest of the world, that it's white Americans versus - let's be honest - those who aren't white and those who profess a different faith.
"Unfortunately, if you tap into that you will be in demand for certain media outlets who give you your 15 seconds of infamy."
More than 1,000 people have signed an online petition calling for Mr Emerson to make an "on-air apology to the people of Birmingham UK for saying non-Muslims cannot enter our beloved multi-cultural city".
Maryam Snape, who started the petition, said: "The fact of the matter is the American people saw this story and they are still going to believe it is the truth until he puts it right."
BBC Asian Network - reaction
Callers to BBC Asian Network's Nihal Show gave their reaction to the controversy.
One man sent a text to the show saying as a Sikh he felt certain areas of the city were intimidating for non-Muslims.
Another caller said there were other areas where Muslims would feel intimidated and perhaps worry about being attacked.
Most callers, however, criticised Mr Emerson's claims, which were described as "dangerous" and "absurd" and having the potential to harm community relations.
The Birmingham-born creator of BBC 1 sitcom Citizen Khan Adil Ray said Mr Emerson's comment was completely baseless and he was "instilling fear" in people.
But he said people had responded in the best way possible.
"It's a great sign that in Birmingham we don't take ourselves too seriously and it's the best way to react with contempt and with satire and humour."
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The Briton has won the London event that precedes Wimbledon five times.
The tournament will also feature last year's beaten finalist Milos Raonic, 2012 champion Marin Cilic and 2008 winner Rafael Nadal.
Stan Wawrinka and David Goffin are also scheduled to play in the event which takes place from 19-25 June.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Tomas Berdych, Nick Kyrgios and Juan Martin del Potro will also take part.
Tournament director Stephen Farrow said: "The player entry list for the Aegon Championships is strong every year and we already knew we were in for a great line-up, but with Cilic and Goffin adding their names to make it six of the world's top 10, this is going to be the best yet."
The ban has been in place since 1994, but officials recently began enforcing it in areas where they say the high birth rate is fuelling ethnic tension.
The tensions led to violent clashes between Buddhist and Muslim communities in the western state last year.
Ms Suu Kyi has been criticised for not speaking up for Rohingya rights.
Tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims were displaced by the violence and live in temporary camps.
The 1994 ban, that prevents Rohingya Muslims having more than two children, was allowed to lapse in recent years.
But a commission set up to investigate the violence in Rakhine suggested the use of family planning education to address what it described as the rapid growth of the Muslim population.
On Saturday, authorities in Rakhine introduced the two-child policy in two townships, Maung Daw and Bu Thi Daung. It is not clear how it will be enforced.
The vast majority of Rohingya Muslims - about 800,000 people - live in the two townships. Most of those living in camps are elsewhere in Rakhine.
"Under this directive, Bengali [Rohingya] men are allowed to have only one wife and each married couple can have two children. Where there are more than two children, they are considered illegal," Reuters news agency quoted a senior immigration official as saying.
Ms Suu Kyi told reporters she could not confirm whether the policy was being implemented, but if it was, it was illegal.
"It is not good to have such discrimination. And it is not in line with human rights either," she said.
Phil Robertson of the US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) described the move as outrageous and chilling.
HRW have accused the Burmese authorities of being party to ethnic cleansing during the violence in June and October last year, which left about 200 people dead and up to 140,000 displaced.
The Rohingyas are a stateless group of some 800,000 people who are not recognised as Burmese citizens.
The United Nations describes them as a religious and linguistic minority from western Burma, and one of the most persecuted minorities in the world.
However, many Burmese officials refer to them as Bengalis - a reflection of the widespread belief that this community belong in neighbouring Bangladesh.
The top of the hall at City University caved in at around 14:30 local time (06:30 GMT) over an area of 900 sq m (320 sq ft), police say.
Eyewitnesses say the collapse, which occurred above the hall's badminton facilities, sounded like an explosion.
Such accidents are unusual in Hong Kong, where safety standards are generally high.
Venkat Saraenji, a student at the university, told the South China Morning Post the collapse had been "quite loud" and could be heard for "20 seconds".
"Someone ran out of it and screamed, 'explosion, explosion'," he said. "The exam season was over, otherwise it would have been full of students..."
Two men and a woman were taken to hospital, a police spokeswoman told the BBC.
In a statement, the university said: "To the best of our knowledge at this time, no other persons were trapped inside the hall and the prime focus now is to ensure that the facility is safe."
Police are investigating the incident.
Paul Maynard MP said passengers would not thank the government for "costly intervention".
The dispute, which has led to a series of strikes throughout 2016, is centred on the role of guards on trains.
Earlier, the minister appeared in Parliament to answer a question on the dispute from Green MP Caroline Lucas.
However, speaking in Sevenoaks at the launch of a new smart card for passengers on the Southeastern network, Mr Maynard blamed the RMT for the strikes.
He said: "Of course I recognise the increasing frustration passengers are going to feel at this strike.
"The simplest thing the RMT can do is to call off the strike."
He added: "I recognise people are impatient for action, but when we take action it has to be the right action. Passengers won't thank us for costly intervention."
00:01 Tuesday 6 December to 23:59 Thursday 8 December (RMT)
00:01: Tuesday 13 December to 23:59 Wednesday 14 December (Aslef)
00:01 Friday 16 December to 23:59: Friday 16 December (Aslef)
00:01 Monday 19 December to 23:59 Tuesday 20 December (RMT)
00:01 Saturday 31 December to 23:59 Monday 2 January (RMT)
00:01 Monday 9 January to 23:59: Saturday 14 January (Aslef)
General Secretary of the RMT, Mick Cash, blamed the Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling, for the dispute.
"I meet with ministers on a regular basis and it is frankly absurd that Chris Grayling has refused point blank to meet with us while the Southern rail dispute, which he has the power to settle... rages on," he said.
"Running our railways by central government diktat is a recipe for disaster."
Last week the government announced a one-off compensation payment to season ticket holders.
The compensation scheme will begin in January.
22 December 2015 Last updated at 08:44 GMT
The Falcon-9 rocket, with 11 small satellites onboard, came back to earth in an upright position, a short distance from where it took off at Cape Canavarel in Florida.
It was the first time an unmanned rocket has returned to land vertically at Cape Canaveral and is seen as a huge success for SpaceX.
The company is trying to bring down launch costs down and to open up space to more people.
Billionaire company owner Elon Musk put a message on social media after touchdown saying "Welcome back, baby!" "It's a revolutionary moment,"
He later told journalists "No one has ever brought a booster, an orbital-class booster, back intact."
But although it was a test flight to see if they could bring the rocket back safely - the mission also had a practical purpose.
The rocket actually put 11 satellites into space.
But not all their launches have been so successful.
In June an unmanned SpaceX rocket exploded after blast off as it was heading to the International Space Station.
No one was onboard and no was was hurt.
The craft, an American Falcon-9 SpaceX rocket, was carrying supplies of food and equipment to the astronauts on the space station.
An investigation is underway to find out what went wrong.
Ryan Hardie and Craig Barr went close for the visitors in the first half.
However, Aidan Connolly struck from close range for Raith early in the second period.
Livi, who will face a play-off against Stranraer to preserve their Championship status, could not find an equaliser.
The 60-year-old replaces Marcus Bignot, who left to take over League Two club Grimsby Town on Monday.
Bertschin has previously worked as Steve Bruce's assistant at Birmingham, Wigan, Sunderland and Hull.
His first match in charge of the Moors, who are 15th in the table, will be Saturday's home game against Dover.
The club say Bertschin will be supported by captain Theo Streete, goalkeeping coach Darren Acton and academy manager Mark Fogarty for Saturday's game, but that a further coaching appointment will be made "in the near future".
Bignot's assistant Micky Moore also left the club to move to Grimsby.
Laura Ward had cannabis, diazepam and amphetamines in her system when she hit Aiden Platt, 20, in Barnstaple, Devon.
Ward, 30, of Fleet, Hampshire, admitted causing death by careless driving while under the influence of drugs.
The judge at Exeter Crown Court handed her a 20 month jail sentence but it was suspended for 18 months because she has a five-month-old son.
More on the sentencing and other stories from Devon and Cornwall
Footage was shown to the court of Ward's car pulling out at Sticklepath Hill without any warning with Mr Platt being thrown into a traffic light post on 2 August 2015.
At the police station she was "mumbling and incoherent and slumped onto the counter with her head in her arms", the court heard.
Three months after the crash, Ward became pregnant with her son.
Judge Geoffrey Mercer told her that Mr Platt 's death has had a "devastating effect" on his family and friends.
"Quite simply, you should not have been driving," he said, but he added courts were "reluctant to send the mother of a young child to prison".
He said: "Your son is five months old and I am just persuaded for that reason and that reason alone I can properly suspend this sentence."
Mr Platt's family said they did not want to comment after the sentence.
Ward was also given a curfew for four months and banned from driving for four years.
29 June 2016 Last updated at 09:06 BST
The two-minute test of the booster's motor was meant to give NASA more information, that should help them when they blast, off in 2018 with a deep-space Orion capsule.
The SLS and the Orion spacecraft are designed to fly astronauts to the moon, asteroids and eventually Mars.
It comes after a turbulent year for the 6,300 staff employed by the firm in Wales.
"Save our steel" became a familiar chant as workers rallied the public to back their campaign to protect their livelihoods and the thousands of other jobs that depend on Tata's Welsh businesses.
Tata's steelworks has dominated the Port Talbot skyline for decades and this year it has also dominated the news headlines.
2016: A TROUBLED YEAR FOR STEEL
January: Tata Steel confirms plans to cut 1,050 jobs in the UK, including 750 at Port Talbot, the UK's biggest steelworks, blaming a fall in prices and cheap Chinese imports.
February: Thousands of steelworkers protest in Brussels and call for EU support. The Community union is worried about changes at the top in Tata Steel.
March: Tata announces its plans to sell its UK business, with ministers saying they are looking at "all the options" to support Port Talbot plant. The assembly is recalled. Unions are concerned Port Talbot could be mothballed.
April: Prime Minister David Cameron on the election trail visits Port Talbot. The UK government says it would consider a stake in any rescue plan.
Tata Steel's UK boss leads management buy-out team Excalibur while steel and commodities tycoon Sanjeev Gupta's Liberty House group is another contender .
May: Liberty House and Excalibur both submit interest in buying Tata's UK operations .
June: With seven bidders lined up and still no announcement, unions express "serious concerns" about the sale process and the future.
July: Tata puts sale on hold and it looks at European tie-ups including possible merger with German rival Thyssenkrupp.
August: Despite uncertainty elsewhere, Shotton steelworks, which employs 700 workers, gets a £7m investment boost.
September: Tata's former plant in Motherwell re-opens while talks continue about the sale of Tata plants at Rotherham, Stocksbridge and Hartlepool to Liberty.
October: Despite improvements, the company said Tata's operations were not "out of the woods yet".
November: Prime Minister Theresa May's visit to India which does not include a meeting with Tata is criticised back at home. In the background, there is a battle in the boardroom in Mumbai.
7 December: Tata unveils a deal including a five-year commitment to Port Talbot's blast furnaces, a 10-year £1bn investment plan but also changes to the pensions scheme.
21 December: The pensions part of the deal is proving harder to sell to staff, BBC Wales understands.
There was a perfect storm at the start of 2016: the viability of the giant Port Talbot itself - said to be losing a million pounds a day; falling steel prices; high energy costs and cheap Chinese imports.
The response started with 1,000 UK job losses and a survival plan, drawn up in south Wales. Tata and the unions demanded the EU take action by putting tariffs on Chinese steel, which they said was being dumped on Europe at prices below the cost of making it.
They also wanted UK government action on energy costs. Port Talbot steelworks alone uses as much electricity as the whole of the city of Swansea a few miles along the coast.
But just as important as external economic forces, the internal politics of Tata were playing out.
Decisions about the plant's future were being made behind closed doors 4,500 miles away at the company's headquarters in Mumbai.
The board shocked everyone by rejecting the survival plan and putting its entire UK operation up for sale.
The Welsh Government pledged support including £60m but it was clear that due to the scale of the industry if taxpayer support was needed it could take the financial firepower of Westminster to make the sale a success.
UK ministers were prompted into action, committing the government to taking a stake of up to 25% with any interested buyer.
Despite initial concerns that nobody would be willing to take over the whole business including the loss-making Port Talbot, seven potential buyers did come forward.
Production continued and things started to turn around as the plan rejected by the Tata board was put in place and showed signs of success.
Steel prices rose, the EU put tariffs on some cheap imports and the UK government scheme to help with energy intensive industries with costs came through.
Abruptly, Tata halted the sale of its Welsh operations saying it would pursue a merger with the German firm, Thyssenkrupp.
A boardroom battle at the top of Tata in India saw the man who was trying to sell Port Talbot, then chairman, Cyrus Mistry, replaced by the man who had bought it in the first place, former chairman, Ratan Tata.
In a deal with the unions, the company set out its new plan earlier this month.
It involves a £1bn investment in Port Talbot over 10 years if savings can be made in the business and a commitment to keep the two blast furnaces for five years.
But the price is high for workers.
It is tied to them voting to move from the final salary pension to a much less generous one.
It is by no means a done deal though.
2016: THE WORKERS AND COMMUNITY
David Edwards, a steelworker for 11 years at Port Talbot, said it had been a difficult and frustrating year around the sale of the company and the mood was still depressed.
"It's been a very worrying time and it continues to be worrying," he said.
"When we were first put up for sale - there seemed to be a few potential buyers with the good of the company and the workers at heart.
"But that seems to have been shut down and we don't really know if there's anyone still out there and if we're going to be put up for sale, no-one knows the outcome to.
"I don't feel any more secure now than I did back in January."
Recalling the day it was put up for sale, Aberavon councillor and retired steelworker Tony Taylor said he was "flabbergasted" but after a difficult year, the deal on offer at least offered investment.
"We need this plant to be running over the next 20 or 30 years if possible," he said. "There's still uncertainty but there's more optimism, guarded optimism."
After a year of decisions being made about them elsewhere, the decision on pensions is now firmly in the hands of Tata's Welsh workforce.
They will have a lot to think about before they receive their ballot papers at the end of January.
After decades of division in Cyprus, there is genuine belief a political solution will bring together Turkish Cypriots in the north and Greek Cypriots in the south.
Since 1974, when a brief Athens-inspired coup was followed by a Turkish military invasion, the island has been cut in two, with the northern third controlled by Turkish Cypriots and the southern two-thirds by Greek Cypriots.
So, why now?
The catalyst for the negotiations was the election last April of the Turkish Cypriot President, Mustafa Akinci, who campaigned on a promise to broker a peace deal with the south.
Negotiations between Mr Akinci and Nicos Anastasiades, the Greek Cypriot President of the island, began last May.
It is fitting that the bulk of their talks are being held at Nicosia airport, a site that symbolises the stalemate in Cyprus.
Abandoned during the conflict of 1974, it is now sandwiched in the UN buffer zone, frozen in time.
The lonely shell of a Cyprus Airways passenger jet lies on the tarmac.
The terminal, which opened in 1968, is now home only to nesting pigeons and the smell of damp. Advertising posters from 1974 remain fixed to walls.
You could forgive the pessimism of Cypriots who shrug their shoulders when the prospect of a peace deal is raised. They have seen this before.
In 2004, the UN's plan to make Cyprus a federation of two states was emphatically rejected by the public in a referendum.
Twelve years later, there is a sense the political atmosphere has changed.
A short stroll from the airport is the office of Aleem Siddique, the spokesman for the UN on the island.
"One of the key reasons why people are a lot more optimistic this time around is the trust between the two leaders," he tells me.
The two presidents share much in common. They are a similar age, and both were born in the southern city of Limassol.
In December, they delivered a joint TV address to wish residents a happy holiday and spoke of their hopes for a deal in 2016.
In the centre of Nicosia, it's impossible to escape the reminders of the conflict. The UN buffer zone snakes through Europe's last divided capital.
It is lined with derelict, crumbling buildings and endless spirals of barbed wire resting on oil drums.
There is one place in the buffer zone where the atmosphere is much more welcoming.
The Home for Cooperation, a community centre open to everybody on the island, hosts classes where people can learn Greek, Turkish and English.
Language remains a big obstacle to integration in Cyprus.
Yaprak Aydin, who lives in the Turkish-controlled north, says the centre is also about people coming together and developing empathy for those not from their own community.
She smiles as she recalls a story of a Greek Cypriot lady who got in touch with the centre to tell them she had met her best friend in their cafe. The friend was Turkish Cypriot.
"Never underestimate the power of a cup of coffee, especially in Cyprus," Ms Aydin tells me.
Despite the sense of hope, there remain big obstacles to overcome.
During the conflict, tens of thousands of people were displaced from their homes.
The delicate question remains what happens if the island unites. Is the property returned or will the owners compensated? And from where would the money come?
Security is a further complication. For many Greek Cypriots, the departure of Turkish troops from the island is non-negotiable. For some Turkish Cypriots though, the Turkish military presence provides reassurance.
However, following the financial crisis on the island in 2013, there was recognition a solution could reap economic dividends, with trade routes opened up to Turkey.
For Mr Siddique, though, Cypriots should consider not only the economic benefits, but the international example that would be set in the region.
"The symbolism of a largely Muslim Turkish Cypriot community and a largely Christian Greek Cypriot community coming together would send such a strong signal across the world," he says.
The Dundrod-based event is set to begin with practice sessions at noon on Wednesday 5 August.
Racing starts on Thursday, culminating in the main race on Saturday 8 August.
The main roads affected are Hannahstown Road; Rock Road; Leathemstown Road; Quarterland Road; Tornagrough Road and Upper Springfield Road.
Minor roads that will also be affected are Rushyhill Road; Budore Road; Glenside Road; Ballycolin Road; Tullyrusk Road; Cochranestown Road and Sycamore Road Fort Road.
The closures will be in place from noon until 21: 30 BST on Wednesday, from 10:30 until 21:30 on Thursday and from 09:30 until 20:30 on Saturday.
Full details will be posted on the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) website and its Lisburn Facebook page.
The competition coincides with Bike Safety Week and the PSNI's district commander for Lisburn and Castlereagh appealed to bikers to obey road safety laws at all times.
Supt Sean Wright said: "Emulating your favourite professional racer on public roads will at the least get you into trouble with police. At most, you could be involved in a fatal collision.
"Three riders have died in motorcycle collisions in Northern Ireland this year and I make a heartfelt plea to all bikers - if you are coming to Dundrod, ride with safety in mind, stay within the speed limits and ride steady.
"Anyone seen riding in an erratic or dangerous fashion will be stopped by police. In addition, we are reminding all drivers that they need to be aware of greater numbers of motorcyclists using the road network, particularly when emerging from and turning into junctions," he added.
Riah Phiyega said police had been forced to shoot after armed protesters charged them, "firing shots", at the Marikana mine in the north-east.
At least 78 people were injured in the confrontation, she added.
Unions are demanding an inquiry into the incident - one of the bloodiest police operations since apartheid.
The Lonmin-owned platinum mine has been at the centre of a violent pay dispute, exacerbated by tensions between two rival trade unions.
Violence had already killed 10 people, including two police officers, since the strike began a week ago.
By Martin PlautBBC World Service Africa editor
This strike was sparked by a demand for better wages. And - armed with spears and machetes - strikers were in no mood for compromise.
But it goes much deeper than that. The traditional union in the area, the NUM, is a key ally of the African National Congress. Their backing is critical for President Jacob Zuma in his fight to retain his position in the ANC's party elections this December.
Miners accuse their leaders of abandoning their grassroots concerns, focussing instead on politics. So they turned to an alternative union to fight their corner. But - as so often happens in South Africa - this dispute turned violent. Two police had been killed earlier in the week.
The 3,000 police who surrounded the hilltop on which a similar number of miners had gathered were determined not to join their dead comrades. It is in the culture of the force. As one former police commissioner said, they should "shoot to kill" without worrying about what happened after that.
South African commentators are comparing this tragedy to Sharpeville - when the police fired at a crowd in 1960 - leading to the start of the armed struggle against white minority rule. This comparison seems a step too far. But the country is facing the bleakest moment since the end of apartheid.
Some of the strikers' wives gathered near the mine on Friday, chanting anti-police songs and demanding to know what had happened to their husbands.
"Police, stop shooting our husbands and sons," read a banner carried by the women, according to the Associated Press news agency.
South African President Jacob Zuma has cut short a trip to Mozambique in order to visit the mine, which lies about 100km (62 miles) north-west of Johannesburg.
Police were sent to break up some 3,000 miners - some armed with clubs and machetes - who had gathered on a hillside overlooking Marikana to call for a pay rise of about $1,000 (£636) a month.
The circumstances that led police to open fire remain unclear, but reports from eyewitnesses suggest the shooting took place after a group of demonstrators rushed at a line of police officers.
Police, armed with automatic rifles and pistols, fired dozens of shots, witnesses said.
One witness, Molaole Montsho, of the South African news agency Sapa, said police had first used water cannon, tear gas and stun grenades in an attempt to break up the protest.
"And then in the commotion - we were about 800m [2,600ft] from the scene - we heard gunshots that lasted for about two minutes," he said.
David Nkolisi, 37, who works as a rock-drill operator, told the BBC: "We were killed for asking our employer to pay us a decent salary for hard work deep underground."
At a news conference on Friday, Ms Phiyega said police had been forced to open fire to protect themselves.
"The militant group stormed toward the police, firing shots and wielding dangerous weapons," Ms Phiyega said. "Police were forced to use maximum force to defend themselves."
She said 259 people had been arrested on various charges.
The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) accused the police of carrying out a massacre.
"There was no need whatsoever for these people to be killed like that," General Secretary Jeffrey Mphahlele told Reuters news agency.
A spokesman said President Zuma would be travelling to the site later on Friday.
"The president is concerned about the violent nature of the protest, especially given that the constitution and labour laws allow enough avenues to deal with issues, and is sympathetic to calls for a commission of inquiry," his spokesman Mac Maharaj said in a statement.
Thursday's incident came after several days of violent strikes in which 10 people were killed, including two police officers who were hacked to death.
The miners, who are currently earning between 4000-5000 rand ($484 - $605), say they want their salary increased to 12,500 ($1,512).
The stand-off has been exacerbated by rivalry between two trade unions, with the AMCU, a new group, seeking to challenge the dominance of the NUM.
The NUM is seen as being close to the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and the two groups were allies in the fight to end white minority rule, although relations between the ANC and the unions have worsened in recent years.
South Africa is the largest platinum producer in the world and the dispute has already affected production.
Lonmin, the world's third-largest platinum producer, has encountered similar labour disputes at the Marikana mine.
In May 2011, the company sacked some 9,000 employees after what it described at the time as "unprotected industrial action". Lonmin and the NUM said all were later reinstated.
So how would a rise of 0.25% affect borrowers, and savers?
We know there are more savers than borrowers, so more people are likely to be pleased at the prospect of rising rates, than those who will be disappointed.
According to the Bank of England, 44% of homeowners are on fixed-rate deals, so will not be affected by any immediate rise in rates. Currently 90% of new home-owners are on fixed deals, and they tend to have the largest loans. However, depending on when their two or five-year term finishes, borrowers will inevitably face higher repayments eventually.
Most homeowners - 56% - are on a standard variable rate (SVR) or a tracker mortgage, so will, in theory, be affected by a rate rise. However, as the Bank of England cut rates, most lenders did not cut their SVRs at a similar pace, leaving many people still paying around 5% a year.
Such lenders are unlikely to increase their SVRs until there has been a significant rise in base rates - certainly more than 0.25%.
"Lenders with the lowest SVRs - below 5% - are more likely to increase their rates, while those charging more than 5% in many cases won't," says Ray Boulger of brokers John Charcol.
Those with tracker mortgages, which follow base rate, will see inevitable increases.
The table below shows what might happen to a notional mortgage, based on the average mortgage rate of 3.11%, rising to 3.36%.
There are 2.6 million people on "interest-only" mortgages, according to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Unlike repayment mortgages, which pay off the capital by the end of the term, these mortgages leave borrowers still owing the original sum.
While such people are likely to have lower repayments to begin with, they will soon face proportionately larger increases, if on a tracker rate. Using the same rates as in the table above, someone on a £50,000 mortgage might pay an extra £11 a month, if rates went up by 0.25%.
Someone on a £150,000 interest-only mortgage might pay £31 more.
As Mark Carney is fond of reminding us, the rises in base rates will be small, and the pace will be gradual - reaching about 2% over the next three years.
So while the impact of the first hike may be small, someone with a mortgage advance of £150,000 could eventually find themselves paying £161 a month more, according to figures supplied by the Halifax, Britain's largest lender.
Experts think it unlikely that existing fixed rates will be withdrawn quickly. But they are unlikely to go any lower. So anyone on a variable or tracker rate may wish to switch to a fixed rate deal.
'If you are on a variable rate, and would struggle to pay your mortgage if rates rose, it is worth locking into a fixed rate," says Mark Harris, chief executive of broker SPF Private Clients.
"There are some really cheap deals on the market, with two-year fixes starting at 1.05% and five-year fixes from 2.14%," he said.
After years of being in the doldrums, savings rates have finally begun to improve. Rates have increased by 10% since June, according to advice site Savingschampion.
The prospect of a rate rise before the end of the year is likely to put even more pressure on savings providers to increase rates.
"It's been a long time coming and I'm sure I can speak for all savers in saying 'bring it on'," said Anna Bowes, director of Savingschampion.
On a dirt road about 20km (12 miles) west of the capital, Pretoria, I pulled over and waved down a passing pickup truck to ask for directions.
"Vlakplaas? Sure - it's just before the river, on the left," said a bearded white farmer. "But there were no murders there."
It was an early reminder that some white South Africans have yet to acknowledge the crimes carried out by their old government, and by one particularly notorious policeman - Eugene de Kock.
De Kock was in charge of a death squad that operated out of Vlakplaas, and was responsible for the abduction, torture, and murder of dozens of black activists in what would turn out to be the dying days of the apartheid era.
After the advent of democracy, De Kock confessed to many of his crimes at South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).
But although he was granted amnesty for some offences, the courts concluded that his behaviour warranted two life sentences and an additional 212 years in prison.
"If they didn't burn them, then they shot them. If they didn't shoot them, they hanged them on that tree. And if they didn't hang them, they threw them in a pit and put dirt on them," said Morris Hlongwane, who helps to guard the Vlakplaas farm these days.
It is an eerily overgrown place, and "scary at night," said Mr Hlongwane, pointing to some bones he said were human.
I told him what the white farmer had said about "no murders" and he laughed and shrugged.
So should Eugene De Kock be released from prison now? I asked him.
"Um.... yes. He has to be released. We have reconciliation. We have to reconcile and forgive him," he said.
What about the others - the bosses who gave the orders and never faced justice?
"That's the problem. That's the problem. He was not alone."
A few days earlier, I had asked the same question of Sandra Mama.
In 1992 she had been newly married to an anti-apartheid activist named Glenack Mama, when he was gunned down by De Kock and had weapons planted by his body.
Nelson Mandela had already been released from jail and black-majority power seemed inevitable.
De Kock's unit was busy trying to undermine that process.
"One man is taking the fall. Eugene didn't just wake up and think 'I'm going to do all this.' The others got away with it. South Africa as a nation has still got a long way to go," said Ms Mama.
But in September last year, as part of the parole process, De Kock began reaching out to some of his victims' families.
A photo shows the tall prisoner, in his orange uniform, flanked by Sandra Mama and her children.
"This guy has done things that boggle the mind. I was face to face with this killer. It was so dark. [But] when he said sorry you could really see that he was genuine. I really believe he reached out because he wants to help, not just because he wants parole," said Mrs Mama.
"Eugene is just a product of the state. He's taken a fall for his government."
Mrs Mama's daughter, Candace, said: "He was stoic. Very controlled. But he has a dry, sarcastic sense of humour."
She asked De Kock if he had forgiven himself.
"He dabbed his eyes and looked down, then he looked me in the eye and said, 'When you've done what I've done how do you forgive yourself.'"
Partly because of those family encounters, as well as his co-operation with investigators still searching for the remains of other apartheid-era murders, De Kock was granted parole on Friday.
He will be released quietly, away from the cameras, and is expected to continue to help investigators.
But what about De Kock's superiors?
"Who else do you see in prison?" asked Yasmin Sooka in frustration.
She was a senior official at the TRC, but regrets the lack of any subsequent investigations of prosecutions.
Eugene de Kock at glance:
Eugene de Kock: Profile of an apartheid assassin
"You cannot have one person in prison being held accountable for a whole state," she said, arguing that the decision to make De Kock a "scapegoat" had to have been an orchestrated policy.
"The big problem with South Africa is denial. And denial particularly by white society. For most white people in our country, the 'Mandela moment' was what they all enjoyed because it rehabilitated them in terms of the international community. But how many of them have paid voluntarily into a reparations fund?" she asked.
In the giant Avalon cemetery on the edge of Soweto, Bheki Mlangeni's mother and brother tended his grave and sang a short struggle song as the rain clouds moved in.
Mr Mlangeni was a human rights lawyer killed by one of De Kock's letter bombs in 1991.
"I don't feel that justice has been done," his brother Lindani Mlangeni said.
"At least 50 years - yes he deserves that. They call him a killing machine. How can he be afraid of dying in prison? The ones who gave the orders must also go to prison, or they must at least tell their story. Maybe there will be reconciliation at the top. But what about the victims?" asked Mr Mlangeni.
Douglas Edwardson, 58, was head of housing at Aberdeenshire Council.
The crash happened on the A944 Dunecht to Alford road on Saturday 5 December.
Relatives said in a statement issued through Police Scotland: "Douglas' family are devastated to confirm that Douglas has died. They are very grateful for all the support they have received."
Aberdeenshire Council chief executive Jim Savege said: "It is with great sadness that we have learned today of the death of one of our colleagues, Douglas Edwardson.
"Douglas was an incredibly warm, loyal and supportive colleague who will be greatly missed by many people right across this council.
"He had worked in the north east for more than 22 years, initially as director of housing and technical services with the former Banff and Buchan District Council, and was a well-known and respected figure in his role as head of service for housing with Aberdeenshire Council.
"Our thoughts are with his family, and for our colleagues who worked closely with Douglas over the years. We will be doing everything we can to ensure we provide them with the support they need."
Suhaib Mohammed, 19, was wounded at the house in Milton Keynes but died later.
Mohamed Noor, 33, of Radworthy; and Albert Prempeh, 35, of Langland Road; were found guilty at Luton Crown Court.
The judge said Noor, who fired the revolver, and Prempeh, who had led him to the house last September, should serve a minimum of 30 years.
The victim was shot in the chest at the house in Osprey Close, Eagleston and died in hospital.
The court was told the two had gone to the address to exact revenge on a man known as Hypes, who had robbed Noor earlier and was believed to have been involved in a £4,000 bookmaker robbery the previous day.
Justin Rouse QC, prosecuting, said Noor reached through the window with the gun and pulled the trigger two or three times, but it did not discharge.
"He continued pulling the trigger and the gun fired. Suhaib Mohammed was hit in the chest and died from that injury."
He said Albert Prempeh had gone with Noor to encourage and assist him and act as look out.
Somali-born Noor, who had admitted manslaughter, told the jury the gun went off accidentally and that his "intention was to rob the £4,000".
The court heard last year that Noor had been robbed, losing in total £2,000. One of the men involved was Hypes.
Prempeh, who is of Ghanian heritage, said he had been forced at gunpoint by Noor to go to the house, an accusation Noor denied.
After the jury found both men guilty of murder, Judge Richard Foster said: "You were both Class A drug dealers who thought you could operate your depraved business outside the reach of the law."
Carter fought back from a 4-2 deficit to level at 4-4 and set up a thrilling finish at Venue Cymru.
A break of 89 took Trump 5-4 ahead and he seized the last frame to reach his first Players Championship final.
The world number three will face Hong Kong's Marco Fu on Sunday after Fu beat world number five Ding Junhui 6-5.
"On current form Judd Trump is the best player in the world and a lot of people would agree with me so he'll be the favourite," said Fu.
"I need to improve because I'm in the final but I've been relying on my 'B' game throughout the week."
Ding, who made two breaks over 90 in his 5-2 quarter-final win over Anthony Hamilton, won three frames in a row to move within one frame of victory against Fu at 5-3.
But Fu reduced the deficit courtesy of a 61 clearance and took the next to set up a decider, which he captured with a composed break of 98.
Fu in his second ranking final of the season after winning the Scottish Open in December, while he also beat Trump 6-5 at the Masters in January.
"That Masters win was one of the best matches I've been involved in - it's tough to produce that standard again but that's my goal," added Fu.
"I'll be up for the final - this is a great tournament and all the players want to win it so both of us will be determined."
Final
Judd Trump v Marco Fu
Semi-finals
Judd Trump 6-4 Ali Carter
Marco Fu 6-5 Ding Junhui
Quarter-finals
Mark Selby 2-5 Marco Fu
Ding Junhui 5-2 Anthony Hamilton
Neil Robertson 3-5 Ali Carter
Ronnie O'Sullivan 3-5 Judd Trump
Round one
Stuart Bingham 1-5 Anthony Hamilton
Ronnie O'Sullivan 5-1 Liang Wenbo
Mark Selby 5-4 Ryan Day
Marco Fu 5-1 Anthony McGill
Barry Hawkins 0-5 Neil Robertson
Judd Trump 5-2 Mark King
Ding Junhui 5-4 John Higgins
Ali Carter 5-4 Shaun Murphy
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United thrashed promoted QPR 4-0 at Old Trafford on Sunday to give the Dutchman his first win since taking over in the summer.
"I want to win the Premier League title," he said.
"If it is not this year, then the second or third year. I want to give a championship to the fans."
Van Gaal, who won domestic titles in his first seasons in charge of both Barcelona and Bayern Munich, has been set a target of a top-three finish by chief executive Ed Woodward.
After scoring only twice in their first four games under Van Gaal, Manchester United produced a much-improved display against QPR.
The victory featured Angel Di Maria and Ander Herrera's first goals for the club, while Wayne Rooney and Juan Mata also scored.
Di Maria had a hand in three goals as well as getting on the scoresheet, although he was not immune from criticism from Van Gaal, believes there is more to come from his side.
"When you have a result of 4-0, then you can be happy as a coach, but you always have points you can improve," he said.
"We have always to analyse what we have done. The result is fantastic but we can get much better.
"I said [before the match] 'let's make a new start today'."
On Di Maria, Van Gaal added: "When you prepare three goals and make the first goal by yourself then you cannot play bad, but he had a lot of unnecessary losses so we can do better."
Van Gaal insists the main measure of success in his debut campaign will be United's final position in the Premier League, rather than their style of play.
"My teams are always focused on attack, but it is not our focus - that is to be in the first three. The most important thing is the trajectory," he said.
With the Champions League group stages beginning without them in midweek, Manchester United's next test is against another newly promoted Premier League side when they travel to Leicester on Sunday.
The former ABC cinema in the centre of Tunbridge Wells has been derelict for nearly 14 years despite a number of demolition and redevelopment plans.
Work was due to start on Monday but work to make safe the electricity and gas supplies has delayed demolition.
A former dental surgery on the site will pulled down first, with the project due to take 12 weeks.
Liberal Democrat councillor Ben Chapelard, who has campaigned for the redevelopment of the site, has previously called it the town's "number one grot spot".
In February, the Conservative-led borough council issued a demolition notice on the owners.
Councils across Scotland are in the process of setting their budgets, with many opting to increase the tax by 3%.
Aberdeen councillors are due to meet to set the rate on Wednesday 22 February.
The local authority warned last week that it faced making savings of more than £21m. It also said staff numbers could be cut.
Finance convenor Willie Young told BBC Scotland that the administration was still deciding if council tax rates should be raised.
Samantha Power was in Cameroon to show US support for the campaign against militant Islamist group Boko Haram when the accident happened on Monday.
She said she met the boy's family to offer "profound condolences".
An armoured jeep knocked the boy as he tried to cross a road when the convoy was heading towards a refugee camp.
"Although the boy received immediate medical care from an ambulance in our convoy, he died shortly thereafter," Ms Power said.
US officials were unable to say whether their government will pay compensation to the boy's family who lived in a village in northern Cameroon. AFP news agency reports.
Ms Power's motorcade was moving at a fast speed when the sixth vehicle in it hit the boy after he darted on to the two-lane highway near the small city of Mokolo, the Associated Press news agency reports.
The vehicle that struck the boy stopped, but was then ordered by US security forces to continue travelling through the unsecured area, AP reports.
Ms Power later met children at a camp for people who fled attacks by Boko Haram, which is fighting to establish an Islamic state in the region.
"All of you who are attempting to fight this terror, the United States stands with you,'' she said, AP reports.
Boko Haram is the most dangerous militant group in the region.
It launched its insurgency in northern Nigeria in 2009, but has increasingly targeted neighbouring Cameroon, Chad and Niger.
The conflict has led to the deaths of some 17,000 people, destroyed some 1,000 schools and displaced 2.5 million people.
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Some hospitals have already employed people to guide smokers off hospital grounds, in a bid to tackle the issue.
Pressure group Ash Wales called the smoking situation "unacceptable" and has urged the Welsh government to enable stricter enforcement.
In response, the Welsh government said it had carried out a consultation and was considering how to take it forward.
Policies to ban smoking on the grounds of all hospitals in Wales have been in force since October 2013, though some health boards had rules in place earlier.
BBC Wales contacted the six health boards which run hospitals in Wales, with each confirming that smoking is "still visible" around entrances.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board said it had two "smoke-free officers" who offer support to stop while also insisting they are not allowed to smoke on site.
In the last three months alone, a smoking enforcement officer at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff has spoken to more than 1,000 smokers - including 174 members of staff.
Liz McSloy, from Pontardawe, has suffered from asthma for over 30 years and is particularly affected by cigarette smoke.
Her five-year-old daughter, Cerys, also has asthma, as well as severe allergies.
"Cerys has regular check ups so we're back and forth at the hospital quite a bit. There are people smoking outside the main entrance on a regular basis"
"The worst is when we have to go to A&E with my asthma. I avoid the main entrance and try and go in a different entrance and work my way around as I know I can stop and sit down to try and recover a bit."
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, which runs the NHS across north Wales, said it was now looking into "on-the-spot-fines for littering" for smokers.
It said despite a zero-smoking policy for three years and "new bold signage and innovative awareness-raising campaigns", smokers were still visible on its hospital sites.
Simon Clark, director of pro-smoking group Forest, said the threat of fines "was absolutely abominable".
He added: "It seems extraordinary to us that NHS administrators would be spending time, and probably money, coercing people like this.
"Hospitals are very stressful places, not just for patients but also for visitors and staff.
"We can understand them not wanting people to smoke around hospital entrances, in which case the compromise should be a comfortable smoking shelter."
A Welsh government spokesperson said: "When asked about legislating to prevent smoking in hospital grounds, responses were generally positive in our recent consultation on the Public Health White Paper, and we are considering how to take this forward."
Mr Clifford, 72, of Hersham, Surrey, is accused of committing the offence between October 1981 and May 1982 at his Mayfair offices in New Bond Street.
The trial, which is expected to last a week, has been set for 1 February.
Mr Clifford will next appear at Southwark Crown Court for a plea hearing on 19 October.
He was arrested as part of the Operation Yewtree investigation and indicated at an earlier hearing that he would plead not guilty to the charge.
The Metropolitan Police operation was launched in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal and is investigating historical allegations of sexual abuse.
The protesters have been camping in a field near Upton in Chester for the past 18 months, but were given 28 days to leave by a judge last week.
Natalie Bennett said the campers were "standing up for their community".
Landowner, energy firm IGas, said the camp was illegal.
The protesters have been in the field since April 2014 to prevent testing on the site by IGas.
It has planning permission to test for coal-bed methane, and last month announced it had bought the leasehold on the land.
Visiting the camp earlier, Natalie Bennett stated: "These people are standing up for their community, supporting the fight for a sensible energy policy, a sensible environmental policy for Britain's future.
"We understand that non-violent direct action sometimes is necessary when the other mechanisms fail we need to take action, and people historically have taken action to get the real kind of political change we need", but added she would "very much not" support violent action to remain on the site.
Last week a judge at Manchester County Court said the campaigners had no permission to be on the field and said there was "no reason peaceful protest couldn't take place without the occupation of the land".
Judge David Hodge QC gave the protesters until the 4 December "to pack up and vacate".
In a statement, IGas said "Whilst we respect the right to peaceful protest, we do not condone any activities that are unlawful."
Camp resident Vanda Gillett told the BBC "The community have been behind us because they don't want fracking in this area at all".
Murdoch's rink lost out to Kyle Smith's team, despite having secured Team GB's spot at the Games with a sixth-place finish at the 2017 World Championships.
"It's been three years of a campaign to try to achieve your goal of getting to the Olympics so I'm very disappointed and shocked," he told BBC Scotland.
Murdoch guided his rink to the silver medal at the Sochi 2014 Games.
"You have a plan to go to the Olympics and it doesn't come off, so you have to just take that on the chin really," said the 39-year-old, who has also won two world titles.
Team Smith were preferred over the rinks of Murdoch and Tom Brewster, with selectors impressed by their form this year on the World Curling Tour. The rink, made up of Kyle Smith and his brother Cammy, Kyle Waddell plus Thomas and Glen Muirhead, accumulated more ranking points than the other two teams.
Murdoch believes it would have been a tight call for selectors, but felt his rink might just have shaded it.
"The teams that were vying for the spot all had the opportunity to stand out, but that wasn't quite the case," he said. "But I think recently with our form and with the experience we have with the Olympic games, I felt that put us a little bit ahead, but obviously with the selectors that wasn't the case."
Murdoch says following the initial call from the selectors he has since had "some good conversations" with them about the process and the decision they came to, although he admits it has not lessened his disappointment.
The Lockerbie curler was hoping to go to his fourth Olympic Games, and felt his rink's exploits in securing the quota spot for Great Britain at the World Championships this year may have boosted their bid for selection.
"That was actually a really tough week with what was at stake and especially when you were playing against all the top teams as well," he added.
"We'd like to have been a couple of spots higher and I think on another week we probably could have been, it just wasn't to be. But we did do a good job and we're not getting to bear the fruits of that, unfortunately.
"That's elite sport and you have to take the highs and you have to take the lows - and this is one of the lows."
Murdoch, who reckons it is tough to call how the younger, inexperienced team might perform in South Korea, revealed he will take time to consider his future, with the next Olympic Games being held in Beijing, China, in 2022.
"You have to assess where you are and I've not achieved my goal as to where I wanted to be at the end of that four-year cycle," he said.
"So you have to look at the situation and you've to go away and have a really good think. I'm probably going to have a look at some options in the next few weeks and make a decision pretty soon."
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It was sparked by the recent murder of Kevin McGuigan Sr.
The Ulster Unionists withdrew from the executive after police said Provisional IRA members had a role in the killing.
The talks, which will be held at Stormont House, will be led by Secretary of State Theresa Villiers.
The talks will cover two issues - securing the full implementation of the Stormont House Agreement and paramilitary activity.
The five biggest parties will be asked to take part in the discussions.
A Downing Street spokesperson said Prime Minister David Cameron and Taoiseach Enda Kenny had spoken on Wednesday about the situation in Northern Ireland.
"They agreed that the current situation in Northern Ireland is serious and without urgent progress there is a real threat to the stability of the devolved institutions," the spokesperson added.
Mr Cameron also had separate discussions with First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness.
Ms Villiers has also held a series of meetings and conversations with all the main parties in Northern Ireland and with the Irish government.
"A failure to resolve the issues under discussion would raise serious questions about the sustainability of the devolved institutions," she said.
"I would expect each of the parties to give these talks their highest priority as we seek to find a way forward."
Downing Street said the purpose of the talks was to "secure full implementation of the Stormont House Agreement and to deal with issues arising from the impact of continued paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland".
The Irish government will be involved on matters for which they have responsibility.
In a statement, Mr Kenny said: "We envisage that this process of talks should be short, focused and intensive and deal with full implementation of the Stormont House Agreement as well as the trust and confidence issues arising from the legacy of paramilitarism."
The assembly is due to return on Monday.
Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness welcomed the talks announcement.
"We have been calling over several months now for the parties and the two governments to get around the table to work together on finding a resolution to the real difficulties facing the political process," he said.
The SDLP's Alex Attwood said the talks "must be the only show in town" and the British government should have no "understandings" with any party.
Alliance Party leader David Ford said the talks "need to be a genuine attempt to move beyond the seemingly endless cycle of crisis after crisis".
"Uncertainty must be brought to an end and paramilitarism cannot remain in our society, poisoning relationships and being the great unsaid truth in Northern Ireland," he said.
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Downing Street has confirmed that "urgent, intensive and focused cross-party talks" will begin next week in Belfast in an attempt to resolve the crisis at the assembly.
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Cavendish, 30, last competed at the event in 2009 and will partner Sir Bradley Wiggins again, after the pair won the world title the year before.
Last week, Cavendish won the Tour of Qatar road race for the second time.
Two-time world champion Becky James also returns after a two-year absence with a serious knee injury.
"We have selected the strongest squad available to us for these worlds," said technical director Shane Sutton. "We are in good shape and the team we have selected is close to the Olympic model."
Cavendish will take part in the omnium event at the Lee Valley VeloPark and combine with Wiggins in the madison, an event they won in Manchester in 2008.
Full Great Britain team for the UCI Track Cycling World Championships (2-6 March):
Women's sprint: Becky James, Katy Marchant, Jess Varnish.
Men's sprint: Matt Crampton, Phil Hindes, Jason Kenny, Callum Skinner.
Women's endurance: Katie Archibald, Elinor Barker, Ciara Horne, Emily Nelson, Joanna Rowsell Shand, Laura Trott.
Men's endurance: Steven Burke, Mark Cavendish, Ed Clancy, Jon Dibben, Owain Doull, Chris Latham, Andy Tennant, Sir Bradley Wiggins.
Read more: BBC Sport's guide to track cycling
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Mark Cavendish will be part of Great Britain's team for the UCI track cycling World Championships in London following a seven year absence.
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In an interview with the Associated Press at the GLAAD Media Awards on Saturday, Soloway said getting Jenner to join was a "dream come true."
"We are all part of the same community. A lot of the transwomen who work on our show are also in her show, I Am Cait."
Amazon has not officially confirmed Jenner's casting yet.
One of I Am Cait's cast members, Zackary Drucker, is also a producer on comedy show Transparent. Filming begins next week.
The story revolves around a Los Angeles family and their lives after they discover their father Mort (Jeffrey Tambor) is transgender.
I Am Cait is a documentary series on the entertainment channel E!, which chronicles the life of Jenner following her gender transition.
Jenner previously starred with her family in Keeping Up with the Kardashians.
Before her transition, she won the decathlon at the Olympic Games in Montreal in 1976 as Bruce Jenner. She is seen as the highest-profile American to come out as transgender.
In a fan question and answer session on her blog last year, Jenner was asked what had given her the courage to come out.
She says: "I had all of my diversions, sports… this… that… married… family.
"But after 65 years, here I was right back with the same problems that I had when I was 10-years-old and I had to finally do something about that.
"It's been both eye-opening and difficult to see first-hand what so many members of the transgender community have had to go through just to be themselves."
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Caitlyn Jenner will appear in the third series of Amazon's Transparent, the show's creator Jill Soloway has announced.
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Among the board directors and estate agents who appear to have benefited from shell companies established by Mossack Fonseca are members of the German nobility, recipients of the German honours system and a number of brothel owners.
The story may have cracked open a network of global corruption. But it is a big story for Germany too, not least because the data was initially obtained by one of the country's leading newspapers and because Mossack Fonseca was co-founded by Germany-born Juergen Mossack.
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Hundreds, possibly thousands, of Germans are named in the Panama Papers. So are the country's banks. Sueddeutsche Zeitung says "there is hardly a well known financial institution that doesn't appear".
And it is possible the revelations will shed light on one of the country's enduring corruption scandals.
Sueddeutsche journalists believe several former managers from manufacturing giant Siemens who were prosecuted for bribery a decade ago may have held on to some of their slush fund cash. The papers reveal that €3m ($3.4m; £2.4m) may have ended up in private accounts in the Bahamas and Switzerland.
Siemens has said it will investigate the matter and give a statement if new details come to light.
In a country where, as tax expert Stefan Bach says, "middle class people have a relatively high tax burden and working people have to pay their taxes", it is perhaps unsurprising that many are disgusted, if unsurprised, by the revelations.
"We cannot allow that one part of society works hard, sticks to the rules and pays taxes while another part of society cheats," Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel told one publication.
The German government wants a worldwide ban on offshore companies whose owners remain anonymous.
At a press conference on Tuesday, German Justice Minister Heiko Mass spoke about a planned new national transparency register that would oblige offshore companies to disclose the identity of their owners.
The new law has been planned for some time. The publication of the Panama Papers, Mr Maas said, proved how necessary such a move was.
But, when pressed, he admitted that Germany was in reality powerless to outlaw the creation of anonymous offshore companies. The government would, he said, urge further international cooperation and data sharing.
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The crash involved a Peugeot van, a Vauxhall Zafira and a Porsche all travelling eastbound.
It happened at about 13.30 BST on Monday, near the junction with the A1079 at Grimston Bar, North Yorkshire Police said.
The Porsche driver, a man in his 40s, was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. He has since been released on police bail.
Six people from Bradford - a man, a woman and their four children were in the Vauxhall.
The woman and three children had serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The 11-year-old, from Bradford, was pronounced dead in hospital.
The Porsche driver suffered minor injuries, as did the driver of the Peugeot van.
The Peugeot and the Zafira were thought to have been stationary in heavy traffic, police said.
Officers have issued an appeal to anyone who may have dash-cam footage to get in touch.
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An 11-year-old boy has died in a three-vehicle crash on the A64 near York.
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The fire at the National Trust-run Clandon Park House, near Guildford, is thought to have started in the basement just after 16:00 BST on Wednesday.
Geri Silverston, spokesman for the trust, said: "We still haven't got access to the building."
An investigation into the cause of the fire has been launched, he added.
At its height, about 80 firefighters fought the blaze, which gutted at least one wing of the Grade I listed mansion which was built in the 1720s.
Many items from a large collection of 18th Century furniture, porcelain and textiles housed inside the property were destroyed.
"The full extent of the damage is not known but work is ongoing to salvage what can be salvaged from inside," the fire service said.
National Trust director Helen Ghosh said the "most important" thing was that no-one was hurt.
"But it has been heartbreaking to witness the terrible damage to this wonderful mansion, which means so much, to so many people," she said.
"This will come as a terrible shock and a devastating personal blow to all our devoted staff and volunteers.
She said the trust would continue to work with the fire service as it tried to bring the blaze under control.
A total of 16 crews were sent to the building after Surrey Fire and Rescue Service received a 999 call at 16:09.
Eyewitnesses reported seeing thick black smoke pouring from the building.
Clandon Park was built by a Venetian architect for Lord Onslow in the 1720s and the estate was passed down through generations of the family.
The building, which has become a popular wedding venue, was left to the trust in 1956.
It said the Palladian mansion contains a "superb" collection of 18th Century furniture, porcelain and textiles and features original stucco ceilings and marble fireplaces.
Simon Hart and Chris Davies are being investigated over separate single alleged breaches of the code of conduct.
Neither MP said they were in a position to comment on the allegations.
The commissioner Kathryn Hudson has resumed her work on the inquiries following the election.
Her website said that she had "started but not completed" five of six current investigations on 3 May but that she "could not make any decisions about those inquiries during dissolution [of Parliament]".
Full details of the allegations have not been disclosed.
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire MP Mr Hart is being investigated over an alleged breach of paragraph 15 of the code of conduct.
Brecon and Radnorshire's Mr Davies is also being investigated over an allegation of a breach of the same paragraph.
The paragraph states: "Members are personally responsible and accountable for ensuring that their use of any expenses, allowances, facilities and services provided from the public purse is in accordance with the rules laid down on these matters.
"Members shall ensure that their use of public resources is always in support of their parliamentary duties. It should not confer any undue personal or financial benefit on themselves or anyone else, or confer undue advantage on a political organisation."
The commissioner's office would not expand on the nature of the allegations.
Mae gweinidogion Bae Caerdydd a maes awyr Heathrow wedi arwyddo cytundeb "partneriaeth strategol" er mwyn adnabod cyfleoedd busnes fydd yn deillio o'r drydedd llain lanio arfaethedig ar gyfer Heathrow.
Dywed Llywodraeth Cymru fod hynny'n golygu y gallai cwmnïau hedfan sydd am deithio rhwng Cymru a Heathrow wneud cais am arian o'r gronfa.
Ond yn ôl Ceidwadwyr Cymru dyw'r cytundeb ddim yn rhoi unrhyw addewidion pendant.
Daw hyn ar ôl i Lywodraeth Cymru gael eu beirniadu gan Blaid Cymru'r llynedd ar ôl rhoi eu cefnogaeth i brosiect y drydedd llain lanio heb gael unrhyw addewidion am wneud hynny.
Roedd Llywodraeth yr Alban wedi cael memorandwm dealltwriaeth oedd yn cynnwys £200m ar gyfer prosiectau adeiladu.
Fis Hydref y llynedd, ar ôl blynyddoedd o oedi, fe wnaeth llywodraeth y DU ddweud mai trydedd llain lanio yn Heathrow oedd eu hoff dewis ar gyfer ehangu capasiti y meysydd awyr.
Yn ôl y bartneriaeth strategol mae Heathrow a Llywodraeth Cymru wedi cytuno i gynnal uwch-gynhadledd ar 5 Gorffennaf yng Nghaerdydd er mwyn helpu busnesau Cymreig geisio am gytundebau gyda'r maes awyr.
Dywed Llywodraeth Cymru y bydd yna gyfle hefyd i gwmnïau hedfan sydd eisiau hedfan o Gymru i Heathrow wneud cais am arian o gronfa £10m.
Fe fydd y gronfa ar gael ar gyfer pum llwybr hedfan o 2021.
Dywedodd y Prif Weinidog Carwyn Jones bod y bartneriaeth yn "agor y drysau i gwmnïau ar ystod eang o gyfleodd."
Ond yn ôl Andrew RT Davies, arweinydd y Ceidwadwyr Cymraeg, roedd y cyhoeddiad yn enghraifft o Lywodraeth Cymru yn bod yn ail.
Dywedodd nad oeddynt wedi derbyn unrhyw gynigon pendant fel y rhai oedd wedi ei sicrhau gan Lywodraeth yr Alban.
Yn ôl Jonathan Edwards, Ysgrifennydd Trafnidiaeth Plaid Cymru: "Fe ddylid llongyfarch Heathrow ar y ffaith bod ganddynt sgiliau negydu llawer cryfach na Phrif Weinidog Cymru."
Dywedodd Prif Weithredwr maes awyr Caerdydd Beb Barber eu bod yn awyddus i edrych ar y cyfleoedd sy'n cael eu cynnig gan Heathrow unwaith fod y llain lanio newydd wedi ei hadeiladau.
This follows concerns about a rise in so-called "stranger stalking" where people target victims they have never met or barely know.
Cases include people becoming fixated on a doctor, a workmate or someone contacted briefly online.
One in five women and one in 10 men are victims of stalking, according to the Crime Survey for England and Wales.
An eight-week consultation on the stalking protection order comes as part of wider proposals to help victims of domestic abuse.
A major part of government plans will be the launch of a new coercive or controlling behaviour offence, which comes into force on 29 December.
The legislation will target perpetrators of coercive and controlling behaviour that stops short of serious physical violence, but amounts to extreme psychological and emotional abuse.
The offence will carry a maximum of five years' imprisonment, a fine, or both.
Other measures include:
The Home Office says the new stalking protection order would address the problem earlier by deterring perpetrators before their fixation with a victim becomes entrenched, or by preventing them from moving on to other victims.
Officials said it would also mean victims could be kept safe while police gather evidence ahead of any potential prosecution.
Minister for preventing abuse and exploitation Karen Bradley says early intervention could mean that stalking does not become violent and physically damaging.
"So what we're looking at is whether we can introduce a civil order, which we could use at an earlier stage, including having positive interventions for the perpetrator," she said.
Those subject to the order might be required to undergo a mental health assessment or anger management programme, as well as being banned from contacting the victim. Breaching the order would result in prosecution.
Jane Clough, 26, from Lancashire, was stabbed to death by her ex-partner Jonathan Vass in July 2010. He was on bail accused of raping her.
Ms Clough's family have campaigned for a change in the law since her murder.
Her father John says people need to be aware of the level of fear that stalking victims face.
"It's romanticised. It's joked about in the workplace. But there's certainly no romance involved in stalking. There is no joking matter for it. It is psychological terrorism against the individual," he told the BBC.
The Home Office consultation document also discusses the rise in what it terms as "stranger stalking".
The report says: "One reason for this could be that a growing usage of social networking and online communities may increase the opportunity for people to 'meet' and interact in some way.
"We are therefore concerned that a gap may exist in measures available to protect victims of 'stranger stalking' in particular and to intervene early with these perpetrators and prevent these deeply entrenched obsessions from developing."
Since the introduction of stalking legislation in 2012 there were more than 1,100 prosecutions in 2014-15 - nearly a 50% rise on the previous year.
There is no strict legal definition of stalking, but it is considered to be actions that "curtail a victim's freedom, leaving them feeling that they constantly have to be careful", according to the Crown Prosecution Service.
Rachel Horman, chairwoman of the charity Paladin, which helps victims of stalking in England and Wales, said the measures were "massively welcome" but more work was still needed.
She said: "Stalking is being dealt with in the same way as domestic violence was about 30 years ago - it's not understood. Stalking does lead to rape, murder and domestic violence.
"The average victim will be stalked 100 times before they even bother to report it [but] we recently published a study that shows that only 1% of stalking crimes reported to the police resulted in any charges at all."
The 15-year old from Castlederg, County Tyrone, went missing after a school disco in County Donegal in August 1994.
At the time, she had been living with her brother, Martin Arkinson, and his wife and family in Castlederg.
He had become the schoolgirl's formal guardian because he did not want his younger sister to be taken into care.
At the inquest on Tuesday, a sometimes emotional Mr Arkinson said Arlene's death had affected every member of his family.
He told the court he had sometimes asked Arlene to stop coming in late from nights out and threatened to put her into care, but he added that he would never have actually done so.
The court heard that he considered these to be minor rows of little consequence.
Mr Arkinson said he did not believe Arlene had been pregnant at the time of her disappearance, and that from living in the same house he was sure of this.
"Absolutely not. That's what has dogged me, what the hell are they talking about?" he said.
He told the court that the morning after Arlene went to the disco in Bundoran, County Donegal he noticed she was missing.
He said checked with their other sister, Kathleen, who lived a few yards away, to see if Arlene was in her house.
He spoke to social workers a day or two later and explained that the teenager was missing.
Arlene's sister Paula took the stand and told the inquest that she always believed Robert Howard had killed her.
Paula Arkinson was five years older than her sister, and was living with her boyfriend and baby daughter in Strabane when Arlene disappeared.
Robert Howard was the main suspect in Arlene's disappearance, but was convicted of murdering another teenager in 2005.
The court heard Paula had told police: "I believed Arlene was murdered by Robert Howard. I know for a fact, 200% certain that he had done it."
She added: "It was the happiest day of my life when he was convicted."
Paula said she didn't believe her sister had simply left the area, describing Arlene as "a real homebird" who always kept in touch with her family.
Paula said she had never met Howard and was in Strabane when Arlene disappeared.
During her time giving evidence, she was also questioned about a phone call she had made to the police about the case at a time when she was suffering from depression and extreme stress.
Later, another of Arlene's brothers, Adrian, took the stand.
He had been living in England when his sister went missing.
The court heard a police statement where Mr Arkinson remembered returning to Castlederg, confronting Howard about his sister on two occasions more than a week after she went missing.
When asked "Where's Arlene?" Howard had said: "I never touched her."
When accused of murdering her, Howard had denied it.
James Wilson gave the Seagulls the lead with a low first-half effort into the far corner from Sam Baldock's assist.
Brighton failed to add to Wilson's strike after the break and were thankful Ola John missed a chance from close range for a Reading equaliser.
Chris Hughton's side climb to second above Middlesbrough after Hull drew against Nottingham Forest.
Victory stretched Brighton's unbeaten home run to six Championship matches and saw them return to the top two for the first time since 14 December.
They sit a point above third-placed Middlesbrough, who have played a game fewer and host fourth-placed Hull on Friday.
Wilson's left-footed finish came from Baldock's surging run at the Reading defence before a well-placed through ball on the edge of the penalty box.
Reading had to wait for their chances to arrive, with Michael Hector missing one of their better ones when he blazed a rebound over the bar following Matej Vydra's shot.
Midfielder John also failed to direct a shot on target from six yards out as he was distracted by an onrushing David Stockdale.
Reading stay 15th, eight points above the relegation zone.
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Brighton manager Chris Hughton told BBC Sussex: "It's a good win, I think we were worthy winners. We were a little bit edgy second half, I think that's understandable, but first half we were very good.
"We were worthy of our lead and I think we restricted their chances. They've got good quality, we knew it was going to be a tough game and it was.
"Sam Baldock was full of running and we wanted to be able to stretch them a bit more. I thought we did that and countered really well.
"I thought he was part of a good team performance and certainly gave us a lot of running today."
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Reading manager Brian McDermott: "I have talked to the players and we spoke about how Reading has been a great club over a period of time.
"We have been successful and we need to find that Reading identity, and always make sure games against Reading are hard, tough matches.
"But now we have talked, it is time to start doing. The players have to respond positively in the final 10 games of the season."
In her first match since reaching the Australian Open semi-finals last month, world number 26 Konta raced 5-1 ahead.
She was broken twice as 20-year-old Kontaveit, ranked 91, levelled in the first meeting between the players.
Konta, 24, also lost her first two service games in the decider but finally won in an hour and 44 minutes.
One woman remains in hospital with serious injuries after the crash in Humberstone Gate, Leicester, shortly before 17:00 GMT on Tuesday.
Three men who were also injured have since been discharged from hospital.
Leicestershire Police said a 21-year-old man is being held in connection with the crash.
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Witnesses reported seeing a car mount the kerb before ploughing into a group of people near a bus stop.
One man said a teenager was "launched into the door of a fast food shop" while a woman was "sent flying".
The car was then seen turning into busy Charles Street, before heading the wrong way down a side road.
A witness who did not want to be named said: "[A car] went on to the pavement coming at massive speed up Halford Street, a one way street."
A black Hyundai was later found abandoned in nearby Bishop Street and two men were spotted fleeing the scene.
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) will remain responsible for enforcing those rights, he said.
He demanded full protection of the rights of some 3.2 million EU citizens living in the UK and the 1.2 million Britons in other EU countries.
"No one should be confronted by a mountain of red tape," he warned.
Freedom of movement is one of the four essential freedoms that make up the single market, Mr Barnier said in a speech in Florence, and the integrity of the single market will "never, never be compromised".
"This point fell on deaf ears during the [Brexit] referendum campaign," he said. "We should not allow populists to take the political debate hostage."
Reassurance about the rights of EU citizens living in the UK, he said, must come first in the negotiations.
"I will not discuss our future relationship with the UK until the 27 member states are reassured that all citizens will be treated properly and humanely," he said.
"Otherwise, there can be no trust when it comes to constructing a new relationship with the UK."
Protection should apply for the lifetime of the citizens concerned, he added.
The rights of family members, including non-EU citizen family members, should continue to be protected, Mr Barnier said.
Brexit should not alter people's daily lives, he went on, and there must be equal treatment between all EU and UK nationals in the UK, as well the inverse.
The rights spelled out in the withdrawal agreement with the UK will need to be enforceable by the ECJ, he said.
Brexit negotiations are set to start next month after the UK's 8 June parliamentary election. The UK has two years to settle the terms of its exit from the EU.
The pipeline transports about 450,000 barrels of oil per day on average - about 40% of UK production.
It is one of the oldest in the sector, having started operating in the Forties field in 1975.
The 235-mile line links 85 North Sea oil and gas fields to the UK mainland, and to the Ineos site in Grangemouth.
Sites at Aberdeen, the Kinneil terminal and gas processing plant, the Dalmeny terminal and the Forties Unity Platform will all transfer to Ineos when the deal is completed.
BP originally operated the Forties oil and gas field, the pipeline and the refinery.
It sold its interests in the oil field to Apache in 2003 and sold the Grangemouth refinery and chemical plants to Ineos in 2005.
Forties Pipeline System employs about 300 staff at Kinneil, Falkirk, Dalmeny, Aberdeen and offshore.
Ineos chairman and founder Jim Ratcliffe said: "The North Sea continues to present new opportunities for Ineos.
"The Forties Pipeline System is a UK strategic asset and was originally designed to work together to feed the Grangemouth refinery and petrochemical facilities.
"We have a strong track record of acquiring non-core assets and improving their efficiency and reliability, securing long-term employment and investment."
Deals done in the offshore oil industry are, generally, a good sign.
They signal that there are still buyers who think they can get more value than existing owners out of these maturing assets, and still have enough left over to pay for decommissioning.
That releases capital for the existing owner to invest upstream.
Following its Gulf of Mexico explosion and spill, BP hastened the pace of its shift from refining and mid-stream operations such as pipelines operations.
The oil major wants to deploy its capital resources where it thinks it can get most return by specialising in what it does best - big scale, technically-demanding new fields, such as those west of Shetland.
Ineos thinks it can extract more economic value out of older assets being put on the market by the majors.
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Under the terms of the deal, Ineos will pay BP US$125m (£99.5m) on completion and an earn-out arrangement over seven years that totals up to a further US$125m.
BP chief executive Bob Dudley said: "While the Forties pipeline had great significance in BP's history, our business here is now centred around our major offshore interests west of Shetland and in the Central North Sea."
The Forties Pipeline System primarily comprises a 105-mile (169km) 36in pipeline from the unmanned offshore Forties Unity platform to the onshore terminal at Cruden Bay in Aberdeenshire.
From there, a 36in onshore pipeline transports the oil 130 miles (209km) south to the Kinneil facilities, adjacent to the Ineos-owned Grangemouth refinery and chemical plant on the Forth.
This is where it is processed before either being sent for export via the Dalmeny terminal or on to the refinery at Grangemouth.
20% of the oil that passes down the pipeline feeds the Ineos refinery to provide 80% of Scotland's fuel.
The Unite union, which was involved in two major disputes with Ineos in 2008 and 2013, called for the Scottish and Westminster parliaments to carry out urgent inquiries into the sale.
Scottish secretary Pat Rafferty said: "It's not so long ago that both Grangemouth and the Forties pipeline were owned by all of us, and operated by a nationalised British Petroleum with a responsibility to look at what was good for the country as a whole, not just what was good for a small group of wealthy individuals.
"Both these parts of vital national infrastructure - which are central to the success of the Scottish and wider UK economy are now essentially in the hands of one man.
"Unite firmly believes that this sale is bad for Scotland and the UK."
The home team kicked off 18 days of sport with a 1-0 victory over New Zealand at the Millennium Stadium.
But events did not go so smoothly at Glasgow's Hampden Park, where the North Korean team walked off in protest after the South Korean flag was displayed beside players' names on a screen.
Kick-off was delayed by an hour. London 2012 organisers have apologised.
Earlier, an RAF Typhoon was scrambled at about 11:30 BST after a commercial airliner lost contact with air traffic control over airspace in the north of the UK, the Ministry of Defence said.
The fighter was stood down after contact was restored.
The MoD said it was not related to Olympic security and stressed the response was a standard procedure, although the plane flew out of Northolt where some Typhoons are based for the duration of the Games.
Meanwhile, thousands of Games spectators are arriving in London, with Heathrow expected to have had its busiest day ever.
And a public sector strike by border staff, due to take place on the eve of Friday's opening ceremony, has been called off by union officials.
The first event of the Games saw long queues outside the Millennium Stadium, even after kick-off at 16:00 BST, as several hundred spectators had their bags checked.
Stadium manager Gerry Toms apologised but said only spectators who had taken large bags had been delayed. He said every ticket-holder had been in the stadium by 16:04.
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"The difficulty was that people didn't listen to the advice they were given on their tickets which said do not bring bags," he said.
"There were people bringing rucksacks, people bringing shopping from the city centre and that slowed the process down."
He agreed there had been "teething problems" and urged people to follow advice on what to bring.
Parts of the stadium were empty but Games organisers said the number of tickets available for the event had been reduced from nearly 75,000 to 40,000 last week.
Organisers said attendance across the two games at the stadium totalled 30,847. A spokesman described the attendance as "unprecedented" for women's football in the UK in recent years.
Four other matches in the same competition also took place at Hampden Park and the City of Coventry Stadium.
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On Wednesday morning a public sector strike by border staff, due to take place on the eve of the opening ceremony, was called off by union officials.
PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka announced the suspension after "major progress" in the dispute.
The union had been planning the action in protest at job losses. Immigration and passport workers at Heathrow and other airports had been among those due to take action on Thursday.
Mr Serwotka said 800 new jobs were to be created in the Border Agency and 300 in passport offices.
Recruitment adverts had already been placed for the jobs at sites including Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton airports, the union added.
BBC News has also seen two internal Civil Service documents, each advertising 400 jobs in the Border Force.
But a Home Office spokesman said: "We have made no concessions to the PCS and are not creating any new jobs in response to their threat of strike action."
The spokesman said a recruitment drive for additional staff, which began in May, was part of existing plans to restructure the Border Force.
"Unfortunately, due to an administrative error, a figure of 400 posts was repeated in both adverts by mistake. This will now be corrected," he said.
The BBC's home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said he understood the 800 figure had not been "signed off" by ministers before the adverts were published and the number of vacancies to be filled would be considerably lower.
Mr Serwotka later responded by saying the Home Office's claim it mistakenly advertised 800 border jobs was "shambolic or a deliberate lie".
He called for the advertised jobs to be honoured.
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(ORN), made up of 175 miles of roads connecting up the main Olympic venues across the country, has come into force.
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A pathway of Olympic pictograms leads you through the landmarks of the South Bank of the River Thames, as tourists mingle with locals, and Olympic fever grips London.
Families pose for pictures next to statues of the Olympic mascots Wenlock and Mandeville.
Each figure reflects the landmark next to which it is positioned. The most striking is Pirate Wenlock next to the Cutty Sark, or the stained-glasses themed Southwark Wenlock, next to the cathedral.
Street performers ply their trade next to sporting graphics, hoping their tried and tested acts are greeted with new enthusiasm by this fresh audience.
Hospitality centres for competing countries have sprung up around the city.
Switzerland has taken over Glaziers Hall to showcase Swiss culture, offering free chocolate to passers-by.
It is designed to make it easier for athletes and officials to get around the Games and has seen junctions blocked off, bus stops moved and parking bays suspended.
As part of the ORN, designated Games Lanes in London are in operation between 06:00 BST and midnight and only open to VIPs, athletes and accredited media.
Ordinary motorists going into the lanes face fines of £130.
But the Games Lanes are intended to be flexible to traffic needs, resulting in confusion among motorists on the A40 in west London on Wednesday morning as electronic signs suggested they could use the lane, alongside fixed signs warning that the lane restriction was being enforced.
Leon Daniels, Transport for London's managing director of surface transport, said people accidentally straying into the lanes would not automatically incur a fine.
He said: "We don't want enforcement, we want compliance. Nobody will be harshly dealt with if the Games lane becomes activated after they pass it."
More than 130 people have joined a Facebook group claiming to have limited or no signal in Holyhead.
Gavin Malone, who set up the group, said they have been told there is a fault with a mast based at the town's fire station.
EE has apologised and said it was working to fix the problem.
Mr Malone said the problem appeared to be limited to Holy island, with users able to regain signal on the Anglesey mainland.
He said more than 100 people had made complaints but no-one could get a firm answer on when the problem would be fixed.
Mr Malone said the lack of signal was not only inconvenient, but he was worried it could put vulnerable people, such as the elderly or disabled, at risk if they could not call someone if they were in need.
"My partner is expecting a baby and I really want to be in contact with her," he said.
Mr Malone, who pays EE £120 a month for two mobile phone contracts, said he and other customers had been advised to make calls using their home wi-fi signal but said that was only a short-term fix.
He said: "As soon as you leave your house you've got no signal so you phone becomes a landline.
"It's three weeks with no signal, it's pathetic. A whole town to be out is not on. People do depend on it."
Some affected customers on the Facebook group said they had been offered refunds on their bills but Mr Malone said he was not willing to accept one until the problem was resolved.
An EE spokesman said: "We are aware of the technical issues that have been affecting some customers in the Holyhead area and have been working to fix these.
"Our engineers have fixed one mast and are replacing hardware on the second mast to restore full service as quickly as possible.
"We apologise for any inconvenience caused."
Sky Ride saw people flock to the city on bicycles as stretches of the ring road and many city-centre streets were shut between 11:00 and 15:00 BST.
Rachel Lancaster, of Coventry City Council, said it was important to encourage people to cycle more regularly and the free event helped to do that.
At last year's event - the first in the city - about 8,000 cyclists took part.
The Criminal Justice Inspectorate said police, prosecutors, and probation services had failed to bring about much-needed change over the past two years.
Its follow-up review comes after a critical report in March 2013.
The CPS, police and probation service said they were committed to working together to improve their approach.
The report two years ago highlighted several tragic cases, including the deaths of Fiona Pilkington and her disabled daughter, who had suffered years of abuse.
The review said that, of the estimated 62,000 people who believed they had been a victim of disability hate crime, fewer than 2,000 were recorded as such by police.
It said this could be because the criminal justice system had not reached its original target of getting to grips with the concept of disability hate crime within three months.
The original report urged police, prosecutors and probation trusts to adopt and publish a "single, clear and uncomplicated" definition of the crime.
The intention was to ensure it was treated in the same way as other hate crimes, such as race, religion and sexual orientation.
The latest report was carried out by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC), HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) and HM Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP).
Kevin McGinty, chief inspector of HMCPSI, said: "The report's conclusions show that although the three criminal justice agencies have undertaken some initiatives to improve the way they deal with disability hate crime, the overall performance, acknowledged by all agencies, is still disappointing.
"The police, the Crown Prosecution Service and the probation service recognise that further work needs to be carried out to ensure disability hate crime victims are recognised and given the appropriate level of support and service by the criminal justice system."
The first report called on criminal justice organisations to consider how their front-line staff participated in disability hate crime training, and said the police should ensure every opportunity was taken to identify victims.
BBC disability affairs correspondent Nikki Fox says the review shows just how little has changed for victims of disability hate crime.
The CPS, College of Policing and National Police Chiefs' Council said in a joint statement: "It's disappointing that the measures put in place to build confidence among those who experience disability hate crime have not led to a significant increase in reporting.
"Whilst reporting rates in England and Wales are higher than in other countries, we recognise that there is a need to make further progress.
"We are committed to working together and alongside local organisations in order to press forward and ensure all members of our society are treated as equals."
The president's close adviser, Kellyanne Conway, said funding for the wall would be left out of a budget measure that must pass by Friday.
Building the wall, paid for by Mexico, was a key campaign promise.
Democrats had threatened to block the bill if money was earmarked for the wall, so its omission may now avert a government shutdown.
But the president insisted on Twitter that he still supported the wall and that it would be built.
He reportedly told a private meeting with members of the conservative media on Monday night that he might be open to funding the wall later in the year.
And Ms Conway confirmed to Fox News that the wall does not need to be funded this week, but remains a "very important priority".
It was the centrepiece of the Trump election campaign. There was going to be a border wall, and at every rally he would shout out: "And who's going to pay for it?" And the crowd would roar back: "Mexico!" Except the Mexican government made clear there was no way it was going to fund it.
So when President Trump moved into the White House, he said that - initially - it might require US taxpayers to fund its construction, but the money would be clawed back from Mexico at a later stage.
Now with the president approaching his 100th day in office, he's come across another rock solid wall - the one presented by Democratic senators in opposition to his proposals.
They are able to block the spending proposals, and so the White House budget director will have to rewrite his plans - minus the funding for the border wall.
The president tweeted this morning: "Don't let the fake media tell you that I have changed my position on the WALL. It will get built and help stop drugs, human trafficking etc."
At some point in the future it may well get built, but this has been a stark lesson in the difference between campaigning and governing.
Mr Trump had proposed $1.5bn (£1.2bn) for his wall through Congress as part of the spending bill, which funds federal agencies to the end of the current fiscal year.
The plan has united Democrats in blanket opposition.
And some Republicans have balked at the estimated cost of $21.6bn - more than the price tag the president cited as $12bn.
Republicans with districts along the border have also been very critical, conscious that they have large Hispanic populations.
But the White House is insistent that the wall must be built, and will not concede there will be a "delay".
"Priorities have not changed," said spokesman Sean Spicer. "There will be a wall built.
It is important to prevent human trafficking, gangs like MS-13 from coming in, the flow of illegal drug and illegal immigration, he added.
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The US Treasury spent $49.5bn bailing out GM in 2008 and 2009, and took a 61% stake in the car maker.
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said the move prevented the collapse of the US auto industry and saved a million jobs.
"With the final sale of GM stock, this important chapter in our nation's history is now closed," he said.
GM filed for bankruptcy protection in June 2009, making it the biggest failure of an industrial company in US history.
The reorganisation saw it slash 13 car plants and 27,000 employees in the US.
Since emerging from bankruptcy, GM has reported 15 profitable quarters, has almost $27bn in cash and is considering rewarding shareholders with a dividend payment.
The government began selling its shares in GM in November 2010 and last month said it expected to sell its remaining shares by the end of the year.
The rescue of the US auto industry began under the administration of former US President George W Bush in 2008.
President Barack Obama expanded the effort and took control of GM and rival, Chrysler. Canadian authorities also took part in the rescue.
Treasury Secretary Lew said today that President Obama had "understood that inaction could have cost the broader economy more than one million jobs, billions in lost personal savings, and significantly reduced economic production."
In a statement, GM's chief executive, Dan Akerson, expressed gratitude for the government's help.
"We will always be grateful for the second chance extended to us and we are doing our best to make the most of it," he said.
It has proposed that live video streams of abuse should be punished in the same way that recorded clips already are.
It would mean that people who broadcast such footage would face up to 14 years in jail.
In the past, offenders have sometimes been given lighter sentences if the authorities could not prove a recording was made.
The plan was announced as part of the Queen's Speech, in which the the government set out its legislative programme for the year ahead.
The change is relevant to a loophole in England and Wales' legal system, but not Northern Ireland or Scotland's.
The live streaming of child sexual abuse over the internet is a growing problem, according to a report published by the EU's law enforcement agency Europol last year.
"The popularisation of webcams and chat platforms that enable the streaming of live images and video has led to their exploitation by child sexual abusers," it said.
"Some applications allow users to upgrade their accounts by paying a fee, guaranteeing access to extended features such as broadcasts protected by passwords and extra layers of anonymity.
"It is a crime that is hard to detect and investigate since the offenders do not usually store a copy of the streamed material."
The report noted that much of the activity involved children filmed in deprived economies, typically Eastern Asia.
However, there have been prosecutions involving cases in the UK.
In 2013, a teacher working in Birmingham and two accomplices were arrested after broadcasting live footage of sexual abuse involving a 15-year-old girl.
The teacher, William Hanna, was subsequently sentenced to seven years in prison after being convicted of three charges of sexual activity with a child and ordered to sign the sex offenders' register for life.
Because there was no evidence that footage of the abuse had been recorded, he could not be prosecuted for a related offence of causing or inciting the sexual exploitation of a child, as defined by the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
The change to the law would give the Crown Prosecution Service the ability to seek such a conviction for other live video stream creators in the future.
"The horrors of this kind of abuse were highlighted in a recent court case where sexual assaults against babies were being streamed for paedophiles to watch," commented a spokesman for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children charity.
"A crackdown on this sickening type of crime is a positive step. But sex offenders will always be looking for ways to harm children, so while this will close one loophole we must be vigilant to ensure others do not open in its place."
The government also set out plans to introduce sanctions for professionals who fail to try to stop child abuse where it is their duty to act, as part of a new Policing and Criminal Justice Bill.
John Weighell, who will remain a councillor, said resigning now would enable a new leader time in the job ahead of elections in 2018.
The Conservative group said it would elect a new group leader on 13 May.
The council will meet formally to elect a new council leader on 20 May.
Mr Weighell, who was first elected as a councillor for Bedale in 1992, said he had "thoroughly enjoyed" his time as leader and was proud of how the authority had managed budget cuts.
"Wherever possible, we have made savings from the council's bureaucracy rather than front-line services," he said.
The Conservative group has a comfortable majority on the council, winning 45 of 72 seats at the last election in 2013.
Dylan Connolly put Bray ahead on 17 minutes but Rory Patterson levelled on 32 with his 11th goal of the season.
Aaron McEneff edged Derry ahead from the penalty spot on 55 minutes but Connolly secured a point for Bray with a 70th-minute equaliser.
Derry remain third in the table, five points behind leaders Dundalk.
A win would have edged the Candystripes ahead of second-placed Cork although both the Leesiders and Dundalk have three games in hand on Derry.
Dundalk, after beating Wexford Youths 1-0 on Friday night, are four points clear at the top.
Jason Marks' clever pass set up Connolly to strike Bray ahead but Derry were on terms within 15 minutes as Patterson tapped home after McEneff's free-kick had come back off the woodwork.
McEneff slotted his penalty after Ronan Curtis had been brought down by Gareth McDonagh but Connolly broke clear of the Derry defence to level 20 minutes from time.
Derry have another away contest against fourth-placed Shamrock Rovers on Tuesday before a home game against Galway United next Friday.
Bray went into the game after successive wins over Dundalk and Galway United and Saturday's draw extends their unbeaten run to nine games.
The 26-year-old has won the Currie Cup with Western Province twice and made more than 50 appearances for Stormers.
"Leaving Cape Town and the Stormers is going to be tough and a big change," Groom told the club website.
"But I'm looking forward to embracing new experiences both on and off the field."
Northampton are currently fifth in the Premiership, unable to finish in the top four going into Saturday's final match of the season against Gloucester.
The hosts had been set an improbable target of 468 for victory after Pakistan declared for the second time in the match.
Trescothwick, 40, hit 106 as Somerset held out with Jack Leach (six not out) and Tim Groenewald (four not out) surviving the last 16 balls of the day.
Earlier, Pakistan batsman Azhar Ali hit 101 not out for the tourists.
They had started day three on 104-4 with Azhar on 50 not out and Asad Shafiq unbeaten on 26.
The duo shared a stand of 138 in 30 overs with Shafiq ending 69 not out as Pakistan made 236 for four declared in their second innings.
"It was very important to spend time out on the pitch and getting some runs is an extra on top," Azhar said.
"This game we played very good cricket and as a unit we are looking a very confident side right now."
Pakistan, whose four-match series against England starts on 14 July, face Sussex at Hove on Friday.
The results for Highland Council have seen the first Conservatives to be elected in 22 years, with six so far in wards in and around Inverness.
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has said her party has won its first ever seat in the Western Isles.
Ranald Fraser is among the newly-elected councillors to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar.
The comhairle's count in Stornoway on Lewis, which has finished, has seen none of the women among the candidates elected.
Independents have dominated the Western Isles election, as they have done previously, with 23 Independent candidates being elected, followed by seven SNP, one Conservative and no Labour councillors.
Labour had three candidates elected at the last vote in 2012.
Paramedics were called to the Stornoway count after veteran SNP figure and Barra and South Uist candidate Donald Manford fell ill.
No details were available on his condition. Mr Manford is a well known figure in Western Isles politics and has been re-elected as a councillor.
In the Highlands, the five Conservatives councillors are in the wards of Inverness Ness-side, Aird and Loch Ness, Inverness Millburn, Nairn and Cawdor, Inverness South and Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh.
The results from Highland Council's count have also seen the re-election of veteran figures.
They include the council's former leader, Independent councillor Margaret Davidson, the SNP group's leader before the election Maxine Smith, former Inverness provost Helen Carmichael and long-time Labour councillor Jimmy Gray and Lib Dem Jamie Stone.
Construction expert Barry Woodman said the same arrangement was in place if the motorway came in under budget.
He told the Newport hearing it would be a "50/50 split" between the Welsh Government and construction firms.
The Welsh Government wants to build a six-lane motorway south of Newport as the M4 is "not fit for purpose".
Until the deal is approved, companies involved are being paid an hourly rate, Mr Woodman said.
If the scheme gets the go-ahead, a budget figure will be set.
Mr Woodman also said the project presented "a real opportunity for training and development of apprentices".
The inquiry is due to last five months and will examine the plan and alternatives as the Welsh Government wants to relieve congestion on the current M4 around the Brynglas tunnels.
Several sources have told me there has been "tension" with one suggesting that Justice Goddard felt she was not getting the support and "loyalty" her job required.
There has been no comment from anyone on the independent inquiry and victims' representatives have been locked in a meeting expected to take much of the day.
One source with knowledge of the inquiry's operations said they did not believe Justice Goddard's departure was linked to the disruption caused to her family life by moving to the UK.
This source said she had moved fully to this country from her native New Zealand, including buying furniture. Her husband is also understood to be in Britain too.
Members of the Victims and Survivors' Consultative Panel, a body which advises the inquiry, have praised her relationship with those who have suffered the effects of child abuse.
But there are unconfirmed suggestions of friction between the inquiry's officials and the chairwoman.
Sources say her departure has thrown the inquiry into crisis. Two previous chairs stood down over accusations they were too close to the establishment.
Theresa May as home secretary was forced to rebuild the inquiry, bringing in a chairwoman from abroad and giving it statutory powers to call witnesses and examine documents.
This made it more like a court, giving a prominent role to the inquiry's lead counsel, Ben Emmerson QC. A team of civil servants is also involved in the day-to-day running of the inquiry.
Mr Emmerson has previously been embroiled in a row with past members of the inquiry's victims' panel who accused him of bullying them. He in turn said it was unacceptable they had spoken publicly about the inquiry's internal workings.
The scale of the IICSA is huge. Each of its 13 initial topics, including allegations of abuse in children's homes, the Church, and in public life could have been a public inquiry in its own right.
The inquiry has also been criticised this week by the family of the late Labour peer Lord Janner who said it was wrong for Justice Goddard to focus on one man, who has not been convicted, and is dead. Evidence of his activities were due to be heard early next year.
The PSNI in Ards said the drone was located in the Kircubbin area of County Down and was found by a resident in their garden.
They have issued a warning however, "be prepared to describe the drone in detail".
They also want people to bring documentation for proof of ownership.
"The drone is currently in Ards station property store which is open 0800am to 1600pm daily (closed 1200-1300 for lunch)," the PSNI Ards statement adds.
Josh Sheehan hit the bar and Shaun Jeffers had a strike held by keeper Sam Slocombe as Yeovil dominated the early stages.
Callum O'Dowda headed wide and then fired over the bar as Oxford fought back after the break.
Kemar Roofe was denied late on by Yeovil keeper Artur Krysiak, whose block ensured a point for his side.
A small channel hosts up to 700 sharks - far more than it can support based on the number of fish living there.
The predators survive by feasting every winter on huge numbers of grouper fish, which swim into the channel to spawn.
Those mobs of spawning fish concentrate prey from multiple reefs and the sharks lurk in the channel to take advantage of them, instead of hunting elsewhere.
The findings, published in the journal Current Biology, are an example of an "inverted trophic pyramid": the average biomass in the channel is skewed towards predators rather than prey.
It is only the convenient, seasonal meal delivery of spawning groupers into the Fakarava atoll's southern pass that sustains its rare concentration of gray reef sharks - the highest density of this species ever recorded.
"We went there, in the beginning, to study the groupers, because we heard about these spawning aggregations that happen every year," said Dr Johann Mourier, who led the study for CRIOBE in French Polynesia but is now based at Macquarie University in Sydney.
"And we found this huge population of sharks. Up to 700 gray reef sharks - about two to three times higher density than found in any other reef, worldwide."
With colleagues from France and the US, Dr Mourier tagged and tracked 13 sharks using remote transmitters, to understand their behaviour; they also did regular surveys of the channel with underwater cameras and completed a census of different shark and fish species.
The team discovered that gray reef sharks in the channel, which is just 100m wide and 30m deep, fluctuated in number from about 250 in the summer to 700 in the winter.
That winter peak coincided with the spawning of the groupers, which brought together some 17,000 of the smaller fish at a time, from habitats up to 50km away.
"That's about 30 tonnes of fish; that's a big amount of food," Dr Mourier told BBC News.
The researchers witnessed the sharks taking aggressive advantage of this meal delivery, and also observed that the density of the sharks and the length of time they spent in the channel were significantly higher when the groupers were spawning.
It might sound incredibly convenient, but previous findings had suggested that when sharks live together in large groups like this - and risk tipping the balance of the trophic pyramid - they would simply travel further afield to find food.
"The idea was that sharks must make foraging excursions outside their area. They have to move to find food to survive," Dr Mourier explained.
"But in this case, we find that the spawning aggregations bring the food to them. They just can stay at the reef and save their energy."
The discovery has implications for conserving these species, he added. Laws to stop people fishing for sharks might not be enough to protect them; those spawning aggregations of fish are crucial to the sharks' survival - and they are also attractive to humans.
"It's quite easy to catch your fish if they're in these huge aggregations - they're just concentrating on spawning," Dr Mourier said.
But overfishing those tempting crowds of fish could threaten the sharks themselves.
"Maybe that's why we don't find such shark densities in other reefs - because those spawning aggregations have been overfished."
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Roger Fletcher was last seen leaving his holiday home in Bundalloch.
Searches have already been made of his planned route around Bundalloch and Camuslighne.
Police, Search and Rescue Dog Association and Kintail and RAF mountain rescue teams are continuing the effort to find him.
"There is no place for terrorist organisations in the future of our region," he said at a joint news conference with President Donald Trump.
He was referring to the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, following a US decision earlier this month to arm the group.
Despite this, the two leaders pledged to strengthen bilateral relations.
"We've had a great relationship and we will make it even better," President Trump said.
Mr Trump also "reiterated the commitment of the United States to the security of our Nato ally Turkey and the need to work together to confront terrorism in all its forms", the White House said in a statement issued shortly afterwards.
Turkey views the YPG (Popular Protection Units), the military wing of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), as terrorists and wants to stop them taking more territory in Syria.
"It is absolutely unacceptable to take the YPG-PYD into consideration as partners in the region, and it's going against a global agreement we reached," Mr Erdogan said on Tuesday.
Ankara says the YPG is as an extension of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a group it has been fighting for decades in south-eastern Turkey.
The US sees the YPG as distinct from the PKK and also as a key partner in the fight against so-called Islamic State (IS).
On 9 May, the Pentagon announced that Kurdish elements of the Syrian Democratic Forces, including the YPG, would be given weapons to help drive IS militants from their Syrian stronghold of Raqqa.
SDF forces, which also comprise Arab militias, are already being supported by elite US forces and air strikes from a US-led coalition.
The SDF is currently battling for control of the city of Tabqa, an IS command centre just 50km (30 miles) from Raqqa.
At Tuesday's talks in Washington, Mr Erdogan also said he had raised the issue of US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen.
Ankara blames him for the failed coup last July, pressing for his extradition.
Mr Gulen has denied the accusation.
A member of the public alerted the coastguard at about 14:30 BST after seeing the incident unfold from the promenade at Llanfairfechan, Conwy county.
Beaumaris RNLI lifeboat, coastguard teams from Bangor and Llandudno and a rescue helicopter all responded.
The casualties were brought back to the slip and did not require any treatment.
The catamaran was also towed back to shore.
In recent years, the treatment of Muslims in Myanmar has been in the spotlight with outbreaks of deadly violence and the plight of ethnic Rohingya who are denied citizenship.
Neither of the main parties fielded any Muslim candidates in the 8 November poll, and in the months before the election, officials confirmed that hundreds of thousands of Muslims had been left off voter registration lists.
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The Bank of Scotland/Lloyds Banking Group report took industry opinion between last December and February.
It shows a third of businesses planned to cut jobs further during this year.
Of the 141 companies surveyed, 51% made redundancies in the past year. For Scottish firms, that was true of 63%.
In Scotland, 57% of companies surveyed within the industry and its supply chain said they had been severely or quite badly affected by the slump in oil prices, and 41% of firms across the UK.
For every one job created last year, they said that six had been lost.
A quarter of companies said they had grown by diversifying into other sectors. Larger firms are looking to decommissioning of North Sea equipment.
Small firms aim to gain more business from renewable energy investments. But there has been a drop in the expectations that business will come from the shale gas industry.
There has also been a sharp pulling back in plans for exporting, down from 91% last year to 67%.
That drop has been most notable in those eyeing North American markets and firms considering a move into the Middle East.
However, interest remains strong in seeking deals in African energy developments.
Firms expect exploration activity to remain subdued until the oil price rises further. It has gone up from a low below $28 in January to around $50 in recent trading.
Expectations of when it could reach $75 to $80 were mixed, with 33% of respondents saying that should be by 2018, and 38% believing it will not be before 2020. Larger oil firms were more likely to see the recovery in prices taking longer.
Stuart White, an industry specialist with Bank of Scotland, said: "With oil prices currently hovering around the $50 mark there is hope that prices have bottomed out and have begun to slowly and modestly recover.
"Many businesses however, undoubtedly face more difficult decisions on cost savings, jobs and investment.
"While the blow from depressed oil prices has been severe for many businesses and individuals impacted by job losses, the sector is proving itself to be among one of the most resilient industries in the UK. There are still choppy waters to navigate, but we remain committed to supporting our clients within the sector."
A spokesman for the Scottish government said oil prices had "recovered somewhat" in recent months, and efficiency initiatives were starting to produce results, but acknowledged that it was a "difficult time for the industry and the workforce".
He added: "We are aware of some good practice by employers working in partnership with their workers to reduce inefficiencies while protecting and enhancing health and safety.
"As this report notes, more than a fifth of businesses are still looking at North Sea expansion opportunities and a quarter of the firms surveyed had grown through the downturn through diversifying into new sectors and investing in new technology."
Scottish Conservative finance spokesman Murdo Fraser said it was "ridiculous" that the Scottish government was seeking to ban shale extraction at a time that the energy industry was looking to diversify.
He added: "The SNP has to wake up to this, ignore Labour and the Greens' manufactured outrage over fracking, and get on with it.
"Not only could it provide a jobs boost, but it could help energy supplies and reduce bills too."
Scottish Labour claimed the SNP had "ignored the oil jobs crisis for months because it was politically embarrassing for them".
Hundreds of steelworkers from Wales travelled to Sheffield for a rally for the Save our Steel campaign event organised by steel trade unions.
A number of Celsa workers had been due to take part but they pulled out after Wednesday's blast.
Peter O'Brien, 51, of Cardiff, and Mark Sim, 41, of Caldicot, died.
A search for their bodies is continuing at the steelworks in Splott.
The company is working with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and police to determine the cause of the blast in the basement of the rod and bar mill at the site.
Five men were also injured in the explosion, one of whom remains in the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff.
A spokesman for the steelworkers' union, Community, said the minute's silence was held during the rally in Sheffield.
"Every steelworker in the UK will have been moved and affected by the shocking tragedy at Celsa this week," he said.
"It's a reminder of the risks that they can face on a daily basis and the need for everybody in the industry, particularly employers, to prioritise safety.
"It will be an extremely poignant moment as everyone stands in silence to remember their fellow steelworkers."
The rally is being held over fears of a crisis in the UK's steel industry after the collapse in steel prices led to plant closures and thousands of job losses.
A delegation handed over a petition containing around 13,000 signatures calling for its boat to be retained.
The RNLI plans to shut the site on 8 September with cover provided with an additional boat at nearby Eyemouth.
Campaign co-ordinator Euan Gibson said the level of support for keeping St Abbs open was overwhelming.
"I have never seen such support for anything," he said.
"The Scottish Sub Aqua Club came out very quickly and voiced their opposition to this plan.
"The British Sub Aqua Club - which is the largest diving organisation in Britain - they were being badgered by all their members and they have come out in support as well."
Mr Gibson said the National Trust for Scotland had also voiced "deep concern" about the move.
"St Abbs Head is a very highly visited National Trust headland with about 45,000 to 50,000 visitors every year," he said.
"So there is opposition to this right across the spectrum."
The RNLI has said it was a "difficult decision" to shut the site but that sufficient cover could be provided from Eyemouth which is "only two nautical miles away".
A spokesman said: "We will receive the petitions, however our decision to close the lifeboat station remains unchanged.
"The closure date is Tuesday 8 September and we are finalising the details for the closure of the lifeboat station on that day."
Get live news updates for the Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway throughout the day on our south of Scotland live page.
The incident took place at Drumalee Park at about 17:25 local time. No one was injured.
After the attack, an attempt was made to set a car on fire but a man was arrested near the scene. Two firearms were also recovered by police.
Irish police believe the shooting may be connected to an ongoing feud between two criminal gangs in the city.
Eight people are believe to have died since February as a result of a violent dispute between the Hutch and Kinahan gangs.
The murder of Mr Hutch's brother Gary in Spain last year is believed to have been the first death in the feud.
Mitch Rose was sent off in the incident that saw Joe Day save George Maris' spot kick, but Mark Roberts bundled home the rebound on 93 minutes.
Two goals from Ryan Bird looked to have given Newport only a second win in their last 17 League Two fixtures.
But substitute Barry Corr pulled one back for the hosts before skipper Leon Legge equalised.
Newport County boss Graham Westley told BBC Wales Sport:
"It is tough for the lads to take, having put in a strong effort for the largest part of the game.
"There is a big foul in the build up to the equalising goal, which is hard to accept.
"But that is nothing like the desolation they felt at the awarding of the penalty.
"The opposition dug-out were bemused by the awarding of the penalty.
"Even the implementation of the rules were wrong, in my view. I thought double jeopardy had gone out of the game and the red card was unnecessary.
"Nobody on their side was appealing for a penalty. They wanted a corner. There were bizarre decisions all afternoon."
Match ends, Cambridge United 3, Newport County 2.
Second Half ends, Cambridge United 3, Newport County 2.
Attempt saved. Tom Owen-Evans (Newport County) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Ryan Bird (Newport County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Harrison Dunk (Cambridge United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ryan Bird (Newport County).
Harrison Dunk (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jazzi Barnum-Bobb (Newport County).
Goal! Cambridge United 3, Newport County 2. Mark Roberts (Cambridge United) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner following a set piece situation.
Penalty saved! George Maris (Cambridge United) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
Penalty Cambridge United. Luke Berry draws a foul in the penalty area.
Mitch Rose (Newport County) is shown the red card.
Penalty conceded by Mitch Rose (Newport County) after a foul in the penalty area.
Leon Legge (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ryan Bird (Newport County).
Foul by Gerry McDonagh (Cambridge United).
Mickey Demetriou (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gerry McDonagh (Cambridge United).
Mark O'Brien (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Barry Corr (Cambridge United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution, Cambridge United. George Maris replaces Jake Carroll.
Barry Corr (Cambridge United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Barry Corr (Cambridge United).
Michael Flynn (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Barry Corr (Cambridge United).
Mickey Demetriou (Newport County) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Newport County. Jaanai Gordon replaces Craig Reid.
Hand ball by Luke Berry (Cambridge United).
Attempt missed. Jake Carroll (Cambridge United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Barry Corr (Cambridge United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Harrison Dunk (Cambridge United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Foul by Gerry McDonagh (Cambridge United).
Mickey Demetriou (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Cambridge United 2, Newport County 2. Leon Legge (Cambridge United) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Piero Mingoia with a cross.
Corner, Cambridge United. Conceded by Joe Day.
Attempt saved. Barry Corr (Cambridge United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Jake Carroll (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Mitch Rose (Newport County).
Barry Corr (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dan Butler (Newport County).
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You try harder, you do better. You feel the pressure and you respond to it. You impose yourself upon rivals through physical dominance and force of personality.
In a sport like rugby union, where players have never been bigger, faster, or hit harder for longer, might is right like never before. Which makes the continual influence of Dan Carter not just illogical but something close to miraculous.
On Saturday evening in Lyon, Carter - the leading points scorer in Test history, reigning World Rugby player of the year, World Cup winner for a second time seven months ago - will, in characteristically undemonstrative fashion, lead Racing 92's charge as they take on Saracens in the Champions Cup final.
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The All Blacks great is not only a physical throw-back in a game increasingly for the outsized and enormous. At 5ft 10in and 14 stone, the 34-year-old plays an old-fashioned way: finding space where others seek contact, appearing unhurried when fly-halves have never had less time, still managing to play on instinct when set moves and patterns are everywhere you look.
It's not that Carter doesn't do the nasty stuff. In Racing's semi-final win over Leicester Tigers he made 16 tackles.
It's how he does it. Whereas Jonny Wilkinson, the original big-hitting number 10, stopped opposition runners like a rogue flanker and brought gasps from the stands and lungs of the victim alike, Carter tackles like he does everything else - with economy rather than anger, with perfect yet undemonstrative technique, with efficiency over ostentation.
Carter is not quite the player he was. The outside break and sudden acceleration that defined so many of his early masterclasses have quietly been lost to the years. It doesn't really matter. In his swansong he appears to worry less about what he lacks than utilise what he does.
If it wasn't the sort of thing that in his home town of Southbridge would trigger disbelief - expressed, because this is the South Island of New Zealand, by something as flamboyant as a raised eyebrow or muted cough - you'd say it was all rather Zen: the impossible calm in a sporting storm, the balance between self and team, equanimity in even the biggest occasions.
There is the ritual of his relentless kicking practice, whether at the posts that his father put up next to the family home or on the foreign fields of France; the meditation brought about by those repeated simple actions; the carefully constructed humility of an All Blacks environment where 100-cap heroes like Carter and retired captain Richie McCaw were expected to clean up the dressing room like backroom juniors.
And it is all done in the most unobtrusive way. Wilkinson kicked from the tee with such exaggerated movements that half-cut punters in pubs could do impressions. Dan Biggar has his little soft-shoe shuffle, the 'Biggarena'. Owen Farrell, Carter's opposite number on Saturday, has the laser eyes and robotic head-turn.
Carter? Even after so many penalties and conversions, it's still hard to remember exactly how he looks in sweet motion. The fact that he has been the same with ball in hand - perfectly timed passes or offloads, but all done in the most discreet and understated way - have sometimes made it hard for people to understand what has made him so special. He doesn't always stand out, so how can he be outstanding?
"He's fascinating," admits Ronan O'Gara, arguably Ireland's finest fly-half and now, in early retirement, assistant coach at Carter's Racing.
"He's just extremely humble, extremely respectful. He smiles, he always finds a way of getting the job done.
"He doesn't stress, he's always polite, he's a breath of fresh air. You can learn an awful lot by just watching him."
Carter isn't the only sporting great who can appear to be operating in slow-motion and fast-forward at the same time, but he maintains that composure longer than most.
Tennis' Roger Federer at his best was both unhurried and unflustered, but at the moment of victory all that held-back emotion would come crashing out. In cricket, Chris Gayle remains expressionless when thrashing unfortunate bowlers for six after six, but will dance with his top off when victory has been won.
Lionel Messi, for all the gossamer touches with that left foot, is all beautiful bustle and obvious energy, Cristiano Ronaldo all strut and preen on the football pitch.
Even Tiger Woods, who before his fall could hold his form and nerve in the final-round meltdown like no other golfer, would spit and cuss his way round the course when the mojo left his side.
Carter, in the biggest moments he has faced, has looked as perturbed as if he were back at Christchurch Boys' High School, from the second Test against the Lions in 2005, when he turned in a performance that led to him being described as "the perfect 10", all the way through to last October's World Cup final.
Against the Wallabies at Twickenham that day, there was a moment to epitomise so much of what had come before: the All Blacks suddenly under huge pressure, their 17-point lead cut to just four with 15 minutes to go.
In his first 110 Tests Carter had landed a total of just six drop-goals. A week after adding another to put away South Africa in the semi-finals, he took a pass flat with the defence charging, his feet and eyes set for the short pass to Sonny Bill Williams on his outside shoulder.
Forty metres out, the game's greatest prize in the balance, chaos all around. Not for Carter. Instead, a little pocket of space and tranquillity and time where no-one else could see it, a turn of the shoulders and hips, a perfect contact with his left boot to send the ball arcing between the sticks.
Wilkinson was also touched by Eastern philosophy, first by Buddhism as cruel injuries kept keeping him out, later by a Japanese school of thought called Kaizen.
Because of the man that Wilkinson is, that was more about a tortured form of self-improvement. "You imagine being watched by a video 24/7 to help you get better each day and make good decisions," he has said.
For Farrell, who shares much of Wilkinson's dedication, Saturday is also about a particular kind of personal development.
After his yellow card in the critical World Cup group match against Australia and the two-week ban for a dangerous tackle after Saracens' Champions Cup semi-final win over Wasps, he will be watching Carter not just to keep his influence in check but to learn from the old master too.
"It's just how calm he is, how much he is in control of what he does that stands out," the fiery Farrell says.
"Trying to be calmer on the pitch, it's definitely something I'm always trying to do. The more you're calm, the more you're in control and the more you're thinking about the right things."
Carter in control. The career moves on, but the philosophy remains the same.
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While the exact figures have not been made public, insiders believe the 23-year-old's contract with Nike will earn him up to $250m (£156m) over 10 years. Why such staggering amounts of money? Why Rory, rather than any other young sportsman? What does this mean for Nike, for Tiger Woods - the man the brand was built around - and for golf?
A little context. If accurate, those estimates mean McIlroy's deal is substantially bigger than both Tiger Woods's most recent 10-year Nike contract - reportedly worth £124m - and David Beckham's lifetime deal with rivals Adidas, estimated to earn the footballer £100m. So how is such a monumental figure calculated?
Source: Forbes. Figures derived from bonuses, salaries, appearance fees, prize money, endorsement and licensing from June 2011 to June 2012.
Most Nike golf endorsements are determined by multiplying the player's world ranking points by an agreed figure. Each point could be worth $5,000 to a mid-level Tour player, $10,000 to a bigger name.
The better the golfer plays - and so the greater the profile for Nike - the greater the reward, with a guaranteed base-level income factored in to account for ranking fluctuations caused by injury or loss of form.
McIlroy's deal is different. Just as his abilities on-course and status off-course exceed those of his Tour colleagues, so too does his value to sponsors.
"There will be a sound business case behind the numbers: 'Rory will help us sell x amount of equipment and clothing'," says David Cushnan, sports business expert and editor of SportsPro magazine.
"But as scientific as they make it, there will also be an element of gut feeling about this. Nike didn't want their direct rivals to get their hands on him."
"There will be both a science side and an art side to the calculations," an industry insider told BBC Sport. "The science works out how much value he can add to a brand, how much he can bring in in golf sales.
"The art side is about reputation. How is the brand talked about on social media? What's the sentiment around that brand?"
Then there is the particular appeal of McIlroy's chosen sport.
"As far as sponsors are concerned, the key sports for individual athlete endorsement are golf and tennis," says Cushnan. "Golf has always been a leader in the value sponsors can get from their investment.
"There is a perception of a higher-end demographic, of supporters with more disposable income. Golfers don't tend to be tied into a team, where you can have sponsorship clashes - like Messi wearing Adidas boots but with a Nike swoosh on his Barcelona shirt - that affect the value of your deal.
"You get a golfer 100%. And there are more opportunities for golfers to do promotional work. They are more in control of their own schedules than a team player like a footballer.
"From Nike's point of view, they will want full control over everything McIlroy does. The size of the deal helps them make a statement, but it will be incredibly comprehensive, which will limit his opportunities elsewhere."
Which leads us to another multiplying factor in the deal.
McIlroy had existing contracts with equipment manufacturer Titleist, Dubai-based hotel group Jumeirah, sunglasses brand Oakley, Santander bank and watchmaker Audemars Piguet. Only the Santander deal has lapsed, meaning part of the £156m will have been set aside to buy him out of those other contracts.
Then there is the competition.
Titleist were never likely to get caught up in an auction. Their business model is based more on the reputation of their clubs and balls than holding on to their one-time star endorsements like Woods, Phil Mickelson and Ernie Els.
Callaway, the company that signed the latter two players from Titleist, have endured a series of poor financial returns in recent years. But that left one other, the company that dominates the £15bn US golf market: TaylorMade.
According to sources close to the deal, the Adidas-owned equipment brand offered close to £100m for McIlroy's signature. But Nike, driven by a series of critical events, refused to be outbid.
For someone who had just authorised a £156m outlay on a single player yet to win either the Masters or Open, Nike Golf president Cindy Davis spent Monday's news conference wearing a wide smile.
Source: SportsPro. Rankings based on marketing potential from 2012-2015.
The company's golf division has endured successive bad years, seeing revenues drop 2% in the 2010 financial year and 4% in 2011. Nike as a whole has been hit with successive scandals involving its marquee names - the jailing of NFL star Michael Vick for his part in a dog-fighting ring, the revelations from Woods's private life, and now the dramatic fall of Lance Armstrong.
McIlroy, like no other sportsman, can help turn both issues around.
"Nike have been stung badly by the fallout from those scandals," says Cushnan. "Long-term they are looking for someone to replace Tiger from both a broadcast and fan perspective.
"Nike are facing greater competition than ever before - from Adidas, from [Chinese brand] Li Ning. They wanted someone reliable, someone who will be at the top of the game for a significant period.
"They will feel really confident that Rory is the right man to lead their brand. Golf is genuinely global now - if you back a top golfer, you are highly visible in the US, in Europe and Asia too."
Woods's first five-year Nike contract, signed in 1996 when he was still to turn pro, was worth an unprecedented £25m. His second, signed in 2001, was two and a half times as big again.
While both made complete financial sense to the company, Tiger is no longer enough on his own.
McIlroy, say insiders, has not been signed as a like-for-like replacement. Instead, expect to see the two marketed together - Woods chasing the four more major wins he needs to match Jack Nicklaus's record, McIlroy battling him as the new generation.
"It's a very clever call from Nike," an industry source told BBC Sport. "Both Nike and golf need Tiger and Rory going down the 18th together. They will have lots of fun on the global market with Tiger and Rory as a pair."
McIlroy is the current world number one, the youngest multiple major winner since Seve Ballesteros 32 years ago, PGA player of the year, European Tour golfer of the year and winner of both PGA and European tour money lists. But there is more.
"Rory is an extraordinary athlete who creates enormous excitement with his on-course performance while, at the same time, connecting with fans everywhere."
Cindy Davis, Nike Golf President, on Rory McIlory
"Very obviously, he's the best in the business, and last season simply underlined that," says Cushnan. "Beyond that, he's very clean-cut - what Tiger used to be - and he is well-spoken and eloquent.
"He understands the media and commercial side of sport. He has deftly avoided most controversies. In an uncertain world for sponsors, he is a safe bet."
Then there is the look, the personality.
"Rory has the smile, he has that hair, he has the Irish blarney," says a source close to the deal. "He is a genuine superstar, instantly recognisable, hugely likeable. Even when it all went wrong for him, as at the Masters in 2011, he dealt with it brilliantly, in a way that endeared him to as many people as winning it would have done."
McIlroy and Woods are not the only golfers Nike sponsors. But while Paul Casey, Charl Schwartzel or Anthony Kim carry resonance with golf fans, only McIlroy's appeal stretches outside the sport.
As Nike's Davis gushed on Monday: "Rory is an extraordinary athlete who creates enormous excitement with his on-course performance while, at the same time, connecting with fans everywhere."
McIlroy will also aid Nike's boost to be seen as a credible manufacturer of clubs and balls. Despite Woods's successes, the company's reputation still lags behind that of specialists like Titleist and TaylorMade.
McIlroy should, on precedent and ability, win more tournaments and more majors, than any other player of the next five years. Nike equipment could receive no greater reciprocal endorsement.
The charismatic Northern Irishman caused considerable surprise when he left former agent Chubby Chandler's ISM management group in 2011 to sign for the Dublin-based Horizon Sports Management.
With this deal, his new agent Conor Ridge is delivering what his new client reportedly wanted - to be established as a global presence.
Nike are likely to have retained final approval over any other sponsorship deal McIlroy signs. This will limit Ridge to brands that cannot clash with the sportswear giant - car companies, financial services suppliers. But that control is one reason for the unprecedented size of the contract.
Ten years might strike some as a long contract in an uncertain world. But there is logic in the deal's length.
"It's about as safe a bet as a company can make," says Cushnan, whose magazine rated McIlroy as the second most marketable sportsman in the world last year.
"Not many people are suggesting that in a couple of years McIlroy will have peaked. He will be world number one or thereabouts. There is also plenty left for him to do; he has yet to win the Masters or the Open, so his peak is a long way off.
"By signing him for 10 years Nike are both showing that they don't want anyone else, and being able to plan long-term marketing campaigns and branded products."
What risks are attached?
McIlroy, who dates Danish tennis star Caroline Wozniacki, has found himself in the occasional pickle since turning pro - describing the Ryder Cup as an "exhibition" in 2009, complaining about the weather at the 2011 Open, having a row on Twitter with pundit Jay Townsend.
All three were minor affairs, followed by apology and explanation. Nike should not have another Tiger or Lance in the pipeline.
The biggest danger to either side? The equipment itself.
Sir Nick Faldo has already described McIlroy's switch from Titleist clubs and ball as "dangerous".
Although he has been practising with them for several weeks, McIlroy will only use his new clubs competitively for the first time in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship later this week.
"Every manufacturer will tell you we can copy your clubs and tweak the golf ball so it fits you," says Faldo. "But there is a feel and sound as well, and there's confidence."
If a player like McIlroy switched clubs at any stage of his career there would be great subsequent interest in whether it affected his tournament finishes. That he has done so in a deal of this magnitude will only intensify that focus.
"He is up there to be knocked," says an industry source. "If Rory goes four or five tournaments without performing, the questions will start. The word in the industry is that the product must be amazing for him to have taken the risk."
He said he had agreed to suspending the right-to-buy scheme "to ensure homes are available to those who need them".
Swansea and Carmarthenshire have already been granted the power to halt sales to protect their housing stock.
Ministers are planning to introduce a law to abolish right-to-buy across Wales over the next year.
Ending the flagship policy of former Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was one of the most eye catching pledges in Welsh Labour's assembly election manifesto.
Since 1980, more than 130,000 houses in Wales have been bought under right-to-buy, for council tenants, and right-to-acquire, for housing association tenants.
Anglesey council says nearly half its housing stock has been sold under the scheme - leaving it with fewer than 4,000 properties.
Mr Sargeant said he had agreed to the council's application to suspend right-to-buy to "help them deal with the pressure their social housing is facing and to ensure that homes are available to those who need them".
He said the Welsh Government was also abolishing right-to-buy altogether, because the scheme was "further increasing the pressure on our social housing supply and is forcing many vulnerable people to wait longer for a home".
"Legislating to end the right-to-buy is the only sure way to prevent this and give social landlords the confidence to invest in building more of the affordable homes Wales needs," Mr Sargeant added.
Her colt, trained by Sir Michael Stoute, could go off favourite as she seeks her first win for 62 years in the race named after her parents.
Olivier Peslier takes the ride on Dartmouth, who won the Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot last month.
Rivals include Highland Reel, who was a narrow runner-up in that race.
The Queen's last winner in the Group One contest, a mid-season highlight of the British Flat racing season, came with Aureole in 1954.
"It's a huge showpiece at Ascot and a real highlight of the sporting calendar," the Queen's racing manager John Warren told BBC Radio Four.
"The Queen will be fascinated to see how this young, improving horse is going to develop going into Group One company. It's hugely exciting."
Dartmouth's chances have increased during the week following the withdrawal of both 2015 winner Postponed and second favourite Hawkbill.
The Queen is not expected to be back at the Berkshire track on Saturday due to another commitment in Scotland.
Stoute is seeking a record sixth victory in the mile-and-a-half contest with Dartmouth, who was added to the £1.15m race as a late entry on Monday at a cost of £75,000.
As well as Highland Reel, Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien also runs Sir Isaac Newton.
Dante Stakes winner Wings Of Desire leads the other contenders, with Erupt, Second Step and Western Hymn completing the field.
He told Andrew Marr he feared people would vote to leave on the basis of information "known to be incorrect".
He highlighted claims by Leave figures Boris Johnson and Michael Gove that the UK sent £350m a week to the EU as an example of "deceit".
Mr Johnson stood by the claim and urged an end to "blue-on-blue action".
Sir John stopped short of personally attacking fellow Conservatives Mr Johnson and Mr Gove but accused them of running a campaign that was "verging on the squalid".
In his most outspoken intervention to date in the referendum debate, the former Conservative leader said: "They are misleading people to an extraordinary extent".
Mr Johnson told Andrew Marr the £350m figure was a "reasonable" one to use, arguing that although some of it was returned by the EU "this is money we cannot control," adding that it could be spent on the NHS or other "one nation" priorities instead.
Reporter Rebecca Morelle and colleagues were filming on the mountain when lava came into contact with snow, throwing fragments of rock in all directions.
"Some head injuries, burns, cuts and bruises," our correspondent tweeted.
"Volcanologist said [it was the] most dangerous incident experienced in his 30-year career."
Residents reported a rock fall west of Burton Bradstock on Thursday morning.
Ian Hackworthy, who lives nearby, photographed the cliffs from a distance but said it was too dangerous to get any closer.
The Jurassic Coast Team said the collapse appeared to have happened at high tide and it warned people to stay away. The coastguard said its officers were at the scene.
Sam Rose, Jurassic Coast World Heritage site manager, said: "Unlike Charmouth, Burton Bradstock is definitely not a place for fossil hunting.
"People should stay away from the top and base of the cliffs and follow the National Trust guidance on signs around the coast."
The collapse happened on National Trust land.
Cliff falls and landslips are commonplace on the Jurassic Coast, where the power of the sea is continually eroding the coastline.
One of the biggest was in 2008 when 400m (1,312ft) of cliff slipped and blocked a beach between Lyme Regis and Charmouth.
In 2012, holidaymaker Charlotte Blackman was killed when 400 tonnes of rock collapsed on to Hive Beach at Burton Bradstock.
The three-times champions slumped to bottom of their pool last season, winning just the one match.
But O'Driscoll says he has been impressed by the impact of Lancaster, who joined Leinster at the start of September as a senior coach.
"He's been a great signing," O'Driscoll told BBC 5 live.
"I can see a big shift in defence, there is an appetite and a hunger again.
"I just see a greater intensity and aggression level when they don't have the ball.
"I also see greater organisation - I'm sure Leo Cullen is tying it all together brilliantly - and it definitely gives a little bit of optimism that Leinster will be a lot more competitive than they were last year."
Leinster open their Champions Cup campaign with a home game against Castres on Saturday with Northampton and Montpellier also in their pool.
During O'Driscoll's career, Munster and Leinster regularly dominated the European landscape, with Munster winning the Heineken Cup in 2006 and 2008, before Leinster's success in 2009, 2011 and 2012.
But last season no Irish province reached the knockout stages, and O'Driscoll says the money on offer in England and France has had an impact.
"I think we are struggling to attract the really top class players, and it does come down to a money issue," said the former Lions and Ireland captain.
"The fall of sterling has a positive effect for Irish capabilities in the future, but players seem to be choosing going to the Premiership or to France because there seems to be that extra 50 or 100 grand above what the provinces and the union are willing to supplement for our overseas projects.
"That is a concern, I don't see the Ma'a Nonus of the world coming over and playing in Ireland in the last couple of seasons.
"I also think success obviously attracts players, and we had that a few years ago."
O'Driscoll has backed the Irish Rugby Union's controversial decision to block Ulster's South African scrum-half Ruan Pienaar from signing a new contract in Belfast.
O'Driscoll feels up-and-coming Irish number 9s now need to be given more exposure at the top level.
"Ulster fans won't love me saying it, but he's been contracted twice and [the IRFU] don't want to set precedents by giving overseas players a third contract which in a way sends the wrong signals.
"Ruan has plugged himself into the system, and really enjoyed it, but at the same time Ireland have struggled in the scrum-half position for years.
"You look beyond Conor Murray and I think there is a huge gulf in class down to the next player.
"Ruan provided that exposure on a daily basis to scrum-halves coming in and seeing him at close quarters but after six years they still haven't developed a scrum-half to come through and fill his boots.
"I think now they have to change a different tack, and give these young guys experience whether they are ready or not."
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The sale of surplus property and renegotiation of leases on government buildings helped generate £973m.
Better purchasing of goods saved £1.2bn while lower rates of fraud and error in welfare programmes saved £805m.
Ministers said they were on track to cut government costs by about £30bn over the five years to 2020.
The National Audit Office has said in the past that good progress is being made in saving money in individual areas.
But the public spending watchdog has said a far more "all-embracing" approach to efficiency is needed, rethinking the core functions of government.
The latest estimated savings figures, released on Friday, which relate to 2015-16, are not official but are based on departmental reports and other supporting evidence.
The savings drive has been underpinned by a shrinkage in the size of the government's property estate, with outdated buildings sold off and smaller departments sharing premises with larger ones.
The 2012 sale of the famous Admiralty Arch building in central London, which is being turned into a hotel, yielded capital receipts of £66m this year.
"We have made significant steps forward in tackling fraud, selling off redundant government property such as the former Civil Service College in Sunningdale and making better use of modern digital technology to drive savings," said Cabinet Office Minister Ben Gummer.
Mr Gummer acknowledged that meeting larger, long-term efficiency targets would depend on the "total transformation" of how government worked - requiring more public services to be delivered digitally.
Tackling waste and fraud in the payment of benefits, tax credits and government grants has been a priority, as has the quicker recovery of debts.
Figures released in December showed the amount of benefits not paid to those entitled to them owing to fraud and error rose had risen to a record £1.7bn.
Police say he is being held after the discovery of evidence linking him to a conspiracy to murder the son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
The leader of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist party, Khaleda Zia, demanded his unconditional release.
Mr Rehman is the third pro-opposition editor to be detained in recent months.
The editors of the leading Bengali and English newspapers have both recently been accused of similar crimes.
Mahfuz Anam, editor of the respected English-language Daily Star newspaper, faces charges of treason for accusing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of corruption in 2007 when the country was run by a military government.
Freedom of press 'under threat' in Bangladesh
The prime minister's son, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, has claimed that the articles were an attempt by Mr Anam and the Daily Star to "support a military dictatorship in an attempt to remove my mother from politics".
Similar allegations are now being levelled against Mr Rehman, 81, who was arrested by plain-clothed policeman on Saturday morning.
He was at one time the speech writer for Khaleda Zia, the prime minister's arch-rival.
"He has been arrested over sedition charges filed by police in Dhaka in August 2015," police spokesman Maruf Hossain Sorder told the AFP news agency.
Mr Rehman was the long-time editor of Jai Jai Din, a mass-circulation Bengali daily. He now edits a popular Bengali monthly magazine called Mouchake Dhil.
In recent months Mr Rehman convened the international affairs committee of the BNP and headed a pro-opposition think-tank called G-9.
BBC South Asia correspondent Justin Rowlatt reported in February that both The Daily Star and its sister publication Prothom Alo - the most widely read Bengali newspaper in the country - are being subjected to a clandestine attempt to undermine their finances and stifle their operations.
The latest media uncertainty comes amid growing concern about freedom of speech in Muslim-majority Bangladesh, which in recent months has suffered a series of Islamist killings of secular bloggers and publishers.
The difference between the number of people leaving and arriving was 323,000 in the year to September.
David Cameron said the figure was "still too high" but the government was taking action to bring it down.
UKIP leader Nigel Farage says the only way to get immigration under control is to leave the EU in June's referendum.
The government remains committed to getting net migration below 100,000 by the next election in 2020.
The key points from the latest migration statistics include:
Speaking at a question and answer section with BAE employees in Preston, Mr Cameron said the government was taking action "across the board" to bring immigration down.
The prime minister said it was important to "fix the issue of welfare" and his EU deal to limit in-work benefits for new EU migrants would "have an impact".
Home Secretary Theresa May, who is backing the campaign to remain in the EU, said: "Immigration at this level puts pressure on public services, on housing, on infrastructure… it can hold down wages and push British workers out of jobs."
But she said Mr Cameron's reforms would "reduce the pull factor of our welfare system and make it easier for us to deport people who are abusing our generosity".
Mrs May is in Brussels for crisis talks on limiting migration. Asked if the EU's response so far had been a mess, she said: "The EU is indeed dealing with a migration crisis and that would be the same whether the UK was in the EU or outside the EU.
"As members of the EU we are able to work with others to strengthen the external borders."
But Nigel Farage, who is campaigning for Britain to leave the EU, said: "As I've said for years, we cannot control immigration into Britain while we remain inside the EU. The government pledge to reduce net migration to tens of thousands continues to be laughable.
"I am pleased that there are now lots of voices agreeing with me, that we must leave the European Union to control our borders."
Mr Farage told BBC News net migration should be capped at about 30,000 a year, which he said would represent a return to "normality" and prevent immigration being the "hot political potato that it is".
He also questioned the accuracy of the ONS figures, saying: "If as they claim only 260,000 EU nationals arriving, then how is it possible that 650,000 National Insurance numbers have been given to foreign nationals?"
Iain Duncan Smith, who is also campaigning to leave, said Mr Cameron's "emergency brake" on EU migrants accessing in-work benefits for up to four years would do nothing to reduce net migration and could lead to a short-term spike in new arrivals trying to beat the likely April 2017 introduction date.
The work and pensions secretary told the Guardian he had warned Mr Cameron privately that a failure to control immigration could lead to the rise of the far right.
"If you do not control your borders, my observation is that you get parties led by people like Marine Le Pen and others who feed off the back of this, and ordinary decent people feel life is out of control," he said.
The most striking attacks on David Cameron's immigration policies today came not from his political opponents, but from ministers in his own government.
In allowing them a free debate about the European Union he has licensed criticism not only of his desire to stay in the EU, but of his judgements about migration.
The annual net figures were little changed today; for almost two years now they have remained at three times the level promised by the government.
Mr Cameron has insisted that restrictions on welfare payments agreed in his EU renegotiation - sometimes referred to as an emergency brake - will reduce the appeal of the UK to would be migrants from the continent.
His assertion though has been flatly contradicted by his Eurosceptic colleagues.
Come the end of the referendum campaign Mr Cameron and his doubting ministers will face a profound challenge convincing the public that they can in future be united around a single immigration policy.
Employment minister Priti Patel said: "Even the government's own advisors the OBR are saying the emergency brake will not have a big imapct at all deterring people from the EU coming to the UK."
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who is backing the remain campaign, said: "The solution is to make sure that communities that are affected are properly supported, and that our wage system reflects the going rate for the job, rather than systematic undermining of industry-wide agreements that have been made by some employers."
He also highlighted the "large numbers British people" who lived in other EU countries.
Madeleine Sumption, Director of the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford said: "Free movement within the EU is not the only driver of recent high levels of net migration, but it has played an important role.
"While EU migration is a defining issue in the referendum debate, the truth is that it's difficult to predict EU migration levels with confidence in either the stay or leave scenario.
"Whether Brexit would reduce migration will depend in part on the treaties and policies that followed, and these cannot be known in advance."
She said the sustained high levels of net migration raised the question "of whether we are experiencing a temporary peak or a 'new normal' in the UK".
The Institute of Directors called the government's target for reducing net migration "futile and nonsensical" because nearly all of the increase could be accounted for by a reduction in the number of people leaving the UK.
"Ironically, if the UK economy tanked and Britons emigrated in large numbers it would make the target more achievable," said spokesman Seamus Nevin.
He added: "If the British people are to make an informed decision on the future of our country, then both sides in the EU debate need to set out a sensible plan for managing inward migration."
The latest ONS figures showed asylum applications increased for the fifth year in a row, although they remain well below their 2002 peak of 103,081.
The largest number of applications came from Eritrean nationals. Asylum claims by Syrian nationals were 2,846, an increase of 493, in addition to the 1,194 Syrian nationals granted humanitarian protection under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme.
Some 86% of Syrians were granted asylum or other forms of protection, compared with 20% for Pakistan nationals.
Advertising revenue fell 8% to £769m in the first six months of the year. However, that fall was offset by good growth at ITV studios, which makes The Voice and Poldark. Its sales rose 5%.
The success of Love Island helped ITV attract more viewers in the 16-34 age bracket.
ITV's pre-tax profit fell 16% in the first half to £259m.
Executive chairman Peter Bazalgette said the company's performance was "very much as we anticipated".
"ITV is the only channel to deliver a commercial audience over five million and Love Island demonstrates young viewers engage in great TV," he said.
He also said it expects advertising revenue to be down around 4% in the third quarter.
Media expert Mark Oliver said that ITV was following a trend among media companies to produce and sell TV shows, rather than rely on advertising.
He told BBC Radio 4's Today: "They have to find new sources of money in the long-term and also have to deal with the fact that every seven or 10 years, advertising goes into recession.
"When that happened in the past, ITV had to put a hold on everything, and everything stood still for five years.
"Now it has got a sizeable production business - one of the largest format producers in the world - and that continues to motor on the basis of world growth in television."
EasyJet boss Carolyn McCall is taking over as ITV's new chief executive early next year, replacing Adam Crozier.
George Salmon, equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said that with Ms McCall still to take up her role, the half year results "were never going to contain too much in the way of sharp deviations in strategy".
He added that despite Mr Crozier increasing the size of the company's production studios business "a significant portion of group revenue still comes from selling advertising space".
ITV is the largest independent non-scripted production house in the US, and Mr Salmon said: "Back at home, the phenomenal success of Love Island has provided a shot in the arm, while big names like The Voice and Britain's Got Talent remain essential viewing for millions.
"Investors will be hoping content like this, which gives the group the ability to pull in consistent viewing figures, will help ITV fend off the challenge presented by new rivals such as Netflix and Amazon."
But tests on 16,000 children from seven African countries found that booster doses were of limited use and vaccines in young babies were not effective.
After children aged 5-17 months were given three doses of the vaccine, the immunisation was only 46% effective.
But experts say getting the vaccine this far is a scientific milestone.
Data from the trial published in The Lancet showed that the success rate fell to even lower levels in younger infants.
Scientists have been working on the vaccine for more than 20 years, but observers believe there is still a long way to go.
RTS,S/AS01 is the first malaria vaccine to reach advanced trials and show any sign of working in young children.
There is currently no licensed vaccine against malaria anywhere in the world.
With around 1,300 children dying in sub-Saharan Africa from malaria every day, scientists say they are delighted to have got to this stage in developing a vaccine against a very clever parasite.
Prof Brian Greenwood, study author and professor of clinical tropical medicine at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said he was "a little disappointed" by the results of the clinical trials.
"I hoped the vaccine would be more effective, but we were never going to end up with the success seen in measles vaccines with 97% efficacy."
That is because the malaria parasite has a complicated life cycle and it has learnt how to evade the immune system over hundreds of years.
The vaccinations took place at 11 sites across Burkina Faso, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania.
The trials found the vaccine's ability to protect children gradually waned over time.
Scientists tried to bolster this with a booster, but protection never reached the level provided by initial doses.
The clinical trials also found that meningitis occurred more frequently in children given the vaccine.
However, Prof Greenwood said the data was very robust and the vaccine could still reduce attacks of malaria by around 30%.
The European Medicines Agency will now review the data and, if it is satisfied, the vaccine could be licensed.
And the World Health Organization could then recommend its use in October this year.
Prof Adrian Hill, at the University of Oxford, said although the study was "a milestone", he had concerns.
"Because the vaccine's efficacy is so short-lived, as expected a booster dose is shown to be of some value - but it was not as effective at the initial doses.
"More worrying is the new evidence of a rebound in malaria susceptibility: after 20 months, vaccinated children who were not boosted showed an increased risk of severe malaria over the next 27 months compared to non-vaccinated controls."
Overall, he said the vaccine's potential public health benefits were not yet clear.
"It should be possible to make the vaccine more effective in some settings, but that will probably increase delivery costs substantially."
Prof Mike Turner, head of infection at the Wellcome Trust, said it had taken two decades to get to this point.
"While the levels of protection the vaccine offers against clinical malaria may seem relatively low, they are better than any other potential vaccine we currently have.
"The findings are not only important in their own right but also in signposting a road to developing better vaccines in the future."
James Whiting, from the charity Malaria No More UK, said it was a huge achievement to get the vaccine this far.
"There are still a number of considerations and approval processes to be undertaken, but it has the potential to be an important additional tool to fight malaria and save lives from a disease that kills a child every minute."
Other experts warned that funding for a vaccine should not be redirected away from insect nets and other malaria control measures.
Quiet sobs escape among the whispers of the small but ever-changing crowd of people.
They are here paying tribute to the 12 victims of Wednesday's attack on Charlie Hebdo, which has its offices on this street.
People whisper or just stand in silence, reading the messages which plaster the walls or nestle among the candles and heaps of flowers.
Some who arrive stand very still, observing their own personal minute's silence, while police riflemen guard the street as if it houses an eternal flame.
There is so much grief for the slaughtered cartoonists, whose most outrageous caricatures dot the makeshift memorial, refusing to be erased.
As mourners walk away, some of them explain why they are there.
Because they have friends in Paris who are simply "inconsolable", says the genial man who arrived from Lille with his wife. Happy to be photographed, the couple nevertheless decline to give their names.
"And we will go to the demonstration as free men," he says. "Freedom and freedom of speech, which are essential to a democracy, have been put into question by this disaster."
Then he grins as he points out that someone has pasted a new name on the street sign for the alley where we stand at the end of Rue Nicolas Appert.
Passage Sainte-Anne Popincourt has become Freedom of Expression Square.
"These journalists were part of our lives from when we were children," says his wife. "We laughed a lot with them, we thought a lot with them and we are very sad to lose them."
"We are going to the demonstration to show that together we are strong," says the husband.
"We must all be able to live together whatever our convictions, be they Islamic, Jewish, Christian, agnostic or atheist."
Berthe Tereta makes clear he is a proud Muslim before forcefully stating his position that "no religion tolerates barbarity".
"The human being is sacred for Muslims so I have come to bear witness that no-one should surrender to fear before these barbarians," he says, standing alongside his wife Fatoumata.
"They say they are Muslims but they don't even know their own religion. I wouldn't even call them fanatics - they were gangsters pure and simple.
"Nobody should be afraid and nobody should tolerate gangsters.
"All I ask is that you try to know the religion you have chosen, be you Christian, Jew or Muslim. If you know your religion properly, you will not get up one morning and go off to kill your neighbour over a word or a cartoon."
Dominique Secher also came to the vigil to show his support for a magazine he grew up with.
"I didn't always buy it but I knew all the cartoons," he recalls.
Asked if France has changed since the attack, he says the one thing that has impressed him is the strength of the public's reaction, how people have come out to defend press freedom.
"There are other sick people, other idiots, still on the loose," he adds. "I hope the cops will get a move on to stop this happening again in France or anywhere else."
Laurent was in a nearby cafe with friends on the day of the shooting, and noticed how the street suddenly filled with police.
He came to the vigil to "reflect in silence in the night". The cartoonists, he says, can be regarded as heroes who "stood by freedom and press freedom to the end". People will now value their freedoms more, he suggests.
Rayan came with his friends to spare a "thought for the victims and not forget what happened".
Hearing the news at work on Wednesday had been a "shocking, surreal" experience.
He hopes the rally on Sunday will help people to draw something positive from the event.
For businessman Tino Duarte, the main lesson to be drawn is that if society creates "rejects", they can easily fall prey to criminals and fanatics.
"When children do not get a good education, when values are not handed down, when they are not equipped for life, when failure leaves them without prospects, disasters like this happen," he says.
"You need to take children in hand at an early age and stand by them. Without that, anyone can be manipulated and end up committing irreparable acts."
Crew members at Tilbury station in Essex were subjected to degrading "initiations" and "pranks" during the late 1980s and early 1990s, Basildon Crown Court heard.
Anthony Benham, 50, of Stanford-le Hope, and Ian Maguire, 55, of Benfleet, deny indecent assault.
They also deny 10 counts of false imprisonment between 1988 and 1997.
One firefighter, who cannot be named for legal reasons, described to the jury how several of his colleagues assaulted him with a frozen sausage.
"My hands and feet were held to prevent me from kicking and lashing out," he added.
He told the jury he thought it was "intended to humiliate and knock you down a little bit".
"It was just another little prank that I put down to experience," he added.
In another incident he was left tied to a ladder outdoors in winter, naked and soaked in freezing water.
He said: "There was an atmosphere of excitement, people were jeering and shouting. It was quite apparent they were having a great time stitching someone up.
"I didn't want them to do it - I would have been hitting out verbally, but it didn't do any good."
The witness said it was "degrading" and that members of the public could have seen him while he was naked.
He was subjected to other incidents of verbal and physical abuse on a regular basis, the court was told.
"It was a very unpleasant environment to work in - intimidating, demoralising - and it ground me down," he added.
The trial continues.
Negotiators from 195 countries will try to reach a deal within two weeks aimed at reducing global carbon emissions and limiting global warming to 2C (3.6F).
Leaders from 147 nations have been addressing the meeting, known as COP21.
President Obama urged negotiators to deliver a meaningful deal, because the "next generation is watching".
He told delegates: "Climate change could define the contours of this century more than any other (challenge).
"I came here personally to say the United States not only recognises the problem but is committed to do something about it."
He added that recent years had shown that the global economy had grown while emissions had remained flat, breaking the old arguments for inaction "that economic growth and environmental protection were in conflict".
Russian President Vladimir Putin also addressed the conference.
During negotiations for the preceding Kyoto Protocol, Russia was the last industrialised nation to ratify the global agreement, allowing the landmark deal to come into force in 2001.
Echoing President Obama, Mr Putin said: "We have demonstrated we can ensure economic development and take care of our environment at the same time."
In a diplomatic play on semantics, probably to highlight the differing points of view between industrialised and emerging economies, Chinese President Xi Jinping told the conference he did not see the Paris talks as a turning point nor a "finish line, but a new starting point".
He said that climate change went beyond national borders and that it was "a shared mission for all mankind", before reiterating China's pledge to start cutting its emissions from a peak in 2030.
So what can we glean from the warm words and good intentions of the leaders?
There are certainly positive omens. Leader after leader sang the same hymn - climate change is a huge challenge, only co-operation on a global level can solve it, and my country is doing great!
Still, there were obvious divisions.
Progress may or may not happen over the next two weeks.
One negotiator told me the whole idea was for the leaders to come, speak and happily be on their way without toppling this carefully constructed applecart.
Unlike in Copenhagen in 2009.
"The leaders fully understand the political nature, the political difficulties. They are coming here to provide manoeuvring guidance," he said with a hint of irony.
"And we as negotiators will then have to fix it."
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British Prime Minister David Cameron used his address to consider how future generations would respond to the idea that it was "too difficult" for this generation of politicians to reach an agreement in 2015.
"Our grandchildren would ask why it was so difficult," he said, before listing how progress had been made in delivering climate policy, such as financing, carbon budgets and technological research and development.
"Instead of making excuses to our children and grandchildren, we should be taking action," Mr Cameron stated.
Tuvalu Prime Minister Enele Sopoaga made a stark observation in his passionate address: "If we save Tuvalu, we will surely save the world."
"Like other nations in the Pacific, our survival depends on the decisions we take here in Paris," he said, reflecting the concerns of many Small Island States (SISs) around the globe.
"We stand on a cliff edge. Either we stand united and agree to combat climate change, or we all stumble and fall."
Major points of contention include:
Much of the discussion in Paris is expected to centre on an agreement to limit global warming to 2C (3.6F).
However, assessments of the more than 180 national climate action plans submitted by countries to the summit suggest that if they are implemented, the world will see a rise of nearer to 3C.
Christiana Figueres, the head of the UN's climate change negotiations, told delegates that never before had a responsibility so great been in the hands of so few.
"The world is looking to you," she said. "The world is counting on you."
The talks are taking place amid tight security, two weeks after attacks in Paris claimed by the so-called Islamic State (IS) group.
World leaders are attending the start of the two-week meeting to give impetus to the talks, after the high-profile failure of the Copenhagen summit in 2009.
COP 21 - the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties - will see more than 190 nations gather in Paris to discuss a possible new global agreement on climate change, aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the threat of dangerous warming due to human activities.
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The ultimate aim is to limit warming to 2C (3.6F) above pre-industrial levels, widely seen as a dangerous threshold. Since 1880, the average global temperature has already risen by almost 1C. About 0.6C of this has occurred in the past three decades.
When the Earth warms about 2C above pre-industrial times, scientists say there will be dangerous and unpredictable impacts on our climate system. And we're already half-way to that danger point.
The Chinese dissident artist captioned one photo of a bug on Instagram with "There will always be surprises".
His friend Liu Xiaoyuan confirmed the bugs were found after the artist returned from a trip to Germany.
Xiaoyuan tweeted that they were found when redecoration started on Ai's home and were found in the office and a living room.
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The pictures show the devices were hidden in electric sockets.
The artist also posted a video clip of firecrackers being set off in a metal bucket next to one of the devices. He wrote "Did you hear it?" next to the video.
The artist has retweeted an article saying listening devices had been found at his studio.
His mother Gao Ying told Radio Free Asia that she believed the devices were placed in his studio four years ago when the artist was arrested and his studio was searched by the authorities.
The artist has long been critical of the ruling Communist Party and was held in 2011 for 81 days before being released.
He was arrested during a government crackdown on political activists. He was held over alleged crimes of bigamy and tax evasion, but was released without charge.
He was later given a 15 million yuan (£1.5m) fine for evading taxes, although the artist maintains the charges were politically motivated in retaliation for his criticism of the Chinese Government.
The authorities kept his passport for four years but it was returned earlier this year.
Since then he has visited Germany, where his son lives, and London.
In September he was in London for the launch of a retrospective of his work at the Royal Academy.
Prison officers at HMP Grampian in Peterhead had earlier feared trouble after smelling "hooch" during a patrol.
Six men deny conducting themselves in a "violent, riotous and tumultuous" manner and forming a mob of "evilly disposed persons".
The incident at the jail is alleged to have happened in May 2014.
On trial are Robert Gill, 26, from Newburgh in Aberdeenshire, Stephen Sim, 31, from Stonehaven, Michael Stewart, 31, from Forfar, 30-year-old Dominic Jordan, from Wirral in Merseyside, Sandy Mundie, 30, from Aberdeen, and 33-year-old George Thomson, also from Aberdeen.
They are said to have acted aggressively with their faces masked while brandishing sticks and metal poles.
The men are said to have culpable and recklessly thrown the objects from a height with no consideration of the consequences of where the objects would land or whether they would strike anyone.
Prison officer Jordan Hodge told Aberdeen Sheriff Court that before the alleged riot there had been "general unrest" after some prisoners were placed in isolation following a disturbance.
He said other inmates were aware of the situation and they believed the prisoners had been unfairly treated.
Mr Hodge said he returned to work the following day and initially did not note anything unusual about the mood of the prisoners.
But he told the jury that there was "quite a lot of hilarity" when he entered the C Section at the jail during the recreational period that night.
Fiscal depute David Bernard asked: "I understand you noticed a smell of hooch or homemade alcohol?"
Mr Hodge replied: "Yes, I did."
Mr Bernard asked: "Homemade alcohol or hooch, is that something prisoners are permitted to have?"
Mr Hodge replied: "No."
The prison officer said he noticed that inmates had congregated in the left-hand side of the unit and there was music playing.
The court heard that prison staff were evacuated from C Section of the Ellon Hall unit at 19:45 after another prisoner began shouting and swearing at staff.
The fire alarm was activated and firefighters called in after smoke was detected.
Three CCTV cameras were smashed with a wooden beam from a pool table by a separate prisoner, John Keand, who has since pled guilty to his involvement in the incident. Trained negotiators were then called in.
In a joint minute read out to the jury, it emerged that the incident came to an end after prison officers stormed the cell block in riot gear at about 10:15 the following day.
The document stated: "Each of the 34 cells within Ellon Hall, level 2, C Section was affected in some way.
"A few were minimally affected such as having writing on the walls, whilst other cells were significantly affected including extensive damage to various fixtures and fittings.
"A quantity of homemade alcohol, in a variety of containers, was found in C Section."
The trial continues.
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White follows ex-Crewe players Andy Woodward and Steve Walters, and former Tottenham forward Paul Stewart.
The 49-year-old claims former Crewe coach Barry Bennell, a convicted paedophile, abused him.
Cheshire Police said 11 people had come forward since Woodward went public.
The Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) expects that number to rise.
The four players to speak publicly have each waived their right to anonymity as sex abuse victims.
In a statement, White said he was sexually abused by Bennell in the late 1970s and early 1980s, while playing for Whitehill FC junior team in Manchester.
He said: "For a number of reasons, and for nearly two decades, I kept my ordeal secret from my family and friends.
"While I believe throughout my football career I have come to terms with what had happened, I now realise the effects of Bennell's actions were much more far-reaching than I knew then.
"Last year I made the decision to gather my thoughts, reflect on my experience, and tell my life story in my own words. I did not set out to write a story about the abuse, but knew I would have to include it.
"In doing so I have come to terms with the fact that Bennell's actions influenced almost every event and relationship in my life."
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Woodward, 43, and Walters, 44, have also spoken about being abused by Bennell, who was jailed for nine years in 1998 for sexual offences against children.
Bennell, who worked as a football scout and coach at Crewe Alexandra in the 1980s and 90s, admitted 23 specimen charges of sexual offences against six boys, aged nine to 15.
Stewart, 52, a former England international who started his career at Blackpool and also played for Manchester City and Liverpool, told the Mirror an unnamed coach abused him daily for four years up to the age of 15.
White, who is releasing a book about his abuse, said he was targeted at the age of 11 by a coach he "hero-worshipped".
After making more than 340 appearances for Manchester City, he went on to play for Leeds United and Sheffield United, and won a single cap for England.
He added: "The process of writing the book became sometimes painful, always cathartic and incredibly liberating.
"I would like to say that I do not feel brave. This is just my story and I am now happy to tell it because despite the profound effects of 1979-80 I feel like one of the lucky ones.
"Circumstances took me away from the abuse before it escalated. I salute Andy Woodward, Steve Walters, and Paul Stewart for so bravely revealing their personal tragedies.
"The physical abuse they and others suffered was certainly more extreme and prolonged than my ordeal, and I cannot be sure that I would have their courage."
PFA chief Gordon Taylor said: "Because of Andy Woodward's bravery, many other ex-players and apprentices are now contacting us - it is double figures now - and that is a timely warning for everybody in football about our duty of care to these youngsters.
"It is up to all of us now to grasp the nettle and we make sure we learn from this."
Woodward will meet senior Football Association officials on Thursday, BBC sports news correspondent Richard Conway reports.
Det Insp Sarah Hall, from Cheshire Police's public protection unit, said: "We have now been made aware of a number of people who have come forward wishing to speak to the police.
"At this stage we are in the process of making contact with them, and to date no arrests have been made and no-one else is under investigation."
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Crewe chairman John Bowler told BBC sports editor Dan Roan he was "infuriated and very disappointed" about Bennell's crimes.
Bowler, who was chairman at the time of Bennell's offences, was asked whether more could have been done. He replied: "When we've done our inquiries and looked at the detail of the various accusations, then I'll be in a position to answer that kind of question."
Woodward told BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme on Tuesday he believed his experience was "the tip of the iceberg".
A spokesman for the NSPCC praised the former Sheffield United and Bury defender for coming forward, adding there was "more to be done in the world of sport" to keep children safe.
Sue Ravenlaw, head of equality and safeguarding at the Football Association, has also praised Woodward for his "immense courage" in going public.
Paul Stewart: "One day, travelling in the car, he started to touch me. It frightened me to death, I did not know what to do. I tried to tell my parents not to let him in but I was only 11.
"From then, it progressed to sexually abusing me, he said he would kill my mother, my father, my two brothers if I breathed a word about it. And at 11 years old, you believe that.
"The mental scars led me into other problems with drink and drugs. I know now it was a grooming process. The level of abuse got worse and worse.
"I was always under threat, if I was not playing well, he would threaten me with violence as well as sexual abuse. He was a monster."
Steve Walters: "I just had to pretend it never happened and block it out. I knew it could never come out and I was absolutely petrified because I thought that if it did ever come out that would be it for my career - finished.
"All these years, I've had this secret inside me. It's been unbearable but, just from reading the article from Andy, it already feels like a massive burden off my shoulders.
"I have to do this, and I just hope it will help bring more people forward, too."
Andy Woodward said: "It was that control, that all I wanted to do was be a footballer.
"With regards to the sport - there was nothing, it was brushed under the carpet. It's in the mentality of football that nothing comes out."
A big favourite with fans during his first spell at St James' Park between 1991 and 1998, Srnicek collapsed while jogging on 20 December.
He was taken to a hospital in Ostrava and placed in an induced coma.
Srnicek, who also played for Sheffield Wednesday, Portsmouth and West Ham, made 49 appearances for his country.
His agent, Steve Wraith, said brain scans had shown "irreversible damage" and the decision "had to be taken" to switch off his life support machine.
Wraith added: "Pav passed away on the afternoon of Tuesday, 29 December 2015, with his family by his side."
The son of a woodcutter, Srnicek joined Newcastle in 1991 and played under Jim Smith, Ossie Ardiles, Kevin Keegan and Kenny Dalglish.
While Keegan was in charge, Srnicek helped the Magpies win promotion to the Premier League and was an integral part of the squad that came close to winning the title in 1996.
The Magpies led by 12 points in January but tailed off badly to finish four points adrift of champions Manchester United.
Wraith said that his "final conversation" with Srnicek was about getting the 1995-96 team back together for a charity event next year.
He added: "We will make that happen and celebrate this great man's life together. United. Fans and players alike."
Srnicek returned to the club on a season-long deal in September 2006 as cover for the injured Shay Given but was released in May 2007 after making 190 appearances for Newcastle across his two spells.
Before his death, Srnicek was the goalkeeping coach at Sparta Prague and was on Tyneside recently to promote his autobiography.
Following his collapse, Newcastle supporters chanted his name during their Premier League match against Everton on Boxing Day.
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In a statement, Newcastle United said: "The thoughts of everyone at Newcastle United are with Pavel's family, many friends, former colleagues and supporters at this very difficult time."
Former central defender Steve Howey, who played with Srnicek at Newcastle, said it was a "devastating day".
He told BBC Radio 5 live: "There aren't enough words to describe such a wonderful, strong, lovely man.
"He was such a big, strong character and fantastic personality and I feel blessed that I was able to be a good friend. We've lost an amazing person, one of our own, and he'll be sorely missed."
The victim, believed to be in his 30s, was pronounced dead on Adelaide Street, which runs behind St Martin-in-the-Fields Church, on Tuesday evening.
Police said he was stabbed some time between 19:05 and 19:15 on the same day. A post-mortem examination was due to take place on Thursday.
Two 19-year-old men were arrested on Thursday and remain in custody.
The Metropolitan Police are awaiting formal identification of the man but believe they know his identity.
Next of kin have been informed.
Two people tried to enter the property in Ashmead Road, Deptford, in an attempt to rescue the pair but were unable to reach them.
Fire crews arrived at the house shortly after 21:30 GMT and later found the bodies of a woman in her 80s and a man in his 60s.
The Metropolitan Police said it was investigating the cause of the blaze.
London Fire Brigade station manager Lee Sparks, who was at the scene, said: "Neighbours alerted the brigade when they saw smoke coming from the house.
"Two members of the public entered the house in an attempt to rescue the occupants but were unable to reach them.
"These two people were treated at the scene by London Ambulance Service."
A police spokesman said officers believed they knew the identities of the dead, but were awaiting formal identification and confirmation that next of kin had been informed.
A cordon was put in place and nearby roads were closed in Willerby, near Hull, after the devices were uncovered.
Humberside Police said a number of devices had been found during building work on a new housing development near Great Gutter Lane on Monday afternoon.
Roads in the area have reopened but a cordon remains in place close to where the grenades were found.
More than 800 million gel capsules, or liquitabs, are sold every year in the UK.
Their popularity has been accompanied by a surge in poisonings of children under five, who are attracted by their brightly coloured, sweet-like appearance.
BBC Scotland has highlighted the dangers of the capsules several times.
Under the new EU regulations, from 1 June all laundry capsules must be packaged in non-transparent boxes, with warnings and a child-resistant closure. They must also be insoluble for 6 seconds and be impregnated with a bitter flavour so that a child will spit out the tab.
It is expected it will take six months before capsules manufactured under the new regulations replace those currently on sale.
The head of sustainability and safety at the European consumer organisation BEUC, Sylvia Maurer, said: "It is reassuring that the European Commission swiftly took action to mitigate the risk of laundry detergents after poisoning incidents of young children were reported.
"Having binding rules which go beyond voluntary industry action are indispensable to keep consumers safe in the internal market."
One bitter flavouring which is likely to be used by some manufacturers is Bitrex, which is manufactured in Edinburgh by Macfarlane Smith.
"We see aversive agents like Bitrex as a last line of defence," said business manager Gina Mercier.
"It isn't a substitute for safe storage and child-resistant packaging, but as most liquitab incidents take place when they are in use, Bitrex is a final reassurance for parents.
"Bitrex is the bitterest substance in the world, and its inclusion makes it almost impossible for even the most determined child to swallow a potentially dangerous detergent."
Reconstructive surgery
The European Commission decided to act after research by the Organisation for European Co-operation and Development (OECD) found poisonings were widespread across Europe.
There were 1,486 incidents involving laundry capsules in the UK between May 2009 and July 2012, equating to more than one a day. In France there were 7,500 reports between 2005 and 2013, and Ireland experienced 200 incidents in 2012 and 2013.
Most involved children under five and some required reconstructive surgery.
The products were launched in 2001, but it took 12 years for opaque packaging, warning labels and child-resistant catches to be rolled out. Before the EU ruling, only Tesco had added a bitter flavour to its own-brand laundry capsules.
The director general of the UK Cleaning Products Industry Association denied that the industry had been slow to act.
"The industry has moved quickly," he said.
"The legislation has adopted what we were already doing. The final key is in the home. It's down to the parents to use the products responsibly and keep them out of reach - and that goes for other household products too, such as bleach."
He pointed out that his organisation has been supporting the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, and other children's charities, to help parents improve safety in the home.
About 3,000 people (nobody seems to know for sure) are packed into this 1960s housing estate in northern Marseille and they have some serious issues.
Think "ghetto" and you are on the right track.
La Busserine is in the 14th Arrondissement, a district which made national headlines in 2014 when, together with the neighbouring 13th, it elected the city's first (sector-level) mayor from the far right National Front (more on that later).
Yet over two days, the only traces I found of this month's presidential election were a few posters for radical leftist Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
24.96% abstention in 2012 presidential run-off (19.66% in France nationally)
61,186 residents (Marseille population 855,393)
3,721.8 residents per sq km (103.6 nationally)
29.3% unemployed (13.6% nationally)
39.6% in poverty (14% nationally)
But one group of first-time voters do not need posters because they have smartphones and can tell their Macron from their Hamon by actually reading their manifestos.
These daughters and sons of Comorans, Moroccans and other immigrants want to reconnect their neighbours to politics.
Oh and they are looking for a party of the other kind too.
Fifty areas in 34 towns and cities across France are competing to see who can reduce electoral abstention the most.
Citizen Challenge (in French) was launched in the deprived Strasbourg suburb of Neuhof after 80% of voters there stayed away from the first round of regional elections in December 2015.
A video (in French) which features kids daring adults to get out and vote for their future got more than 200,000 views on YouTube and abstention fell to 70% in the second round, Neuhof community centre director Khoutir Khechab explains.
He and his team are negotiating with public bodies and bands to come up with the prize: a concert in the winning area.
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Elections come and go but on the estate, a place full of children, people have been sinking under the same issues for years.
One issue comes around ten o'clock in the morning as the spotters emerge into the sun to watch over the estate's notorious hashish trade. Another emerges after dark when the réseaux (drug gangs) settle scores, sometimes with a kalash (Kalashnikov).
And morning, noon and night, the issues of unemployment and poverty hang over this community living 8km (five miles) from the luxury boutiques and restaurants of Marseille's Vieux Port (city centre).
Discrimination is also a live issue for the numerous Muslims here. Some 200,000 live in Marseille (population 855,393 as of 2013), according to French media.
"Muslims here are like disabled people," says a local shipyard worker of Algerian ancestry who does not want to be named.
"If your name is Mohamed it's like you're missing an arm or a foot or a face. We're given all the hard work, the dirtiest work, the worst jobs."
"It's called a challenge because it's not easy," says French radio correspondent Stephane Burgatt, who followed the group around the flats of La Busserine in December.
"It's the kind of place where most people don't care about politics and don't know for whom to vote."
First-time voters Amal Osman, 18, Mohamed Abdallah, 19, and Sarah Mmadi, 18, are among a couple of dozen activists who went door to door persuading people to register to vote.
Today, equipped with props like a mock polling station, they focus on reminding voters in La Busserine (70% abstention at the regional elections) to actually use their ballots.
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The 14th, a working-class district, traditionally voted Communist or Socialist but in 2014 voters swung to the far right. Most of the Front's support came from outside the housing estates, among white voters.
However it is clear that some Muslims also voted for Stephane Ravier as their mayor despite his party's hard line on Islam and mass immigration, says Richard Ghevontian, a politics expert at Aix Marseille University.
"[Socialist President Francois] Hollande's policies disappointed many and Marriage For Everyone [the Socialists' same-sex marriage act of 2013, opposed by the National Front] greatly shocked Muslims, who are extremely conservative on social matters," he says, citing opinion surveys.
"It was a vote to punish Hollande," says a teacher in La Busserine, who does not want to be identified.
The shipyard worker, like nearly every voter I spoke to on the estate, is voting for Mr Mélenchon. "He tells the truth and a vote for him is a vote for peace with Muslims," he explains.
And three years under Mayor Ravier? "He does nothing for us but he leaves us alone," he says with a shrug.
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France was once a model for voter turnout in the EU, says Professor Ghevontian, but in this election there is a real concern that abstention may rise.
If election campaigners do not go into places like La Busserine, it is because they have become no-go areas even for the police, he says.
Yet the first-time voters keep up their campaign, encouraged by growing publicity for their cause and, crucially, the 100 or so people who registered to vote after talking to them.
"Citizen Challenge is good for the young because it gets them active and gives them a bit more value as human beings and citizens," says the teacher, "but our politicians live on another planet and they need to come back down to Earth."
Will La Busserine win the concert? Street parties are an old and happy tradition in other parts of Marseille, with free concerts and kids' activities.
There is a real appetite on the estate for breaking out of the social isolation. AS Busserine football club inspires a loyal following and the Agora social centre runs clubs.
Sarah, who still remembers the fear of failure she felt as she knocked on her first door last year, says: "Our aim is to revive the area because the life went out of it."
"We got together to show the little ones that there is a good path and a bad path and they can choose the right one," says Amal. "Citizen Challenge lets them see the world of politics. It's only the beginning."
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Mr Mahathir said he was "embarrassed" to be associated with the United Malays National Organisation (Umno) because of its support for current PM Najib Razak.
The former leader has been one of the fiercest critics of Mr Najib, who has been plagued by corruption allegations.
Mr Najib denies the allegations and has been officially cleared.
Mr Najib was accused of taking $681m (£479m) from a state investment fund into his personal bank account.
However, the attorney-general's office cleared him in January, saying the money was a personal donation from the Saudi royal family.
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The previous attorney-general leading the investigation into the fund was sacked last year.
At a news conference in Kuala Lumpur, Mr Mahathir, who has repeatedly called for Mr Najib to resign, said it was now "Najib's party".
"I feel embarrassed that I am associated with a party that is seen as supporting corruption - it had caused me to feel ashamed.
"I decided that I cannot be a party to all these things, so the least I can to do is leave the party."
But he said he would not be setting up a new party.
Analysis: Jonathan Head, BBC South East Asia Correspondent
This isn't the first time the colourful and outspoken Mr Mahathir has resigned from his party - but at the age of 90 it will probably be his last.
Until recently he could count on strong support within Umno, the party which has governed Malaysia since independence. He previously resigned eight years ago in a move that helped to unseat Mr Najib's predecessor.
But this time Mr Mahathir's influence has been weakened, as Mr Najib has forced out of the party anyone who threatened his position, and has ensured a quick end to the investigation into the scandal.
Last year Malaysians were treated to the unexpected sight of Mr Mahathir joining anti-government street protests - which he rarely tolerated when he was in office.
But real power still lies within the ruling party, and now that he has left it, the veteran politician, for so long a dominant figure in public life, will have few opportunities left to challenge the government.
Mr Mahathir is Malaysia's longest-serving prime minister, governing from 1981 until 2003, and remains highly influential.
Umno has led all of Malaysia's ruling multi-ethnic coalitions since the country's formation in 1957.
Earlier this month Dr Mahathir's son, Mukhriz Mahathir, resigned his post as chief minister of Kedah state, saying he was ousted because of his criticism of Mr Najib.
The prime minister's office said in a statement that Mukhriz Mahathir had lost majority support because he faced a lack of confidence and there were concerns about preparations for the party to retain Kedah in the 2018 elections.
The memo, dated 11 January, said those who were already married to foreigners should declare this within a week.
It said failure to do so would "attract disciplinary action".
Police spokeswoman Esther Katongo said: "Issues of security are delicate. If not careful, spouses can be spies and can sell the security of the country."
Ms Katongo told the BBC that a standing order had been issued, notifying police officers of the measure, but that the ban itself was not new.
She said officers had previously obeyed the ban but the new order had been thought necessary because some police had begun ignoring it.
"There are a few officers who have started marrying foreigners," she said. "They are ignoring the previous requirement and this is why another standing order has been passed to remind officers what they are supposed to do and not supposed to do."
She said it was likely officers who had married foreigners would now be given "some rules they should follow".
Asked why such measures were necessary, Ms Katongo said: "When you get married, they say that you are one. You know what marriage is - you share secrets. And you can tell officers 'do not disclose' but you have no control. You won't be in their homes to always check on them.
"The security of the nation is what is paramount."
The New Bermondsey development will see the creation of 2,400 homes, community facilities and a new overground station around The Den.
Chairman John Berylson said the club had its own building plans and is "not going to give in".
Lewisham's cabinet voted 6-1 to approve the compulsory purchase order (CPO).
The cabinet was recommended to back the decision.
About 80 businesses, including Millwall, are based in the area where the scheme is planned.
The New Den stadium will not be altered but other land used by the club, including a car park and the Millwall Community Trust, would be taken over by developers.
The club had put forward its own proposals for the land, which it said would "protect the long-term future of this club".
Millwall's chairman said the decision was "akin to dropping two divisions" and accused Renewal of "point black refusing to work with us".
"This will now be a long process before our land can be taken. And it can still be stopped," Mr Berylson said.
Artist Willow Winston, who will lose her workshop under the current plans, said that while she welcomed the regeneration, the developers "wish to destroy everything here".
"You can't just wash out the history of an area and the people who live in the area", she said.
Jordana Malik, director at Renewal, called the vote "an important step forward" for New Bermondsey which will lead to the creation of 2,000 jobs.
She said the company would "strive to continue discussions with the remaining land owners," including Millwall.
"Renewal's vision from the outset was to incorporate a successful, self-sustaining football club at the heart of the proposed development," she said.
Judges said the government had breached the rights of three gay couples by refusing them marriage or any other recognised form of union.
Italy is the only major Western European country with no civil partnerships or gay marriage.
Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has long promised to pass a law on civil unions.
By failing to introduce new legislation, his government failed to "provide for the core needs relevant to a couple in a stable committed relationship," the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Tuesday.
The court said Italy was in breach of Article 8 - the right to respect for private and family life - of the European Convention on Human Rights.
A small number of municipalities in Italy allow local civil unions, but there is a national ban on same-sex marriage and the benefits of the existing provision are limited.
The court said the existing legal protection was "not sufficiently reliable".
It noted that 24 out of the 47 member states of the Council of Europe had passed laws in favour of legal recognition, and that the Italian constitutional court had repeatedly called for such protection and recognition.
The three couples in the case have been together for years, and all had their requests to be married rejected.
The ECHR ruled that the Italian government should pay the six men €5,000 (£3,500; $5,500) each in compensation, as well as expenses.
The prime minister has said his government would introduce laws on same-sex civil unions this year.
Hundreds of thousands of people marched in Rome in June against the proposed legislation.
But opinion polls show an increase in support for gay marriage.
It follows a pattern seen in Ireland - a strongly Catholic country like Italy - where voters overwhelmingly backed legalising same-sex marriages in May.
Afterwards, a senior Vatican official said Ireland's referendum result was a "defeat for humanity".
Low interest rates on mortgages and an improving jobs market have helped boost the US real estate market.
New home sales increased by 12.4% in July month-on-month to a seasonally adjusted rate of 654,000 annual units.
But construction of new single-family homes has slipped, meaning supply might be falling behind demand.
Last month, the US housing market had 4.3 months' supply of homes for sale. That is down from a 5.2 months supply in July 2015.
With central bank interest rates at between 0.25% and 0.5%, the cost of mortgage borrowing has been low for house buyers. Combined with a strengthening jobs market and a slight uptick in wages over the last year, housing demand has been boosted.
Dips in the supply of housing can lead to stagnation in the market because families are unable to upgrade to larger houses and put their homes on the market. First-time buyers, in turn, are left with fewer options for starter homes.
Construction of single-family homes has picked up this year and investors believe that trend will continue.
Shares of building companies such as Toll Brother and Lennar Corp have risen over the last few quarters and both were up more than 1% in early trading on Tuesday.
"We see tremendous growth potential in new home sales as housing demand continues to grow and the continued supply shortage of newer vintage homes," said Tian Liu, chief economist at Genworth Mortgage Insurance.
Sales in Northeast US were up 40% in July, while sales in the South rose by 18%. Sales in the West and Midwest were flat.
The median home price fell by 0.5%, potentially reflecting the regional mix of where homes were sold.
Lincolnshire County Council's systems were closed on Tuesday after an email was opened that triggered the malware attack.
Initially thought to have been asked for a £1m ransom, the council said it was actually asked to pay $500 (£350).
Judith Hetherington-Smith, from the council, said: "We are not going to pay... we wouldn't pay a ransom fee."
Mrs Hetherington Smith, the council's chief information officer, said: "As of Monday morning, as staff come back to work, we are expecting to be pretty close to normal."
The ransomware attack had asked for an initial $500 in the digital currency Bitcoin and threatened the amount would increase over time if this was not paid, according to Mrs Hetherington Smith.
Ransomware encrypts data on infected machines and only unscrambles it if victims pay a fee.
Mrs Hetherington Smith said the council's systems had been closed down so they could not be compromised.
The council has scanned and checked 458 servers and 70 terabytes of data "to make sure it's clean".
Mrs Hetherington-Smith said: "This was what's termed as a zero-day attack, which means when it hit us the security software providers hadn't seen it before."
The council has checked and all of its anti-virus and other security measures are "up to date", she added.
Since the attack, council staff have been making "lots of phone calls", having "lots of human contact" and making use of pen and paper, Mrs Hetherington-Smith said.
Det Insp Stephen Knubley, of Lincolnshire Police's cyber crime unit, said there was "no evidence any data has been extracted from LCC [Lincolnshire County Council] systems".
The force is trying to identify who is behind the attack.
Auditors believe the number and nature of the inaccuracies means human error is "unlikely" to have been responsible.
"It's in nobody's interest to be kept in the dark about the true scale" of pollution, Friends of the Earth said.
Cheshire East Council said it would not comment while an investigation establishes "the reason for the errors and who is responsible".
Jenny Bates from Friends of the Earth said the public must be given accurate information about air quality and health problems caused by pollution.
All UK local authorities are obliged to monitor local air quality and submit their findings to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
According to a council email sent to Defra which has been seen by the BBC following a request under the Freedom of Information Act, issues were found in data submitted by the local authority between 2013 and 2015 "and possibly earlier".
Another council email to the department reveals the "nature and extent" of the anomalies means that "on the balance of probabilities it is unlikely that they are random or the result of human error".
An internal review by council auditors in 2016 found data submitted was different to the original data provided by the laboratory that analysed readings from the council's monitoring equipment.
The council's auditors found effective "air quality management policies (and) procedures" were not in place, and recommended an external investigation.
That investigation is said to be "ongoing".
A partial lunar eclipse treated many parts of the globe to a copper-coloured moon on Monday.
The eclipse was visible from Asia to Europe, sometimes appearing red in colour as the Sun's rays shined on its surface.
The phenomenon happens when Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon - casting the Earth's shadow on the Moon and obscuring it in darkness.
When only a small part of the Moon is obscured, the remaining rays of Sun can light it up a bright red-orange - the same refraction effect that makes a sunset look red.
It comes just weeks before a total eclipse of the Sun on 21 August, which is set to cross the United States. This will be the first time a total eclipse is viewable from the US mainland since 1979.
The shadow of the so-called "great American eclipse" will pass right across the mainland, from one coast to the other.
How much of the Sun is covered during the eclipse depends on your location - some viewers will get the full effect, while others further from the "path of totality" will see only a partial eclipse.
But that path of totality stretches from South Carolina to Oregon - the first time in 99 years that one has crossed the entire contiguous US.
William Burns, 56, and Alexander Porter, 48, both from Paisley, denied attempting to murder 35-year-old Ross Sherlock.
The shooting took place at about 15:00 on 24 September 2015 outside St Helen's Primary in Bishopbriggs.
Judge Lord Matthews formally acquitted Mr Burns and Mr Porter of the attempted murder due to "insufficient evidence".
Mr Sherlock, who was at the school to collect his daughter, was shot at three times with a handgun by a man wearing a yellow fluorescent jacket.
One of the bullets hit his right arm and fractured it.
He ran off and the gunman was seen getting into a silver Volkswagen Golf. The car was discovered on fire at about 15:30 in Wood Lane, Bishopbriggs.
A number of parents who were picking up their children at the time, including Mr Sherlock, gave evidence at the High Court in Glasgow.
None of them could identify the gunman or the getaway driver.
Mr Burns and Mr Porter are still on trial at the High Court in Glasgow accused of an acid attack on journalist Russell Findlay in Glasgow's west end on 23 December 2015.
They deny the charge.
The trial continues.
Brynamman outdoor pool closed in 2010 after getting a £20,000 repair bill.
A committee has been formed with the goal of getting it reopened as an eco-friendly pool and a "memories" day is being held on Saturday.
Committee chairwoman Jess Lerner said: "We will use the day as a positive step towards remembering why we want the pool reopened."
The pool was built during the depression of the early 1930s by out-of-work voluntary labourers and used to attract about 2,000 visitors each summer.
They say Jesus Alfredo Guzman, 29, was one of six members of the Sinaloa Cartel seized by members of a rival gang, Jalisco New Generation.
The incident took place at a restaurant in the resort city of Puerto Vallarta.
Chapo Guzman, who is in jail, led the Sinaloa Cartel for years. Jesus Alfredo is suspected to be a senior member.
He is wanted on drugs charges by the US.
The US also wants Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to be extradited to the US on charges of smuggling vast amounts of drugs into the country.
He was recaptured in January, six months after escaping through a 1.6km (one-mile) tunnel from his maximum-security prison cell.
The six suspected gang members were abducted at La Leche restaurant in the early hours of Monday in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco state.
State Attorney General Eduardo Almaguer told reporters that forensic evidence collected at the scene had confirmed Jesus Alfredo Guzman's abduction.
He added that four of the six kidnapped people had already been identified, without providing further details.
There are reports that another of Guzman's sons, Ivan, may have also been among the victims.
Local officials say the victims had travelled from neighbouring states for a celebration in the upscale restaurant.
The BBC's Juan Paullier in Mexico says the kidnap may trigger a war between the two major Mexican drug cartels.
Jalisco New Generation and the Sinaloa Cartel have been fighting for the control of major drug routes along Mexico's Pacific coast.
Mexican gangs smuggle tonnes of illegal drugs - mainly cocaine - to the US every year.
Pep Guardiola's side beat Hertha Berlin 1-0 on Saturday to put them within sight of the title.
Wolfsburg had to beat Gladbach to make Bayern wait another week for a 24th Bundesliga title and 25th overall championship, but lost to a Max Kruse goal. The Bundesliga started in 1963.
Bayern are still in the Champions League and German Cup semis.
They will have little time to celebrate this success as they face rivals Borussia Dortmund in the last four of the domestic cup on Tuesday.
Bayern are bidding for their third consecutive domestic double, and second treble in three years.
Guardiola has won five domestic titles in his six years as a manager; three out of four with Barcelona and now two in two for Bayern.
The Bavarians face Barca in the Champions League semi-finals in May.
Chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said: "Retaining the title is a magnificent achievement. All credit to the coach and the team. They've been fantastic throughout, in a season following a World Cup where we had a host of players in action.
"We'll have a magnificent party at some stage, no worries. But all in good time. When we do, it'll be a huge celebration."
K Chandrashekhar Rao on Wednesday offered gold to "thank the gods" for the success of his decade-long campaign to create India's newest state in 2014.
But Twitter users said the extravagant offering "made no sense".
Mr Rao faced similar criticism in 2016 when his new home cost taxpayers $7.3m.
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Speaking on condition of anonymity, an official told the AFP news agency that the offering was "from the government of Telangana and its people".
But Twitter users said Mr Rao, popularly known as KCR, could have used the money on public welfare schemes instead.
Mr Rao caused similar outrage after he moved into a palatial new home last year.
The house, spread over 9,000 sq m (100,000 sq ft), has bulletproof bathrooms, an auditorium which seats 250 people and a meeting hall that accommodates 500.
Telangana was carved out of Andhra Pradesh state in 2014 after prolonged protests by its residents, who felt the region had long been neglected.
With a population of more than 35 million, it comprises 10 former districts of Andhra Pradesh and the city of Hyderabad.
The attack happened at about 22:00 GMT on 27 February on a grassed area close to the city's St Mary's car park.
David Carney of Hart Square, Sunderland, is accused of two counts of rape. He pleaded not guilty to both charges at Newcastle Crown Court on Wednesday.
The 27-year-old was released on bail and is set to appear for trial on 12 December.
Iran's Deputy Health Minister Ali-Akbar Sayyari told the official IRNA news agency 28 had died in Kerman province and five in Sistan-Baluchistan.
He warned that the outbreak was likely to spread to other areas of the country, including Tehran.
Swine flu is a strain of the influenza virus known as H1N1.
The strain first appeared in Mexico in 2009 and rapidly spread around the world.
Another Iranian news agency, ISNA, reported that around 600 people had received hospital treatment after contracting the virus in Kerman province.
They used a plank of wood as a paddle and remained afloat for nearly two miles before abandoning their makeshift vessel on the banks of the River Dee.
Concerned members of the public rang the coastguard service when they spotted the men on Tuesday night.
It is thought they sailed from Queensferry to Connah's Quay where they dumped the fridge and fled.
A coastguard spokesman said: "They all scarpered as our rescue team came on the scene.
"It was highly irresponsible. They had no life jackets and it obviously wasn't the most stable of craft.
"Things could have gone very badly wrong. It's a very tidal area.
"They were extremely lucky they didn't sink or get stuck in the mud when the fridge ran aground."
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Whilst on holiday at her grandparent's caravan, in Llandudno in Wales, five-year-old Bella spotted a cow in the next door field decided to entertain it with her ukelele.
Well, pretty soon the rest of the herd heard her efforts, and they all came to hear the performance.
Watch this!
Pictures courtesy of Mags Lowe
The dinosaur is commonly known as the Abelisaurus but its full name is Chenanisaurus barbaricus - what a mouthful!
Abelisaurus was the top predator in Africa, South America, India and Europe all the way up to its extinction.
The amazing fossil was found in a mine in northern Morocco.
It was then sent to Dr Nick Longrich who teaches at Bath University.
With the help of his colleagues based across the world, Dr Longrich identified it as an Abelisaur.
Dr Longrich said: "This find was unusual because it's a dinosaur from marine rocks - it's a bit like hunting for fossil whales and finding a fossil lion."
It's safe to say the dig was a ROAR-ing success!
The governing body has relaxed a rule banning swimwear covering the whole body, allowing those who wear full body suits for religious beliefs or medical conditions to swim at English events.
The Muslim Women's Sport Foundation said it was "extremely pleased".
ASA chairman Chris Bostock called the move "a very positive step forward".
The league leaders won all four of their matches in the division last month, scoring 16 goals in the process.
They also progressed to the fifth round of the Scottish Cup by beating Stranraer, but lost in the semi-finals of the League Cup against Ross County.
Deila's side, who hold a six-point lead, take on nearest challengers Aberdeen on Wednesday evening.
"Thirty days [of January] were very good," said Deila, referring to Sunday's loss against County.
"We're disappointed of course after the weekend but the team has improved lately and we have had a lot of good performances.
"In the league we have played some great games and scored a lot of goals."
Deila has bolstered his squad this month, with the arrivals of Erik Sviatchenko, Patrick Roberts and Colin Kazim-Richards, declaring himself "very happy with the window".
"Erik showed on Sunday that he's going to be a good signing for us," he said.
"Patrick comes from Manchester City with great skills. He's a talented boy and we have him for a good length of time.
"Kazim-Richards is an experienced player and he can be a leader in the group. At Feyenoord he had a lot of young players around him and we think he will suit the style of play here."
The warning came after shop stewards met to discuss briefings by the firm.
They are informing the workforce of their determination to fight any compulsory job losses.
They say the problem comes from slower release of Ministry of Defence (MoD) funding for Type 26 warships.
That means work on them will start later than planned, and will be carried out more slowly, probably requiring fewer workers.
Hundreds of jobs have been lost on the Clyde in the past 18 months as BAE reduced shipbuilding capacity.
On Friday, GMB union convener Gary Cooke said the Clyde workforce had been "deceived" and "betrayed", after being promised investment in the yards, which employ more than 2,500 people.
A BAE Systems spokeswoman said the company was working with the Ministry of Defence to agree a revised timetable for the Type 26 ship, and for two offshore patrol vessels which have been added to the current order for three.
She added: "We are engaging our trades unions as we work through this process. Our focus is to deliver the capability the Royal Navy needs, while ensuring the best value for UK tax payers."
An MoD spokeswoman said: "The government is committed to building ships on the Clyde and to the Type 26 programme.
"Over the next decade, we will spend around £8bn on Royal Navy warships.
"As set out in the Strategic Defence and Security Review, we will build two new offshore patrol vessels on the Clyde, maintaining Scottish shipbuilding capability ahead of the start of the Type 26 build.
"We will also consult with industry and trade unions as part of the National Shipbuilding Strategy, which will set the UK shipbuilding industry on a sustainable footing for the future."
Business and Economy Editor
This isn't a bad time to exert pressure on the Ministry of Defence over its commitment to building ships on the Clyde. There's an election on, and a referendum.
The last referendum featured a lot about the prospects for keeping the yards busy by building complex ships for the Royal Navy. Unions say the pledges made then are not being honoured now.
A £200m plan to invest in a covered shipyard at Scotstoun - modern and efficient enough to win export orders - has come to a much lesser plan, focussed more on Govan. Shop stewards say there's little sign of that happening so far.
The big challenge is to keep the big workforce busy when there's only one big customer, but with an austerely squeezed budget.
The aircraft carrier work is winding down, though 250 Clyde workers are now engaged in assembly work at Rosyth in Fife. Three Offshore Patrol Vessels are under construction, with two more being ordered. It looks like a plan that has more to do with shipbuilding capacity than the Royal Navy's needs.
The Ministry of Defence says it still plans to build eight Type 26 frigates on the Clyde, having committed a lot of money to planning and procurement. The plan until December was for 13. But there is a shift of £750m in the budget, stretching it into more distant, less constrained fiscal years.
If the start of work is further delayed, and it then ramps up more slowly than planned, the consequences for the workforce look obvious. Hence the lobbying effort to re-instate that money.
And although the end of the current planning period is ten years away, it's not too early to be asking if the Clyde yards will be fit for purpose then, without a lot more investment.
Excalibur Steel received grants and loans to help prepare a bid to buy Tata's UK steelmaking business when it went on sale last year.
The sale is on hold and Tata staff are being balloted on whether to accept a less generous pension scheme.
The Welsh Government said it offered the financial package to help develop "a realistic" buyout proposal.
The ballot on a new pension offer is part of a deal from Tata that includes further investment in its Port Talbot steelworks.
Tata's pension scheme has been one of the main obstacles for potential buyers.
Excalibur said the company's proposal to Tata remains on the table while the sale is on hold.
The Welsh Government said it would consider providing more support if the sale process is re-opened but could not confirm the balance of loans and grants for reasons of commercial confidentiality.
It has also offered £60m of funding for Tata to keep making steel in Wales.
In a statement to BBC Wales, the Welsh Government said: "We put a substantial financial package of support on the table as soon as this crisis started to support Tata or any potential successful bidder for the plants in Wales and we provided grant and loan finance of around £750,000 to the Excalibur team to develop a realistic and viable management buy-out proposal.
"The Excalibur team were also supported in their bid by substantial private investment."
Tata has been in merger talks with German industrial group ThyssenKrupp.
The Welsh Government added: "We have always said that our support is conditional on job security for Welsh workers and potentially available for any company that can guarantee production and jobs continuing at all the Tata sites in Wales."
An Excalibur spokesman said taxpayer funding would have helped pay for legal, accounting and other professional advice for the buyout plan.
Police in the capital, Port-au-Prince, fired tear gas and sprayed water on hundreds of demonstrators.
Haiti is facing a major political crisis, as the mandates of its lawmakers expire at midnight on Monday.
If there is no agreement to extend their mandates, Haiti will be left without a functioning government.
Mr Martelly would then have to rule the country by decree.
The opposition accuses him of abusing his powers.
Two weeks ago, Mr Martelly announced he had reached a deal with the Congress to solve the crisis.
Under the agreement, Haiti's deputies would keep their seats until 24 April and senators until 9 September.
But the Senate is yet to vote on the proposal.
The Haitian government has faced months of protests over the delayed elections.
Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe resigned on 14 December and was replaced by Evans Paul, a former radio journalist.
But street protests have continued, with renewed calls for Mr Martelly's resignation.
Mid-term Senate elections had been originally due in May 2012, while the municipal poll is three years behind schedule.
They were postponed again on 26 October - the day they were due to be held - because of an ongoing stalemate between the government and a group of opposition senators over an electoral law.
On Monday Haiti marks the anniversary of the earthquake that left much of the country devastated in 2010.
Some could block rivers, causing temporary lakes that could burst out and sweep away settlements and infrastructure downstream.
The mountainous terrain is traversed by hundreds of gushing rivers that contribute up to 70% of the lean season flow of the Ganges in bordering India.
The epicentre of the last quake was a remote mountain area in western Nepal.
But aftershocks and tremors were felt as far as Mount Everest in the east of the country.
Scientists also say the earthquake that triggered avalanches in the Everest region may have destabilised glacial lakes there, which also pose potential threats.
"The steep topography and high relief in the area of the epicentre, and the high intensity of shaking that was felt, mean that thousands of landslides are likely to have been triggered by the earthquake," said Dr Robert Parker, a researcher with Cardiff University's School of Earth and Ocean Science. He studies the occurrence of landslides after earthquakes.
He added: "These landsides could range from a boulder fall to rock avalanches."
Nepalese officials say they have information of landslides in some areas, including Gorkha district at the epicentre of Saturday's devastating quake, but are yet to get the complete picture.
They say villages in the Langtang region, to the west of Kathmandu, have been buried under landslides.
Villages in the mountainous region are commonly found on steep slopes.
There were initial reports of some rivers partially blocked by mudslides at several points.
Scientists say satellite images have not been very helpful because the region has remained clouded. Clear pictures are yet to emerge.
"Usually what happens in a big earthquake in a mountain zone like this is that the earthquake itself triggers a substantial number of landslides," says Prof Dave Petley, pro-vice chancellor at the University of East Anglia, who has been studying Nepal's landslides for 15 years now.
"It really depends on all sorts of conditions, some of which we really don't understand particularly well, but Nepal is a very landslide-prone country, so we would expect to see a significant impact from landslides in this earthquake."
Experts say there have been several landslides in Tibet across Nepal's border following the earthquake.
China's state media reported that the Chinese government had cancelled all spring season climbing on the north face of Mount Everest.
Nepalese officials said they had no plans to stop expeditions yet.
But scientists say the geological consequences of Saturday's earthquake cannot be ignored.
"Based on past experience of earthquakes in steep, mountainous terrain, like the 2005 Kashmir and 2008 Wenchuan earthquakes, some of these landslides will be large enough to create temporary dams across rivers in the area," explained Dr Parker.
"The lakes created by these dams are particularly hazardous because they can drain without warning, usually within a few days of filling up, due to collapse of the unstable dam material."
Pakistan's scientists say a lake that formed in 2010 after a landslide and which blocked the Hunza River was caused by an earthquake.
The monsoon rains, which will begin in a few weeks' time in the region, will make landslides on earthquake-hit mountains of Nepal even more likely, according to experts.
"What we normally see in the mountain area that has an earthquake is that in the first heavy rainfall after the event, we get a substantial number of landslides," said Prof Petley.
Given that the latest earthquake had caused avalanches in the Everest region, there are fears that the rapidly filling glacial lakes in the area may also have been somehow affected.
Glaciologists say that even if no incident of glacial lake outburst has been detected in the aftermath of the earthquake so far, the danger is far from over. The tremors may have weakened the moraines of these lakes or loosened glaciers hanging above them, storing up problems for the future.
"We already have specific evidence of ice and snow avalanches in the Mount Everest region," said Prof Jeffrey Kargel, a glaciologist at the University of Arizona.
"Everest was not even the zone of highest shaking and so if you had that sort of event there, surely other areas closer to the zone of maximum shaking will have experienced ice and snow avalanches."
The outburst of the Dig Tsho glacial lake near Everest in 1985 was triggered by a large ice and rock avalanche.
The splash into a relatively small lake led to an outburst. The floodwaters swamped a hydroelectric plant and other infrastructure.
The Himalayan region is dotted with glacial lakes and even the smaller ones need watching - especially during earthquakes, the experts say.
There have been around 40 glacial lake outburst events in Nepal, Pakistan, Bhutan and China during the last century, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (Unep).
Powys council said five schools in Crickhowell would test the scheme, which will then be rolled out across the county.
The aim is to reduce the risks and costs of handling cash.
Pupils will use cards which can be topped up online or via PayPoint outlets and parents will be able to see what their children are eating.
Cards will also inform catering staff of any dietary requirements or allergies.
The Mayor of London was bound by parliamentary protocol to get approval from universities minister Jo Johnson before he could contribute to a debate.
"Will my honourable friend allow me?" the Tory MP for Uxbridge and Ruislip asked, as his sibling was speaking.
Laughing, Jo Johnson, who is MP for Orpington, obliged, and later thanked his brother for his intervention.
Boris said: "Will my honourable brother and friend allow me on that point about diversity of students, is it not absolutely vital to maintain this country's high profile in those vital markets particularly India, where we've seen a sad falling away of student numbers coming to Britain?"
Jo, the junior brother by seven years but an MP for the past five years, replied to the recently-returned Boris: "I thank the honourable member for Uxbridge for his helpful intervention.
"Of course, we do encourage diversity of students, diversity of all groups that are under-represented - people from disadvantaged backgrounds, people from the most disadvantaged sections of society and we also welcome the diversity that comes from international students, and we hope to see numbers from the country he mentioned rise and stop declining in the years ahead."
The fraternal exchange came during a debate on mental health issues affecting students.
Labour's Kevan Jones, North Durham MP, could be heard labelling the intervention from Boris as "stupid", and later noted that he wished to make a "relevant point to the debate" when he rose to intervene.
Caledonia Bridge, Queensferry Crossing, St Margaret's Crossing, the Firth of Forth Crossing and Saltire Crossing were all in the running.
The search for a name has seen 35,000 votes cast by the public and more than 7,000 suggested names received.
The winner was announced by the first minister. The project is due to open in 2016 and will cost up to £1.6bn.
First Minister Alex Salmond made the announcement on a visit to the construction site of the new bridge to span the firth.
The first minister said: "It was Queen Margaret in the 11th Century who introduced a ferry to carry pilgrims across the Forth, giving the communities on either side of the Firth their name.
"The public's choice of Queensferry Crossing reflects the area's rich history and the continuing link between the two communities on the estuary's north and south banks."
A shortlist of five names had been chosen by an independent panel for the final decision, in what was a seven-month nomination and voting process.
Worries over structural issues with the current Forth Road Bridge saw plans for a new crossing brought forward, but it has since been found that the original road bridge can be maintained as a transport link.
Saint Margaret of Scotland lived in the 11th Century and became Queen Consort of Scotland when she married King Malcolm III Canmore.
She established a ferry crossing on the Forth, which carried pilgrims to St Andrews and Dunfermline, and gave North and South Queensferry their names.
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said the company broke the law by installing, but failing to disclose, the technology in more than 100,000 Jeeps and Dodge vehicles.
The agency said the software caused higher nitrogen oxide levels.
Fiat Chrysler boss Sergio Marchionne said the firm had done nothing illegal.
"There was never any intent of creating conditions that were designed to defeat the testing process. This is absolute nonsense," he added.
Shares in Fiat Chrysler were trading 12% lower in New York and closed 16% lower in Milan.
The EPA said Fiat Chrysler could be liable for fines of about $44,500 per vehicle, which would mean a total of about $4.6bn (£3.8bn).
According to the EPA, the 104,000 vehicles affected were 2014, 2015 and 2016 model years of the Jeep Grand Cherokee SUV and Dodge Ram truck.
Between "one-sixth and one-seventh" of the vehicles were sold in Europe, with the rest in the US, according to Fiat Chrysler.
In a press conference, the EPA said at least eight types of emissions control software on the vehicles had not been disclosed to the agency.
It also suggested some of the software appeared to make cars perform differently during emissions tests.
"Failing to disclose software that affects emissions in a vehicle's engine is a serious violation of the law, which can result in harmful pollution in the air we breathe," said EPA official Cynthia Giles. "All automakers must play by the same rules."
Fiat Chrysler said it would demonstrate that its emissions control strategies were justified and thus were not "defeat devices" designed to get around emissions tests.
It also said it had responded to requests for information from US authorities and sought to explain its position.
On Wednesday, Volkswagen pleaded guilty to three criminal charges to settle charges over its emissions-rigging scandal.
The Department of Justice said VW had a long-running scheme to sell about 590,000 diesel vehicles in the US fitted with a defeat device to cheat on emissions tests.
The firm will pay $2.8bn in criminal fines and $1.5bn in civil penalties.
The EPA is reviewing other carmakers' emissions systems, but it is unclear if it has found any additional wrongdoing.
In April, Mercedes Benz owner Daimler said the US Justice Department had asked the firm to investigate its emissions certification processes.
Rumours that the band would return to Worthy Farm began to circulate on Wednesday, when the band's logo appeared near the Pyramid stage.
Eagle-eyed fans saw two men painting the "angry bear" symbol onto the grass via the BBC's Glastonbury webcam.
The festival confirmed the news on Thursday afternoon, posting a photo of the logo on its official Twitter page.
"YES! Radiohead will be back at Worthy Farm and we really can't wait," wrote organiser Emily Eavis on Instagram.
The band will play the opening night of the festival on 23 June, 2017 - marking their first UK festival appearance since 2011, when they played a "secret set" on Glastonbury's small, outlying Park Stage.
Other headliners have yet to be confirmed, although The Stone Roses, Foo Fighters and Lady Gaga have all been rumoured.
French dance duo Daft Punk were also through to be in the running, but organiser Eavis recently shot that one down, telling fans: "As ever, 99% of the rumours are untrue!"
Earlier this week, rock band Kings of Leon also told the BBC they were keen to return to the Pyramid stage.
"We love Glastonbury. I think that was the first festival we ever played in Europe," said drummer Nathan Followill, before asking: "Do they still do it where it's on one year, off one year to let the grass grow?"
On being told that the next fallow year was 2018, he replied: "OK, then we'll have to get on it in 2017. I'll have to text Mr Eavis."
I've grown up with Radiohead and they're about as good as it gets for me. They're just in a league of their own aren't they? Some of my happiest memories at the festival have been watching them play, from headlining in the rain 20 years ago when I was a teenager, to surprise sets in The Park and DJ'ing late night in Shangri-La. We are beyond excited that they're finally coming back to the Pyramid, it's incredibly special for everyone here.
Radiohead have headlined Glastonbury twice before, in 1997 and 2003 (you can still watch the former on BBC iPlayer). Guitarist Ed O'Brien recently told BBC 6 Music he would "love to" reprise the experience.
"I go to Glastonbury every year, it's my carnival," he told Matt Everitt's First Time programme.
"To be asked to play at Glastonbury again would be magic. I also think Glastonbury is like our spiritual home. It is the mother of all festivals... there's nothing like that one... it would be great to play there."
The band, whose ninth album A Moon Shaped Pool went to number one earlier this year, have recently played a handful of international festivals, including Primavera, Summer Solstice and Lollapalooza, but their only UK dates in 2016 were held at London's 1,700-capacity Roundhouse.
Coincidentally, their symbol was co-designed by artist Stanley Donwood, who creates all of Glastonbury's posters and logos.
The 2017 festival has already sold out, but there will be a resale of any returned tickets in the spring.
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He said his investigations would be "free from police, governmental or any sectional community interest."
Dr Maguire was speaking as he begins his first week as head of the police complaints system.
Al Hutchinson stepped down from the role in January.
Mr Hutchinson became the second police ombudsman for Northern Ireland when he succeeded Nuala O'Loan in 2007.
In 2011, three independent reports were highly critical of the work being carried out by the ombudsman's office.
One of these by the Criminal Justice Inspection found that the independence of the office had been compromised.
After the report's publication last September, Mr Hutchinson announced he would be stepping down earlier than planned.
He said that during his time as Police Ombudsman he would ensure the handling of complaints about the conduct of police officers would be carried out in a totally independent manner and to the highest of standards.
"The police complaints system must be wholly independent if it is to have the confidence of the public and the police.
"While we will listen to the views of others on improvements to the service we provide to the community, no-one should be in any doubt that the decisions and conclusions reached in individual complaints will be a matter for my office and my office alone," he said.
Dr Maguire's comments come after a difficult year for the Police Ombudsman's Office when concerns were raised about aspects of how it conducted its 'historical' investigations.
"The main problems identified by the Criminal Justice Inspectorate related to the 'historical' investigations alone and were largely failures in processes and systems. For most of the last year the staff have been putting in place new policies and procedures.
"Good progress has been made and an important priority will be to commence once again investigations into 'historical' cases and to ensure that the quality of those investigations is as good as it can be.
"We will also look at how cases are prioritised and the ways in which the office engages with the police, families and their representatives," he said.
The Police Ombudsman's Office receives more than 3,000 complaints each year about 'current' policing and the conduct of police officers.
Sydney's benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed up 0.5% at 5,141.78, marking its sixth straight day of gains.
An increase in the price of iron ore, Australia's biggest export, helped the index, together with a slight rise in the price of oil.
Shares in mining giant BHP Billiton rose 3.45%, Rio Tinto closed up 4.2%, while Fortescue Metals gained 2.9%.
Shares in Atlas Iron finished the trading day up nearly 6% on news of the firm's plans to restructure its debt.
In China, the Shanghai Composite closed down 0.4% at 3,636.09, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose by nearly 1% to 22,040.59.
South Korea's benchmark Kospi index closed up 0.33% at 1,999.22, although at one point it had risen above the 2,000 mark for the first time in three weeks.
Japan's stock market is closed for a public holiday.
The "Read On. Get On." report said children who fell behind could feel the impact for the rest of their lives.
It said they were less likely to gain good qualifications and go on to further education.
The coalition behind the report aims to have all 11-year-olds reading well within a generation.
Organisations such as Save the Children and the Scottish Book Trust are part of the coalition. They want to see parents reading to young children for 10 minutes a day.
Their report said that 40% of families in the lowest income bracket had fewer than 10 children's books at home and fathers from these households were half as likely to read with their children at age two as fathers in the highest income households.
It said that this impacted on children later in life as those who were read to often as toddlers were more likely to become keen readers themselves.
The Read on coalition said there were 220,000 children living in poverty in Scotland and they expected this number to rise.
Neil Mathers, head of Scotland at Save the Children, said: "As a country we cannot continue with a situation where one in five poor children are not reading well at the end of primary school. It is unfair.
"We know that getting every child reading well at 11 cannot happen overnight but it is possible within a generation if we work together.
"Read On. Get On. is a mission to galvanise the nation so that parents, grandparents and volunteers play their part in teaching children to read. We want every child to be given a fair and equal chance to learn to read well, regardless of their background."
While children are still reading books, the report found that the most commonly read material by children is now text messages, with websites and e-books growing in popularity.
He insisted his government would not fall like that of Muammar Gaddafi in Libya and that dialogue was the "only solution", al-Ahram al-Arabi reported.
The weekly said Mr Assad had given it an interview, but Syrian officials said he had been speaking informally.
Meanwhile, fresh fighting has been reported in the second city of Aleppo.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said government forces backed by helicopter gunships had clashed with rebels near the Hananu army barracks in the north-eastern Arkoub district.
The nearby area of Sakhour and central district of Bustan al-Qasr also came under attack overnight, the UK-based activist group added.
It said at least 225 people - 140 civilians, 39 rebels and 46 security forces personnel - had been killed on Thursday, including more than 30 when a government warplane bombed a petrol station in Raqqa province.
Mr Assad has not made public pronouncements for some time. But the remarks published by al-Ahram al-Arabi on Friday suggested there was no sign of flinching from the course he and his regime has taken, says the BBC's Jim Muir in Beirut.
"The armed groups exercise terrorism against the state. They are not popular within society... they will not be victorious in the end," he was quoted as saying.
His government would not fall, and change would not come about through foreign intervention or the removal of leaders.
There would be no repeat of the Libyan experience in Syria, he insisted.
The overthrow of Arab regimes, Mr Assad said, had "not worked in the interest of freedom, democracy or ending social injustice as much as it helped create chaos".
"Both sides of the equation are equal and political dialogue is the only solution," he added.
"Violence, however, is not allowed... and the state will not stand with its hands tied in the face of those who bear arms against us."
Our correspondent says the president was also bitterly scathing about the role of Saudi Arabia and Qatar in supporting the opposition.
"Those have suddenly become wealthy after very long period of poverty," Mr Assad said. "They imagine they can use their wealth to buy the geography, history and a regional role."
Later on Friday, Syrian Information Minister Umran al-Zubi denied Mr Assad had granted an exclusive interview to al-Ahram al-Arabi.
Mr Zubi said the president had had an informal conversation with nine Egyptian journalists and that his comments had been taken out of context.
Two-year-old Munsterlander Eva broke her leg when she was hit by a car last year and the injury failed to heal.
Amputation seemed inevitable, but Eva's vet used the untested technique that encourages new bone tissue to grow.
Bone chips mixed with a special formula were placed in her leg and the dog is now on the way to a "full recovery".
Research into the technology was funded by Sir Bobby Charlton's landmine charity Find A Better Way.
Project leaders Prof Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez and Prof Matt Dalby began work in January to develop synthetically grown bone tissue for use by trauma surgeons in the future treatment of landmine blast survivors.
The team is also based at Glasgow University, but the university said Eva's vet, William Marshall, found out about the research project "by chance".
Mr Marshall had been treating Eva at the university's small animal hospital, but a persistent infection had forced vets to remove bone tissue from the dog - leaving her with a 2cm (0.8in) gap at the top of her right foreleg that would not regenerate.
The bone-growth technique that Mr Marshall wanted to use - a new way of delivering a naturally occurring protein called BMP-2 - had not previously been tested on dogs or humans.
The protein, which is held in place by common household substance called PEA, causes bones to grow.
Mr Marshall, clinician in orthopaedic surgery at the university's School of Veterinary Medicine, placed the bone chips mixed with BMP-2 in the gap in Eva's front leg.
He said: "Eva is an energetic and otherwise very healthy dog. Amputating her leg would have significantly affected the way that she walks and runs, but without the treatment provided by Manuel and his team there would really have been no other option.
"We are delighted with the results, and are looking forward to developing the use of PEA and BMP-2 further in veterinary medicine."
Fiona Kirkland, Eva's owner, said she was "absolutely thrilled" with her pet's recovery.
"When we heard about an experimental treatment that might help her, we had no idea it was connected to such an important project," she said.
"It is amazing to think that the treatment used to heal Eva's leg will help researchers one day repair the bones of landmine blast survivors."
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Watch BBC News NI's journey to finding Henry Clarke, a 75-year-old church pastor who confessed to abusing three different boys at care homes in Northern Ireland.
His Likud party won March's election but he is still trying to strike deals with other parties to gain a majority.
On Monday, former ally Avigdor Lieberman said his Yisrael Beitenu party would not join the coalition.
If one is not formed by midnight (21:00 GMT), President Reuven Rivlin will offer the chance to another party.
By late Tuesday, Mr Netanyahu had secured deals with three parties - the centrist Kulanu and two ultra-Orthodox parties, United Torah Judaism (UTJ) and Shas - giving him 53 seats in Israel's 120-seat parliament, the Knesset.
Early on Wednesday, the prime minister was said to be in talks with the right-wing Bayit Yehudi (Jewish Home) party led by Naftali Bennett.
Bayit Yehudi's eight seats would give Mr Netanyahu the necessary 61 for a slim majority.
But Israeli media said Mr Bennett was trying to strike a hard bargain, asking for the prestigious justice ministry portfolio.
Mr Lieberman, Israel's foreign minister, pulled out of the talks on Monday, saying the coalition was not "nationalist" enough.
Analysts say Mr Netanyahu could try to form a "national unity" government with the leading centre-left opposition party Zionist Union, but both sides have so far played down the possibility.
Likud's election win came as a surprise after exit polls had predicted a dead heat between the party and the Zionist Union. In the end, it gained 30 seats in the Knesset and the Zionist Union 24.
Israel's system of proportional representation always produces coalition governments. No party has ever won an outright majority.
Nyambe, 19, has made 29 appearances for Rovers, plus three games for the Under-23s in the Checkatrade Trophy.
"I've got a lot more to learn. I just need to get my head down, work hard and listen to people," Nyambe said.
"This new contract means a lot as I've been here for a long time and want to pay the club back."
WWT Slimbridge wants to demolish a 50-year-old tropical house and replace it with a 2,000 sqm (21,527 sqft) aviary.
The installation is part of a £4.4m funding award announced by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) in 2016.
The WWT said it was "sorry" to see the tropical house go but its replacement will be "much better equipped".
It currently houses around 20 birds and up to 40 fish. The trust said half the birds will be moved to the new aviary while the remaining wildlife will be transferred to zoos and private collections.
The new aviary will house and conserve a range of Slimbridge species including avocet and black-tailed godwit and bearded tits - rarely seen in Gloucestershire, the trust said.
An attached open-air "living wetland theatre" will also offer visitors the chance to get close to free-flying pelicans and diving whistling ducks.
Peter Morris, from WWT Slimbridge, said the decision to knock-down the "much-loved" tropical house in September had been "difficult".
"It has been there for 50 years and it's a beautiful lush little area but it's going to be replaced with a huge aviary that's about the size of eight tennis courts," he said
"We know we've got the wildlife but it's about bringing it to more people."
Gary Haseley-Nejrup, from the trust, said the tropical house had been a "stalwart in the Slimbridge landscape" and they will be "very sorry to see it go".
"We've ensured the replacement will be much better equipped to house vulnerable species, will be fully accessible to people with limited mobility and offer an enhanced experience for visitors," he said.
If approved, construction work will begin next year, ahead of the aviary opening in 2020.
Moura appeared to be offside before turning the ball home from close range.
Edinson Cavani had headed them into the lead before a late equaliser from Nicolas de Preville, who was gifted the ball by PSG keeper Alphonse Areola.
The champions remain three points behind leaders Monaco, who beat Montpellier 2-1 earlier in the evening.
Poland centre-back Kamil Glik and highly rated teenager Kylian Mbappe had put them in control before Hilton pulled one back. Monaco ended with 10 men when Jemerson was shown two yellow cards.
Match ends, Paris Saint Germain 2, Lille 1.
Second Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 2, Lille 1.
Alphonse Areola (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nicolas de Preville (Lille).
Vincent Enyeama (Lille) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Paris Saint Germain 2, Lille 1. Lucas Moura (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Blaise Matuidi (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Anwar El Ghazi (Lille) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Vincent Enyeama.
Attempt missed. Adrien Rabiot (Paris Saint Germain) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Lucas Moura with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Julian Palmieri.
Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Lille 1. Nicolas de Preville (Lille) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal.
Offside, Paris Saint Germain. Blaise Matuidi tries a through ball, but Edinson Cavani is caught offside.
Sébastien Corchia (Lille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Sébastien Corchia (Lille).
Hand ball by Julian Palmieri (Lille).
Substitution, Lille. Yves Bissouma replaces Franck Beria.
Offside, Paris Saint Germain. Adrien Rabiot tries a through ball, but Edinson Cavani is caught offside.
Thiago Silva (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nicolas de Preville (Lille).
Attempt missed. Serge Aurier (Paris Saint Germain) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Ángel Di María with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Adama Soumaoro.
Substitution, Lille. Éric Bautheac replaces Ricardo Kishna.
Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Lille 0. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) with an attempt from very close range to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Anwar El Ghazi (Lille).
Attempt missed. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Serge Aurier with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Lucas Moura (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Serge Aurier.
Foul by Blaise Matuidi (Paris Saint Germain).
Adama Soumaoro (Lille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Lucas Moura replaces Julian Draxler.
Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Sébastien Corchia.
Attempt saved. Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Julian Draxler.
Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Adrien Rabiot replaces Hatem Ben Arfa.
Presnel Kimpembe (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Presnel Kimpembe (Paris Saint Germain).
Nicolas de Preville (Lille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Franck Beria.
Hatem Ben Arfa (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Under the joint venture, the union (SRU) had pledged to supply Scottish with young players and coaches.
"It's really not a great situation," Grove, 28, told BBC Scotland.
"They've got to find half a squad from somewhere at a time of year where everyone's sort of signed up elsewhere."
The two parties announced on Monday that the initiative had been ended just five months after it had been announced.
Grove, who was on loan at Scottish earlier this season, had sympathy for the club but questioned their approach.
"I feel sorry for London Scottish that the deal's been pulled, but I don't think they've done themselves many favours," he said.
"They've allowed a lot of senior players to leave on a promise they're getting these young guys.
"If I'm the SRU, I'm then thinking, do I want to be sending a load of young guys down there to create an academy side?
"Do we want to create an under-23 side, essentially, struggling at the bottom of the league?
"Possibly the SRU questioned London Scottish's ambition. Do they really have a squad, the firepower capable of pushing for top-four play-off spots?"
Scottish Rugby suggested on Monday that its board felt "the performance environment in place was not sufficiently developed to offer the player pathway we had envisaged".
Exiles president Rod Lynch criticised the decision, while chairman Sir David Reid was irked that the number of players provided had been cut from 14 to 10, and "none of them senior players".
Former Glasgow Warriors head coach Sean Lineen had been appointed director of rugby, with former Edinburgh back-row Roddy Grant joining the coaching staff until the end of the season, bringing "a clear shift in focus", and energising the squad, according to Grove.
Neither will be a part of the set-up in the forthcoming season.
Grove, who has been released after 10 years with Worcester Warriors and won three caps, believes the Scottish player development pathway, as well as the club itself, could suffer.
"Robbie Fergusson and George Horne, when I was there, those two guys, who are possibly blocked at the moment at Glasgow, have come down and been excellent," Grove said.
"They've really benefited from regular rugby. They're young, enthusiastic, full of energy. More importantly, they're willing to learn, grow and challenge themselves.
"Imagine having 12 players like that; the club would be in a far better place."
Grove fears Scottish, who finished eighth last season but reached third place in 2014-15, will struggle to compete in the forthcoming campaign.
"They were meant to start pre-season yesterday and that's had to be delayed because of the lack of players in the squad," he said.
"It would be frustrating as a player to be in the middle of this - the guys that were going to come won't get rugby at that level and the guys they signed on that thought they were going to have that partnership are going to be frustrated.
"They would have had a squad they felt could have competed for the play-offs and now, with the young guys not coming and the old guys leaving, they've barely got 15 guys."
Scott Grix crossed either side of Reece Lyne's try to give Wakefield a 16-0 half-time lead at St James' Park.
Ben Jones-Bishop touched down twice after the break, while Matty Ashurst also scored as Wakefield dominated.
Ryan Ince and Hep Cahill scored consolation tries for Widnes, who gave a debut to Rangi Chase.
The 31-year-old half-back joined Widnes until the end of the season on Monday after being told he did not feature in Castleford's plans for the rest of 2017.
But the former England playmaker was unable to make a serious impact in his first match - and was at fault for the sixth Trinity try, throwing a wayward pass to allow Ashurst a free run under the posts.
Vikings remain bottom of the table having won just two of their 14 matches in Super League this season.
Wakefield, who are also in the Challenge Cup quarter-finals, move above Wigan to fifth in the table.
Widnes Vikings: Hanbury, Ince, Chamberlain, Runciman, Johnson, Johnstone, Chase, Buchanan, Heremaia, Dudson, Houston, Wilde, Cahill.
Replacements: O'Carroll, White, Gerrard, Manuokafoa.
Wakefield Trinity: Grix, Jones-Bishop, Lyne, Arundel, Caton-Brown, Miller, Finn, England, Wood, Fifita, Ashurst, Kirmond, Arona.
Replacements: B. Tupou, Huby, Hirst, Batchelor.
Referee: Chris Kendall (RFL)
The woman narrowly managed to push her son to safety before she fell into the still moving escalator on Sunday.
Investigators concluded that store staff lacked training and should have shut the machinery down earlier.
The incident in Jingzhou, in Hubei province, has sparked widespread anger at the department store.
Xiang Liujuan, 30, was travelling on an upward escalator with her son, and as she stepped onto a metal panel at the top of the escalator, it gave way, catching her and dragging her down.
CCTV footage caught her just managing to save her son before disappearing into the still rolling escalator at the Anliang department store.
Five minutes before the accident, staff members noticed that a panel had become loose, but no proper instructions were given and nobody stopped the escalator, noted the preliminary report.
"The company lacks adequate training of staff on how to deal with emergency escalator situations, and lacks practice, which led to the escalator not being shut down (before the accident)," it said.
The manufacturer, Shenlong Elevator Ltd, was criticised for the design of its product's metal panels, which investigators said could easily work their way loose.
CCTV footage reveals that as the young mother travelled on the escalator from the 6th floor to the 7th floor with her son, two staff members were standing at the top of the escalator on the 7th floor, joined by another staff member.
It's not clear if they knew that there was a problem with the escalator or not or if they gave any warnings.
According to the husband of the victim, there were no signs or any warning at the bottom of the escalator, and only when the mother and son were already reaching the top did the women shout to her about the danger, but it was too late, and his wife was dragged down before they could finish the sentence.
The victim's son is reported to have witnessed how his mother was "swallowed" by the escalator, and was telling the relatives to save her while the rescue was going on.
The death of Xiang Liujuan on what should have been an ordinary shopping trip has sparked outrage, anger and concern on social media.
Many express disbelief at what they see as a totally incompetent response to the emergency situation by the shopping centre, with one netizen asking "what's happening to China? What are the maintenance staff doing in the shopping mall"?
Others question why these accidents seem to be happening frequently, and lament the avoidable loss of life.
According to a Xinhua report, in July alone, there have been several serious incidents involving lifts and escalators across the country, causing several deaths and serious injuries.
What many find quite shocking is that since the death in Jingzhou, there have been two reported serious incidents.
On 27 July, a one-year-old boy had his left arm caught in the handrail of an escalator in Sun Square, in Guangxi's Wuzhou City. Reports say the boy might lose his arm.
On the same day, a young woman was killed when she got stuck in the gap between the floor and a goods elevator, in the southern city of Wuxi.
These incidents have put the safety of elevators and escalators once again under the spotlight. Experts point to a variety of concerns, including manufacturing defaults, over use, lack of maintenance and poor inspections.
Now Hubei quality control authorities have issued an urgent instruction to suspend the use of escalators produced by Shen Long Ltd until further notice. They have also ordered a thorough inspection of all the elevators and escalators in service.
As for the victim's relatives, they say they will not talk about compensation before they get the final results of the investigation and know who is responsible.
The Anliang Department Store and Shenlong Elevator Ltd have yet to respond publicly to the investigation.
Google stands accused of using its 90% market share of internet search in Europe to promote its own services.
The company has offered to change the way it displays some results to address the worries.
But European Commission competition chief Joaquin Almunia said Google must rethink its response and "present better proposals".
"I concluded that proposals that Google sent to us months ago are not enough to overcome our concerns," Mr Almunia said on Wednesday.
In response, Google spokesman Al Verney said the search giant remained committed to settling the case, and that its offer "clearly addresses" the four areas of concern highlighted by the EU.
Those areas of concern, first highlighted in 2010, were:
On advertising, competitors have complained that it is too difficult to place ads on Google's Ad service using third-party software.
Both sides of the dispute have said they are eager to reach a settlement, but if necessary, the commission could formally file a case - leaving Google open to the prospect of being fined 10% of its annual revenue.
Google submitted in April its proposal to solve the problem. It agreed to display links to rivals close to where it displayed its own services on its results page.
It also offered to more clearly label results from YouTube, Google Maps and its other sites.
But lobby groups from other companies, including Microsoft, disputed the effectiveness of the changes.
"It is clear that mere labelling is not any kind of solution to the competition concerns that have been identified. Google should implement the same ranking policy to all websites," Microsoft said in April.
Google had also been subject to an earlier US Federal Trade Commission probe into competition issues - which ruled there were no concerns.
After receiving Google's proposals in April, the EU submitted the offer to the complainants - Google's rivals - for their consideration.
By Mark GregoryBBC News
Until recently it had seemed that European competition authorities would follow their American counterparts in deciding there were no serious concerns for Google to address.
But now after studying the small print of the search company's proposed remedies, EU officials are clearly taking a much tougher line.
They seem to have some sympathy towards the view - vigorously expressed by Google's opponents - that the search giant's plans to give greater prominence to links to rivals' sites were essentially cosmetic, and would not lead to significant changes in the flow of internet traffic.
The EU has in effect thrown the ball back into Google's court, demanding that it volunteers more meaningful concessions, backed with a still-distant threat of a legal battle and severe penalties if it fails to do so.
The interested third parties include Microsoft, Expedia and Trip Advisor - who form part of Fairsearch, a group of businesses looking to increase competition in the search industry.
A study of UK web users commissioned by the group, conducted by a pair of US academics, suggested that, even under the new proposals, Google-owned services enjoyed "better placement, richer graphics and better visuals" than competitors.
It said that as many as one in five of the 1,888 people studied clicked on Google's commercial web services, compared to one in 200 clicking on its rivals.
Another group, the Microsoft-backed Initiative for a Competitive Online Marketplace (Icomp), called for a "tight deadline" for Google's revised offer.
"It is reassuring that the commission has recognised, as had been argued by many, that Google's offer of proposed remedies was inadequate," said Icomp's legal counsel David Wood.
"Frankly, Google's offer made rather surprising reading and clearly fell far short of meeting the key requirement."
The worker was hurt when there was a "flash over" from the gas range at the Angel Inn, White Cross Lane, in July 2015.
Pub chain Enterprise Inns Plc admitted failing to ensure the equipment was safe and without risk to health.
It was fined £95,000, with costs of £15,860, at Newport Magistrates' Court.
Details of the hearing, which took place on 16 August, were revealed by Caerphilly council on Thursday, on the back of an investigation by the authority's environmental health team.
The council's cabinet member for community services, Nigel George, said: "We take all cases of accidents reported to the council very seriously and investigate them thoroughly.
"This was a serious incident involving a person becoming injured as a result of a faulty gas appliance and I am pleased that the court has reflected this in the fine".
The show will be made available the day after it is broadcast on CBS All Access, the network's US subscription streaming service.
It is the franchise's first return to television since 2005 with a new ship, characters and civilisations, although casting has yet to be announced.
Production is set to begin in Toronto in September.
Alex Kurtzman, who co-wrote and produced the blockbuster films Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) will also serve as executive producer for the series.
The Netflix deal will see the show available in 188 countries excluding the US and Canada.
The whole back catalogue of Star Trek TV series will also be made available to watch.
'Hailing on all frequencies'
"Star Trek is already a worldwide phenomenon and this international partnership will provide fans around the world, who have been craving a new series for more than a decade, the opportunity to see every episode virtually at the same time as viewers in the US," said Armando Nunez, CBS Studios president and chief executive officer.
"The new Star Trek will definitely be hailing on all frequencies throughout the planet."
The original Star Trek spawned 13 feature films and five television series.
It was last on screen with Enterprise, which was set a century before the original series featuring Captain Kirk, and ran from 2001 to 2005.
Paramount Pictures confirmed this week it had approved plans for a fourth Star Trek film featuring the current crew of the starship Enterprise.
Producer JJ Abrams has said the role of Chekov, played by Anton Yelchin who was killed by his own car at his home last month, will not be recast.
The actor's parents took out a full-page advert in the Hollywood Reporter on Monday to thank the industry for the support they have received since his death.
"We are deeply grateful for your unconditional love for our son. He would be surprised by how many hearts and souls he touched," they said.
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Serdar Mohammed was arrested in Helmand in 2010 but argues his subsequent detention breached his human rights.
In 2014, the High Court ruled UK forces had unlawfully detained Mr Mohammed before handing him to Afghan police.
However, the UK's Supreme Court has now allowed the Ministry of Defence to appeal against that ruling.
Mr Mohammed was seized on 7 April 2010 in the Kajaki district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, as he fled along a road where a rocket-propelled grenade launcher had been found after a firefight.
He was detained by British troops until 25 July 2010, when he was then transferred to Afghan authorities.
Mr Mohammed was subsequently tried, convicted and sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for offences relating to the insurgency in Afghanistan.
However, Mr Mohammed claims British forces held him for an unlawful amount of time and he is seeking damages.
Under International Security Assistance Force procedures, suspects were allowed to be detained for a maximum of 96 hours - or four days - after which time they had to be released or handed over to Afghan authorities.
In November 2009, the UK government adopted its own policy under which ministers could authorise detention beyond 96 hours - if it was believed a suspect could provide new intelligence.
However, in 2014, High Court judge Mr Justice Leggatt found that while Mr Mohammed's arrest and initial detention for the initial 96 hours had been lawful, he had then been unlawfully held for a further 106 days.
Mr Mohammed's lawyers successfully argued in court that the UK's policy on detention had breached his rights under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
The MoD then challenged that ruling.
The Supreme Court judgement said that even if it can be shown the MoD contravened the ECHR in detaining Mr Mohammed for longer than 96 hours, it would not necessarily entitle him to damages.
BBC defence correspondent Jonathan Beale said the case was now likely to go back to court as the MoD has to show there was an imperative security reason to detain Mr Mohammed.
However, our correspondent said the Supreme Court's ruling would be seen as a "partial victory" for the government.
Loughborough Lightning's Langston, 24, who made her Twenty20 international debut in the Windies in 2013, is named despite recently breaking a thumb.
Lancashire Thunder spinner Ecclestone, 17, played in two T20 games against Pakistan in July, taking three wickets.
Batter Fran Wilson is ruled out after breaking a finger in training.
Aside from Wilson, the only players who featured in the summer limited-overs series against Pakistan to miss out on selection for the Windies are seamers Natasha Farrant and Kate Cross, as England have included four front-line spinners.
All five matches will be played in Jamaica, with the last three counting towards the ICC Women's Championship which determines qualification for next year's Women's World Cup in England - and Heather Knight's side would clinch one of the four automatic World Cup places if they win all three of those designated games.
BBC Radio 5 live sports extra will have ball-by-ball commentary on all five matches.
Squad: Heather Knight (capt), Anya Shrubsole (vice-capt), Tammy Beaumont, Katherine Brunt, Sophie Ecclestone, Georgia Elwiss, Jenny Gunn, Alex Hartley, Danielle Hazell, Amy Jones (wk), Beth Langston, Laura Marsh, Natalie Sciver, Lauren Winfield, Danielle Wyatt.
Schedule (all matches in Jamaica)
8 October: 1st one-day international, Trelawny Stadium, Montego Bay
10 October: 2nd one-day international, Trelawny Stadium, Montego Bay
14 October: 3rd one-day international, Sabina Park, Kingston
16 October: 4th one-day international, Sabina Park, Kingston
19 October: 5th one-day international, Sabina Park, Kingston
(The latter three matches count towards the ICC Women's Championship, a points-based system where the top four teams will qualify automatically for the 2017 Women's World Cup in England)
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The move comes after the 30-year-old handed in a transfer request on Tuesday, stating that he wished to play in the Premier League.
Parker's switch across London is likely to trigger Wilson Palacios joining Stoke City.
Spurs have also announced that winger David Bentley will join the Hammers on a season-long loan.
Parker, who joined West Ham from Newcastle for £7m in 2007, was named Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year last season despite the club finishing bottom of the Premier League.
Spurs boss Harry Redknapp said of Parker: "He's a good player. I think he's what we need. He's a good lad, great attitude.
"Footballer of the Year last year and he'll be a good addition for this team - no doubt about that.
"He's a good character, a fantastic person, a proper family man, a real good pro. He'll be great around the place for us."
West Ham said they "reluctantly" agreed to the deal, despite their best attempts to keep him at Upton Park.
On the Hammers website, the club said: "West Ham United would like to place on record their thanks for Scott's efforts and wish him well for the future."
Bentley, who joined Spurs in July 2008 from Blackburn joins West Ham having made 62 appearances at White Hart Lane and scoring six times.
The out-of-favour midfielder spent the second half of last season on loan at Birmingham, clocking up 15 appearances.
Meanwhile, the Hammers boss Sam Allardyce took his summer tally to 11 signings with the arrivals of Arsenal midfielder Henri Lansbury, 20, on an initial season-long loan.
The England Under-21 international wants regular first-team football having failed to make the breakthrough with Arsenal.
He played 23 games on loan with Norwich last season as the Canaries earned promotion to the Premier League.
The Bluebirds are believed to have paid around £2m to Japanese side Cerezo Osaka for the 22-year-old midfielder.
Kim is currently with the South Korea squad at the Olympics and will finalise his move to Cardiff after the tournament.
He started in South Korea's 0-0 draw against Mexico at St James' Park.
Kim is Cardiff's fourth summer signing with the club having already recruited goalkeeper Joe Lewis, midfielder Jordon Mutch and striker Etien Velikonja during the pre-season.
Cardiff have also been linked with Liverpool striker Craig Bellamy, who spent the 2010-11 season on loan with club.
But manager Malkay Mackay has refused to be drawn on the possibility of the former Wales captain returning to the club.
Striker Kenny Miller has left the club for MLS side Vancouver Whitecaps but Cardiff have rejected two bids from Premier League side Fulham for Peter Whittingham.
Maureen Bannister, 43, from Leuchars, has not been seen since about 14:00 on Sunday.
It is understood that shortly after this Ms Bannister left a house on Pitcairn Park in a blue-coloured Ford Focus with her dog, a black/grey-coloured cross-breed Yorkshire Terrier.
Ms Bannister is known to walk her dog in and around Tentsmuir Forest.
The dog was found near the woman's car in the Tayport area shortly after Ms Bannister was reported missing.
The missing woman was described as 5ft 4in tall, of slim build and has long dark hair.
It is not known what she was wearing at the time of her disappearance but it is likely she will have been wearing navy Wellington boots and a navy thigh-length jacket with a cream-lined hood.
Insp Paul Dick, of Police Scotland, said: "Our search for Maureen has been under way since around 01:00 on Monday but unfortunately we have not yet located her.
"We are extremely concerned for her welfare as are her family who are desperate to find her safe and well.
"Today, I'm appealing to anyone who may have seen Maureen or even spoke with her, to come forward to police immediately."
An attack was launched against a military barracks in Valencia in the north-western Carabobo state.
Two attackers were killed and at least eight were arrested, Mr Maduro said.
A video released on social media showed uniformed men saying they were rising against a "murderous tyranny". Venezuela has seen months of protests.
"This is not a coup but a civil and military action to re-establish constitutional order," said the leader, who gave his name as Juan Caguaripano.
The ruling Socialist Party's deputy leader, Diosdado Cabello, called it a "terrorist attack" on Twitter.
Mr Cabello said full control had been restored at the Fuerte Paramacay military barracks.
Army chief Gen Jesus Suarez Chourio said: "What happened today was a terrorist, paramilitary, mercenary attack paid for by the right [the opposition] and its collaborators, paid for by the North American empire" - a reference to the US, which has denounced President Maduro's recent actions.
Despite the reported arrests, Juan Carlos Colina, a reporter with the Venezolana de Prensa newspaper, told the BBC that loud explosions continued to be heard at the base in the early afternoon, local time.
In his short speech, the rebel leader said that his group - which he called the 41st Brigade - was standing against the "murderous tyranny of President Nicolás Maduro".
He named young people who have died after attending anti-government protests: Neomar Lander, Geraldine Moreno, Juan Pablo Pernalete and "lots of others with their cardboard shields".
Lander, 17, and Pernalete, 20, died earlier this year, while Moreno, 23, was shot in the face in a 2014 demonstration. Two members of the National Guard were later jailed for her death.
Regular protests have been held in the country since April. The opposition accuses left-wing President Maduro of trying to entrench his power.
On Saturday, the newly inaugurated Constituent Assembly held its first session. It immediately voted to dismiss Chief Prosecutor Luisa Ortega, a former ally of President Maduro turned major critic.
Members of the assembly were elected after a controversial vote last Sunday, in which no opposition candidates participated and which has led to allegations of voting fraud.
The government has strongly denied the allegations. Mr Maduro repeatedly says he is trying to keep the peace.
The assembly has the power to rewrite the constitution and could override the opposition-controlled National Assembly.
Blackwell was found to have a small bleed on the brain after Saturday's fight was stopped in round 10.
A family spokesman told BBC Sport the 25-year-old is "heavily sedated" but could be brought round on Tuesday.
The beaten champion was taken from the ring on a stretcher, while receiving oxygen.
Referee Victor Loughlin stopped Saturday's fight on the advice of the ringside doctor, who said Blackwell was unable to continue because of swelling over his left eye.
The British Board of Boxing Control said it is satisfied with how the bout was handled after suggestions from Eubank Jr's camp and some pundits that the fight should have been stopped sooner.
At the end of the eighth round, Chris Eubank Sr - a former world champion - told his son to aim his shots at Blackwell's body rather than his head.
It is unclear whether his instructions were tactical or designed to protect the defending champion from further harm.
Eubank Jr said after the fight: "I hit him with some big shots. Maybe the referee should have stopped the fight earlier."
Michael Watson, who suffered brain damage after a 1991 fight with Chris Eubank Sr, told the Telegraph he had experienced "a real sense of deja vu".
Watson, 51, spent 40 days in a coma and had six brain operations, leaving him with irreparable brain damage and partially paralysed.
Usk in south Wales recorded a top temperature of 19.9C (68F) on Monday, while many in England, Northern Ireland and other parts of Wales also got plenty of sunshine.
However, the highest temperatures of the Easter weekend were recorded in Scotland, with those in Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, hitting 20.7C (69F) on Sunday - the hottest day of the year so far.
Fusion Ball organises teenage events across Ireland and posted the advice on its Kilkenny page.
The post said: "Due to the deplorable dresses at the last ball it is necesary (sic) to fully enforce a knee length dress with NO PLUNGING NECKLINE dresscode for the mid-term ball."
"Keep it Neat and Discreet ladies".
But a number of responses accused the company of trying to dictate what young women wear.
The post illustrated pictures of models dressed in various styles of clothing with 'NO' stamped across them.
One comment said: "I don't have girls but I have to say I was very uncomfortable with your post. Are we raising independent women or going back to the 80s where young girls had babies in grottos and died?
"I felt the phrase 'keep it neat and discreet ladies' was a poor choice of words."
However many of the comments were in support of the advice.
One Facebook user wrote: "I totally agree with this stance of the organisers. All those critical of the organisers, please volunteer at the event and watch for yourself what teenagers get up to today and give your feedback on the dress code then."
The company responded on the Facebook page: "We organise these events for 15-year-old children to attend in a safe, supervised and fun environment.
"We put up a reminder of this before every ball and we also have it on the back of all tickets.
"The Dress-code is as follows: Boys Wear: Shirt and Tie, Slacks and Shoes. Girls Wear: A Dress and Shoes
"Shoes can be sandals, heels or flat pumps. Dress can be knee length or just above the knee".
As he trudges homeward, a young boy orphaned by the war latches on to him, looking for a father-figure. Once home, the man, Chandra - or Agni ('Fire') to give his nom-de-guerre - comes hard up against the traditions that the Maoists have tried to overturn, and finds resistance against changing them.
White Sun, a new film from Nepal, isn't simply a good yarn with a majestic Himalayan backdrop. It holds up a mirror to today's Nepalese society.
The second feature by Nepalese director Deepak Rauniyar, the film opens in Nepal this week having won the Best Film award at the Singapore International Film Festival. Already screened at festivals in Venice, Toronto and Busan, it will soon show in Dubai, Rotterdam, Palm Springs and elsewhere.
The central point of contention in Chandra's village is how to give a respectful funeral to his deceased father, the late mayor. The taciturn Chandra (played by Dahayang Rai) clashes with his brother Suraj (Rabindra Singha Baniya), who is loyal to the now-defunct monarchy, and with the Hindu priest (Deepak Chhetri) and other traditionalist villagers, creating some very funny moments.
Modernity clashes with custom, not least when Suraj drapes his deceased father's funeral shroud in a royalist flag. Just getting the corpse out of the house and to the river is bitterly contentious.
Director Rauniyar told BBC News he wanted to show how the bitter experience of the 1996-2006 war still permeates people's lives.
"People like Chandra believe in change, believe traditional law is unfair to everyone else," he said. "But people like Suraj still defend the older generation, even if they agree some rules were discriminatory. Because they [both sides in the war] had no mercy for opposing parties in the past, their past now haunts them."
For anyone who has spent time in Nepalese villages, the film feels astonishingly real - perhaps less surprising given that many of the roles are played by ordinary rural Nepalese. Most striking among these are the two young children - the orphaned boy, Badri (played by Amrit Pariyar) and Pooja (Sumi Malla), daughter of Chandra's wife Durga, who has been left behind for years in the village. Pooja's paternity is unclear but she wishes Chandra is her father.
Here lies not just a human tragedy but also a political one, because under Nepal's contentious new constitution, neither child would easily get citizenship. Badri would fail because he doesn't have the paperwork to prove who his parents were. Pooja would fail because a mother cannot, in the absence of a father, simply confer her nationality on her child. "She would be not be able to do anything," said Rauniyar. "Job, passport, even renting a room in a hotel requires citizenship these days."
Little wonder that his estranged wife, Durga, tries her best to get him to sign documents saying he is Pooja's father. Durga has already fallen foul of village customs by touching the dead body of her father-in-law. That is not deemed acceptable, because she comes from a low social caste, but she does not care. Asha Magarati, who plays her, says Durga shows that even the civil war, which "took thousands of lives and disabled and displaced many more", might have a silver lining.
"Because of war, gender role in our society has changed for good," she said. "Because men went to fight against regime or for regime, women like Durga were forced to take care and responsibility… Durga stands for post-war generation of strong women in Nepali society, at least for me."
Rauniyar - whose previous film, Highway, examined Nepal's culture of political strikes - said that in White Sun he wanted to look at the legacy of the war, but not in a hopeless way. Instead, he wanted to bring three generations together in his characters, "force them to converse, and see what beautiful can happen".
His symbolism is ambitious: the deceased man's body is a metaphor for the old constitution and royal rule. Consigning it to the past, to history, is difficult. "The film's characters struggle to get the old man's corpse out of the house," Rauniyar said. "They choose to make life harder on themselves. Whether it's small issues or bigger political issues like our constitution, we don't seem to look for the logical path."
But the film, infused with pathos and humour amid darkness and some violence, does not feel didactic. In his quest to bury his father, Chandra knocks on many doors. It all ends with a twist.
The 16-year-old defender has played for Wales at under-16 and under-19 level.
He was named in Wales boss Chris Coleman's senior squad for their World Cup qualifier against Serbia in May, but did not play and is uncapped.
Ampadu made 13 Exeter appearances in 2016-17 and they hope to earn a fee for the player who came through their academy.
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Ellie Butler died after being found with catastrophic head injuries in her bedroom in London in October 2013.
Her father Ben Butler, 36, denies murder and child cruelty charges.
An expert said head injuries sustained in 2007 and two weeks before she died left her susceptible.
The Old Bailey has heard Mr Butler was convicted of causing serious head injuries to Ellie in 2007 but was cleared on appeal.
Ellie was returned to the family home in Sutton, south-west London, 11 months before her death after the couple won a custody battle at the High Court.
Earlier. child forensic pathologist Dr Jan Ophoven told jurors: "She was not like an otherwise normal child because of the previous abnormalities.
"She was at a substantially higher risk of dying from blunt force trauma than any other child."
Dr Ophoven said the previous injuries had negatively affected the blood-brain barrier membrane, which controls pressure inside the head.
Mr Butler's defence lawyer, Icah Peart, has previously suggested Ellie may have been imitating an episode of Peppa Pig, where a character falls out of bed.
Ellie's mother Jennie Gray, also 36, has pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice by lying to police and covering up the circumstances of her daughter's death.
She denies child cruelty over claims Ellie did not receive medical attention over a broken shoulder.
The trial continues.
Displays will feature stone tools, found in Happisburgh, which suggest humans arrived in the UK 900,000 years ago.
The individuals were a primitive predecessor of Homo Antecessor.
The exhibition in London runs from 13 February to 28 September.
Entitled "Britain: One Million Years of the Human Story", the show traces the changing population and landscape of the UK, drawing on more than 10 years of research by a large network of scientists, led by experts at the Natural History Museum.
Prof Chris Stringer, a human origins researcher, said: "Britain has one of the richest yet most underappreciated records of early human history in the world.
"It has taken more than 10 years for our 50-strong team of archaeologists, palaeontologists and geologists to unlock the secrets of our ancient past.
"This is the first time the key specimens from our research are together in one place. I hope people will be able to really get a feel for how different and changeable Britain was and see some of the incredible material and relics that have been found right beneath their feet."
Nick Ashton, curator of Palaeolithic and Mesolithic collections at the British Museum, said at the time the ancient tools were made in Happisburgh, Britain was linked to mainland Europe by a land corridor.
"The area would have been totally different with Happisburgh on the River Thames, surrounded by a coniferous forest."
Work started on excavating the site after a hand axe was found on the beach in 2000 by Mike Chambers while walking his dog.
He said: "I did not realise when I found it how important it was. My wife had to convince me to take it to the museum."
The hand axe, with dimensions of just 12mm (0.47in) in height, 7mm (0.28in) in width and 4mm (0.16in) in depth, was used as a butchery tool to carve flesh from bones.
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The Welsh government put forward a two-year offer which includes a 1% pay rise from next April.
The deal, agreed at a meeting of unions, NHS managers and Welsh government officials in Wrexham on Thursday, covers 77,000 NHS staff excluding doctors and dentists.
Unison welcomed "the improvement on the previous offer" and "achieving the living wage for our lowest members".
Health Minister Mark Drakeford said the deal was a "credit to all parties" involved in the negotiations.
Matthew Keough, 44, of no fixed address, admits murdering Sally Campion in Bishop's Stortford last July.
During sentencing, St Albans Crown Court heard residents saw Keough's attack on Ms Campion, 45, through her half-down bedroom blind.
Judge Andrew Bright QC will finish sentencing Keough on Monday.
Neighbours, the court heard, had come out into Bartholomew Street after hearing a series of loud bangs as Keough first tried to smash down the front door of Ms Campion's terraced cottage at night.
Next he smashed out the glass in the front window to clamber in.
Stuart Trimmer QC, prosecuting, said: "There were screams and shouting and someone was plainly in distress.
"The bedroom light was on and neighbours could see a silhouette of blows raining down."
Keough then walked casually out of the front door. He was tracked by two teenagers and arrested by police at Bishop's Stortford railway station.
Mr Trimmer told the court that Ms Campion's neighbours went into the house and found her lying on her bed completely covered in blood.
"There was blood on the walls and ceiling. Her right eye socket was sunken and hollow and one eye was missing."
She was pronounced dead at Addenbrooke's hospital in Cambridge a few hours later.
Keough changed his plea to guilty of murder at a hearing last month. Previously, he had admitted breaching a restraining order made on 7 May last year banning him from contacting her.
He was a spectator at the Northern Ireland international friendly against Norway on Wednesday night.
Lennon was booed by home fans in one of the last games he played there for his country in 2001.
But he said those days were in the past.
"Those days are long gone," he said.
"It's completely incidental now. I haven't actually been here at Windsor Park but I've done my coaching badges through the IFA.
"And I've been in Belfast the last consecutive years three or four times, on really good courses, I've learned a lot, which has stood me in good stead for what I'm doing now."
Thursday's visit marked his first return to the ground since he quit international football.
The Lurgan man was there to watch Northern Ireland's Celtic players Pat McCourt and Niall McGinn and Celtic's Norwegian player Thomas Rogne.
Norway beat Northern Ireland 3-0.
Aberystwyth University provided a block from Clarach beach to represent Wales in the Geological Survey of Austria display.
It is a charcoal-grey sandstone with white veins of calcite mineral dating back more than 419 million years to the Silurian period.
The 24 miniature footballs have been sectioned into their groups.
Wales' sandstone is joined by England's limestone, Slovakia's golden onyx and Russia's black dolerite.
Prof Alex Malman said: "If a country already has a rock football from previous years they use the same one for display again, but as Wales has not qualified for a while, they needed an initial one and it was great to see us up there.
"I have high hopes that I will be seeing it up there once again in four years' time."
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David Evans, 23, was erecting a wall at the Well Barn Estate in Moulsford, Oxfordshire in 2010 when the block fell off a concrete lintel and crushed him.
Cavendish Masonry Ltd had been found guilty of corporate manslaughter and admitted a health and safety offence.
The Health and Safety Executive said the death was "completely avoidable".
HSE inspector Peter Snelgrove said Cavendish Masonry, based in Maesteg, south Wales, had not properly planned the moving of the heavy limestone with a crane.
"The stone toppled because its shape was such that it was potentially unstable when freestanding, yet nothing was used to fix it in place.
"It needed to be sufficiently restrained before the lifting slings attaching it to the crane were removed."
Cavendish Masonry admitted a breach of the Health and Safety at Work Act and was found guilty of corporate manslaughter following a trial at Oxford Crown Court in May.
The company was fined £150,000 and ordered to pay £87,000 in costs.
Speaking after the conviction, the family of Mr Evans said there had been a "void in their lives" since his death.
"We miss his smile, his infectious laugh and his profoundly honest nature.
"We hope that these lessons are learned and communicated throughout the stonemason and construction industry.
We do not want another family to go through the devastation and uncertainty that we have experienced over the last four years and the pain of loss which will always be with us."
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About 50,000 music fans are expected at Earlham Park on 23 and 24 May.
Earlham Park Cafe owner Ingrid Henry said she felt "let down and hugely disappointed" when told by the city council she would not be able to open.
The council said the cafe would be compensated for loss of its usual takings over the bank holiday weekend.
The family has run the cafe for 15 years and Ms Henry said they were initially "led to believe we would be able to open" during the festival.
However, last week a company contracted by the council, wrote to her saying the park would be cordoned off to "control access and ensure the event is safe at all times".
A council spokesman said the cafe area "falls within the event's backstage production area" and access needed to be controlled.
He added that the owners would be "fully compensated for rent and any loss of income to see they won't be a penny out of pocket."
Ms Henry said: "It's no real compensation for tens of thousands of extra customers."
After expressing her anger on Facebook, one customer started a petition on a website calling for the cafe to be allowed to stay open.
Within hours it had more than 5,000 signatures.
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Unnamed US-based Israeli officials said the target was a shipment of arms destined for Lebanon's Hezbollah. The governments of Israel and Syria have not yet commented on the strike.
Israel launched a similar strike in January, when it also claimed to have targeted a Hezbollah-bound arms convoy.
Meanwhile, US President Barack Obama says he does not foresee sending US troops to tackle Syria's civil war.
Western intelligence agencies have raised concerns that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons, something which the US has termed a "red line".
Mr Obama reaffirmed on Friday that clear evidence of chemical weapons would be a "game changer", but that any response would not be rushed.
Analysts say the US and its allies are discussing possible action including air strikes to enforce a no-fly zone, but Syria's ally Russia is strongly opposed to such measures.
Tens of thousands have been killed in two years of unrest in Syria.
On Saturday, activists said government forces had killed a number of people in the coastal town of Baniyas, days after more than 40 people were killed in a nearby village.
The activists said hundreds of people are trying to flee the area.
Reports of the air strike first emerged in US media reports quoting unnamed US officials.
Israeli officials later told journalists that the strike had taken place early on Friday.
While Israel rarely comments on specific operations, it has repeatedly said it would act if it felt Syrian weapons, conventional or chemical, were being transferred to militant groups in the region, especially Hezbollah, says the BBC's Wyre Davies in Jerusalem.
Lebanon's army had said in a statement saying Israeli warplanes had flown over Lebanese airspace for hours on Friday.
Without commenting directly on the reports, President Obama said on Saturday that the Israelis "justifiably have to guard against the transfer of advanced weaponry to terrorist organisations like Hezbollah".
Lebanese President Michel Suleiman denounced the flights and accused Israel of breaking international law.
The statements from Lebanon did not mention strikes against Syria.
The Syrian ambassador to the UN said he was not aware of any Israeli attack against his country.
Earlier this week, Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon acknowledged that Israel had launched an air strike in January against a target inside Syria.
He said that the transfer of sophisticated weapons to radical militant groups like Hezbollah was a red line, and Israel had acted when it was crossed.
During a visit to Costa Rica on Friday, Mr Obama told reporters that as a commander-in-chief he could rule nothing out "because circumstances change".
Little support for arming Syria rebels
But he added he did not foresee a scenario in which "American boots on the ground in Syria" would be good for either America or Syria.
He also said he had already consulted Middle Eastern leaders and they agreed with him.
Mr Obama reiterated that there was evidence that chemical weapons had been used in Syria, but that "we don't know when, where or how".
He stressed that if strong evidence was found it would be "a game changer for us" because "there is a possibility that it (weapons) lands in the hands of organisations like Hezbollah" in neighbouring Lebanon.
Earlier this week, US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel became the first senior US official to state publicly that Washington was reconsidering its opposition to supplying weapons to rebel forces.
"Arming the rebels - that's an option," he told reporters.
"You look at and rethink all options. It doesn't mean you do or you will. These are options that must be considered with the international community."
With no appetite for direct military intervention, many US officials increasingly feel that arming the rebels is now the least-worst option, the BBC's Kim Ghattas in Washington says.
US allies such as Qatar and Saudi Arabia are already providing weapons to various groups fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces.
The pressure to act has intensified in recent days after emerging evidence that Syria has used chemical weapons such as the nerve agent sarin.
More than 70,000 people have been killed since fighting between forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and rebels erupted in March 2011.
Black boxes are supposed to use GPS to monitor 'good' and 'bad' driving.
But an investigation by the BBC's Watchdog programme indicates they could be recording false results.
Insurers involved in the investigation acknowledged the errors but said they were confident in their black box policies.
Black boxes monitor drivers' every move to give a "score" to insurers, which could lower the premium if they are classed as "good".
If people are monitored speeding, braking suddenly and accelerating, or even driving at night, they can be classed as a bad driver, which could put the price up or cause the policy to be cancelled.
But some drivers have raised some serious suspicions about the results they have been given.
Eva Jonas, 18, from Cornwall, was shocked when Autosaint cancelled her £1,332 insurance policy after her black box caught her allegedly driving at 119 mph on a B road during rush hour.
"It was just ridiculous," she said. "They acted as if I was driving some kind of sports car when in fact I was driving my 2001 Skoda Fabia, which couldn't even go to 119 mph."
When a professional racing driver tested the speed of the 15-year-old car, he found it could not get over 80 mph on a road the same distance.
After she had already bought a new policy, Ms Jonas did receive an apology from Autosaint, which said it believed a GPS interference error was to blame for the speeding result.
The company said it compensated her to cover the difference of an alternative premium and added that it is constantly reviewing its process to make sure this does not happen again.
Concerns were also raised when 18-year-old Abigail Sykes, from Doncaster, apparently took the box out of her car and left it on the kitchen table for four days - but later found it had continued to record safe driving.
One Call Insurance said it recorded four car journeys after her father Davan Sykes cancelled the policy.
It said the agreement permits collection of data for up to three months from policy cancellation, but it has removed these scored from the system at Mr Syke's request.
Shannan Hibbins, 18, from Lancashire, reported problems when her More Than black box recorded her driving non-stop for five days without stopping.
More Than said it was a "rare and unusual event", but apologised to Ms Hibbins, replaced her black box and compensated her with £230.
Watchdog is broadcast on BBC One at 20:00 GMT on Wednesdays. You can also watch afterwards on BBC iPlayer.
Moktar Ali Saad Mahmoud, 33 and Ibrahim Abugtila, 23, were stationed at Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, when the attacks took place in October.
Police interviews with the alleged victim were played to the jury at Cambridge Crown Court.
The defendants deny rape and aiding and abetting rape in a Cambridge park.
The rapes are said to have taken 38 minutes and the alleged victim rang the police within minutes of the soldiers' departure from Christ's Pieces in Cambridge.
In video footage recorded at the scene, the court heard the man tell officers had been targeted and raped by "some random guys" who did not speak English.
In a later interview with the police, the jury heard him describe the defendants as "animals".
"I was fighting really hard... then his other mate tried to beat me up," he said.
The court was told the pair met the "complete stranger", in his 20s, in Cambridge at 03.26 GMT on 26 October.
He had left a wedding party after drinking "formidable" amounts of alcohol and was seen on CCTV being led to Christ's Pieces by the defendants.
Prosecutor John Farmer told the jury the defendants accepted they had sex with the man, but said he consented, and claim he made up the allegation after stealing money from them.
More than 300 trainees training at Bassingbourn were sent home early after the allegations came to light.
Up to 2,000 soldiers had been due to undergo basic infantry and junior command training at the barracks under an agreement reached at the 2013 G8 summit.
The scheme was intended to support the Libyan government's efforts to improve the stability of the country, following the collapse of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's regime in 2011.
The trial continues.
Nordfeldt has signed a three-year contract with the Premier League club.
The 26-year-old will compete with Lukasz Fabianski for a first-team place at the Liberty Stadium, following the departures of goalkeepers Gerhard Tremmel and David Cornell.
"I am really happy to be here at Swansea," Nordfeldt said.
"I think this is the right step for me to take from the Dutch Eredivisie to Swansea in the Premier League.
"Swansea as a club is a like a big family, and the ambitions of the club fits with my own ambitions."
The Swans have also held talks with Barcelona keeper Guillermo Lara.
Spaniard Lara, 18, is a product of Barca's youth system and would be signed primarily to play for Swansea's Under-21 side.
Swansea have made two other signings this summer, with Ghana forward Andre Ayew joining from Marseille and French defender Franck Tabanou recruited from St-Etienne.
The Welsh club are also eager to sign another striker.
They are still interested in Twente's former Netherlands Under-21 forward Luc Castaignos, but have distanced themselves from reports linking them with Watford's Troy Deeney.
Swansea have also dismissed speculation they are targeting Celtic defender Virgil van Dijk.
Meanwhile, the Swans have arranged a pre-season friendly away against Championship side Nottingham Forest on Saturday, 25 July.
Swansea face German clubs Borussia Monchengladbach and 1860 Munich on 15 July and 18 July respectively, while on 24 July they play Reading at Adams Park.
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It comes as the authority, which has previously closed 28 of its 73 libraries, plans to save £65m by 2018.
The council has agreed to support the libraries at Crawshawbooth, Oswaldtwistle and Trawden with £5,000 each and an annual £1,000 grant.
But it has declined applications to hand over former libraries in Earby, Barrowford and Whalley.
Lancashire County Council (LCC) has also agreed that, in principle, an independent community library can be established in Hyndburn at the Arthur Wilson Centre, which is not a council building.
Whitewell Bottom Community Centre and Stoops and Hargher Clough Community Centre will also be handed over to local independent organisations.
The council said it had invited proposals from groups interested in taking on full responsibility for council-owned buildings which it no longer needs to benefit the community.
Deputy leader Councillor David Borrow said they had "received 43 business cases for a variety of buildings, and are now in a position to make a decision about some of them".
"Services which are owned and run by the community have a particular value as they can respond flexibly to local needs, and I'm very pleased that we're able to support these proposals which are based on strong business cases."
In September, LCC closed five museums - including Queen Street Mill Museum in Burnley and Helmshore Mills Museum - to save money.
A council spokesman said discussions were continuing on whether they could be run by independent groups.
When it opens, the building will be the biggest regional library in Europe.
But from the wood-panelled Shakespeare room at the top of the library to "spinney" seats and even the escalators, what were the first visitors' favourite features?
Did they find any downsides to the new building - and was it worth the cost?
"Seeing the new library makes me feel so proud to live in Birmingham.
"I'm a writer and photographer and virtually lived in the old library - it was like my office - and I can imagine I'll be in here even more because it's such an inspiring place to be.
"I heard somewhere once that the old library was the third most-used library in the country and if people used that with all its concrete and lack of natural daylight, imagine how many other people would use this.
"A lot of money has been spent on it but we need something like this. People will travel especially to Birmingham to see it and it'll put our city on the map for years to come."
"I work in the building next door and I've seen the library go up from when they built the foundations three years ago so it's really nice to actually look inside.
"The whole thing's fantastic - and out here on the terrace, they've thought of everything - they've got bird boxes, sculptures and other ways to attract wildlife - it's not a bad view from the office window either.
"I've been able to wave at my workmates from out here on the terrace garden, which is brilliant. I might have to do that on all my days off.
"My 13-year-old daughter Georgia has been a fan of everything too."
"Everything is just amazing.
"I loved the roof garden - but there were too many bees around, which were a bit scary.
"I also loved the spinney chairs, they were really fun, and there were lots of them so everyone should find somewhere to sit down.
"I think lots of people will like it and will help make reading fun."
"I used to work as a library assistant in the Central Library - and I even worked in the Victorian library before that too. Out of the three libraries I have to say this is my favourite.
"There were lots of lovely parts of the Victorian library and I think that's why my favourite part of this one is the Shakespeare room - I'd recommend that to anyone - and it feels just like walking into a piece of history.
"But overall this just has so much more space than a traditional library - there's a cafe and you can imagine a real atmosphere in here when it's busier. You can't imagine someone coming up and shushing you - they want people to talk, to enjoy themselves.
"The only problem I've come across is the lifts - quite a few people have mentioned those. They seem to go very slowly and people could be waiting a while, but hopefully they can sort that out."
"I do like it, but I guess I expected it to be a bit more inspirational.
"You want a library to be somewhere where people will be creative, develop new ideas.
"I love the amazing curved bookshelves in the upper floors of the building but on the lower floors it feels a bit like too much of an old-fashioned library and they haven't really done much to present the books in an innovative way.
"All these things sound a bit petty, but I guess it's the Brummie way to find fault in everything - that's how we get things perfect."
"It's absolutely awesome. It's really good to have such big open spaces in a library like this - to me it tops the British Library in its design and what it has to offer people.
"The amphitheatre reminds me of The Scoop venue on London's South Bank and it shows we can compete with anything the capital's got to offer.
"I never used the old library much but I can see lots of people like me coming over in their lunch breaks.
"It's more than just about books - it's a place to gather your thoughts and see Birmingham from a whole different perspective."
"It's just fabulous.
"Not only is the library itself very modern, the ideas that have gone into it are also very forward-thinking too.
"Although they've got a cafe, they want people to bring their own food, which is fantastic for families and they have the only adult-sized changing rooms for people who need them.
"That's not too much of an issue for my disabled son, I have friends with children with much more severe disabilities to which that will just be indispensible.
"My only gripe is the lifts being slow, like other people, but 98% of it is brilliant.
"Maybe the rest of Britain will stop seeing us as thick Brummies now and actually be jealous of all the culture we've got to offer here."
"Wow - I just absolutely love it, I think it's fabulous. I feel so proud to be a Brummie right now.
"I used to be a member of the Central Library but I just stopped going after a while.
"This will be right up there on people's lists of things they have to do in the city centre, which is all being improved right now.
"You'll have to go to Selfridges, the new John Lewis and definitely the new library."
In one case, a woman says she parted with more than £17,000 after her lover secretly filmed them having sex.
A BBC Newsnight investigation has heard the stories of more than 100 women who have been the target of "revenge porn," but is, in fact, often premeditated.
In many cases, the images are hardly pornographic.
"Soraya" (not her real name) was just 16 when a man she met on Facebook persuaded her to send naked pictures to him online. A sheltered British teenager of Pakistani origin, she had never had a boyfriend before.
She was "terrified" when he threatened to send the photos to her family if she did not give him money. She handed over £500.
"Sara" married a man in an Islamic ceremony and planned to spend the rest of her life with him. He later created a website promoting her as an escort and sent it to high profile members of her local Muslim community. Both women come from families that strictly follow codes of honour and shame.
Images like these can be devastating, as Shereen Aziz-Williams from the honour-based violence campaign group, The Henna Foundation, explained: "The consequences are getting disowned, ostracised, being packed off back home to be married or, in the worst case scenario, getting killed."
BBC Newsnight heard testimony from another South Asian woman who said she was being blackmailed by an Indian man with whom she had a relationship. He wants a British visa and has threatened to use intimate photos of her unless she marries him.
Sara told us she later discovered the man who exposed her has also done it to three other Bangladeshi women. Soraya heard her abuser also targeted other young women.
Williams explained: "It could be a girl who usually wears a scarf, who's not wearing one; or a girl showing her arms, or posing seductively fully clothed, that's deemed inappropriate."
"Soraya" ended up under police protection after a friend alerted them that she was at risk of forced marriage. Although she had paid money to stop her family finding out about the photos, she believes the rumours got out anyway.
She told the BBC: "You can lose so much for your family even finding out. It's such a risk. I do strongly believe that the rumours did get out. The threats were to take me back to my father's homeland, Pakistan, and get married off and stay there.
"What my dad used to threaten me by saying was, 'I'll cut up all your pieces of your body and put it in a suitcase and bury it in the garden. And I actually genuinely thought he meant it."
Colette Paul, chief constable of the Bedfordshire Police told BBC Newsnight: "People pick on vulnerable people because they do know the shame and dishonour they are perceived to bring is a method to control them. Not in all cases, but some. It's not someone who's jilted them, it's an even more serious crime. They are targeted."
This week, the new law to combat revenge porn came into force in England and Wales. It makes it a specific offence with a potential two year jail sentence.
But will it make a difference to the women whose testimony the BBC heard? Perhaps only if they are willing to report what has happened to the police and if their communities address the codes of honour and shame that see their daughters blamed instead of treated as victims.
You can watch the full Newsnight report by going to BBC iPlayer
Most of the jobs will be in Ballymena, with about 20 in Londonderry.
The posts will assist in the delivery of Universal Credit and the Benefit Cap and are expected to be fully operational by autumn 2017.
The contract is for an initial two-year-period after which it will be reviewed.
Communities Minister Paul Givan said: "This new contract is the second to be secured by my department this year on behalf of The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and underscores their confidence in the quality skills and service our staff in Northern Ireland consistently deliver."
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The Republic fielded a largely second string side in the 2-1 loss in Cork but Keane was still totally unimpressed.
"I wanted to kill some of them last night," he said.
"They should count their blessings they've managed to get on the flight - a reality check for one or two players who thought they were good players."
Republic manager Martin O'Neill named his 23-man Euro 2016 squad immediately after the defeat at Turner's Cross.
But speaking on Wednesday afternoon, Keane made clear his unhappiness at the commitment of the Irish players in Tuesday's game.
"If you lose it (the ball), run back - and run back like you care."
Aiden McGeady was among the Euro 2016-bound players who struggled to make an impression in Cork, with his lack of recent game time apparent.
McGeady moved on loan from Everton to Sheffield Wednesday in January but struggled to make an impression with the Championship club and was not required for last Saturday's play-off final against Hull City.
Keane said that he gave McGeady "credit" for seeking more action at Wednesday but admitted he was disappointed with the winger's display.
"He can do a lot better but maybe that's the story of Aiden's career," added Keane.
"Would Aiden find himself lucky to be on the flight? Well, he'll need to play better than he did last night to force his way into the starting XI."
The Republic assistant is optimistic James McCarthy will be fit for their Euro 2016 opener against Sweden on 13 June.
Everton midfielder McCarthy missed both warm-up games against the Netherlands and Belarus because of a thigh injury.
"I'd be confident James McCarthy will be OK for the Sweden game," said Keane.
Squad skipper Robbie Keane, 35, is also an injury doubt for the Sweden game but he is no longer a regular starter.
The LA Galaxy striker pulled up in training on Saturday with a calf muscle injury and missed Tuesday's game.
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Keane did pay tribute to the players who missed out on Euro 2016 selection.
Millwall keeper David Forde was edged out by Sheffield Wednesday's Keiren Westwood for the third goalkeeping slot alongside Darren Randolph and 40-year-old Shay Given.
Bournemouth's Harry Arter missed out because of a thigh injury with his club-mate Eunan O'Kane, Ipswich striker David McGoldrick and Oxford United's Callum O'Dowda - who has stayed with the squad to train - also failing to make the cut.
"The guys that missed out took it like true professionals," said Keane. "They are disappointed because they have all played their part."
The Republic face Sweden in the Group E opener in Paris on 13 June with Belgium and Italy their other opponents.
You'll be less surprised to learn that the issue is MPs' pay, with the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority having signed off a 10% rise, taking a backbench MP's salary to £74,000 (backdated to May 8). Changes to MPs' expenses and pension arrangements mean there will be no extra cost to the taxpayer but that's unlikely to encourage MPs to venture in front of the cameras.
Conservative former Welsh Secretary David Jones said it was "incoherent" for MPs to complain about a pay rise set by an independent body they had set up.
He said: "The issue of our pay has been taken out of our hands. I actually approve of that. Our expenses have gone down considerably but there is an increase in salary at no additional cost to the public purse."
Welsh Lib Dem MP Mark Williams says that he will give any pay rise to local charities: "At a time of pay freezes and pay restraint, particularly in the public sector, a £7,000 increase for MPs is inappropriate and crass hypocrisy, and the Lib Dem submission to the IPSA consultation on this issue said as such.
"This has been reinforced by the Budget which limited public sector pay to 1% increases over the next few years."
Plaid Cymru parliamentary leader Jonathan Edwards said he supported the principle of pay being decided by an independent panel.
"I welcome the decision that in future MPs' pay will be linked to average increases in the public sector. This is a positive step forward.
"The remuneration package announced by IPSA is cost-neutral with cuts to pension entitlements and other aspects already implemented. My position has always been to increase charitable donations if there is an increase in the total remuneration package."
Monmouth Tory MP David Davies said: "I don't mind being unpopular for things I've done. But I do mind being unpopular for things over which I've got no control and are not to my benefit."
In other Westminster news, Brecon and Radnorshire MP Chris Davies has become the last of the 11 new Welsh MPs to deliver his maiden speech, the row over English vote for English laws goes on. and the Welsh government has come under fire from the leader of the House of Commons.
Chris Grayling was responding to a question from Gower Conservative MP Byron Davies about the regeneration investment fund for Wales "and the underselling of a large amount of publicly owned property".
Mr Grayling told him: "You give me an example that I missed out when I talked about the chaos in the Labour party. It is chaotic in opposition, chaotic in government, letting down Wales and failing to deliver the services and environment that Wales needs. It would be great to see Wales have a Conservative government, not the current Labour administration who have let it down year after year."
There is an end-of-term feel here. The dissolution honours list is overdue, with several Welsh names tipped for peerages, including Jonathan Evans, Peter Hain and Paul Murphy, despite murmurings about Labour's choice of new peers.
MPs are currently holding a debate on the "summer adjournment". The Commons rises for its summer recess next Tuesday. Before readers start noticing a dip in my productivity, I should warn that blogging will be a little lighter than usual in the next few weeks as I take some leave and do the occasional shift in Cardiff presenting Good Evening Wales.
All nine members of the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted to keep rates at their record low, where they have now been for seven years.
The decision to freeze rates comes amid worries about global growth and uncertainty ahead of the EU referendum.
The Bank said uncertainty in the run-up to the referendum on EU membership - to be held on 23 June - had hit sterling, and that UK economic growth could slow.
"There appears to be increased uncertainty surrounding the forthcoming referendum," policymakers said.
"That uncertainty is likely to have been a significant driver of the decline in sterling.
"It may also delay some spending decisions and depress growth of aggregate demand in the near term."
Bank governor Mark Carney recently highlighted some benefits of the UK's EU membership, but said the Bank would not comment on the long-term implications of an exit.
Chris Williamson, chief economist at financial information firm Markit, said the rate decision was "no surprise".
He added: "The Bank highlighted how uncertainty regarding the June vote on the UK's membership of the EU is exacerbating wider concerns about the domestic and global economic outlook.
"Policymakers noted how spending by businesses and overall demand in the economy could weaken as a result of the intensifying Brexit fears, which would worsen an already shaky start to the year."
Once again the Bank said that interest rates were more likely to rise than not over the coming two years, and that any rises would be gradual.
Martin Beck, senior economic advisor to the EY ITEM Club, said: "The prospect of a hike in the bank rate remains one for the dim and distant future."
He said that Chancellor George Osborne's Budget plans "implied a slightly more severe fiscal squeeze over the next five years than previously planned, which should further caution the MPC against a tighter policy".
David Kern, BCC Chief Economist, said the decision to keep interest rates and its QE programme on hold was "unsurprising" given the downgrading of the OBR's UK growth forecast in the Budget..
"The OBR's downgraded UK inflation forecasts, and the fact that the bank's own 2% inflation target is unlikely to be reached until late 2017 at the earliest, mean that a rise in interest rates is now likely to remain off the table for the foreseeable future," he said.
"While inflation and rates remain low, the government's priority must be on creating a stable business environment to support growth, and making it easier for SMEs, particularly exporters, to obtain finance on competitive terms."
Cathro has overseen six wins from 24 games since taking over, leading to criticism from the club's fans.
And Saturday's 2-1 defeat at Rangers, coupled with St Johnstone's win over Partick Thistle, means Hearts cannot now qualify for Europe.
But Cowie said: "I firmly believe we have a tremendous manager, and we need to stick by him and get through this."
With St Johnstone now certain of a fourth-place finish and that last European berth, Hearts are left to battle it out with Partick Thistle for fifth spot in the Premiership, with the Jambos currently four points clear of the Jags.
It is far from where the Gorgie faithful want to be but Cowie says Cathro should not be bearing the brunt of the fans' flak alone.
And he is convinced the 30-year-old will get it right in time for next term.
"Look, we all take responsibility for the way things have gone in the last few months," the 34-year-old former Wigan, Cardiff and Watford player said.
"A lot of it has been put on to the manager but us as players need to take part of the blame. The performances haven't been good enough.
"I don't like talking about next season but I believe that after the summer we will come back a stronger team."
Cowie reckons there were positive signs for the future in Saturday's defeat at Ibrox.
Rangers took an early lead through Joe Garner before Hearts' Prince Buaben was shown a straight red card for a last-man challenge on Josh Windass.
Cathro's side produced a much-improved second-half display, however, levelling through Esmael Goncalves before Barrie McKay won it for the home side.
"There has been a lot of doom and gloom about but you saw a performance from boys that were putting their body on the line and showing what it means to play for this club," Cowie added.
Meanwhile, Hearts have handed a new one-year deal to Bulgarian striker Nikolay Todorov.
The 20-year-old scored five goals for Cowdenbeath and four goals for League One title winners Livingston during loan spells this season.
The study, by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary, looked at forces across England and Wales.
Dyfed-Powys Police was not deemed prepared in any category.
Gwent, North Wales and South Wales Police were classed as prepared in some areas, but not yet prepared overall.
Only Derbyshire, Northumbria and West Midlands Police were considered to be fully prepared.
Four categories were looked at; leadership, awareness and understanding, protection and enforcement and prevention.
Gwent Police was categorised as prepared in the first two areas whereas North Wales Police and South Wales Police were prepared in awareness and understanding and protection.
Of the 43 forces, only Dyfed-Powys Police, Staffordshire and Thames Valley were said to be unprepared across the board.
A spokesman for Dyfed-Powys Police said: "We acknowledge that honour-based based violence can be hidden within communities... the force has taken a number of steps to improve its understanding and response."
Det Chf Insp David Hough from South Wales Police said the force is "committed to to play its role in eradicating all forms of honour-based abuse... we shall now consider the HMIC's report and what implications, if any, it may have."
Honour-based violence refers to practices used predominantly to control the behaviour of women and girls within families or social groups to protect supposed cultural and religious beliefs or values.
Overall, HMIC found there were pockets of good practice, but a lot of improvements were needed.
HM Inspector of Constabulary, Wendy Williams, said: "Although initial responses by the police are good, only a small number of forces are well-prepared for the complexity that honour-based violence cases can pose.
"It is clear that the police service has some way to go before the public can be confident that honour-based violence is properly understood by the police and that potential and actual victims are adequately and effectively protected."
Recommendations include the Home Office establishing a framework to monitor progress made following this report and developing an approach to how data is recorded on allegations of FGM, honour-based violence and forced marriage.
Chief constables have been advised to raise awareness of these issues with officers and staff, as well as putting systems in place to "red flag" these crimes at an early stage so risk to victims can be assessed and managed.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India announced the sanctions after a meeting of its disciplinary committee.
Chandila, 32, faced spot-fixing allegations while playing for Indian Premier League side Rajasthan Royals in May 2013.
Mumbai batsman Shah, 31, had been suspended by the BCCI in July 2015.
A statement from the BCCI said: "Ajit Chandila is banned for life from playing or representing cricket in any form or to be associated in any way with the activities of the board or its affiliates."
Former international umpire Asad Rauf has also been under investigation by the BCCI but did not attend the recent hearing and denies claims of wrongdoing.
A final hearing for Rauf has been scheduled for February 12.
The Cumbrians, who are yet to taste defeat in 14 League Two games this term, led through Jason Kennedy's bundled finish and although Matt Godden's spot-kick levelled proceedings, Grainger kept his cool from 12 yards to win it.
Carlisle started brightly and Charlie Wyke almost broke the deadlock after five minutes as he shot just over from a Nicky Adams cross.
Kennedy's sixth of the season gave the visitors the lead from close range in the 16th minute following a brilliant Jamie Jones save from another Wyke effort.
Stevenage equalised just before half-time after Tom Miller was penalised for a shirt pull on Charlie Lee and Godden smashed home the resulting penalty.
Referee Nicholas Kinseley awarded a second penalty in the 57th minute when Stevenage captain Ronnie Henry pushed Wyke in the area, and Grainger duly put the Cumbrians back in front.
Boro, searching for only a second league win in their last six games, could have equalised but Jack King failed to convert from six yards.
Reports supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Stevenage 1, Carlisle United 2.
Second Half ends, Stevenage 1, Carlisle United 2.
Shaun Brisley (Carlisle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Luke Wilkinson (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Shaun Brisley (Carlisle United).
Attempt blocked. Derek Asamoah (Carlisle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Tom Pett (Stevenage) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Tom Miller (Carlisle United).
Attempt missed. Luke Wilkinson (Stevenage) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Corner, Stevenage. Conceded by Macaulay Gillesphey.
Mark Gillespie (Carlisle United) is shown the yellow card.
Harry McKirdy (Stevenage) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Steven Schumacher (Stevenage).
Luke Joyce (Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Harry McKirdy (Stevenage) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt saved. Jason Kennedy (Carlisle United) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Harry McKirdy (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Michael Jones (Carlisle United).
Substitution, Carlisle United. Derek Asamoah replaces Jabo Ibehre.
Substitution, Carlisle United. Shaun Brisley replaces Danny Grainger.
Substitution, Stevenage. Michael Tonge replaces Matt Godden because of an injury.
Attempt blocked. Matt Godden (Stevenage) right footed shot from very close range is blocked.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Kgosi Ntlhe.
Substitution, Stevenage. Tom Pett replaces Dale Gorman.
Substitution, Stevenage. Harry McKirdy replaces Ben Kennedy.
Ben Kennedy (Stevenage) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Ben Kennedy (Stevenage).
Tom Miller (Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Kgosi Ntlhe (Stevenage) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Kgosi Ntlhe (Stevenage).
Reggie Lambe (Carlisle United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Carlisle United. Reggie Lambe replaces Charlie Wyke.
Foul by Charlie Lee (Stevenage).
Nicky Adams (Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Stevenage. Conceded by Macaulay Gillesphey.
Attempt saved. Charlie Wyke (Carlisle United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Dale Gorman (Stevenage) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
Corner, Stevenage. Conceded by Mark Gillespie.
Goal! Stevenage 1, Carlisle United 2. Danny Grainger (Carlisle United) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Penalty conceded by Ronnie Henry (Stevenage) after a foul in the penalty area.
Six inmates broke through the walls in the prison's segregation unit and gathered in one cell at HMP Leicester.
It is not known what prompted the disorder, which happened in December, or how the men smashed the walls.
Conditions in the unit were described in a report last year as "poor" because of overcrowding.
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said there were no injuries to staff or inmates and police were investigating.
Extra guards were drafted in to tackle the situation on 11 December, the Prison Officers Association said.
A spokesman said one prisoner started to smash his wall at about 22:30 GMT and was copied by others.
"In the space of three hours six prisoners had broken through walls within the segregation units. National resources were deployed," he said.
Updates on this story and more from Leicestershire
In a national HM Inspectorate of Prisons report published in June, the category B prison's segregation cells were described as "particularly poor".
In a separate report on the prison from 2014, the unit containing six cells for prisoners who had been separated for disruptive behaviour, was said to be "nearly always full".
"The accommodation used for segregation was not sufficiently robust, nor spacious enough to house all prisoners judged to need segregation," it said.
It added: "The cells were in poor condition and had been damaged; the plaster had been torn off the walls and the concrete painted over."
An MoJ spokesman said there were no injuries and there was no evidence it was an escape attempt, as external walls were not compromised.
"Once the situation was resolved, the offenders were transferred to other prisons as punishment and we contacted police, who are investigating," he said.
"There was no disruption to the wider prison as a result of this incident."
Meteorological officials registered the 2.2 magnitude quake at 1230 local time (0330 GMT) around 34km (21 miles) south-east of the capital, Pyongyang.
A more powerful artificial earthquake was detected in January when the North conducted a nuclear test.
But officials say this is unlikely to be the result of a nuclear test.
South Korea's Yonhap news agency quoted one meteorological official as saying Wednesday's quake "is not believed to be the result of a nuclear test, considering its location or magnitude".
It had a depth of 1km at its epicentre indicating it may have been due to blasting work, reported the agency.
It follows an announcement by the North on Tuesday that it plans to conduct nuclear warheads tests, in the wake of some of the toughest sanctions yet imposed by the UN on North Korea.
On Monday North Korea saw a 3.3-magnitude quake. South Korean officials said indications showed that this was a naturally-occurring seismic shock.
11 February 2015 Last updated at 07:57 GMT
Using his trusty metal detector, Paul Coleman dug up an old bucket which was full of silver coins around a thousand years old.
In total Paul found around 5,200 of the old coins, which are worth over a million pounds in today's money.
Now, the coins are now going on display at the British Museum, and historians want to find out more about who hid them all those years ago.
Watch Jenny's report.
Mark Stafford stooped low to head in Aaron Burn's cross in stoppage time.
Third-placed Cliftonville triumphed 3-0 at Carrick Rangers, Portadown beat Dungannon Swifts 2-0 and Ballinamallard United saw off Glentoran 2-1.
New boss Colin Nixon led Ards to a 1-1 draw at Coleraine on a day when five players were sent-off in the league.
Re-live all the action from Saturday's Premiership action as it happened
Linfield had the better of the first half at Windsor Park, with Andrew Waterworth squandering the best chance when he sidefooted the ball over from six yards out.
Jimmy Callacher's backward header from a long Ross Gaynor free-kick gave the hosts a 50th-minute lead but Tony Kane levelled with his 11th consecutive successful penalty conversion in the 87th minute after Niall Quinn was adjudged to have handled inside the area.
Stafford's late intervention sealed the win for Linfield and made it a disappointing return to Windsor Park for Sky Blues manager David Jeffrey.
Crusaders took immediate control of their game when Declan Caddell had the simple task of slotting home on five minutes after Gavin Whyte squared the ball to the midfielder.
Glenavon goalkeeper Johnny Tuffey distinguished himself with a series of fine saves to prevent the hosts extending their lead and Mark Patton brought the visitors level in the first minute of the second half.
Gavin Whyte took advantage of a poor Tuffey clearance to fire into the net from seven yards on 58 minutes and Jordan Owens hammered home the champions' third after 79.
David McDaid ran onto a Tomas Cosgrove pass to give Cliftonville a second-minute lead at Taylor's Avenue, then Stephen Garrett fired in from close range for his eighth of the season in the 27th minute.
Striker Garrett netted his second from the penalty spot on 78 after his team-mate Daniel Hughes had been sent-off for an altercation with Carrick goalkeeper Brian Neeson.
Basement side Portadown move onto positive points for the first time this season courtesy of their victory over Dungannon, in a game which saw both sides reduced to 10 men in quick succession.
Stephen Hughes and Andy Mitchell went close for their respective sides, before Mark McAllister, restored to the squad under new manager Niall Currie, scored the opener on 37, finding the net from a rebound after Hughes had hit the post.
Swifts defender Chris Hegarty was sent-off for a foul on Aaron Haire on 65 minutes, his second yellow card offence, and Keith O'Hara followed him to the dressing rooms seven minutes later, having also been booked twice.
Hughes fired the winner low into the net in the 74th minute for the first win of Currie's tenure in charge of the mid-Ulster club.
Ards took the lead against Coleraine through David McAllister in the 39th minute after Chris Johns had saved his initial close-range effort, but Brad Lyons restored parity when he headed in from a Neil McCafferty corner six minutes after the break.
Visiting defender Johnny Taylor was dismissed in injury-time after being shown a second yellow card for a show of dissent.
Ballinamallard earned a morale-boosting triumph over Glentoran, who had Stephen Gordon sent-off by referee Raymond Crangle on the stroke of half-time for his part in a scuffle.
Ryan Mayse fired into the bottom corner five minutes after the interval and striker Joshua McIlwaine smashed into the top corner to double his side's lead soon after.
The Glens pulled one back through Jay Magee's goal in the final minute but the result made it two defeats from two games for Gary Haveron's East Belfast charges.
Some 100 stores were to be torn down, reports said, amid claims operators had no legal title to the land.
But critics counter that the demolition, which began on Monday night and targeted dozens of stores, is itself on shaky legal ground.
Some store operators are petitioning the mayor to stop the demolitions.
The premises targeted, say observers, are often to be found outside metro stations and range from small kiosks to shopping centres with up to three floors.
As well as convenience foods, they offer services including hairdressing, photo booths, payment for mobile phones and local taxes.
The demolition campaign is believed to be part of a drive by Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, to clean up Moscow's image.
Supporters claim the convenience kiosks were irregularly constructed during the construction boom of the 1990s, obstructed pedestrians and impeded access to important underground services such as gas and telecommunications.
But reaction to the demolitions on social media has been largely negative.
Some argued that due process was not followed correctly, making the demolitions themselves illegal, while others complained they left Moscow residents lacking vital goods and services.
Others said it was foolish to target small business owners in the middle of a recession, amid claims the demolitions could mean up to 15,000 people are out of a job.
Store operators protested they were not given sufficient notice of the demolitions, with many unable to clear out their property before the bulldozing began after dark. Some may be preparing legal action.
It is not clear what will happen to the land vacated in the demolitions.
Russian Orthodox archpriest Dimitry Smirnov said the land could be used to build new churches, adding: "Patriarch Alexy once said, 'The more churches we have, the fewer prisons.'"
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) went to reports of a "drunk" woman falling into the road near Piccadilly Gardens at about 22:00 on Wednesday.
Officers were told a woman had attempted to put a young girl on a bus.
A 23-year-old woman was later arrested for being drunk in charge of a child.
GMP City Centre tweeted: "Extremely drunk Mum, apparently swigging from brandy bottle, trying to put 4 yr old on her own onto bus Piccadilly Gardens 10pm was arrested."
A GMP spokesman said the child was safe and well and now with a responsible family member.
He added that the woman remained in custody and discussions were taking place with Children's Services about the circumstances of the arrest.
Cambridgeshire Police also confirmed its officers are investigating.
Akinfenwa, 34, reported the alleged incident to referee Trevor Kettle, who has included it in his report.
The clubs are now working together to investigate the events at Cambs Glass Stadium and will take "appropriate action" against those involved.
Wycombe won Saturday's game 2-1 through a 95th-minute goal from Aaron Pierre.
Akinfenwa tweeted afterwards: "Good three points, but it's a shame that a small group of Cambridge fans focus on colour rather than the game. #KickoutRacism."
Diane Abbott told Sky News it would not make "any verifiable difference".
Writing in the Sunday Times, Communities Secretary Sajid Javid said he wanted public servants to set an example to newly arrived migrants.
Key values include democracy, equality and freedom of speech, he argued.
Mr Javid's intervention comes after a report by Dame Louise Casey warned of increasing ethnic segregation in some UK communities.
He said he was "drawn" to her recommendation to bring in a pledge of allegiance, saying: "We can't expect new arrivals to embrace British values if those of us who are already here don't do so ourselves, and such an oath would go a long way to making that happen."
Former chancellor George Osborne hailed the idea as a "great initiative", and ex-culture secretary John Whittingdale also said he supported the oath.
But Ms Abbott said: "I have nothing against it in principle, but it will not make a difference to the problems of radicalisation, or integration."
She said her Hackney constituency had a "diverse population" of people, who live in the UK because "they value what this country has to offer and they respect its institutions, particularly people who originate from the Commonwealth".
Teresa Pearce MP, shadow secretary for communities and local government, said better education should be the priority.
"We must not leap to implement gimmicky policies which are a superficial and cack-handed response to deep-rooted and long-standing problems," she said.
"Only by properly funding local government so it can enrich communities, as well as meet its statutory obligations, can we begin to tackle isolation, division and mistrust and bring communities together."
Mr Javid's proposals would mean every new recruit in the public sector, including councillors, school governors and civil servants, would be expected to commit to the oath, which may have to be read out loud before starting the role.
This could extend to those working in the NHS and the BBC.
Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Lord Brian Paddick said forcing public servants to swear such an oath would be "both superficial and divisive".
"We should be talking about the universal values that unite us, not using nationalistic terms that exclude people," he said.
"The government must focus on integrating those small pockets of people living in segregated communities. Instead, they are creating hostility towards all minority communities."
Mr Javid said he did not want to see a "government-approved, one-size-fits-all identity" where everyone "drinks tea, watches cricket and bobs up and down at the Last Night of the Proms".
But, he added, people would struggle to play a positive role in British life if they did not accept the "building blocks of our society".
The new oath could include "tolerating the views of others even if you disagree with them", "believing in freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from abuse", "a belief in equality, democracy and the democratic process" and "respect for the law, even if you think the law is an ass," Mr Javid writes.
A government source acknowledged that the oath on its own would be insufficient to weed out extremism or promote integration.
Mr Javid will set out his full response to Dame Louise's report on social cohesion in the spring.
City of York Council said it was waiting for further legal advice after a traffic adjudicator ruled the restrictions were not "legal".
However, the authority warned drivers breaching the restrictions that they could still be fined at a "later date".
A traffic adjudicator ruled last month that the roads did not qualify as bus lanes and the signage was inadequate.
General traffic is banned from Coppergate between 07:00 and 19:00, and from Lendal Bridge between 10:30 and 17:00.
More than 57,000 drivers have been issued penalty notices for driving over Lendal Bridge since the restrictions were put in place, on a trial basis, in August 2013.
Darren Richardson, director of city and environmental services at the council, said: "Following supportive legal advice on the trial, restrictions will remain in place and recordings will be taken of any breaches of the restrictions along both Lendal Bridge and Coppergate.
"Fines will not be issued upon these recordings until further legal process. Drivers are urged to continue to adhere to the restrictions in place."
Nigel Rhodes was fined for driving on Coppergate on 21 August but appealed against his £60 fine for "being in a bus lane".
Ruling in his favour at a tribunal, adjudicator Stephen Knapp concluded the authority had "no power" to issue penalties.
The Labour-run council has always insisted traffic restrictions on both Lendal Bridge and Coppergate are lawful.
Second Half begins Manchester United 2, Reading 0.
Substitution, Reading. Jordan Obita replaces Tyler Blackett.
First Half ends, Manchester United 2, Reading 0.
Attempt missed. Anthony Martial (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Marcus Rashford.
Attempt missed. Juan Mata (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Anthony Martial.
Attempt blocked. Juan Mata (Manchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ashley Young.
Offside, Manchester United. Ashley Young tries a through ball, but Juan Mata is caught offside.
Foul by Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United).
Liam Moore (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Juan Mata (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
Attempt blocked. Juan Mata (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Ashley Young (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Roy Beerens (Reading).
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Yann Kermorgant.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Joey van den Berg.
Attempt blocked. Chris Smalling (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wayne Rooney with a cross.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Ali Al Habsi.
Attempt saved. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Wayne Rooney with a through ball.
Foul by Marcus Rashford (Manchester United).
Joey van den Berg (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Attempt missed. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Anthony Martial.
Attempt missed. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Chris Smalling with a through ball.
Attempt missed. Liam Moore (Reading) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Joey van den Berg following a corner.
Attempt missed. Joey van den Berg (Reading) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Liam Kelly with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Reading. Conceded by Phil Jones.
Attempt saved. Anthony Martial (Manchester United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Juan Mata.
Corner, Reading. Conceded by Michael Carrick.
Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Danny Williams (Reading).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Manchester United. Phil Jones replaces Marcos Rojo because of an injury.
Delay in match Marcos Rojo (Manchester United) because of an injury.
Offside, Manchester United. Sergio Romero tries a through ball, but Wayne Rooney is caught offside.
Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by George Evans (Reading).
Goal! Manchester United 2, Reading 0. Anthony Martial (Manchester United) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Wayne Rooney.
Attempt saved. Anthony Martial (Manchester United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Juan Mata.
Attempt missed. Juan Mata (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Danny Williams.
Argentine goalkeeper Sergio Romero will also start instead of David de Gea.
Morgan Schneiderlin and Memphis Depay will not be considered while their futures remain unresolved.
Reading midfielder Callum Harriott (hamstring) will miss the Old Trafford trip, while Stephen Quinn and Anssi Jaakkola (both knee injuries) are out.
Striker Deniss Rakels is nearing a return from a broken ankle but is not expected to be included in the squad this weekend.
England and Manchester United captain Rooney, 31, needs one goal to equal Sir Bobby Charlton's all-time club record of 249 and returns after missing three games with a thigh problem.
United, who are sixth in the Premier League, are aiming for their eighth successive win in all competitions.
The Championship visitors are managed by former Red Devils defender Jaap Stam, who has led them to third place in the second tier.
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Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho:
"We don't need to go to Reading for a replay. It would be even worse if we were out of the competition in the first game. We have to try and win.
"We need points in the Premier League and got 18 in a short period of time. Now it is Reading and Hull in the EFL Cup semi [on Tuesday], which is very important. A busy time for us. We are in good situation with everyone available."
Reading manager Jaap Stam told BBC South Today:
"We know it's going to be a tough game, but we've got confidence in ourselves, we believe in what we can do.
"Of course it doesn't make it easier for you if you've got to play Manchester United. But we're looking forward to this game. You want to go to places like Old Trafford and show what you can do.
"It's always nice for a manager to have a game like this, but also for the players and for the squad to have an opportunity to face quality players."
BBC Radio Berkshire's Tim Dellor:
One Portuguese manager who has at times endured a tricky start to his new club this season, and never hides in the shadows, who has won so many trophies in his career, up against a Dutchman who has had the dream start to life at his new club, seems keen to avoid the limelight, and has not yet won anything in his management career.
Of course all the pre-match hype will be around Stam's departure from Old Trafford as a player, but equally the contrasting characters. Mourinho's difficult relationship with Reading (stemming from Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech's accident at the Madejski Stadium 10 years ago), or Reading's impressive recent cup exploits could dominate the build-up.
Two years ago, Reading reached the FA Cup semi-finals for the first time since 1927. Ninety years ago, they beat Manchester United 2-1 during the run, but haven't repeated the trick since.
They've won both their most recent away games in the Championship 3-2, so they should not be low on confidence.
The 20-year-old Nigerian is in advanced talks with the Foxes and is thought to be keen to make the switch.
Iheanacho has scored 21 goals in 64 games in all competitions since making his debut for Manchester City in 2015.
Last August, he signed a new contract until 2021, but saw his playing time limited by the January arrival of Brazil forward Gabriel Jesus.
Historian Michael Parrott found a wooden plaque to 307 Squadron in an unused corner of a chapel in Exeter's Higher Cemetery in 2012.
That led to the unearthing of the role the night-fighter squadron, dubbed the Eagle Owls, played in defending the city from Nazi attacks.
July 1940
The first Polish fighter pilots joined RAF Squadrons.
145 Polish airmen fought in the Battle of Britain
126 German planes destroyed by 303 Polish Fighter Squadron - the highest number of kills of any squadron in the Battle of Britain
29 Polish pilots lost their lives in Battle of Britain.
1,903 Polish Air Force personnel killed during World War Two
"I am a member of the Friends of Higher Cemetery and I was searching the history of the chapel there when I stumbled across this plaque," said Mr Parrott.
"I didn't know anything about 307 squadron at the time.
"I was aware there were Polish airmen buried there but I always wondered why and it has snowballed from there."
Between April 1941 and April 1943 the squadron was based at RAF Clyst Honiton, now Exeter Airport, defending the South West of England from enemy night bombers.
The squadron, which also had other members of other nationalities including Britons, Czechs and South Africans, flew Defiants, Beaufighters, and Mosquito planes.
In May 1942 when 40 Junkers-88 bombers attacked Exeter there were only four Polish 307 Squadron Beaufighters available to defend the city.
Despite being heavily outnumbered the squadron managed to shoot down four of the German bombers before they dropped their bombs.
Mr Parrott said: "As a result the relationship between the city and the squadron grew considerably.
"On 15 November 1942 the 307 Squadron presented the city of Exeter with the Polish flag."
Squadron leader Jan Michałowski presented the flag to the then Mayor of Exeter, Rowland Glave-Saunders, saying: "May it remind (the people of Exeter) in the future when the war is over... that at one time Poles and Devonians lived, fought and died for one cause."
The squadron left RAF Clyst Honiton in April 1943 and moved to south Wales before moving to other locations in the UK, including RAF Predannack in Cornwall.
It lost 21 airmen during the war and 19 of them are buried at Higher Cemetery in Exeter.
Over the years the flag in Exeter's Guildhall went missing and a new Polish flag was blessed in 2012, on the 70th anniversary of the original flag ceremony.
Every 15 November in Exeter is now 307 Squadron Day and the event is marked with an exhibition at the Guildhall organised by Mr Parrott and other members of 307 Squadron Project.
Tadeusz Wijaszko, who was in the squadron as a radar operator, was in the Polish Air Force and interned in Romania after the fall of Poland to the Germans.
He escaped internment and made his way to Marseilles and joined the French Air Force.
After the fall of France he was evacuated from Cherbourg to Britain where he joined the Polish squadron at the age of 25.
After the war, like many other Polish servicemen, he married and settled in the area after it became clear eastern Europe was under Soviet hegemony.
Resettlement camps were set up across the UK to house Poles and their families. Some remained open for decades. The very last one, Ilford Park in Devon, is still open and still run by the Ministry of Defence, as a home now for nearly 100 elderly Poles.
Mr Wijaszko died several years ago, but his son Tony Wijaszko, who still lives in Exeter, said he is "very proud" of his father, who was lucky to escape from Poland.
"The Germans overran an airfield where he was based and a soldier pulled a gun on him and it misfired."
The exhibition, For Your Freedom and Ours, is at Exeter Guildhall on Saturday and Sunday.
Tesco was given planning permission to build in Lowfield Street in November 2011, but the site remained derelict.
Jeremy Kite, leader of Dartford Borough Council, said, "few will be sorry to see an end to Tesco's involvement".
He had previously branded the supermarket's reputation in Dartford as "toxic".
Tesco is selling off more than a dozen sites across the country that it no longer wants to a property company in a £250m deal.
They are part of nearly 50 projects which Tesco said earlier this year it was abandoning.
Tesco is selling the sites to Meyer Bergman.
Mr Kite said the sale was a "fresh start with the new owners".
He said: "The important thing now, is to ensure that Meyer Bergman bring forward plans that meet our town's aspirations, respect the quality parkland environment it borders and make a positive contribution to the growth and resurgence of our town centre."
Dave Lewis, who is Tesco's chief executive, said: "We are very pleased to have agreed a deal with Meyer Bergman that will bring forward significant investment for these local communities, including opportunities for residential development.
"We will be working with Meyer Bergman and local councils in the coming weeks to complete a formal handover and look forward to the delivery of investment on these sites."
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The communication was relayed by its mothership Rosetta, which is in orbit around the 4km-wide icy dirt-ball known as 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
The signal was picked up by the US space agency's huge Goldstone antenna in California and then passed to the European Space Agency in Germany.
Before last weekend, Philae had been in hibernation for seven months.
The robot lost power just 60 hours after landing on the comet on 12 November - the consequence of bouncing into a ditch where sunlight could not reach its solar panels to generate electricity.
With the comet now having moved substantially closer to the Sun, the illumination conditions have improved and Philae has come back to life.
The communications with Earth - over a distance of 305 million km - have so far been very short, lasting just a matter of a few tens of seconds. A first contact came on Saturday; a second was received on Sunday. Friday's is also very brief - two individual connections lasting two minutes each.
This is long enough to glean the health status of Philae, which appears to be good.
"We are very happy to have received signals from the lander again, and we are all working hard towards establishing a robust link between Rosetta and Philae," commented Patrick Martin, Esa's Rosetta mission manager.
Controllers are currently in the process of manoeuvring Rosetta closer to the comet to try to establish longer and more robust connections. This will see the separation brought down to about 180km..
In time, it should be possible for Philae to resume the science investigations of Comet 67P that were terminated when the power went down.
The key experiment is to drill into the icy body, to determine its chemical make-up.
This was tried during November's 60-hour operating window but failed to produce a result, probably because the posture of the robot meant that the drill tool did not manage to touch any surface material.
Engineers think that if they can command Philae to rotate itself in the coming weeks, it ought then to be possible to recover a sample. But this all depends on the power levels available to Philae in its shaded location.
There are concerns also for the mothership Rosetta. It has only recently retreated from 67P to try to keep clear of all the gas and dust now coming off the comet as it warms up on its journey in towards the Sun.
This blizzard of material has the potential to confuse Rosetta's automated navigation systems, and controllers must take care that they do not put the probe in harm's way as they work on building a better radio link with Philae.
Lee Westwood's hands shook so much on his debut that he couldn't set up his tee. Sergio Garcia at Brookline was convinced he was going to miss the ball.
Three-time major champion Padraig Harrington said he couldn't even see his.
Welcome to the first tee on the first morning of the Ryder Cup, where strong men go weak and weak men drink strong.
An hour before sunrise, most of Perthshire still as dark as a cave, a weird, ghostly glow lights up one small circle of the Centenary course as a thousand mobile phones send texts and tweets: 'I'm here, I'm in, did you get your hip-flask through?'
Like impatient children on Christmas morning, the dawn risers are forced to wait. Slowly the rest of the scene emerges from the gloom.
A blue horseshoe of stands, autumn trees behind, a line of hospitality booze-barns moored along the fairway like cruise ships.
When you hear the tales of what this small stage can do to big names, you conjure up a bear-pit of fear and loathing, a torrent of chants and songs and abuse.
US captain Tom Watson had given his rookie pairing of Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed a chill warning of what would await them. "I told them, 'I'm going to throw you in the ocean without a life preserver. You're on your own.'"
"I was a nervous wreck," admits Peter Baker, the Englishman who made his debut in the USA's last victory on European soil, 21 years ago.
"I live only 30 minutes away from the Belfry, so I knew the course inside out. But when I stood on the first tee and looked up I remember seeing a tree I'd never seen before. I thought, 'Who planted that tree overnight?'"
Europe captain Paul McGinley had even wanted this year's players to feel like gladiators emerging into the coliseum, sending them out through a low tunnel that leads from Gleneagles' driving range to the first tee.
The reality is somewhat more prosaic. While there is giddy excitement at the first sight of anyone in official garb, the mood is cheerful rather than fearful, polite rather than poisonous.
Starter Ivor Robson is given a standing ovation, to which he responds by waving his furled umbrella to all corners like a centurion at Lord's. As ring-walks go, it is hardly Ricky Hatton in Las Vegas.
If this is a bear-pit, it's one with a strict self-enforced dress-code where the bears shake hands and stay respectfully silent as their rival's claws go back.
Neither is it actually all that noisy. There are barbed songs ("10-6, and you still don't win,") and a little light joshing (each of Webb Simpson's practice swings are followed by massed shouts of "FORE!" - he promptly duffs his opening drive just past the ladies' tee), plus the celebrity presence on the US bench of their biggest sporting icon of the last 30 years, Michael Jordan.
But it is not the early morning beer garden that was Celtic Manor in Wales, when the songs were unrelenting, and it is not K Club in the Republic of Ireland, when recently bereaved Darren Clarke was roared onto the tee with the aural equivalent of a collective arm round the shoulder.
Jordan is such a regular at this event that his intimidatory airness has long since dissipated. He owns more free Ryder Cup jackets than he does NBA championship rings.
Bubba Watson exhorts the crowd to holler through his backswing, just as he did at Medinah two years ago. The carefully rehearsed chamber singers in the stand respond with a burst of 'Kaymer Chameleon' when the man who sunk the winning putt later that weekend steps up.
Yet even when the gloves are off the players put them back on. Justin Rose emerges with a pair of mitts so robust they look like he has been interrupted removing a leg of lamb from the oven. Phil Mickelson sports the sort of thick black gauntlets that Toad of Toad Hall would pull on for a spin in his charabanc.
The temporary stands here only hold 3,000. That is nothing compared to the 80,000 who roared Jessica Ennis to her blocks for her 100m hurdles heat at the London Olympics, or the 100,000 fans who pour abuse on opposition batsmen when they emerge on Boxing Day at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to perform similarly complex technical skills.
It cannot compare with the intimidation experienced by an England fly-half lining up three points in a Six Nations decider at the Millennium Stadium, or the wall of noise that greets the Detroit Lions when they walk out at Green Bay.
But this is the closest golf gets. For two years these men play in deferential silence and chaste applause. Like nuns in a nightclub they are then released into an alien environment where the normal rules go up in smoke.
Even if you can ride out the merry bedlam, you then have to deal with the deathly hush that follows.
"The silence levels on the first tee in Medinah shocked me," recalls Graeme McDowell, who has admitted he felt more nervous on the tee at Celtic Manor in 2010 than he did at the birth of his first child.
"I remember putting the tee in the ground, the whole place going deathly silent and standing over the tee shot thinking to myself, 'This is just the most bizarre feeling I've ever had in my life'.
And you have to remember how it used to be. When Watson made his Ryder Cup debut in 1977 there weren't even any grandstands. There was no need. The small number of spectators who bothered turning up could easily be contained by a simple gallery rope.
"The electricity you get from the crowd is something which is the biggest adrenaline rush you could ever possibly have," says Ian Poulter, who was serenaded on Friday morning by "Walking in a Poulter Wonderland".
"You don't need to control it. You've been waiting for it for a long time, so you just need to grab hold of it and let it go."
The case centres on the most deadly blaze on Black Saturday, on 7 February 2009, when wildfires swept across several areas in the state of Victoria.
This fire, in the Kilmore East area north of Melbourne, killed 119 people and destroyed more than 1,000 homes.
The plaintiffs say SPI Electricity failed to adequately maintain its power lines - claims the company denies.
The case is expected to last at least nine months. There are about 10,000 plaintiffs, led by Carol Matthews, who lost her 22-year-old son in the fire.
A 2009 Royal Commission found that the fire began when an electricity line failed between two poles. Contact between the live conductor and a cable stay supporting the pole caused arcing that ignited vegetation, the report said.
The plaintiffs accuse SPI of failing to maintain its equipment adequately.
"This fire was entirely preventable," their lawyer, Robert Richter, told the court. "With known and reasonable steps taken in time, SPI could and should have prevented it."
He rejected SPI's stance that a lightning strike damaged the power line's infrastructure.
The group are also suing maintenance firm Utility Services Corporation Limited over its inspections of the power line.
A total of 173 people died in the Black Saturday fires.
So what, if anything, do James Watt and Sir Arnold Clark have in common?
James Watt - the brewer, not the steam engine man - is half of the 34-year old duo that started brewing Brewdog in a Fraserburgh garage ten years ago.
He's been out and about explaining how come the company got to be worth more than £1bn.
That's the valuation placed on it by the Californian consumer goods investment firm that has taken a 23% stake.
As he was doing so, the Clark family announced that Sir Arnold has died, aged 89.
His family wealth was reckoned last year, by the Sunday Times Rich List team, to have topped £1bn, making him the richest car dealer in Britain.
So there's a round figure they've got in common. But on reflection about such success in business, 50 years apart, there's more than that. Lots more.
What's clear is a determination, and a passion for what they do. While others settle for selling up with enough millions to retire comfortably, they share boundless ambition.
They also got lucky, by timing their business start-up when it was ripe for rapid growth in their sector.
For Sir Arnold, it's nearly 70 years since he bought his first Morris for £70, refurbed it and sold it for a profit. He had just come out of the RAF, where he had trained as a motor mechanic.
Opening his first showroom in 1954, the Arnold Clark story has rarely let up the pace, and shown no sign of doing so recently.
It's still taking on dealerships, now up to 200, with more manufacturers, now at 24.
Sir Arnold spoke in 1985 of seeing that if he had stayed with the woefully poor quality British Leyland in the 1970s, he would have gone down with them, so he branched out to a Renault dealership, and just kept going from there.
Arnold Clark Group has spread to motor finance, insurance, vehicle renting on a fast-expanding scale, fleet management, leasing and the GTG driver training business.
Starting in 2004, the expansion has kept up the pace by spotting opportunities for acquisitions in England, starting in Liverpool and moving through the Midlands.
The company now employs 11,000 people, turns over more than £3bn, sells more than 200,000 cars a year, and keeps a stock of around 20,000 vehicles.
Three of the factors that stand out about the Arnold Clark story: the founder stayed close to the forecourt, he turned used car sales into a more respectable business that respected the customer more than it had, and he kept ahead of industry developments.
He set up Arnold Clark Finance in 1963, replacing the bank manager as the place to finance your purchase. Car hire came not long after. As with the move away from dependence on British Leyland, such moves were far-sighted.
His good fortune was to set out in car sales at the time that car ownership was being democratised. Through the decades the Arnold Clark badge would be stuck to the rear window of new owners' hopes and aspirations.
There are clearly differences with brewing, and not just that it's been around a lot longer than cars.
The north-east brewer takes some pleasure in showing disrespect - not to its customer base, but to its rivals, the big brewers, and those who want to emphasise alcohol's risks.
It has successfully drawn its customers into a fan base, a club, a fraternity (sisters welcome too) of those who take their beer seriously, and not at all seriously, at the same time. They court publicity with irreverent shock tactics.
By building capacity and aggressively driving distribution into the supermarket sector, they've built scale, and got ahead of the pack of 100-plus Scottish craft breweries.
By contributing crowd fund investment, those 'Equity Punks' get to share the punk image the brand projects. The company draws you in with offers, samplings, regular communications and an Annual General Meeting-cum-beer-and-music-festival (last Saturday in Aberdeen) attended by 7,000 people.
It sets ever more audacious targets, not only to take on Australia and Asia, but to build a beer-themed Doghouse hotel next to its new Ohio brewery, with what they claim will be a beer-soaked food menu, a mini-bar in the shower, craft beer on tap in every room, a hot tub filled with IPA and beer-based spa treatments.
That beer enthusiast/crowdfunding base took Brewdog to the billion pound valuation before TSG Consumer Partners stepped in with its £213m injection.
Not much like Sir Arnold, perhaps - except that both successes have been driven by breaking the mould.
They've built in a culture that continues to challenge the conventional way of doing things: that reads the way consumer trends and technology are heading.
And both car salesman and brewer have been being lucky enough to have been there for the start of a long-term market upswing, selling a lifestyle and experience as much as a product.
It was one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history.
The death toll rose rapidly, with people killed in 11 countries.
Christine Conroy, from Machynlleth, Powys, was in Sri Lanka when the waves struck. Within moments found herself trapped and desperately fighting for her life.
"I remember saying 'the sea's too high, why is the sea so high?' I started to run away from the sea," she said.
Ms Conroy found herself trapped in a room with the water coming in.
"My head was bobbing against the ceiling and I was swirling round because the force of the incoming water was creating a sort of whirlpool in there."
She was only saved when part of a wall collapse and she was carried out with the escaping water.
In the UK, Gareth Owen, humanitarian director for Save The Children, had a call from his boss telling him to turn on his television to what was being reported.
"By lunchtime I had been across to my parents' farm near Welshpool and I was on my way to Sri Lanka to lead Save The Children's response there," he said.
"We'd never seen anything like it - 30,000 people died in Sri Lanka alone.
"Many of those people had been living on the beaches. They were literally washed away never to be seen again."
But the tsunami had not just caused devastation in Sri Lanka and Indonesia, it killed thousands in places as far away as India, Somalia and Malaysia.
Ch Supt Alun Thomas from Gwent Police was sent to Thailand to help identify bodies.
"We were working in a temporary mortuary up towards the Burmese border in temperatures that we don't ever achieve in the UK, in suits and Wellington boots and all the masks you have got to wear when you are dealing with dead bodies," he said.
In Wales, efforts were underway to collect aid to send to the affected area.
The Sri Lankan Association of South Wales sent several shipping containers of aid.
But it was not the only way people in Wales were helping victims of the tsunami 10 years ago.
Plans were being drawn up to stage the tsunami relief charity at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, a concert that at the time was the biggest held in the UK since Live Aid nearly 20 years earlier.
And funding raising efforts to aid areas hit by the tsunami are still continuing to this day - even a decade on.
On Friday, hundreds of bathers will take to the sea in Pembrokeshire to mark the 44th annual Tenby 'Boxing Day' swim.
Hoping to be among them is solicitor Paul Cowper, who 10 years ago was wading through flooded marshes in Sri Lanka with his family.
Their experience led them to setting up their own charity to help those hit by the giant waves - raising £75,000 for the coastal town of Tangalle.
He and supporters will be wearing t-shirts marking the tragic events as they take to the Tenby sea.
"It's a reminder to people that the tsunami took place and that the lives of so many were wiped out or changed as a result," he said.
Listen in to Good Morning Wales from 07:30 GMT on Saturday 27 when David Grundy will have more on this story
The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) said its members had received almost 120,000 claims after April storms that hit widespread areas of New South Wales, including Sydney.
Three people were killed following the April NSW storms.
Other storms hit south-east Queensland and northern NSW during April and May.
The ICA said insurance losses from the storms that hit widespread areas of eastern and central NSW had come to A$801.7m, of which A$629.6m was for domestic claims.
Areas hit included Greater Sydney, the Central Coast and the Hunter region.
Two men and a woman were found dead in Dungog, north of Sydney, one of the worst affected areas from the April NSW storms.
Separately, the storms that hit south-east Queensland and northern NSW from 30 April to 4 May had led to A$360.2m in losses, of which A$289.8m was for domestic claims.
"Insurers and insurance brokers continue to handle fresh claims from household and commercial policyholders," the ICA said.
Two major storms also hit Australia in February this year, damaging homes and forcing evacuations in coastal areas.
Tropical Cyclone Marcia hit the Queensland coast between Yeppoon and St Lawrence on 20 February, while Tropical Cyclone Lam hit a remote area of the Northern Territory.
Since November 2014 insurance claims for so-called ICA-declared catastrophes - including Cyclone Marcia, bushfires in South Australia and a hailstorm in Brisbane - had come to more than A$3.45bn.
Murray, 29, has been without a coach since splitting with Amelie Mauresmo shortly before the French Open last month.
The Scot won Wimbledon, the US Open and Olympic gold during two years with Lendl from 2012 to 2014.
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"Ivan's single-minded and knows what it takes to win the big events," Murray said in a statement.
"I had two very successful years working with him. I'm looking forward to Ivan joining the team again and helping me try and reach my goals."
Lendl, a former world number one and eight-time Grand Slam champion, has spent the last two years working for the United States Tennis Association.
He will work alongside Jamie Delgado, the British former player who joined Murray's team earlier this year.
Lendl helped guide Murray to victory at the London 2012 Olympics before the Briton won his first Grand Slam title at the US Open later that year.
The Czech-born American then helped Murray end Britain's 77-year wait for a men's singles champion at Wimbledon in 2013.
"I enjoyed working with Andy in the past," Lendl, 56, added.
"Andy and I have always stayed in contact so it should be fun to be part of his team again."
Murray is ranked second in the world and has reached both Grand Slam finals in 2016, losing to Serbian world number one Novak Djokovic at the Australian and French Opens.
A four-time champion at Queen's Club, Murray will begin his campaign against Frenchman Nicolas Mahut in round one, with the championships starting on Monday.
BBC tennis correspondent Russell Fuller
Contact was made during the French Open, and the reunion sealed in the past few days - with Lendl due at the Queen's Club for Murray's opening match on Tuesday.
Lendl is no fan of living out of a suitcase, but it sounds as if the chance to work with the world's second best player - who can expect to be in his prime for at least another couple of years - was just too hard to resist.
They are planning to spend up to 20 weeks a year together, with Lendl present at all the Grand Slams, key training weeks and probably the odd Masters Series event too.
Jamie Delgado remains Murray's full-time coach, but it always made sense to add a Grand Slam champion to the fold. Lendl was the obvious place to start, and after a two-year break from travelling, it sounds as if Murray's call came at just the right time.
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It also confirmed it would fully return its remaining 9.2% stake in Lloyds to the private sector in 2016-17.
In addition, it will press ahead with the sale of the taxpayer's final stake this financial year.
The sale had been due to take place this spring.
It was delayed in January because of turmoil on financial markets.
"The £130m we've received today marks another milestone in government's plan to recover the money taxpayers were forced to put into Lloyds during the financial crisis," said the economic secretary to the Treasury, Harriett Baldwin.
"The government has already recovered over 80% of its original investment in Lloyds and today's dividend payment takes the amount we've recovered from the bank to over £16.8bn."
During the financial crisis, the government spent £20.5bn of taxpayers' money rescuing Lloyds, acquiring a 43% share in the bank.
So far, only institutional investors have had the chance to buy the taxpayer-owned shares in Lloyds.
However, the government announced last October that it would sell about £2bn more of its shares and also hold a sale aimed at private investors this spring.
Subsequently, however, Lloyds' share price fell and the trading environment for banks became tougher.
Ms Baldwin said, however, that she was "determined" to make "Lloyds shares available to the public this year, so that we can build a share-owning democracy and continue to reduce our national debt".
Helsingborgs' 23-year stay in Allsvenskan came to an end on Sunday when they lost 2-1 to Halmstads.
Larsson's 19-year-old son Jordan, a striker for Helsingborgs, was assaulted by masked fans after the final whistle.
Fans also attempted to confront Henrik Larsson, 45.
The former Sweden forward, who also played for Feyenoord, Barcelona and Manchester United, had been head coach of the team since January 2015.
"Myself, the board, Henrik Larsson and the rest of the leadership team, together with the players, in solidarity bear the responsibility for this relegation," club director Mats-Ola Schulze said in a statement.
"I, together with the board, want to thank Henrik for the comprehensive restructuring that has been done in the football organisation during 2015 and 2016," he added.
Lyttle was keen to conclude the Irish League season over the coming three weeks but he said the Cliftonville board decided otherwise.
"Cliftonville didn't see that as appropriate," said Lyttle, 39.
"That was their decision and I totally respect that."
After next week's final regulation Premiership game against new leaders Linfield, the Reds will be involved in the European play-offs which could mean two further matches.
Lyttle said that Sligo were also prepared to let him finish the Irish League season with the Reds.
"I didn't want to walk away and leave it as it was," Lyttle told BBC Radio Foyle.
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"But there's a board there [at Cliftonville] and they decided the right thing to do was to freshen it up and look at Mal [Donaghy] and George McMullan.
"I would have been happy to work through the next couple of games and try to reach the target I set out at the start of the season which was European qualification."
Lyttle said that the lure of a full-time managerial role convinced him to apply for the Sligo role left vacant following Dave Robertson's dismissal earlier this month.
Former Linfield and Newport County manager Warren Feeney was also believed to have been interviewed for the Sligo job along with a couple of cross-channel candidates.
"I was just a wee Irish League part-time manager so to come up against some big names and get the job was an honour and a privilege," added Lyttle.
The former Reds boss watched Sligo draw 1-1 with Derry City at the Showgrounds on Saturday although caretaker Declan McIntyre remained in charge for a final time.
Three senior judges said the 2013 ruling would be re-examined by a larger bench of judges, in a move that has been welcomed by activists.
The judges said that the issue was a "matter of constitutional importance".
According to Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), a 155-year-old colonial-era law, a same-sex relationship is an "unnatural offence".
In deeply conservative India, homosexuality is a taboo and many people still regard same-sex relationships as illegitimate.
There has been a very vocal campaign to decriminalise homosexuality in India.
On Tuesday, the court heard a "curative petition" - meant to "cure" an earlier court order perceived as a "miscarriage of justice".
The court said the five-judge bench would be headed by the chief justice of India.
No date has been announced for the next hearing into the matter.
Members of the LGBT community, standing outside the court, broke into cheers and impromptu celebrations when the decision was announced, the BBC's Soutik Biswas said.
Activists say police and authorities often misuse the law to harass homosexuals. Under this law, a same-sex relationship is punishable by a 10-year jail term.
In its 2009 ruling, the Delhi High Court had described Section 377 as discriminatory and said gay sex between consenting adults should not be treated as a crime.
The ruling was widely and visibly welcomed by India's gay community, which said the judgement would help protect them from harassment and persecution.
However, several political, social and religious groups petitioned the Supreme Court to have the law reinstated, and in 2013 the top court upheld the law, saying it was up to parliament to legislate on Section 377.
However, an Indian MP's bid to introduce a private member's bill in the parliament to decriminalise gay sex failed.
Shashi Tharoor who also started a petition on Change.org over the issue, which has more than 40,000 signatories, said "it is time to bring the Indian Penal Code into the 21st Century".
Lincoln Plaza in London's Docklands won the 2016 Carbuncle Cup with one judge describing it as a "horror show" and the "embodiment of sea sickness".
It's the fifth consecutive time a London building has scooped the dubious honour run by Building Design Magazine (BD).
Galliard Homes said its "scheme sold out to buyers, so clearly the project is liked by the purchasers".
The developers said: "Architectural design is art, and like all art, a matter of personal tastes. Each project the company delivers is bespoke and distinctive and the company has built a strong reputation for rapidly selling out."
Lincoln Plaza, designed by BUJ Architects, consists of two, 31-storey residential towers - named Franklin and Greenwich - integrated with a hotel.
On its website, Galliard Homes said it offers "breathtaking views, first class facilities and superlative living accommodation... Lincoln Plaza is set to provide one of the most prestigious and sophisticated new landmarks on Canary Wharf's iconic skyline."
Prices start at £795,000 for a 3 bedroom flat with residents having access to a snooker suite, private cinema, gym and sky garden.
Ike Ijeh, BD's architectural critic said: "Lincoln Plaza is actually in South Quay and not Canary Wharf but what better way of showing contempt for your local context than by insinuating it is actually located in your flashier neighbouring district?"
He described Lincoln Plaza as a "putrid pugilistic horror show that should never have been built... it exhibits the absolute worst in shambolic architectural design and cheap visual gimmickry.
"This building is the architectural embodiment of sea sickness."
The architect firm declined to comment.
Two other London buildings made the six-strong short-list - luxury development Saffron Square which was described as having a "car crash of a facade" and 5 Broadgate the home to UBS was called a "mute steel fortress".
Also on the short-list was The Diamond, accommodation for University of Sheffield engineering students, One Smithfield in Stoke on Trent, and an extension to Poole Methodist Church.
Nyetimber, in West Sussex, said the quality and volume of the 2012 harvest was not up to standard.
Cherie Spriggs, winemaker at Nyetimber, said the decision was a difficult one but that "maintaining quality is paramount".
Nyetimber's sparkling wine has been consistently ranked alongside the finest French champagne.
Soil at the vineyard at West Chiltington is geologically identical to the champagne region, but the vines need warm dry weather.
Ms Spriggs said: "My first obligation as the winemaker is to ensure the quality of Nyetimber's wines, and we have collectively come to the decision that the grapes from 2012 cannot deliver the standards we have achieved in the past and will again in the future.
"The decision to not make wine from 2012 is a difficult one, not just for me but for our whole team. However, we all know that maintaining quality is paramount."
Nyetimber's accolades include three times winner of the Best Worldwide Sparkling Wine award at the International Wine and Spirit Competition.
This year's variable weather included the wettest June since records began.
About three million bottles of English wine were made in 2011, but the figure is expected to be down substantially this year.
The Bank of Scotland report found that homes in the Scottish countryside are on average £17,231 more expensive than those in towns and cities.
However it also revealed that the price gap has dropped from £24,228 in the last five years.
It found that while prices are higher in rural areas, urban house prices are increasing at a faster rate.
The price of homes in the countryside rose by 14% between 2011 and 2016, while the cost of urban properties jumped 22%.
Other findings of the bank's annual rural housing review include:
Graham Blair, mortgage director at Bank of Scotland, said: "Our How Scotland Lives research has shown that countryside living can have a positive impact on peoples' happiness, so it's to be expected that people will be attracted to living in the countryside and this does come with a premium.
"Affordability is often a key driver in any decision to purchase a home, with some rural regions more affordable than certain urban locations there are options for anyone considering an escape to the country."
The regions says talks over a new 150-year lease are at an "advanced stage".
Blues' existing lease for their home ground runs until January 2022.
"The proposals would see the property being let under a 150-year ground lease for the express purpose of providing a new stadium suitable for rugby," a Cardiff Blues (CBL) statement said.
"CBL is seeking to develop a stadium fit for purpose for both Cardiff Blues and Cardiff RFC in the heart of Cardiff city centre.
"Detailed discussions will continue to agree the full terms of the new ground lease."
Blues left Arms Park in 2009 to play at Cardiff City Stadium, which has a capacity of 33,280.
But they returned to the 12,000-capacity city-centre venue in 2012 after failing to attract the level of attendances they had hoped for.
It saw the Englishman, who dropped out of the world's top 10 last month for the first time since winning the Green Jacket in April, climb into tied third.
Spaniard Cabrera-Bello carded a 65 to lead on 11 under par, three shots ahead of Australia's Sam Brazel in Fanling.
England's Tommy Fleetwood is alongside compatriot Willett at six under par.
Willett, who pulled out of the World Cup of Golf last month with a back injury, holed six birdies to move up the leaderboard.
"It's nice to be in this position after the last few months," said the 29-year-old. "I came out here probably as fresh as I've been for a month and a half."
Fellow Englishman and defending champion Justin Rose finished the day on one under par and said he had been worried about missing the cut until he rolled in three late birdies.
"I was on plus one halfway through the back nine. From that point, you're aware of the cut line and it was nice just to get it," said the Olympic gold medallist.
A man has been airlifted to hospital, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said.
Emergency services were alerted to the crash at about 15:20.
Road works are being carried out along a five mile (8km) stretch of the A9 between Kincraig and Dalraddy to upgrade the road to dual carriageway.
The A9 was closed for several hours before it was reopened.
Traffic Scotland said the A9 was closed in both directions around the scene of the accident.
The A9 was also closed for several hours between Pitlochry and Dunkeld because of an accident at the Kindallachan junction.
Protesters claim midwife-led services at Ludlow Community Hospital could close or be scaled down.
Organiser Sarah Meek said lives could be at risk if someone having "complications in birth" had to travel to Telford or Shrewsbury.
Hospital bosses said proposals included making some midwife-led units into birth centres.
The hospital recently closed its midwife-led unit for about three weeks over concerns about the condition of the building.
It re-opened in a more modern building last month and Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust said the temporary closure had been taken in the best interests of mothers, babies and staff.
However, some campaigners say Ludlow and two other midwife-led units are still at risk of closure in the longer term because of funding shortages.
Ms Meek said: "You can't put a price on a baby's life or a mother. If there are complications in birth you don't want to to be travelling to Telford or Shrewsbury.
"It's one hour away if traffic is good. Why should we have to?"
Sarah Jamieson, Head of Midwifery at the trust, said a review of services over the past two years had followed a "shift in choices" made by women over where they gave birth. They aimed to support choices while delivering "safe, high-quality services".
She said proposals included turning some smaller midwife-led units into birth centres which would "retain the full range of services" offered by the units but would not open overnight.
Instead mums-to-be would use an "on-call system" and then be supported through labour by their midwife.
The Gunners had not won any of their previous four Premier League fixtures and had slipped eight points behind the league leaders before kick-off on Sunday, a gap they reduced to five points with victory on the south coast.
Mesut Ozil and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scored as Wenger's team won in the league for the first time in more than a month.
After the game, Wenger spoke about the title race and reserved special praise for Germany playmaker Ozil.
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Third-placed Arsenal host the Foxes at Emirates Stadium on Sunday, with second-placed Tottenham travelling to fourth-placed Manchester City on the same day.
A victory against the Foxes would put Arsenal two points off the summit, but Wenger believes Claudio Ranieri's side are rightly the bookmakers' favourites.
"Leicester were running away and us playing them next week makes the game very interesting," he said.
"It's a big game and an important weekend for the Premier League. In one week, Leicester have beaten Liverpool and Manchester City, so that means that they suddenly become the favourite to win the Premier League."
Ozil scored against Bournemouth for the second time this season - hammering home from 12 yards following Olivier Giroud's knockdown.
It was the first of two Arsenal goals in 88 seconds that turned the contest and ensured the visitors took all three points.
"Mesut has become a very important player," said Wenger, of his £42.4m signing from Real Madrid. "He has added a fighting attitude today.
"It was a top, top, top performance from him.
"He scored with his right foot which is very interesting for us. If he scores with his right foot he will become even stronger."
City of Leeds duo Bower, 17, and Banks, 16, scored 299.19 points from their five dives in the 10m synchronised event.
Their success follows individual 10m gold for Lois Toulson on Tuesday.
"This was an exciting competition with a completely surprising end for us," Banks said.
"As the youngest duo today, we would never have expected to win, especially since this was one of our first synchro competitions together."
Silver went to Russia's Iuliia Timoshinina and Valeriia Belova with a score of 297.00, while Ukraine's Valeriia Liulko and Sofiia Lyskun took bronze with 288.96.
On Thursday Noah Williams and Matthew Dixon secured the British team's third medal of the championships with bronze in the 10m synchro.
Amavi, 23, was understood to have failed a medical, reports BBC WM.
Villa are not interested in a loan and still favour a more permanent move.
Owner Dr Tony Xia said on Twitter on Monday that there was no issue with Amavi, that his "medical report was good" and that the deal had been called off by Sevilla at a higher level.
He then added on Twitter on Tuesday that Villa's officials are "angry" with the way they treated the player and the club and that Sevilla had shown "no respect".
Sevilla have told BBC Sport that the initial planned transfer was "cancelled" and they would not make any further comment.
Former France Under-21 international Amavi cost £7.7m when he joined Villa from Nice in July 2015 on a five-year deal.
After missing the majority of his first season with a serious knee injury, he has now made 48 appearances in all competitions.
Natalia Wilkanowska, 50, disappeared in 2003 after visiting her ex-husband Gerald Doherty in Luton.
Joseph Doherty, 73, of Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, denied helping conceal her remains and lying to police.
The jury at Luton Crown Court could not agree on the charges against him. The prosecution intends to seek a retrial.
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Ms Wilkanowska's body was left under builder's rubble in the garden in Icknield Way, Luton, and was not discovered until December 2015.
The jury had been considering its verdict since Friday.
Mr Doherty, of Old Greenock Road, Port Glasgow, denied one charge of perverting the course of justice, one of obstructing the coroner by giving a false account of Ms Wilkanowska's death and one charge of preventing her lawful burial.
The case will be mentioned again in court on 3 February.
Last week the judge directed the jury to clear his younger brother 67-year-old Daniel Doherty, who owned the house where the remains were found.
The judge said that having heard the prosecution evidence, he concluded he had no case to answer.
Ms Wilkanowska's ex-husband hanged himself in July 2003 in a flat in Robert Street, Port Glasgow.
Welbeck, 24, who had surgery last week on the injury sustained in April, has scored eight goals in his first 34 games for the Gunners.
Arsenal, who were linked with Karim Benzema, knew the extent of the problem before the transfer window closed but did not reinforce their attack.
That means Olivier Giroud is their only recognised striker fit for selection.
Theo Walcott, Alexis Sanchez and Joel Campbell - who has not played for the Gunners since January - have experience of operating in that position, but are mainly used by Arsenal as wide players.
England international Welbeck, who joined from Manchester United in 2014, picked up the injury to his left knee after coming on as a substitute in Arsenal's 0-0 home draw with Chelsea in late April.
"The injury to his cartilage did not respond as well as hoped and the decision was taken last week for him to undergo surgery," said a statement.
Arsenal did explore the possibility of recruiting a new striker before Tuesday's transfer deadline, but they ended the window with goalkeeper Petr Cech as their only signing.
They were the only club from the top five European leagues not to sign an outfield player during the summer.
That led to the Arsenal Supporters' Trust calling for an inquiry into the club's transfer policy.
"No-one wants Arsenal to buy players just for the sake of it, but we do want to see the money being invested to make the club stronger," it said in a statement.
Manager Arsene Wenger said: "Am I happy with the investment I make? Yes, every time. You have to find the players to invest in."
The discovery was made after a human rights lawyer alerted security researchers to unsolicited text messages he had received.
They discovered three previously unknown flaws within Apple's code.
Apple has since released a software update that addresses the problem.
The two security firms involved, Citizen Lab and Lookout, said they had held back details of the discovery until the fix had been issued.
The lawyer, Ahmed Mansoor, received the text messages on 10 and 11 August.
The texts promised to reveal "secrets" about people allegedly being tortured in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)'s jails if he tapped the links.
Had he done so, Citizen Lab says, his iPhone 6 would have been "jailbroken", meaning unauthorised software could have been installed.
"Once infected, Mansoor's phone would have become a digital spy in his pocket, capable of employing his iPhone's camera and microphone to snoop on activity in the vicinity of the device, recording his WhatsApp and Viber calls, logging messages sent in mobile chat apps, and tracking his movements," said Citizen Lab.
"We are not aware of any previous instance of an iPhone remote jailbreak used in the wild as part of a targeted attack campaign, making this a rare find."
The researchers say they believe the spyware involved was created by NSO Group, an Israeli "cyber-war" company.
"[It is] the most sophisticated spyware package we've seen," said Lookout.
"It takes advantage of how integrated mobile devices are in our lives and the combination of features only available on mobile - always connected (wi-fi, 3G/4G), voice communications, camera, email, messaging, GPS, passwords, and contact lists."
This is in many ways a textbook case of the cybersecurity community acting precisely as it should. Researchers were alerted to a vulnerability, investigated it, and made Apple, the company responsible for fixing it, aware so it could issue a fix. Apple, to its credit, understood the severity and acted quickly - it took them just 10 days.
These types of vulnerabilities are rare and extremely lucrative. A genuine "zero day" - the name given to previously unknown security flaws - can be sold for upwards of $1m when it affects a major piece of software like Apple's iOS. In this case, it looks like several zero days were combined to make a hugely sophisticated attack package.
Now attention is shifting to the secretive organisation said to be behind the attack, the NSO Group, described by researchers as a cyber arms dealer, and described by itself as firm capable of being a "ghost" on victims' devices - working undetected but gathering enormous amounts of private data.
According to Privacy International, NSO Group has sold its products to clients in Mexico and in Panama - but little is known about other deals involving the company which is said to be worth more than $1bn.
Pressure is also being put on Francisco Partners Ltd, the San Francisco-based venture capital firm that has a controlling stake in NSO Group. It is yet to comment on the controversial attack.
NSO has issued a statement acknowledging that it makes technology used to "combat terror and crime" but said it had no knowledge of any particular incidents and made no reference to the specific spyware involved.
"These are rather rare zero-day flaws," commented security expert Prof Alan Woodward, referring to the technical name for previously unknown vulnerabilities.
"To have several found at once is even rarer. As can be seen from how these have been exploited to date, it represents a serious threat to the security and privacy of iOS users.
"Apple has been remarkably responsive in providing fixes for these issues, so I would encourage any iOS users to update to the latest version of the operating system."
For its part, Apple has limited itself to saying: "We were made aware of this vulnerability and immediately fixed it with iOS 9.3.5. We advise all of our customers to always download the latest version of iOS to protect themselves against potential security exploits."
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Huston, who represents Great Britain in the men's individual event, had to battle through qualifying and five rounds to reach the last four.
He lost in the semi-finals, but with three Rio places up for grabs Huston held his nerve in the 3rd/4th play-off.
He scored a maximum '10' with his final arrow to beat Serbia's Luka Popovic.
Huston, 20, was defeated at the semi-final stage by eventual winner Mete Gazoz of Turkey.
"Having heard the crowd this close to you, that many people all cheering for Great Britain, clapping, hearing them shouting my name, was such an amazing feeling," he said.
"Yes, I was nervous and the shots weren't as good as I would have liked.
"But I won the match, won the place, and that's all that matters."
All six British archers were in contention for Rio invitations at the start of the day of competition, when the continental quota tournament resumed in the third round.
Larry Godfrey and Kieran Slater won their opening matches, but were both stopped short in the last 16.
Recurve women's trio Naomi Folkard, Amy Oliver and Bryony Pitman failed to make it past the third round.
Great Britain still has a chance to qualify for a women's place, or upgrade to full team invitations in either competition, at the last stage of the 2016 World Cup in Turkey next month.
The Ting Tings headlined the event - which sees a month of hundreds of fundraising gigs.
Each one is organised entirely by volunteers from large scale festivals to local sponsored busks.
The money raised goes to the charity which helps people living in poverty in different parts of the world.
"I wouldn't say no to doing any gigs for charity because I think that would make you a really bad person," Indiana told us at the launch.
She had travelled down from her home in Nottingham for the gig and travelled back up that same night.
"It is nice that people can put on their own events locally and everyone can get involved.
"It's also nice that all the donations are going to charity but it is also cool that people are getting something back in return.
"So people that wouldn't normally give to charity are giving to charity."
The Ting Tings made their return to the music scene ahead of the release of their third album Super Critical.
They played new material for the first time from the upcoming record, which was written and recorded in Ibiza.
Also on the line-up was Bipolar Sunshine who says Oxjam festival is great for any budding musicians.
"I think I wanted to be involved with it because I was always seeing a lot of bands around me who have been able to get a little bit of a platform," he told us.
He says it is great especially for acts outside of London who aren't always exposed to people within the industry.
"When they've got something where certain people might be able to come down to watch them, Oxjam is a good title for them to play with."
Oxjam begins on October 1.
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Cladding at the flats in the city did not pass the new tests despite meeting current regulations.
The results at four blocks in Clyne Court, Sketty, and another in Jefferys Court, Penlan, come after 149 high-rises in England also failed.
The council said it was keeping tenants informed.
However residents have raised concerns about "conflicting information".
Samples of the same type of cladding used on Grenfell Tower are being tested from seven social housing tower blocks in Wales at the request of the Welsh Government.
Claire Lane, who lives on the sixth floor at Clyne Court, said: "I'm unable to sleep, I'm nervous.
"I don't feel safe at the moment. It's heartbreaking since the Grenfell disaster. My nerves are gone living here."
Lynne Cleobury said letters from the council updating them on the fire safety checks had not been able to put her mind at ease.
She said: "[I'm] a little bit worried, I'm on the fourth floor. I have problems with mobility and find that if the lifts don't work I have a lot of difficulty coming down in the fire escape."
She also called for the council to hold a meeting with residents: "I think we need to be there to ask questions so they can actually tell us what's going on, whether the cladding does have to come off or whether it's going to stay up."
Other tenants at Jefferys Court have also raised concerns.
One 68-year-old resident, who lives on the first floor, said he didn't trust "conflicting information" from the council.
"They say one thing and say something else, so what do you believe? They say it's failed yet its safe," he added.
"I'm not concerned myself really, it's people living higher up because if there's a fire, would they be able to get out?
"If a panel is not safe it should be replaced with panels that are safe."
But another resident said safety checks being carried out by the council were "reassuring".
"I'm just glad they're doing all the tests they can and the council are keeping us up-to-date, trying to keep us calm. It's good," he said.
Swansea council said on Monday that extra fire safety checks were being carried out and tenants were being kept informed.
Communities Secretary Carl Sargeant stressed that tower blocks where cladding had failed safety tests remain "safe places to be".
He told the assembly on Tuesday that on the matter of further action, he would follow any recommendations made by the UK government's advisory panel.
Research by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services showed £800m was likely to be taken from the £16bn budget this year.
The group warned it meant "the bleak outlook becomes even bleaker".
It comes as the government looks set to signal later in the Queen's Speech its determination to reform the system.
The draft social care and support bill, which is expected to be included in the speech, will be used to clarify the law on social care and pave the way for the introduction of a cap on the costs people face for elderly care.
Currently anyone with assets of more than £23,250 faces unlimited costs, but ministers have said they want to see lifetime costs capped at £72,000 from 2016.
The result of the move would be that many more people would be brought into the state system. Estimates have suggested an extra 450,000.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the changes to the social care system needed to be made quickly, as the UK faced a "very big challenge" because of its ageing society.
But the ADASS figures, compiled from a survey of directors at 145 of the 152 councils, illustrate the problem councils are facing trying to provide services to the elderly and disabled.
The projected £800m reduction in spending comes after nearly £2bn has been trimmed from budgets in the past two years.
While social care directors said they were trying to make savings through measures such as more efficient working and better procurement, nearly a fifth thought the quality of life that could be provided would worsen in the coming years.
Half said the numbers able to access services would reduce too as councils resorted to rationing.
ADASS president Sandie Keene said: "Gazing into the next two years, without additional investment from that already planned, an already bleak outlook becomes even bleaker."
Michelle Mitchell, of Age UK, said: "This is very worrying news.
"The care of the most vulnerable in our society is one of the most important issues facing the country."
Zoe Patrick, of the Local Government Association, said taking £800m out of the system "threatens to severely impact on the vital support many older and disabled people rely on in their day-to-day lives, such as basic help with washing, getting out of bed and the provision of meals on wheels".
She added: "The stark reality is that if such vast sums of money continue to be taken out of the care system it could be in very real danger of collapse."
She urged the government to recognise the growing problem in the next spending round.
Mr Hunt said one of the measures that will be announced in the Queen's Speech will help "join up the health and social care system".
"There is a huge amount of waste. Apart from the terrible treatment of people being pushed from pillar to post, it is actually very, very wasteful," he told ITV's Daybreak.
"You have lots of people in hospital who don't need to be in hospital, lots of people who actually shouldn't be going to hospital in the first place, and so we do absolutely need to tackle that big structural thing."
It says there is "insufficient interest" to merit an organised tour, but will reconsider if fans are given the same security measures as players.
The tour was only given the go-ahead following a security review by the England and Wales Cricket Board.
ECB director of cricket Andrew Strauss says some players may choose not to go.
Moeen Ali, Chris Jordan and Liam Dawson have said they will travel if selected.
Strauss told BBC Sport he had given the players time to think about their decision and would meet with them later this week before the tour party is announced on 16 September.
We would hate for anyone to think that because England are going it is safe for anyone to go
Limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan is among those who reportedly have doubts, and he said after England's Twenty20 defeat by Pakistan on Wednesday that he had not yet made a decision.
"I have a few more days now to think about it," he told BBC Test Match Special.
"The decision will be based on if I feel safe going out there to play cricket."
Strauss confirmed: "He has had concerns and he has discussed those with me.
"It is an interesting situation with the captain questioning whether to go or not. People view a captain differently because they have different responsibilities. But they are still humans at the end of the day."
England will play three one-day internationals and two Tests starting on 7 October. The matches will take place in Chittagong and Dhaka, where 20 hostages died when a cafe was attacked in July.
Steve Smith, the office manager for the Barmy Army, which organises tours to England away series, said in a statement: "Our view is that supporters should apply the same criteria as the ECB to the tour.
"In other words, unless specific security measures and assurances are put in place, there is currently too much risk attached to travelling to Bangladesh."
Strauss said: "We would hate for anyone to think that because England are going it is safe for anyone to go.
"It is right that people make up their own mind on these things and come to these decisions based on Foreign Office advice, etcetera."
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) advice is that "there is a heightened threat of further terrorist attacks" in Bangladesh, although a similar threat level applies to many European cities, including London.
The FCO says westerners are in particular danger of being targeted in Bangladesh, adding: "Crowded areas and places where westerners are known to gather may be at higher risk of attack."
In 2014, Guernsey politicians voted to spend ??4m per year on reforms to the transport strategy to reduce car use, including free bus fares.
The plan was proposed by the Treasury and Resources Department as an alternative to the plan by the Environment Department.
That involves a first registration tax based on vehicle width and emissions.
If the treasury plan is approved by the States then the tax on width and emissions would be scrapped and the motor tax, which was ended in 2008, would be re-instated.
Treasury and Resources Minister Gavin St Pier said a delay in paid parking and proposed changes to the first registration duty left a shortfall in the transport budget.
He said: "Unless the States resolves - which it has not yet done - to make substantive change to the strategy it has adopted, the treasury has a responsibility to bring forward options to close that gap.
"The department recognises that when motor tax was abolished in 2008, there was a corresponding increase in fuel duty of about 14 pence per litre.
"[The proposal] anticipates this increase in fuel duty being reversed out if motor tax is reintroduced."
Deputy St Pier said re-introducing motor tax did not mean a return to tax discs in cars. He said changes in the UK to digital registration could be mirrored in Guernsey.
Deputy Peter Harwood, a member of the Environment Department, said the lack of costings in the proposals "raised more questions than answers".
He said unlike the registration tax, which is a "polluter pays" scheme, a motor tax would be a "perverse incentive to use the car more".
The Scot's second title in two months is ideal preparation for this month's European Championships in Kolding.
Sixth seed Gilmour, who won European silver last year, saved a game point in the opener before taking control and winning 22-20 21-11.
Gilmour, who won last month's Austrian Open, beat Denmark's Sofie Dahl 13-21 21-16 21-11 in her semi-final.
The 23-year-old, who has fought her way back up the world rankings to 45 after an injury lay-off, was also taken to three games in the quarter-finals.
She had to wear down Delphine Lansac to lead 24-26 21-13 13-7 at which point her French rival retired from their 63-minute battle.
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The 39-year-old former Derby County and Manchester City striker retaliated after being pushed by a steward during the under-23 Olympic qualifier on Tuesday.
The struggle between the two men ended when security guards pulled them apart.
"Following a meeting, the manager Wanchope has decided to step aside," said a Costa Rica statement.
Wanchope said he got angry when the steward stopped him getting to the pitch.
He said: "He denied me access even though I had accreditation. Then I decided to open the gate myself. Then I was pushed by the steward who was there and I pushed him back. You could all see that."
The former West Ham player added: "A thousand apologies to everyone in Panama for this incident, obviously also to Costa Rica for what has happened.
"I have always been known for defending my country, and behaving in the best possible way. We're human beings and I reacted in a way that was wrong."
One south Wales clinic said the practice had seen enquiries increase from a handful to more than 1,500.
It follows the death of Kent toddler Faye Burdett, who died from the infection on Valentine's Day.
The Welsh government said there was "no issue" with those who were entitled to the NHS treatment.
A parliamentary petition to extend the vaccinations to all children up to the age of 11 has attracted more than 800,000 signatures. MPs will debate calls to extend the vaccination to all children.
There is a national shortage of the meningitis B vaccine Bexsero for private patients.
Emma Llewellyn, administrator at the Independent General Practice (IPG), which has branches in Newport, Swansea and Cardiff, said: "We had 60 people on the waiting list about a week ago. Since then, the phones have been ringing constantly. We've had around 1,500 calls asking for the vaccine.
"People have been calling from as far away as Ireland and Newcastle."
Nomad travel clinic based in Cardiff - which refers patients to 10 clinics in the UK - has seen its calls increase from one a day to up to 100. Patients who have already started receiving the vaccine privately will be able to complete their course.
Manufacturers GlaxoSmithkline said: "We know the unexpectedly high demand for the vaccine reflects the importance parents have placed on protecting their children from meningitis B.
"We hope to have improving supply from summer 2016 and we are working hard to increase capacity in 2017."
Along with the rest of the UK, Wales introduced the meningitis B vaccination in September 2015 - but only to babies born on or after 1 July.
Cardiff mum-of-four Cath Maddaford - whose daughter Iris, five, survived meningitis B in 2012 - said she supported the petition.
"It's disgusting - all children who are at risk should get the vaccination. How many parents have to go through what we did? How many more children have to die, or lose limbs?"
Dr Phil White, member of the Welsh Council of the British Medical Association (BMA), and a GP in Menai Bridge, Anglesey, and Y Felinheli, Gwynedd, said the vaccine costs £200 or more.
"There's no more availability for the vaccine for private use because the UK government have brought up the entire supply from manufacturers.
"There is little point in people approaching their doctor for the vaccination as it is not available."
A Welsh Government spokesman said: "The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advised that the meningitis B vaccination programme should protect babies under five months of age because this is when the risk is greatest."
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The Dutch side led when on-loan Chelsea striker Bertrand Traore glanced in a header, before Kasper Dolberg drove in a second after defensive confusion.
In an open affair, Amin Younes struck a third via a deflection after the break.
Mathieu Valbuena gave Lyon hope by curling in an away goal, but Traore added his second to give Ajax control.
Traore's finish from Hakim Ziyech's cross made the attacking midfielder the first player in Europa League history to assist three goals in a semi-final or final.
He was central to much of Ajax's good work in a match which was far from a cagey first-leg affair, with the sides sharing 37 shots in all.
Lyon, who have never played in a major European final, will now need to overturn a three-goal deficit in the second leg on 11 May if they are to face either Manchester United or Celta Vigo in the final in Stockholm 13 days later.
The French side were undone by an inswinging free-kick as Traore headed in the opener but their manager, Bruno Genesio, was visibly incensed by the defending for the hosts' second.
Goalkeeper Anthony Lopes lofted a poor clearance which was headed into the path of Dolberg, who raced through to finish with the outside of his foot.
Lopes brilliantly denied Younes when one-on-one before the break but could do little when the German's low drive deflected past him and just crossed the line on 49 minutes.
The crowd inside the Amsterdam Arena grew boisterous as their side closed in on a first European final since defeat in the European Cup to Juventus in 1996.
Valbuena's calm finish from 18 yards briefly halted the celebrations, only for Traore to restore the three-goal lead.
Match ends, Ajax 4, Lyon 1.
Second Half ends, Ajax 4, Lyon 1.
Attempt missed. Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Mathieu Valbuena with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Lyon. Conceded by Kenny Tete.
Attempt missed. Hakim Ziyech (Ajax) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Kenny Tete.
Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Anthony Lopes.
Attempt saved. Hakim Ziyech (Ajax) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Davy Klaassen (Ajax) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal.
David Neres (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jérémy Morel (Lyon).
Attempt blocked. Corentin Tolisso (Lyon) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jérémy Morel.
Bertrand Traoré (Ajax) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Rafael (Lyon).
Foul by Bertrand Traoré (Ajax).
Corentin Tolisso (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
David Neres (Ajax) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Mouctar Diakhaby (Lyon).
Substitution, Ajax. David Neres replaces Kasper Dolberg.
Matthijs de Ligt (Ajax) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon).
Foul by Justin Kluivert (Ajax).
Rafael (Lyon) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Offside, Ajax. Justin Kluivert tries a through ball, but Bertrand Traoré is caught offside.
Foul by Davinson Sánchez (Ajax).
Mathieu Valbuena (Lyon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Davy Klaassen (Ajax) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jairo Riedewald with a cross.
Attempt missed. Davy Klaassen (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Bertrand Traoré.
Foul by Kasper Dolberg (Ajax).
Jérémy Morel (Lyon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Matthijs de Ligt (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Hakim Ziyech.
Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Rafael.
Attempt blocked. Hakim Ziyech (Ajax) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bertrand Traoré.
Rachid Ghezzal (Lyon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Matthijs de Ligt (Ajax).
Substitution, Ajax. Justin Kluivert replaces Amin Younes.
Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Rafael.
Attempt blocked. Bertrand Traoré (Ajax) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Davinson Sánchez.
Corner, Ajax. Conceded by Anthony Lopes.
Attempt saved. Donny van de Beek (Ajax) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Bertrand Traoré.
Substitution, Lyon. Alexandre Lacazette replaces Maxwel Cornet.
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Devon and Cornwall Police officers Tasered the man, who had self-inflicted knife injuries, in Langton Road in Falmouth, Cornwall at about 21:00 BST on Tuesday.
The man died later at the Royal Cornwall Hospital and his next of kin have been informed.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is investigating.
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The IPCC said it has been told "the man sustained self-inflicted knife injuries and was taken to hospital where he subsequently died".
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Chasing 283, Notts lost Riki Wessels lbw first ball to Alfonso Thomas.
But fine half-centuries from captain James Taylor (51) and Brendan Taylor (62), and 42 not out from Steven Mullaney saw the visitors to 285-6.
In the Sussex innings, openers Chris Nash (49) and Luke Wright (40) shared a stand of 96, but nobody could go beyond fifty as they reached 282-9.
Jake Ball claimed 4-47 for the visitors, while Chris Read took six catches behind the stumps, including all of seamer Ball's wickets.
After the dismissal of Wessels in the Nottinghamshire chase, James Taylor took the attack to the bowlers hitting eight fours and a six in his 43-ball innings, as they raced to 114-2 in the 14th over.
Wickets fell at regular intervals once the skipper was out, but Mullaney and Read (22 not out) calmly saw their side home with 22 balls to spare.
The plane will be part of a £16m Bristol Aerospace Centre and museum at the former Filton airfield in neighbouring South Gloucestershire.
Labour and Conservative general election candidates for Filton and Bradley Stoke called on George Ferguson and Bristol City Council to invest in the project.
The BBC has invited Mr Ferguson to comment.
The comments were made during a general election debate on BBC Radio Bristol.
'Very appropriate'
Labour's Ian Boulton said the museum would benefit the whole region.
"There's a real danger that this will become the South Gloucestershire aero collection so we'd like to get Bristol on board with that," he said.
Conservative Jack Lopresti said: "I still haven't given up hope of getting a meeting with George Ferguson to see if Bristol are willing to help with the project."
The Liberal Democrat candidate Pete Bruce, said it would be "very appropriate" for Bristol to contribute towards the cost of the museum.
"It will be good for the area as a whole and good to have Bristol as a partner helping with the exhibits and renovations," said Mr Bruce.
Last week, a £2m Budget windfall towards the cost of the centre was announced.
The airfield site includes two Grade II-listed hangars built by the Royal Flying Corp during World War One.
They were later home to 501 Squadron, which won seven honours in World War Two and was one of the most heavily-engaged units in RAF Fighter Command.
The incident happened at the Lloyds bank branch in Station Road, New Milton, on Thursday at 15:20 BST.
A 56-year-old man from New Milton has been arrested on suspicion of robbery and remains in police custody.
No-one was injured in the raid. Hampshire Constabulary would not reveal how much cash had been taken from the bank.
The 43-year-old collected an honorary Doctorate of Health Sciences from Anglia Ruskin University at a ceremony in Chelmsford.
It has been awarded in recognition of her work promoting breast cancer awareness after battling the disease.
The Australian is one of 12 people to be conferred honorary degrees.
Wearing a traditional doctoral cap and gown, she spoke to about 220 graduates from the faculty of education.
She said: "I never went to university so my dad will be very proud when he sees the pictures.
"I am here partly for the work I do promoting breast cancer awareness.
"When you are diagnosed yourself it becomes a lot more real and you appreciate at first hand the hard work that goes on to support patients through it."
Ms Minogue, who has recorded more than 30 top 10 UK singles over a career lasting more than 20 years, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005.
She subsequently underwent surgery and a course of chemotherapy.
Several other names from the world of entertainment, sport and business are being honoured at the university's graduation ceremonies in Chelmsford and Cambridge this week, alongside 2,500 successful university students.
Novelist Jilly Cooper received an honorary Doctorate of Letters for her services to journalism and literature on Tuesday.
Accessories designer Anya Hindmarch will be presented with an honorary Doctor of Arts on Thursday.
Five-time Olympic swimmer Mark Foster, television sports presenter Manish Bhasin and economist Kate Barker have also been honoured.
Professor Michael Thorne, vice chancellor of Anglia Ruskin University, said: "We make honorary awards to individuals of extraordinary talent who have made an outstanding contribution to their chosen field of endeavour.
"We hope that the recipients of these honorary awards will serve as examples to our graduates."
Mr Poltorak said Ukrainian forces were coming under attack just two to four times a day - the lowest rate in the past year and a half.
The reduction in violence comes a week after the latest ceasefire agreement came into force on 1 September.
Last week's truce aimed to reinforce an agreement struck in Minsk in February.
However, the UN said that civilian casualties more than doubled in the three months to mid-August, largely due to shelling by heavy weapons.
The UN's human rights agency said there were at least 105 deaths and 308 injuries among civilians from mid-May to mid-August, compared with 60 deaths and 102 injuries from mid-February to mid-May.
For the first time since the beginning of Ukraine's conflict with Russian-backed militants, there is tangible hope.
A ceasefire was introduced last week and seems to be holding. Whether this spells the end of the conflict altogether remains to be seen. But, without a doubt, there is movement both on the ground in the east and in official circles.
Significantly, the rebels themselves are making positive noises.
And some observers are interpreting a sudden change of leadership in the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic, which took place over the weekend, as a possible sign that Moscow wants to end the violence.
But the fighting could flare at any moment, as President Petro Poroshenko reminded government officials on Tuesday. And any final peace deal will potentially face resistance from some quarters in Kiev, eastern Ukraine and Moscow.
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Almost 8,000 people had been killed and nearly 18,000 injured since the conflict began in April 2014, the UN added, although it warned the true number could be much higher.
In a separate development on Tuesday, Ukraine's government accepted the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) over any war crimes that may have been committed on its territory since February 2014.
Last year, Ukraine accepted the court's jurisdiction only for the period between November 2013 and February 2014, in which pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych was ousted.
Mr Poltorak told journalists: "We come under two to four attacks a day, this is the lowest number of shootings over the past year-and-a-half."
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov acknowledged fighting had died down but blamed Kiev for not moving forward on other provisions of the agreement, including greater autonomy for the rebel-held eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.
"A relative stabilisation has indeed taken place from 1 September and there is practically no shelling by the Ukrainian armed forces of civilian populated areas in Donbass," Mr Peskov said.
"But if you look at other conceptual points of the Minsk agreements ... unfortunately you cannot note progress, it is impossible."
The Minsk Group, run by the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), met on Tuesday to discuss the latest developments.
Violence erupted last week in the Ukrainian capital Kiev over the granting of greater powers to the rebel-held regions - a key part of the Minsk agreement.
Three members of Ukraine's national guard were killed when nationalists protested against the deal.
Fighting escalated over the summer between the rebels and Ukrainian army forces, but the two sides agreed in late August to halt the violence on 1 September, the day children in the region return to school.
Separatists seized large swathes of Donetsk and Luhansk in mid-April 2014, a month after Russia annexed Ukraine's southern Crimea peninsula amid international condemnation of the move.
Moscow denies accusations by Ukraine and the West that it arms the rebels and sends regular troops across the border. The Kremlin says Russian "volunteers" are fighting alongside the rebel force in Ukraine.
The Grecians made a blistering start and were 2-0 up inside the first six minutes. The first came after great play by David Wheeler and Reuben Reid, who teed-up Jordan Moore-Taylor to rifle in a fourth-minute opener.
Then, as Barnet struggled to clear their lines, Jake Taylor poked the ball to Wheeler who managed to squeeze the ball past Jamie Stephens from barely two yards out.
Ruben Bover forced goalkeeper Christy Pym into a smart stop with a fierce free-kick and Simeon Akinola glanced a header wide as Barnet responded, while Harry Taylor was also foiled by Pym with a shot from distance.
Wheeler was off-target on the hour mark for Exeter before John Akinde reduced the arrears in the 69th minute when he smashed the ball into the back of the net from 10 yards.
As Barnet pressed for an equaliser, Pym saved well to deny Mauro Vilhete and Akinde headed a great chance over the crossbar in stoppage time.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Exeter City 2, Barnet 1.
Second Half ends, Exeter City 2, Barnet 1.
Foul by Justin Amaluzor (Barnet).
Pierce Sweeney (Exeter City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. John Akinde (Barnet) header from the centre of the box is too high.
Attempt missed. Curtis Weston (Barnet) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Attempt missed. Matt Oakley (Exeter City) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is high and wide to the right.
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Harry Taylor.
Jamal Campbell-Ryce (Barnet) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Harry Taylor (Barnet).
David Wheeler (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Barnet. Conceded by Jordan Moore-Taylor.
Foul by Ryan Harley (Exeter City).
Ricardo Santos (Barnet) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. John Akinde (Barnet) header from the centre of the box is too high.
Pierce Sweeney (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Justin Amaluzor (Barnet).
Foul by Pierce Sweeney (Exeter City).
Elliot Johnson (Barnet) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Mauro Vilhete (Barnet) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Mauro Vilhete (Barnet) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Barnet. Justin Amaluzor replaces Simeon Akinola because of an injury.
Corner, Barnet. Conceded by Pierce Sweeney.
Attempt blocked. John Akinde (Barnet) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Matt Oakley (Exeter City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Exeter City. Troy Archibald-Henville replaces Ethan Ampadu.
Attempt missed. John Akinde (Barnet) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Goal! Exeter City 2, Barnet 1. John Akinde (Barnet) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Simeon Akinola.
Substitution, Barnet. Curtis Weston replaces Ruben Bover.
Attempt missed. Ruben Bover (Barnet) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Attempt saved. Simeon Akinola (Barnet) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
Attempt blocked. Simeon Akinola (Barnet) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Ethan Ampadu (Exeter City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Simeon Akinola (Barnet) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ethan Ampadu (Exeter City).
Substitution, Exeter City. Matt Oakley replaces Reuben Reid.
Attempt missed. David Wheeler (Exeter City) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
Corner, Barnet. Conceded by Jordan Moore-Taylor.
Attempt missed. Jake Taylor (Exeter City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Jake Taylor (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Jon Stead volleyed home for County in the first half, but his effort was ruled out for offside.
Fraser Franks produced Stevenage's best effort from Chris Whepldale's free-kick, but Scott Loach saved superbly.
With time running out, Liam Noble rifled into the corner from the edge of the area to give County the points.
The defeat left Stevenage 22nd in the table, but nine points clear of the relegation places with five games remaining, while County climbed to 18th.
She declined to say whether she was there to see President-elect Donald Trump but the Trump team said there would be "no meetings".
Ms Le Pen is currently one of the top candidates for the first round of voting in April, opinion polls suggest.
The National Front leader has called Mr Trump's election "an additional stone in the building of a new world".
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Ms Le Pen was seen with three men in the cafe. Agence France-Presse identified one as her partner, Louis Aliot, the National Front's (FN) vice-president.
Ms Le Pen also declined to answer when asked whether her visit was personal or professional.
But when asked if she would speak to pool journalists later, one of her associates said "OK".
Trump team spokesperson Hope Hicks told reporters: "She is not meeting with anyone from our team."
Sean Spicer, who will be Mr Trump's press secretary, re-tweeted a post by CNN's Noah Gray that Ms Le Pen would not be meeting Mr Trump or anyone from the transition team, adding "Trump Tower is open to the Public".
Ms Le Pen's campaign manager had earlier said she would not be meeting Mr Trump on her visit to New York.
Ms Le Pen has herself referred to her trip as "private".
Unconfirmed reports suggest the man to Ms Le Pen's right in the photo is Guido "George" Lombardi.
He lives in Trump Tower, has links to a number of right-wing European parties and says he is an adviser to the Trump team, according to Politico.
Reuters said the fourth man was Ms Le Pen's international affairs adviser, Ludovic De Danne.
Marine Le Pen is the daughter of ex-FN leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, a convicted racist. She has denounced her father's comments and has sought to distance herself from such toxic issues as Holocaust denial.
She retains a hard line on immigration and has linked it to militant Islamism.
Ms Le Pen opposes the European Union, open borders and globalisation.
She also says jobs, welfare, housing, schools, or any area of public provision should go to French nationals before they go to "foreigners".
She is likely to fight former Prime Minister Francois Fillon and Socialist Prime Minister Manuel Valls for victory in the first round of voting in the presidential election. It is then expected to go to a run-off.
The three-day event is running over the weekend usually taken up by T in the Park, which organiser DF Concerts said would "take a break" in 2017.
The Kooks, George Ezra and Kasabian will take to the stage for day two of the event.
About 85,000 people are thought to have bought tickets for the three-day sold-out festival.
Fans on Friday were able to see bands such as London Grammar, Belle and Sebastian as well as headliners Radiohead.
Despite tight security in light of recent terror attacks in the UK, the atmosphere at the event was praised by festival director Geoff Ellis.
"Friday was a great success so far, and we have a weekend packed with some of the mightiest names in music, the best street food and drink stalls and an atmosphere unlike anywhere in the world," he said.
The event finishes on Sunday, with acts including The View, local band Twin Atlantic, Two Door Cinema Club and headliners Biffy Clyro.
Ch Insp Simon Jeacocke, event commander for Police Scotland, said: "Public safety is our top priority and we'd like to commend those attending the first day of the TRNSMT festival for their behaviour and good spirits.
"No arrests have been made and we've had no issues with the increased security at the entry points.
"We'd encourage those attending over the weekend to plan their journey ahead and make sure they're aware of what they can and can't bring on to the site, so that they can enjoy a safe and fun festival."
Education Secretary Kirsty Williams will unveil the "network for excellence" at a school in Cardiff on Friday.
It will bring together schools, colleges, universities and the four regional education consortia.
It follows a £4m investment to drive up standards in science and technology, announced in January.
Students in Wales have fared poorly in the Pisa global education tests - scoring the lowest of the UK nations in science, reading and maths.
The results in December marked the fourth time Wales has performed worse than the other UK nations.
Ms Williams said the new network - which will receive £800,000 of Welsh Government funding a year for the next four years - would work together to improve maths and numeracy teaching and learning.
Its role will include:
"We are on a national mission to improve education standards to make sure all our pupils have an equal opportunity to reach the highest standards," Ms Williams said.
"This is particularly important in such a critical subject such as maths.
"Our new National Network for Excellence in Maths uses Wales' ability to come together, to share understanding of what works best, and to support each other in raising standards and our ambitions for excellence."
The plan has previously been welcomed by teaching leaders but calls were also made to tackle a shortage of maths teachers.
Tim Pratt, director of the Association of School and College Leaders Cymru, said in November: "Schools are reporting difficulties in recruiting maths teachers with the right level of skills and training they need."
"We would be very happy to work with the Welsh Government to develop strategies to address this situation."
In December 2015, a task force set up by former Education Minister Huw Lewis called for a centre of excellence for maths and hubs in schools to boost what was seen as the weakest of the core subjects.
In its first report since being set up last year, the think tank identifies what needs to be done to "build a Northern Powerhouse".
"Many issues have been raised with us," said the authors, "but one challenge stood out: education."
Labour said George Osborne's policies as chancellor had harmed the North.
Mr Osborne said the region was "at a turning point".
He set up the think tank last September to champion the ideas he had pursued as chancellor.
Launching the report, Mr Osborne said: "We can either make use of the momentum behind the Northern Powerhouse to really close the North-South gap, or we can let the moment pass and leave our country divided and the North left behind," he added.
The report recommends urgent attention be given to improving the performance and aspiration of the North's schools and the quality of adult skills, along with better transport and broadband provision and more ambitious local decision making.
The aim is to transform the economy of the North of England, said Mr Osborne.
The initiative has already "shifted the North into a new gear", he said.
"We can either make use of the momentum behind the Northern Powerhouse to really close the North-South gap - or we can let the moment pass and leave our country divided and the North left behind.
"Get it right and the northern economy will be £100bn bigger, with more jobs and higher living standards for all."
Ofsted's annual report , published in December, also identified poorly performing schools in the North and East Midlands as fuelling the sense of a divided nation.
The outgoing chief inspector of schools, Sir Michael Wilshaw warned then that the economic future of the North relied on addressing poor performance in some schools.
Mr Osborne said there was "overwhelming evidence that attainment at 16 is too low in the North, leaving us lagging behind the UK and international competitors".
The region loses 30,000 graduates a year, according to the report, as students from northern universities move away after graduating.
Mr Osborne said he would ask a group of leading employers and education leaders to work with the partnership "to put this right".
In order to boost education and skills, the report recommends that the North works to:
Northern Powerhouse Partnership board member Lord O'Neill agreed that improvements to infrastructure alone were not enough.
"Something that also shines through in this report is that the education system in the North is not currently performing to its potential; in fact it is currently falling behind the South.
"We need an education system that promotes and retains talent and we need to gain graduates, not lose them."
In response the government said it had launched the Northern Powerhouse Schools Strategy review and earmarked £70m to support educational improvement in the North.
"We have also named Scarborough, Oldham, Blackpool, Bradford and Doncaster as Opportunity Areas to benefit from additional funding and resources to promote social mobility," said a Department for Education spokesman.
But shadow education secretary Angela Rayner said the think-tank report was "all very well - but let's not forget that he was chancellor in a Tory government that presided over falling school budgets, a chronic teacher shortage and not enough good school places.
"The Tories' huge cuts to schools funding will hit schools in the North hard, making the problems highlighted in this report even worse.
"The Northern Powerhouse means nothing unless the government is prepared to invest in education, skills and infrastructure."
And Anne Longfield, children's commissioner for England, urged the think tank to consider "why some parts of northern England have the best primary schools in the country, but lower attainment at secondary school and the lowest adult employment rates".
She promised that her own Growing Up North project, would suggest practical ways for the Northern Powerhouse to improve the lives of the region's children and young people.
Striker Jordan Larsson - who had scored a goal eight minutes from time that looked set to keep them up - went over to supporters after they lost the home leg of their play-off to Halmstads.
Fans ran onto the Olympia pitch and ripped the shirt off the 19-year-old.
Fans also attempted to confront Henrik Larsson, the club's head coach.
The former Celtic striker, who had two spells as a Helsingborgs player, has been in charge since January 2015 and plans to remain in the job.
Larsson, who was not aware his son had been confronted, says he will "not walk alone" in his hometown now and plans to send Jordan away on holiday.
"I didn't see that they attacked Jordan but if I had, I would have gone in there towards him. I was not going to run from there," he said. "If they turn on me, they turn on me. I had been beaten."
If any hooligans come to his house, he added he "has many dogs at home".
Larsson Jr had put them ahead on aggregate in the 82nd minute before Marcus Mathisen scored in the 87th and 90th minute.
At the time of writing - three hours after the final whistle - Helsingborgs' last tweet was thanking the club's "fantastic supporters".
After Tuesday's play-off defeat at Luton, she said she would not go into partnership with Wrexham Supporters' Trust (WST) to buy the club.
Her spokesman said she had received death threats, not reported to police, after becoming involved with Wrexham.
Mrs Booth's withdrawal comes on the same day a winding-up order against the club was dismissed.
The order, brought by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, was dismissed at a short hearing at the High Court in London after Wrexham paid off its £200,000 tax bill last month.
This was done through a combination of donations and loans, but despite this, ownership of the club still needs to be resolved.
Mrs Booth, who runs hotels and other businesses in the Llangollen, Wrexham and Mold areas, has been linked with the takeover for several months.
The club first announced it was looking for a buyer in January when owner Geoff Moss and chairman Ian Roberts said they were stepping down from the board.
Several bidders have said they are interested.
Former footballer Ashley Ward, who started his career at the club, said he had held preliminary talks while businessman Stephen Cleeve outlined his interest on the Red Passion website.
But since Mrs Booth and the trust announced they would work together they have been seen to be favourites.
Last month the club survived a £200,000 tax demand when the money was paid off thanks to a combination of donations and loans.
It cleared the way for the team to take part in the end-of-season promotion play-offs but Tuesday's defeat to Luton dashed hopes of a return to the Football League.
After the defeat Mrs Booth said she was withdrawing from attempts to buy the club.
She told BBC Radio Wales when she first launched her solo bid for the club the financing was in place.
She said she was then asked to form a joint bid with the trust.
"I've urged them to meet and discuss the detail. They have declined and they've been meeting with two property developers.
"Why would two out-of-town property developers with no links to Wrexham want to buy a loss-making football club?
She said her bid involved moving the football club and its assets - including the Racecourse and Colliers Park - into community ownership.
"It's never ever, ever going to make money as a football club or as a joint football and rugby club.
"[The Racecourse is] an important asset and it should be used for more than 3,000 people.
"It should be used by the population of Wrexham town."
Spencer Harris, board member of WST, said: "As a board of supporters, we've seen some of the statements made in the press by Stephanie Booth this morning and I have to say we're really disappointed that Stephanie would conduct herself in this way.
"I guess the key things are the board of the Wrexham Supporters Trust only ever received an outline proposal from Stephanie.
"That proposal lacked any detail and a formal proposal of what she was actually suggesting or putting to us never in fact materialised."
He said WST was "willing to talk to anybody who's got the interest of Wrexham Football Club at heart" and would hold a public meeting on Tuesday at the William Aston Hall to make its position clear.
Ruben Nunez has led a decade-long fight for better pay and working conditions.
His supporters say Mr Nunez is innocent, accusing the Mexican government of having political reasons to arrest him.
They have set up roadblocks around Oaxaca to demand his release.
The union has also called for demonstrations in Mexico City on Tuesday and Friday.
Prosecutors have accused Mr Nunez of money laundering.
"He raised more than 24m pesos ($1.3m; £900,000) illegally between 2013 and 2015," said Prosecutor Gilberto Higuera.
For two years the union demanded a 3.5% cut of purchases made by unionised members from some businesses in Oaxaca, added Mr Higuera.
The money was taken from the education workers' payslips, which prosecutors say was controlled by the union.
"We have not ruled out the possibility of involvement from other people [from the unions in Oaxaca] in other illegal activities," said Mr Higuera.
Mr Nunez was arrested in the early hours of Sunday and taken to the federal prison of Hermosillo, in the north-western state of Sonora.
Fellow union activist Francisco Villalobos was arrested in Oaxaca.
Mr Nunez is the leader in Oaxaca of the National Co-ordination of Education Workers (CNTE), founded in 1979 as a dissidence of the mainstream SNTE.
The CNTE described the two activists as "political prisoners" and "hostages of the federal government and of [Oaxaca] Governor Gabino Cue".
The union opposes education reforms introduced in 2013 by President Enrique Pena Nieto, which include new measures to evaluate teachers.
Mr Ivanov is considered one of Putin's closest associates. The message from state TV is that the move is a pre-arranged reshuffle that is long overdue. Yet it could be part of wider shifts in the corridors of power.
Russian state news channel Rossia 24 showed Putin meeting the two men and explaining their new appointments. Mr Ivanov is now special presidential representative for environmental protection, ecology and transport.
Mr Putin praised Mr Ivanov's work and said they had agreed he would step down long ago. Mr Ivanov confirmed this. He had in fact worked eight months longer in the post than the four years they had agreed, he told Mr Putin.
Mr Ivanov, smiling and apparently relaxed, said he would do his best in his new job. Mr Vaino accepted his new role with a formal, bureaucratic response, apparently unused to the limelight.
A little known figure, Mr Vaino comes from the "higher echelons of the Soviet party elite", business daily Vedomosti says.
His grandfather headed the Communist Party in Estonia (1978-88). His father has held top jobs in automaker AvtoVaz, which is best known for making Ladas.
Mr Vaino is also someone who is "personally loyal to Putin", the paper said, quoting "several sources". His career, as described on the Kremlin website, does show that he has moved around with the president.
Born in the Estonian capital Tallinn in 1972, he studied at MGIMO (Moscow State Institute of International Relations), a prestigious institute for future diplomats run by the foreign ministry.
After graduating in 1996, he worked at the Russian embassy in Tokyo, then in the Second Asian Department of the foreign ministry.
From 2002 he held various posts organising presidential protocol for Mr Putin.
But in October 2007, months before Mr Putin became prime minister, he was transferred to the Russian government to work under the Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev. He became deputy chief of the government staff.
In April 2008, a month before Mr Putin took office as prime minister, he became chief of the prime minister's protocol, while retaining his previous position. In 2011, he became chief of the government staff.
Yet within days of Mr Putin's return to the presidency in May 2012, Mr Vaino moved too, appointed deputy head of the presidential administration.
A former KGB colleague of Putin, Mr Ivanov is seen as one of the president's inner circle.
Along with Defence Minister Sergei Shoygu and secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, he is considered one of the top siloviki - hardline officials with a security service or military background.
Mr Ivanov was defence minister under Mr Putin (2001-07).
He later became deputy prime minister, and before the presidential election in 2008 was considered a likely candidate to succeed Mr Putin as president.
Mr Ivanov had been head of the presidential administration since 2011.
The shake-up is the latest in a series of reshuffles in Russia's ruling elite in recent months. It could signal change in the Kremlin, both in substance and style.
First, Mr Vaino has a very different background and character from his predecessor. He is an effective manager and "benign official who avoids intrigue", a source told Novaya Gazeta, a newspaper. His arrival could lead to a "reduction in the level of aggression", another source said.
Second, Mr Vaino could be destined for greater things. After all, President Boris Yeltsin plucked Mr Putin from obscurity to be his successor in 2000.
But what about Mr Ivanov? His appointment is nominally a demotion, perhaps part of an ongoing pattern.
According to anti-Kremlin commentator Stanislav Belkovsky, Mr Putin is replacing old associates with servants. Mr Putin "is feeling burdened by his old friends, especially as they have decided that they can do anything", apparently with impunity.
Yet Mr Ivanov appeared genuinely pleased throughout today's televised meeting. After all, he ran the Kremlin longer than anyone else, he told Mr Putin, beaming. At 63, perhaps he is looking for a quieter life - an environmental job in the great outdoors?
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Celtic only need one more win - given their vastly superior goal difference - after the 1-1 draw with Ross County.
But the mood inside Parkhead was one of frustration and anger with a flurry of boos at the final whistle.
"It is tough for the players but we did not perform very well so you can accept it. But it isn't helping," Deila said.
"The performances haven't been good enough lately and today again in the second half, there was not enough heart and energy in it. That is what they are reacting to.
"But you saw with Aberdeen on Friday that it isn't an easy job to go out and win. They lost three points, we got one point, so it hasn't been that bad a weekend.
"We are going the right way, we are now nine points ahead with four games left so we have to celebrate the opportunity.
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"I understand there are a lot of people who want to drag us down but we have only lost three games in 34. What has happened is we have lost important games. That is killing us and taking the energy of the players.
"But now we need to stick together and get over the line. We are only three points away from a fifth championship in a row."
Celtic could effectively seal the title with victory at Hearts next Saturday lunchtime, but sections of the home support unveiled anti-board banners before kick-off and their mood was not improved by a frustrating second-half display.
Leigh Griffiths' 38th goal of the season put the champions ahead but County missed several good chances before Stewart Murdoch's strike gave them a deserved point, and it might have been more.
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"The players worked extremely hard for each other and I thought a point was the least we deserved," said County boss Jim McIntyre.
"We had some golden opportunities that we should have taken. From that side we are disappointed not to win it but I can't be disappointed with what the players gave me and the type of performance they put in.
"We will continue to try to get better and that is the challenge that lies ahead this summer.
"There will be some new signings but there won't be wholesale changes. We will try to add the right ones to complement what we already have."
The Bevan Foundation outlined what it thinks Wales' economic priorities should be, following an invitation for views from the Welsh Government.
They include all public sector employers paying workers the voluntary Living Wage within a year.
The Welsh Government said it will consider the report.
In October it was announced the UK voluntary Living Wage was to rise to £8.45 per hour.
The foundation's submission said despite Wales' good performance "some major challenges remain."
These are highlighted as a shortage of jobs in some part of the country.
For example Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly and Rhondda Cynon Taff have barely half the number of jobs per head of working-age population compared with the UK average.
The report said where there has been employment growth, much of the increase has been in self-employment, part-time working and temporary jobs.
The report said wages, especially low wages, have been stagnant over the last six years with some parts of Wales experiencing a decrease in earnings.
In Blaenau Gwent earnings have not kept up with inflation, meaning the average worker is more than £70 a week worse off than in 2002.
Brexit was said to pose a new challenge, with concerns about the consequences for Wales' 500 foreign-owned companies and its £1 billion of exports each quarter.
The Bevan Foundation recommends that the Welsh Government's economic policies should promote "inclusive growth".
This involves combining the aim of growing prosperity, such as increasing employment, with the aim of increasing inclusion, such as addressing low wages.
The report said: "The Welsh Government has made good progress in encouraging the adoption of the voluntary Living Wage in the public sector, including the NHS, further education colleges and some local authorities."
But it adds that "much more could be done to increase take-up."
The foundation calls on the Welsh Government to require all public sector employers to pay the voluntary Living Wage to workers within a year, and to sub-contractors by 2019.
Inclusive growth should also address inequalities in the labour market.
The report states less than half of disabled people are in work, as are less than two-thirds of people from an ethnic minority.
The report concludes by saying: "Although Wales' economy and employment have made good progress, there are still too many people in Wales for whom a secure, decently paid job is just a pipedream.
"We welcome the Welsh Government's commitment to prosperity for all, and recommend that its commitment be turned into reality."
The Welsh Government said it welcomed the report.
A spokesman said: "We will consider it along with the others we have received as we take forward our work to build the confident, bright, prosperous and dynamic economy all parts of Wales deserve.
"We are also developing a fresh approach to improving prosperity in the south Wales valleys, which is being driven by a new ministerial taskforce."
And crop yields must rise by 40-60%.
These are just two predictions for 2050 of an online tool developed by the government to consider options for cutting carbon emissions.
The Global Calculator uses data reviewed by international experts to look at scenarios for meeting the 2C target, which scientists say is needed to avoid dangerous climate change.
Led by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc), the model of the world's energy, land and food systems suggests living standards can be maintained, but only by making sweeping changes to agriculture, transport, food and fuel.
There would need be hundreds of million electric cars on the road by 2050, and the amount of CO2 emitted per unit of electricity would need to fall by at least 90%.
Consumers would also need to think about switching to diets high in vegetables or eat meat from animals raised through intensive farming.
Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey said: "For the first time this Global Calculator shows that everyone in the world can prosper while limiting global temperature rises to 2C, preventing the most serious impacts of climate change.
"Yet the calculator is also very clear that we must act now to change how we use and generate energy and how we use our land if we are going to achieve this green growth."
Dr Mike Cherrett of Climate-KIC, the EU climate initiative that co-led the project, added: "The calculator clearly highlights that we can meet our 2C target while maintaining good lifestyles - but we need to set ambitious targets on all fronts and use innovation to address climate change."
The global calculator builds on Decc's UK calculator, published in 2010. It is being offered to other governments for use in the run-up to crucial climate negotiations in Paris at the end of the year.
The Aberdare golfer, a player who has never won a tournament on the European Tour, was looking at a very difficult 2017 just a few days ago after failing to accrue enough ranking points to retain his card.
That meant the shoot-out of Q School, where 30 cards go on offer to hundreds of golfers desperate to retain their status, but who know that one bad round will mean a year of golfing anonymity where earning power is hugely diminished.
For Manley, whose wife Nicola is expecting their first child, that meant sleepless nights and anxiety, especially with another mouth to feed.
However, the 37-year old did manage to secure one of the all-important cards, meaning he joins compatriots Bradley Dredge and Jamie Donaldson on the European Tour next season.
And after Donaldson's withdrawal, Manley also received a last-gasp invitation to partner Dredge at the World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, an event that has returned to the golf calendar after a three-year hiatus.
Dredge is a former World Cup winner, having lifted the trophy in 2005 with Stephen Dodd and Manley admits that the chance to win big money and represent his country has put a big smile on his face.
Manley says the pressure of Q School took a big toll on him and his family.
"I feel amazing. I haven't really been able to sleep with the excitement of getting a full Tour card back," he told BBC Wales Sport.
"I have been there a few times before and Q School is a nerve-wracking time, you don't sleep very well, you can't really concentrate on anything else.
"If you don't get through, you are almost not working for the following year. So financially, there is a lot of pressure. I have just moved house, have bills to pay, a first baby on the way, so there was a lot of pressure.
"I think the family get more nervous than me, scanning the internet and pressing refresh [to check his progress]. I think they worry more than me.
"My wife Nicola can take a year off work now with the baby coming.
"It is our first baby and hopefully they can travel with me a bit as well.
"I am delighted that I can now look forward to 2017 on the European Tour."
Wales have triumphed twice in the World Cup, in 2005 and also 1987 when David Llewellyn and Ian Woosnam won in Maui, Hawaii.
Manley is hopeful that with his game being in good shape, Wales can again compete for victory. They begin their bid when they tee off with Canada ton Wednesday evening.
"Going off to the World Cup, it's exciting times," Manley said.
"My game is actually in a great place at the moment, the last couple of years I have been steady.
"I just want that next step up now. I am really excited to represent Wales.
"I think it will be a fun week, especially now I have got my card.
"Bradley and I will go out and have some fun.
"It is a format we haven't played since we were amateurs together, but we will really enjoy representing Wales.
"It means everything to put that red shirt on and see the flag flying high.
"Bradley is playing great, I am playing solid, hopefully the course suits us and there is no reason why we can't contend. We could have a good finish and get into contention."
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The Amazing Grace Spaces project has fitted out a donated 40ft (12m) container to create a one-bedroom flat.
The scheme, run by husband and wife Stuart and Caroline Johnson, hopes to raise money for 10 containers.
As well as providing accommodation, it is hoped the project could support people to get a job and eventually a more permanent place to live.
The couple, who helped set up the Church Night Shelter project in Newport, said the project could also help people facing eviction, mortgage repossession, relationship breakdowns or those unable to find affordable housing.
"We believe that everyone deserves a home that is suitable to their needs. Without a secure home no-one can prosper and plan for a future," Mr Johnson said.
"It's not an answer to homelessness or affordable housing but it's an opportunity that's very cost effective. It's a little bit different, and people are interested," he added.
The project, which is in the process of seeking charitable status, aims to work with councils, churches, universities and other organisations to support people in need.
Once completed, Mr Johnson said the containers could be sited at car parks or on land undergoing redevelopment in agreement with site owners.
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The visually impaired 18-year old won bronze in the Super G earlier this week in the same competition.
She missed out on a second bronze on Friday, finishing fourth in the giant slalom with guide Jennifer Kehoe.
The World Cup finals are a test event for next year's Winter Paralympic Games.
John Harkins, 33, who lived in the Kirkstall area of Leeds, died at the scene on Kirkstall Road on Monday.
A VW Golf crashed into a parade of shops at about 23:30 GMT. The driver, a 22-year-old man, remains in a serious but stable condition in hospital.
About 200 people attended a memorial to Mr Harkins held on Wednesday night.
Martin Wan, who organised the event and is programme director of Aviators Cheer, said Mr Harkins, who was known as Tats and originally from Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, was part of a team who won bronze for England at the ICU World Cheerleading Championships last year.
He said: "It's been overwhelming seeing so many people showing their support for Tats and his family and it's been incredibly comforting seeing how much of a positive impact he made to so many people far and wide."
West Yorkshire Police said two men in another vehicle, aged 23 and 36, from Leeds, were arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. They have since been released on police bail.
In a statement, Mr Harkins' family described him as a "gentle giant" who had "excelled in everything he set his mind to, from education to sport to being the most fabulous son, brother and uncle a family could wish for".
His family said his death was a "devastating loss".
A looping shot from Luke Leahy gave the hosts the lead on 37 minutes but Lewis Vaughan levelled a minute later after a great solo run.
The Sons led early in the second half when Andy Stirling lashed in a powerful strike from 20 yards.
The Bairns were level on the hour when Nathan Austin scored from close range.
The hosts nearly won it seven minutes from time when James Craigen struck a post and there was more drama to come as Bob McHugh had an effort ruled out for offside.
With play-off rivals Dundee United and Morton drawing at Tannadice, Falkirk in third place, remain two points behind the Tayside team and level with the Greenock outfit.
Dumbarton, unbeaten in four games, nudge up to sixth place, five points clear of the play-off place.
Match ends, Falkirk 2, Dumbarton 2.
Second Half ends, Falkirk 2, Dumbarton 2.
Attempt missed. David Smith (Dumbarton) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Samuel Stanton (Dumbarton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Aaron Muirhead (Falkirk).
Substitution, Dumbarton. Ross McCrorie replaces Andy Stirling.
Attempt missed. John Baird (Falkirk) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is just a bit too high following a corner.
Corner, Falkirk. Conceded by Daniel Harvie.
Attempt saved. James Craigen (Falkirk) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Garry Fleming (Dumbarton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Peter Grant (Falkirk).
Attempt saved. Garry Fleming (Dumbarton) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt missed. Paul Watson (Falkirk) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Foul by Garry Fleming (Dumbarton).
Paul Watson (Falkirk) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Garry Fleming (Dumbarton).
Luke Leahy (Falkirk) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
James Craigen (Falkirk) hits the left post with a left footed shot from outside the box.
Substitution, Falkirk. Robert McHugh replaces Nathan Austin.
Substitution, Dumbarton. Garry Fleming replaces Christian Nade.
Gregor Buchanan (Dumbarton) hits the bar with a header from very close range following a corner.
Corner, Dumbarton. Conceded by Aaron Muirhead.
Substitution, Dumbarton. Samuel Stanton replaces Lewis Vaughan because of an injury.
Foul by Peter Grant (Falkirk).
Mark Docherty (Dumbarton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Mark Docherty (Dumbarton).
John Baird (Falkirk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. John Baird (Falkirk) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high.
Substitution, Falkirk. John Baird replaces Lee Miller.
Foul by Daniel Harvie (Dumbarton).
Fraser Aird (Falkirk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Nathan Austin (Falkirk) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left following a set piece situation.
Foul by Darren Barr (Dumbarton).
Lee Miller (Falkirk) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Robert Thomson (Dumbarton) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Fraser Aird (Falkirk).
Attempt missed. Gregor Buchanan (Dumbarton) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high following a set piece situation.
Robert Thomson (Dumbarton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Aaron Muirhead (Falkirk).
Substitution, Falkirk. Fraser Aird replaces Myles Hippolyte.
Mobile by Sainsbury's was a "virtual network" run on infrastructure provided by Vodafone.
The BBC understands the two companies could not reach an agreement to continue the service, which will close on 15 January.
Sainsbury's told the BBC it still wanted to provide a mobile service to shoppers and was exploring its options.
Brands such as Giffgaff, TalkTalk and Tesco Mobile are known as mobile virtual network operators (MVNO) and run on infrastructure provided by other carriers, including O2, Three and EE.
Sainsbury's rival Tesco Mobile is one of the largest MVNO in the UK and has about four million subscribers.
Mobile by Sainsbury's attracted just 150,000 subscribers, which the BBC understands did not meet Vodafone's expectations.
Sainsbury's told the BBC it was exploring other options and was "still interested" in providing a mobile network for its customers.
In July, TalkTalk suggested Vodafone was leaving the MVNO market, in documents submitted to the Competition and Markets Authority.
Vodafone denied the suggestion and said it continued to operate MVNO with companies such as Amazon, Lebara and Talk Mobile.
Sainsbury's said its customers would be able to move their numbers to a new network if they wanted to, and the supermarket chain would continue to sell mobile phones in more than 300 of its stores.
United have rejected two bids, the latest £25m plus add-ons, from Chelsea for the 27-year-old England striker.
"I don't want Chelsea to do it before we go there," Mourinho said after their 2-1 defeat of Aston Villa.
"I think this period, by the ethical point of view, is a period where we're going to be quiet."
Mourinho takes Chelsea to Old Trafford on Monday for new United manager David Moyes's first home match.
Rooney, who came on as a substitute in Manchester United's 4-1 win over Swansea on Saturday, is understood to be intent on leaving, even though United manager Moyes insists the striker is not for sale.
Mourinho said in July that Rooney is his only transfer target, but then claimed before his side's win over Aston Villa that the club have back-up options if they fail to sign the former Everton player.
"We have plans B and C. Don't ask me names. It's difficult to speak about players from other clubs," he said.
"We have the conditions to try to improve our team by bringing in one more player and we are going to try that till the end."
Mourinho admits the Blues are likely to continue their pursuit of Rooney, although the Portuguese accepts United are under no obligation to sell the player, just as Chelsea rebuffed Barcelona's attempts to sign David Luiz.
"You try, because nobody forbids you to try," Mourinho said.
"When you think that you'd like to have one player and the market is open and the official bids are not forbidden, official bids are always accepted in an ethical way.
"Of course, the player's owners can do exactly what we did in relation to David Luiz and Barcelona."
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Kennaugh, 25, led the event until the last 50km when he was finally reeled in by the chasing pack, and eventually finished eighth.
The Douglas-born rider was looking to add to the silver he won in the points race on 27 July.
"The support we had was incredible," Kennaugh told BBC Sport.
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"It was nice to soak up the atmosphere really, spectators were cheering all around the circuit - that will stick in the memory for a long time."
At one stage the Manxman led by almost two minutes, powering ahead on the 12 laps of the 14km circuit before slipping out of contention for medals.
"It was a good feeling, I knew there was a long way to go so I was just trying to ride within myself," he explained.
"I didn't want to exert myself too much, even though I was off the front on my own. I was trying to think of the bigger picture and knowing all the time someone was going to come across.
"I wanted to have a bit left but once I got further into the race I had to commit more and more."
It would see 12 turbines constructed - four fewer than previously planned.
Element Power's scaled-back plan for its Windy Rig development follows "substantial" consultation with the council and Scottish Natural Heritage.
Additional environmental information has been submitted to support the application and it is now subject to a 28-day consultation.
The site lies on the Moorbrock Estate to the north east of Carsphairn and is near a cluster of other wind energy developments.
Each of the proposed 12 turbines would be up to 125m (410ft) in height.
The revisions made to the application - including changes to the layout - have been designed to limit the visual impact of the development.
Police surrounded a monastery in the town of Letpadan where 300 students are camping en route from Mandalay to Yangon, the country's main city.
The students, who began their march in January, hope to be joined by supporters and sympathisers.
The authorities have promised changes to the education bill, but students say their protest will continue.
The students paused to camp at the monastery in Letpadan, about 130km (80 miles) north of Yangon last week following negotiations with the government.
But the group said on Sunday it would continue with its march.
On Monday the protesters woke to find more than a dozen police vehicles parked outside the building, Associated Press reported.
"Our students are inside the monastery and all the exits and entrances have been closed. The tension has grown since this morning," one activist inside the Aung Myae Baikman monastery told the French news agency AFP.
The students believe the new education bill is undemocratic and centralises control over higher education institutes.
They have called for greater freedom in universities, the freedom to set up student and teacher unions, more government spending on education, and more say in education policies and laws.
The military ruled Myanmar (also known as Burma) for decades, until the generals announced a transition in 2010 and handed power to a largely civilian government.
Student activists were at the forefront of several major uprisings in Myanmar during military rule.
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Mitchell began the race for the United States, who went through to Friday's final as the second fastest team despite Mitchell's injury.
"As soon as I took the first step past the 200m mark, I felt it break." Manteo told the USA Track and Field website.
"I didn't want to let the three guys or the team down, so I just ran on it."
Mitchell still managed to finish the opening lap in 46.1 seconds as the US team, also featuring Joshua Mance, Tony McQuay and Bryshon Nellum, went on to set a qualifying time of two minutes, 58.87 seconds.
"It hurt so bad," the 25-year-old added. "I'm pretty amazed that I still split [close to] 45 seconds on a broken leg."
USA Track and Field chief executive Max Siegel said: "Manteo has become an inspiration and a hero for his team-mates.
"Without his courage and determination to finish, Team USA would not be at the starting line in the final. The team has rallied around him and we are all looking forward to the final days of competition."
The US men's team are the defending champions and have won every 4x400m Olympic title that they have contested.
American Aries Merritt's world record stands at 12.80 and McLeod said he hopes to break it before the London World Championships in August.
McLeod, 23, has races in Paris and Budapest before travelling to London.
"I did not get it, so I am going after it next time," he said.
McLeod's time on Saturday beat the previous Jamaican record of 12.94 set by Hansle Parchment in 2014 in Paris.
"The coach wanted a 12.8 and I know he will be a little upset. But I can tell him I set a national record of 12.90 and am now the fifth fastest man in history."
McLeod set the time during the Jamaican track and field championships, which are also acting as qualifiers for the World Championships.
On Friday at the Jamaican trials, Yohan Blake ran his fastest time in five years in the 100m while Elaine Thompson clocked her fastest time this year in the women's 100m.
Darius Sikorskas, of no fixed abode in Armagh, is accused of murdering Gediminas Stauskas, 32, who was originally from Lithuania.
His body was found in a garage near Coalisland on 15 October.
Mr Sikorskas was also charged in connection with two shootings in September in Newry, County Down.
He faces charges including attempted murder, kidnap and having a handgun. He is also accused of supplying cocaine and amphetamines.
In court in Enniskillen on Monday, he confirmed that he understood the charges, but refused to comment.
He was remanded in custody to appear by video link at Dungannon Magistrates Court on 18 November.
Chris Logue, 33, from Lady Wallace Crescent, Lisburn, County Antrim, is accused of sexual assault on 23 November last year.
The incident is alleged to have happened at a solicitors' function in a hotel in Newcastle, County Down.
The court heard the woman solicitor had felt "humiliated".
She said she was pestered, manhandled and groped for 10 or 15 minutes.
She told Newtownards Magistrates Court that initially she had kept telling Mr Logue to stop and "respect my space" in a polite way.
She said she had been "giving him a bye ball as he had had too much to drink" but when he would not take no for an answer she used strong language to tell him to go away.
The woman claimed that both she and another female colleague at the table told Mr Logue to stop, and kept slapping his hands away.
The judge heard that at one stage, the woman's son who was working at the hotel identified himself to Mr Logue in the hope of embarrassing him into stopping.
He described Mr Logue's demeanour that evening as "arrogant and rowdy" and that when he moved to sit beside his mother, he saw her repeatedly pushing him away and telling him to stop.
Asked by a prosecution lawyer if he did anything about the alleged behaviour, the teenager told the court "yes I went over and put my hand on his shoulder and said 'that's my ma' thinking that he would be embarrassed and stop, but he "kept on doing it".
Under cross examination, it was suggested to the teenager that he could have gone to reception and reported the alleged behaviour to the manager.
However, he told the barrister that given it was a solicitors' function he "would have thought that they would have known what was right and what was wrong".
Later his mother said she had noticed Mr Logue earlier that evening as he was "intoxicated and loud" and that the first she had spoken to him was when he sat down beside her and made a derogatory comment about her salary.
She further claimed that Mr Logue also told her she was "very nice" and "suggested that he would like to 'enjoy me'".
The court heard that over the next 10 or 15 minutes, despite being told to stop and being forcibly pushed back, Mr Logue tried to hug her, touched her breast area, touched the top of her bottom, briefly "nuzzled" his face into her breast and at one stage, put his head in her lap.
She claimed that when he "tried to climb on top of me" she swore at him, but even then Mr Logue did not stop and at one stage he allegedly "lunged" at her from behind and received an elbow in the stomach.
Asked if that had any effect, she told the court "not particularly, despite my normal expectation".
She said she did not call the police to the hotel as it was not an emergency situation, she wanted to keep the reputation of County Down solicitors intact and that as he was drunk, it was possible Mr Logue would have caused a scene.
The woman solicitor claimed she did not report the alleged incident to police for another six days as she had anxiously considered the consequences of "putting my head above the parapet".
It was put to her that the defence case was that in those six days, she felt "annoyed and angry at the embarrassment" she had encountered, but that in no way was what happened an intimate sexual attack.
A defence lawyer suggested that she had misinterpreted Mr Logue's "loud and boisterous behaviour", but the woman solicitor refuted this, telling the lawyer she disagreed.
Describing Mr Logue's behaviour as that of an "eejit," the defence lawyer further suggested Mr Logue was "a nuisance and annoying but he wasn't a sexual predator".
The woman solicitor again responded that she disagreed.
The 38-year-old former Jamaica international played under Minstermen boss Russ Wilcox for the Iron.
Burton has represented 14 clubs across a professional career that started at Portsmouth in 1994.
He could make his debut for the League Two strugglers in Saturday's trip to Cheltenham and is eligible for the FA Cup tie against AFC Wimbledon.
A report has identified extra costs including the removal of protesters from trees in Stapleton Road allotments and additional security measures.
Council leaders from Bristol, Bath, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset are expected to formally hear the news at a meeting on Friday.
MetroBus is part of a wider plan to improve public transport in the region.
"Unforeseen" design changes and ground conditions along with "hidden" gas pipes in Bradley Stoke have also contributed to the overspend.
Commuters have been enduring roadworks associated with the scheme in the city centre, on the M32 and various other locations in South Gloucestershire.
The "rapid transit" bus scheme was devised by the West of England Partnership, an alliance between the four councils in Bristol, Bath, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset.
It involves three routes: Ashton Vale to Temple Meads, Cribbs Causeway via Emersons Green to the city centre and the South Bristol link between the A370 Long Ashton bypass and Hengrove Park.
It will provide an express bus service on 31 miles (50km) of segregated bus-ways and bus lanes.
First Bus is expected to operate the scheme.
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Goxhill was the first RAF site handed to the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) in 1942. The station was used by the Americans as a training base.
The site's watch office was later acquired by the Military Aviation Museum in 2003, before being taken down brick by brick and shipped to Virginia Beach.
It is due to open on Saturday.
Museum Director Mike Potter said the tower was "something of a shrine to many visitors, and it is a distinct honour to be able to offer guests the only experience of its type in our country".
"The entire control tower was taken apart and transported, right down to the brickwork and the loos. The door and window frames were rusted beyond re-tasking, but the original manufacturer in the UK, Crittall, was able to remake those designs from the original specifications."
He said the components were kept in storage and after three years of "painstaking" reconstruction using original features, the building is to welcome visitors in a special event celebrating the 75th anniversary of the station's US handover.
Mr Potter said the interior would also be returned to its original condition with the rooms displaying wartime memorabilia including photographs and letters from RAF and USAAF servicemen.
But he expects it to "take several years" before it is fully completed.
The reconstruction was aided by the Airfield Research Group (ARG) charity, which sent architectural details including plans, drawings and photos.
Chairman Paul Francis said: "It is brilliant, the museum should be applauded for what they have achieved.
"We are proud to have been involved with its restoration."
The airfield was transferred back to the RAF in 1945 and the tower remained derelict after it closed in 1953.
Crusaders manager Stephen Baxter branded Smyth's dismissal of Paul Heatley in the 3-1 defeat by Linfield as "an embarrassment".
The 41-year-old confirmed his intention to quit on Thursday.
The Belfast official has taken charge of fixtures in the Europa League and at under-age international level.
Smyth was temporarily stood down from Premiership duty in 2014 for a display that the Northern Ireland Football League said "fell below the expected standard".
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Three adults and a four-year-old girl were killed when the truck careered out of control on Lansdown Lane on Monday.
On Friday it emerged the driver of the tipper truck, 19, had recently passed a test to drive more advanced vehicles.
Rector Patrick Whitworth from All Saints Church said: "There's a lot of tenderness around in the community and that comes as a result of the tragedy."
A minute's silence was also held ahead of Bath's game at Saracens earlier.
Match commentator Nick Mullins said: "I'm sure Bath as a club would want to pay their own respects to those who died this week when they play Northampton at the Rec next weekend but they were thrilled that Saracens wanted to do something themselves this weekend."
On Tuesday the church held a special hour-long service attended by more than 400 people.
The tipper truck driver, Phillip Potter, was transporting aggregate when the crash happened.
Although Mr Potter had recently passed a licence to drive heavier vehicles, he had been licensed to drive the tipper truck for some months.
Police accident investigators are still trying to establish what caused the truck to crash.
They are looking at the load it was carrying as well as any potential mechanical faults.
Four-year-old Mitzi Steady died when she was walking with her grandmother, who remains critically ill in hospital.
Phil Allen, 52, and Robert Parker, 59, of Cwmbran, and Stephen Vaughan, 34, from Swansea, also died when their car was hit by the 30-tonne truck.
Books of condolence have been opened at All Saints, Bath Abbey and Weston library for people to pay their respects.
Osaka, 18, fought back from 5-0 down in the second set but world number 28 Wozniacki wrapped up her 24th career title in just under two hours.
The Dane, 26, has now won a tournament in every season since 2008.
"I'm enjoying it at the moment," said Wozniacki, who received treatment for a thigh injury during the final.
"Injuries happen and you never know when you can be taken out of the game, so I'm just savouring every minute."
They are accused of deploying heavy weapons in densely populated areas.
A Coalition spokesperson told the BBC that Amnesty's report on Mosul was "irresponsible and an insult".
The report also documented major abuses by IS, including the use of human shields and summary executions.
It said IS had deliberately killed hundreds - possibly thousands - of men, women and children attempting to flee, and left bodies to hang from electricity pylons as a warning to others.
Amnesty's report, The Civilian Catastrophe in West Mosul, says bombardments by Iraqi and US-led coalition forces killed a "huge number" of civilians.
It calls for an independent commission to investigate the number of civilian deaths.
Examining hostilities in the west of the city from January to mid-May, it accuses Coalition forces of having failed to adapt their tactics even when it was clear that IS militants had forced civilians into areas most likely to come under attack.
They used "imprecise weapons with wide-area effects in densely-populated urban environments" and subjected them to a terrifying barrage of fire, the report says.
The use of human shields by IS "does not lessen the legal obligation of pro-government forces to protect civilians", said Amnesty's Middle East Research Director, Lynn Maalouf.
US military spokesman Col Joe Scrocca rejected the allegations. It was, he said, "irresponsible and an insult to the 71 nations, as well as the thousands of troops who died trying to remove this organisation, so that the people of Iraq could be free again".
"We understand that the toll on civilians is horrible and they didn't choose to be here," he added, "but who stands up for those brave Iraqis who put their lives willingly on the line to save more than 900,000 civilians from ISIS' [IS] control?"
Cults Parish Church was packed with local people for the service.
Earlier, a 16-year-old boy was charged over Bailey's death at Cults Academy on Wednesday afternoon.
Church of Scotland minister the Reverend Ewen Gilchrist encouraged people at the vigil to write a message on boards around the church.
He said they could also leave a note of condolence and support for Bailey's family on a "prayer tree".
Mr Gilchrist said: "Bailey Gwynne's family will hear about this and the number of people here and hopefully it will give them a bit of light in the darkness.
"We don't want to fill the vigil time with words. We don't tell people what to feel or what to think.
"But we do want to provide a safe and healing place where people can bring their hurt, their bewilderment, their questions, their sadness and even their anger."
Police Scotland said the charged teenager was expected to appear at Aberdeen Sheriff Court on Friday.
Relatives of Bailey said in a statement: "There are no words. Bailey is our beloved boy and our heart. Our hearts have gone with him."
It added: "A special son, brother, grandson and friend - he never failed to make us smile (most of the time). He will always be our boy.
"We don't know what we will do without our junior 'man about the house'.
"We need time now to look after each other and send our love to all those who care for Bailey."
Emergency services were called to the school at about 13:30 on Wednesday. Bailey died in hospital.
Police Scotland Ch Supt Adrian Watson told a press conference, after news of the charge, that all evidence suggested it was a "contained incident" at Cults Academy.
He said in 30 years of service he thought he had seen it all, until what happened, and that his heart went out to Bailey's family and friends.
Aberdeen City Council leader Jenny Laing paid tribute to the Cults Academy pupils, families and staff.
She said: "I am sure I speak for the whole community of Aberdeen in expressing my sincere condolences to the family and friends of Bailey Gwynne.
"The loss of a young life - so full of potential - is always a great tragedy. But these circumstances are particularly distressing as it occurred in a place of learning.
"When you send your children to school you expect them to be in a place where you will be equipped for your life ahead. That opportunity has been denied to Bailey."
Bailey was earlier described by head teacher Anna Muirhead as "very gentle" and "caring".
She said pupils and staff were "totally devastated" and in a "state of total shock".
At First Minister's Questions earlier, Nicola Sturgeon said the Scottish government had offered any help required.
The first minister said such incidents were very rare in Scotland and that any lessons that were required to be learned would be learned.
Cults Academy is a secondary school with 1,050 pupils from age 11 to 18.
The school will be closed until Monday, and counselling is being offered.
Aberdeen City Council has set up a dedicated support number on 01224 264299.
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Following the sentencing, police released a recording of a 999 call which Maguire made after carrying out the murder, in which he claimed to police that he had returned home and found Mr Ferguson badly injured in his house.
Dr Lauren Phillips, who works for North Bristol NHS Trust, was last seen on Thursday 23 February.
The 26-year-old's car was found in Woolacombe, Devon, on 28 February but no other traces of her have been found, police said.
Monica Baird, deputy medical director, described Dr Phillips as a "valued member of our medical staff".
Dr Phillips, who now lives in Bristol, worked at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust during her foundation year.
One of her former colleagues, who wanted to remain anonymous, described her as "a very sweet doctor".
He said: "She makes sure everything is OK and stays three hours late to get everything done.
"She works crazily hard. On Facebook she was getting increasingly depressed with the state of the NHS."
He said she had ambitions to become an anaesthetist, or work in critical care.
Det Insp Mark Langdon of Avon and Somerset Police, who is leading the hunt, said: "We continue to do everything we can to find Lauren and we're making sure her family are regularly updated about our investigation.
"As Lauren's car was found in Woolacombe our focus has been on the North Devon area, so we're directing our appeal at any surfers or ramblers who may have passed through the area in the past fortnight."
He added: "Lauren hasn't been seen for some days now and we're growing increasingly concerned. We really need the public's help in finding her.
"We're particularly keen for bed and breakfast owners or hoteliers in and around the Woolacombe area to check whether she has booked in with them."
Searches have been carried out by Devon and Cornwall Police assisted by HM Coastguard, the RNLI and the National Police Air Service.
Dr Phillips is described as white, 5ft 5ins tall, of slim build with brown eyes and long, dark brown hair.
It is thought she may be wearing a dark brown waxed cotton mid-length coat with cream wool-lined hood and a long cream woollen cardigan which has orange and blue detail.
She could also be wearing Converse trainers and a beige woollen hat which has a purple flower on the side.
The leaders reached the deal at a summit hosted by Nigeria's new president Muhammadu Buhari, who made tackling it a key campaign pledge.
Most of the troops will be from Nigeria with Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Benin also contributing.
Thousands of people have been killed and hundreds kidnapped by the group.
The decision that the force should be led by a Nigerian commander came after Mr Buhari rejected calls for leadership to rotate between the countries.
But the leaders agreed the force would be based in the Chadian capital, N'djamena, rather than Baga in northeast Nigeria.
Calling this meeting at short notice is a sign that ending the Boko Haram insurgency is the number one priority for Nigeria's new president, Muhammadu Buhari.
Since being sworn in less than two weeks ago he has flown to Chad, Niger and Germany to attend the G7 summit.
All of these meetings focused on building an international alliance to fight Boko Haram.
During the last two weeks more than 100 people have been killed in gun attacks and bomb blasts carried out by the jihadists.
They set a July deadline for the parties to contribute troops.
At the conference, Mr Buhari stressed the need for better sharing of intelligence to stop the flow of money and weapons across borders.
He said a campaign "on all fronts" was needed to bring the six-year insurgency to an end.
Chad, Cameroon and Niger have been helping Nigeria recapture territory from the insurgents, but a plan to create a large joint military force had stalled.
Democratic state senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal posted the comment on Facebook but later deleted it.
The Secret Service has confirmed they are "looking into the comments" and say "all threats against the President" will be investigated.
The senator says she was wrong to write the post but that she will not resign.
She had written "No. I will. I hope Trump is assassinated!" in response to a comment on Facebook.
She told the St Louis Post-Dispatch: "I didn't mean what I put up. Absolutely not.
"I have deleted it, and it should have been deleted.
"I am not resigning. What I said was wrong, but I am not going to stop talking about what led to that, which is the frustration and anger that many people across America are feeling right now."
Members of her own party were quick to condemn the comment with some calling for her resignation.
The leader of the Democratic Caucus in the Missouri senate, Gina Walsh, said her colleague "should be ashamed of herself for adding her voice to this toxic environment."
US Senator Claire McCaskill, also a Missouri Democrat, said: "I condemn it. It's outrageous. And she should resign."
The Republican Governor of Missouri Eric Greitens added his voice to calls for her to step down.
He said: "We can have differences in our country, but no one should encourage political violence. The senator should resign."
However, Ms Chappelle-Nadal insists she was exercising her right to free speech.
"I refuse to resign for exercising my First Amendment rights, even though what I said was wrong," she said.
Ball missed Scarlets' win over Munster in the Pro12 final in Dublin.
Team-mate Samson Lee hurt his knee in Saturday's 46-22 victory but the region's head coach Wayne Pivac said it is too early to know the full extent of the prop's injury.
Wales face Tonga in Auckland on 16 June, then Samoa in Apia on 24 June.
Uncapped full-back Phil Dollman is also a concern for the tour after suffering an injury in Exeter's Premiership final win over Wasps.
Scarlets captain Ken Owens, who missed the Pro12 final and semi-finals with an ankle injury, says he is fit for the British and Irish Lions' tour of New Zealand.
"I'm as good as gold," the hooker told the BBC's Scrum V.
"I'm glad to be going on the tour after an injury scare a fortnight ago."
The incident happened at Heol y Gors in Whitchurch, Cardiff, at about 16:10 GMT on Sunday.
South Wales Police said although the householder was not injured in the crash, she had collapsed and later died.
Her family is being supported by officers.
The Twaddell Avenue protest has been ongoing since July 2013.
It began after a Parades Commission determination not to allow a return leg of an Orange parade to pass a section of the Crumlin Road.
In a statement, the Ballysillan lodge said it will continue to apply for an evening parade past the Ardoyne shops.
Released on Friday evening, the statement criticised some of the groups involved in recent attempts to resolve the standoff.
However, it said the lodge had been left with no choice but to suspend the protest.
This does not mean the protest is over.
Two other north Belfast lodges, Ligoniel and the Earl of Erne, who had backed a proposed deal to end the Ardoyne parade dispute, will continue their protest.
The County Grand Orange Lodge of Belfast said it respects the decision by Ballysillan "to suspend their participation in any further protests regarding securing a homeward parade along the Crumlin Road".
However, speaking after a parade on Saturday, the County Grand Master of the Orange Order in Belfast, George Chiddick, insisted the protest will continue until a resolution is found.
That means the protest camp at Twaddell, which was set up in 2013, will remain open.
Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly said any move towards ending nightly protests at Twaddell Avenue was "to be welcomed".
"People in the area will be relieved at any such move," he said.
"Sinn Féin has been consistent in our support of inclusive dialogue involving local communities and parade organisers in order to arrive at a resolution to these issues."
Talks aimed at resolving the dispute involving Ligoniel and the Earl of Erne lodges and a nationalist residents group, the Crumlin Ardoyne Residents Association (CARA), are expected to resume within a matter of weeks.
The group had staged an illegal protest outside the presidential residence in the capital, Kigali, police said.
Protests outside Mr Kagame's home are extremely rare, correspondents say.
The opposition accuses him of running an authoritarian regime since he took power in 1994.
However, his supporters and Western governments credit him with ending a genocide that killed some 800,000 people before his rebel forces seized power in Rwanda.
The BBC's Jean Claude Mwambutse reports from Kigali that those who were arrested came from the little known Intwarane group, which is not recognised by the official Roman Catholic church.
Police chief Emmanuel Gasana said the group was arrested as it was heading towards Mr Kagame's home in Kigali's wealthy suburb of Kiyovu.
Rebel military leader Igor Strelkov was quoted as saying his forces had beaten off columns of government armour attacking from the south and west.
Pro-Ukrainian sources in the city of 425,000 people reported skirmishes.
At least 15 civilians were killed in Luhansk and the neighbouring Donetsk region on Sunday, reports say.
Germany and Russia have urged direct talks between Kiev and the rebels.
Meeting briefly in Rio de Janeiro before the World Cup final, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin called for the talks to be held by video link, Mrs Merkel's office said in a statement (in German).
The two leaders agreed that the situation in Ukraine was "tending towards a deterioration", a Kremlin spokesman said.
Pro-Russian separatist rebels have been fighting the government in Kiev since declaring independence in Luhansk and the neighbouring region of Donetsk in April.
Talks in Rio between Mr Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko were cancelled after the Ukrainian leader announced he would not be attending the final after all.
A Ukrainian presidential source told Ukrayinska Pravda newspaper that an armoured unit was trying to relieve troops who had been blockaded for weeks at Luhansk airport.
Strelkov (the nom-de-guerre of Igor Girkin) said the rebels had beaten off two government armoured columns numbering between 40 and 70 tanks.
The rebels had fought artillery skirmishes with the Ukrainian army "along the front", he said.
According to a report (in Russian) on the local anti-rebel news website Informator, Ukrainian forces entered the village of Sabivka, just west of Luhansk, on Sunday. Shooting broke out and local residents took shelter in cellars, it said.
Another local pro-Ukrainian news website, 0642.ua, also reported fighting in Sabivka, quoting an unnamed local woman.
Fighting was also reported around 17:00 (14:00 GMT) just south of Luhansk, in the villages of Heorhiivka and Rozkishne, by the Luhansk news website sxid.info.
An Luhansk anonymous blogger, who tweets as @journal1st_88, wrote of hearing explosions, sirens, shooting and planes flying overhead in Luhansk.
Nine civilians were killed on Sunday in a suburb of Donetsk and six in various incidents in Luhansk, reports say.
The government began an "anti-terrorist operation" in April to crush the rebellion in the eastern regions.
On Friday, it suffered one of its heaviest losses when an armoured column was hit by rebel rockets near the Russian border in Luhansk region and at least 19 soldiers were killed and about 100 injured.
A rocket attack on the Donetsk city suburb of Marinka on Friday night killed at least four people, with the rebels and government blaming each other.
And earlier on Sunday, Russia warned of "irreversible consequences" after a man was allegedly killed on its side of the border by a shell fired from Ukraine.
The incident reportedly happened when a shell hit the courtyard of a residential building in a small Russian border town, also called Donetsk. The Ukrainian government denied firing on Russian territory.
More than 1,000 civilians and combatants are believed to have died in the fighting since April.
The victim, Oliver Tetlow, from Harlesden, was killed in the shooting in Church Road on the night of 9 March. Police believe he was not the target.
A 29-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder on Friday in the Shepherd's Bush area.
Earlier in the day, police arrested an 18-year-old in Harlesden on suspicion of robbery. Both men are in custody.
The shooting in Harlesden, at the junction with Colney Road, is being investigated by police as gang-related but Mr Tetlow's death was a "tragic case of mistaken identity", the force said.
The victim was shot multiple times and an automatic weapon appeared to have been used, police said, but the firearm has not been recovered.
Det Ch Insp Mark Lawson said: "The investigation to identify and arrest those responsible for this senseless murder is moving at a very fast pace, and I would like to thank everyone who has so far come forward and spoken to the police."
Police said the killer was in a dark-coloured vehicle which travelled along Church Street towards Harlesden Town Centre after the shooting.
The 23-year-old suffered the injury in the Vikings' Super League opening day loss to Huddersfield Giants where he had to leave the game.
Kevin Brown moved to Warrington over the winter while Joe Mellor suffered a serious knee injury in pre-season to limit Widnes' options at half-back.
Gilmore came through the academy at Widnes and is contracted until 2018.
Anthony Green, 38, of Huddersfield, was caught trying to arrange a bout involving his dog, Crumb, during an RSPCA investigation in May last year.
The charity said it had found messages on his mobile phone from another convicted dog fight organiser.
At Kirklees Magistrates' Court, he was banned from keeping all animals for life, except pigeons.
Green, of Riddings Rise, kept pigeons as part of his occupation and there were no issues with their welfare, the RSPCA said.
The charity carried out a series of warrants as part of an intelligence led inquiry with the police into organised dog fighting activity. At the time, Green was already serving a 12-year ban.
He was sentenced on Monday after pleading guilty to five charges including two of breaching an animal banning order, attempting to cause an animal fight to take place and two animal welfare offences.
Green was also ordered to pay £920 costs and an £80 victim surcharge.
His older brother Jonathan Green, 42, of Keldregate, was also sentenced after admitting an animal welfare offence.
He was banned from keeping all animals for 10 years and ordered to pay £350 costs, £150 fine and £20 victim surcharge.
Ch Insp Ian Briggs, of the RSPCA's special operations unit, said: "Not only did Anthony Green disregard his ban on keeping dogs, he admitted trying to use his dog to fight another in what would have been a despicable act of premeditated cruelty.
"Dog fighting is an extreme form of deliberate animal cruelty and cases like this are amongst some of the most serious offences we investigate."
Groups in Harrogate and Scarborough are too afraid to meet openly.
Support groups advertise by word of mouth but youth leaders say this means LGBT teenagers are not getting the support they need.
The 'Growing Up in North Yorkshire' report carried out by the County Council surveyed Year 10 pupils.
Just under 20,000 pupils were surveyed by the Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee with 1,195 (6%) identifying themselves as LGBT.
In the report, only 66% of LGBT pupils said safety at their school was "very good or good", compared to 81% of their peers.
Among LGBT girls 54% said they had self-harmed, compared to 16% of their peers.
Nationally, more than half of LGBT pupils have experienced direct bullying.
County councillor Val Arnold said: "The two local LGBT youth groups within North Yorkshire meet in covert locations, afraid to hold their meetings in open due to their real fears of physical or verbal attacks on their way to or during the meetings."
At a secret group in Harrogate, one girl told BBC Radio York she was bullied for being bisexual.
She said: "One time I was sat on top of a railway track in Bilton on a bridge and if one of my mates hadn't been walking past, I don't think I'd be here right now."
Simon Rodgers, a volunteer youth worker in Yorkshire schools, said: "I think this is a sad indication, this idea of a 'secret club' sounds like the 60s, 70s and 80s when gay people had to meet in secret."
A member of a youth group cited in the council report. said: "I was left stranded, my school didn't want to know, neither did my parents, so the youth advice centre has been my home since I was 11."
Ms Arnold said the report's findings would help schools tackle bullying targeted against sexual identity.
As a result, the council has pledged to encourage more organisations to sign up to an anti-bullying pledge, train all its staff working with young people in handling LGBT issues and increase access to LGBT youth groups.
The 24-year-old joined the Brewers in the summer from the reserve side of Borussia Dortmund on a one-year contract and has scored once in 25 appearances for the League One leaders.
His only goal came in November's 5-1 win over Colchester United.
Oldham are currently 22nd in League One, three points from safety, and face Sheffield United on Saturday.
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The man, 32, was descending the peak when he fell from Swirral Edge into Brown Cove shortly before 14:00 GMT on Saturday.
Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team, the Great North Air Ambulance and HM Coastguard took part in the rescue.
The walker, from the south of England, is the third person to fall on the peak since the start of 2016.
A spokesman said: "Whilst many of the Lakeland Fells are without snow, Helvellyn remains covered in hard icy snow on many of its ascents and descents.
"Walkers and climbers should be adequately equipped for full winter conditions on Helvellyn."
The man was airlifted to Newcastle's RVI hospital with serious injuries.
Oxfordshire County Council has proposed a zero-emissions zone for all vehicles from 2020, to improve air quality.
John Tanner, board member for Cleaner, Greener Oxford, said the city council would "oppose any idea" that meant people could not drive into the city.
The Road Haulage Association also called the proposals unworkable.
A low-emissions zone is currently in place in the city centre for buses.
Oxfordshire County Council wants to apply a zero emission zone to all vehicles on a number of roads, with the zone expanding over time as electric vehicle technology develops.
Mr Tanner said a "blanket ban" was problematic, especially with the likes of the Westgate shopping centre redevelopment including a large underground car park.
"The idea of banning cars from the city centre is just ridiculous. We've got to look at who the culprits are in producing the pollution.
"They are the buses, and to some extent the lorries and the taxis, they're certainly not the ordinary car, although I think we want to encourage people to use electric cars.
"What the city council will support the county council on is reducing emissions over time."
Nick Payne, of the Road Haulage Association, argued newer lorries were cleaner than cars.
He added: "If you stop lorries coming into the town what you'll have is a multitude of vans and what that will create is even more traffic chaos.
"There are electric lorries around but their range is 45 miles. [This isn't going to work], not the way technology is today."
But Dr Penny Woods, from the British Lung Foundation, said she thought the proposals were ambitious and "really positive".
She said: "We need real action if we are going to clean up the air we breathe, especially for the people who are most vulnerable to the effects of dirty air."
A spokesman for the county council said a total ban on petrol or diesel vehicles from 2020 would only apply on "a small number of roads in the very centre of Oxford".
He added that if technology had not advanced enough by then the council would change its timescales.
The county council will debate the proposals in September, after which there will be a consultation if they are approved.
The country's value of exports fell by 12.9% in January from a year earlier, supporting concerns that the slowdown in China - one of the country's most important trading partners - is continuing to hurt demand.
Imports, meanwhile, fell by 18%.
The figures leave the world's third biggest economy with a deficit of 645.94bn yen ($5.65bn; £3.95bn).
Expectations were for a fall in exports of just over 11% and a drop in imports of 16%.
Investors seemed to shrug off the latest trade data, however, with the benchmark Nikkei 225 rising more than 2.5% in early trading. But analysts said the numbers were not a good sign for the future of the economy.
"Japan's January trade figures were woeful [and] this is more fodder for those who think Japan's economy is a disaster waiting to happen," said Chris Weston from IG Markets.
Japan's economy has been struggling, and analysts have said the government must shore up growth in its exports in order to support future economic expansion.
For every 1% that Japan's economy grows, between 0.5 and 0.7% comes from exports.
On Monday, the country posted a contraction in economic growth for the final three months of 2015, adding to a string of setbacks for the government's economic reform policy.
Between October and December, it shrank by 0.4% compared with the previous quarter.
In a surprise move last month, the country's central bank cut its interest rates to below zero for the first time ever in an attempt to boost growth. The cut was implemented this week.
"We need to guard against the rot of greed," delegate Simon Clarkson told the ATL annual conference.
There were 900 heads, in all kinds of state school, paid over £100,000, according to the most recent figures.
Mr Clarkson called for all schools to publish the pay ranges of senior staff.
Speaking in a debate on transparency in education at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers' annual conference, Mr Clarkson said that if large salaries were defensible "no one should mind them being made public".
"When schools were under local control it would have been unthinkable as well as impossible that a head teacher of even a group of schools could earn more than a director of education, let alone the secretary of state for education, let alone the prime minister," Mr Clarkson told the conference.
Figures last year suggested that 41 head teachers were earning more than the prime minister's salary of £142,000. This was up from 31 the previous year.
Mr Clarkson, a delegate from Leicestershire. suggested that some executive head teachers and heads were now able to look at their budgets and decide how much to pay themselves.
The conference voted in favour of the motion that every school should publish its staffing structure and pay ranges of all teaching staff, including senior leadership salaries and those of executive head teachers. "Let me remind you whose money is being used to do this - ours," said Mr Clarkson.
"Let me remind you who this money should be spent on - the children and young people in our care.
"So I call for senior leadership salaries, including the salaries of executive head teachers to be published by schools."
"Once, the accountability was provided for by local authorities," said Mr Clarkson.
"County council offices up and down the country, elected members and council officers made sure that schools both kept to the rules and served the needs of their local communities."
Schools and colleges are facing cuts, despite government assurances it has protected budgets, the conference in Liverpool has heard.
Schools may be getting the same budgets as last year but costs are rising, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers annual conference was told.
"How many times have you heard that education funding is protected?" asked delegate Robin Bevan.
"It is not true, but it is the current educational mantra".
Schools and colleges are having to pay increased pensions and national insurance contributions for staff out of their budgets, while other costs, such as utility bills are also rising, said Mr Bevan.
Miguel Angel Jimenez Blanco's body was found near his home in a town in the south-western state of Guerrero.
He had led search parties after the disappearance of 43 students in the nearby town of Iguala last year threw light on hundreds of other missing people.
Guerrero is a region plagued by gang and drug violence.
At least 15 people were killed there over the weekend.
Mr Jimenez Blanco's body was found in the taxi he owned in the small town of Xaltianguis.
He had been part of an organisation which had supported the search for the students in the hills around Iguala. He had also helped dig up a number of graves of murdered people that were found during the search for the students.
He had helped organise a group called The Other Disappeared, mostly women who meet every Sunday to search the hills for the remains of their loved ones.
The search parties started in November last year, a few months after the 43 students were abducted and presumably killed in Iguala on 26 September.
Since the group began work, it has found 129 bodies, which were handed over to the authorities for identification.
In a BBC interview, Mr Jimenez Blanco said that after Iguala, 300 families had come forward saying they had missing relatives too.
"We have been saying from the start that this area is a cemetery," he said at the time.
David Cienfuegos, government secretary of the state of Guerrero, told the BBC many families had stayed silent for decades for fear of retribution.
"Many crimes linked to the disappearance of people need a statement to the police so the case can be taken up.
"In the last decade in Guerrero there have been few statements taken because the families are afraid. They fear the police themselves are involved in the disappearances."
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, one of Miguel Jimenez Blanco's friends, Mario Vergara, whose brother went missing last year, said that he motivated hundreds of families.
"He taught us how to search and how to push and every day he would give us the energy to carry on."
The case of the missing 43 students promoted a national and international outcry. The parents of the students and many other Mexicans still reject the government's version of events.
The administration of President Enrique Pena Nieto has insisted the students were killed by gang members on the orders of corrupt local police.
The bodies were then burnt, and the remains dumped in a river, but so far only one student has been identified.
The case highlighted hundreds of other people missing in Guerrero - Mexico's most violent state.
Guerrero is a major opium-producing state and a battleground for a number of different criminal gangs.
More than 20,000 people are missing across the whole country.
Scarlets beat Sale 28-11 in Phillips' return to Wales while Sale face the 2014-15 champions at home on Friday.
"We weren't there at all [at Scarlets], but we play against Toulon and that's a massive fixture for us," Phillips said.
"There were some positives and if we take that into next week, we've a good home record so maybe we can do well."
Phillips signed for Sale in summer 2016 following a five-year spell playing domestic rugby in France with Bayonne and Racing 92 and knows Sale's next opponents well.
"Toulon are a great team, they've got stars and it's a great test for us really," he told BBC Wales Sport.
"It's a chance for us to show what we can do and hopefully we can play a bit better than against Scarlets."
After half a decade playing rugby outside of Britain, Phillips is pleased to return and is enjoying his time in the English Premiership.
"I love the club and the boys have been great. I've been settling really well, there's friendly people and it's a great place to live so I've been enjoying that aspect of it and hopefully we can be successful on the field and that will make life much easier," he continued.
"Every game is tough [in the Premiership]. Every team is stacked with stars and really physical and it's a great league to be in to test yourself. I've enjoyed it so far and hopefully we can be successful and win our home games and see what we can do."
Local media reports suggest that the nation's attorney general is set to launch an investigation into the prime minister's actions.
Israeli media have reported allegations that he has received significant gifts or "favours" from businessmen.
But Mr Netanyahu denies the claims, saying there is nothing to uncover.
He said rumours of impropriety will turn out to be as false as previous claims against him have been.
"All these scandals have turned out to be baseless and so will the allegations being published in the media now," he said in a statement.
It has been claimed that the police asked the prime minister's office to schedule a suitable date for questioning.
However, neither the justice ministry nor the attorney general have confirmed the details contained in media reports.
Opponents of Mr Netanyahu have called for an investigation into his affairs following a series of scandals in recent months - none of which have resulted in charges.
Last month, an investigation was opened into the purchase of new submarines from Germany, after it was claimed that Mr Netanyahu's lawyer represented the company during negotiations.
Earlier this year, convicted French fraudster Arnaud Mimran claimed he had donated hundreds of thousands of euros to Mr Netanyahu's 2009 election campaign - something the prime minister denies.
He has also been accused of wasting public money, including $127,000 (£102,000) on a customised private bedroom on a single flight to the UK.
Similar allegations have followed the prime minister since his original term in office two decades ago.
In the year 2000, Israeli police recommended that criminal charges be brought against Mr Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, after an eight-month investigation into whether he had kept official gifts that should have been handed over to the state after he left office.
At the same time, they were also accused of charging the government for the services of a contractor who did private work for them.
All those charges were dropped due to insufficient evidence.
Bob Higgins of Litchfield Road, Southampton, has been charged with 65 counts of indecent assault.
Hampshire Constabulary said the offences related to allegations involving 23 teenage boys dating back to the 1980s and 90s.
The 64-year-old is due to appear at Southampton Magistrates' Court on 20 July.
It will use the money to help it compete against its larger rivals Zoopla and Rightmove, which currently dominate the market.
OnTheMarket.com is owned by over 2000 estate agents, including Savills, Knight Frank and Strutt & Parker.
It has previously accused Zoopla and Rightmove of charging too much for advertising properties on the internet.
"For consumers and agents alike, we are committed to creating a genuine agent-controlled alternative challenger business and brand to the two leading incumbent portals," said Ian Springett, chief executive of the parent company Agents' Mutual.
The money will be spent on a "heavyweight" advertising campaign on television, and in digital and print media.
OnTheMarket's members will vote on 6 September whether to go ahead with the float, which if successful would value the company at between £200m and £250m.
The offer will be open to institutional investors only.
Ceballos had been released from prison last year and placed under house arrest for health reasons.
In a statement, the interior ministry said he was planning to escape this month.
It said Ceballos had planned to coordinate acts of violence at an opposition demonstration planned for 1 September.
He was arrested in March 2014 for inciting violence during protests against food shortages, high inflation and rampant crime.
The opposition said his arrest was an effort to quash dissent and described Ceballos as a political prisoner.
The Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro, says he is a criminal who sought to destabilise the country, and denies Venezuela holds political prisoners.
Ceballos is the former mayor of the western city of San Cristobal, an opposition stronghold.
More than 40 people from both sides of the political divide died in the protests.
One of the journalists was filming his show on Facebook Live when he was shot.
The footage showed his broadcast interrupted by gunfire and a panicked woman shouting "Shots! Shots! Shots!".
Police said the shooting happened on Tuesday in San Pedro de Macoris, east of the capital Santo Domingo.
The two journalists killed were presenter Luis Manuel Medina and radio producer Leo Martinez.
A woman was also injured and is undergoing surgery, said local authorities.
The arrested men have not been charged and police say they do not know the motive.
"The investigations have begun and we will try, with all the means in our powers, to reach the truth," Attorney General Jean Rodriguez told the local press.
In August 2015, two US journalists were shot dead during a live TV report in Virginia.
Pc Timothy Edwards sold 38 stories and pieces of information to Anthony France over three years and was paid more than £20,000, the jury was told.
Mr France, 41, from Watford, denies aiding and abetting a police officer to commit misconduct in public office.
The trial is part of the Metropolitan Police's Operation Elveden.
The operation is investigating alleged illegal payments to police and officials.
Zoe Johnson QC, prosecuting, said Mr Edwards, 49, an officer in the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command based at Heathrow Airport, accessed police computer systems and passed on details of "both the victims and perpetrators of crime".
She told the court: "This is not a case of whistle-blowing in a noble cause."
Ms Johnson described Pc Edwards' conduct as an "abuse of power" and asked: "If you were a victim of crime would you expect a police officer to sell your name and address to The Sun?"
Ms Johnson told jurors to "brace" themselves before reading out the first headline of one of the stories allegedly sold by Pc Edwards: "Sexual Healing - BA man quits over squelchy stilettos fetish."
The story, published in July 2008, concerned a BA engineer who was caught on CCTV at Heathrow Airport parading up a makeshift catwalk in high heels, the court heard.
Ms Johnson told the jury that Pc Edwards committed a "grievous abuse" of his power in looking up details of the incident even though no charges were made against the BA employee.
He was paid £850 for the story, she said.
In March 2010, Mr France wrote a front page story under the headline, "Heathrow Sex Scandal - Scanner Glamour Ding Dong".
Pc Edwards was allegedly paid £1,200 for the story about a member of airport staff abusing his access to new body scanners to "ogle" a female colleague's breasts.
The victim reported the incident to police at Heathrow and days later Pc Edwards read the crime report containing the victim's personal details and her address, the court heard.
One of the journalist's colleagues later called on the victim at home and Ms Johnson said the woman had been "very distressed".
Jurors were told the story turned out to be inaccurate and the Sun printed an apology, also accepting it was an invasion of the victim's privacy.
Mr France is accused of aiding and abetting Pc Edwards to commit misconduct in a public office between March 2008 and July 2011.
The trial continues.
Leroy Parry, 24, sank his teeth into the bicep of PC Gareth Phillips for nearly a minute.
Swansea Crown Court heard it took seven officers to restrain him.
Parry, from Waunarlwydd, was jailed for 20 months after admitting affray, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and three assaults on police.
PC Phillips described it as the worst violence in his 14-year police career, and said he had to punch snarling Parry three times before he let go of his dog-like bite.
The court heard Parry has been addicted to drug Spice for five-and-a-half years and was having withdrawals when he carried out the attack.
It happened during a disturbance in Swansea city centre on 7 April.
Prosecutor Tom Scapens said the officer described the pain as "excruciating from the outset".
Mr Scapens said: "He could feel this bite through a long sleeve work shirt and two fleeces.
"He said Leroy Parry was 'animal-like'.
"He was in so much pain he was going into shock."
The court heard the officer looked at his arm when he got into the police van.
Mr Scapens said: "Looking at it made him feel physically sick."
Parry later apologised to officers, telling them he was "clucking for Spice".
The drug Spice is the name commonly used to describe a laboratory-created cannabis substitute. It is banned in many countries, including the UK.
It has been blamed in recent months, along with another variant called Black Mamba, of turning users into "zombies" collapsing in the streets around Wrexham bus station in north Wales.
The court heard Parry had convictions for some 41 offences and a history of assaulting police officers.
Speaking after sentencing, Insp Mark Davies said Parry had carried out a "vicious attack".
"Nobody can justify this level of violence for somebody just doing their job," said Insp Davies.
"This incident demonstrates the very real potential dangers that officers face on a daily basis.
"When an officer leaves the station, they simply do not know what they might have to deal with at any given time."
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But another significant, and so far less widely discussed, issue is coming to the fore - if and when peace is achieved, what role can or should the Colombian military play?
Much of the focus to date has seemingly been around the possible demobilisation of the several thousand Farc (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) rebels who have been fighting the Colombian state for almost five decades.
"People are talking about the demobilisation of the Farc," retired Col Hugo Bahamon told a recent seminar of academics and high-ranking officers at Bogota's Military Club.
"But if a peace agreement is reached, we need to think about the demobilisation of many members of the armed forces as well."
Currently there are an estimated 400,000 serving military personnel in Colombia.
What would peace mean to them?
The Colombian armed forces are looking for protection from what could potentially happen if a post-conflict Farc were to become a legitimate political force and enter mainstream national politics.
Speaking at the same meeting, Armed Forces Commander Gen Alejandro Navas said: "They [the Farc] have the objective of winning the national elections in 2018. The presidential elections in 2014 are just a test and then they will be unstoppable at the ballots if there are no solid political parties."
Whether such a scenario would arise and the Colombian electorate would back a Farc party to the degree Gen Navas fears may be disputed.
But military men like him and Col Bahamon are clearly concerned, particularly as serving members of the armed forces do not have the right to vote.
They are worried that members of the security forces may end up in the dock.
In such a long-running conflict, atrocities have been committed by the guerrillas and the armed forces.
If - and it is a big if - the rebels benefit from amnesties, will the same be true for the armed forces?
Col Bahamon expressed fears that even if amnesties are in place for the security forces, the situation could change.
"Look at what has happened in Argentina and Chile, where, 20 years on, the guerrillas who threatened the state are in power, amnesties have been overturned and now [former soldiers] of 70 and 80 years of age are being imprisoned," he said.
"Why can't we get the right to vote, after all we have been defending the country and fighting for her for 60 years?"
Without the right to vote, members of the military feel they have no judicial security from potential lawsuits.
In a law passed earlier this year that sets out the framework for peace, one highly controversial clause was to try the military in civilian courts rather than military tribunals. This is yet to be resolved.
One key element of the debate is whether the Farc rebels are still militarily powerful or more of a political entity.
Lt Col Laureano Novoa, a leading intelligence expert, recalled that the last time peace talks were tried, and failed, the Farc held the upper hand.
"This time around they are not making the rules," he said.
But Ronald Archer, a special adviser to the US Army, believes that the Farc as a movement has significant power due to its political activities - and that is why the army must do more to improve its own relations with the civilian population.
""The Farc's support is concentrated in rural areas, which have been subjected to years of indoctrination," said Mr Archer.
"Their declarations that the Colombian State has abandoned these hard-to-reach lands must be exposed through showing the people the benefits of a state presence."
The agenda for the peace talks includes agrarian reform, recognising the rights of the victims of the conflict and accepting the political legitimacy of opposition movements that may emerge in the wake of a peace deal.
It is set to be a long road, but if peace does come, it will herald many changes in a country marked by conflict for the past 48 years, which has seen more than three million people displaced by the violence.
But should the Farc demobilise, there will be a potential power vacuum in some parts of Colombia.
There is a fear that well-trained members of the military, like demobilised paramilitary fighters before them, could enter the rank and file of the "Bacrims", the illegal criminal bands involved in drug trafficking and extortion.
And while Farc rebels may be ready to give up their fight against the state, it is unclear how many will opt to remain involved in the illegal drugs trade.
Hostess's owners will sell the company to private equity firm the Gores Group, which plans to take the snack cake maker public later this year.
The Gores Group will pay £725m (£555m) for the brand and Hostess' current owners will take a 42% stake in Gores.
Apollo Global Management and investor Dean Metropoulos bought Hostess in 2013, saving it from bankruptcy.
"Hostess presents a unique opportunity to invest in an iconic brand with strong fundamentals that is poised for continued growth," said Alec Gores, chief executive of the Gores Group.
In 2012 Hostess filed for bankruptcy after failed talks with its workers' union left the company cash-strapped.
Public outcry in the US followed the announcement that the iconic brand - makers of Twinkies, yellow cakes filled with cream; Ding Dongs, chocolate cupcake filled with cream; and Sno Balls, cream-filled chocolate cakes covered with marshmallow frosting - was closing.
Apollo and Mr Metropoulos bought Hostess for $410m and restructured the company.
"We are extremely proud of all that we have accomplished together since we acquired these assets out of liquidation in 2013," said Andy Jhawar, head of the consumer and retail group at Apollo
Hostess has used the tagline "the sweetest comeback ever" to promote its products and had $650m in sales in the last fiscal year, which ended 31 May.
Mr Metropoulos will stay on as executive chairman of Hostess and William Toler will remain chief executive after the company is sold to Gores and begins publicly trading.
Hostess was founded in 1919 and has twice faced bankruptcy.
Created by journalist Charlie Brooker, the series is a bleak look at modern society, with three vignettes looking at how technology affects our lives.
The first episode, in which a fictional Prime Minister was blackmailed into having sex with a pig, prompted 322 complaints to Ofcom and Channel 4.
But it also won a Golden Rose for best comedy at this year's Rose d'Or Television Festival.
Brooker, who wrote the opening two episodes of the first series,
announced its return on Twitter
.
A further three episodes have been commissioned, with filming due to start in August.
Channel 4's head of comedy, Shane Allen, said
in a statement
: "British drama seems particularly obsessed with murder and the past, often together. Black Mirror is a rare modern look at where society and individuals could be headed.
"Charlie Brooker exudes that same pioneering spirit of Dennis Potter and Chris Morris with their daring, complex, compelling originality."
Brooker added: "Half of the things in the first run of Black Mirror seem to be on the verge of coming true.
"If the stories from the second run start coming true then we're REALLY in trouble."
After a heavy advertising campaign, the first series of Black Mirror averaged 1.5 million viewers across its run. It picked up a further 2.1 million views via video on demand services.
People were advised by London Fire Brigade to avoid the area, with London Wall closed between Wood Street and Blomfield Street.
Engineers were called to reports of gas escaping at Salisbury House in Finsbury Circus shortly before 15:30 BST.
City of London Police later tweeted that London Wall had re-opened at about 21:15.
Roads had been cordoned off while contractors worked to fix the gas leak.
He told Fox News that the Democratic Party was using the row over his remarks to deflect from bigger issues.
His remarks on Wednesday were regarding 30,000 emails Mrs Clinton did not hand over as part of an inquiry into a private email server.
Russia has accused the candidates of stirring up anti-Russian sentiment.
"Of course I'm being sarcastic," Mr Trump told Fox News.
His campaign has maintained pressure on Mrs Clinton over an FBI investigation into her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state.
During the investigation, Mrs Clinton did not hand over 30,000 emails as they contained private details.
On Wednesday, Mr Trump told a news conference: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. I think you'll be rewarded mightily by our press."
He later wrote on Twitter that if anyone had the emails, they should hand them over to the FBI.
Jake Sullivan, Mrs Clinton's senior policy adviser, reacted angrily to Mr Trump's remarks.
"This has gone from being a matter of curiosity, and a matter of politics, to being a national security issue," he said on Wednesday.
The row came as Russia was accused of hacking emails from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) for Mr Trump's benefit. Both Russia and Mr Trump denied the allegation.
Those emails were leaked to the Wikileaks organisation and published last Friday.
In his interview with Fox, Mr Trump said: "The real problem is what was said on those emails from the Democratic National Committee.
"What they said on those emails is a disgrace and they're just trying to deflect from that."
The emails showed DNC officials, who are supposed to remain neutral, had favoured Mrs Clinton and derided her Democratic rival Bernie Sanders.
President Barack Obama has refused to rule out Russian involvement in the leak, adding: "What we do know is that the Russians hack our systems. Not just government systems, but private systems."
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the hacking allegations were a "vivid example of the use of anti-Russian sentiment for electoral purposes in the United States".
"It is so absurd it borders on total stupidity," he said.
"As regards these (DNC email) batches, that is not our headache. We never poke our noses into others' affairs and we really don't like it when people try to poke their nose into ours."
He added: "The Americans needs to get to the bottom of what these emails are themselves and find out what it's all about."
The New York-based collective of film historians, student and academics also gave Amy, Asif Kapadia's film about Amy Winehouse, its best documentary prize.
Ridley Scott was named best director for The Martian, which also picked up prizes for lead actor Matt Damon and Drew Goddard's adapted screenplay.
Sylvester Stallone won best supporting actor for Rocky spin-off Creed.
National Board of Review president Annie Schulhof said: "2015 has been a banner year for popular cinema.
"We are thrilled to be awarding [Mad Max director] George Miller and Ridley Scott, two iconic film-makers at the top of their game, while also celebrating the next generation of talent," she added.
Mad Max, starring Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron, was warmly reviewed but will be seen by some as an unusual choice for the board's best film award.
So far it has been considered unlikely to figure in the forthcoming awards season, with most of the attention geared towards films such as independent dramas Spotlight, Brooklyn and Carol.
Earlier this week, Spotlight was the star feature at the Gotham Awards for independent film in New York, where it won best picture, screenplay and the jury award for its ensemble cast.
The Thomas McCarthy-directed drama centres around the true story of the Boston Globe's investigative "Spotlight" team as they endeavour to undercover the truth behind allegations of sexual abuse among Roman Catholic priests in Massachusetts.
Other National Board of Review honourees included Brie Larson, the star of Room. The best actress win will bolster her status as a likely Oscar candidate for her role as an imprisoned young woman.
Quentin Tarantino, meanwhile, picked up the original screenplay award for his new western The Hateful Eight, which also saw Jennifer Jason Leigh named best supporting actress.
The 2015 William K Everson Film History award winner was Cecilia De Mille Presley, the granddaughter of legendary director Cecil B DeMille and a campaigner of film preservation.
The winners of the awards are selected by more than 100 New York film fans. History has shown they have a mixed success rate in predicting Oscars glory.
Last year, they named JC Chandor's A Most Violent Year as best picture and its star Oscar Isaac as best actor, with his co-star Jessica Chastain picking up the best supporting actress award. However, the film was ultimately overlooked at the Academy Awards.
The winners of this year's awards will pick up their statues at a celebratory dinner on 5 January.
Officials at Calgary Zoo are perplexed as to how the aquatic birds drowned in the Penguin Plunge exhibit and called it "devastating news".
In recent years a number of animals have died in mysterious circumstances at the zoo.
Earlier this year an otter died after becoming entangled in a pair of trousers given to him by his keepers.
The dead penguins were discovered on Thursday morning in their holding area. The zoo's veterinary team examined all seven birds to determine the cause of death.
There were 22 Humboldt penguins within the colony, though three other species of penguin live in the zoo exhibit.
Jamie Dorgan, director of animal care at the zoo, said something may have sparked a frantic panic among the penguins that could have prevented the seven penguins from being able to surface for air.
He said the zoo is scouring through camera footage from in and around the penguin exhibit to see if there are any clues as to what may have spooked the birds. The back holding area where the penguins were found is not monitored by cameras.
In February, Logan, a 12-year-old American river otter, drowned at Calgary Zoo after being given a pair of trousers to play with by a zookeeper in its enclosure as an "unauthorised enrichment item".
The otter became tangled in the trousers and drowned. Two staff members were disciplined for the otter's death.
In 2009, a giant capybara was crushed to death in a holding area when a zoo worker closed a hydraulic door.
In 2011, a zookeeper resigned after failing to follow animal-handling instructions that resulted in the death of a corn snake from hyperthermic shock.
But Mr Dorgan said that despite those deaths, the Calgary Zoo is in line with international standards and passes regular inspections.
"I'm very comfortable with our record of animal care and I'm very comfortable to hold it up to any animal organisation on Earth," he said.
"If something happens like this, we don't take it lightly."
The pet animal's been a hit since appearing on New Zealand Police's social media, posing in his own mini police cap.
The latest post features Elliot on the roadside, calling on people to drive safely.
Elliot is 'quoted' in the caption as saying: "I am not too fast and that's the way I like it - slow is safe!"
The guinea pig first appeared over Easter weekend, after the "excess of calls" the New Zealand Police Easter Bunny was getting...
In another post, Elliot is snapped with a toy car that had been "dumped".
The post is used to remind people to lock their cars and keep their valuables safe.
The four-year-old guinea pig is the pet of someone in the police media team.
New Zealand Police told Newsround: "[We] are always looking at new ways to communicate with the public and promote messaging as quickly and as efficiently as possible."
It said Elliot spends a lot of his spare time grazing on grass, green vegetables and hay at home, and getting cuddles from his family.
The courtyard becomes the centre of London Fashion Week - a far cry from the building's sober past as home to the Inland Revenue.
This year sees the event's 61st year, during which more than 250 designers will showcase their collections for autumn and winter to a global audience.
For those outside the fashion industry, it can be difficult to appreciate why this week is so important. Fashion has long been criticised as frivolous and superficial, dictating trends that are swiftly cast aside.
Indeed, watching the crowds teetering on vertiginous heels, heads topped with designer sunglasses, arms toting handbags and hands clutching smartphones, it is easy to understand why.
Yet while it may look like a big party to outsiders, the week is a crucial one for the industry.
"It is incredibly important because it's the showcase of the very best of British businesses to an international audience," says Caroline Rush, chief executive of the British Fashion Council.
"The British fashion industry is exceeding the current economic growth we are seeing in the UK - because we are exporting all over the world."
The fashion sector plays a significant role in the UK economy - it generates £26bn for the UK each year, rakes in £10.7bn from consumers and supports almost 800,000 jobs.
London Fashion Week is a crucial element in this, as orders of approximately £100m are placed during the five days - and the shows are watched online by audiences in 190 countries worldwide.
The spectacular clothes worn by models on the catwalk can appear impractical, unaffordable and sometimes ridiculous. So will they really affect what we wear, come September?
Traditionally, the idea has been that the clothes and styles adopted by the richest in society eventually filter through and influence the rest of us, the so-called "trickle-down" theory - first put forward by the American economist and sociologist, Thorstein Veblen, in 1898.
It is true that since the social upheavals of the 1960s, an inverse process has evolved, whereby designers have been increasingly inspired by the clothes people wear on the streets.
Yet although the trickle-down process might not be as clear-cut as it once was - when designers dictated the trends and people slavishly followed - it is still in evidence today.
"The High Street is very much influenced by what they see at London Fashion Week," says Carla Buzasi, global chief content officer at the trend forecasters WGSN.
"We have a global network of experts, their job is to have their eyes and ears out - all the apparel brands in the FTSE 500 are WGSN subscribers."
"Although you may not wear the exact look that you see coming down the runway on a model, you will pick up little things. There's always something reflected in the High Street that comes through from London Fashion Week," says fashion journalist Hilary Alexander.
"A few seasons ago, Simone Rocha showed these pearl collars on her dresses which would have sold for hundreds of pounds, but within weeks up and down the High Street pearl collars and trims appeared," she says.
"We're looking for trends that our High Street partners might be able to translate," says Carla Buzasi. "What you see on the catwalks is about press and the designer brand.
"For example, Mary Katrantzou does these wild prints on structured dresses. The prints influence the High Street but you'd be less likely to see that kind of structure carry through."
The internet has acted as a catalyst to speed up this process and democratise fashion even further.
Collections that were once viewed only by the ticketed few appear online later the same day and on social media, instantaneously.
As everyone can now see what is being shown, this has meant that the procedure of translating catwalk designs to the High Street has vastly accelerated.
"In years gone by it could take six months to a year for runway trends to hit the High Street. Now it can be as short as three weeks," explains Carla Buzasi.
"London Fashion Week is really important because it offers such a wealth of inspiration," says Zeba Lowe, head of fashion at the online retailer Asos.
"A couple of seasons ago we saw Marcus Almeida doing ripped denim and the idea of those raw hems influenced how we might have approached denim," she adds.
"We might see an amazing catwalk show and a colour that could work for the season, or a specific theme might come through that we take inspiration from," says H&M's Claire Wakeman.
Many designers are keen for their ideas to be popularised.
Anthony Cuthbertson, creative director at Australian fashion label sass & bide, says he is flattered when he sees his designs re-interpreted on the High Street.
"It's great that we can filtrate the looks down. It's important that someone who's buying a dress for $8,000 can still buy the same dress in a High Street store for $120."
Designer Jasper Conran agrees: "If it's a good idea, why wouldn't you make 2,000 of them? I don't get up in the morning and think about making clothes for only two people. I'm interested in actually having an influence."
In recent years designers have been collaborating with High Street retailers to create affordable versions of their own designs.
Conran, who was one of the first to do so, says: "That's why I did it myself. You might as well get in there first and be really good at it, rather than second rate."
High Street retailers say they benefit, too. Claire Wakeman at H&M says that its designer collaborations "are hugely successful" for the retailer.
"We started in 2004 with Karl Lagerfeld and last year, Alexander Wang. It shows our customers that they can have access to designer clothes at an accessible price," she says.
Although it may be preferable to imagine that we are the agents of our own sartorial lives, it is undeniable that how we choose to dress ourselves each morning is the result of countless hours of trend forecasters, industry analysis and designer innovation that has trickled down from the catwalk to the High Street.
As Hilary Alexander says: "When we get up in the morning and decide what to wear, we're making a conscious fashion decision, whether we realise it or not."
The roles are being re-jigged in a wider reshuffle which will also see the creation of a new operating committee.
Chief executive Steve Rowe said he was creating a simpler management structure that would move the company closer to its customers.
He took over last month and is clearly wasting no time reshaping his top team.
Among those leaving are the head of kidswear and home director, Stephanie Chen; store environment and product presentation director Florence De Boosere; and M&S's digital director, David Walmsley.
The new operating committee will be accountable for the day-to-day running of the business, as well as for the development and execution of strategy.
The company has also reduced the number of executive director roles from six to four in a shake-up of board responsibilities.
"On my first day as CEO, I committed to putting M&S customers at the heart of everything we do," said Mr Rowe.
"These changes reflect this; a simpler management structure with a smaller, more focused team running M&S will lead to more efficient decision-making and move us closer to our customers.
"The new operating committee will be working together to improve M&S, starting with fixing our clothing and home offer for our customers, our employees and our shareholders."
Ms Chen was hired by former boss Marc Bolland three years ago from House of Fraser as part of a reshuffle to help revive its flagging general merchandise division.
David Walmsley joined the business in 2011 after jumping ship from Dixons and had a key role in developing Marks and Spencer's new website.
Mr Rowe, an M&S veteran, succeeded Marc Bolland as chief executive. Later this month, he will outline his new strategy for Marks and Spencer when he presents the company's full-year results.
Murray Dewar, 45, attacked Jack Wemyss in the Tesco Express store in Dundee's Strathmartine Road.
An argument between them started after Dewar blocked the path of Mr Wemyss's mobility scooter.
Dewar, from Dundee, pled guilty to the attack on 20 November.
Fiscal depute Muhamad Sadiq told Dundee Sheriff Court that Dewar had hit the 83-year-old in the face with the basket, leaving him cut above the left eye.
Police issued CCTV images of Dewar, who later handed himself in.
Defence solicitor Emma Sommerville said: "He suffers from severe anxiety and has had a panic attack today, so is not in the dock.
"He is not in a fit state to come into court, but wishes me to tender a guilty plea on his behalf."
Sheriff Richard McFarlane deferred sentence until January for social work background reports.
Mr Wilders said he did not trust some members of the Christian Democrats to adhere to any agreement reached.
Some Christian Democrats have expressed deep reservations about any deal with Mr Wilders because of his strong anti-Islamic and anti-immigration views.
The collapse comes three months after an inconclusive general election.
The Netherlands has been without a government since the previous coalition collapsed in February.
"The negotiations did not succeed," Mark Rutte, leader of the centre-right Liberal Party (VVD), told a news conference at the Hague.
The VVD narrowly won the elections in June but did not have a majority. They had hoped the negotations, which began on 9 August, would enable them to form a rightist coalition government with Mr Wilder's Freedom Party (PVV) and the Christian Democrats (CDA).
The PVV, which doubled its seats in the election, would not have formally joined the coalition but would have given it the support to get decisions through parliament.
But some members of the CDA had raised concerns about entering into an agreement with Mr Wilders because of his controversial far-right views.
He has campaigned to stop the "Islamisation of the Netherlands" and faces a criminal trial later this year on charges of inciting hatred and discrimination with his anti-Islamic film Fitna.
Mr Wilders told reporters he was leaving the talks because his party's trust in the CDA had "declined to an all-time low".
"The Netherlands needs a stable government. Our view is that the CDA cannot give enough guarantees to provide that stability," he said.
"We really wanted to be able to support a stable government. Instead, we will play our role as the biggest opposition party."
Mr Rutte said he respected Mr Wilders' decision but did not agree with it.
"I regret too ... that this political co-operation is not possible," he said.
Analysts say it is now highly unlikely that a coalition will be finalised before the caretaker government must present the budget on 21 September.
The Russian Defence Ministry said rebels would be allowed to leave unharmed and with their weapons via two special corridors on Friday, while six other routes would be opened for civilians, the sick and wounded.
The rebels have rejected the offer.
Previous attempts at humanitarian exit pauses have largely failed as the government and the rebels accuse each other of stopping people leaving.
In a statement, the Syrian army said it called on "all gunmen to stop hostilities and take the opportunity of the humanitarian grace to leave the city with their light weapons through the Castello road to the north or the Souq al-Khair - Masharqa towards Idlib".
The corridors would be open between 09:00 and 19:00 local time (06:00 and 16:00 GMT) on Friday, the army said.
Russia said President Vladimir Putin had ordered the measures to "to avoid senseless victims".
Meanwhile, Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, said his country sought "honest co-operation" and "a political process involving both the government and opposition forces".
The rebels rejected the offer. "This is completely out of the question," Zakaria Malahifji of the Fastaqim rebel group told Reuters news agency.
"We will not give up the city of Aleppo to the Russians and we won't surrender."
Syrian government forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have besieged the eastern part of Aleppo, which is held by the rebels, in the hope of re-taking control.
Russia is supporting them with air strikes. Moscow says anti-government forces suffered heavy losses during a government offensive last month, and are now trapped in the rubble of Syria's second city.
But Russia and Syria both say they have not bombed Aleppo for more than two weeks.
Meanwhile rebel groups have attacked western Aleppo, which is held by the government.
"The terrorists have suffered heavy losses in lives, weapons and equipment," the Russian Defence Ministry said. "They have no chance to break out of the city."
Lawyers for 15,600 Nigerian fishermen say their clients will receive $3,300 each for losses caused by the spills.
The remaining $30m will be left for the community, which law firm Leigh Day says was "devastated by the two massive oil spills in 2008 and 2009".
These were among the biggest spills in decades of oil exploration in Nigeria.
Thousands of hectares of mangrove were affected in the southern Ogoniland region.
BBC Nigeria correspondent Will Ross says there are hundreds of oil spills each year in Nigeria, some caused by leaks, others by sabotage, with local people stealing oil.
The settlement was announced by the Anglo-Dutch oil giant's Nigerian subsidiary SPDC.
"From the outset, we've accepted responsibility for the two deeply regrettable operational spills in Bodo," its managing director Mutiu Sunmonu said. Shell says that both spills were caused by operational failure of the pipelines.
However, the company maintains that the extent of environmental pollution in the area is caused by "the scourge of oil theft and illegal refining".
It also suggested that earlier settlement efforts had been hampered "by divisions within the community".
This particular David v Goliath battle may be over but other suits against the international oil companies will follow.
The law firm that fought on behalf of the Bodo community, Leigh Day, says it made sure everyone had a bank account set up so the $3,300 should hit their accounts soon.
It may be far harder to follow the trail of the roughly $30 million compensation being paid to the community itself.
It is telling just where this money is due to be spent.
Chief Mene Sylvester Kogbara from Bodo says he hopes the money will be used to develop the community, especially education, agriculture and health. "We don't have a water supply," he told me.
These are surely things that should have been taken care of by successive governments that have for decades squandered Nigeria's oil money.
It is a stark reminder of just how badly the people of the Niger Delta and the rest of this oil-rich country have been let down.
The law firm representing the Nigerian fishermen and their community, Leigh Day, described it as one of the largest payouts to an entire community after devastating environmental damage.
"It is the first time that compensation has been paid following an oil spill in Nigeria to the thousands of individuals who have suffered loss," the firm said in a press release confirming the development.
The deal, which ends a three-year legal battle, is the first of its kind in Nigeria, it added.
The law firm said the initial compensation offered to the entire community was as low as $6,000.
Leigh Day also said that Shell had pledged to clean up the Bodo Creek over the next few months.
Lawyer Martyn Day, who represents the claimants, said it was "deeply disappointing that Shell took six years to take this case seriously and to recognise the true extent of the damage these spills caused to the environment and to those who rely on it for their livelihood".
But he told the BBC that his clients were "absolutely delighted" with the deal that was struck.
"What they feel particularly pleased about is that the individual money is going to them personally. In Nigeria mostly what happens is that chiefs bring claims on behalf of the community, the chiefs then get the compensation and the individuals seem hardly ever to see much of it.
"So I think they're very pleased that we've been able to set up for them individual bank accounts."
An Amnesty International report into the effects of the oil spills in Bodo, a town in the Ogoniland region, said that the spills had caused headaches and eyesight problems.
The price of fish, a local staple food, rose as much as tenfold and many fishermen had to find alternative ways to make a living, the report added. A separate UN study said local drinking water sources were also contaminated.
The two spills came from the same pipe on the Trans Niger Pipeline, operated by Shell, which takes oil from its fields to the export terminal at Bonny on the coast. It carries about 180,000 barrels of oil per day.
The fall in the value of sterling, after a sharp rise earlier in the week, had tourists rushing to exchange money.
The euro was in particular demand, with the pound down more than 5% against the currency at €1.2398 in Friday trading.
At the travel money operation at the Post Office, Andrew Brown said holidaymakers should "watch currency movements very carefully".
The pound plunged to its lowest level since 1985 following the EU referendum. Sterling was down against every single major currency group, falling 10% against the dollar overnight to $1.33, a low not seen in 30 years.
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Throughout the night the Thomas Cook had been offering euros for click-and-collect at Thursday's favourable rate of €1.27 to the pound, despite the fall in the value of sterling in the wholesale foreign exchange market.
A rush of demand from holidaymakers trying to protect themselves against the fall led to queues snaking outside the doors at some Thomas Cook outlets this morning.
The company suspended the online service to make sure that its counters did not run out of cash.
A Thomas Cook spokesperson said: "We have temporarily suspended our travel money website following unprecedented customer demand for foreign currency overnight and this morning.
"We apologise to all customers affected. Our immediate priority is to ensure that we have enough currency in store to fulfil outstanding orders. We hope to be back up and running as soon as possible."
Ian Strafford-Taylor, chief executive of currency provider FairFX, said the reaction of the pound to Brexit could signal "longer term volatility", with holidaymakers "directly impacted".
He said: "Those consumers who did not stock up on their holiday money may find their holiday now becomes more expensive this year, if weak pound-euro rates continue into the summer."
Andrew Brown, of Post Office Travel Money, which accounts for around a quarter of all UK foreign exchange transactions, urged holidaymakers to "watch currency movements very carefully".
He said: "For those who have not yet booked their holiday but are planning to travel abroad during the summer or later in the year, it will be well worth doing some homework before making a decision.
"Choosing a destination where sterling is strong and also where the local cost of living is low could make a significant difference to how far the holiday budget will stretch."
Joel Brandon-Bravo, UK managing director of travel deals company Travelzoo, warned the referendum result would affect the tourism industry in several ways.
He said: "The next 24 months of negotiations will be crucial for British travel - particularly if the UK Government wants to maintain inbound tourism from the EU, and avoid a price hike for Britons wanting to travel abroad for holidays."
Gerard Kelly, 62, from the Montrose area, was hurt after the crash on the Woggle Road between Westhill and Blackburn at about 15:35 on Wednesday.
He was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary by ambulance.
Insp Jon Barron, of Police Scotland, said: "Motorists stopped at the scene to render assistance and administer first aid. I would like to thank them for doing their utmost to help."
He added: "At this very sad time, my thoughts are very much with Mr Kelly's family, friends and colleagues."
The University of South Wales (USW) has announced up to 139 jobs could go and the University of Wales Trinity St David has said it must also cut posts.
At First Minister's Questions, Carwyn Jones said it was "not quite clear" what sort of jobs would be lost.
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood said there was "contradictory information" on who would be affected.
USW has said it expects Brexit to affect student recruitment from the EU.
It is also concerned about the lifting of the admissions cap on UK universities limiting applications from home students.
It has been suggested that senior management at USW would be proportionately more affected, but the university is not giving a breakdown of how many staff in different areas will be cut.
Trinity St David has denied a claim by Unison that its cuts will affect 10% of staff and involve the possible merger of sites.
During Tuesday's question session, Ms Wood told Mr Jones: "I've had contradictory information on these job losses.
"On the one hand we were told that many of the roles at risk will be managers.
"But from the trade union I've been told the roles to be cut could include jobs in IT, library staff and student services as well."
Ms Wood asked whether Mr Jones thought the job losses were "normal house keeping" or a "sign the two universities are facing a difficult future".
Mr Jones responded: "I've not seen anything on this scale since I was in university myself in the 1980s and that is concerning.
"It's also correct to say it's not quite clear what sorts of jobs would be lost.
"That's why of course we expect there to be that period of consultation so that there is greater clarity for both institutions over what they are proposing."
Peter Bellew said the carrier was now marketing more aggressively as it tries to win back confidence in the brand.
He accepted some passengers would choose to not fly with the company.
But Mr Bellew predicted the loss-making airline would be in profit again by 2018.
And he said that a true test of its recovery would be a return to the stock market, possibly by 2019.
Flight MH370, flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, had 239 people on board when it vanished in March 2014. The Boeing 777 is presumed to have crashed into the southern Indian Ocean after veering off course.
Then in June, all 298 passengers and crew on MH17 died when the Boeing 777-200, en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpar, crashed in eastern Ukraine after being shot down as it passed over the war-torn country.
Many had not expected Malaysia Airlines to stay in business after the disasters, and passengers deserted them in droves.
"For ourselves and the staff here its obviously deeply personal so day-to-day it never leaves," Mr Bellew said in an interview with the BBC World Service.
"But to be able to survive two immense tragedies like that, that takes some backbone, that's not normally something you'd have to deal with.
"Certainly in aviation its unprecedented what we're having to do here. I can't think of a business in my lifetime... that's come back from the depths of the difficulties."
Mr Bellew joined the airline in late June 2016, when Christoph Mueller left suddenly.
And he said a top priority was to try and win back passengers and sell more tickets.
"I think there's certain people who may never travel with us again, but the bulk of people would consider it now," he said.
"We were quite quiet on the sales and marketing front and generally on the commercial side we were shy and hiding. So the last four months we've come out very aggressively."
He said that the airline needed to focus on the rise of travel among Chinese people, and that it would move quickly to profit from that "megatrend".
But he conceded that Asia was a crowded market place and his airline had its work cut out, especially within Malaysia.
"The bit that we're struggling with is amazingly low fares in the domestic market which for consumers is super but it makes it very difficult for airlines."
The former executive at Irish budget carrier Ryanair said another priority was focussing on a return to profit, including "the very boring discipline" of controlling costs.
"We're being quite aggressive with suppliers, sometimes quite rude and ignorant maybe in the way we are approaching negotiations now which isn't always the Asian way."
Malaysians seem to have a deep affection for Malaysia Airlines.
But emotion only goes so far. There are many low cost carriers putting pressure on air fares, not least the nimble Air Asia, also based in Kuala Lumpur.
That's great news for the flying public, not so great for a once-bloated loss-making airline.
Much of the fat at Malaysia has been trimmed and Peter Bellew hopes the financial know-how he brings from the European no-frills airline Ryanair, will make that happen.
His arrival seems to have brought a new financial lease of life. But for many potential passengers it will always be associated with the two tragedies of 2014.
Wavegarden Scotland wants to turn Craigpark Quarry pit near Ratho into a huge lake with a machine recreating waves for any level of surfer.
The planned site lies across from the Edinburgh International Climbing Arena.
The developers said they expected to create more than 80 jobs.
Andy Hadden, co-founder of Tartan Leisure Ltd, said: "Wavegarden Scotland is a thrilling new concept in the adventure leisure industry. If approved, it could position Scotland as a leading surfing destination as the country already has some world-class natural breaks.
"We've received fantastic feedback on our plans to date and we look forward to sharing them with the local community."
Gavin Barrie, convener of City of Edinburgh Council's economic committee, said: "The Wavegarden Scotland project appears an exciting addition to active participant sport in the Edinburgh area.
"Anything that encourages people, whether young or old, to lead an active lifestyle and enjoy all the benefits that come with it is likely to garner support across the city.
"Hopefully others will share my enthusiasm for development."
William Watson, president of the Scottish Surfing Federation added: "We fully support this fantastic project and will continue to work with Tartan Leisure Ltd to ensure it fits with the best interests of Scottish surfing."
The public consultations will be held between 15:30 and 19:30 on Wednesday at the Edinburgh International Climbing Arena, and next Monday between 14:30 and 19:30 at Ratho Library.
The new Doctor's identity was revealed in a trailer broadcast at the end of the Wimbledon men's singles final.
The Broadchurch star succeeds Peter Capaldi, who took over the role in 2013 and leaves in the forthcoming Christmas special.
Whittaker, 35, said it was "overwhelming, as a feminist" to become the next Doctor.
She will make her debut on the sci-fi show when the Doctor regenerates in the Christmas special.
The Huddersfield-born star, who was a late favourite to become the Doctor, will find a familiar face for her on set - Doctor Who's new showrunner is Broadchurch creator Chris Chibnall.
Whittaker said: "I'm beyond excited to begin this epic journey - with Chris and with every Whovian on this planet.
"It's more than an honour to play the Doctor. It means remembering everyone I used to be, while stepping forward to embrace everything the Doctor stands for: hope. I can't wait."
The actress also shares another Broadchurch link with Doctor Who - co-star David Tennant was the 10th Doctor.
By Lizo Mzimba, BBC entertainment correspondent
It was always unlikely that the Doctor would continue to be white and male, especially as the BBC has committed itself to greater diversity on its programmes.
Casting the first female Doctor is something many viewers have been calling for. And strong female-led stories have been successful on the big and small screen in recent years, in films ranging from The Hunger Games and Star Wars to Wonder Woman, and in TV series like Game of Thrones.
The BBC will be hoping today's announcement will not just excite viewers, but will also demonstrate that the time travel show has firmly moved into the 21st century.
Whittaker said it felt "incredible" to take on the role, saying: "It feels completely overwhelming, as a feminist, as a woman, as an actor, as a human, as someone who wants to continually push themselves and challenge themselves, and not be boxed in by what you're told you can and can't be."
And she told fans not to be "scared" by her gender.
"Because this is a really exciting time, and Doctor Who represents everything that's exciting about change," she said, adding: "The fans have lived through so many changes, and this is only a new, different one, not a fearful one."
Whittaker said she had used the codename "Clooney" when discussing the part with her husband and agent - as actor George is "an iconic guy".
Chibnall said the 13th Doctor was always going to be a woman.
He said: "I always knew I wanted the 13th Doctor to be a woman and we're thrilled to have secured our number one choice.
"Her audition for the Doctor simply blew us all away. Jodie is an in-demand, funny, inspiring, super-smart force of nature and will bring loads of wit, strength and warmth to the role. The 13th Doctor is on her way."
Chibnall is taking over from Steven Moffat, who leaves the series at the same time as Capaldi.
Capaldi, who had said he wanted to see a woman replace him, said: "Anyone who has seen Jodie Whittaker's work will know that she is a wonderful actress of great individuality and charm.
"She has above all the huge heart to play this most special part. She's going to be a fantastic Doctor."
Former companions Billie Piper and Karen Gillan had called for a female Time Lord, while Doctor Who and Sherlock writer Mark Gatiss said it was the perfect time for a woman to take the lead role.
After the announcement, Piper tweeted the word: "YES" with a red rose emoji, while fellow former companion Freema Agyeman tweeted: "Change isn't a dirty word!!!!"
Dedicated Whovians were quick to react to the news of Jodie Whittaker taking over the Tardis.
On social media, some said it would encourage them to watch the show for the first time - but others said the casting meant they would be switching off, and that the Doctor should be played by a man.
Carla Joanna tweeted to say that she would be tuning in and that the trailer "made me choke up a little". Another tweeter, Ayad, said: "I don't even watch Doctor Who but a woman doctor is so cool."
But Samantha Melton said: "I am a woman and a feminist but I don't want a female Doctor. To me it's trying too hard to tick the boxes."
Doctor Who writer Jenny Colgan, who has written for the series' books and audio dramas, said: "I am of course incredibly excited the new Doctor is a woman; Steven Moffat has been paving the way for this for ages and it is absolutely about time.
"I can't imagine what it's like for Jodie: she must be so scared and excited all at once, but I couldn't be happier, and 100% can't wait to write for her."
Will Howells, who writes for the Doctor Who magazine and has been a fan for 25 years, said: "In 2017, there shouldn't be anything major about a TV series changing from a male lead to a female one. We'll also maybe see a solo male companion as a regular feature for the first time.
"I don't think it's a risky choice at all - but if a show that can go anywhere and do anything can't take risks, what can?"
Science fiction and fantasy author Paul Cornell said: "It's always been time for a woman Doctor and it's great we got there.
"Well done to Steven Moffat for laying the groundwork. She's going to be amazing. And that first episode of hers is going to get a lot of new people watching."
Actress Olivia Colman, who starred in a Doctor Who episode and was one of the possible candidates for the role, said it was a "classy decision".
"The creatives made the right decision that the part should be a woman and it's about time," she told BBC News. She added that those unhappy about Whittaker being the new Time Lord should "leave her alone and let her do her job brilliantly".
Whittaker starred as Beth Latimer in the three series of the ITV crime drama Broadchurch, as the mother of a murdered boy.
As well as TV work, Whittaker has appeared on the big screen, in One Day, Attack the Block and St Trinian's. She made her film debut in 2006's Venus, opposite Peter O'Toole.
Traditionally, each Doctor has their own distinctive look, raising questions about the cloak Whittaker wears in the trailer. However, she has said it is not part of her official Doctor Who outfit, and that she does not yet know what she will wear.
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Senate Democratic leader Charles Schumer warned that destroying any tapes would break the law.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said the White House needed to "clear the air" about whether tapes existed.
The comments come after Mr Trump tweeted what appeared to be a thinly veiled threat to the former FBI chief.
He warned Mr Comey last week against talking to the media, saying he had "better hope there are no tapes" of their conversations.
The White House has neither confirmed nor denied the existence of any tapes.
Mr Schumer also warned that Senate Democrats might refuse to vote on a new FBI director until a special prosecutor is named to investigate alleged Russian meddling in the US election.
The FBI is investigating the allegations and possible ties between Moscow and the Trump campaign.
Mr Trump denies any such links and says Mr Comey had assured him he was not being investigated. He says he fired Mr Comey because he was not doing a good job.
Democrats, however, have accused President Trump of firing Mr Comey to try to thwart the FBI inquiry.
Mr Schumer told CNN that if any tapes existed "the president should turn them over immediately. To destroy them would be a violation of law".
"If there are no tapes, he should apologise to both Jim Comey and the American people for misleading them," he added.
Senator Graham told NBC that Mr Trump's tweet was "inappropriate" and called on the president to "back off and let the investigation go forward".
"You can't be cute about tapes," he said. "If there are any tapes of this conversation, they need to be turned over."
Meanwhile, President Trump has said he could announce a replacement for Mr Comey later this week.
Eleven people are reportedly being considered for the position, which requires confirmation in the Senate, and interviews began on Saturday.
Those under consideration include acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, New York Appeals Court Judge Michael Garcia, Republican Senator John Cornyn and senior lawyer Alice Fisher.
Greg Clarke was talking to the Culture, Media and Sport committee in Westminster following the departure of Sam Allardyce as England boss.
Coventry City's future is unclear, with a deal allowing it to play at the Ricoh Arena due to expire next season.
Thousands of people have signed a petition urging owners Sisu to sell up.
Mr Clarke said: "Coventry City is a very, very sad case.
"It's a fine football club 20 miles from my home town and I still remember them winning the FA Cup.
"Their fans have had a torrid time and the bad blood that now exists between the owners, the fans, the local council has failed to be healed by multiple acts of mediation by the Football League."
The Coventry Telegraph newspaper is campaigning for Sisu to sell Coventry City, citing nine years of falling attendances, revenues and league positions.
A rent dispute meant the team was having to play its home games in Northampton but a deal was struck to return to the Ricoh for two years in 2014.
The club's training ground has also been earmarked for new housing.
On Saturday, fans threw plastic pigs on the pitch before the match against Charlton to express their anger.
Carles Puigdemont was speaking in the regional assembly ahead of a vote that confirmed him in office by 70 votes in favour to 63 against.
On Saturday Mr Mas abandoned efforts to regain the regional presidency after another party refused to support him.
Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy has meanwhile pledged to fight for national unity.
"The government won't allow a single act that could harm the unity and sovereignty of Spain," he said in Madrid.
The Spanish prime minister - whose own position is unclear since inconclusive elections in December - has insisted that whoever forms the next national government should have "an ample parliamentary base with the stability and capacity to face the separatist challenge".
"We have known how to set aside our differences to defend the unity of the nation," Mr Rajoy said on national TV.
The future of Catalonia's independence movement had been uncertain since regional parliamentary elections in September.
The pro-independence parties that triumphed in the polls bickered over who should lead the new local government.
But addressing the assembly on Sunday, Mr Puigdemont pledged to end the divisions.
"There are many [supporters of independence], true, there are many more than there used to be, more than there were 20 years ago," he said.
"[But] in this phase we have to gain total democratic legitimacy, we need more [supporters] and I call on everyone."
On Saturday Mr Mas agreed to withdraw his candidacy for the regional presidency because his nomination led to disagreements between the anti-capitalist CUP party and the Junts pel Si (Together for Yes) alliance.
That in turn has cleared the way for Mr Puigdemont to claim the leadership.
In November, the Catalan parliament voted to start the secession process - a move declared unconstitutional by Mr Rajoy's conservative Popular Party (PP), which ran the country before last month's election.
Catalonia is a highly industrialised and populous region in Spain's north-east that accounts for about a fifth of the country's economic output.
Both the PP and the Socialists (PSOE), who came first and second respectively in Spain's general election, oppose Catalan secession.
Already one of China's most popular athletes, the former NBA superstar from New York, is believed to be the first foreign celebrity to receive permanent residency.
He broke the news earlier this month in a post on his official Weibo microblog page.
"Being the first foreign basketball player to receive a green card means a lot in making history in China," he wrote. "I'm so blessed and thankful to receive my Chinese green card. I feel like my love for China is being shown in the same way."
China's green card policy was introduced in 2004 and is a notoriously difficult permit to obtain because of the stringent requirements for residency.
Earlier this year however, Chinese media reported the government had eased rules and procedures, in a move to attract foreign investment. Applicants are required to hold professional titles and have made "outstanding contributions" to China.
They must have worked in the country for more than four years and have sound tax records. Officials say that only 5,000 foreigners were granted permanent residency between 2004 and 2013. There are an estimated 600,000 foreigners in the country.
Stephon Marbury became one of these in 2010, when he wrapped up his career in the NBA and joined the world of Chinese basketball.
Chinese fans on Weibo welcomed him to the club.
"China welcomes all forms of talent to our shores," said Weibo user Fan Hui Han. "We love the sport that you champion and it is truly an honour to call you one of our own."
"You have brought unprecedented glory to all of us in Beijing! This is the best way we can repay you," commented a user in the capital.
Another said: "Welcome to Beijing! Few foreigners have embraced our country and culture like you have. China loves and supports you."
Mr Marbury was an NBA All-Star player in 2001 and 2003. He has played with several basketball teams including the New York Knicks, Phoenix Suns and the New Jersey Nets.
Since he arrived in China, he has led the Beijing Ducks to national victory, winning three Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) championships.
This year, China immortalised Mr Marbury with an arena statue, and he got his own postage stamp in April.
Earlier this week, a museum dedicated to the star opened in Beijing, displays photos of his US career and now his life in China.
"Today was one of the best days of my life in opening my own museum," he wrote on his Weibo page. "I couldn't have dreamed this dream for myself although God has created another miracle in this life for me."
He also added: "Without my teammates, coaches and fans from Beijing, this wouldn't be possible."
Basketball is a national obsession among many fans in China, where it has often been referred to as the country's "true" national sport.
US basketball stars like Kobe Bryant, Dennis Rodman and American-Chinese player Jeremy Lin all have official accounts on Weibo - China's popular and regulated microblogging platform.
The 24-year-old American played is Surrey's second signing of the summer and their first overseas player.
Felder has played for Jacksonville State for the past two seasons in the NCAA Division I.
"I'm delighted to have added DJ to the squad," Scorchers head coach Creon Raftopoulos told the club website.
"Fans can expect a strong, dynamic power forward, a superb midrange shooter, with an excellent shooting touch."
Felder will join up with the squad ahead of their BBL opener away to Bristol Flyers on Saturday 19 September.
The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) said HM Revenue and Customs data showed exports fell 7% to £3.95bn in 2014.
The decline was in part due to a sharp drop in exports to the USA, the biggest market for Scotch by value, where sales fell by 9% to £748m.
The volume of global exports also fell by 3%, to 1.19 billion 70cl bottles.
SWA blamed the decline on "weaker economic conditions and political volatility" in some markets.
But it remained upbeat about the future, arguing that the long-term outlook for the sector was good with underlying strong growth in most emerging markets.
In Asia, Taiwan saw exports jump 36% to £197m, partly as a result of the growing popularity of single malts.
Exports to India were up 29% to £89m, despite a 150% import tariff.
Top six Scotch whisky exports markets by value - 2014
1. USA £750m (-9%)
2. France £445m (+2%)
3. Singapore £201m (-39%)
4. Taiwan £197m (+36%)
5. Spain £166m (-8%)
6. Germany £141m (-18%)
But there was a mixed picture in emerging markets. Exports by volume to Mexico grew 5% to 42.8 million bottles, while value fell by 10% in that market.
There was a similar trend in Brazil, with volumes flat but value down 20%.
The important hub market of the United Arab Emirates continued to boom, with exports up 27% by value.
However, exports to the major regional hub of Singapore fell by 39% in value to £200m.
SWA said this was partly down to the ongoing austerity campaign in China - the final destination for much of the Scotch shipped from the UK to Singapore.
Direct exports to China, the 26th largest market by value, fell 23% to £39m.
SWA said the 9% fall in exports to the USA was due partly to stock adjustments and an increasingly competitive spirits market.
Exports to France, the biggest market by volume and second biggest by value, were up 2% to £445m, suggesting that the French market was stabilising after Scotch was hit by a tax increase in 2012.
One encouraging sign for the industry was that global exports appeared to perform better in the second half of last year.
SWA chief executive David Frost said: "Economic and political factors in some important markets held back Scotch whisky exports in 2014 after a decade of strong growth.
"It shows that the industry's success cannot be taken for granted and that we must continue to argue for more open markets and ambitious trade deals that tackle barriers to market access.
"The long-term fundamentals remain strong, with consumers in emerging markets wanting to buy Scotch whisky as a high-quality and authentic product with a strong reputation and clear provenance.
"This drives the strong investment in Scotch whisky production in Scotland and the significant interest in entering the sector."
19 January 2017 Last updated at 07:02 GMT
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The Stoke striker reached the milestone in his side's 1-1 draw with Everton on Wednesday, 15 years after scoring his first goal in the English top flight.
"There's some fantastic players in that 100 club, so to be among them is great for me," Crouch, 36, said.
"The minute it went in, it's a great feeling."
He added: "I've had a few messages, lots of friends and family absolutely buzzing for me."
Crouch's landmark goal came with a simple finish early in the first half against Everton, and elevates him into the company of greats including Alan Shearer, Thierry Henry, Ian Wright and Robbie Fowler.
"It's quite emotional and nice to get in there because there's a lot of players that I look up to," said the former England international, who took 419 Premier League games to bring up his ton.
"There's been some great goals along the way and also some scrappy ones, but we'll take them."
Potters boss Mark Hughes paid tribute to the veteran striker, who has forced his way back into the Welshman's plans this season after being frozen out for much of the 2015-16 campaign.
"Everybody talks about his personality and his character but above all he's an exceptional football player," said Hughes.
"It's fantastic. It's credit to him. Since he's come back into the side, he's been excellent."
Crouch's first Premier League goal came on his top-flight debut against Newcastle in April 2002 - a goal scored against his current Stoke team-mate Shay Given.
Fifteen years on he marked his 100th by dusting off the robot dance that he first unleashed before the 2006 World Cup but which has not been seen on the pitch since 2007.
"It was a bit of nostalgia, pulling it out. I was under a lot of pressure," said Crouch, who at 36 years and two days is the oldest man to reach 100 Premier League goals.
"It was a bit stiff to be honest. It's been 10 years, I think I'll have to retire it. Weddings and parties only now."
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The jury was told about James Aspinall, 18, and five other fans who died at the FA Cup semi-final on 15 April 1989,
James's mother Margaret, the Hillsborough Families' Support Group chairwoman, was a leading campaigner for fresh inquests.
The inquest, the longest in UK legal history, began on 31 March 2014.
Giving evidence, Dr Jasmeet Soar, a resuscitation specialist, told the hearing that "earlier intervention before cardiac arrest" may have saved James's life.
Margaret Aspinall said she was angered to hear her son "could possibly have been saved" and felt she had let him down.
"It hurts... you are reliving the moment your son went out the door and didn't come back."
She added: "It sounds silly but... I was there for his first breath, when he most needed me. As a mum, I let him down."
BBC News: Profiles of all those who died
The inquest also heard that the tragedy's final victim, Tony Bland, received "very high quality chest compressions" which had re-started his heart.
Mr Bland was the final victim to die as a result of a crush at the Liverpool v Nottingham Forest match.
He died in 1993 when the Law Lords ruled that life support could be withdrawn after he spent almost four years in a persistent vegetative state.
Coroner Sir John Goldring is scheduled to begin three weeks of summing up on 25 January, with the jury of seven women and three men due to begin deliberations on 22 February.
The inquests at the purpose-built coroner's court in Birchwood, near Warrington, have been active for a total of 279 days.
96
people lost their lives
4,000 documents shown to the jury
500+ witnesses have given evidence
279 days of inquest so far
119 interested parties
The 1989 match commander David Duckenfield and South Yorkshire Police are among the 12 individuals and 12 organisations listed as interested parties, along with the families of 95 of the 96 victims.
One victim, Martin Wild, had no family who could be traced by the investigating team.
Verdicts from the first set of inquests held in Sheffield in 1990-91 were quashed by the High Court in 2012 following the publication of a report by the Hillsborough Independent Panel.
The cost of the new inquests, which were set up in February 2013, had reached £14m by November last year.
The Santa Barbara development was once home to a zoo, an amusement park and its own fire station.
Much of this has gone but there is still a floral clock and a railway.
Jackson bought the house in 1987 for $19.5m but struggled to pay for it, until an investment company stepped in to help him save it from auction.
The property is now called Sycamore Valley Ranch and has undergone extensive redevelopment since Jackson's death in 2009.
The 2,800 acre (1,100 hectare) site, at 5225 Figueroa Mountain Road, is now being sold jointly by Sotheby's and Hilton & Hyland.
The estate agents have warned off fans hoping to get a glimpse inside the piece of Jackson history, telling the Wall Street Journal anyone wanting to view the property would be subject to "extensive prequalification".
"We're not going to be giving tours," said Suzanne Perkins of Sotheby's International Realty.
Jackson bought Neverland in 1987 intending to create a fantasy land for children, and moved in the following year.
It was named after an island in the story Peter Pan, where children never grow up.
After he bought it, Jackson built a zoo and fairground but it was closed to the public in 2006 after he failed to pay his staff or maintain proper insurance.
An extremely rare giant squid, which measures 5.8m (20ft) long, was landed by fishermen off the coast of Dingle on Monday.
The cephalopod catch is the first in 22 years and only the fifth documented sighting of the squid in Irish waters.
Marine Biologist Kevin Flannery described the specimen as a "legend of the sea".
"It's something rare, something wonderful and something unusual," Mr Flannery told BBC Radio Foyle.
"These things have been legends of the sea, when the trawl comes up and this 20ft arm comes out and sticks on to you - you'd get a bad fright!"
The squid was caught by fisherman Pete Flannery (no relation to Kevin), skipper of the Cú na Mara, near the Porcupine Basin, about 120 miles off the Dingle coast.
Incidentally, it was Mr Flannery's father who caught two other giant squid in the same waters, in 1995.
If you're counting, that makes the Flannerys responsible for landing 60% of all known giant squid in Ireland since 1673.
"His father caught two of them back in 1995, so maybe they're attached to them or something like that but I think it's to do with the area in which they fish," said Kevin Flannery.
Mr Flannery, who is director of Dingle's Ocean world Aquarium and the Explore Us Aquarium in Portaferry, said the current specimen will now be scientifically studied.
"Squid don't have a long lifespan, so obviously they must reproduce rapidly and have quite a number of offspring," he said.
"You can learn their growth patterns, what they feed on, what their size ratio is, if they're pregnant, what sex they are and we also keep some for DNA purposes as well to see if they're related to species off the coast of South Africa.
"I hope to bring some part of it (the squid) up to the aquarium up in Portaferry and let people see the suckers, because they have hundreds of these sucker nail type cutting discs that they attach to the great whales."
Truro have lost their past three games, conceding 11 goals and scoring none, and they are 18th in the table.
They have not won in successive games since November, when they won four of their five matches in all competitions.
"I'm very concerned about it, but that's the way the team have been the whole season," Hodges said.
"They've been very Jekyll and Hyde, and the 4-0 [loss at Bath on Saturday] was very harsh on us.
"You've got to take your chances when you get them and at the moment we don't seem to be doing that. That's the disappointing thing."
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Fans held aloft coloured tiles, spelling out his name, before the Premier League match against Everton.
Club director Charlton, 78, joined United in 1953 and made 758 appearances, scoring 249 goals.
A member of the England team which won the 1966 World Cup, Charlton won four league titles with United and the 1968 European Cup.
The retired midfielder was one of the survivors of the Munich air disaster, which killed eight of his team-mates in 1958.
The South Stand, which contains the only remaining part of the original 1910 stadium infrastructure, houses the directors' box.
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Manchester United have renamed Old Trafford's South Stand in honour of Sir Bobby Charlton.
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In a televised address, Ms Park apologised formally for the sinking.
A new safety agency would handle rescue duties, with investigative functions passing to the police, she said.
The Sewol ferry disaster on 16 April killed 286 passengers, most of whom were high school students. Another 18 are still missing.
"The ultimate responsibility of the poor response to this accident lies with me," Ms Park said.
She said the coastguard had "failed to fulfil its original duties" and "had it actively carried out rescue efforts immediately after the accident", more lives could have been saved.
Ms Park added that in its current form, the coastguard would be unable to prevent another large-scale disaster.
"The coastguard continued to get bigger in size but did not have enough personnel and budget allocated for maritime safety, and training for rescue was very much insufficient," she said, according to Reuters.
Ms Park's office told agencies that her plans had to be approved by the National Assembly, in which her Saenuri party maintains a majority.
The planned disbanding of the coastguard is one of several reforms the South Korean leader announced on Monday.
An interim investigation found that the ferry was overloaded, carrying three times its approved amount of cargo, and that a sharp turn destabilised it and caused it to capsize.
Officials from the ferry's operator and a company that conducted safety checks on the vessel prior to the incident have also been arrested.
"A 20-year-old vessel was bought and refurbished to add excessive capacity, then it was loaded with much more cargo than allowed with a false reporting on weight, but not a single person in the position to supervise stopped any of it," Ms Park said.
She said she planned to increase restrictions on government officials taking up jobs related to their duties after retirement. The practice, also known as "bureaucratic mafia" in South Korea, is seen as fostering too-cosy ties between bureaucrats and regulators.
The accident showed "how big a calamity can be brought about by the abnormal practice of collusion between the government and civilians", she was quoted as saying by Yonhap news agency.
The president also proposed establishing a committee to look into whether the Sewol ferry accident was caused by corruption and other irregularities.
Ms Park's administration has been the subject of continued criticism over the accident, particularly on the speed of search and rescue operations, despite earlier apologies from her and the resignation of Prime Minister Chung Hong-won.
Only 172 passengers survived the sinking of the ferry, including 22 of the 29 crew members.
The ferry captain and three members of the crew have been charged with manslaughter. Prosecutors have indicted another 11 crew members for negligence, for failing to evacuate passengers.
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South Korea plans to break up its coastguard in the wake of the ferry disaster in which more than 300 people died, says President Park Geun-hye.
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Shop worker Samir Hussain was scarred for life when Michael McPherson threw sulphuric acid in his face outside Cineworld in Crawley, West Sussex.
Mr Hussain still wears a mask 18 months on, Brighton Magistrates' Court heard.
Lee Bates, who was with McPherson at the time, was sentenced after admitting common assault, while McPherson, who admitted GBH, will be sentenced later.
Mr Hussain's ordeal began when he and a friend, Yasir Khan, left a late-night showing of the film Straight Outta Compton at the complex in August 2015.
The court heard that they were approached outside the cinema by Bates and by McPherson, who told them: "You've seen a gangster movie; you can see gangsters now."
Steven Talbot Hadley, prosecuting, said Mr Hussain was punched by both men before McPherson retrieved a bottle of acid from his car and threw it in his victim's face.
Mr Hussain, who suffered severe burns to his face, neck and right arm, has had a number of skin grafts.
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Speaking to the BBC in July, Mr Hussain, 28, , from Redhill, Surrey, who works at a shop in Tunbridge Wells, said: "It is something I talk about on a daily basis."
He said he raised his hands to protect his face, which he believes saved his sight.
Bates, 26, of Halston Close, south-west London, was given a two-year conditional discharge for punching Mr Hussain. The court heard he had already been on a curfew for 18 months.
McPherson, 27, also from south-west London, will be sentenced at a later date.
The legislation as it stands is concerned with management of land and ending tax relief for shooting estates.
MSPs had said the bill needed "more work", while SNP conference delegates backed making it more "robust".
Land Reform Minister Aileen McLeod said the changes would make the bill "the most radical and ambitious land reform legislation possible".
The latest changes come in addition to an earlier announcement of a provision to create a register of people in control of land in Scotland.
The bill also includes:
Changes include:
The rural affairs, environment and climate change committee will consider amendments on the first five parts of the bill this week.
Ms McLeod said the government was "strengthening an already radical" bill.
She said: "This strengthened bill will change the relationship between the people of Scotland and the land that we live, work and depend on.
"As I have said before, I am open to ideas and suggestions relating to Scotland's land reform journey and will continue to listen to all the evidence and will consider any further suggestions."
Launchbury, 24, played in all four of England's group games as they failed to qualify for the World Cup quarter-finals, leading to Lancaster's exit.
"He gave me my first cap and he's all I've known in an England shirt," Launchbury told BBC Sport. "It'll be different when we go back.
"But I'm just focusing on playing for Wasps and putting my marker forward."
Launchbury came off the replacements bench for England's first two group matches - the 35-11 win over Fiji and the 28-25 defeat by Wales - before starting the 33-13 loss to eventual finalists Australia and the comfortable victory against Uruguay.
Having signed a new contract in October 2014, Launchbury is now looking forward to having an influential season with Wasps after spending most of last term out with a neck injury.
"I'm fully focused on doing well here, I hardly pulled on the shirt last year and I'm just loving being back," he said.
"I've been here for a few years and we've been through some tough times but when I signed up I could see the vision of the club.
"If we can keep these results up hopefully we can get noticed outside this circle as well."
Their work is focussed on the feral population of Soay sheep on Hirta.
Edinburgh University says the study has enabled ground-breaking discoveries about how Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection plays out in reality.
It has also given insights into how wild animals age and how they are responding to climate change.
Researchers from the University of Edinburgh, the University of Cambridge and Imperial College London have been marking the anniversary at a series of lectures held at the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Alexander Bennett of the National Trust for Scotland, which was bequeathed St Kilda by the 5th Marquess of Bute in 1957, describes the Soay sheep as emblematic of the islands.
He said: "They've become wild since the islanders themselves were evacuated in 1930 and today the visitors love them.
"But we have to explain to them the importance of this research - the longest running large mammal research project in the world."
Scientists have been intrigued by the way in which the number of Soay sheep on Hirta increases, before falling sharply. This process is repeated at irregular intervals.
Prof Josephine Pemberton of the University of Edinburgh's School of Biological Sciences has been involved in the study since 1985.
She told BBC Scotland News: "The sheep are relatively straightforward to study because they are in a very simple ecosystem.
"They have no competitors for the food and there are no predators.
"You can follow the lives of individuals and in that way you can track what individual events lead them to have these very unusual population dynamics."
High numbers, poor winter weather and demographics all increase the likelihood of a crash in numbers.
A sharp drop in the population is less likely when there are relatively high numbers of mature females - the most resilient group of Soay sheep.
Visitors who have made the long journey to St Kilda often ask why the Soay sheep are much smaller than domestic sheep seen elsewhere.
The scientists believe they have the answer.
Prof Pemberton explained: "They are growing a little more slowly compared with 30 years ago.
"Although we know that small lambs are more likely to die in winter, what's been happening is that as the climate has changed and the winters have got shorter, the little lambs are more likely to survive.
"The consequence of that is that you have these very small animals entering the population and they are bringing down the mean size."
Dan Nussey, a research fellow at the University of Edinburgh, studies the ageing process in wild animals.
He said: "I am interested in establishing what is responsible for the variation that we see in when and how quickly ageing manifests in the Soay sheep and more generally in animal populations.
"There is a very long standing belief in the more mainstream ageing research world that wild animals don't grow old, essentially that nature is too harsh and they don't live long enough.
"What we've seen over the last five to 10 years with the emergence and maturation of long term studies, like the one in St Kilda, is overwhelming evidence that particularly in longer lived birds and mammals we really can see that process."
The research work in St Kilda is seen as internationally important.
Few other populations of large mammals anywhere in the world are studied in such detail.
Similar research is focussed on red deer on the Hebridean island of Rum, bighorn sheep in Canada and kangaroos in Australia.
But after decades of work, the Soay sheep of St Kilda continue to fascinate scientists from around the world who travel to these remote islands to learn more about this unique population and our natural world.
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But the intensely controversial decision made last December, at Bernie Ecclestone's behest, to award double points at the final race of the season, means Hamilton now has to be second to his Mercedes team-mate in the same scenario.
Whether that is right or not is a matter of opinion. But at least Rosberg's victory in Brazil on Sunday, which reduced the gap between them to 17 points, means that double points has not affected whether the championship went to the wire.
It was a copybook weekend from the German, exactly what he needed to re-establish his position as a credible championship contender in many eyes.
Until his flawless weekend in Sao Paulo, Rosberg had won just four races to Hamilton's 10.
He had three times seen a championship lead of more than a victory's worth of points eroded by his team-mate.
And he had beaten the Briton only once when they had started from the front row together. And that was in Monaco, where overtaking is all but impossible, and where Hamilton's attempt to take the lead at the pit stops was thwarted by a safety car.
Heading into Brazil, Hamilton had won five races in a row, to turn what had been a 29-point deficit to Rosberg after the Belgian Grand Prix into a 24-point advantage.
At Interlagos, though, Rosberg answered criticisms that he would not be a worthy champion as a result of this in the only way he could, and in the best way possible.
Fastest in every practice and qualifying session, Rosberg led the race from start to finish other than around the first pit stops.
It was a convincing riposte, and a ruthlessly effective way to halt the unstoppable momentum Hamilton appeared to be building up.
The only fly in the ointment for Rosberg was that Hamilton was again demonstrably the faster of the two drivers in the race.
He was able to follow within a second of Rosberg for lap after lap, despite the deleterious effect this had on his car's aerodynamics, and when Rosberg made his second pit stop, Hamilton unleashed breathtaking pace that initially looked as if it might leapfrog him into the lead, until he half-spun.
Hamilton wasted no time after the race pointing out that he was the quicker of the two drivers but in the end it did not do him any good. Rosberg, controlling his pace with good judgement, had enough to hold him off.
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During the race, the turning point appeared to be Hamilton's spin on lap 28, as he pushed flat out to try to leapfrog Rosberg over the course of their second pit stops.
Initially, Hamilton said he thought this had cost him victory, but closer examination of the race with the Mercedes engineers revealed this was not necessarily the case.
Straight after the race, Hamilton said he did not know why the team had left him out for a second lap before his own second stop.
The reason was straightforward. Despite setting the fastest times of the race to that point in the first and second sectors of his first lap following Rosberg's stop, Hamilton had not quite done enough to ensure he would rejoin ahead of Rosberg had he made his own stop at the end of that lap.
So his engineers decided to give him another tour to try to make up some extra time, reasoning that with the pace he had shown on that first lap, he should easily have made it.
As one of them said: "You don't bring someone in when they have just set two purple [fastest on the screens] sector times."
But the reasoning of the Mercedes engineers had not taken into account the effect Hamilton's pace had had on his tyres.
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"When they told me to push I thought I had one more lap to do," he said. "So I used all the tyres I had left. But when they told me to go by the pits, the rears were going. I could feel it through Turn Three, so I probably wouldn't have been able to stay at that pace."
And then came the crucial mistake, when he locked the rear tyres going into Turn Four and ran wide into the run-off area, half-spinning.
"They told me to do a switch change," Hamilton said. "As I was doing it, I didn't go back on my brake balance. I locked the rears. One thing kind of happened after the other.
"Ultimately it was a mistake. But I'm not going to look back at it. It's done and dusted. No regrets. It's seven points lost; I still got second."
"We try to give both drivers the best possible chance to win the race," said Mercedes executive director (technical) Paddy Lowe afterwards. "For Lewis, it just didn't quite work out today."
Although he lost more than seven seconds with the spin, Hamilton made up all that time over the course of a third stint that was highly impressive, even allowing for the fact that Rosberg was taking it easy on his tyres and not driving as hard as he might otherwise have done.
At that stage, it looked as if Hamilton would have enough speed to pass Rosberg for victory on track, just as he did in Austin the week before.
But although he spent the final 20 laps after their final stops tucked up right behind his team-mate, Rosberg was too canny, and they crossed the line just over a second apart, after Hamilton backed off slightly in the last sector of the final lap.
It was the second weekend in succession in which Hamilton had been beaten to pole position but been demonstrably faster in the grand prix. And afterwards, neither he nor the team appeared to have any real explanation.
"I'm quicker in the race, that's clear," Hamilton said. "I think in qualifying I sometimes get it right and sometimes don't. I know I can be quick."
In his last words to the media before leaving Brazil, Hamilton summed up his mindset heading into the final race: "There are a lot of positives to take from today."
Indeed there are. Mercedes are so far clear of their opposition that Hamilton and Rosberg should easily be able to finish one-two in Abu Dhabi, for the 12th time this season.
So, in theory, the title should be as good as won for Hamilton.
But that is assuming everything goes well for both drivers on the technical front.
The season has hardly been plain sailing for Mercedes on reliability grounds, and it is only four races since Rosberg failed to finish in Singapore for the most bizarre of reasons - a smidgen of cleaning fluid that found its way into the steering column electronics and sent his car's systems into meltdown.
A modern F1 car is so complex that there are literally thousands of things that could go wrong for either Mercedes driver in Abu Dhabi, even though the team will do their utmost to ensure nothing does, as they have all season.
It will be an anxious weekend, I suggested to Lowe on Sunday afternoon in Brazil. Yes, he nodded, with the tightest of smiles.
But South East Coast Ambulance (Secamb) said there was no evidence of patient harm, in an independently-led patient impact review published on Friday.
The review was requested by NHS Improvement, formerly Monitor, which said it would look at the findings.
Secamb was placed in special measures in September.
In the pilot, from December 2014 to February 2015, Secamb delayed sending help for certain 111 calls that had been transferred to the 999 system.
The calls were not those identified by 111 as potentially the most life-threatening, but included those at the next level of urgency, the report said.
The trust delayed dispatching ambulances to allow paramedic staff to call the patient or caller back to get more information and potentially downgrade or upgrade the call.
Secamb acting chief executive Geraint Davies said: "We are satisfied that this report, which was led by an independent and external clinician and which looked at 185,000 calls, has identified no evidence of patient harm attributable to the pilot.
"We do however recognise that there were significant governance and other failings."
The report said had effective clinical governance arrangements been in place it would have been easier to measure positive or negative effects on patients.
Recommendations included reviewing governance, making changes when planning projects, following best practice and training clinicians to required standards.
In a statement, NHS Improvement said: "We note the report states that there was no evidence of patient harm but the project cannot completely exclude any incident of harm occurred."
It added: "We will review the findings of this report to further support our work so that patients in the South East can be assured that they are getting the quality care they expect."
Now, some of these figures will be plucked out of the air, but some of them will be based on serious economic modelling - carried out by folk with brains the size of planets, most likely swimming around in think tanks.
Should you believe all of them, some of them or none of them and how do you know which to treasure and which to discard?
No, they're a bit more realistic than that. But not much.
A lot of people trying to decide whether to vote to leave the European Union or stay in want to know what would happen if the UK left.
And the trouble is that we don't know.
Honestly we don't. And anyone who tells you they do is lying.
Among the key questions to which we don't know the answers are what sort of trade deals the UK would manage to do after leaving, how long they would take to negotiate, how much of the UK's contribution to the EU Budget would be saved, what that saved money would be spent on, whether the regulations that the UK government devised to replace the EU ones were better than the EU ones and what effect all that had on the economy.
There are also more subtle effects on the economy that are even harder to measure such as whether a Brexit would create some sort of feelgood factor in the UK economy, or the opposite.
Yes it is. Remember the Budget? The Office for Budget Responsibility, which does the forecasts that the government bases its decisions on, made really big changes to the predictions it had made for the economy only about four months before. And that was without a really major event such as leaving the EU to cloud its predictions.
Also, that was looking at what will happen in four or five years, while the EU questions has ramifications for decades, during which the global economy could change beyond recognition.
The PwC report commissioned by the CBI concluded that the cost of Brexit could be as much as 5% of GDP and 950,000 jobs by 2020, figures heartily disputed by the Leave side. How would they have worked that out?
The way it works is that you build a model to predict the future based largely on how particular things happening in the past have affected the economy.
For example, your model will be programmed for what effect the pound being weaker or stronger against the euro would have on the economy, or what effect an increase in tariffs on particular exports or imports would have.
If you plug in all the right numbers to start with then it might do, but this is where the problems start.
Because in order to work the model you have to make some assumptions in order to have the figures to put in.
You need to take a view of what trade deals would be done and when, what difference it would make to trade, whether the pound would fall and a whole host of other variables.
And the numbers you come out with at the end are enormously sensitive to these assumptions. The margin of error on such forecasts would generally completely dwarf the effects they were trying to identify, if people bothered to try to quantify it.
George Box, one of the greatest statisticians of the 20th Century, said: "All models are wrong, but some are useful."
While the numbers may be of little value, the direction the models predict and some of the assumptions they make are quite interesting.
Friday's report from the Centre for Economic Performance said that leaving would be bad for the economy, predicting falling trade because of rising non-tariff barriers to British goods.
How big a hit the economy would take, whether it's the equivalent of £850 per household in its "optimistic" scenario, £1,700 in its pessimistic one, or between £4,200 and £6,400 per household in the long term is less important.
That's the tricky question.
Look at how well-respected the people conducting the research are. Look at who has commissioned it and who is paying for it.
If it's been commissioned by organisations campaigning for one side or the other then you could reasonably be a bit suspicious of its findings.
But that's not necessarily a firm rule. A well-funded, independent group can be just as wrong as a biased one.
"People are not necessarily wrong because they're biased any more than they're necessarily right because they're rich," says Will Moy, director of the fact-checking organisation Full Fact.
Also, be a bit careful with the question of EU funding. Lots of research organisations bid to do some work for the EU and many universities receive some funding from the EU. Almost none can say they have never received any European money, but it doesn't necessarily mean they are in favour of staying in the union.
Then have a look at the assumptions they are making, what they are predicting will happen and whether it seems too pessimistic or optimistic.
In particular, make sure the organisation is clarifying what assumptions it has made and how the model works. If not, don't believe it.
And remember there's also the option to decide that you don't care what even the finest economists predict, or even that you don't think the economic impact is the most important thing about EU membership.
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The Ardglass man carded a 66 in the third round to finish seven under and in a tie for ninth at Galgorm.
The top 24 progressed to the Shootout format, a series of six-hole stroke play games to determine the winner.
Austria's Mattias Schwab topped the leaderboard on 11 under while tournament ambassador Michael Hoey was tied 45th on two under after a 70.
There was a five-man play-off for the final two spots with Max Orrin and Manuel Trappel going through.
"I'm very pleased - I had two good chances on my last two holes that got me into the play-off and then luckily I managed to get a birdie and get through," said Austrian player Trappel.
"I was obviously very nervous. Playing in a play-off is always nerve-racking but I managed to keep calm and did my best, and it worked out pretty well.
"Sunday will be interesting for sure. I had a bit of experience from the matchplay event in Spain earlier in the season.
"The crowds and the set-up of this tournament are amazing, such a good course, so it should be a special day."
The top eight get a bye into the second round of matches on Sunday with Sharvin competing in the first round.
Sharvin will play Portugal's Ricardo Santos in his first-round match.
The Hatters have used 32 players in the league, four more than top three sides Northampton, Accrington and Oxford.
"It's been a disjointed season for so many of the squad that there hasn't been any continuity," said Jones.
"I could name (Championship leaders) Burnley's side on Saturday now. They have pros who are fit, strong, hungry, have desire and want to get out. That's what you need to be successful."
Talking to BBC Three Counties Radio, Jones continued: "Luton have been nowhere near that this season since I've come in. That has to change.
"There's no balance in the squad and what had started as a season with high hopes hasn't been because of that. There's too many in-between players, it's been a confused season, confused squad."
Jones has been in charge of Luton since January after replacing John Still at Kenilworth Road, and recently brought in former Portsmouth, QPR and Crystal Palace boss Paul Hart as his assistant manager.
And the Welshman is keen to make sure his first signings will be key players next season.
"I don't want to bring in players to improve our squad, I want them to improve our 11," Jones said.
"I would be surprised if the first four we bring in aren't starters for us. We want to get the level of quality here that we believe will do well for Luton Town, then we'll look to improve constantly."
The medical charity said eight members of staff were missing after the attack in Maarat al-Numan, but it did not identify who was responsible.
One monitoring group reported that at least nine people were killed and that Russian aircraft had targeted the town.
The strike comes days after Russia and other world powers agreed to a limited cessation of hostilities in Syria.
More than 250,000 people have died in almost five years of war in Syria.
Eleven million others have fled their homes as forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and those opposed to his rule battle each other, as well as jihadist militants from so-called Islamic State (IS).
MSF said four rockets hit the hospital in Maarat al-Numan, a rebel-held town about 30km (20 miles) south of the city of Idlib, within minutes of each other on Monday morning.
Eight members of staff at the hospital were currently missing, it added.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based group which relies on a network of sources on the ground, said nine people were killed, including a child. The raid also left dozens of others wounded, it added.
"This appears to be a deliberate attack on a health structure, and we condemn this attack in the strongest possible terms," said Massimiliano Rebaudengo, MSF's head of mission in Syria.
"The destruction of the hospital leaves the local population of around 40,000 people without access to medical services in an active zone of conflict."
The 30-bed hospital, which MSF had been supporting since September 2015, had 54 staff, two operating theatres, an outpatients department an emergency room.
On 5 February, three people were killed and six wounded when an MSF-supported hospital in the southern province of Deraa was hit in an air strike.
The attack on Tafas field hospital, about 12km (7 miles) from the Jordanian border, caused partial damage to the hospital building.
MSF, which operates medical facilities inside Syria and supports directly more than 150 others, said last week that such incidents were further depleting Syria's already exhausted healthcare system and preventing more people from accessing desperately needed medical care.
Since the start of this year alone, 14 health facilities in Syria have been hit, which MSF said confirmed that hospitals and clinics were no longer places where patients could recover in safety.
MSF also reiterated that the repeated attacks on medical facilities in the ongoing conflict constituted a flagrant violation of international laws.
The protest in Downing Street on Friday evening was against the American attack on a Syrian airbase.
Hassan Akkad, from Damascus, asked why the group was not protesting against President Assad instead, but was drowned out.
He said: "British people not letting a Syrian say something about Syria in a protest about Syria. It's mad."
The 29-year-old said he had wanted to be the voice of Syrians who were still in the country but left the protest "livid".
Stop the War was founded in September 2001, after US president George W Bush announced a "war on terror".
After a video of the encounter was shared widely online, Mr Akkad told the BBC: "I didn't see them protesting against the chemical attacks, I didn't see them protesting against Putin bombing Syria for the last two years.
"I wanted to go to that protest and I wanted to observe.
"I went to the protest and I saw a group of 30 people with placards, not a single mention of Assad.
"All the placards are against Donald Trump and they're repeating baseless slogans with their megaphones."
He added: "I went to them respectfully and said, 'Listen I'm a Syrian refugee who lives here and I have an opinion, it's a protest about Syria I want to say something'.
"They didn't even address me, they ignored my existence. With their megaphones they went louder and louder and the organisers told them to carry on."
Mr Akkad left Syria in September 2015. He says he was imprisoned twice and tortured for protesting against Assad's regime.
He left his family there and made an 87-day journey to the UK.
Mr Akkad said when the US launched its attack on a Syrian airbase, it did so with "great accuracy" whereas, he said, Assad's bombers "literally shred people down".
"They [President's Assad's forces] have killed hundreds of thousands, we've lost our home, we were displaced, we were made refugees all because of the Assad regime," he said.
"People were tortured to death, chemical attacks, all sort of attacks barrel bombs shredding children and flattening down entire cities.
"So bombing Assad's war machines is in our favour because that means less Syrian civilians will die, less children will die."
After the group would not let Mr Akkad speak, he said: "I felt oppressed, it was like being back in Syria. Like how the Syrian police used to mute our voices.
"I'm not going to be silenced I have the right to say what I believe.
"I left the protest. I was angry, I was livid."
A spokeswoman for Stop the War said: "This was an anti-war protest. There are Syrians who support Western bombing of Syria, and Syrians who oppose it.
"Those who support it have protests calling for intervention. This was an anti-intervention event. Of course his voice can and should be heard.
"But it would be strange if Stop the War gave a platform to people who supported bombing."
Video courtesy of Tehmoor Khalid.
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Ryan Hampson set up a campaign on Facebook calling on officials across the UK to boycott grassroots games in protest at the treatment they receive.
The 18-year-old says the Football Association's procedures to protect referees are not strong enough.
"At times it has been awful," said Hampson, who referees in Manchester.
"I have been headbutted, I've been spat at and I've been punched, just to name a few things that have happened."
Hampson, who began refereeing three and a half years ago, says threats of violence are not uncommon.
"I had a match where one team was awful all game and it got to a point where I had to be escorted off the pitch by the 11 players on the other team," he told BBC Radio 5 live's Breakfast.
"They had to get in a circle and escort me physically, because the other team wouldn't let me go."
But Hampson says such incidents are not always upheld when taken to appeal at regional FA branches.
"Another game, when I got hit, the other manager was there and gave the same version of events as me and it got 'not proven'. I don't know how," he added.
"I put all my hope in the FA really."
The FA said that every season, on average, just short of 4,000 referees decide not to re-register, with a small portion citing dissent from players and parents as a contributing factor.
It said 880,000 youth and adult affiliated grassroots football matches were played last season in England, with 111 proven cases of assaults.
"Under FA regulations, this means those offenders are now banned from all football activity," an FA statement said.
It added: "It was valuable to meet Ryan last month. He raised some important points and we look forward to maintaining this dialogue."
The governing body also said it had given the Respect campaign some "renewed focus" by appointing a dedicated campaign manager to continue the work.
Manchester FA has announced it will provide more support to referees, visit them within 24 hours of an incident and report any assaults to police.
The Libor rate is used to carry out trillions of pounds worth of financial deals.
All six men, who have pleaded not guilty, are accused of conspiracy to defraud by trying to move the rate linked to the Japanese yen.
The trial at Southwark Crown Court is set to last 12 to 14 weeks.
The men - Noel Cryan, Darrell Read, Danny Wilkinson, Colin Goodman, James Gilmour and Terry Farr - have been accused by prosecutors of "widespread manipulation" of rates.
They are alleged to have assisted another bank trader called Tom Hayes and others at banks UBS and Citigroup.
Hayes was convicted of rate-rigging in August.
Opening the case for the prosecution, Muhul Chawla QC said all six defendants conspired with Mr Hayes and others and that they were "rewarded in various ways to corrupt the system".
The fire broke out at Boardwise on Lady Lawson Street at 23:38 on Thursday.
The flats above the shop were evacuated and a couple with their baby and an elderly woman were checked over by the ambulance service.
The fire was put out by 04:18 but fire engines remained at the scene.
Statistics from the Student Loans Company showed the amount lent to Scottish higher education students in 2015-16 was £548.3m, up 6% on 2014-15.
The average debt of students who graduated in 2015 and entered loan repayment in 2016 was £10,500 - up from £9,410 the previous year.
Average debt remains significantly lower than in other parts of the UK.
Scottish students can borrow to pay for their living expenses but are entitled to free tuition at Scottish universities.
The vast majority of Scottish students remain in Scotland to attend university but some do study in the rest of the UK where they can borrow money to pay tuition fees of up to £9,000 a year.
The average amount owed to the company by students from England was £24,640. Welsh students owed an average of £16,120 and students from Northern Ireland £19,720.
The loans are repaid differently to normal loans - almost as if they were a graduate tax.
Graduates pay back a certain proportion of their income once it reaches a threshold until the loan is cleared. The monthly repayments are not affected by the level of debt - only the time the repayments take.
Currently Scottish graduates pay back student loans through a repayment equivalent to 9% on anything they earn over £17,495 before tax per year.
NUS Scotland said the figures did not yet include a full cohort of students who entered Scottish higher education under 2013 reforms to student support, which brought in higher loans.
The figures do not include any other debt graduates may have - for example credit card debt.
The union said debt levels would be expected to increase in coming years once the figures fully reflect the impact of these changes.
President Vonnie Sandlan said: "NUS Scotland worked incredibly hard to see increased student support and fully supported previous reforms that saw the amount of support students could access markedly increase - but it can't be escaped that this came through higher loans rather than grants.
"While increases would have been preferable in grants, and no increases at all would have been unacceptable, it's clear we need to look again at the support we provide for students, particularly our poorest and most in-need."
She added: "While previous support increases were welcome, we shouldn't be timid in going further and reforming the support system for all students in a bold and ambitious way.
"We were pleased this week to hear the Scottish government reiterate their commitment to a full review of the current student support system.
"That review could build on the work of the widening access commission and ensure that we have the support in place to not just help people into education, but to stay there and reach their full potential."
Shirley-Anne Somerville, the Scottish government's minister for further and higher education, said: "We will always take the opportunity to improve student support where we can, which is why in 2016-17 eligibility for the maximum bursary of £1,875 will expand for students who live at home in a household with an income of up to £19,000."
Katrice Lee was two when she vanished from a shop near a military base where her father Richard was based.
Mr Lee, from Hartlepool, said Royal Military Police officers now doubted she had fallen into a nearby river.
The Ministry of Defence said it would be "inappropriate" to comment.
Katrice's family, including her mother Sharon, of Gosport, believe she was abducted as a surrogate child.
In an update from the Royal Military Police, Mr Lee said he was told investigators had been back to the river.
Mr Lee said: "The water theory has now been ruled as less likely which is what my family always believed from day one
"They've had water experts out there who took into account the day that Katrice went missing, the weather conditions, the speed of the river, the depth of the river and their opinion, as my family's opinion always has been, was that she never fell into the river and drowned."
In a statement, the Ministry of Defence said: "Our thoughts continue to be with the family of Katrice Lee.
"However, while the investigation continues it would be inappropriate for us to comment further."
Mr Lee said a DNA profile of Katrice was being circulated around European countries.
"There is a light at the end of the tunnel and we're nudging in the right direction," he said.
Colin Lambert claims he was smeared by Mr Danczuk's office in an email which said he deliberately covered up a scandal involving the former Rochdale MP.
Mr Danczuk has denied any wrongdoing.
Last June, Mr Lambert was forced out as leader of Rochdale Council.
He believes Mr Danczuk, the current Rochdale MP, orchestrated a concerted campaign to oust him.
"It's more than nasty - it's personal," Mr Lambert told the BBC.
"It's libellous that he is accusing me directly of being involved in a plot 10 years earlier to cover up Cyril Smith's abuse, which is outrageous."
A book co-authored by Mr Danczuk and his former senior parliamentary aide Matt Baker investigated claims former Rochdale MP Smith, who died in 2010, abused vulnerable young boys in the town.
An email, dated November 2012 and apparently sent from Mr Baker's address, accused Mr Lambert of deliberately covering up the scandal.
Local businessman Paul Turner-Mitchell, who claimed to be a close friend of Mr Baker, said he was asked to leak the message.
"I was asked to leak it to the local media with the intent, I assume, to report it and to embarrass local [Labour Party] members," Mr Turner-Mitchell said.
Mr Baker said his former associate was acting maliciously after they fell out and said he had reported him to the police.
The BBC has seen no evidence Mr Danczuk knew about the email.
Mr Danczuk said: "I'd suggest they don't waste their money because they are not going to get anywhere in terms of legal action".
"I haven't done anything wrong, my office hasn't done anything wrong.
"There's no case to answer. It's as simple as that.
"If he believed that evidence at the time he should have gone straight to the police and the council and demanded action."
Mr Lambert said he planned to start legal action against the MP and Mr Baker early next week.
A birth, death and a marriage concluded the sixth series of the BBC One drama.
It was watched by an average of 9 million viewers, according to overnight figures.
One Twitter user wrote: "This last episode is destroying me, oh my god #callthemidwife." The midwives will next be seen in a Christmas special.
Other viewers were moved to tears by Sunday's episode.
One fan tweeted: "Haven't yet processed #callthemidwife enough to be coherent but suffice to say I laughed, I cried, I felt the love."
Another wrote: "Beautiful end to @CallTheMidwife1. Sad, funny & heart warming all in 1 episode. Sunday nights won't be the same without it."
And actress Helen Belbin, who had a small part in the series, tweeted: "What a fab series of #CallTheMidwife & such an honour to have been a small part of this series. As an actor you are looked after so well."
The media also gave its reaction to the final episode - the Daily Express's Matt Baylis said its "final delivery was first class".
Jasper Rees, writing in The Telegraph, noted the series "went out with three thumping great storylines as the sixth series rose to a shattering crescendo".
The BBC has commissioned three more series - so hold on to that box of tissues.
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William Young, from Glengiven Avenue, pleaded guilty to wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and threatening to kill a man and a woman.
The incident happened in his former girlfriend's home at Coolessan Walk, Limavady, on 14 March 2014.
Another man, Patrick McDonald, got a suspended sentence for assault.
McDonald, from Sperrin Park in Limavady who admitted assaulting the same victim, entered the woman's house along with Young and they carried out a violent and sustained attack.
They both kicked and punched him off a kitchen stool onto the floor where they again kicked and punched his head.
The judge imposed a twelve month jail sentence, suspended for three years, on Mr McDonald, who had fourteen previous criminal convictions.
The court was told the victim tried to defend himself but as he lay on the floor Young grabbed a knife with a six-inch long serrated blade and started slicing and slashing at his victim.
He sustained multiple knife wounds to his face and scalp and one of the injuries was so deep that his skull was visible.
The judge said when the police and ambulance service arrived at the scene the victim was bleeding heavily and unresponsive.
He also sustained multiple defence lacerations and two broken teeth.
The court heard that McDonald, had, by this time, left the house and took no part in the knife assault.
Young shouted to a woman in the house: "I am going to kill him."
He also shouted that he would put the man "six feet under".
Young was found outside the house, shouting: "I killed him, I killed him".
The judge said that Young had "sliced his victim open with a knife and beat him to the floor".
He added: "It is fortunate for us all that the innocent man is still alive but he still bears the mental and physical scars from what Young did to him."
In a statement, the charity said disciplinary proceedings had begun against him following an independent investigation.
It said there were "issues of concern" about the charity's management.
USPCA members are to be informed about Mr Philpott's suspension at the charity's annual general meeting later.
Stephen Philpott has a high profile and speaks out regularly about animal cruelty in Northern Ireland.
Miss Middleton, 29, was baptised when she was five months old.
The ceremony, which marks the point where baptised Christians make a firm commitment to their faith, was held on 10 March.
Members of the Church of England usually only receive Holy Communion after they have been confirmed.
Bishop Chartres will also give the address at Kate and Prince William's marriage ceremony on 29 April.
A St James's Palace spokesman said: "Catherine Middleton was confirmed by the Bishop of London at a private service at St James's Palace attended by her family and Prince William.
"Miss Middleton, who was already baptised, decided to be confirmed as part of her marriage preparations."
The Book of Common Prayer requires that "there shall none be admitted to the Holy Communion, until such time as he be confirmed, or be ready and desirous to be confirmed."
William will become Supreme Governor of the Church of England when he succeeds to the throne.
He was also confirmed by the Bishop of London, in a ceremony held at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, in March 1997.
It was one of the last times the Prince and Princess of Wales were seen together in public before Princess Diana was killed in a car crash in August that year.
Of more than 1,500 Anglicans polled, 45% said same-sex marriage was right while 37% thought it was wrong.
The Yougov poll also indicates a large increase in support of same-sex marriage over the past three years.
The Church of England's official stance is that marriage can be only between a man and a woman.
Three years ago, a similar YouGov poll found 38% of Anglicans in support and 47% believing same-sex marriage to be wrong.
In the latest poll, support was highest among younger Anglicans, with at least half of those aged under 55 believing it was right and 72% of those aged 25-34 also in favour.
The lowest support rate was found in Anglican men aged over 55, with 24% backing same-sex marriage.
Support for same-sex marriage was higher among the general population, with 56% of the more than 6,000 British people surveyed backing it, compared with 27% of people who opposed it.
Jayne Ozanne, a gay evangelical Anglican and a member of General Synod - the Church of England's ruling body - commissioned the survey.
She said the figures showed the Church was "seriously out of step" with its members "and even more so with society at large".
"It is deeply worrying that the one group that appears less open to change than any other is Anglican men over the age of 55, who are the least likely to approve of same-sex marriage," she added.
"Unfortunately, this is exactly the profile of those in the senior positions of power and influence power within the Church."
A spokesman for the Church of England said it was holding "shared conversations" on the issue and would continue to do so at General Synod this summer.
Earlier this month, the Archbishop of Canterbury apologised for "hurt and pain" caused by the worldwide Anglican Church to the LGBT community.
The Most Reverend Justin Welby made the comments as he defended the decision to restrict a liberal US branch of the Church for allowing same-sex marriage.
News of the NYSE shutdown broke at about 11:30 ET (15:30 GMT) - just hours after US carrier United Airlines had grounded all of its flights after an unspecified computer issue.
Coincidence? Probably. But then the Wall Street Journal website also went down. Cue hysteria, panic, and bad jokes.
Fortunately there were plenty of people in New York to check on the rest of the city:
So what happened?!
Could it have been the result of the growing need to charge our mobile phones?
Or maybe the NYSE was hacked? After all, hacking group Anonymous had tweeted this just yesterday:
But the NYSE was quick to try and stamp out those rumours:
Of course, if in doubt, always blame the IT guys:
In classic Twitter fashion, everyone started making the same joke:
Thankfully there were a few more inventive Twitter comics out there:
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Before long, everyone started planning their next moves:
But then just as things were getting exciting, it was all over:
Still, spare a thought for those caught up in Glitch Wednesday:
David Anderson has published a review of so-called bulk interception powers.
He found there was no viable alternative to the use of the powers by GCHQ, MI5 and MI6 in the fight against terror.
He also backed the hacking of phones and computers "in principle", with some reservations.
The operational case for this kind of surveillance, known as "bulk equipment interference," was "not yet proven" as it had yet to be used, he said.
His findings are a boost for Prime Minister Theresa May, who ordered the review when she was home secretary, in response to privacy concerns raised by Labour.
Many of the practices investigated by Mr Anderson, who was given access to details of operations by British spies in Afghanistan and other foreign territories, had been secret until recently.
They will be put on a firm legal footing by the government's Investigatory Powers Bill, dubbed the "snooper's charter" by critics, which is due to return to Parliament later this year.
The review focused on the activities of the security services and did not examine the case for the retention of internet records for 12 months - the other controversial aspect of the bill.
In a statement, Mrs May said: "Mr Anderson's report demonstrates how the bulk powers contained in the Investigatory Powers Bill are of crucial importance to our security and intelligence agencies.
"These powers often provide the only means by which our agencies are able to protect the British public from the most serious threats that we face. It is vital that we retain them, while ensuring their use is subject to robust safeguards and world-leading oversight which are enshrined in the IP Bill."
Shadow Home Secretary Andy Burnham welcomed the report but said it was "concerning" that Mrs May had not accepted it in full.
"She and the home secretary must accept the report in its entirety and deliver on the separate concessions extracted by Labour in the Commons - tougher restrictions on the use of Internet Connection Records and stronger protections for journalists and lawyers," he said.
Bulk interception differs from targeted interception - bugging a suspect's phone for example - in that it involves the harvesting of large quantities of data from the internet and emails. The data is then sifted and sorted by investigators.
In his review, David Anderson said bulk powers were used by Britain's spy agencies for "cyber-defence, counter-espionage and counterterrorism," as well as investigations into child sexual abuse and organised crime.
Alternative methods of gathering data were available but were "often less effective, more dangerous, more resource-intensive, more intrusive or slower," the review says.
He backed three kinds of bulk data acquisition:
But he expressed some reservations about a fourth practice - bulk equipment interference, which involves hacking into smart phones or computers over "a large geographical area", saying there was "a distinct (though not yet proven) operational case" for it.
Unlike the other bulk powers described in the review, this one has yet to be used, it says.
Mr Anderson also recommended that an independent panel of technical experts be set up to advise about the impact of changing technology "on how MI5, MI6 and GCHQ could reduce the privacy footprint of their activities".
Lib Dem home affairs spokesman Alistair Carmichael welcomed the report - but said it was now up to MPs and peers to scrutinise the Investigatory Powers Bill to ensure privacy intrusion is kept to a minimum.
But he also criticised the fact that a similar review has not been carried out into plans to retain internet records, describing this as an "excessive and authoritarian measure that not only erodes our privacy but will likely to prove to be a waste of money and fall foul of our courts".
Bella Sankey, policy director at campaign group Liberty, said: "Liberty called for an impartial, independent and expert inquiry into these intrusive powers - yet sadly this rushed review failed on all three counts."
She added: "This was an opportunity to properly consider the range of targeted methods that could be used as effective alternatives to indiscriminate and potentially unlawful powers. That chance has been wasted."
Afghans now need valid passports and visas to enter Pakistan but many at the Torkham crossing were unaware of the changes that came into force on 1 June.
Some 10,000-15,000 people use the crossing near the Khyber Pass each day.
Pakistan says the new rules will soon apply at other crossing points too, and aim to limit the movement of militants.
The restrictions are likely to affect an estimated one million Afghan refugees in Pakistan.
The long and porous border is a notorious source of tension between the two countries.
Pakistani journalists who visited Torkham after the measures came into effect say many people had not heard of the new rules.
Other travellers had heard but hoped officials would take pity on them and let them pass. Most have large families on both sides and travel back and forth. They are also mostly poor and uneducated.
One man of about 70 said he faced "no problems at all", but Sharifullah, who was travelling to Afghanistan with his wife, had a different story.
"I don't know how we'll come back. I have a passport but my wife doesn't," he told local journalist Ibrahim Shinwari. "And we'll need visas. We have to come back - half our family is in Peshawar."
According to another man, Abdul Wahid, who had come from Afghanistan, there were crowds on that side of the border too. Across the fence, a woman and her daughter were weeping as they could not reach a sick relative in hospital in Peshawar. They did not know the crossing had been closed.
But a couple of groups of men could be seen carrying coffins of dead relatives to the Afghan side.
At the moment, only Pakistani officials are checking travel documents. For Afghan border guards, it is business as usual.
Pakistan has set up walk-through gates and scanning machines to check travellers and their luggage, but their passports and visas are checked manually by border guards.
Pakistan says the system will be extended to seven main crossings along the tribal region, and the remaining ones in Balochistan province, depending on the availability of funds.
Afghan refugees living in Pakistan have used the crossing to shuttle back and forth for nearly 40 years without being asked questions.
They will now be required to produce a Pakistani visa if they want to enter Pakistan.
Pakistan says it wants to discourage militants crossing into Pakistan to carry out attacks.
Islamabad has been pushing for greater border controls since the Army Public School attack in 2014, and especially after the assault on Bacha Khan University (BKU) near Charsadda in January this year.
In support of their move, they quote intelligence reports that two of the BKU attackers travelled into Pakistan through Torkham.
Islamabad has accused Kabul of not doing enough to demobilise members of the Pakistani Taliban who crossed over to the Afghan side and now mount attacks on Pakistan from there.
But many believe the border closure move is more political than having anything to do with militants, as the long border is criss-crossed by hundreds of smugglers' routes from north to south.
They say one reason could be Pakistan's attempt to create problems for Kabul amid rising tension between the two countries since moves to restart peace talks with the Taliban broke down.
Another reason may be Pakistan's eagerness to legitimise a frontier, which Kabul is not ready to accept as an international border.
Pakistan has said that it will replicate the Torkham model on seven main crossings along its Federally Administered Tribal Areas region, and the remaining ones in Balochistan once more funds become available.
Afghan sources say Pakistani restrictions at Torkham are a "unilateral" move. Up to 2014 Pakistani, Afghan and Nato forces ran co-ordination centres at Torkham and Chaman. These centres became defunct when Nato scaled back its presence.
Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Team said a woman and her three teenage sons found the body of a man on Tryfan on Thursday at about 16:00 BST.
The man, thought to be in his 20s or 30s, is from the north west of England.
Rescuers believe the man fell 20 or 30m (65ft-100ft) while trying to descend a gully on Heather Terrace, which cannot be walked down because of two large rock steps towards the bottom.
"It is probable that the casualty descended to one of the steps and tried to find a way round to the side but slipped to his death," a mountain rescue team spokesman said.
"Our thanks go to the family group for staying with the casualty and our thoughts are with the casualty's relatives."
City councillors backed the scheme at a meeting earlier. It will now go before the secretary of state.
English Heritage said the city council had "significantly downplayed the adverse impacts of the development on Liverpool's outstanding heritage".
Unesco inspectors had warned approval could lead to the removal of the city from its list of World Heritage Sites.
TheLiverpool Waters planning applicationincludes a cruise liner terminal, thousands of apartments and the tallest UK building outside London.
Bidders Peel Developments said the scheme could create up to 20,000 jobs.
By Leanne HarperBBC Merseyside Political Reporter
The number of people at today's planning meeting was, perhaps unsurprisingly, higher than such proceedings usually attract - although those numbers were swelled by the large media representation and a visiting delegation from Shanghai.
During the meeting Peel again set out its vision of how the waterfront could look in 30 years' time - with most of those who addressed the committee giving their backing to the plans. But still some remain unconvinced.
The few who did express their objections all stated they're not against the idea of regeneration, but don't feel the scheme currently on offer is appropriate.
Those disagreements are likely to continue. But one thing that will unite both those for and against is the wait to see if the scheme will now go to a public inquiry.
Joe Anderson, leader of Labour-run Liverpool City Council, said the decision was "one of the most significant and far-reaching made in Liverpool's recent history" and "a vote of confidence in a new beginning of a great city".
The application will now be referred to the secretary of state for communities and local government who will decide if it requires a public inquiry.
Lindsey Ashworth, Peel development director, said: "The scheme that we've put forward is the result of all the discussions we've had with English Heritage.
"Unless we move on with the scheme we've got now, we'd be talking for the next 10 years.
"Of course I'm bothered about it [World Heritage status], I just don't believe it will ever be lost.
"The reasons I made the changes to the scheme was to make sure we preserved the World Heritage Status.
"This is as far as I want to go and I want the government on-side. I think the government will say this is fine."
Liverpool was awarded World Heritage status in 2004, ranking the city alongside the Taj Mahal and Stonehenge.
A report by Unesco inspectors, who visited the city in November to investigate the impact of the development, suggested it would leave the area "irreversibly damaged" and cause a "serious loss of historical authenticity".
In a statement, English Heritage said: "If the scheme in its current form goes ahead, in our view the setting of some of Liverpool's most significant historic buildings will be severely compromised, the archaeological remains of parts of the historic docks are at risk of destruction and the city's historic urban landscape will be permanently unbalanced."
Richard Kemp, deputy leader of Liverpool Liberal Democrats, said: "Liverpool must now act swiftly to mediate between Peel and Unesco.
"Liverpool needs both the new development and heritage status."
Mr Anderson said the council had put in safeguards which could see the development "living comfortably alongside the World Heritage Site".
He continued: "If this application had been rejected then we would have been left with huge stretches of derelict dockland cheek-by-jowl with our World Heritage site.
"Instead we now have the prospect of one of the most ambitious schemes ever seen in this country taking shape - it is one that will transform Liverpool's fortunes for future generations."
Fire crews were called to the Longman Industrial Estate in the city's Henderson Drive at about 18:00.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service sent four appliances to deal with the incident.
Police had urged nearby residents to close all windows and doors and keep themselves and any pets inside.
The emergency services warned of smoke and potentially toxic fumes emanating from the fire in 150 tonnes of material.
A digger was used to tackle the blaze which was brought under control by midnight.
There have been no reports of injuries.
The line had to be closed after water pressure undermined a pier of the Lamington Viaduct in South Lanarkshire.
An initial assessment led engineers to predict that the line could be back to normal operation by 1 February.
They have now said that a new timetable for repairs will not be issued until next week.
Phil Verster, of Scotrail Alliance, said: "By next week we will announce to the public what our full recovery date will be for the West Coast Main Line.
"A significant amount of work is being done now to stabilise the pier.
"We are not exactly sure what our repair programme will be for the remaining period during January but we will announce that by the back end of next week."
Since the damage was caused during Storm Frank, main line trains have been operating from London to Carlisle. Passengers have to change there, using a replacement bus service or a shuttle rail service via Dumfries to reach Glasgow.
Mr Verster added: "I set the deadline of the 1st of February at a time when we understood the damage to be less than what we have seen now.
"So we are going to do everything by next week to finalise what the programme should be and can be for the further extended work that we now have to do to recover the pier."
Heavy rain in the last few days of 2015 left the River Clyde swollen at the point where the railway line crosses it at Lamington.
The waters have now receded, leaving the structure unsafe for trains to pass over the viaduct.
"This is a massive challenge for us," admitted Mr Verster.
"The damage we have found in the last couple of days has been much more severe than we thought. Turbulence and vortices actually undermined the structure of the pier significantly.
"We are now in a programme to stabilise that pier by Sunday and next week we will finalise our programme for the repair."
The site of the work at Lamington has been visited by Scottish transport minister Derek Mackay and UK railways minister Claire Perry.
Mr Mackay said: "We appreciate the patience of the travelling public whose journeys have been disrupted as a consequence of both significant weather events and other structural problems such as we've seen here.
"There's been record spending and there'll be a continuation of that record spending on both infrastructure and rolling stock - and indeed new technology. But of course we can look at further devices and learn lessons from incidents such as this."
The UK government has been emphasising how much is being allocated to railway investment.
Ms Perry said: "We are investing record amounts of £38bn over the next five years and part of that is of course to make sure - whether it's sea walls at Dawlish or bridge structures across flood-prone parts of the country - they are safe."
She admitted she could not say exactly how much is being spent on climate resilience.
She said: "I actually don't know the answer but what I can tell you is, for the first time in 100 years we are spending these amounts of money on the railway structure and of course the railway structure is a lot smaller then is was 100 years ago."
Virgin Trains will operate a regular hourly shuttle rail service between Glasgow and Carlisle via Dumfries from this weekend.
Phil Bearpark of Virgin Trains said: "We've worked really hard with our industry partners in the ScotRail Alliance to put in place a diversionary service between Glasgow and Carlisle via the Dumfries route and are really pleased that, from Sunday, frequencies will increase to hourly throughout most of the day.
"Journeys for customers travelling to Carlisle and onwards stations, including London, will still take just over an hour longer than normal but will mean that most of our customers will no longer have to use buses."
This temporary service will cause disruption to ScotRail's Glasgow to Kilmarnock route.
Many of the regular trains to stations on the line are to be replaced by a bus, starting on Monday 11 January.
ScotRail has advised passengers travelling to or from Kilmarnock itself to use the Virgin service which, which will stop at Kilmarnock only.
The company said these arrangements would be in place "until further notice".
Pte Gavin Williams, 22, from Hengoed, Caerphilly county, suffered heart failure at Lucknow Barracks in Tidworth, Wiltshire, on 3 July 2006.
An inquest into his death heard Lt Col Mark Davis wanted the soldier "hot and sweaty".
Lt Col Davis said he regretted some of his actions and admitted he became "too intimately" involved in the punishment.
"I am the first to admit that I used Army slang and colloquial language but I don't think I used that phrase," he said.
But the senior officer told Wiltshire and Swindon Coroner's Court in Salisbury he did not witness any mistreatment of Pte Williams.
The young soldier suffered heatstroke and tests later showed he had ecstasy in his body when he died.
Three non-commissioned officers who carried out the punishment were cleared of manslaughter at Winchester Crown Court in 2008.
On Thursday, the inquest was told Lt Col Davis ordered colleagues to punish Pte Williams then bring the soldier to him.
He told coroner Alan Large: "With reflection I was getting too intimately involved."
Mr Large replied: "You would accept that you became personally involved in something that, with hindsight, would have been better for someone else to deal with?"
"Absolutely," the officer replied.
Lt Col Davis admitted he was "angry" at Pte Williams and used "an inappropriate phrase to get him brought to me".
He denied using the phrase "panting like a dog" but admitted he wanted him "hot and sweaty".
"I don't know why I used that phrase," he said.
"I'm a victim of being in the Army and using all sorts of terms… my intention was for him to simply to be marched to me.
"He didn't come across as being overly hot and sweaty. There were no alarm bells to make me think he'd been mistreated."
The corner asked about the Army's disciplinary guidance and how it worked in practice.
"How does Gavin being taken to the gym and given a PT (physical training) session fit into that guidance?" he asked.
"It doesn't, sir," Lt Col Davis replied.
The coroner went on: "How can it be that they are taking it upon themselves to undertake a PT outside the system?"
The Army officer said: "There are two failures; their failure, but also a broader failure for allowing that to happen."
"I still knew what was right and wrong and if I saw a soldier mistreated I would have intervened.
"So while I would have heard soldiers marching, it haunts me and maybe I should have seen something that I should have picked up on. It's something I am guilty of."
The hearing continues.
The men were captured after they agreed to meet the rebels for discussions, police officials said.
It is suspected that the kidnappings are to protest against government plans to start bauxite mining in the state.
The Maoists say they are fighting for Communist rule and greater rights for tribespeople and the rural poor.
Their insurgency began in the eastern state of West Bengal in the late 1960s, spreading to more than one-third of India's 600-plus districts.
A report in The Hindu newspaper said that before the kidnapping, Maoists had sent the state government a letter demanding an immediate halt to its bauxite mining plans.
There had been an increase in rebel activity ever since the mining plans were announced, the report added.
"We have verified [the information]. The only possibility is the Maoists will take them in the deep interior forest area towards the border of East Godavari district... We are waiting for Maoists to put forth their demands [for the release of the leaders]," Visakhapatnam district superintendent of police K Praveen told the Press Trust of India news agency.
"The leaders had gone to meet the Maoists after they were assured by the rebels that they would not be harmed, but now, they have been held captive," he said.
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He said that should the people of Northern Ireland vote to leave the UK, they would "be in a position of becoming part of an existing EU member state, rather than seeking to join the EU as a new independent state".
Mr Davis made the remarks in a letter to the SDLP MP Mark Durkan.
The Social Democratic and Labour Party is an Irish nationalist party that campaigned for the UK to remain in the EU in last year's referendum.
Mr Durkan had asked the Brexit secretary about Northern Ireland's ability to become part of the EU, under the consent provisions of the 1998 Belfast Agreement, also known as the Good Friday Agreement.
Mr Davis replied that the Westminster government was "committed to the principle of consent enshrined in the Belfast Agreement, which makes clear that Northern Ireland's constitutional position is a matter for the people of Northern Ireland to determine".
He added: "If a majority of the people of Northern Ireland were ever to vote to become part of a united Ireland, the UK government will honour its commitment in the Belfast Agreement to enable that to happen.
"In that event, Northern Ireland would be in a position of becoming part of an existing EU member state, rather than seeking to join the EU as a new independent state."
The Brexit secretary added it would then be up to the EU Commission "to respond to any specific questions about the procedural requirements for that to happen".
However, Mr Davis told Mr Durkan that the government's "clear position is to support Northern Ireland's current constitutional status: as part of the UK, but with strong links to Ireland".
Previously, Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Enda Kenny suggested that any overall deal on Brexit should clarify the right of Northern Ireland to automatically join the EU in the event of a vote for Irish unity.
An example often cited has been that of East Germany, which became a member of the EU after reuniting with West Germany.
During last year's EU referendum, Northern Ireland voted to remain by a majority of 56% to 44%, but the UK as a whole voted to leave the EU by 52% to 48%.
Critics have said that the government is rushing the move, with one poll from newspaper Dagbladet suggesting 66% of Norwegians oppose it.
Experts argue that the change needs to happen because digital radio can carry more channels and has clearer sound.
Switzerland, Denmark and the UK are also considering a switch-off.
The shutdown of the FM (frequency modulation) network will start in the northern city of Bodo on 11 January. By the end of the year, all national FM broadcasts will end.
Cars will be the biggest challenge in Norway, where there are an estimated 2 million vehicles that are not equipped with digital audio broadcasting (DAB) receivers. Users are being told to buy adapters which cost 1,500 Norwegian kroner (£140).
"Norwegian politicians have decided to make 15 million FM radios in Norway completely useless," digital media expert Jan Thoresen wrote in Dagbladet earlier this year, adding: "That's a bad idea".
Norway's transition to DAB radio will be closely watched by others considering a similar move, including the UK.
What is the digital radio switchover?
Like the television switchover in 2012, the radio switch will see a change in the source from an analogue platform (AM and FM) to a digital one.
It means listeners will need a device that can pick up a digital signal.
In the UK, there are currently three national digital multiplexes (the platforms that hold stations) - one for the BBC and two commercial.
FM will probably still be used for local and community radio stations, although Ofcom has trialled some small-scale digital radio multiplexes to bring DAB to these places too.
DAB isn't the only way of listening to digital radio. Internet radio offers more stations, including ones that are in other areas and international stations. Some DAB radios can also stream internet radio so listeners can access podcasts and overseas radio stations.
The UK switchover won't happen until digital listening reaches 50% of all radio listening and national DAB coverage is comparable to FM, the government has said.
On the current trajectory, that critical mass may be reached in the UK in 2018, meaning switchover is unlikely to happen before 2020.
Source: Which
Images of engineer Thomas Telford, science writer Mary Somerville and physicist James Clerk Maxwell were nominated to be on the polymer notes.
They are set to be issued in Scotland in the second half of 2017.
The final decision will be made after a public vote ends, running from Monday until Sunday 7 February on the bank's Facebook page.
More than 400 people got in touch to nominate a Scottish figure who they felt had made a significant contribution in the field of science and innovation.
Maxwell was a 19th Century pioneer of electromagnetism whose discovery of the unified theory of electricity and magnetism directly led to the application of electromagnetic radiation.
Somerville lived from 1780 until 1872 at a time when women's participation in science was strongly discouraged. She was jointly nominated to be the first female member of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1835.
Civil engineer Telford, known as the Colossus of Roads, lived from 1757 until 1843, and built more than 1,000 miles of roads in his lifetime.
He designed numerous infrastructure projects such as the Caledonian Canal and the Telford churches, as well as harbours and tunnels.
RBS chief marketing officer David Wheldon said: "I am delighted that we have been able to engage the public in this process. We received many high-quality nominations.
"The strength of our shortlist is indicative of the significant contribution that Scotland has made to the field of science and innovation. I would be very proud for any of these nominees to appear on our new £10 note.
"Anyone who wants to have their say should visit our Facebook page and cast a vote. I look forward to finding out which of these great figures is chosen."
The civil servant died in June nine years after he was beaten in a sectarian attack in Derry.
A solicitor for 25-year-old Piper John McClements, from the Fountain estate, told Londonderry Magistrates Court that he had served papers appealing for the murder charge to be dropped.
The case was adjourned until October.
The House of Keys constituencies of Douglas North and Douglas South became vacant following elections to the Legislative Council earlier this year.
Previous MHKs David Cretney and Bill Henderson were elected to Tynwald's upper chamber on 17 March.
Four candidates will stand for election in Douglas South, while three others have put themselves forward in Douglas North.
Polling stations for both constituencies will be open between 08:00 and 20:00 BST.
Douglas South candidates (polling centres at Willaston Methodist Church, Cronk y Berry School and the Project 21 Centre):
Kurt Buchholz (businessman);Amy Burns (homemaker); Keith Fitton (registered nurse and charity manager); William Malarkey (electrical engineer and company director).
Douglas North candidates (polling centres at St Matthew's Church Hall, Pulrose Methodist Church, Anagh Coar Primary School and Scoill Vallajeelt).
David Ashford (businessman); Maire Booth (shipping officer); Ralph Peake (businessman).
The boy climbed through a barrier and fell into a moat, where he was grabbed and dragged by the gorilla.
The zoo said it took action to shoot the 400lb (180kg) gorilla as the situation was "life-threatening". The boy is expected to recover.
Last week two lions were shot dead in a zoo in Chile after a man entered their pen in an apparent suicide attempt.
Cincinnati zoo has temporarily shut its gorilla exhibit following the incident on Saturday.
The boy had fallen about 10ft into the moat. Video shows the boy being dragged through the shallow moat. The gorilla then stops, with the child below him and looking up at him.
But the boy was reportedly dragged by the 17-year-old male western lowland gorilla named Harambe for about 10 minutes.
The child was taken to a local hospital and although no information about his condition has been released it is believed he will recover.
Zoo director Thane Maynard said: "[The officials] made a tough choice and they made the right choice because they saved that little boy's life. It could have been very bad."
He said a tranquilliser would not have had a quick enough effect.
Mr Maynard said that although the boy was not under attack, he "certainly was at risk".
He added: "We are all devastated that this tragic accident resulted in the death of a critically-endangered gorilla. This is a huge loss for the zoo family and the gorilla population worldwide."
Two female gorillas in the enclosure did not approach the child and were unharmed.
Harambe was born in captivity in Texas and moved to Cincinnati zoo in 2014, where it was hoped he could be part of a breeding programme. Cincinnati zoo has had the largest number of western lowland gorilla births in the US.
In a similar incident in 1986 on the island of Jersey, a Crown dependency of the UK, a five-year-old boy fell into a gorilla enclosure.
He lost consciousness and a silverback gorilla called Jambo famously stood guard over him, protecting him from other gorillas and stroking his back. When the boy came round he started to cry and the gorillas retreated, allowing keepers to rescue the child, Levan Merritt.
A life-sized statue of Jambo fetched £18,000 ($26,000) at auction and he even appeared on Jersey stamps.
The western lowland subspecies inhabits west African rainforests and is the most numerous, although exact figures are not known. There are more than 500 in zoos worldwide.
The shooting of the lions last week in Santiago, Chile, brought criticism from activists. Zoo officials said no fast-activating tranquillisers were available.
The man had jumped into the enclosure and stripped naked.
It said two children had been paralysed by the disease in the north-eastern Borno state, a part of Nigeria where Boko Haram militants are active.
The development is seen as a major setback for Nigeria, which was on track to be declared polio free in 2017.
Polio is an infectious viral disease that usually affects children. It can only be prevented through immunisation.
The disease is spread by poor sanitation and contaminated water.
A UN immunisation programme in Nigeria has had to contend with rumours that the vaccine was a plot to sterilise Muslims.
Polio vaccination centres in the country have also been attacked by Boko Haram Islamist militants.
The Nailsworth-based club, who once played in the Stroud League, beat Tranmere 3-1 at Wembley and next season fans from Coventry City, Swindon Town and Port Vale will be weaving through the Gloucestershire countryside to reach their New Lawn home.
Forest Green's road to promotion has been a long one - this was their 19th consecutive season in the National League.
But when they reached the fifth tier in 1998, the odds against them progressing to the EFL were steeper than the Nympsfield Road that leads up the hill to their ground.
"It is an unbelievable achievement to put a village team in the Football League," manager Mark Cooper told BBC Sport.
"People talk about us having a lack of fans but you've got to remember we're on the top of a hill in the middle of nowhere. They were brilliant [at Wembley]."
Former Swindon and Notts County boss Cooper has forged a strong working relationship with chairman Dale Vince, but it is the latter's unique business strategies that have attracted plenty of attention.
Even the address of Forest Green's stadium hints at alternative thinking: The New Lawn, Another Way, Nailsworth, GL6 0FG.
Whether it be the vegan diet for the players, the barring of any red meat being served in their ground on match days, the cow manure used to help fertilise the pitch or the solar-powered lawnmower cutting it, this is a club breaking from convention.
"It's always good to be different," Cooper added. "The chairman is certainly different, his ethos and what he believes in.
"There's no right way or wrong way, but we've had success doing it, so he's been vindicated in what he's done.
"We've had a lot of animosity towards Forest Green. When I played for them, they were a friendly little club, part-time. Everyone loved them because they weren't a threat. Once they became a threat, nobody liked them, so I'm just chuffed for the chairman.
"He gave me the opportunity to have full control over the football side, and I've never had that. That was what enticed me to come here."
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Vince, the owner of electricity company Ecotricity, has ambitious plans for the club to one day compete as high as the Championship, and on Sunday he was quick to continue looking up the football pyramid.
Highlighting the additional promotion places available at the top of League Two, compared to the National League, Vince declared that getting into League One "will be easy" for the Green Army.
But what can EFL sides expect from the Gloucestershire outfit on the pitch next season?
"We've got some great games, Newport, Swindon, some big crowds, Coventry, so it will be fun getting them up that hill, that's for certain," said Cooper.
"We're not going to go in there to make the numbers up. Knowing what the chairman's like, he will want to be a threat in that league.
"This National League is the hardest league to get out of, one trillion per cent, because with so many big teams in there, it's a graveyard.
"Next year we might not be the favourites every week, but a bit of pressure comes off us."
With a population of 5,794, Nailsworth will be the smallest place to ever have an EFL club. So how did they do it?
Having solid financial backing has undoubtedly helped, but Cooper is adamant it's been about more than that.
"When you're on the outside, you think everybody [here] is earning 10 grand a week," he continued. "When you get on the inside, you realise that is not strictly true.
"We have to pay sometimes to attract players because of where we are, but we have a competitive budget. But that doesn't guarantee you anything.
"We try to play football the way we believe it should be played. Our fans know that we've got a little bit of an identity in how we play football. Lincoln are long ball. We're a football team."
Vince told BBC Radio Gloucestershire: "Our budget is nowhere near as big as people say it is.
"People just get carried away but that's football. Nobody at the club really cares about that."
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Even the richest clubs in the world can only go so far without a reliable goalscorer, and Forest Green certainly had one of those this season in the shape of former Dagenham and Redbridge frontman Christian Doidge.
His 27th goal of the campaign put Forest Green 2-1 up at Wembley this season, as he found the back of the net with a typically crisp finish.
"He is an unbelievable professional. If you had 11 or 12 of him in your squad, you wouldn't go far wrong," Cooper said.
"He's just desperate to be a footballer, works hard every day. And he's getting better and better. Someone said at the start of the season 'he'll never score 20 goals' - he's definitely shut them up."
So what of the future? Other so-called 'smaller clubs' have climbed through the divisions in recent years, including now-Championship outfit Burton Albion and League One play-off semi-finalists Fleetwood Town.
"The chairman is going to build a new stadium," Cooper, Forest Green's top scorer in 2001-02, continued, referring to Vince's plans for a new eco park and wooden stadium.
"That is 100% certain that will happen, knowing him. Right on the M5, it will be state-of-the-art, an unbelievable facility.
"As we grow, we will gradually attract more supporters and become even more sustainable."
Forest Green may be small - but having reached the EFL, they fully intend to take root.
Police closed the busy route throughout Saturday after reports that an explosion was heard near Marne Barracks at 03:00 GMT.
Officers conducted searches across the area where the noise was reported but found no obvious signs of an explosion.
No-one was injured and police have ruled out any links to terrorism.
North Yorkshire Police said eight members of the public came forward to report hearing what they described as an explosion in the area.
The initial call was made by staff at the barracks.
Supt Dave Hannan said police kept the road closed for so long, which caused mass congestion and frustration for thousands of motorists, for public safety.
He said: "We are satisfied that the call to the police was made with good intent.
"In view of the location of the suspected explosion, the source of the information, the current threat to UK security and a report a few hours earlier of a vehicle seen in suspicious circumstances outside the barracks, we were not prepared to take any chances with people's safety and had to carry out a very extensive and thorough investigation.
"Officers have worked throughout the night and day to identify and locate the driver of the vehicle and we are now satisfied that he was not connected to the reported explosion and we have now eliminated him from our enquiries.
"We have also ruled out any link to terrorism.
"We may never find out what the source of the explosion was, however, following the search and investigation I am now satisfied that there is no threat to members of the public.
"A number of possibilities have been looked into, however, there is no information or evidence to say this reported explosion was a criminal or deliberate act."
During the course of the search, the Army's bomb disposal unit was called to the discovery of the box of ageing detonators near the perimeter fence of Marne Barracks, these have now been removed for safe disposal.
They have been ruled out as the cause of the reported explosion.
A spokesman for Catterick Garrison said the inquiry was police-led and did not have any information about how close the explosion was to the barracks.
On the Ministry of Defence website, Catterick Garrison is described as the army's "largest training establishment".
It covers 2,400 acres (971 hectares) and 20,000 acres (8,094 hectares) of training land.
The garrison is situated just a few miles from the A1 and also includes the outstations of Ripon, Dishforth and Topcliffe.
The city is holding a series of lavish events to mark 20 years since it was handed back to China by Britain.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is in Hong Kong and inspected troops at a local garrison on Friday morning. He is expected to attend a banquet later.
Security is tight with large protests planned amid a tense political climate.
On Wednesday, pro-democracy activists including student leader Joshua Wong and legislator Nathan Law surrounded and climbed into a golden sculpture of a bauhinia flower, Hong Kong's emblem.
The sculpture, which sits by the city's harbourfront, was a gift from China and an iconic landmark symbolising the handover.
Police later arrested the 26 activists, who were calling for greater political freedoms and protesting against the perceived growing influence of Beijing. They also called for the release of terminally ill Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo.
The political party Demosisto, founded by Mr Wong and Mr Law, said on its Twitter account on Friday morning that all its arrested members were released.
Mr Wong tweeted that he was detained for "breaking the 'public nuisance' law".
Police said in a statement the activists had been released on bail and must report back to police in September. They have not been charged, reported AFP news agency.
Their protest was the second one this week at the monument - activists had earlier draped a large black flag over the sculpture and were stopped by police.
It did not take long for President Xi to address the elephant in the room.
At a gathering of top Hong Kong officials, he praised the government for its handling of what he described as major political and legal issues, including effectively curbing the Hong Kong independence forces.
The movement is not mainstream.
In fact, opinion surveys show young people are less supportive of independence than they were just a year ago.
But the fact that the campaign exists at all is deeply worrying for Mr Xi.
His remarks were widely covered by Hong Kong media. Oddly though, the official Chinese news agency Xinhua's report of this speech has omitted any mention of his reference to the independence movement.
It would seem the agency is censoring the Chinese president. The exact reason is unknown.
It is plausible that mentioning the independence movement in the context of the handover anniversary, billed as a time to revel in the success of the return of Hong Kong, would be considered highly embarrassing, at least for people in mainland China.
Several demonstrations, including the annual 1 July pro-democracy march, have been planned for this weekend.
There is growing concern that the Chinese central government is undermining Hong Kong's more politically liberal traditions, despite its promise to give it a high degree of autonomy under the "one country, two systems" principle.
The pro-Beijing camp is also planning its own protests.
A series of official celebrations will be held this weekend, as well as the inauguration of Hong Kong's incoming chief executive Carrie Lam.
Mr Xi gave a short speech on Thursday after his arrival where he pledged Beijing's support for Hong Kong, and later met with the city's outgoing leader Leung Chun-ying and other officials.
Nathan Greenway's legal team believe he had touched the poisonous wild plant Aconitum napellus, also known as Monkshood, at Mill Court House, Alton.
The 33-year-old, from Aldershot, died in hospital five days later on 7 September from multiple organ failure.
The pre-inquest hearing in Basingstoke was adjourned until a date yet to be fixed.
North East Hampshire Coroner Andrew Bradley said the circumstances surrounding the death would be investigated at the full inquest.
Mr Greenway worked on the estate in Upper Froyle.
Mill Court House is owned by Christopher William Ogilvie Thompson and his wife Kathy.
Their legal team declined to comment.
What is aconite?
The Aconitum napellus plant has dark purple flowers and often grows in gardens in Europe.
Poisoning from aconite is rare and usually happens when the plant, also known as Devil's Helmet, is eaten accidentally.
Symptoms of aconite poisoning appear quickly after a poisonous dose is consumed. These include nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea and numbness of the face.
In severe cases, the numbness can spread to the limbs and muscles can weaken. It also causes hypotension, chest pain and palpitations.
It can cause abnormal rapid heart rhythms and can stop the heart from beating.
Source: Clinical Toxicology journal
EU Counter-Terrorism Co-ordinator Gilles de Kerchove said IS would seek to "reassert itself" by encouraging existing cells or individuals to carry out attacks.
Europol director Rob Wainwright said this was a "crucial time".
Military pressure had, in the past, "caused IS to lash out," he added.
The warnings came as the EU's security commissioner, Julian King, told German daily Die Welt that "the recapture of the city of Mosul, the northern Iraqi stronghold of IS, could lead to dangerous IS fighters returning to Europe".
Mr de Kerchove said Europe would struggle to "digest" the 1,500 and 2,000 "foreign fighters" who might return to Europe if IS was driven out of its strongholds in Mosul and Raqqa. He said that number could also include the families of European jihadists and radicalised children who had grown up under IS control.
His concerns were shared by the former head of the Metropolitan Police counter-terrorism command, Richard Walton.
"IS have known for some time that this offensive in Mosul was going to happen and obviously an offensive in Raqqa will follow and there will be a 'Raqqa scatter' of foreign fighters back to their home countries," he said.
"It's highly likely that IS would have dispatched foreign fighters back to their homelands in anticipation of them losing their physical caliphate."
As IS lost territory, Rob Wainwright told the BBC that Europol had observed a "drying up" of the numbers travelling to support the jihadist group and an overall increase in those coming back.
The fall in those travelling, Europol believes, is in part due to effective policing. But de-radicalisation experts have told the BBC that military defeats and an increasing understanding of the tough conditions in IS territory have also made the journey less attractive.
But could IS be changing its strategy? In May, an audio recording attributed to the now dead IS propagandist Abu Muhammad al-Adnani encouraged would-be jihadists not to travel, but to carry out attacks in the West.
He also argued that the loss of military territory would not mean the end of the jihadists' desire to fight.
Mr de Kerchove warned that Europe had to improve its identification of people arriving in the EU, which required better use of biometrics and greater sharing of data.
Officials acknowledge that it may be a challenge to collect evidence that could lead to the conviction of a large number of returnees. Many jihadists who cannot be convicted would have to be monitored, which required up to 20 officers per individual, Mr De Kerchove said.
IS tries hard to prevent desertions, and severely punishes those caught trying.
An activist for the group "Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently" said leaving the area would be extremely difficult. Not only had checkpoints been set up, foreign fighters had had their passports confiscated and burned when they joined IS, the activist said.
Those leaving would also have to avoid capture by enemies of IS. The BBC has recently reported on one camp where deserters and IS captives are held.
Some fear IS fighters may seek to hide among the large numbers of civilians trying to flee. Aid Agencies have warned that the recent offensive may displace hundreds of thousands of people.
But a Kurdish security source suggested fighters travelling undercover risked being exposed by those they had helped to oppress.
According to Richard Walton, the UK government has significantly increased its deployment of police and intelligence abroad in preparation for the defeat of IS.
The UK had now become a "hostile environment" for terrorists and officials were now seeking to protect British nationals on foreign holidays, he said.
But the return of jihadists to the UK will also put pressure on the custodial system, and on those charged with trying to help them reject terrorism.
Ian Acheson, who carried out a review of radicalisation in prisons for the UK government, said when he visited prisons they were "not forecasting at all" what numbers might be coming into the prison system. He was optimistic that this had since changed.
The National Police Chiefs Council told the BBC that the Counter Terrorism policing network "is working 24/7 with the security services and other partners to keep the public safe".
James Allen is accused of killing Colin Dunford, 81, of Middlesbrough, and Julie Davison, 50, of Whitby.
Mr Allen, 36, said there was no forensic evidence linking him to the deaths and claimed the judge was not listening to him.
Mr Dunford and Ms Davison were both found with head injuries in April.
The defendant told the jury he was smoking cannabis and cocaine on the night Mr Dunford died.
Rod Hunt, defending, asked Mr Allen about the prosecution's claims at Newcastle Crown Court.
Mr Allen said: "They keep saying I'm responsible for these murders but despite all the forensics they found no blood on me ... there would have been transfer of blood but there was nothing ever found.
"I know 100% I have not killed anybody or been in those properties."
During cross-examination, Robert Smith QC asked Mr Allen about a jacket which a witness said she saw him wearing and which had blood spots on it.
Mr Allen said he would have disposed of it if he was guilty.
He said: "If I had just murdered someone I would have discarded the top and as far as I'm concerned there was no mark on [it]."
Mr Allen, previously of Middlesbrough, refused to answer a question about a pair of black trainers, and told the court he had been in 35 different prisons.
"I don't behave in prison because I don't like conforming to rules," he said.
The prosecution claims robbery was the motivation for both killings.
The trial continues.
Stoneman was ousted on 197 as Surrey were whittled away swiftly early on, but Essex found themselves 134-4 when ten Doeschate came in.
He and Bopara (64) enjoyed a 120-run stand for the fifth wicket, while James Foster and Simon Harmer came and went.
Ten Doeschate was still there at stumps, unbeaten on 120.
England hopeful Stoneman was the hero on day one and his agonising exit was only softened by the fact he surpassed his previous first-class best of 187 with his tally.
Surrey came out firing with the ball and Alastair Cook exited on 31 from Sam Curran's delivery just before lunch, and some tight bowling kept Essex at bay after the break.
Tom Westley and Nick Browne were sent packing as Surrey put the squeeze on, before Bopara and Ten Doeschate steadied the ship to take it to 189-4 at tea.
Netherlands international Ten Doeschate maintained his rhythm after tea, amid some excellent bowling by Mark Footitt in particular, and nursed the home side to within 32 runs at the close.
The olm, a blind salamander found in cave rivers of the Balkans, is thought to live for more than 100 years but reproduces just once or twice a decade.
A female in an aquarium at the Postojna Cave has laid 50-60 eggs - and three of them are now showing signs of growth.
Nobody knows how many will hatch, or even precisely how long it will take.
"Right now it looks like three are good candidates," Saso Weldt, a biologist working at the cave, told the BBC.
He and his colleagues have taken very long-exposure photographs in the darkened cave, in order to glimpse evidence of the tiny embryos developing.
"She started laying eggs on 30 January. She is still laying one or two eggs per day, and they need something like 120 days till they hatch."
That is an uncertain estimate, he explained, based on a colony of olms that was established in the 1950s in an underground lab in the French Pyrenees. There, they live in slightly warmer water, at 11C.
"In our cave, it is slightly cooler, 9C, so everything will be prolonged."
It is a unique opportunity to observe the enigmatic olm - also known as the proteus - reproducing in the same caves where it has lived for millions of years.
"It is very significant because there is not a lot of data about anything, [relating to] the reproduction of this group of animals," commented Dusan Jelic, a Zoological Society of London Edge Fellow who studies wild olms by diving underwater through cave systems in Croatia.
If the baby olms hatch and develop healthily, Dr Jelic said, it would be "something amazing".
"In the wild, we never find eggs or larvae. They are probably hidden within some very specific localities within the cave systems."
There is just such a labyrinthine cave system in Postojna, with its own population of wild olms - but remarkably, this particular clutch of eggs has been laid in an aquarium in the cave's heavily trafficked visitor area.
"This is very cool - it is quite extraordinary," said Primoz Gnezda, another biologist working at Postojna Cave. "But also, we are quite scared that something will go wrong, because the eggs are very sensitive."
As the only cave vertebrate in Europe, the olm is very well adapted to its sheltered, subterranean realm: karst caves, created as water eats its way through soluble rocks.
"For 200 million years they were in an environment that didn't change," said Dr Jelic.
As a consequence, the animals - and especially their eggs - are very vulnerable to changes in water quality and temperature. Even the seasons barely reach underground.
Back in 2013, another of Postojna's captive olms laid eggs - but none of them hatched and many were eaten by the other olms in the tank.
This time, precautions have been taken. All except the mother olm have been removed and the aquarium is boarded up, to protect the eggs from light. Extra oxygen is being added.
"Now it's up to them," said Mr Weldt.
An infrared camera feeds live video to a nearby screen so that the cave staff, as well as tourists, can see what happens.
There is almost no movement, but occasionally the female olm stirs to check the eggs, to lay another, or to fend off amphipods - small, hungry crustaceans which she cannot see, but detects using electro-sensitive organs in her snout.
The animal also has a powerful sense of smell, which helps monitor the eggs.
"The eggs have a smell, so she can recognise which are alive and which are dead," explained Mr Weldt. "And because food is so scarce in the cave system, she eats the ones that are not fertilised."
The proteus is something of an icon in Slovenia, even appearing on coins before the arrival of the euro. Hundreds of years ago, when floods occasionally washed the creatures from the region's caves, they were regarded suspiciously as baby dragons.
In the last few weeks, the Postojna "dragon mum" has become quite a celebrity and carries a weight of expectation on her slimy shoulders.
The cave biologists feel it too.
"It is a challenge and a responsibility," said Mr Weldt. "I'm excited."
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Susanne Bier is the only female nominee in the category of outstanding director of a limited series at this year's Emmys.
The ceremony takes place on Sunday night in Los Angeles - and The Night Manager has 12 nominations in total.
Bier, who is Danish, has told the BBC women need to be seen to direct all genres of films and TV shows, and not just "romantic comedies and family-oriented" movies.
The Night Manager, based on the book of the same name by John Le Carre, was a huge hit with viewers when it was broadcast earlier this year on BBC One.
The show itself is nominated for outstanding limited series, where it faces competition from Roots, American Crime, Fargo and The People v. OJ Simpson. There are also nods in the acting categories for Tom Hiddleston, Olivia Coleman and Hugh Laurie.
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The Night Manager is nominated for outstanding limited series - a tough category. What do you think its chances of success are?
Yes it's very tough, they are really good, they're just excellent series. I know it's a cliche to say I'm honoured to be in this company but in this case it's absolutely true. I've got no idea [who will win]! The People vs OJ Simpson is such an iconic piece of American history and it's been huge, it's a hard one to beat, but let's see. I think Night Manager is just as good in terms of its content, but OJ Simpson might hit something which is very present in the US just now.
It's hard not to notice you're the only woman in the category for outstanding directing for a limited series.
It's interesting, there was an event at the Directors Guild where all the directors in all the different categories were celebrated, and there was one other woman and me. Television is better than film but still far, far from where it needs to be. We are half of the population, and out of 30 directors there were two women.
What do you think the industry could do to change that?
I think stepping off the default, habitual way of thinking and approaching things. Get a female director to do a superhero movie, step out of the habitual thinking where you assume women will do a romantic comedy or family-orientated movie. Pull the women directors out of the cliched place they have in society, because only then will it change for women. I think it takes a couple of successes to change that.
When you bring in potential directors for interviews, you should stop being predisposed to hear a certain way. There's a certain sort of manner of speaking that men have and women have, and you stop looking for a certain way of speaking and a certain way of answering. In our society girls and boys are brought up differently but that doesn't change the fact a woman would be just as good, it just means their way of approaching things might be slightly different.
You've directed every episode of The Night Manager, which is quite unusual, do you think it's important for a series to have the same director throughout for consistency?
At this point in time television is so good, and audiences are so demanding, and I think having one director is having a single vision, and single vision is sort of a way of generating a kind of distinct artistic voice within a television series.
But of course it's going to be difficult if you have a longer series for a director to do 15 episodes, but with limited series, they really need to be single-visioned, they need to have one artistic approach. That's helped by having just one writer and other elements.
Because The Night Manager was so successful, naturally everybody wants to know if there's any way of continuing it - but that's difficult until there's another John Le Carre book to base it on.
We'd all like to get together and party again because we had so much fun! I think we'd all love for it to be a possibility but because there's no book, it's not an easy thing to pull off. And none of us are going to attempt it if we don't totally trust that it's going to be just as good. I think John Le Carre would have to be involved in one way or the other, and whether it's a book or a conversation I can't say, but he definitely needs to be part of it.
On another issue - is it true you're keen to direct the next James Bond movie?
I would be honoured to do that, but any discussion about that is completely and utterly rumours! I, like any other sensible director on this planet, would be honoured and pleased to do James Bond but there is no news.
Do you think TV is becoming the new cinema - in that now people stay at home with their wide-screen TV and subscription streaming services?
I think there is a need for people to go to the cinema because I think it's a very different experience. It's a night out with your friends or your spouse. So I think there is a huge need for cinema and a huge need for good grown-up movies as well. I don't think TV replaces it, but it's undeniable that television is so exciting. I binge watch and love the fact I can have 10 hours of being with characters that are truly interesting, but I think it's probably more the lonely experience. If you talk to people about it, a lot of them watch TV on their own, but with the cinema you usually go with someone else.
Given that Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston are no longer an item, do you know who Tom will be walking down the red carpet with on Sunday?
I'm going to ask him if he wants to walk down with me!
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They have complained that the 7am start could damage trade as well as making it tricky to get their children to kindergarten.
Statistics Norway plans to change the time, currently at 10am, next month.
Traders say that releasing growth and job numbers so early could lead to sharp swings in the Norwegian crown as there will be few around to trade it.
This is because it is very thinly traded outside the country.
"In different countries data is released when markets are open and there is strong liquidity," said Sindre Stoeer, chief executive officer of the Norwegian Securities Dealers Association.
He added that the move could ultimately lead to uncertainty about the currency and make it slightly weaker.
Torstein Arne Bye, director of economics, energy and the environment at Statistics Norway said: "We want to publish the statistics early so that people can make use of the data as early as possible when they start work."
But Erica Blomgren, chief strategist at SEB in Oslo investor interest in Norway's currency had been falling off recently and this move could serve to make trading even thinner.
She said the new time for the data would make it more likely to be overlooked by traders outside the region, making them even less inclined to trade in the currency and bond markets: "The Scandinavian banks will keep trading but certain speculative accounts [such as hedge funds] from other countries may be deterred."
Aside from such professional arguments, the statistics office said it had received complaints about its negative effect on family life, as it would interfere with taking children to kindergarten early in the morning.
Mr Bye said he had considered this argument - but it did not wash.
He said the office was giving thought to the other objections but was still planning to start releasing data from 7am from 23 September.
"Help," was the message he mouthed to his wife, Mary, as he stood holding a single ball.
Two years later Glyn and Mary are back in Wales and can only watch through a computer screen as a handful of those pupils take to the field for the final of the Rwandan National League.
What began as a trial training session has developed into a way of life for many young people growing up in a country still tainted by the 1994 genocide.
Mary and Glyn Watkins were volunteering as teachers at TTC Mururu school in Rwanda in early 2014 when the principal of the college invited them to dinner.
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"I know the Welsh are not very good at football, but you're good at rugby," was the candid conversation starter that led to the school's first training session. How quickly things can change in sport.
Glyn had never previously coached rugby at any level, but his befitting birthplace granted him all the credibility he needed.
The school's single ball would not suffice so the couple travelled six hours through the Nyungwe rainforest to seek assistance from Friends of Rwandan Rugby, a small charity started by Emma Rees - a former student and rugby player of Aberystwyth University - which promotes the sport in Rwanda.
They returned with three balls and the commitment of a few rugby development officers who would soon visit the school to coach the players.
This led to Mururu's participation in its first inter-schools national competition in which they finished fourth.
Word spread quickly and soon Mary found herself at the heart of her first international friendly.
"We were right on the Congo border and they heard about the training Glyn was doing, the next thing we knew we had a load of Congolese turn up," Mary said.
"I think that was the first Congo versus Rwanda international. The only problem was that the border closes at 6pm and it was about a 20 minute run for them to get back. So at half-past-five they would all disappear."
Border control wasn't the only obstacle to overcome. The pupils were also all too poor to afford any proper kit.
"In fairness to these lads, they don't have any money, they had one T-shirt for PE lessons and they complained they were getting ripped. So Caldicot RFC offered us some kit. Caerleon and Bedlinog RFC also helped out."
The team at least looked the part even if the pitch did not meet usual standards. Initially the markings were fictional which became the source of much dissent among opposing teams when tries were awarded.
"One game was delayed because none of the markings were set out and we had to wait for a guy to arrive on a bike that was loaded with sawdust - all the boys dived in and marked out the lines.
They play on a football pitch in which they strap massive bamboo poles to the posts to make rugby posts. I've also seen games played where the referee's flag is a leafy twig." Mary added.
By the end of 2015 many of the students had graduated but the team's captain Donatien Ufitimfura could not entertain the idea of life without rugby.
"I was wondering how am I going to spend two months of the holiday without playing the game so I came up with the idea of creating a team," he said.
"I started coaching newcomers from my district Rusizi and worked hard to increase the number of people interested in the sport."
From here Rusizi Resilience was born.
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The team became the eighth member of the country's national league which led to its official recognition by World Rugby. The only problem?
They had only ever played sevens in school and their first 15-a-side match was a competitive game in the national league. However, they won that match 36-6 against Muhanga RFC.
The team went on to win every match of their opening season until the league's final against Thousand Hills RFC on Saturday which they lost 45-0.
Mary arranged for the team to play in Oakdale RFC kit and is proud of their achievement.
"The team they were playing on Saturday is made up almost exclusively of international players. What Donatien has done is incredible," she said.
"He stood out from the very first training session for us. He is a very intelligent young man and he does an awful lot of research."
Donatien was invited to train with the national team, but fell just short of making the final squad.
He has turned down the opportunity to attend university to take up a post as a rugby development officer with 'Friends of Rwandan Rugby.'
He has already set up tag rugby teams in eight local primary schools.
For a country with such a turbulent history as Rwanda, Mary was quick to discover that rugby provided the pupils with a refuge, free from any painful historical references.
"Rugby is a post-genocide sport. When you were out there you realised that everyone was affected," Mary said.
"There were a lot of people that were killed in football stadiums. In village football sides you'd maybe play opposition that maybe killed your family.
"All the sports can be tainted but there are no bad memories associated with rugby."
Donatien admits the sport has become much more than a pastime.
"Rugby has eased the wound of genocide especially for the youth. Rugby has contributed for developing the sociability of Rwandans," he said.
"I could not envisage life without it. Only war, disaster or other conditions out of my control could stop me from playing now.
"Nobody can forget it all because what happened was so bad, but rugby can help me forget all the bad things I have seen.
"When I play rugby I can feel nothing in my heart but enjoyment."
Russian Blue Twilight was found with slices to her abdomen so deep her organs were exposed, the RSPCA said.
She was found collapsed near her home in Hungate Street, Aylsham. Her sister Midnight returned home with a severe limp and bleeding leg.
RSPCA inspector Ben Kirby said: "This is a shocking and horrific attack on two loved pets from the same family."
Both cats were taken to the vets where it was discovered Twilight's injuries were so severe she had to be put down.
Midnight is recovering from the leg injury.
Vets believe the wounds were inflicted with a knife or a blade. The RSCPA has just released details of the attack on 30 July.
Insp Kirby added: "The vets have said that Twilight's wounds were the worst she had ever seen, the possibility that someone has done this deliberately is unthinkable.
"We are extremely keen to hear from anybody who might be able to lead us to who committed this awful attack."
A Norfolk police spokesman confirmed they have been made aware of the attack and are investigating it.
The firm said it would be winding down in the next year as it relocates its IT services to Portugal in order to "be closer to our core markets".
Some of the job losses at will include contract workers.
Euronext operates stock exchanges across Europe and has bases in Belgium, France, Portugal, the Netherlands, and the UK.
Meanwhile, County Armagh crisp and snack company Tayto said there is a "strong possibility" it will have to consider redundancies.
The trade union Unite said 80 jobs are at risk at the firm's Tandragee base.
Tayto said this financial year had been "difficult", adding that "business is down".
"We always experience a seasonal drop in the first few months of the year, but recovery has definitely been slower this year," the company said in a statement.
"Production costs in Tandragee are considerably higher than at any of our other sites, which are all in England."
The company said "only £25m of our £180m turnover comes from Tandragee" but said it has "no intention of ceasing production" at the site.
But it added: "It could be that in the future we will be forced to restrict production here to what is sold in Northern Ireland in order to ensure the continued success of the company."
Unite representative Sean McKeever said the company appeared "intent on marking the 60th anniversary of Tayto in Tandragee with large-scale job losses and a squeeze on workers' pay".
"This latest announcement leaves Unite with no option but to ballot our members for strike action," he added.
"It is likely that any strike action will cause significant disruption to the production of Tayto crisps but also own-brand products for the multiples."
Clubs are required to provide accurate details of training sessions and player whereabouts so that they are available for testing at all times.
The club has allegedly failed to ensure its information was accurate on three occasions, leading to the FA charge.
On Thursday, Manchester City were fined £35,000 for admitting a similar breach.
Bournemouth have until 23 February to respond to the charge.
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The FA operates a "three strikes" policy in relation to breaches of 'club whereabouts' information.
It is a rather complex system which covers the first-team, under-23s and under-18s.
By 10:00 GMT on a Monday, clubs must have told the FA where their players are going to be for the remainder of that week. The information includes training times, days off, travel, home addresses and hotels.
Should the information - training times or days off for instance - change during the week, the FA has to be notified.
UK anti-doping officials are then entitled to turn up, at random, to carry out tests. If the player or players are not at the location they are supposed to be, this constitutes a breach.
The club are made aware of this and after three breaches, the FA will issue a charge.
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Former England international Gary Neville has expressed his dismay over the FA's charges for clubs in relation to breaching anti-doping rules.
Neville's then Manchester United and England team-mate Rio Ferdinand was banned for eight months for failing to take a drugs test, which resulted in the defender missing Euro 2004.
With Ferdinand's hearing looming, England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson was told to leave him out of the squad for a match against Turkey in October 2003, prompting England players to vote unanimously to threaten to strike unless he was recalled.
The strike was eventually averted, but Neville remained critical of the FA and accused the organisation of "hanging [Ferdinand] out to dry" and prejudging the case.
On 19 December, Ferdinand was found guilty of the misconduct charge, banned for eight months and fined £50,000.
In January, the Supreme Court upheld the High Court ruling that Parliament had to be consulted before Article 50 could be triggered.
Labour MP Gloria de Piero tabled a written question asking when the cost of the appeal would be published.
Brexit Minister Robin Walker replied: "The department has not been billed for all costs related to the case."
He continued: "Details of the total costs associated with the case, including the costs of the Supreme Court appeal, will be published in due course after they have been settled."
The government has rejected Freedom of Information requests for the cost to be revealed, saying it will be made public at a future date.
Investment manager Gina Miller and other campaigners won a case in the High Court last year against the government's assertion Article 50, the mechanism which kickstarts the process of leaving the EU, could be activated by royal prerogative.
Ministers appealed the decision in the Supreme Court and lost again.
They swiftly introduced the European Union (Notice of Withdrawal) Bill, which is currently making its way through Parliament.
If the bill is passed as expected next week, it will have taken longer to pay the legal bills for the appeal than to get MPs' and peers' approval to start the Brexit process.
He has also made a further alteration to his backroom team by appointing Jamie Clapham as coach.
Venus, 48, has worked under Mowbray at all four previous clubs he has managed, Hibernian, Celtic, West Bromwich Albion and Middlesbrough.
Clapham, 39, was also part of Mowbray's backroom team at Boro.
He will assist with the first team and the Under-21s, while Venus will be in charge of recruitment.
Neil MacFarlane, who stayed on as assistant manager following Steven Pressley's sacking in February, will remain in his existing role.
"Mark is someone I've worked with for many years and have enjoyed a lot of success with," said Mowbray, who signed a two-year deal last month. "Jamie impressed me with his coaching skills and development during my time at Middlesbrough.
"Throughout my discussions with the club's owners and the board, the main areas I highlighted were structure and recruitment at the club.
"If we're going to achieve our ambitions, it is important not to just focus on the pitch but also the work we do off it. If you look at the work I did at Middlesbrough and West Bromwich Albion, there is now a successful structure in place at those clubs and this is what I want to replicate here."
Reynolds strangled the 17-year-old in 2012, four years after a caution for trying to strangle another teenager.
Devon and Cornwall Police are investigating West Mercia Police's earlier dealings with the killer, from Wellington, Shropshire.
Seven officers received misconduct notices in September and November.
Georgia's body was found in woodland off the Nant-y-Garth pass, near Wrexham, four days after she went missing.
Reynolds had hanged the teenager in a sexually motivated attack in Wellington before dumping her body.
Chelsea, Robben's former club, went on to win the final in Munich on penalties after the midfielder missed a spot-kick in extra time.
The Dutchman said: "It was a terrible penalty kick. I wanted to shoot the ball hard and high in the goal but the ball didn't go high enough.
"I can't describe how I feel with words but it's been a terrible night."
In April, Arjen Robben also missed a penalty in Bayern Munich's 1-0 defeat in the Bundesliga against Borussia Dortmund, which was a crucial match in the title race.
Robben had his chance from the spot when Didier Drogba fouled Franck Ribery inside the box, but Petr Cech saved his kick.
He was consoled by Drogba and Uefa president Michel Platini after Bayern's 4-3 shootout defeat after the game had finished 1-1 draw after extra time.
"The fact that Drogba and Platini tried to cheer me up was nice, but it's worth nothing," Robben said. "I wanted that cup but it didn't happen."
Bayern manager Jupp Heynckes backed Robben for not taking one of his side's five spot-kicks in the shoot-out.
"You can understand if he didn't score the penalty in extra-time that he may have lost some self-confidence to participate in the penalty shoot-out," added Heynckes.
"That is quite easy to see."
Robben added: "After that, I still played well but you have to change your mindset at that point."
The country was improving its nuclear weapons "in quality and quantity", state-run news agency KCNA reported.
Yongbyon's reactor was shut down in 2007 but Pyongyang vowed to restart it in 2013, following its third nuclear test and amid high regional tensions.
The reactor has been the source of plutonium for North Korea's nuclear weapons programme.
Experts believe that if re-started, the reactor could make one bomb's worth of plutonium per year.
The announcement about Yongbyon is the first official confirmation from North Korea that it has restarted operations there.
A US think-tank said earlier this year that satellite images suggested that work had started at the plant.
KCNA said on Tuesday that the North was ready to face US hostility with "nuclear weapons any time".
However, the full scope of North Korea's nuclear capabilities is unclear.
Pyongyang claims it has made a device small enough to fit a nuclear warhead on to a missile, which it could launch at its enemies.
However, US officials have cast doubt on this claim and experts say it is difficult to assess the progress North Korea has made on miniaturisation.
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Two big claims have been made as the country prepares for the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the ruling Workers Party. Firstly, it said the nuclear facility producing material for bombs is fully operational.
Secondly, Pyongyang has indicated it will launch a rocket soon to carry a satellite into space - but the US and South Korea believe it would be a test of a long-range military missile.
Most reliable observers think North Korea already has nuclear material for 12 or so atomic bombs, but may not be able to make those bombs small enough to go on a rocket. Nor has it shown it can send a missile as far as the US (though it has ample ability to hit South Korea).
If it emerged that its rocket technology really had advanced enough to hit California, that would change the calculation completely.
North Korea is indicating it is near that stage, but there is no evidence that this is more than sabre-rattling right now.
North Korea has made threats against its neighbours and the US before, often to coincide with annual joint military exercises held by South Korea and US forces.
The two Koreas remain technically at war, because the 1950-1953 war ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty.
China, which is North Korea's main ally and trading partner, said on Tuesday that it hoped "relevant parties" would respond with "caution and refrain from taking actions that may elevate tension".
"The car was still in mint condition; nothing was missing - not even the battery," Derrick Goosen told South Africa's News24 website.
Police in the northern province of Limpopo stopped the Toyota Corolla at a road block last November.
One officer then spent months tracing the owner, as the registration and chassis numbers had been removed.
Once Mr Goosen was contacted, he had to drive about 250km (155 miles) north of Pretoria to identify the vehicle.
"The car was of sentimental value to me. I loved it and I am grateful I've found it," the 44-year-old is quoted as saying.
According to News24, the car had been used as a taxi for many years until it was bought by an unsuspecting police officer in Limpopo for about 22,000 South African rand ($1,569; £1,004).
"She had all the paperwork indicating she was the owner, but she didn't know it was a stolen car and the information had been changed," Mr Goosen said.
Plans are now under way to return that car to its first owner.
Mr Comey reportedly asked the US justice department to reject the allegation Mr Obama ordered a wiretap during last year's election campaign.
He is said to have asked for the correction because it falsely insinuates that the FBI broke the law.
The development was reported by the New York Times and confirmed by NBC.
The justice department did issue any immediate statement in response to Mr Comey's reported request.
US media quoted officials as saying that Mr Comey believed there was no evidence to support Mr Trump's allegation.
The New York Times and NBC reports came as the White House called on Congress to investigate whether the Obama administration had abused its powers.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer said there had been "very troubling" reports "concerning potentially politically motivated investigations immediately ahead of the 2016 election".
Mr Trump called the alleged tapping "Nixon/Watergate", referring to the notorious political scandal of 1972, which led to the downfall of President Richard Nixon.
He asked on Twitter whether it was legal for a "sitting president to be wire-tapping" and referred to the allegation as "a new low".
Mr Trump, who has faced intense scrutiny over alleged Russian interference in support of his presidential bid, offered no evidence to support his allegation that phones at Trump Tower were tapped last year.
A spokesman for Mr Obama said the charge was "simply false".
Earlier, the director of national intelligence at the time of the US election, James Clapper, denied there had been any wire-tap on Mr Trump or his election campaign team.
Mr Clapper also told NBC that he knew of no court order to allow monitoring of Trump Tower in New York.
"There was no such wire-tap activity mounted against the president-elect at the time, as a candidate, or against his campaign," Mr Clapper said.
The 17-year-old girl died on Monday after it is thought she suffered an adverse reaction to a form of the drug known as Mastercard, police said.
She had been on a night out at the Victoria Warehouse in Trafford.
A man, 19, and woman, 20, are being held on suspicion of possession with intent to supply a Class A drug.
They were arrested in the St Helens area early on Tuesday morning and will be questioned later, Greater Manchester Police said.
The young woman died in hospital after police were called to the Victoria Warehouse shortly after 05:00 BST.
Det Ch Insp Ben Ewart said police "sadly" know "that other people will have taken this form of ecstasy" and urged anybody who may have taken it to "get themselves checked out."
"Our thoughts and condolences remain with the family of this girl at this heart breaking time," he said.
He asked anybody who knows where the drug may have come from to contact police.
Sales edged up by 0.3% to £1.77bn and passenger numbers grew from 28.9 million to 31 million..
Attacks in Egypt, Paris and Brussels affected bookings but profits were more strongly affected by a fall in the value of the pound.
The company said it was "confident" that passenger numbers, sales and profits will grow this year.
Chief executive Carolyn McCall told the BBC that Easyjet had had a very strong first half of the year despite "very challenging events".
She said the reason for the loss was because the pound had lost value against the euro since last year: "Technically the reason for the loss is foreign exchange - the softening of the pound against the euro," she added.
The company said the change in values meant Easyjet lost around £30m compared with a year ago.
Ms McCall said: "So if you actually take it at constant currency [assuming the euro and the pound stayed at the same value as they were the year before] we will have made a profit of £5m which is nearly the same as last year."
Winter is often a slow period for airlines and many make a loss for the period.
However, events in Sharm el-Sheikh, Paris and Brussels did have an effect on demand, said Ms McCall, adding: "There's no question that you have to stimulate demand at the right time to get passengers back in flying and that does happen.
"It does take weeks but actually after a few weeks people want to get back to normality and they start flying again."
On Monday shares in Easyjet rose by 3.8% after broker RBC raised its outlook to "outperform" from "underperform", saying that the business was tackling its cost inflation problems.
"What we have surprised the City about is our cost controls," said Ms McCall.
"We have very actively managed our cost base as you would expect in light of a much more unpredictable revenue environment because of external events and actually I think that has gone very well, so far because our cost per seat is down year on year and we've said it will be flat and down for the year."
Shares in EasyJet edged down slightly following the publication of the results.
The original ruling, made by the Belgian Privacy Commissioner (BPC) in November, relates to Facebook cookies that track the activity of non-users.
The company expects to receive an order this week, which it will contest.
But in the meantime, cookies will not be set for non-users and accounts will be needed to access content.
Cookies are text files, and some record the web activity of users. The one in question, which Facebook has named datr, can live in a web user's browser for two years.
Facebook has argued that the cookie provides better security for the site's members by preventing the creation of fake accounts, reducing the risk of accounts being hijacked, protecting users' content against theft and deterring denial-of-service attacks.
"We had hoped to address the BPC's concerns in a way that allowed us to continue using a security cookie that protected Belgian people from more than 33,000 takeover attempts in the past month," said a Facebook spokeswoman.
"We're disappointed we were unable to reach an agreement and now people will be required to log in or register for an account to see publicly available content on Facebook."
In a letter on Tuesday, the company told the BPC it would comply "fully" with the order as soon as it was received.
As well as blocking access to pages for non-users, datr cookies will no longer be set for non-users and existing cookies for such individuals will be deleted where possible.
Facebook also says it will implement cookies for users who are logged in to protect against certain attacks on its network.
"We continue to have significant concerns that requirements set forth during these proceedings in respect of cookie practices have not been applied fairly and equitably within Belgium to other internet services, as demonstrated in the reports we have submitted in the past," commented Facebook in the letter.
"I think the other protection authorities all over Europe will be looking at this," said Paul Bernal, a privacy commentator and law lecturer at the University of East Anglia.
"Belgium isn't applying Belgian law, it's applying European law, so if they're applying it in Belgium why shouldn't they apply it everywhere in Europe?"
Dr Bernal added that while blocking access to pages for non-users might give added privacy protection to those individuals, it was likely there would be some disappointment among Belgian business owners, for example.
"[If] people cannot now find their Facebook pages [the business owners] will not be happy about it," he said.
A new mobile phone app allows them to record everything from the weight of a lamb to the medicines it is being given, all without leaving the fields.
The Welsh government-funded TAG project also works out when sheep are ready for market.
Huw and Guto Jones, who farm at Mallwyd, Gwynedd, and Llandre, Ceredigion, said it saves them time.
The brothers now carry detailed information about their 1,300 flock of sheep in their hand while shepherding in the fields.
"This new technology is a breath of fresh air," said Huw Jones. "It has made the recording of sheep and lambs' details so much easier and quicker.
"If a problem arises in the field with a lame ewe or a sick lamb, we can search for an ear tag number on the phone and find their medical history.
"The other advantage we've seen is that we can register and read EID (electronic identification) tags for our 800 Welsh mountain sheep at Talyglannau, and do exactly the same with the LlÅ·n flock of sheep we have on our second farm Elgar in Llandre, Bow Street, even though we have no broadband connection there."
Hear more on Country Focus, BBC Radio Wales, Sunday 13 September at 07:00 BST.
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The teenager is accused of murdering 61-year-old Spanish teacher Ann Maguire at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds on 28 April.
Paul Greaney QC, prosecuting, said the boy did not admit murder, but added: "It does amount to an admission he's guilty of manslaughter."
A trial on the murder charge was set for 3 November at Leeds Crown Court.
No formal plea was entered, but Richard Wright QC, defending, said: "He has accepted responsibility for the unlawful killing of the deceased".
The student, who was 15 at the time of the killing, cannot be named for legal reasons. He appeared in court via video-link.
Mrs Maguire, a mother-of two from Moortown, Leeds, was due to retire in September after working for more than 40 years at the school.
Members of her family watched the proceedings from the public gallery.
The court heard that expert psychiatric reports would now be prepared before the trial.
The boy was told he would appear again for a hearing on 26 September. He was remanded in custody.
Both the judge and Mr Greaney asked the public to be extremely careful about using social media to discuss this case and stressed there could be heavy penalties for naming the defendant or giving other details about the case before the trial.
Law firm Irwin Mitchell says it has formally notified the MoD of several claims after being contacted by about 30 serving and former members of the armed forces about its use of Lariam.
Side effects of the drug can include anxiety, depression and nightmares.
The MoD has said it is only prescribed after an individual risk assessment.
Irwin Mitchell said its case comes after MPs on the Defence Select Committee were made aware of claims the drug may have been used "outside of manufacturers' guidelines".
It said it was representing male and female clients who had served with the Army and other branches of the armed forces.
Kevin Timms, from the law firm, said: "Through our work we have seen first-hand the devastating effects that Lariam has had on the lives of service personnel and their families.
"We are now investigating the legal case on their behalf and in some cases have already formally notified the MoD of the intention to bring legal action."
Lariam is the brand name for mefloquine, a once-a-week anti-malarial tablet licensed for sale in 42 countries worldwide.
It is among a number of different anti-malarial drugs used by the Ministry of Defence, and as of September last year made up 1.2% of its military's anti-malarial stocks.
Lariam's manufacturer Roche advises patients and healthcare professionals to follow the advice it provides.
Among those represented by Irwin Mitchell is former Drum Major Sergeant Daniel Swain, 36, from Ely in Cambridgeshire.
He says he suffered from anger issues after taking Lariam in Iraq in 2006, and had an "out-of-body experience" when he took the drug four years later while training troops in Afghanistan.
Another former soldier, Ade Jerry, 33, from Berkshire, who served in the Royal Army Medical Corps, says he felt low and developed symptoms of depression after taking Lariam in 2008 in Afghanistan.
Although he thought this was down to being away from friends and family, the symptoms persisted when he took the drug when he was deployed again in 2011.
Mr Timms said: "He has told us that he was given no information prior to taking Lariam and neither did he undergo any mental or physical health assessment.
"On both occasions in which he was prescribed Lariam, he was handed the drug while on parade and told that it was an anti-malaria tablet... but was given no information about the risks associated with the drugs."
In response to a written question from the Defence Select Committee, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said in September last year that the MoD complies with national guidelines on malaria prevention, issued by Public Health England.
PHE's most recent annual review was conducted that same month and it "continues to recommend mefolquine use as long as individual assessments are undertaken before prescribing", he said.
Mr Fallon added that all anti-malarial drugs have side effects, and there had to be a balance between providing protection against malaria and side effects.
A spokesperson for the MoD said: "No anti-malarial treatments are without associated side effects but it is crucial we protect our personnel from this potentially fatal disease upon deployment to affected areas.
"We need to be able to use the most appropriate drug in order to ensure resistance... Mefloquine is used throughout the world but is not prescribed widely in the UK military, and only after an individual risk assessment."
Roedd blaenwr rhyngwladol Cymru yn arfer chwarae i Sheffield United yn 2012 cyn iddo'i gael yn euog o dreisio menyw mewn ystafell westy yn 2011 a'i garcharu am bum mlynedd.
Cafodd y ddedfryd honno ei dileu yn dilyn achos llys newydd yn Hydref 2016 pan gafwyd Evans yn ddieuog.
Mae adroddiadau yn awgrymu fod ei gytundeb newydd, fydd yn ei weld yn gadael Chesterfield, werth tua £500,000.
Dywedodd Ched Evans: "Rwy'n dal i deimlo fod gen i lawer i brofi mewn pêl-droed ar lefel clwb a'r lefel rhyngwladol, ac rwy'n credu y gallaf wireddu hynny gyda United o flaen cefnogwyr gwych.
"Rwy'n ddiolchgar i Chesterfield - y bwrdd a'r rheolwyr - am roi cyfle i mi ddychwelyd i'r gêm, ac i'r cefnogwyr am y croeso a gefais."
Arun Patel's nose was badly damaged and disfigured when he suffered from pneumonia as a baby.
The infection damaged the cartilage of his nose, making it difficult for doctors to fix it.
A similar operation was carried out in China in 2013 where a man who had damaged his nose in a traffic accident was given a new one.
Arun's parents took him to a doctor in their village in the central state of Madhya Pradesh when he suffered from pneumonia soon after his birth.
But the treatment made his condition worse and he lost his nose due to extensive tissue damage.
More than a decade later, a team of doctors in Indore city decided to conduct a rare four-phased plastic surgery to give Arun a new nose.
Dr Ashwini Dash, who led the surgical team, told BBC Hindi's S Niazi that he was "confident that the new nose would work properly like his other organs".
He added that the entire operation took about a year to finish.
In the first phase, a silicon "tissue expander" was put on his forehead to make space to grow a new nose. Then a special chemical was injected to make the tissues expand.
The second phase involved taking cartilage from his chest to create a new nose, which grew on his forehead over three months.
The doctors removed the artificial nose in the third phase and implanted it on his face. The final phase involved repairing his forehead.
It comes in the wake of attacks on a school in Peshawar in Pakistan, Garissa University in Kenya and the abduction of schoolgirls in Nigeria.
The international meeting on Friday has been convened in Oslo by the Norwegian government.
It calls for students and places of education to be protected in conflicts.
The 37 signatories want staff, students and buildings to be given a protected status during military campaigns.
The international declaration follows a pattern of deliberate attacks on students, teachers and school and university buildings.
This has seen violent assaults such as Taliban gunmen killing more than 140 students and staff at a school in Peshawar in December and the al-Shabab attack which killed more than 140 people at Garissa University in April.
But this is part of a much wider problem, with researchers estimating that there were 10,000 violent attacks on education between 2009 and 2013, in 70 countries, with particular problems in parts of the Middle East, Africa, south Asia and Latin America.
These have included shootings, abductions, intimidation and arson.
Researchers at the University of Maryland, who maintain a Global Terrorism Database, said earlier this year that Pakistan has seen more attacks on education than any other country.
The levels of attacks on education are higher than at any point in four decades of records, with the most recent increase including the threat in Nigeria from Boko Haram.
The countries signing up to the Safe Schools Declaration want to build an international consensus around protecting pupils and education staff, both from deliberate attacks and accidental damage in conflict.
They want to establish protected status, so that during any armed conflict, school buildings are not used as barracks or as part of military defences or for any other military purposes.
There will be a commitment to record any assaults or casualties and, when there are attacks, to support ways of helping pupils to continue with their studies.
The declaration calls for the investigation and prosecution of anyone suspected of violating international and national law in such attacks on schools and universities.
"Targeted attacks on education are robbing a generation of the chance to realise their potential, with a huge long-term social cost," said Diya Nijhowne, director of the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack, which is co-ordinating the declaration with the Norwegian government.
The coalition includes organisations such as Unesco, Unicef, Save the Children and Human Rights Watch.
Among the countries which have signed the declaration are Afghanistan, Argentina, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Nigeria, the Netherlands, Poland, Qatar, South Africa, Spain and Switzerland.
The boy, said to be Jack Pullen, was pulled from the River Etherow, in Broadbottom, near Hyde, at 17:45 BST on Tuesday.
Police believe he had been playing with friends in the river before the "tragic accident".
Tuesday was the hottest day of 2016 so far, according to the Met Office, with temperatures reaching 31C (87.8F).
Flowers were left at the riverside as Jack's father, Gary Pullen, from nearby Hattersley, spoke with reporters.
Overcome with emotion and accompanied by a woman, he said: "He just wanted to be a teenager and be out with his mates."
Jack had recently left Longendale High School in Hollingsworth, near Glossop.
A card at the scene read: "To Jack always in our hearts and thoughts, lots of love Family xxx"
Another read: "Jack, Heaven has gained a beautiful angel and we're all left wondering why. Such a beautiful kid. Jack we are all gonna miss you so much. Love you always XXX."
Det Insp Andy Sandiford said: "We have launched an investigation into this tragic incident which appears to have begun with a group of friends playing in the river on a hot summer's day.
"We understand the water appeared calm and shallow but there may have been strong undercurrents and hidden hazards beneath the surface.
"A team of detectives are investigating the incident and have concluded that there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the boy's death."
He said the boy's family is being supported by specially trained officers.
A man who lives nearby, who declined to be identified, said: "One of my neighbours was first on the scene.
"They found a distraught 16-year-old wondering where his mate had gone.
"Everybody on the road is upset because we've seen them doing it. It's like a sign of summer seeing kids jump in and having a laugh."
He said he believed the boy had jumped from a rocky area approximately 2ft high.
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service has issued water safety advice on its website, which includes warnings about the depth of water and hidden dangers such as submerged shopping trolleys, opened tin cans or broken bottles and hidden currents.
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Alex Chalk said Gloucestershire had been given £4m by the government to tackle potholes but wanted to make sure the town gets its fair share.
He said he felt Cheltenham had been the "Cinderella" town of the county when it came to funding for road repairs.
Robin Markwell reports.
Play in Hong Kong was washed out for all four days of match without a ball being bowled.
Hong Kong are currently fourth in the table, seven points above Scotland, who are searching for their first win in the tournament after a draw and a loss.
Scotland drew at home with Afghanistan in rain-hit Stirling last June before losing in the Netherlands in September.
Scotland are scheduled to play one-day internationals on 26 and 28 January, followed by two Twenty20 internationals on 30 and 31 January in the build-up to the ICC World Twenty20 in India, which begins on 8 March.
Meanwhile, spinner Con de Lange has returned home from the tour following the birth of his second child.
Scotland squad: Preston Mommsen (capt), Alasdair Evans, Bradley Wheal, Calum MacLeod, Con de Lange, George Munsey, Josh Davey, Kyle Coetzer, Mark Watt, Matt Machan, Matthew Cross, Michael Leask, Richie Berrington, Rob Taylor, Safyaan Sharif.
In a Freedom of Information request, police confirmed the letters were distributed to members of the public.
The estate houses the Queen's residence and Anmer Hall, home to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
One letter said the estate "would take intrusions into their privacy, and that of their guests, seriously".
Norfolk Police handed out 13 letters during 2014 and 36 up to the end of November 2015.
It is not known if the letters were distributed for trespass or harassment, as Norfolk Police could not specify the exact reasons due to the manpower costs involved.
They have been given to photographers and media crews in the area.
An example of a letter seen by the BBC reminds people that Sandringham is a private estate.
"The understandable interest to film and photograph the Royal Family needs to be balanced with their rights to a private family life.
"Whilst in residence on the estate, members of the Royal Family and their guests have more than a reasonable expectation of privacy," said the letter.
The media are encouraged to speak to royal communications should they wish to broadcast or photograph on the estate, it adds.
Anmer Hall, a Georgian mansion, is about two miles (3km) east of the Queen's residence.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's first child, Prince George started attending the local Westacre Montessori nursery close to their family home in Anmer this month, generating much media interest.
Notices warning the media not to harass the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were also handed out by Norfolk Police in May, after the birth of Princess Charlotte.
The new centre is run by Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed, a gay Islamic scholar, married to a gay man, and the founder of Homosexual Muslims of France.
Mr Zahed regularly attends the Grand Mosque in Paris, but says he wants to create a more "inclusive" place for gay, lesbian and transgender Muslims.
He says many of them felt uncomfortable praying in established mosques.
"Many gay men don't go to the mosque because they don't want to be recognised," says Mr Zahed.
"They don't want to be ostracised because they wear earrings or because they're effeminate or they're transgender, something that's pretty obviously rejected in many mosques in France," he says.
Mr Zahed's South African gay husband has encountered similar problems. "The first time he came to the mosque he was wearing earrings. After the prayers somebody came up to him and tried to take them off and told him, 'This isn't right, you shouldn't do that here'. It was a kind of soft but very obvious aggression," says Mr Zahed.
He cites another recent case of what he describes as discrimination. "A transgender from a Muslim background died last summer. It was hard to find an imam to pray for her. Nobody wanted to. In the end, we had to do it. We had to pray for her," says Mr Zahed.
For the moment the place of worship is a room in a Buddhist prayer hall. The room holds more than 20 people and is decorated with calligraphy in Chinese characters.
London Imam Ajmal Masroor says that Mr Zahed's meeting room does not constitute a mosque as it does not fully adhere to Islamic preaching and practice.
Mr Zahed says his "mosque" is not trying to be specifically gay-friendly, but "inclusive". He is also trying to integrate the sexes in Islam. He wants men and women to be able to pray together, not just "gay and straight".
Men and women pray together in Mecca, he says, so why can't they in ordinary mosques?
So far the reaction from the rest of the Muslim community in France has been mixed. France has the largest Muslim community in Europe outside Russia.
The Paris Grand Mosque has issued an unequivocal statement. "The fact that he's opening a mosque or a prayer room is something that's outside the Islamic community. The Koran condemns homosexuality. It is banned," said a Grand Mosque spokesman.
Other Muslims have been intrigued enough to ask Mr Zahed how he justifies his stance. "People are trying to understand who we are, where we come from, what our interpretation of this or that verse of the Koran is, and that's diversity and dialogue and I'm happy with it," says Mr Zahed.
He also says he has received messages of support from ordinary Muslims in France.
He is, however, concerned enough about the safety of his new congregation to be reticent about revealing exactly where it will be meeting.
At the moment Mr Zahed is not getting any special protection from the French police and the French authorities have told him they are not aware of any specific threats from within the Muslim community.
But he is still concerned about violence "or a simple demonstration". Not least because if there are "demonstrations [outside] or threats when you are trying to get in, it's not going to be a peaceful context to be connected to each other and to pray".
Traditionally, Muslim religious authorities have opposed gay sex. They argue that the Koranic authority for this is the story of God's destruction of the city of Sodom because of its citizens' sins.
"Homosexuality is a choice, it's a desire, it's not something that you are born with," says the London imam Ajmal Masroor. Homosexuality is not acceptable for either Sunni or Shia Muslims, he says, because God intends for sex to occur between men and women only, within marriage, and "any sexual relationship outside marriage is a sin".
However, that does not mean that Muslims should discriminate against homosexuals, says Mr Masroor. Mosques are open to everyone.
Rather than trying to separate themselves homosexuals should be attending mosque like other Muslims, argues Mr Masroor. But they should not be trying to change the religion. "If you join Islam, you must conform to Islamic teachings."
Mr Zahed says that "Islam has nothing to do with homosexuality".
"Islam is not a totalitarian fascist identity. You should not use Islam to justify your prejudices and try to control the sexuality and gender of individuals," he says.
Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed spoke to Newshour on the BBC World Service.
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The Sunday Times alleges football officials took a total of £3m in return for support of the Qatari bid.
Qatar's 2022 bid committee has issued a statement reiterating that it denies "all allegations of wrongdoing".
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Organisers are due to meet Fifa's ethics investigator Michael Garcia in Oman on Monday.
The New York lawyer is already conducting a long-running inquiry into the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids.
Football Association chairman Greg Dyke also said a new vote should take place if it was shown a "corrupt system" had led to Qatar's win.
UK Sports Minister Helen Grant said it was "essential that major sporting events are awarded in an open, fair and transparent manner".
Speaking on BBC Radio 5 live's Sportsweek programme, Boyce said: "I, certainly as a member of the executive committee, would have absolutely no problem whatsoever if the recommendation was for a re-vote.
Bin Hammam was initially banned from football for life in July 2011 after being found guilty of attempted bribery.
The allegations centred around bids to buy votes in the Fifa presidential election of that year.
However, his ban was annulled a year later by the Court of Arbitration for Sport which said there was insufficient evidence to support the punishment.
Bin Hammam then quit football saying he had seen the "very ugly face of football".
Fifa issued him with a second life ban in December 2012 for "conflicts of interest" while he was president of the Asian Football Confederation.
In March 2014, the Daily Telegraph reported a company owned by Bin Hammam had paid former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner and his family more than £1m. Payments were claimed to have been made shortly after Qatar won the right to host the 2022 World Cup.
"If Garcia comes up with concrete evidence and concrete evidence is given to the executive committee and to Fifa, then it has to be looked at very seriously.
"The Fifa executive committee are 100% behind Garcia," he continued. "He will be allowed to go and speak to anyone from around the world to complete his mission."
The allegations of corruption centre on former Fifa official Mohammed bin Hammam, with The Sunday Times claiming to have obtained secret documents that implicate the former Asian Football Confederation president in corrupting members of football's governing body to win the right to stage the 2022 World Cup.
The newspaper alleges the documents, seen by BBC sports editor David Bond, show that Bin Hammam, 65, was lobbying on his country's behalf at least a year before the decision to award the country hosting rights.
They also allegedly show he had also made payments into accounts controlled by the presidents of 30 African football associations and accounts controlled by the Trinidadian Jack Warner, a former vice-president of Fifa.
Qatar's 2022 bid committee and Bin Hammam have always strenuously denied any wrongdoing and that he actively lobbied on their behalf in the run-up to the vote in December 2010.
When approached by The Sunday Times to respond to their fresh claims of obtaining secret documents, Bin Hammam's son Hamad Al Abdulla declined to comment on his behalf.
In a new statement issued on Sunday, the Qatar bid committee said it had "always upheld the highest standard of ethics and integrity in its successful bid to host the 2022 Fifa World Cup".
The committee said it was co-operating with Garcia's inquiry, adding: "We will take whatever steps are necessary to defend the integrity of Qatar's bid and our lawyers are looking into this matter.
"The right to host the tournament was won because it was the best bid and because it is time for the Middle East to host its first Fifa World Cup."
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FA chairman Dyke backed Boyce and said the "serious allegations" had to be investigated, adding: "I think if it is shown it was a corrupt system and that the people who won used bribes and other influences to get the vote, then of course it has got to be done again."
Bin Hammam has previously been at the centre of controversy in the football world. He was initially banned from the sport for life in July 2011 after being found guilty of attempted bribery over votes in that year's Fifa presidential election.
However, his ban was annulled a year later by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which said there was insufficient evidence to support the punishment.
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Fifa issued him with a second life ban in December 2012 for "conflicts of interest" while he was president of the Asian Football Confederation.
In March 2014, The Daily Telegraph reported a company owned by Bin Hammam had paid Warner and his family more than £1m. Payments were claimed to have been made shortly after Qatar won the right to host the 2022 World Cup.
Qatar, which defeated bids from South Korea, Japan, Australia and the United States, has always insisted Bin Hammam never had any official role supporting their bid and always acted independently from the Qatar 2022 campaign.
Meanwhile, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development Jim Murphy told the BBC he had recently travelled to Qatar to investigate conditions of migrant employees working on World Cup infrastructure, amid accusations of abuse and deaths on building sites.
Almost 200 Nepalese men are reported to have died last year working on construction projects in Qatar.
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Murphy said: "The revelations in today's Sunday Times, if proven, now call into question whether Qatar should hold the World Cup at all.
"There now needs to be a forensic inquiry into each and every one of those emails and documents to work out who paid what, when, for what, and what was the ebb and flow of votes and voting allegiances as a consequence.
"If that's proven, then the building work in Qatar has to stop, the vote has to be re-run, it has to be free and fair, because football fans deserve that."
Murphy added: "If Fifa doesn't act, it's lost the right to lead the world of football. Let's hope Qatar won fair and square, but there has to be an investigation."
China's Sinoma will build seven plants across the continent and one in Nepal.
The new factories will add around 25 million tonnes to the firm's existing cement capacity of 45 million tonnes.
Mr Dangote's company also produces food, fertiliser and is investing in oil refineries.
He is keeping a close eye on China's economic problems and the ensuing lower oil price.
"Of course we are affected," he said, "but we are not badly affected because we are not 100% in oil.
"We are a fully diversified company. So today if oil is doing [badly] it doesn't mean we are doing [badly] and that's the good thing about diversification."
Africa's economies have been hit hard by the fall in commodity prices but many are seeing a boom in infrastructure, for which cement is vital.
Oliver Burke's sweet finish gave Forest an early lead before Cardiff responded with Aron Gunnarsson's deflected strike.
The Bluebirds dominated for long spells but were frustrated by a Forest side now unbeaten in seven games.
Tenth-placed Cardiff are now six points behind the play-off spots with Forest up to 14th.
Wayward finishing was the cause of Cardiff's demise as they had lost both their previous matches, and they were similarly unable to make their dominance pay against Forest.
Dougie Freedman's side had to withstand heavy pressure and, although they seemed content with a point, it was the visitors who took the lead.
A quick counter-attack culminated in a pass from Dexter Blackstock to Burke, who used the outside of his right foot to deftly guide a swerving shot into the net for his first Forest goal.
Cardiff's response was swift as, three minutes later, Gunnarsson's 20-yard shot took a sharp deflection to leave Forest keeper Dorus de Vries stranded.
The former Swansea stopper had a busy first half, holding on to a Joe Ralls shot before reacting superbly to deny Tony Watt with a one-handed save low to his left.
Despite Cardiff's dominance, the score remained 1-1 at the interval, and Russell Slade's side continued to press in the second half with Gunnarsson heading wide.
The hosts' attacking threat faded as the game wore on, however, and it was Forest who had the final chance as another former Swansea player, substitute Nelson Oliveira, blazed a close-range rebound over the bar.
Cardiff boss Russell Slade: "They parked the bus in the second half, sat very, very deep and made it difficult for us.
"They lived on the counter-attack and we could not unlock the door which is very frustrating, even though we did a lot of very good things in the game.
"They tried to kill the game and see it out from an early stage, but we should have been adding to our tally with the three good first-half chances we had.
"We will just keep working at it, and we played well against a good Forest side who, had they been any deeper, they would have needed snorkels."
Nottingham Forest manager Dougie Freedman: "I think we should have won it at the end, we had the two best chances of the game during that last 15 minutes.
"We tried to slow everything down and quiet their fans down and we felt that was the best way to do it.
"We made a lot of changes and we didn't complain about the number of fixtures. The younger guys we had come in gave us some freshness and allowed us to keep some guys on the bench and bring them on to try and win the game.
"With our transfer embargo I am going to need to be able to call on these players to get us through to the end of the season."
Match ends, Cardiff City 1, Nottingham Forest 1.
Second Half ends, Cardiff City 1, Nottingham Forest 1.
Attempt missed. Nélson Oliveira (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a set piece situation.
Attempt saved. Henri Lansbury (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nélson Oliveira.
Foul by Matthew Connolly (Cardiff City).
Nélson Oliveira (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Eric Lichaj (Nottingham Forest) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Sammy Ameobi (Cardiff City) header from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Joe Ralls.
Fabio (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Fabio (Cardiff City).
Henri Lansbury (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Henri Lansbury replaces Oliver Burke.
Substitution, Cardiff City. Federico Macheda replaces Craig Noone.
Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Nélson Oliveira replaces Dexter Blackstock.
Jamie Ward (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Craig Noone (Cardiff City).
Jamie Ward (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sammy Ameobi (Cardiff City).
Jamie Ward (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Peter Whittingham (Cardiff City).
Ben Osborn (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ben Osborn replaces Jonathan Williams.
Substitution, Cardiff City. Peter Whittingham replaces Aron Gunnarsson because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City) because of an injury.
Sammy Ameobi (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jamie Ward (Nottingham Forest).
Foul by Sammy Ameobi (Cardiff City).
Jonathan Williams (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Cardiff City. Sammy Ameobi replaces Kenwyne Jones.
Foul by Matthew Connolly (Cardiff City).
Jonathan Williams (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Lee Peltier (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tony Watt.
Attempt blocked. Matthew Connolly (Cardiff City) header from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Anthony Pilkington with a cross.
Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Jack Hobbs.
Fabio (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Oliver Burke (Nottingham Forest).
Attempt missed. Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Craig Noone with a cross following a set piece situation.
Attempt blocked. Joe Ralls (Cardiff City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Analysts said investors remained nervous about slowing global growth, uncertainty over US interest rates and further falls in oil prices.
Greece's financial stocks were down more than 20% as the wider Athens Stock Exchange hit its lowest level since 1991.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 296.91 at 15,908.06.
While the Nasdaq Index fell 80.91 to 4282.23.
That followed sharp losses in Europe, as the FTSE 100 fell 2% to 5715.26 and Athens hit a 25-year low.
Brent crude oil futures, a closely watched benchmark, was down 2.3% to $33.28 a barrel at 15:15 (GMT).
On Wall Street, financial stocks were among the worst hit amid concerns that low interest rates in the US, Europe and Japan are hurting bank margins.
Goldman Sachs was the biggest loser in early trading on the Dow, falling almost 4%, while Visa was down 3% and JP Morgan 2.9%.
That followed similar falls for bank stocks in Europe, with HSBC down 3%, Commerzbank slumping more than 7% and BNP Paribas falling 4%.
Michael Hewson, chief market analyst at traders CMC Markets UK, said investors in bank stocks were nervous about poor recent results "alongside the ugly spectre of negative interest rates".
US tech stocks also continued their falls from Friday, with Amazon and Facebook both down 3%.
Investors see tech stocks as particularly exposed to slowing consumer spend, according to Adam Laird, of Hargreaves Lansdown.
He said: "We are still seeing a concern that the world is slowing and perhaps the good times of the last couple of years might not be persisting."
Police officers carried out arrests on Thursday in connection with alleged sex offences against females which occurred between 2008 and 2015.
Six men were charged with the rape of a girl under 16 as well as other sexual offences, while a seventh man was charged with conspiracy to rape.
Six men - all from Oxford - will appear before Oxford magistrates.
They are: Shabir Dogar, 22; Shabaz Khan, 23; Shohab Dogar, 23; Yasin Hamid, 20; Usman Iddris, 22; and Joseph Suraina, 22.
Waqas Hussain, 24, of no fixed abode, will appear at Oxford Magistrates' Court on 4 April.
Mr Hussain has also been charged with the attempted sexual assault of a girl under 13, as have Shabir Dogar and Shohab Dogar.
The raids were part of what the police are calling Operation Nautical.
A further 10 men were also arrested on Wednesday as part of the same operation.
Spokesman Captain Jeff Davis said the strike hit a training camp where a "large-scale" attack was being planned.
"We know they were going to be departing the camp and they posed an imminent threat to US and [African Union] forces," Captain Davis said.
"Initial assessments are that more than 150 terrorist fighters were eliminated," he added.
Mr Davis said the strike, by both drones and manned aircraft, took place on Saturday and targeted Raso Camp, a training facility about 120 miles (195km) north of the capital, Mogadishu.
The camp had been under surveillance for some time, according to Mr Davis. "There was a sense that the operational phase was about to happen," he said.
He said the group had neared the completion of specialist training to conduct "offensive operations", but did not give any details about the alleged plans.
Al-Shabab, an affiliate of al-Qaeda, was pushed out of Mogadishu by African Union peacekeeping forces in 2011 but has continued to launch frequent attacks in its bid to overthrow the Western-backed government.
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The group has said it carried out a string of recent attacks including a twin bombing at a busy restaurant in the Somali city of Baidoa last month.
Also on Monday, the Australian navy said it had seized a huge cache of weapons on a fishing boat off the coast of Oman that was apparently heading for Somalia.
Grenade launchers, machine guns, and 2,000 assault rifles were concealed under fishing nets, a Navy spokesman said.
Crippling al-Shabab is top of a recently-announced US military strategy for Africa, which also includes addressing the situation in Libya and containing Boko Haram in West Africa. With drones from its nearby bases in neighbouring Djibouti, the US has succeeded in striking hard at the heart of al-Shabab operations, including killing Ahmed Godane, the leader of the jihadi group, in 2014.
The jihadis have since learned that they are often watched by surveillance aircraft and so they tend to meet under trees to avoid detection. This method has its limits, as this latest incident shows. They cannot train at will without being seen.
Al-Shabab maintains its determination to establish its rule over Somalia, hence its resilience and increasingly sophisticated attacks. The group is suspected to be behind an explosion at a security checkpoint at the Beledweyne airport which could have been more lethal had the explosives got aboard an airliner.
28 February - on a restaurant and busy junction in Baidoa killing at least 30 people
26 February - on Mogadishu's SYL hotel killing nine people
21 January - on a restaurant at Mogadishu's Lido beach killing 20 people
15 January - on a Kenyan base in el-Ade that Somalia's president said killed at least 180 soldiers
A record-equalling 10 Britons were among the 198 starters in the Dutch city of Utrecht on Saturday, 4 July.
Time trials, crosswinds, cobbles and six-summit finishes, including one atop l'Alpe d'Huez in the penultimate stage, featured in the 102nd edition which climaxed in Paris on 26 July.
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Winner: Rohan Dennis (Aus/BMC)
Report: Dennis in yellow with record speed
The people of Utrecht in the Netherlands poured out in their thousands to watch Australian Rohan Dennis record the quickest average speed ever in a Tour de France stage. The BMC rider was five seconds clear of German Tony Martin in the 13.8km time trial, finishing in a record average speed of 55.446 km/h. Meanwhile, Britain's Chris Froome and the other yellow jersey contenders are within 20 seconds of each other.
Winner: Andre Greipel (Ger/Lotto-Soudal)
Report: Froome gains time on rivals
Amid the coastal winds and sporadic rain on the way to Zeeland, there were plenty of talking points. The conditions created a split in the peloton that saw Chris Froome put as much as one minute and 28 seconds between himself and some of his major yellow jersey rivals. Mark Cavendish failed to win a 26th stage, coming up short against Andre Greipel when moving early in the sprint finish. And Fabian Cancellara also beat Cavendish, coming third to claim the yellow jersey.
Winner: Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa/Katusha)
Report: Froome surges into yellow jersey
Another day of drama as two crashes, one involving race leader Fabian Cancellara, forced the race to be neutralised and stopped. When racing resumed, Joaquim Rodriguez proved strongest up the punishing Mur de Huy but the bigger story was Chris Froome gaining more time on his rivals in the race for the overall Tour victory.
Winner: Tony Martin
Report: Martin wins to take yellow off Froome
A stage that promised so much, delivered on excitement, if not on big time gaps between the riders chasing the overall race victory. Chris Froome, Alberto Contador, Vincenzo Nibali and Nairo Quintana all finished together, three seconds behind stage winner Tony Martin. For Martin, it was a deserved solo win and the reward of the yellow jersey after narrowly missing out on the opening three days.
Winner: Andre Greipel
Report: Greipel strikes for a second time
Andre Greipel - tipped by Geraint Thomas before the Tour to win this one - held off his rivals in a sprint finish as Mark Cavendish finished third. Chris Froome and all of his rivals finished together in the pack.
Winner: Zdenek Stybar
Report: Tour leader Martin in dramatic crash
Race leader Tony Martin smashes his collarbone in a crash inside the final kilometre and is ruled out of the rest of the race. In the confusion that follows, Martin's Etixx - Quick-Step team-mate Zdenek Stybar rides off for the victory. Martin's withdrawal from the race leaves Britain's Chris Froome as leader.
Winner: Mark Cavendish
Report: Cavendish ends drought to claim 26th Tour win
Mark Cavendish times his sprint to perfection as he comes past Andre Greipel in the final 50m to record his 26th career stage victory at the Tour and take third on his own on the all-time list. The Manx Missile has just legendary five-time Tour winners Bernard Hinault (28) and Eddy Merckx (34) ahead of him.
Winner: Alexis Vuillermoz
Report: Froome retains yellow as Nibali loses time
The 2km slog up the Mur de Bretagne sees defending champion Vincenzo Nibali lose a further 10 seconds on his general classification rivals Chris Froome, Alberto Contador and Nairo Quintana, who all finish together. France's Alexis Vuillermoz races clear to take the stage by five seconds from Ireland's Dan Martin.
Winner: BMC Racing
Report: Team Sky edged out but Froome keeps yellow
American team BMC Racing live up to their world champions billing by winning the team time trial but Team Sky pushed them close. In fact, had they not had to wait for Nicolas Roche on the climb to the finish, they would have won the stage.
Winner: Chris Froome
Report: Froome destroys field to extend lead
In a fortnight's time, will we look back at this as the day Froome won the Tour? He broke away with 6.4km left of the first summit finish of this year's race to win emphatically and increase his overall lead to nearly three minutes.
Winner: Rafal Majka
Report: Froome maintains strong lead
Majka's third stage win at the Tour was never in doubt once he pulled away from a breakaway group during the climb up to the Tourmalet. The Pole finished a minute ahead of Ireland's Dan Martin, with leader Froome finishing safely alongside most of his rivals to retain the yellow jersey.
Winner: Joaquim Rodriguez
Report: Froome digs in as Rodriguez wins
Spaniard Joaquim Rodriguez mounted a late surge up the hors categorie climb to Plateau de Beille to claim his second stage victory of the Tour. The 36-year-old had been part of a 22-man breakaway that gradually splintered as the climbs took their toll. Down the road, race leader Chris Froome resisted numerous attacks on the final climb to maintain his strong position in the race.
Winner: Greg van Avermaet
Report: Froome finishes sixth to maintain gap
In temperatures as hot as 38C in the south of France, Belgian Greg van Avermaet held off Peter Sagan in a thrilling sprint to win a stage otherwise short on drama. Team Sky's Chris Froome finished sixth and made sure he kept his solid lead in the general classification.
Winner: Steve Cummings
Report: Cummings takes stage as Froome extends lead
MTN-Qhubeka enjoyed a dream Mandela Day as Steve Cummings got into a 20-man breakaway and then surged past Romain Bardet and Thibaut Pinot at the end to claim the stage victory - his first in the Tour de France. Further down the road, Chris Froome resisted attacks from his yellow jersey rivals before extending his lead in the general classification.
Winner: Andre Greipel
Report: Greipel wins stage as Froome maintains lead
Mark Cavendish was left behind on the climb out of Mende at the start and was not involved as German Andre Greipel won a bunch sprint to claim his third stage victory of the Tour. It was a quiet day for the yellow jersey contenders, with Chris Froome maintaining his advantage.
Winner: Ruben Plaza
Report: Thomas crashes as Plaza takes stage
Warren Barguil got his line all wrong into a corner on the fast descent into the finish at Gap and ended up colliding with Geraint Thomas, who ended up over the side of the road after smacking a telegraph pole on the way. Thankfully, the Welshman emerged unscathed and was soon on his bike, finishing only a short distance behind the yellow jersey group. The stage was won by Spaniard Ruben Plaza, who slipped off the front of the day's 23-man breakaway to finish 30 seconds ahead of Peter Sagan.
Winner: Simon Geschke
Report:Froome leads as Thomas moves fourth
Simon Geschke sped clear on the ascent up the Col d'Allos to win his first Tour de France stage and make it five won by Germans at this year's event. Further down the road, Chris Froome successfully defended attacks by Nairo Quintana to maintain his overall lead, while Tejay van Garderen was forced to retire through illness.
Winner: Romain Bardet
Report: Bardet earns second French stage win
Frenchman Romain Bardet gave the home crowds something to celebrate with a stage win secured with a break on the arduous Col du Glandon. Britain's yellow jersey holder Chris Froome was once again challenged in the mountains, but continued his staunch defence of his overall lead.
Winner: Vincenzo Nibali
Report: Froome's lead cut by Quintana
Chris Froome received his toughest examination yet as he chased Nairo Quintana up the final climb to surrender 32 seconds to the Colombian, who goes into stage 20 trailing by two minutes 38 seconds. Defending champion Vincenzo Nibali won the stage, but his initial break came when Froome had suffered a mechanical fault, which is frowned upon in Tour tradition.
Winner: Thibaut Pinot
Report: Froome set to win second Tour title
Chris Froome is set to become the first Briton to win two Tours de France after a thrilling finish to the penultimate stage on Alpe d'Huez. The Team Sky rider was attacked by second-placed Nairo Quintana on the final ascent of this year's race but he managed to limit his losses and retain a 72-second advantage that will see him crowned champion on Sunday in Paris.
Winner: Andre Greipel
Report:Froome completes historic Tour win
Chris Froome crossed the finish line in Paris arm-in-arm with his Team Sky team-mates to complete his historic Tour de France win. Andre Greipel won the final stage, sprinting to victory on the Champs-Elysees, with Mark Cavendish sixth.
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But even though these might show huge amounts of detail about exams, they will not reveal much about the levels of happiness among pupils.
Sir Anthony Seldon, a university head, former head teacher and mental health campaigner, says school league tables should include measures of well-being.
He says this could help to tackle an "epidemic of mental health" problems.
"As long as the only metric on which schools are being assessed is their exam performance, our schools will never have the incentive to take well-being as seriously as they should," said Sir Anthony, vice chancellor of the University of Buckingham.
He says that the Office for National Statistics regularly measures well-being - and that it would be possible to make school-level comparisons.
This could include comparing the resources put into pastoral care, such as staffing and support services, and surveying a sample of pupils to see their views on school life.
Sir Anthony, speaking on World Mental Health Day, has campaigned for well-being to be taken more seriously in schools.
But he says that despite warnings about rising numbers of young people with mental health problems, schools still are not being encouraged enough to prevent "avoidable suffering".
Exam league tables in England are due to be overhauled again to show how much academic progress is made by pupils.
But Sir Anthony says parents want to know more about a school than its exam results.
"It is perfectly clear to me, as a head of schools for 20 years, that parents will pay more heed to the well-being tables than to the exam league tables.
"They know, even if the government doesn't, that schools that prioritise well-being, which includes challenging and stretching students, also build character and help them to perform better than those schools which are just exam factories."
He says that pupils need help while they are still at school.
"By the time students arrive at 18, the damage has been done."
Figures published last month by the Office for National Statistics, showed the highest number of suicides by 15 to 19 year olds since 1998.
And a succession of reports have highlighted concerns about unhappiness, anxiety and depression among young people.
A report from the Higher Education Policy Institute warned that universities were struggling to cope with rising demand for mental health services.
A study published by the Department for Education showed that teenage girls now were more likely to show signs of "psychological distress" than a decade ago.
This blamed pressures from social media and the fact that young people felt less control over their lives.
A report from the Children's Society showed higher levels of anxiety and unhappiness among teenage girls, compared with five years ago.
An online tool kit to help schools identify and monitor mental health problems has been launched by Public Health England and the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families.
The intention is to make staff better informed and better able to evaluate pupils' problems.
"Growing up in today's world can be tough. From negative comments on social media to pressures to look a certain way, the well-being of young people is at risk," said the minister for vulnerable children and families, Edward Timpson
"That's why we want teachers to be able to spot the signs that their pupils are having difficult thoughts or feelings and feel confident about supporting them."
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Bob Bradley was sacked on Tuesday after just 85 days in charge, with the Swans 19th in the Premier League.
Giggs, 43, was interviewed twice before Bradley's appointment in October.
Former Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson, ex-Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew and ex-Birmingham City manager Gary Rowett are also in the frame.
Bradley's permanent successor is not expected to take charge before their Premier League match at home to Bournemouth on New Year's Eve.
First-team coaches Alan Curtis and Paul Williams will take the reins temporarily for that game, but the Swans are keen to make a swift appointment.
Boxing Day's 4-1 home defeat by West Ham was Swansea's seventh in 11 games since Bradley took over and leaves them on 12 points, above bottom side Hull on goal difference.
At the time of Bradley's arrival, Swansea were above the relegation zone on goal difference but have picked up just eight points out of a possible 33 since, conceding 29 goals in the process.
Swansea Chairman Huw Jenkins is known to be a huge admirer of ex-Wales winger Giggs, who has taken some time out after leaving Old Trafford in the summer following two years working as Louis van Gaal's assistant.
However, after being snubbed in favour of Bradley, it is not known whether Giggs retains an interest in the job.
Swansea-born Coleman, 46, spent four years with the club as a player at the start of his career and has experience in the Premier League as a manager, having spent four years at Fulham after taking over from Jean Tigana in 2003.
He signed a two-year contract extension with Wales in May before guiding them to the semi-finals of Euro 2016 this summer.
However, it is understood Swansea could offer him a bigger salary than the one he is currently on and with Wales presently third in their qualifying group, there is a possibility they may miss out on a place at the 2018 World Cup.
Giggs' only managerial experience was a four-game stint as Manchester United's interim player-manager at the end of the 2013-14 season.
He had worked under David Moyes earlier in that campaign and was assistant manager to van Gaal afterwards, but left in July following Jose Mourinho's appointment.
The former Wales captain spoke with Swansea's hierarchy on two occasions before Bradley was appointed, and the club's chairman Huw Jenkins is thought to have been impressed by Giggs.
Rene Meulensteen, Manchester United's former first team coach, believes Giggs would be well suited to Swansea.
"I don't agree with Ryan not having management [experience]. He's got his apprenticeship in his time as an assistant manager at Manchester United," the Dutchman told BBC Radio 5 Live.
"Is it the right time for him? He has to start somewhere. And in many ways when he was linked with Swansea [in October], I thought it would be a really good club for him.
"The club needs to sort itself out now because it's lost its stability and continuity it's had over the last five or six years."
He headed home his first goal for the club after goalkeeper Rob Elliot raced off his line to punch a corner, but sent it straight to the midfielder.
Georginio Wijnaldum went closest for Newcastle, but his powerful header was saved by Tim Howard.
The win moves Everton up to ninth while Newcastle drop into the relegation zone.
Read about how Newcastle's game with Everton unfolded
Results and reaction to all the Boxing Day games
Jamie Vardy's goals may have propelled the Leicester striker into the limelight this season, but in Romelu Lukaku Everton have the division's deadly striker at the moment. As a result, all eyes were on the Belgium international before kick-off.
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Lukaku had scored in each of the Toffees' previous eight games, and needed one more to equal Dixie Dean's record of scoring in nine games in a row for Everton, which has stood for 88 years.
He should have scored when Everton were on top in the opening stages of the first half, but shot straight at Elliot in the Newcastle goal, and had another chance midway through the second half, turning his marker before seeing his powerful drive stopped.
When Lukaku shot over from a rebound after Funes Mori's header was saved, it looked like not being his, or Everton's day.
That was until Cleverley, without a goal in his 10 previous appearances for Everton, kept his composure to head home.
In what has been a miserable season so far for Newcastle, the emergence of Elliot has been of the few positives.
He started the season as Newcastle's third-choice keeper but got his chance to impress when number one Tim Krul was ruled out for the season after injuring himself on international duty in October.
With Krul's deputy, Karl Darlow, out with an ankle injury, Elliot came into the side against Norwich in October and has not looked back.
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He was on course for a man-of-the-match performance against Everton, producing a string of fine saves from Lukaku and Aaron Lennon.
A weak punch ultimately proved costly, but the game could have been out of sight long before Cleverley struck if not for Elliot.
Newcastle boss Steve McClaren: "Last kick of the game, what a huge disappointment. I am disappointed for the players because they gave everything. They did not deserve to lose.
"All we can do is pick ourselves up and go again. We could have won the game, we shouldn't have lost it but we did."
Everton boss Roberto Martinez: "We knew that Newcastle had been very consistent in their last three performances. I was really pleased with the manner in which we played.
"We had a complete performance. We defended well and created a huge amount of chances. To get it in the last minute it feels emotionally a better win."
Newcastle travel to West Brom on Monday while Everton host Stoke on the same day.
Police found 2,489 packages and envelopes in Grant McCrone's property in Balmoral Avenue in Dumfries in May.
Dumfries Sheriff Court heard that the mail dated back to between September and December 2012.
McCrone, 26, who admitted stealing and intentionally delaying the mail, was sentenced to a community payback order and 180 hours of unpaid work.
The court heard that of the packages discovered, 2,388 were not addressed.
The Royal Mail had a contract to deliver them to certain postcode areas. It was likely they contained promotional material.
The remaining 101 packages were addressed to individuals. A total of 60 had been opened.
Sheriff Brian Mohan was told that McCrone was "a hard working, intelligent and, with the exception of this matter, a law abiding man".
He committed the crime when his father was diagnosed with terminal cancer.
He initially hid the mail at his family home before he moved to Balmoral Avenue after his father's death.
Sheriff Mohan said McCrone had breached the trust of the Royal Mail and its customers and he had narrowly avoided a prison sentence.
The court was told that McCrone was sacked by Royal Mail for gross misconduct on 6 June.
A fuel tank and warehouses were damaged, the Sana news agency said.
But Syrian rebel sources said an arms depot run by Lebanon's Hezbollah movement, which is fighting in Syria as an ally of the government, was hit.
Israel said the explosion was "consistent" with its policy to prevent Iran smuggling weapons to Hezbollah.
But it stopped short of confirming it was responsible.
Israel regards Hezbollah, and its key backer Iran, as its biggest threat. It went to war with Hezbollah in 2006 and the group has grown considerably more powerful since then.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring group, reported that the powerful blast was heard across the capital at dawn on Thursday and that it was believed to have happened near the main road that leads to the airport.
Sana said several missiles had been fired at a military site south-west of the airport, causing explosions that resulted in some material losses.
Pro-government Al-Mayadeen TV cited sources as saying that missiles had been fired by Israeli jets flying inside the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
Two senior rebel sources based in Damascus told Reuters news agency that the missiles had hit an ammunition depot in a closed military area that was used by Iran-backed militias operating alongside the Syrian army, led by Hezbollah.
Appearing to confirm Israeli involvement, Intelligence Minister Israel Katz told Israeli Army Radio: "I can confirm that the incident in Syria corresponds completely with Israel's policy to act to prevent Iran's smuggling of advanced weapons via Syria to Hezbollah in Iran. Naturally, I don't want to elaborate on this."
"The prime minister has said that whenever we receive intelligence that indicated an intention to transfer advanced weapons to Hezbollah, we will act."
The Israeli military declined to comment on the reports.
In the wake of the US cruise missile attack on a Syrian air base at the start of this month, there was a lot of talk about Russia and Syria strengthening their air defences and the likely implications of this for Israel.
Would it hamper the Israeli Air Force's freedom of action in the skies over Syria, where it has been conducting an intermittent air campaign to prevent sophisticated weapons transfers to the Lebanese Shia militia group Hezbollah?
Well, Thursday's attack near Damascus airport seems to provide an answer. Israel - which is widely seen as being behind the strike - clearly intends to continue its campaign against Hezbollah weapons shipments and one must assume that it has a tacit understanding with Moscow.
Sophisticated Russian air defences cover much of Syrian airspace and have a more than adequate capability to interfere with Israeli attacks if Moscow so wished.
Israel is thought to have bombed arms shipments intended for Hezbollah several times since the Syrian conflict began.
In a rare step last month, the Israeli military confirmed that its jets had struck several targets inside Syria in a raid that prompted the Syrian military to fire a number of ground-to-air missiles, one of which was intercepted over Israeli territory.
On Wednesday, a high-ranking Israeli military officer briefed reporters that approximately 100 missiles intended for Hezbollah had been destroyed in the raid.
23 April 2017: Alleged Israeli attack on a training camp used by militia in Syria's Golan Heights region, kills three members of the Syrian pro-government National Defence Forces, according to the group.
17 March 2017: The Israeli military says its aircraft attacked several targets in Syria and shot down a Syrian missile.
22 February 2017: Israeli aircraft reportedly bomb several Syrian air bases near Damascus, including a Hezbollah convoy travelling with the Syrian army.
12 January 2017: The Syrian government accuses Israel of firing several rockets on the Mezzeh air base from the Sea of Galilee.
30 November 2016: Israeli aircraft fire missiles on the Syrian town of Saboura, west of Damascus, according to Syrian military sources.
18 January 2015: Six Hezbollah fighters and several Iranian soldiers, including a general, die in suspected Israeli air strikes in Syria's Golan Heights region.
19 December 2015: Suspected Israeli missiles hit Jaramana district of Damascus, killing nine Hezbollah fighters, including leading figure Samir Qantar.
So far there are no confirmed reports of casualties, although the interior ministry said they were feared.
The explosion sent black smoke billowing into the sky, with emergency services rushing to the scene.
No group has claimed responsibility for the blast, but the Taliban will be the main suspects as they have launched attacks on the city in the past.
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World football's governing body said local authorities had intervened to undermine a committee appointed to run the game there following a serious corruption scandal.
The national team and all the country's clubs will be excluded from all international competitions.
Senior Fifa official Primo Corvaro said the ban might not be immediate.
A former Fedefut president, Brayan Jimenez, pled guilty in July to racketeering charges after receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to award lucrative marketing rights to his country's World Cup qualifying matches to a Florida-based company.
After his arrest Fifa set up a committee to oversee Fedefut.
Sports regulators within Guatemala suspended the committee last week, saying it had not correctly used a procedure for looking into players who had been sanctioned for doping.
Mr Corvaro said this was unacceptable "interference".
"This means Fedefut will be isolated and will not be able to compete at international level," he said.
"It is a very serious situation. Financial support will end, as will training courses."
Mr Corvaro said Fedefut should expect a confirmation letter soon and the suspension would remain in place until the Fifa-run committee was allowed to operate again.
Guatemala's national side has already been knocked out of the running for the 2018 World Cup but in the team's last match, striker Carlos Ruiz became the highest-scoring player in World Cup qualifier history, scoring five goals to bring him to a total of 38.
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The crocodiles are bred for their skin and meat at a farm owned by members of the influential Rosenthal family.
The United States treasury department froze their assets last month over allegations of drug trafficking.
A Honduran firm donated two tonnes of cow entrails to feed the crocodiles and some lions which also live at the farm.
The US treasury on 7 October froze the assets of Jaime Rosenthal, his son Yani and nephew Yankel.
Yankel Rosenthal had been arrested the previous day at Miami airport.
US investigators accuse the three of money laundering and drug trafficking.
On Friday, the state-run Forest Conservation Institute donated 1,500kg (3,000lb) of chicken to the farm after news emerged that the animals had not been fed since the Rosenthals' assets were frozen.
But local media reported that the farm's employees refused to feed the animals until their wages had been paid.
The Forest Conservation Institute said it would find a way to reach an agreement with the workers.
On Tuesday it announced that a local firm which regularly supplied the crocodile farm had donated two tonnes of cow entrails and that both the entrails and the chicken had been fed to the animals.
The farm's manager said the food would last for "two to three days".
About 11,000 crocodiles and seven lions live at the 30-hectare farm.
As well as the crocodile farm, the family owns a newspaper, a football club and a bank.
The bank, Banco Continental, is being liquidated, and the newspaper, Tiempo, has not been published since last week.
The Rosenthals have played key roles in Honduran politics for decades.
Jaime Rosenthal, 79, served as the country's vice-president from 1986 to 1990 and ran for president on a number of occasions.
Yani Rosenthal, who also had presidential aspirations, was a government minister from 2006 to 2009. Yankel is also a former minister and owns one of Honduras' most famous football clubs.
Foremost School near Harrogate was placed in special measures by Ofsted last year.
North Yorkshire County Council approved plans to turn it into a special co-ed day school at a meeting earlier.
It comes after the authority failed to attract a suitable independent provider to run the school.
A report to the executive board said: "Officers have continued to place the best interests of pupils, current and future, at the centre of their thinking.
"The way forward should offer the best possible outcomes for children and young people.
"This means making a realistic commitment first of all to the school coming out of special measures by March 2015."
Foremost School opened in 2012 to cater for boys who were removed from mainstream education because of difficult behaviour.
But concerns were raised last year about the quality and sustainability of the school.
Plans were made to find an alternative provider in January but the authority only received one bid for the contract - which was not of "high enough quality".
A consultation conducted at the same time found there was less demand for residential places, but day places continue to be needed.
Final approval on changes to the school, which currently has 10 pupils, will be made in September once a legal notice period has expired.
The organisation had been pro-remain in June's UK referendum on EU membership.
On Tuesday, it conducted an electronic poll of 100 business representatives attending a post-Brexit seminar.
Following the survey, the CBI said that none of the participants identified "a positive impact" from a UK exit.
It suggested 92% of those polled "believed the impact of Brexit will be negative on the Northern Ireland economy over the next five years".
The businesspeople also felt the downside would be worse in Northern Ireland than in other parts of the UK.
CBI's Northern Ireland chairman, David Gavaghan, said: "Whatever the actual outcome of the negotiations over the next period, our members recognise the fundamental need to get on with it.
"We need to work together to identify key economic priorities and ensure that we do everything we can, within our power, to make this a great place to invest and do business."
The Saracens winger, 28, has been given a 10-week ban, ruling him out of the Six Nations days after being recalled by England after an 18-month absence.
Ashton was cited for making contact with the eyes of another player and Saracens are considering an appeal.
Winger Rokoduguni, 28, will join up with the squad until a final decision is made on Ashton's case.
Fiji-born British Army solider Rokokoduguni signed a two-year contract extension at The Rec last week. He won his first and only England cap in November 2014 against New Zealand.
England begin their Six Nations campaign in Scotland on 6 February, ending it on 19 March in France.
Saracens and Ashton had three working days to decide on whether to lodge an appeal after receiving the written judgement on Friday.
The 18-year-old opened the scoring with a neat free-kick as the Reds won 2-1 at Hoffenheim in their Champions League play-off first leg.
"It is indescribable," Alexander-Arnold, who has been with the club since he was eight, told BBC Radio 5 live.
"It is special in so many ways."
Former Liverpool captain and current Reds academy coach Steven Gerrard told BT Sport after the game on Tuesday that Alexander-Arnold will be a "top, top player".
The teenager added: "It is always good to get compliments from your idol and I hope to live up to his words. It is always good to get his backing and support."
Alexander-Arnold, who broke into the Liverpool squad last season, took the free-kick despite there being considerably more experienced set-piece takers on the field for Liverpool.
"I told him he had to do it," said Reds boss Jurgen Klopp. "He was the only one who can.
"He can shoot free-kicks better than I ever could. He is an incredible young player."
Liverpool will look to clinch a place in the group stage of this season's Champions League when they host Hoffenheim in the second leg on Wednesday, 23 August.
"I am happy with the result," added Klopp. "If somebody told me we would win we would take each result - even an 8-7.
"I'm not happy with the goal they scored but I think they deserved the goal for their effort over the 90 minutes."
Patients wear a headset that projects a life-sized image, firstly of an adult and then of a child.
The new research tested the technology for the first time on patients with a mental health problem.
The project is part of a continuing study at University College London.
The university, which is working in collaboration with ICREA-University of Barcelona, has suspected for several years that virtual therapy could help with mental health conditions.
This latest research - which has been published in the British Journal of Psychiatry Open and was funded by the Medical Research Council - lays the basis for a large-scale clinical trial to be carried out in the future.
The study took 15 people who were all being treated by the NHS for depression and put them through the avatar experience.
Firstly, the patients - 10 of whom were female and the rest male - put on a headset which projected an adult version of themselves into a virtual reality mirror.
The patient was asked to mentally identify with the adult avatar, which exactly replicated the patient's body movements, in a process known as "embodiment".
They then noticed a separate avatar of a small crying child, who was also in the mirror.
They were told to say compassionate phrases to the child to try and comfort and console it.
Patients asked the child to think of a time when it was happy, and to think of someone who loved them.
At this stage of the experiment the roles were then reversed.
The scientists altered the headset and the patient was then embodied into the avatar of the child - which then copied the patient's own body movements.
The participants then heard the same phrases of compassion spoken back to them from the adult avatar in the person's own voice.
Lead author Prof Chris Brewin said the results were promising and patients had described the experience as "very powerful".
Of the 15 patients, aged between 23-61, nine recorded reduced levels of depression one month after the trial.
And four of those nine reported "a clinically significant drop in depression severity".
The rest recorded no changes.
The avatar sessions typically lasted for 45 minutes and the patients were given three sessions.
Prof Brewin said he believed the effects of the treatment could last for up to a month.
"People who struggle with anxiety and depression can be excessively self-critical when things go wrong in their lives," he said.
"In this study, by comforting the child and then hearing their own words back, patients are indirectly giving themselves compassion. The aim was to teach patients to be more compassionate towards themselves and less self-critical."
Co-author Prof Mel Slater added: "We now hope to develop the technique further to conduct a larger controlled trial, so that we can confidently determine any clinical benefit."
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Martin Scougal, 22, was detained for four-and-a-half years in 2012 for raping a nine-year-old.
He stood trial again at the High Court in Edinburgh earlier this year for further offences which began in 2010.
He was found guilty of nine charges of sexual misconduct towards two girls, including five charges of rape.
Scougal raped one girl when she was aged 13 in Berwickshire and a 14-year-old at a house in Peebles.
He was also convicted of threatening both victims. He told one of the girls he would kill her and the other that he would rape her.
Lady Wolffe told him that with the first girl he had behaved in "a calculated and predatory manner" and subjected her to "a variety of forms of sexual abuse".
The judge said the impact of his offences on the girl had been "devastating" and she had suffered depression and panic attacks.
"When she became unavailable to you, you proceeded to identify and avail yourself of your second victim," the judge said.
Lady Wolffe said the second victim had been "equally young and vulnerable".
Scougal, an ex-fish process worker, formerly of Ayton, in Berwickshire, committed most of his latest offending after being freed on bail at Duns Sheriff Court in 2010.
Lady Wolffe said she noted that a background report had assessed him as posing a high risk.
She told Scougal that there was no appropriate alternative to a custodial sentence.
During his trial he admitted two charges of breaching a special bail condition that banned him having unsupervised contact with children under 16.
He was jailed for a further nine months for the offences.
The judge also ordered that he should be placed under supervision for a further three-and-a-half years.
Defence solicitor advocate David Allan said the offences were very serious and a prison sentence was inevitable.
He said that Scougal had taken part in a sex offender treatment programme during his time in custody.
"What he has asked me to say is he is committed to reduce the risk of him behaving in this way again," he told the court.
"He appreciates this type of behaviour must stop and cannot be repeated," he said.
Scougal was placed on the sex offenders' register.
Paula Vasco-Knight was suspended in February after being accused of nepotism for recruiting her daughter's boyfriend to a job at Torbay Hospital.
She was suspended on full pay.
Dr Vasco-Knight had decided to relocate to the north-west of England for "family reasons", said South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
The tribunal in January found Claire Sardari and Penny Gates had been victimised as a result of whistle-blowing about their concerns.
The South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the hospital, was found to have "dishonestly" suppressed a report into accusations of nepotism.
Its chairman Peter Hildrew resigned immediately following the decision.
Earlier in May it was believed Dr Vasco-Knight was challenging the tribunal.
In a statement, South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust said: "It is unfortunate that Dr Vasco-Knight's achievements have been overshadowed by the employment tribunal judgment.
"Notwithstanding the judgment of the tribunal, Dr Vasco-Knight asserts that an independent report commissioned by a former chair of the trust prior to the tribunal found no evidence that Dr Vasco-Knight had breached trust policies."
It added that "no payments have been made to her other than those to which she is entitled under her contract of employment".
Dr Vasco-Knight was appointed a CBE in the New Year Honours List for services to the NHS.
The ferocious carnivore, nine metres long with a distinctive horny snout, was a cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex.
Its skeleton was dug up in a Chinese construction site and identified by scientists at Edinburgh University, UK.
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The 66-million-year-old predator, officially named Qianzhousaurus sinensis, is described in Nature Communications.
"Pinocchio" looked very different to other tyrannosaurs.
"It had the familiar toothy grin of T. rex, but its snout was long and slender, with a row of horns on top," said Edinburgh's Dr Steve Brusatte.
"It might have looked a little comical, but it would have been as deadly as any other tyrannosaur, and maybe even a little faster and stealthier.
"We thought it needed a nickname, and the long snout made us think of Pinocchio's long nose."
Researchers now think several different tyrannosaurs lived and hunted alongside each other in Asia during the late Cretaceous Period, the last days of the dinosaurs.
The enormous Tarbosaurus (up to 13m) had deep and powerful jaws like T. rex - strong enough to crush the bones of giant herbivores.
The thinner teeth and lighter skeleton of Qianzhousaurus suggest it hunted smaller creatures, such as lizards and feathered dinosaurs. But at nine metres tall and weighing almost a tonne, it was still a gigantic carnivore.
"You wouldn't want to run into either of these guys," said Dr Brusatte.
Pinocchio's snout was 35% longer than other dinosaurs of its size. So, why the long face?
"The truth is we don't know yet. But it must've been doing something different," Dr Brusatte told BBC News.
"The iconic picture of a tyrannosaur is T. Rex, the biggest, baddest dinosaur of all.
"But this new species was lighter, less muscular. It breaks the mould. Perhaps it had a faster bite and hunted in a different way."
The discovery of "Pinocchio" settles an argument over a series of strange new fossil finds.
In recent years, two tyrannosaurs with unusually prominent proboscises were dug up in Mongolia, and named Alioramus.
The horny-snouted predators appeared to come from an entirely new branch of the tyrannosaur family.
"The trouble was, they were both juveniles. So it was possible their long snouts were just a weird transient feature that grows out in adults," said Dr Brusatte, an expert in tyrannosaur evolution.
But this new Qianzhousaurus specimen is an almost fully mature adult. It was found largely intact and remarkably well preserved by road construction workers near Ganzhou in southern China.
"It's twice the size of the juveniles, and yet it still shows the same features - including the distinctive horns," said Dr Brusatte.
"This is the slam dunk we needed: the long-snouted tyrannosaurs were real."
Palaeontologists are now confident that Qianzhousaurus and Alioramus are part of a new subgroup of tyrannosaurs with elongated skulls.
Their discovery from Mongolia to southern China suggests these "second tier" carnivores were widely distributed, according to Prof Junchang Lu of the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, a co-author on the paper.
"Although we are only starting to learn about them, the long-snouted tyrannosaurs were apparently one of the main groups of predatory dinosaurs in Asia," he said.
With these "weird" creatures now accepted as being part of a whole family, more and more of their long-snouted relatives are expected to be unearthed.
As for the riddle of Pinocchio's nose, the scientists hope to solve it via biomechanical studies of its jaw - which may hint at its feeding habits.
Four days later, Sarah returned to the same spot in New Zealand, hoping to find the "boy with the star tattoos".
She wasn't expecting to see crowds and TV crews. After a tense half hour... William Chalmers showed up.
"I ended up being really nervous and it got in the way. Made everything a bit more anxious," Sarah told Newsbeat.
The shirtless man with a Labradoodle caught Sarah's eye at Picton on New Zealand's South Island, but she was kicking herself when she didn't respond to his smile.
"I didn't wave when I should have waved, so I wrote him a note," the Scottish traveller told Newsbeat.
"We have these moments of thinking and then we don't act on them so it was like, why not? We live in fear too much, so why not?"
She left the note on Saturday, before leaving the area for four days.
"On the off-chance you are single, remember who I am and would like to meet for a drink/coffee/walk, I'll be sitting on the grass..." her note read.
The note went viral. Local newspapers and radio stations carried the story.
Sarah was there, as promised, on Tuesday and William immediately suggested they get away from the cheering crowds and go for a drink.
He told Newsbeat a friend had first seen the note after a night out and came home to wake him up straight away. They went to the beach at 3.30am. "Oh my God, this is me and it's crazy," he thought.
He said he remembered Sarah because he'd smiled at her - and "I don't just smile at every girl" - but he was also feeling confused and nervous. "It was like being back in high school, at the time when you find a note in your locker. Instead of the teacher taking the note off you, the world is watching you."
Newsbeat called the couple during their first date. "It's going really well," said William. "She's really cool."
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Former Spain youth international Femenia, 26, started his career as a winger and has had spells at Barcelona B and Real Madrid B.
Austria Under-21 goalkeeper Daniel Bachmann has also joined the Hornets from Stoke City.
The 22-year-old, who spent six seasons with the Potters, has signed a three-year deal at Vicarage Road.
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Samuels continued his ongoing battle with Ben Stokes by saluting the England all-rounder after he was dismissed for eight on day three of the second Test.
As Stokes walked off he passed Samuels, who clutched his hat to his chest and raised his right hand to his temple.
"There's nothing wrong with a little bantering," said Ambrose. "This is international cricket."
Samuels said attempts by Stokes to goad him acted as motivation as he scored 103 in his side's innings of 299 on Wednesday.
And former England captain Michael Vaughan, commentating for BBC's Test Match Special, praised Samuels for his response.
"I think that's the greatest thing I've seen in Test cricket for a long time," said Vaughan.
"I hope he doesn't get any kind of fine. I thought that was brilliant banter."
Ambrose, who took 405 Test wickets in 98 appearances for West Indies, added a word of caution.
"As long as it doesn't go over the top, I'm fine with it," he said.
"I think it's more friendly than anything else. He gave a salute. Is that a sign of respect? I don't know but I'm hoping so.
"We always make sure that we tell the guys to keep it clean, keep it within a certain range and don't go over the top."
Joe Root dominated the third day's play, hitting an unbeaten 118 to put England firmly in control.
The tourists finished on 373-6, 74 runs ahead of the home side's first-innings total.
Samuels took the wicket of Gary Ballance, bowling the number three after he had made 77.
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In a statement late on Thursday, state media said the two men, based in the Chinese border city of Dandong, were working to smear North Korea.
Seoul called the claims "groundless" and demanded the men be released.
North Korea periodically arrests foreigners and, in the cases of South Korean and US nationals, is accused of using them as bargaining chips.
It also arrests those engaged in missionary work, because religious activity is severely restricted in North Korea.
Sometimes it swiftly deports those held, as in the case of Australian missionary John Short, who was briefly detained in 2014.
But individuals from nations at odds with Pyongyang, or from which it is seeking concessions, are held for longer.
Last year, a South Korean missionary named Kim Jong-uk was given a life sentence after North Korea convicted him of spying and setting up an underground church.
Dandong, which lies across the Yalu river from North Korea, serves as a trading hub with the North and a centre from which missionaries and those seeking to help North Korean refugees operate.
In its statement, North Korea said the two men "zealously took part in the anti-DPRK [North Korea] smear campaign of the US imperialists and the puppet group of traitors to isolate and blockade the DPRK in [the] international arena".
The men had gathered information about "party, state and military secrets", the statement said, and one was accused of spreading "religious propaganda" from an underground church in Dandong.
State news agency KCNA released footage of what it said was the two men speaking at a news conference in Pyongyang.
South Korea condemned the move. "It's very regrettable that the North is making such a groundless claim about them," the Unification Ministry said in a statement quoted by Yonhap news agency.
"We strongly call for their quick release and repatriation."
Ties between the two Koreas - which remain technically at war - remain very strained.
Seoul is currently engaged in annual joint military drills with the US, an action that always infuriates Pyongyang.
Trade ties have been cut to a minimum since the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship five years ago. Seoul says Pyongyang torpedoed the ship - North Korea denies this.
Thursday marked five years since the Cheonan went down with the loss of 46 lives. North Korea wants trade links to resume, but the South says an apology for the sinking must come first.
International talks aimed at ending Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions, meanwhile, have been stalled since 2009.
The African National Congress (ANC) said the allegations questioned the credibility of the government and such matters could not be allowed to fester.
Mr Zuma recently survived calls for his resignation by some senior ANC members.
The allegations have been dismissed as a fabrication by Mr Zuma's lawyers.
The Gupta family of businessmen has said the leaks were "politically inspired".
Mr Zuma has become increasing unpopular in recent years amid accusations of corruption and not doing enough to tackle poverty.
There have been mass protests calling for him to step down.
One of the revelations in the emails, known as GuptaLeaks, is that President Zuma was hoping to take up residency in the United Arab Emirates. A claim that was denied.
Others appear to show that the Gupta family exerts undue influence over the government.
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By calling for an investigation, the African National Congress is putting its own leader under pressure to come clean.
At the centre of the alleged scandal is President Zuma's son Duduzane, a business partner with the controversial Gupta family.
Some of the emails released by local media allege that Duduzane has been playing the role of middleman between his father and private business interests.
This looks like the ANC is slowly washing its hands of its 74-year-old leader. They know he will not be at the helm in six months' time and so the dominos are beginning to fall.
Mr Zuma's obituary has been written many times before. But even so, it does feel like Mr Zuma's nine lives are gradually coming to an end.
Mr Zuma is due to step down as ANC president in December and his ex-wife Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa are vying to replace him.
His term as national president expires in 2019.
Matt Coles claimed three cheap wickets but had to leave the attack with a minor foot injury, while Mitch Claydon finished with 4-59.
Craig Meschede (63) and Graham Wagg (40) rode their luck to help Glamorgan achieve some respectability.
Daniel Bell-Drummond then made 62 and new Kiwi opener Tom Latham 48 as Kent's openers off to a flying start in reply.
Kent's England under-19 paceman Hugh Bernard claimed two wickets on his debut, while Glamorgan gave a first start to seamer Harry Podmore, who is on loan from Middlesex.
Kent bowler Mitchell Claydon told BBC Radio Kent:
"It was a good day. I still think we could have bowled them out a lot cheaper. Our catching let us down a little bit.
"If you'd have said we'd bowl them out for 260 and be 124-0 at the end of play I'd have bitten your hand off.
"Credit to the groundsmen. A lot has been said about pitches, but that was proper cricket. The two batters have showed if you put your head down you can score runs."
Glamorgan all-rounder Craig Meschede told BBC Wales Sport:
"We thought with the weather, the pitch would be quite flat, but there was a bit in the wicket and the boys had to graft really hard.
"It was nice to get sixty-odd under my belt and get the team to a decent total. We did well to get 260.
"But it wasn't our best performance with the ball. If we bowl consistently in good areas and tight lines and dry up the runs, we have a chance of changing it round."
The Aura HD's 6.8in (17.2cm) screen offers a resolution of 265 pixels per inch (ppi).
That puts it ahead of Amazon's bestselling Kindle Paperwhite which offers 212ppi on its 6in screen.
The launch comes at a time when ebook sales are booming, but some analysts suggest interest in black and white e-ink devices has started to wane.
Kobo is owned by the Japanese retail giant Rakuten which bought the company in 2011.
In the UK it has benefited from a tie-up signed the same year with bookseller WHSmith.
Kobo's chief executive said that this and similar deals with other bricks-and-mortar chains in other countries had helped his company enjoy rapid growth.
"Last year sales of e-readers for Kobo tripled year-over-year growing far faster than the competition and vaulting us into the number two spot worldwide," Michael Serbinis told the BBC.
The market leader is Amazon which sells its hardware at the UK's Waterstones book chain.
The manufacturers make little if any profit on hardware sales but instead seek to make money from sales of ebooks and other media themselves. Here again the US firm looks to have the edge.
"Amazon retains more than three quarters of the market in the UK according to the publishers I've spoken to," Benedict Evans, Enders Analysis's digital media expert, told the BBC.
"In fact people have been quoting anything from 80 to 90% of the country's ebook sales being accounted for by Amazon - with that figure split between e-readers, the Kindle tablets and its app for phones."
When asked if Kobo was in fact a long way behind its US rival, Mr Serbinis replied: "Not as far as you'd think."
Kobo boasts that the Aura HD's screen is the highest-resolution e-ink display on the market, adding that the device's Freescale processor also makes it the fastest at turning pages.
The machine goes on sale in the UK and North America this month, and elsewhere from May.
Its £140 suggested retail price makes it about £30 more expensive than the Kindle Paperwhite and Barnes & Noble's Nook Simple Touch. The Aura HD is also slightly heavier.
However, one industry watcher believed it would still have at least niche appeal.
"I think its interesting that they're going for a point of differentiation, aiming for the high-end of the e-ink market," said Philip Jones, editor of the Bookseller magazine.
"I struggle to see an HD screen being a big selling point, however it could prove popular with people wanting to buy childrens' books or non-fiction titles which feature illustrations."
The value of the UK's physical books market fell by nearly 5% over the course of 2012 in value terms, according to market researchers at Nielsen Bookscan.
By contrast they said that the country's ebook market swelled by about 100% over the same period accounting for about £150m of sales.
Other countries are also seeing rapid growth - Kobo's boss highlights Brazil and India as emerging economies with huge potential. Even so, his firm may find it increasingly hard to maintain market share.
"We are still in an early kind of land grab and competition is growing," said Andre Breedt, Nielsen's research and development analyst.
"Multipurpose devices such as smartphones and tablets will become a much bigger part of the market than dedicated devices like e-readers. And in some countries you've now got mobile phone operators getting involved, as well as operating system makers like Apple and Google.
"You also have supermarkets buying up some of the smaller e-reader companies - so I think that more innovative devices and brands will be launched in the future."
A Wales Audit Office report said a lack of transparency had eroded trust between staff and management.
But it also noted it had overcame a number of crises, including a fire and a high-profile employment tribunal.
President Rhodri Glyn Thomas said it was addressing the concerns raised.
Auditors found management at the library in Aberystwyth was improving, but a lack of transparency around board meeting discussions "reflects and has contributed to an erosion of trust between staff and the library's leadership".
The report said the library's pension fund was generous compared to other public sector organisations, but said a long pay freeze until December 2015 meant any changes to pensions benefits "would have further undermined the already fragile morale among staff".
Report author Huw Lloyd Jones also noted the library's income from the Welsh Government had been cut by 17% in real terms in the past few years at a time when it was also under pressure to increase its income.
He said it was using its reserves to balance the books, but this was "unsustainable".
Mr Jones said the library was maintaining the same levels of service, despite cutting 20% of its staff and while he warned "that can't go on forever", he said the library was aware it might have to change the way it operates.
He concluded: "We think the library is broadly on the right path.
"The challenge for them is to integrate the planning of staffing levels, and of the fantastic building they have in Aberystwyth, with the financial picture so everything is pulling in the same direction."
Library president Rhodri Glyn Thomas said measures had been put in place to address some of the concerns raised "so we are working exactly in the way the report is asking us".
He said its financial challenges were down to the way it received funding from the Welsh Government annually and it would be easier to plan if it instead got funding over three years.
"But we are addressing that, we are in the same position as any other institution in the public sector, we are accepting that challenge and we are facing it positively for the future," he added.
The Welsh Government, which provides the majority of the library's funding, has been asked to comment.
Those who fail to meet the deadline for online returns risk incurring a £100 fine.
A record 11 million people are required by their tax arrangements to submit a return.
Most now do so online and as that can be done from a computer at home, many leave it until the last moment.
Last year 700,000 missed the deadline, though Revenue and Customs accepted some excuses - such as a death in the family, serious illness or flooding.
On deadline day last year, 557,000 people rushed to file in time.
Recent analysis by HMRC suggested that women were more likely to submit their tax returns on time than men.
For every 10,000 tax returns received last year from men, 394 were after the relevant deadlines, compared with 358 late returns from every 10,000 submitted by women.
Interest is charged on any tax paid late and those who still have not submitted the form by May face additional penalties fines of £10 a day.
It is already too late to send in paper tax returns for the 2013-14 tax year as that deadline passed on 31 October.
Those who have failed to register for online submissions have also missed the boat.
Help on filing a tax return is available from the gov.uk website or from the self-assessment helpline on 0300 200 3310. Customers with general queries can also tweet the @HMRCcustomers Twitter feed.
The two tracks - blues classic Keys to the Highway, recorded in 1970, and an early version of the famous song Whole Lotta Love - are among dozens of tracks which the band will officially release alongside the reissues.
The companion discs will feature alternative versions of songs, works in progress and live performances, all recorded at the time of the original albums.
The tracks, like hundreds of others, had been carefully catalogued but then locked away in the the band's archive for decades.
Guitarist Jimmy Page, 70, has spent two-and-a-half years combing through the vaults, listening to hundreds of quarter-inch tapes before choosing the best material.
"I don't want to die and have somebody else do it," he says. "I'm authoritative about what was done in the first place."
Page says the new material "deserves to be heard" because "it's performance art".
It will give fans the first chance to eavesdrop on some of the band's key recording sessions.
Keys to the Highway/Trouble in Mind, to appear on Led Zeppelin III, was recorded in 1970 at the Olympic Studios in Barnes in south-west London, about half an hour after Hats Off to (Roy) Harper. But it was never released.
"It was a particularly prolific time," says singer Robert Plant, "where we were learning about each other's capabilities.
"Jimmy and I were just fooling around with the stuff that we would play at home. We were just trying things out. Nothing was premeditated."
Led Zeppelin II features an early version of Whole Lotta Love, which many consider to be one of the greatest rock 'n' roll songs of all time.
There are significant differences between the two tracks. The original is missing the first chorus and middle section. New vocals appear on the finished version, as well as a slide guitar.
"You realise just how important all of those additional layers and the filigree work is," says Page.
"There's all manner of bells and whistles to make it the song Whole Lotta Love as we all know it."
Page says it's "reassuring" revisiting the songs after all this time.
"It's undeniable that we're good," he adds. "The band was the real deal."
But the inevitable passage of time has given Plant, who is now 65, a different perspective.
"My enthusiasm sometimes got in the way of finesse. I listen to it and go, wow, why didn't I shut up a bit?" he laughs. "I kind of overcooked it."
Page promises "lots of surprises" on the three reissues, which are part of a plan to reissue all nine of the band's studio albums in chronological order.
But he has scotched rumours that there will be versions of songs featuring bass and keyboard player John Paul Jones on vocals.
For a band that broke up in 1980, following the death of the drummer John Bonham, interest in Led Zeppelin remains intense.
The surviving members reunited seven years ago for a concert at London's O2. But fans will be disappointed if they are hoping there will be another one.
Page says: "I'm sure people would love to hear it. I'm not the one to be asking, I don't sing."
Plant, however, is unequivocal. The chances of the band performing live again are, he says rolling his eyes, "zero".
So fans will have to content themselves with the reissued albums. And Robert Plant has one piece of advice for them.
"These things aren't to study. They're to turn up very loud and say, hey, once upon at time, everything was just as easy as this."
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Abdul Hadi Arwani, 48, was found dead on 7 April in Wembley. He was believed to be a critic of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad.
A 36-year-old man was arrested on Friday on suspicion of conspiracy to murder and has since been bailed.
Two people arrested remain in custody and a man has been charged with murder.
Leslie Cooper, 36, appeared in court charged with Mr Arwani's murder.
At Camberwell Green Magistrates' Court Mr Cooper, of Nightingale Road, Brent, was remanded in custody.
Last week, officers said they were searching a number of addresses including the mosque at the An Noor Cultural and Community Centre in Acton, west London, where Mr Arwani had been an imam.
Mr Arwani, who was a British national, was found with bullet injuries to his chest in a parked car at the junction of Greenhill and The Paddocks.
The father of six had been an imam at the An Noor mosque from 2005 to 2011, and is believed to have attended protests against the Assad regime outside the Syrian embassy in London in 2012.
In 1982, he claimed he was forced to flee Syria after being sentenced to death for photographing damage in his home city of Hama following government suppression of a rebellion.
A 61-year-old man held in connection with the murder has also been arrested over terrorism acts.
A 53-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of terror acts in connection with the death.
Thomasina Bennett, 80, is thought to have suffocated underneath the wardrobe when it toppled on to her at Milford House Care Home, Derbyshire, in 2012.
Gerald Hudson, 71, from Ambergate, is accused of failing to secure the wardrobe, check monitoring systems and ensure staff were trained correctly.
He denies all the charges against him.
Mrs Bennett was found dead underneath the double wardrobe on 9 April 2012.
Amber Valley Borough Council launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding her death after post-mortem tests carried out at the time proved inconclusive.
A monitoring system designed to alert staff when a resident gets outs of bed failed to work.
Jonathan Owen, for the prosecution, told Derby Crown Court it was "systematically unsafe" and criticised emergency procedures, saying staff "reacted in a state of disarray".
However, John Cooper QC for the defence, said patients might get out of bed in such a way their movement did not trigger the monitor.
Addressing the jury, Judge Stuart Rafferty QC said: "This isn't a murder trial, it is a case which deals with health and safety.
"The real issue is if there were in place sufficient systems to ensure the care and protection of that lady."
The trial continues.
The group "wanted to make the women into fighters", Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said.
The suspects were held after police found a car filled with gas cylinders.
One of the women, identified as Sarah H, aged 23, had been engaged separately to two French jihadists, both now dead, who carried out attacks this year.
A policeman was stabbed during an operation late on Thursday to arrest the women, after the discovery of the suspect car near Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on Sunday.
Police shot and wounded one of the women during the operation in Boussy-Saint-Antoine, south-east of the city.
One of those arrested, identified as Ines Madani, aged 19, reportedly declared her allegiance to IS in a letter. Mr Molins said she had tried several times to travel to Syria.
The third woman was identified as Amel S, 39. Her 15-year-old daughter, who had been radicalised, was also taken into custody, the prosecutor said.
Mr Molins said Sarah H had been engaged to Larossi Abballa, who killed two police officials in June before being shot dead himself, and subsequently to Adel Kermiche, who was shot dead by police in July after slitting the throat of an elderly priest in his church.
Her current fiance was arrested on Thursday, Mr Molins said.
The women and their associates had already been under surveillance but the discovery of the gas-filled car near Notre Dame had pitted the security forces in "a race against time" to arrest them, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said.
The three women were believed to be planning other imminent and violent attacks, he said.
President Francois Hollande said: "An attack was derailed... a group has been disbanded, but there are others and we must be able to act each time before it is too late and that's what we're doing."
Mr Molins said the latest plot provided more evidence that IS was ready to use women for attacks.
"If at first it seemed that women were confined to carrying out family and domestic tasks by the terrorist organisation, we are now forced to see that vision is largely outdated," he said.
The Pankhurst Centre in Chorlton-on-Medlock sits in the Manchester Central constituency, where turnout was the lowest in Britain at the last general election.
Just 44.3% of the electorate voted, compared to a national figure of 65.1%.
The suffragettes would be happy that the victor in the 2012 by-election for the seat was a woman but with only 39% of women aged 18-24 voting nationally in 2010, they might feel there is still work to be done.
A group of first time voters from Whalley Range Sixth Form College in Manchester visited the centre and spoke about why they will be heading to the polling booth.
"Women fought a lot in the past for the right to vote and I think that women should make the most of the vote. I was going to vote anyway but coming here today I am even more determined to vote.
As youngsters we can think that we are really distant from politics because we're more into education and not into wider society. We're not well integrated into society.
Many people of my generation are turned off by politics - they think it is not really cool to know what is going on.
But there is a rising trend of people who think it is cool to listen to the news.
At our sixth form I say it is 50/50 whether girls will vote.
I am totally sure I will be voting. Women like the suffragettes have worked really hard and sacrificed so much - now that we have the right why don't we make use of it.
Some girls of our age are more into their own things, make up, beauty technology, phones. They ignore this side of the world they turn their backs on it and they think it's a thing for elderly people.
I need to know about the government and know it will affect me. With such things as university fees I will have to pay £21,000 fees at the end of my university life and that is quite a lot of money and something I am totally against.
I am voting. I knew about the suffragettes before I came to the Pankhurst Centre but I didn't know the centre actually existed. People should be more aware of its whereabouts.
We're the future generation and we don't want the next generation to be like the past. I know people of my generation find it annoying that all of the politicians are from schools that are like Eton. We just want someone normal of our age.
You have to vote just to be able to have an impact on the government.
By not voting you are saying you don't want to have an impact on society. Make the most of it now you have the chance.
People tend not to vote at our age because they don't see how much it impacts on them but if they were made more aware of how it impacts on them I think they would vote.
"If young women watch Prime Minister's Questions what do they see? A group of men, shouting at each other, making strange noises, grunting away for half an hour.
"What do young women feel is relevant to them in that?
I think that politicians are just not engaged - young women don't feel that there is anything they can give them.
What I would say to young women is, that only if you vote will change happen. I don't blame them.
People say to me 'do you feel frustrated when people don't vote?'
A little bit, but maybe politicians have to look at why people are not voting. Ultimately if we don't vote we don't have a voice. It is important; unless they vote things won't change.
I think the leaders debate where Ed Miliband was outnumbered (by women) was really important but what was really important was the way the females performed in that debate, they were absolutely superb.
The way the women handled themselves and behaved was so much better than the males. If we can just get a higher proportion of females in parliament it would be so much healthier for the democratic system.
The young women who are here are 18. Hopefully the fact they are voting on 7 May means they will remember this as this place [the Pankhurst Centre] as where it all started it where the suffragette movement began.
Hopefully it will inspire these young women even if they are disillusioned and thinking politicians are all the same.
Hopefully they will remember this is where it all began and where those women made all those massive sacrifices from and it is really important to just vote.
London-based Shakeel Begg sued after being accused on the Sunday Politics show of espousing extreme beliefs.
The judge said Lewisham Islamic Centre's chief imam had hidden his true views behind a cloak of respectability.
Mr Justice Haddon-Cave said he "clearly promotes and encourages violence in support of Islam and espouses a series of extremist Islamic positions".
"On occasions when it has suited him…he has shed the cloak of respectability and revealed the horns of extremism."
A spokesman for the BBC welcomed the ruling against the imam who now faces an enormous legal bill.
Imam Begg is extremely influential among followers of hardline conservative Islam in the UK.
He has been involved in inter-faith work with Jewish and Christian leaders but has also faced accusations of extremism, including supporting organisations that have campaigned on behalf of suspected terrorists.
He personally appealed to the self-styled Islamic State group to spare the British hostage Alan Henning - a sign of his theological credibility within their branch of Islam.
In November 2013, BBC presenter Andrew Neil alleged on the Sunday Politics that the imam had said that jihad was the greatest of deeds.
Jihad typically refers to a personal struggle to do good - but violent extremists use it to refer to fighting holy war.
Despite the imam's protestations during the libel trial, Mr Justice Haddon-Cave said four of his speeches showed he had promoted such violence and two that he had espoused extremist positions.
"Shakeel Begg, is something of a Jekyll and Hyde character," he said.
"He appears to present one face to the general, local and inter-faith community and another to particular Muslim and other receptive audiences. The former face is benign, tolerant and ecumenical.
"The latter face is ideologically extreme and intolerant."
In one speech in 2006, Imam Begg encouraged a student audience to fight in the Palestinian territories. Two years later he praised Muslims who had travelled abroad to fight enemies of Islam.
A third speech outside the maximum security Belmarsh Prison in south-east London, which holds some of the most dangerous terrorism convicts in the country, was described by the judge as "particularly sinister".
He said: "The various core extremist messages which emerge from the claimant's speeches and utterances would, in my view, have been quite clear to the audiences.
"The claimant's ostensible cloak of respectability is likely to have made his [extremist] message in these speeches all the more compelling and seductive. For this reason, therefore, his messages would have been all the more effective and dangerous.
"It is all too easy for someone in the claimant's position of power and influence as an Imam to plant the seed of Islamic extremism in a young mind, which is then liable to be propagated on the internet."
A spokesman for the BBC said: "We were right to stand by the journalism of the Sunday Politics. The judge has concluded, based on the evidence, that Imam Begg has preached religious violence and an extremist worldview in his remarks."
Claudia Ruiz Massieu met the survivors in hospital in Cairo, and said they were doing well.
She called for a thorough investigation into the incident, which happened on Sunday in Egypt's western desert.
The exact circumstances of the attack remain unclear.
A Egyptian prosecutor has issued an order banning journalists from reporting details of the investigation now taking place.
Egypt says its forces had been pursuing Islamic militants in the Western Desert and mistook the Mexican tourists for the militants.
It has apologised, but has insisted the group were in a restricted area. Local sources deny the claim.
Egypt has been battling Islamist militants for years, with attacks escalating since the 2013 ousting of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.
Until recently, most of the fighting has taken place in the Sinai Peninsula with occasional attacks taking place in Cairo and other cities.
The tour group had been travelling in a convoy of four 4x4s near the Bahariya oasis, a popular tourist location. The organisers said they had stopped for a picnic when the group was attacked.
The interior ministry said an Apache helicopter targeted the tourists "by mistake".
Egypt's ambassador to Mexico City, Yasser Shaban, said the tourists' 4x4 vehicles resembled those used by the militants the security forces were chasing.
Ms Ruiz Massieu said she hoped to be able to return home both the injured, their families and the bodies of those who had died in the next few days.
The Blues won the title in Conte's first season in charge and face Arsenal in the FA Cup final on Saturday.
The 47-year-old was named League Managers' Association manager of the year and has been linked with Inter Milan in his native Italy.
However, he said: "If the club give me the possibility to stay and extend my contract, for sure I'm available to."
Former Juventus boss Conte has two years left on his contract, having joined Chelsea last summer after a spell in charge of Italy.
His team could complete Chelsea's second league and FA Cup Double with victory over the Gunners at Wembley and the Italian said: "We have the same idea about the future, the way we have to do together, to improve the squad and the team.
"And I'm happy for this season. I'm happy to stay here and I hope to stay here for many years."
An HP shareholder says the US PC-maker paid too much for the UK software firm.
The lawsuit, filed in California on Monday, accuses the two auditors and other named defendants of failing in their duty to spot that Autonomy was not worth as much as it claimed, and then misrepresenting the deal's value.
Both firms have denied responsibility for valuing Autonomy at the time.
"Simply put, HP grossly overpaid for Autonomy," claims the legal action, which was brought by Philip Ricciardi, an HP shareholder since 2007.
Last week, HP announced that it was writing off $8.8bn of the $11.1bn it paid for Autonomy, of which $5bn was "linked to serious accounting improprieties, misrepresentation and disclosure failures".
HP's boss, Ms Whitman, said that her firm had relied on the work of the UK unit of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, which had acted as Autonomy's auditor prior to the acquisition.
She also said HP had relied on KPMG's audits of Deloitte's work.
The computer maker said it would be taking civil action itself to try and recover money for shareholders.
Shares in the US computer-maker have lost 60% of their value since the Autonomy deal was announced in August last year - including a steep fall on the day after the announcement - and are down by three-quarters since their peak in April 2010.
The legal case, which came to light on Wednesday, has been brought by the shareholder against the two auditors, as well as against Autonomy's former chief executive Mike Lynch, HP chief executive Meg Whitman, former HP chief executive Leo Apotheker, and Barclays and Perella Weinberg Partners, who acted as financial advisers on the deal.
It claims that the two auditors, as well as other advisers and employees paid to work for HP, failed in their duty to the company and "consistently misled the public with improper statements".
The two auditors "consciously disregarded numerous red flags" that should have alerted them to Autonomy's allegedly inflated value, the lawsuit said, according to the Bloomberg news agency.
KPMG has denied HP's claims, saying that it was engaged only to provide limited services and did not carry out any audit work.
For its part, Deloitte has insisted that it was not responsible for the due diligence work that HP carried out on Autonomy before going ahead with the purchase.
Barclays and Perella Weinberg could not be reached for comment.
It is the second such lawsuit to be filed by an HP shareholder over the Autonomy deal. Another investor, Allan Nicolow, filed a similar case at the same court and on the same day.
The other legal case has been brought against Hewlett-Packard, as well as various executives of the firm - but not against the two auditors or the two financial advisers - and seeks damages for HP's purchase of Autonomy, as well as an earlier purchase of Electronic Data Systems Corporation, which the suit also claims was overvalued.
Mr Nicolow's lawyers hope to turn his case into a class action lawsuit on behalf of all investors who owned shares in HP between 19 August 2011 - the day after the Autonomy acquisition - and 20 November 2012.
Autonomy's former head, Mike Lynch - who is a non-executive director of the BBC - has rejected HP's claims that former Autonomy management misled them as to the company's value.
The 35-year-old, who married Portman in 2012, will take up his role in October 2014.
Portman, 31, won an Oscar for her work in Black Swan, collecting the award in February 2011 while pregnant.
She and Millipied welcomed their son, Aleph, in June that year.
Millepied is a former principal dancer with the New York City Ballet who left in 2011 to create his own dance company in Los Angeles.
Founded in 1661 by Louis XIV, the Paris Opera Ballet is the oldest and one of the most prestigious ballet companies in the world.
Portman will be seen later this year reprising her role as scientist Jane Foster in comic book sequel Thor: The Dark World.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Emperor Akihito are attending a memorial in Tokyo, and joined a moment of silence nationwide at the exact moment the quake hit.
The magnitude-9.0 quake struck offshore, creating a giant wave out at sea, called a tsunami, which grew to 10 metres high.
It also triggered the world's worst nuclear disaster for 25 years, at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
The earthquake on 11 March 2011 was one of the most powerful ever recorded.
But it was the following tsunami that claimed the most lives, as a wall of seawater powered through coastal areas of Tohoku, flattening entire towns and villages.
At 2.46pm Tokyo time (5.56am British time), the exact moment the quake was detected, people across Japan bowed their heads as a mark of respect for the victims.
Bells rang, and in the capital the underground metro came to halt.
"Many of the people affected by the disaster are aging, and I worry that some of them may be suffering alone in places where our eyes and attention don't reach," Emperor Akihito said at the ceremony.
The tsunami also damaged a nuclear power plant in Fukushima, leading to the world's worst nuclear disaster for 25 years.
Water flooded the plant, taking cooling systems offline which set off a series of meltdowns.
The disaster leaked radiation over a wide area and forced the evacuation of more than 160,000 local people.
The government has spent billions of dollars on reconstruction work, but five years on, many people have not been able to return to their homes.
Source: Reconstruction agency
The 30 year-old scored 17 goals in 69 league appearances for the Millers in two seasons at The New York Stadium.
He has previously played for Blackburn, Olympiakos and Nottingham Forest.
The club said in a statement: "We would like to place on record our thanks to Matt for his major contribution over the past two seasons where he has been a key player."
Tutton won European bronze in the 100m breaststroke on 18 May after setting a national record for the 200m in April.
Davies, an Olympic silver medallist in 1980, says the 19-year-old "came out of nowhere" but does not expect her to win a medal at Rio 2016.
"We needed it because British women's breaststroke has not been amazing," said the 53-year-old Briton.
Tutton shaved three seconds off her personal best when she broke the British record in Glasgow - a performance that led to selection for the GB team going to this summer's Olympics in Brazil.
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Her bronze medal-winning performance at the European Championships in London was followed by sixth place in the 200m final.
After that race Tutton vowed to improve before the Games, which start on 5 August.
"It's an amazing experience and I think I can learn a lot," she said.
"So that's what I'll do - I'll go away and I'll see what I can improve on and hopefully come back stronger."
Davies, runner-up in the 400m medley in the 1980 Moscow Olympics, added: "I don't think we're expecting Chloe to go there to win medals.
"She could probably make a final, which I think would be her target - certainly a semi final."
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The beak, made of medical-grade titanium, replaces the loggerhead turtle's jaws, half of which were sheared off in the accident.
Detailed scans of the injured creature's head were used to generate the design of the prosthetic beak.
If the prosthetic is not rejected by the turtle, the animal will be returned to the sea shortly.
The 45kg (99lb) creature was taken to the sea turtle Research, Rescue and Rehabilitation centre at Pamukkale University in Denizli, Turkey soon after being found badly injured at sea.
Initially staff at the centre nursed it back to health by feeding it by hand but realised another solution was needed if the turtle was ever going to be able to fend for itself.
The rehabilitation centre contacted Turkish company BTech Innovation, known for custom-making medical prosthetics and implants for humans, to see if it could help.
BTech used CT scans taken by vets to produce a design that fitted perfectly to the injury site and restored the turtle's ability to feed.
The turtle, named Akut-3, is currently convalescing at the recovery centre to ensure that it has adapted to its metal jaw.
The animal is not the only reptile to have benefitted from 3D printing recently.
In March, a tortoise in Denver was made a customised prosthetic plastic shell by a student at Colorado Technical University, after her original one had deteriorated due to a poor diet.
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The 29-year-old Finland international was tested after CSKA's 2-2 draw with Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League on 14 September. He scored the Russian club's equaliser.
His ban runs until 6 October 2018.
A Uefa statement said: "The analysis of the A sample revealed the presence of cocaine and its metabolites."
Nicola Park was performing in The Real Hoosewives Fae Glesga: Wee Fat Glesga Wedding in the Pavilion Theatre when the outage happened on Friday night.
She stayed on stage and joked with the crowd, who could not see her, until all 1,389 theatregoers were evacuated.
Police believe a fire at an electricity substation, which caused the power cut, was started deliberately.
Ms Park was playing a character in the comedy show who is getting married. She is left on stage on her own after waving off her friends, who have left for America in search of stardom.
The lights went down as planned as Ms Park prepared to sing All By Myself.
She told the BBC Scotland news website: "I was standing there in the dark and nothing happened with the spotlight. Then I realised there was no microphone.
"I said to the audience 'I'm still here by the way' and I told them 'this is not part of the show'.
"I continued to talk to them. I said I was doing a wee dance and they couldn't see me. Then I started a wee jingle bells. Everyone was laughing. I was there for five to 10 minutes before we all left.
"I've worked on the stage for 20 years and I've never known anything like it."
Iain Gordon, manager of the theatre, said: "Around 35 minutes into the show, the lights went down when they were supposed to.
"Then we realised it was a problem and we had to evacuate the theatre. Once we talked to Scottish Power, we discovered it would be several hours until the power was back on."
The theatre has added an extra performance for Sunday after they were forced to cancel Friday's show.
Scottish Power said the fire at the electricity substation in Renfield Street, near the Herald newspaper building, left 200 properties without power.
About 20 firefighters attended the blaze just after 20:00.
A man and a woman were trapped for about 30 minutes in a lift in the Apex Hotel in Bath Street as a result of the power cut.
The fire was extinguished by 21:30 and firefighters remained in the area until midnight.
A spokesman for Scottish Power said the substation was completely destroyed and engineers have worked through the night to reconnect all properties.
He said: "By 21:30 we had reconnected approximately 150 properties, and the remaining 50 properties were all restored by 09:00 this morning (Saturday).
"We will work with Police Scotland to assist with their investigations."
A spokeswoman from Police Scotland said it is believed the fire was started deliberately and that officers were following a positive line of inquiry.
Waseem Baloch, 25, was arrested in Dera Ghazi Khan in central Pakistan on Saturday night.
The Dawn newspaper said he had confessed to the murder, saying he drugged and strangled her "for dishonouring the Baloch name".
Qandeel Baloch, 26, became a household name for posting sometimes raunchy photographs, comments and videos.
She recently caused controversy by posting pictures of herself alongside a Muslim cleric.
Dawn quoted police as saying her selfies with Mufti Qavi were one of the issues cited by her brother.
The paper quoted Waseem Baloch as saying: "She wasn't aware I was killing her. I gave her a tablet and then strangled her."
Police said the brother had escaped to Dera Ghazi Khan after the killing in the Karimabad area of Multan early on Saturday morning.
They said he fled with two friends who were still being sought.
Ms Baloch was buried on Sunday morning in her ancestral village near Dera Ghazi Khan in Punjab province. Images from the scene showed scores of people attending the services.
Mufti Qavi, who said he had forgiven Ms Baloch for her actions, had offered to lead the funeral prayers, reports said.
Ms Baloch had built up a large social media fan-base, with 43,000 Twitter followers and more than 700,000 on Facebook.
She was well aware of the opposition she faced but continued to post defiant tweets. One on Thursday read: "I will not give up. I will reach for my goal & absolutely nothing will stop me."
Ms Baloch, dubbed by some Pakistan's Kim Kardashian, rose to fame in 2014 when a video of her pouting at the camera and asking "How em looking?" went viral.
In a recent interview she was bitterly critical of Pakistan's patriarchal society and described herself as a leading exponent of girl power.
While many younger people saw her as a cultural icon and hailed her liberal views, she was also subjected to frequent misogynist abuse online.
Ms Baloch had gone to Punjab from Karachi because of the threat to her security, police say.
Her request for better security was ignored by the government, Dawn reported, despite pleas made three weeks ago to the interior minister and other senior officials.
Hundreds of women are murdered every year in Pakistan in so-called honour killing cases.
Qandeel Baloch used social media to find fame and the reactions there showed the feelings she inspired, from admiration to disgust.
Some called her death "good news" and even praised her suspected killer. Others said it was wrong to condone her murder, even if she was flawed. Some showed outright support.
Qandeel Baloch has been dubbed Pakistan's Kim Kardashian. There are comparisons: the provocative selfies, the pursuit of celebrity, the controversial rise to notoriety.
But in Pakistan, women, especially poor ones, still lack basic rights, from schooling to choosing a husband and violence against them is rife. The country struggles with sexuality and especially with "immodest" women.
The fact that many of her videos went viral suggests a titillating fascination with confident female sexuality - along with fear of its power and of her assertion of independence. However she lived her life, tweeted one, it was her life.
It follows a stampede last year in which more than 750 people are believed to have died, with 900 injured.
The bracelets will contain personal and medical information to help authorities care for and identify people, according to the Saudi Press Agency.
Nearly 1,000 new surveillance cameras have also been installed.
The ID bracelets will contain crucial information such as passport numbers and addresses but will also offer information to worshippers, such as timings of prayers and a multi-lingual help desk to guide non-Arabic speakers around the event.
They will be water-resistant and connected to GPS. The information can be accessed by employees of the ministry, and security and services bodies via a smartphone.
Cameras have been installed at Mecca's Grand Mosque and will be linked to control rooms staffed by special forces monitoring pilgrim movements for the event scheduled for August, according to Saudi newspapers.
2015 was the deadliest year for the pilgrimage in 25 years.
The tragedy led Saudi's King Salman to promise improvement in the level of organisation and led to a souring of the already-strained relationship with neighbouring Iran.
Iran, which lost 400 of its citizens in the crush, has criticised Saudi Arabia's preparedness and said that it will not send pilgrims to this year's gathering.
The annual pilgrimage to Mecca is attended by more than two million Muslims from around the world and has long been something of a safety nightmare.
Over the years the Saudi authorities have spent billions of dollars on improving transport and other infrastructure.
Finlay, a star of the Three Musketeer films, earned an Oscar nomination for his role as Iago opposite Laurence Olivier in Othello in 1965.
On TV, Finlay made a name for himself in 1971's Casanova, cementing his reputation in Bouquet of Barbed Wire.
Gatiss praised him for his "wonderfully fiery presence on stage and screen".
The Lancashire-born actor's death was announced on his website on Saturday.
The message read: "We are very saddened to announce that Frank died today 30 January 2016 at home surrounded by his family. He was a fine actor and will be very much missed by his friends and family."
The family said he had been "renowned for his kindness and generosity" and his death was an "inestimable loss to the acting world".
Finlay died at home in Weybridge, Surrey, from heart failure after a short illness.
Following his success in the mini-series Casanova, Finlay became an established star with his role in Richard Lester's big screen adaptation of The Three Musketeers.
In the 1973 film, he played Porthos alongside major stars of the day such as Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain and Michael York, in a cast that also included Christopher Lee and Raquel Welch.
He returned to the role in 1974's The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge - and again in 1989's The Return of the Musketeers.
An accomplished stage actor, Finlay landed his first professional role in Scotland in 1951.
He won a scholarship to London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, but did not take his first role in the West End until he was 31.
Following a series of acclaimed performances in various plays, he was invited to join Laurence Olivier's National Theatre Company. He starred opposite the legendary actor in Othello, and then reprised the role on the big screen in 1965.
Sir Roger Moore, with whom Finlay starred in the 1978 film The Wild Geese - alongside Richard Burton and Richard Harris - called him "a great co-star" as he paid tribute on Twitter.
Sherlock star Mark Gatiss wrote: "Bouquets to the great Frank Finlay. Musketeer, vampire hunter, green-eyed Iago. A wonderfully fiery presence on stage and screen. RIP."
Singer David Essex tweeted: "So sorry that dear Frank Finlay passed away yesterday. He was a wonderful actor and a gentleman. As Bligh in Mutiny he was inspiring RIP."
Finlay was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1984 New Year's Honours List.
Among his final films was Roman Polanski's 2002 film The Pianist with Adrien Brody, but he continued to perform widely on television until 2009, including a recurring role alongside Alexander Armstrong in Life Begins in 2006.
"Oh Lord, and Frank Finlay too," tweeted Armstrong, referring to the earlier announcement of the death of Sir Terry Wogan.
"My father-in-law in Life Begins, an astonishing actor and wonderful man. What a sad, sad day."
John Challis, who played Boycie in Only Fools and Horses, recalled "happy times" together with Finlay while touring the country's theatres in Laughter on the 23rd Floor.
Loose Women star Sherrie Hewson tweeted: "So very sad! The wonderful actor Frank Finlay has died! Amazing talent will always be remembered."
Actor Colin Baker tweeted: "Very sad to hear we have lost the lovely, gentle, talented Frank Finlay. And now Sir Terry. Too many greats leaving us."
The 33-year-old will be available for three T20 Blast matches, against Kent, Middlesex and Glamorgan.
Kulasekara has taken 56 wickets in 50 T20 internationals for Sri Lanka and has also played 21 Test matches and 173 one day internationals.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh bowler Mustafizur Rahman is now due to join Sussex for their final four T20 Blast group games.
The 20-year-old's move to Hove has been delayed by his commitments with Indian Premier League side Sunrisers Hyderabad.
In the meantime, Sussex fast bowler Chris Jordan has been made available for Thursday night's T20 Blast match against Kent, having been released from the England ODI series with Sri Lanka.
London Mayor Boris Johnson confirmed the deal on a visit to the company on Monday.
It will secure 300 jobs at Wrightbus.
"Wrightbus has done a great job and the NI workforce has done a great job in producing buses that are not just much-loved by passengers on our streets but also at a good price," he said.
"I am aware, fully aware, of some of the difficulties that industry has had in recent times in Ballymena and I am just very proud that we are able to support a great United Kingdom business."
Northern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness have welcomed the announcement.
"This latest contract not only results in almost 200 Routemaster buses servicing London but it is a timely boost for the Northern Ireland manufacturing sector," Mrs Foster said.
Mr McGuinness said the latest contract put Wrightbus in the "manufacturing fast lane".
"This follow-up order is testament to the quality of the hard work and skill of their workforce and the benefits to our economy will extend beyond the gates of Wrightbus," he added.
Mr Johnson is also expected to visit two other manufacturers on Monday who supply parts for London buses and trains.
Later, he will address a business gathering hosted by the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce.
Mr Johnson backs a UK withdrawal from the European Union, but a majority of chamber members are said to support continued membership, believing a so-called Brexit would damage the local economy.
Prime Minister David Cameron was in Northern Ireland on Saturday as part of his UK tour to persuade voters that membership of a reformed EU is in their best interests.
Earlier this month, Transport for London (TfL) gave the green light on financing the new Wrightbus order,.
The intervening weeks have been spent smoothing out the contract's finer details.
TfL had been told that without the new order, Wrightbus would close its Routemaster production line in March.
Wrightbus has had two previous orders for 805 Routemasters.
The company has its headquarters in Ballymena, with another plant in Antrim, and employs about 1,500 workers.
But the rise was offset by a decline in non-food sales, according to the KPMG Scottish Retail Sales Monitor.
The figures came as retailers were warned to be prepared for the impact of Brexit amid early indications of faltering consumer confidence.
Overall, sales decreased by 1.4% in June compared with the same month the previous year.
Adjusted for deflation, measured at 2%, sales increased by 0.6% in real terms.
KPMG said grocery sales were up 0.1% in June compared with the same month in 2015.
It is the first reported sales growth since December 2015 and only the third time sales have increased in the last two years.
However non-food sales dropped by 2.6% compared to June 2015.
David McCorquodale, head of retail at KPMG, said: "Although total sales are down on last year, the grocery sector saw a change in fortunes, registering its first growth in sales since December.
"Big ticket items in the non-food category continued to perform strongly.
"Bolstered by a summer of sport, electricals fared particularly well, as consumers looked to buy the latest televisions to watch the football, tennis and golf.
"That being said, the food retail market continues to face challenges and we can't yet fully predict how the cost impact of leaving the EU will trickle down to the consumer.
"Where we have already seen an impact is on the rising cost of family holidays abroad. As a result, we expect to see retailers try to benefit from staycations and overseas tourists in the short term."
He added: "June also saw high street retailers, once again, fall victim to inclement weather. Introducing early sales didn't prevent seasonal lines being hit by an unpredictable weather front which, after an initial sunny spell, dominated from the second week in June through to the end of the month.
"One thing for certain is that regardless of the weather forecast, the retail sector should be braced for further change and uncertainty as the politicians begin the process of brokering a new deal with Europe."
Ewan MacDonald-Russell, of the Scottish Retail Consortium, said it was too early to say if Brexit would have an impact on retail sales or shop prices.
"Scottish retailers remain open for business, and the vote has not changed their commitment to deliver for customers," he said.
"However, there are signs that customer confidence may have faltered since June 23."
Watford's Roberto Pereyra was dismissed in the 84th minute when he reacted angrily to a James McClean challenge in an incident that resulted in both sets of players clashing on the touchline.
Watford manager Walter Mazzarri said his midfielder was "unfairly sent off".
West Brom finished 3-1 winners at the Hawthorns.
Mazzarri added: "Pereyra was fouled. He was on the floor and his rival kept fouling him. He stood up and gave a small push and that's when I went to separate them."
West Brom boss Tony Pulis said on McLean's part in the melee that "trouble seems to follow him around".
However, he added: "The lad [Pereyra] kicked out. Whether you catch him or not, it is the intent."
Both clubs have until 18:00 GMT on 8 December to respond to the charge.
Winkelman previously was unsure whether English football's third-longest serving boss would remain in place.
"I'm comfortable in saying that Karl will be the manager next season because he wants to be," said Winkelman.
"If he wants it and he's got that drive, ambition then he understands the club so much better that someone else."
He continued to BBC Look East: "He already has a promotion out of League One and he's somebody that when we make mistakes, we make them honestly and ultimately, I trust him.
Robinson, 35, was unable to keep the Dons up in their first-ever season in the Championship.
Following relegation, Robinson publically said he felt the club should have used the money received from Tottenham for midfielder Dele Alli more wisely, and Winkelman admitted mistakes had been made with recruitment.
"Everybody had to get off their chests the things they felt were wrong and that's part of the cathartic nature of sorting out problems," said Winkelman.
"We needed to talk. Karl needed to look me in the eye and know I would continue to invest in him and I needed to look in his eye and know that if I'm going to do that he's going to work his guts out because I think we have more pressure than we've ever had as a football club.
"In fact, I'm quite excited by the fact we've got more pressure because it means we're becoming a bigger club. I'm excited about being a big club in League One next season."
Penelope Wilkinson was employed by IP&E, which was closed down by Shropshire Council in February after it failed in its efforts to sell its "know-how" to other authorities.
The 42-year-old, of Colley Close in Shrewsbury, is set to appear at Telford Magistrates' Court on 22 August. She is currently on bail.
The council said it cannot comment as it is a "police matter".
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IP&E was set up by former council leader Keith Barrow, who resigned as director of the company after admitting he had not declared a relationship with the director of an accountancy firm appointed to work with it.
New leader Malcolm Pate ordered a review of the company, which found it had made total losses of £183,000 in its first two years and a profit of £28,000 in its third year.
Last year IP&E had said it would make profits of £238,000 by 2017.
Glasgow's 14-12 defeat to Munster means they must win at Welford Road on Saturday to guarantee a place in the last eight as one of the top three pool runners-up.
Leicester cannot qualify after losing to Racing 92 in Paris on Saturday.
"We're a really good side - play our rugby and we'll win," said Swinson.
The Warriors hammered Leicester 42-13 in their opening Pool One clash in October, but the Tigers have only lost once at home in Europe in the last 10 years.
"Leicester are a quality side, especially at home, but we know when we play well we can beat any team in Europe," added Swinson, who signed a new three-year contract with Glasgow last week.
"We showed in the first game up here that when we play to our tempo, not many teams can handle it - Leicester couldn't that day.
"We've got to take that aggression and positivity down there and really put them under pressure. It'll be a fantastic opportunity."
Warriors sit second in their pool, behind Munster, who have an unassailable six-point lead at the top. At the moment Glasgow are in the eighth qualification spot as the third best of the pool runners-up. A win at Leicester guarantees their progression and they could even lose and still go through, but that would require a highly unlikely sequence of results elsewhere.
Scotland second-row Swinson, 29, says an intense week of training will lay the platform for their decisive trip to Welford Road.
"We've got to be competitive in training next week," he said. "Our line-out sessions are sometimes the toughest line-outs we face. We have a real zeal for the contact sessions that (assistant coach) Dan McFarland takes us through.
"It's really competitive, we had a squad of about 45 training this week and really any of the guys could've played (against Munster). There are so many quality players, we've got competition every day throughout the squad, and that will help us improve."
Exeter took a deserved lead in the 19th minute when Lee Holmes got free down the left and pulled the ball back to Watkins, who guided the ball past Scott Shearer from 10 yards.
Holmes drilled a shot into the side netting as Exeter continued to create all the chances and the winger then curled another effort narrowly past the far post.
Mansfield boss Steve Evans was clearly unimpressed by his side's first-half performance and made a double change at the break.
Christy Pym made a brave stop to deny excellent substitute Darius Henderson, who was the catalyst for a vastly improved second-half performance from the Stags, while Jake Taylor dragged a shot wide for Exeter after an incisive counter-attack.
However, the Grecians ensured an end to their long wait for a win in the last minute when Watkins ran clear and fended off two defenders before sliding the ball past Shearer.
Mansfield's misery was compounded in stoppage time when Malvind Benning was sent off for a second yellow card.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Exeter City 2, Mansfield Town 0.
Second Half ends, Exeter City 2, Mansfield Town 0.
Attempt saved. Liam McAlinden (Exeter City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Chris Clements (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jordan Tillson (Exeter City).
Second yellow card to Malvind Benning (Mansfield Town) for a bad foul.
Liam McAlinden (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Malvind Benning (Mansfield Town).
Goal! Exeter City 2, Mansfield Town 0. Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jack Stacey.
Attempt missed. Jake Taylor (Exeter City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is blocked.
Darius Henderson (Mansfield Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Darius Henderson (Mansfield Town).
Jack Stacey (Exeter City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Exeter City. Liam McAlinden replaces Reuben Reid.
Ashley Hemmings (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Reuben Reid (Exeter City).
Substitution, Mansfield Town. Jack Thomas replaces Jamie McGuire.
Substitution, Exeter City. Matt Oakley replaces Lee Holmes.
Attempt saved. Darius Henderson (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Darius Henderson (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Troy Brown (Exeter City).
Attempt blocked. Darius Henderson (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Christy Pym (Exeter City) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Exeter City. Jordan Tillson replaces Lloyd James.
Attempt missed. Matt Green (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Jamie McGuire (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Mansfield Town. Conceded by Jack Stacey.
Chris Clements (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ollie Watkins (Exeter City).
Krystian Pearce (Mansfield Town) is shown the yellow card.
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Malvind Benning.
Attempt missed. David Wheeler (Exeter City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Foul by Ashley Hemmings (Mansfield Town).
Craig Woodman (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Jake Taylor (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jamie McGuire (Mansfield Town).
Krystian Pearce (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Ollie Watkins (Exeter City).
Attempt missed. Jamie McGuire (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Mr Trump's doppelganger replaces Barack Obama's waxwork in the set and joins various other world leaders at the attraction, including Vladimir Putin and Nelson Mandela.
Mr Trump will be sworn in as the 45th US president on Friday.
App users should tap on the image to compare the real Donald Trump with the waxwork
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Prices rose 0.3% last month after increasing by 0.4% in May, according to the Labor Department's Consumer Price Index.
Continuing price rises are likely to strengthen the case for an increase in US interest rates.
However, the year-on-year rate is still only 0.1%, although excluding food and fuel so-called core inflation was 1.8%.
Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen said this week that a rate rise this year was likely if the economy continued to grow.
Prices at the pump rose 3.4% in June on top of a 10.4% increase in May. Egg prices surged 18.3%, the biggest gain since August 1973.
Other US data on Friday also pointed to a strengthening of the US economy.
The Commerce Department said house building jumped by 9.8% in June, while the number of building permits issued rose 7.4% to a near eight-year high.
The Fed has kept its short-term interest rate near zero for more than six years, but many economists believe rising prices will trigger a rate rise later this year.
Ms Yellen has said she wants to see more improvements in the economy, particularly the jobs market, but expects rates to rise modestly by the end of the year.
Employers have been adding a healthy 208,000 jobs a month so far this year, and the unemployment rate has fallen to a seven-year low of 5.3%.
The dollar rose to a session high against a basket of currencies on the data.
The 23-year-old was disciplined along with Leicester's Manu Tuilagi because of "team culture issues" on 7 August.
The pair were believed to have gone out drinking and contravened the team's standards of behaviour.
"What happened was out of character. It was definitely a mistake on my behalf. I'll work harder to get back," he said.
"I put that person behind me a long time ago."
During the camp, it is understood the England players went out as a squad to dinner, and returned to their hotel as a group, but Tuilagi and Solomona then left the hotel for a second time, returning in the early hours of the morning, thought to be as late as 4am.
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It is the first time since taking on the role that England head coach Eddie Jones has disciplined individuals for off-the-field behaviour.
"[Jones] has just said to train harder and play harder and that's what I'll do. I need to do what he says. That's the only way I'll achieve what I want to achieve," Solomona continued.
"By training hard, I'll improve my game capabilities and I'll learn a lot more. And in the game I'll go as hard as I can and give everything I've got every single game.
"I'm hungry for it. I'm eager for it and I'm only going to train harder and play as good as I can to let my rugby do my talking."
The restrictions mean that fundraisers, typically referred to as "chuggers", cannot follow a person for more than three steps.
The introduction of the scheme follows a year-long trial.
Chuggers have been criticised for hassling people to set up direct debits, but others say they are vital.
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The new regime, to be enforced across the UK by the Public Fundraising Regulatory Association (PFRA), also means street fundraisers must not:
•stand within 3m of a shop doorway, cash machines, pedestrian crossing or station entrance
•sign up anyone to a direct debit who, due to illness, disability, drugs or drink, is unable to give informed consent
•approach members of the public who are working, such as tour guides or newspaper vendors
Breaches of the rules carry penalty points of up to 100 points for the fundraising organisation.
Each charity has a threshold of 1,000 points before having to pay fines. Once this threshold is breached, charities must pay a monetary fine equal to £1 per point, with all further breaches all carrying a £1 per point fine.
At the end of the financial year, the charity's point balance is reset to zero.
All the money raised through the fines system will be used to improve compliance checks, in what the PFRA says creates a "virtuous circle".
"The more people that break the rules, the more money we have for providing compliance officers to check street fundraisers are complying with the new regime," said Ian MacQuillin, PFRA head of communications.
PFRA will monitor compliance with the new roles via spot checks, as well as so-called mystery shoppers who pretend to be a member of the public and then report back.
Members of the public who believe the rules have been breached should complain directly to the charity in the first instance, says the PFRA.
If they feel the charity's response is unsatisfactory, the PFRA says they should then escalate their complaint by reporting it to the independent regulatory body, the Fundraising Standards Board.
"For a form of fundraising that is so regularly in the limelight, it is vitally important that fundraisers work to the highest possible standards in order to maintain the confidence of the public, media, and central and local government," says Sally de la Bedoyere, chief executive of the PFRA.
Marjorie Wallace, the chief executive of the mental health charity SANE, which has never used street fundraisers, welcomed the rules.
However, Ms Wallace also criticised charities who use firms that employ street fundraisers, arguing they symbolised "all that is wrong in the commercialisation of charity".
"True philanthropy is not gained by the quick-fix tactics of waylaying passers-by, but by establishing relationships with donors who know precisely what happens to their gifts and who feel a connection to the cause," added Ms Wallace.
But one small charity, the Coventy Cats Group, which relies on street collections, told BBC News that it was concerned that the new rules and spot checks may make fundraising more complex.
Trustee Angie Willems also said she was worried about the impact of not being able to stand within three metres of shop doorways.
"We never harass people to donate, but we do often need to stand somewhere that can provide some warmth or protection from the elements."
The pear-shaped jewels, nicknamed Apollo and Artemis, are almost 16 carats each.
The flawless stones mined in South Africa are perfectly matched except for their colour - Artemis is pink, and Apollo is blue.
Sotheby's chief auctioneer David Bennet said that coloured diamonds are extremely rare "show stoppers".
"These are in their own right extraordinarily rare stones, but taken together they are unprecedented, they are absolutely stunning," he said.
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The earrings were bought by an anonymous buyer, media reports say, but will be kept as a pair.
Apollo and Artemis differ in one crucial area - their respective prices. Apollo sold for $42.5m while Artemis went for $15.5m.
The pure vivid blue of Apollo - from the Cullinan mine in South Africa - is rarer, and therefore worth more than the intense pink Artemis.
The BBC's Imogen Foulkes in Geneva says the earrings were the stars of Geneva's spring jewellery auction and Sotheby's initially offered them separately, after they wrongly assumed that a buyer with the wherewithal for both might actually be rarer than the diamonds themselves.
But the earrings sold some way below their estimated prices of $70m.
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UK landline calls will go up from 7.6p a minute to 7.95p a minute. Line rental prices will also rise, but calls to mobiles will be unchanged.
The changes come after a 10% rise in call charges a year ago, and a 9% increase in April.
But BT said these prices would now be frozen until 2013.
In July, BT group said profits before tax in the three months to 30 June were up 20% to £533m, driven by demand for home broadband products.
Under the changes, the cost of line rental for a customer paying by direct debit will rise by 70p to £14.60 a month.
Evening UK calls will go up from 1p a minute to 1.05p a minute. The call set up fee, which is a one-off charge for a call outside of a customer's plan, goes up from 12.5p to 13.1p.
BT's most popular Anytime calls plan will increase by 20p to £4.90 a month, but various other packages and bundles, some of which include broadband internet, will not be changed.
Calls to O2, T-Mobile, Orange and Vodafone mobiles will stay at 5.3p a minute in the evening, and 11.3p a minute in the daytime.
However, there is no guarantee that these prices will be frozen next year.
The changes come as consumers face rising gas and electricity bills and cuts continue to put a squeeze on family finances.
"We are disappointed that BT is raising its prices on the heels of significant energy price hikes just a month ago," said Michael Phillips, product director at price comparison website Homephonechoices.co.uk.
"While BT's price increases of 5% or less may be in line with inflation, it will prove very unpopular with households who are already feeling the pinch.
"This marks the 10th price rise from a major provider this year alone and it is inevitable that others will further add to this total."
BT said that many of its customers had actually seen their call costs fall because they had moved on to specific packages.
"A report from Ofcom shows the UK has lower prices than the USA, Spain, Germany, France and Italy. The UK market is highly competitive," a BT spokesman said.
He added that many of BT's prices were lower than those charged by other providers.
The RAC said rural communities would lose out as a result of the possible cost-cutting measure.
The comments come after Denbighshire council said only prioritised roads would be salted if it does not freeze - saving £20,000 a year.
David Smith, who is responsible for the county's highways, insisted lives were not at risk.
The changes would leave about 27 miles (43km) untreated.
The BBC contacted every local authority and 21 replied. There has been a 7.7% decrease in the amount of roads Flintshire council grits and changes to salt bins in Gwynedd with community councils taking budget responsibility from next year.
Newport council said it was reviewing its plans. Torfaen grits about 53% of roads. Other councils also said their focus was on A and B roads, with C roads seen as less of a priority.
Ed Evans from the RAC said: "The big roads that are used most often. they will most likely get gritted.
"Rural roads, its very likely they wont get gritted as much as previous years. We understand money is tight, but I think they are putting lives at risk."
But David Smith, who is responsible for highways at Denbighshire council, denied this.
He said: "If there is snow or the weather is particularly bad, we'll continue to grit roads as usual.
"This is only a temporary cut when we know conditions won't be too bad."
Mr Smith added: "What we are trying to do is ensuring that the roads that most need gritting get salt. If the weather gets bad, we guarantee that all roads get cleared and gritted.
"We have to save money and by doing this we save on a lorry having to go out to grit. But I must emphasise we will continue to grit roads that need to be gritted and if the storms come, we will be there."
Top seed Serena, 33, found her form to beat Ukraine's Elina Svitolina 4-6 6-2 6-0, while Venus, 34, saw off Italy's Camila Giorgi 4-6 7-6 (7-3) 6-1.
Four-time champion Novak Djokovic beat Fernando Verdasco 7-6 (10-8) 6-3 6-4.
Stan Wawrinka, the 2014 winner, defeated Jarkko Nieminen 6-4 6-2 6-4.
If younger sister Serena was expected to reach the fourth round and well beyond, the presence of Venus in the last 16 is a blast from the past.
The last time she went this far at a Grand Slam was at Wimbledon four years ago, and soon after she would be diagnosed with Sjogren's Syndrome, keeping her out of the sport for seven months.
"I do my best every single day," said the seven-time major champion, who faces sixth seed Agnieszka Radwanska next. "That's pretty much the way it goes. I think just not being afraid is the most important thing."
She added: "I like to win titles, whether it's a smaller event or a big event. That's what I play for. So, yes, it's great to be in the second week. But is the fourth round my goal when I come to these tournaments? No."
What's in a name? Two-time champion Victoria Azarenka seized the opportunity to correct her fans after a 6-4 6-4 defeat of Barbora Zahlavova Strycova.
"I love playing in front of you guys,'' Azarenka said with a smile into the microphone during her on-court interview.
"One thing I don't know is why everybody keeps calling me Vicky, but Vicky is not my name. It's Vika, Victoria, V, those are goers. Vicky is not my name.''
Whether it will be V for Victory again remains to be seen.
After blowing Fernando Verdasco's candles out, four-time champion Novak Djokovic was in playful mood.
The top seed was another to take the mic following his victory.
"Today is January 24, so I'd like you all to sing Happy Birthday to my mum," said the world number one.
The crowd duly obliged. No doubt Dijana Djokovic was delighted.
Feliciano Lopez is through to the last 16 after an impressive win over Jerzy Janowicz - one of the more straightforward episodes in the Spaniard's week.
Lopez beat Denis Kudla 10-8 in the fifth in round one, trailed by two sets when Frenchman Adrian Mannarino retired with heat exhaustion in round two, and in the same match struck a ballboy somewhere sensitive with a 124mph serve.
The 12th seed found himself posing for pictures with the watery-eyed youngster later in the day, and said: "It was very funny because he became very famous with his mates at school.
"Everybody was watching the video on YouTube. Thousands of viewers, I've heard. He was happy in a way, but he was also very fortunate when he was hit that he was OK after five, six minutes. He went out to sit down a little bit."
Jamie Murray continued his winning run at Melbourne Park with a first-round victory in the mixed doubles.
Playing with Taiwan's Hao-Ching Chan, the pair saved a match point as they beat Jarmila Gajdosova and Mahesh Bhupathi 6-4 6-7 (7-9) 10-8 in a court seven thriller.
Murray is also through to the last 16 of the men's doubles, where he and Australia's John Peers will face fourth seeds Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo.
In the junior singles, Bristol's Katie Swan beat New Zealander Jade Lewis 6-2 6-2 but Hertfordshire's Emily Arbuthnott lost 7-5 6-0 to Japan's Chihiro Muramatsu.
Eyebrows were raised when the schedule for Sunday was released, with Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic absent from Rod Laver Arena once again.
Andy Murray and Grigor Dimitrov will play the men's night match, and Rafael Nadal versus Kevin Anderson the afternoon slot, leaving the Aussies on the second and third show courts.
"There are better matches on to be honest," Pat Cash told the The Age newspaper. "Not from an Australian perspective, but from an international perspective.
"You can't not play Murray and Dimitrov on centre court, that's a pretty good line-up."
"I have a whole new appreciation for his game. He had great hands. I just saw he's amazing to watch. I really kind of liked that. But I was able to return his serve pretty well." Serena Williams enjoyed a recent exhibition doubles hit with Andy Murray.
"If you ask me right now after I ate a sandwich, probably six, four kilos. If you ask me first thing in the morning, probably six." A slim-line Milos Raonic on how much weight he has lost already this year.
"I didn't know I was coming to Australia until two weeks before I left, so just being here and being able to play, I'm so thankful." American Madison Brengle on reaching her first Grand Slam fourth round, two months after having a cancerous mole on her knee removed.
"Go for it. Roger?" Stan Wawrinka has a guess at what the media want to ask him about. Correctly.
The Grade II listed York Theatre Royal closed in March 2015 and had planned to resume performances last December.
That date had to be put back after the foundations of the medieval St Leonard's Hospital were found intact beneath the main main auditorium.
The York Conservation Trust, which owns the theatre, said the scheme meant improved access and flexibility.
Its main stage has been reconstructed in a modular form, allowing it to be adapted or removed entirely, which means the venue is now more suitable for touring productions and dance companies.
It is the first significant change to the 270-year-old theatre since a concrete and glass extension was built in 1967.
The project was funded by the Arts Council England, City of York Council and York Conservation Trust with other grants and donations coming from corporate and individual supporters.
A public fundraising campaign also raised around £215,000 towards the costs of the redevelopment.
The study tracked more than 1,400 people between the ages of nine and 26.
School bullies were also more likely to grow up into adult criminals.
The study, from Warwick University in the UK and Duke University in the US, concludes bullying should not be seen as "a harmless rite of passage".
The long-term impact of bullying in childhood was examined through the experiences of three different groups - those who had been bullied, those who had carried out the bullying and those who had been both victims of bullying and had also carried out bullying themselves.
The research, published in Psychological Science, suggests the most negative outcomes were for those who had been both victims and perpetrators of bullying, described in the study as "bully-victims".
Described as "easily provoked, low in self-esteem, poor at understanding social cues, and unpopular with peers", these children grew into adults six times more likely to have a "serious illness, smoke regularly or develop a psychiatric disorder".
By their mid-20s, these former "bully-victims" were more likely to be obese, to have left school without qualifications, to have drifted through jobs and less likely to have friends.
All of those involved in bullying, as victims or aggressors, had outcomes that were generally worse than the average for those who had not been involved in bullying.
Those who had been victims of bullying, without becoming bullies themselves, were more likely to have mental health problems, more serious illnesses and had a greater likelihood of being in poverty.
But compared with "bully-victims" they were more likely to have been successful in education and making friends.
There were also distinctive patterns for those who had been bullies, but who had not been bullied themselves.
These "pure bullies" were more likely to have been sacked from jobs, to be in a violent relationship and to be involved in risky or illegal behaviour, such as getting drunk, taking drugs, fighting, lying and having one-night stands with strangers.
They were much more likely to have committed offences such as breaking into property.
However in terms of health and wealth, bullies had more successful outcomes than either the victims of bullying or those who were both bullies and victims.
Such "pure bullies" were identified as often being strong and healthy and socially capable - with their manipulative and aggressive behaviour being seen as "deviant" rather than reflecting that they were "emotionally troubled".
The study included verbal, physical and psychological bullying and the comparisons were adjusted to take into account social background factors, such as family hardship, family stability and dysfunction.
"We cannot continue to dismiss bullying as a harmless, almost inevitable, part of growing up. We need to change this mindset and acknowledge this as a serious problem for both the individual and the country as a whole; the effects are long-lasting and significant," said Prof Dieter Wolke of the University of Warwick.
"In the case of bully-victims, it shows how bullying can spread when left untreated. Some interventions are already available in schools but new tools are needed to help health professionals to identify, monitor and deal with the ill-effects of bullying. The challenge we face now is committing the time and resource to these interventions to try and put an end to bullying."
Emma-Jane Cross, founder of the anti-bullying charity BeatBullying, said: "This groundbreaking study shines a light on what has been an overlooked subject for society and the economy. The findings demonstrate for the first time just how far-reaching and damaging the consequences of bullying can be."
Mrs Foster became leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in December 2015 and Northern Ireland's first minister in January 2016.
Hers was a rapid rise through the DUP ranks since joining from the Ulster Unionist Party in 2004.
She has had experience of some of the most high-profile posts in Northern Ireland politics, having previously served as environment minister, enterprise minister and finance minister.
She also served as acting first minister for short periods in 2010 and 2015.
Born Arlene Kelly in Roslea, County Fermanagh, her steely character in the political arena has been forged by the experiences of her childhood.
When she was eight, her father, a part-time policeman, was shot and injured by the IRA on the family farm.
When she was a teenager in 1988, a bomb exploded under a school bus she was in that was being driven by a part-time soldier in the Army's Ulster Defence Regiment.
A girl sitting close to her was seriously injured.
In 2003, Mrs Foster was elected MLA for Fermanagh and South Tyrone for the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP).
Weeks later, she joined the DUP, along with Jeffrey Donaldson, another defector from the UUP. She had criticised the direction the Ulster Unionists had been taking under David Trimble's leadership.
Mrs Foster was appointed environment minister when devolution was restored in Northern Ireland in 2007.
The following year, she took over as minister for enterprise, trade and investment, a job in which she had to deal with the impact in Northern Ireland of the global financial crisis.
In early 2010, Peter Robinson stood aside as first minister for a few weeks in the aftermath of a controversy about his wife Iris's affair with a teenager.
He appointed Mrs Foster to replace him on a temporary basis.
She was given control of Stormont's purse strings when she took over the finance ministry in May 2015, and when most DUP ministers resigned from Northern Ireland's ruling executive amid a fresh political crisis in September, Mrs Foster was the only one who remained in post.
She was also, once again, installed in the first minister's office for a few weeks.
Her reward came in December 2015, when she was elected unopposed by her party to replace the retiring Mr Robinson. She then took over as first minister in January last year.
The Fermanagh politician says this election will be "brutal " and she insists the poll in March should not be seen as a referendum of her handling of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme.
Her political opponents understandably take a different approach and say voters must use this election to judge how well Sinn Féin and the DUP have shared power in the past ten years.
Three live operations from Belfast City Hospital were, this week, beamed to the largest cardiovascular interventional conference in San Francisco.
About 450 health professionals from around the world watched cardiologists perform procedures on three women.
These patients had serious heart complications.
Although the procedures are performed regularly in Northern Ireland, they are unfamiliar to many cardiologists in other countries.
It is all down to two doctors who, less than a decade ago, realised Northern Ireland was going to experience a massive cardiovascular problem and set to work looking at alternative ways to perform non-invasive heart surgery.
Speaking to the BBC just minutes before the live link-up with America, Dr Colm Hanratty, an interventional cardiologist, said it was a proud moment for the team.
"We are sharing our skills, very specialist techniques that don't involve open heart operations but, instead, intervention through the arm or leg, giving little access to the heart," he said.
"Until recently this wasn't available. People had to go on living with their debilitating conditions or some may have died."
The Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutic (TCT) conference is the world's largest and most important educational meeting.
It is the first time such a broadcast has taken place in Northern Ireland, the second from the island of Ireland.
According to Dr Hanratty, it is significant not only for the Belfast Health Trust, but for the entire Northern Ireland health system.
"Northern Ireland was selected for the work that we do - these procedures are not performed in every country - but they are in Belfast, Derry and Craigavon, with a majority in the Belfast Health Trust," he said.
The three patients involved in Wednesday's live link-up were all women with serious heart conditions, so serious and frail that their bodies would not withstand open heart surgery.
All three had stents inserted and were awake during the process.
To insert the stent, a fine hollow tube, with a small inflatable balloon at its tip, was passed into an artery through the arm.
It is directed up to the heart and into a coronary artery until its tip reaches a narrow or blocked section.
The balloon is then gently inflated widening the artery and allowing the blood to flow more easily.
A stent - which is a small tube of stainless steel mesh - about two inches in length is already in place on the balloon. As the balloon is inflated, the stent expands opening the artery. The balloon is let down and removed, leaving the stent in place.
Dr Simon Walsh, who has been leading this pioneering work, described what was happening as the procedure unfolded.
"What we're doing is a minimally invasive procedure through the wrist artery passing a number of tubes up round to the heart arteries and implanting stents to relieve some blockages and narrowing there," he said.
"That means stretching the heart artery open using the balloons first and leaving a little bit of wire mesh in to prop the artery open and restoring blood flow."
A third cardiologist doctor who also assisted in the broadcast was Dr James Spratt, originally from Northern Ireland, but now performing similar heart procedures in Glasgow.
Twenty-four hours after watching Pat McConnell, a woman in her 80s, undergo the procedure, I spoke to her from her hospital bed at the Belfast City Hospital.
"I feel fine, in fact I feel very well," she said.
"I was aware of what was going on - it was a little painful at the start. I was more concerned about the TV cameras from San Francisco as I had no make-up on."
As the BBC left the ward, Mrs McConnell was informed that she was going home.
Every year 2,500 cardiac interventions are carried out in the Belfast health trust, with 500 valve procedures.
All of these help men and women lead more normal lives - in fact, for many, it keeps them alive.
Kim Han-sol, 17, said that he wished to ''make things better'' for the people in his country.
He was speaking to former UN Under-Secretary General Elisabeth Rehn in an interview for Finnish television.
He is the son of Kim Jong-nam, eldest brother of Kim Jong-un, who has been living in Macau and China.
"I've always dreamed that one day I would go back and make things better and make it easier for the people there," said Kim Han-sol, in fluent English.
Sporting ear-studs, styled hair and a black suit, the teenager spoke of his dreams of reunification of the two Koreas in the televised interview.
He had South Korean friends, he said, and while it was awkward when he first met them, ''little by little'' they started to understand each other.
''Through meeting people, I've concluded that I will just take opinions from both sides, see what's good and what's bad, and make my own decisions,'' he said.
It is not clear why Kim Han-sol agreed to the interview. He first drew international attention in October 2011, when pictures and comments on his Facebook page were reported by South Korean media.
His account was quickly blocked and it was reported that he would be studying at the United World College (UWC) in Mostar.
Ms Rehn is the patron of the UWC initiative in Bosnia. She is also formerly Finland's Minister of Defence and a UN special rapporteur for Human Rights in Bosnia-Hercegovina.
Kim Han-sol said he had never met his grandfather or uncle. He described an isolated childhood spent mostly in Macau and China, after his birth in Pyongyang in 1995.
He only realised who his grandfather was after putting ''pieces of the puzzle'' together as he grew up.
''I was actually waiting for him... till before he passed away, hoping he would come find me, because I really didn't know if he knew that I existed," he said.
On the succession, he added that he did not know how his uncle, Kim Jong-un ''became a dictator".
"It was between him and my grandfather," he said.
His father, Kim Jong-nam, 39, was thought to have fallen out of favour in 2001 after he was caught trying to sneak into Japan using a false passport. He told officials that he was planning to visit Tokyo Disneyland.
He has maintained a low profile overseas but he was quoted by Japanese TV station Asahi in October 2011 as saying he was opposed to ''dynastic succession''.
"My dad was definitely not really interested in politics," Kim Han-sol said, when asked why his father was passed over for succession.
As for his own future, he said he pictured himself going to university and then ''volunteering somewhere''.
''I would like to engage in more humanitarian projects, work to contribute to building world peace, especially back home because that is a really important part of me,'' he said.
Jean-Guy Talamoni, president of the Corsican assembly, said the anti-Arab violence was "totally incompatible with our political tradition and culture".
Protesters in Ajaccio vandalised a Muslim prayer hall and trashed copies of the Koran on Friday. It was apparent revenge for an attack on firefighters.
On Sunday a crowd defied a protest ban.
Several hundred people waving Corsican nationalist flags marched through Ajaccio, but police prevented them from reaching the Jardins de l'Empereur (Emperor's Gardens) housing estate where Friday's attack happened.
About half of the estate's residents are immigrants.
Previous marches had seen participants shout: "Arabs get out!"
Some protesters blamed local Arabs for an attack on firefighters on Christmas Day, in which two firefighters and a policeman were injured.
French regional elections this month put nationalists in power in Corsica for the first time. On the mainland, the anti-immigration, far-right National Front (FN) made big gains.
The French government has condemned both the anti-Muslim attack and the protests that followed.
Mr Talamoni said the perpetrators of the anti-Muslim attack "were people, in our opinion, who tend to vote for the FN; our nationalism is incompatible with that ideology".
Speaking on France Inter radio, he said the continuing demonstrations "will not help calm the situation".
He blamed "some far-right groups which have been active in Corsica for several months".
"It's an imported ideology... Corsica was the first country in Europe to introduce religious tolerance in the 18th Century... Jews were protected here during the war," he said.
In mainland France local collaborators helped Nazi German occupation forces to deport thousands of Jews to Nazi concentration camps during World War Two.
France beefed up security measures for the Christmas holidays, following the 13 November attacks in Paris by Islamic State (IS) jihadists that left 130 people dead.
The Corsican authorities have banned all gatherings in the flashpoint area of Ajaccio until at least 4 January.
The protesters on Sunday rejected accusations that their rally was racist, chanting: "We fight against scum, not against Arabs!" and "We aren't thugs, we aren't racists!"
In Thursday's incident, the firefighters were ambushed by unidentified "hooded youths" with iron bars and baseball bats, French media report.
A brick was thrown through the front window of a house on the Crumlin Road at about 23:00 GMT on Friday.
A short time later, paint was thrown at another home nearby. Police said it caused substantial damage.
Detectives have appealed for anyone who noticed suspicious activity in the area or saw a car speeding away around that time to contact them.
Sinn Féin councillor Gerard McCabe visited the two families targeted.
"These people's homes have been attacked before for years, as a matter of fact, and one of the homes that I visited this morning the people are just basically fed-up with it," he said.
"They just want to get on with their lives and the people carrying out these attacks need to wise up."
Joseph Brown-Lartey was driving an Audi A5 which collided with an Audi A6 in Sandy Lane, Bamford, Rochdale, at about 04:40 GMT on Sunday.
He was pronounced dead at the scene. Four men in the other car, aged 18 to 21, were taken to hospital.
Mr Brown-Lartey's parents said their "lives will never be the same again".
Mr and Mrs Brown-Lartey said: "Joseph was a great son, brother and friend to many people with his whole future ahead of him. [He was] tragically and suddenly taken away from us‎ far too soon."
The BBC has been given exclusive access to the US Marines and Royal Air Force gunners who were involved in the counter-attack.
The Taliban attackers who broke through Camp Bastion's perimeter chose the darkest night of the year to launch their assault.
They quickly made their way to the US Marine Harrier flight line.
They were dressed in American army uniforms but, instead of boots, they wore training shoes.
Their beards were another give-away, but the darkness meant that the coalition forces on the base only realised they were insurgents when they opened fire.
In quick succession, they fired rocket-propelled grenades at eight Harrier jump jets under canvas hangers, destroying six and damaging two.
Capt Kevin Smalley of Marine Attack Squadron 211 had just finished a combat mission when he heard the first explosion.
He said: "I didn't get a good bead on how many enemy were out there because it was very smoky and there were a lot of flames and explosions as our rounds were cooking off. But I could see at least one enemy from my position, as I secured the area."
Every Marine, whether a mechanic or pilot, is a trained rifleman.
Squadron Commander Lt Col Chris Raible ran 150 metres across open ground under fire. He was carrying only his service pistol.
As he lay down, shooting at the insurgents, a rocket-propelled grenade exploded nearby, killing him.
Sgt Bradley Atwell was also killed by an RPG as he pushed forward with a counter-attack.
Capt Smalley said: "Lt Col Raible was one of the best Harrier pilots we have in the entire fleet... He wrote on many of the tactics and techniques that the Harrier uses."
Bastion is one of the biggest camps in Afghanistan - its perimeter is 37km in length.
It appears the Taliban got close to the perimeter through a network of dry river beds that run nearby.
Inside Camp Bastion
Although Bastion is in an area of desert, the surroundings are not uninhabited.
The Royal Air Force's 51 squadron, the base's quick response force, crossed the runway in two heavily-armed, Coyote open-topped vehicles.
A four-and-a-half hour long firefight then ensued.
Sgt Roy "Doc" Geddes was one of those leading the counter-attack.
"This is something we weren't expecting, the base is quite well defended," he said.
"Obviously they've found the weak point, and managed to exploit that and get on to the base, but once they were on they were dealt with effectively and quickly."
The airfield's four fire appliances made their way to the site (nearby fuel pits had also been set alight). They needed to be resupplied with water three times.
"The flames were about 100ft," said Sgt Simon Allsop, watch manager of the Red Watch in Camp Bastion's fire section.
"And there were more flames from the Harriers, there were large thuds going off, explosions going on, obviously from rocket attack."
Attack helicopters were called in too - from Prince Harry's squadron. The Prince was not involved in the counter-attack: he was taken to a secure location on the base.
American helicopters killed the three remaining Taliban, who had hidden behind concrete blast walls. In total 14 were killed, and one was injured.
Their tactics bore all the hallmarks of the Haqqani network, a Taliban affiliate based in Pakistan.
At Bastion, military sources were not commenting, an investigation is underway.
The one surviving insurgent is believed to be undergoing treatment at Bastion's hospital.
Within hours of the attack, parts of the Bastion runway were operational again.
Two new Harriers arrived at the base earlier this week; four more will follow shortly.
The two that weren't destroyed by the Taliban will be returned to the US for extensive repairs.
There are claims it leaves pensioners in limbo and some forced to sell their homes if they need to be looked after.
Health Minister Mark Drakeford was considering a range of policy options, including a cap on the cost of care.
But he said a UK government decision to delay a cap in England left him without the money to pay for a cap in Wales.
The previous UK coalition government pledged to introduce a cap in England so no-one spent more than £72,000 on care during their lifetime.
It was due to come into effect in April 2016, but has since been put off until at least 2020 after local councils said they would face "enormous pressure" from increased demand for care.
Extra UK government funding to deliver the cap would have meant a windfall for the Welsh government to spend as it wished, under the Barnett formula rules on public spending across the UK.
In a written statement to AMs, Mr Drakeford blamed the lack of funding and uncertainty over UK government welfare reforms.
"The continuation of this situation means that unfortunately I am still not in a position to make informed decisions about reforms I would wish to make to reduce the burden upon citizens in Wales of funding their care and support," he said.
An advisory group found in a favour of a three-year cap on costs for people in residential care - equivalent to around £42,500 for people in a care home without nursing, and £55,000 for those in a home with nursing.
It also recommended lifting the asset threshold at which people are asked to start paying for care from £24,000 to £100,000.
The Department of Health said it was still "firmly committed" to a cap in England, but said it needed to "think carefully" following the response from local councils.
Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Kirsty Williams said: "Crippling care costs need addressing urgently and the Tories' u-turn is a betrayal of people at their most weak and most frail."
The species is facing extinction, threatened by habitat loss, disease and cross breeding with feral cats.
The Heritage Lottery Fund has offered to give £873,000 towards Scottish Natural Heritage's action plan.
A programme of neutering and vaccinating feral cats will be done as part of the project in areas of Aberdeenshire, Highlands and Tayside.
In the future, SNH may allow wildcats to be trapped for a captive breeding and reintroduction programme.
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland and the Aspinall Foundation are leading plans for a conservation breeding programme.
However, the Scottish Wildcat Association said the action plan would not go far enough to save pure-bred wildcats and said captive breeding should be the priority for funding.
The SWA's Wildcat Haven project seeks to establish protected breeding areas for the animals on the remote Ardnamurchan peninsula.
Scientist Dr Paul O'Donoghue and the Aspinall Foundation have taken over the association's project.
Environment Minister Paul Wheelhouse has welcomed the offer of lottery funding for the SNH plan.
As well as neutering feral cats, SNH will work with land managers to help reduce risks to wildcats.
There will also be a Scotland-wide awareness raising campaign helping people understand the threats to the animal and what domestic cat owners can do to help.
Mr Wheelhouse said: "The Scottish wildcat is an iconic species that is emblematic of the wild parts of Scotland.
"As a society we have a legal and moral obligation to try and conserve the species, so that it continues to be part of our natural heritage for generations to come."
SNH wildlife ecologist Jenny Bryce said it was an important project.
She said: "Conserving wildcats arouses passions in many people, and the HLF's involvement will go a long way to safeguarding this most elusive of our wild mammals.
"The next stage is to ensure that the project is well-designed and delivers the most benefit for wildcats. This funding will help to ensure this work gets under way."
But Steve Piper, former chairman of SWA, said much of the plan was "PR fluff".
He said the project would lead to a more relaxed approach to what can be defined as a wildcat and numbers would no longer be focused on just pure-bred cats.
"Quite a few pet cat owners worldwide will be waking up to find they have a government-approved Scottish wildcat purring at the end of the bed," he said.
The Heritage Lottery Fund has also awarded a grant of £422,400 to a project which will directly involve 28,000 people in conserving Scotland's amphibian and reptile species.
Collectively known as herptiles, there are 10 native species in Scotland.
Seven are priority species in the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. These include the great-crested newt, the natterjack toad and the grass snake.
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Thirty-nine-year-old Clodagh and her sons Liam, 14, Niall, 11, and six-year-old, Ryan, were killed by Alan Hawe.
It was an apparent murder-suicide at their home near Ballyjamesduff in County Cavan in August 2016.
All five were buried together in St Mary's churchyard in Castlerahan.
On Wednesday morning at dawn, Alan Hawe's body was exhumed and removed from the cemetery.
"I was there when it happened. And as he left the cemetery, the sun broke through the clouds and I cried with relief that he was gone," said Clodagh's younger sister Jacqueline Connolly.
"At least Clodagh and the boys can rest in peace now that he has gone, thank God.
"We have waited for seven and a half months for this to be done. We requested that he would be exhumed."
Jacqueline Connolly, 36, paid tribute to her late sister and her children.
"I used to call her the golden girl. In my eyes, she never put a foot wrong. She was just lovely. She was always very level headed, more so than me," she said.
"The kids, growing up, were so respectful and all talented in different ways. Liam was athletic, Niall was into building Lego and baking. When Ryan was telling you a story his eyes would be dancing in his head - he was so full of life.
"I always think about the day I got married, I talked about Clodagh and what a wonderful sister and mother she was.
"Clodagh was very honest. She always made sure the kids were protected, kept safe and told the truth about everything."
This was not the first tragedy suffered by Clodagh's family. Her brother, Tadhg, took his life in September 2010. Three years later, Jacqueline Connolly's husband, Richie, also took his life.
In a statement, the family of Alan Hawe said that they had agreed to a request from Clodagh's mother and sister to have his body exhumed.
They said they had not previously been involved in the decision as to where their son was buried.
They referred to the "devastating losses " that they had suffered of their son, grandchildren and daughter-in-law, and added that they hoped that both families would now be left in peace.
The circumstances surrounding the tragedy in 2016 will be the subject of an inquest later this year.
Oaklee Trinity and Ulidia housing associations have merged to become Choice.
It said the investment of up to £340m would create more than 700 construction jobs and support another 500 jobs.
Its plans include improving existing homes and the potential transfer of housing stock held by other providers.
Choice acts as landlord to 10,000 homes, with property assets of more than £700m.
Its chairman, Timothy Quin, said: "This programme marks the start of an ambitious journey that will carry forward a focused plan to deliver more homes, better services and stronger communities.
"Over the next five years, thousands of people will benefit directly from the homes and employment opportunities that we plan to create."
Social Development Minister Mervyn Storey said more than 10,000 new social and affordable homes had been built in Northern Ireland since 2011.
"The associations that now make up Choice delivered 20% of the social housing output," he said.
"I have no doubt that the competitive edge gained by the merger of the already strong performing associations of Oaklee, Trinity and Ulidia will pay further dividends for the people of Northern Ireland.
"The investment package announced today demonstrates confidence in the strength of the social housing sector and their ability to deliver a sustainable quality product."
The University of Melbourne's Dr Ronelle Welton examined hospital admissions data and coronial records.
From 2000 to 2013, horses were responsible for 74 deaths.
Bees and other stinging insects were the next most dangerous, causing 27 deaths, followed by snakes, which also claimed 27 lives but landed fewer people in hospital.
Spiders were not responsible for any deaths during that time, the research showed.
Dr Welton said the study, published in Internal Medicine Journal, challenged stereotypes around Australia's venomous animals.
The main focus of her study was animals that bite and sting, but she uncovered the number of horse-related deaths in the process.
"Australia is known as the epicentre of all things venomous," Dr Welton told the BBC.
But "what was surprising" was that insects caused the most people to seek treatment in hospital, she said.
Dr Welton said the research showed allergic reactions to bites or stings posed the most danger.
McGeever played the character of Lizzie Lakely for four years after joining Emmerdale in 2009.
A spokeswoman for the show said the actress died on Sunday night, "surrounded by her loving family".
McGeever had trained at Rada and her previous TV credits included Beautiful People and London's Burning.
She also worked as a stand-up comedian and was a regular performer on the comedy circuit.
The spokeswoman said: "Kitty was a great talent and a true inspiration to all who worked with her. The cast and crew are devastated at her passing and she will be missed tremendously and remembered fondly by all of us."
McGeever lost her sight at the age of 33, shortly before winning her role on Emmerdale.
She had been diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 19; and developed the life-threatening condition pre-eclampsia while pregnant with her first son, Felix.
When he developed heart and lung conditions at the age of four months, she became ill with stress - triggering heart problems, kidney failure and diabetic retinopathy, which eventually resulted in the loss of her sight.
"My kidneys weren't working so my body was filling with fluid and I went into heart failure," she told The Mirror in 2009. "I realised there was something wrong with my eyes and went to see the specialist.
"They told me I had this condition that would usually take five to 10 years to take my sight, but it took five months because of all the stress."
Emmerdale producer Kate Oakes said McGeever was awaiting a kidney transplant when she died.
"Sadly she ran out of time on that, but what she did do was donate her liver and also her corneas, so Kitty's family and Kitty have hopefully given the gift of life to someone else through this tragedy, which I think is just a wonderful thing," she said in a video on the ITV website.
Following news of McGeever's death, the actress's co-stars paid tribute on Twitter.
Gemma Oaten, who plays Rachel Breckle in the programme, tweeted: "So sad to hear the news our dear Kitty McGeever has died. Never forget the scenes we used to have with her infectious laugh."
Chelsea Halfpenny, the soap's Amy Wyatt, said: "So, so saddened by the loss of our lovely Kitty McGeever. I feel so lucky to have worked with such a wonderful, hard-working woman."
And Rik Makarem, who shared screen time with the actress as Nikhil Sharma, tweeted: "Deeply emotional hearing Kitty McGeever passed away. This woman was strength personified. A beautiful generous spirit."
McGeever's character was initially a loveable rogue who arrived in the soap wearing a tag following a conviction for a petty crime.
In a 2009 interview, McGeever told the BBC Lizzie "is irreverent, she's naughty, she's manipulative in the extreme".
She added: "She uses her disability to her advantage and then disregards it to her advantage whenever and whichever way she chooses."
The character's bad behaviour continued, but she settled down over time as she made more friends in the village and took up a job at Jai Sharma's sweet factory.
She also supported best friend Lisa Dingle after she confided in her about being raped.
The actress was forced to quit the soap in 2013 due to ill health.
The South Korean will face competition in Ayrshire from reigning champion Isabelle Boineau, 2016 European Tour number one Beth Allen and major winners Michelle Wie and Catriona Matthew.
The US $1.5m prize money (about £1.16m) is the highest for any Ladies' European Tour event outside the majors.
It takes place on 27-30 July.
The tournament presents the players with an opportunity to tackle a links course in the week preceding the Ricoh Women's British Open at Kingsbarns.
For the first time, the Ladies' Scottish Open is being held on the same course as the men's equivalent.
"To me, Scotland is the home of golf and I'm excited to return to Dundonald Links to compete against some of the world's best players," said Ko.
"It is great to have the chance to play two very important links golf tournaments back to back, as I know it has worked well on the men's schedule and I'm looking forward to seeing how we navigate the course compared to the men."
Martin Gilbert, chief executive of Aberdeen Asset Management, said he was "delighted" with the calibre of players in the 156-strong field, adding that it was "a mix of the world's best talent from both the LET and the LPGA".
The iconic silkscreen portrait fetched $11m in the sale at Sotheby's on Sunday.
It was bought by an unnamed Asian collector.
In the past, Chinese officials had stopped versions of the painting being exhibited on the mainland, where censors closely guard Mao's depiction.
Just four years ago, during the first comprehensive survey of Warhol's art in China, the Mao portraits were nowhere to be seen.
The portraits, based on a photo in Mao's Little Red Book, are among the most famous images of the 20th Century.
The images immortalised the founder of China's Communist Party as a Pop Art commodity, in the vein of Warhol's Marilyn Monroe and Campbell's Soup Cans.
Warhol began the Mao series in 1972 when ties between then Cold War foes China and the US began to thaw after the historic trip to Beijing by US President Richard Nixon.
Chairman Mao was a political leader both deeply revered and feared, and certainly an unlikely subject for the bold colour contrasts of the Pop Art movement.
This particular Mao portrait was sold in 2014 in London for £7.6m ($9.4m) to an also unnamed buyer.
Cambridge United supporter Simon Dobbin was attacked outside a pub in Southend after a game at the Roots Hall stadium.
He is currently at a rehabilitation centre in Norwich, but it is not known how much he will recover.
"I'd hate anyone else to go through what we've been through," said Simon's wife Nicole, who released the photos.
"Hopefully these photos will bring people forward to police and put an end to football violence. It only takes one blow to the head," she said.
Essex Police said he was an "entirely innocent person" who is now "looking at the possibility of having to live with a permanent brain injury". Fifteen suspects remain on police bail.
Mr Dobbin, from Mildenhall in Suffolk, was beaten outside the Railway pub in March as him and a group of friends walked towards Prittlewell station.
Mrs Dobbin said the group had already walked past the pub once to get to the station, but then they realised they were at the wrong platform, so had to walk back past it.
The group was then jumped on from behind and there was a "big riot going on", she said.
As he was being beaten, he suffered a cardiac arrest and it took emergency services seven minutes to get his heart restarted, which caused hypoxic brain damage, she said.
"It needs to stop, the violence at football," she said.
"We did all that 'what ifs'. What if I said you couldn't go, what if I had have gone with him, what if he had got in a car, but you cant live on 'what ifs'.
"We've got to look to the future now and make the best of it."
The boys, both 17 and named locally as Reigan Knight and Liam Phillips, were passengers in a Ford Escort which crashed in Leigh-on-Sea on Tuesday.
Paper lanterns were lit near the beach in Leigh-on-Sea as about 300 people turned out to pay their respects.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has started an investigation into the crash.
Chloe Carter, a friend of Reigan who helped organise the vigil, said: "It is horrible, especially for his loved one. As soon as I met Reigan I had an instant connection with him. He's lovely. He has a heart of gold."
Another friend, Paige Hall, said: "I have come to show respect to Reigan and Liam... I was really close to them. I want to celebrate their lives with friends and family and prove that they will never be forgotten."
The IPCC is looking at the actions of Essex Police officers in a patrol car and in the control room before the crash.
It has identified CCTV that may help the inquiry and has been conducting door-to-door enquiries following the collision in Southsea Avenue.
Friends and family of the boys who died have started a GoFundMe internet page and have gone on Facebook to remember them.
Liam's mother, Cindy, posted that she "can't believe two young lives have been taken so needlessly".
She said Liam had taken a difficult path and she was desperate to get him back on track, but fate had intervened.
A 16-year-old from Great Wakering has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and possession of cannabis.
A 17-year-old from Shoebury arrested on suspicion of possession of drugs has been released on bail until 14 January.
The revised figure was in line with analysts' estimates.
Markets in Tokyo fell at first as the higher figure was seen as reducing the chance of further economic stimulus measures by the Japanese government.
But shares then rebounded, and the Nikkei 225 closed up 0.9% at 16,830.92.
The broader Topix index rose 0.8% to 1,350.97.
Shuji Tonouchi, senior fixed income strategist at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities, said: "The upward revision is very slight, and when you exclude the impact of leap year growth is not that strong.
"We expect growth to slow in the current quarter. The government should focus on steps to help low-income earners, but consumption may not rise much if consumer sentiment worsens."
Other stock markets in Asia were mixed after Chinese trade data showed continued weakness in the world's second-biggest economy.
Chinese exports fell 4.1% in May from a year earlier while imports dropped 0.4%.
In China, the Shanghai Composite fell 0.3% to 2,927.16, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng index dipped 30.26 points, or 0.1%, to 21,297.88.
In South Korea, the Kospi index closed up 15.45 points, or 0.8%, at 2,027.08.
Australia's ASX 200 index ended the day flat at 5,369.98.
Two windows of the house in Tarragon Park were smashed at 02:20 BST.
The one-year-old baby was not in the cot at the time because of illness, and the parents had taken the child into their own bed, said Sgt John Hamilton.
"These reckless actions could have caused serious injury had this not been the case," he said.
The family are originally from Poland.
Police said they were treating the attack as a hate crime.
He said the killings were "an act of terrorism designed to kill innocent people".
But "freedom is more powerful than fear," said President Obama, warning that falling prey to divisiveness in American society would play into the hands of extremists.
He also said the US must make it harder for potential attackers to obtain guns.
Mr Obama vowed that the US would overcome the evolving threat of terrorism, but warned that Americans "cannot turn against one another by letting this fight be defined as a war between America and Islam".
"If we're to succeed in defeating terrorism, we must enlist Muslim communities as some of our strongest allies, rather than push them away through suspicion and hate," Mr Obama said.
He reminded his audience that Muslim-Americans were part of US society.
"And, yes, they are our men and women in uniform who are willing to die in defence of our country. We have to remember that," he said.
The president warned that turning against America's Muslim communities would be exactly what Islamist extremists in the so-called Islamic State group want.
Media reaction to Obama's speech
Mr Obama told Americans that terrorism had entered a new phase, from large scale attacks by al-Qaeda to less complicated attacks by radicalised individuals.
He said the US would draw upon "every aspect of American power" to combat IS.
He underscored that the US and its allies have increased their bombing of Islamic State oil infrastructure and would continue to train and equip moderate rebels in Iraq and Syria.
"Our military will continue to hunt down terrorist plotters in any country where it is necessary," he said.
The president added that there are a number of things that can be done on home soil to combat terrorism.
He called for stricter gun control and said he had ordered the Departments of State and Homeland Security to review the K-1 fiance visa programme under which the female attacker in San Bernardino originally entered the US.
This was only the third Oval Office address of Mr Obama's presidency - they are reserved for events of national importance.
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump tweeted to criticise the length of Mr Obama's statement, which lasted just over 13 minutes. "Is that all there is? We need a new President - FAST!", Trump said.
Mr Trump, who has been criticised for what many see as anti-Islamic pronouncements, added: "Well, Obama refused to say (he just can't say it), that we are at WAR with RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISTS."
Senator Ted Cruz, a rival of Mr Trump for the Republican presidential nomination, said: "On December 7, 1941, in response to Pearl Harbor, FDR did not give a partisan speech, rather he called on Americans to unite and 'win through to absolute victory'."
Using a different name for IS, he added: "If I am elected President, I will direct the Department of Defense to destroy ISIS. And I will shut down the broken immigration system that is letting jihadists into our country. Nothing President Obama said tonight will assist in either case."
Former governor Jeb Bush said the president's remarks were "weak". Mr Bush said: "This is the war of our time. It shouldn't be business as usual. We need a war-time Commander-in-Chief who is ready to lead this country and the free world to victory."
Responding to the address, Florida senator Marco Rubio said Mr Obama's strategy was "absurd" and called for increased surveillance efforts. "We need to be able to gather more intelligence, not less intelligence," he said.
Ohio governor John Kasich said the president's strategy was "not enough" and called for the US to deploy ground troops against IS. He said: "Without taking the fight to ISIS on the ground, ISIS won't be defeated."
Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of HP, said the speech was "vintage Obama". "No strategy, no leadership. Politics as usual," she said.
George E. Pataki, former governor of New York, controversially said Obama's address was "as believable as a hostage video". He said: "Pathetic response to the worst attack on US since 9/11."
President Barack Obama for the first time made a clear connection between a series of deadly attacks on US soil during his time in office.
The Boston Marathon bombing and shootings at a military base in Texas, an Army recruiting station in Tennessee and now in San Bernardino all represent a "new phase" of "terrorist threat" to the US, he said.
Mr Obama's goal was to convince an increasingly sceptical US public that he has a plan to address this danger - which doesn't involve large numbers of US forces in the Middle East, intrusive monitoring of American Muslims or framing the conflict as one with all of Islam.
While the president may find support for a congressional authorisation of military force to fight IS, he will anger many with his call to prevent those on the terrorist watch list from purchasing firearms and place greater limits on the sale of "powerful assault weapons".
Mr Obama may have ended his speech by urging Americans to unify around their common ideals, but there are few issues more divisive in the US than that of gun rights.
Obama's call for unity is a tall order
Mr Obama's speech was in response to a mass shooting by a married couple that left 14 dead.
Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and his wife Tashfeen Malik, 29, opened fire on an office Christmas party and were later killed in a shootout with police.
In his speech, the president characterised IS as "thugs and killers", adding: "The threat from terrorism is real, but we will overcome it."
The group said in a radio broadcast that the couple that carried out the attack were IS supporters, but gave no indication that IS was involved in its planning.
The FBI is also looking into reports Malik posted a message on Facebook pledging allegiance to IS around the time of the attacks.
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The couple used handguns and semi-automatic weapons that had been legally purchased in the US, police say.
Bomb equipment, weapons and thousands of rounds of ammunition were later found in their home.
It is the deadliest mass shooting in the US since 26 people were killed at a school in Connecticut in 2012.
The authorities said there was no indication so far the killers were part of an "organised group or formed part of a broader terrorist cell".
President Obama has used Oval Office speeches sparingly, compared with previous presidents. His previous two addresses, both in 2010, covered the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the end of combat operations in Iraq.
Other significant Oval Office addresses include:
The Wall Street Journal says Mr Obama's use of the Oval speech to cover the terror threat "underscores how serious the issue has become for both the White House and the increasingly unsettled country".
It is part of a devolution deal that will give the regions more control over issues such as housing and transport.
The mayors will lead combined authorities of representatives from each of the existing local councils.
Ahead of the election, the BBC wants to know what you want from the new mayors and where you think their immediate priorities should lie.
What do you want to know about the candidates' plans in areas including housing and the economy?
You can also board the BBC News Listen Up bus, which will be travelling around the two regions.
It will arrive in Liverpool on 18 April to ask "What's the point of a mayor?"
On 24 April it will head up the M62 to Greater Manchester, to explore the topic "Can the mayor sort out healthcare?"
The flight left Luton at around 12:00 GMT on Monday, but was diverted to Jersey where the papers were offloaded.
Operated by Atlantic Airlines, the aircraft has failed to arrive seven times since December, with all but one instance due to technical problems.
The BBC has approached the firm for comment.
The director of Guernsey's distributor said it was the worst he had seen it.
Brian Lowe, from Le Gallez, said: "In the 36 years I've been in the wholesale business in Guernsey I have never known three consecutive technical problems like we have experienced in the past few days."
However, he told the BBC he was optimistic that an improved service would run on Tuesday because publishers had been "rattling a few cages" and increasing pressure on the airline.
Currently national newspapers are printed in the UK, though from May they will be printed in Jersey.
Stuart Douglas, the President of the National Federation of Newsagents in Guernsey, said while delays in winter were expected, the recent cancellations were affecting profits.
He said: "The papers don't come in, we can't distribute them, we can't make any money".
Mr Nel is known as "the bull terrier" in court circles, and now the whole world is beginning to see why.
He has a reputation for being ruthless and merciless in his bid to get to the truth.
When asked by Mr Nel about his stature as a role model, the Paralympic gold medal winner replied: "I think I was. I made a terrible mistake."
And that is when Mr Nel pounced.
"You made a mistake? You killed someone. You killed Reeva, that's what you did.
"Say: 'Yes, I shot and killed Reeva Steenkamp,'" he demanded.
"I did," Mr Pistorius replied, in a barely audible voice.
It was a sign of things to come.
Later Mr Nel showed the court a picture of Ms Steenkamp's head after the shooting. It was possibly the most graphic moment since the start of the trial.
Gasps and sighs filled the courtroom as Mr Nel thundered on.
"Look at it," he shouted at Mr Pistorius.
The athlete could not.
Through tears, he told the court he had cradled Ms Steenkamp's head and remembered how it had looked - he said he was "tormented" by it.
But Mr Nel was unrelenting.
He described Ms Steenkamp's head as having "exploded" - just like a watermelon Mr Pistorius had shot at a shooting range.
The prosecutor was referring to a video he played in court which showed Mr Pistorius firing at the fruit.
With laughter heard in the background of the video, Mr Pistorius is heard exclaiming: "It's softer than brain… it's like a zombie stopper."
The athlete says he now regrets making those comments.
Some have raised questions about Mr Nel's aggressive approach, but as respected South African legal expert Llewellyn Curlewis puts it: "This is what happens in court every day."
This is the best and worst of the criminal justice system on display.
"Cross-examination is the biggest single way to get to the truth of the matter," says Mr Curlewis, president of the Law Society of the Northern Provinces of South Africa.
"Anything goes. The accused's lawyer is there to object if there is a need."
Pistorius trial: Key players
Mr Curlewis explains that at any point the judge can intervene if she believes the witness is being badgered.
However, as this is a serious criminal matter, she will also not want to be seen as interfering during cross-examination - the crucial point where cases are often made or broken.
Mr Curlewis says justice must be served and sometimes that means through extreme means.
Mr Pistorius sometimes gives elaborate answers in court - to the annoyance of the prosecutor.
He was more composed in court today - his third day on the stand - except for a few moments of crying.
Mr Nel has begun pointing to a few alleged inconsistencies in his version of events in the early hours of 14 February 2013 when he shot dead his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Prosecutors say he intentionally killed her after a row, but Mr Pistorius insists he mistook her for an intruder.
Mr Nel is comparing Mr Pistorius' bail application (made last year) with his plea explanation (made when the trial opened) and his testimony this week.
In the same way that the athlete's lawyer picked apart the testimony of state witnesses, so Mr Pistorius can expect the same treatment from Mr Nel.
When the grisly photograph of Ms Steenkamp's head was shown, her mother, June Steenkamp, sat quietly and looked on as the image appeared on the screen.
The prosecution had apparently warned her prior to using the image, explaining the importance of using shock tactics.
She told reporters later she understood this approach.
The athlete's family, who were clearly taken by surprise, were not happy.
During an adjournment, family members could be seen speaking to his lawyers.
They felt the display was uncalled for. Mr Curlewis does not agree.
"I was not surprised whatsoever," he says.
"I would have been surprised if he hadn't. In fact, we should expect more pictures from the crime scene."
Due to the nature of many of South Africa's violent crimes, seeing images of brutalised and even mutilated bodies is not uncommon during court proceedings.
The only difference here is that this case is being broadcast to the world, so the barometer for what is and is not appropriate varies.
This was always going to be a gamble when inviting the world into the courtroom.
"It was unfortunate but it wasn't Mr Nel's doing," says Mr Curlewis.
This is what the men and women working in the country's legal system are faced with every day.
The justice system is under pressure to dispel any perceptions that Mr Pistorius will be treated differently because of his celebrity.
They want to show that he is equal in the eyes of the law, part of the reason why the media is being allowed to broadcast this case live - a first here.
South African courts pride themselves on their independence - a reputation they guard jealously.
While there will be uncomfortable moments for all concerned, Mr Curlewis says the accused has his lawyers to defend him if they feel he is being treated unfairly.
Apart from that, this is a fight for the truth - and at times it will get ugly.
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Mr Pistorius said in his statement at the start of the trial that he woke in the early hours and walked on his stumps to the balcony, pulled in two fans, closed the sliding door and drew curtains. He said that shortly before he had spoken to Reeva, who was in bed beside him.
He said he rejected prosecution claims that a witness heard arguing coming from the house before the shooting.
Mr Pistorius said he heard the bathroom window sliding open and believed that an intruder, or intruders, had entered the bathroom through a window which was not fitted with burglar bars.
"Unbeknown to me, Reeva must have gone to the toilet in the bathroom at the time I brought in the fans," he said.
Mr Pistorius said he approached the bathroom armed with his firearm, to defend himself and his girlfriend, believing Ms Steenkamp was still in bed.
Both sides agree four bullets were fired. Ms Steenkamp was hit three times.
Mr Pistorius said he fired his weapon after hearing a noise in the toilet which he thought was the intruder coming out of the toilet to attack him and Ms Steenkamp.
He said he was in a fearful state, knowing he was on his stumps and unable to run away or properly defend himself.
Mr Pistorius said he rejected claims that he was on his prostheses when he shot at the door.
A witness told the trial she woke to hear a woman screaming and a man shouting for help. She said that after the screams she heard four shots.
Mr Pistorius said he went back to the bedroom after shooting at the toilet door, still shouting for Reeva. Lifting himself up onto the bed, he felt over to the right hand side of it and noticed Ms Steenkamp was not there.
Mr Pistorius said this was when he realised she could have been in the toilet.
Mr Pistorius said he went back to the bathroom but the toilet was locked, so he returned to the bedroom, pulled on his prosthetic legs, turned on the lights before bashing in the toilet door with a cricket bat.
Forensics expert Johannes Vermeulen told the court that the height of the marks on the door caused by the cricket bat suggest Mr Pistorius was on his stumps at the time.
Mr Pistorius's defence team say he then called security at the gated housing complex and a private paramedic service before carrying Ms Steenkamp downstairs.
A security guard claimed it was the other way round, and he had called Mr Pistorius first after reports of gunfire. However, phone records shown to the court revealed Mr Pistorius called the estate manager at 3:19am, a minute later he called the ambulance service and at 3:21am he called estate security.
A minute later he received an incoming call - estate security calling him back.
According to police phone expert Francois Moller, Mr Pistorius called his friend Justin Divaris a short time later and just after 4:00am he called his brother Carl.
The 28-year-old, who can play in midfield or at full-back, was a free agent after mutually agreeing an exit from Birmingham at the end of January.
The former Celtic trainee and one-time Scotland international worked with new Shakers boss Lee Clark at Blues.
He memorably scored a last-minute goal under Clark to keep Birmingham in the Championship in May 2014.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
British number one Konta suffered a straight-sets defeat by Zheng Saisai.
Konta, ranked 18 in the world, lost 6-4 7-5 to the Chinese, who is 44 places below her in the world rankings.
Zheng will now face Hong Kong-born Moore, 23, who beat American world number 67 Christina McHale 6-2 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals.
Konta needed a medical time out three games into the second set for a "niggle" on her pelvis.
But following the match, the 25-year-old said she expected to play in the Wimbledon warm-up events in Birmingham and Eastbourne.
The 25-year-old was below the form which helped her become the first British woman since 1983 to break into the top 20, making four double faults and winning just 38% of points on her second serve.
British number two Heather Watson and compatriot Laura Robson were knocked out in the first round.
Police said they received a report of a 35-year-old man injured in Baldragon Road at about 13:10 on Saturday.
He had suffered stab wounds and was taken to Glasgow Royal Infirmary where his condition is described as stable.
The taxi driver had picked up two men - aged 18 or 19 - from Dunpahil Road and was due to drop them off in Lochend Road, where they attacked him.
Following the assault, the two suspects ran off towards the Bishop Loch area.
The two men are described as white with local accents with dark hair and wearing blue jackets. One of them is described as having bushy eyebrows.
Det Con Alan Watt said: "This despicable attack took place just yards from local shops in Lochend Road. It's imperative we trace the two men responsible.
"I am appealing to local people in the area who may have seen something to contact us. Were you in one of the shops, did you see the two men running off?
"If you have any information or knowledge regarding the suspects or the crime then please do get in touch."
Anyone with information is asked to contact officers at the robbery unit in Pollok on 101.
Images posted on IS-linked social media accounts refer to Boko Haram as the Islamic State's West Africa Province (Iswap) - a catchy name aimed at showing that it has expanded beyond the Middle East and North Africa.
IS accepted a pledge of allegiance from Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau in March, giving the group its first foothold in sub-Saharan Africa in its efforts to create a global caliphate.
The latest images glorify Boko Haram fighters, describing those killed in battle as martyrs.
Unlike most previous pictures of people Boko Haram claims as its members, the young men are not masked and their faces are clearly visible.
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Boko Haram has previously referred to itself as Iswap in its increasingly sophisticated propaganda material.
But it is unclear whether Mr Shekau approves of the name-change, in an organisation with a diffused leadership structure.
He still calls Boko Haram by its official name Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati wal-Jihad, which in Arabic means "People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet's Teachings and Jihad".
Boko Haram is a nickname, given to it by Nigerians when it was formed in 2002. In the regional Hausa language, Boko Haram means Western education is forbidden. It reflected what was then the main focus of the group.
If IS becomes more active in Boko Haram's affairs, the group's tactics could change and give the conflict in Nigeria a new dimension.
But Boko Haram has in recent months encountered a revitalised Nigerian army which, with the backing of regional forces, has regained dozens of towns in the north-east.
The jihadists have since retreated to the vast Sambisa forest - one of its last major hideouts.
However, it would be naive on the part of Nigeria's authorities to think it is on the brink of victory.
Even before it began its quest to control territory last year, Boko Haram had already established itself as a deadly group, carrying out numerous attacks across northern Nigeria.
And Nigerian troops are already encountering a mine-infested forest, slowing down their offensive against the group.
It is likely that Boko Haram fighters understand the terrain of this expansive and largely dense forest better than the military does.
So the Nigerian military is likely to face its toughest battle yet. In the past, it made exaggerated claims of success and promises that it could not deliver on.
For instance, it promised to secure the freedom of the more than 200 Chibok girls captured by Boko Haram - and even announced that a ceasefire had been negotiated with the militants to pave the way for their release.
More than a year later, the girls are still in captivity and fighting has continued, killing thousands of people and destroying whole villages in the north-east.
So, military officials have become more cautious in their public statements. They cannot afford to over-promise and under-deliver once again.
The two-hour gig at the NEC Arena in their home city of Birmingham saw the rock veterans play 15 songs ending with their first hit, Paranoid.
Ticker tape and balloons fell as singer Ozzy Osbourne, 68, thanked fans for nearly five decades of support.
Sabbath's The End Tour began in the US in January last year and took in 81 dates across the world.
The tour schedule saw the band visit Australasia, Europe, North America and South America, finishing with two shows in Birmingham.
'We hated being a heavy metal band'
Black Sabbath were formed in 1968 by Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward.
While Osbourne quit in 1977 to be replaced by Rainbow's Ronnie James Dio, the classic line-up made their way back in 1997.
Ward has not played with the band since 2012 and Osbourne, Iommi and Butler were joined on stage at the final shows by drummer Tommy Clufetos and keyboard player Adam Wakeman.
The final song was streamed live on Sabbath's Facebook page and fireworks went off as the band took their final bow, posing for a farewell photograph in front of the cheering crowd.
"Thank you, goodnight, thank you so much," Osbourne said as they left the stage. Iommi gave a thumbs-up as he waved goodbye.
Speaking to the BBC before the final show, Osbourne said he was "a whirlwind of emotions".
"I remember playing the Crown pub in Birmingham and thinking, 'This'll be good for a couple of years - drink a few beers and have a jam'.
"But it was the beginning of the most incredible adventure you could think of. I've had the best life out of it."
Osborne said Black Sabbath's farewell tour was the end, vowing: "This is definitely it. It's run its course."
BBC music reporter Colin Paterson said the final concert was heavy on nostalgia, with only one of the songs played having been released after 1972.
The audience had come as far away as Australia and Honduras and were emotional, with one telling the BBC: "People behind me were in floods of tears about it. They were absolutely devastated it was the last one."
Another said: "That's the 10th time I've seen them. It feels like I've broke up with a long term girlfriend."
The fans were also having their portraits taken and memories recorded, as part of the Home of Metal project.
They are being asked to contribute photos and memorabilia for an exhibition celebrating the legacy of Black Sabbath, which will tour internationally in 2018, followed by a summer season in Birmingham and the Black Country in 2019.
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Four UKIP AMs employ family, as do four Labour and four Tory AMs.
Mr Hamilton said it is the assembly that is responsible for the appointment process, not individual AMs.
"I played no part whatsoever in the appointment of my wife as my PA and diary secretary," Mr Hamilton told BBC Wales on Wednesday.
"She does have 26 years of experience in the House of Commons to fall back on and works 24/7, because it is part of our pillow talk as well."
The former Conservative MP made the comments to The Wales Report programme. It is not against the rules for AMs to employ family members.
"It's totally irrelevant," Mr Hamilton said when asked whether UKIP AMs employing family members sends out a message that they are just like other politicians.
"If you look at the position in the other parties, lots of them do as well.
"In the case of family members it's the assembly that is responsible for the appointments, not the individual AMs.
"They all have to go through a formal selection process carried out by the HR department of the assembly."
According to the current register of members interests, assembly members employing family members are:
The Wales Report, BBC One Wales, 22:40 GMT, Wednesday, 2 November
The innovation has been made possible due to a new refrigeration unit used by the British and American military.
It will allow blood transfusions to be administered on the scene of accidents, rather than later in hospitals.
London's Air Ambulance believes hundreds of lives could be saved, and regional services are looking to follow suit.
The service also had to assure the authorities that precious blood stocks could be kept safely and that they could be tracked adequately beyond the confines of the hospital.
"I really believe that us carrying blood routinely is going to make a big difference to many of our patients," Dr Anne Weaver, lead clinician with the service, told BBC News.
"We attend about 90 patients a year who are bleeding to death when we get to them.
"About 160 patients don't actually make it to hospital on top of that 90, so I think for about 250 patients we're going to give them a better chance of survival by carrying the blood with us to scene."
The blood is kept in a "golden hour" box, which can keep four units of O-negative blood (which can be transfused into any patient) at a steady 4C for up to 72 hours. Unused blood can be returned to hospital stores, so no stocks are wasted.
"We're going to recirculate the blood back into the hospital where it will be used. It's emergency blood which is a precious resource and we do rely on people giving blood to make sure we don't ever run out of it."
Blood will also now be carried by London's Air Ambulance's rapid response vehicles, which operate by day and at night when the helicopter cannot fly.
Zane Perkins, a trauma surgeon who works both in the air and on the ground with the service, says transfusing blood on the scene can transform pre-hospital care.
"About half of people with traumatic injuries who die, die from bleeding," he said. "Often stopping the bleeding can only be done in hospital, but one of the ways to buy yourself time is to replace the blood they're losing. I think carrying blood is a great step forward."
Last year, London's Air Ambulance treated 2,059 patients, of which some 716 involved road traffic accidents and 571 involved stabbings or shootings. Falls accounted for 456 cases attended. The service is a charity, like other air ambulance services in England and Wales.
The Association of Air Ambulances which represents air ambulances throughout England and Wales, welcomed the development.
Dr Ramzi Freij, association spokesman and medical director for air ambulance services based in Kent and Essex, said London had the advantage of a helipad on top of the Royal London Hospital, which made access to and monitoring of blood supplies easier.
Other air ambulance services, which carry paramedics more commonly than doctors, would also have to seek permission for the paramedics to conduct blood transfusions.
Nevertheless, Kent and Essex, who carry doctors, were now looking at carrying blood and other blood products such as plasma and platelets, with the plan to hold the blood supplies at their base.
"It will save lives. Our work is about saving critically injured people, people who are haemorrhaging either from gunshot injuries, road traffic accidents or stabbings, where replacing like with like is really crucial," he said.
He said carrying blood could save lives both in the cities where violent crime is more common, and in rural areas, where ferrying patients back to hospitals for emergency transfusions and treatment can take too much time.
Very few air ambulance services carry blood on-board around the world. The US and British military carry blood on their rescue helicopters, while civilian services in Australia have carried blood for some years.
"We have blood storage refrigerators at six of our bases," said Dr Allan MacKillop, chief medical officer with Australia's Careflight Group Queensland.
"The blood is taken on missions where it's use is likely, for example major trauma, and transported in temperature-controlled blood shipper containers. If the blood is not required it can generally be restored for future use.
"The shipper has a digital temperature logger which is downloaded after each mission to ensure safe storage conditions have been maintained."
Australia's Royal Flying Doctor Service also has the capability of carrying blood at selected bases.
Commenting on the launch of the new service in London, Mayor Boris Johnson said: "London's Air Ambulance has an international reputation for pioneering medical procedures which have been adopted around the world.
"It provides a great service across the capital and being able to carry blood on board means the team will be able to save even more lives."
When the auctioneer at Kilrea Livestock Mart asked the farmers around the busy sales ring who would be voting in the 2017 assembly election - no hands went up.
That was not very surprising in a constituency which had one of the lowest turnouts in the last assembly election just eight months ago.
Only half the electorate voted in East Londonderry.
"I voted last time, but I won't be this time, enough is enough," said one farmer who didn't want to give his name because he has a biomass boiler at home.
He wasn't alone.
"I think we are all wasting our time to be honest, how far are we on from the last elections?" said another farmer in the makeshift shed which doubles as a cafe.
"Our politicians spend their time fighting with one another, what have they done for us? Nothing."
Sean McCauley, from Farmers for Action, said morale in the industry was very low.
"Everywhere we look we have problems," he said.
"Education, health, infrastructure and farming are all in a crisis.
"With Brexit and all the uncertainty it brings, the last thing we need now is to be without a government."
Turnout in assembly elections has been on the slide - it dropped by 15% in the past 19 years.
In the poll last May, 54% of the electorate turned out to vote. North Down had the lowest turnout at 49%.
"The question is, will the non-voters be galvanised? Or will the trend of a decreasing turnout continue?" asked commentator Gerry Murray.
"The people who have been voting are the hard core in each party, the centre ground has just faded away.
"The other big factor is the drop in seats from 108 down to 90. With one seat less in each constituency, a number of big names could fall and it's very much a question of fighting within parties, rather than between parties, for seats."
In Sion Mills, County Tyrone, pensioner Georgina McClintock has voted in every election in Northern Ireland for 50 years.
But she says many of her friends are disillusioned with politics and won't be voting.
"I think it's awful as there is nothing to say. When this election is over we will get things sorted out and we may have to go for another election. It's disgusting what is happening," she said.
"People are sick and fed up with our politicians fighting and squabbling, and it's no wonder people don't want to vote."
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Surf Snowdonia announced on Wednesday the lagoon will shut for "several days" while engineers make repairs.
The lagoon was filled with more than six million gallons (33,000 cubic metres) of filtered rainwater for its opening earlier this month.
The centre, at Dolgarrog in the Conwy Valley, apologised to customers "for the disruption and disappointment".
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Substitute Ben Watson scored in injury time as the Latics won their first major trophy.
"We were playing an incredible side. We didn't win by luck - from start to finish it was an incredible performance," he told BBC Radio 5 live.
"The FA Cup is such a special tournament, and everyone deserves to feel proud today."
Roberto Martinez played for Wigan 229 times between 1995 and 2001 when they were a Football League side, winning the Auto Windscreens Shield in 1999. He has taken control of 173 games since being appointed manager in 2009
He continued: "Everyone wrote us off before the game, but we were following a dream. You cannot describe the feeling at the moment. My players faced adversity and played with a smile. I am so proud of them."
"At half-time we were really down because we played well and when you are playing a top team, you need to take your chances. We were feeling maybe we wasted our opportunity."
The Latics played the final seven minutes against 10 men following Pablo Zabaleta's red card.
Former Wigan midfielder Martinez added: "These players don't know anything other than to keep fighting. At that time I was thinking about extra-time and how to use our man advantage. You could see the goal coming - the performance was magnificent, we deserved it.
"If this FA Cup final was to be the beginning of the end for Roberto Martinez and Roberto Mancini, one was leaving on a magic carpet while the other was being smuggled out of the back door"
"You dream of playing at Wembley and winning - the underdogs played with incredible bravery and belief and fought the odds again. That's the FA Cup."
Winger Callum McManaman was named man-of-the-match and Martinez said: "Actions speak louder than words, his display was outstanding like we see every day in training. He's a real diamond of English football. Today he's showed the world what he can do."
The Latics could become the first team to win the FA Cup and be relegated in the same season and Martinez said: "We've got two big games in front of us and we wanted to conserve energy, but it was difficult."
The Spaniard, when asked about he fact he has been strongly linked to the Everton manager's job, said: "Today is about today, the major trophy that Wigan Athletic have won."
Barcelona-based Level will initially use two new Airbus A330 aircraft to serve the Americas, with fares starting from £99 one-way.
Its first flight from Barcelona to Los Angeles takes off on Thursday.
It will be followed by flights to San Francisco, Buenos Aires and the Dominican Republic in the coming weeks.
Tickets have been on sale since March and IAG said it sold 100,000 in the first month.
BA has been at the centre of controversy following a disastrous computer crash that stranded 75,000 passengers over the weekend.
Critics have said that BA has been relentlessly cutting costs to take on competition from budget airlines. BA denies that this caused the IT problems which it blames on an electrical power surge.
But IAG Group, which also owns Aer Lingus and Vueling, is now pinning its hopes on the new airline to help it compete in an increasingly aggressive trans-Atlantic market.
Level's pricing structure is divided into six types of fare. The most basic includes hand luggage only.
The most expensive is flexible premium economy which offers a hot meal, two checked bags, and seat selection. Wifi is available with prices starting at 8.99 euros.
It will start out with flight and cabin crew from its sister airline Iberia and will create up to 250 jobs based in Barcelona.
IAG chief executive Willie Walsh, said: "This is just the start. In summer 2018 we will have more aircraft and will operate more destinations from Barcelona. We're also planning to expand Level operations to other European cities."
The competition has ratcheted up since the arrival of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner in late 2011. The plane, made from composite materials was lighter, more fuel efficient and cheaper to fly than any of its predecessors. Aerospace analysts considered it a game changer for the airline industry.
The Oslo-based budget airline Norwegian jumped at the opportunities the new aircraft offered. It now has 13 Dreamliners in service with 30 more on order to fly passengers from cities including London and Paris across the Atlantic.
This year Norwegian started offering one-way fares starting at $65 between smaller airports in the UK and Ireland to similar destinations in New York state, Providence, Rhode Island, and Hartford, Connecticut.
Level has taken a different tack, opting for the latest version of the Airbus A330, which is intended to take on the Dreamliner, and is fitted with 293 economy and 21 premium economy seats.
But the trans-Atlantic budget air space is about to get very crowded.
From July Iceland's budget airline WOW will be offering flights from London Gatwick, Bristol and Edinburgh to Chicago from £139, and Lufthansa's Eurowings subsidiary will be increasing its low cost offerings to Orlando, Florida and Seattle.
His severe face stares out from the plastic issued by the Swedish Transport Agency. It does not flatter him.
But it is highly unusual because the likeness on the licence is a self-portrait, not a photograph.
The 29-year-old Swedish artist wanted to prove to himself that he was good enough to paint a work that could pass as a photograph.
And, as he told the BBC, his work now has an official seal of approval.
"I was a bit surprised but very satisfied when I received the licence.
"I was happy with the painting, but I was nervous. Perhaps it would not get through."
Mr Saker had studied the code of the Swedish Transport Board before he submitted his likeness. It required a photo to be submitted that was a recent likeness. But nowhere did specify that the photograph had to be of the subject.
So Mr Saker thought a photograph of a self-portrait would do just as well.
The Swedish Transport Board told the newspaper Dagens Nyheter: "We have examined the original documents and compared them with his previous driving licence. The picture we have received looks like any other photo, so we have had no reason to question it."
To get the official stamp of approval, Mr Saker worked on his self-portrait for about 100 hours with brushes he termed ridiculously fine, with barely any bristles.
The technique may hark back to the art of the 16th Century miniaturists like Nicholas Hilliard, but Mr Saker's inspiration has been technology and questions of identity.
"The picture's title is 'This is not me'," he told the BBC, "after Magritte, whose 'Ceci n'est pas une pipe" sat beneath a picture of a pipe.
"Like Magritte, I want to question of what is true and what is false, and question what a picture or a photo actually is.
"Since I have a history of Alzheimer's (the most common form of dementia), strokes and other brain-related illnesses in my family, I know that the human mind and perception can change in a matter of seconds, and what appears true to one person can be exactly the opposite to someone else."
Another inspiration was the Norwegian-born artist, Kjartan Slettemark, who made a career through questions of identity and travelled round Europe in the 1970s on a passport in which his head and beard had been superimposed on a photograph of the US president, Richard Nixon.
For his licence, Mr Saker deliberately set out to paint himself as he is - on a bad day.
"I don't look good. My face is flushed and I am having a bad hair day.
"None of my friends ever says, 'Look at my driving licence, don't I look good?
"This picture is a milestone. It's a sign that my painting is getting better. Now I am embarking on another eight to 10 similar paintings. I start shooting a couple of people in the next couple of weeks and we will soon be reapplying for licences."
Mr Saker intends to exhibit all the paintings when they are completed, but for now, policemen can get a free viewing if ever they stop him on Sweden's roads.
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But in recent days, 148 Mount Eden Park has emerged from behind its camouflage of trees and bushes.
The greenery has been cut away from what some have long referred to as Belfast's nuclear bunker.
Although the hedges were cut back, the building has remained shrouded in mystery. So what is it and who owns it?
Stormont seemed the most likely owners, but the Department of Finance said it wasn't on its books and suggested the Ministry of Defence. They don't own it.
Another Stormont source said it was definitely not a bunker, but a former civil defence building now used for storage and was perhaps owned by the Public Records office. It isn't....
The newspaper archives at Belfast central library did reveal something of its past.
In December 1983 anti-nuclear campaigners broke in and the Northern Ireland Office then admitted in a statement that the facility was used to train government personnel in emergency civil defence.
Peter Emerson is one of those who broke in 30 years ago, as he did not believe the official line that it was a storage facility.
"In those days it was definitely part of the whole nuclear machine," he says.
"Underground, there was a massive ops room. Whoever was going to be there was going to be there in the event of a nuclear war and they would have been able to live there for weeks, if not months, if not even longer.
"There was a massive food store, there were dormitories, toilets and everything else you might need."
Peter and his friends also found maps and other signs that a recent nuclear exercise had just taken place.
The Cold War ended but curiosity about the building has remained.
In recent years, Cold War buff Alistair McCann has been doggedly tracking down the owners.
He revealed it's now owned by the Department of Justice and leased for storage.
So what's it like inside?
"It's quite changed from how it would originally have been, all the blast doors have been removed and all the internal wall have been taken down and it's used for file storage now so it's quite difficult to get a picture of how the building used to look," says Alistair.
The department says it has no plans for the premises.
But even if it did, it wouldn't be easy to sell or demolish - its walls are two and half feet thick.
Mike Collings, 53, also known as Whitby Mick, was killed on 23 February while preparing the site for demolition.
The keen biker, from Brotton in Teesside, was a member of the Tees Riders Motorcycle Club, many of whom accompanied his funeral cortege.
The ceremony was held at Kirkleatham Memorial Park near Redcar.
Mr Collings' widow Lynn invited fellow bikers to join him on his last journey from their home to the crematorium and had responses from riders across the country who wanted to pay their respects.
Shortly after his death, a statement from his family said: "Mike was a much loved husband, father, granddad, son, brother and friend.
"He had a huge enthusiasm for life and will be remembered for his kind and friendly nature."
A family obituary said: "Always happy and smiling, Michael loved everyone.
"He always lived life to the full - working to provide for his family, making improvements to his home, keeping in close contact with his family and friends, organising rock music events and attending motorbike rallies throughout the UK and Europe with his wife Lynn, his 'best lass'.
"This wonderful man is no longer with us and has left a huge void in all our lives."
Tees Riders Motorcycle Club chairman Joe Johnson said: "It's a very, very sad day. I just wish we were riding out for a different reason rather than seeing Mick off on his last ride.
"He was a really good guy, he was one of those blokes that everything he did was 110%.
"Whether he was killed in Didcot or on the road, he would have got the same send-off, because that's what sort of bloke he was."
Club committee member Craig Ransom, added: "We are all devastated, he was a good friend, someone you would be proud to call a friend.
"This is something we always do for a biker funeral, to giver respect to that person.
"It's an escort, a procession, it's their final ride so we all ride together."
Mr Collings was working at the power station for Coleman and Co Demolition when the building collapsed.
Three more men are still missing in the rubble.
Their families held a "peaceful protest" on Sunday expressing anger at the time it is taking to recover them.
Fellow demolition workers Ken Cresswell, 57, and John Shaw, 61, both from Rotherham, and Chris Huxtable remain missing.
Christopher Huxtable, 34, from Swansea, Ken Cresswell, 57, and John Shaw, 61, both from Rotherham, are still missing in the rubble.
The emergency services have previously said it would take "many, many weeks" to recover the men's bodies.
There are safety concerns over the stability of the rubble, which is 55m (180ft) long, 30m (98ft) wide and 25m (82ft) high.
In a joint statement on Friday Thames Valley Police and the Health and Safety Executive said site owners RWE is producing a plan "for a safe method of working before the next stage of recovery can begin".
Specialist officers are supporting the families.
Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue's chief fire officer Dave Etheridge defended the speed of the operation and said: "We did everything we could to try to make our way into that rubble pile.
"What we have to make sure of course is that we minimise the risk to our own people as well, and that's an enormously difficult thing to balance."
Anthony France, 41, from Watford, had denied aiding and abetting PC Timothy Edwards to commit misconduct in a public office between 2008 and 2011.
Edwards sold 43 stories to France, 38 of which made the paper, in exchange for more than £22,000.
France had said he was a "man of good character not involved in crime". He will be sentenced on 29 May.
His mother burst into tears as he left the dock after being found guilty.
The Old Bailey heard that Edwards, 49, sold the information while working at Heathrow Airport in SO15 Counter Terrorism Command.
But the jury was not told that Edwards had pleaded guilty to misconduct in a public office and was jailed for two years in 2014.
The trial was part of the Met Police's Operation Elveden, which is investigating alleged payments to police and officials in exchange for information.
The court heard that Edwards had passed on details which included airline pilots being breathalysed.
France was also told of a model erupting into a rage after "catching her boyfriend romping with a woman next to him".
But France told the jury he had never been advised by anyone at the Sun that speaking to a police officer - or any public official - could be breaking the law.
He also said he would never have become involved in receiving story tips from Edwards if he had known it was illegal.
When asked what he would have done if he thought talking to Edwards might be illegal, he said: "I would never have got involved with it. I would have told him to get lost."
The court was told that Edwards had been "given" to France as a source.
He was told by a colleague "I've spoken to a lawyer and it's fine" after meeting Edwards at a pub in 2008.
Det Ch Supt Gordon Briggs, who leads Operation Elveden, said France and Edwards had been in a "long-term, corrupt relationship".
He added: "Edwards was not a whistleblower, he obtained confidential information in the course of his duties and leaked it for financial gain.
"Corrupt relationships of this kind undermine confidence in the police service and harm the public interest. Officers found guilty of acting in this way merit criminal sanction.
"Journalists who encourage or aid and abet their corrupt actions, and do so without reasonable excuse or justification, are equally culpable."
The BBC's Gaetan Portal says that France's conviction is significant, because he is the first journalist to face trial under Operation Elveden since the CPS changed its guidance to prosecutors last month.
That guidance effectively raised the bar for prosecution of journalists, for payments to public officials, so that only payments to police officers over a period of time would see the journalist end up in court.
Those journalists who had paid civil servants, health workers or prison staff had the charges against them dropped.
HMP Woodhill in Milton Keynes had five suicides in 2015.
Relatives of Kevin Scarlett, who killed himself in 2013, claim there were missed opportunities to prevent his death and "nothing has changed" since.
Prison minister Andrew Selous MP said the jail launched a review into the way prisoners at risk were supported.
A Prisons and Probation Ombudsman report into the death also highlighted a number of concerns at HMP Woodhill.
Mr Selous said: "We make every effort to learn from each death."
Mr Scarlett, who was from Milton Keynes, was charged with armed robbery and remanded at Woodhill in January 2013.
He killed himself on 22 May that year, aged 29.
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Lee Jarman, his step-brother, said Mr Scarlett had a history of mental health problems.
"Staff were missing key indicators such as self-harming and he had made attempts on his life while in prison," he said.
"The family is angry because three years on they still haven't learnt any lessons about how to save lives."
Ministry of Justice figures showed 89 people took their own lives in prisons across England and Wales in 2015, with Woodhill having the highest number with five, followed by four each at Exeter, Ranby and Winchester.
The Howard League for Penal Reform said its research showed there needed to be more non-custodial sentencing for criminals who had not carried out violent offences.
Frances Crook, its director, said: "We are locking up a lot of fragile people who have mental health problems alone for hours and it is very dangerous.
"Overcrowding is so bad, staff simply don't have time to talk to people and build relationships with prisoners."
Mr Selous said: "Following the death of Kevin Scarlett, HMP Woodhill reviewed the way prisoners at risk are supported and have introduced a number of measures to help prevent other self-inflicted deaths, including improved staff training and a new task force."
The 26-year-old Australian moved to the Vikings this season from NRL side Canterbury Bulldogs and has scored 21 tries in his 26 appearances.
Thompson, who can also play at full-back, had a deal that ran until the end of 2017 when he joined.
"I think Widnes have shown that we can produce something exciting in the years ahead," he said.
After storming to a record-equalling fifth British Grand Prix victory at Silverstone, Lewis Hamilton debuted his sleek makeover on Instagram before racing begins at the Hungaroring this week.
If his new image can carry the momentum, the Mercedes man will reign supreme with six Hungarian Grand Prix wins.
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The group - whose brands also include Scalextric, Airfix and Corgi - said recent UK trading was far worse than expected.
It now expects to post "substantially" wider underlying pre-tax losses for the full year, between £5.5m and £6m.
It revealed a £1m write-off after reviewing its stock and balance sheet.
The share price closed down by 50p to 31p.
Hornby said it was now in talks with its lender, as the scale of losses could see the firm breach its banking agreements.
The company has suffered major disruption from new computer and stock management systems, while European trading was also hit by troubles with suppliers in China.
The group had seen buoyant trading in the run-up to Christmas, when it said like-for-like sales rose 17% throughout November and December.
It said trading since the start of the new year had been in "stark contrast".
The Kent-based company said while UK trading was expected to improve in February and March, sales would still be "significantly" behind previous expectations.
International sales have also fallen short of forecasts, despite returning to growth, rising by 5% across December and January.
Richard Ames, chief executive of Hornby, said: "This has been a real year of change at Hornby. Undoubtedly this is a disappointing result, but we have a strong portfolio of brands that we are determined to see flourish."
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A US-led coalition of of Western and Middle Eastern countries began air strikes against the group in Iraq in August 2014 and in Syria a month later.
The UK began striking IS targets in Iraq in September 2014 and extended its involvement to Syria in December 2015.
Russia began carrying out its own air strikes in Syria in September 2015 after a request from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has clung on to power despite more than four years of civil war.
Here we look at where the key countries involved in the conflict stand.
The US air force has carried out the majority of air strikes against IS targets since forming a coalition of Western and regional powers in August 2014.
President Barack Obama is extremely reluctant to send ground troops to fight IS after protracted and unpopular wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but the US does have about 3,500 troops in Iraq to train the country's armed forces.
The US has also provided weapons and training to "moderate" Syrian rebel groups, and unconfirmed reports suggest US special forces have been fighting alongside anti-IS forces in both Iraq and Syria.
In October US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter signalled a possible shift in the US campaign against IS, telling reporters that US forces were prepared to engage in "direct action on the ground".
Mr Carter did not go into detail about the circumstances under which the US might carry out ground operations against IS, but said: "Once we locate them, no target is beyond our reach."
Regional Sunni power Saudi Arabia is part of US-led military action against IS targets in Syria.
Riyadh also agreed to a US request to provide a base to train moderate Syrian rebel forces.
The kingdom has been a key supporter of the rebels, including hardline Islamist groups, but it has rejected an Iranian accusation that it has directly supported IS.
However, wealthy Saudis have sent donations to the group and some 2,500 Saudi men have travelled to Syria to fight.
The Saudi authorities are concerned that IS will inspire Saudi jihadists to challenge the monarchy's legitimacy and seek to overthrow it.
In July 2014, Riyadh deployed 30,000 troops to beef up security along its border with Iraq, and the following month hosted Iran's deputy foreign minister as the two regional rivals agreed to co-operate.
Jordan, a staunch US ally, said it had joined the US and several Gulf Arab states in carrying out air strikes on IS militants in Syria in September 2014 to "ensure the stability and security" of its borders.
A government spokesman said it took action in order to "pre-empt danger before it arrived in our country", and that he believed the Jordanian public would understand the need to forestall the jihadist group before it became active in Jordan.
IS has threatened to "break down" Jordan's borders and the group enjoys the support of a growing number of people in the kingdom, some of whom staged demonstrations in the southern town of Maan in June 2014. More than 2,000 Jordanian citizens are believed to have travelled to Syria to fight in the past three years.
Before launching the air strikes on IS, the Jordanian military had doubled its military presence along the border with Iraq.
The killing of Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh, captured by IS in December 2014, appears to have strengthened the government's resolve to take on the militants, with King Abdullah II saying his death would not be in vain and promising a "severe response".
Regional Shia power Iran has seen IS - which regards Shia Muslims as heretics who should be killed - advance to within 25 miles (40km) of its border.
Although Iran stands on the opposite side of much of the international community over Syria, it has called for co-operation against IS. It has reached out to its rival Saudi Arabia - the leading Sunni power - and turned a blind eye to US actions in Iraq, which it has historically opposed.
Officially Iran denies it has deployed any combat troops in Syria, but in June 2015, the official Irna news agency said at least 400 Iranian and Iran-based Afghan "volunteers" had been killed in the past four years.
In Iraq, the Iranians have played a key role in countering IS. Revolutionary Guards have advised Iraqi security forces, Iranian pilots have carried out air strikes, and Iranian-backed Shia militia have been mobilised.
Iran's growing role in Syria's war
The former Shia-dominated government of Nouri Maliki marginalised Iraq's Sunni community, creating conditions which helped the extremist Sunni IS come to prominence.
When IS overran the northern city of Mosul in June 2014 before moving southwards, Mr Maliki requested US air strikes. However, US President Barack Obama said further military assistance was dependent on an inclusive government being formed.
He nevertheless launched air strikes in August 2014 when thousands of members of the Yazidi religious minority became trapped on Mount Sinjar.
In September 2014, Mr Maliki stepped aside and a new Iraqi government was named. The next phase of US assistance will reportedly involve an intensified effort to train, advise and equip the Iraqi military, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and Sunni tribesmen willing to turn against IS.
It is not clear how new Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi will deal with the Shia militiamen who have stopped IS reaching Baghdad. Some have been accused of operating outside of the state's control and carrying out reprisal attacks against Sunnis.
Since the start of the uprising against his rule in March 2011, President Bashar al-Assad has repeatedly warned of the threat of Islamist extremists to Syria and the wider region.
Western powers initially dismissed Mr Assad's portrayal of his opponents as "terrorists", but became increasingly concerned by the rise of IS and al-Qaeda's affiliate, al-Nusra Front.
Although they now acknowledge that IS cannot be beaten without attacking its strongholds in Syria, Western powers still want Mr Assad out of power and are reluctant to co-operate with him.
The Syrian foreign ministry said it was given advance warning of the US-led air strikes on IS targets on its territory in September 2014, stating it supported international efforts at "combating terrorism".
Russia is not part of the US-led coalition but started carrying out air strikes in Syria in September 2015. It has also launched missiles from warships in the Caspian Sea.
President Vladimir Putin says his country is targeting IS strongholds and other militant fighters. However, the US fears Russia is actually targeting opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who is a Russian ally.
Russia now believes that a bomb brought down the Russian airliner over Egypt last month, killing more than 200 people, mostly Russian holidaymakers. Sinai Province, an IS-linked Egyptian group, said it had downed the jet.
Russia 'pounding IS' in Syria
The UAE was reported to have offered its air force to attack IS positions in Iraq before it participated in the military action in Syria in September 2014.
It is vehemently opposed to Islamist groups in the region and is believed to have launched air strikes on Islamist-allied militia in Libya from bases in Egypt in August 2014.
However, US officials have told the BBC that the UAE suspended its involvement in the strikes after the Jordanian pilot was captured.
Qatar was another Gulf state to participate in or support the US-led military action against IS in Syria. The emirate is the location of Al Udeid Air Base, a highly-classified US facility from which all attack and surveillance missions in the region are co-ordinated by US Central Command (CentCom).
The Qatari government has been forced to repeatedly deny accusations from Iraq's Shia leaders that it provided financial support to IS. However, wealthy individuals in the emirate are believed to have made donations and the government has given money and weapons to hardline Islamist groups in Syria.
Doha is also believed to have links to the al-Nusra Front, an al-Qaeda affiliate.
Bahrain has also participated in or supported the US-led military action against IS in Syria.
The kingdom hosts the headquarters of the US Navy's Fifth Fleet, which is responsible for naval forces in the Gulf, Red Sea, Arabian Sea and parts of the Indian Ocean.
Turkey is eager to defeat IS, which has advanced into territory along its borders with Syria and Iraq.
Turkey believes that the deadly bombings in the border town of Suruc, in July 2015, which killed 32 youth activists, and in the capital Ankara in October, which killed nearly 100, were carried out by IS.
Turkish jets have carried out attacks on IS positions in Syria, and the Nato member is allowing US jets to use its southern Incirlik air base.
Turkey v Islamic State v the Kurds
Lebanon has become deeply divided by the conflict in Syria, and has had to deal with an overspill of violence and a huge influx of refugees.
In August 2014, Syria-based IS fighters raided the border town of Arsal, killing and kidnapping dozens of Lebanese security personnel.
Jihadist militants have also carried out a series of deadly bombings in Beirut and elsewhere. They have mostly targeted Iranian facilities and Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shia Islamist group whose fighters have played a key role in helping turn the tide in President Assad's favour.
Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam has warned that the spread of IS poses "a big test that our destiny depends on". His country's many religious and political factions have been urged to put aside their differences to ensure the group does not establish a foothold.
Egypt, Kuwait, and Oman joined Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon in signing a communique at a meeting in Jeddah that declared their "shared commitment to stand united against the threat posed by all terrorism". They pledged to provide military support and humanitarian aid, and to halt the flow of funds and foreign fighters to IS.
France was part of the US-led coalition targeting IS in Iraq from September 2014. In September 2015 it carried out its first raids on targets in Syria.
President Francois Hollande vowed to intensify strikes against IS after the group said it was behind the deadly attacks in Paris of 13 November 2015.
The UK parliament voted in December 2015 to extend its bombing campaign against IS in Iraq to targets in Syria. The motion to strike targets in Syria was put forward by the Conservative government and opposed by the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn.
Mr Corbyn urged Labour MPs to vote against the strikes but allowed them a free vote, and 67 MPs voted in favour. UK strikes began the night of the vote, with RAF Tornados bombing an IS-controlled Omar oil fields in eastern Syria.
The UK parliament had in 2013 voted against strikes in Syria. It approved British air strikes against IS targets in Iraq in September 2014.
Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands are part of the US-led coalition carrying out strikes in Iraq.
On 4 December 2015, the German parliament backed plans for the country to join the fight against IS in Syria, three weeks after the Paris attacks in November 2015.
Germany previously provided weapons to Kurdish fighters but ruled out air strikes.
New Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has confirmed he will withdraw Canadian fighter jets from the air strikes against IS in Iraq and Syria, fulfilling a campaign pledge.
He informed President Obama of his decision hours after winning Canada's general election in October 2015.
Australia is part of the international military coalition targeting IS strongholds in Syria and Iraq.
It launched its first air strikes inside Syria in September.
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John Maher was the drummer in 1970s band Buzzcocks, whose hits included Ever Fallen In Love.
Maher is now a photographer based on Harris and usually takes night-time and long exposure images of decaying manmade objects in the Hebrides.
The exhibition, Nobody's Home, has opened at the Lighthouse in Glasgow.
It forms part of Architecture and Design Scotland's Say Hello to Architecture programme.
Maher was 16 years old when he was recruited as a member of the Buzzcocks. Chart success followed before the band broke up in 1981.
In 2002, he relocated from his home town of Manchester to the Isle of Harris in the Western Isles.
Maher has previously exhibited his photographs at venues in the Highlands and Islands.
Speaking ahead of the opening of the Lighthouse exhibition, he said: "Taking this exhibition to Glasgow is the realisation of a long-held ambition.
"What started out as a personal project - documenting abandoned croft houses in the Outer Hebrides - has had an unexpected side effect.
"As a result of displaying my photographs, there's now a real possibility of seeing at least one of the properties becoming a family home once again."
He added: "Putting on this exhibition in collaboration with the team at Architecture and Design Scotland means Nobody's Home is about more than pictures on a gallery wall. It shows that looking through a lens to the past can help shape things in the future."
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LÉ Aisling is being sold as a fisheries protection vessel in the Netherlands.
The sale of the vessel appears to have been "a terrible deal", said the Permanent Defence Forces' Representative Association.
PDFORRA, which represents navy sailors, said it could not understand why a higher reserve had not been set.
The LÉ Aisling spent 36 years in service before it was decommissioned in June 2016 and sold at auction earlier this year.
There were only two bids for it when the vessel was auctioned in Cork.
It was bought by Dutch ship broker Dick van der Kamp, who said he planned to resell it on the international market.
Auctioneer Dominic Daly, who sold LÉ Aisling on behalf of the Department of Defence, as well as two other vessels, said significant costs would have been involved in preparing LÉ Aisling for re-sale.
Mr Daly told RTE that the cost of towing the ship to Holland and re-classifying the vessel could have run to hundreds of thousands of euros.
He added that naval vessels are sold without classification and have to be re-classified before they can go back into service.
In January, an Irish government jet sold to a US firm for less than 420,000 euros two years ago was revealed to be insured for $5m (£3.87m)
Speaking in China, he urged firms to bid for seven contracts worth £11.8bn in total - covering the first phase of HS2, between London and Birmingham.
Mr Osborne also invited bids for £24bn of investment in northern England.
Critics say opening HS2 bidding before Parliament has approved the scheme "smacks of a mercenary approach".
It comes as shadow transport secretary Lilian Greenwood said Labour would nationalise the railway system - including HS2.
Speaking about new Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn - who has previously voted against HS2 legislation - she added: "He supports high-speed rail, I support high-speed rail, and the Labour Party supports the continued development of HS2."
The initial plan is for a new railway line between London and the West Midlands carrying 400m-long (1,300ft) trains with up to 1,100 seats per train.
They would initially operate at speeds of up to 225mph (362km/h), potentially rising to 250mph (400km/h) and would travel up to 14 times per hour in each direction.
This would be followed by a V-shaped second phase taking services from Birmingham to Manchester and Leeds. Intermediate stations in the East Midlands and South Yorkshire are also planned.
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Mr Osborne, who is on a trip to boost trade links between the UK and China, announced the start of the procurement process for bridges, tunnels and earthworks.
The chancellor quoted Treasury analysis suggesting 265,000 jobs in Britain "only exist because of our links with China", adding the bidding process would "propel HS2 forward".
The first phase of the proposed high-speed rail link would be constructed between London and Birmingham, with proposed extensions to Manchester and Leeds.
Simon Kirby, chief executive of HS2, said Mr Osborne's appeal was designed to bring "the best technology into the UK", saying the project would boost British jobs.
Final contracts would not be signed until the bill received Royal Assent, he added, saying it was "best practice" to get the firms who will build the track involved in early planning stages.
But Richard Houghton, from campaign group HS2 Action Alliance, said: "Putting contracts out to tender prior to the legislative process being complete smacks of a mercenary approach to HS2.
"Surely the honest and transparent approach would be to only put out tenders after the hybrid bill has been passed and the funds are available."
Campaigners are fighting the plans on grounds of cost and the damage they say the network will do to the countryside it goes through.
Mr Osborne also invited Chinese investors to become involved in infrastructure schemes in the north of England, including a proposed Science Central development in Newcastle and the Atlantic Gateway development between Liverpool and Manchester.
Communities Secretary Greg Clark said: "Today's pitch book sets out in black and white to Chinese investors over £24bn worth of exciting investment opportunities, which together will deliver key infrastructure projects, help develop a highly skilled workforce and create thousands of jobs."
Other announcements included:
Mr Osborne's China trip comes ahead of a state visit to the UK by Chinese President Xi Jinping next month - the first by a Chinese leader for a decade.
The conventional wisdom had been that Neanderthals did not have the capacities or technology that allowed them to capture fast-moving prey.
Only our own ancestors had these abilities, among them the skills to catch birds. Equipped with a package of skills, which included the exploitation of marine resources, our ancestors spread across the world from their African home following coastlines.
In 2011, an Italian team had published evidence of Neanderthal exploitation of raptors and corvids for the use of feathers.
Raptors, of course, are otherwise known as birds of prey, and corvids are the group that includes crows, magpies and ravens, as well as other less celebrated species.
Our own work expanded the range of species and numbers and, critically, showed that Neanderthals had exploited a range of raptor and corvid species over a long period. This meant that the activity was not casual or sporadic.
In March of this year, a Croatian team reported tell-tale marks on the talons of White-tailed Eagles, associated with Neanderthal activity in the site of Krapina and claimed that this was evidence of jewellery-making. A similar report on the talons of these and also Golden Eagles by Neanderthals at the site of Combe Grenal in France had previously been published in 2012.
Put together we now have evidence of Neanderthal activity on raptors and corvids, for the purposes of ornamentation, from four European sites.
No fewer than nine raptor and three corvid species have now been associated, some in more than one location. We have been asking ourselves if these species share features that would make them particularly vulnerable or attractive to the Neanderthals. Remarkably, most of the species are birds which are attracted to carrion. Which are they?
Three of the four European vultures are implicated: Griffon Vulture, Cinereous Vulture and Lammergeier depend almost entirely on the carcasses of large mammals and bones of all three have been found with the tell-tale cuts made by Neanderthal tools.
The two European kites - Red and Black Kites - are well known scavengers of carrion, offal and human rubbish. What may come as a surprise is the presence of Golden Eagle and White-tailed Eagle, large predators that may seem unreachable to a Neanderthal.
It is not really surprising when we see that even today the two giants regularly scavenge to supplement live prey during the winter months. The corvids are, like the kites, well-known opportunists and scavengers. So there is a pattern here and it implicates scavenging birds. The absence of other raptors, species known not to be regular scavengers, enhances the picture even further.
All this suggests that the Neanderthals, well-known as ambush hunters of large mammals, could have been lying in wait when the scavengers came down to a carcass.
We may never know how they got these large and powerful birds but we can suggest that it may not have been as difficult as we might imagine. We have been studying these large eagles, vultures, kites and corvids at feeding stations in Spain and in Sweden.
The provisioning of carcasses is a regular practice that aids in the survival of these vulnerable species, as shown in a recent publication. The vultures and some corvids and kites scavenge the year round but the eagles do so almost entirely in the winter as do the choughs (two species of corvids strongly associated with the Neanderthals).
This may suggest that the Neanderthals were practising the activity mainly during the winter months. That would certainly account for the absence of Europe's fourth vulture - the Egyptian Vulture - from our list: in winter this migratory vulture is in sub-Saharan Africa where there were no Neanderthals.
In the course of our work we have come across some unexpected situations that have left us in awe. At one site in the Aragonese Pyrenees, naturalist Manuel Aguilera has been feeding vultures for over thirty years.
The vultures are so used to him that they recognise him and land right by him in expectation of the food he provides. These large Griffon Vultures - one of the Neanderthal favourites - literally feed from his hand! Somewhere else, in the Catalan Pyrenees, vultures have learnt to recognise the vehicle of their food provider, naturalist Jordi Canut.
They gather by the hundreds and impatiently await the food delivery, jostling for position, on the ground. It seems that being in pole position overrides any fear of humans. These present-day natural experiments show us that catching large scavenging birds may not have been that difficult at all for the intelligent and resourceful Neanderthals and that the established anthropological idea that birds were difficult to catch needs rapid revision.
Redefining the Neanderthals is the theme of this year's Calpe Conference to be held in Gibraltar between the 24th and 27th September. Leading international researchers will gather this year to review all the latest evidence of the Neanderthals, from genetics to the behaviour. And the subject of birds of prey is likely to take up a big chunk of one of the sessions as researchers who have published evidence from Gibraltar join forces with those from Italy and Croatia to give us a fresh perspective on this very new subject.
Stewart and Clive Finlayson are naturalists based in the Gibraltar Museum. Stewart is currently studying Neanderthal-bird interactions for a PhD with Anglia Ruskin University. Clive has been directing excavations in Gibraltar since 1991 and has published widely on the Neanderthals. Both are keen nature photographers and the photos illustrating this feature are their own.
David Miller, 56, died at his house in Patterdale Walk, Boothville, Northampton, on Tuesday 14 June.
Forensic investigations are still taking place at the scene and a guard is in place, police have said.
In a short statement, his family said he would be sadly missed and was "a much-loved brother; he was permanently a very kind and loving person."
Four people charged with his murder appeared at Northampton Crown Court on Friday.
Joseph Catlin, 30, Michael Hallett, 37, Ian Cuthbertson, 49, and Zena Kane, 35, all of no fixed address, will next appear in court in September.
Police said a 39-year-old woman, arrested on suspicion of murder, and a 19-year-old man and 27-year-old woman, arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, remain on bail.
Det Insp Phil Mills, in charge of the inquiry, said he still wanted anyone with information to come forward despite the arrests and charges.
He said: "We are still keen to speak to anyone who was in the area of Patterdale Walk or Oasis House in Campbell Street between Friday evening and Monday."
Met Police officers arrested the man, 55, in Swindon on Monday on suspicion of racially-aggravated malicious communications, police said.
He was taken to a Wiltshire police station and later released on bail.
Officers from the Met's anti-cyber crime Falcon Unit also issued a "cease and desist" notice on 3 December to a 38-year-old man from Fife, Scotland.
The Metropolitan Police said the Swindon man was held over threats made online from 3 November onwards.
Gina Miller, a partner in an investment management firm, is the lead claimant in the legal fight to get Parliament to vote on whether the UK can start the process of leaving the EU.
She and her fellow claimants - including hairdresser Deir Dos Santos and the crowd-funded People's Challenge group - won their case at the High Court in November.
The government's appeal against this ruling is currently being heard at the Supreme Court in London.
Government lawyers argue that they do not need the approval of MPs to start Brexit and can instead begin the process using "prerogative powers", a remnant of the era of all-powerful kings and queens.
Ms Miller and her co-claimants disagree, saying Parliament should first scrutinise the details of Brexit - "how we leave, how they're going to negotiate, the directions of travel the government will take".
Speaking outside court after her High Court victory on 3 November, she said: "You can't talk about getting back a sovereign Parliament and being in control but at the same time then bypass it," she said.
"It is about any government, any prime minister, in the future being able to take away people's rights without consulting Parliament. That isn't a democracy, that is verging on dictatorship."
The debate around whether Parliamentary approval is needed to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty has been highly-charged, like the EU referendum campaign itself.
At the start of Supreme Court proceedings, its president, Lord Neuberger, warned "legal powers" existed to deal with anyone making threats and abuse towards members of the public involved in the case.
Ms Miller has told the BBC her role in the case had made her "apparently the most-hated woman in Britain".
They've told Newsbeat they are being blamed for drinking too much but say that not enough is being done to make the River Wear safer.
They want more fences to stop people falling in.
Police say that students need to take more responsibility for themselves when they go out drinking.
The warning comes after three student deaths in the River Wear in the past year and a half.
Sope Peters drowned in October 2013, Luke Pearce in May 2014, and Euan Coulthard died in January of this year.
Toby Dickinson, a 19-year-old first year student, is unhappy with the way the measures are being brought in.
"I think what's going on here is victim blaming, you died and it's your fault because you drank," he said.
Plans include breathalysing people at clubs if bouncers think they've had too much to drink.
An area where drunk people can be taken to sober up before being sent on their way home is also being suggested. They will be looked after in these areas by volunteers.
Newsbeat saw a number of people being helped by "street angels" after being kicked out of the clubs and bars.
A lot of the students we spoke to said tackling drunks was the wrong approach and ignores the real problem.
"There are no lights by the river and the fences don't cover the whole path," says Lauren Maine, a third-year student.
"The path does go to some colleges on the hill so if you were heading that way you would have to get to a bit where there isn't any fence."
She is not alone in being angry with the plans.
A lot of the students Newsbeat spoke to were unhappy, felt they were being targeted and that local residents weren't facing the same treatment.
The local police say that they aren't singling out students and point out that locals aren't dying in the river.
They say in the past 15 months four students went into the water after drinking too much and three of those died.
Chief Superintendent Ivan Wood is working with the council and university to try to stop more accidents happening.
"There have been three tragic accidents in the past 14 months, all involving students, all on a Wednesday night, all having consumed alcohol," he said.
"What we're saying is take responsibility for your own actions."
The fear of another death in the city is very high at the moment.
When Newsbeat was speaking to students outside the main club there was a moment of panic when a friend of one of the above group went missing after drinking too much.
He turned up after a few frantic phone calls and there was a collective sigh of relief.
One of those trying to track down the missing student was Ivan Jones, 21, who said: "It highlights a point, after these things happen then everyone is worried and you'd expect that."
The council, police and university have told students to "look after your friends and stick together walking home".
This is a message that Jackie Roberts wants people to take on. Her daughter Megan died in another university city, York, which is also dominated by a river running through it.
Megan fell into the River Ouse after a night out drinking with friends.
Jackie told Newsbeat that she has relived what could have happened to her in the water over and over in her head and doesn't want anyone else to go through what she has.
"I'm never going to preach to anyone and say don't go out and have a drink and don't have fun, but just realise there is this huge danger if you're not careful," she said.
She also agreed with the students Newsbeat has spoken to who say more needs to be done to physically stop people falling in.
Some changes are being made and since meeting with Newsbeat, Jackie has been in touch to say that York Council will receive a gate in March to install over the steps where Megan died.
"Good news in that it helps prevent the same tragedy in that area and it is also a mark of respect to Megan," said Jackie.
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The work, carried out by security firm Symantec, used a Raspberry Pi computer to grab data broadcast by the gadgets.
The snooping Pi was taken to parks and sporting events where it was able to pick out individuals in the crowds.
Symantec said makers of wearables need to do a better job of protecting privacy and handling data they gather.
The research team used a barebones Raspberry Pi computer to which they added a Bluetooth radio module to help sniff for signals. At no time did the device try to connect to any wearable. Rather, it just scooped up data being broadcast from gadgets close by.
Symantec said the eavesdropping was possible because most wearables were very simple devices that communicated with a smartphone or a laptop when passing on data they have collected.
The researchers, Mario Barcena, Candid Wueest and Hon Lau, took their Pi to busy public places in Switzerland and Ireland, including sporting events, to see what data they could grab.
"All the devices we encountered can be easily tracked using the unique hardware address they transmit," the team wrote in a blogpost.
Some of the devices picked up were also susceptible to being probed remotely to make them reveal serial numbers or other identifying information. It would be "trivial", said the researchers, for anyone with a modicum of computer and electronics knowledge to gather this information.
In addition, the research team looked at the apps associated with some activity monitors or which use a smartphone to gather data. About 20% of the apps Symantec looked at did nothing to obfuscate data being sent across the net even though it contained important ID information, such as name, passwords and birthdate.
"The lack of basic security at this level is a serious omission and raises serious questions about how these services handle information stored on their servers," said the Symantec team.
Further investigation revealed that many apps did not do enough to secure the passage of data from users back to central servers. In some cases it was possible to manipulate data to read information about other users or trick databases into executing commands sent by external agents.
"These are serious security lapses that could lead to a major breach of the user database," said the team.
Mick Taylor said his 15-year-old son was asked by police whether he was a UKIP activist, and has described police action as inappropriate.
The procedure left him feeling "like a terrorist", Mr Taylor added.
Police said Wildern School in Hedge End, Hampshire, acted in line with safeguarding procedures. UKIP said: "We're certainly not extremists."
Under the new counter terror act, staff at schools are asked to identify children who may be influenced by extremist material.
The school said it called 101 for advice after a student was viewing a range of different sites and was referred to a specialist team.
"If my son had been accessing these websites on a regular basis - then maybe there would be cause for concern," Mr Taylor said.
"But it's a one-off incident and I don't think it merited such an extreme section of the police coming in."
Head teacher Marie-Louise Litton said: "I wish to make it absolutely clear that the decision to pursue the matter further was not made by the school."
A spokesman from Hampshire Constabulary said: "The school contacted us in good faith and in complete accordance with their safeguarding procedures.
"We have a duty to respond to these concerns and we spoke to the pupil and his father informally about comments and internet usage at school."
No further action was taken.
UKIP's deputy leader Paul Nuttall reacted angrily at the suggestion the party's website was flagged in this way.
"I don't know how you can be extremists when you have 22 MEPs, a member of Parliament, three lords and 500 councillors all over the country," he said.
"We're certainly not extremists."
The 87-year-old has shelved three performances due to two collapsed vertebrae, according to Rome's Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Orchestra.
The Oscar winner was due to perform with Santa Cecilia and its chorus on 22, 23 and 24 May.
Later European concerts will still go ahead, Morricone's spokeswoman said.
These include concerts at Paris' Palais Des Congres on 27 and 28 May and at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, on 23 June.
Morricone, who has 500 film credits to this name, won his first competitive Oscar this year for his work on Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight. He had previously received an honorary Oscar in 2007.
His most notables scores include The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Untouchables and Bugsy.
Five hours after polling ended, the National Electoral Council announced the opposition had won 99 seats.
President Maduro has admitted defeat, recognising "these adverse results".
It is the worst-ever defeat for the leftist movement founded by former leader Hugo Chavez in 1999.
The Socialists have gained 46 seats, with another 22 yet to be declared.
Results arrived much later than expected, five hours after polls closed. Fireworks erupted over the capital, Caracas, soon after.
Among the campaign issues were chronic food shortages of staples - such as milk, rice, coffee, sugar, corn flour and cooking oil.
100%+
inflation level for 2015
-10% shrinking of GDP in 2015
-6% projected 2016 downturn
18.1% projected 2016 unemployment rate
Venezuela has been hit hard by the continuing low price of oil, its main export. It also has the continent's highest inflation rate.
Mr Maduro has blamed the situation on an "economic war" waged by the opposition.
"We have come with our morals and our ethics [intact] to recognize these adverse results, to accept them and to say to our Venezuela that the constitution and democracy have triumphed.
"We have lost a battle today, but the struggle to build a new society is just beginning." - Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela's president and head of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela.
"The results are as we hoped. Venezuela has won. It's irreversible," tweeted (in Spanish) Henrique Capriles, a leading opposition figure in the Democratic Unity Roundtable and a former presidential challenger.
"Venezuela wanted a change and that change came. A new majority expressed itself and sent a clear and resounding message." - Jesus Torrealba - opposition coalition chief.
The opposition alliance, made up of centrist and conservative parties, is confident of ultimately taking at least 112 seats after 16 years of socialist control.
According to senior figures in the alliance, that would allow them to pass laws allowing the release of political prisoners and to reverse, for example, appointments to senior legal positions made by the current government, says the BBC's Wyre Davies, in Caracas.
It also gives stronger momentum to the opposition should it wish to call a referendum on Mr Maduro's future. This could take place only when his presidency reaches its halfway point in April next year.
However, under Venezuela's presidential system the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) will still be a powerful force, as it controls many municipalities.
The next presidential election is due in April 2019.
The elections were widely seen as a referendum on President Maduro, the handpicked successor of the late President Hugo Chavez, and the party's socialist policies.
The opposition accused the PSUV of mismanaging the economy and of squandering the country's oil wealth.
Mr Maduro says his party defends the interests of ordinary Venezuelans and wants to complete Mr Chavez's "Bolivarian Revolution".
The opposition also accused the government of increasing authoritarianism.
Earlier this year, opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez was given a 13-year prison sentence for inciting violence - a charge critics say was politically motivated.
A Sheffield man, aged 40, remains in police custody while another man from the city, aged 36, has been bailed.
Both were arrested on suspicion of an offence under Section 5 of the Terrorism Act - preparation to commit an act of terrorism.
A 55-year-old woman and a man, 44, from Batley arrested over suspected terrorist fundraising were bailed.
The searches of five properties in Sheffield, Batley and Dewsbury have now been concluded, said the North East Counter Terrorism Unit
Det Ch Sup Clive Wain, head of the North East Counter Terrorism Unit, said: "We understand that people may be concerned following today's arrests, however we would like to reassure communities that today's activity is as a result of an ongoing investigation which is intelligence led.
"There is no evidence to suggest that communities are at risk."
In an unrelated operation, the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command arrested a 23-year-old man on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of terrorism in east London.
Officers have been searching the address where he was detained and a second residential address nearby.
The Volkswagen rolled backwards down a hill and over a wall before coming to rest on the top of a Fiat 500 parked below on Southpark Avenue.
Passers-by were attracted to the scene, in the Hillhead area, on Sunday.
No-one was injured and police were stationed at the scene until a recovery vehicle arrived shortly after 18:00.
A police spokesman said: "Neither vehicle was occupied at the time and there were no injuries."
Now there are plans to salvage part of the Newry to Bessbrook tram and restore it to its former glory.
Students from the Southern Regional College will spend 18 months restoring the dilapidated carriage, which has been used as a sheep pen in recent years.
Earlier this week a team of workers used a digger to lift it from a field near Camlough
When it is finished, it will be put on public display near Newry railway station.
A similar one currently stands in the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum in Cultra, County Down.
"In its heyday the tramway transported 100,000 people from Newry to Bessbrook, carrying raw materials and workers from the town to the linen mill", said Des Murphy of the Camlough Heritage Society.
The tramway opened in 1885 and closed in January 1948.
It had a top speed of 10mph and eventually fell into decline as road transport took over.
The tram ran uphill for about three miles and was the butt of many jokes due to its lack of speed.
"William Bradley from Bessbrook once famously said, when asked if he was heading for the tram, 'No, I'm in a hurry today, I'm going to walk'," said Mr Murphy.
Ten thousand pounds of lottery money is being used to support the project. The chairman of the Lottery Heritage Fund Northern Ireland, Martin McDonald, came to watch the recovery operation.
His father's family came from Bessbrook and worked in the mill. He believes they would have used the tram.
"It's not often when I come to launch projects like this that I can get involved with a bit of my own family heritage, so it's exciting to me from a personal point of view."
The director of the Southern Regional College Brian Doran said the restoration project will present big challenges for his construction students - but he believes they are up to the task.
"This programme will bring our curriculum to life because our trainees involved in painting, carpentry and joinery and engineering will be involved in the restoration of this programme and it's an exciting opportunity for them."
The restoration project is a joint one between the college and the Slieve Gullion Partnership Group.
It is hoped it will be finished by Easter 2016.
Viewers can watch a BBC Newsline video report on this story on BBC One Northern Ireland shortly after 18:30 GMT on Friday, 11 December.
Mr Port, of Barking, London, is accused of killing the men after contacting them via dating websites between June 2014 and September this year.
The 40-year-old allegedly gave his victims large amounts of the drug GHB.
The hearing lasted approximately 10 minutes, with a provisional trial date set for April.
Mr Port, of Cooke Street, Barking, appeared via a link from Pentonville Prison. He was remanded in custody.
The charges relate to the deaths of:
The deaths were not initially linked but after further investigation they were referred to the Metropolitan Police homicide and major crime command on October 14.
I went to a family wedding in Washington DC this past week. I mention it because wives have been on my mind thanks to the comments made by Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari about his wife.
The president had offered what was supposed to be one of the biggest putdowns in public discourse: "My wife belongs in the kitchen, in the living room and in the other room."
In other words, President Buhari was suggesting that his wife had stepped outside her allotted space by talking about politics.
Political talk does not belong in the kitchen, governance talk does not belong in the living room and electoral matters do not belong in the other room.
I acknowledge that the president's spokesperson has urged all of us to get a life and recognize that President Buhari was joking and we should not take his words seriously and I will keep this firmly in my mind.
So where does my family wedding come into the discussion, or maybe the legitimate question is where do marriage ceremonies belong? In the kitchen, in the living room or in the other room?
In Ghana, marriages are the coming together of two families rather than the coming together of two individuals.
At the ceremony that I went to in Washington DC, Naabia the bride is my niece, the daughter of Ghanaian parents, who has lived her life so far in the Washington DC area.
John, the groom was born and bred by Texan parents with Italian, Scottish and Welsh roots.
I discovered during the weekend of the various ceremonies that John's family was not in the least bit fazed by the prospect of "the coming together of two families" as I had feared.
John's father was however very unhappy with the fact that according to Ghanaian custom, there was no place for men in the marriage ceremony; apart from the groom that is.
The entire Ghanaian traditional marriage ceremony is conducted by the women on both sides of the family and men are only allowed to sit in as spectators.
Elizabeth Ohene:
"The things Aisha Buhari said in her interview with the BBC Hausa Service have probably been said by many other Nigerians and I suspect the president has heard them."
At the end of it all, I promised John's father I might consider leading a movement to change the discrimination against men in Ghana which shuts them out of playing roles in marriage ceremonies.
The events of this past week involving two very high profile wives have brought the issue very much to the fore for me.
The First Lady of the United States (Flotus) Michelle Obama and the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Flofron) Aisha Buhari, within hours of each other had captured the headlines in the most spectacular manner.
The things Mrs Buhari said in her interview with the BBC Hausa Service have probably been said by many other Nigerians and I suspect the president has heard them.
He knows that the same words coming from his wife, however suddenly assume more significance.
Then there has been the dramatic intervention of Michelle Obama in the Donald Trump "locker-room" tape brouhaha.
With one speech, she elevated the US election debate to a higher, more dignified level.
Mrs Obama speaks from the kitchen, she speaks from the living room, she speaks from the street, she speaks from the campaign trail and yes, she speaks from "the other room" also known as the bedroom.
Dear Mr Buhari, we do not shy away from mentioning the bedroom.
Mrs Obama also speaks from the corporate boardroom and wherever she speaks, her words deserve to be listened to.
Aisha Buhari, like Michelle Obama, belongs in, and speaks from, the front room and we hear her.
I think I will support the continuing practice of limiting the marriage ceremony transactions to the females after all.
It emphasizes the point that wives belong in the front room.
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Armstrong made the personal apology during private conversations in Austin, Texas, a foundation spokeswoman said.
His interview with Oprah Winfrey is due to be broadcast on Thursday.
Armstrong, 41, was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles by the sport's governing body last year. He has maintained his innocence.
"He had a private conversation with the staff, who have done the important work of the foundation for many years," Livestrong Foundation spokeswoman Katherine McLane was quoted as saying by Reuters.
"It was a very sincere and heartfelt expression of regret over any stress that they've suffered over the course of the last few years as a result of the media attention," she added.
Armstrong, who also received a lifetime ban from governing body the International Cycling Union (UCI) and the US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada), was reportedly close to tears.
It was not quite a confession of sustained cheating, but that is what many in the cycling world and across America are expecting to hear when they tune in to the cyclist's interview on 17 January, the BBC's Paul Adams in Washington reports.
The recording of the TV interview - his first since being stripped of his wins - took place on Monday.
After recording the interview, Winfrey tweeted: "Just wrapped with @lancearmstrong. More than 2 1/2 hours . He came READY!"
A spokeswoman for the Oprah show said last week that Armstrong was not being paid to appear and that Winfrey was free to ask him any question she wanted.
The choice of America's favourite agony aunt to conduct the interview suggests that Armstrong is prepared to make some kind of confession, our correspondent says.
At the weekend, Armstrong told the Associated Press: "I'm calm, I'm at ease and ready to speak candidly." He declined to go into further details.
Armstrong ended his fight against doping charges in August 2012.
In October, Usada released a 1,000-page report saying he had been at the heart of "the most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping programme" ever seen in sport.
Armstrong also later resigned as chairman of the Livestrong Foundation, the cancer charity he created.
His lawyer, Tim Herman, has described the Usada report as a "one-sided hatchet job" and the cyclist himself has accused the agency of offering "corrupt inducements" to other riders to speak out against him.
It is believed he is considering an admission because he wants to resume his athletic career, and has shown an interest in competing in triathlons.
The BBC understands Armstrong has held recent discussions with other cyclists who have themselves confessed to doping.
But there are a number of obstacles to a full confession.
The New York Times has reported Armstrong's supporters are concerned he could face perjury charges if he confesses to using performance-enhancing drugs, because he made sworn testimony in a 2005 court case that he had never done so.
In addition, the cyclist faces a number of legal cases.
David Gordon, who was the editor of BBC Radio Ulster's Stephen Nolan Show, was appointed on Tuesday.
The announcement was made by the first and deputy first ministers.
Judena Leslie, the public appointments commissioner, said she had written to the head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service over the appointment.
In a statement she said: "It is in the public interest that the principles of openness and transparency are adhered to."
A spokesperson for the executive said Mr Gordon was appointed as "a person providing specialist advice" in accordance with Civil Service Commissioners regulations.
"He is not a civil servant," said the spokesperson. "Mr Gordon is subject to many of the terms and conditions that normal civil servants are subject to, however he is not a Spad (special advisor).
"The role of the commissioner for public appointments relates only to appointments by Northern Ireland departments specific to public bodies and does not therefore have a role in relation to this appointment."
The Civil Service Commissioner's office said it had neither been informed of nor consulted about Mr Gordon's appointment, and had no comment on the matter.
Speaking to Radio Ulster's Evening Extra, a former public appointments commissioner said the process had to be "open and transparent".
"Nobody seems to know what's going on," said Felicity Houston.
"I don't think anybody knows and it does look like the first job for our executive press secretary will be to explain all this."
The band's ninth album fended off competition from Skepta, who debuts at number two with Konnichiwa.
A Moon Shaped Pool, Radiohead's first album in five years, sold 50,000 copies in the past week, despite only being released on Sunday.
Beyonce's Lemonade slides to number three, while last week's number one - Views By Drake - drops to number four.
Soul singer Gregory Porter completes the top five, with his new album Take Me To The Alley.
Other new entries in the top 20 include Jean Michel Jarre's Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise - which takes eighth place.
James Blake's surprise release The Colour in Anything is new at number 13, while Andy Biersack - lead singer of the Black Veil Brides - lands at 16 with The Shadow Side, a solo project released under the name Andy Black.
Adele's 25 slips out of the Top 10 for the first time since its release in November, going in at number 12 this week.
Notable climbers include Elle King's Love Stuff, which soars 73 places to number 33 after her performance at Sunday's Bafta TV Awards.
In the singles chart, Justin Timberlake fails to hit the top spot with Can't Stop The Feeling - the first single from his new album - which debuts at number three.
Drake's One Dance remains number one for the fifth week, while Rihanna and Calvin Harris spend a second week at number two with This Is What You Came For.
One Dance also passed the 600,000 sales mark this week, certifying it platinum.
Both Sia and Mike Posner side one place, to number four and five respectively.
New entries further down the chart include Drake & Rihanna's collaboration Too Good, while will.i.am scores his 39th top 50 hit with Boys & Girls feat. Pia Mia landing at number 26.
Scores of trucks carrying supplies are stranded on the India-Nepal border, amid protests in south Nepal over the country's newly adopted constitution.
India has been critical of Nepal's new constitution.
But it denies enforcing a blockade, saying goods are being held up due to security reasons.
The move comes after a former Maoist splinter party started a campaign against Indian movies and TV channels in Nepal.
The president of the Nepal Cable Television Association told BBC Nepali the "black-out will be indefinite".
Sudhir Parajuli said they decided to shut down the broadcast of the Indian channels as "India has been intruding in the national sovereignty of Nepal," the PTI agency said.
A Kathmandu movie theatre stopped showing Indian movies two days ago, an employee said.
Indian television channels are popular among viewers in Kathmandu and other cities in Nepal.
However there has been growing anger at what is being seen as Indian attempts to wilfully obstruct the supply of essential goods into Nepal and interference with the internal affairs of a sovereign nation.
India expressed concern over the new constitution after its adoption spurred protests by minority ethnic groups in the south of Nepal. At least 40 people have been killed in the violence.
Demonstrators in the region have since blocked two of the main border crossings from India, shutting off vital supply lines.
With several hundred trucks stuck at the frontier, supplies including sugar, salt and cooking gas cylinders are being affected.
Nepal is heavily dependent on supplies from neighbouring India.
Indian envoy Ranjit Rae was called in by the Acting Nepalese Foreign Minister Khaga Raj last week and the issue of "obstruction" in the supply of essential goods coming in from the Indian side was raised with him, the PTI news agency reported.
However it said Mr Rae had clarified that there was no obstruction from the Indian side on the movement of goods and the problem was due to unrest, protests and demonstrations on the Nepalese side.
Explosives expert Lorna Philp told the Old Bailey the device was intended to explode and project metal fragments into those nearby.
Student Damon Smith, 20, denies making or possessing an explosive substance with intent to endanger life.
He is accused of leaving a homemade improvised explosive device (IED) on a Jubilee Line train in October.
The jury heard the defendant told police the device was only supposed to produce smoke and said he left it on the train as a prank.
Pictures of the device were shown to jurors who were told it was made using materials including sparklers, a fairy light and a wall clock.
Ms Philp said that - in her opinion - it was "an improvised explosive device designed to explode and produce fragmentation that could cause injuries to persons and damage to property within close proximity".
It was not intended to produce smoke, she told jurors.
The presence of ball bearings indicated that "an attempt has been made" to increase the damage caused by the IED by producing "additional fragmentation to cause injuries to persons nearby," Ms Philp said.
She said an ignition section of the device was "viable" and believed it "had functioned" due to charring residue, but had failed to ignite the attached explosive substance.
Ms Philp said the device itself "could have functioned" had some elements of the design been different.
On Wednesday, the Old Bailey heard Mr Smith has Asperger's syndrome, or Autism Spectrum Disorder, and has a keen interest in guns and other weapons that may have been a function of the condition.
The trial continues.
The Scottish and UK governments are working on a "fiscal framework" - to ensure any new powers for Scotland do not impact negatively on funding.
John Swinney has said any deal reached by the 14 February deadline would be opened up for Holyrood to examine.
Meanwhile, the Scottish Secretary has said he believes a deal is in reach.
The Scotland Bill, currently making its way through Westminster, will set out major new tax and welfare powers for Holyrood.
But The Smith Commission, on transferring power to Scotland, said the final agreement should not put Scotland at a disadvantage.
Further discussions will take place in Edinburgh on Monday, involving Chief Secretary to the Treasury Greg Hands and Mr Swinney.
And Mr Swinney has indicated the Scottish government will publish key papers on the fiscal framework before the end of the parliamentary term.
He said: "Once this process has run its course, Scotland's Parliament and people have a right to see all the key documents.
"That's why I can give a commitment that I will publish these documents in time for Scottish parliamentary scrutiny and before the Scottish Parliament dissolves."
The Scottish finance secretary said he wanted to see a framework that is fair to Scottish and to UK taxpayers.
And Secretary of State for Scotland David Mundell said there had been significant movement from the UK Government in an attempt to find agreement.
He added: "Ministers at Holyrood will be shielded from a significant amount of risk - while still keeping all the money they take in income tax from Scottish taxpayers.
"And we will review the framework after a few years to make absolutely sure it is delivering for Scotland and the rest of the UK."
The 23-year-old was in Norwich on Wednesday for talks, but his agent confirmed in a Dutch paper that Dijks would not be moving to Carrow Road.
Dijks began his career with Ajax, but had a spell with Willem II before rejoining them in July 2015.
He has made 15 appearances for Ajax this season in the Dutch Eredivisie and Europa League.
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Speaking at the launch of the party's manifesto, in Belfast, Mr Ford said they would return enough MLAs to qualify for a ministerial seat.
But he said they won't take on the role of justice minister without a commitment to reform.
The Alliance manifesto makes five main commitments:
The party also backs the introduction of what it calls "fair" water charges, claiming that to avoid them would mean deeper cuts to public services.
Mr Ford said: "I believe we will certainly win the numbers we need, which will be something like eleven, to guarantee that will be in the D'Hondt lucky dip (to qualify for a ministry)."
The party's deputy leader, Naomi Long, said they would build on a clear vision of an "inclusive, fair, progressive society, where everyone is treated with respect and with dignity".
She added: "We share the frustration of many in Northern Ireland at the pace of change.
"The assembly has, of course, delivered much and we have been at the forefront of delivering that change.
"However, it would be fair to say that for many their perception of the assembly is something that is much poorer than we would like to see, one that is typified by deadlock , by delay and by division."
Notts dominated the first half, but Green came off the bench and struck home the opener with his first touch.
The visitors seemed set to earn a point through a deflected Alex Rodman shot.
But Green netted with a penalty after Mal Benning was deemed to have been fouled by Matt Tootle and Henderson ran through and fired in a third.
Green had scored twice in the corresponding fixture last season which the Stags won 5-0.
But a repeat result, or individual goalscoring feat, seemed highly unlikely as Notts seized control before the interval.
The Magpies could have been 3-0 up at the break, Jonathan Forte shooting against the post and wasting a one-on-one chance, and Jon Stead having a shot cleared off the line.
But Green's introduction sparked a much-improved display by the hosts and, although Rodman cancelled out Green's scrappy opener, the striker kept his cool with his spot-kick for his second and Henderson's first goal for the club sealed all three points.
Match ends, Mansfield Town 3, Notts County 1.
Second Half ends, Mansfield Town 3, Notts County 1.
Darius Henderson (Mansfield Town) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
Goal! Mansfield Town 3, Notts County 1. Darius Henderson (Mansfield Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Chris Clements.
Oscar Gobern (Mansfield Town) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Darius Henderson (Mansfield Town).
Louis Laing (Notts County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Krystian Pearce (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Vadaine Oliver (Notts County).
Foul by Mitch Rose (Mansfield Town).
Aaron Collins (Notts County) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Goal! Mansfield Town 2, Notts County 1. Matt Green (Mansfield Town) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
Penalty Mansfield Town. Malvind Benning draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Matt Tootle (Notts County) after a foul in the penalty area.
Attempt missed. Darius Henderson (Mansfield Town) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Mitch Rose (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jonathan Forte (Notts County).
Substitution, Mansfield Town. Darius Henderson replaces Pat Hoban.
Attempt missed. Vadaine Oliver (Notts County) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Goal! Mansfield Town 1, Notts County 1. Alex Rodman (Notts County) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Carl Dickinson with a cross following a set piece situation.
Rhys Bennett (Mansfield Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Rhys Bennett (Mansfield Town).
Jonathan Forte (Notts County) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Krystian Pearce (Mansfield Town).
Vadaine Oliver (Notts County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Mansfield Town. Conceded by Louis Laing.
Matt Green (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Carl Dickinson (Notts County).
Attempt missed. Krystian Pearce (Mansfield Town) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high following a corner.
Corner, Mansfield Town. Conceded by Louis Laing.
Vadaine Oliver (Notts County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Krystian Pearce (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Vadaine Oliver (Notts County).
Substitution, Notts County. Jordan Richards replaces Haydn Hollis.
Substitution, Notts County. Vadaine Oliver replaces Jon Stead.
Substitution, Notts County. Aaron Collins replaces Stanley Aborah.
Chris Clements (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Stanley Aborah (Notts County).
Foul by Krystian Pearce (Mansfield Town).
Jon Stead (Notts County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Labour's Mark Bradshaw received an email at 00:30 BST saying there was "no longer a place for you on my cabinet".
He said Mr Ferguson wanted to "get rid" of him because he is in the running to be Labour's mayoral candidate.
The mayor, who stands for re-election as an independent next year, said Mr Bradshaw was "playing party politics".
The row between the two continued on Twitter.
The Bristol Port Company bought the port from the council in 1991 and agreed a 150-year lease on the understanding it could buy the freehold at a later date.
But the council has agreed to sell it, despite opposition from councillors who had asked Mr Ferguson to reconsider his decision at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
The mayor told the BBC that Mr Bradshaw had "turned up at the last minute" with a prepared statement on the port sale explaining why he had "changed his mind".
He accused Mr Bradshaw of having "started to use the cabinet and his position as a political stage for his own ambition".
But Mr Bradshaw said he had been "raising questions right from the start" about the sale of the freehold.
These included where much of the £10m raised will be spent and "uncertainty" about whether the Henbury Loop - a rail line used for freight which campaigners hope will open for passenger use - could co-exist with an expanded port.
The Bedminster councillor said: "I think it's politically motivated. I think the mayor's been looking for a reason to get rid of me because I'm a potential challenger next year."
Mr Bradshaw's responsibilities for transport and regeneration will be taken on by fellow assistant mayor, Liberal Democrat councillor Simon Cook.
Mr Bradshaw and Marvin Rees - who lost out to Mr Ferguson in the 2012 mayoral election - are on Labour's shortlist to run for mayor next year.
Mr Paisley was buried in County Down, following a private funeral service at his family home in east Belfast.
As a mark of respect, assembly business was suspended as MLAs remembered the former first minister and DUP leader.
Mr Paisley, who stepped down from politics in 2008, died on Friday, aged 88.
His successor as first minister and DUP leader, Peter Robinson, told MLAs: "Ian Paisley was a remarkable man, whose long career in public life has left an indelible mark upon all of us who knew him.
"Like so many, I was drawn towards politics by the clarity, the certainty, the strength and the conviction of his message."
The first minister said Mr Paisley had "taken his place in the chronicles of Ulster history, alongside the greats of unionism".
Mr Robinson added that since his death, politics seemed "a little less colourful and exciting".
"Ulster will never see the like of him again, he was an exceptional human being," he said.
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness told the assembly that sharing power with Mr Paisley during his first year in office was an "incredible experience" and one of the "most memorable" of his life.
The Sinn Féin MLA said that as a teenager, he remembered being "in fear" of Mr Paisley, because of his "huge stature, his booming voice, his politics that we didn't share or like".
However, he said that after they went into government together they "genuinely grew to like each other and in doing so, we confounded the world".
Mr McGuinness said: "From the word go, for some reason, we hit it off. Not alone did we develop a positive and constructive working relationship, we actually became friends."
He added that both he and the Northern Ireland peace process had "lost a great friend" as a result of Mr Paisley's death.
After the tributes, MLAs signed a book of condolence in Stormont's Great Hall - members of the public have also been invited to do so.
A book of condolence opened at Belfast City Hall on Monday, where the union flag was flown at half-mast.
A spokeswoman for Belfast City Council said the flag had been displayed under the College of Arms policy.
The policy states the flag should fly at half-mast to mark the the funerals of first ministers and ex-first ministers of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
All DUP constituency offices closed on Monday, as a mark of respect to the party's founder and former leader.
Several books of condolence for Mr Paisley were opened in towns and cities in Northern Ireland on Saturday.
Mr Paisley moved from a political "never man" to Northern Ireland's first minister.
He ended up leading a power-sharing executive at Stormont - although he had supported the strike to bring one down 30 years earlier.
Mr Paisley was a founder of the Free Presbyterian Church in 1951 after a split with the Presbyterian Church - he resigned as as moderator of the Free Presbyterian Church in 2008.
In 2011, he told the congregation at Martyrs Memorial Free Presbyterian Church in south Belfast that he was stepping down from ministry.
The 21-year-old centre-back has attracted interest from Oxford United, but on Saturday opted against joining the League One club.
Thistle boss Alan Archibald told BBC Scotland that Lindsay is eager to advance his career.
"Liam trained this morning and he'll probably go down and speak to Barnsley in the coming days," Archibald said.
"I spoke to Liam this morning just about overall interest from a few teams. At that time there wasn't a fee agreed so it was a different conversation, but he's an honest, great lad who just wants to do the best he can in his career. It's about him progressing."
Lindsay, who scored seven goals in 42 Thistle appearances last season, has spoken of his frustration at having never represented Scotland at any age group level.
But Archibald is hopeful he could catch the eye of Scotland manager Gordon Strachan if he continues to develop as a player.
"He is getting better all the time," Archibald added. "It's a position we are struggling for as a nation at this time but he has got to do it consistently and continually at the highest level he can and if he moves hopefully that will help him as well.
"But his time will come. Gordon has got one of the hardest jobs in football - I'm not going to tell him how to do his job. When the time is right, hopefully Gordon will pick him."
South Wales Police said a body has been recovered from the River Neath at Glynneath near the A465.
Emergency services were called to the scene at about 12:30 GMT after reports that a person was in the river.
An investigation is under way, police added.
And he believes he is a better player now than the one that scored four times in 48 games for St Johnstone.
"St Johnstone was a while ago, about four year ago," said the 27-year-old, who has signed until the end of the season after leaving Crewe Alexandra.
"And I am a slightly different player now - a bit more experienced."
Striker Haber, who joined Crewe from Stevenage in 2014, scored 10 times in 50 appearances last season as the Railwaymen were relegated from England's League One.
He had already earned the first of his 26 caps for Canada before joining St Johnstone in 2010 after leaving West Bromwich Albion.
"That was my first real taste of first-team football for a prolonged period of time in the UK," said Haber, who has also found the net three times for his country.
"I was still learning the game, so I definitely feel a lot different now."
Dundee manager Paul Hartley lost his two top scorers this summer, when Kane Hemmings and Greg Stewart were sold to Oxford United and Birmingham City respectively.
Faissal El Bakhtaoui arrived with a goalscoring reputation after helping Dunfermline Athletic win League One last season, while Yordi Teijsse had been prolific with Quick Boys in Netherlands' fourth tier.
However, Hartley has earmarked the striking department as a problem as his side have gone nine games without a victory - and lost their last five - with El Bakhtaoui also sidelined through injury for the next three weeks.
The manager is looking for Haber, who impressed on a week's trial after being released by Crewe, to make a difference.
"He will add height and strength and he is someone who stays in the box," said Hartley.
"The majority of his goals have come from inside the box, so hopefully that gives us a different dimension."
Haber scored for Canada in a 4-0 victory over Mauritania earlier this month.
"He has played two games for Canada recently, so his fitness looks okay," added Hartley ahead of Wednesday's visit to Dens Park by second-bottom Partick Thistle.
But Roger Lewis said that buying the airport in 2013 was "absolutely" the right decision by Welsh ministers.
In January, the Conservatives accused them of wasting tens of millions of pounds by purchasing it for around double an initial valuation of £20-30m.
Mr Lewis said "one will never know" if the price was correct.
Giving evidence to the assembly's public accounts committee on Tuesday, he said: "Could one have paid less for it? Perhaps.
"Could one have paid more for it? Perhaps. One will never know.
"Because what's in the mind of the seller - and you need a willing seller as well as a willing buyer - one will never know."
Mr Lewis added: "The headline for me, was this the right decision for Wales? Absolutely, absolutely.
"Can we enhance the value of the enterprise going forward? Yes."
Debra Barber, the airport's managing director, said the site was becoming "worn down" under its Spanish owners Abertis, and the idea of closing it had been raised at board meetings.
Ms Barber, who worked for Abertis as operations director, said the airport had submitted a £3m programme for "critical infrastructure" that needed to be replaced.
"We actually got about a fifth of what we required, which just about enabled us to do the stuff that we were required to do by regulation," she said.
Mr Lewis told the committee: "Was it heading towards a tipping point where it could have headed for closure? The answer is yes."
Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies has accused Labour of a "stunning failure to safeguard taxpayers' money" in paying £52m for the airport.
A Welsh government spokesman said reporting of the £20m-£30m valuation had been "entirely selective and misleading" and accountants KPMG had "modelled a range of scenarios during the due diligence process".
The Frenchman had been vying with Leigh Griffiths for a starting place, but his Old Firm treble helped set him apart.
"It was a big moment in my Celtic career, my first hat-trick as a professional footballer and my first league goals for Celtic," Dembele said.
"It was a good day to remember, but it's gone now and we have another [Old Firm] game on Sunday."
Dembele has now scored 32 goals in all competitions for top-flight leaders Celtic - including 17 in the league - and he received the Premiership player of the month award for February after scoring six goals in three league games.
The 20-year-old believes he has improved as a player since joining last summer from Fulham to work with Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers, who describes the striker as a "big game player".
"I love the atmosphere of big games, so I'm ready for that," Dembele said.
"I've developed a lot. Since the first time I came here, I've learned a lot. It's been a good season for me so far, and the Celtic team.
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"I'm young, so I try to learn from everywhere, and every aspect of the game is important. It's all about opportunities. I tried to take mine when the gaffer gave me a chance to play. Since then. I've tried to give 100% in training, and on the pitch."
Dembele has four under-21 caps, as well as four goals, and a French television station named him the France Under-21 player of the year in 2016, ahead of the likes of Manchester United forward Anthony Martial and Borussia Dortmund midfielder Ousmane Dembele.
The striker believes he is now on the verge of a full international call-up, with France naming their squad next week for the World Cup qualifying tie later this month against Luxembourg.
"I would say I'm not far from [the full French squad], I just try to keep working and it will come when it comes," Dembele added.
"I don't think about it. There's a game on Sunday and the French list is coming out next week and we'll see after that.
"People in France know what I'm capable of, so it's not just about this game, it's about what I've done through the season."
The UK-based household goods maker said it saw "no merit, either financial or strategic" in Kraft's offer, worth about $143bn (£115bn).
But Kraft, which makes Heinz ketchup, indicated it would continue working on a deal, sending shares in Unilever surging more than 13%.
The deal would be one of the biggest in corporate history.
It would combine Unilever's dozens of household names, including Ben & Jerry's ice cream, Dove soap, and Hellmann's mayonnaise, with Kraft's own wide range, such as Philadelphia cheese and Heinz baked beans.
Unilever: Profile of a consumer giant
Anglo-Dutch giant Unilever, which has 7,500 employees in the UK, said the offer from Kraft "fundamentally undervalued" the company.
"Unilever does not see the basis for any further discussions," it added.
Kraft, which is part-owned by US billionaire Warren Buffett, said it had made "a comprehensive proposal" and looked "forward to working to reach agreement on the terms of a transaction".
The US food company attracted political scrutiny when it bought Cadbury in 2010, although it later spun the UK chocolate maker off into another company.
A takeover of Unilever could raise concerns about job cuts and would likely be examined by competition regulators, analysts said.
With so many brands, the firms would be in a stronger position to raise prices, said Neil Wilson, an analyst at London broker ETX Capital.
"The combined entity would have a huge brand footprint and be able to flex bargain muscles even more with supermarkets," Mr Wilson said.
Takeovers are like those strange mating rituals you see on Planet Earth narrated by David Attenborough.
Kraft Heinz has approached Unilever about getting together and making an even bigger business with a huge family of brands.
Unilever has spurned the offer and is looking aloof, saying not only the proposal was too cheap but also that it "sees no merit, either financial or strategic....Unilever does not see the basis for any further discussions".
Quite a slap in the face you might think but faint heart ne'er won fair hand. If Kraft Heinz offered a lot more money it might look a bit more attractive to Unilever.
Although whether the competition and takeover authorities would bless the union is another matter.
It would create a behemoth that could dominate many consumer sectors from food to soap and might stifle competition; many societies have rules against that kind of relationship.
"It could come up against a number of hurdles as it would create a giant in the sector. EU regulators in particular could be against it," Mr Wilson said.
Unilever clashed with UK supermarket Tesco in October over its attempts to raise prices to compensate for the steep drop in the value of the pound.
The consumer goods giant has over a dozen sites across the UK, including three major plants in Liverpool, Norwich and Gloucester.
A UK government spokesman said: "This is clearly an important potential deal for a major company in the UK and its workforce. We continue to monitor the situation closely."
If the deal went through, it would be the second biggest ever, behind Vodafone's $183bn takeover of Germany's Mannesmann in 2000, according to Dealogic.
Kraft's offer was at an 18% premium to Unilever's closing share price on Thursday, Unilever said.
The 13% rise in Unilever shares after the companies' announcements suggested investors were not fully convinced the deal would happen. Kraft shares rose 11% on Wall Street.
Still, analysts said Kraft was likely to return with another offer for Unilever, which reported net profit of 5.5bn euros (£4.7bn) last year.
"With Kraft Heinz saying it'll be coming back to the table, it looks like the initial offer was just to test the water," said Nicholas Hyett, equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown.
Mr Buffett's investment fund Berkshire Hathaway and Brazilian private equity firm 3G are major investors in Kraft.
Kraft merged with Heinz in 2015 to create one of America's biggest food companies.
In 2010, Kraft bought Cadbury for £11.5bn, but it no longer owns the UK chocolate maker after spinning it off in a company called Mondelez.
He was speaking after he collected an honorary doctorate at the University of Glasgow.
Earlier Mr Cook visited an Apple store in Glasgow, where staff gave him a tartan scarf and a drawing.
His comments on the presidential decree targeting seven predominantly Muslim countries came in a Q&A session at the university.
Responding to questions from students and staff, Mr Cook said: "I wrote this letter, you probably read about it unless you're living underground, about the most recent executive order that was issued in the US.
"We have employees that secured a work visa, they brought family to the US, but happened to be outside the US when the executive order was issued and all of a sudden their families were affected.
"They couldn't get back in. That's a crisis. You can imagine the stress.
"If we stand and say nothing it's as if we're agreeing, that we become a part of it. It's important to speak out."
Mr Cook has taken a strong stance on user privacy and other issues which have at times brought him into conflict with the US authorities.
Since taking the helm of the company, Mr Cook has led the introduction of new products such as the iPhone 7, iPad Pro and Apple Watch.
He is also leading a company-wide effort to use 100% renewable energy at all Apple facilities.
In 2015, the 56-year-old became an honorary patron of Trinity College Dublin's Philosophical Society and gave a talk to students.
The embroidered picture presented by the Apple store staff shows Mr Cook waving and the words: "Welcome Tim."
It also features saltire flags and the Loch Ness monster.
He said: "That's great. I recall looking for the Loch Ness monster in 1984.
"Everything is right but the colour of the hair."
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The 94 passengers and six crew on board flight BA6234 disembarked safely.
The Boeing 737-400 plane - owned and operated by South African franchise Comair - had flown to OR Tambo International Airport from Port Elizabeth on Monday.
South African authorities are investigating what caused the incident.
Emergency services helped passengers and crew safely off the plane. No injuries have been reported.
Comair said in a statement that the plane experienced a landing gear problem shortly after touching down, at around midday local time (10:00 GMT).
"The aircraft was on the runway for a short period performing standard landing procedures when the crew noticed an unusual vibration which was followed shortly by the collapse of the left landing gear," the company said.
Passenger Warren Mann said: "When it came into land, it felt like the touchdown was a bit harder than normal - then it felt like a piece of something had fallen off.
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Airports Company South Africa, which owns the airport, said the runway was temporarily closed, causing some delays.
Comair operates regional and local flights in South Africa. It flies as a British Airways franchise, with aircraft painted in BA livery.
They say the accident happened as the vehicle tried to bypass a checkpoint near Artemivsk, the government-held town in the Donetsk region.
The bus was travelling from Artemivsk to the city of Horlivka, which is being held by pro-Russian rebels.
The rebels seized large parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in April.
"Initial reports say the driver took the decision to bypass the checkpoint and move on a dirt road," said Vyacheslav Abroskin, the regional head of Ukraine's interior ministry.
"As he was driving through the field, the rear wheel ran over a mine," he added.
Horlivka lies north of Donetsk, the main rebel stronghold.
The regions is littered with landmines, following months of fierce fighting between Ukrainian government troops and the separatist that left more than 6,000 people dead.
A ceasefire agreed in February is largely holding, although both sides accuse each other of sporadic shelling.
The Kiev government, Western leaders and Nato say there is clear evidence that Russia has helped the rebels with troops and heavy weapons.
Russia denies that, insisting that any Russians on the rebel side are "volunteers".
Last March, Russia annexed Ukraine's southern Crimea peninsula - a move widely condemned around the world.
The National Gallery in London has around 2,300 paintings in its collection - which might sound a lot, but is a piffling hoard compared to the Museum of Modern Art in New York, which has gathered almost 200,000 artworks of varying types and quality.
That is properly impressive. But it's not a patch on what you will find - reportedly - in an unprepossessing, windowless warehouse complex in south-west Switzerland.
I say "reportedly" because nobody actually knows exactly how many works of art are stored in the Geneva Free Port, but its chairman talks of "a million", while the New York Times says the number is nearer 1.2 million (including around 1,000 works by Picasso). Either way, it is oceanic.
It is not the property of a single institution or art-crazed individual - it belongs to an unaligned group of art dealers, collectors, freight forwarders and offshore companies (generally with opaque ownership), who appreciate the anonymity and prison-like security provided by the Swiss facility.
It is a strange place. As Ann Widdecombe once said of Michael Howard, it has "something of the night" about it. It feels sinister. And spooky in a Kubrick's The Shining sort of way, as you walk along miles of identical corridors with faceless locked metal doors, behind which you imagine great works of art concealed and incarcerated in their bespoke wooden cases.
By its own admission, the Geneva Free Port has been used in the past by "undesirable tenants" to conduct illicit archaeological trafficking, a fact that was made public when Italian police were given access a couple of years ago because they suspected stolen treasures might be stashed there.
They were right - and then some. By the time they put down their crowbars, they had lifted the lids of 45 crates containing looted Roman and Etruscan antiquities including rare and important ancient sarcophagi.
That was embarrassing. Worse, it created speculation that the Free Port could be an unwitting base for illegal trading by terrorists selling off recently plundered Syrian artefacts to fund their activities.
Enter David Hiler, a high-ranking local politician who had retired from public office and subsequently taken on the chairmanship of the Free Port. He is an avuncular character who likes a cigarette as much as he doesn't like dodgy dealers damaging the reputation of his city.
He quickly imposed new rules aimed at flushing out baddies and stopping ill-gotten gains getting in. He introduced a new attitude of openness, along with media briefings, regulatory updates and invitations to visit.
The official guided tour I went on was as interesting as it could be given the limitations the facility insists it operates under. I got to see a room full of boxes of wine, which represented a fraction of the three million bottles stored there (the Free Port has been called the "biggest wine cellar in the world").
I enjoyed a trip to the on-site, independently run conservation studios, where clients take their artworks for a pre-sale MoT. And I popped into a small gallery-type space built among the lock-ups for clients to show and sell their artworks (tax free).
I wasn't allowed to go where I really wanted to, which was one of the rooms leased by its clients. That was out of the question because, my guide told me, the Free Port is simply the proprietor: "The thing is Will, if you rented an apartment from a landlord he would not have the right to enter the space without first having your permission."
That wasn't the approach my old landlord in south London used to take, but then he wasn't Swiss and I didn't hang around. Unlike some of the tenants at the Free Port, who can stay for decades. Which might be good for business, but it does create a hostage to fortune for David Hiler and his colleagues, who insist they have no idea what their rented-out rooms contain.
He is sure, though, that among the million or so artworks behind the metal doors, there are bound to be some with very shady provenance.
It weighs on him. He says he would like the Swiss customs and police to come in and undertake a complete audit of everything in the Free Port so he can know for once and for all what he has under his corporate roof. But that's not going to happen because, he says, "it's not the Swiss way".
I wish they would, if only so I could stand outside the night before to see how many lorries were going to and fro.
I suppose the natural instinct when faced with such secrecy is to be suspicious. I was. But more than that, I found the visit a rather sad and bleak experience. If there are really a million artworks in there, all of which were created to seen and enjoyed, it seems a travesty to the point of immorality.
We all know that art has become a commodity, but I hadn't realised until I went to the Free Port that it has become a tradable stock that never needs to see the light of day.
Those Picassos might never come out, remaining boxed-up in a cold corner as they shift from one owner's capital assets balance sheet to another's.
We can argue all day long about the meaning of art, but surely it isn't that.
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Ernest Cox masterminded the recovery of 34 ships of the German fleet sunk by their crews in the waters of Scapa Flow at the end of WWI.
Lauded by the media of the day, his work is now all but forgotten.
Relatives unveiled a special plaque at Lyness, where the salvage operations were based, as a reminder.
By 1924, the German fleet had lain submerged throughout the Royal Navy anchorage of Scapa Flow for five years and the accepted wisdom was that this was where they would remain.
However Mr Cox was determined to raise as much of the valuable metal from the seabed as he could and bought the rights to salvage the fleet.
He developed methods to help refloat the ships, many of which are still used in marine salvage to this day.
Mr Cox bought a massive floating dry dock which he modified and fitted out with rows of winches.
He also used compressed air to bring up vessels.
The remaining wrecks today attract divers from around the world.
Jason Edward Norman, 45, from Merthyr Tydfil, was jailed for 16 months at Cardiff Crown Court after admitting causing death by dangerous driving.
Andre Murphy, 56, was hit on 14 December 2015 while changing a tyre on a horse trailer near junction 28.
Mr Murphy, known as Nick, from Wexford, Ireland, was on his way to Surrey when the crash happened.
Norman crashed into Mr Murphy at 54mph (86km/h) close to Tredegar Park roundabout in Newport.
Prosecutor Claire Wilks told the court: "The transporter had its hazard lights on and Mr Murphy placed a traffic cone 50 yards down the road when the Renault Scenic collided with him."
In a victim impact statement read to the court, Mr Murphy's partner Julie Redden added: "I have lost my lovely, lost my friend and my soul mate."
Norman was also banned from driving for five years.
Charlie Wyke headed the visitors in front from close range after the home side failed to deal with a Nicky Adams corner.
Michael Raynes went close to adding a second, but Notts levelled on the half-hour mark when Jon Stead produced a brilliant header from Michael O'Connor's free-kick.
Notts then made it 2-1 when Jonathan Forte dispossessed a Shaun Brisley before firing beyond Mark Gillespie via the inside of the post six minutes before the break.
But in an entertaining first half, Carlisle equalised when Adams was afforded too much space on the left and his cross was headed in emphatically by an unchallenged Jabo Ibehre.
Both sides went in search of a decisive third goal and it was Carlisle who almost made the breakthrough when Ibehre forced a stunning save from Scott Loach.
Notts had their moments too and Rob Milsom should have done better when he was unmarked at the back post, but he tamely volleyed into the ground and into the arms of Gillespie.
It was then left to Kennedy to snatch the decisive goal when he flicked in Tom Miller's long throw to leave Notts County one place and one point above the relegation places.
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Match ends, Notts County 2, Carlisle United 3.
Second Half ends, Notts County 2, Carlisle United 3.
Shaun Miller (Carlisle United) is shown the yellow card.
Jason Kennedy (Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Michael O'Connor (Notts County).
Attempt saved. Adam Campbell (Notts County) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Substitution, Carlisle United. Derek Asamoah replaces Jabo Ibehre.
Foul by Shaun Miller (Carlisle United).
Carl Dickinson (Notts County) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt saved. Shaun Miller (Carlisle United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Scott Loach.
Attempt blocked. Nicky Adams (Carlisle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Louis Laing.
Foul by Jabo Ibehre (Carlisle United).
Carl Dickinson (Notts County) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Carlisle United. Shaun Miller replaces Charlie Wyke.
Shaun Brisley (Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Vadaine Oliver (Notts County).
Substitution, Notts County. Adam Campbell replaces Curtis Thompson.
Substitution, Notts County. Vadaine Oliver replaces Jon Stead.
Foul by Charlie Wyke (Carlisle United).
Louis Laing (Notts County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Notts County 2, Carlisle United 3. Jason Kennedy (Carlisle United) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Tom Miller.
Attempt missed. Jabo Ibehre (Carlisle United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Substitution, Notts County. Haydn Hollis replaces Richard Duffy.
Substitution, Carlisle United. Reggie Lambe replaces Jamie Devitt.
Attempt saved. Robert Milsom (Notts County) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Luke Joyce (Carlisle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Luke Joyce (Carlisle United).
Curtis Thompson (Notts County) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Scott Loach.
Attempt saved. Jabo Ibehre (Carlisle United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top left corner.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Curtis Thompson.
Attempt saved. Nicky Adams (Carlisle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Corner, Notts County. Conceded by Michael Raynes.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Carl Dickinson.
Corner, Notts County. Conceded by Nicky Adams.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Richard Duffy.
Foul by Jabo Ibehre (Carlisle United).
Louis Laing (Notts County) wins a free kick on the left wing.
He wants to add 1p to income tax bands of Scottish workers to raise £475m to invest in the country's schools.
Mr Rennie told delegates £170m of the money raised would be used to create a "pupil premium" for children who needed extra support.
He said Lib Dems wanted "every individual to achieve their potential".
Holyrood's 2016/17 budget was passed without any tax rises on Wednesday.
Both Labour and the Lib Dems used the budget debate to call for an increase in income tax to protect and invest in services.
In his speech, Mr Rennie said that his party had four priorities for children and young people. They included:
Mr Rennie said that the plans would be paid for by putting one penny on income tax which would "secure a £475m return".
He added that the "pupil premium" would be worth £1,400 for each pupil who needed "extra support at primary" and £900 for "every secondary pupil from a disadvantaged background".
Mr Rennie explained: "Our pupil premium will put money into every classroom. Every school gets money for children from poorer backgrounds.
"That's enough for more teachers for one-to-one help, for homework clubs or for extra equipment.
"That is how you close the attainment gap; by making the investment, by giving the life chances, and by backing your words up with action."
Ahead of addressing delegates at the Assembly Rooms on Friday afternoon, Mr Rennie took part in a BBC news online webchat in which he answered questions from the public.
He confirmed that his penny proposal would apply to all tax payers, including those on the standard rate.
He detailed plans for a Pupil Premium, already in place in England, whereby resources are allocated to schools to assist pupils from deprived backgrounds.
Lib Dem candidates here at conference insist this is beginning to get a good reception on the doorsteps. They admit nobody likes paying tax - but believe the policy can gain traction if it can be guaranteed that the cash goes directly to local schools, not to local authorities.
Mr Rennie confirmed to me in a webcast interview that the policy could not be introduced before 2017 - because the 2016/17 tax rate has just been set by Holyrood. But he said, further, that the 1p levy across all rates would survive even after Holyrood gains the added power to vary changes in taxation between upper and lower rates.
Scottish Ministers have said no to an increase across the bands, arguing that it would be an unfair burden on those on lower incomes. A key battleground, of course, for the election.
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Mr Rennie told BBC Scotland's political editor Brian Taylor: "Because of the personal allowance, and the fact that we raised that personal allowance, you would have to earn over £19,000 to pay more.
"I think that is progressive and fair, because income tax is a progressive tax - those on the lowest income, even those above £19,000, are paying a fraction of what those in positions like myself who are earning a decent salary."
He said it was right that the money raised was spent on education.
Mr Rennie added: "It is a benefit to everyone in society. So, I think we will benefit all round.
"It is a modest contribution we are asking them [standard tax payers] to make for a big return."
Delegates at the two-day gathering will also hear from UK Lib Dem leader Tim Farron who is due to address them on Saturday afternoon.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) say the project will extend the life of the airfield by 25 years.
In preparation, 11 RAF Hawk T2 jets have been relocated from RAF Valley to MoD St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan.
The airbase's Number 4 flying training school (4FTS) will continue to operate.
Citywing passengers flying between Cardiff Airport and Anglesey will land at RAF Mona on the island.
Passengers are being advised to check in at least 45 minutes before departure, due to the temporary changes.
RAF Valley is also being given upgraded taxiways, improved aeronautical lighting and a new perimeter road.
The existing taxiways are thought to be insufficient to handle larger visiting aircraft such as the RAF Typhoon, Hercules or Atlas.
In total, the MoD has pledged over one billion pounds for future training, with the majority of the investment going to Valley.
In future, the Anglesey airbase will also be the home of basic flying training.
The runway will reopen in September and the refurbishment project is due to be completed in February 2017.
Some 40 participants are registered for three days of public hearings in Whitehorse in Canada's Yukon territory.
The inquiry is focusing on the systemic causes of violence against indigenous women as well as on prevention.
A number of families have come out in recent weeks expressing concerns over the inquiry's delays and lack of transparency.
Chief commissioner Marion Buller said the inquiry is listening for both details from families about lost loved ones as well as any patterns or trends that emerge from all the stories.
On Tuesday, the inquiry heard the first of many harrowing and tearful testimonies from families who have lost relatives to violence.
Ms Buller said she hopes the families "gain some closure" by sharing their stories. The community hearings are open to the public unless relatives or other witnesses request privacy.
The federal government has said that some 1,200 aboriginal women have been murdered or gone missing in Canada since 1980, though some estimates put that number as high as 4,000.
Michèle Audette, another of the inquiry's five commissioners, said that "the eyes of the country and the world are watching. History will remember this moment".
Last week, Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde raised issues with the lack of communication with families and First Nations in general by the inquiry.
Families, especially in remote communities, have complained it is difficult to get in contact with the inquiry.
Bill Wilson, a hereditary First Nations chief in British Columbia and the father of federal Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, called the inquiry a "bloody farce" in a Facebook post and said it had "failed miserably" even before public hearings began.
Inquiry commissioners have said they are aware of the concerns and are working on improving communications and re-evaluating the inquiry's timelines.
"I'm interested always in constructive criticism, of ways of doing our work better," Ms Buller said.
The inquiry will last at least two years and cost up to $53.8m (US$40m/£30.8m).
Launching a national inquiry was a key pledge by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, following a growing call from some families, First Nations groups and international organisations like the United Nations.
Five independent commissioners will provide recommendations to deal with violence against the country's indigenous women. They are expected to table an interim report in November.
The Whitehorse hearings will be the only public ones for a while. Commissioners will only begin hearing public testimony again this fall.
Picking their way over smashed glass on the pavement, a group of teenagers walk up to workman boarding up shop windows and offer them free doughnuts.
This is South Florissant Road in Ferguson, home to the Ferguson Police Department, which saw some of the worst violence in the demonstrations on Monday night.
Teams of residents of every age and race have been out since early morning, sweeping up debris and helping secure shops and restaurants for what they fear will be another difficult night.
"I'm nervous," says Gina Walsh who is part of "I Love Ferguson", a voluntary organisation set up after the August demonstrations to help residents and businesses who were affected.
"It was a heartbreaking night to watch everything," she says. Gina says there has been huge support, not just from the local community, but from countries around the world, to help provide food and necessities for those affected by the violence.
Earlier in the day, she says, a man walked into the office and donated $2000 (£1,270).
"We're thankful because it's especially hard for some of the businesses because it's the second time they've been hit," she says.
Gina says she is relieved the National Guard will be posted in Ferguson tonight.
There's palpable anger among many residents over their absence when the grand jury decision was announced on Monday.
"I'm upset, angry and hurt," says Anastasia Knowles who lives a few streets away from where the demonstrators clashed with police.
A mother of two, she watched as her place of employment, the local Walgreen's shop, was set on fire.
"It was surreal," she says. "Now I'm out of work and my kids can't go to school. It's just heartbreaking."
Anastasia cries when she talks to me. Many residents are tearful as they set about securing the main street for what they think will be another night of violence.
Just a short walk away, where shops give way to the affluent detached houses of a mainly white suburb, a resident who declines to give his name is calling around friends making sure they are safe.
"I've lived in Ferguson all my life," he says. "The media hasn't helped us and the government isn't going to help us. They are going to sit back and watch it burn, like they did last night."
The man, who is white and in his 50s, says he believes most of the trouble was caused by people from out of town.
"Personally I think the citizens of Ferguson, black, white or whatever, should find them and put some lead into their head," he says, before driving away.
But a few metres away, past manicured lawns and wind chimes hung from trees, another resident, Jen Maxedon, is more conciliatory.
The mother of three who has lived in Ferguson for 13 years says still loves her community.
"We're here for the diversity. I want my kids to experience it. I didn't want them growing up in 'greener pastures'," she says, referring to suburbs without any black residents.
Jen also believes the trouble was caused by people from outside Ferguson.
She says she can understand the pain of Michael Brown's family, and especially his mother, but the answer is not to say all white people are bad.
"I don't know what it's like to be a black person in a racially diverse community," she says.
"I have friends who are bi-racial couples and sometimes they get stopped by police and I get that," she says.
"But I also know and love many police officers who are good people."
Like last night, Jen is planning to leave home with her husband and children and stay with friends.
"It's not worth staying just to protect our TV," she says.
Anastasia says she plans to stay at home, but listen to the police scanner and evacuate by car if the protests get too close.
But another resident, Trell, a black man in his 30s, tells me he will be out with the protesters.
"Some of the white people here are not racist," he says. "But most of them are."
"Look at the old houses here," he says pointing to homes with plaques showing the date they were built. A hundred years ago, he says, these homes would have had black people working in them. "And things haven't changed much since then."
As the afternoon sun creeps towards the horizon, the group of protesters outside the Ferguson Police Department begins to grow.
The National Guard has now arrived and around twenty of them stand in a row facing the demonstrators, their riot visors pulled up from their faces.
"I hope people realise you don't get anywhere with this violence," says Gina Walsh from the "I love Ferguson" campaign headquarters across the road.
"We are decent folks who live here."
As the night draws in, the folks of Ferguson finish boarding up their businesses and move back to their homes.
They hope they wont see another night like Monday, but they fear Ferguson will be the centre of protests for many nights to come.
Kirk Watson, of Aviemore, was part of a small team working with Cairngorms-based firm Mountain and Water Safety Specialists on the fantasy adventure.
Mr Watson said the team and cast made long treks to locations in Scotland for stunts, including one on a cliff edge.
Members of the same team also worked on the films Prometheus and 47 Ronin.
These films - the first directed by Ridley Scott and part of the Alien movie franchise, and the second starring Keanu Reeves - involved scenes on Skye.
The safety specialists, led by Liam Irving and Graeme Douglas, also worked on Gerard Butler's new film The Keepers, which was made in south west Scotland.
Stunts performed in Scotland for the Guy Ritchie-directed King Arthur involved its lead, Charlie Hunnam.
Mr Watson, who is originally from Torphins in Aberdeenshire, said: "On King Arthur we started filming at The Devil's Pulpit near Glasgow.
"This involved a huge amount of rigging and rope work.
"We arrived before the crew to make the gorge safe first then the crew arrived and we rigged massive lights near the edges, set up Tyroleans (a rope system for crossing a space) to get equipment across the gorge and winch systems down into the gorge to get camera equipment and other kit down there.
"Lots of rope systems were set up round the edge of the gorge to keep grips tied on in case they slipped while concentrating on the camera cranes."
He added: "Down in the gorge those of us with experience of working in the sea and white water rapids put on dry suits to work with the stunt team and crew in the water."
Mr Watson said the filming done in the water was for scenes involving a plunge down a waterfall and a fight between Hunnam and giant beasts.
"Next to Torridon," said the climber and drone pilot, who five years ago was involved in making the first fictional feature film to be shot in Antarctica, a horror flick called South of Sanity.
"In Torridon, we had winch systems set up through very steep rocky ground to get kit up to the cave."
Mr Watson added: "The stunt team were doing some full-on rolls on a cliff top so we rigged systems to safeguard them and the small camera team on the cliff edge. They swapped in and out with Charlie.
"We also did some scenes on Beinn Bhan with Charlie hanging out right on the edge of the cliff.
"There was lots of humphing heavy kit up here to set up a big crane."
The safety team's last location was that poster isle of the film industry - Skye.
The Misty Isle has been appeared in a swathe of recent movies, including the upcoming Transformers: The Last Knight.
Mr Watson said: "We filmed on The Quiraing, one of the best-known features of the landscape of Skye.
"We had some extra Skye locals here as there was a fair distance to carry all the kit.
"We shot a bunch of scenes and our job was mainly looking after folk on the steeper ground and carrying kit up the bits that most folk needed hands to get up."
Looking back over the experience on the King Arthur movie, Mr Watson said: "The crew were a great bunch of folk.
"Guy Ritchie was on the shoot each day and Charlie was our only actor for the Scottish bit. He's a very sound and down to earth guy.
"The director of photography, John Mathieson, I have worked on a few jobs with and been on hikes in Scotland with. He is a good crack.
"John, who filmed Gladiator and Hugh Jackman's recent Wolverine film Logan, always seems keen to film in Scotland."
In return, there would be guaranteed payments to companies which produced vitally needed new antibiotics.
There are currently very few new antibiotics in development amid a global spread of resistant bacteria.
The proposals are in a report by a UK government-appointed review team headed by economist Jim O'Neill.
Mr O'Neill said: "We need to kick-start drug development to make sure the world has the drugs it needs, to treat infections and to enable modern medicine and surgery to continue as we know it."
He has previously warned that drug-resistant microbes could kill 10 million people a year worldwide by 2050 and cost $100 trillion in lost economic output.
Resistant strains of bacteria are spreading globally, threatening to make existing drugs ineffective.
A global innovation fund of $2bn over five years would be used to boost funding for "blue-sky" research into drugs and diagnostics - with much of the money going to universities and small biotech companies.
One promising area of research concerns so-called "resistance breakers". These are compounds that work to boost the effectiveness of existing antibiotics - a far less costly approach than attempting to discover entirely new drugs.
Helperby Therapeutics, a spin-out company founded by Prof Anthony Coates, St George's, University of London, has created a resistance breaker that acts against the superbug MRSA.
The compound, known as HT61, will shortly go into clinical trials in India, where it is being developed under licence by Cadila Pharmaceuticals India.
The review team said this kind of research could benefit from the innovation fund and could be the key to making existing drugs last longer.
Mr O'Neill said the big pharmaceutical companies should pay for the fund and look beyond short-term assessments of profit and loss.
Formerly chief economist with the investment bank Goldman Sachs, Mr O'Neill drew parallels between the banking crisis and the looming catastrophe of a world where antibiotics no longer worked.
He said big pharma needed to act with "enlightened self-interest" because "if it gets really bad, somebody is going to come gunning for these guys just how people came gunning for finance".
Mr O'Neill was speaking to the BBC's Panorama programme, which has spent six months following the work of the review team, filming in India, the US and UK.
Mr O'Neill was appointed last year by Prime Minister David Cameron to head the review into antimicrobial resistance - which already claims an estimated 30,000 lives a year across Europe.
Many large companies have pulled out of antibiotic research.
The report says this is partly due to the uncertain commercial returns for new antibiotics.
New drugs are often kept in reserve for years, to preserve their potency, by which time they may be nearing the end of their patent.
After this expires, cheaper generic versions are available.
In order to incentivise drug development, the review team says, there should be lump-sum payments to companies that create proven new antibiotics.
This would break the link between the profitability of a drug and its volume of sales.
The review team predicts its proposals could lead to 15 new antibiotics a decade, of which at least four should be "breakthrough products" targeting the bacterial species of greatest concern.
It estimates the cost of guaranteed payments for these drugs would be $16-37bn over a decade but says this is a small price to pay given that antibiotics are essential to so many aspects of healthcare, from common infections, to surgery and cancer treatment.
It is nearly 30 years since a new class of antibiotics - meaning a group of drugs with an entirely novel action - was introduced.
But this decades-long drought could be over as a result of a breakthrough recently announced by US scientists.
A team at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, has discovered 25 potential new antibiotics, all of them derived from soil microbes.
One of them, teixobactin, is effective against both tuberculosis and MRSA.
The drug is being developed by NovoBiotic Pharmaceuticals and should go into patient trials within two years.
Prof Kim Lewis, of Northeastern University, who co-founded the company, told Panorama: "We think there could be thousands more antibiotics in the soil, yet to be discovered."
There are still many uncertainties.
Teixobactin has yet to undergo patient trials, and it is at this stage that many promising drugs fail.
Nor is it effective against bacteria such as E.coli and Klebsiella, which are responsible for a huge proportion of resistant infections.
But the Boston team's discoveries are the type of innovative research many scientists believe essential to ensure we do not run out of effective antibiotics.
Patrick Vallance, GlaxoSmithKline's president of pharmaceutical R&D said that, as one of the few companies still conducting antibiotic research they welcomed the report: "We are very encouraged by the ideas it sets out to modernise the economic model to encourage investment in research and ensure reasonable returns."
Prof Dame Sally Davies, chief medical adviser to the UK government, said: "We have to respond to the challenge of antimicrobial resistance by making sure we secure the necessary antibiotics for generations to come, in order to save millions of lives and billions of pounds."
Panorama: Antibiotic Apocalypse is on Monday 18 May on BBC ONE at 20:30 BST or you can catch up oniPlayer.
The 21-year-old was found unconscious in Cowick Street, Exeter, at around 04:20 BST on Saturday.
He was taken to The Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital with serious head and neck injuries.
Four men have been arrested on suspicion of assault causing grievous bodily harm in connection with the initial assault.
Muir broke the British indoor record over 5,000m in Glasgow on Wednesday night and will enter the mixed 4x1km race at Holyrood.
In 2016, the Dundee Hawkhill athlete finished seventh in the 1500m Olympic final, broke the British 1500m record twice and won the Diamond League title.
"To captain a British Athletics team is a great honour," she said.
"We've fantastic cross country runners in both senior and younger age groups."
Team leader Spencer Duval added: "Laura enjoyed a terrific 2016 in the sport, and as both an Olympic and World Championships finalist in the last two years she now holds a level of experience that will allow her to lead the team by example."
Sir Mo Farah competes for Britain in the men's 8km race and Gemma Steel and Steph Twell take part in the women's event over 6km.
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British team
Senior Men
Ben Connor (coached by Spencer Duval)
Ellis Cross (Mick Woods)
Sir Mo Farah (Alberto Salazar)
Alex George (Paul de-Camps)
Dewi Griffiths (Kevin Evans)
Callum Hawkins (Robert Hawkins)
Charlie Hulson (Steve Vernon)
Mahamed Mahamed (Peter Haynes)
*Jack Martin (David Turnbull)
*Graham Rush
Jonny Taylor (Gordon Surtees)
Andy Vernon (Nic Bideau)
*Replacements for Ross Millington (illness) and Adam Hickey (injury)
Senior Women
Charlotte Arter (James Thie)
Lauren Deadman (Bill Foster)
Claire Duck (Mike Baxter)
Rachel Felton (Christopher Frapwell)
Emily Hosker-Thornhill (Mick Woods)
Jessica Judd (Mick Judd)
Rebecca Murray (Alex Stanton)
Georgina Outten (Andrew Walling)
Beth Potter (Mick Woods)
Gemma Steel (Rob Denmark)
Steph Twell (Mick Woods)
Pippa Woolven (Luke Gunn)
Junior Men
Scott Beattie (Mike Bateman)
Hugo Milner (Chris Woodhouse)
Jonathan Shields
Sam Stevens (Alan Maddocks)
Sol Sweeney (Catriona Helen Tavendale)
Alex Yee (Kenneth Pike)
Junior Women
Phoebe Barker (Richard Owen)
Cari Hughes (Andrew Walling)
Harriet Knowles-Jones (Paul Roden)
Amelia Quirk (Beverly Kitching)
Erin Wallace (Dudley Walker)
Victoria Weir (Simon Anderson)
Mixed 4x1km Relay
James Bowness (William Parker)
Laura Muir (Andy Young)
Charlene Thomas (Aaron Thomas)
James West (George Gandy)
Manga, 28, joined Cardiff in September 2014 from French club Lorient on a three-year deal and has played over 70 games.
The Gabon international has been asked to take a pay cut to remain at the club and Warnock is pessimistic.
"I can't see Bruno staying," Warnock said.
"I haven't given up hope of signing him I just think it will be very difficult with his agent.
"His agent was supposed to come last week but he didn't turn up and they're not making any overtures they want to stay.
"I think we will regret it if he leaves."
Manga, 28, played in Cardiff's 1-0 defeat at Championship play-off hopefuls Sheffield Wednesday on Good Friday.
Warnock was disappointed with the result which saw them remain 14th in the table.
"I don't know how they've come away with a win if I'm honest. It's really baffling me," Warnock said.
"In the end they were the long ball merchants and I thought we tried to play some controlled stuff in the second half.
"We couldn't get that goal and when we needed bravery at the end we didn't get it and we've ended up losing and a long trek back."
The vessel was operating off the North Korean coast for several days when it disappeared, a paper with close links to the US military says.
The accident comes at a time of heightened tension in the region as South Korea and the US continue their largest-ever military exercise.
North Korea has issued another threat of war over the drill.
It said it was prepared to launch a pre-emptive strike in response to any sign that an invasion was being prepared.
According to the US Naval Institute journal, officials said the US Navy was tracking the submarine when it suddenly disappeared.
It says the North Korean military operates a fleet of about 70 submarines ranging in sizes.
The US military had observed the North Korean navy searching for the missing submarine, CNN reports.
BBC Korea correspondent Stephen Evans says North Korea has two submarine bases on the eastern coast, facing Japan, and the submarine was thought to have been operating near these bases.
If the North Korean submarine has sunk, it is not known if its difficulties were connected to the current stand-off between North and South, our reporter says.
Security tensions have increased since the North tested a nuclear device in January.
Can South Korea defend itself?
Dealing with the North: Carrots or sticks?
How advanced is North Korea's nuclear programme?
Earlier this week, North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea a few days after threatening to launch a "pre-emptive nuclear strike of justice" against the US and South Korea.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un also claimed scientists had developed nuclear warheads small enough to fit on ballistic missiles.
Many analysts think this capability could still be several years away.
Nadal and Federer both endured five-set matches in their semi-finals.
The Spaniard, 30, has won 23 of his 34 meetings with the 35-year-old Swiss, including an unforgettable victory in the 2008 Wimbledon final.
"People from outside our world talk about this, and that's good for our sport," said Nadal.
"The combination of two styles makes the matches really special," he added.
The head-to-head history also favours Nadal by six wins to two in Grand Slam finals and three to zero at the Australian Open. But the 14-time Major winner says that Sunday's final meeting will take their rivalry into new territory.
"That was a long time ago. It is a different match, a different moment for both of us. This match is completely different than what happened before," Nadal added.
"I really don't think about what happened in the past. I think the player who plays better is going to be the winner."
Both Nadal and Federer ended their 2016 seasons early after suffering injuries.
A knee problem kept Federer out of action in the wake of his Wimbledon semi-final defeat by Milos Raonic, while Nadal was sidelined by a wrist injury that forced his withdrawal from the French Open.
Federer travelled to Nadal's home town of Manacor in Majorca for the opening of his rival's tennis academy in October.
"That was amazing. I have said hundreds of time, but I can't stop saying thanks because it was very emotional for everybody," recalled Nadal.
"In that moment, for sure, we never thought that we have the chance to be in a final again."
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On Friday the Spaniard beat Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6-3 5-7 7-6 (7-5) 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 in almost five hours to reach a first Grand Slam final since 2014.
While Federer was also extended over five sets in his semi-final, the Swiss will have had an extra day to recover from his win over countryman Stan Wawrinka.
Nadal was in a similar situation in 2009 when he recovered from a gruelling five-hour win over Fernando Verdasco in the last four to beat Federer in the final in Melbourne.
"That is what I am going to try. I did it in 2009, but I am eight years older," Nadal said.
"It is true that if you play a match like I had today, probably you are at a disadvantage. But that's a special situation. I cannot complain about that. I think it is good.
"But now is not the time to talk about that. It is time to be happy, very happy."
Under the guidance of Andy Murray's former coach Dani Vallverdu, Dimitrov has risen to number 15 in the world from 40th in July.
Having pushed Nadal all the way, he believes his Australian Open campaign is a strong base to build his season on.
"It's never easy to lose a match like that. I'm happy, though, with a lot of things. I'm going to stay positive and keep my head up high.
"I'm competing great. Physically I'm getting there. Despite the disappointment, that's going to feed me, I think, for the upcoming events."
While refusing to predict the result, the Bulgarian said that Sunday's final would be a "freakin' amazing" match.
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Last summer she won the country's first Olympic swimming gold and became the nation's biggest female sports star.
That hype could now reach dizzying new heights after she secured the world 100m breaststroke title and a world record in Barcelona this week.
Yet the teenager has an escape from the adulation in her homeland in an unlikely place - Plymouth.
Meilutyte lives in the south west of England after moving over in 2010 to train.
"I couldn't have achieved my dream if I'd stayed in Lithuania and that is quite sad," said the teenager.
At a time when British swimmers are struggling internationally, some have speculated that Meilutyte could be tempted to switch allegiance. It appears there is no chance.
"I'm really grateful to Britain for providing me with the facilities, but it's not like I'm going to change my nationality," she said.
"I will always represent Lithuania as it's my country and I love it, but when I swim I also represent Plymouth, so credit goes to them as well."
Her resolve, which belies her tender years, can perhaps be traced back to her difficult upbringing.
Born in the country's second-largest city, Kaunas, to a far from affluent family, her mother, Ingrida, was killed on a pedestrian crossing when Meilutyte was just four.
Her father, Saulius, worked abroad during most of her childhood to provide for his family. The young Ruta was raised predominantly by her grandmother until she reached her "terrible teens".
At this point, it was decided it would be better for her and her swimming career to relocate to the United Kingdom to be with her father.
Saulius, who was doing maintenance work at the pool where the Plymouth Leander Swimming Team are based, convinced head coach Jon Rudd to let her come for a trial that summer. The rest is history.
"She was clearly a talented kid," reflected Rudd. "She was a freestyler and I thought it was nice, but it was immediately apparent that there was something pretty special about her breaststroke.
"You don't look at someone at the age of 12 and think there's an Olympic champion, but her breaststroke kick was very, very good.
"She was also athletic in her build, so we thought we had a good club swimmer on our hands who we could nurture and develop."
Such was Meilutyte's talent that a deal was struck between the Lithuanian Olympic Committee and Plymouth College, which specialises in educating and training elite athletes like diver Tom Daley.
The two parties agreed to split the £8,500-per-term fees, allowing the swimmer to immerse herself in the swimming programme.
On going back home after winning gold: "It was crazy. I got straight off the plane and they dropped me straight to the city centre and it was full of people and I freaked out and was like what?! It was insane. I was just thinking, 'how is this possible?' I never ever expected it.
"It was weird, no-one knew me before the Olympics and then one day later suddenly something happens and everyone knows you."
Since then, an has brought fame and a high-profile sponsorship deal, but Meilutyte has not used these perks exclusively for her own benefit.
She regularly sends money back to Lithuania to help support her elderly grandmother and also her brothers' education.
"She sees what she can achieve in this sport as not a responsibility but a really good way of helping her family and providing them with some of the things that they need," Rudd said.
"Ruta knows she has this God-given talent and this ability and fantastic work ethic to go with it. Therefore, she's able to cement a better future for her family with what she has achieved.
"She takes great pride in being able to do that for her family and so that shows what a fantastic character she is. For someone so young to feel that way is perhaps more admirable than winning an Olympic gold medal."
Meilutyte is nothing but modest when pressed on the subject.
"There have been hard times and there have been good times," she said.
Meilutyte: "Basketball is always going to be the number one sport in Lithuania. I love it. too, but swimming is getting a bit more recognition now.
"In the September after winning Olympic gold, all of the pools were crowded with loads of people wanting to swim and get involved which was great. Finally people are understanding the sport, that it's hard work and lots of effort goes into it.
"There's also a lot more people coming to see me at competitions now - Lithuanians who live all over the world - which for me is great."
"All of that toughens you up as a person and as an athlete.
"My dad and grandmother always wanted me to be real, appreciate things in life and show values they have taught me. I am thankful for that.
"Without my family, I would be nothing and I think they helped me to become who I am today."
Taking on such responsibility at a young age could be seen as even more pressure, but Rudd said: "She's one of the most determined and single-minded people I've ever met."
This was clear in the hours after the teenager had edged her way to victory by 0.07 seconds over her idol and multiple Olympic champion Rebecca Soni at the London Aquatics Centre last summer.
Rudd and Meilutyte had completed their post-race interviews, attended the official medal presentation, gone through anti-doping tests, a further round of interviews and meeting the Lithuanian president, before finding their way back to the athletes' village.
"You know that's just the first one don't you?" she told Rudd while tucking into a well-deserved ice cream.
Meilutyte will hope to add to her World Championship medal collection when she completes in the 50m breaststroke event over the weekend. But Rudd is cautious about further events for Rio 2016.
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"Do you try to secure one gold medal in Rio or do you go for a range and end up with two bronzes?" he said.
"She loves swimming freestyle and the 200m individual medley is something she does for a bit of fun and to release some of the expectation and pressure.
"One thing in my mind for certain is I won't allow anything to compromise success in the 100m breaststroke."
Rudd sees plenty more to come in that event, despite his protege powering to a world record time of one minutes 4.30 seconds earlier this week.
"There wasn't a perfect race in any of her three races," Rudd concluded. "There was a poor finish, a poor turn and a poor start, but that gives us something to work on.
"She wants to put that right and when she does I think she'll be the first girl under 64 seconds."
Scully joined the BBC as a freelance journalist in 1965 and hosted the BBC's Nationwide before presenting Antiques Roadshow with Arthur Negus from 1981.
He resigned from the BBC One show in 2000 to join an internet auction company launching an antiques business.
Former Nationwide presenter Sue Lawley remembered Scully as a "great talent" who was "fun-loving" and most proud of his interviews with Margaret Thatcher.
Peter Salmon, who was controller of BBC One between 1997 and 2000, said Scully's "incredible" 19 years at Antiques Roadshow had won him "a special place in the hearts of so many".
He added: "Hugh was a great servant of the BBC for more than 30 years. He was a wonderful journalist and presenter.... he will be sadly missed."
Scully left Antiques Roadshow because it was feared his new role would jeopardise the programme's reputation for not favouring the expertise of any one auction house.
At the time of his departure, he described the programme as always "a delight and one of the best jobs in broadcasting".
Scully interviewed Baroness Thatcher in 1993, following the publication of her memoirs.
Recalling his first meeting with the former prime minister ahead of the interviews, he told The Independent, he feared things had gone awry.
"She really wasn't interested in the programmes. I would have expected a lot of questions about what was involved. I went away thinking the meeting hadn't gone well."
Scully's son Oliver said his father had died on Thursday afternoon while watching television at his Cornwall home.
Sue Lawley, who worked with Scully on Nationwide and before that at the BBC in Plymouth, added: "He was a very good presenter - he did the most marvellous pieces for camera and he could write, which was terrific.
"His greatest coup, in his view, was when he persuaded Mrs Thatcher to give him the series of programmes they went on to do together on the Downing Street years.
"In the end he and Mrs Thatcher became firm friends."
Henry Sandon, who worked with Scully on Antiques Roadshow, said he had had an "immense ability to drink wine" and was "always happy, jolly and wonderful".
He added: "I shall never forget the chap, he was ever so marvellous."
Corrigan produced a superb display with a 1-11 tally in Fermanagh's comfortable 1-17 to 0-10 win in the Division two clash at Brewster Park.
The two points boost Fermanagh's prospects of avoiding relegation.
Antrim had a tougher test in Ruislip and Kevin O'Boyle's early goal proved decisive as they edged the Exiles to clinch a 1-11-0-11 victory.
The visitors were pushed hard by a determined London side, with the teams tied on three occasions, all in the second half, until Antrim pulled away with four of the final five scores to take a three-point win.
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London bagged two early points but O'Boyle's goal handed Antrim a lead they wouldn't relinquish until the ninth minute of the second half.
Antrim led 1-5 to 0-7 at the interval before London seized control on the restart, but a string of black cards threaten to derail the quality of football on show.
McBride went for Antrim, while Cormac Coyle, Moyles and Adrian Hanlon were dismissed for the hosts - all in a 15-minute spell.
The sides were tied at 0-10 to 1-7 following Hanlon's dismissal with 11 minutes remaining.
Conor Murray took control with two impressive points from play, and Antrim stayed ahead until the end, with strong pressure on their defence late on, to remain unbeaten.
Corrigan confidently rifled the ball to the roof of the Laois net after 12 minutes and scored 1-8 in the first half in a great team display by Fermanagh.
With regular free-taker Sean Quigley suspended, Corrigan stepped up and converted seven out of nine kicks.
It was Fermanagh's 11th game in a row unbeaten at home and could go closer to securing their league status with a win over Ulster rivals Cavan next Saturday.
Fermanagh held a 1-10 to 0-4 advantage at half-time but the second half was a non-event, with Laois lethargic and disinterested.
Their manager Mick Lillis was sent to the stand by referee Marty Duffy early in the second half.
The hosts led 1-17 to 0-6 with eight minutes to go and took their foot off the gas, allowing Laois a mini reprieve and they kicked the last four points.
WEEKEND ALLIANZ FOOTBALL LEAGUE RESULTS
Sunday
Division 1
Roscommon 1-12 0-06 Down
Kerry 1-13 1-08 Donegal
Monaghan 1-12 2-11 Mayo
Division 2
Fermanagh 1-17 0-10 Laois
Galway 0-15 1-12 Meath
Division 3
Tipperary 2-11 0-12 Offaly
Kildare 1-11 1-10 Limerick
Clare 1-18 0-10 Westmeath
Sligo 2-09 1-17 Longford
Division 4
London 0-11 1-11 Antrim
Leitrim 0-16 2-09 Louth
Wicklow 0-14 0-17 Carlow
Saturday
Division 1
Dublin 2-14 2-10 Cork
Division 2
Cavan 3-18 0-10 Armagh
Tyrone 2-15 0-12 Derry
Division 4
Waterford 0-11 0-12 Wexford
The author created a letter, written by Paddington to his Aunt Lucy, specially for BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
In the letter, Paddington tells of a theatre visit to watch Hamlet and a trip to a Michelin star restaurant - both of which meet sticky ends.
Hugh Bonneville, who plays Mr Brown in the Paddington movie, recorded a reading of the story for Today.
"I'm sorry to have to say it, but people aren't as polite as they used to be and sometimes they are hard to understand," Paddington writes.
"For instance, I was taken to the theatre recently and a man came on the stage in a terrible state. 'To be or not to be,' he said. 'That is the question.' Nobody called out, so I shouted 'We don't know the question either,' and everybody started booing me!"
In an interview with Today's John Humphrys, Bond said his character started life as a doodle and he had never intended to write a book.
"I had a blank sheet of paper and a typewriter," he said. "I looked around the flat and caught sight of this bear I bought and it crossed my mind I wonder what it would be like if a real bear landed on Paddington station.
"I didn't intend to write a book at all which was a plus, because I wrote it to please myself.
"I put in things like a duffle coat I was wearing at the time and an old government surplus hat - and in 10 days I had what turned out [to be] a book on my hands."
The author also revealed he was "halfway" through writing a new Paddington story.
"I love writing about Paddington because he makes me laugh sometimes because he's so optimistic," he said, adding: "I shall carry on writing the books as long as I can."
Bond's creation has now been given the big screen treatment, and has been a hit at the UK box office.
The 88-year-old said he thought producers had "done a terribly good job with the film".
"What is very nice is it's terribly true to the spirit of the books," he said.
"I was a bit nervous about it in the beginning because if you've written about a bear called Paddington as I have for years and years it's like having a child - you're a bit nervous if he goes out in to the world and what's going to happen to him.
"But I shouldn't be nervous because he's got his feet firmly on the ground."
Ibehre was dismissed for a high boot on Matty Pearson but an FA panel rescinded the sending off after a club appeal.
"It goes without saying that we think the correct outcome has been reached," boss Keith Curle told the club website.
"Ultimately we had to play over 90 minutes with only 10 men, but that's been and gone now. The positive to come out of it was how the team responded."
PC Kevin Duffy, 52, should have known Bijan Ebrahimi was in danger in July 2013 but refused to speak to or visit him, Avon and Somerset Police said.
He and PCSO Andrew Passmore, 56, were convicted of misconduct in public office last month.
Both have been dismissed this week, Avon and Somerset Police said.
Iranian-born Mr Ebrahimi, who was registered disabled, was wrongly suspected of being a paedophile by his neighbour Lee James.
He had called police to report being assaulted by James, days before he was attacked and killed outside his flat in Capgrave Crescent, Brislington.
Bristol Crown Court heard last month Mr Ebrahimi had called the non-emergency 101 number 12 times, trying to get police to investigate the assault.
The court heard he told one operator: "My life is in danger. Right now a few of my neighbours are outside and shouting and calling me a paedophile. I need to see PC Duffy."
But the trial learned that Duffy regarded Mr Ebrahimi as a "liar and a nuisance" and never went to see him, instead requesting Passmore conduct "a bit of a foot patrol" in the vicinity.
Passmore was convicted of misconduct in a public office for falsely claiming to have spent an hour patrolling the area.
James went on to kill Mr Ebrahimi and set fire to his body. He is serving a life sentence for murder.
Duffy and Passmore have not yet been sentenced.
In separate misconduct hearings held on Friday, Avon and Somerset Police said Duffy was found guilty of gross misconduct and dismissed without notice. Passmore was dismissed at a hearing earlier this week.
They are two of 18 officers and staff facing misconduct proceedings over the case.
Greg Clark said this statement of the government's objectives had helped persuade Nissan to boost its investment in the UK, securing thousands of jobs.
Ministers have been under pressure to clarify the "support and assurances" Nissan said it received.
Labour said Nissan had been told more about the Brexit strategy than MPs had.
Opposition parties have called on the government to spell out to Parliament what it wants to achieve from its Brexit talks before they formally begin.
And speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr show, Mr Clark was asked how he had persuaded Nissan to build the new Qashqai and the X-Trail SUV at its Sunderland base.
The Japanese company's commitment to Britain's biggest car plant had been in doubt following the referendum on EU membership.
Mr Clark said he had assured Nissan that Britain would be "a great place to do business in the future".
The business secretary was unexpectedly candid after days of calls for clarity about what guarantees the government had given the car maker.
As Mr Clark detailed the letter he wrote to Nissan's chief executive he provided further insight into the government's approach to its Brexit negotiations - at least insofar as the car making industry was concerned.
He signalled that ministers would seek tariff-free trade with other EU countries, and would provide support to ensure the industry remains "competitive" in Britain.
All this sounded a lot more like the "running commentary" on Brexit the government had been trying to avoid - a feature that may become more common as ministers come under pressure to ward off business uncertainty ahead of the negotiations.
While formal negotiations with the EU have not yet begun, he said: "I was able to convey what our demeanour would be, in those negotiations."
He said it would not be in either side's interests for tariffs to exist in the motor industry, adding: "So what I said is that our objective would be to ensure that we have continued access to the markets in Europe and vice versa without tariffs and without bureaucratic impediments and that is how we will approach those negotiations."
Pressed on the contents of the key letter he sent to Nissan, Mr Clark said that as well as seeking a "common ground" in Brexit talks, it included commitments to continue to make funds available for skills and training, to "bring home" elements of the supply chain which had migrated overseas, to support research and development, and to keep the UK car industry competitive.
He suggested the assurances would apply to the whole of the UK's car sector but added that "it's not general".
Since the announcement of Nissan's investment on Thursday, Labour has been calling for details of the promises made to the company and for similar assurances to apply to other industries.
Labour's shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer said it was "extraordinary" that Mr Clark had revealed more about the government's Brexit plan than it had disclosed to Parliament.
He told ITV's Peston on Sunday: "It's not just this deal that we need to know about - it's what happens to the other businesses.
"Businesses are talking to me all of the time and they are very worried about what happens to them.
"They want to trade on the same terms and if there is a deal that's good enough for Nissan they are saying, and it's quite understandable, 'well, we want broadly the same deal for us'."
Mr Starmer said the government was refusing to reveal its Brexit plan to MPs, "but they told Nissan part of the plan and it's in a letter and the sooner we see that letter the better".
Sean Sands, 49, of Heacham in Norfolk, was pulled unconscious from the sea off Hunstanton and airlifted to hospital in King's Lynn, where he died on 7 March.
Assistant coroner David Osborne opened the inquest in Norwich on Wednesday and set the hearing for 6 July.
Mr Sands was a member of Hunstanton Sailing Club.
In a statement released at the time of his death, the club said: "Sean lost control of his kite and for reasons not known to us yet, was unable to trigger his emergency quick release.
"Hunstanton Sailing Club have lost a true brother, a friend to so many and one of life's genuinely effervescent characters."
Yet the job looks like the more prosaic business of renting out office space, which he doesn't even own.
By doing that the smart way, he's getting rather rich, through his company he founded five years ago, Rocket Space. The value is in creating a network - or what the Scottish entrepreneur likes to call "the ultimate tech eco-system".
This brings early stage technology firms into one space, where they can spark off each other.
Once there, he provides a service more than a space, intended "to remove friction - just keeping everything out of the way which isn't core to their business.
"A lot of that would be introductions to lawyers or accountants or real estate people, or capital or corporations."
Think of it as an office water-cooler, with something special in the water. That would help explain how this company has been the stable from which 16 unicorns have emerged. That's companies worth more than $1bn (£765m).
A further 33 are worth more than $100 million (£76.5m).
That has earned Rocket Space a reputation that brings the big corporates calling.
To ease their search for innovative ideas, big companies are willing to pay a lot of money to Rocket Space for access to the tenants in its San Francisco office. Half the income comes from the access fees they're charged.
From the perspective of the young technology company, Duncan Logan explains that an Initial Public Offering - or a stock market float - has become more difficult, or at least less attractive.
To scale up the company and to give it reach, 40% of new funding comes from big corporates. And being sold to a big investor is the path taken by around 90% of graduates from Rocket Space.
So while renting out office space sounds like the less lucrative or glamorous end of Silicon Valley, this company's reputation has this month secured a $336m (£257m) investment from Chinese firm HNA Group.
That still leaves the 44-year old founder with most of the equity in Rocket Space, while providing him with the capital he needs to build a similar centre in London and another in China.
"It is all about quality, and as soon as we drop that quality bar, the whole concept sort of falls away," says Logan.
"The very best entrepreneurs and the very best start-ups want to hang out with the other top quality people. So we get 25 to 30 applications a week and we will cherry pick the best companies out of those applications."
What's the secret to spotting a unicorn at birth? If he knew the answer, he says, that's what he'd be doing. But he observes that the successful ones tend to have ideas that look ridiculous at the start.
That way, others are not attracted in to that market space and they have the time and space to grow to unicorn maturity.
The downside, as Logan found with a previous tech venture that failed, is that no-one in Silicon Valley wanted to tell him that his idea was not going to work. No-one wanted to be the one who rubbished a subsequent success.
The successful companies are very focussed on culture, he adds.
"They have an incredible focus from day one on the quality of the talent that they bring in. They are probably the most ruthless at people putting applicants through interviews.
"Then, there's operational excellence. It is all very well having a fantastic product or service, but a lot of start-ups die because they can't keep up with the growth that they see in the marketplace."
The new finance and the Chinese investors will help open up opportunities for Rocket Space in China, where Logan wants to open a tech centre, and where he wants to draw on the investing eco-system to benefit his US clients.
He also plans to open a London office in 2017. And while he has no plans, yet, to extend that to his native Scotland, he is impressed by the growth of unicorns such as Skyscanner.
In any case, Edinburgh now has a privately-run business, CodeBase, which aspires to provide a similar platform for its tech business tenants.
The experience of growing a big tech success spins out people to build new companies. The key is to find people who aren't content to sit back and enjoy the enormous wealth they have created, but who want to dive back in and re-invest in new companies.
With an agriculture degree from Aberdeen University, Duncan Logan had to leave Scotland in his 20s to achieve his ambitions.
But he reckons that might not be necessary for a tech entrepreneur now. What he sees happening in Scotland now is "super-exciting".
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Born with arthrogryposis, which inhibits the movement of all four limbs, Bayley underwent 12 agonising bone-breaking operations as a child to re-shape his feet.
I just knew that there was something inside him that was always going to cope and he would come out fighting
Then, at the age of seven when he and his family thought they were finally through the worst years, came the devastating diagnosis of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
"Chemotherapy was really tough, I went through a lot of pain and hardship as a kid and I kept having setbacks," Bayley told BBC Sport.
"I got infections, ulcers and had to keep going back to hospital. Sometimes I felt like giving up.
"At that age, though, I still don't think I understood just how bad it was. If I got it now I would probably freak out and be really scared!"
To help distract Bayley from the torturous treatment and aid his active rehabilitation, his grandmother bought him a table tennis set.
Fifteen years on, that path took him to the Paralympic podium in London where he collected individual silver and team bronze.
"It's weird really, it's like it was meant to be," he said.
"It's strange to think what I would have been doing if it wasn't for that [cancer], because table tennis is my life."
Bayley believes these experiences developed his "unrivalled winning mentality" - something he aims to utilise this week when bidding to retain the European crown he first claimed two years ago.
Gold medals and the pursuit of world number one status are a far cry from the struggles of his early years.
"We knew from a scan before he was born that his feet were really bad," said his mother Chrissie - who has a milder form of arthrogryposis.
"It was desperately heartbreaking because you would go through anything rather than see your child suffer."
The condition runs in Chrissie's side of the family, affecting her feet and her brother's hands.
"The only way they could get his foot flat was to pin and cement it to the floor," she said. "The next stage would have been to take off [amputate] from the knee down which would have been the worse possible scenario. Fortunately it worked out."
"The strength of my family carried me through the really tough times."
Will Bayley
Due to his numerous operations, Bayley spent much of his childhood at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital, but visits became even more frequent in 1995.
A course of antibiotics to treat an 'inflammation' in Bayley's neck failed to remove a lump, but a subsequent second-opinion, scan and biopsy brought the correct diagnosis.
"We were asked if we wanted Will to be one of 10 children used as guinea-pigs where he would be given chemotherapy that had never been tested on children before," Chrissie said.
"They weren't sure of the long-term consequences to kidney, muscles around the heart and even puberty as it was a stronger dose - usually for adults - but we agreed to it."
Chrissie admits it was an "intense" six-months but that she always believed her son had the fight to come through the ordeal - even though he had the occasional doubt.
"We were just watching the television one day and he said 'I don't want to do this anymore,' but then asked me 'will I die if I stop?' and I said yes," recalls Bayley's mother.
"The next morning when I got up, he was already sat by the door with his bag packed ready to go [for treatment]."
Losing his hair was a difficult side-effect to the procedure for Bayley to cope with, but time in hospital offered some reprieve to the self-consciousness he felt in public.
"He was much happier when he got back to hospital because then he could take his cap off like everybody else so he fitted in better then than he did at school," said Chrissie.
Will added: "I quite enjoyed being in hospital, even though I felt awful at the time, because there were loads of kids going through similar things and we all played and painted together."
He was finally given the all-clear around 18 months after the initial treatment and began playing table tennis regularly.
It remained a hobby rather than a career until Bayley moved from his home in in Tunbridge Wells and joined the British disability table tennis team in Sheffield ahead of the Beijing Paralympics.
He was eliminated in the group-phase in China, but after learning to remove any 'showboating' from his game, he went on to claim his maiden European crown in 2011.
"I like entertaining the crowds and when I'm playing table tennis I want people to say 'wow, this is great' and enjoy watching me play," said Bayley, who spent two years studying at the 'BRIT School' for Performing Arts.
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"I understand now that the most important thing is winning and if I can entertain whilst I'm winning, that's even better."
Bayley's energetic and passionate celebration after winning his semi-final encounter in London became one of the iconic images of the 2012 Paralympics.
However, his emotions were a stark contrast to when he was denied gold by Germany's Jochen Wollmert.
"It was really tough to lose the final," admitted the 25-year-old.
"I respect Jochen, he's a great champion but I feel like I'm the better player and I'm now really hungry for success."
Bayley, who also claimed bronze as part of the GB men's team event, continued; "I always have that drive because I know how lucky I am to be here [after overcoming cancer].
"I want a gold in Rio," he concluded.
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The 30-year-old left-armer, who has taken six wickets in two matches for Middlesex, has sustained a stress fracture to his pelvis.
The club say the injury requires a minimum of six weeks' rest.
"Losing Mitchell is a big blow for us," Middlesex managing director of cricket Angus Fraser said.
"He is an outstanding white-ball bowler that brings variety, skill and nous to any side he plays for.
"Finding a replacement of similar quality at such short notice is proving extremely difficult."
A letter signed by leaders from cities including Birmingham, Cardiff and Glasgow said a vote to leave would put cities in "serious economic danger".
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell and ex-PM Gordon Brown will talk about how EU funds have helped UK cities later.
But Vote Leave said the cities had prospered "in spite of" EU membership.
How trade and the UK's economy are affected by membership of the EU.
"Leaving would be a grave threat to our local economies, risking people's jobs and livelihoods," the letter from the Core Cities group of councils said.
"If we vote for Brexit, it will be those at the sharp end - working people, not the leaders of the leave campaign, who will pay the price.
"A vote for Remain is a vote for prosperity and progress for Britain's cities.
"A vote to leave is a vote for serious economic danger. It is simply not worth the risk."
The 10 signatories are from Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield.
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The Core Cities letter continued: "Across our ten cities and their surrounding regions, EU membership has created 63,000 jobs and protected another 16,800.
"It has provided £1.8bn of investment to help grow our urban economies, including vital infrastructure from tram lines to trunk roads.
"Together, our urban areas already deliver more than half the UK economy, and it is obvious to us that the economic fortunes of our great cities and the millions of people who live in them are closely linked to the future of the continent and its cities."
Later, Mr Brown and Mr McDonnell will share a stage in Manchester and argue that billions more in EU funding could become available to improve infrastructure in industrial and former industrial areas if Britain stays in.
Mr Brown will say: "In the 1980s the Tories turned our industrial heartlands into industrial wastelands.
"Their ideology was that there was no such thing as society and everyone was on their own.
"What stood between our communities and further devastation was the European structural funds, regional funds and social funds that Tory Brexiteers would now cut.
"European money is necessary for renovation, renewal and regeneration - and right across the North, Scotland and Wales it is still vitally needed now."
Vote Leave said a UK government could continue to guarantee the cities the funds that currently came from Brussels.
Chief executive Matthew Elliott said: "These are desperate times for the In campaign - recycling a declaration of support that was first made in February and then repeated again in April.
"The truth is that the UK's cities have prospered in spite of our EU membership, not because of it.
"Every week we send £350m to the EU, enough to build a fully-staffed NHS hospital.
"Our cities would benefit hugely if we took back control of this money and spent it on our priorities - such as public services and infrastructure - instead."
Christopher Richardson-Blake, 32, of Redbridge, Peterborough, was contracted to carry out electrical work at Abingdon police station.
Oxford Crown Court heard he fitted a camera in the women's changing room at the station to record officers getting changed.
Richardson-Blake admitted voyeurism and will be sentenced on 3 April.
He was ordered to sign the sex offenders register by Judge Patrick Eccles QC.
The court heard how Richardson-Blake recorded others "doing private acts" for his own sexual gratification or for that of a third party.
He also admitted stealing a laptop belonging to Thames Valley Police from the station in Colwell Drive.
It was subsequently discovered at his home.
Supt Andy Boyd said: "This was a particularly brazen offence in which Christopher Richardson-Blake installed a camera in a female changing room.
"This demonstrated a complete lack of respect and a deliberate intrusion into their privacy."
Forty prisons in England and Wales have been told to raise their "operational capacity" in the next two months, according to documents seen by the BBC.
All but six of these are running at full capacity or are overcrowded.
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling said he was taking "sensible steps to make sure we can accommodate everyone".
The prisons affected include Bedford, Durham, Leeds, Leicester, Lincoln and three facilities in London - Brixton, Pentonville and Wandsworth.
The jails have been told they need to find accommodation for 440 more prisoners, in total.
This figure represents about 0.5% of the prison population of 85,410. On average, the 40 prisons affected will have to find space for an additional 11 inmates each.
BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw says it will be very difficult for prisons to deal with any increase in inmates.
Several facilities are already at 150-160% capacity, he says. And Wandsworth prison has nearly 1,600 inmates in cells designed to hold about 900.
He adds that the order to take in more prisoners is very embarrassing for the Ministry of Justice, which has closed 16 jails in the past four years.
A further two prisons were converted to immigration removal centres, after prison population forecasts suggested numbers would stabilise or rise only slowly.
Mr Grayling said he was making "no apology that we are sending more criminals to prison" because "that's what the public want".
He said: "We have had a small increase in [the] prison population in [the] last few months. And as a result we've opened up some of our reserve capacity.
"We're also opening 2,000 additional adult male prison places over [the] next nine months as part of my commitment to ensure we go into [the] next election with more adult male places than we inherited in 2010."
Shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan said the government should accept that the decision to close prisons had been wrong.
"Because of ministers' incompetence they've created an acute shortage of space.
"Their latest desperate measure is to stuff more and more prisoners into already dangerously overcrowded prison cells. But a quart into a pint pot won't go.
"This type of environment will do nothing to rehabilitate prisoners or to reduce crime."
But prison reform campaigners called on politicians of both sides to "wake up to the damage they are doing".
"Solutions lie not in warehousing more people or exploiting fear of crime but in authoritative leadership to ensure that offenders make amends to victims, break addictions and take responsibility for their lives," said Juliet Lyon from the Prison Reform Trust.
And the Prison Officers Association described the development as a "fiasco".
It said emergency measures were also being put in place to recruit staff after thousands of prison officers took voluntary redundancy.
Retired officers and those who have recently left the service are being offered short-term contracts to re-join until the end of the year.
President of the Prison Governors Association Eoin McLennan-Murray said he had been told to find space for an extra six prisoners at Surrey's Coldingley Prison, where he is governor, which he was doing by putting extra beds in cells designed for two people.
Other jails are likely to fit twin beds in single cells.
Mr McLennan-Murray, speaking on behalf of the PGA, said the prison population was now expected to rise by 1,000 more than earlier projections.
"All the planning assumptions are based on smaller population projections."
Speaking in his capacity as head of the association, he said this issue combined with prison staff shortages, a new prison regime and increasing numbers of assaults and incidents, was creating a "perfect storm".
"All of these things will de-stabilise prisons," he said.
"I struggle to recall a time when there were so many issues and problems."
Wayne Stirrups from Canterbury in Kent told his family he was going to Cardiff to visit his sons, but has not been seen since 17 November.
Family and friends of the 30-year-old travelled to Cardiff on Sunday to raise awareness of his disappearance.
Mr Stirrups' brother Jason said: "We're all lost without him, we know he's in a bad place right now."
He said they have put up more than 1,200 posters in Cardiff, Bristol and London over the weekend.
Mr Stirrups said: "He's not only my brother, he's my best friend.
"He's there for not only me but pretty much anyone who needed him at a drop of a hat.
"He's a complete joker and is always making people laugh and smile."
He added: "I can't begin to explain what a great dad he is to his boys, to the extent he gave up his life in Kent to go be a stay at home dad in Bristol.
Mr Stirrups said their family needed him to contact them "to let us know he's safe".
Mike Beavis is a close friend of Wayne Stirrups.
He said a group of about 25 people travelled to Cardiff after there had been reported sightings of Mr Stirrups in the city centre.
They went to a pub to watch CCTV footage and to the police station.
As well as hanging posters, leaflets were handed out to the public encouraging them to use social media to help find their friend using hashtags #letsfindwayne and #whereswayne.
"He is a happy, bubbly guy who makes friends wherever he goes," said Mr Beavis.
"What's going on now is extremely out of character."
Wiltshire firm Eat Square started making "square pies" earlier this year.
But the phrase is a registered trademark of London-based Square Pie, which has taken action to protect its intellectual property rights.
Alex Joll, from Eat Square, said: "We have to stop calling them square pies, so from now on they're just pies."
Based in Bradford-on-Avon, Eat Square was set up in 2014 with the idea of offering "square meals" including square pies.
But in July, Mr Joll said it was a "bit of a shock" when he got a letter telling him to "stop using Eat Square, Square Pie or anything to do with square".
"We've taken every reference to square pies off our website - there's pictures of square pies but we don't call them square pies," he said.
"We'll also be finding out next month if we can keep our name Eat Square, but we'll keep making square pies and that's the main thing."
Martin Dewey, the founder of Square Pie in London, said it had no objection to Eat Square making and selling square-shaped pies.
He said the dispute was over the adoption of "branding and associated language" which had various trademarks in place.
"I had no reply from Eat Square when I wrote informally and sadly have had to use legal methods," he said.
"There's more than enough pie lovers to go round, without trying to pass off people's branding and goodwill built up over 15 years of very hard work."
Three kidnappers took Ogere Siasia from the family home in Bayelsa state in the oil-rich Niger Delta.
Her son appealed for her release, and said the gunmen's motive was unclear.
The BBC's Chris Ewokor in the capital, Abuja, says kidnapping, often for ransom, is common in parts of Nigeria and footballers' families are increasingly becoming targets.
Nigeria international Christian Obodo was abducted in Warri, southern Nigeria in June 2012.
A year earlier, the father of Nigerian footballer and Chelsea player John Obi Mikel was kidnapped in Jos, central Nigeria.
"I only beg them to please release her unhurt. I was told they shot sporadically into the air before taking her away on a motorcycle," Samson Siasia told BBC Sport.
"We've not heard from them to know their motive, but right now I'm only concerned about her safety," he added.
Mr Siasia was in The Gambia at the time of the attack as the coach of the Nigerian Under-23 team, preparing for the Confederation of African Football Under-23 Championship in Senegal later this month month.
The Nigerian Football Federation's president Amaju Pinnick also appealed for the kidnappers to release Mrs Siasia.
"Samson is on a critical national assignment presently and the last he needs is this kind of distraction," he said.
On Tuesday, services from Norwich, Ipswich, Clacton-on-Sea, Colchester and Braintree to Liverpool Street were hit by delays of at least 90 minutes.
The delays were due to a signalling fault in the Chelmsford area.
The MPs believe the economy of the region is damaged by rail delays.
Simon Wright, Liberal Democrat MP for Norwich South, said the region had "challenges dealing with an aging infrastructure".
"We need deeper investment. It's a long term investment challenge but we need to get to grips with it now or it will never happen."
Mr Wright's call for investment was backed by local Conservative MPs Chloe Smith, Simon Burns and Richard Bacon.
Ms Smith, the representative for Norwich North said the region's businesses and economy were being held back by a lack of investment in rail services, while Mr Burns, the MP for Chelmsford, said a "total upgrade of the track" was needed.
A Department for Transport spokesman said the government was spending more money than ever before on rail improvements, but added that the budget for rail improvements had been allocated until 2019.
In February, the 24-year-old triggered a clause in his one-year deal by making 25 appearances, keeping him at the club for next season.
Now he has agreed terms for the following campaign, with Thistle holding the option to add a further 12 months until May 2019.
Booth has played every minute of every game for the Jags this season.
However, the booking picked up in Tuesday's 1-0 win over Dundee United means he will miss the first post-split fixture through suspension.
Booth began his career at Hibernian and moved to Thistle on loan in January 2015 before making the switch permanent once his contract at Easter Road expired.
Striker Mathias Pogba also triggered a new one-year deal after coming on as a substitute for his 25th appearance against United.
The 25-year-old Guinea international joined Thistle in the summer after leaving Crawley Town.
A spokesman for the UN's mission in Mali, Minusma, told the BBC that six of the wounded were in an "extremely serious condition".
He added that UN forces had faced "increased attacks" this week.
The UN mission took over responsibility for security in northern Mali last year after French troops forced Islamists from key towns.
Minusma said that the landmine detonated on Tuesday between 11:00 and 12:00 local time (11:00-12:00 GMT), about 30km (19 miles) from the town of Kidal, on the road to Aguelhok.
The latest attack is one of several on UN forces in recent weeks.
On Monday the UN's base in Aguelhok came under mortar fire and in a separate attack, four civilian contractors for the UN were injured when their vehicle drove over a landmine.
No-one has claimed responsibility for the most recent attacks on the UN, reports the BBC's Alex Duval Smith in Bamako.
But on Sunday, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb said it had been behind a series of attacks in July and August in the Timbuktu region, our correspondent adds.
France intervened militarily in Mali last year in a bid to drive out Islamists who had taken advantage of an uprising by Tuareg rebels in the north of the country.
The latest attack comes as peace talks resume in Algeria between Tuareg rebels and Mali's government.
However, the talks do not include groups demanding Islamic rule.
The hosts had trounced the Scots 4-0 in the reverse fixture, but a repeat never looked likely as Jane Ross headed home Emma Mitchell's cross for the opener.
Fanndis Fridriksdottir's miscued effort crept past Gemma Fay for the equaliser.
But Caroline Weir hit the post before Ross converted a penalty for her second after Lisa Evans was felled in the box.
It was Ross' 10th of the campaign and her 46th for Scotland in her 95th international.
The win drew Scotland level on 21 points with Iceland, who finished top of Group 1 courtesy of their better head-to-head record.
It was a victory the Scots merited against their higher-ranked opponents and one that should give them even greater confidence going into the tournament in the Netherlands next summer.
Coach Anna Signeul had spoken of the need for her players to show they could compete with more physical teams like Iceland - and they more than matched their opponents in Reykjavik in terms of physicality and technical ability.
Iceland had not conceded a goal in their previous seven qualifiers but any thoughts of finishing the campaign with an unblemished record ended when Mitchell's pin-point cross from the left saw Ross head past Gudbjorg Gunnarsdottir.
The Scots were playing with a poise and authority that may have been the result of already being assured of qualification.
But they were caught out just before the break when Fridriksdottir stole into the box and though she sliced her attempted cut-back, the ball spun past Fay and, despite Mitchell's attempts to clear, crossed the line.
Scotland were unfazed by that setback or the noisy home support and almost took the lead again a minute into the second half when Weir cracked a 25-yard shot against the base of the post.
But the second goal arrived in the 56th minute when Evans exchanged passes with Ross and was then tripped by Sara Bjork Gunnarsdottir.
Ross showed why she is Scotland's leading scorer in qualifying with a confident spot-kick, sending Gunnarsdottir the wrong way.
The win might have been even more emphatic if Evans had not clipped the bar after rounding the keeper.
Scotland came under considerable pressure in the closing quarter of the match but Fay was never seriously troubled as the visitors rounded off their successful campaign in style.
Iceland Women: G Gunnarsdottir, Viggosdottir, Gunnarsdottir, M Vidarsdottir, Brynjarsdottir, Gisladottir, Jensen, E Vidarsdottir, A Kirstjansdottir, Thorvaldsdottir, Fridriksdottir. Substitutes: Sigurdardottir, Atladottir, Jonsdottir, Magnusdottir, M Signurdardottir, Larusdottir, Honnudottir.
Scotland Women: Fay; Smith, J Murray, Beattie, Mitchell; L Ross, Love, Weir, Lauder, J Ross, Evans. Substitutes: Lynn, Crichton, C Murray, Arnot, Clelland, Brownlie, Brown.
The 30-year-old moved to Leigh in November on a two-year contract after his release by Salford following a "disciplinary procedure".
Chase won the 2011 Man of Steel while at Castleford, also earning his 11 England caps during a four-year stay.
The New Zealand-born stand-off scored two tries in his five appearances for the Centurions this season, with his last appearance on 1 May.
"He came to Leigh and wanted to fall back in love with the game," owner Derek Beaumont told BBC Radio Manchester. "He came from a difficult situation from Salford and it's proven hard to do that.
"He's had a couple of things that have been made available to him as an opportunity and there are a couple of options he can explore outside of the game.
"He came and spoke to me and felt it was in his best interests if he was given that opportunity and I've accepted that."
Leigh signed Australian former London Broncos half-back Josh Drinkwater this week from West Tigers until the end of the season.
Movistar rider Quintana, 26, finished in the bunch in Sunday's final stage to maintain his lead of one minute 23 seconds over Team Sky's Froome.
"It is a dream come true. I have a huge amount of respect for Chris Froome and he for me," Quintana told Eurosport.
Orica-BikeExchange's Magnus Cort Nielsen won the 104.8km stage in a sprint finish in Madrid.
The win is Movistar rider Quintana's second in a Grand Tour after his 2014 Giro d'Italia triumph.
Esteban Chavez, riding for Orica-BikeExchange, finished third, 4:08 behind compatriot Quintana.
Sunday's 21st stage from Las Rozas was a largely processional stage for Quintana, who repelled Froome's attacks and finished two seconds ahead in Saturday's summit finish.
Three-time Tour de France champion Froome, 31, admitted stage 15 cost him his chance to become the first man to win the Tour and Vuelta in the same season since Bernard Hinault in 1978.
Froome lost 2:40 to Quintana after missing a surprise early breakaway as his main rival extended his lead to 3:37.
Although Froome regained 2:16 in winning the stage 19 time trial, Quintana held on to win the third and final Grand Tour of the season.
"What happened on stage 15 possibly cost me victory but we will learn from that," said Froome.
"One of the things that makes cycling so special is that it can change in the blink of the eye. That's racing."
He added: "This is a gruelling race and I have enjoyed it. "I'm thrilled with how the season has gone - it's been my most successful to date.
"It has shown me that it is possible to win two Grand Tours in a year and maybe that is something I will look to do next year."
1. Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den/Orica-BikeExchange) 2hrs 48mins 52secs
2. Daniele Bennati (Ita/Tinkoff) same time
3. Gianni Meersman (Bel/Etixx - Quick-Step)
4. Kristian Sbaragli (Ita/Dimension Data)
5. Nikias Arndt (Ger/Giant-Alpecin)
6. Lorenzo Manzin (Fra/FDJ)
7. Romain Hardy (Fra/Cofidis, Solutions Credits)
8. Jhonatan Restrepo (Col/Team Katusha)
9. Rudiger Selig (Ger/Bora-Argon 18)
10. Salvatore Puccio (Ita/Team Sky)
1. Nairo Quintana (Col/Movistar) 83hrs 31mins 28secs
2. Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) +1mins 23secs
3. Esteban Chaves (Col/Orica-BikeExchange) +4mins 08secs
4. Alberto Contador (Spa/Tinkoff) +4mins 21secs
5. Andrew Talansky (US/Cannondale) +7mins 43secs
6. Simon Yates (GB/Orica-BickExchange) +8mins 33secs
7. David de la Cruz (Spa/Etixx - Quick-Step) +11mins 18secs
8. Daniel Fernandez-Moreno (Spa/Movistar) +13mins 04secs
9. Davide Formolo (Ita/Cannondale) +13mins 17secs
10. George Bennett (NZ/LottoNI-Jumbo) +14mins 07secs
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France will not be competing in the Four Nations in October, having lost to Scotland at the 2014 European Cup.
A weakened French side were also beaten 84-4 by England in October 2015, ahead of next year's World Cup in Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and Australia .
"We've got loads of young players but they don't really know where to go," Larroyer told BBC Radio Humberside.
"We are all divided. I think we need to work with each other to be strong, to work together and try to improve rugby league in France because I really think we've got potential."
"We need a strong French championship as well to try to give some new players to Catalans Dragons or give a chance to go to [League One side] Toulouse as well or to go and have a crack in Super League."
It is one which is very much alive in Kent, where 20% of pupils still go to grammar schools.
The growing population and rising demand for places has led many Kent grammar schools to expand.
This reflects the national picture. Although the number of grammar schools has remained stable for decades, the number of pupils has risen.
Kent County Council, one of the largest local authorities in England, says there is no more room for popular grammars in Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells to expand.
That's why the council has been supporting the creation of an annexe of Weald of Kent girls' school in Sevenoaks - a town that has no grammar school of its own. It is a controversial step.
In an alternative approach, the town's Knole Academy has created its own "grammar stream". According to head teacher Mary Boyle, this is not just a "top set", but grammar school teaching.
She has promised parents and pupils they will study academic subjects "with rigour" and "in depth". Her grammar stream pupils are aiming at the best universities, including Oxford and Cambridge.
In recent years, grammar schools have increased their reach.
In 1985 there were 175 grammar schools across England, educating 3.2% of the population.
By last year there were 163, but they educated 5.1% of secondary school pupils.
According to opinion polls, support for grammar schools remains constant.
A recent YouGov survey, published in The Times, indicated that 54% of people said they would support a new grammar in response to "demonstrated local demand". If elected, UKIP has promised a grammar school in every town.
The former education secretary Michael Gove did not support the creation of new grammars - instead he focused on improving non-selective schools. In the past, Prime Minister David Cameron has not supported grammars either - seeing them as divisive.
However, he said recently that all good schools - including grammars - should be able to expand. The current Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has yet to make a decision.
Parents in Sevenoaks have been campaigning for many years for new grammar provision in their town.
Sarah Randall, a teacher living in Sevenoaks, has two older children who go to school in Tonbridge every day.
Her daughter, aged 12, travels by bus. That can take 80 minutes each way. Her son, aged 13, takes the train. The journey takes less time - between 40 minutes and an hour - but it costs £500 a year.
The children have a lot of homework, and the travel means they have little time for extra-curricular activities during the week.
Their schools take pupils from many miles away - one of her daughter's friends has a journey of two hours each way.
It can be hard for them to see each other, even at weekends. However, their schools are among the very best in the country, with excellent exam results. Many pupils go on to leading universities.
Ms Randall hopes her younger daughter, who's nine, could benefit from the new grammar annexe and believes it would be a "positive move".
"Many parents would support it," she says.
Sarah Shilling, of the Sevenoaks Grammar School Campaign, believes parents would welcome a new girls' school, "but we're only half way there. To get the whole way we need our boys catered for, too."
Many opponents of grammar schools - like Sir Michael Wilshaw, the Ofsted chief inspector - nonetheless support streaming within schools, teaching by ability groups.
In Sevenoaks one multi-ability school is using this approach to challenge the grammar schools on their own turf.
In a year eight art class at Knole Academy, 13-year-old Mustafa works on a piece of pop art.
He tells me he's only just arrived at the school, he had been at one of the most selective grammars in Kent.
He doesn't see any difference at all: "We're learning the same things. I think this school might even be better." He'd had a long journey to school before, taking two trains. Now it is a quick bus ride.
Mary Boyle, tells me that initially parents were sceptical.
"When we set it up we invited prospective parents to come along. We had three turn up. But now we have over 100 people applying every year."
She believes the 11 plus exam unfairly decides a child's future.
"I think children are badged when they're told they've failed the 11 plus - and also when they're told not to bother sitting it at all. So you're deciding a child's future when they're barely 11".
The advantage of Knole Academy is that children get a second chance.
Georgia, 14, failed the eleven plus by just a few marks in Maths, so she came to Knole.
After a year, she was promoted into the grammar stream. Now she's hoping to be a solicitor, and would like to go to Cambridge.
"I've slowly worked my way up and I'm on target to get good grades in my GCSEs" she said.
"I wouldn't change my school for the world."
As yet no pupils in the grammar stream have sat any public examinations: Georgia's year will be the first to sit GCSE.
Many parents remain sceptical.
"Generally speaking, if a child passes the 11 plus both the child and their parents want to go to a grammar school" said Sarah Randall.
"And in Kent there is the 11 plus - it's not going away. Given that, and the increasing population, it seems crazy that there isn't another grammar school being built in Sevenoaks".
The leader of Kent County Council, Paul Carter, has urged the education secretary to approve the new grammar school annexe quickly. He says it could cost his council £4.5m if it does not go ahead.
Contractors are already working on the site, which will also house a new free school.
Mr Carter says the decision to build both schools together had been agreed with the Education Funding Agency, a branch of the Department for Education.
Some doubt whether a new site 10 miles away from the main school, along a busy main road, can really be seen as an extension.
Robert McCartney QC, chairman of the National Grammar Schools Association, believes it cannot, and that it will, in effect, be a new school.
But he would like to see the law changed so that new grammars can be set up. "That applies to all other types of school," he says, "why not grammars?"
After 30 March the so-called election "purdah" prevents the government from making announcements about new or controversial matters.
If the annexe is approved, it would send a positive signal to other schools and other local authorities seeking to expand their grammar provision.
Labour believes approval would show the Conservatives have moved to the right of the political spectrum.
"David Cameron once said that selective education was unpopular with parents and that parents did not believe it was right for children to be divided into successes and failures at 11," said Tristram Hunt, the shadow education secretary.
"But now his government looks set to sign off on the first new grammar school in 50 years. Not even Margaret Thatcher approved the expansion of selective education. This is more evidence that he has abandoned the centre ground."
You can hear Sanchia Berg's report on the Today programme on Monday 2 March from 06:00 GMT on BBC Radio 4.
The stretch between junctions 44 (Swansea East) and 48 (Pontarddulais) currently has two lanes each way.
But Swansea council leaders want it increased to three, to help cope with more traffic pressures from thousands of new homes being built in the area.
The Welsh Government, which controls the M4, said it could not comment.
Swansea's local development plan has homes earmarked for both the Penllergaer and Pontarddulais areas which would be built by 2025.
Council leader Rob Stewart stressed he wanted to avoid potential traffic issues.
"We are talking about putting an extra lane in," he said.
"The Welsh Government does have extra capital means in the settlement and we need to make a bid for them.
"I've already indicated to the first minister we will be coming to them with a request.
"The houses are not going to be built overnight but its about having a prepared plan for the residents around them."
The M4 reduces from three lanes to two at junction 38 (Port Talbot) and remains that way until the motorway ends at junction 49 (Pont Abraham).
However, Stuart Cole, professor of transport at the University of South Wales, does not support extra lanes on the motorway.
"The answer is not to add another lane," he said.
"There's no justification in my view for building another two lanes on that motorway.
"The evidence suggested to me is that traffic is coming through drivers trying to get from one side of Swansea to another and trying to avoid the centre where there's serious congestion."
Prof Cole said he believed "high quality, high frequency" buses which operate from large satellite park and rides on various outskirts of the city would work better,
The aim would be for them to run daily from 06:00 to midnight.
"It works in Dublin and it works in Edinburgh so why can't it work in Swansea?" he added.
A Welsh Government spokesman said they would not be able to comment until Swansea council has discussed its future development plans in detail with them.
The 35-year-old former All Black King starts at centre for Scarlets against Newport Gwent Dragons, while 18-year-old wing Cowley is on the bench.
Cowley joined the Welsh region in the summer after moving from New Zealand.
"It's been good to train alongside dad and get to know him a bit more," Cowley told the Scarlets website.
"It's also been really good to see how good he is at his job and to learn from him."
Cowley was brought up in Australia and moved back to Hamilton in New Zealand at the age of 16.
He agreed a three-year deal with the Scarlets academy in the summer and has played two games for Llandovery in the Principality Premiership this season against Aberavon and Newport.
Speaking to a New Zealand television station earlier this month, King said he had not seen Cowley play rugby "since he was about 10".
The pair now share a house, something King said was a pleasant experience.
"It was a good thing really because I've hardly spent time with him and now we get to spend all the time together," he said.
"It's a bit different though having someone on the wing call me dad… made me feel really old."
King first joined Scarlets from Stade Francais in 2005.
He left Scarlets for Clermont Auvergne in 2011 and returned to west Wales ahead of the 2014-15 season.
Cowley is looking forward to joining his father on the pitch.
"It'll be awesome just to be in the 23. A lot of boys are hoping to play for this team so it's awesome to get a shot," he said.
"It'll be really good to be on the pitch with the old man but also just get out there and have fun."
All Leisure Holidays (ALH), which owns Swan Hellenic and Voyages of Discovery, went into receivership on Wednesday.
An emergency meeting was called earlier between Portsmouth International Port and its owner Portsmouth City Council.
But council leader Donna Jones played down the impact on the city, saying port fees from the company represented less than 1% of the port's turnover.
She said: "We're talking just over £100,000 here so it's not going to be a massive blow to the city council or for the port.
"Our cruise business is a very small part - less than 10% - of the turnover for Portsmouth International Port."
According to the port's website, the two affected ships - Minerva and Voyager - represented 19 of the ports 46 cruise bookings for 2017.
The £16m cruise terminal, which opened six years ago, is used by a number of other operators, including Saga, Viking Ocean Cruises and Fred Olsen.
ALH's vessels were the port's most frequent cruise visitors - Minerva was due to call at Portsmouth 11 times in 2017 and Voyager - eight times. Other operators' vessels are each due to visit one to three times this year.
Ms Jones said the council would be putting in a claim to the company's administrators for loss of revenue, having signed a three-year contract with All Leisure Holidays in 2016.
Port harbourmaster Rupert Taylor said: "The port remains committed to establishing and developing its cruise business. With its first-class facilities, great transport links and reputation for excellence we are confident it will remain a popular choice for cruise companies and passengers."
About 400 holidaymakers were left stranded and about 150 people lost their jobs when ALH ceased trading.
Future bookings for about 13,000 people have also been cancelled.
Mr Brzezinski "passed away peacefully" in Virginia on Friday evening, his daughter Mika said on social media.
President Carter paid tribute to him as a "superb public servant".
After leaving office, Mr Brzenzinski worked as an author and academic into his 80s, endorsing Barack Obama and becoming a vocal critic of his successor, President Donald Trump.
One of his last tweets, sent in February, dryly noted: "Do we even have a foreign policy right now?"
The "inquisitive and innovative" son of a Polish diplomat, Mr Brzezinski was a "natural choice" as national security adviser, Mr Carter said in his tribute.
"He played an essential role in all the key foreign policy events of my administration, including normalisation of relations with China, signing of the SALT II treaty [on arms control], brokering the Camp David Accords [on Middle East peace], and the Panama Canal treaties, among others," he wrote.
"He was brilliant, dedicated, and loyal, and remained a close adviser to my work at The Carter Center. I will miss him."
During the Iranian hostage crisis, Mr Brzezinski was also a leading force behind the failed US commando rescue mission, having come to believe negotiations would not work.
After President Carter lost to Ronald Regan in 1981, Mr Brzezinski turned to other things, including becoming a consultant on international affairs and a senior adviser for the Georgetown Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
He also taught American foreign policy at Johns Hopkins University.
Sharing a picture of her father on Instagram, Ms Brzezinski, a journalist, wrote: "He was known to his friends as Zbig, to his grandchildren as Chief and to his wife as the enduring love of her life.
"I just knew him as the most inspiring, loving and devoted father any girl could ever have."
The pair made the decision following a discussion with head coach Stuart Lancaster shortly after returning from international duty in South Africa.
"I cannot thank them enough for the support they have given me and this young squad," said the England boss.
Position: Fly-half
International debut: v Romania, November 2001
Caps: 38
Points scored: 269 (8 tries)
Saracens fly-half Hodgson, 31, made 38 international appearances while Bath hooker Mears, 33, won 42 caps.
"Both Charlie and Lee in the last six months have been outstanding senior players," added Lancaster. "With 80 caps between them they have a vast amount of experience and that has been invaluable.
"I had chats with both of them in South Africa and our thoughts were not too dissimilar - that if we are building a team for 2015 then, just as we did in January, we have to decide on which players will take us forward and be in the mix in three years' time."
Position: Hooker
International debut: v Samoa, November 2005
Caps: 42
Points scored: 5 (1 try)
For Hodgson, the decision brings to an end an 11-year Test career with England after making his debut in 2001, when he scored 44 points against Romania.
He toured South Africa with England earlier this month but failed to win a place in the match-day squad for any of the three Tests, with Owen Farrell and Toby Flood ahead of him.
"I have been very proud to represent England over the last 11 years," said Hodgson.
"Wearing the shirt has always been the highest honour for me, not least in the last six months, and no one would want to give that up."
Bydd pencadlys newydd S4C wedi ei leoli o fewn yr adeilad, sy'n cael ei ddatblygu gan Brifysgol y Drindod Dewi Sant.
Mae Dyfodol i'r Iaith yn honni bod y llywodraeth yn ystyried cyfrannu at yr adeilad o gyllid Gweinidog y Gymraeg, ac mae'r mudiad am weld yr arian yn cael ei gadw at brosiectau sy'n hyrwyddo'r Gymraeg.
Mewn datganiad mae'r llywodraeth yn dweud nad oes unrhyw benderfyniad wedi ei wneud.
Ar raglen y Post Cyntaf BBC Radio Cymru fore Gwener dywedodd Prif Weithredwr Dyfodol i'r Iaith Ruth Richards: "Mae angen gwarchod arian sydd wedi ei glustnodi ar gyfer y Gymraeg, ac mae angen gwneud hynny am fod yna gymaint i'w wneud.
"Mae'r llywodraeth ei hun gyda strategaeth y Gymraeg uchelgeisiol iawn, ac felly da ni'n codi'r mater yma fel mater o reidrwydd, fod yr arian yma yn cael ei warchod, a bod yna ddim cynsail yn cael ei osod, fod hwn yn bot o arian mae modd ei ail gyfeirio ar fympwy.
"Mae rhaid i'r arian yma gael ei glustnodi yn uniongyrchol tuag at hyrwyddo'r Gymraeg."
Mewn datganiad dywedodd llefarydd ar ran Llywodraeth Cymru: "Ar hyn o bryd nid oes unrhyw benderfyniad wedi cael ei wneud am gymorth.
"Bydd unrhyw gymorth gan Lywodraeth Cymru yn dibynnu ar achos busnes manwl a chymhellol sy'n mynegi tystiolaeth o'r manteision economaidd, diwylliannol ac ieithyddol y datblygiad ac yn dangos pam mae angen arian o'r sector cyhoeddus i gyflawni."
Mae BBC Cymru wedi gofyn i Brifysgol y Drindod Dewi Sant am ymateb. Doedd S4C ddim am wneud sylw.
The "body on a chip" project replicates human cells to print structures which mimic the functions of the heart, liver, lung and blood vessels.
The organs are then placed on a microchip and connected with a blood substitute, allowing scientists to closely monitor specific treatments.
The US Department of Defense has backed the new technology with $24m (£15m).
Bioprinting, a form of 3D printing which, in effect, creates human tissue, is not new. Nor is the idea of culturing 3D human tissue on a microchip.
But the tests being carried out at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine in North Carolina are the first to combine several organs on the same device, which then model the human response to chemical toxins or biologic agents.
The modified 3D printers, developed at Wake Forest, print human cells in hydrogel-based scaffolds.
The lab-engineered organs are then placed on a 2in (5cm) chip and linked together with a circulating blood substitute, similar to the type used in trauma surgery.
The blood substitute keeps the cells alive and can be used to introduce chemical or biologic agents, as well as potential therapies, into the system.
Sensors which measure real-time temperature, oxygen levels, pH and other factors feed back information on how the organs react and - crucially - how they interact with each other.
Dr Anthony Atala, institute director at Wake Forest and lead investigator on the project, said the technology would be used both to "predict the effects of chemical and biologic agents and to test the effectiveness of potential treatments".
"You are actually testing human tissue," he explained.
"It works better than testing on animals."
A group of experts from around the US is involved in putting together the technology, which will carry out toxicity testing and identification.
The funding for the project was awarded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), a division of the US government which combats nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.
The tests being carried out at Wake Forest "would significantly decrease the time and cost needed to develop medical countermeasures" for bioterrorism attacks, said Dr Clint Florence, acting branch chief of vaccines within the Translational Medical Division at DTRA.
Wake Forest said it was able to test for antidotes to sarin gas, recently used against civilians in Syria.
Dr Atala, whose field is regenerative medicine, said the bioprinting technology was first used at Wake Forest for building tissues and organs for replacement in patients.
His team had managed to replicate flat organs, such as skin, tubular organs such as blood vessels, and even hollow non-tubular organs like the bladder and the stomach, which have more complex structures and functions.
But building solid organs like the heart and the liver is the hardest challenge yet.
It takes about 30 minutes just to print a miniature kidney or heart, which is the size of a small biscuit.
"There are so many cells per centimetre that making a big organ is quite complex," Dr Atala told the BBC.
But the bioprinting of full size solid organs might not be far away.
"We are working on creating solid organ implants," said Dr Atala.
In their terror, the elephants must have sought safety in numbers - in vain: a thick trail of blackened blood traced their final moments.
In December, nine elephants were killed outside the Tsavo National Park, in south-eastern Kenya. This month, a family of 12 was gunned down in the same area.
In both cases, the elephants' faces had been hacked off to remove the tusks. The rest was left to the maggots and the flies.
"That is a big number for one single incident," said Samuel Takore of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). "We have not had such an incident in recent years, I think dating back to before I joined the service."
Mr Takore joined in the 1980s, and his observations corroborate a wider pattern: across Africa, elephant poaching is now at its highest for 20 years.
During the 1980s, more than half of Africa's elephants are estimated to have been wiped out, mostly by poachers hunting for ivory.
But in January 1990, countries around the world signed up to an international ban on the trade in ivory. Global demand dwindled in the face of a worldwide public awareness campaign.
Elephant populations began to swell again.
But in recent years, those advances have been reversed.
An estimated 25,000 elephants were killed in 2011. The figures for 2012 are still being collated, but they will almost certainly be higher still.
Campaigners are pointing the finger of blame at China.
"China is the main buyer of ivory in the world," said Dr Esmond Martin, a conservationist and researcher who has spent decades tracking the movement of illegal ivory around the world.
He has recently returned from Nigeria, where he conducted a visual survey of ivory on sale in the city of Lagos. His findings are startling.
Dr Martin and his colleagues counted more than 14,000 items of worked and raw ivory in one location, the Lekki Market in Lagos.
The last survey, conducted at the same market in 2002, counted about 4,000 items, representing a three-fold increase in a decade.
According to the findings of the investigation, which has been shared exclusively with the BBC, Nigeria is at the centre of a booming trade in illegal African ivory.
In 2011, the Nigerian government introduced strict legislation to clamp down on the ivory trade, making it illegal to display, advertise, buy or sell ivory.
And yet, says Dr Martin, Lagos has now become the largest retail market for illegal ivory in Africa.
"There's ivory moving all the way from East Africa, from Kenya into Nigera," he said. "Nigerians are exporting tusks to China. Neighbouring countries are exporting a lot of worked ivory items (to Nigeria).
"So it's a major entrepot for everything from tusks coming in, tusks going out, worked ivory going in, worked ivory going out, worked ivory being made."
The BBC visited the Lekki Market in Lagos. Wearing a hidden camera, a reporter from the BBC's Chinese Service was immediately approached.
Speaking Mandarin Chinese, a Nigerian trader offered "xiang ya" - "ivory". There were piles of carved items for sale, ivory bangles, combs, chopsticks, and strings of beads.
Another trader proffered two whole tusks, on sale at just over $400 per kilo. When asked how much raw ivory he could provide, he offered to supply 100kg or more.
Increasing prosperity in China, coupled with a large influx of Chinese workers and investors across Africa, has sent demand for ivory soaring.
Kenya runs one of the most effective anti-poaching efforts in Africa.
As well as the KWS (the government-run wildlife protection service) local communities and private conservancies are providing their own armed rangers.
The Northern Rangelands Trust is such an organisation. It runs a "Rapid Response Unit" of about a dozen armed men, who camp out in the thorny scrubland of northern Kenya following herds of elephants and tracking poachers.
The unit is essentially a state-sanctioned paramilitary force. The commander, Jackson Loldikir, and his men wear camouflage fatigues and are armed with Kalashnikov rifles.
Theirs is a dangerous job. While out on patrol with the BBC, the group was charged by a herd of nervous elephants.
A ranger had to fire a warning shot in the air to avoid being trampled.
Mr Loldikir says arresting poachers is a waste of time. Prosecutions are rare and the perpetrator is likely to get off with a small fine.
And so Mr Loldikir and his men say they are forced to take more drastic measures.
"When we meet a poacher, we just kill," he said. "It's the only way to protect the animals, just to kill the poacher."
Injuries, even deaths, are not uncommon, on both sides.
"In May, we heard a shot. We met five poachers. They had killed an elephant. So we shot them. We killed one and we recovered two guns. And one of our scouts was also injured."
But the poachers seem undeterred. Conservationists in Kenya are warning that at the current rate, elephants could soon disappear from the wild altogether.
"If the price continues to rise as it is and the killing of elephants continues, within 15 years there will be no free-ranging elephant in northern Kenya, I'm quite sure," said Ian Craig, who runs the Northern Rangeland Trust.
"Wherever there are unprotected elephant and there are firearms, people are going to kill them. They're just worth too much money."
And what applies to Kenya applies also to the rest of Africa.
In a continent where guns are plentiful and poverty is widespread, the rewards of poaching simply outweigh the risks.
Hafiz Saeed told the BBC the US was only targeting Jamaat-ud Dawa to win India's backing in Afghanistan.
The US says the self-declared charity is a front for militant group Lashkar-e Taiba and has offered a $10m (£6m) reward for the arrest of Mr Saeed.
The Mumbai attack by Pakistani gunmen left 166 people dead.
Relations between India and Pakistan suffered badly in the aftermath of the three-day assault in the western Indian city.
Speaking to the BBC's Andrew North in the Pakistani city of Lahore, Mr Saeed said the US was targeting his organisation simply to please India.
"America always takes decisions based on Indian dictation. Now it's imposing this new ban because it needs India's help in Afghanistan.
"I had nothing to do with the Mumbai attacks, and Pakistan's courts said all India's evidence against me was just propaganda," he said.
The US last week declared Jamaat-ud Dawa a "foreign terrorist organisation" - a move that freezes any assets it has under US jurisdiction.
Both India and the US say they have extensive evidence that Mr Saeed orchestrated the attacks with the Pakistani government help. India has also repeatedly demanded that he be handed over for trial.
Despite this, Mr Saeed lives openly in Lahore, and it is clear that he has little fear of being arrested in Pakistan, our correspondent says.
But he adds that as long as Mr Saeed remains free, there is little chance of a breakthrough in relations between Pakistan and its longstanding rival India.
Under current law, emissions must be cut by 80% by 2050 - but ministers have said this does not go far enough.
Following the climate deal in Paris, it is clear the UK must not increase CO2 at all because the warming threat is so severe, they added.
No details of the law change have been given - and critics said the UK was failing to meet even current targets.
The global climate agreement, which was finalised at a summit in Paris in December, commits to keeping global temperatures "well below" 2C (3.6F) above pre-industrial times and limit the amount of greenhouse gases emitted by human activity.
Speaking in the Commons, energy minister Andrea Leadsom said government believed it was necessary "to take the step of enshrining the Paris commitment to net zero emissions in UK law".
"The question is not whether but how we do it. And there are an important set of questions to be answered before we do," she said.
"This is an example once again of the House demonstration on a cross-party basis a determination to tackle climate change."
The statement was welcomed by the cross-party group of MPs which pressed for the climate law to be tightened.
Ex-Labour leader and former Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband told BBC News: "This will send a signal to other countries this is the right thing to do.
"We very much welcome what they (ministers) have done - now we've got to make sure the government deliver on it."
However, many in the energy sector will be baffled by what they see as a schizophrenic attitude to climate change from the government.
While pledging their allegiance to very demanding CO2 cuts, ministers have made a slew of policy changes that are predicted to increase emissions.
Ministers expected that by 2030 the UK would be mainly powered by nuclear, offshore wind and gas with carbon capture technology - which takes the emissions from a chimney and buries them in rocks.
But the government has failed to secure any new nuclear stations, scrapped a competition for carbon capture and threatened cuts in the offshore wind budget unless costs radically fall.
It has also turned its back on the cheapest forms of renewable energy - onshore wind and large scale solar energy and increased the tax on small low-emissions cars so the owner of a Prius pays as much vehicle excise duty as a Porsche.
The decision was followed by an increase in the purchase of the most polluting cars.
The government climate law announcement follows the tabling of an amendment to the Energy Bill by Mr Miliband and a cross-party group of MPs from six parties: Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat, Green, Plaid Cymru and SDLP.
They are among more than 20,000 people who have been arrested during operations against the Islamist militants, the rights group says.
The military has rejected the allegations, calling the report biased and the statistics "spurious".
However, President Muhammadu Buhari said it would be investigated.
At least 17,000 people have died in the conflict since 2009, says Amnesty.
That means around 40% of all deaths have been in military custody.
About 1.5 million people have also been displaced and hundreds more abducted since Boko Haram launched its violent uprising to impose Islamic rule in 2009.
The report comes as Nigeria's new President Buhari makes his first foreign trip since taking office - to Niger - to discuss regional operations against Boko Haram.
BBC Nigeria correspondent Will Ross says Amnesty International and other human rights groups have accused Nigeria's security forces of carrying out many atrocities before.
But this report goes further as the UK-based rights group names several senior officers - including major generals and brigadier generals - and calls on them to be investigated for murder, torture and enforced disappearance, he says.
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In response, military spokesman Maj Gen Chris Olukolade said the report "went out to gather names of specified senior officers, in a calculated attempt to rubbish their reputation".
Mr Buhari, however, said his administration would study the document and act appropriately.
"Respect for human rights and adherence to the rule of law are the life and soul of the democratic system. We will not tolerate or condone impunity and reckless disregard for human rights," he said while in Niger.
The report, entitled Stars on their shoulders, Blood on their hands, says the senior officers should either be investigated for carrying out the war crimes themselves or for being in command of subordinates who did so.
Amnesty International says more than 1,000 people have been unlawfully killed.
It says in some cases captives were deliberately starved in custody and boys as young as nine years old have been detained.
The human rights group calls on President Buhari to end the culture of impunity in the armed forces.
At his inauguration last week, Mr Buhari promised to "overhaul the rules of engagement to avoid human rights violations in operations".
This year Nigeria's army - backed by regional forces - has recaptured many towns and villages from the militants.
But the group is still holding many women, girls and children captive, including 219 schools girls it kidnapped from a school in Chibok in April last year.
Dimitry Kozak told state news agency Tass that organisers have agreed a new contract, which will replace a deal that was due to expire in 2020.
Sochi hosted the first Russian Grand Prix in 2014 on the same site that was used for some of the events at that year's Winter Olympics.
This year's race is on 30 April.
Raheem Sterling and Mario Balotelli had goals ruled out for offside, but Liverpool rarely threatened.
Instead, the visitors' defensive problems were exposed as Martin Skrtel headed towards his own goal and Marco Streller swept home the loose ball.
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Steven Gerrard came close to a late leveller when his free-kick was saved.
While Liverpool roused themselves to apply concerted pressure in the final five minutes, it was not enough to merit an equaliser that would have denied the hosts victory.
Manager Brendan Rodgers returns to Merseyside with more concerns over the disjointed attack and dysfunctional defence that have undermined the start of their Premier League campaign.
Basel themselves looked vulnerable when they were beaten 5-1 by Real Madrid in their Group B opener, and they were cut open inside five minutes by the Reds.
However, Sterling strayed carelessly offside before turning in Lazar Markovic's cross, and Liverpool struggled to create a chance of similar quality for the rest of the match.
Instead full-backs Jose Enrique, preferred at left-back to Alberto Moreno, and Javi Manquillo were frequently exposed as their team were penned back.
Geoffroy Serey Die, exploiting space on Enrique's flank, came closest to scoring in the first half, slamming a shot into goalkeeper Simon Mignolet's shins.
"We'll see what Brendan Rodgers is made of now. They're 14th and nine points away from Chelsea.
"The fans have got to be more realistic. Brendan has to stick to his philosophy and keep believing.
"Mario Balotelli is an individual. The way Suarez and Sterling and Sturridge integrated, it was beautiful.
"Balotelli is a bit of a fixed mannequin and he has to learn the Liverpool way or he'll just be standing there watching."
While Liverpool looked vulnerable out wide in the first half, it was their deficiencies in the centre of defence that were exposed by the Swiss side's goal.
Skrtel, more concerned with grappling with his man, inadvertently headed the ball against Dejan Lovren and, while Mignolet got down sharply to prevent an own goal, the goalkeeper succeeded only in palming the ball into Streller's path for a simple finish.
Without the injured Daniel Sturridge and the departed Luis Suarez, Liverpool were stripped of the interplay and invention of last season and struggled for a response.
Only Mario Balotelli's long-range free-kick, blocked by goalkeeper Tomas Vaclík's shoulder, and Sterling's clumsy mis-control when clean through gave the home crowd cause for concern.
With back-to-back meetings against holders Real Madrid to follow in Group B, Liverpool will need a vast improvement to progress to the knockout stages.
Stanley Ingleton, 61, was riding through Prouds Lane, Bilston, at about 10:00 BST on 4 June when he was dragged off his bike by a dog.
He said the animal, described as pitbull-like, was with its owner at the time, who tried to calm down the dog but said nothing to him.
West Midlands Police said it was trying to find CCTV and trace the owner.
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Mr Ingleton, said he could not get out of the way of the dog once it started chasing him.
After it grabbed him he tried to get his fingers inside the dog's mouth to prize himself free.
A woman who saw the incident came to help him and called an ambulance, he said, while the owner left in his car.
"Nothing like this [has] ever happened to me," Mr Ingleton said.
"I don't know why this dog attacked me."
He was taken to hospital after the incident for facial injuries and said he was fortunate they were not more serious.
"The dog just missed my eye... if the dog [caught] my throat I'd be a dead man."
An event will take place outside the Senedd in Cardiff Bay on 29 September between 17:00 BST and 19:00.
It will include a samba band and dancers and athletes will be welcomed by First Minister Carwyn Jones and Presiding Officer Elin Jones.
Flint's Taekwondo gold medallist Jade Jones received a rapturous reception in a homecoming in the town on Saturday.
Mr Jones said the event was "an opportunity for the nation to thank these truly inspirational athletes for the joy they have brought to Wales this summer".
In Flint on Saturday evening, people lined the streets to honour the 23-year-old double gold medal winner.
Speaking after a civic reception at the town hall and before she set off on an open top bus tour, Jones said she received "amazing support" from the people of Flint.
"It just makes me go for it even more," she added.
Jones has taken a break from training but said she has her sights on being crowned world champion in May.
The 29-year-old Irishman will add depth to the Easter Road squad with Mark Oxley suspended for the Scottish Cup semi-final against Dundee United.
Hibs manager Alan Stubbs said: "Conrad possesses a wealth of experience at a very good level in English football.
"This can only be of a benefit for us as we enter into a crucial stage."
Logan spent 14 years with Leicester before his release last summer but only made 30 first-team appearances for the Foxes.
However, he had loan spells with Boston United, Stockport County, Luton town, Bristol Rovers, Rotherham United and Rochdale.
Logan will vie with Oxley and Finland Under-21 goalkeeper Otso Virtanen for a starting place.
Central Bedfordshire Council said it would serve an enforcement notice on Syed Raza Shah, after a planning inspector rejected his appeal.
Mr Shah was given permission to increase his house in Barton-Le-Clay, Bedfordshire, by 45%, but the council said he had increased it by 165%.
He will now be told to reduce the house to the size originally permitted.
Planning inspector Bridget Campbell said the seven-bedroom building "harms the landscape character of the area".
Councillor Nigel Young, executive member for regeneration on the council, said he welcomed the latest decision in the long-running dispute.
He said it "reflects the concerns of the council and local residents" and "defends our green belt from inappropriate and unlawful development".
The extended house was described as "Hollywood come to Barton" and hard to value by estate agent Ken Ravey from Country Properties in Barton-le-Clay.
"I sold the five bedroom house set in four acres next door about five years ago for £1.25m - this house has seven bedrooms and is set in 1.5 acres," he said
"If it were down the road in Harpenden, yes it could be worth £5m - but this is Barton-Le Clay."
In May 2013, an inspector granted retrospective planning permission for the home, named Random House, but the council challenged the decision.
The council argued that Mr Shah's alterations amounted to a "new dwelling" and was "inappropriate development" in an area of outstanding natural beauty.
Mr Shah has not yet commented on the planning inspector's decision.
Intense pressure finally paid off with Shay Logan's close range volley putting Derek McInnes' side in front.
Julien Klein drew the visitors level after a corner was not cleared, and Ash Taylor had two goals disallowed.
But McGinn's late shot squirmed home, before Rooney converted a penalty.
This was potentially the easiest tie in Aberdeen's quest to reach the Europa League group stage but proved a genuine test, as will the return leg in Luxembourg.
Stefano Bensi's shot off the post in the first half was a real scare, while Taylor saw the first of two goals ruled out after Jonny Hayes' cross has gone out of play.
The home side's second half approach suggested Aberdeen would take some sort of lead with them; laying siege on their opponents goal with Taylor almost netting within minutes of the restart.
McGinn saw a free-kick parried, a shot blocked then a close range header palmed behind.
Substitute Rooney somehow couldn't net from a couple of yards, then struck a post form close range as the visitors looked like completely capitulating.
When Logan's goal hit the net there was only one winner in most observer's eyes - if it was a boxing match it might have been stopped - but Fola Esch stunned Pittodrie with an equaliser.
Poor defending from a corner allowed the ball to be cut back to captain Klein and he confidently powered the ball home.
That knocked Aberdeen's confidence a little and Jakob Dallevedove found space to test Lewis but his shot was parried.
Aberdeen regained their superiority and Taylor again had the ball in the net only for the referee to rule it out for a foul on the goalkeeper.
And they thought they had been a denied when the flag went up after McGinn's shot slipped through, but this time the Danish referee overruled his assistant.
Their passage to the next round was made considerably easier when Rooney confidently netted a penalty deep into the seven minutes of injury time.
It was a fantastic spectacle, a genuine test for Aberdeen and they'll be mightily relieved to have achieved a two goal advantage at the end of it.
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Ray Matthews, from Maltby, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, completed his challenge earlier after starting out on 2 July.
He said: "I'm feeling better than I should be feeling."
The challenge has raised about £13,000 so far for Rotherham's Newman School, which caters for a range of special educational needs and disabilities.
Mr Matthews ran into the grounds of the school to complete his final marathon and was greeted by supporters.
He said: "It has been tough at times to do 75 marathons in 75 days, but I've done what I said I'd do."
Mr Matthews started the challenge shortly after his 75th birthday and described the marathon series as a 75-day "birthday present" to himself.
He said: "It's been tough at times, but generally better than I had expected.
"I've had so many great people I've never met before who've given me fantastic comments and money as well. I've really enjoyed it.
"Other people have doubted me, but that's fine. I've always had faith that it could be done - that's why I set the challenge."
He added: "Every marathon has been painful, but it has been a pain that has been able to be managed in general."
The majority of the routes he tackled were organised by running clubs in South Yorkshire, but he also completed two marathons in Rotherham's twin town of St-Quentin in France.
Four years ago, at the age of 71, Mr Matthews also ran 150 miles in 36 hours.
He aims to raise enough money to improve the external areas of the school and provide new equipment.
Could it be DCI Roz Huntley's husband Nick? Or lawyer Jimmy Lakewell? There are plenty of other suspects in the mix.
As the climax approaches, we caught up with series creator and writer Jed Mercurio to give him an AC-12 style interrogation.
Is it true a sixth series is not confirmed?
We definitely have a fifth, not a sixth... but we haven't started working on it yet. I need to think what the character is first.
Did you instantly think of Thandie Newton for the role of DCI Roz Huntley or were other people in the running?
It just evolved. I don't normally think of a specific actor, I concentrate on the character and then when we get into pre-production that's how names come up.
I always knew Thandie was top talent, she was a real laugh on set. It was the easiest casting process I've ever been through.
Did Thandie's status as a Hollywood star have an impact?
We were flattered she wanted to do the role - most of her career she's been doing Hollywood movies so it was a boost for the whole team.
How do you come up with the plots for Line of Duty?
I come up with the story ideas on my own. I like to sit at my desk... sometimes I get inspiration when I'm going about my normal day-to-day life.
Then when I've come up with some sort of story, I get the editorial team on board and we try to develop it.
I then write an outline of the first episode which takes about a week. Only when we are happy with the first episode do we start on the second.
Can we expect any surprises for the final episode?
(pauses, laughs) You will just have to watch!
How do real-life police officers react to the plot?
One of our intelligence advisers for the show said his team have been trying to crack who balaclava man is - it's quite funny.
What would you like to explore in the next series?
I want to look at the personal lives of all the regulars in series five - they've taken a backseat in this series to Roz Huntley, so it would be good to explore that side of things a bit more.
The regulars are definitely up for doing more... that's if they survive the final episode!
What's more important, ratings or awards?
I always try and distinguish between facts and opinions. I am just pleased the show is being watched. Ratings are the most important thing.
What advice do you have for budding crime series writers?
Just write, write, write. Watch lots of shows and films in that genre. Read lots and think about story and characters.
Are you tempted to write over in the US?
I actually went over there for a while when my career was quiet over in the UK. I wrote pilots for shows over there for about five years. I like the differences between American and British television dramas.
The final of Line of Duty is on BBC One on Sunday night at 9pm.
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The Airbus A321 landed in Tehran to an official ceremony that included Transport Minister Abbas Akhoundi.
IranAir will eventually take possession of 100 planes from Airbus and 80 from Boeing.
World powers agreed to lift sanctions against Iran in return for its curbing of nuclear activities.
The Airbus 321 had flown from Toulouse in France and its passengers included company chief Fabrice Bregier.
Correspondents say Thursday's arrival is being seen as symbolic of Iran's emergence from decades of economic isolation.
State TV called it "a historic moment for Iran, signalling the end of the sanctions era for the country".
"This is a prelude to the delivery of other aircraft and the renovation of Iran's ageing air fleet," it added.
The IranAir fleet is among the oldest in the world, experts say, and has relied on parts being smuggled into the country to keep its planes flying.
The public have been out in force to support the events while Team GB have responded with a record haul of 120 medals.
But leaving the hosts aside, who are the big winners and losers in the London 2012 medal table?
China have continued their dominance, which began at their own home games in Beijing four years ago.
But the biggest disappointment has come from traditional powerhouse the United States, who slid down the Paralympics medal table despite regaining their number one status at the Olympics.
Elsewhere, Russia, Ukraine and Australia have all produced healthy medal hauls to cheer their nations.
Here, BBC Sport assesses the achievements of a number of countries and how their relative success or failure has been perceived at home.
MEDALS AT LONDON 2012: 95 golds, 71 silvers and 65 bronzes
MEDALS AT BEIJING: 89 golds, 70 silvers and 52 bronzes
PERCEPTION: The London Paralympics has been met with a lot of enthusiasm in China. The country has around 82 million disabled people so there is a big audience.
Chinese state media sent out a 100-strong team of journalists to cover the London Games.
And it is clear from Chinese social media that many young people have been eager to find out about Team China's progress.
HOW'S IT GONE? China has triumphed again at the Paralympics, after topping the medal tables in both Athens and Beijing.
The country won the first gold medal of the London Games in rifle shooting and on Thursday celebrated its 300th Paralympic gold medal, won by Zhao Xu in the men's 100m-T46 final.
Its team was smaller than in Beijing but highly successful across a range of sports nonetheless.
TOP PERFORMING ATHLETE: China has so many Paralympic stars but one of the stand-out performances came from the youngest athlete in the team.
Swimmer Yang Yang is only 15 years old but marked his Games debut by bagging four gold medals.
He also broke the world record in the men's 50m backstroke S2 category.
WHAT THEY SAID: Chinese coach Zhang Honggu (as quoted by Xinhua news agency): "China has developed fast in recent years and the government and people attach great importance to disabled people, which guarantees high-level systematic training for all the Paralympians. All our Paralympians train hard and they are eager to show their power in high-level competitions."
MEDALS AT LONDON 2012: 31 golds, 29 silvers and 38 bronzes
MEDALS AT BEIJING: 36 golds, 35 silvers and 28 bronzes
PERCEPTION: The Paralympics have received scant attention in the US.
The country was saturated with Olympic coverage last month, but amid the start of the American football season and the final few weeks of the baseball season, television viewers had other sport to watch.
NBC, the official US broadcaster, did not air the opening ceremony and only showed about five-and-a-half hours of sport, none of it live.
HOW'S IT GONE? The US finished sixth in the Paralympic medal count.
If Americans were paying more attention, they might be disappointed to learn that rivals China won more than three times as many Paralympic gold medals.
Most news coverage has focused not on results or the medal chase, but on human interest stories or curiosities, with headlines such as "Shark attack survivor wins bronze" - the tale about South African swimmer Achmat Hassiem.
TOP PERFORMING ATHLETE: Swimmer Jessica Long, 20, won five gold medals, two silvers and a bronze.
Long, who was born in Siberia and raised in Baltimore, was born without most of the bones in her feet.
WHAT THEY SAID: Josh George, US wheelchair racer, in the New York Times: "Even more amazing than the fact that Londoners have opened their arms and hearts to the Paralympics is the fact that they are interested in us for our athletic ability, not the fact that we don't spend every day in our rooms crying about the fact that we can't walk, or are missing a limb or two."
MEDALS AT LONDON 2012: 36 golds, 38 silvers and 28 bronzes
MEDALS AT BEIJING: 18 golds, 23 silvers and 22 bronzes
PERCEPTION: Even though the Russian team performed well, there was only brief coverage in the Russian media.
But attitudes are changing, something that Russia's strong performance in London will help. The Paralympic Games are gradually becoming a source of national pride, and the government are playing their part in that.
For instance, the government will pay substantial cash prizes which are equal to those won by successful Olympians.
HOW'S IT GONE? Russia's performance was perhaps the biggest surprise of the Paralympics as the nation climbed to second in the medals table.
This was a huge improvement from Beijing, when Russia finished eighth with 63 medals, 18 of which were gold.
In London, the number of golds doubled to 36, while the overall medals tally climbed to 102. Most of those medals came in athletics and swimming.
TOP PERFORMING ATHLETE: Without doubt, Russia's top Paralympian in London was Oxana Savchenko. The 21-year-old swimmer won gold in all five of her events, to add to the three she gained in Beijing four years ago.
WHAT THEY SAID: Vladimir Lukin, the president of Russia's Paralympic committee: "Before the Paralympics, we didn't promise medals. After Beijing, we decided to try to get into the elite of the Paralympic sport - and we have done it."
MEDALS AT LONDON 2012: 32 golds, 23 silvers and 30 bronzes
MEDALS AT BEIJING: 23 golds, 29 silvers and 27 bronzes
PERCEPTION: The Paralympics have received widespread coverage in Australian media, with multiple stories each day on the highs and lows of athletes' performances, and more than 100 hours of televised coverage.
Considerable pride is being shown in Australia's Paralympic achievements and the way the country has invested in its sportsmen and women.
HOW'S IT GONE? Australia surpassed its haul of 23 gold medals from Beijing with three days of competition remaining.
It is something the Australian media was quick to highlight, and follows the country's strong showing at the last four Paralympic Games.
The country's swimmers have shone, but gold medals have also come in sailing, cycling and on the track.
TOP PERFORMING ATHLETE: Two names have stood out - Jacqueline Freney, the 20-year-old swimmer who has become Australia's most successful Paralympian at a single Games. She ended with eight gold medals in the pool.
The other is Matthew Cowdrey, another swimmer who has become the first Australian man to win the same event - the 100m freestyle S9 - at three different Games.
WHAT THEY SAID: Jacqueline Freney, after winning her seventh of her eight gold medals: "It is just unbelievable how good this meet has been."
MEDALS AT LONDON 2012: 32 golds, 24 silvers and 28 bronzes
MEDALS AT BEIJING: 24 golds, 18 silvers and 32 bronzes
PERCEPTION: After Ukraine's incredible success in Beijing, the media started paying attention to the Paralympics but the level of coverage remains way below that enjoyed by the country's Olympians, even though they are less successful.
Ukraine's main TV channel showed some of the action from London, though, mainly athletics and swimming, in which most of the country's medals came.
Slowly but surely, Ukraine's Paralympians are becoming the pride of the nation. The government has recognised this, paying substantial cash prizes to medallists.
HOW'S IT GONE? After causing a surprise by finishing fourth in the medals table in Beijing, Ukraine cemented its status as one of the strongest contenders in Paralympic sport.
A tally of 32 golds in London comfortably surpassed the total of four years ago, and suggests there is a strong base on which to build for Rio.
Ukraine's Paralympians proved far more successful in London than their Olympic counterparts, who won only six golds.
TOP PERFORMING ATHLETE: At the age of 31, swimmer Nataliia Prologaieva made a fantastic Paralympic debut. She got four medals - three gold and one silver - dedicating all of her wins to her two sons, who were supporting her back home in Ukraine.
WHAT THEY SAID: Swimmer Oleksii Fedyna, who won a gold and a bronze in London: "The Ukrainian team is a lot stronger, and their results keep getting better. The spectator support was very good. Thank you England - London has been the best Games."
London 2012 saw swimmer turned cyclist Sarah Storey ride into the record books, equalling the 11 career gold medals won by Britain's top modern-day Paralympians Baroness Tanni-Grey Thompson and Dave Roberts.
Sprinter Jonnie Peacock, aged 19, beat three-time Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius to become the fastest amputee sprinter in the world. Peacock took the 100m T44 gold in a world-record time.
Among a host of heroes, wheelchair athlete David Weir collected four golds - proving as adept in the 800m as in the marathon - while Ellie Simmonds was twice a Paralympic champion in the pool.
Great Britain won a record 120 Paralympic medals in London, a rise from 102 in Beijing - although the number of golds fell from 42 to 34, and with it came a drop from second to third in the medals table.
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, 11-time Paralympic champion:
"The overall performance has been good, although I think the medal target was tough.
"Great Britain won some unexpected medals, while some established athletes who were expected to win did not.
"Tennis player Peter Norfolk and rower Tom Aggar did not do as well as they should have but equestrian pair Natasha Baker and Sophie Christiansen were both successful.
"It was good to see the younger people come through. It makes me feel positive for Rio and beyond."
Marc Woods, four-time Paralympic swimming gold medallist:
"As a whole Great Britain have done pretty well, but there have been some disappointing performances.
"There have been people who have come here and have not swum lifetime bests and I think if you come to a home Games and don't do that then that has to be a disappointment.
"Whether it is because people have been unlucky with illness and injury or whether their focus and commitments have been elsewhere is difficult to say.
"But I think there are at least four swimmers who did not deliver and could have made up the different between the gold medals won in Beijing and here in London."
In his first public intervention on the issue, Mr Modi told MPs on Thursday that he disapproved of Niranjan Jyoti's comments that voters had to choose between "a government of followers of Rama and a government of bastards".
But opposition parties - dissatisfied with his refusal to sack her - have vowed to continue their blockade of the government's legislative agenda, and vowed to hold a joint protest outside parliament on Friday, the Indian Express reports.
Opposition MPs also accused the government of using its "brute majority" to silence them on the issue, with some even claiming that their microphones had been switched off, according to the Deccan Chronicle.
The opposition says it may end the parliamentary deadlock if the government backs a joint parliamentary resolution strongly condemning Ms Jyoti's language.
The Times of India thinks the opposition - united for the first time by the row - has sensed it can could "expose a chink or two in Modi's seemingly impenetrable armour".
For some, the row has revived concerns about latent sectarianism and authoritarianism within Mr Modi's BJP, which has sought to project a moderate image and appeal to India's non-Hindu minorities.
On Thursday, the chief minister of mainly Muslim Indian-controlled Kashmir, Omar Abdullah, was quoted saying by The Pioneer that the BJP's "mask has fallen off".
Commenting in the Times of India, Sidharth Bhatia argues that Ms Jyoti's "revolting" remarks are only the latest of "an almost continuous stream of hateful bile" from the BJP.
"Such hate speech could end up damaging social harmony and build up an atmosphere of hostility and suspicion among communities," he writes.
In Firstpost, Chandrakant Naidu commends Mr Modi for "waking up" to the need to distance himself from "foul-mouthed and openly communal colleagues" but wonders whether he can control "hard core right wingers" in the wider Hindu nationalist community.
"They have gone berserk, insulting the liberal tradition of the country," he says, adding that Mr Modi's "real challenge lies here".
Elsewhere in political news, the BJP and Congress found rare unity in criticising anti-corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal after it emerged that he flew business class.
Mr Kejriwal, whose Aam Admi ("Common man") Party has shaken up Indian politics since launching it on a wave of anger at endemic corruption in India's political class in 2012, is known for his simple lifestyle.
After a photograph of Mr Kejriwal on his flight prompted a debate on Twitter, BJP spokesman Harish Khurana said the incident showed "the double standards of the AAP", the Times of India reports.
"We have been told that Kejriwal refused to fly economy", AAP has been claiming that it promotes austerity, then Kejriwal should not be travelling business."
A Congress MP chimed in, telling the New Indian Express that the AAP "does not do what it says and does what it does not say".
But the AAP has defended its leader, saying his ticket had been paid for by the event organisers. "This is an attempt of BJP and Congress to divert attention from the fundamental issues because they do not want to discuss them," party official Ashutosh was quoted saying.
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Henry Summers was found in his top floor flat in Easter Road on Wednesday by police after concerns were raised.
It is understood that police officers had to break down the door of the flat to gain entry.
A post-mortem examination is taking place and a report will be sent to the procurator fiscal.
A 41-year-old neighbour told the BBC Scotland news website that he had known Mr Summers for 10 years.
He said he last saw Mr Summers being stretchered out of his flat in February 2012. He never saw him return, and had assumed that he had died in hospital.
"When it's someone you know you feel shocked. I'm very sad," he said.
The neighbour added: "He would whistle when he went up and down the stairwell on his way to get his morning rolls and newspaper.
"I would speak to him on the stairs, but he never speak about his personal life.
"He was a very nice man. He was always clean shaven and always wore a flat cap and a light blue jacket.
"He used to get a number 35 bus in the morning and return in the afternoon, but we never knew where he went and we never saw any family."
Postman Michael Laidlaw, 41, who has been delivering letters to the flat for almost five years, said he had noticed a smell coming from the property.
He said: "Every time I lifted his letterbox I thought something wasn't right, so I asked my colleague who used to live opposite the man's flat if he had seen him. He said no."
It is believed that the alarm was raised when Mr Summers' GP contacted police because he had not been seen for some time.
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "Police were called to a property on Easter Road following reports of concern for the safety of the male occupant.
"The body of a man was found inside. The death is not being treated as suspicious and a report will be sent to the procurator fiscal."
The Campaign for Accountability identified 329 research papers published between 2005 and 2017 on public policies that were indirectly or directly funded by the search giant.
Google hit back saying the group refused to name its own corporate funders.
It added that it valued researchers' "independence and integrity".
The Campaign for Accountability runs a series of projects, including one named The Google Transparency Project, which aims to expose the practices of the search giant.
CfA executive director Daniel Stevens said: "Google uses its immense wealth and power to attempt to influence policy makers at every level. At a minimum, regulators should be aware that the allegedly independent legal and academic work on which they rely has been brought to them by Google."
Mr Stevens continued: "What's good for Google is not necessarily good for the country. Google-funded academics should disclose the source of their funding to ensure their work is evaluated in context and the government makes decisions that benefit all Americans, not just Google employees and stockholders."
The report found that a number of Google-funded studies were spiked during periods when the search giant's business model was under threat from regulators.
It said that they "often blur the line between academic research and paid advocacy".
In a statement, Google said in response: "Ever since Google was born out of Stanford's Computer Science department, we've maintained strong relations with universities and research institutes.
"We're happy to support academic researchers across computer science and policy topics, including copyright, free expression and surveillance, and to help amplify voices that support the principles of an open internet.
"And unlike our competitors who fund the Campaign for Accountability, we expect and require our grantees to disclose their funding."
In a detailed blogpost on the issue, the firm said that it was ironic that the CfA refused to name its own corporate funders.
"The one funder the world does know about is Oracle, which is running a well-documented lobbying campaign against us," it wrote.
The Learning Disabilities Liaison Service will flag up people requiring support when admitted to hospital in the Bridgend and Swansea areas.
It has been created with the family of Paul Ridd, who had learning disabilities and who died at Morriston Hospital after receiving poor care.
His sister said the service - launched on Wednesday - was his "legacy".
An inquest heard 53-year-old Mr Ridd, from Baglan, Port Talbot, died from natural causes contributed to by neglect in 2009.
The hearing was told his nursing care was substantially below the expected standard.
Since then his sister and brother, Jayne Nicholls and Jonathan Ridd, have fought to ensure care standards are raised for patients with learning disabilities - with the new service covering all hospitals in the Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board area.
It will ensure a person's learning disability is flagged up on their medical notes, while special stickers will be put on their beds to alert staff.
Three liaison nurses will also be on hand to support patients and awareness training will also be given to NHS staff.
"I was amazed that when Paul died in 2009 there was nothing like this already in place - it's just common sense," said Mrs Nicholls.
She said simple steps could be taken to help people with learning disabilities in hospital - and that would help stop delays which often occurred when staff had to unexpectedly deal with a patient they did not know needed additional support.
"It's things like finding out what would make a person feel comfortable - perhaps they like their bedding from home or they would prefer a family member to feed them," she added.
"Sometimes it's a case of taking them to hospital for a visit before they need to go in so they get used to it.
"It's about forward planning - people with learning disabilities are so complex.
"If you make the healthcare experience better they won't be scared and panicked and that will also help the professionals do their jobs properly."
Consultant nurse Christopher Griffiths, who is leading the service, said the liaison nurses would be on hand to prepare patients for admission to hospital as well as supporting them during their time on the ward and after they return home.
At least six people were also injured in the blast, officials say, which took place outside the offices of the Nepal Oil Corporation
A little-known militant organisation, the Unified National Liberation Front, has said it carried out the attack.
There has been no comment from the government as yet.
"A bomb blast killed two people and injured five in an area near government offices and the district court. The explosion occurred at 1:25pm (0740 GMT)," Nepal police spokesman, Binod Singh, was quoted by news agency Agence France Presse as saying.
"A special team of police have been deployed in the area. They are gathering evidence and the area has been cordoned off."
A person claiming to be a spokesman for the Unified National Liberation Front said it was a group fighting for the rights of indigenous communities and cited the government's inability to curb corruption and fuel price rises as reasons behind the attack, BBC Nepali reports.
To celebrate they had booked a restaurant close to the campus, and as they are walking in, who is coming out but "Veep" - Vice President Joe Biden.
He stops and talks to the family, and takes the young man by the arm and says: "Always honour your mother and father. They've worked hard to put you through college."
I bet if Mr Biden were reminded of this encounter he would have no recollection of it. But for my friend it made the deepest impression, and she has wanted him to run for the Democratic nomination ever since.
What he has is a warmth, a humanity and an easy, authentic charm that many find distinctly lacking in Hillary Clinton.
Yes, he can be verbose and is prone to saying the wrong thing on occasion, but he speaks "human" as a first language; it's not something it looks like he's learnt from a textbook.
And for anyone who watched the heart-wrenching funeral service for his beloved son, Beau, they would have also seen something else.
A man of immense dignity and unbelievable strength as he stood outside the church in his dark glasses and greeted each of the mourners who had come to pay their respects.
No father should have to bury his son - it is against the natural order of things. But Joe Biden is no stranger to pain in his life, having lost his first wife and a child in an earlier car crash.
As Beau lay dying, it was his apparent deathbed wish that his father should mount a challenge for the White House. At 72, Joe is no spring chicken. He also has a problem in that nearly all the big money has been tied up by Hillary Clinton.
So he has a choice, and it's a difficult one. Difficult because the two simple options are not available to him.
Simple choice one is that Hillary is doing so well in her campaign that he simply forgets about all personal ambition, waves an avuncular hand in her direction, wishes her godspeed and asks "what can I do to help?"
Simple option two is the exact opposite: the Hillary campaign is going so badly - wheels coming off the wagon, engine misfiring, scandal engulfing her, poll ratings diving, donors deserting, party establishment banging at his door, while telling Hillary the game is up - that he goes back to Delaware and announces his bid.
Her critics say she's closer to scenario two than one. But you don't come through what Hillary Clinton has been through without developing a personal body armour that has an admirable thickness to it. She is not Teflon coated, it's cast iron.
Let us, though, pause briefly to consider her problems.
Emailgate (which doesn't yet warrant the full "gate" denomination, but might yet) has displayed all that is least admirable about the Hillary campaign. Don't give in. No surrender. Screw the shrill Republican baiters demanding that the server be handed over. Tough it out.
And then five months later surrender in a damage limitation exercise, which hasn't limited the damage - but played to sub-conscious anxieties in voters' minds about the character of Hillary Clinton. Her honesty and trustworthy poll numbers are falling fast.
Meanwhile in the granite state of New Hampshire (which was where she put her presidential campaign back on course nearly eight years ago by beating Barack Obama in the primary there), the latest polls show that the socialist (yes that's how he describes himself) senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders, is out in front.
In LA this week, 27,000 people turned up to one of his rallies - 27,000, 15 months away from an election! But Senator Sanders for all his strengths is just NOT going to win the nomination.
All of which leaves Joe with a decision to make, and make it he must pretty quickly. Strategists I've spoken to reckon that - at most - he has two months to decide whether he's in or out.
Any later than that and he won't be in a position to mount a credible campaign in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. I'm told he is making exploratory calls about funding and putting a team together.
Hillary may be stalling, but there's no way she's going out of the race. And she's clearly not setting the US alight either with her campaign to date.
So come on Joe. What you going to do? Are you going to take her on or not?
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The use of such a legal body reflects a stepping up of the investigative process. But how exactly does the system work?
A grand jury is set up by a prosecutor to determine whether there is enough evidence to pursue a prosecution.
In legal terms, it determines whether probable cause exists to believe a crime has been committed.
In order to come to this conclusion, the jury is given investigative powers. It can issue subpoenas to compel people to testify or hand over documentation relating to the case.
Members can also question witnesses, who are not allowed to have lawyers in attendance.
It is in the Bill of Rights. The Fifth Amendment says: "No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury."
Members of the public. The US courts handbook says they "are drawn at random from lists of registered voters, lists of actual voters, or other sources as necessary".
Jury members may be called for duty for months at a time, but need only appear in court for a few days out of every month.
This can range from as low as six to as high as 23, although a federal grand jury usually comprises 16 to 23 people.
Hence the term "grand", because the trial - or "petit" - jury is usually smaller.
Unlike the trial jury, the grand jury does not determine whether a person is guilty of a crime.
It also sits in secret. There is no media coverage. Generally, the person under investigation is not allowed to be present.
The reasoning behind the secrecy is that it protects the jurors from intimidation. It also protects innocent people from unfounded charges.
The jury does not have to be unanimous to recommend an indictment - or criminal charge.
The majority can vary. It can take a two-thirds, or three-quarters verdict.
Federal, state and county prosecutors all use grand juries, but all federal crimes must have a grand jury indictment.
However, if the jury does not vote for indictment, charges can be still be brought if prosecutors convince a judge.
Grand jury processes can last months, even years.
While all states have provisions to allow for grand juries, only around half use them, with other states preferring to rely on a preliminary hearing to determine whether or not to indict a defendant on non-federal charges.
BBC Radio Jersey's business reporter, Chris Rayner, has been researching the cost of a basket of shopping at three supermarkets in Jersey and in Hampshire.
He created a basic shopping using items suggested by Jersey's Consumer Council.
It included a litre of milk, a kilo of white potatoes, cat litter, soap, toothpaste and ketchup.
It found items such as coffee at the same shop in the UK cost ??1.32 more in Jersey.
Mr Rayner said: "While the quality of life here may be better, many feel we pay more for the privilege, whether it's through higher rents, more expensive food and travel costs."
The BBC visited three supermarkets in Jersey, the Co-op in Charing Cross, Waitrose at Rue des Pres and Marks & Spencer in King Street; and three in Petersfield in Hampshire: Tesco, Waitrose and Marks & Spencer.
He said he found out that doing business in Jersey was not cheap either.
The Channel Islands Co-op is one of the supermarkets that imports tons of food and other items from the UK every week which costs the business ??60,000 a month.
Colin Mcleod, the Co-op's chief executive, said: "We've got high land costs, we've got high build costs, we've got high labour costs. But we're doing the best we can in that environment for our members."
A spokesman for Waitrose in Jersey said: "We continually monitor our prices to ensure we remain as competitive as possible, and because of this shoppers may find that many of our products now cost less than when we first opened our shops in the island.
"We need to reflect the additional costs of getting products to the Channel Islands in our prices but we pass on the savings of UK VAT to our shoppers in Jersey and have hundreds of relevant and meaningful promotions across our branches each week."
Tony O'Neill, the chief executive of Sandpiper CI, said over half their products in Marks & Spencer are sold on promotion.
The Citizens Advice Bureau and the Community Savings Bank told the BBC they were seeing more clients.
Brian Curtis, executive chairman of the Community Savings Bank, said it was not just those who find themselves unemployed.
He said: "I know some people on middle incomes who have not had any increase [in wages] for three years.
"They have still got a job, so that's fine in itself, but adjusting to a different scenario is not easy for some of these people."
The opener, 24, was this week added to the Test squad for the current tour of India as a replacement for the injured Haseeb Hameed.
Jennings, captaining the Lions, made 101 not out as they chased 175 with 16 of their 50 overs to spare.
"That couldn't have gone much better," the left-hander said.
"To spend some time in the middle for me was great, even if they were one-day runs, which is obviously different to how things will be in India."
The Lions face the UAE again on Saturday before Jennings joins the Test squad in India for the remaining two Tests.
England trail 2-0 in the five-match series. The fourth Test in Mumbai starts on 8 December.
Jennings, who was born in Johannesburg and is the son of former South Africa coach Ray Jennings, captained South Africa Under-19s.
This year he completed a four-year qualification period to be eligible for England.
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The clash happened when a police patrol came under rebel fire in Sukma district early on Tuesday, police said.
The Maoists are active in more than a third of India's 600 districts. They say they are fighting for the rights of the poor.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has described them as the biggest internal security challenge facing India.
Sukma police official Abishek Shandilya told the Press Trust of India news agency that security forces were searching for rebels in the forested area of Puarti village.
"On spotting the security forces, the rebels opened fire and in the retaliatory action, nine rebels were killed and several others were injured," Mr Shandilya said.
Some arms were also recovered from the site of the clash, he said.
In June last year, police claimed to have killed 17 rebels in a gunfight in the rebel-dominated Bijapur area of the state.
But rights activists and local villagers said those killed were local tribespeople and not Maoist rebels.
The suspect - the third suicide bomber at the Stade de France according to French police - entered the Greek island of Leros on 3 October.
He was with Ahmad al-Mohammed, a fellow Stade de France attacker.
Islamic State militants killed 130 people in Paris on 13 November.
French police have not named the man in the latest appeal for information.
But the BBC's Ed Thomas has matched the image released by French police with a photo on the arrival papers at Leros.
Our correspondent says the two men bought ferry tickets to leave Leros to continue their journey through Europe with Syrian refugees.
French media have reported that nine militants carried out the attacks, and seven died on Friday night.
A huge manhunt has been launched for one of the main suspects at large, Belgium-born French national Salah Abdeslam.
One of the men who drove Abdeslam to Belgium told his lawyer that he was dressed in a "big jacket" and may have had a suicide belt.
The lawyer, Carine Couquelet, told French TV this raised questions, including the possibility that Abdeslam was supposed to blow himself up in Paris but then had second thoughts.
Friends of Abdeslam told ABC News they had spoken to him on Skype and said he was hiding in Brussels and desperately trying to get to Syria.
They said he was caught between European authorities hunting him and IS members who were "watching him" and were unhappy that he had not detonated his suicide belt.
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Brogan Warren, 21, from Northampton, died after the Citroen Saxo she was travelling in crashed on the Shrivenham Bypass, near Swindon, on Sunday night.
It is understood the other victims travelling with her from Bristol's vegan festival VegFest were Sam Kay, Nicoletta Tocco and Krop Jones.
Ms Warren's mother Deborah Bryne said her daughter had a "magical soul".
"My heart and soul have been torn away and it hurts so much I can barely breathe," Ms Bryne said.
"I'm hoping the four of you quickly found each other on the spirit side and walked together to eternity.
"I can picture you all holding hands, skipping and dancing up into the clouds and rainbows knowing that you truly have found paradise together."
Ms Warren's partner Grant Brooks said: "You gave the world such joy and you showed us all that the world has magic."
Festival organisers described the four victims as "wonderful people" in a tribute on Facebook.
"We are so sorry to hear such sad news after such an uplifting event," they said.
Also on Facebook, Hannah Greeno wrote: "Heartbreaking! We were dancing right next to them, they were so happy!"
The occupants of a Mercedes also involved in the crash, including a three-year-old boy, were injured and taken to hospital, police said.
Their injuries were not believed to be life threatening.
Donaldson, 41, reached a career high of 28th in the world in 2013.
But he is currently 244th in the world rankings and is 178th on the European Tour's Race to Dubai rankings.
"I've struggled with injuries. These things happen and you've just got to manage the problems and get on with it," Donaldson said.
"I'm pretty fit now and looking for a really good week. I'm starting to play nicely now."
Donaldson tees off in the first round on Thursday morning at Wentworth alongside Felipe Aguilar of Chile and England's Simon Dyson.
Fellow Welshman Bradley Dredge will be in the same first-round group as Australia's Scott Hend and Joost Luiten of the Netherlands.
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And this, despite huge potential for solar energy in the Atacama Desert, where sun shines almost all year round.
Subsole, one of Chile's major fruit producers, decided to give solar energy a try, building a solar park in Copiapo Valley in the north of the country.
The firm's chief excecutive Jose Miguel Fernandez says that Chile should pay more attention to renewables.
Alfred Rouse tried to fake his own death by leaving a man to burn in his Morris Minor in Hardingstone, Northamptonshire, in 1930.
DNA testing based on people with an unbroken maternal line back to a relative from the time have so far failed to identify Rouse's victim.
Techniques that do not require this link will be used to widen the search.
Forensic science expert Dr John Bond, from the University of Leicester, said: "It's looking at more of the genome and it's more sensitive to the nuclear DNA, which means we're not solely reliant on the mitochondrial DNA anymore.
"Hopefully we will at some point reach a positive outcome and be able to put a name on the gravestone finally in Hardingstone Cemetery."
Philanderer Rouse, 36, was in financial trouble when he set his car alight - and was later hanged for the murder.
A DNA profile was found in an archived slide in 2013 and has been used to disprove theories of family connections to the case.
With nine families' claims ruled out earlier this year, Dr Bond said he may have been "somewhat naive" to believe it would be a relatively short search.
"What I hadn't appreciated was just how many families had people who just disappeared around 1930," he said.
Dr Bond said it was believed Rouse, who lived in London, could have tempted the victim to travel with him on the pretence of finding him work in Leicester.
"There were a lot of people at that time of Depression when it would have been difficult to find work, might have had difficulties holding down family life, might have been tempted by the offer of work somewhere else around the country and thought Rouse was doing them a favour," he said.
Dr Bond hopes a renewed appeal based on the next generation sequencing tests in the spring will encourage people with connections to London or Leicester to come forward.
"There's at least two other families who in the past we've had to say no to as they couldn't supply this unbroken maternal line, so in the fullness of time we hope to be able to say 'we'd be able to help you now'," he said.
"He's got to be somebody's relative, we've just got to hit on the right family."
The duo join goalkeeper Joe Lewis, forward Etien Velikonja and midfielder Filip Kiss in departing the Bluebirds, along with four under-21 players.
Turner, 28, joined the Bluebirds in August 2011 and scored a last minute equaliser in the 2012 League Cup Final against Liverpool at Wembley.
He played 31 games for Cardiff in the Premier League in 2013-14 and made 121 appearances for the club in total.
Trinidad and Tobago international Jones joined the Bluebirds in a swap deal involving Peter Odemwinge in January 2014.
However, Jones was allowed out on loan this season and said at the time he had been offered 'no deal' to stay at Cardiff City Stadium.
In January he joined Al Jazira in the United Arab Emirates on loan until the end of the season.
Lewis, 28, joined on a free transfer from Peterborough United in 2012 but made only five senior appearances and had loan spells with Blackpool and Fulham.
Slovenia international striker Velikonja joined Cardiff on a four-year deal in July 2012 but failed to score in five first team games for the Bluebirds
Slovakian Kiss joined Cardiff on loan from SK Slovan Bratislava in July 2011 before the deal was made permanent 12 months later.
The 25-year-old spent two loan spells at Ross County and also spent a season on loan with Norwegian side.
Cardiff have also released Jazzi Barnum-Bobb, Abdi Noor, Tyler Roche and Curtis Watkins from their developmental side.
However, extensions have been offered to Luke O'Reilly, Elijah Phipps, Jamie Veale, Macauley Southam, David Tutonda, Ashley Baker, Dylan Rees, Tom James, Robbie Patten, Tommy O'Sullivan and Theo Wharton.
Jamie Bird, Rhys Abbruzzese, Lloyd Humphries and Rollin Menayese have all been offered their first professional contracts.
The pair - a man in his 30s and a three-year-old boy - were found in a small amount of water in a stream behind housing in Ashington estate.
They were found by a passerby at about 15:00 local time.
The stream runs alongside train tracks and the Royal Canal. The bodies have been removed from the scene.
The area was sealed off and the state pathologist alerted.
Oscar Morel, 35, was also charged with criminal possession of a weapon.
Imam Maulama Akonjee, 55, and Thara Uddin, 64, were shot in the head as they were walking after prayers in the borough of Queens.
Some mosque-goers suggested it was a hate crime, but police said there was no evidence so far that the men had been targeted because of their faith.
Following the shooting, New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio said Muslims were living "in the perpetual crosshairs of bigotry".
On Monday, the New York Police Department said Mr Morel had been charged with two counts of second-degree murder.
He was arrested on Sunday following a hit-and-run traffic accident just after the shootings.
The gunmen was seen on CCTV video fleeing the scene in a car. About 10 minutes later a vehicle matching that description hit a cyclist several miles away.
Police gave no details about a possible motive for the shooting.
Also on Monday, hundreds of mourners gathered for an Islamic funeral service for the two victims.
Maulama Akonjee moved to the city from Bangladesh two years ago, US media reported.
Friends of Imam Akonjee told media he had just left the mosque after prayers when he was shot. The mosque serves the large Bangladeshi community in Ozone Park.
Last year the New York Times reported that hate crimes against US Muslims and mosques tripled in the wake of attacks in Paris and San Bernardino.
The Ofsted boss said while standards were rising overall, the number of poorly performing schools in the north and the East Midlands would continue to fuel the sense of a divided nation.
He said the situation was very serious.
The government said 89% of schools were good or outstanding.
In an interview with the BBC in Manchester, Sir Michael said the economic future of the north of England relied on addressing the poor performance of some schools.
He said the European Union referendum result had revealed a wider malaise, with communities feeling their needs were being ignored.
Although some northern city centre areas voted strongly to stay in the EU, large parts of Greater Manchester and some Merseyside towns voted in great numbers to leave.
"The situation is very, very serious. If you look at Manchester, the city we're in, nearly one in three schools [is] not good. In Liverpool, half are good. If you look at satellite towns, things are worse.
"It's feeding into a sense that the people of Liverpool, Manchester and the North are not being treated fairly - that their children have less of a chance of educational success than people south of the Wash.
"And that's feeding into a wider malaise that I sense with the Brexit vote, that actually this wasn't just about leaving Europe, it's about 'our needs being neglected, our children are not getting as good a deal as elsewhere'.
"Parents want to see their children doing well; they want to see them going off to university; they want to see them getting a good job.
"Well, they have less of a chance of that in this city, in Liverpool and elsewhere and that feeds into this sense of discontent in the North and in the Midlands."
His report said there was considerable evidence that schools in isolated and deprived areas where educational standards are low are losing out in the recruitment stakes.
It added that heads in north-west England are reporting an "auction" for teachers - particularly in Greater Manchester for hard to recruit subjects.
But there are also shortfalls in secondary subjects in south-east England.
Sir Michael said addressing education must be a government priority.
The Ofsted annual report, published on Thursday morning, highlights that overall standards are rising, with 1.8m more pupils in good or outstanding maintained schools in 2016 than in 2010.
During this period, the curriculum and assessment regime had become more rigorous and children from poor backgrounds were gaining ground on their peers in national primary tests.
But the report also said to become truly world class, England needed to have:
It also highlighted the poor quality of education in the more geographically and economically isolated parts of the country, including coastal areas.
School Standards Minister Nick Gibb said good and outstanding schools now made up 89% of all schools inspected in England but acknowledged there was more to do.
"That's precisely why we have set out plans to make more good school places available, to more parents, in more parts of the country - including scrapping the ban on new grammar school places, and harnessing the resources and expertise of universities, independent and faith schools," he added.
Malcolm Trobe, interim general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said the reasons for educational underperformance in some areas were complex.
He said: "Industrial decline, generational unemployment and high levels of deprivation have had a devastating impact on many parts of the country, creating extremely challenging social conditions.
"Schools in these areas often find it difficult to recruit staff and are hit particularly badly by the on-going nationwide teacher recruitment crisis."
Sir Michael retires as head of Ofsted at the end of the year. He will be succeeded by Amanda Spielman, who currently chairs exams regulator Ofqual.
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Scott Hilling, 25, was staying with Kathleen Griffin at her Clacton home at the time he killed her, the jury heard.
The court was told he stripped her body naked before trying to burn it.
At Chelmsford Crown Court Mr Hilling denies murdering Mrs Griffin in Old Road in the town on 17 December, but admits manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
Peter Gair, prosecuting, said Ms Griffin, known as Kathy, was struck so hard in the face that she suffered brain damage.
The 57-year-old was tied up by her wrists, a scalpel was used as a "torture device" claimed Mr Gair, to make 'superficial wounds' over the victim's body.
She was then stabbed with a kitchen knife 13 or 14 times in the neck, chest, abdomen and back, he told the court.
The court heard he then doused her body with lighter fuel before attempting to set it alight.
Mr Hilling's clothes which were seized when he was arrested, had the victim's blood on a jacket sleeve and on his trainers, the jury was told.
The trial continues.
The woman was walking her dog in Stoke Orchard near Cheltenham when a man appeared shouting "get off my land" and hit her in the mouth.
She "immediately grabbed the man by his testicles" and he fell to the ground, Gloucestershire Police said.
A spokesman added: "This was an unusual method of self-defence and the attacker got more than he bargained for."
The attack, at about 11:30 BST on Monday, left the woman with bruising and a small cut, police said.
The man is described as white, about 5ft 8in tall, between 25 and 35, with tanned skin and a "young voice".
The police spokesman added: "It would have been a terrible experience for a person of any age and we would urge anyone who can help to come forward."
Sandro Carnemolla, from Italy, was found to be double the legal limit on 6 July as the MV Quercianella was leaving Eastham docks in Merseyside.
The 53-year-old was given a suspended sentence of four months in jail and fined £1,000 at Liverpool Crown Court.
The court heard the captain had an "exemplary record" but had been drinking after a "stressful day".
Prosecutor Rob Jones said Mr Carnemolla believed an onboard pilot had used his mobile phone on the bridge, which is not allowed.
The pilot in turn thought the captain, from Port Sala, Sicily, was drunk and called the police, who then breathalysed and arrested Mr Carnemolla.
Anthony Berry QC, defending, said that although there were two first officers on the bridge who could have manoeuvred the vessel, Mr Carnemolla was guilty because he was officially in charge.
He added the captain had his last drink more than two hours before the incident happened at the Queen Elizabeth II locks in Wirral.
Ex-Sunderland player Cabral, 27, whose real name is Adilson Tavares Varela, was accused of carrying out the attack in January last year.
Giving evidence at Hull Crown Court, he said the woman was lying and that sex at his flat in Gateshead was consensual.
The midfielder who had denied two charges of rape, was cleared by a jury.
The court heard that sex took place after Cabral went back to his flat in with friends, including retired France international Anthony Reveillere.
The woman, who cannot be named, had claimed Cabral - who was born in Cape Verde and now plays for FC Zurich - pinned her down on his bed and attacked her.
He wants politicians to reach consensus ahead of next week's summit on health and social care.
Is this realistic? To some extent, politics and health have always been intertwined.
The national health service, established in 1948, was born out of a political decision.
Its founder Aneurin Bevan set the tone when he said "when a bed pan is dropped on a hospital floor, its noise should resound in the palace of Westminister".
That twin track approach has continued ever since.
From the so-called "War of Jennifer's ear" in the 1992 general election campaign to the current dispute over junior doctors contracts in England, issues involving health are guaranteed to provoke fierce political rows.
In Northern Ireland, the debate can be no less contentious.
There have been political disagreements between the parties on many issues - including proposed hospital closures, prescription charges, abortion and the current lifetime ban on gay men donating blood.
Can this change? Well, politicians in Greater Manchester appear to have reached broad consensus on what they want for their area's health.
In April, they are having the powers over health and social care devolved to them.
It follows a report by a former health Minister Lord Warner which said Manchester was one of England's sickest cities and likened its high death rates with a jumbo jet full of passengers crashing into the region every month.
The new plan, which politicians signed up to in advance, includes integrating health and social care and will reduce the number of emergency departments from 10 to four.
The ten councils and 12 local health authorities will be in control of the £6bn budget.
The Labour leader of Tameside Council, Kieran Quinn, said it was vital they agreed the plan beforehand.
To this end, they have signed what is called a memorandum of understanding.
"Our destination is to have a world class health care system," he said.
"We believe that for a variety of reasons the health care of our residents has been let down by national decisions, taken in Westminister or Whitehall.
"We'd love to have had some of Northern Ireland's devolution at the time you got it. I think how far ahead we could be.
"If we didn't have a consensus about the way forward, then all we'd do is squabble and backbite about the way forward.
"We do that occasionally - Greater Manchester is not a utopia. But when it comes to significant areas like health, that's too important to squabble over."
His Conservative opposite number on Trafford Council, Sean Anstee, said the will to agree was necessary.
"I want people to remember us for taking some of these bold decisions that are going to say 'actually if we don't do this, we've got a health care system that will fall over, a social care system that will fall over'," he said.
"Will our political resolve and resilience be tested over the next few years? Of course it will.
"But is there resolve amongst us to say we've got to do something differently, using evidence to do that? Yes, we will."
Crucially, the plan has the backing of healthcare professionals. Dr Kailash Chand is the deputy chair of the BMA in the UK. He has also been a GP in Greater Manchester for more than 30 years and he said he's hopeful it will work.
He had some reservations over the fact there will be no extra funding.
"I'm to start with very, very optimistic because the people who are working on it, they have a vision and they want to take it forward," he said.
"We will co-operate with them and we will give them another couple of years to deliver it.
"You can't see the results in two days or two months. The real results we'll have to see in four or five years."
Greater Manchester is only at the start of a long process - and its history and politics are very different to Northern Ireland's.
But with their politicians having a signed deal on the way forward for health, at the moment, they are optimistic.
It is now over to Northern Ireland's MLAs to see if they can do something similar.
The blaze broke out at the former North Wales Hospital, Denbigh, at 03:00 BST on Friday.
Denbighshire Council said it was "still committed" to buying the Grade-II listed building despite parts of the property needing to be demolished.
Following a meeting on Monday, it said its main concern was keeping people away from the unsafe building.
The former asylum, which closed in 1996, had been set alight a number of times, most recently in February.
It is currently owned by an offshore company which was granted planning permission for a redevelopment scheme in 2006, but that has since expired.
There had been uncertainty over its future but following a long battle, Denbighshire council won a compulsory purchase order (CPO) and plans were announced last year to preserve it.
The local authority hopes to transfer ownership of the building to a preservation trust.
The 22-year-old left-armer has been out of action since fracturing his hand in April, and has since suffered from a reoccurring back injury.
Topley, who has played 10 ODIs and six T20 internationals, was due to join an England training camp in South Africa later this month.
He joined Hampshire from Essex last season but has played just once since.
The 15th Century heart-shaped brooch probably belonged to Baroness Hastings, who lived in Kirby Muxloe Castle.
The jewel, found by a metal detectorist in a farmer's field, will be sold at auction in August.
Experts say it would have been given to her by Baron William Hastings, who was beheaded in 1483.
The brooch has a guide price of £6,000-£8,000.
It is inlaid with white enamel and engraved with the medieval French inscription "honor et joie" (honour and joy).
The finder, who wants to remain anonymous, will split the proceeds of the auction with the landowner after the British Museum declared it treasure but declined to purchase it.
The jewel was examined by experts at Hanson's Auctioneers and then authenticated at the British Museum.
William Hastings was a supporter of King Edward IV and fought alongside him at the battle of Towton in 1461, where he was knighted on the field of the battle.
He married Katherine Neville, Baroness Hastings, also from a noble family, in 1462. He was executed by Richard III at the Tower of London in 1483.
The group says existing structures are outdated and unable to cope with the expected increase in aviation by 2030.
Flight paths need to be redrawn and more satellite navigation used instead of ground-based radio beacons, it says.
The call comes ahead of a Department for Transport consultation next year into managing the UK's airspace.
The coalition, which calls itself Sky's The Limit, includes the chief executives of air traffic control provider National Air Traffic Control Service (Nats), the Airport Operators Association and trade body Airlines UK.
It calls on the government and MPs to support the changes, describing them as "urgent and necessary".
"Much of the UK's controlled airspace... was designed in the 1960 and 1970s for a different era of aircraft and when traffic was less than half of what it is today," it says.
The proposals, adds the group, can increase capacity in the air, while reducing the number of people who experience aircraft noise and cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
According to Sky's The Limit, the number of flights operating in UK airspace is estimated to rise to 3.1 million a year by 2030 from two million in 2015. But it says airline passengers could suffer delays of up to 20 minutes on every flight by 2030.
The chief executive of Nats likened the UK's current system of flight paths to "a network of B roads".
Michael Rolfe said that if it did not change, the UK could end up with a scenario where every flight is delayed.
He said "Either delays will soar from effectively no delay - or very little delay from an air traffic perspective right now - up to millions of minutes a year, which probably means every flight being delayed by 10, 15, 20 minutes," he said.
"Or we end up in a position of any additional capacity that we build in the country - no matter where it is - not being usable and not being of any benefit because we don't have the infrastructure in the airspace to support it."
Nats said modernisation of the UK's airspace would mean aircraft would spend less time at low levels where they create more noise and were less fuel efficient. That would also reduce the need for conventional orbital holding - known as stacking - which would keep planes higher for longer.
But Mr Rolfe admitted changing flights paths was "a contentious topic" as it meant some communities would have more planes flying above them.
He added: "Modernising how our skies are structured is vital, but we are already behind schedule and it is critical that the industry and government now work together to deliver change."
A British Airways spokeswoman said the UK's airspace was "outdated", adding that improvements would provide "operational and environmental" advantages.
Virgin Atlantic chief executive Craig Kreeger said the airline is minimising its environmental impact with new aircraft but it requires a "modern airspace infrastructure to maximise the benefits".
The Department for Transport highlighted its announcement of a consultation on UK airspace policy.
A spokesman added that Transport Secretary Chris Grayling had acknowledged that a "wider programme of airspace modernisation" is needed and had already indicated the consultation would examine a "range of national proposals covering noise and airspace".
Four pints of semi-skimmed milk will drop 11% to 89p, while some bread brand prices will fall by 21%, the firm said.
New chief executive David Potts said the cuts would mean prices for "cupboard essentials will be amongst the lowest on the market."
The move is part of a bitter price war among supermarkets as they battle for customers.
The rise of discounters, such as Aldi and Lidl, and the growth of online shopping has hit all the "big four" supermarkets which as well as Morrisons includes Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda.
But Morrisons has been hit particularly hard.
Last year its profits halved - taking it to the lowest level for eight years. Following the dire annual results, Morrisons said it would commit a billion pounds over the next three years to lowering prices.
It followed similar moves from its rivals, with Asda committing £300m to lowering prices in the first three months of the year, Sainsbury's investing £150m to reduce the cost of 1,000 products and Tesco dropping prices on 2,500 "essentials".
A typical basket of everyday items is now 2.1% cheaper than it was in 2014, with all major retailers offering cheaper like-for-like goods, according to analyst Kantar Worldpanel.
While the major supermarkets struggle, discounters Aldi and Lidl continue to grab market share.
Lidl reached a new record high market share of 3.9%, according to Kantar figures up to 24 May, while Aldi has increased its share to 5.4%.
In densely populated areas with lots of wi-fi networks, the virus can go from network to network finding weaknesses.
Once in control of a wi-fi access point, it leaves computers on the network extremely vulnerable.
The team's lead researcher told the BBC it was working on software to prevent such attacks being possible.
"Rather than rely on people to use strong passwords, you want to integrate intrusion detection systems to the access points," said Alan Marshall, professor of communication networks at the University of Liverpool.
He would not go into detail about the methods in order to prevent the attack being used on real victims but said a proof-of-concept attack had been developed at the university.
The virus, dubbed Chameleon, seeks out wi-fi access points - devices that transmit the wi-fi signal, found in many homes - that have not had their admin password changed.
This password is different from the one used to log on to the wi-fi network itself, and is often left unchanged from the default setting.
Once an access point is under a hacker's control, new firmware can be installed.
"So it's now under our control," explained Prof Marshall.
"Once you do that you can then do other things with it. You can recover passwords, steal data - anything you want."
But it is the next step of the virus that is most unusual.
Once installed on one access point, the virus can - without being controlled by a human - automatically seek out other vulnerable access points, taking them over as and when they are found.
Prof Marshall told the BBC that this was unlikely to be a threat to big business wi-fi networks, which should have enhanced security in place.
However, networks in homes, or at small premises like coffee shops, are typically found with less stringent protection measures in place.
Now that his team has demonstrated the threat, Prof Marshall said attention would turn to creating a product that could be installed in wi-fi access points to prevent this kind of hijacking - without requiring the user to take responsibility.
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Nine-year-old Polly was targeted in the Liverpool Road and Tiger Court Business Park area, in Huyton, on 23 November before 13:00 GMT, the RSPCA said.
She was taken to the vets by her owners after she returned home walking abnormally and bleeding.
A pellet was found lodged in the vertebrae of her neck, which the RSPCA said could have been fatal, and she underwent surgery.
She is now in a stable condition.
RSPCA inspector Claire Fisher said: "The pellet was only 5mm away from severing her spinal cord. Polly must have suffered terribly, but in some ways she has had a lucky escape.
"Many cats shot in this way are fatally wounded and do not survive."
Insp Fisher added: "Anyone caught deliberately using an airgun to injure an animal can be given up to six months in prison and/or a £20,000 fine if found guilty under the Animal Welfare Act."
Anyone with information is asked to call the RSPCA inspector appeal line on 0300 123 8018.
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On Saturday, 24 June, Get Inspired teamed up with British Gymnastics to celebrate the humble move as part of International Handstand Day.
From all corners of the globe, people used #HandstandDay on social media and showed their skills to the world.
Our special live page on the day collated the top efforts as we gathered handstands across the seven continents.
The handstand is one of the most fundamental gymnastics moves. You will not only spot them in British five-time Olympic medallist Max Whitlock's floor routine, but also in other activities like diving, yoga and snowboarding (to name just three).
And from what you shared with us, they can be done just about anywhere.
Thank you to everyone who joined in and see you next year.
[For anyone who is setting themselves the challenge of taking part next year but can't handstand yet, take a look at these tips from Great Britain gymnast, Nile Wilson].
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It states that the council is "opposed to bonfires where they present a threat to life, property, the environment, where they cause damage to public amenities and where they facilitate hate crime."
Sinn Féin proposed the move, but insisted they were not against all bonfires.
The motion carried by 31 votes to 21.
Unionists all voted against the motion at a meeting of the council on Wednesday night, saying it was unnecessary.
The motion further states: "This council gives permission to our council officers to remove bonfire materials or employ contractors to facilitate the removal of bonfire materials from council sites and other sites, which belong to statutory agencies and those which are in private ownership."
The leader of the DUP on the council, Lee Reynolds, said the council should not be turned into "the Belfast bonfire police".
The Sinn Féin leader on the council, Jim McVeigh, said: "Tonight's motion enables council officers to remove bonfire materials from council and other sites, which belong to statutory agencies and those which are in private ownership with their consent.
"This sends out a strong message that this council stands against displays of racism, sectarianism and homophobia on bonfires in any part of the city."
Earlier, the Ulster Unionist Party called the motion unrealistic.
Last week, it emerged that fears of intimidation had forced Belfast City Council to try to use contractors from outside Northern Ireland to remove bonfire material.
It is believed more than 70 different firms have been contacted in recent years.
This includes contractors in England and Scotland.
Public Health England (PHE) is warning people to not eat any cold pre-cooked meats and savouries bought since 25 June from Robinsons butchers in Wingate and Billingham.
Seven confirmed cases and one suspected one have been reported in the past week in both adults and children, PHE said.
A spokesman for Robinsons said it was discarding all ready to eat food.
PHE said the precautionary advice had been issued to residents in County Durham and North Tees after an investigation began into the possible source of an outbreak of E. coli O157.
Dr Deb Wilson, chairwoman of the outbreak control team, said: "The source of this outbreak is not yet known, however, several of the affected people are known to have eaten cooked meat products bought or supplied by Robinsons' butcher shops in either Wingate or Billingham.
"The owner and staff of Robinsons butchers and caterers are co-operating fully with the investigation and have agreed to discard all ready-to-eat food from both premises while the investigation continues."
The company has agreed to carry out a deep clean of both premises and reinforce good hygiene practices, PHE said.
Anyone who has bought cooked meats or savouries since 25 June and still has them in their fridge or freezer, is advised to throw them away immediately.
E. coli is a species of bacterium which is found in the intestines of animals and humans.
Symptoms of the O157 strain can range from mild diarrhoea to haemorrhagic colitis - a combination of severe abdominal cramps and blood in the stools.
Ahead of any votes, two prominent government MPs have engaged in a live debate on the issue.
Here are some of the key quotes from their debate at the National Press Club in Canberra on Wednesday.
On human rights
Ms Wong: "We are your brothers and your sisters, your sons and your daughters, your friends and your fellow Australians, and this is a debate about us. A debate about rights, a debate about intimate and personal relationships, a debate about the people we love."
Mr Bernardi: "Ironically, in this new culture of rights, we're often taken into the realm of a contest in deciding whose rights should prevail and the homosexual marriage debate is a clear example of this contest."
Ms Wong: "In Australia today, two citizens who love each other and who wish to make a public declaration of their mutual and exclusive commitment through the ceremony of marriage are prohibited from doing so, solely on the basis of their gender ... If the disqualifying attribute were race, age or religion, such a proposition would be rightly seen as bizarre.
"It is precisely because heterosexuals have changed marriage from an economic arrangement to a relationship of love and support that gay and lesbian people are seeking to join it."
Bernardi: "Marriage is not a right. It was not invented. Marriage simply is. Marriage has been reserved as a sacred bond between a man and a woman across times, across cultures and across very different religious beliefs."
Ms Wong: "Leave aside for a moment the truth that the quality of parenting is altogether more complex than simple assertions about gender. The reality is this: same-sex couples already have children. Marriage equality will not alter that."
Mr Bernardi: "I will not deny that some same-sex couples make much, much better parents than some married heterosexual couples. However, it doesn't change the general principle that the ideal is still a child being raised by their married mother and father."
Ms Wong: "If we achieve marriage equality, most things won't change. The sun will rise, heterosexual marriages won't crumble, three-year-olds will still want more ice-cream than is good for them, but together we will have made a profound change: a statement to lesbian and gay Australians that we belong, that we are accepted, that our relationships matter."
Mr Bernardi: "I believe there is no need to redefine marriage on the basis of equality. To do so is to live in a dictatorship of relativism where nothing is real and truths are denied if they're considered inconvenient by the politically correct system. [Redefining marriage would] lead to calls for further redefinitions using exactly the same arguments of equality made by the same-sex marriage advocates today."
The tourists may have won the second Test at Westpac Stadium, and there may be a climatic decider to come, but the post-match debate must start by looking back at the actions of one All Black - Sonny Bill Williams.
Williams, the All Blacks' star centre, chased up a kick and ran into contact midway through the first half, with his collision with Anthony Watson initially looking pretty innocuous.
The first clue that it was more serious was the reaction of the Lions players, with Johnny Sexton and Conor Murray both protesting to referee Jerome Garces.
Then when the incident was replayed in slow motion, there was no doubt.
Williams led with a shoulder into Watson's unprotected face, not making any effort to wrap his arms around the Lions wing.
World Rugby has been clear on this. It changed the rules in January to make the head "a no-go area", warning that any player making above-the-shoulder contact risks a red card.
It was undoubtedly "reckless" rather than "accidental" and, considering the force and Watson's vulnerability, the red card was fully warranted.
I don't think it was malicious, Williams does not seem the sort of player to attempt to hurt another.
But the laws don't allow any wriggle room on those grounds.
World Rugby is trying to get the game to be as clean as possible and is asking the players to make smarter decisions rather than just throwing themselves into a collision in an uncontrolled way.
Garces took his time, consulted his assistants and reached the correct decision. It was undoubtedly a huge factor in the result.
At the top level, there have been a few examples of teams triumphing when down a man. Racing 92 beat Toulon in the 2016 Top 14 final after having Maxime Machenaud sent off in the first half. England did the same against Argentina in November after Elliot Daly had been shown red.
But it put the hosts at a huge disadvantage, with another 65 minutes to play.
Would the Lions have won against a full-strength All Blacks side? It's impossible to say, a complete hypothetical.
And the Lions players won't care a jot.
That is because if you ask any player in world rugby what sort of victory they would take over the All Blacks, especially in New Zealand, they will take it any way they can get it.
The two teams' reaction to the All Blacks going down to 14 men was markedly different.
New Zealand reacted quicker and more clearly to a curveball that neither Lions coach Warren Gatland nor All Blacks counterpart Steve Hansen could have prepared for.
They threw down the gauntlet in the pack and backed themselves to contain the Lions, with Jerome Kaino withdrawn and only seven forwards on the pitch.
In the backs, they introduced Ngani Laumape, who was direct, forceful and recreated some of that go-forward that went off with Williams.
Back up to a full complement in the backline, they could deny the Lions the space the tourists wanted out wide as well.
What will frustrate Gatland is that the Lions could not get any control of the game after the red card.
There were too many errors and too much indiscipline, with the Lions leaking costly penalties under little pressure.
You can understand a player giving away a penalty because they think doing so is the lesser of two evils and not infringing might allow the other team to score a try.
But these were needless penalties to give the All Blacks a hold of the scoreboard.
It was level when Williams was sent off after 25 minutes, but after an hour the All Blacks had ground out a 18-9 lead.
The most high-profile offender during this period was prop Mako Vunipola.
He gave away a penalty with an clumsy charge into Beauden Barrett and, just a few minutes later, earned a yellow card for an unnecessary clear-out on the prone Kiwi fly-half.
Add in his occasional wobbles at scrum time against Owen Franks and it won't be a performance he looks back on with any pride.
Given the England man's skills in the loose, it would go against the way that the Lions want to play to drop Vunipola. But people have been left out for less in other teams.
He won't be feeling that certain of a third Test start.
The big talking point before kick-off was Gatland's selection of Owen Farrell at 12 to provide a second playmaking option alongside Johnny Sexton at fly-half.
Ultimately, on balance, that selection was justified.
Farrell and Sexton do not knock people back and the All Blacks made yardage down that 10-12 channel.
But that vulnerability is the price you pay for having the two best readers of the game on the pitch at the same time and sharpening the tourists' attacking edge.
Their runaround play - combined with quick hands from Elliot Daly and Liam Williams - sprung Anthony Watson down the right wing before they cannily used the space created on the opposite side to put Taulupe Faletau in.
For Conor Murray's score, it was a deft pop from Sexton to put Jamie George into space and a crafty clear-out of TJ Perenara from Farrell to open the way to the line for the scrum-half.
Would those chances have been created and then taken without them both on the pitch? It's unlikely.
The Lions have an explosive back three, and Sexton and Farrell are the best equipped to ensure them a diet of fast, good ball.
The first place that the Lions coaching staff wanted to see improvement on last weekend's defeat was up front in the close quarters.
In the first Test, the tourists were knocked back too often.
This time the gain line was not continually breached by the All Blacks one-out runners. There were bigger hits by the Lions today, which made the breakdown more competitive.
Defence coach Andy Farrell called on his players to "man up" and no-one responded better to that than Sean O'Brien.
The flanker carried with purpose, racking up a team-high nine, and tackled offensively, backed up by a more physical display by Sam Warburton and Faletau alongside him in the back row.
Maro Itoje was right there alongside them.
He dropped the ball on his first carry and gave away a couple of sloppy penalties, but added dynamism, making a huge contribution around the pitch.
Add in the fact that he took over the line-out calling duties from the dropped George Kruis and oversaw an 80% return from that set-piece on the Lions' throw, and it was a near man-of-the-match performance.
Now the anticipation grows to see what next weekend will bring.
The Federal Reserve scaled back the number of interest rate rises it expects to make this year because of concerns over the global economy.
China's Shanghai Composite rose 1.2% to 2,904.83 while in Hong Kong the Hang Seng climbed 1% to 20,460.92.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index closed 1% higher at 5,168.15.
In South Korea, the Kospi index climbed 0.7% to 1,987.99.
However, Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index slipped 0.1% to 16,936.38 as the yen strengthened against the dollar.
With fewer US rate rises now being predicted this year, the US dollar weakened against Asian currencies.
"A risk in recent times has been that a too-aggressive Fed will threaten the global outlook by further pushing up the US dollar which in turn would threaten US growth, put more downwards pressure on oil prices and hence energy producers and add to the risk of a funding crisis in the emerging world," Shane Oliver, chief economist at AMP Capital in Sydney said.
"By continuing to indicate that it is conscious of global risks and that US rate hikes will be data dependent and gradual, the Fed is clearly indicating that it is not going to do anything to consciously threaten the global and US outlook."
Among individual shares, Toshiba fell nearly 10% following a report that the Japanese company is under investigation in the US over its accounting practices.
According to Bloomberg News, the Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission are looking into allegations it hid more than $1bn in losses at its nuclear power operations.
In 2015, Toshiba revealed that it had inflated profits for almost seven years leading to a major restructuring, record fine in Japan and the resignations of its top several executives.
A new report alleges that government forces and many rebel groups are committing war crimes on a daily basis.
The government has reportedly stepped up its bombardment of Aleppo in recent weeks in response to a rebel offensive.
President Bashar al-Assad categorically denied that barrel bombs had ever been used by his forces in an interview with the BBC in February.
At least 10 people, including four children and teacher, were killed on Sunday when a barrel bomb hit a nursery school in the Seif al-Dawla district.
Local journalist Zaina Erhaim told the BBC on Monday that she heard the sound of children's screams and saw rescuers struggling to pull victims from the rubble.
Amnesty's report says that from January 2014 to March 2015, government aircraft launched continual attacks using barrel bombs - oil barrels, fuel tanks or gas cylinders packed with explosives, fuel, and metal fragments - in Aleppo.
Their targets included at least 14 public markets, 12 transportation hubs, 23 mosques, 17 hospitals and medical centres, and three schools.
"I saw children without heads, body parts everywhere. It was how I imagine hell to be," a local factory worker said describing the aftermath of an attack on al-Fardous district in 2014.
The vast majority of fatalities from the eight attacks Amnesty investigated were civilians. According to the Violations Documentation Center, an activist-run monitoring group, barrel bombings killed at least 3,124 civilians and 35 rebel fighters in Aleppo province over the same period.
Amnesty said evidence suggested the air campaign in Aleppo had "deliberately targeted civilians and civilian objects", and noted that it was a war crime to intentionally make those not directly participating in hostilities the target of attacks.
"Such a systematic attack on the civilian population, when carried out as part of government policy as appears to have been the case in Aleppo, would also constitute a crime against humanity," it added.
Armed opposition groups in Aleppo were also accused of committing war crimes by using imprecise weapons such as mortars and improvised rockets fitted with gas canisters called "hell cannons" in attacks that killed at least 600 civilians in 2014.
The report also documented widespread torture, arbitrary detention and abduction of civilians by both government security personnel and rebels in Aleppo.
Amnesty said the widespread atrocities had made life for civilians in Aleppo "increasingly unbearable", with many forced to eke out an existence underground.
A resident described Aleppo as a "circle of hell". "The streets are filled with blood. The people who have been killed are not the people who were fighting," he said.
"More than a year ago the UN passed a resolution calling for an end to human rights abuses, and specifically barrel bomb attacks, promising there would be consequences if the government failed to comply," said Philip Luther, director of Amnesty's Middle East and North Africa programme.
"Today, the international community has turned its back on Aleppo's civilians in a cold-hearted display of indifference to an escalating human tragedy."
"Continued inaction is being interpreted by perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity as a sign they can continue to hold the civilians of Aleppo hostage without fear of any retribution."
The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (PIRC) will examine the circumstances surrounding the fatality on Gordon Street on Friday morning.
The man died in hospital after falling from a window at the Central Hotel.
Police said the incident happened after two officers attended the hotel at 11:30 as part of an ongoing inquiry.
Police said the man, whose identity has not been released, was taken to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital where he died at about 12:10.
Gordon Street was closed for several hours as police investigated the circumstances surrounding the man's death.
Officers are currently attempting to trace family members.
Police Scotland said that as part of "normal procedure" the incident had been referred to the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner and a report would be sent to the Procurator Fiscal.
The main entrance to Central Station will remain sealed off until after the evening rush hour.
A spokeswoman for the PIRC said: "The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has instructed the Police Investigations & Review Commissioner to carry out an investigation into police contact with a man who died following an incident in Gordon Street, Glasgow, on Friday 11 November 2016.
"A report on the Commissioner's findings will be submitted to the COPFS in due course."
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) said a shortage of midwives was having a major impact and mistakes would "almost certainly be made".
Some 42% of units shut down temporarily in the past year, its survey found.
The government said it was determined to ensure "every mother and baby gets the highest quality care".
A poll of 83 heads of midwifery at NHS trusts found there had been a rise in the number of units that had closed their doors, with 33% having closed the previous year.
The RCM said budget cuts were also affecting services, with midwives struggling to cope with a rising birth rate and increasingly complex births.
Its chief executive Cathy Warwick said: "All of this shows a system that is creaking at the seams and only able to deliver high quality care through the efforts and dedication of its staff.
"When services are operating at or beyond their capacity, safety is compromised and mistakes can, and almost certainly will be made, through no fault of the dedicated staff delivering the service."
She said the government was responsible and was "letting down women, babies and their families", along with "the staff they purport to value".
On average, each unit closed its doors on 4.8 separate occasions in 2015, with the most a single unit shut temporarily being 23 times.
More than 90% of the midwives polled said their unit was dealing with more complex cases than the previous year and 30% said they did not have enough midwives.
And 11% had to reduce services in the last year such as bereavement support and help with breastfeeding.
The RCM says there is a shortage of 2,600 full-time midwives.
A spokesman said England was suffering from shortages the most, as well as the resulting pressure on services.
But he added that rising numbers of complex pregnancies were also putting pressure on other UK countries.
Dr Clare McKenzie, vice-president for education at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, said the results of the survey were "extremely worrying".
She said: "Stretched and understaffed maternity services affect the quality and safety of care provided to mothers and babies, and restricts the choices available to women.
"On the whole the UK is a safe place for women to give birth but pressure on maternity services is growing, placing stress on doctors, midwives, managers and patients."
She added that there was an increase in complicated pregnancies due to rising levels of obesity and an increase in multiple pregnancies and the number of older first-time mothers.
Labour's shadow health secretary Heidi Alexander said: "David Cameron promised to recruit 3,000 more midwives but has failed to do so.
"If mums are to feel comfortable with midwives they know and trust, this staffing issue must be addressed."
A Department of Health spokeswoman said: "We're determined to make sure every mother and baby gets the highest quality care no matter where they live.
"We've invested in 1,900 more midwives and 3,600 more health visitors since 2010 and NHS England has commissioned a major independent review of maternity services for women and babies across the country."
It's made by Cary Fukunaga, director of the acclaimed True Detective TV series and is a harrowing exploration of child soldiering in West Africa. Elba plays the charismatic but ruthless Commandant, who keeps his young recruits in his thrall with an eerie contradiction of intimidation and paternal care
Describing it as "one of the greatest parts I've ever been offered", the actor calls the Commandant "very attractive because he is so multi-layered. It gave me an opportunity to study the mechanics of leadership and charisma.
"I had to study dictators such as Hitler for this. The Commandant sees himself as destined for greater things than just his small army and the small piece of territory it occupies.
"He's definitely not a one-dimensional villain. He really loves being idolised and he's highly regimented. He can be jovial and then he just descends into darkness. Really, he was wonderfully complicated."
Beasts of No Nation is based on a 2005 novel by Nigerian author Uzodinma Iweala, which follows the story of Agu, a young boy from a fictional West African country who loses his family when civil war breaks out.
Fleeing into the jungle, he is recruited by Elba's character and is brutally initiated into his band of soldiers, who are predominantly children. Elba was already a fan of the book, and had read it partly to research his own West African heritage.
"I'd love for film audiences to gain what the book gives you - a deeper understanding of how child soldiers have come to be a resource for armies across the world," he says.
"This was also a rare chance to explore my roots in a film - we shot on the coast in Ghana, where my mum comes from. Obviously because my dad comes from Sierra Leone, child-soldiering is an issue that I've wanted to familiarise myself with."
The UN estimates there are anywhere between 300,000 and 500,000 child soldiers serving in the world - mainly in Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, India, Pakistan, Syria, Yemen and Sudan. While children are often as young as six, the average age is 14. Often, they are used for front-line fighting as well as carrying and loading ammunition.
Elba describes Beasts of No Nation as a platform to show "the emotional underbelly of child soldiering. We may know they exist but we've never fully appreciated why, and what the relationship is between them and their leaders.
"The Commandant behaves with purpose to numb these children, to disrupt their social structure and then tell them they can fight back. I'm told terrorist organisations like Boko Haram do exactly the same thing."
Fukunaga discovered the boy who would play Agu, 14-year-old Abraham Attah, at a football match in Ghana. Fukunaga's original plan was to cast only non-actors in the film and he feared Elba was "too famous" to want the role.
But he describes Elba as a "force of nature" and asked him to display some of the Commandant's qualities with the young boys on set.
"They wanted me to take on this alpha-male-like stance even when the cameras weren't turning - and I needed to," says Elba.
"When I first got there, some of the kids would stand right in front of me, just staring me out. These are tough street kids we're talking about, kids who've grown up in refugee camps and there were a few former child soldiers cast too.
"Had I shown the slightest bit of weakness, that would have been it - we wouldn't have been able to make the film. I couldn't blink first. I had to adopt the attitude of 'What are you looking at?' and then they'd back off.
"In real life Abraham is like my own son - off-set we'd play football - but as soon as we were on set, there would be this antagonistic, dysfunctional father-son relationship."
Elba points out that it was Abraham Attah who won the Best Actor prize at the Venice International Film Festival, and describes himself as "a real proud dad about it", but much of the critical praise for the film has been heaped on the older actor's shoulders.
He - and the movie - are now regarded as front-runners for awards season, but Elba, who missed out on a nomination for playing Nelson Mandela two years ago in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, is refusing to be drawn on it.
"When you make an independent film like this it's a real struggle to get anyone to see it at all. And this is a truly independent film. You're just lucky if anyone gets to see it. So if we are being applauded, it means people will see it, and I am proud for everyone."
Swelling the audience, Elba believes, is the fact that this is video-streaming site Netflix's first foray into film-making. "The model isn't proven yet but there's a possibility of getting up to 68 million people watching in a day.
"Let's be honest, a film like this would never get that many people to see it, ever, so I think it has massive potential for the film industry."
Earlier this year, Elba seemed to rule himself out of reports that he could be cast as the new James Bond, telling the British Film Institute: "If there was ever any chance of getting it, it's long gone - the rumour got so big it seems to have eaten itself".
More immediately, he's returning to the BBC as DCI John Luther for two special episodes.
"Die-hard fans still expect to meet me wearing Luther's overcoat and are so disappointed when I'm not.
"I'm really grateful there are a few parts I've done that audiences seem to appreciate, but there's one thing that Beasts has given me and that's the desire to direct. I watched Cary doing it; he's given me a few tips and tricks - I've really learned from him. I hope that's going to be on the cards for me in the future."
Beasts of No Nation is in UK cinemas and will be available on Netflix from 16 October.
This is Campo de' Fiori, where there has been trade like this for centuries.
But right now it is hard to do business here.
"There's been a collapse in sales - like nothing before," says Tamara Conti, wrapped up against the chill and wearing a bright red hat.
"In January, we've sold almost nothing." She has three children at home, and she is struggling to pay the bills.
Like many Italians, Mrs Conti is feeling the full force of the country's financial crisis and the new government's austerity programme.
At the same time, a major effort to restructure the economy is getting under way.
There is change in the air, and the possibility of much upheaval.
And in Campo de' Fiori, and in markets all across Italy, there is concern.
"We're becoming poorer. The earnings aren't what they used to be," says another stall owner, Claudio Zampa.
"People are scared - they're afraid. This is an uncertain country."
Mr Zampa's family has worked the market for more than 80 years. But he is urging his grown-up children to leave for Australia.
Italy's new, unelected government of technocrats, led by Professor Mario Monti, took over in the depths of the economic emergency in November.
Italy was being crushed by its towering national debt, forced to pay excruciatingly high rates of interest when it borrowed money.
There was a danger of it enduring a Greek-style economic collapse which might easily have torn apart the eurozone.
Prime Minister Monti immediately announced what he called a plan to "save Italy". This included pension reforms, cuts in government spending, tax rises and an increase in the price of fuel.
But with that austerity comes the danger of making the expected contraction of the economy even more acute.
People may well spend less if they are struggling to pay higher taxes, or worrying that their jobs might go.
But in parallel with his austerity programme, Mr Monti has launched an effort to stimulate and re-energise the economy.
He is determined to sweep away bureaucratic and other barriers to commercial activity.
He talks of wanting to free up the economy, to re-shape the labour market and create more jobs for the roughly one-in-three young people who are out of work.
And the government's liberalising drive is making itself felt in many areas of Italian life.
Practices that have protected the status of lawyers, taxi drivers, chemists and others are being challenged.
Regulations governing opening hours for shops, bars and cafes have been pushed aside. If they want, they can trade for as long as they like, seven days a week.
It is all part of an attempt to make the country more competitive, more open to business.
And if the government were to be able to put into place all the change it would like to see, if it were to realise its vision for Italy, it would quite transform the economy.
"The agenda is very radical," says Professor James Walston, who focuses on Italian politics at the American University of Rome.
"Italy over the 20th Century, every generation or so, went through a revolution - normally provoked by major external events.
"And I think we're in the middle of one now, provoked by the recession, by the financial crisis, by the euro crisis."
But will the government's attempted "revolution" succeed?
It is already meeting fierce opposition. Truck drivers blocked highways recently in protest at the fuel price rises. And angry trawlermen demonstrated in Rome about the same thing.
All over Italy, there have been strikes by taxi drivers, who were furious at the plans to deregulate their business.
Chemists and lawyers are talking about industrial action too.
And the major unions bitterly oppose any measures that might make it easier to fire workers.
There have also been persistent complaints that the government's programme just is not fair.
The head of the Italy of Values party, Antonio Di Pietro, has accused Mr Monti's team of being too easy on the wealthy.
"They could have been - and should have been - a lot less timid on the banks and insurance and energy companies," he said.
But for now at least, the polls suggest that most Italians still back Mr Monti's programme.
"We absolutely needed changes to be made," said Tamara Conti, the trader in the bright red hat at her stall in Campo de' Fiori.
"We couldn't continue as before. We have to hope that these are the right changes."
Italy is beset by profound problems: a very low rate of economic growth, massive tax evasion, organised crime, and the chronic underdevelopment of the south of the country, to name just a few.
Tackling those sort of issues would take decades of reform, and Prof Walston says obviously this new government is not going to be able to change everything in the year or so that it will have in office.
But he still believes it can make a significant impact.
"Italy doesn't do things gradually," he said. "Italy does things dramatically.
"And there is a good chance that there will be quite a dramatic change in 12 months' time."
Former President Mohamed Nasheed polled nearly 47% in the first round earlier this month, just short of the 50% needed for outright victory.
The second round was delayed when runner-up Abdulla Yameen said he needed time to campaign afresh.
Mr Nasheed has been seeking to regain power after he was forced to resign in 2012, sparking a political crisis.
The elections have been mired in controversy.
A vote on 7 September was annulled by the Supreme Court after one candidate, Gasim Ibrahim, alleged irregularities, despite observer groups deeming the vote free and fair.
The court also introduced new guidelines for elections.
Police then stopped a re-run on 19 October saying the guidelines had not been met, after both Mr Gasim and Mr Yameen failed to approve the voter register.
On Saturday, Elections Commission official Aishath Reema said many voters had started queuing even before the 475 polling booths opened.
In an unexpected move, the man who replaced Mohamed Nasheed as president, Mohamed Waheed, left the country on Thursday for a medical appointment for his wife in Hong Kong.
His term expired last weekend and he has not stood for re-election.
"He is constantly in touch. There is no reason for concern," his spokesman, Masood Imad, told AFP news agency.
The months of legal and political wrangling have caused concern among foreign diplomats.
On Thursday, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton warned that the bloc was "ready to consider appropriate measures" if Saturday's run-off did not go ahead successfully.
US President Donald Trump has described the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) as a "disaster" and ordered fresh talks earlier this year.
The objectives have been released in advance of the start of meetings with Canada and Mexico next month.
Economists have warned that reaching the goals might be difficult.
The US Trade Representative said that the balance of trade with Mexico had gone from a $1.3bn surplus to a $64bn deficit since the agreement took effect in 1994.
"Too many Americans have been hurt by closed factories, exported jobs, and broken political promises" said Robert Lighthizer, promising that his department would now "negotiate a fair deal".
He added the current agreement was ill-equipped to tackle issues blocking access of US dairy, wine, grain and other products to the Canadian market.
The US said other objectives included:
Mexico and Canada have both said they would push their own agendas at the talks.
"Mexico's government is working to achieve a constructive negotiation process that will allow trade and investment flows to increase and consolidates cooperation and economic integration to strengthen North American competitiveness," the Mexican Economy Ministry said in a statement.
The Canadian government said it was continuing to consult with Canadians about the renegotiation, and promised to defend its national interest at talks.
Many economists agree the trade pact can be updated and improved, but have warned that it could be very difficult to achieve every goal.
"If one is trying to conclude these talks very quickly, you're not going to be able to cover everything that's in this long list of objectives," said Jeffrey Schott of the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
He said it could be difficult to reduce bilateral trade deficits because negotiators had a limited ability to affect the private buying decisions of companies and consumers.
They have written an open letter to patients and staff amid concerns about the future of services at the West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven.
Some services have already moved to Carlisle's Cumberland Infirmary, prompting worry among campaign groups.
But the letter said an A&E at Whitehaven was "non-negotiable".
It also said that no changes to services would be made without a public consultation, and hospital bosses were committed to providing "high quality" care.
However, the letter did reveal that by the spring of 2016, a "clinical strategy" would be published setting out a plan for local services.
In a recent investigation by BBC Inside Out, staff claimed patients were suffering because services had moved - allegations that North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust, which runs the hospital, denied.
The letter to patients said: "We are all fully committed to the continued delivery of the 24 hours a day, seven days a week, accident and emergency service - this is non-negotiable.
"It is also a very significant challenge, and will require all of our organisations to work together to find improved ways of working to solve the operational and workforce problems in the hospital."
It also said there were no plans to make further changes at the hospital until a review had been carried out.
Some medics spoke anonymously to the BBC's Inside Out North East & Cumbria earlier this month and claimed that "patients have died because of the changes".
Cockapoo Benji was in the property in Cobholm Close, Gorleston, at the time of the break-in on Wednesday afternoon.
His owner Mark Phillips, 40, said the burglars' actions were "barbaric" and he had been "in hysterics" when he found his pet in the bath.
"They'd have to be sick, or twisted, or both, to do that," he said. Police said it was a "particularly cruel crime".
"Steal the dog, take him - but to do what they did was barbaric," Mr Phillips said.
"We only got Benji last year, and he was such a loveable dog. Things around our house remind us of him.
"I want to remember him as he was and not seeing him in the bath. That's still in my head."
The burglars stole a number of items, including a computer, detectives said. They urged anyone who saw suspicious behaviour to come forward.
Now it's understood the government's spending £15m on new X-ray scanners for jails in England and Wales.
The Centre of Social Justice (CSJ) - a group linked to the Conservatives - warns manual searches are not effective enough.
And almost a third of prisoners claim it's easy to get hold of illegal drugs.
So how do drugs get inside the UK's most secure buildings?
Prison officers say visitors are the main ways drugs get inside.
In the past smugglers have stashed drugs in their underwear and in babies' nappies.
In 2014, Charlotte Millward, a 35-year-old mother of two, was seen reaching into her bra and handing 10 tablets to her boyfriend during a visit to Holme House Prison, Stockton. The tablets cost around £2 outside prison but once inside could be worth more than £40.
She was given a suspended six-month jail sentence.
There were almost 300 cases of visitors being arrested on suspicion of conveying drugs into prisons in England in 2013/14 according to CSJ research.
The group says the manual searches used in most prisons "won't always detect illegal substances and so-called legal highs that have been swallowed or concealed within someone's body".
The new scanners will be used to detect if prisoners, visitors or staff have drugs under clothes or inside their bodies.
At one Scottish jail, inmates were banned from receiving their children's drawings by post after powdered Valium was found in the paint.
Staff at HMP Shotts in Lanarkshire found the drug had been painted onto children's artworks, which prisoners would then cut up and eat.
The prison service now provides inmates with colour photocopies of their children's artwork.
In another case a prison tutor arranged a parcel of cannabis and heroin to be sent to him inside Wormwood Scrubs in London.
He planned to give it to a pupil, a convicted drug dealer. The street value was estimated at £2,400 but inside the drugs could have made £10,000.
The package was smeared with Marmite in an attempt to disguise the strong smell. But officers thought it smelt odd and opened the package.
The teacher, Niyi Onilude, 54, and two other people involved were handed prison sentences in November 2014.
There were 349 incidents where drugs were discovered in post in 2013/14 in England and Wales, according to the CSJ.
In another incident at Wormwood Scrubs, a prison officer tried to use vinegar-drenched chips to smuggle in drugs for an inmate.
In 2013, 24-year-old Jason Paul Singh, from High Wycombe, put 50 grams of cannabis in his rucksack, and placed a packet of chips on top to disguise the smell.
The drugs were discovered when he got to work and he was later jailed for four years.
The CSJ says when staff smuggle in drugs, it's usually to make money but there have been cases of blackmail.
Twenty-five staff were convicted, dismissed or excluded in relation to bringing drugs into prisons in England last year.
Two brothers were caught trying to smuggle hundreds of steroid pills and painkillers into prison by packing them inside Ribena cartons and throwing them over the wall. Last year, Nahim Ali, 34, asked his brother Tahir, 40, to help smuggle drugs inside.
After police found three cartons filled with 750 pills, Nahim was given eight months, and Tahir got a four-month sentence suspended for 12 months.
In January 2015 it was reported a convicted gunman who was being returned to prison hid 20 ecstasy tablets in the waistband of his tracksuit bottoms and stitched bags of cannabis into the lining of his boxer shorts and trainers.
The drugs were found when the 26-year-old was searched by custody staff.
Figures from the Ministry of Justice show the number of drug seizures have increased from 3,700 in the year to March 2011 up to nearly 4,500 in 2013-14.
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Mark Wylie, from Calne, beat off competition from 24 criers from around the world to take the title in Bermuda.
Entrants in the three-day event were judged on "sustained volume" from a 20m (65ft) distance, diction and bearing among other things.
Mr Wylie, who almost lost his voice in the effort, said: "I decided to give it my all and my all is what it took."
Having been Calne's town crier since 2007, Mr Wylie normally dons a heavy, "made-to-fit" uniform in the colours of the town's flag.
But to compete in the tropical heat, a special lightweight cotton outfit had to be made.
"My normal regalia is 100% wool and I would have melted in that," he said.
"So my wife made me a new set which was the right weight and very comfortable to wear."
Held over three days with a different cry staged each day, Mr Wylie managed to oust the reigning world champion - Canadian Chris Whyman - by winning all three.
"My voice is better than it was but it's still rough," he said.
"Some criers seem to be able to bellow for as long as they like and it doesn't affect them at all. I'm not too bad usually but in the final round, I could feel it was already pretty hoarse."
Despite almost losing his voice in the final stages of the competition, the Wiltshire crier not only took the championship trophy but the winner's reward as well.
"It was an awful lot of rum, would you believe, which I need for medicinal purposes," he said.
Eighth-placed Thistle host bottom club United at Firhill on Tuesday evening and the Tangerines can move to within two points of Kilmarnock with a win.
"All the media are enjoying United's comeback story but we've got something to fight for as well," said Archibald.
"We've got that incentive to get into the top six."
United beat St Johnstone on Saturday while Thistle drew 0-0 with Killie, leaving Archibald's side two points off sixth-placed Dundee.
Archibald was a centre-back for United for four years but insists there is no room for sympathy towards his former club.
"It could be us and I don't think anybody would feel sorry for us," said Archibald.
"I said if they can get within touching distance then they'll give themselves a chance and they've done that."
Dundee United have already made an approach to sign Jags midfielder Steven Lawless at the end of the season - with Inverness Caledonian Thistle also interested in the 24-year-old - but Archibald has no qualms playing him against United.
"Not at all, Stevie's our player," added the Jags boss.
"I think with certain players these things can happen - it can sway their minds and affect their performances.
"But, since January, Stevie's actually got better so we've got no concerns at all about playing him."
Meanwhile, Archibald believes if Monday's rainy weather subsides by Tuesday morning, there should not be a problem with the game going ahead on a Firhill surface that has struggled in wet conditions so far this season.
Dundee United boss Mixu Paatelainen expects conditiosn to "play a role" and added: "Not every surface is immaculate at this time of year.
"You get on with it, it's no problem at all. It's the same for both teams. Partick Thistle are a passing team and if the surface is not immaculate, they suffer.
"I know their ground staff will do everything to make sure conditions are as good as possible."
Police are searching for David O'Sullivan, 25, from Midleton, County Cork.
He travelled to America in March and intended to hike from the Mexican border to Canada along the Pacific Crest Trail.
However, his family have not heard from him since he emailed them in April from Idyllwild, California.
He had been scheduled to meet a friend in Santa Barbara in early May but he did not show up.
It is believed he was hiking alone.
According to a Facebook page the O'Sullivan family officially reported him missing on 30 June.
The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs are providing consular assistance to Mr O'Sullivan's family.
Dons goalkeeper Joe Lewis denied Graham Cummins from close range in the first half, and beat away a stinging Danny Swanson volley in the second.
Aberdeen controlled possession for long periods with captain Ryan Jack forcing saves with a volley and a header.
But despite a late rally, they rarely troubled Saints keeper Alan Mannus.
After returning from a disappointing midweek Europa League exit in Slovenia, the Dons were keen to bounce back in a fixture that was not short of goals last season.
However, both sides cancelled each other out in a dour encounter with chances at a premium.
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St Johnstone had found the net with ease against the Dons last season; scoring 12 goals in their four clashes.
They nearly continued that trend with their first attack of the game - Cummins almost diverting Brian Easton's shot past goalkeeper Lewis, who managed to block.
Aberdeen were dominating possession without really testing Saints goalkeeper Mannus, a Jack volley the only shot on target in the first half.
And it was the hosts again who went closest to breaking the deadlock when Anthony O'Connor's clearance landed kindly for Swanson who thumped a shot towards the corner, only to be denied by the quick reactions of Lewis.
Poor defending again handed a gilt-edged chance to Cummins inside the six yard box, but he miss-kicked with the goal gaping and Lewis was able to smother the ball.
Manager Derek McInnes' three-man attack of summer signings Miles Storey, Jayden Stockley and Wes Burns had proved ineffective, with a long Kenny McLean shot the Dons' only attempt in the opening stages of the second half.
With ambitions of claiming their first league title since 1985, the visitors began to inject more pace into the game, and with the introduction of Adam Rooney and Niall McGinn became more of a threat.
Andrew Considine and Jack forced saves with shots in quick succession as Aberdeen launched an aerial bombardment to unsettle the Saints backline.
Jack's close-range header was tipped wide before McGinn should have done better with a weak shot.
Stockley could have won it at the end but he could not connect with Graeme Shinnie's diagonal ball at the back post.
St Johnstone manager Tommy Wright: "I think any point against Aberdeen is always a good point. They've proved they're a top side. They put us under a lot of pressure and we dealt with that well; quite a few teams in this league may have crumbled.
"We're pleased with the defensive performance but maybe we could have done more in an attacking sense."
Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes: "We came to win but I think there was a lot of the performance we were really pleased with.
"I thought we kept St Johnstone's threat at arm's length, we were the better team, passed it well, but maybe the effects of playing on Thursday in 30C heat took some of the sharpness out of our play.
"It's always competitive here. I've managed here, I've come here often enough with my teams, and not many will come here and get it all their own way. It's a point, we're up and running, but we wanted to win the game."
Match ends, St. Johnstone 0, Aberdeen 0.
Second Half ends, St. Johnstone 0, Aberdeen 0.
Joe Lewis (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Murray Davidson (St. Johnstone).
Attempt saved. Steven Anderson (St. Johnstone) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the top left corner.
Corner, St. Johnstone. Conceded by Shaleum Logan.
Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Michael Coulson (St. Johnstone).
Attempt saved. Niall McGinn (Aberdeen) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Aberdeen. Conceded by Alan Mannus.
Attempt saved. Ryan Jack (Aberdeen) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Substitution, St. Johnstone. Michael Coulson replaces Steven MacLean.
Attempt missed. Niall McGinn (Aberdeen) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Attempt missed. David Wotherspoon (St. Johnstone) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Corner, Aberdeen. Conceded by David Wotherspoon.
Mark Reynolds (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Christopher Kane (St. Johnstone).
Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Murray Davidson (St. Johnstone).
Shaleum Logan (Aberdeen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Danny Swanson (St. Johnstone).
Foul by Jayden Stockley (Aberdeen).
Joe Shaughnessy (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Ryan Jack (Aberdeen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt saved. Andrew Considine (Aberdeen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Aberdeen. Conceded by David Wotherspoon.
Substitution, St. Johnstone. David Wotherspoon replaces Blair Alston.
Substitution, Aberdeen. Niall McGinn replaces Wes Burns.
Substitution, Aberdeen. Adam Rooney replaces Miles Storey.
Substitution, St. Johnstone. Christopher Kane replaces Graham Cummins.
Shaleum Logan (Aberdeen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Danny Swanson (St. Johnstone).
Attempt missed. Blair Alston (St. Johnstone) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
Kenny McLean (Aberdeen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Steven MacLean (St. Johnstone).
Hand ball by Graham Cummins (St. Johnstone).
Foul by Andrew Considine (Aberdeen).
Joe Shaughnessy (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Aberdeen. Conceded by Tam Scobbie.
Delay in match Ryan Jack (Aberdeen) because of an injury.
The 28-year-old was a free agent after being released by Turkish club Galatasaray in January.
Karacan has agreed an initial one-month deal with Bolton, who are fourth in League One, four points outside the automatic promotion places.
He was included among the substitutes for Saturday's game at second-placed Fleetwood Town.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
The "chance of a lifetime opportunity" on the Isle of May would begin mid-April and run for about four months.
Birds on the island include Arctic Terns, Kittiwakes and Razorbills. Throughout the year, grey seals can also be spotted on the island.
The work is unpaid. Accommodation and some travel costs are provided.
"The People of the British Isles" is a Wellcome Trust funded project.
In the first phase, researchers collected blood samples from more than 4,000 people across the United Kingdom.
Now they want to take 3-D photographs and have made an appeal for more volunteers to come forward and help them.
"Importantly, volunteers were recruited for whom all four grandparents were born in the same rural area, parish or within a 40-mile radius as this meant that the volunteer was then a good representative of the region," one of the organisers said.
"Since then we have moved into the second phase of our project and are appealing to those volunteers who have already supplied a blood sample to come forward to see us and have a 3D facial photograph taken to complete the project.
"Letters have been sent out and a response would be welcome."
The DNA from the samples will be used to create a genetic map of the British Isles.
It could aid research into genetic susceptibility to common diseases such as cancer and diabetes.
It will also enable the scientists to look at the impact of historical invasions, such as those by the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons.
The study is anonymous.
Volunteers are kept informed about the progress of the research through annual newsletters.
Mohammad Nabi made 52 off 32 balls, Samiullah Shenwari 43 from 37 and Mohammad Shahzad 40 off 23 in their imposing 186-6 in Nagpur.
Zimbabwe, who are a Test nation, managed only 127 in reply as leg-spinner Rashid Khan, 17, claimed 3-11.
Afghanistan join England's group in the Super 10s, which feature the major nations and start on 15 March.
Afghanistan, who are coached by former Pakistan batsman Inzamam-ul-Haq, failed to progress beyond the first round in the three previous World T20s.
"Afghanistan is about go very crazy because they love cricket," said captain Ashgar Stanikzai.
Man-of-the-match Nabi added: "We are through to the Super 10s round. You can't measure how ecstatic we are."
Having won their three group games in this tournament, they face defending champions Sri Lanka in their opening Super 10 encounter on 17 March in Kolkata.
Afghanistan's success was founded on the explosive batting of Shahzad, who dominated an opening partnership of 49 in five overs.
His was the first of four wickets to fall for 14 runs, but Shenwari and Nabi consolidated before accelerating during a stand of 98 off 64 balls, a T20 record for Afghanistan's fifth wicket.
Zimbabwe, who bowled 17 wides, were equally wasteful with the bat, a flurry of reckless shots hastening their slide from 43-1 to 98-8.
Number 10 Tinashe Panyangara, who had earlier taken 3-32, top-scored with an unbeaten 17.
"They outplayed us in every facet of the game," said Zimbabwe captain Hamilton Masakadza. "We were never in the game."
Set up last January to investigate how cycling so badly lost its way during the 1990s and 2000s, the Cycling Independent Reform Commission (Circ) has heavily criticised the sport's leadership throughout that era.
Its 227-page report, published on Monday, clears the International Cycling Union's (UCI) bosses of outright corruption but censures them for a litany of failings.
Foremost among these are that the UCI did not really want to catch cheats and therefore turned a blind eye to anything but the worst excesses.
The report's authors also accuse former UCI presidents Hein Verbruggen and Pat McQuaid of failing to follow their own anti-doping rules and showing preferential treatment to disgraced former champion Lance Armstrong.
A total of 174 anti-doping experts, officials, riders and other interested parties were interviewed. These are the main points:
The €3m (£2.16m) report was compiled by chairman Dr Dick Marty, a former Swiss prosecutor, and two vice-chairs, German anti-doping expert Professor Ulrich Haas and Peter Nicholson, an Australian who has investigated international terrorism and war crimes.
UCI president Brian Cookson, who swept into office in 2013 promising a fresh start for an organisation that had been badly damaged by its close links to Armstrong, thanked the panel for its work and did not try to sugar-coat its findings.
"It is clear that in the past the UCI suffered severely from a lack of good governance with individuals taking crucial decisions alone," said Cookson.
"Many [of these decisions] undermined anti-doping efforts; put the UCI in an extraordinary position of proximity to certain riders; and wasted a lot of its time and resources in open conflict with organisations such as the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) and US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada)."
Cookson added that his predecessors and their close associates regularly interfered in anti-doping cases which "served to erode confidence in the UCI and the sport".
The issues that Cookson is referring to are dealt with over 120 pages of forensic detail.
The report explains how a sport that had always taken a lenient approach to doping, and had an entrenched, Mafia-like culture of "omerta" when it came to not talking about doping, entered a new phase when the "game-changing" blood-boosting drug EPO became readily available in the early 1990s.
With no test for it until 2000 and performance benefits of 10-15%, it did not take long before almost everybody in the sport was using it. As the report says, "it would have been hard to overestimate the prevalence of drug use in the peloton" at this time.
Numerous interviewees told Circ the UCI's view was it should only try to contain the problem and make sure the riders did not kill themselves, and that actually catching cheats was bad for the sport's reputation.
It was against this backdrop that Verbruggen took control of what had been an insignificant governing body and turned it into a far larger and more ambitious entity.
According to the report, the Dutchman had almost dictatorial powers at the UCI between 1991 and 2005, and continued to exert influence under the reign of his hand-picked successor, Irishman McQuaid.
The pair will be relieved to have been cleared of the most serious allegations against them, namely that they were bribed by Armstrong to cover up positive tests in 2001; and that he paid for what was meant to be an independent report commissioned by the UCI to investigate reports he had tested positive during the 1999 Tour de France.
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But Circ did not spare them on a number of glaring errors of judgement and examples of poor governance:
There is also considerable criticism of the UCI's cost controls, ethics procedures and electoral practices, with Verbruggen and McQuaid accused of breaches of the rules in the 2005 and 2013 elections.
Both men have reacted by welcoming the report's central finding that there is no evidence of corruption or direct collusion in any of the numerous doping scandals that beset the sport on their watch, with Verbruggen telling the BBC: "How can I be annoyed about being cleared of cover-ups and bribes?"
He added that it is "so easy to rewrite history 25 years later".
One man who would dearly love to rewrite history is Armstrong, who told the BBC last month he hoped his two interviews with Circ would lead to the panel recommending a reduction in his lifetime ban from almost all organised sport.
The former icon will be bitterly disappointed, then, that Circ has not exercised its right to ask Usada to reconsider its sanction, despite noting on more than one occasion that his treatment is inconsistent with almost every other member of his team, not to mention the vast majority of riders he competed against.
Armstrong told the BBC he was "grateful" to Circ for letting him help with the report and said he was "deeply sorry for many things I have done".
While many senior figures within the sport will be feeling very bruised by the report's assessment of what happened during the EPO era, Circ did acknowledge the huge improvements made in the anti-doping effort, particularly after 2006.
It noted a far more aggressive approach to catching cheats, greater investment in anti-doping and the early adoption of the biological passport, the most effective tool in the fight against cheats since the EPO test was introduced in 2000.
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But the interviewees also made it clear that doping had not been eradicated.
The report listed dozens of substances and cutting-edge doping methods that riders are still believed to use. It also noted that teams do not know where their riders are training at all times, or with whom they are training.
The ready availability and falling costs of doping products is also flagged up as a huge concern, as is the continuing involvement of a number of unethical doctors.
The report concludes with a raft of recommendations to help prevent cycling from ever returning to the dark days of a decade ago, with ideas such as centralised pharmacies at races, a powerful riders' union, a greater push to encourage whistleblowing and more testing done overnight to catch micro-dosers.
In June 1815, the Duke of Wellington sent a dispatch to tell Britain about the victory.
Major Harry Percy took it by boat to Broadstairs and then by fast carriage through Kent to London.
A replica horse-drawn post chaise visited the three places in Kent where Major Percy changed horses.
The route included Faversham and Sittingbourne on Saturday.
Major Percy also changed horses in Rochester but the carriage then visited Medway's Armed Forces Day at Great Lines Heritage Park, Gillingham.
New Waterloo Dispatch chairman Peter Warwick said the carriage would visit Walmer Castle, which was where the Duke of Wellington died and where he was also Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.
The final Waterloo dispatch was being presented to the current Lord Warden, Admiral of the Fleet the Lord Boyce, on Sunday at Walmer at the end of this year's celebrations.
Following the victory of the Duke of Wellington's allied forces over Napoleon's French army, Major Percy set out from Belgium carrying the letter written by the Duke relaying news from the battlefield to an expectant nation.
But the ship carrying the dispatch began to drift in the Channel, resulting in the men having to row the 20 miles to shore at Broadstairs.
From there, the dispatch was taken by carriage to the Prince Regent, who was at a dinner party in London.
Once there, the Prince Regent initially thought Major Percy - who was still covered in blood from the fighting - was bearing bad news.
But after Wellington's victory was announced, guests rushed into the street to celebrate.
The probe passed within 500km of the pockmarked surface on Monday - its fifth such encounter in the spacecraft's 11-year tour of the ringed planet.
Cassini is now engaged in a series of observational "lasts".
And in 2017 it will put itself on a destructive dive into Saturn's atmosphere.
"I am moved, as I know everyone else is, looking at these exquisite images of Dione's surface and crescent, and knowing that they are the last we will see of this far-off world for a very long time to come," said Carolyn Porco, who leads the imaging team on the mission.
"Right down to the last, Cassini has faithfully delivered another extraordinary set of riches. How lucky we have been."
The closest ever approach to Dione was in 2011, when the US, European and Italian space agency mission swept just 100km above the moon.
Dione has a diameter of 1,122km, making it the fourth largest of Saturn's 62 moons. It has an icy exterior and a rocky interior.
Cassini has detected a wispy oxygen atmosphere at the world, and has also seen signs that it may still be active, with what appear to be regions on its surface that have been altered by internal processes.
Next year, Cassini will begin a series of manoeuvres to put itself in orbits that take it high above, and through, Saturn's rings.
Then, in 2017, once the probe's fuel has all but run out, ground controllers will command the spacecraft to plunge into the planet's atmosphere, where it will be destroyed.
As Cassini hurtles towards Saturn, it will become incredibly hot, will melt and ultimately will be crushed by huge pressures.
The mission is being disposed of in this way to be sure there is no possibility that debris from Cassini can one day land on Enceladus and Titan. These moons have been talked of as candidates for extraterrestrial life, and scientists would not want them contaminated by any Earth microbes that might still be on the probe - however unlikely that might be.
The coming months will see Cassini make final, farewell passes of a number of moons.
Referring to Monday's flyby of Dione, Dr Porco said: "Consider this the start of The Long Goodbye."
No missions are presently in preparation to re-visit the Saturnian system.
Those outer-planet ventures that are being worked on will go to Jupiter.
America has its Juno probe arriving at the gas giant next year, to be followed by Europe's Juice satellite in the 2030s.
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Bangladesh posted 120-5 in a rain-hit game that was reduced from 20 to 15 overs after a two-hour delay.
India won with seven balls to spare, reaching 122-2 to win the competition for the sixth time.
Dhawan and Virat Kohli combined for a 94-run partnership for the second wicket after India were reduced to 5-1.
Kohli remained 41 not out, while captain MS Dhoni smashed a towering six to clinch the game in style and finish 20 not out.
Earlier, Mahmudullah had offered Bangladesh some hope with a blistering 33 not out off just 18 balls.
On Sunday Scotland suffered a devastating loss as Australia won the quarter-final 35-34.
And Argentina's early scoring blitz helped them dash Ireland's hopes with the match ending 20-43 to Argentina.
On Saturday Wales were knocked out of Rugby World Cup by South Africa 23-19.
Both semi-finals will take place next weekend.
South Africa will play New Zealand on Saturday 24 October.
Argentina will play Australia on Sunday 25 October.
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George O'Hara, from Prestwick, was seriously injured in the accident which happened on the A78 at 09:40.
Mr O'Hara's family said he had ridden and raced his bike for more than 50 years and had achieved national recognition.
They said the "much loved husband, dad and granddad" would be "sorely missed by his devastated family".
The family statement said: "George was a recognised published author and an accomplished cyclist.
"He enjoyed racing and riding his bike for over 50 years and achieved many race victories, some at national level.
"He is admired in the cycling community for holding the record for cycling from Glasgow to Oban and back in under nine hours which stood for over 18 years."
The crash happened on the northbound side of the road between the Warrix interchange and the Eglinton interchange
Police have appealed for witnesses to contact them.
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Square priced its shares at $9 (£5.88), lower than the expected range of $11 to $13. The stock closed at $13.07.
The low price had caused some investors to speculate about the long term financial health of the company.
Square - which helps companies accept and process credit card payments - was created by the co-founder and chief executive of Twitter, Jack Dorsey.
Square is a cube shape plug that attaches to smart phones and tablets to allow them to accept credit card swipes.
Listing its shares publically allowed Square to raise $243m.
"Square's financials leave much to be desired. But there's still a lot to like here, and... the success of their debut will say a lot about the current IPO environment," said Brian Hamilton, chairman of data firm Sageworks.
Marcia Dorsey - Mr Dorsey's mother - rang the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange.
On Monday, Square addressed for the first time how it planed to handle having a chief executive who is the head of two public companies.
In a statement, the company said Mr Dorsey would give his "full business efforts and time to the company, other than with respect to [his] work with Twitter Inc".
It was a strong day all around for tech stocks. Match.com also began selling its shares publically.
The company - owner of dating websites Match, OkCupid and Tinder - saw its shares end 23% higher after being priced at $12.
Some investors had begun to question whether tech starts were being overvalued.
According to Thomson Reuters data, more than 50 companies have withdrawn plans to sell shares publically and others have had to lower valuations before listing them on Wall Street.
Ucas head Mary Curnock Cook said universities were now "more flexible" with grade requirements, amid intense competition to attract more students.
Universities are accepting more candidates who fail to gain their predicted grades, Ucas data suggests.
There is no cap on degree place numbers at England's universities.
Last year, more than half of students accepted on to degree courses had missed their results by two or more grades, spread over three qualifications, Ms Curnock Cook said.
She added that some teachers had told her they were "over-predicting" sixth-formers' results in a bid to secure initial offers from university.
Speaking at a conference on higher education at Wellington College, Berkshire, she said: "I talk to a lot of schools and people who advise students and, in the past, I would have said, 'Surely you wouldn't be over-predicting your students on purpose?', and actually just this last summer really, I had teachers coming back to me and saying, 'Actually, yes we would.'
"I'll show you why, because actually, accepted applicants, the number who are being accepted with quite significant discounts on their offers and their predicted grades, has grown quite a lot - 52% of A-level accepts have missed their grades by two or more grades over the portfolio of three [A-levels]."
Ucas figures show a nine percentage point rise since 2010 in the number of students predicted to score at least two A grades and a B at A-level, to 63% in 2015.
Over-prediction of grades had always occurred, Ms Curnock Cook said, but she indicated that it was becoming more common.
"Offers are being discounted at confirmation time, and we can see that.
"We can see that because the lifting of the number controls has increased competition amongst universities to recruit students - you can see that happening.
"For example, of the proportion accepted to higher-tariff universities, about 44% of those with BBB in their A-levels got a place at higher-tariff institutions, compared to just 20% in 2011," she added.
As universities compete for students they are being "more flexible with their entry grades", she said.
But she stressed that there had always been inaccuracies in predicted grades because they have always been used by teachers to signal what a pupil is capable of.
Association of School and College Leaders acting general secretary Malcolm Trobe agreed that predictive grades were often higher than the ones pupils achieved.
"There are a number of reasons for this, one of which is teachers are looking at the best possible outcome for the student if everything goes really, really well - if they manage to achieve their maximum grade."
He added that there were likely to be more discrepancies between predicted grades and the ones pupils achieved because of the move to linear A-levels and the scrapping of AS-levels. This was because teachers were used to having half the marks from the AS level.
Prof Michael Arthur, provost and president of University College London, said that his institution's standard offer is one A* grade and two As or three A grades, adding that last year, "we did drop down one grade for about 9% or so of students that we admitted".
Previously universities were allowed to take as many ABB students as they wished to recruit. This is the grade threshold for many sought-after courses at many leading universities.
A report published by the Task Force on Low Carbon Infrastructure said less should be spent on projects that increase energy use.
That could include new roads.
The Scottish government said the report was a "valuable contribution" to shifting to a low-carbon economy.
The report argues that it is better to build now for changed public choices and behaviour, travel patterns and energy efficiency standards rather than alter infrastructure when the changes have taken place.
Compiled by the Green Alliance think tank, it says there are "critical weaknesses" in the way Scotland now spends.
It says international comparisons suggest 72% of infrastructure spending in other countries is on projects designed to reduce carbon emissions, whereas that is thought to be 52% in Scotland.
The report's authors set a challenge to see that 20-point gap closed - a change for a fifth of infrastructure spending.
The "Scotland's Way Ahead" report pushes for further progress on renewable electricity, transport, housing and waste, but says the approach should also apply across health, schools, the digital economy, culture and justice.
One of the main areas addressed is in local district heating of homes and other buildings. It argues for a more co-ordinated approach, rather than project-by-project.
And while it says telecom links will allow people to work from home and reduce commuting, it suggests a better understanding is required of how that could increase energy use in workers' homes.
The report argues that there are benefits from more emphasis on capital spending to reduce energy use.
Less use of cars - with more walking or cycling - can help health, lower energy use should help cut fuel poverty and there are tens of thousands of "low-carbon" jobs yet to be created.
Sara Thiam, chairwoman of the task force, said: "As Scotland prepares to spend billions of pounds over the coming decades to upgrade our ageing infrastructure, it's essential we invest wisely for the future, building infrastructure that improves our economy, environment and quality of life for the people of Scotland in the 21st Century and beyond."
As a director of the Institute of Civil Engineers, she added that the challenge of the report could "inspire the next generation of men and women into the profession to build on the legacy of famous engineers of the past including Telford, Watt, Arrol and Stevenson".
She added: "They have the potential to build a better world by getting involved in 21st Century engineering projects that will stand the test of time, as the Forth Bridge has done."
A Scottish government spokeswoman said the report was a "valuable contribution" to the challenge of shifting to a low-carbon economy.
"Establishing Scotland as a low-carbon place is already a central theme of Scotland's National Planning Framework," she said. "We are also broadening our infrastructure approach, building on the success of our approach to renewable energy.
"For example, in June we announced that improving the energy efficiency of Scotland's homes and non-domestic building stock would be designated a National Infrastructure Priority."
Dr Sam Gardner, Task Force member and head of policy at WWF Scotland, said: "The report shows that Scotland's climate action plan must be matched by an infrastructure plan that ensures we build the foundations for a low-carbon future.
"Securing the benefits of a low-carbon Scotland will mean shifting the focus from projects that lock in high-carbon emissions to the essential fabric of a low-carbon economy such as energy efficiency, district heating and sustainable transport."
Ross Martin, chief executive of the Scottish Council for Development & Industry, said: "As we take our next few steps on our journey to a low-carbon economy, we recognise the importance of infrastructure in supporting our drive for higher productivity, greater levels of innovation and a stronger presence in international markets - the three key economic challenges of our time.
"This report sheds new light on this important issue enabling us to view low-carbon infrastructure from this economic perspective."
The 26-year-old Ghana forward, a £20.5m signing from Swansea, was injured 35 minutes into his Hammers league debut in the 2-1 defeat by Chelsea on Monday.
"It is not good and he needs surgery," said manager Slaven Bilic after his side's 1-1 Europa League qualifying draw against Astra Giurgiu.
"Four months is a big, big blow for us but we have to cope with it."
West Ham co-chairman David Gold earlier tweeted: "Sad news. Ayew has injured his quadriceps and will need surgery.
"He will be out for 4 months. Good luck Andre."
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Alexander Pacteau, 21, was jailed for a minimum of 23 years after admitting bludgeoning the 24-year-old with a spanner and strangling her in his car.
He then attempted to dispose of Ms Buckley's body in a vat of chemicals at a farm outside Glasgow.
A spokeswoman from the Judiciary of Scotland confirmed the case will no longer call as planned on Friday.
Papers for Pacteau's appeal were lodged at the Criminal Court of Appeal in Edinburgh in September.
At his sentencing in the High Court in Glasgow that month, Judge Lady Rae said Pacteau had carried out a "brutal, senseless and motiveless attack on a defenceless young woman".
Pacteau originally faced a second charge of attempting to defeat the ends of justice by misleading police and trying to conceal Miss Buckley's body.
The Crown withdrew the charge before his plea and his solicitor John Scullion QC suggested his actions after the killing should not therefore be regarded when considering sentence.
During the sentencing, Lady Rae told the court she regretted that the Crown had withdrawn a charge relating to Pacteau's actions after the murder, saying it "tied her hands" to some extent in relation to the sentence.
But she added: "I have come to the view that I cannot ignore your conduct after the killing."
The Dundee musician is accused of shouting and swearing at passengers and making a homophobic remark to a cabin crew member.
The incident is alleged to have happened on board a Jet2 flight between Reus Airport in Spain and Glasgow International Airport in June.
Mr Falconer, 29, was not present at the hearing at Paisley Sheriff Court.
The case was continued without plea for further investigation until 12 October.
A solicitor told the court that it had to be established which country's air space the plane was in at the exact time of the alleged offences.
Mr Falconer faces two charges of alleged threatening and abusive behaviour.
He is accused of behaving "in a threatening or abusive manner which was likely to cause a reasonable person to suffer fear or alarm" by shouting, swearing and acting aggressively towards other passengers "whilst in possession of two bottles".
The singer is also accused of uttering a homophobic remark on the flight.
Going into Tuesday's Midland derby at mid-table Walsall, Vale are four points adrift of 20th-placed Gillingham.
A Vale draw would mean having to win at Fleetwood on Sunday, while hoping for a seven-goal swing on Gillingham, who go to Northampton on the final day.
"We've got to win. We'll certainly take the game to them," Brown said.
A Vale victory would at least give them a realistic chance of remaining in League One, as well as ensuring that both Shrewsbury Town and Bury would both need something from their final games, at Oxford and Southend respectively.
Brown told BBC Radio Stoke: "If we play like we can, with that endeavour, we can get a result and take it into the last game.
"Then at least we'll have given ourselves a chance and, from there, it's a case of 'never say never'."
Brown again finds himself hit by injuries, including captain Ben Purkiss, who is a doubt for the meeting with his former club.
"We're patching a few up. We've had freak injuries. It's strained circumstances and is very frustrating, but that's the cards we've been dealt."
Although a Vale defeat would relegate them, Brown can at least be encouraged by their record at the Banks's Stadium, where they have lost just once in six visits.
Vale's survival hopes were hit by Saturday's 2-0 home defeat by Bolton in a match that was marred by a pitch invasion which followed the Trotters' opening goal.
Play was suspended for 12 minutes, which eventually involved fans from both sides jumping the barricades and getting involved in clashes with each other, leading to four arrests.
"It was very disappointing," said Brown, whose side were reduced to 10 men after 33 minutes when striker Rigino Cicilia was sent off.
"When security staff are taking the players off the pitch and talking safety, it's very worrying.
"I understand fans want to celebrate but there is a fine line with how far people take it."
While defeat for Vale at Bescot would send the visitors down to League Two, Walsall manager Jon Whitney has sympathy for his opposite number, recognising that it has not been straightforward for Brown, since taking over in mid-season from Bruno Ribeiro.
"He was left with players from the previous regime who have not been quite good enough for him," Whitney told BBC WM.
"He tried to bring in people in January but didn't really get his targets.
"I saw their game on Saturday and, before the sending-off they were the better side against Bolton and should have scored."
But Whitney's only concern is getting his own team back on track after a poor result at relegated Coventry on Saturday.
After a game in which he lost defender Eoghan O'Connell, sent off for a second yellow card, Whitney apologised to the travelling fans for a lacklustre first-half performance.
"It had an end of season feel to it," he said. "Some of them will have lost their names on the shirts. And my only concern is winning on Tuesday night and remaining unbeaten in our last two matches."
Mr FitzPatrick was accused of misleading the bank's auditors about millions of euros in loans made to him.
The 68-year-old had pleaded not guilty to 27 charges from 2002 and 2007.
On day 126 of the trial, the judge said he would direct the jury to acquit the defendant on Wednesday.
He said that the investigation into the accused was not sufficiently unbiased, impartial and balanced.
Speaking outside court, Mr FitzPatrick told reporters it had been a "very long, tiring and difficult time for my family and myself, but thankfully, today, the trial is over".
Mr FitzPatrick stepped down as chairman of Anglo Irish Bank in December 2008. A month later, the bank was nationalised after it was brought to the brink of collapse.
The move cost Irish taxpayers about 30bn euros (£23.4bn).
He was declared bankrupt in 2010.
Sean FitzPatrick was the public face of Anglo. His star rose with the bank.
He became general manager in 1980 and was later appointed chief executive of the parent company and transformed it into Anglo.
In 2005, he became the chairman, though he maintained a hands-on role. It was still very much 'Seanie's bank'.
He became an admired and influential figure, at one stage acting as an unofficial advisor to Prime Minister Brian Cowen.
But in 2008, he was forced to resign amid allegations about the true size of his personal borrowings from the bank.
Prosecutors had alleged that Mr FitzPatrick had misled Anglo Irish Bank's auditors, Ernst and Young, about details of director's loans he received from Anglo Irish Bank between November 2002 and February 2008.
The judge's ruling came after lengthy submissions by the defence - who argued that flaws in the investigation should prevent the case from going before the jury - and prosecutors who said that the trial should continue.
However, the judge said the ruling to acquit was in the interests of Mr FitzPatrick's right to a fair trial.
He said that the investigation, carried out by the Office of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE), failed to seek out evidence of innocence as well as evidence of the accused's guilt.
The judge added that the most fundamental error in the ODCE investigation was in how it received statements from witnesses.
The judge said this involved coaching witnesses, contamination of their statements from third parties, such as solicitors for the auditors, and cross-contamination of their statements between other witnesses.
The judge also said he was concerned that potential documentary evidence destroyed by the ODCE's lead investigator could have helped the defence and damaged the prosecution.
The material was destroyed during Mr FitzPatrick's first trial, which collapsed in 2015.
An investigation into Mr FitzPatrick was launched by the ODCE after the full amount of his personal loans emerged in December 2008.
Between 2005 and 2007, loans from the bank linked to the chairman quadrupled to around 122m euros (£106m).
Lowry, who held a share of the lead following the first round, is seven under after a one-under round of 70.
USA's James Hahn leads on 10 under with compatriot Rickie Fowler and New Zealand's Danny Lee one shot back.
Japan's Hideki Matsuyama and the USA's Harris English are alongside Lowry on seven under at TPC Scottsdale.
Forestieri pounced on a poor clearance by Villa goalkeeper Pierluigi Gollini to slot in an 85th-minute winner.
Roberto di Matteo's Villa improved as the game progressed after a slow start.
They looked on course for a point until Forestieri's intervention for last season's beaten play-off finalists.
Gollini had twice denied the Italian forward during the second period but was powerless to rectify his kicking error as Forestieri raced clear before finishing coolly into the corner of the net.
Jordan Ayew and Rudy Gestede both had headers saved and Ashley Westwood also drilled two long-range shots just wide as Villa, aiming to return to the Premier League at the first attempt under new boss Di Matteo, made a creditable but ultimately pointless start to life in the Championship.
Chances were scarce during a cagey first period, which was interrupted for five minutes while Owls debutant Steven Fletcher and Villa captain Tommy Elphick received treatment following a nasty clash of heads.
Scotland striker Fletcher required 10 stitches in a head wound and was unable to continue.
Villa's new £12m front man Ross McCormack was denied a debut goal by Tom Lees' last-ditch tackle shortly before his withdrawal after 77 minutes.
Sheffield Wednesday head coach Carlos Carvalhal told BBC Radio Sheffield: "We were fantastic in the first half and deserved to be ahead.
"Villa have a good team and they started playing more near our defence, who did some very good work.
"We gave a signal to everybody that we wanted to win by putting Atdhe Nuhiu up with Gary Hooper, and we scored the goal with a mistake because Gary pressed the goalkeeper. We deserved to win against a strong team in the competition."
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Aston Villa boss Roberto di Matteo told BBC WM: "With 10 minutes to go, you're away from home against a good side, you'd like to see the game out. If you can't win it, don't lose it.
"Unfortunately it was an error from us that gave them the goal, but I thought that in the second half we were a very good team and had some excellent opportunities to score.
"It's very harsh for us to take because I'd like the opposition to do something special to score, rather than give them a goal.
"We have to learn from this situation - we've only been together for five weeks and you can see they've been together for a much longer time."
Match ends, Sheffield Wednesday 1, Aston Villa 0.
Second Half ends, Sheffield Wednesday 1, Aston Villa 0.
Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Tommy Elphick.
Attempt missed. Barry Bannan (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Andre Green.
Attempt blocked. Ashley Westwood (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nathan Baker.
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Sam Hutchinson.
Substitution, Aston Villa. Andre Green replaces Leandro Bacuna.
Goal! Sheffield Wednesday 1, Aston Villa 0. Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Liam Palmer replaces Jack Hunt.
Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Alan Hutton.
Foul by Jack Hunt (Sheffield Wednesday).
Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Jack Hunt.
Foul by Kieran Lee (Sheffield Wednesday).
Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Tom Lees (Sheffield Wednesday) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Barry Bannan with a cross.
Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Aaron Tshibola.
Substitution, Aston Villa. Jack Grealish replaces Ross McCormack.
Attempt missed. Jack Hunt (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Fernando Forestieri with a cross.
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Atdhe Nuhiu.
Attempt blocked. Tommy Elphick (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alan Hutton with a cross.
Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Tom Lees.
Attempt blocked. Ross McCormack (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rudy Gestede with a headed pass.
Foul by Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday).
Alan Hutton (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Hand ball by Atdhe Nuhiu (Sheffield Wednesday).
Offside, Sheffield Wednesday. Kieran Lee tries a through ball, but Gary Hooper is caught offside.
Atdhe Nuhiu (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Nathan Baker (Aston Villa).
Substitution, Aston Villa. Aaron Tshibola replaces Gary Gardner.
Daniel Pudil (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Leandro Bacuna (Aston Villa).
Attempt missed. Jordan Ayew (Aston Villa) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ross McCormack.
Attempt blocked. Atdhe Nuhiu (Sheffield Wednesday) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kieran Lee with a cross.
Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Atdhe Nuhiu replaces Ross Wallace.
Nathan Baker (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Pierluigi Gollini.
Attempt saved. Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kieran Lee.
Attempt missed. Ashley Westwood (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
Dean Anthony Evans, 31, from Kempshott, was found lying in Benham Road in Basingstoke, Hampshire, shortly before 05:30 BST on Friday.
He was taken to hospital but died a short time later.
Two 22-year-old men and a 20-year-old man, all from Basingstoke, have been arrested on suspicion of murder. Police described the assault as "an isolated incident".
France's president has called for a "growth pact", Tony Blair has urged a "grand bargain", the markets demand a "big bazooka", while in Germany there are rumblings about federalism.
Yet the economic and financial solutions to the eurozone crisis are actually surprisingly straightforward.
How so?
Easy. Just ask how the exact same problems have been solved by the members of that other large (and much better functioning) single currency area - the United States of America.
Europe's real problem is that almost all of the solutions are far from politically palatable.
The eurozone's root problem is that
the southern European economies have become fundamentally uncompetitive
- their wages rose too quickly during the boom years, which led them to import a lot more than they exported, and borrow the difference.
The southern economies' excessive debts, persistent uncompetitiveness and resulting need to continue borrowing - along with Germany's reluctance to give them the money - is what has driven the financial panic that has made it much harder for southern European governments and banks to borrow from markets.
What's more, the seizing up of European financial markets - not to mention the collective determination of Europe's governments to cut spending, and the European Central Bank's focus on price stability - is threatening to push the entire continent into a long and deep recession, something that would merely compound the debt problems.
So, if the eurozone were to look at the US model for inspiration in its hour of need, what sorts of changes - economic, financial and, ultimately, political - might need to be considered?
Europe's most immediate task is to restore confidence in its banks.
All the
bad loans made by eurozone banks (loans to mortgage borrowers, property speculators and even governments that may not be fully repaid) may need to be cleaned up (by injecting money into the banks), with the potential losses borne by the eurozone as a whole - because many national governments probably cannot afford it. In the case of Spain's banks, the current bailout deal leaves Spain's government sitting on all the losses.
Deposits at all eurozone banks may need to be guaranteed
in euros by the eurozone as a whole, in order to stop panicky investors from moving their money from banks in southern European countries at risk of exiting the euro, to Germany (and increasingly to Switzerland and Denmark).
All of Europe's banks may need to be placed under a
common regime of regulation and supervision, with troubled banks given equal access to rescue loans, and being wound up by a central authority when they go bust.
Europe's biggest long-term conundrum is how to stop governments like Spain or Italy going bust - and restore confidence in their commitment to stay within the euro - while ensuring that all governments are more responsible with their finances in future.
The biggest sticking point
is
eurobonds. A large chunk of eurozone government debt may need to be amalgamated - with governments standing behind each other's finances - in order to reinforce the commitment of governments to staying in the euro:
In the long-run, a US-style
federal budget may be needed to cover the cost of recessions, so that individual governments don't risk going bust when their national economies get into trouble. For example, the cost of a minimum level of social security - especially unemployment benefits - could be permanently shared across the eurozone, paid for by a common income tax.
The new French President Francois Hollande was elected on a platform demanding a "growth pact" in Europe - a set of reforms designed to boost European economies and mitigate the pain being inflicted by government spending cuts across the continent.
The
European Central Bank may need to have its mandate changed so that it has an explicit dual target to support employment as well as price stability, just like its American counterparty, the US Federal Reserve does, as proposed by Mr Hollande.
The eurozone may need to pay for large-scale
investment in infrastructure, particularly in southern Europe, much in the way that West Germany invested in rebuilding East German after reunification in 1990. Proposals on the table include increasing the European Investment Bank's ability to lend, and
creating common "project bonds"
to finance major construction.
All Europeans (and especially southerners) are having to implement
structural reforms that will increase their long-term growth and strengthen government finances (although at the risk of hurting growth in the short-term). These include removing restrictions on market competition, raising the retirement age, laying off (over many years) a lot of state employees, and making it much easier to hire and fire employees. Mr Hollande has resisted many of these reforms in France.
"Rebalancing" means solving the big underlying competitiveness problem faced by southern Europeans that led to their economies racking up so much debt in the first place.
The ECB and German government may need to stimulate high
wage inflation in Germany for several years in order to eliminate the country's current massive competitive trade advantage over southern Europe -
something that is already beginning to happen
.
In the same way that Washington helps out struggling US states, the southern European governments may need to be given money (
given, not
lent) by the rest of the eurozone via direct
fiscal transfers, so that they can afford to prop up their economies until they have regained their competitiveness. These transfers could end up taking the form of bailout loans that are never repaid.
Structural reforms - particularly labour market reforms - also play a key role in rebalancing, by ensuring that wages in southern Europe do not rise too quickly, as they did in the past decade.
To make a full banking, fiscal and monetary union work, the eurozone governments would need to hand power to a
central authority (the European Commission) that can pay for and supervise all of the above, while national governments accept that in future they have to keep their own spending strictly within their limited means.
As most of the above reforms involve Germany sharing its wealth with the rest of Europe (and all European nations handing power to Brussels), Berlin is insisting on the principle of no taxation without representation - in other words a move towards full
federalism, with spending and regulation controlled by a
directly elected presidency
of the European Commission.
The 64-year-old Italian has guided Leicester to the top of the Premier League in his first season in charge.
He has been linked with the Italy job after Antonio Conte announced that he will leave his post after Euro 2016.
"I want to stay here," said Ranieri. "There isn't another team, nothing will change my mind. I am so happy here."
Former Chelsea boss Ranieri joined Leicester in July on a three-year contract.
He added: "I am just starting to build, if the owner is happy with me, I am happy with him."
Leicester are five points clear of second placed Tottenham in the title race, with eight games of the season remaining.
They face Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Saturday.
BBC Radio Leicester: "Have you heard about the 'Ranieri' sausage, Claudio?"
Leicester's Danny Drinkwater has received his first call-up to the England squad for the friendlies against Germany and Holland, while fellow midfielder N'Golo Kante's form has been rewarded with his first call-up for France.
Ranieri thinks Drinkwater, 26, could force his way into Roy Hogson's Euro 2016 squad.
"Roy follows us for so many matches and maybe he wants to feel and to know him better," he said. "Maybe he can bring him for the European Championship.
"He is always available for his team-mates to ask for the ball, to have a personality. There is a very good partnership with Kante, they understand together and it's solid. I like him because when he goes into the tackle, he wins the tackle.
"Drinky is a very solid man, a focused man. He is a fantastic character but you have to know him because he observes and doesn't speak. When he speaks it is in the right way. I love him because he wants the best, when he makes mistakes he is very angry."
Caf Secretary General Hicham El Amrani has also been charged.
A lawyer representing both parties attended a hearing on Monday.
With Caf based in Cairo, Egyptian authorities maintain it is governed by local laws.
The African football body firmly rejects accusations it committed any wrongdoing when signing a multi-million dollar deal with sports agency Lagardere in June 2015.
"Caf categorically asserts that all claims against it are groundless and without merit," a statement read.
"Caf will vigorously defend its position, its right and reputation using all legal means available under international law."
The Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA) started to investigate the Lagardere deal in June 2016, prior to asserting - in January 2017 - that Caf had engaged in monopolistic practices that infringed local laws.
The deal gives Lagardere rights to a variety of African football competitions, including the flagship Africa Cup of Nations, from 2017 until 2028.
"As a result, the board voted in favour of (referring) Hayatou and El Amrani for criminal prosecution," said the ECA in a statement dated 8 March.
Caf stresses that the allegations accusing it of selling rights without opening them for due tender are incorrect.
The organisation, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this week, maintains it did not sell any broadcasting rights to Lagardere - merely appointing the French company as its marketing and media agent instead.
Lagardere paid $1bn to Caf for the privilege and while it then undertakes responsibility for negotiating deals across the globe, "the rights remain vested at Caf" - says Caf Communications Director Junior Binyam.
The resurgence of the ECA's interest comes at a critical time for Caf, which hosts its presidential elections on Thursday.
"The timing of the ECA's media campaign underlines its attempt to disrupt and undermine Caf at the time of its presidential elections," the Caf statement added.
"The referral of Caf's president and its secretary general, in violation of all Caf's constitutionally- and universally-protected rights of defence, only a few days before Caf's presidential elections is meant to tarnish Hayatou's image and exercise unfair external influence on the integrity of the whole electoral process," added Binyam.
Hayatou is seeking an eighth term as he stands against his sole challenger, Ahmad, who goes by one name and who heads up Madagascar's FA.
The African body also says it has not been given a chance to discuss the case with local authorities.
"In the ordinary course of any legal dispute under international norms, Caf would be given the opportunity to present its case to relevant authorities and have the right to be heard in accordance with due process," says Caf.
"To date, the ECA and the Public Prosecutor, in quite remarkable and unprecedented fashion for regulatory bodies, have attempted to conduct a trial by media offering Caf no right of defence and serving it with no formal charges other than through the media.
"Indeed, the Public Prosecutor has referred its fait accompli case to the Egyptian Economic court following only a few days of investigations without any communication or engagement whatsoever with Caf."
By contrast, ECA officials have often spoken to Egyptian media to air the organisation's claims.
Baxter Reid, 26, had tried to enter Canada for a holiday just before his US visa expired at midnight on 23 April.
Relatives said Mr Reid was held up by Canadian officials before being sent back to the US, by which time his visa was invalid.
He was released from custody on Wednesday and will not be deported, according to his brother, Alex Reid.
"He's free to leave of his own accord," Alex Reid told the BBC, adding that his brother would be allowed to return.
"He's not angry, he's not upset, he doesn't hold grudges. He's just happy."
Mr Reid was with his American girlfriend, Heather Kancso, when he was handcuffed at the border in upstate New York.
According to his family, Mr Reid was on a visa that required him to leave the country before six months elapsed. He had planned to return to the US after visiting Canada.
It was not clear why Mr Reid had been turned away by Canada, his brother said.
"He's just a typical Australian tourist just travelling America with his girlfriend," Alex Reid said.
Ms Kancso had set up an online campaign to pay for an immigration lawyer, raising more than $10,000 (£7,700).
She wrote online: "I am beyond happy to say that Baxter's court case went well."
He had been given 120 days to exit the US voluntarily, she said.
Alex Reid said he expected his brother to return to Australia this month.
"He just wants to have a beer with his mates," he said.
The Australian government confirmed it had offered consular assistance.
7 September 2016 Last updated at 01:18 BST
Katrina Percy had faced calls to quit over the trust's failure to investigate hundreds of deaths.
Now the BBC has learned that her new job - worth nearly ??250,000 a year - did not exist previously, and she was the only candidate.
Tim Smart gave details of the move in an exclusive interview with the BBC.
North Wales Police said the pair were waiting for the businessman after he left the Fusion club on Rhyl's West Parade on Saturday.
They demanded money from their victim after confronting him at Violet Grove in the town at about 04:30 BST.
The nightclub owner needed hospital treatment as a result of the assault.
"This was a cowardly attack on a local businessman. It is fortunate that he has not sustained more serious injuries," said Det Insp Chris Bell.
Officers said they want to speak to anyone who may have any information about the attack, or who saw people acting suspiciously outside the nightclub or Violet Grove at the time.
Faletau, 25, is one of three wildcard picks under the Welsh Rugby Union's senior player selection policy, along with George North and Jamie Roberts.
That means fly-half Rhys Priestland misses out, but there is a first call-up for Ospreys number 10 Sam Davies.
Full-back Leigh Halfpenny returns after a year out injured, while wing Alex Cuthbert is recalled.
There are also returns for props Rhys Gill and Scott Andrews with Scarlets loose-head Rob Evans out injured.
Ospreys lock Rory Thornton, 21, is the second uncapped player in the squad along with 23-year-old Davies.
Faletau is not expected back in training by club Bath until mid-November, but the back row is boosted by Dan Lydiate's return after the flanker missed the summer tour of New Zealand following shoulder surgery.
"Taulupe is still in his rehab process and has been working closely with Bath," Wales coach Rob Howley said.
"We hope he will be available in the later part of the campaign, but his experience will be vitally important to have around the squad."
Sam Warburton continues as captain despite having surgery on a cheek injury.
Wales open their autumn series against Australia on 5 November.
That game falls outside World Rugby's autumn Tests window and means Wales are without their England-based players for that match.
Howley also had to contend with the WRU's senior player selection policy, which means only three of Faletau, North, Roberts and Priestland could be picked as wildcards.
Japan-based lock Dominic Day, Gloucester prop Nicky Thomas and scrum-half Rhodri Williams are the others affected by the rule.
However, all other England and France-based players are freely available to Howley, who is deputising for 2017 British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland.
Forwards: Scott Andrews (Cardiff Blues), Tomas Francis (Exeter Chiefs), Rhys Gill (Cardiff Blues), Gethin Jenkins (Cardiff Blues), Samson Lee (Scarlets), Nicky Smith (Ospreys), Scott Baldwin (Ospreys), Kristian Dacey (Cardiff Blues), Ken Owens (Scarlets), Jake Ball (Scarlets), Luke Charteris (Bath Rugby), Bradley Davies (Ospreys), Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys), Rory Thornton (Ospreys), Dan Baker (Ospreys), Taulupe Faletau (Bath Rugby), James King (Ospreys), Dan Lydiate (Ospreys), Ross Moriarty (Gloucester), Justin Tipuric (Ospreys), Sam Warburton (capt, Cardiff Blues).
Backs: Gareth Davies (Scarlets), Rhys Webb (Ospreys), Lloyd Williams (Cardiff Blues), Gareth Anscombe (Cardiff Blues), Dan Biggar (Ospreys), Sam Davies (Ospreys), Jonathan Davies (Scarlets), Tyler Morgan (Newport Gwent Dragons), Jamie Roberts (Harlequins), Scott Williams (Scarlets), Hallam Amos (Newport Gwent Dragons), Alex Cuthbert (Cardiff Blues), Leigh Halfpenny (Toulon), George North (Northampton Saints), Liam Williams (Scarlets).
He was awarded the prize for reaching a peace agreement with the Farc rebel group last month.
The deal was rejected a few days later by Colombian voters in a referendum.
About 260,000 people have been killed and more than six million internally displaced in Colombia.
"Last night, I met with my family and we have decided to donate those eight million Swedish krona ($925,000) to the victims," said Mr Santos.
He made the announcement in the city of Bojaya, in the north-western region of Choco, after taking part in a religious ceremony for people affected by the conflict.
The head of the Nobel commitee said on Friday the award recognised the president's "resolute efforts" to end the conflict.
"The award should also be seen as a tribute to the Colombian people who, despite great hardships and abuses, have not given up hope of a just peace, and to all the parties who have contributed to the peace process," Kaci Kullman Five added.
Mr Santos said he dedicated the award to "all the victims of the conflict".
The award did not include the Farc (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) leader Timoleon Rodriguez, better known as Timochenko.
He also signed the accord after nearly four years of negotiations held by government and rebel delegates in the Cuban capital, Havana.
Sources: BBC Monitoring, Colombian presidency
The peace deal was rejected by 50.2% of voters who went to the polls on 2 October.
The committee acknowledged the result, saying: "What the 'No' side rejected was not the desire for peace, but a specific peace agreement."
It also said that finding a balance between the need for reconciliation and ensuring justice for the victims would be a difficult challenge.
Despite the rejection by voters, Mr Santos vowed to continue with talks with the rebels.
Government negotiators have already returned to the Cuban capital Havana for further discussions with Farc leaders.
On Twitter, Farc leader Timochenko said: "I congratulate President Juan Manuel Santos, Cuba and Norway, who sponsored the process, and Venezuela and Chile, who assisted it, without them, peace would be impossible."
Critics, led by former President Alvaro Uribe, said the deal was too lenient on the rebels.
1964: Set up as armed wing of Communist Party
2002: At its height, it had an army of 20,000 fighters controlling up to a third of the country. Senator Ingrid Betancourt was kidnapped and held for six years along with 14 other hostages
2008: The Farc suffers a series of defeats in its worst year
2012: Start of peace talks in Havana
2016: Definitive ceasefire
Under the agreement, special courts would have been created to try crimes committed during the conflict.
Those who confessed would have received lighter sentences and avoided serving any time in conventional prisons.
The Farc would also have been guaranteed 10 seats in the Colombian Congress in the 2018 and 2022 elections.
Full timeline of Farc conflict
Last week's attack in northern Iraq in which a small drone exploded killing two Peshmerga fighters and badly wounding two members of the French special forces, marks something of an innovation in modern warfare.
The US launched the first armed drone attack back in October 2001. Since then the use of armed drones has been the preserve of the most sophisticated military actors in the world.
Israel and the US had the early technological lead with Russia and China rapidly developing their own drone industries. Modern military drones can operate over huge distances and remain aloft for extended periods.
They have become an invaluable means of gathering intelligence and conducting surveillance. Their armed counterparts can strike with an array of precision-guided weapons. That is, if you like, the high-end of drone technology.
But as cheaper drones have become available on the high street for amateur photographers and enthusiasts, so the technology has been used by militant groups as well.
So-called Islamic State (IS) and groups like the formerly-named Nusra Front (with close links to al-Qaeda) have been using cheap off-the-shelf drones for some time for surveillance purposes or to shoot propaganda videos. But now they are turning them into weapons.
The exact details of last week's lethal attack in northern Iraq are still unclear. Some reports suggest that the drone exploded as it was being dismantled. It is not clear if these are simply flying booby-traps; other reports suggest that on a separate occasion one was crashed into a building which then exploded.
This is a long way from the sophisticated weaponry deployed daily by the Americans and some of their allies. Indeed the small commercial drones cannot carry much of a pay-load, so their destructive potential is limited, but they clearly can kill, as last week's incident shows.
US troops in the region have been warned to take cover when small drones are observed - up to now they have been regarded as relatively harmless. This kind of weaponised commercial drone is expected to figure in the IS defence of Mosul, though there are no clear estimates of how many of these drones they may have purchased.
There have been a variety of technical responses to this new drone threat, which alarms police and security officials even more than commanders on the battlefield. Relatively cheap commercial drones are now on sale almost everywhere and anything that can carry a small camera can carry a small explosive device.
Countering this new drone threat involves two main approaches. One is to try to shoot it down or capture it in some way. The other is to interfere with the signals by which it is guided to its intended target.
An anti-drone rifle was spotted in an American position in Iraq earlier this year. The device is called the Drone Defender. It works by disrupting the drone's guidance signal and it looks like a standard military rifle but with two antennae projecting from the front.
The advantage of this type of system - especially for police or security applications - is that it is non-kinetic, in other words it does not send bullets or shells up into the sky, which would clearly be impossible in anything other than a war zone.
Other defensive systems seek to take over control of a drone by cyber means, while others take a more direct route - one manufacturer has even developed a projectile that captures the drone - like spider-man - in a weighted mesh net.
What is alarming is that this new threat has come as something of a surprise. It has been widely predicted by both security officials and military futurologists. There have long been fears that major sporting events, like the last European football championships in France for example, or indeed any major public event - could become the target for a terrorist using some kind of easily-available drone.
And while technologies are available to counter these "improvised flying explosive devices" they are probably not yet reliable enough or available in sufficient numbers. As ever, for now, the attackers may have a temporary advantage as the defenders struggle to catch up.
That of course does not apply in the world of sophisticated military drones where the US and the West in general has a huge advantage. But this is changing too. The US is exporting the weapons to some of its allies.
China too is becoming an exporter of armed drones. And efforts to try to draw up some kind of international treaty to govern the sale and spread of these weapons have so far foundered.
Indeed the proliferation of these weapons is going in two ways - at the top-end of the market sophisticated military systems are spreading relatively quickly and at the bottom-end guerrilla groups, terrorists, drug cartels and so on are beginning to use less sophisticated drones for a variety of purposes.
The drone genie is clearly out of the bottle. As online retailers make plans for the widespread delivery of packages by drone, it is easy to see how those with malign intentions could use the self-same technology for deadly purposes.
Ford and his fellow 10 Owen Farrell, who will play alongside him at inside centre against Scotland, have been working with Wilkinson at England's training headquarters in the build-up to Saturday's Six Nations opener.
"To have someone like him come in and add something a little bit different for us as 10s has been brilliant. We've learned a lot from him," said Ford.
"He's just a great guy to have around and do different things with."
Wilkinson, England's record points scorer, retired from rugby in 2014 after winning 91 caps for his country.
He was brought into the England camp after an apparent chance meeting with new head coach Eddie Jones in a supermarket.
Ford said: "We turned up one night and Jonny had been there already, on the training centre, kicking balls. He looked like he'd been there a while, and he's still got it.
"His work ethic was unbelievable, probably the best that there's ever been. It does rub off on you, but it's the type of practice he does, rather than the time he spends doing it.
"It's not whether you're out there for two hours, it's what you get out of it, and that's what he's good at, coming up with little practices. Owen might take one thing away from it and I might take another."
Ford used to cadge kicking lessons from Wilkinson as a child, when he would come into England training camps with his father Mike, who was defence coach under Martin Johnson.
"We come up with little skill games, games within games, coming out of the session feeling better about yourself and what you're trying to achieve," said the 22-year-old.
"Jonny's very good at breaking things down, not making everything too outcome-based but coming out feeling good.
"He spoke to us about the influence we could have on the game with our composure and how we go about ourselves - he's played in so many of these games, and to have a chat with him about that was great for me and Owen."
Ford and Farrell are long-time friends and rivals for England's number 10 shirt, with no decision apparently yet made on who will take place-kicking duties against Scotland.
As children, the two sons of rugby league legends would compete against each other when Wigan's St Patrick's school (Farrell) met Halifax's Rishworth School (Ford).
When their fathers moved south to coach and play for Saracens, they shared a school in St George's in Harpenden and lived 10 metres apart on the same Hertfordshire street.
Ford would sometimes do Farrell's homework so the pair could spend longer practising, and he believes those bonds will help the pair at Murrayfield.
"I'm really excited about it," said Ford. "We're two guys who think about the game pretty similar, and we're both used to playing 10 so we can help each other out in terms of managing the game, seeing where the space is and trying to get to that space.
"The understanding's there, and we've played together in age groups many many times. Owen's a great guy to play with in terms of his energy and communication so having him outside me will help me as a 10."
Farrell, meanwhile, is determined to rekindle the enthusiasm of his nation's support after the disappointment of England's World Cup exit at the group stage.
He said: "Hopefully we can put in a performance to get them behind us.
"We're excited about getting out there - I don't know if they're excited about seeing us out there or not, but hopefully after this weekend there'll be something positive to talk about.
"Everyone's talking about style and running rugby, but rugby's about making decisions - if everything went the way you thought it was going to go, everyone would play this brilliant expansive game.
"Rugby gives you different pictures every time you look up, and what's important is that we make as many correct decisions as we can."
ITV said the Pakistan-born actor, 45, who joined the soap as Sharif Nazir in February 2014, would not be returning to the show "with immediate effect".
Screenshots of messages posted on his private Twitter account appear to hit out at Indians over Kashmir.
They include offensive language used to refer to Indian people.
The screenshots, posted first by the Sunday Mirror, also call for Pakistani actors to stop working in the country.
The alleged comments come after the Indian army said it killed a militant in a gunfight in the disputed region of Kashmir, which is claimed by both India and Pakistan.
Mr Anwar's character had been a member of the first Muslim family on the street.
In a statement, ITV said: "We are deeply shocked by the entirely unacceptable, racially offensive comments made on Twitter by Marc Anwar.
"We have talked to Marc and, as a consequence of his comments, he will not be returning to Coronation Street with immediate effect."
ITV confirmed that pre-filmed episodes with the actor, who has also appeared in Hollywood films such as Captain Phillips and 51st State, will still air but his presence in the show will be minimised until his character can be written out.
The four men plotted their route on an app before using it track their journey around Perth. When uploaded, it displayed as a picture.
Cyclist Ben Jones said the group settled on a goat because it was "an easy animal to draw".
He said the ride lasted more than six hours, with the men stopping only for food, "nature breaks" and flat tyres.
"Apart from riding 200km, it's relatively simple," Mr Jones told the BBC. "You basically drop little dots on the road and it plans directions out."
GPS art has also been attempted by runners and other cyclists.
Mr Jones said his group wanted to shake up their regular weekend ride.
"We all ride 10,000km to 15,000km a year," he said.
"Mostly we just ride together as mates and have a good time - that's what this was about."
The group received much attention after posting their map to social media this week.
One person was amused the goat's beard was in a "hipster" suburb, Leederville. Others enjoyed a description of Mr Jones as "goat guy" in an interview on Australian television.
For their next piece of GPS art, the group plans to draw a local animal such as the quokka.
"There'll definitely be something coming, I'm sure of that," Mr Jones said.
Maria Sadaqat, 19, was attacked in her home in Murree by a group of men on Sunday and later died in hospital.
The arrest of Shaukat Mahmood means all five suspects are now in custody. He is the owner of a school she had taught at. Her family allege she turned down his son's hand in marriage.
Attacks on women who refuse marriage proposals are common in Pakistan.
Mr Mahmood, who was held in Rawalpindi, was among three men arrested on Friday morning. Two others were taken into custody on Thursday.
According to Maria Sadaqat's family, the school owner's son is already married with a child and they refused the offer of marriage.
Police recorded a statement from Miss Sadaqat in hospital in Islamabad before she died on Wednesday.
She was beaten and doused in fuel before being set alight near the hill resort of Murree not far from the capital, police said.
Local media reported that she had 85% burns.
Violence against women is common in Pakistan and is often connected to a perceived slight or loss of honour, as is alleged to have occurred in Maria Sadaqat's case.
Often such violence goes unreported - and most of it takes place within the family.
In many cases - although not in Maria Sadaqat's - relatives hoping to keep the family name out of the news prefer to make out-of-court settlements.
Punjab province, where the attack on her happened, passed a landmark law in February criminalising all forms of violence against women.
However, more than 30 religious groups, including all the mainstream Islamic political parties, threatened to launch protests if the law was not repealed.
The Council of Islamic Ideology, which advises the government, proposed making it legal for husbands to "lightly beat" their wives. It came under fire as a result.
Religious groups have equated women's rights campaigns with promotion of obscenity.
About 3,000 officers were deployed as the group walked from Queen Elizabeth Street, over Tower Bridge, to Aldgate.
Police said 14 people, mainly from the EDL, were arrested for public order offences during the march.
By 19:40 BST, police said about 150 counter-protesters had been arrested for diverting from their agreed route.
On Friday, the EDL lost a court battle after police cut short the route of its planned march through the Tower Hamlets area, which has one of the biggest Muslim populations in the country.
Hundreds of anti-fascist demonstrators gathered at a park in Aldgate East to protest against the shortened EDL march.
"There have been 14 arrests as part of the policing operation for the demonstrations," a police statement said.
It added: "In addition we have made approximately 150 arrests for breaching section 12 and section 14 of the Public Order Act 1986. All these approximately 150 people were protesting against the EDL presence."
A tweet on the EDL website stated: "Tommy's been arrested for incitement."
The anti-EDL gathering took place at the Altab Ali Park in Aldgate East, and was also attended by the mayor of Tower Hamlets, Lutfur Rahman, and John Biggs, a Labour London Assembly member.
Mr Rahman said he was "very fed up" with the EDL's demonstrations in the area, adding: "We are a united community and we are a diverse community. Young people are not coming out today because they are frightened."
BBC London home affairs correspondent Guy Smith said Met officers formed a "security envelope" around the EDL with a strategy to "keep both sides apart".
It took the police to the High Court after the Met shortened the route of Saturday's march over concerns of "serious public disorder".
Mr Robinson said he would hold sponsored walks in east London to raise money to pay for the court costs.
Nipsa sources said the union would consider taking action around the time of the EU referendum next month.
But a decision has not yet been made and depends on consultation with the union's members.
The offices facing closure are in Ballymena, Banbridge, Londonderry, Newtownabbey, Newtownards and Omagh.
The Electoral Office plans to centralise many of its services in Belfast.
Its management held talks with trade union officials on Friday, but they ended without resolution.
Nipsa official Dooley Harte said 92% of the trade union's members supported strike action, whilst 100% backed other forms of industrial action, such as a ban on overtime.
He added that it was likely, although not confirmed, that any such action would take place around the time of the 23 June referendum.
A spokesperson for the Electoral Commission said: "Our focus is on ensuring that voters don't face disruption when registering to vote, or when they cast their vote on polling day.
"We will work closely with the chief electoral officer to ensure that this is minimised, despite any forthcoming industrial action."
The Labour leader said he wanted more people like Dan Jarvis, the ex-army officer who entered Parliament in 2011.
Mr Miliband also said he hoped to appeal to business people to represent Labour at the next election.
"I think Parliament is too middle class and doesn't have that diversity it needs," he told the House magazine.
With the general election scheduled for 2015, the political parties are busy choosing their candidates across the country.
Mr Miliband - who started his career as Labour Party adviser - said he wanted candidates from all backgrounds, not just professions such as law, accountancy and journalism.
"What you are going to see from us this year, as we select our candidates now the boundaries are settled, as we target those 100 or so seats for the general election, is a party reaching out to all parts of the country.
"But also a party that's going to get people from all backgrounds - business people - I want more people who are military and ex-military, like Dan Jarvis, in the party.
"People from all class backgrounds because frankly I think Parliament is too middle class and doesn't have that diversity that it needs to have."
He also suggested David Cameron was sending out "mixed messages" about the prospect of the leaders of the main Westminster parties taking part in TV debates again as in 2010.
Mr Miliband said the debates were a "good innovation" he welcomed.
"I just want to do the debates. I want the debates to happen wherever and whenever they can happen.... I think I feel warmer about them than the prime minister clearly does... I don't think he should be ducking them."
Speaking last year, Mr Cameron said that, while he enjoyed the debates, he felt they "took all the life" out of the 2010 campaign.
He suggested the three main parties "could learn from last time" and stage the 2015 debates "in a slightly different way".
Catalan President Carles Puigdemont promised a "legal and binding" vote in his televised New Year's speech.
A consultative ballot in 2014, which recorded a large majority for independence, was ignored by Spain.
Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy has again ruled out the possibility of a referendum.
Embracing Spain's second city, Barcelona, Catalonia is one of the country's richest regions.
Separatist sentiment has built into a mass movement over the past five years, promoting a distinct Catalan identity which goes back centuries.
In his video address (in Catalan), Mr Puigdemont said: "We Catalans will freely decide our own future through a legal and binding referendum."
Such a vote is expected to take place in September, based on a resolution passed by the Catalan parliament, where separatists hold a majority of seats.
Speaking on Friday, PM Rajoy said: "It is not possible to hold a referendum that will do away with national sovereignty and the equality of Spaniards.
"This is not going anywhere, I'm offering something which is a lot more reasonable - dialogue. I ask that no more steps are taken in the opposite direction."
Mr Rajoy and his conservative Popular Party recently won opposition support to rule as a minority government following an inconclusive general election in June.
Catalan officials involved in holding the outlawed 2014 ballot have since faced sanctions or trial.
The Wallabies, who have not won at Auckland's Eden Park since 1986, had a try disallowed in a close first half.
However, winger Julian Savea scored two tries after the break to help the All Blacks dominate the closing stages.
Hooker Dane Coles scored the hosts' sixth try as Australia slipped to their third defeat of the competition.
New Zealand beat the record of 17 straight Test wins set by themselves between 1965 and 1969.
That was matched by South Africa in the late 1990s and the All Blacks again before they were beaten by Australia in 2014.
The charges include five counts of rape, four of indecent treatment of children and eight of grooming children to engage in sexual acts, police said.
The man, from Warwick in south-east Queensland, allegedly committed the offences between 2002 and 2015.
Police have identified 28 alleged child victims so far, a statement said.
The victims were identified in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. The police statement said more victims could be found as far away as Western Australia.
Police say the man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, targeted children on a variety of social media sites, using names including "Jazz", "Jazzman" and "David Bourne".
"In some cases it will be alleged victims met the man and were subsequently taken to a hotel room where offences were committed," the Queensland Police statement said.
The operation was a joint investigation between the Warwick Child Protection and Investigation Unit and detectives from Taskforce Argos, the Queensland Police Service specialist online child exploitation team.
Taskforce Argos had earlier said it was thwarting at least one online sex predator targeting children each week.
The case comes as Australian Federal Police (AFP) in Canberra are working with Dutch police to examine a hard drive containing "many thousands" of child sex abuse images, allegedly taken by an Australian man arrested last month in the Philippines.
The AFP told the BBC that 256 Australian registered sex offenders had travelled to the Philippines in the past four years.
Police have been working on the Warwick case since April last year, trying to identify all the victims, said Detective Senior Constable Russell Joyce.
"The reactions when we have found them have been everything from embarrassment to shock and in some respects, relief," he told the Warwick Daily News.
"We are still going and we believe there are more victims out there," he said.
The case was briefly heard in the Warwick Magistrates Court on Monday.
Munster back row O'Donnell has withdrawn because of an ankle injury and coach Joe Schmidt has filled the void with the 28-year-old Reidy.
Leinster's Rhys Ruddock will captain Ireland in the three-Test tour.
Ireland start against the USA Eagles in New Jersey on 10 June before two Tests against 2019 World Cup hosts Japan.
Schmidt is taking a 32-man squad on tour with the Japan games on 17 and 24 June.
Ireland have been drawn against the Brave Blossoms in the group stage at the 2019 World Cup.
"I was there with the U20s back in 2009 and we had about three weeks there and I loved it," Ruddock told Irish Rugby TV.
"It was an amazing place to go and play and I think to be able to tour this year now ahead of them hosting the World Cup as well, where rugby is going to be at the forefront of people's minds, is a pretty special time to be able to do it as well."
Ireland are without 11 senior players because of their involvement with the British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand.
Forwards: Finlay Bealham (Connacht), Jack Conan (Leinster), Cian Healy (Leinster), Dave Heffernan (Connacht), David Kilcoyne (Munster), Dan Leavy (Leinster), Sean Reidy (Ulster), Jack O'Donoghue (Munster), Andrew Porter (Leinster), Quinn Roux (Connacht), Rhys Ruddock (Leinster), James Ryan (Leinster), John Ryan (Munster), Niall Scannell (Munster), Devin Toner (Leinster), James Tracy (Leinster), Kieran Treadwell (Ulster), Josh van der Flier (Leinster).
Backs: Joey Carbery (Leinster), Andrew Conway (Munster), John Cooney (Connacht), Keith Earls (Munster), Paddy Jackson (Ulster), Kieran Marmion (Ulster), Luke Marshall (Ulster), Luke McGrath (Leinster), Tiernan O'Halloran (Connacht), Rory O'Loughlin (Leinster), Garry Ringrose (Leinster), Rory Scannell (Munster), Jacob Stockdale (Ulster), Simon Zebo (Munster).
At a campaign event in Iowa, a voter asked Ms Clinton if she would consider appointing Mr Obama to the Supreme Court if she is president.
She noted that the next president could appoint up to three Supreme Court justices, ABC News reports.
"Wow, what a great idea. No one has ever suggested that to me," she said.
"I love that, wow. He may have a few other things to do but I tell you that's a great idea."
Ms Clinton made the remarks to a crowd of 450 people in a ballroom.
"He's brilliant, and he can set forth an argument, and he was a law professor, so he's got all the credentials," she said.
"Now we do have to get a Democratic Senate to get him confirmed so you're going to have to help me on that, OK?" she said.
Ms Clinton, the Democratic frontrunner, served as Secretary of State under Mr Obama.
Mr Obama told the New Yorker in 2014 he "loves the law" but he was not sure it would be the right job for him.
"I love the law, intellectually," Mr Obama said when asked if he would consider being a Supreme Court justice.
"I love nutting out these problems, wrestling with these arguments. I love teaching. I miss the classroom and engaging with students.
"But I think being a justice is a little bit too monastic for me."
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Any 90's TV fan will remember Richard O'Brien's famous catchphrase from one of the decade's most popular shows - The Crystal Maze.
Now, 25 years after it first aired on Channel 4, plans are under way to bring the show back as a live immersive theatrical experience.
It means fans of the show may finally get the chance to take part in a fully-realised replica set in London.
If you're over the age of 30 and you never saw it (and quite frankly... where were you?) the scale of The Crystal Maze was epic.
Filmed at a huge air hangar in Essex, teams of six would complete a series of mental and physical challenges in different themed zones (Aztec, Industrial, Medieval, Futuristic and, later, Ocean).
The aim was to collect crystals in order to determine how long they would spend within a crystal dome - inside which they would try and grab golden tickets - in the show's finale.
It first aired in February 1990 and regularly attracted five to six million viewers per episode, running for six series.
I was one of the lucky few to actually be a contestant on the show, appearing on a children's special in 1992. It was just as much fun as you'd expect.
So, at a studio in east London, I meet the three producers hoping to make the new Crystal Maze a reality.
To realise the dream of bringing back The Crystal Maze, they're turning to the public for help, via a crowdfunding project.
There may be a long way to go, but they are boosted by the fact that ... yes... original host Richard O'Brien is involved.
"He (Richard) took a bit of tracking down as he now lives in New Zealand," says Ben Hodges. "He took a bit of persuading. We had to pitch the idea and he had very high standards but eventually he came on board."
Hodges, along with co-producers Tom Lionetti-Maguire and Dean Rodgers, make up Little Lion Entertainment - the team behind the project.
O'Brien's exact role is being kept secret though it's unlikely he'll be taking recruits around any newly constructed maze, playing his harmonica or introducing contestants to his 'Mumsie'.
He does, however, appear in the video to launch the project.
"We've calculated we need a minimum of £500,000 to make something we're happy with," says Hodges. "The appetite to take part would be great."
Wearing customised Crystal Maze bomber jackets, it's clear the Little Lion team are all massive fans of the show.
"My biggest memory was just how incredibly extravagant it was. It was crazy, it was over the top," says Lionetti-Maguire.
"The idea is simple. We're keeping the show as it was but opening it up to everyone to go and experience," says Hodges.
"It's such a great show so there's no real need to change it."
The producers point to the recent successes of Puzzle Rooms, where people pay to spend 60 minutes in a locked room attempting to find enough clues to escape, as proof audiences are hungry for the kind of immersive experience the Crystal Maze show will offer.
"It taps into the right level of trend surrounding the puzzle room experiences currently out there," says Dean. "The people who watched The Crystal Maze when they were kids are the ones going to these puzzle rooms.
"It's the best marrying of ideas and is about capturing the zeitgeist."
The plan is to allow teams of six to take part in a series of games and finish inside a replica crystal dome, complete with working fans which are used to toughen the challenge of grabbing as many golden leaflets as possible.
The producers say they've got a "bible of games" from the show's original creator Malcolm Hayworth, who is also on board.
As well as raising the capital, they still have to find an exact location in London that's large enough to build the set - originally the size of two football pitches.
A couple of sites are being earmarked, is all the producers will say.
Fans can now register their interest to take part in the experience and, if everything goes to plan, the immersive Crystal Maze will launch in late 2015.
In its central forecast, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) said some households could lose up to £2,771 a year.
Falling national income might result in cuts to the welfare budget by 2020, the NIESR study said.
The Vote Leave campaign said the report was based on "dodgy" assumptions.
Using existing forecasts, NIESR assumed that national income will fall by up to 6% by 2020 if the UK leaves the EU, compared to what it otherwise would have been.
It also assumed that the government would stick to its promise to balance the books by 2019/20.
In that case, it said, the government would need to save £44bn by the end of the decade, a large proportion of which could come from the welfare budget.
However, the government could choose instead to cut other areas of spending or raise taxes.
The welfare budget represents about 28% of all current government spending, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).
"Based on these assumptions, our results show that a disproportionately large share of the costs of Brexit is likely to fall on low income households," said Angus Armstrong, one of the report authors and a former Treasury official.
The NIESR report used existing forecasts from seven published sources, including the Treasury. But none of these use a "dynamic" model.
In other words they take no account of any policy changes that might be announced in response to a UK exit from the EU, such as a cut in base rates by the Bank of England.
If 25% of the necessary savings were to come from welfare spending, the biggest cut in benefit payments and tax credits would be £1386 a year, the NIESR study says.
That would be for a lone parent of working age who has two children.
The minimum would be £465, for a couple, both working, with no children.
If 50% of the savings were to come from the welfare budget, the biggest cut would be £2,771, and the smallest would be £930.
"The effect on low income families is likely to be large," said Katerina Lisenkova, another of the report's authors.
However the Vote Leave campaign said the findings were not credible.
"This is yet another report from a former supporter of the euro masquerading as new research that is simply recycling and repackaging previous reports," said Matthew Elliott, chief executive of Vote Leave.
"That means the same dodgy assumptions of establishment economists and the Treasury underpin the findings - it is the same people who predicted the world would end if we did not join the euro."
The NIESR study suggested that net migration from the EU into the UK would fall by two-thirds in the event of a UK exit.
It also found that the population profile of the UK would become older.
Bradley Lowery, from Blackhall Colliery near Hartlepool, was cheered as he was carried onto the pitch by Toffees striker Romelu Lukaku on Sunday.
Before kick-off, Bradley kicked a ball into the Goodison Park net.
Bradley was diagnosed with neuroblastoma in 2013 but his mother has confirmed he "will lose his fight".
In December, Gemma Lowery announced all three options presented by a consultant would not cure Bradley's illness. Around £700,000 was raised to fund treatment in the USA.
Everton pledged £200,000 to the cause in September, when Bradley was mascot for Sunderland's home fixture with the Toffees at the Stadium of Light.
Fans up and down the country took Bradley to their hearts, resulting in him receiving thousands of Christmas cards.
His appearance at Goodison Park was much anticipated, with travelling City fans holding aloft a banner stating: "Cancer has no colours, one Bradley Lowery".
Former Everton midfielder Peter Reid said the youngster would "love" the experience in a tweet which also featured a banner inscribed with 'there's only one Bradley Lowery'.
Prior to kick-off, Bradley jogged around on the pitch and after arriving with the teams from the tunnel, he engaged in some shouting with referee Mark Clattenburg, who seemed to enjoy the interaction.
After the fixture, Everton will present Bradley's family with the funds raised from an auction of match-worn and signed shirts from the match at the Stadium of Light earlier this season.
Upon announcing that Bradley's cancer had grown, Mrs Lowery said she was unsure whether to "take my baby home" or "put him through more gruelling treatment that could leave him fighting for his life".
"We need to think long and hard before we change arrangements that have been pretty successful hitherto. I would probably be on the side of not diving in with both feet for lots of change. I think we are pretty democratic as it is and making further changes I think I would be wary about, to be honest."
Were previous leaders too dictatorial?
"Some elements of the membership will always say that but no, I believe not. I'd come down on the side of saying we already have enough ways to make our voices heard.
"What are the poor going to do if Jeremy Corbyn does not win the next general election? We are looking at 10 years of Conservative government and everything Tony Blair achieved, in terms of tackling inequality and policies like Sure Start, could be undone."
"Party members are members of the electorate. I think they do reflect the populace in general. It's important the party listens to what the members are saying and when they listen to policy I think it's important that's done in a structured way.
"There is a great cry out there from ordinary working people - and people who can't get any work - saying 'why are we bearing the brunt of this?' and so we have got to listen to that and manage our way through it. So it's an important time for us.
"The Labour Party has got to be seen as the party of anti-austerity."
"Conference delegates have been asking for this kind of thing for years. It seems like a change that a lot of people like. The mandate for Jeremy Corbyn's politics is massive."
What about the wider population of non-Labour members?
"If you look at things like rail renationalisation that's immensely popular with members of the public and that's one of Jeremy's staple policies."
"We should be true to our principles and we need to build a movement that acts on what people want - and that's how you do it by speaking to your membership and getting feedback from them on what people want to see happening and I think you will get good policies from that.
"We are going to win the next election. Election-winning policies would be anti-austerity, a move away from Trident and a move towards more community-based work."
"I think it's important to listen to a broad section of society, not just the few. We are going to take our lead from the members as much as the politicians and if we do that we are going to feed into the public. Jeremy Corbyn has been extremely popular because he has stood his ground for more than 30 years.
"It shows real integrity and I think the public are seeing that integrity and it is shining through."
What policies will win Labour the next election?
"Bringing rail back into the public realm, stopping the privatisation of the NHS, stopping this awful employment rights with trade union bill to ensure we don't have zero hours contracts, building industry again, making us a powerhouse in trade again rather than where we are at the moment."
The Labour group on Aberdeen City Council this week called for all options to be explored to allow the authority to run its own bus company.
In 2013, Labour's Mr Young tweeted that only political lunatics would support similar plans.
Mr Young said the situation had now changed.
A motion on the plans has been tabled for discussion at a council meeting later this month.
Aberdeen South MP Callum McCaig was behind the proposal in 2013 when he was an SNP councillor.
He said: "I suggested an opportunity to establish a bus company owned and run by the city of Aberdeen for the benefit of the citizens of Aberdeen.
"But Willie Young on his favourite medium of Twitter said they had voted against it because only the politically insane would support it."
Mr Young said: "Four years ago I was absolutely right because four years ago the finances of the council were an absolute mess.
"We have managed to sort out our finances.
"There's now a need for a public bus service."
This drop in the male hormone presumably makes the dad more family-oriented and less likely to stray, say the Northwestern University team.
Testosterone increases a man's sex drive and helps him compete for a mate.
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences work followed 624 young men before and after they became fathers.
This revealed that as soon as a man had a baby, his testosterone levels dropped substantially.
Men with newborn babies less than a month old had especially reduced levels of testosterone.
Larger falls were also seen in those who were more involved in childcare.
The lead investigator of the work carried out in the Philippines, Christopher Kuzawa, said: "Raising human offspring is such an effort that it is co-operative by necessity, and our study shows that human fathers are biologically wired to help with the job.
"Fatherhood and the demands of having a newborn baby require many emotional, psychological and physical adjustments. Our study indicates that a man's biology can change substantially to help meet those demands."
And the researchers believe lower testosterone levels might protect against certain chronic diseases, which could, in part, explain why married men and fathers often enjoy better health than single men of the same age.
Prof Ashley Grossman, spokesman for the Society for Endocrinology, said life and biology may be "much more subtle and adaptable than we had previously thought.
"This shows the hormonal and behavioural trade-off between mating and parenting, one requiring a high and the other a low testosterone level."
Dr Allan Pacey, senior lecturer in andrology at the University of Sheffield, said the findings were fascinating:
"Testosterone levels in men generally don't change that much. They can slowly decline as men get older and change in response to some medical conditions and treatment. But to see dramatic changes in response to family life is intriguing.
"The observations could make some evolutionary sense if we accept the idea that men with lower testosterone levels are more likely to be monogamous with their partner and care for children. However, it would be important to check that link between testosterone levels and behaviour before we could be certain."
The image was taken by a professional photographer when the unknown Norma Jeane Baker was an aspiring model working in a factory.
Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said: "It's a very down to earth image, but it also shows a very young Norma Jeane."
The picture was sold along with the negative and copyright to a collector of showbiz pictures, Mr Aldridge said.
In 1946, Norma Jeane Baker was working at a munitions factory when a passing military government photographer told her she could be a model.
She approached a Hollywood modelling agency, Blue Book, and aspiring photographer Joseph Jasgur was assigned to put her first portfolio together.
"It's in very, very early 1946 before she's even come close to the big screen and the big time," said Mr Aldridge.
The auctioned image was taken at Zuma Beach in Malibu prior to the main shoot.
The pictures made Jasgur famous and helped create the star who would go on to become Marilyn Monroe.
The sale took place earlier at Henry Aldridge and Sons in Devizes.
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Perhaps he is right. They began their innings by losing two wickets in six balls, something England teams have been doing against Australia for decades. They continued it at the same unholy lick they have been careering along at for the past two years. They ended it with the result they have been banging out all tournament.
Predictable, and seemingly impossible to stop. What had been 6-2, and then 35-3, the target of 278 disappearing in the grey clouds, became 194-3 at almost exactly a run a ball. A few overs and a lot of rain later, England were heading to Cardiff for the semi-finals, Smith to Heathrow airport for the long flight home.
This is not a normal England side, and Ben Stokes is not your average batsmen. Neither is Eoin Morgan. Together they lit up this match with the sort of counter-attacking brilliance that wins tournaments and sends world champions out before the group stage is over.
Smith and his team will climb on to the plane with damp socks and a deep resentment at the weather they have faced this past nine days. Having had their first two matches rained off, they were clambering all over England when drizzle interrupted the contest with Stokes fresh to the crease.
As the England pair came back out there was every expectation of further tribulation to come. Instead, Morgan crashed the first two deliveries away for boundaries, and what might have been a rearguard became an all-out assault.
This is not the way England used to do things. At the World Cup two years ago it was not only safety first but caution second, with comprehensive defeat close behind in third. In a digital world England were analogue, digging in while opponents advanced at pace, cashing out while others cashed in.
Under Morgan's captaincy, all that has changed. Since that humiliation, knocked out at the group stage of a competition designed to give the big boys second, third and fourth chances, they have averaged six sixes in every ODI innings, more than any other nation.
In the 88 ODIs they played between the 2011 and 2015 World Cups, their batsmen hit a total of 22 centuries. In the 47 matches they have played since then, they have hit 25. Of their past 17 home fixtures, they have lost only two.
It is a revolution forged from self-confidence, a charge built upon embracing risk and attack in place of defence.
Of the 159-run partnership between Morgan and Stokes, 106 runs came in boundaries. There were seven sixes and 16 fours, few of them tickled, many of them clattered.
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Stokes' half-century came up off 39 balls, which was impressive enough until you realised that 20 of those were dot balls, meaning he had actually scored 52 runs off 19 scoring shots.
Thirty-eight of those 52 runs came in boundaries, some pulled off his chest over deep mid-wicket, others battered straight, a few crashed through backward point. Had the rain not come again, his eventual 102 not out might have become much more.
Morgan, not a character to cool his boots in the shadows, matched him blow for blow. His 87 was garlanded by eight fours and five sixes, his build slight compared to the flanker-sized Stokes - but the results from his bat just the same.
Stokes has been in sensational form in the IPL. Morgan has hit more sixes in this tournament than any other batsmen. Their past three partnerships together before Saturday totalled 110, 68 and 95.
Predictable indeed, and welcomed around Edgbaston in the style Australian defeats always are here.
It is the Eric Hollies Stand that is the beating heart of this ground, or at least its thirsty throat. Quite what the former Warwickshire leg-spinner would have made of the scenes in the seats that bear his name is harder to divine.
When Hollies dismissed Don Bradman for a second-ball duck in the great Australian's final Test innings, the crowd was so shocked there were several moments of silence. Eventually a lone voice from the gallery cried out, "Well played, Eric!"
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As Stokes and Morgan laid waste to Smith's attack, the massed ranks in the Hollies - many dressed as escaped prisoners, or half-cut orangutans, or hairy-calved nuns - were singing massed choruses of Sweet Caroline. As the sixes rained down upon them, they serenaded the fielder on the boundary with repeated choruses of "Finchy's Going Home".
Hollies once went 71 consecutive innings without reaching double figures. While Jason Roy might be able to empathise, Stokes and Morgan could barely go consecutive balls without a run.
It left Smith as much a spectator as the record-breaking 24,227 in the stands, and means England will march into Wednesday's semi-final in Cardiff with expectations running away.
As a bowling unit they can both squeeze the opposition and then profit from the panic that follows. Adil Rashid and Mark Wood both took four wickets, but are also the two most economical bowlers in the tournament among those to have bowled 15 overs or more.
Hollies the bowler would have appreciated Rashid's googlies just as Hollies the batsman would not have seen Wood's 90 miles an hour Yorkers. Smith would have liked to have even one of them to turn to.
Instead he must wait for six months and the Ashes to gain revenge. England, by contrast, are moving on. Fast.
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Images of Hollie Gazzard with Asher Maslin, who stabbed her 14 times in February last year, are still viewable on Miss Gazzard's Facebook profile.
Nick Gazzard said the nine pictures were causing distress and attempts to have them removed had failed.
Facebook told the BBC it was unable to help in this circumstance.
According to the social media website, its policy is that when a profile is memorialised following someone's death, any changes are not able to be made.
Hollie Gazzard, 20, was brutally stabbed while working at Fringe Benefits and La Bella Beauty salon in Gloucester. She later died in hospital.
Five months after her murder, Maslin was sentenced to life in prison for carrying out the attack.
"It makes me feel sick when I look at those photos, and to be truthful I try not to go into her Facebook site as I get quite distressed by it" said Mr Gazzard.
Of the nine images, most are only viewable by those who were Facebook "friends" with Holly before her death.
The online profile was frozen after her death, with Mr Gazzard adding it was a "real shame" family and friends could not view it without seeing those nine pictures.
Gary Rycroft, chair of the digital assets working group of the Law Society, advised Mr Gazzard to write to Facebook withdrawing the copyright of the photographs, which were taken by Hollie, and asking for the specific pictures to be removed.
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South African lock Kruger, 30, has 17 caps for his country and previously played for Northampton and Bulls.
Australian-born but England-qualified Longbottom, 30, has been out with a long-term foot injury.
"He will fit perfectly into our plans and the pack we are building," said director of rugby Steve Diamond.
"I sourced Juandre when I headed up the recruitment at Northampton and he helped Saints to win silverware and also to the Heineken Cup final.
"We have some more signings to announce in the near future. We have been working hard on recruitment and our signings should do well in the Premiership and excite our supporters."
The pair add to Sale's already announced arrivals of hooker Rob Webber and back-row forward Laurence Pearce for next season.
Matthew Jarvis' three penalties to Ben Davies' try gave Merthyr the half-time lead.
James Garland's two penalties put Aberavon in front, but Merthyr's Richard Carter and Kyle Evans crossed.
Sam Williams replied while Merthyr's Rhys Williams and Craig Locke were in the sin-bin, but Jarvis added a last minute penalty to seal victory.
Hosts Aberavon had never won the competition, but beat Bedwas 31-24 in their semi-final and had home advantage after winning the coin toss.
Merthyr reached the final in their first season in the Premiership, seeing off RGC 1404 35-7 in their semi-final.
Division 1 Play-off - 1st Leg
Trebanos 25-18 Kidwelly
National League 3 West C Plate Final
Bynea 20-9 Newcastle Emlyn II
National League 3 West C Cup Final
Aberaeron 8-20 Llandybie
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Neath 14-32 Newport
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The news comes in the wake of the unexplained mass beaching of 33 pilot whales found dead on Rutland Island off the coast of County Donegal earlier this month.
CSIP's data shows there has been a 25% increase in reported strandings since it began keeping records 20 years ago.
At least 500 dolphins, porpoises and whales have been found stranded on British beaches so far this year.
So is the increase in stranding numbers a sign that something disturbing is happening to these sea-going mammals?
Ian Enlander director of the Irish Whale and Dolphin Research Group (IWDG) said it was a difficult question to answer.
"It may be a sign that awareness of strandings is increasing or perhaps something else is going on. There are sometimes clusters of these events which may be caused by strong weather systems pushing already dead or dying animals towards the shore.
The Donegal strandings have been connected to sonar technology used by the Royal Navy.
Sonar equipment has been the focus of investigations into whale and dolphin strandings for more than 10 years.
It is thought that the artificial sonar may interfere with the natural sonar sense of the animals causing them to be disoriented.
Sonar may also cause sudden pressure changes inside the animals' bodies leading to internal haemorrhaging.
Among the most notable incidents involving sonar was the stranding of a large number of beaked whales on beaches in the Canaries following Nato naval exercises in 2002.
And the US navy was accused of culpability in the deaths of 17 beaked whales which died in the Bahamas following a sonar exercise.
Mr Enlander said that while the relationship between sonar equipment used by navies around the world and cetacean deaths, in the case of the Rutland Island beachings it was hard to prove any link.
CSIP coordinates the investigation of all whale, dolphin and porpoise (collectively known as cetaceans), marine turtle and basking shark strandings around the UK coastline.
More than 9,000 incidents have been investigated and 2,500 post-mortems have been carried out by researchers during 20 years of the Defra-funded CSIP coordinated by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL).
Now CSIP marine scientists are calling on the public to be their eyes and ears along the UK coastline and report any stranded animals.
Rob Deaville, CSIP coordinator from ZSL, said that reports from the public play a crucial role in making the organisations aware of stranded animals.
"These reports can sometimes prove to be life-saving, but ultimately they all make a valuable contribution to the long-term conservation of cetaceans," he said.
The whale which died while being rescued from the River Thames in 2006 and the mass stranding of common dolphins in Cornwall in 2008 are just two of the high profile cases that the CSIP have investigated during the 20 years that the programme has run.
Dr Paul Jepson, wildlife veterinarian at ZSL, said the work of CSIP and ZSL has allowed scientists to build up a picture of how human activities affect marine life.
"This had led to changes in policy and best practice around fishing activities, chemical pollutants and military operations. We now need to continue this research to ensure we minimise these impacts in the future," he said.
Marine scientists will meet to review 20 years of data at the CSIP 20th Anniversary Symposium on 25 November at the Zoological Society of London's (ZSL) London Zoo.
The IWDG provides a practical guide to helping beached whales or dolphins on their website.
Strandings in Northern Ireland should be reported to the wildlife officer at Quoile Countryside Centre or to the Northern Ireland Environment Agency.
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The 33-year former Rams captain was released by the club last summer after an injury-plagued six years but was a hugely popular figure with supporters.
Barker, who is hoping to return to professional football soon, told BBC East Midlands Today: "To say I am taken back by this is an understatement.
"It will be an honour and a privilege to play for Derby one more time."
Barker, who was signed by former Derby boss Nigel Clough in July 2009 and was key figure in the first two seasons, will have a testimonial game - one of a number of events held in 2016.
But after battling a number of injuries, a career-threatening knee problem he suffered in March 2012 meant Barker never played for the first team again.
"It was six years, but it was a such a diverse six years," Barker added.
"I was club captain for four years but coming back from my latest injury was a three-year process time was extremely tough.
"The fans were remarkable throughout. To still be interested three years after my last injury is quite something.
"I never really got the chance to say thank you and goodbye. I am still in Derby and come to the games but this is kind of a fond farewell."
He and Cuban leader Raul Castro agreed to normalise diplomatic relations in December 2014 and in August 2015 the US re-opened its embassy in Havana, more than half a century after it had closed following Fidel Castro's Cuban revolution.
Now reports say that President Donald Trump may announce his new Cuba policy as soon as next Friday.
Many are expecting a rollback on the détente including a tightening of the rules on travel and trade eased by the previous administration.
What are the main issues at stake?
This is the area perhaps most at risk.
Every year since the thaw was announced at the end of 2014 has been a record in terms of visitor numbers to the island. In no small part that is down to the large number of US citizens who have been able to come to Cuba since tight travel restrictions were eased.
Opponents of the engagement policy want Mr Trump to adopt proposals which include tightening the 12 categories of travel under which Americans have been coming to Cuba - including the catch-all "people-to-people" exchanges. This would mean US visitors might again face fines if they visit the island without the right paperwork.
The potential effects of such a move on Cuba's tourism industry would be significant. However the pro-engagement lobby group Engage Cuba argues that it would have a multi-billion dollar impact on the US economy too, affecting jobs in the airline and cruise ship industries.
Despite the improved relations, the US economic embargo on Cuba remains firmly in place. As such, bilateral trade between the United States and Cuba is yet to get off the ground.
There have been some initial steps:. In January a shipment of artisanal charcoal became the first legal Cuban export to the US in decades. There was also an agreement for the US hotel company, Starwood, to run three hotels in Havana.
One apparent motivation for any rollback is a desire among Castro-opponents in Florida to reverse Mr Obama's decision to allow US entities to work with Cuban state agencies. The Obama administration felt it was necessary to ease the rules on working with the Cuban state because state-run institutions, specifically the tourism and commercial wings of the Cuban military, are ubiquitous in the Cuban economy.
"That is precisely the kind of dilemma the Trump administration is facing," said Michael Shifter, of the Inter-American Dialogue in Washington DC.
"Initially it sounds easy to take position to roll back Obama's big legacy. But then you see that in Cuba, dealing with state is everything, all economic activity is tied to the state."
Whether it be import-export or transportation, refusing to work with the Cuban military is near impossible in the current climate if you want to establish a sizeable commercial presence in Cuba.
As for the embargo itself, if President Trump chooses to reverse President Obama's policy of engagement, it seems highly likely the embargo will stay in place for the next four years.
The embargo can't be lifted by the president unilaterally, it needs the approval of Congress. However, if a rollback does happen, it would strengthen the hand of the anti-Castro lobby in the House of Representatives and the chances of the measure being removed this term seem slimmer than they did a year ago.
It would be a disappointment for many US businesses hoping to invest in or import to Cuba, but John Kavulich, of the US-Cuba Trade and Economic Council, believes "the US business community as a whole has been preparing for many different scenarios (on Cuba) since the day after Donald Trump was elected".
President Trump has made several references to human rights in Cuba, both as a candidate and since winning the presidency.
Initially it was hard to say whether he was simply appealing to his supporters in Florida or if he genuinely intended to unpick Mr Obama's Cuba legacy using the island's human rights record as his reasoning. It is looking increasingly likely that it's the latter.
After dinner with Florida Senator Marco Rubio in February, Mr Trump said the two men "share very similar views on Cuba". That doesn't bode well for the future of the bilateral relationship as Mr Rubio is keen for President Trump to, in his words, "treat Cuba like the dictatorship it is".
Ironically, the Trump administration's new budget proposals would also remove controversial USAID funding for dissident groups in Cuba, something the Castro government has been calling for for decades.
Given they are the very groups Washington has traditionally heralded as defenders of free speech and human rights on the island, Mr Shifter thinks that the funds may still end up reaching them "through other channels".
This is another arena which has arguably benefitted the most from improved US-Cuba ties.
Whether ballet or jazz, basketball or Beethoven, a greater understanding has been fostered between numerous institutions and individuals in the arts, music, culture and sports. Scores of shared projects have been held since December 2014 partly because obtaining the paperwork has become so much easier.
In science too, Cuban advances in immunology and cancer treatments are undergoing further studies and testing in the United States.
A more hostile footing - and more layers of paperwork - could put such programmes in jeopardy.
Still, while participants on both sides of the Florida Straits are undoubtedly concerned by the prospect of a rollback, many feel confident that their shared projects are now sufficiently well established to outlast any diplomatic cooling.
As one Western diplomat put it, it takes a long time to build trust with the Cuban government - and it can be lost comparatively easily.
On the day of Fidel Castro's death last November, Mr Trump tweeted that the former Cuban president's "legacy is one of firing squads, theft, unimaginable suffering, poverty and the denial of fundamental human rights".
There can be little doubt that the Cubans will remember that line and any subsequent tough stance in order to gain "a better deal" will be met with a typically robust response from the Cubans.
Mr Kavulich believes the Trump administration may well "make an issue" of trying to settle US claims of compensation from the Cuban government over its expropriation and nationalisation policies in the 1960s.
"That would be the deal in his 'Art of the Deal'," he said.
For Mr Shifter though, the danger is that a more hostile tone from Washington would "give bravado to Cuban hardliners to cite it as an example of what happens when we try to open up to the Americans".
The 22-year old came on as a late substitute against Sporting Kansas City to score with his first touch of the ball in a 1-0 win on his MLS debut on Friday.
"Being out for six months and with all that has been going on, I feel really happy besides scoring the goal but playing in the game," Kamara said.
"I want to be part of this team, I want to be part of the family, so it's just great," he added.
Kamara's former club IFK Norrkoping, who are the Swedish champions, took him off their squad list for the season in February after it was detected that he had an usual heart defect that carries a great risk for sudden death at maximum effort.
The defect was discovered when he underwent a mandatory Uefa heart examination as IFK Norrkoping were due to play in the Champions League qualifiers.
Both Uefa and Fifa recommended that Kamara stop playing.
But the Swedish league winner refused to give up and decided to undergo further tests in the United States, where it was found that he had no life threatening heart problem.
The heart specialists who carried out the tests cleared Kamara to play in MLS, paving the way for him to be signed by DC United.
Kamara netted six goals to help Norrkoping win the 2015 Swedish league and was hoping to play Champions League football.
The council said the incident at Cae Ddol fields in Ruthin could have had "serious consequences" for the young girl's health, although there were no "lasting effects".
David Smith, Denbighshire's cabinet member for environment, said he was "disgusted and disappointed".
"We would urge everyone to be responsible and clean up," he said.
The actress recently appeared without heavy make-up alongside actresses including Nicole Kidman and Lupita Nyong'o for the 2017 Pirelli Calendar.
Dame Helen said: "I think it would be wonderful if it became a fashion.
"Things are always cyclical, so I suspect we might've reached saturation with the whole selfie thing and maybe we're moving in another direction."
She added: "It would be great if we are, without being puritanical, because I love make-up, dressing up, so I don't want to be 'Oh we've all got to go without make-up'."
Julianne Moore, Rooney Mara and Robin Wright all joined Dame Helen for the au naturel photographs in the Pirelli calendar, while singer Alicia Keys recently announced her decision to go make-up free.
Dame Helen's latest film Collateral Beauty sees her play "Death" - who visits a man grieving for his recently-deceased daughter.
Will Smith, Naomie Harris and Edward Norton also star in the film, which is released as the industry heads into awards season.
One year on from the "Oscars So White" controversy, all eyes will be on the upcoming awards season to see how much things have changed since the boycott over the lack of ethnic minority nominees.
Dame Helen told the BBC: "I think it has changed considerably. Obviously Will has been at the forefront of that for quite a long time.
"I think what has changed is actually the acceptance of the audience. It's the chicken and the egg, you don't know which is following which."
She added: "It's very difficult to unpick it because obviously if the films aren't made with black leads, black themes, black stories, how can there be an audience for it?
"But on the other hand, especially internationally, there's always been a sort of a resistance, Will was one of the few stars that really broke through that.
"But things have really changed, globally, and because of that you see Hollywood changing. I think my dear friend Naomie [Harris] will be nominated for an Oscar this year, I'm pretty sure."
The actress added that Harris's other new film Moonlight "will get a great deal of attention just because it's a great movie with great acting in it".
Collateral Beauty has received poor reviews from many critics. The Guardian and The Telegraph each gave it one-star, while the film currently has a 14% rating on reviews aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Front Row about the reviews, Dame Helen said: "I knew that was going to happen, because there's a cynicism in the world of journalism that is admired, and this is not a film where cynicism has any play whatsoever.
"It's about a truth about life, a rather difficult truth. I knew reading the script this was a high wire act, I knew the danger."
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He said the renamed Sustainable Development Bill would create jobs, enable growth and tackle poverty.
Mr Jones told AMs reducing domestic violence and abuse of women was also a priority for the next 12 months.
Conservatives welcomed some of the plans but said they were not enough to "inspire confidence" in the government.
Announcing eight new bills altogether, Mr Jones said the Future Generations Bill was to ensure public services made key decisions with the long term well being of Wales in mind - "future proofing" communities from pressures that threaten their viability and survival.
"This bill is about how we tackle the generational challenges Wales faces in a more joined up and integrated way, we cannot afford to leave this burden behind for our grandchildren," he said.
The Ending Violence against Women and Domestic Abuse Bill would "tackle all forms of violence against women and domestic abuse", he said.
Legislation on the abandonment of horses and ponies and so-called "fly grazing" would give local councils the powers to "seize, impound and dispose of horses either through selling, re-homing or destruction in as humane a way as appropriate, and when circumstances dictate".
Local health boards will also be given the scope to break even over a three year financial period rather than the current one financial year.
Mr Jones said a housing bill aimed to strengthen homelessness legislation and would introduce a licensing system for landlords and letting agents.
It would also allow councils to charge higher council tax rates on long-term empty properties.
There are also bills to give the Higher Education Funding Council greater powers to maintain standards in colleges and legislation on planning matters to set out new roles and responsibilities for Welsh ministers, councils, developers, local authorities and communities.
There are limited details on the Public Service Workforce Bill, but it is expected to seek to bring about more consistency in the terms and conditions of public sector workers in Wales.
Mr Jones said: "At the heart of our legislative programme is a firm commitment to improve public services and create opportunities for everyone.
"I am confident the plans I have set out today will help transform our society and make Wales a better place in which to live."
Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies welcomed some of the proposed bills, but said the plans would "hardly inspire confidence" when education, the NHS and the economy were "getting worse by the day".
"While we support the proposals to give local health boards greater flexibility in finance planning to help them cope with Labour's record-breaking NHS cuts, fast-tracking the bill limits the ability for AMs to properly scrutinise the plans," he said.
"Announcing the decision to fast-track the NHS Finance Bill on the day the Welsh government is using an emergency procedure to rush through legislation on agricultural wages shows a reckless contempt for scrutiny and a slapdash and lazy approach to law-making."
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood urged Mr Jones not to "water down" his commitment to sustainable development and questioned how the bill on ending domestic violence would work when the police and criminal justice system were not devolved to Wales.
She also urged Welsh ministers to meet opposition parties before bills were published to avoid what she called "thorny issues" with legislation over the previous 12 months.
Ms Wood said she wanted to ensure that "this Senedd uses its resources in the best way possible, to produce good, if not excellent, legislation that will improve the lives of people here in Wales".
Liberal Democrat AM Aled Roberts questioned whether some of the proposed bills were affordable and warned it was difficult to support legislation if it had not been given a "full financial assessment".
He also urged Welsh ministers to ensure that local health boards provided "greater assurance with regard to the robustness of their own financial controls" if they were to be given greater financial flexibility.
Mick Philpott is charged with manslaughter, along with his wife Mairead and their friend Paul Mosley. All three deny six counts of manslaughter.
The jury at at Nottingham Crown Court heard the recording during their trial.
The following is a transcript of the call made to the emergency services by Mr and Mrs Philpott.
Operator: Emergency, which service?
Mairead: Hello
Operator: Do you need fire, police or ambulance?
Mairead: All three please.
Michael: Tell them the kids are in the bedroom.
Mairead: My kids are in the bedroom. Me house is on fire.
Operator: Yeah, hello police emergency.
Operator: Just connecting a multiple request for all services.
Mairead: 18 Victory Road. 18 Victory Road. 18 Victory Road. My house is on fire, my kids are in bed.
Operator: What address?
Mairead: 18 Victory Road.
Operator: At 18, where's Victory Road?
Mairead: Allenton, Derby.
Operator: Your house is on fire at 18 Victory Road and the kids are inside?
Mairead: Yeah, me kids are in bed.
Operator: OK. Where are you? Where are you phoning from now?
Mairead: I'm in the garden, I'm in the back garden.
Operator: You're in the back, back garden, 18 Victory Road.
Mairead: Yeah, I can't...
Operator: 18 Victory Road. What's your name, duck?
Mairead: I can't get, get into my kids. Mrs Philpott.
Operator: Mrs Philpott, how many kids are in the house, Mrs Philpott, and where are they?
Mairead: There's six. There's six of them.
Operator: Sorry.
Mairead: There's six of them.
Michael: I can't get in the window, duck.
Operator: You've got six kids in the house.
Mairead: Yeah.
Unknown: Mairead.
Operator: Right. Where are the kids? Do you know?
Mairead: They're upstairs in three bedrooms.
Operator: They're upstairs in their bedrooms. Where's the fire?
Mairead: Here. It's, I don't know. It's at the front of the house somewhere.
Operator: It's at the front of the house somewhere.
Mairead: Yeah.
Operator: Can you hear, are there any flames there?
Michael: Smoke's everywhere.
Mairead: Oh my God, please.
Operator: It's all right, we've got the fire service coming on their way. Can you see any flames or anything?
Mairead: Oh God I can't say from in here.
Operator: Sorry, can, can, can you see...
Mairead: He's just, he just smashed the bedroom window open and there's smoke.
Operator: Sorry.
Mairead: My husband's just smashed the bedroom window open and there's smoke coming from everywhere.
Operator: Your husband has just smashed the bedroom window.
Mairead: Yeah.
Michael: I can't get in. Hello.
Operator: Yes all right.
Michael: Please mate, I can't get in the house, my babies are upstairs.
Operator: We've got the fire service on their way.
Michael: I can't get out.
Operator: Right. It's all right. You, you talk to me.
Michael: Please mate.
Operator: The fire service are on their way.
Michael: I've tried to get in the bedroom. I can't get in.
Operator: Right, how old are the kids?
Michael: Get outside, quick (whispers).
Operator: Hello there Mr Philpott, how old are the kids?"
(panting, coughing)
Mairead: Please.
Operator: Hello. Can you talk to me?
(inaudible)
Operator: Talk to me.
Michael: I can't get in the bedroom mate.
Operator: Yeah.
Michael: I can't get in me bedroom, the kids are all upstairs, six of them.
Operator: Is it a terraced house?
Michael: Please.
Operator: Yeah, we've got some, we've got the police on their way. Have you any idea what caused the fire?
Michael: I've no idea mate, we've just been woke up by the alarm. There's smoke everywhere.
Operator: There's smoke everywhere.
Mairead: The electric's gone.
Michael: Me electrics gone and all my babies are all upstairs.
Operator: You're all right, you're in the garden are you?
Michael: I'm round the back mate. I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't get out. (inaudible)
Operator: OK. What's your name please?
Michael: Michael, I'm the, the daddy.
Operator: OK.
Michael: I can't get in.
Operator: Sorry. All right, yeah, I know that. We've got the fire service on their way to you.
Michael: (coughing) I didn't open the door.
Operator: Sorry.
Michael: I can't open the door.
Unknown: Come round the other side door, both the doors are locked.
Operator: Right. Can you, Michael, can you see any flames?
Michael: No, all I can see is black smoke. I can't see anything else than black smoke.
Michael: Mairead, don't go round there.
Mairead: There's somebody out there.
Michael: Help me. Who is it?
Mairead: Help. (inaudible)
Michael: Who's that? Help me. Me babies are trapped inside the house.
Operator: It's all right.
Michael: Help me.
Operator: We've, we've got people on their way.
Michael: Get down.
Operator: We've got the fire service are on their way.
Michael: Please hurry up.
Operator: Yeah but Michael, Michael.
Michael: What?
Michael: My babies are...
Operator: Michael, I need you to calm down and give you some advice. Michael, Michael.
Michael: God please help me.
Operator: It's all right if you go outside now and speak to our police officers. They're there.
Michael: I can't get out mate, I'm stuck in the back because there's the caravan at the side of the house and there's smoke all downstairs.
Operator: All right yeah. But is there someone round at the front.
Michael: Yeah, we're stuck in the back. We can't get, we can't get round. I can't get round to my babies.
Operator: OK. OK. We've got police officers at the front now. If, now upstairs in the bedrooms. Where are the kids?
Michael: Oh my God. What was that?
Operator: Michael.
Michael: Who is it?
Unknown: (inaudible) Daniel.
Michael: Adam mate, the babies are stuck inside and I can't get to them.
Operator: Michael, who are you talking to now?
Michael: My neighbour Adam. Adam, where are you? I can't get in the house.
Operator: Michael, Michael talk to me.
Operator: Up upstairs. Upstairs.
Operator: Are the kids in the front or the back bedroom?
Unknown: (inaudible) What, where's the big... (inaudible)
Michael: I don't know mate.
Operator: Michael.
Michael: Yes mate.
Operator: Michael, are the kids in the front or the back bedroom?
Michael: They're in the back bedroom mate.
Operator: All of them?
Michael: All of them yeah. I, we just can't get in. There's smoke everywhere. (starts coughing)
Operator: Yeah it's all right, yeah.
Operator: The fire service will be with you very shortly.
Operator: Michael.
Michael: Yes.
Operator: How old are the kids?
Michael: Erm the youngest is erm, erm, erm, five and the eldest is, is, the oldest is, is 11.
Unknown: Have you got a hammer Mick?
Michael: Aye?
Unknown: You got a hammer? You got a hammer?
Operator: Yeah, anything...
Michael: Erm, I can't see out here. Maireid, have we got something to bang the door down with (inaudible) anything.
Operator: Yeah, the trouble is you might spread the fire if we do that.
Michael: Oh, he said we might spread the fire if we do that.
Operator: Can, can you go through your neighbour's property and speak to our police officers out there.
Michael: I've got a ladder here mate and I've smashed the window. I can't, I can't get in. There's no noise from the children. There's no noise from my children. There's no noise from my children.
Unknown: Mick, I've got it, Mick.
Operator: Are they all, how many you say the kids are there?
Unknown: Where are you? Open a window.
Operator: Michael, who are you talking to now?
Michael: Me neighbours have come to help me.
Operator: Yeah.
Michael: We can't get in the bedroom.
Operator: Right. OK, Michael, Michael.
Unknown: Michael, come on man.
Michael: I can't get in.
Operator: OK yeah. Michael, we've got police officers at the front.
Michael: Somebody's here, I don't know who it is.
Operator: We've got the police there.
Michael: I don't know, Mairead, where are you?
Michael: Please.
Mairead: My babies, please.
Michael: Come here, come here, shh, shh, shh.
Operator: Michael?
Mairead: (wailing)
Michael: The babies are in the house, yeah.
Operator: Michael. How many kids are there?
Michael: There's six of them, one, me daughter and five boys.
Operator: Six children, right.
Michael: There's smoke coming out everywhere.
Operator: One girl and five boys.
Michael: Yeah.
Operator: OK.
Michael: I tried to get up mate, I couldn't get in the bedr... I couldn't get in the window. I couldn't get in. I've smashed it but I just can't get in.
Operator: Right, OK. So we have got the police officers around the front.
Michael: Yeah there's some everywhere. (sobs)
Operator: OK yeah.
Unknown: Hello, hello, it's the police.
Michael: I'm here mate, where are ya?
Unknown: Come on mate, it's all right.
Michael: My babies are inside. The police are, the police are here now.
Operator: Yeah, aye, Michael, is Lisa Willis out of the address?
Michael: Pardon?
Operator: You're talking to the police now, is Lisa out of the address?
Michael: Mate, they're in the bedroom here, I can't get at them.
Unknown: Come on mate, come out of the way, come out of the way.
Operator: Michael, is Lisa out of the address?
Michael: Yes mate.
Operator: Yes she's out of the address.
Operator: It's the children that are at the address. There's not adults in the address.
Michael: No, no adults or 'owt, it's just the babies.
Operator: You talk to our, you talk to our police officers.
Michael: All right mate.
Operator: OK Michael.
Unknown: Do you want to come out?
Operator: Thank you very much.
Meredith, 24, began his career at Derby and also had spells with Shrewsbury, Chesterfield and AFC Telford.
The left-back joined York in 2009 and was part of the team that won the Blue Square Premier play-off final in May.
He is a good athlete and can play in several positions
Boss Phil Parkinson told the Bradford website: "I'm really pleased to have James on board. He's a young, hungry player with a great attitude."
The Australia-born left-back, who can also play in the centre of defence and midfield, played 46 games for York last season as the club completed the double of winning promotion back to the Football League and the FA Trophy.
He is Bradford's fourth summer signing following the arrival of Gary Jones,Rory McArdle and Andrew Davies.
Manager Parkinson added: "We had him watched several times at York City last season and we were impressed with what we saw of him.
"He had a terrific spell at York and has played virtually everyone of their games for the last three years."
The veteran star's latest release, Partners, topped the Billboard rundown after selling 196,000 copies.
The 72-year-old's first number one album, People, was achieved almost 50 years ago in October 1964.
Streisand's latest hit also makes her the only female singer to clock up 10 number one albums in the US.
The musician now stands at number four in the all-time list of album chart-topping acts in the US, behind The Beatles, who lead the hall of fame with 19 number ones.
Jay Z is second with 13, while Bruce Springsteen is in third place with 11 best-selling albums.
Streisand ties for fourth with Elvis Presley, who is featured on her latest work.
The album is a collection of classic songs with high profile singing partners, including Stevie Wonder, Josh Groban and Billy Joel, with whom she performs New York State of Mind.
She outsold Chris Brown and country star Tim McGraw to take the number one spot.
Streisand's albums which have reached the pinnacle of the US chart in previous decades include The Way We Were in 1974 and two other '70s releases.
Two of her records made the grade in the 1980s including Guilty, spawning a hit title track performed by Barry Gibb and the US number one single Woman In Love.
She had two number ones in the 1990s, while her most recent chart-topper was Love Is The Answer in 2009.
In the UK, Streisand's latest album was beaten into second place by Irish band The Script's new release.
The singer has amassed a total of six chart-topping albums in the UK across three decades - the 1970s, '80s and the first decade of this century.
Stoke Gifford Parish Council voted on Tuesday to charge Parkrun a fee to use Little Stoke Park, near Bristol.
The decision caused an outcry, prompting the cancellation of this Saturday's run.
Despite fears hundreds of runners would turn up at Little Stoke Park in protest, only a couple of dozen were at the park earlier.
The council is the first authority to say it will charge Parkrun a fee for the use of its grounds.
Councillors voted six-to-four in favour of charges for "wear and tear", having said it was "unfair" to expect non-running residents to pay for the park's upkeep.
The event co-director, Becky Bushnell, said it meant the end of the Little Stoke event.
Organisers announced on Wednesday they were cancelling this week's Little Stoke Park run amid fears the number of runners may exceed the park's "safe limit".
With "emotions running high" people were urged not to go by Parkrun's chief operating officer Tom Williams.
Most heeded the advice but around 25 runners did brave the cold to show support.
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Matt Hawkins, from Bradley Stoke, said: "I wanted to turn up today to show that the council isn't going to stop me running.
"I expected more people but the weather hasn't helped as it's freezing cold and I think Parkrunners have taken the opportunity to go to other Parkruns."
Another runner said he was "disappointed with the turn out" but would "definitely be here every week - running".
It will be the ninth edition fronted by the 75-year-old, who first hosted the results programme in 1979 when Margaret Thatcher became prime minister.
Dimbleby will front the election show on 7 May 2015 from 22:00 BST until the following morning.
BBC News presenter Huw Edwards will take over as lead presenter for the corporation's future election coverage.
Edwards will also present the 2015 coverage from 07:00 BST on 8 May after Dimbleby finishes his overnight stint, tracking the final results.
A special edition of Question Time will follow later that evening to discuss the vote and prospects for the next government.
"This election is likely to be one of the most complex and closely fought in recent times and we are delighted to have such an experienced team to lead our coverage," James Harding, director of BBC news, said.
Ahead of the general election, Dimbleby will present the local and European election results programmes this May from the BBC's Elstree Studios.
Edwards will also present the Scottish independence referendum results programme from Glasgow in September.
The 16-hour talks went on through the night, between Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
A previous Minsk ceasefire deal collapsed within days of its signing on 5 September. And there was heavy fighting just hours before this one, between the Ukrainian army and pro-Russian rebels controlling a big swathe of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
Here are the key points of the new plan (as released in Russian):
To take effect in parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, from 00:00 local time on 15 February (22:00 GMT on 14 February).
To equal distances to create a buffer zone of: at least 50km (30 miles) separating both sides for artillery systems of 100mm calibre or more; 70km for multiple rocket systems and 140km for the heaviest rocket and missile systems such as Tornado, Uragan, Smerch and Tochka.
Ukrainian troops to withdraw heavy weapons from the current frontline.
Separatist forces to withdraw theirs from the line of 19 September 2014.
Heavy weapons withdrawal must start no later than day two of the ceasefire and be completed within two weeks. The OSCE security body will assist in the process.
To be carried out by the OSCE from day one, using all necessary technology such as satellites and radar.
In line with the Ukrainian law on temporary self-rule for parts of Donetsk and Luhansk. There will also be a dialogue on those areas' political future.
On the basis of "all for all". To be completed at the latest on the fifth day after the military withdrawal.
Including social transfers, such as payment of pensions. To that end, Ukraine will restore its banking services in districts affected by the conflict.
To begin on the first day after local elections, and be completed after a comprehensive political settlement, by the end of 2015. (Local elections in rebel-controlled Donetsk and Luhansk regions will be based on Ukrainian law and a constitutional reform.)
To be monitored by the OSCE. All illegal groups to be disarmed.
A key element of which will be decentralisation (taking account of the special features of certain parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, agreed with representatives of those regions), and adoption of permanent laws on the special status of those areas.
The thieves allegedly pretended to reception staff they were guests who had lost keys, in order to gain access to the rooms.
The thieves used a stethoscope to listen at the door to ensure the coast was clear, police said, then used a hammer and chisel to remove the safes.
High-end hotels were targeted, including in Paris and on the Riviera.
The two suspects, aged 56 and 31, were arrested at a hotel in the central French town of Saint-Etienne on 24 August.
Police said they had been identified using surveillance video images from a previous theft.
According to officials, the removed safes were carried out of the hotels in suitcases.
France's RTL radio said police had now recovered jewellery, luxury clothes and foreign currency worth about €80,000 (£58,000).
They are also reported to have found 20 hotel room key cards, a stethoscope, a hammer and a chisel.
He was sentenced to five years in prison, one year less than prosecutors had asked for, but will be released pending a possible appeal.
Prosecutors said the Ukraine-born Demjanjuk, 91, was a guard at Sobibor camp in Nazi-occupied Poland in 1943.
He denied serving as a guard, saying he was a prisoner of war and a victim too.
Lawyers for Demjanjuk have said they will appeal against the conviction.
"The court is convinced that the defendant... served as a guard at Sobibor from 27 March 1943 to mid-September 1943," presiding Judge Ralph Alt said.
"As guard he took part in the murder of at least 28,000 people," he said.
An estimated 250,000 people died in the gas chambers at Sobibor. Demjanjuk was convicted of being an accessory to the murder of the 28,060 people who were killed there while he was a guard.
Demjanjuk, whose family says he is very ill, has been in custody since being extradited from the US in 2009.
By Stephen EvansBBC News, Munich
It was a very poignant end to a long legal process.
John Demjanjuk was leaning back in his wheelchair wearing dark glasses in a corner of the courtroom - as he was for much of the trial - saying absolutely nothing, almost seeming like he was peripheral to it.
The presiding judge stood up and leaned over him and said: "You have the last word." Demjanjuk simply shook his head no.
He was wheeled forward and the judge delivered his guilty verdict to his face.
The relatives of the dead were clearly satisfied with the verdict although for some of them it wasn't the main aim. They wanted a court in Germany to hear the details of the machinery of industrial killing and to hear that history related in the city where the Nazi party was founded.
Judge Alt said he had ordered Demjanjuk freed during his appeal as he did not pose a flight risk because of his advanced age, poor health and the fact that he was stateless following his expulsion from the US, where after the war he worked in an Ohio car factory and became an American citizen.
Judge Alt told the Associated Press news agency there were "no grounds" to hold him, adding: "It's the law, and so it's justice. I say he's guilty but it's not a final verdict."
World Jewish Congress spokesman Michael Thaidigsmann responded by saying: "For us the important thing is that he got convicted. It's not up to an organisation like us to say whether he should be in jail or not."
But the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Efraim Zuroff, while describing the conviction as "a very important victory for justice", said he was "very surprised" by the decision to free Demjanjuk.
"We don't think that that's appropriate given the heinous nature of his crimes," he said.
Born in Ukraine in 1920, Demjanjuk grew up under Soviet rule.
He was a soldier in the Red Army in 1942 when he was captured by the Germans.
Prosecutors had argued he was recruited by the Germans to be an SS camp guard and that by working at a death camp he was a participant in the killings. No evidence was produced that he committed a specific crime.
It was the first time such a legal argument was made in a German court.
Central to the prosecution's case was an SS identity card indicating Demjanjuk was posted to Sobibor. The defence cast doubts on the authenticity of the card but court experts said it appeared genuine.
Demjanjuk listened to the verdict sitting in a wheelchair without responding, his eyes covered by dark glasses.
Concerns over his health led to frequent delays in the 18-month trial.
Relatives of some of the people killed at Sobibor said they were satisfied with the verdict.
"It's very emotional - it doesn't happen every day," Rudolf Salomon Cortissos - whose mother was gassed at Sobibor - told Associated Press.
Demjanjuk's son said he was relieved at the decision to free his father "because he has never deserved to sit in prison for one minute", but added that "after everything that he's gone through, it is hard to use a word like happy in any context".
Demjanjuk has already spent eight years in detention in Israel.
In the 1980s, an Israeli court identified him as "Ivan the Terrible", a notoriously sadistic guard at the Treblinka death camp, and sentenced him to death.
His conviction was overturned after new evidence showed that another Ukrainian was probably responsible.
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Labour is celebrating victories by Anna McMorrin in Cardiff North, Tonia Antoniazzi in Gower and the return of Chris Ruane in Vale of Clwyd.
Plaid Cymru's Ben Lake has become Wales' youngest current MP, aged 24, after winning Ceredigion from the Liberal Democrats.
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Labour's Anna McMorrin is the new MP for this swing seat, winning a 4,174 majority and ousting Conservative Craig Williams.
She grew up near Brecon, went to university in Cardiff and lives in the city with her partner and two teenage daughters.
Previously a Welsh Government adviser and a public policy consultant before the election, she describes herself as a campaigner and mum.
Plaid Cymru's Ben Lake is Wales' youngest MP after taking Ceredigion from the Liberal Democrats, depriving them of their only Welsh seat.
Aged 24, he was working for Plaid in the Welsh Assembly before hitting the campaign trail and is one of the youngest politicians ever elected to the House of Commons.
Tonia Antoniazzi won Gower from the Conservatives for Labour, turning a Tory majority of 27 into a 3,269 majority for her party.
A Llanelli schoolteacher who used to represent Wales at rugby, she says she is also a mum and a linguist.
While on the campaign trail she told BBC Wales two things she could transfer from the rugby pitch to the battle for the most marginal seat in Britain were stamina and teamwork.
Labour's Chris Ruane won the Vale of Clwyd back from the Conservatives, a seat he had held for 18 years before losing it in 2015.
He says practising the meditation technique known as mindfulness helped him cope with suddenly losing his job in 2015, and he travelled to Canberra to share the mindfulness message with Australian MPs.
They account for 19% of victims of these type of fraud cases, despite making up less than 9% of the UK population.
Directors have been targeted directly by scams owing to the potential for con-artists to steal large sums.
Fraud victims are most likely to be aged between 31 and 50, Cifas said.
However, the biggest rise in 2016 from the previous year was among those aged 21 and under.
The report, by Cifas and LexisNexis Risk Solutions, also warned that fraudsters were attempting to obtain credit files as a pre-cursor to committing identity fraud.
Some 47% of recorded identity frauds involving fraudulently obtained credit files from company directors took place in London and the South East of England. In comparison, Wales and the North East of England each accounted for 2% of these fraud cases.
The vast majority of identity fraud takes place when a fraudster pretends to be an individual, so as to buy a product or take out a loan in their name.
Fraudsters get hold of the necessary personal material by stealing mail, computer hacking, obtaining data on the dark web, and exploiting personal information on social media, according to Cifas.
They can also gather it though social engineering, where people give up personal information to someone pretending to be from their bank, the police or a retailer.
Cifas advises people to shred important paper documents - and use passwords, privacy settings and anti-virus software on their computers.
Source: Cifas
The names of the 22 people who died are displayed on the city's "Squinty Bridge" along with signs that read "with Manchester" and "respect life".
The tribute, made out of plastic letters tied to the bridge's railings, appeared on the Clyde Arc on Tuesday.
Eilidh MacLeod from Barra was among those who died and her name is displayed in the centre of the bridge.
She had travelled to the Ariana Grande concert with her friend Laura MacIntyre who is said to be making "remarkable progress" after being seriously injured in the bombing.
A suicide bomber attacked concertgoers at the Manchester Arena on 22 May at the end of Ariana Grande's show.
Police named Salman Ramadan Abedi as the attacker.
The Squinty Bridge tribute, which displays the first names of all of those who died in the bombing in simple black lettering, was created by East Ayrshire artist Brian Carey.
He told BBC Scotland he had been moved to make the work because the suicide bombing was "so close to home".
"I used first names only because people with the same name will connect with them. Everyone knows a Robert or an Eilidh," he said.
"It's more personal."
Mr Carey said a woman from Barra happened to be walking by as he finished the artwork on Tuesday afternoon.
"I saw her just stop in her tracks when she saw the name Eilidh. I saw her staring at it," he said.
"She said she belonged to Barra and seeing that name really hits home."
Mr Carey installed similar artwork on the bridge - a memorial to Commonwealth soldiers killed in action - three years ago.
The crosses were eventually removed by Glasgow City Council, who said they were acting after receiving complaints.
The artist said he had emailed the council about the Manchester tribute and had offered to take it down himself if it was left for two weeks.
A vigil was held in Glasgow last Tuesday for the victims of the Manchester attack.
Speaking at the vigil, Glasgow City Council leader Susan Aitken said: "All we can do is send out love, our sympathy and our condolences and say that we stand in solidarity."
Nasser Rezaie, 63, of Petersfield in Chelmsford, Essex, was found guilty on Thursday of using his Mercedes to kill Allan Frampton, 60.
He had denied murder, but admitted killing the divorced grandfather.
Judge Charles Gratwicke, who described Rezaie as "bitter, twisted and dominating", said he must serve a minimum term of 18 years.
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Chelmsford Crown Court had heard Mr Frampton, from Hatfield Peverel, was in a relationship with Rezaie's estranged wife Jane.
The jury was told Rezaie had "collapsed" after his wife admitted to the affair with the victim in June last year.
A four-week trial heard Rezaie drove over the mechanic six times in Osea Way in Chelmsford, in an incident that was captured on CCTV, and he died at the scene.
Rezaie's claim that his actions were the result of losing control and not premeditated, were rejected by the jury after three hours of deliberation.
He had also threatened to kill Mr Frampton 11 months earlier during a conversation recorded by his estranged wife, Jane, on her phone, the court heard.
Rezaie later reminded his wife of the threats, saying in one voicemail message: "Every day, every hour, I am thinking about the promise I made you in Sainsbury's. I will do it."
At a sentencing hearing, the judge said Rezaie was "determined to have revenge" on his estranged wife's new partner and had been waiting for the chance to exact revenge.
"You saw that opportunity and you took it," he said.
In a statement the Frampton family said Rezaie had "robbed us of a loving father and grandfather, it's turned our lives and his own children's lives upside down".
In power virtually unchallenged since independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Nursultan Nazarbayev has focused on economic reform while resisting moves to democratise the political system.
He remains popular among ordinary Kazakhs. His supporters say he preserved inter-ethnic accord and stability during the reform in the 1990s, and is widely credited for the country's impressive economic growth in first decade of the new millennium.
Mr Nazarbayev has concentrated extensive powers in his own hands and is accused by the opposition of suppressing dissent. Although he says he advocates democracy as a long-term goal, he warns that stability could be at risk if change is too swift.
Born in 1940, Mr Nazarbayev came to power in 1989 as first secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan and was elected president the following year. He was re-elected after the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991.
He was re-elected against largely token opponents in 1999, 2005, 2011 and - most recently - in 2015. In each case, his share of the vote rose, reaching more than 97% in the last vote, and the conduct of every election was criticised by foreign observers.
In 2007, parliament, in which the ruling party held all seats, voted to allow the president to stay in office for an unlimited number of terms. In 2010, MPs granted Mr Nazarbayev the lifelong title of "leader of the nation".
His 2011 victory came after judges ruled unconstitutional a plan to hold a referendum on whether to let Mr Nazarbayev to stay in power until 2020 without facing election.
The president thereupon said he rejected the changes, which had been strongly backed by MPs and by many voters.
When Mr Nazarbayev does step down from the president, he will have a permanent seat on the defence council and a role as head of the people's assembly, which unites members of different ethnic groups, according to a law approved in a 2007 referendum.
The president merged his Otan ("Fatherland") party with his daughter Dariga's party, Asar, in July 2006, in a move seen as consolidating the president's power. The united party was named Nur Otan ("Ray of light of the fatherland") in honour of Mr Nazarbayev.
Nur Otan holds an overwhelming majority of seats in the Kazakh assembly, but international monitors faulted the latest parliamentary elections - held in January 2012 - as failing to meet basic democratic principles.
Tempting, but wrong.
Yes, this story risks making the media the story - rarely a good thing - and risks making the media look even more out of touch with average US voters who have more pressing economic concerns.
That doesn't mean it isn't serious. It tells us things about the man and about his presidency, things that are worth knowing.
Full disclosure: Mika Brzezinski is a friend of mine and we work together regularly on her show. But this story is really not about her at all. It is what it tells us about the president that matters.
1. The way President Trump talks about Brzezinski in those tweets is sexist. What's more it is just the latest in a string of sexist comments that focus on women's looks, not their abilities. Rosie O'Donnell, Megyn Kelly, Carly Fiorina, Miss Universe, Brzezinski are just a few. Sexism like this from the top can breed sexism down the line, it can make it seem somehow acceptable. It isn't.
2. Using personal information of this nature against someone is singularly vicious. As Melania Trump says, when Donald is attacked he hits back ten times harder. In this instance Mr Trump used the platform of the Oval Office and his Twitter feed to magnify the force of the blow.
The White House says this makes him tough and a fighter and that's why he was elected. I wonder about that. Do Americans who elected him to fight for their jobs actually want him to use that same quality in this way?
3. The tweets show he is easily provoked. America's allies and adversaries are taking note.
4. The incident suggests his anger can take precedence over political expedience. Right now Mr Trump needs Republican Senators to support his healthcare reform. Several of them immediately expressed extreme dismay at these tweets, saying they were beneath the dignity of the office. It may not impact their final vote, but it can't help.
5. Criticism, however strongly worded or teasingly expressed, comes with the job of being president. In 1962 after the Bay of Pigs fiasco JFK talked about how he'd been pummelled by an "abrasive" US press corps - he also said that was a good thing because it made his presidency stronger.
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6. Members of Congress and members of the administration have now spent the past two days being forced to answer questions about facelifts and blood. The President may rightly think conflict with the media rallies his base but it distracts people around him from focusing on the job of health care and tax reform and infrastructure bills. That's not useful, for anyone.
7. The National Enquirer/Trump/Morning Joe story needs further investigation. Until we have all the facts it's hard to make an assessment.
Police clashed with miners at the Orgreave coke plant in South Yorkshire, on 18 June - and campaigners want a new inquiry into policing on the day.
The ex-Merseyside constable told the BBC senior officers "were anticipating trouble and in some ways relishing it".
South Yorkshire Police said it would "fully participate" in any inquiry.
Orgreave: The battle that's not over
What happened at Orgreave?
Miners had been on strike over fears that pits would be closed and jobs lost.
They picketed other mines and plants to try to get other workers to support the strike, something the government said was a threat to the rule of law and to the right of others to go to work.
Trouble erupted at Orgreave when picketing miners tried to stop lorries leaving the plant. The stand-off between miners and police erupted into a running battle with injuries on both sides.
There have been questions over who sparked the violence and whether the police used excessive force, during what was the most violent confrontation of the 1984-85 miners' strike.
The Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign has been pushing for a new inquiry into the policing at Orgreave.
Home Secretary Amber Rudd has promised she will announce whether there will be an inquiry into the clashes by the end of October.
Speaking to the BBC, the officer - who asked to remain anonymous - said senior South Yorkshire Police officers briefed them the night before the 18 June clashes.
He was among about 6,000 officers called in to bolster police ranks protecting the Orgreave coke works.
"They were anticipating trouble and in some ways relishing it and looking forward to it," he said.
"It was a licence to do what we wanted, which I didn't think was right because we didn't know what was going to happen."
He said officers had been ordered to charge a largely peaceful crowd.
"There were running battles and miners were falling over and police officers were batoning them," the officer said.
"I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I was just seeing police officers attack people. These were people on the ground and even if they weren't doing anything - just walking away - police officers had their batons and they were just hitting people."
Stefan Wysocki was one of the 95 miners who was arrested at Orgreave. He was accused of throwing a stone.
He said: "They marched me back down the hill to the line of police officers with shields and bounced me off them. The line opened up and they knocked ten bells of crap out of me. I was punched and kicked."
Most of the miners were charged with riot or unlawful assembly.
They had faced long prison sentences, but the case collapsed in court a year later and they were all cleared. There have been allegations that police officers had been told what to write in their statements to justify more serious charges.
Norman Tebbit - now Lord Tebbit - was in former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's cabinet during the strike.
He said: "They (the miners) think it was their right to use violence to stop people from going to work. It wasn't.
"It's clear. What's the problem? The problem for them is they lost their battle - a violent battle - to overthrow the rule of law."
Lord Tebbit said the so-called Battle of Orgreave should be left to history and a new inquiry would be "a waste of time and money".
"The facts are absolutely clear; they are well-known."
South Yorkshire Police - the force in charge on the day - said in a statement: "We are acutely aware of the impact such long-standing unanswered questions can have on those directly, and indirectly, affected by this incident.
"Should there be an inquiry then we will fully participate to help find answers to those unanswered questions."
The other jobs will be spread across BT's other UK contact centres although exact details have yet to be announced.
The move comes after the company pledged that in 2016 it will respond to 80% of its customers' calls at UK offices.
Fifty extra advisors have already been taken on at Swansea.
The Markit/CIPS purchasing managers' index (PMI) for the sector rose to 56.1 in December from 53.6 the month before. A figure above 50 indicates expansion.
The weaker pound helped to boost orders from overseas, the survey found, with the sector starting the year on a "strong footing".
However, it also said that cost pressures faced by firms remained high.
"The UK manufacturing sector starts 2017 on a strong footing," said Rob Dobson, senior economist at IHS Markit.
"Based on its historical relationship against official manufacturing output data, the survey is signalling a quarterly pace of growth approaching 1.5%, a surprisingly robust pace given the lacklustre start to the year and the uncertainty surrounding the EU referendum.
"The boost to competitiveness from the weak exchange rate has undoubtedly been a key driver of the recent turnaround, while the domestic market has remained a strong contributor to new business wins."
December's headline PMI reading was a 30-month high, and the Markit/CIPS survey said rates of growth for production and new orders last month were among the best seen over the past two-and-a-half years.
It said companies saw "stronger inflows of new work from both domestic and overseas clients, the latter aided by the boost to competitiveness from the weak sterling exchange rate".
Sterling fell sharply against other currencies last year following the UK's vote in June to leave the EU, which has made UK goods cheaper for buyers from overseas.
However, the weakness of the pound has pushed up the price of imported goods, which has led to higher costs for many manufacturers.
The survey said price pressures remained "elevated" in December, with inflation for input costs and output charges remaining "among the fastest seen during the survey history".
It added that companies passed on the higher costs, with selling prices rising for the eighth month in a row.
Many analysts expect these rising costs to lead to higher prices for consumers this year, pushing up the rate of inflation.
Previous mayors have managed it - Ken Livingstone took over Silverlink and Boris Johnson gained control of West Anglia.
But it looks like the chances of more takeovers are not that promising.
Mr Khan made the business case for further rail devolution to the Department for Transport, saying further devolution of suburban rail services had already been agreed by the government in a joint prospectus with Transport for London (TfL).
First on the hit list was Southeastern running between Charing Cross, Cannon Street and Victoria, and Dartford, Gravesend, Hayes, Bromley and Sevenoaks.
The timescales even with a fair wind are very tight.
The business case says it would take two years for TfL to take over this franchise by January 2019. This would involve splitting the services between Metro and Mainline and also require further recruitment of drivers and more rolling stock.
Other takeovers would follow including some inner London services serving south central London to Sutton and Epsom by 2021, and Moorgate services to Welwyn Garden City by the same year.
The benefits, according to TfL, of a takeover are better stations, more services, more capacity and more trains. TfL would pay an operator to run the service and set the fares and keep the fare box (a concession).
It is very much a full reorganisation. In fact it is a change in business model from franchise to concession.
The mayor also linked the takeovers to better links to new housing and jobs.
One of the issues with the lines that TfL wants to take over is capacity. Some are already full - so the argument goes - whoever the operator is it will still be problematic.
And while rail devolution might not be dead, takeovers - as we have seen before - do not now look likely.
I spoke to Gavin Barwell MP, the Minister for London, and asked him: "With regards to Southeastern: the mayor was very keen, TfL was very keen, many politicians were very keen for TfL to take over that service. What is happening - is devolution of rail dead?"
He replied: "The chancellor was very clear that he wants to carry on working on devolution.
"He announced two areas today in terms of adult education and employment support but I think in terms of our rail network my colleague Chris Grayling, the Secretary of State for Transport, is very keen to work with the mayor but what he doesn't want to do is sort of reorganise the whole system in London."
He said there needed to be better integration between those running the track and the people operating the service "so it's definitely something we're going to talk to the mayor about but we need to get the detail right".
When I asked him if rail devolution was dead, he said the transport secretary wanted to achieve better integration and work with the mayor to improve services, but not reorganise the whole thing "because that could make it worse".
Val Shawcross, the Deputy Mayor for Transport, responded: "TfL has already shown that devolution works with the London Overground lines - which went from being one of the worst train lines in the country to one of the best once TfL took control.
"These improvements haven't been seen on those lines which remained under the government's control over the same period."
She added: "The principle of further devolution was already agreed by the government in January 2016 and TfL has been signed up to a partnership approach with the DfT since March.
"We were disappointed that there was no confirmation of rail devolution in the Autumn Statement today, but hopeful that it will come sooner rather than later."
David Leam, infrastructure director at London First, said: "A government U-turn on rail devolution would be hugely disappointing. TfL has an unrivalled understanding of how to keep people moving around the capital and giving the Mayor responsibility means the buck would ultimately stop with him. Clinging on to Department for Transport control would be bad news for passengers commuting into London every day."
Mr Leam says the Southeastern franchise should give a clear indication of government's thinking on rail devolution so London First is keeping eyes its peeled.
He thinks Southeastern is the right franchise to look at - as this is about rail services predominantly operating in London.
So, there's some wriggle room, but it looks very much like the previous model of TfL rail devolution is not now the thinking in government.
But there has been another shocking death toll in recent days with reports of hundreds, possibly thousands, of people massacred by Boko Haram.
Even there the Paris deaths got more press than those in Nigeria, said media analyst Ethan Zuckerman.
He pointed out that Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan expressed sympathy to the French but said nothing about Baga.
Newsbeat looks at the numbers.
Muhammad Abba Gava, a spokesman for a defence group that fights Boko Haram, said they gave up on trying to count all the bodies.
"No-one could attend to the corpses and even the seriously injured ones who may have died by now," he said.
Nigeria has since said the number of people who lost their lives was no more than 150, with the defence ministry claiming it included "many of the terrorists" who had attacked the town.
Nigeria has been known to underestimate death tolls to downplay the threat of Boko Haram.
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Wearing shirts in the queen's colour - sky-blue - and emblazoned with "Bike for Mom", the cyclists paraded through streets closed to traffic.
Many Thais outside the capital were expected to do the same.
The queen - who turned 83 four days ago - is in very frail health, like the king, and will not be seen.
Commentators say the 43km (27-mile) cycle is the first event to be publicly led by the prince, who is 63.
About 300,000 people registered to join the ride.
The crown prince was followed by other well-known figures including Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and his cabinet.
With sweltering heat and unforgiving traffic Bangkok is an unpromising setting for a cycling event, says the BBC's Jonathan Head in Bangkok.
But against the odds, cycling has taken off as a hobby in recent years, and on Sunday the heir to the throne tapped into that craze.
The prime minister said he hoped it would unite a country which is still divided over last year's military coup.
Thai officials often quietly remind journalists that Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn is the undisputed heir to the throne, citing the 1924 palace succession law and his investiture in 1972.
The harsh lese majeste law prevents any open discussion of the succession, but that has not stopped clandestine gossip in Thailand about "alternative scenarios", usually involving the crown prince's popular sister Princess Sirindhorn.
This rare appearance at such a high-profile, public event by the Crown Prince - heavily promoted by the military government - will send out a clear signal that he has the backing of the armed forces, and that he can be a "man of the people", like his father.
It also shows him as a loving and dutiful son. With King Bhumibol in increasingly frail health after 69 years on the throne, the military is pre-occupied with managing an orderly succession; indeed that may have been uppermost in the generals' minds when they launched last year's coup.
On Sunday, Thais saw the heir to the throne, usually a remote figure, leading tens of thousands of eager cyclists in Bangkok, all paying tribute to his mother. Few will miss the symbolic importance of such an event.
But it is the rare appearance at such a high-profile public event by the 63-year-old crown prince which will be noted by royal-watchers, our correspondent says.
Many Thais are anxious about what happens after the death of 86-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, whose health is very frail.
He is widely revered, but observers say the heir apparent does not command similar affection.
This event is a chance to improve his public image and promote national unity.
Organisers of the cycle ride are also attempting to set a new world record for the greatest number of people cycling at once.
The record is currently held by Taiwan, with 72,919.
The 17-year-old has already made seven first-team appearances for the Scottish Premiership outfit this term.
But Dundee manager Paul Hartley thinks he will benefit from more starts.
"This will stand him in good stead, it will be great experience for him and he needs to go get experience of first-team football," Hartley told his club website.
"He will come back a better player.
"It will do him the world of good at this point in his development to get more first-team experience."
Wighton, a product of the Dens Park youth system, broke into the first-team squad last season as they headed for the title and promotion.
The Scotland Under-17 cap has scored one senior goal this season, taking his total for Dundee to three as he found the net in a 1-1 draw with Partick Thistle in August.
The rebels stopped the bus carrying security personnel in Bijapur district.
The Maoists say they are fighting for communist rule and greater rights for tribal people and the rural poor.
Their insurgency began in the eastern state of West Bengal in the late 1960s, spreading to more than one-third of India's 600-plus districts.
"Four police personnel were kidnapped on Monday evening by Maoists," Chhattisgarh police chief Amarnath Upadhyaya told AFP news agency.
"A group of Maoists intercepted the passenger bus and kidnapped them near Kutru (village)," he added.
Kutru is a rebel dominated area, some 525km (326 miles) south of the state capital, Raipur.
Chhattisgarh is often hit by Maoist violence. At least 14 policemen were killed in an ambush in the state in December.
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described India's Maoist insurgency as its "greatest internal security challenge".
The men, led by a "notorious" Birmingham gangster, sold antique firearms and specially-made bullets to criminals, West Midlands Police said.
The bullet type supplied by the gang was the same used in a fatal shooting in the city last year, the court heard.
Addressing judges, Solicitor General Robert Buckland QC said the sentences were too lenient.
It was criminal conduct of "utmost gravity", he said.
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Eight guns, including a pump action shotgun and a Mac 10 Machine pistol and ammunition, were recovered by police in a sting operation in 2014.
The men, all from Birmingham and the Black Country, were jailed for between four and 16 years at Birmingham Crown Court.
Prosecutors said Nosakhere Stephenson, described as a central figure with the notorious Burger Bar gang, masterminded the operation to supply guns in the city and beyond.
Police recovered guns from premises in the suburbs of Great Barr and Handsworth and from a car in Hockley as it was being handed over to a buyer.
But Mr Buckland said Judge James Burbidge, the judge in the previous sentencing hearings, was "fundamentally mistaken" to impose the sentences he did.
He looked at the amount of the weapons seized, not the group's capacity to obtain, convert and supply weapons, he said.
He maintained that some defendants should have received sentences well above 20 years, which would have then meant higher sentences for the remainder.
The sentences needed to act as a deterrent to others as gun crime was an attack on society, the solicitor general said.
Three Court of Appeal judges, sitting at Birmingham Crown Court, reserved their judgement in the case.
All the defendants were watching proceedings via video link from three different prisons.
The 28-year-old Israel international sustained the injury in the 2-0 win over Barnsley last month.
Kayal has had an operation and Seagulls boss Chris Hughton hopes he will be able to return to training in December.
The former Maccabi Haifa and Celtic man has made eight appearances for the Amex Stadium outfit this season.
Newport Gwent Dragons chairman Martyn Hazell says professional rugby at the ground could end if the Welsh Rugby Union [WRU] takeover is not completed.
To take control of the Dragons and Rodney Parade, the WRU needs 75% of the vote at a Newport RFC shareholder meeting.
"[Newport] has a proud history dating back over 100 years," said Raiwalui.
"It is one of the founder clubs of Welsh rugby. The thought of not having rugby at Rodney Parade would be a travesty for me."
Dragons play at the ground, as do Newport RFC and Newport County, who are battling against relegation from the Football League.
Raiwalui played for Newport between 1999 and 2003, leaving before Dragons were formed amid Welsh rugby's move to regional teams.
Newport RFC's future has been in the spotlight in recent weeks with much resting on the shareholders meeting, which is expected to take place in early May.
An independent group of supporters, Friends of Newport Rugby, say questions over the future of both the ground and the club remain unanswered.
"I enjoyed my time there, it is a really important part of Welsh rugby," Raiwalui told BBC Wales Sport.
"The development of a lot of young players come through that area [Newport and Gwent] and I think they should do as much as possible to save the club."
New Zealand-born ex-Fiji lock Raiwalui returns to Wales on Sunday as the Stade Francais side he manages face Ospreys in a European Challenge Cup quarter-final at Cardiff's Principality Stadium.
It dropped 0.4% to 2,088.66, dragged down by a fall in Facebook shares and continued uncertainty over next week's US presidential election.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq share index also dropped for the eighth day running, falling 0.9% to 5,058.41.
The Dow Jones finished 0.2% lower at 17,930.67. All three indexes started the day higher before slumping back.
"It's a pretty simple equation: uncertainty goes up, stock market goes down," said David Kelly, chief global strategist with JPMorgan Funds.
US stocks have suffered this week amid a narrowing of Hillary Clinton's lead in the polls over her rival Donald Trump.
On Wall Street, Facebook was down 6% after it reported weaker than hoped for figures overnight and warned advertising growth would slow "meaningfully" next year.
Exercise tracking firm Fitbit was one of the heaviest fallers on Thursday - down 34% - after it made a weak earnings forecast.
Among the stocks bucking the trend was media giant 21st Century Fox, which jumped 7% after reporting better than expected earnings.
Rylan was speaking to Newsbeat after two of this year's contestants were removed for breaking the show's rules.
He told Newsbeat: "Unless you've said it or unless you've done it, we can't show it."
Ken Morley, who was thrown out after making racist and sexist comments, claimed footage had been deliberately edited out.
The former Coronation Street star left the Celebrity Big Brother house after just five days.
The 71-year-old used racist language whilst telling a story about former British boxing champion Frank Bruno.
In an interview with ITV's Loose Women he apologised for using the word "negro" but refused to backtrack on comments that some people claimed were sexist.
Ken Morley told the Loose Women presenters: "It was banter in an odd situation, but I understand entirely I've upset a lot of people from everywhere in the world. I am not a racist. Never have been."
The actor however claimed that the on-screen footage shown to viewers was not an accurate reflection of his time in the house.
"Some of the stuff which is about to come out is very, very, nasty. It's not what you think."
However Rylan Clark, who appeared on Celebrity Big Brother before landing a job hosting the show, denied that it's unfairly edited.
"At the end of the day, they've said it. We don't force drink down housemates' throats. We don't force them into situations," Rylan said.
He added: 'You can't really edit anything that has happened over the past few days in a certain way. We've shown you the stream. You saw the incidents surrounding Ken and Jeremy Jackson from start to finish."
Ken Morley was the second housemate asked to leave the Big Brother house this series with the TV regulator, Ofcom, receiving more than 250 complaints about his behaviour.
Just two days into his Big Brother adventure ex-Baywatch star Jeremy Jackson was removed for opening the dressing gown of a female contestant.
The American actor received a police caution for his actions.
In an interview after leaving the show Jeremy said he had apologised to model Chloe Goodman about the incident.
Rylan told Newsbeat that each contestant has to be accountable for their behaviour while they're on the show.
"Each one is a human being and they take their own actions into consideration when they have a drink.
"We're not going to show someone sitting in the garden having a cigarette for half an hour and not talking.
"We follow the stories that happen in the house whether it be a love triangle or an argument that's going on for a number of days," Rylan continued.
"Big Brother has never edited in a way that's not a true reflection.
"You don't see everything because we're not on for 24 hours a day."
Rylan, 26, who's also appeared on the X Factor says he still loved being part of the show despite the current controversy surrounding it.
"I will hold my hands up. I've watched the last few episodes and episodes over the weekend and it is uncomfortable viewing as is expressed by the viewing public.
"I love this show and love being part of it. It is a social experiment. It's a real life show.
"Sometimes viewing will be uncomfortable and we do have warnings. People know what they're letting themselves in for."
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The Scottish government opposes the Trident missile system and the storing of nuclear weapons in the country.
On Monday, MPs will vote on whether or not to renew Trident, which is based at Faslane on the Clyde.
No contingency plans for moving Trident were put in place in the run up to the 2014 Scottish independence vote.
The Scottish government had pledged it would get rid of nuclear weapons if Scotland voted to leave the UK.
The MoD has said it was not anticipating another referendum and Faslane is the best place for the weapons to be based.
After the UK referendum vote to leave the EU, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said a second independence referendum was now "highly likely".
And at David Cameron's final PMQs this week, SNP Westminster leader Angus Robertson said one of Theresa May's first tasks as the new prime minister would be to impose Trident "against the will of almost every single MP from Scotland".
Mr Cameron responded: "On Trident, there will be a vote in this house and it's right that this house should decide and many people in Scotland support our nuclear deterrent, maintaining it and the jobs that come to Scotland."
An investigation by Which? found that hackers could access the provider's Super Hub 2 router, allowing access to users' smart appliances.
A child's toy and domestic CCTV cameras were among the vulnerable devices.
Virgin Media said the risk was small but advised customers using default network and router passwords to update them immediately.
A spokesman said: "The security of our network and of our customers is of paramount importance to us.
"We continually upgrade our systems and equipment to ensure that we meet all current industry standards.
"We regularly support our customers through advice and updates and offer them the chance to upgrade to a Hub 3.0 which contains additional security provisions."
The company said the issue existed with other routers of the same age and was not exclusive to their model.
The study, carried out in conjunction with ethical security researchers SureCloud, tested 15 devices -of which eight had security flaws.
In one case a home CCTV system was hacked using an administrator account that was not password protected. Hackers were able to watch live pictures and in some cases were able to move cameras inside the house.
Which? called for the industry to improve basic security provisions, including requiring customers to create a unique password before use, two-factor authentication, and issuing regular software security updates.
Alex Neill, Which? managing director of home products and services, said: "There is no denying the huge benefits that smart-home gadgets and devices bring to our daily lives.
"However, as our investigation clearly shows, consumers should be aware that some of these appliances are vulnerable and offer little or no security.
"There are a number of steps people can take to better protect their home, but hackers are growing increasingly more sophisticated.
"Manufacturers need to ensure that any smart product sold is secure by design."
Which? said it had contacted the manufacturers of the eight affected products to alert them to the security flaws.
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Gatland reacted angrily to questions on his "Warrenball" tactics, and said his side will play attacking rugby.
But O'Sullivan, part of the Lions coaching staff in New Zealand in 2005, says Gatland is "reacting to stuff he doesn't need to react to".
"He has certainly made a rod for his back now," O'Sullivan told BBC 5 live.
The former Ireland head coach added: "At the moment he is prickling at a lot of things, and it's very early days for that, it's a long tour.
"So I'm surprised a coach of his experience got sucked into the "Warrenball" debate. It has put pressure straight away on the team to put in a big performance against the Blues.
"It is just symptomatic I suppose of the pressure he is under."
Following the underwhelming 13-7 win over the Provincial Barbarians, Gatland cited jetlag and a lack of time in New Zealand as reasons behind the team's sluggish performance.
"The references to needing more preparation time is almost telling the squad that they are in trouble," O'Sullivan added.
"If he thinks they need more preparation time - which they can't change - it is sending the wrong message to the squad.
"It's something you might say at the end of the tour when you are reviewing it. It's very hard to put that out on the first week on the tour."
And with two crucial games coming up this week against the Blues on Wednesday and Crusaders on Saturday, O'Sullivan has warned things could only get worse for Gatland and the Lions.
"He probably needs to step back a bit and get on with it," O'Sullivan continued.
"If the New Zealanders feel they can go for him, they will go for him. This is off the back of being asked a fairly innocuous question at the first press conference, so I think he probably needs to just cool his jets a little bit."
The Lions' first Test against the All Blacks is on 24 June at Eden Park in Auckland, the venue for their next game against the Blues.
Spurs looked on course to recover from their midweek Champions League exit when Christian Eriksen's superb 11th minute strike put them in front.
Mauricio Pochettino's side were completely dominant until the closing seconds of the first half when Pedro curled in a spectacular right-foot effort to draw Chelsea level.
And Spurs' miserable record at Stamford Bridge was extended to 30 games without a win - dating back to February 1990 - after Victor Moses scored what proved to be the winner six minutes after the restart.
Spurs keeper Hugo Lloris and Jan Vertonghen both got touches on Moses' goal-bound strike but the ball flew in as Chelsea recorded a seventh league victory in succession.
When Chelsea lost 3-0 to Arsenal on 24 September - a scoreline that flattered them - Conte's side dropped to 10th in the table, eight points behind then leaders Manchester City.
Conte was highly emotional in his post-match briefing but promised to put matters right. The Italian has been as good as his word and he has presided over a remarkable transformation.
He switched to three at the back, which has left no place for captain John Terry but has made surprise £30m summer signing David Luiz look more comfortable than in his first spell at Stamford Bridge.
Conte has also brought the best out of Pedro, who had struggled at Chelsea after his move from Barcelona, while Diego Costa is a warrior whose eyes are now right on the ball rather than opponents.
Chelsea look a solid, dangerous, formidable outfit and that desperate day at Emirates Stadium seems an age away after these seven straight league wins.
Victor Moses seemed destined for life away from Stamford Bridge after a succession of loan spells following his £9m move from Wigan Athletic in August 2012.
The 25-year-old had only made 23 appearances and scored one goal for Chelsea before this season and had stints at Liverpool, Stoke City and West Ham United before Conte took charge at Stamford Bridge.
Conte's tactical reshuffling saw Moses employed as a right wing-back in his new defensive system, the catalyst for an unlikely revival that has seen him emerge as one of Chelsea's most important players.
Moses is utilising his attacking qualities to give Chelsea width while also revelling in his more defensive duties, adding a new dimension to his own game and rewarding a manager who has complete trust in him.
The crucial goal he scored here was just reward for another fine performance and he fully deserved the standing ovation he was given when he was substituted.
This loss in a game they controlled serenely for almost 45 minutes concludes a desperate week for Spurs and manager Pochettino.
The Argentine's team selection for the defeat in Monaco that confirmed their Champions League elimination almost seemed to have one eye on this game - but two losses suggest the ploy has backfired.
Pochettino restored Jan Vertonghen, Kyle Walker and Christian Eriksen here and while the Dane put Spurs ahead they ran out of steam and ideas after Pedro equalised in the dying seconds of the first half.
Now Pochettino must pick up his disappointed players.
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Chelsea boss Antonio Conte: "I am satisfied with the way we fought back. These games are difficult. It was a tough game with a lot of intensity.
"Tottenham started well. It's not easy to go down 1-0 but I am pleased with the performance and reaction. Now it's important to continue the work.
"It's too early to talk of the title. This league is very tough. Tottenham showed in this league there are six or seven teams that can win the title. It's important to continue in this way and improve the confidence."
Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino: "If we analyse the game we were better. We competed very well and we were a bit unlucky to concede...never 1-1 at half-time. The second half we conceded a goal very early.
"We are disappointed but we need to be pleased for the performance and the way we competed against a very good team."
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Chelsea travel to Manchester City next Saturday for a clash between first and joint-second in the Premier League. Tottenham are at home against Swansea on the same day.
Match ends, Chelsea 2, Tottenham Hotspur 1.
Second Half ends, Chelsea 2, Tottenham Hotspur 1.
Attempt missed. Willian (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Marcos Alonso.
Attempt saved. Georges-Kévin Nkoudou (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Harry Winks.
Willian (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Harry Winks (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Willian (Chelsea).
Harry Winks (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea).
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Vincent Janssen replaces Mousa Dembélé.
Substitution, Chelsea. Oscar replaces Pedro.
Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by César Azpilicueta.
Substitution, Chelsea. Branislav Ivanovic replaces Victor Moses.
Foul by Willian (Chelsea).
Georges-Kévin Nkoudou (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by David Luiz.
Foul by Victor Moses (Chelsea).
Georges-Kévin Nkoudou (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Chelsea. Willian replaces Eden Hazard.
Attempt missed. Diego Costa (Chelsea) with an attempt from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Marcos Alonso with a cross.
Pedro (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur).
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Georges-Kévin Nkoudou replaces Dele Alli.
Offside, Tottenham Hotspur. Harry Kane tries a through ball, but Dele Alli is caught offside.
Foul by Pedro (Chelsea).
Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Diego Costa (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham Hotspur).
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Harry Winks replaces Son Heung-Min.
Diego Costa (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur).
Attempt saved. Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Harry Kane.
Foul by Nemanja Matic (Chelsea).
Victor Wanyama (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nemanja Matic.
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kevin Wimmer (Tottenham Hotspur).
Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Marcos Alonso.
Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by David Luiz.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Kyle Walker.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission has withdrawn criminal and gross misconduct notices on Sir Peter Fahy.
They have also been dropped against ex-Assistant Chief Constable Terry Sweeney
The IPCC has been carrying out three investigations based on allegations made by a whistleblower.
Mr Sweeney, who retired during the investigation, was also investigated over his role in the child sex offender case.
An IPCC spokesman said a retired officer had also been told he was no longer being investigated for his role in the investigation into the suspected sex offender.
But a detective inspector and a detective superintendent remained under criminal and gross misconduct notice over their roles in the investigation into an alleged sex offender.
The spokesman said a detective chief inspector had been told he was no longer under criminal investigation but remained under gross misconduct notice.
The IPCC also said an investigation was continuing into GMP's disposal of victim's body parts in the case of serial killer Harold Shipman, without the families' knowledge.
The spokesman added: "The third investigation into whether the actions of a detective chief inspector put public safety at risk is continuing.
"Following enquiries made to date the IPCC is no longer investigating the deployment of a covert listening device having been satisfied that an investigation conducted into this by GMP was appropriate."
Tony Lloyd, Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner, welcomed the decision on Sir Peter, adding: "This vindicates the decision I made to ask the chief constable to continue to lead Greater Manchester Police while the Independent Police Complaints Commission investigation took place.
"I am grateful to Sir Peter for his professionalism, which did not falter during what must have been a difficult period."
There are 600 people in 20 categories, taking in everything from Hollywood to finance to science.
Ed Sheeran, Emma Watson and Jeremy Cabalona, the man who vines for Vine, are all there.
You'll recognise a few names but we've also picked out some you might not know too.
This category includes actors, writers, YouTube stars, their agents and even a stunt-fight co-ordinator.
Familiar names include Blake Lively, Ansel Elgort, Bo Burnham and Harry Morenstein from the EpicMealTime YouTube channel.
There are even a few Brits. Keira Knightley is described as "a force in Hollywood".
In the thick of Oscar buzz for her role in The Imitation Game she also produced her own film last year, The Other Typist.
Emma Watson is also in there. Forbes says she has come a long way from Hogwarts, finding her "niche as an actor".
It also points out her new role as UN Women Goodwill Ambassador. Her speech on gender equality at the UN last year went viral.
Forbes says: "It's no longer enough for our list members to be...confined to one genre," adding that "reinvention" is the key.
Emma Watson turned to indie films, Ellen Page took a stand on gay rights, Blake Lively has launched an online store and Zac Efron has "finally found his calling - as a comic actor".
New rule this year - no repeats. So no Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars or Wiz Khalifa as they appeared on last year's list.
Regardless, the rundown still reads like a top ten chart. Sam Smith won more Grammy nominations this year than any other artist, Ed Sheeran was Spotify's most streamed artist of 2014 and Iggy Azalea is singled out for having had 400 million YouTube views in her debut year.
Hozier, the Irish singer and writer of Grammy-nominated Take Me To Church, is also on the list as are the BBC's Sound of 2013 winners Haim. Forbes applauds them as a band with "hipster goddess status" with "mainstream success".
The judges decided to keep ten places on the list reserved for non-performers.
The Swedish producer Shellback is on there, he produced nine songs on Taylor Swifts 1989 album. Hit-Boy, who signed a production deal with Kanye West's G.O.O.D music label age 24 also features. He later launched his own Interscope imprint.
If you think Sam Smith's rise was meteoric, how about this, a website launched last year to capitalise on the internet's love of animal gifs has just got another $4.7m (£3.08m) investment to expand. That's why founder of The Dodo Izzie Lerer features.
The man who vines for Vine is listed too, Jeremy Cabalona, 25, runs all their social media. Greg Mara is also there, the 26-year-old runs the algorithm on users' Facebook feeds.
The youngest of them all is Mark Gurman. At the age of 20 he's a senior editor at the Apple product news website 9to5Mac - and he's been there almost 5 years.
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The 27-year-old Brazil international scored four goals in 36 appearances after moving to Loftus Road from Tottenham in September 2014.
Sandro, who spent the second half of last season on loan at West Brom, has agreed a deal until the summer of 2020 with the Super Lig side.
Tjaronn Chery and Sebastian Polter are also expected to leave QPR in January.
Striker Polter is close to joining German second-tier side Union Berlin, while midfielder Chery is in talks about a move to the Chinese Super League.
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14th century AD - Samoans, Tongans and settlers from other Polynesian islands migrate to the islands
1568 and 1595 - Spaniard Alvaro Mendana de Neyra sights the islands of Nui and Niulakita on two separate expeditions.
1819 - A ship owned by British MP Edward Ellice visits Funafuta. The captain names the island Ellice Island. Later this name was applied to all nine atolls.
1850-75 - "Blackbirding" - the kidnapping of islanders for forced labour on plantations in Fiji and Queensland - and the introduction of European diseases reduces the population from 20,000 to 3,000. In 1863 Peruvian slave traders kidnap 400 islanders - nearly two-thirds of the population of the islands of Funafuti and Nukulaelae.
British protectorate
1877 - Britain sets up the Western Pacific High Commission with its headquarters in Fiji. The Ellice Islands and other island groups come under its jurisdiction.
1892 - Britain declares a joint protectorate over the Ellice Islands and the Gilbert Islands.
1916 -The Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony is formed. Over the next 20 years other island groups, including the Line Islands and the Phoenix Islands, join the colony.
1974 - Ethnic tensions result in more than 90% of the mainly Polynesian Ellice Islanders voting for separation from the predominantly Micronesian Gilbert Islands.
1975 - Ellice Islands become a separate British dependency, under the pre-colonial name of Tuvalu meaning "eight standing together" which refers to the eight populated atolls. Toaripi Lauti is elected chief minister.
1976 - Formally separates from the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony.
1977 - First separate general election held.
Independence
1978 1 October - Tuvalu achieves independence. Toaripi Lauti is appointed prime minister.
1986 - Votes to remain an independent constitutional monarchy with the British monarch at its head.
1987 - Britain, New Zealand and Australia set up the Tuvalu Trust Fund to provide development aid. Contributions to the fund also come from South Korea and Japan.
1989 - UN lists Tuvalu as one of a number of island groups most likely to disappear beneath the sea in the 21st century because of global warming.
1991 - Government says it is preparing a compensation claim against the UK for the poor state of the country's finances at the time of independence.
1998 - Leases its "900" telephone lines to a foreign company which generates a substantial income.
2000 February - Signs an agreement to lease the country's national internet suffix '.tv' to a US company which generates enough funds for Tuvalu to apply to join the United Nations.
2000 March - Eighteen schoolgirls and their supervisor are killed in a fire in a school dormitory on Vaitupu island. It is Tuvalu's worst disaster since independence.
2000 - Admitted to the United Nations.
Sea level issue
2001 - New Zealand offers to resettle islanders threatened by rising sea-levels.
2001 March - Tuvalu says it will take legal action, along with Kiribati and the Maldives, against the US for its refusal to sign the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
2001 December - Australian government's overseas aid programme commissions a land and sea-level monitoring station in Tuvalu.
2006 August - Apisai Ielemai elected PM.
2007 June - Tuvalu envoy to the UN Afelee Pita addresses special session of UN Security Council devoted to the issue of climate change.
2009 January - Tuvalu applies for membership of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which says it will consider the request.
2009 February - Taiwan says it wants to help Tuvalu deal with the effects of rising sea levels. Tuvalu is one of the few countries to recognise Taiwan.
2009 July - Tuvalu wants all its energy to come from renewable sources by 2020.
2009 December - Tuvalu rejects Copenhagen climate pact as inadequate.
2010 September - Maatia Toafa elected PM.
2010 December - PM Maatia Toafa ousted by no-confidence vote, replaced by Willy Telavi.
2011 September - Tuvalu becomes one of only six countries to recognise the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, two separatist regions of Georgia with pro-Russian governments.
Water shortage
2011 October - Government declares state of emergency over water shortages and asks for international help to replace broken desalination machinery and provide permanent water tanks.
2012 August - Under pressure from the US, Tuvalu agrees to de-register Iranian ships it had previously allowed to sail under its national flag. Iran had applied to register oil tankers in Tuvalu in a bid to circumvent an international embargo on Iranian oil shipments.
2013 August - The governor-general sacks Prime Minister Willy Telavi over his failure to convene parliament for eight months, and appoints opposition leader Enele Sopoaga to succeed him.
2014 March - Tuvalu withdraws its recognition of the Georgian breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Cologne police also made "serious mistakes" in not calling reinforcements and the way they informed the public.
More than 500 criminal complaints were filed, 40% alleging sexual assault.
Apparent retaliatory attacks in Cologne on Sunday were condemned by the government as inexcusable.
The Pope meanwhile said Europe's "humanistic spirit" risked being undermined.
The "immense influx" of migrants was causing problems, he said, but the continent had the means to strike a balance between protecting its citizens and helping migrants.
North Rhine-Westphalia state's interior minister Ralf Jaeger said that recent arrivals in Germany were among the suspects in the attacks, which took place in central Cologne, in the area of the cathedral and the main railway station.
Nineteen individuals are currently under investigation by the state police in connection with the attacks, NRW's interior ministry says in a report (in German), none of them German nationals.
Those 19 suspects include 14 men from Morocco and Algeria. Ten of the suspects are asylum seekers, nine of whom arrived in Germany after September 2015.
The other nine are possibly in Germany illegally, the interior ministry says.
The scale of the assaults on women in Cologne and other German cities has shocked Germany.
Mr Jaeger is himself under political pressure. On Friday he fired Cologne's police chief, Wolfgang Albers.
Addressing state MPs on Monday, Mr Jaeger criticised police for not calling for reinforcements on the night, and also for the way they informed the public about the investigation in the days after the events.
His report details how a group of around 1,000 men of North African and Arabic origin gathered on 31 December. Smaller groups formed, surrounding women, then threatening and attacking them, he said.
These groups were predominately made up of North African men who had travelled to Cologne from different cities.
"After the intoxication with drugs and alcohol came violence," said Mr Jaeger. "It culminated in the acting out of fantasies of sexual omnipotence. That must be severely punished."
Around 1.1 million asylum seekers arrived in Germany in 2015.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's immigration policy has come under criticism since the attacks.
Riot police used water cannon to disperse anti-migrant protesters in Cologne on Saturday.
On Sunday evening, a group of around 20 people attacked six Pakistanis, two of whom had to be treated in hospital.
Two Syrian men were attacked in two separate incidents. Three men from Guinea were assaulted in a fourth attack, police said.
Crime division chief Norbert Wagner said police were investigating whether the attacks were co-ordinated on social media.
Justice Minister Heiko Maas condemned those attacks, saying: "As abominable as the crimes in Cologne and other cities were, one thing remains clear: there is no justification for blanket agitation against foreigners."
He said it appeared that some people "appear just to have been waiting for the events of Cologne".
Mrs Merkel's spokesman Steffen Seibert said "nothing excuses" retaliatory assaults on immigrants.
Monday's report into the attacks in Cologne says that the combination of group sexual violence with robbery had not previously been seen in Germany.
It notes that similar crimes took place in other parts of Germany on 31 December, including in Hamburg.
The report describes a modus operandi known as "taharrush gamea" in Arabic, meaning group sexual harassment in crowds, and compares it to incidents reported in Cairo's Tahrir Square at the time of the Egyptian revolution.
Sex attacks on Tahrir Square
A joint federal and state working group has been set up to examine the phenomenon and how to combat it.
Ninety-three of the retailer's 125 stores will close, with the rest remaining open while buyers are sought.
If administrator KPMG cannot find buyers, the remaining stores will also shut. The chain employed 1,658 people.
The chain was sold to Greybull Capital last year by supermarket Morrisons, which has said it would offer jobs to ex-My Local staff.
It has struggled to compete in the cut-throat grocery sector, which is caught in a fierce price war.
My Local, formally known as Morrisons' M Local, was sold to Greybull for £25m in a deal fronted by retail veteran Mike Greene, who appeared on Channel 4 show The Secret Millionaire.
Earlier this month My Local said that administrators had been put on notice to take over running the business.
Last week Morrisons offered a lifeline to My Local staff, saying it wanted to offer them jobs in its supermarkets if there were store closures.
Mr Greene said: "The last nine months has been one of the toughest retail trading periods that I have ever experienced and My Local has faced intense competition.
"The management team has been unable to return the business to profitability. For that I am truly sorry."
Mark Orton, partner at KPMG and joint administrator, said: "Management have faced tough trading conditions and despite their best efforts to improve performance, My Local was ultimately unable to return to viability.
"Although the majority of stores have now closed, we are in active discussions with a number of interested parties in relation to both the remaining 32 premises that are trading and a small number of those that have closed," he said.
The failure of My Local comes at a difficult time for the retail sector, following on from the failures of BHS and Austin Reed.
On Tuesday, the owners of fashion firm Store Twenty One said they would push for a restructure that could result in store closures and job losses.
But it's fair to say the response has been muted, with many dismissing them as too conservative, even boring.
All but one of the designs - which could end up replacing the existing Union Jack-emblazoned flag - uses the national silver fern symbol. The fourth shows the curving koru Maori symbol. Two are by the same designer.
This is what each of the designers had to say about their offering:
So what did New Zealanders make of the lucky four?
New Zealanders will have the chance to choose their favourite design in a referendum later this year. Then in 2016, another referendum will be held to decide whether to scrap the existing flag and replace it with the winner.
They said people who got rid of their drugs would not get into trouble.
The plea follows the deaths of two 17-year-olds at the festival campsite in separate incidents.
Police Scotland said the deaths were not suspicious. Officers are looking into the possibility that they were drug-related.
The 17-year-olds, named locally as Megan Bell from Seaham in County Durham and Peter MacCallum from Lochgilphead, Argyll, died on Friday.
Ch Supt Angela McLaren warned all festival-goers that there was "no safe way of taking drugs".
By Saturday afternoon, Police Scotland said there had been 23 arrests at the three-day event at Strathallan Castle in Perthshire. More than 80,000 people are expected to attend.
The teenagers who died are a 17-year-old male from the west of Scotland and a female of the same age from the north of England. They have not been named.
Festival organisers said they were "shocked and saddened" by the news.
There have been deaths in previous years at the festival, which moved to its new location in Perthshire last year.
A 36-year-old man was found dead in the toilets in 2015, and a 24-year-old man collapsed and died during the night in 2010.
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When men use a public urinal they are cruelly left in full view, with nothing to do as they answer nature's call.
Until now.
British company Captive Media thinks it has developed a product that fills a gap in the market - a urinal mounted, urine-controlled games console for men.
It calls it the first "hands-free" video gaming console of its kind.
The sturdy device sits above the normal oval ceramic urinal bowl, opening up a whole new world of entertainment.
The user is presented with three generous targets to aim for in the urinal: stickers in the unit that read "Start", "Left" and "Right".
The console is able to detect where the urine is falling by means of an infra-red device.
And so a rudimentary "joystick" is set up.
Bog Standard
Games on offer include a skiing challenge, and a multiple choice pub quiz.
Once they have finished their business, customers can use their mobile phones to post their scores to Twitter and a live leader board.
The console unit has a 12 inch LCD screen, and sits behind toughened glass. So it can withstand collateral damage and be easily cleaned.
The sensor unit is contactless and does not use a camera, another important design consideration.
Windows 7 embedded, it is powered by one of Intel's Atom dual core microprocessors.
Urethra Moment
A similar product has already been launched by Sega in Japan. However, the co-developer of the UK device says his product has some compelling design features.
The equipment has multiple sensors, allowing for a more sophisticated input device.
It uses infrared, rather than microwave sensors, and they are fitted to the external console, rather than added to the urinal bowl itself.
As a result, Captive Media say that 90% of bowls in the UK are "retrofittable".
"You don't have to touch the plumbing," Gordon MacSween assures.
Time Gentlemen
Trade paper Adweek calculates that on average men are rooted to the spot for 55 seconds while they relieve themselves - nine months over the course of their lifetimes.
In the UK this means a billion minutes a year - an ideal opportunity to hit users with targeted advertising in order to relieve them of cash later on.
Bars can use the consoles to push drinks promotions in the venue.
When they buy the product, they are given one quarter of the advertising slots that are available on it and a veto on the external ones that will be sold to third parties.
"It's notoriously difficult for brands to engage a young male audience whilst they're out socialising," argues MacSween, and "Captive Media offers a long 'dwell time'."
"It is allowing brands to really engage in a fun and memorable way," his co-developer Mark Melford adds.
One organisation that has already signed up is Drinkaware, a charity that promotes responsible drinking.
However, it remains to be seen whether other brands will come on board in significant numbers, or will instead be put off at the idea of being associated with the act of urination, however long the dwell time.
This will have an impact on the business model, as advertising forms part of Captive Media's revenue stream.
"In-restroom advertising up until now has usually garnered more attention than it has revenue," says Philip Buxton, an independent digital media consultant.
"To be successful any new medium needs to lure advertising from existing channels and brands are still unwilling to switch their spend away from more serious channels such as TV and online."
Hitting Targets
The machines are already up and running at The Exhibit bar in Balham, south London.
They will help the pub "differentiate" itself from the local competition, owner Drew Weatherhead says.
Customers' experience there will be monitored closely, as Captive Media hopes to roll out its product to more venues.
A pub in Cambridge hosted a "pre-trial launch" for free earlier this year, and generated some interesting findings.
Polling suggests some competitive gamers worked out that by stopping and starting their streams, they could improve their scores.
Another noted side effect was that the toilets became markedly cleaner, as a new premium was set on accuracy.
More good news for women is that Captive Media also want to roll out units for the ladies' toilets.
There are "good anatomical reasons" that women can't use the original device, Mr MacSween says.
But units with quiz games will be placed in similar locations to hand-dryers, in a bit to alleviate boredom during notoriously long queues.
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It apparently exploded seconds after lift-off, the South Korean military was quoted as saying by Yonhap news agency. The US military said the missile did not leave North Korean territory.
It was fired from a site in South Pyeongan province north of Pyongyang in the early hours of Saturday local time, South Korea said.
The type of missile is not yet known.
US President Donald Trump tweeted: "North Korea disrespected the wishes of China & its highly respected President when it launched, though unsuccessfully, a missile today. Bad!"
So far there has been no word from North Korea.
Tensions in the region have increased lately, with both North and South Korea conducting military exercises.
North Korea has made repeated attempts to miniaturise nuclear warheads and fit them on long-range missiles capable of reaching the US.
"North Korea fired an unidentified missile from a site in the vicinity of Bukchang in Pyeongannam-do (South Pyeongan Province) early this morning," the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JSC) said in a statement, Yonhap reports.
It added that the missile apparently exploded, just seconds after the launch.
Meanwhile, Commander Dave Benham, a spokesman for US Pacific Command, said the "launch occurred near the Pukchang airfield (north of Pyongyang)".
He added that the missile did not leave North Korean territory and did not pose a threat to North America.
The launch occurred a matter of hours after the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called on the rest of the world to help force North Korea to give up its nuclear ambitions.
Speaking at the UN Security Council, Mr Tillerson warned of "catastrophic consequences" if the Council did not act, saying it was "likely only a matter of time before North Korea develops the capability to strike the US mainland".
The US would use military force if necessary, he said.
Mr Tillerson accused Council members of not fully enforcing existing sanctions against the North, and called on China in particular to leverage its trade links as influence.
But the Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, said the key to solving the problem did not lie with his country.
UN sanctions include a ban on selling arms and fuel to North Korea, as well as a host of items that could be used for weapons-making.
Also on the list are luxury goods including pearl jewellery and snowmobiles worth $2,000 (£1,540) or more.
Since last year, all cargo entering or leaving North Korea must also be inspected.
But a recent UN study found that fragments from a North Korean missile test included electronics that had been obtained either from or via Chinese enterprises.
The US has separate, stricter sanctions including a blanket ban on trade and a blacklist of anyone dealing with North Korea.
Among other developments in recent weeks:
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But a controversial referendum on a draft constitution planned for 15 December will still go ahead.
Halting the referendum is a key demand of the opposition and some have already dismissed Mr Morsi's latest move.
The president's critics accuse him of acting like a dictator, but he says he is safeguarding the revolution.
Ahmed Said, head of the Free Egyptians Party, a leading member of the main opposition National Salvation Front coalition, said Mr Morsi's latest announcement was "shocking" as it did not halt the referendum.
The National Salvation Front will meet on Sunday before issuing a formal response.
Mr Morsi's decree of 22 November stripped the judiciary of any right to challenge his decisions and triggered violent protests on the streets of Cairo.
"The constitutional decree is annulled from this moment," said Selim al-Awa, an Islamist politician acting as a spokesman for a meeting Mr Morsi held with political and public figures on Saturday.
By Shaimaa KhalilBBC News, Cairo
This is a major sign of compromise on the president's part and also an unexpected move.
In his speech last Thursday President Morsi showed no willingness to give up the absolute powers he granted himself and which gained him titles like "dictator" and "Pharaoh".
But in a dramatic U-turn he has decided to give those powers up. This is good news for Egypt's judiciary, which felt particularly insulted by the president's decree because it basically deemed them powerless.
As for the opposition, it seems they've only won half the battle. The president did not budge on the other sticking point: the referendum on the controversial draft constitution. Vice-President Mahmoud Mekki said that a vote on the charter would go ahead as planned in a week's time.
He said if the draft constitution was rejected by a popular vote then elections would be held for a new constituent assembly.
The reaction of the main opposition National Salvation Front will now be key to how events shape politically. Since the announcement of the decree Egypt has been deeply polarised and has plunged into a new wave of violence. It remains to be seen whether this annulment will defuse tension on Egypt's volatile streets.
But he said the referendum on a new constitution would go ahead because it was not legally possible for the president to postpone it.
The meeting had been boycotted by the main opposition leaders who had earlier called for their supporters to step up their protests.
The BBC's Jon Leyne in Cairo says Mr Morsi's move is the first big sign of compromise but that it is unlikely to end the current crisis.
Our correspondent says the tanks, barbed wire and concrete blocks around the presidential palace show what great pressure Mr Morsi is under.
Ahmed Said told Reuters news agency that Mr Morsi's latest move would "make things a lot worse".
"I cannot imagine that after all this they want to pass a constitution that does not represent all Egyptians," he said.
Another opposition group, the April 6 Youth Movement, said the announcement was "a political manoeuvre aimed at duping the people".
Some opposition protesters on the streets were also unimpressed by the decree annulment.
One, Amr al-Libiy, told Reuters: "He didn't change his decision or the constitutional decree until people were killed... so we will not leave until he leaves."
However, another told Associated Press he hoped the move would "end the bloodshed", saying: "We called for something and now it's been achieved."
Pro-Morsi protesters have also continued to demonstrate - angry at what they say is media bias against the president.
Although the decree has been annulled, some decisions taken under it still stand.
The general prosecutor, who was dismissed, will not be reinstated, and the retrial of the former regime officials will go ahead.
Earlier, Egypt's powerful military warned it would not allow Egypt to spiral out of control and called for talks to resolve the conflict.
"Anything other than that (dialogue) will force us into a dark tunnel with disastrous consequences; something that we won't allow," it said.
The president's supporters say the judiciary is made up of reactionary figures from the old regime of strongman Hosni Mubarak.
But his opponents have mounted almost continuous protests since the decree was passed.
They are also furious over the drafting of the new constitution because they see the process as being dominated by Mr Morsi's Islamist allies.
Several people have been killed in the recent spate of anti-government protests, and the presidential palace has come under attack.
The Cairo headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood, the movement to which Mr Morsi belongs, were set on fire.
The One Direction singer says the claims are "out of order".
The 21-year-old wrote on Twitter that he spends his time off at the gym and playing computer games with mates.
The Inquisitr's article quoted tweets where Liam had written about performing at an "early show after a night out".
The story was also promoted on the website's Twitter account, which has 4,600 followers.
In a series of tweets, aimed at The Inquisitr's Twitter account, Liam says he usually does not really like to respond to news articles but was making an exception for this one.
"Thanks for worrying but I don't spend my time off stage drinking," he explains.
"Don't treat me like I'm any different to a normal boy my age."
The article has not been taken down from The Inquisitr's website.
Liam also said sorry to his followers for the series of messages, tweeting: "Apologies for the rant guys have a nice evening."
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It follows a probe into the awarding of contracts to a property management firm by the council over the past 10 years.
Six properties in Essex, London and Sussex were searched by police.
The men, who were held on Wednesday on suspicion of misconduct and corruption, were later bailed until October.
The arrested men were taken to Brighton to be questioned following the searches, which were conducted by officers from Sussex and Surrey Police.
Two of those held were from Essex. A 51-year-old man was arrested at an address in Balfour Road, Ilford, while a 67-year-old man was arrested at a property in Ashvale Drive, Upminster.
A 53-year-old man was held at a house in Elms Road, Clapham, south London, while 57-year-old man was arrested at an address in Harlands Road, Haywards Heath in West Sussex.
Properties in Holland Road, Hove, and in Queens Road, Brighton, were also searched by police.
Computers and documents seized from the six properties are being examined by police.
The arrests follow an investigation by the Sussex Police economic crime unit which began in November 2013 after initial work by Brighton and Hove City Council's internal audit team.
The horses are trained on the Downs every morning with dog owners told to keep their pets restrained on a lead.
Nick Patton, the Jockey Club's training ground manager, said rules were often ignored leading to riders being thrown from "spooked" horses and injured.
The Epsom and Walton Downs Conservators said keepers would be reminding owners.
Mr Patton added helmet cameras for the jockeys and CCTV cameras in the area were being considered.
"We've had notices on the Downs reminding people for a long time that dogs should be properly controlled, but we are putting up newer, more prominent notices," chairman of the Conservators, Liz Frost, said.
A code of conduct reminds dog walkers they "are in danger when in close proximity to racehorses in training".
Training times are 06:15 to midday on Mondays to Saturdays, and between 08:00 and 09:30 on Sundays.
Ms Frost said the Epsom Downs were safeguarded and controlled by an Act of Parliament, which states the public are allowed access "for air and exercise on foot, subject to there not being any interference with the training of racehorses".
"People need to understand that racehorses do take priority during training, and to understand proper control," she added.
"Racehorses are very sensitive creatures - their natural reaction to a dog is to run."
Mr Patton said there had been incidents of dogs running right through the horses, "barking and snapping at their heels", and riders being thrown and suffering injuries ranging from sprained ankles to broken collar bones.
"The horses also gallop across footpaths and roads, injuring themselves and then not being able to race," he said.
The country's exports fell by 8.3% in July, far worse than expected and the producer price index was down 5.4% from a year earlier
However, the benchmark Shanghai Composite ended up 4.9% at 3,928.42.
Investors were trading on the expectation of yet another round of stimulus policy.
In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index failed to pick up on the mainland's optimism and closed down 0.1% at 24,521.12.
In Japan, the Nikkei index was higher, closing 0.4% higher at 20,808.69.
In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 index rose 0.6% to 5,509.20.
However, shares in medical company Ansell fell by more than 15% after the company gave a downbeat outlook. It said it was expecting strong headwinds from tough global economic conditions and the stronger US dollar.
In South Korea, the Kospi index closed down for a third consecutive session, finishing 0.4% lower at 2,003.17.
The world number one, who lost for the first time in 45 televised matches in Manchester on 23 March, thrashed Dave Chisnall 7-1 to stay top of the table.
Fellow Dutchman Van Barneveld won his fourth straight game, overcoming an unhappy James Wade 7-2 in Cardiff.
There were also wins for Phil Taylor, Gary Anderson and Peter Wright.
Second-placed Wright was awarded a 7-0 victory over Kim Huybrechts after the Belgian withdrew for family reasons.
Huybrechts, 31, already out of the competition, is spending time with his terminally-ill mother.
The 10-man field was cut to eight players after the ninth round of fixtures in the Welsh capital, with eliminated Jelle Klaasen losing to Taylor.
Two-time Premier League champion Anderson was in superb form in his 7-3 victory over Adrian Lewis, landing a 170 finish and averaging 107.
The eight remaining players will carry their points forward and face each other once more, with the top four in the table after 16 games competing in the play-offs at London's O2 Arena on 18 May.
Peter Wright (Sco) 7-0 Kim Huybrechts (Bel)
*Huybrechts withdrew, Wright awarded 7-0 win
Phil Taylor (Eng) 7-5 Jelle Klaasen (Ned)
Gary Anderson (Sco) 7-3 Adrian Lewis (Eng)
Raymond van Barneveld (Ned) 7-2 James Wade (Eng)
Michael van Gerwen (Ned) 7-1 Dave Chisnall (Eng)
It is the third time that the 22-year-old, who was released by Yeovil at the end of last season, has signed for the Shrimpers after two spells in 2014.
"The short-term deal we've put him on will hopefully keep him focused on the field of play so we get the Jakub of old," boss Phil Brown said.
"If we get the Jakub of old, he's one of the best in the league."
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Elmbridge Museum said its "museum without walls" initiative would provide its services in a "more accessible, relevant and cost-effective" way.
The last day to visit the gallery in Weybridge was on Saturday and the website was launched on Sunday.
Elmbridge council said Surrey County Council owned the museum building and would make a decision about its future.
The borough council said the new website offered a brand new interactive online experience that represented the museum as a whole and showcased its services to various audiences.
An "object in focus" section offers more information on selected objects and a "what we're up to" section looks at projects by the museum team, which is now based at the Civic Centre in Esher.
Actual objects will still be displayed at temporary exhibitions across the borough, and the museum will run a schools programme in September.
Two exhibitions are currently being held at Thames Ditton Library and Walton Library.
The museum's collection is being moved to a purpose-built store, where artefacts will be available to view by appointment.
Groups representing small shareholders argue they should be involved in ensuring good corporate governance.
Investors hope RBS will serve as a test case so other companies will consider installing a shareholder committee.
RBS said it had not seen full details but pledged to "look closely" at it once it had.
The way companies are managed - and how much bosses are paid - has been been under particular scrutiny this year following the collapse and loss of 11,000 jobs at BHS and the revelations about pay and working conditions at Sports Direct.
Chief executives of FTSE 100 companies have a median pay package of £4.3m, according to the High Pay Centre, which works out at 140 times that of the average worker.
In November, the government issued a Green Paper to explore improving how companies are run.
It proposed that a shareholder committee could be set up "to scrutinise remuneration and other key corporate issues such as long term strategy and directors' appointments".
The UK Individual Shareholders' Society (ShareSoc) and the UK Shareholders' Association (UKSA), who represent retail (individual) investors, said: "We suggest that this initiative will significantly benefit corporate governance at RBS, and represents a valuable opportunity for RBS to lead the way in exploring a concept which works well in other countries."
ShareSoc and UKSA will present RBS with a resolution for the proposal to be included on the agenda at the bank's annual general meeting in May, where investors would then be given the chance to vote on the measure.
A spokesman for RBS, said: "We have not yet received the final draft resolution. Once it has been delivered we will look closely to ensure that it complies with all corporate governance and listing guidelines."
The 21-year-old, son of former Canaries keeper Bryan, was part of Championship club Norwich's academy until he joined Pep Guardiola's side in 2011.
He is yet to make a senior appearance for City, but was regularly an unused substitute for the Premier League side last season.
Gunn, a boyhood Norwich fan, will officially join the Canaries on 1 July.
"It's a great pleasure for me to come back and sign on loan," said Gunn.
"The main thing for me is to come and get experience, so to mix that in with coming to Norwich is a great feeling."
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Zahid Hussain is accused of attempting to fashion a bomb using a pressure cooker and fairy lights.
Jurors at Birmingham Crown Court were shown a film capturing a hooded figure, said to be Mr Hussain, near a railway embankment in the city.
Mr Hussain, 29, denies several charges.
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Prosecutors say the footage shows Mr Hussain carrying a JD Sports bag while investigating the high-speed stretch of railway as a possible target.
Part of the footage captures a Virgin Trains service passing Woodlands Road, Alum Rock, shortly before the man shown on the film walks into a garden adjoining the railway.
The man can be seen struggling to lever up the manhole cover with a crowbar before descending into the drain.
Prosecutor Annabel Darlow QC said: "There is no evidence indicating that Mr Hussain had formed a settled plan to attack a particular section of railway line but you may think that it would be reasonable to draw an inference that Mr Hussain had at the least contemplated the use of railway lines as a potential target for a terrorist attack."
Jurors have heard a "US Army Guerrilla" book found at his home in Naseby Road, Alum Rock, was apparently bookmarked at a section covering attacks on railways.
Mr Hussain denies preparation of terrorist acts, two counts of making explosives and one of attempting to make explosives.
He has been given permission to witness his trial via a videolink to a psychiatric hospital.
The trial continues.
Winger Frank Halai scored tries in each half while prop Simon McIntyre made the points all but safe with a score just after the hour at The Rec.
Bath rallied late with second-half tries from Tom Homer and Amanaki Mafi to secure a losing bonus point.
Wasps secured a fifth straight league win for the first time since 2012-13 with penalties from Elliot Daly, Ruaridh Jackson and Jimmy Gopperth.
In wet and windy conditions, the visitors showed the greater composure and Daly kicked a long-range penalty from almost halfway for the opening score before Halai bundled over the first try.
Rhys Priestland's two penalties kept them within two points at half-time but Wasps were unnerved by that rally as Halai's second try put them 10 points ahead shortly after the restart.
Prop McIntyre looked to have killed the game off after Christian Wade almost went over, but former London Irish full-back Homer touched down from Matt Banahan's grubber kick for Bath.
Japan international Mafi's try from a catch-and-drive line-out from the final play was too little too late for Bath, who lost for a sixth time in nine home games.
Wales fly-half Priestland was replaced for Bath at half-time with a knock to his leg while England centre Ollie Devoto was also withdrawn to be assessed for a head injury.
Bath head coach Mike Ford said:
"Ollie (Devoto) took a knock - I am not too sure if it is concussion. And Rhys (Priestland) has got a sore dead leg, but he has said he is fine. It is not too bad.
"We're disappointed with the way we started both halves. Losing Ollie didn't help, and Rhys was playing on one leg there in the second-half.
"I'm pleased we got a (losing) bonus point in the end, which is not great to say that when you are playing at home, but at least we showed a bit of character and scored a try at the death."
Wasps director of rugby Dai Young said:
"We had a lot of possession in the first-half, but we really struggled to break Bath down. We found it hard to get much penetration, but at half-time we said to just keep playing.
"As coaches, all we can do is try to give the players the tools. They have to make the decisions on the day, and I was pretty pleased with how we played the game.
"I thought we looked the better team and we looked in control, but we never really got away from them that much. I never felt comfortable, if I am honest.
"I felt we were in control, but I never thought the game was dead and we were out of sight."
Bath: Homer; Rokoduguni, Banahan, Devoto, Agulla; Priestland, Cook; Lahiff, Webber, Wilson, Ewels, Day, Houston, Louw (capt), Mafi.
Replacements: Batty, Obano, Thomas, Garvey, Mercer, Evans, Williams, Clark.
Wasps: C Piutau; Wade, Daly, S Piutau, Halai; Jackson, Robson; McIntyre, Johnson, Cooper-Woolley, Davies, Myall, Young, Smith (capt), Hughes.
Replacements: Miller, Gopperth, Stevenson, Rieder, Cannon, Cittadini, Bristow, Festuccia.
Referee: Tom Foley (RFU)
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But imagine you were also not able to speak to your neighbours, watch television or do basic things like buy groceries from the supermarket.
Living in this kind of isolation is the fate of a generation of retired Chinese people, many of whom moved to Wales to work in restaurants and takeaways, but never learnt English.
The issue is being tackled at Swan Gardens, a residential complex in the heart of Swansea, which has all its signs in Chinese and satellite television from the residents' homeland.
Other features include a restaurant-standard kitchen, ping pong table and a "lucky" fishpond.
But there are no room numbers four or 14, as four sounds like "death" in Chinese and is considered bad luck.
Even for the 28 people, aged 57 to 89, who live in the St Helen's Road accommodation, there are still communication challenges to overcome.
Many of the residents cannot read or write in their own language, and with five dialects - including Cantonese and Hakka - spoken, some are not even able to speak to each other.
Residents include Bing Wong, 80, from Hong Kong, who moved to Cardiff 43 years ago "to cook dinner for my husband", who worked in a kitchen in the city.
But when her children moved to other parts of the UK and her husband died, she struggled with the language barrier and moved to Swan Gardens in 2011.
Chen Aiqiont, 57, sold clothes on a busy market stall in Guangdong Province but, after visiting relatives in Swansea 26 years ago, fell in love with the "quiet and calm" and decided to stay.
After retiring and moving into sheltered accommodation among English-speaking people, however, she found it difficult to cope.
Despite being given support, Swan Gardens residents such as these still have many problems to overcome.
For example, while staff are able to accompany them to hospital appointments, they are not legally able to translate information in case they misinterpret news about serious illnesses.
But two years of English lessons at least mean they know their names, dates of birth and addresses in the language - enough to register at their local GP's surgery.
"A big worry is where do they go from here if they need extra care or to go into a nursing home?" said Ryan Harris, older persons manager at Swan Gardens.
"None would move as there would be loads of problems, from no Chinese television to needing Chinese-speaking carers.
"Currently, only one resident is having home help, but how would social services cope if their care needs increased?
"Some are illiterate in Chinese, so they would need to be spoken to not written."
Things are changing at Swan Gardens though. When it opened in 2004, Mr Harris described it as "very insular", with residents reluctant to go out into the city.
Now they grow Chinese pumpkins at an allotment on the former Vetch Field football site, visit shops with hand-written notes such as "I need superglue", and are so well-known for buying sea bass at Swansea Market, stall holders have learned some basic greetings.
There have been visits to similar accommodation in Manchester and Birmingham, while residents also cook for people from other sheltered housing complexes in Swansea.
While her own parents faced problems similar to those experienced by Swan Gardens' residents, project officer Fun Wong, 55, is an example of the huge shift that has occurred in a generation.
She is not only fluent in English but has married a Welshman and is learning Welsh.
Originally from Guangzhou, her family moved to London in 1971, before buying a takeaway shop in the Sketty area of Swansea in 1976.
"As the eldest child in the family, I stayed and helped out in the takeaway," she said
"Because my parents couldn't speak any English, they were totally reliant on me.
"I'm second generation and takeaway life isn't for many in the younger generation.
"But I can understand why older Chinese do it as they can't speak English and it is a job they can do without needing any knowledge."
Her parents went home to China after retiring, so Ms Wong was able to go to university and get a sociology degree, before starting a new career in the care sector.
"While many go back to where their roots are, I do understand the struggle of those who stay because they have family in the UK but live far away," she added.
And although Ms Wong has now lived in Wales most of her life and embraced many aspects of the culture, there are still some things that she will never fully understand.
"Because of the order names are said, I changed from Wong Yuk Fun to Yuk Fun Wong when I came here," she laughed.
"And I'll never get used to the fact that when people give you presents here, you open them in front of them.
"So, whether you like it or not, you've got to smile and say 'that's nice'."
Remember the councillor who thought Hitler was the greatest man in history?
Remember the candidate who suggested asking the so-called Islamic State why it wasn't attacking Israel?
Remember the student who said a large part of the Oxford University Labour Club had a "problem with Jews"?
Imagine the reaction, Jewish figures say, if these were stories about any other minority.
They appear with politically damaging regularity.
Now, though, it seems change will come.
Activists and MPs have told BBC Radio 4's Today programme they are trying to toughen the rules on anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and racism.
Even if they fail, I'm told a party review by Labour peer Lady Royall into allegations of anti-Semitism may well also suggest rewriting the rulebook.
That is highly unlikely to be the end of this story, though, because it goes to the heart of a poisonous atmosphere in parts of the Labour movement.
Jeremy Corbyn's critics - who are many and vociferous - put the blame at his door.
It is he, they say, who has attracted new members with these views, who has condemned anti-Semitism but not acted and who has - on occasion - made what they think are utterly inadequate responses to offensive language.
Their concerns are fundamental - they simply don't believe anyone who describes the Palestinian militant group Hamas as a friend wants to tackle this issue.
On the other side, his supporters remind us of those condemnations of anti-Semitism and the decision to launch an inquiry, and point out this is not a new problem.
Lost in the fury about a member suspended then readmitted after anti-Semitic comments only to become vice-chair of her local party, was the fact those decisions were made not under Mr Corbyn, but his predecessor Ed Miliband.
No Labour leader could be expected to vet the thousands of new members who have signed up.
For some fighting Mr Corbyn's corner, this issue is serious and real, but is also being used as a stick to beat him by his internal political enemies.
There are those who have long seen allegations of anti-Semitism as attempts to silence legitimate criticism of Israel - on which different wings of the Labour movement take passionately opposing views.
The political debate, then, is not at heart merely a row about rules or party management, but fundamental differences within Labour.
Changing the rulebook will not necessarily change what people say or write, merely how they are dealt with.
It certainly won't change how people feel, and there are plenty in Labour who seek no part in its civil wars but wonder why anti-Semites choose to join their party.
She lured her victim to a quiet area at the Hampshire school by promising her a gift before stabbing her in the chest, Winchester Crown Court heard.
The attacker, who cannot be named for legal reasons but was then aged 14, was influenced by an interest in murderers.
She had also plotted to kill her mother and brother, her trial was told.
The defendant will be sentenced at a later date and the judge has ordered a pre-sentence psychiatric report.
The girl turned up to school on 25 April wearing a bandana and with her mouth cut to resemble the Joker from the Batman film The Dark Knight, the jury heard.
Prosecutor James Newton-Price said she told her 15-year-old victim she had a present for her, and said to her friend: "Close your eyes and put your hands out."
However, the victim opened her eyes a little and saw her friend lunge at her with a knife.
The court heard the attacked girl stepped back and, although the knife went through her blazer and shirt, she only suffered a superficial puncture wound to the chest, near her heart.
Her attacker also sent her a message saying she did not care "if they blamed it on The Joker or Columbine, they didn't inspire me, they motivated me", she added.
In police interviews read to jurors, the defendant said she had based a fashion GCSE project on US serial killers Ted Bundy and Richard "Nightcrawler" Ramirez because she thought it was "cool and edgy".
She had also researched the 1999 Columbine High School massacre in the US and the Anders Breivik killings in Norway in 2011 to gain "more insight into their whole case", the court heard.
She carried out further research about the position of the heart and the fatality of stab wounds in the early hours leading up the attack, the jury was told.
The girl also admitted she had compiled a "kill list" of potential victims, including other pupils, as well as her mother and brother.
However, she told the court her plans for a school massacre were "not serious" and she did not understand her own motives.
She said she felt compelled to attack her friend, adding: "A very big part of me was disgusted at what I was thinking.
"I didn't feel very much in control of what I was doing.
"I didn't want to, I felt I had to, I felt that within myself."
Previously the court was told the girl bore a grudge against her victim, who she believed had set up fake Instagram and Tumblr accounts in her name.
At the start of the trial she pleaded guilty to having a bladed weapon on school premises and unlawful wounding.
She said she had carried out the stabbing because: "I had a driving force to hurt someone. I was scared of losing face. I intended to stab her."
However she denied intending to kill or cause serious harm.
The man, who has not been named, was discovered at a house in St Johns Avenue, Scarborough, at 18:25 GMT on Tuesday.
North Yorkshire Police said he was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.
The men, aged 51 and 20, will appear before Scarborough Magistrates Court later.
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The Finn has until Friday 1 April to respond and a disciplinary hearing has been set for Wednesday 13 April.
St Mirren manager Alex Rae, meanwhile, has been "offered" a one-match ban.
He is alleged to have used "offensive, abusing or insulting language to the referee" in a game against Raith.
The Buddies boss has until Wednesday 30 March to accept the ban or Friday 1 April to notify the SFA that he will contest it.
As with Paatelainen, the principal hearing is set for 13 April.
After seeing his side fight back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 in the derby, Paatelainen said the Dundee fans "were giving me plenty of pelters throughout the game".
"When we scored, they were very quiet and I couldn't hear anything so that's why I was like, 'where are you, have you gone away?'" he explained.
"I gave them a little wave afterwards, that's the way it goes."
Moley Robotics is demonstrating its concept at this year's Hannover Messe - a big trade fair for industrial technology held annually in Germany.
The cooking machine learns by capturing the movements of a human in the action of preparing a meal.
These movements are then turned into commands that drive a sophisticated pair of robot hands.
Tim Anderson, the 2011 BBC Masterchef champion, is training the robo-chef.
At the Hannover Messe, he has got the machine making a crab bisque.
"It's the ultimate sous-chef," Mr Anderson told BBC News.
"You tell it to do something - whether it's a bit of prep or completing a whole dish from start to finish - and it will do it. And it will do it the same every single time."
The product is still two years away from market. Moley wants to make the unit slightly more compact, and give it a built-in refrigerator and dishwasher.
The robot could then do everything from assembling and chopping all the ingredients, doing the cooking on the hob or in the oven, and finishing up by cleaning the dirty pans.
"We want people to be comfortable with this device," says Moley's Mark Oleynik.
"It's not an industrial device; it's not a device that works at 10-times normal speed. No, it's a device that moves like you move, and at the same speed as you do."
The goal is to produce a consumer version costing £10,000.
It is likely find a ready market in the urban apartment where space is at a premium.
The vision is to support the product with thousands of app-like recipes. The motion capture capability would also allow owners to share their special recipes online.
A key innovation is the hands. Produced by the Shadow Robot company, they use 20 motors, 24 joints and 129 sensors to mimic the movements of human hands.
Shadow's Rich Walker believes his robotic appendages will ultimately cope with some of the uncertainties of cooking, such as when beaten eggs decide to peak.
"Something would change; we would see it in the sensor data. Maybe something gets stiffer or softer," he explained.
"We should be able to sense that and use it as the point to transition to the next stage of the cooking process."
Robotics and autonomous systems (RAS) were identified by the UK's coalition government as one of "eight great technologies" that could help to rebalance the British economy - along with the likes of satellites, synthetic biology and so-called "big data" applications.
The potential for RAS is thought to be immense. A recent report by the McKinsey consultancy estimated that advanced robotics could generate a potential economic impact of between $1.9tn and $6.4tn (£1.3tn to £4.4tn) per year by 2025.
But the use of robotics in the home is currently in its infancy.
The setting is not one that many people immediately think of when considering autonomous systems.
That will have to change if robotic chefs and other applications are to be accepted and embraced.
And, in time, it will believes Prof David Lane at Heriot-Watt University.
"It's interesting to note that Dyson is launching its robotic vacuum cleaner in Japan - a traditional early-adopter market," he told the BBC.
"But people more generally are taking the baby steps towards accepting this type of technology.
"The example I always like to give is the Docklands Light Railway in London: everyone gets on it and doesn't think twice that there's no driver, no human, at the front.
"The UK is in a good position to take advantage of the new wave of robotics that is coming.
"It's small, agile, disruptive start-up activity that is going to grow big - and that's where we have to put our energies."
The militants' leader has reiterated in a new video message that he is prepared to negotiate a prisoner swap for them.
He also expressed support for Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-declared caliph of a new Middle Eastern state.
Boko Haram sparked a global outcry when it abducted the girls three months ago.
Mr Jonathan's government has faced strong criticism for not doing enough to curb violence by Boko Haram, especially in the wake of the kidnappings.
Malala met Mr Jonathan in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, and urged him to meet the families of the kidnapped girls.
She met relatives of the girls on Sunday, and expressed solidarity with them.
BBC Nigeria correspondent Tomi Oladipo says it is highly unusual that the president has not spoken to the relatives, exactly three months after the abductions.
The military has also failed to debrief some of the girls who managed to escape from captivity, he says.
But in a statement after his meeting with Malala, President Jonathan said he would meet with the parents before they left Abuja "to personally comfort them and reassure them" that the government was doing "all within its powers to rescue their daughters".
The notion that the government has not been doing enough to find and rescue the girls was "very wrong and misplaced", the statement said.
"Terror is relatively new here and dealing with it has its challenges. The great challenge in rescuing the Chibok girls is the need to ensure that they are rescued alive," Mr Jonathan said.
After meeting the parents, Malala said she understood their suffering.
"It's quite difficult for a parent to know that their daughter is in great danger. My birthday wish this year is... bring back our girls now, and alive."
Two years ago, Malala was shot in the head by Pakistani Taliban militants for campaigning for girls' education.
She survived after being airlifted to the UK for treatment.
On Sunday, Boko Haram's leader Abubakar Shekau released a video mocking the "Bring Back Our Girls" social media campaign pressing for the release of the more than 200 girls it is holding captive.
Underlining Boko Haram's offer for a prisoner swap, he promoted his own slogan: "Bring Back Our Army".
In the video Mr Shekau described several of the world's most prominent militant Islamists as his "brethren".
They included Mr Baghdadi, who claims to head a new Islamic state in Syria and Iraq, Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of al-Qaeda, and Mullah Omar, the head of the Afghan Taliban.
He also said that Boko Haram was behind several recent attacks, including the bombing of a shopping centre in Abuja which killed at least 21 people.
Boko Haram, which means "Western education is forbidden" in the regional Hausa language, launched an insurgency in Nigeria in 2009 to create an Islamic state.
The group took the girls hostage during a raid on their boarding school in the north-eastern town of Chibok in Borno state on 14 April 2014.
The government has rejected Boko Haram's proposal to release the girls in exchange for its fighters and their relatives who are currently in prison.
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In his maiden speech, Conservative Oliver Dowden said the set of the BBC soap was based at Elstree - which falls in his Hertsmere constituency.
"That allows me to make a legitimate claim to be the member of Parliament for Albert Square," he said.
He also said the constituency was home to "the Ritz of the cow world".
Mr Dowdon retained the seat for the Tories in May's General Election with a 18,461 majority and 59.3% of the vote, beating Labour's Richard Butler into second place.
He also noted the constituency is home to "the Ritz of the cow world", with the animals at the UK Hare Krishna community at Bhaktivedanta Manor in Aldenham treated to massages and soothing music.
"Their temple is a delightful place where you can always be sure of a very warm welcome, but maybe not quite as warm as that accorded to its cows," he said.
"They are hand-milked, treated to massages with scented candles, soothing music, in a spacious cow shed made of the finest French oak."
The MP said his constituency, which lies the very southern edge of Hertfordshire, housed "the last unspoilt rolling hills of England before the Home Counties give way to London".
"I'm absolutely determined to preserve [our towns and villages] from soulless urban sprawl so that my children and grandchildren may enjoy them as I have done," he said.
EastEnders the soap opera is set in Walford, a fictional borough of east London. The area is predominantly made up of constituencies held by Labour MPs.
The proposals are for a combined authority covering in Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire.
They include the creation of a regional mayor responsible for powers devolved from Whitehall.
Andy Woods, negotiator for the councils, said: "The appetite for devolution... remains strong."
Breckland, Norwich, North Norfolk and Great Yarmouth councils have rejected the proposals but the 19 others have agreed to start statutory consultations.
John Fuller of South Norfolk Council, said: "It's the most generous deal of all the devolution deals yet announced in the whole country and who knows if the public are absolutely unanimous in their support or there is substantial agreement it is possible the dissenting councils may actually decide the benefits are there."
Our correspondents say that while Thailand is unlikely to face any immediate disruption or political upheaval, along with the sun cream and guidebooks it is more important than ever to pack a little cultural sensitivity.
The government in Bangkok has announced a one year period of mourning. Flags are to fly at half-mast for 30 days and people are asked to avoid "joyful events".
Tourists are advised to behave respectfully to Thai customs and abide by local laws.
The Thai government has asked its people to wear black as an expression of national mourning - almost everyone in Bangkok was doing so on Friday.
The UK advises its citizens to "if possible, wear sombre and respectful clothing when in public; check local media regularly and follow the advice of the local authorities".
The BBC's John Sudworth who is in Thailand, says that swimsuits should still be OK in the big resort beaches but tourists are advised to take local advice and to dress and behave appropriately in other public places.
This is particularly important when visiting temples or royal palaces, he adds.
"Access to entertainment, including restaurants, bars, and shopping areas may be restricted and you should behave respectfully when in public areas," says the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).
The death of a senior member of the royal family has in the past meant that bars and entertainment venues were closed and convenience stores stopped selling alcohol.
Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has already said that "all entertainment functions must tone it down for 30 days." Bangkok's notorious red light districts had already begun shutting up shop on Thursday evening.
"Refrain from any behaviour that may be interpreted as festive, disrespectful or disorderly," Australia's foreign ministry says, warning that there may be some disruption of commercial and public services, especially during the next 30 days.
While most Thais will welcome questions about their king and their feelings at this time, those questions should be respectful, warns our correspondent.
He notes that the strict lese majeste laws are rigorously enforced. Perceived insults or ridicule of the monarchy could land you in serious trouble.
The Dutch foreign ministry also reminds travellers to Thailand to avoid any "declarations or discussions critical of the royal family". Tourists are advised to always carry their identity papers with them.
Thailand's lese majeste laws are among the strictest in the world, designed to protect the most senior members of the royal family from insult or threat.
You can read more about those laws here.
In effect, they mean that anyone who "defames, insults or threatens the king, the queen, the heir-apparent or the regent" can be punished with up to 15 years in prison.
Lese majeste complaints can be filed by anyone, against anyone - including foreigners - and they must always be formally investigated by the police.
The two-car collision happened on Victoria Road in the Waterside area at 19:30 BST on Tuesday.
The woman was the driver of one of the cars. Her passenger, a 35-year-old man, suffered minor injuries.
An 18-year-old man, who was driving the other car, has been arrested. The Victoria Road has now re-opened.
Breivik, 33, has already been kept at Ila for more than a year under its Regime of Particularly High Security, which is the country's strictest regime for prisoners.
The prison said in a statement before Friday's verdict that Breivik would initially be kept isolated from casual contact with other prisoners.
Instead, his face-to-face contact with other people would be restricted to prison staff, and the hour each week when he is allowed to have visitors.
Ila is an all-male institution which "houses some of the country's most dangerous men", its website says.
Former inmates include Varg "Greven" Vikernes, a notorious black metal musician who murdered a bandmate and burnt down historic churches in the early 1990s, for which he served 16 years.
However, the prison that holds Breivik differs markedly from other maximum security jails in Western Europe: the staff is a half-and-half mix of men and women, and none of them are armed.
Photos have been released of the facilities available to Breivik.
He currently has three cells, in "compensation" for being denied access to activities available to other inmates, prison spokeswoman Ellen Bjercke explained.
Each cell measures 8 sq m (86 sq ft). One is a bedroom, one contains fitness equipment and the third is a study with a laptop fixed to a desk.
The computer is not connected to the internet, in order to prevent communication with the outside world.
He is unlikely ever to have free access to the internet, Ms Bjercke told the BBC News website.
Even if he eventually qualifies for educational activities, he will only be allowed to use a special server run by the prison "with a lot of filters", she explained.
Breivik's defence lawyers have said he is planning to follow up the manifesto he published online before his attacks by writing books.
As a prisoner, he has the right to write as many letters to the outside world as he likes.
"But we go through everything and if we find anything in breach of the law, which encourages criminal activity for instance, then of course we can stop it," the prison spokeswoman said.
For fresh air, Breivik has access to a reserved outside area enclosed by tall concrete walls and barbed wire.
For entertainment, he has a TV set and can order books from the prison library, which is part of the public library network. In theory, he can have any books he wants unless there are security concerns - "not bomb-making manuals", as Ms Bjercke put it.
Asked whether Breivik, who used to relax by playing video shooting and role-playing games, would have access to computer games, she said it was a police decision but she doubted he would.
In its statement, the prison explained that, under the Regime of Particularly High Security, a prisoner is not allowed to meet inmates from other wings.
However, he may meet other inmates in his own wing if it is deemed safe.
"The Regime of Particularly High Security puts a heavy strain on an inmate, especially if it lasts for a longer period," the prison noted.
Therefore, prisoners like Breivik are given greater contact with prison officers and more opportunities for work, education and other activities.
"The idea is to increase contacts with the prison staff who are tasked with keeping him active, doing physical exercise with him, talking to him," Ms Bjercke told the Associated Press news agency. "Isolation is torture."
Officials at Ila were quoted by AP as saying the ambition was eventually to transfer Breivik to a section with other prisoners.
These have access to a school that teaches from primary grades through to university-level courses, a library, a gym and work in the prison's workshops - which produce such items as furniture and hats and gloves.
"I like to put it this way: he's a human being," said Ms Bjercke. "He has human rights. This is about creating a humane prison regime."
One change Breivik should notice after returning from court is a tightening of his daily regime, she told the BBC.
While still on trial he was allowed to spend his time much as he wished but, as a convict, he will be wakened each morning at 0700. It will still be up to him, however, what time he goes to sleep as there is no "lights out" rule.
Founded as a women's prison, Ila was used as a concentration camp during the Nazi occupation of Norway in the 1940s.
The modern prison has 12 wings and can hold 124 prisoners, overseen by 230 staff who can monitor them via surveillance cameras.
The last time a man escaped from Ila was in 2004, and he was caught within minutes, according to prison governor Knut Bjarkeid.
While none of the prison officers are armed with guns, they do have access to batons and can use tear gas if required.
"I've been in this business for 30 years and I have never seen gas being used," said Ms Bjercke. "We use it very, very seldom."
If a situation arose where firearms might be necessary, the prison would call in the police, she added.
Patients at 40 GP surgeries in the London borough of Hackney were given finger-prick HIV testing when registering.
The study, in the Lancet, found this raised the rate of diagnosis four-fold.
The Terrence Higgins Trust welcomed the findings and called on healthcare commissioners to act on them.
Public Health England already recommends that all GPs in areas where HIV prevalence is high, or extremely high, should offer testing to everyone who registers with the practice and has not previously been diagnosed with the virus.
Around 86,000 patients in Hackney, which has a high HIV prevalence rate - eight in 1,000 people - were tested as part of the research.
Alex Causton-Ronaldson, who was diagnosed with HIV in 2014, says more accessible testing in GP surgeries would have greatly benefited him.
He learned of his diagnosis at the age of 24 and said: "I lost loads of weight really rapidly. I started getting this rash all over my body and I didn't know what it was," he said.
"I was exhausted and skinny."
At the time, he was living with his parents in Norwich, which has a relatively low prevalence of HIV, and had to get a test elsewhere.
A positive result came through a week later.
Alex said: "I cried like I've never cried before."
The late diagnosis meant he was taken to hospital affected by a condition called thrombocytopenia, where his body would not clot blood.
"I got put in a wheelchair because I couldn't get knocked or bruised, or even a paper cut," he explained.
"If the test was more accessible, I could have been diagnosed earlier and kept out of hospital."
In the UK around 13,500 people do not know that they have HIV, meaning they miss out on treatment, remain infectious to others and are more expensive to treat.
Dr Werner Leber, from Queen Mary University of London, one of the study's authors, said: "We've shown that HIV screening in UK primary care is cost-effective and potentially cost-saving, which is contrary to widespread belief.
"This is an important finding, given today's austerity."
The researchers called on healthcare commissioners to invest in rolling out HIV screening to all 74 local authorities in England with high HIV prevalence.
They said testing had fallen in some areas because of financial pressures on local-authority budgets.
Their work shows costs are high at first - because more people will be diagnosed and need anti-retroviral treatment - but these programmes become cost-effective in the longer-term.
This is because onward transmission of the virus is brought under control, and people who start treatment sooner stand the best chance of staying healthy.
Dr Michael Brady, from the Terrence Higgins Trust, called on healthcare commissioners to act on the findings.
"One in seven people living with HIV do not know that they have it. Undiagnosed HIV infection puts individuals at risk of preventable illness and death," he said.
Alex Causton-Ronaldson now lives a healthy life in London with HIV. He would love to see testing be more accessible across the country.
He said: "If everyone was tested and on drugs, so it's undetectable and can't be passed on, we could stop the spread of HIV in our lifetime."
The Inverness Whisky and Gin Festival has taken place over four days in the Highland capital.
Held at Bogbain, a 19th Century farm on the edge of Inverness, the event also involved fringe events in the city.
The festival, which ended on Saturday night, featured tasting sessions of rare malts, live music and cookery demonstrations by professional chefs.
Makers and sellers of whisky and gin also exhibited their products.
Brenda Simpson, from Ruskington, Lincolnshire, said all but one of 82 cards sent to locations across the country arrived on Saturday.
She said: "They've been sitting somewhere and nobody knew anything about them until they all arrived on Saturday, except for one."
Royal Mail said it was investigating the matter.
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Mrs Simpson paid £42 in second-class postage to send the cards to Lancashire, Yorkshire, Somerset, Devon, Cornwall, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Nottinghamshire and London.
She said she received puzzling phone calls from friends asking why she sent Christmas cards at Easter.
She added: "I posted them early December 2015 to avoid disappointment, yet nobody got them.
"It's very, very upsetting.
"That's a lot of cards to go missing. It's all a mystery."
Mrs Simpson said she submitted a complaint to Royal Mail in 2016 and received £20 in compensation, despite never receiving an explanation of what had happened to the cards.
One card, containing a £10 note was yet to turn up, she said.
The pensioner added she would not be sending Christmas cards this year "because they've already received them".
John Wombell, 58, from West Drayton, London, made the suggestion when he called Conservative MP Anna Soubry's constituency office on 30 November.
In June last year Labour MP Jo Cox was shot - a week before the EU referendum.
On Monday Wombell appeared at Central London Magistrates' Court and pleaded guilty to an offence under the Communications Act 2003.
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He pleaded guilty to one charge of sending a message that was grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing nature.
He was also issued with a restraining order.
Following the hearing, Ms Soubry tweeted her thanks to Nottinghamshire and Met police forces for their investigation.
In the same week as Wombell's threat, the Broxtowe MP, who has been vocal about being a Remain supporter, also received a misspelt tweet asking someone to "Jo Cox" her.
A police spokeswoman said a 25-year-old man arrested over the tweet to Mrs Soubry on 2 December had been released on bail.
The MP has made no further comments on the matter.
Thames Valley Police received a tip off the drugs were in woodland near Oxford on Saturday.
Officers left a notice which read: "Ooops! Sorry we missed each other, but feel free to call me on 101 so we can discuss a deal. Lots of love, TVP xx."
The force tweeted that they had left the note because "#WeveGotManners".
The drugs were discovered in woodland between Wolvercote Mill Stream and the A34 near Oxford.
Thames Valley Police said the drugs were "seized and destroyed". No-one has been arrested.
The 27-year-old played in 112 Ospreys games since his debut in 2008 but made only 15 appearances in the past two campaigns because of a groin problem.
He had signed a one-year contract extension with the Welsh club in April.
"Ryan is in the prime of his career and has played at the highest level," Bristol director of rugby Andy Robinson told the club website.
Bevington said: "I'm excited about the opportunity to represent Bristol and to play in the top flight of English rugby."
Chris Nelson, 24, who is from the Midlothian area, was last seen at about 06:00 on Sunday.
He was in the city with his fiancée Stephanie Kollross to visit their friend.
He was last seen by Ms Kollross after he decided to go for a walk after he could not get to sleep. He has not been in contact with his friends or family since.
Ms Kollross told Dutch television station AT5: "On Sunday morning my fiancé couldn't fall asleep so what he usually does is he decides to go for a walk, and this is what he did at 6am.
"He left the house without a jacket, his keys or his passport because of course he just wanted to go around the block but he never came back and all of us have been phoning but he doesn't pick up and then it was off.
"He just disappeared."
Mr Nelson's family have said they do not believe his disappearance was related to drugs or alcohol.
His mother, Donna Nelson, told the TV station: "He was driving on the Sunday morning back to Kaarst near Dusseldorf, in Germany, and he said to Stephie, 'You can do what you like but I won't drink because I'm driving'.
"He was very conscious about things like that. I got a text from him about 5am, an hour before he left, and he wasn't drunk.
"He's the most anti-drug guy on the planet. He wouldn't do that."
A spokesman from the Foreign Office said: "A British national was reported missing in Amsterdam on 16 November.
"We are assisting the family and are in contact with local authorities."
The banks are focusing too much on short term factors such as falling oil prices, Andrew Sentance said.
The Bank of England held rates at historic lows on Thursday.
Separately, Bank of England governor Mark Carney said a UK rate rise was not necessarily dependent on the timing of an increase in the US.
"The exact timing of the Fed move is not decisive for the timing of the move by the Bank of England," Mr Carney told a seminar at the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund on Thursday.
Mr Sentance, a former member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee who now works for PwC, told BBC's Today programme that central banks needed to take a long view, and not focus on short terms factors such as oil prices or market volatility.
"We have independent central banks because they are meant to be courageous, they are meant to try and get ahead of the curve, they are meant to do things that politicians might find difficult and they don't seem to behaving in that way at the moment," he said.
It was "quite dangerous" for central banks to wait until they saw "the whites of the eyes" of inflation, because interest rates could go up "quite sharply" rather than gradually, Mr Sentance said.
The UK should not wait until "all the lights are flashing red in the economy" before raising rates, he said.
The economy had been growing for six years, wages were picking up and unemployment had come down, he added.
The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted 8-1 to keep rates unchanged on Thursday.
Committee member Ian McCafferty voted for a quarter-point rate rise for a third month in a row.
In the US, Federal Reserve minutes showed that the central bank believed that the US economy could handle an interest rate rise, but that it was "prudent to wait" for more information before a rate hike.
They say they would make it easier for councils to purchase derelict land for new rented housing projects.
Their plans involve offering "fixed term" council houses to be sold off after 10 to 15 years, with any proceeds reinvested in social housing.
Labour said the plans were "political spin, with no substance".
"There's no commitment on the number of new affordable homes or on new funding," said the party's housing spokesman, John Healey.
Labour has promised to build a minimum of one million new homes over the next five years, with at least half to be council or housing association properties.
The Tories said they expected "thousands" of homes to be built each year with "hundreds of millions" of pounds invested over the course of the next parliament, without giving precise figures.
Under their proposals, the government would "strike deals" with councils and housing associations, offering direct funding to enable them to build more homes and make it easier for them to acquire land for development.
This would include changing the compulsory purchase rules so councils could buy derelict brownfield land at below market value.
In return, some of the homes would have to have a fixed-term social rent - typically 10 or 15 years - after which they would be sold, with the tenant being given the first option to buy.
The Conservatives said this would allow increases in land and property values over that period to be reinvested in social housing.
Prime Minister Theresa May said the housing market was "broken" and vowed to fix it.
Mrs May said: "Giving tenants a new right to buy these homes when they go on the market will help thousands of people get on the first rung of the housing ladder, and fixed terms will make sure money is reinvested so we have a constant supply of new homes for social rent."
BBC political correspondent Iain Watson says the policy is aimed at voters who might not be traditionally Conservative supporters, including some of the million people on housing waiting lists.
Anne Baxendale, acting director of communications for housing charity Shelter, welcomed the proposals.
She tweeted: "Reports of pledge for new council housing v exciting & testament to how far we've come that this is now x-party consensus."
In February, the government set out a string of measures aimed at increasing the number of affordable homes in its housing white paper, including giving councils the power to pressurise developments to start building on land they own.
Labour has put housing at the forefront of its election campaign, promising 100,000 new social homes a year with investment from a new national infrastructure fund.
Mr Healey said: "Under Theresa May and the Tories we've seen seven years of failure on housing, with the level of new affordable housebuilding now at a 24-year low."
Mrs May could not "sidestep her share of the blame for the Tory housing crisis", he added.
In other general election news, Jeremy Corbyn's party said it would impose a tax on financial transactions to raise billions of pounds for public services.
The Lib Dems, meanwhile, are offering a cash incentive to engineering and technology graduates who sign up for the armed forces.
Party leader Tim Farron said the £10,000 "golden handshake" would help address a "critical skills shortfall" in the services.
It would be paid to recruits who committed to serve for five years.
Jermaine Beckford lifted the ball over Cody Cropper to put Preston ahead before Eoin Doyle's header was cleared off the line by MK Dons' Darren Potter.
After Nicky Maynard levelled, keeper Cropper was sent off for fouling Doyle.
Striker and makeshift keeper Alex Revell saved Joe Garner's penalty and both sides went close to a late winner.
A point leaves MK Dons nine points adrift of safety with four games remaining.
Beckford, making his first start since returning from knee surgery, netted his first goal since scoring a hat-trick in last May's League One play-off at Wembley to help Preston win promotion.
The hosts looked increasingly menacing as the first half continued, Greg Cunningham testing Cropper and Doyle going close after Maynard called Preston keeper Andres Lindegaard into action at his near post.
Karl Robinson's Dons came out brightly after the interval and levelled when Maynard turned in Josh Murphy's cross at the far post.
Doyle and Maynard had chances in quick succession, while a fine save from Lindegaard denied Kyle McFadzean.
Cropper's challenge on Doyle, however, gave Preston their best chance to win the game, only for Revell to take the gloves and keep Garner out.
Despite needing treatment after the save, Revell remained solid under pressure late on.
Preston North End manager Simon Grayson:
"It's probably the angriest I've been after a game for a long time. I'm not accepting that second half performance from certain individuals. I do not want this season to peter out.
"The penalty miss probably summed up the second half performance. I had a feeling that Joe was going to go and miss it. Some of our players have to look at themselves in the mirror. They've had a lot of praise this season and rightly so.
"There's few occasions where I've had to have a go at the players. But they have to look at themselves to see what they can do just to be in the team. They are still playing for places next year."
MK Dons manager Karl Robinson:
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"I think we have to appeal the red card because what do you lose? We still believe that we can turn this around and it would be phenomenal. I'm a believer.
"Whilst you have belief you still have hope, but you don't have any hope without belief and we need to keep believing in some way. And if we don't achieve it then we put some pride back in the shirt.
"These kids are honest kids and they deserve some luck. I don't know where I get it from but I believe in them as people. We just got to keep going. We go again, off to Hillsborough and our backs are certainly against the wall."
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Three kidnappers took Ogere Siasia from the family home in Bayelsa state in the oil-rich Niger Delta.
Her son appealed for her release, and said the gunmen's motive was unclear.
The BBC's Chris Ewokor in the capital, Abuja, says kidnapping, often for ransom, is common in parts of Nigeria and footballers' families are increasingly becoming targets.
Nigeria international Christian Obodo was abducted in Warri, southern Nigeria in June 2012.
A year earlier, the father of Nigerian footballer and Chelsea player John Obi Mikel was kidnapped in Jos, central Nigeria.
"I only beg them to please release her unhurt. I was told they shot sporadically into the air before taking her away on a motorcycle," Samson Siasia told BBC Sport.
"We've not heard from them to know their motive, but right now I'm only concerned about her safety," he added.
Mr Siasia was in The Gambia at the time of the attack as the coach of the Nigerian Under-23 team, preparing for the Confederation of African Football Under-23 Championship in Senegal later this month month.
The Nigerian Football Federation's president Amaju Pinnick also appealed for the kidnappers to release Mrs Siasia.
"Samson is on a critical national assignment presently and the last he needs is this kind of distraction," he said.
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Racing take on Scarlets in Llanelli on Saturday in the European Champions Cup.
The French club's opening pool match against Glasgow was postponed following the attacks and 94-cap Wales scrum-half Phillips says the Racing squad has felt the impact of the tragedy.
"I think everyone's still in shock, everyone's been traumatised really," he said.
"People have had people they know who they have lost - friends of friends - and it is tragic.
"I think the message is that we keep on living and moving on with our lives, not stopping what we do and being strong really - keeping together and hopefully this terrible time will stop."
The attacks in Paris left 129 dead with more than 350 people injured.
Phillips started his career in Llanelli before going on to win two Grand Slams with Wales and play in two Test series for the British and Irish Lions.
The 33-year-old former Scarlet, Cardiff Blue and Osprey joined the Paris club two months after being dismissed by Bayonne in October 2013 having been accused of off-field indiscipline.
Wales second row Luke Charteris also plays for Racing, and centre Jamie Roberts was there last season.
"I don't live in the middle of Paris, but the scary thing was when Jamie was here last year we actually visited one of the places that was hit, and that was scary to know that.," Phillips said.
"It's on your doorstep and you are thinking about it but you've just got to live your life and move on. Hopefully this time will pass very soon."
Roberts joined Harlequins following the Rugby World Cup, while Charteris is expected to join Bath before the start of the 2016-17 season.
Phillips is out of contract in June 2016 and says he will consider his own future at Racing soon.
"'l will see how the next couple of months go and see how the movements are the next few games," he added.
"I guess those decisions have to be made over the next couple of weeks."
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Threatened by deforestation and poaching to supply the black market trade in tiger body parts, it is one of the most endangered cats on the planet.
But over the past decade or so, a new threat has emerged - a silent, insidious one - canine distemper virus.
Worldwide there are an estimated 400-500 Siberian or Amur tigers.
Exact numbers are hard to determine because this is a reclusive animal that is rarely observed.
Yet, at the turn of the century, some of these otherwise withdrawn animals were seen wandering onto roads and into villages in the Russian Far East. They were fearless and docile, confused and dazed; the antithesis of their usual ferocious and wary demeanour.
Over the next few years evidence mounted that this, the largest living felid, was suffering from an infectious agent and the indications - the nature of the illness, historical understanding of wild cat infections and the diagnosis, in a single wild tiger, of a virus belonging to the morbillivirus genus - provided a likely culprit.
A study published in the journal mBio, confirmed these suspicions. Genetic analysis of several dead tiger samples showed that canine distemper virus was the cause.
Canine distemper virus (CDV), a relative of the human measles virus, was first described in dogs and infection causes fatal pneumonia and encephalitis (inflammation of the brain).
But this virus is incredibly promiscuous and can infect jump into a variety of different animals - usually with catastrophic effects.
Two suspected CDV outbreaks, the first in 1988 and a second in 2000, killed thousands of Baikal then Caspian seals.
The virus has also ripped through Africa, with fatal outbreaks in silver-backed jackals and bat-eared foxes and catastrophic die-offs in wild dog populations that continue to this day.
For years, cats were thought resistant to CDV. Yes, domestic cats could be infected in the laboratory, but this was inefficient and the virus was unable to pass from one animal to another.
A massive demise in 1994 of African lions living in the Serengeti national park in Tanzania showed that this was fallacy. This population of closely monitored lions succumbed to CDV. Whilst only 34 lion deaths were documented during the outbreak, this was only the tip of the iceberg.
Before CDV struck, the lion population numbered 3,000, but afterwards this had fallen by a third. In the same outbreak, countless hyenas, bat-eared foxes and leopards also perished.
Add to this the recent report of infection of large numbers of South American jaguar and it is evident that this virus has little, if any respect for the so-called species barrier - the unique inherent host factors and properties that prevent viruses from jumping from one species to another.
In an intriguing turn of events, CDV was also starting to spark fatal outbreaks in various primates.
So what should we make of the emergence of CDV infection in primates. Is this an indication of the potential for a more compelling species jump? Could CDV do the unthinkable and infect humans?
The simple answer is a resounding yes. At least, in theory it is.
To replicate, a virus has to get into a host cell. It does this through interactions between proteins on its surface with proteins - receptors - on the surface of the cell. These receptors act as gateways into the cell and if the virus protein fits then infection takes place.
Different animals possess slightly different versions of these receptors on their cells so the virus proteins also have to change to be able to unlock them.
A single mutation in one of surface proteins in CDV present in primates is all it takes for the virus to successfully use the human receptor. This is a tiny species barrier.
But before banishing the pet dog to a high containment kennel then donning personal protective clothing before you go near, there's a key part of the story we need to consider - one that's probably been protecting us for all of these years.
When you're exposed to a virus your body recognises it as foreign and your blood cells generate antibodies which bind to the virus surface proteins and protect us from infection. It's the basis for vaccination.
Fortunately, the surface protein of the measles virus is so similar to CDV that antibodies generated by the measles vaccine also protect against CD; and other morbilliviruses too.
But, if we ever eradicate measles and stop vaccination, maybe then we will be susceptible to CDV.
But what of the Amur tiger - will CDV ensure its ultimate demise?
As Dr Denise McAloose, lead author on the mBio paper, explained: "When you're talking about four to five hundred animals and your losing reproductive females and their offspring, the overall impact on populations is huge.
"Some of the earlier modelling work, if it were to pan out, does suggest that this is a significant disease even at the levels of disease we are detecting now, which is probably just the tip of the iceberg."
A bleak outlook that is shared by a University of Nottingham colleague, veterinary virologist Dr Rachael Tarlinton: "Because they are such tiny populations even relatively small mortality events can seriously harm their genetic diversity and this might just be enough to push them over the edge."
Hopefully it's not too late. We know that CDV vaccines work and a targeted vaccination programme might just pull Amur tigers back from the brink.
Current CDV vaccines have to be injected - no trivial task when the animal you want to protect is so difficult to track down and so dangerous to handle.
But not all vaccines need to be injected - some very effective vaccines have been developed for oral delivery and these have been pivotal in our fight against rabies.
In the late 1970s, Switzerland pioneered the widespread deployment of enticing baits laced with rabies vaccine that would be eaten by rabies-susceptible wild animals, thereby protecting them.
So successful was this approach that following a similar campaign that spanned more than two decades, Germany was declared rabies-free.
Whilst development of an oral vaccine is scientifically feasible, it is unlikely ever to become a reality. As Dr Tarlinton explains: "It was worth developing the oral bait vaccines for rabies because of the human zoonosis risk, but something for a purely veterinary disorder, particularly one that infects wildlife rather than livestock? It's difficult to justify the economics of doing it, even if we should."
Even though vaccinating tigers is unfeasible there is an alternative: identify the reservoir and remove the virus at source through vaccination campaigns. This has proven very effective in protecting CDV-threatened lion populations in Africa.
But do we know what the reservoir is? Domestic dogs have been implicated in all epidemics involving wildlife but, because the virus can infect other animals, you have to be sure.
And this is what Dr McAloose and her colleagues have turned their attention to.
"We have to understand if there's a reservoir.
"We're trying to identify how the virus is cycling through the system to understand what the carriers are, and only with these results would we be able to make the appropriate recommendations."
For the sake of the Amur tigers, I wish them well in their quest.
Earlier, Joshua Bonehill-Paine, 23, of Yeovil, was found guilty of inciting racial hatred at Southwark Crown Court.
He posted links to offensive material on Twitter in June before a rally planned in Golders Green, north London, an area with a large Jewish population.
The event was later moved and held in central London.
Bonehill-Paine, who has described himself as "a rising star of the right-wing community" was arrested at his Yeovil home in Hudson Road on 26 June.
He was jailed for three years and four months and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £120 and £1,200 in court costs.
Det Ch Insp Andy Barnes of the Met Police, who led the investigation, said Bonehill-Paine "posted vile, anti-Semitic material online".
He added: "There are challenges in attributing such material posted online to the originator but our digital forensic examiners worked tirelessly, carrying out extensive analysis of the material, phone data and online activity to prove that Bonehill-Paine posted the material from his laptop.
"The Met fully understands the hurt that is felt in communities affected by this type of crime.
"It is only by continually working with communities that we can ensure they are safe and free from fear."
In 2014 Bonehill-Paine admitted posting hoax messages about a pub in Leicester banning military personnel in a bid to generate racial tension.
He was given 180 hours of community service and a two-year supervision order for malicious communication.
Chief Constable Sir Peter Fahy said the force was under "significant scrutiny" from police standards watchdogs for its responses to crimes such as burglary.
Since those targets were removed in 2012, officers have been "encouraged" to support sexual exploitation victims.
In 2012, nine men were jailed for running a child sex ring in Rochdale.
Sir Peter's comments follow media reports claimed GMP failed to investigate allegations of abuse by child grooming gangs over a 10-year period.
"About five years ago, GMP was under significant scrutiny from Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and the Home Office Standards Unit for its response to acquisitive crimes such as burglary and car crime.
"As a result, the force was required to focus on improving its performance in relation to those offences," Sir Peter said.
He said the "imposition of targets to drive performance inevitably leads to anomalies in behaviour", adding they were removed two years ago, with the support of the Police and Crime Commissioner.
Last year, a serious case review by the Rochdale Safeguarding Children Board highlighted failures by 17 agencies who were meant to protect the children.
Police and social workers failed the girls who were "passed around for sex" by a gang of men, it said.
Speaking to BBC Radio Manchester, Sir Peter said the force had "completely changed" the way they deal with abuse and vulnerable people.
He said: "Unfortunately there was this big emphasis, particularly around big cities, about trying to improve in the league tables.
"But that is no excuse whatsoever for the fact that a mindset had developed, not only in the police but also in social services and in the Crown Prosecution Service, that this issue of children running away from homes could not be solved.
"We now have multi-agency teams in places like Rochdale. It's not only about investigating the matter and prosecuting the offender, but crucially to try and protect the young person from being involved in more abuse."
Third-tier Hansa said a flare was set off from the away end shortly after half-time, before the game was later suspended for 10 minutes.
Hertha Berlin added that the referee called both teams off the pitch for safety reasons in the 77th minute.
The Bundesliga side scored twice to win the game 2-0 after play resumed.
Rhonda Pasek, 50, and James Acord, 47, were charged with endangering children after they became unconscious during a traffic stop in East Liverpool.
The boy, Pasek's four-year-old son, was taken into custody by county children's services.
Authorities released the image to raise awareness of the Midwestern US state's heroin epidemic.
Officials wrote on Facebook: "We feel it necessary to show the other side of this horrible drug.
"We feel we need to be a voice for the children caught up in this horrible mess.
"This child can't speak for himself but we are hopeful his story can convince another user to think twice about injecting this poison while having a child in their custody."
The couple were detained on Wednesday afternoon after a policeman spotted their Ford Explorer being driven erratically.
Officer Kevin Thompson followed the vehicle as it weaved along the road before it braked suddenly behind a school bus that was dropping off children.
He said he found Acord with "pin point pupils", his "head bobbing back and forth his speech was almost unintelligible".
Smack in the suburbs
Paramedics were called to administer anti-overdose medication Narcan after the couple fell unconscious.
They were taken to hospital and appeared in court a day later.
Acord was sentenced to 180 days in jail after pleading no contest to charges of driving under the influence and endangering children, reports the Weirton Daily Times.
Pasek pleaded not guilty to charges of endangering children and disorderly conduct.
The city said: "We are well aware that some may be offended by these images and for that we are truly sorry.
"But it is time that the non drug using public sees what we are now dealing with on a daily basis."
The software is installed on tablets attached to the back of each seat at the Teatreneu club.
Each laugh is charged at 0.30 euros (23p) with a cap of 24 euros (£18). Takings are up so far.
The project was developed to combat falling audience numbers.
Partnering with advertising agency The Cyranos McCann, the experiment was a reaction to increased government taxes on theatre tickets, which in turn led to drastic drops in audience numbers.
The results of the experiment have so far proved positive with overall ticket prices up by 6 euros, according to the theatre.
The system is now being copied in other theatres around Spain.
The comedy club has also launched a mobile app as a method of payment, as well as its first pay-per-laugh season ticket.
James Woroniecki, director of London's 99 Club, said: "Sounds fun, just so long as all the facial recognition data doesn't get forwarded to the NSA [US National Security Agency].
"It'd be a big technical challenge - as people laugh so often at the 99 we'd have to install a cash machine by every seat."
The ex-Germany international was pictured by Breitbart under the headline: "Spanish Police Crack Gang Moving Migrants on Jet-Skis".
The website has since amended the article and apologised to Podolski.
But the World Cup winner, 32, has asked his lawyer to look into the case.
Breitbart updated the story with a new picture and said: "A previous version of this story included an image of Lukas Podolski on a jet ski. This image appeared as an illustration of a person on a jet ski.
"Breitbart London wishes to apologise to Mr Podolski," the editor's note read.
"There is no evidence Mr Podolski is either a migrant gang member, nor being human trafficked. We wish Mr Podolski well in his recently announced international retirement."
Podolski, who now plays for Japanese side Vissel Kobe, made his final international appearance for Germany in March against England, scoring the only goal in a 1-0 victory.
He left Arsenal in January 2015 to join Italian club Inter Milan on loan, before then moving to Galatasaray in Turkey.
Premier Foods saw its share price drop 14% after a trading update revealed a decrease in sales.
Investors were not calmed by the company's reassurance that "careful management" of costs would see profits meet expectations this year.
A boost to international sales could not make up for the hit in the UK.
It's not often that we see the UK's hottest annual temperatures in September. But this year, the hottest day of the year so far was recorded in Gravesend, Kent, on 13 September when the thermometer hit 34.4C. It was the warmest September day since 1911.
While we all basked in the sun and enjoyed the prolonged BBQ season, we certainly weren't buying gravy and stocks, or custard and cakes.
Shoppers spent £172.5m on Premier Foods products in the July-to-September period. However, that was actually a 5.4% decline on same period in the previous year. Gravy and stocks sales were down 13% and desserts dropped 9%.
Gavin Darby, chief executive of the company said: "We are disappointed that our grocery business reported materially lower sales in the quarter due to warmer weather; particularly in September.
"However, our Sweet Treats and International businesses continued to demonstrate their strong momentum, delivering against our strategic priorities and growing over 6% and 13% respectively."
The company was the subject of a takeover proposal by US spice and sauce maker McCormick earlier this year. A dispute over the value of the company broke out between the two and the takeover did not happen.
Premier Foods announced a tie-up with Japanese instant noodle maker Nissin Foods instead in an attempt to bolster overseas growth and introduce new products in the UK.
Chairman David Beever announced in September he would step down from the position next year.
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Rose, 36, sunk five birdies in the last seven holes in his five-under-par 67 to join Garcia, who hit 70, on six under.
Rickie Fowler finished a shot back, while Jordan Spieth carded a 68 to move level with fellow Americans Charley Hoffman and Ryan Moore on four under.
Lee Westwood (68) moved to one under while Rory McIlroy (71) is level par.
Rose is one of four previous major winners in the top 10 going into Sunday's final round, which will be live and uninterrupted on BBC Two from 18:30 BST.
Garcia, Fowler and England's Westwood are all hoping to finally land one of golf's four most prestigious tournaments.
Olympic champion Rose, 36, has not claimed a major since his maiden triumph at the 2013 US Open, but lifted himself into contention for a first Masters title with a stunning finish on Saturday.
The Englishman, who has four previous top-10 finishes at the Augusta National, was level par for the round after 11, only to blitz the final seven holes.
He rolled in a 20-foot birdie putt at the 17th, then a 10-footer at the last, to join Hoffman in the lead.
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Garcia, playing alongside the 40-year-old Californian, birdied the 15th to briefly make it a three-way tie at the top.
But Hoffman, one of four to share the overnight lead after the second round, slipped behind Rose and Garcia after finding water on the par-three 16th and ending with a double bogey.
"The key for me was staying patient early in my round. For me the test was around six when I made bogey, I stayed with it and played well on the back nine. Everything clicked into gear," said Rose.
"Patience is the key on Sunday. This is a golf course where you have to pick your moments. That will be the game plan."
Two-time major winner Spieth is hoping to banish memories of last year's spectacular final-day collapse by winning his second Masters.
And the 23-year-old Texan, who has finished second, first and tied second in his three Augusta appearances, put himself in the frame again with a nerveless third-round display.
After an opening-round 75 which featured a quadruple-bogey nine on the 15th, Spieth was 10 shots adrift of leader Hoffman.
No previous Masters winner has trailed by more than seven shots after 18 holes.
Spieth, who recovered with a three-under 69 on Friday, started his third round with five pars, but three birdies in four holes before the turn catapulted him into contention.
Further birdies at 13 and 15 moved him into outright second, only for a bogey on 16 - his first in 30 holes - to drop him back into a share for fourth.
"We wanted to shoot four under and thought if we did the lead would move to six or seven and I'd creep on it," said the 2015 champion, who is bidding to become the youngest two-time Masters winner.
"Moments present themselves on Sunday here - it is about being patient.
"I know better than anyone what can happen on a Sunday."
World number eight Fowler putted solidly on his way to a hard-fought one-under-par 71, while Moore responded to the grief of losing his grandmother earlier this week with six birdies in a three-under 69.
Like Garcia, Worksop's Westwood has long been considered one of Europe's finest players, only to have an excellent career somewhat tarnished by the absence of a major title.
And the 43-year-old, who was third after an opening-round 70, appeared to have scuppered his chances of ending that long wait following a five-over 77 on Friday.
However, he is back with an outside chance after converting six birdies in a four-under-par 68.
"Obviously I would like to be deep in the red, but one under is pretty good," said Westwood, who finished tied second with Spieth last year.
"I've got half a chance if I can get a roll going on the front nine."
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World number two McIlroy's hopes of becoming only the sixth man to win all four majors look slim.
The Northern Irishman, 27, made a strong start with birdies on the second and third, only to be set back by three-putts on the fifth and seventh which cost him a bogey and double bogey.
Further birdies on the eighth and 12th provided hope, but he could not add any more to close the gap on the leaders.
"I had some chances on the back nine that I could have converted," said the four-time major winner.
"I think I probably could have shot a 67 or 68, but I had just a few too many wasted opportunities.
"I'm going to need my best score around here, 65, to have a chance."
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Operation Griffin, involving Scotland Yard, City of London Police and British Transport Police will brief and remind the public to stay vigilant.
The operation will include automatic number plate recognition and high-visibility patrols across all 32 boroughs until 15 June.
Cdr Simon Bray said: "The threat to London from terrorism remains real."
As part of the operation, briefings will also be held for officers in each borough to ensure continuity between national and neighbourhood policing.
Assistant Chief Constable Steve Thomas of British Transport Police added: "It is vitally important that we do not get complacent, and the vigilance of passengers and staff remains a crucial element."
The bus was taken from outside Watford Junction station at about 22:00 BST on Thursday.
Hertfordshire Police received a number of calls from the public as it was driven through the town.
A 35-year-old man from London was arrested on suspicion of aggravated vehicle taking without consent.
The bus travelled along roads including Clarendon Road, the Watford ring road and Radlett Road.
It caused damage to a number of vehicles before coming to a stop in St Albans Road following a further crash.
Sgt Steve Alison said: "The bus is believed to have travelled some distance, colliding with parked vehicles, barriers and other objects along the route.
"Fortunately, no passengers were believed to have been on the bus at the time it was taken and no one was hurt as a result of the incident.
"We would like to speak to anyone who believes they saw the incident taking place."
Officials said the five, all of them under 18, belonged to the M18 street gang and were attacked by members of the rival Mara Salvatrucha gang.
The fight happened in El Carmen jail in San Pedro Sula.
Last year, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights accused Honduras of giving up on rehabilitating criminals and leaving prisons to be controlled by their inmates.
Police said armed members of the Mara Salvatrucha gang threatened the guards and forced their way at gunpoint into the area where M18 gang members are held.
They then opened fire, killing five and injuring one. Neighbours reported hearing an explosion, but police denied grenades had been used in the gang fight.
There are conflicting reports on whether the assailants were also inmates or whether they had forced their way in from the outside.
Officials said three of the alleged assailants had been arrested.
Honduran prisons are notoriously overcrowded, understaffed and wracked by violence.
In February 2012, some 360 prisoners died in a fire in Comayagua prison north of Tegucigalpa.
Non-governmental organisations have urged the government to improve its prison system but little has been done since the deadly fire.
San Pedro Sula has the world's highest homicide rate for any city not in a warzone, according to United Nations figures.
The government says it is overwhelmed by the sheer number of people awaiting trial, or already sentenced.
Mr Xi was marking the 15th anniversary of the territory's return to China.
Like neighbouring Hong Kong, Macau is a special autonomous region and has experienced protests by pro-democracy activists this year.
On Saturday, dozens of demonstrators marched in Macau's historic centre, demanding "universal suffrage".
Correspondents say the communist authorities in Beijing do not want Macau and Hong Kong to become hotbeds of dissent.
"We must both adhere to the 'one-China' principle and respect the difference of the two systems," Mr Xi said during his visit, where he was also present at the inauguration of Macau's Chief Executive Fernando Chui.
"This is the only way leading to sound and steady progress," Mr Xi added. "Otherwise a misguided approach from the beginning, just like putting one's left foot into the right shoe, would lead us nowhere."
Six months ago, demonstrators in Macau took to the streets to demand greater democracy. Mr Chui was the only nominee for the chief executive position, and was elected by a 400-person panel.
On Saturday, the protesters also gathered in Macao. "We want universal suffrage!" they chanted.
Some demonstrators also carried umbrellas - a symbol of protest movement in Hong Kong.
In his speech, Mr Xi also referred to Macau's struggling economy.
It is the world's biggest gambling centre, but has seen casino revenues fall about 20% over the past year.
Mr Xi said the territory should reduce its dependence on one sector.
"It is important for Macau to adopt a global, nationwide, future-oriented and long-term perspective," Mr Xi said. "Focus on building a global tourism and leisure centre... promote the Macanese economy's appropriate diversification and sustainable development."
Macau's gambling industry has been in decline for several years.
Analysts say the recent pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong - a short ferry ride away - may have led to further losses in revenue by preventing tourists from visiting.
Activists in Hong Kong wanted Beijing to allow fully free elections for the territory's next leader in 2017. China says everyone can vote but a pro-Beijing committee will screen candidates.
The main pro-democracy protest camp was cleared earlier this month.
The opinion polls still have him running neck and neck with President Barack Obama, but dig a little deeper and they show something else as well. That people may trust Romney more to run the economy but they don't like him as much as President Obama.
In fact they don't really seem to know him at all.
There will have been many people in the hall, as there are many in the country, who loathe and detest President Obama with a raw fury.
But they probably didn't vote for him in the first place. Their votes are pretty much in the bag.
Romney had to appeal to those who feel let down, disappointed, not angry. He appealed to a sense of buyer's remorse.
He tried to weave together this theme with his personal story and a tale about the economy, as well as themes of American greatness.
His speech set out to be a subtle and ambitious construct but came over as sometimes flat, with odd conjunctions and inelegant segues.
"I mentored and supported great women leaders who went on to run great companies. I grew up in Detroit in love with cars and wanted to be a car guy, like my dad."
But the odd structure hardly matters. That is for connoisseurs of political speeches.
It wasn't enthralling but it did the job. Two lines in particular were devastating.
"Hope and Change had a powerful appeal. But tonight I'd ask a simple question: if you felt that excitement when you voted for Barack Obama, shouldn't you feel that way now that he's President Obama?
"You know there's something wrong with the kind of job he's done as president when the best feeling you had was the day you voted for him."
And later on:
"President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and heal the planet. My promise... is to help you and your family."
Before the speech began, I scrawled seven words on my notepad, summing up the six things I'd be looking out for. So how did he do?
The speech followed an outpouring of admiration that most people don't get until they're dead. Three hours of testimony from those who know him.
Mitt the Mormon. Mitt the compassionate. The hall fell silent as an older couple talked about how he helped them as their teenage son was dying.
Mitt the businessman. Mitt the saviour of the Winter Olympics. Mitt the family man. Mitt and Ann on film talking about their love, along with a home video of their children and even the tin foil and duct tape he fixed up over some kitchen light.
I hadn't heard that before. Most of the other stories weren't new to me, but they will be to most Americans, to those who are not ardent admirers or political professionals.
But I have to say the standout memory of the night, that will last long after all others have faded was Clint's kooky cabaret.
It was the most surreal moment I have ever watched in a political conference, and I've been to a few in my time.
This part of the show starred Clint Eastwood, rambling, talking to an empty stool pretending it was President Obama.
The tight relentless focus on Mitt the man of character fell apart as Eastwood blew a magnum-sized hole in the oh-so-carefully coiffured plans for the night. He talked to the stool pretending it was Mr Obama:
"What do you want me to tell Romney? I can't tell him to do that. I can't tell him to do that to himself."
He seemed to suggest America shouldn't have gone to war in Afghanistan, but I may have misunderstood - judge for yourself.
But he did get the crowd to chant "make my day" and that made their day. The strategists must have been having kittens during Clint but all in all got the evening right.
They will have to wait for the next opinion polls to find out if this day will make it their year.
Under Fifa regulations Osimhen cannot sign a professional contract until he turns 18, on 29 December.
The proposed transfer follows a co-operation agreement between Wolfsburg and Lagos-based Ultimate Strikers Academy, where Osimhen is based.
Osimhen starred at the under-17 World Cup in October, scoring 10 goals to help Nigeria win a record fifth title.
Under the co-operation agreement between the clubs, Osimhen has visited Wolfsburg and will train with the club as their guest.
Other players from the academy will be given a similar opportunity.
Wolfsburg's Director of Sport Klaus Allofs told the club's website: "For talented youngsters such as Victor Osimhen, it is a major advantage to combine the games at home with the academy team, with knowledge of youth training and operational processes in European professional football."
Osimhen was also part of the Nigeria side that won the Under-23 Africa Cup of Nations in Senegal in November, which also saw qualified them for the Rio Olympics next year.
He was named the 2015 Confederation of African Football Youth Player of the Year at the award ceremony in Abuja on 7 January.
The Malaysian billionaire has already insisted upon a colour change from blue to red, as well as a new club crest.
"We will think about it when we know the final result of this season," he said about using Cardiff Dragons.
I can assure all supporters that we will not be changing our name from Cardiff City Football Club
"Then we will think what's the best way to brand it."
In an exclusive interview for the BBC's Sport Wales programme broadcast on Thursday at 19:00 GMT, Tan acknowledged rumours that had recently emerged over the use of Cardiff Dragons but added: "We haven't discussed this. I've not really thought about this in detail.
"But when we get there we'll make a decision. And when we make a decision we will convey it to everyone."
In the wake of his initial statements to BBC Wales about the club, Tan moved to reassure fans that the club's official name would not change.
In a club website statement, Tan said: "I can assure all supporters that we will not be changing our name from Cardiff City Football Club, a club I am very proud to be a part of.
"Our name is our identity and remains at our core.
"I would not want any of our supporters to be concerned that this change would be made, hoping that this personal commitment from myself removes any fears.
"I believe the colour change is positive and will bring good tidings to Cardiff City Football Club.
"At this point of time, no decision has been made to change the club crest for the next season.
"For the present day, all I would ask is that we all join together, continuing your excellent support at what is a critical juncture in our season.
"Our collective aim is to back Malky Mackay and his team as they work hard to bring us all success.
"Working together we can achieve great things in the name of Cardiff City Football Club."
Tan, who has an estimated wealth of $1.3bn, wants Cardiff to maximise all possible revenue and marketing opportunities in Asia.
After buying more than 35% of the club's shares for £6m in 2010, the 61-year-old Malaysian threatened to withdraw his support in June unless the club agreed to ditch its traditional blue home shirts in favour of red ones.
The new colours were accepted, so too a new badge as a Welsh dragon replaced the bluebird, and further investment followed.
In an interview with BBC Wales' Sport Wales programme, he justified the "controversial decision" of the club's colours, and stressed he is prepared to and intends to make more changes.
"A few were upset, but like in any business if we get 80% or 75% of the customers happy, with 20-25% not happy, that's fine," he said.
"If they don't want to come to support our business, that's fine. We need the majority."
He added: "I believe the change is for the better.
"And if you put in a lot of money, surely you have the right to make a call on some things you believe will make it better.
"If you don't have a say, why the hell do you want to put in so much money?"
After years of financial instability, Cardiff were on the brink of administration before Tan's takeover as part of a Malaysian consortium.
The club continues to struggle financially, recording losses of £13.6m in the year up to the end of May 2012, with an overall recorded debt of £83.1m.
The accounts also show that the debt to Langston, the company represented by ex-City owner Sam Hammam, is put at £19.2m, with a one-off payment of £5m due if City reach the Premier League while the debt is outstanding.
Tan said that resolving this debt is a priority for the club, and again called on Langston to renegotiate to a "fair level" and then convert the "unsecured" loan into equity.
If that happens, Tan said he is willing to turn the £63m loan he has given to the club into equity.
"Their loan is not secured," he said. "If anything happens to the club, Langston will get nothing. So I will convert [my loan] if we can resolve with Langston.
"And if Sam Hammam loves Cardiff as he claims he does, he should come and sit down and then we'll find a solution."
Having failed in the Championship play-offs three years in a row, Cardiff are in a stronger position than ever to reach the Premier League.
They have an eight-point lead with 13 games remaining, but Tan said he would not walk away if promotion was not secured.
"If the fans welcome me, I can stay for a long time," he said, promising a further £25m to manager Malky Mackay for new players should they go up.
"But if I find they are not welcoming and rude, then maybe I will find a new buyer and go off. But if I were to sell, I'd make sure I would leave it in good hands."
A section of Cardiff fans continue to oppose Tan's colour change. A protest was held at the end of the last home game to Brighton - which Tan attended - when free red scarves were handed out.
Tan referred to the dissenting voices as "a bunch of mostly young kids" and argued a change was long overdue.
"Have they achieved any success under this Bluebirds brand?," he asked "So why do we hold onto something that hasn't achieved much success?"
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Staff at the UK's biggest firms have started to be automatically enrolled in a workplace pension, which both they and their employers will pay into.
The TUC said it was the beginning of a "pensions new deal".
But others warned that it could lead to people still not saving enough for their retirement.
It is designed to supplement the current state pension and to stem the drastic decline in workers' pension provision.
"Too many employers have walked away from their responsibilities, and now just one in three private sector workers are in a pension, threatening many with a miserable retirement," said general secretary Brendan Barber.
"Of course it can and should be made better, but we now have what should be a stable framework," he said.
Pensions Minister Steve Webb said the new system, considered the biggest change to saving for retirement for over a century, should work because it was so simple.
"You don't have all the hassle and complexity of choosing a pension. The firm chooses it for you, they put money in, you put money in, and then the only hassle is if you want to opt out," Mr Webb added.
Staff will either join their existing employer's scheme, or one of the new group schemes that employers can adopt, such as the National Employment Savings Trust (Nest).
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The process of recruitment started with the biggest employers on 1 October 2012 and will then be staggered over the next few years until 2018. The smallest employers begin auto-enrolment for their staff in January 2015.
At the same time, contribution levels will rise slowly, to avoid giving either staff or their firms an unwelcome financial jolt while the economy is still in recession.
Contributions will start with staff paying in a minimum of just 0.8% of their pensionable earnings.
On top of that employers will have to pay in 1% of their employees' pensionable earnings, with tax relief contributing another 0.2%.
These contribution levels will eventually rise to 4% from the employee, 3% from their employer and 1% in tax relief, giving a total of 8%.
The contributions will be invested and then when the employee retires, currently at 55 at the earliest, they will have to buy an annual pension, or annuity, with their accumulated pot.
The employers' organisation, the CBI, praised the design of the scheme.
"The change is rightly being phased over many years, to ensure it remains affordable for businesses in these tough times," said director general John Cridland.
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Critics, however, have suggested that this grand plan could lead to many people generating very small pensions.
That may be because they will pay in only small sums during their working lifetimes, or because the investments will be at the mercy of financial markets, which may provide poor returns.
When the full 8% contribution rate is in effect, someone earning £20,000 a year would see £1,154.88 in combined contributions being added to their pot each year.
If they were aged 22, and then saved for 40 years before retiring at the age of 62, these contributions would eventually total £46,160.
If, over those 40 years, there was an average 3% a year return on the funds in which the contributions were invested, then the retiree would end up with a pot of £88,488.
According to the Money Advice Service, at the current historically low annuity rates this would provide a man in good health with an inflation linked annual pension of as much as £2,714 a year, or £226 a month.
Michelle Mitchell of Age UK said the government now needed to press ahead with plans for an underlying flat-rate state pension.
"We believe this would prevent people worrying about jeopardising means tested benefits if they are auto-enrolled and would give a clearer idea of how much money a person can expect when they retire," she said.
"We want to see the current contribution and transfer restrictions on Nest, the government savings scheme, lifted, so people can accumulate their savings in one place and eventually convert them into a good value annuity."
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Workers will have the option to opt out of the pension savings scheme, and will be given details of how to do this before they start to see their contributions being diverted from their pay packet.
"Some people might think about quitting their new pension, but we urge them to stick with it and get saving for their old age," said Joanne Segars, chief executive of the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF).
"Leaving the pension would mean losing tax breaks and employer contributions which are, in effect, free money."
The Department for Work and Pensions said that, by the end of the year, about 600,000 more people in the UK would be saving into a workplace pension and by May 2014 about 4.3 million people would be signed up.
The eventual aim is to increase that figure to between six and nine million people by the end of the 2018, by when automatic enrolment will cover all employers.
Pension provision in the private sector has been in drastic decline in the past two decades, with fewer than three million private sector workers now paying into a company pension scheme.
In some cases employers simply do not provide any pension scheme for their staff at all.
In other cases staff do not join existing schemes, typically because they are low paid and fear they cannot afford to contribute, or because they work in industries such as catering where there is a high turnover of staff who stay in jobs for only short periods of time.
The concept of automatically recruiting staff to pension schemes - but with the possibility of staff then opting out - was first suggested by Lord Turner's Pension Commission in 2005.
The roof of William Sitch's house in Catherine Street, Alfreton, was ripped off when the whirlwind wreaked havoc on 8 October 2014.
With nowhere to live, he moved in with a childhood friend and in February they were engaged to be married.
His partner's son said the twister "had been a blessing" for the couple.
Oli Constable, 20, said Mr Sitch, 51, and his mother, Sandra, aged 51, had already been reunited before the high winds but were living separately.
He said following the tornado, which the Met Office said was caused by "volatile and unstable air", the pair moved in together.
Mr Constable said after the initial shock, Mr Sitch was pragmatic about the damage to his house.
He said: "Nothing really fazes him, he was a bit like 'let's move on'.
"It's been the best thing that ever happened to him... [He and my mother] are now together and they're happy."
Mr Sitch told BBC Radio Derby: "We ended up spending so much time together we [now] don't want to be parted.
"[On the day of the tornado] I slowly walked towards [the scene] and realised it was my house that was roofless. [I had feelings of] disbelief and panic, did I renew my insurance?"
Along with Mr Sitch's house, a number of homes and vehicles were damaged by flying bricks and debris.
Witnesses described a "film scene" as the tornado ripped down lampposts and trees in Mansfield Road and Catherine Street.
Mr Sitch's roof and supporting wall have since been repaired but he is now living in Chesterfield.
Ms Arroyo has spent nearly five years in hospital detention accused of misusing 366m pesos ($7.8m; £6m) of lottery funds intended for charities.
Supreme Court spokesman Theodore Te told reporters the case was dismissed "for insufficiency of evidence".
Despite her detention, Ms Arroyo, 69, was re-elected to Congress in May.
Ms Arroyo was initially arrested in late 2011 after nine years as president, on accusations of electoral fraud, but was released on bail.
A few months later she was charged with corruption and arrested again.
She has since been held in a hospital because of a neck and back complaint which requires her to use a wheelchair.
Newly elected President Rodrigo Duterte had said the case against Ms Arroyo was weak and offered her a pardon, which she rejected, saying she preferred to fight the accusation.
Several Arroyo allies have been appointed to Mr Duterte's cabinet, including advisers on national security and on peace talks with rebel groups.
Stakeknife has been named by the media as Belfast man Freddie Scappaticci, who denies claims he was the Army's most high ranking agent in the IRA.
The Chief Constable told Stormont's justice committee that the secretary of state and the Department of Justice had said there would be no more money.
The investigation could cost £35m.
It is expected to take at least five years, at an estimated cost of £7m per year.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Chief Constable George Hamilton has previously said he wants to bring in a team of detectives from outside Northern Ireland to conduct the inquiry.
On Thursday, he told the justice committee that the PSNI will have to fund the work from within its existing budget.
Anthony McSweeney, 68, abused the 15-year-old while working at Grafton Close Children's Home in Hounslow.
He assaulted the boy with his friend John Stingemore, the manager of the care home, who died before the trial.
As part of his defence, he had said he was too fat to fit a teenager on him.
McSweeney, who has been described as morbidly obese, used the defence when he denied molesting boys between 1979 and 1981.
As well indecent assault, he was also found guilty of three counts of making indecent images of children.
The priest was investigated as part of a police probe into allegations of a paedophile ring at Grafton Close.
At his sentencing at Southwark Crown Court, Judge Alistair McCreath said: "He has a voyeuristic interest in children, either in seeing them unclothed, or in seeing them sexually abused by others."
McSweeney showed no reaction.
The judge said the priest had abused his position of trust and there was no doubt the children observed by the priest had suffered sexual harm of a psychological nature.
Judge McCreath added that McSweeney posed a "high risk of serious harm" to children, via sexual assault and exploitation through sexual images.
Earlier in the trial, the priest confessed to jurors he had watched children in the shower and collected indecent videos of children.
The priest said he watched footage featuring boys as young as 10 on a home cinema with his friend John Stingemore, who died before the trial.
Prosecutor Sarah Plaschkes QC said: "This was a joint enterprise by both men, to use the victim for their own sexual gratification.
"There was grooming behaviour used against the victim - both men used the washing routine at the home as an excuse to confuse the child."
She said McSweeney had specifically targeted a "particularly vulnerable child".
Ms Placshkes said: "Not all children at the home were abused. He (the victim) was targeted because he was a vulnerable boy isolated from his family."
Police said the priest worked at Grafton on an ad hoc basis as a "helper" and the council never formally employed him.
During the trial, it emerged the Catholic Church nearly dropped him when his cleaner found sex toys, truncheons and indecent videos of teenage boys at St Peter's Catholic Church in Essex in 1998.
But after six months he was moved to a new parish, St George's, in Norwich - after he was threatened with being "banished" from the priesthood, the court heard.
TV cook Delia Smith once asked McSweeney to hold a special football service at Norwich City and he also officiated at Frank Bruno and his now ex-wife Laura's wedding.
Griffiths netted two stunning free-kicks in quick succession to put the Scots ahead at Hampden Park.
But Harry Kane's injury-time leveller denied Scotland a famous triumph.
"I'm gutted. I should be absolutely delighted, getting two goals, man of the match, and walking in here with three points," Celtic's Griffiths said.
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"But one lapse of concentration has cost us in the end, and instead of getting three points, we got one.
"They put a ball in, it's very deep, and nine times out of 10 it probably runs out of play, but Harry Kane's there, does what he does best and puts it away to give them a valuable point.
"I'm not going to talk about being low. I think we got a great point against a very good England side who will no doubt be going to the World Cup."
Scotland remain fourth in Group F, with eight points, six shy of leaders England, who opened the scoring at Hampden through substitute Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Gordon Strachan's men have four fixtures remaining, beginning with a trip to Lithuania, and the visit to Hampden of Malta in September.
Saturday's set-piece double yielded Griffiths' first goals for his country in his 13th appearance, and the Celtic striker, 26, insists Scotland can still qualify for next year's finals in Russia.
"We've still got a great chance," he said. "We've still got four very winnable games left. As long as we take the performances from the last two games, we've got a great chance.
"I would say we probably need to win three out of four to give ourselves a great chance.
"The last two home games, we got four points where nobody really expected us to get anything."
Griffiths revealed he spoke with England goalkeeper Joe Hart, the man he beat twice in three minutes from 25 yards, after the final whistle.
"He remembered my free-kick at Wembley [in Scotland's 3-0 defeat last year] when I put my laces through it and he thought I was going to do the same," the striker said.
"He said I caught him a bit off-guard with the first one and the second one he said he couldn't get near. So it's nice to put a free-kick past a guy of Joe Hart's stature.
"I try and hit them in training afterwards when I can. It's one of those ones where nine times out of 10 they go in the back of the net or over the bar."
Gay rights are being taken more seriously than ever before. A tentative debate is under way about legalising same-sex marriage.
The candidates in the upcoming presidential election are conscious that this is an issue on which they have to take a stand.
Chile still lags behind some of its Latin American neighbours on these issues.
In Argentina, for example, gay marriage is already legal. In Brazil, homosexuality has been tolerated since the 19th century, while in Chile it was decriminalised as recently as 1999.
And this is still one of only four countries in South America where the age of consent is higher for gays than for heterosexuals.
But attitudes are changing, and the murder of Mr Zamudio was undoubtedly a watershed.
When Mr Zamudio was assaulted on 3 March last year, it wasn't simply the fact that a gay man was beaten to death in a public space that shocked Chileans.
It was the sadistic nature of the attack.
His four assailants carved swastikas on his skin, branded him with cigarettes and smashed his right leg with an 18lb (8kg) rock. According to graphic court testimony released earlier this month, they then urinated on his body.
Mr Zamudio died in hospital three weeks later.
On Monday, a judge sentenced one of the attackers, Patricio Ahumada Garay, to life in prison, describing him as the main perpetrator of the crime.
He sentenced two other defendants, Alejandro Angulo Tapia and Raul Lopez Fuentes, to 15 years each and the fourth man, Fabian Mora Mora, to seven years.
"We would have liked to see life sentences for three of the four but the Chilean law is what it is," said Rolando Jimenez, president of gay rights campaign group, Movilh.
"But we're satisfied that our lawyers managed to get the stiffest sentences possible under the Chilean penal code," he told the BBC.
Within weeks of Mr Zamudio's murder, legislators, spurred into action by public outrage, had signed into law an anti-discrimination bill that had been languishing in parliament for seven years.
The bill makes it a crime to discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, appearance or disability.
Gay marriage has been an issue in this year's election campaign. Chileans go to the polls on 17 November to choose a new president.
"Of the nine presidential candidates, seven of them are proposing more comprehensive anti-discrimination laws and many of them are advocating gay marriage," Mr Jimenez said.
Among them is Michelle Bachelet, the overwhelming frontrunner to win the election.
She has changed her mind on gay marriage. During her first government, between 2006 and 2010, she opposed it, favouring civil partnerships for same-sex couples instead.
But now she advocates it, although many Christian Democrats in her coalition do not and are likely to oppose any attempt to legalise it if she wins the election.
The current president, Sebastian Pinera, opposes gay marriage but has broadly promoted gay rights, despite distaste from conservative elements within his centre-right coalition.
He surprised many in 2009 by including openly gay couples in his campaign commercials.
On Monday, he welcomed the sentences handed down in the Zamudio case, describing the murder as one of "hatred, discrimination and cruelty".
Chilean attitudes to gay marriage are changing.
A poll in La Tercera newspaper showed that the percentage of Chileans in favour of it grew from 38% in 2009 to 47% in 2011. Another poll, conducted by Radio Cooperativa in 2012, suggested 55% were in favour and 41% against.
In last year's census, Chileans who cohabit with a same-sex partner were given the chance to register the fact for the first time.
And yet, hate crimes continue.
On 20 October, a 21-year-old gay man, Wladimir Sepulveda, was attacked in the town of San Francisco de Mostazal, 60km (37 miles) south of Santiago, as he walked home, arm-in-arm with another man.
His six attackers included two women. Witnesses said the gang hurled homophobic abuse at Mr Sepulveda as they pushed him to the ground and kicked and beat him unconscious.
Eight days later, he remains in a coma in the city of Rancagua.
On Sunday, Health Minister Jaime Manalich visited him in hospital and lamented this latest homophobic attack.
"Unfortunately, we still live in a culture of violence," he said.
The 25-year-old, who has won 35 caps for England, replaces co-captains James Haskell and Matt Mullan in the role.
"Joe is a natural leader and has grown with the responsibility of being a leader," Wasps director Dai Young said.
Launchbury, who has played 91 times for Wasps since his debut in 2011, added: "It's a massive honour and something I am very excited about."
Haskell and Mullan co-captained Wasps last season as they finished third in the Premiership, but Haskell has been ruled out for the majority of the upcoming campaign after picking up a foot injury playing for England against Australia in July.
Launchbury's appointment comes after loose-head prop Mullan had captained Wasps in a stint lasting almost three years.
Young continued: "I feel three years is probably the right amount of time before then passing the baton on and have someone else step up.
"But with Matt's calibre and experience, you certainly wouldn't rule out the possibility of them doing the job again sometime in the future."
Winger Louis Longridge should be back from a thigh knock which kept him out of last week's Scottish Premiership defeat by fellow strugglers Inverness.
Well boss Stephen Robinson hopes Steven Hammell will be fit to play.
The left-back had to limp off last week against Ross County after suffering a burst blood vein in his leg but returned to light training on Thursday.
Young goalkeeper Russell Griffiths is set to continue in goal after Craig Samson was dropped for the Staggies defeat, while Stephen Pearson (groin) is also likely to miss out again, as will Jacob Blyth (ankle), Ross MacLean (shoulder), Stephen McManus, Richard Tait (both groin) and Jack McMillan (wrist).
The Lanarkshire rivals are locked on 32 points apiece, with Motherwell's poorer goal difference consigning them to the relegation play-off spot as things stand.
Both sides have suffered damaging defeats to bottom six counterparts in their past two matches - Well lost to Dundee, then Ross County, while Hamilton were Kilmarnock, then Inverness.
Motherwell striker Louis Moult: "We need to win the game - simple as. Every game now is massive and it has been all season.
"If we can keep a clean sheet, we're fairly confident we're going to score in the game. If we can try and be solid at the back, and then get a few goals, I think that's where we're strong.
"People have been saying we're too good to go down all season - it's all well and good having a good squad but you need to perform on a Saturday, and that's what we haven't been doing. I believe we can do it, everyone at the club believes we can do it, it's just up to us now.
"The boys are really, really eager to get out there and put things right."
Hamilton Academical midfielder Danny Redmond: "It is going to be massive. It is one of the biggest derbies I have played in up here.
"We know it is still in our hands, we have got three massive games and obviously we need to pick up as many points as we can. But they are going to be very tough as they are all fighting for points as well.
"As a footballer you want to stay at the highest level you can, so obviously staying in the Premiership will mean a whole lot to us, individually and as a club.
"We talk about it most days and we are good enough and we are capable of staying up.
"There is a group of experienced players in our dressing room, we know what it means and none of us want to be in that position to be relegated."
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Cycling's governing body missed the 28 July deadline and only sent its application to the International Paralympic Committee last week.
"[It] sums up how high we appear on the UCI radar. Not surprised at all," tweeted British rider Jody Cundy.
The IPC has announced 16 of the maximum of 23 sports for the 2020 Paralympics.
Para-badminton has been included and will makes its Games debut in Japan.
The other sports included are athletics, archery, boccia, equestrian, goalball, powerlifting, rowing, shooting, sitting volleyball, swimming, table tennis, triathlon, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby and wheelchair tennis.
Para-cycling is one of eight sports left chasing up to seven places with the final line-up to be confirmed early next year.
All of the 24 sports seeking to be part of the Tokyo programme had been required to submit their application for assessment by the IPC's management team by 28 July.
They include the 20 sports which took part in London, Para-canoeing and Para-triathlon, which will make their debuts in Rio in 2016, as well as Para-badminton and Para-taekwondo, who were bidding to be included for the first time,
Their recommendations were discussed by the IPC Governing Board on Tuesday at a meeting in Berlin.
Cycling's late application meant it could not be assessed in time for the meeting in Berlin, to the disappointment of the the IPC and the frustration of the riders.
"How as riders can we have faith in the UCI, when they can't even submit an application to be in the Tokyo Paralympics on time," added Cundy.
The remaining eight sports will now have to present additional information to the IPC addressing the issues identified in their applications and a further meeting will be held in Abu Dhabi on 30 January and 1 February.
"Our aim is to ensure that the final Tokyo 2020 Paralympic sports programme is fresh and features the best Para-sports possible," said IPC president Sir Philip Craven.
"Although we can have a maximum of 23 sports in six years' time, we have an option to reduce the number of sports in order to ensure we have a compelling and attractive Para-sports programme."
In a statement, the UCI say they will work closely with the IPC ahead of the meeting in Abu Dhabi
It went on: "The UCI remains fully committed to the promotion of para-cycling and looks forward to a positive dialogue with the IPC over the next few months to ensure that cycling continues to play its part in helping the Paralympic Games go from strength to strength."
The Tokyo Games will be held from from 25 August to 6 September 2020.
Great Britain has been one of the most successful Para-cycling nations since the sport made its Games debut in Seoul in 1988.
They topped the sport's medal table in Beijing in 2008 and also at London 2012 where they won 22 medals, including eight golds, in front of huge crowds at the Velodrome and Brands Hatch, where the road events took place.
The team's success continued this year with 18 medals, including 10 golds, in this year's Road and Track World Championships with Dame Sarah Storey winning gold medals at both events to follow up her four Paralympic golds in London.
A British Cycling spokesperson said: "It is disappointing news but Para-cycling was one of the big successes of London 2012 and we are confident the UCI and the IPC will act to ensure the sport retains its place on the Paralympic programme."
Parents of pupils at Horsforth School in Leeds have called the trip "disgraceful", "disgusting" and "appalling" on Facebook.
The school, an academy, has had sports trips to Italy and Spain in previous years.
HR director Lauren Robinson said the school wished to reiterate that it was not a compulsory trip.
A letter sent from the school's PE department said that children from years 8, 9 and 10 could stay for seven nights half-board at the Butterfly Beach Hotel in the south of the island.
Pupils from the football, netball and girls' football teams would play in three fixtures with local teams.
They would be given "traditional evening entertainment", a catamaran cruise, the option of going to a water park, and a special sports tour kit, the letter said.
Ms Robinson said the school's decision to offer the trip - an alternative destination to Italy and Spain - had been "driven partly by student views and partly by some shortcomings with the current arrangements".
The school said: "The cost of the Barbados trip is high but is balanced by a much larger number of more affordable events, from residential exchanges and study visits to single day trips and school-based events.
A parent on Facebook wrote: "Just wondering what people's thoughts are on Horsforth School deciding to do their sports tour to Barbados next year at a cost of £1650 per child?
"Personally I'm appalled and think it's really unfair to put this pressure on parents of either finding that sort of money or saying no to their child."
Linsi Tidswell said: "I've got two children and two step-children and I can't afford to spend that sort of money on four children - it's not fair to do for one what we can't do for the others.
"It's making a divide between parents that can afford it and parents that can't afford it. To me the school is excellent but it should be promoting equal opportunities for all children."
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Standing out in a field of green are more than 46,000 solar panels tapping the power of the bright sunlight and converting it into energy.
Located in the southern state of Kerala, Cochin is now the first airport in the world to run completely on solar power.
The airport started with a small pilot project by installing a solar energy plant with 400 panels on its rooftop in 2013. When that experiment succeeded, it decided to go all the way.
In August this year, the airport became totally self sufficient in meeting its energy needs after it installed a 12 megawatt solar plant close to the cargo terminal.
The airport's managing director VJ Kurian says it was the huge power bills that prompted them to look at greener solutions.
The airport, which is the seventh busiest in India handling more than 1,000 flights a week, consumes nearly 48,000 units costing 336,000 rupees ($5,160; £3,364) every day.
Today, with its solar power plant it produces more energy than it needs and banks the rest with the state power grid for rainy days and night-time requirements.
Mr Kurian says airports across the country have approached him to learn more about the "Cochin model". A team from Liberia is also interested to learn more about harnessing the sun's energy.
The installation of the solar plant cost nearly $9.5m (£6.27m) and took around six months to complete. The company is hopeful of recouping the costs in less than six years. So far it has been a smooth journey for the airport, says Mr Kurian.
The challenge though is just around the corner.
The airport is looking to inaugurate a new international wing in January comprising nearly 1.5m sq ft which will require more energy than what the existing plant is generating.
Additional solar panels will have to be set up if the authorities wants to hang onto the "first fully solar powered airport" tag.
Cochin may have shown the way forward but the rest of India is not far behind in tapping the vast potential of the sun. As most parts of the country receive sunshine for over 300 days a year, the possibilities are plenty.
Recognising this, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has outlined his vision of increasing the country's solar power capacity to 100,000 megawatts by 2022.
This is a dream that can be realised by having photovoltaic panels on the rooftop of every home in India, generating enough power to reduce the country's massive fuel bill and dependence on fossil fuels.
Solar energy is also a much cleaner source of energy than conventional forms of energy like thermal and nuclear. Considering the global debate on climate change, developing economies like India with its ever increasing need for energy to fuel growth can turn to the sun to power ahead.
But it is not a simple process, despite the presence of abundant sunshine.
As Ashish Khanna, chief of Tata Power Solar points out, "We don't have the [electricity] grid stability which can take the kind of power we are talking about. Also the quality of power is important."
"We in India are very cost conscious and when we are talking about rooftop power, people may take decisions involving inexpensive pieces of equipment that may not contribute to the kind of quality we are talking about. The challenge right now is that there are no standards in place."
Meanwhile, the solar plant at Cochin airport will produce 18 million units of power from the sun annually which is enough to meet the energy needs of 10,000 homes for one year.
The bonus is the environmental benefit of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by more than 300,000 metric tonnes which is equal to planting three million trees or not driving 750 million miles.
In a country where more than 300 million people still have no access to power, going solar may just be the solution that is needed to light up their lives.
Supriya Menon is a Kerala-based freelance journalist
"They never said a single word regarding this," Mr Assad told NBC News, referring to conversations with President Vladimir Putin and officials.
He said "only the Syrian people" would decide "when to come and when to go".
The US, which accuses Syria's leader of responsibility for atrocities, says he must go as part of a political transition to end the conflict there.
Russia has given the Syrian government strong diplomatic and military backing in its fight against rebels, but Mr Putin has said only a political solution can resolve the conflict.
Mr Assad's comments came as US Secretary of State John Kerry prepared to fly to Moscow for fresh talks about Syria.
The Syrian leader said he was not concerned about the possibility of Washington and Moscow agreeing a deal that would involve him stepping down.
"Because their politics, I mean, the Russian politics, is not based on making deals. It's based on values," Mr Assad said.
He said it "won't take more than a few months" until he regained full control of Syria.
He said "terrorism" in Syria had been pushed back "only when the Russians intervened" while the US was "not serious" about tackling so-called Islamic State.
"We wanted to defeat those terrorists, while the United States wanted to manage those groups in order to topple the government in Syria," he said.
In other comments, Mr Assad said Sunday Times reporter Marie Colvin had been "responsible" for her own death, when covering the conflict in 2012.
"It's a war and she came illegally to Syria. She worked with the terrorists, and because she came illegally, she's been responsible of everything that befall on her," he said.
Colvin's family recently said they were suing the Syrian government in the US for wrongful death.
Relatives said they had evidence that she was murdered as part of a policy of deliberately killing journalists.
Colvin was reporting from the rebel-held area of Baba Amr, in Homs, when she was killed by government artillery.
Shortly beforehand, she had done live broadcasts for the BBC, Channel 4 and CNN.
The B1069 remained closed at Snape where The Crown was not expecting to be able to reopen for a couple of weeks.
The pub said it had lost £2,000 worth of beer which had had to be condemned because the barrels had been covered by flood water.
The flooded Harbour Inn on the River Blyth at Southwold said it would not reopen until Wednesday at the earliest.
The Crown had 3ft (1m) of water in its kitchen and, while 40 turkeys drowned in their barn, they had moved their pigs and sheep elsewhere.
The pub has cleared its Christmas meal bookings diary until 22 December.
Landlady Theresa Cook said: "We put straw bales in the turkey barn thinking the birds would climb on to them, but unfortunately the water was still too high.
"We can get new carpets and we've sourced new electrical equipment, so it's a case of sorting the insurance and then we're hoping to get back in before Christmas."
The Environment Agency said two pumps were working to drain flood water back into the River Alde, and it estimated the B1069 would reopen by Friday.
Staff at the Harbour Inn on the north bank of the River Blyth moved its contents out before it was flooded by about 5ft (1.5m) of water.
Nick Attfield, landlord, said: "The river wall breached on the south bank opposite us flooding the Walberswick side, which saved us from worse on the Southwold side.
"If it hadn't, I think it could have have a worse effect than in 1953, but the water's maximum height was about a foot lower.
"The main cost is the loss of trade - we can still get insurance, but it's expensive and we have big excesses."
Mr Attfield said they had so far been able to move existing Christmas bookings to their other pub in Walberswick.
He was waiting for the outcome of electrical and environmental checks, but was confident he could reopen the pub by Wednesday.
Deputy Lord Mayor Shafique Shah joined veterans and members of the armed services in a special ceremony in Centenary Square at 11:00 BST.
It was one of dozens of events taking place around the country remembering those who fought in what's been described as the "forgotten war".
While the war in Europe ended in May 1945, the Japanese did not surrender until 14 August 1945.
It followed the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Paul Watson, from Birmingham and chairman of the Children of Far East Prisoners of War group, said it important to remember those who fought in the region.
"Sadly, many of the prisoners of war who returned from the Far East are no longer with us and so younger people often do not know about this important chapter in our history," he said.
"The suffering of many was immense."
The Queen attended a remembrance service in London, while a minute's silence was held at a ceremony in Tokyo.
Dr Derek Keilloh, from Aberdeen, was serving as a medical officer with the Queen's Lancashire Regiment in Basra.
Mr Mousa died with 93 injuries in British army custody.
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service ruled Dr Keilloh was aware of the injuries but failed to report them or examine other detainees.
Dr Keilloh had told the hearing, being prosecuted by the General Medical Council, there were no visible injuries as he tried to treat Mr Mousa before confirming his death.
Mr Mousa had been hooded with a sandbag for nearly 24 hours and suffered 93 injuries, including fractured ribs and a broken nose, during the final 36 hours of his life in the custody of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment.
Dr Keilloh had claimed he only spotted dried blood around the nose of the 26-year-old hotel receptionist.
The GP faced the misconduct hearing over allegations that he failed to ensure written records were made of medical examinations of civilian detainees.
He was also accused of failing to examine Mr Mousa, a father of two, not checking the condition of other detainees and not notifying senior officers about mistreatment.
The tribunal had heard Dr Keilloh was 28 at the time of the incident and new to his post, having been in the job eight weeks.
The doctor, who now works at Mayford House Surgery in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, had denied a cover-up but was found guilty of a series of failures.
He was found to have known of the dead man's condition, failed to have assessed other detainees or protect them from further mistreatment and not told senior officers what was going on.
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service said he engaged in "misleading and dishonest" conduct when, at courts martials and a subsequent public inquiry, he maintained under oath he saw no injuries to Mr Mousa's body.
The tribunal will now retire to decide whether his behaviour amounts to misconduct, and if so, what the penalty should be.
It has the power to suspend or strike off doctors they find guilty of misconduct.
General Medical Council lawyers asked for time to digest the findings and the panel will sit again on Monday.
Lawyers for Dr Keilloh said he would make no comment while the hearing was ongoing.
The panel ruled that while the injuries to Baha Mousa and others were the responsibility of British soldiers, there were "clearly failings by others with responsibility towards the detainees to have safeguarded their welfare".
A public inquiry concluded Mr Mousa's death was caused by a combination of his weakened physical state - due to factors including the heat, exhaustion, his previous injuries and the hooding and stress positions he was subjected to by British troops - and a final struggle with his guards at the detention centre at Army HQ in Basra.
Amber Rudd said sexual predators were "not restricted to any single ethnic group, religion or community".
Eighteen people have been convicted of forcing girls in Newcastle to have sex.
The convicted were mostly British-born, of Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Indian, Iraqi, Iranian and Turkish backgrounds.
Ms Rudd said: "This was an abhorrent case of sexual predators preying on young women and girls and I am pleased that they have been brought to justice."
She added: "I want to be absolutely clear that political and cultural sensitivities must never be allowed to get in the way of preventing and uncovering it."
The Home Secretary said the government was investing millions of pounds in enabling police to seek out and prosecute offenders.
"This has led to a huge increase in police activity and a marked rise in prosecutions and convictions," she said.
Operation Sanctuary, which was set up in 2013 to investigate claims of sexual abuse against young girls and women, was set up by Northumbria Police.
Convictions include rape, conspiracy to incite prostitution and supplying drugs.
Northumbria Police has said society "can't be afraid to have this discussion".
Earlier, Labour MP Sarah Champion said a fear of being called racist was preventing authorities from investigating the reasons behind child abuse cases.
The MP for Rotherham, where at least 1,400 children were found to have been exploited between 1997 and 2013, said it wasn't racist to explore whether there were any "cultural issues" involved in such cases.
She told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that gang-related child sexual exploitation involved "predominately Pakistani men" who were involved in such cases "time and time and time again".
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust announced it was to stop licensed fertility treatment, including IVF, at the University Hospital of Hartlepool.
Hartlepool Borough Council "summoned" the trust to the scrutiny meeting, but only a legal representative attended.
Hartlepool MP Iain Wright said the trust's decision was "contemptuous".
"I think there are serious questions to be answered and I think as a public body and with something as important as local hospital services, it's right that the trust is accountable to this council.
"I think it contemptuous and arrogant that the trust haven't taken the opportunity to be able to answer those very very serious questions at the meeting today," Mr Wright said.
The legal representative asked for an adjournment of the meeting, which was hoped to be a chance to put questions to the trust.
A trust spokesperson said: "The trust advised the council that they were not following a proper and due process by calling a clinician who is not an appropriate member of the clinical senate, qualified to give independent clinical advice to the council."
The trust said it made the decision to scrap services "reluctantly" after being unable to recruit enough embryologists.
Jake Turnbull from the Royal College of Nursing said: "The trust has claimed that the closure of this excellent unit is due to the fact that they can't recruit sufficient staff to the unit.
"But they were able to recruit to the unit as recently as May 2015, and in the three months to December 2015, they made no effort at all to recruit to the unit.
"If the real reason that they are closing the unit is because they want to remove a range of services from the hospital, then they should say so.
"They should also have a full public consultation, not do this on the sly."
Bev Andrews who had her daughter Rachel through IVF 21 years ago, said: "It's vital. We need this unit to stay open in Hartlepool... it will be a sad loss if it does all come to an end."
So-called "vulture fund" investors were demanding a full pay-out of $1.3bn (£766m) on bonds they hold.
Argentina has said it cannot afford to do so, and has accused them of using its debt problems to make a big profit.
A US judge had set a deadline of 04:00 GMT on Thursday for a deal. The crisis stems from Argentina's 2001 default.
Late on Wednesday evening, Argentina's Economy Minister Axel Kicillof said the investors had rejected the government's latest offer.
"Unfortunately, no agreement was reached and the Republic of Argentina will imminently be in default," Daniel Pollack, the court-appointed mediator in the case, said in a statement on Wednesday evening.
By Katy WatsonBBC South America Business reporter
When Argentina's Economy Minister flew to New York on Tuesday for the talks, people took that as a positive sign that the two sides were now talking.
But Axel Kicillof's lengthy address on Wednesday evening dashed those hopes - Argentina was not going to agree to anything that would compromise the country.
At the heart of this is a feeling that Argentina has been treated badly by the international financial system. Mr Kicillof made the point that the vultures always win and the people lose.
Just before the announcement was made there was a small rally in Buenos Aires' Plaza de Mayo, people handing out leaflets saying that the country wouldn't negotiate.
No doubt those people will be happy with the stand that Argentina has taken, but a default will make life harder. The country is already in recession and inflation is high.
Most people think the issue is too complicated - what they do know is that they want to just get on with their lives, whether the vultures are circling or not.
The latest default is expected to exacerbate problems in Argentina's recession-hit economy, analysts say.
However, the effect will not compare with the consequences of the country's economic meltdown in 2001-02, when savers' accounts were frozen to stop a run on the banks and violent street protests led to dozens of deaths.
"The full consequences of default are not predictable, but they certainly are not positive," Mr Pollack said.
Speaking at a news conference in New York, Mr Kicillof said Argentina would not do anything illegal.
The investors, also known as "hold-outs", are US hedge funds that bought debt cheaply after Argentina's economic crisis.
They never agreed to the restructuring accepted by the majority of bond-holders.
President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has described as vultures the minority bond-holders - including Aurelius Capital Management and NML Capital.
She accuses them of taking advantage of Argentina's debt problems to make large profits.
Ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) downgraded the country to "default" earlier on Wednesday, although the price of the bonds did not react.
S&P noted that it could revise the rating if Argentina were to find some way to make the payments.
The hedge funds are demanding Argentina make interest payments on debt which it defaulted on in 2001, even though it was bought at less than face value.
The US courts have blocked payments to other bondholders who agreed a separate deal with Argentina, until agreement with the "hold-outs" is reached.
Mr Kicillof said he planned to return to Argentina after the news conference, saying the country would do what is needed to deal with what he called an unfair situation.
He reiterated that Argentina could not pay the hedge funds without triggering a clause that would force it to renegotiate with bondholders who accepted new debt agreements.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) confirmed a total of 15,098 couples had legally married since 2014.
Of those, 7,366 were marriages while 7,732 accounted for conversions from civil partnerships.
The number of couples opting for civil partnerships fell by 70% between 2013 and 2014 it found.
Same-sex marriage became legal just after midnight on 29 March 2014, with several couples opting to tie the knot moments afterwards.
Peter McGraith and David Cabreza married at 00:01 BST at Islington Town Hall having been together for 17 years.
Mr McGraith said: "I don't think things have changed for us in many ways, we were already in a long-term relationship, we already had two kids, except the visibility of gay marriage across the world starts to make a difference.
"There have always been gay men and lesbians in long-term relationships that have quite happily survived within the context of family and community, but the law caught up with the existence, and I'm hoping in other countries legislation can give people a chance."
He added: "Gay men and lesbians don't want to be defined or constrained by notions of 'traditional' marriage, but the introduction of marriage equality around the world is a signifier of a kind of progress for sexual minorities."
The ONS said the most popular month to get married so far had been August 2014 with 844 marriages. The summer months traditionally see more marriages than the rest of the year.
It also revealed 55% of marriages were between female couples and 45% male with the average age being 37 for women and 40 for men.
Teresa Millward, who married Helen Brearley in Halifax on the day it became legal, said: "It was very overwhelming. Getting married was about creating a stability and having that option to have a family and I'm now no different to my brother, my neighbours or my friends."
Since their wedding the couple have become parents to a son, Hilton.
Ms Millward, who gave birth to Hilton, said: "Helen automatically became the second parent rather than having to do anything complicated with documents and it means if anything happens to me she has the same rights as I do as a Mum and would automatically be Hilton's second parent."
Just over half of the 15,000 weddings which have taken place have been for couples converting their civil partnerships to weddings, an option which became available in December 2014.
Couples wishing to do so must attend a register office or an approved premises to make the conversion official.
In May the Republic of Ireland voted to legalise same-sex marriage in a referendum which saw 62% of the votes cast in favour of amending the country's constitution.
Scotland legalised the convention in December 2014 with the first gay weddings taking place on Hogmanay.
Northern Ireland is currently the only place in the UK and Ireland that has not legalised same-sex marriage.
In a statement, Metropolitan Police said a house had been searched in County Antrim on Monday afternoon at about 16:20 GMT.
The boy was arrested on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offences.
He has been taken into custody at Antrim police station and is being questioned by detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
A search of the address is ongoing and inquiries continue.
The statement said this was a joint investigation involving the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), and detectives from the Metropolitan Police Cyber Crime Unit (MPCCU).
News that the TalkTalk website had been hit by a "significant and sustained cyber-attack" broke last Wednesday.
The phone and broadband provider, which has over four million UK customers, said banking details and personal information could have been accessed.
A criminal investigation was launched on Thursday.
The company said it did not know how much of their customer information had been encrypted.
Business leaders have called for urgent action to tackle cyber crime in the wake of the TalkTalk attack.
On Monday, MPs said an inquiry would be launched into the cyber-attack that could have put customers' details at risk.
Culture minister Ed Vaizey told the House of Commons the government was not against compulsory encryption for firms holding customer data.
Shares in the telecoms company fell more than 12% in Monday trading, extending its losses from last week, when news of the attack first emerged.
TalkTalk has said the cyber-attack was "smaller" than originally thought.
School budgets and the pupil premium for disadvantaged children would rise to protect them against rising costs.
The party also promises 15 hours free childcare for two-year-olds in England and more access to flexible working.
However, while it plans to reintroduce maintenance grants for the poorest students, there is no commitment to abolish tuition fees in England.
Instead, the Lib Dems promise a review of higher education finance in the next Parliament "to consider any necessary reforms, in the light of the latest evidence of the impact of the existing financing system on access, participation and quality".
Under the party's plans the devolved administrations of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland would gain similar amounts which they could choose to spend on education, bringing the overall UK total to about £7bn over the next Parliament.
The party's manifesto says UK schools are facing "an unprecedented funding crisis" and pledges to protect per-pupil funding in real terms and introduce a fairer national funding system "so that no school loses money".
It also says the Lib Dems would scrap the planned expansion of grammar schools in England and give local authorities "clear responsibility for local school places planning".
The party also promises free school meals for all primary schools in England.
The Lib Dems say too many teachers are leaving the profession.
They say they would end the 1% cap on teachers' pay rises and work to end "unnecessary teacher workloads".
There is also a pledge to ensure that all teachers are trained to identify mental health issues among pupils and that schools offer immediate access for pupil support and counselling.
The manifesto promises 15 hours of free childcare during term-time for all two-year-olds - currently 15 hours is available to the poorest 40%.
The party would then prioritise 15 hours of free childcare for all working parents in England with children aged between nine months and two years.
The early years pupil premium would increase from just over £300 to £1,000 a year per pupil.
There is also a commitment to "raise the quality of early years provision", with every formal early years setting expected to employ at least one person, by 2022, with an early years teachers qualification.
It proposes to expand shared parental leave "with an additional 'use it or lose it' month to encourage fathers to take time off with young children".
"We would make paternity and shared parental leave a 'day one' right," it adds.
It says the party would encourage employers to provide more flexible working, "so that there is a presumption that work is flexible unless there is a clear business reason it cannot be".
The manifesto says its commitments for education and the family would be funded by increasing income tax by a penny and raising corporation tax from 19% to 20%.
The National Day Nurseries Association welcomed the manifesto but said pledges had to be properly financed.
Chief executive Purnima Tanuku said: "While the Lib Dems set out some ambitious and worthwhile aims in their manifesto, there must be sufficient investment and strategic planning for these to be deliverable.
"In offering all two-year-olds 15 funded hours of childcare per week, the Lib Dems are committing to an expansion of the current system which is already struggling with underfunding.
"It is at least heartening that the Lib Dems acknowledge that any childcare promises to parents must be properly funded for nurseries to remain sustainable as businesses, but in committing to longer-term goals to provide 'free' childcare for all from nine months onwards, they are in danger of being overly ambitious."
The Association of School and College Leaders said it welcomed the commitment to improve education funding from both the Lib Dems and the Labour party.
General secretary Geoff Barton said: "Labour and the Liberal Democrats have recognised the importance of ensuring that schools and colleges are properly funded, and we are sure that the public will expect the Conservatives to invest in the future of our young people too."
The Sydney Sixers player was hit by a straight drive from ex-England batsman Michael Lumb as he practised on Monday before the Big Bash League semi-final against the Brisbane Heat.
Mennie, 28, was readmitted to hospital on Tuesday after further scans.
Cricket Australia says Mennie's injury is "stable" and will not need surgery.
Chief medical officer John Orchard said Mennie, who has played one Test and two one-day internationals, is in hospital as a "precautionary measure" and will continue to be assessed by a neurosurgeon to "determine the best course of action".
Earlier in the competition, Melbourne Renegades wicketkeeper Peter Nevill burst a blood vessel in his cheek when he was hit in the face by a cricket bat during a game.
In November 2014, Australia batsman Phillip Hughes died aged 25 two days after being struck on the top of the neck by a ball during a domestic match in Sydney.
The 28-year-old had come under pressure to take on British rival Kell Brook but said he was already deep in negotiations to fight someone else.
Khan, who announced the fight on his wife's YouTube channel, said the bout was likely to take place in New York in the 147lbs (welterweight) division.
The Bolton fighter said: "You can class him as an A-class opponent."
Algieri, 31, has been defeated in only one of his 21 fights, a loss on points to Manny Pacquiao in November during which he was knocked down six times.
"This is another fight which is going to bring a different style," added Khan, who is hoping for a meeting with the winner of Pacquiao's eagerly-awaited showdown with Floyd Mayweather.
"He knows how to box, he knows how to move well. He takes a decent amount of shots and he's got a decent amount of power.
"Hopefully this can lead me onto the bigger fights in the future, which we're all looking at."
Khan has also vowed to fight unbeaten IBF champion Brook, 28, at Wembley "within the next 12 months".
Engines from India, Russia and China among others are being introduced in a new film The Great Race.
The new engines are due to only feature in the film and won't be appearing in future TV episodes.
The producer of the film has denied claims the filmmakers had bowed to political correctness.
Ian McCue told the Telegraph: "The intention was to create this big global racing event and make it feel real. I would hope it will get youngsters asking about foreign countries."
The Great Race is the eleventh animated feature film for Thomas and the new characters are likely increase interest from international markets.
It is released worldwide from May 2016.
In the Great Race Thomas competes against the new international engines at the Great Railway Show.
The Flying Scotsman represents the UK, while Thomas competes to represent the island of Sodor where he lives.
Here are the new trains with their official biographies.
There are two engines from India in the film called Ashima and Rajiv.
Fearless Ashima comes from the Nilgiri Mountain Railway in Southern India, which is dangerous and difficult to climb.
Rajiv is a small tank engine from the East Indian Railway, who carries passengers and goods from Calcutta in the east up to the north of India.
Based on a Nacionale De Mexico 903 2-8-0, Carlos of Mexico is a proud and happy steam engine from the heart of Mexico.
Based on a SNCB Type 12.004, Axel of Belgium is a smooth streamlined tender engine built for speed.
Etienne of France is based on the SNCF DC BB 9004, he is a fast electric locomotive who has been setting world speed records in his home country.
Based on a DB Class 10 001-002, Frieda of Germany will be entering the Strongest Engine race in the film.
Gina of Italy is based on the Locomotiva FNM 200-05 and she can match the boys pound for pound when it comes to shunting freight in the yard.
Based on a TGM 23, Ivan of Russia is the only Diesel locomotive competing in the Great Railway Show.
Raul of Brazil looks like a diesel but he is in fact a steam engine based on a Sentinel 7109.
Based on a SteamRanger 520 Sir Malcolm Barclay Harvey, Shane of Australia is one of the Whispering Giants of the South Australian Railway - a big strong steam engine who was built for passenger and mixed freight work.
Based on an RM Class 4-6-2, Yong Bao of China once cleverly diverted an accident, saving hundreds of passengers and was decorated for his bravery and painted bright red, which is a colour that symbolises celebration and happiness.
Racing Vinnie of North America is big and strong but his competitive nature could be his downfall.
From the early 1990s until her final release from house arrest in 2010 she was a brave symbol of defiance against what was then a brutal military dictatorship.
Ms Suu Kyi's image was on student walls around the world, Bono even wrote a song about her. She became synonymous with the global struggle for democracy and human rights.
Now at liberty, living in the same Yangon house but in a much-changed country, Aung San Suu Kyi is free to speak her mind. But she's selective about her causes.
In parliament, where she sits as an opposition MP, the 69-year-old frequently criticises the government for the slow pace of reform, and restates her increasingly forlorn demands for constitutional change.
But on the persecution of Myanmar's most famously forgotten minority Ms Suu Kyi is silent.
For decades, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have lived in Rakhine State, near the country's western border with Bangladesh.
They've become well-known in the last few weeks, but long denied citizenship and freedom of movement, their misery is nothing new.
There's huge disagreement over how most of them got there, where they belong and what they should be called.
So, in a facile step that instantly alienates most of Myanmar, I'm going to put history to one side.
On a purely human level, there are currently about 800,000 people in western Myanmar, denied the most basic of rights and discriminated against due to the circumstances of their birth. They've been fleeing into the hands of cruel trafficking rings because they're poor and desperate.
From a simple human rights perspective it's a continuing outrage that should shame us all.
So why, despite the calls from around the world is Ms Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize winner, reluctant to raise her voice?
The simplest explanation, voiced repeatedly over the last few weeks, is that she's always been a pragmatic politician not a human rights activist.
By defending the Rohingya, Ms Suu Kyi would immediately put herself at odds with powerful Buddhist nationalist groups, potentially changing the dynamics of this year's all important general election.
An already unpredictable vote would become super-charged with religious and ethnic tensions.
There was some evidence of Ms Suu Kyi's extreme caution earlier this year when United Nations envoy Yanghee Lee visited.
After Ms Lee highlighted the plight of the Rohingya, the monk Ashin Wirathu delivered a vulgar speech describing the South Korean in derogatory terms.
It was demeaning and outrageous and the UN's human rights chief in Geneva soon called on all of Myanmar's leaders to condemn the monk.
Opposition leader Ms Suu Kyi remained silent.
That's despite Yanghee Lee being Asian, female, a human rights advocate and being described in the most misogynistic language possible in Ms Suu Kyi's home town. It didn't look good.
Aung San Suu Kyi's supporters say it's not because she doesn't care, but that she sees this sort of issue as a trap.
Giving a strong quote on the Rohingya or Yanghee Lee might hand out a bloody nose or two and satisfy the human rights lobby, but it won't actually change anything on the ground.
The big picture for Ms Suu Kyi they say, is to win the election in November and prepare the ground for the complex negotiations on power that will follow.
With ethnic minority parties likely to pick up a chunk of the seats, and a quarter automatically allocated to the army, Ms Suu Kyi's party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), needs to dominate the ethnically Bamar constituencies.
To do that she'll need the support of the monks and a solid claim to be patriotically defending the Buddhist state. Sadly there are only votes to be lost in Rohingya rights.
Myanmar's unwanted people
But there's another aspect to this.
Underpinning the demands for Aung San Suu Kyi to "speak out" is the assumption, particularly from abroad, that she's concealing her more liberal beliefs for political reasons.
Well what if she's not? Just because you've been given the Nobel Peace Prize doesn't mean you sign up to a particular set of values. Just ask Henry Kissinger.
Maybe Ms Suu Kyi agrees with the Burmese authorities that they need to act to make sure that Myanmar's character remains overwhelmingly Buddhist, and that Muslim populations are growing too rapidly. Would it be that surprising if she shared the widely held Burmese view that the Rohingya belong back in Bangladesh?
If parts of this debate are starting to sound familiar, blank out the ethnicities and the country's names. Put France, England, Eritreans or Syrians back in.
In European capitals these sort of views are being expressed every day by mainstream politicians about that continent's migrant crisis.
He will join his younger brother, All Blacks back Charles Piutau, who is already with the Midlands matchday-based club until the end of the season.
Wasps boss Dai Young has signed Piutau, 30, as cover for injured trio Alapati Leiua, Andrea Masi and Ben Jacobs.
In addition, Elliot Daly is on standby for England bench duty in Saturday's Six Nations opener at Murrayfield.
"We've been left a little bit short with injuries in the centres," said Young. "We're expecting Ben Jacobs to be back fit in the next few weeks but, with Elliot away on England duty, we needed to add a bit of depth.
"Siale's transition into the squad will no doubt be made slightly easier by having his brother here."
Wasps stand fifth in the Premiership, eight points adrift of the top four, going into Saturday's home game (14:00 GMT) with struggling Newcastle, when old boy Andy Goode is likely to make his return to the Ricoh Arena.
The Piutau brothers were both born in New Zealand, in Auckland, but Siale chose to represent Tonga, winning the first of his 24 caps in 2011.
Younger brother Charles, 24, who is already contracted to Ulster for the 2016-17 season, opted to take up the offer of a one-season deal with Wasps after being left out of New Zealand's ultimately victorious Rugby World Cup squad.
Piutau Sr did play at the World Cup, playing all four group games against Georgia, Namibia, Argentina and New Zealand.
The joint venture could generate $5bn (£3.3bn) in revenues over three years, said Powa's boss, Dan Wagner.
UnionPay Network Payments is owned by China UnionPay, which has 4.5 billion credit and debit card users worldwide.
Powa's technology enables shoppers to pay in-store and online by smartphone.
"This is undoubtedly a huge deal for Powa," said electronic payments expert, Dave Birch of Hyperion Consulting.
The joint venture, PowaTag UnionPay, will launch first in Guangdong Province, targeting 400,000 retailers, the company says, before rolling out to one million by the end of 2016.
"We have a target to reach at least 50 million consumers regularly using the platform within one year from launch," said PowaTag UnionPay's chairman, Mr Hu Jinxiong.
China's merchants - there are six million in total - will pay about 13p per transaction to the joint venture for access to the technology, said Mr Wagner.
The PowaTag system relies on digital tags - quick response (QR) codes - that can be attached to physical goods or inserted into self-service checkout screens, emails, websites, posters, images - even the audio from TV ads.
Wherever Chinese shoppers see the PowaTag UnionPay symbol they will be able to buy products by scanning them with their phones and tapping the "buy now" button, the company says.
US retail giant Walmart recently launched a similar quick pay system for mobiles in its stores.
China's Commerce Department says the "online to offline" market, whereby shoppers search for products online then complete the purchase in-store, grew 80% in the first half of 2015 and is worth about £31bn ($47bn).
"Why did China UnionPay decide to partner with a little British technology company?" said Mr Wagner. "We've trumped ApplePay and the rest of the world here."
State-owned China UnionPay, has been responding to the rapid take-up of smartphones across the country - about 68% of the population now has one.
On 12 December, it launched QuickPass - a "tap-and-go" payment system for mobile phones similar to Apple Pay and other digital wallets - in co-operation with more than 20 commercial banks.
QuickPass is already available at more than 10,000 locations in mainland China, says UnionPay, including at retailers such as Carrefour, McDonald's, and Costa.
"The Chinese market is going mobile very quickly," says Mr Birch. "And the integration of payment systems and messaging platforms such as WeChat is a very interesting development."
This latest deal with Powa will give Chinese shoppers yet another way to shop using their mobiles.
The National Union of Students says criminals are taking advantage of students coming from overseas with limited experience of the UK housing market.
National cybercrime analysts Action Fraud say in the year to September, more than 3,000 cases of rental fraud were reported to them, up by half on the previous year.
Police say a large number of cases involve international students.
Chiteisri Devi, who is 28 and from India, was recently conned by someone posting in a Facebook group for students looking for housing in London.
The student, who has been studying for an MA at University College London, ended up paying more than £2,000 for a flat which didn't exist.
She said: "I told the scammer I would think about it, but she told me I had to be fast.
"I wasn't really in my right mind because my granddad had recently died and I just really needed a place to get on with university work. So I tried to sort my accommodation out from India."
She says she is speaking out to stop other students falling victim to a housing scam, as cases of rental fraud are often under-reported.
"The scam artist sent me a tenancy agreement and bank details so it seemed 'legit'. But it wasn't long before funny stuff started happening.
"For example, she got in touch to say she wouldn't be there when I arrived in London, and that a lawyer would be there to give me the keys. That lawyer never showed up.
"When I finally realised it was a scam, I was really upset. The bank had been closed and my savings were gone."
She says she learned a vital lesson.
"In India, I never would have signed up for a property without viewing it first. In India, you're always cautious. But now I've realised wherever you are in the world, you don't pay for a place if you haven't seen it.
"If you're an international student and you have to find somewhere else to stay so you can view the property first, then it's worth doing that."
Meanwhile, one couple who moved to the UK from India and did not want to be named told BBC Asian Network they were shown a property in London by someone who had pretended online to be the landlord. They lost £1,000 after it emerged the man they met didn't own the property.
They said "it's very easy" for people to "make fools" of people who have recently moved to the UK.
Det Ch Insp Andy Fife, from the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau, said: "It's much harder to be sure of who you are dealing with when you are coming from overseas.
"With property prices being so high, a lot of people are renting and scammers are taking advantage of that.
Source: Action Fraud
"It's difficult to catch some of these scammers because they use fake details including names and addresses and mobile phones that aren't part of a contract. They remove all trace of themselves."
NUS international students' officer Mostafa Rajaai said: "Institutions have to play their role in protecting students who have no knowledge or experience of the UK housing market."
He called for more availability of guarantor schemes for international students which involve universities agreeing to lend students money for rent if they are unable to afford it.
Mr Rajaai continued: "With the vast majority of private providers requiring a UK-based guarantor or six months' rent up front, it is the responsibility of universities and colleges to act as guarantors for international students. By doing this, the risk of exploitation will be significantly reduced."
Chiteisri Devi's university UCL has this advice. Meanwhile, Facebook urges people to report content they believe is "questionable".
The Glenfiddich Collection 1937 fetched £68,500 at the Bonhams Whisky Sale.
Bonhams said it was the highest paid at auction for a bottle of Glenfiddich and a Scottish auction house record for the sale of a single malt.
The bottle was laid down in cask 843 at the Glenfiddich Distillery at Dufftown, Moray, in 1937.
It was bottled 64 years later in 2001.
Auctioneers estimated before the sale the bottle would fetch between £25,000 and £35,000. It was bought by a bidder in the Far East at the whisky sale on Wednesday.
The auction house said it was "highly unusual" for a single malt Scotch whisky of this age to have kept its strength, which is what made the bottle so special.
It is the oldest and rarest bottling ever undertaken at the distillery.
Bonhams Whisky specialist Martin Green said, "The record price reflects the exceptional rarity of the Glenfiddich Rare Collection 1937 and its great appeal to collectors everywhere."
The verdict comes from the World Economic Forum (WEF) which holds an annual meeting of business leaders in Davos in Switzerland each year.
The WEF puts Switzerland at the top of its latest ranking for the eighth year in a row, followed by Singapore and the US, with the UK at seventh.
However, the WEF warns that rising global protectionism is undermining economic growth and prosperity.
"A 10-year decline in the openness of economies at all stages of development poses a risk to countries' ability to grow and innovate," the WEF says.
It explained that the trend, based on a scrutiny of 130 economies, had been gradual and was mainly due "to a rise in non-tariff barriers, although three other factors are also taken into account: burdensome customs procedures; rules affecting FDI [foreign direct investment] and foreign ownership".
The WEF added: "It is most keenly felt in the high and upper middle income economies."
The report warns that attempts by some governments to stave off recession and stimulate economic growth via monetary polices such as quantitative easing have been ineffective.
The UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, said: "Today's report by the World Economic Forum, which ranks Britain as the 7th most competitive country, up from 10th in 2015-16, demonstrates our ability to sharpen our edge and improve our competitiveness," he said.
"This government will build on that progress, as we demonstrate to the world that Britain continues to be highly competitive and open for business."
Until last night. The Islington North MP was the "star turn" (apart from The Hennessys) at the traditional reception for Welsh delegates here in Brighton.
Mr Corbyn got a very warm reception from delegates, who liked what he had to say.
"England has a lot to learn from Wales," he said, praising the way the Welsh government had rejected the internal market in the NHS. "The party has a lot to learn from Wales."
I heard a similar message when I interviewed the new leader on the eve of the conference. We met in his new office at Westminster, which has the air of a work-in-progress - his computer had a hard drive but no monitor and the shelves featured more "congratulations" cards from north London neighbours than books.
We only had a few minutes - he did more than a dozen BBC nations and regions back-to-back - so I decided to touch base on a few issues rather than probe more deeply. You can see his answers here.
Mr Corbyn was well-briefed by Welsh Labour colleagues, whose record in health and education he defended. He mentioned Health Minister Mark Drakeford, the name no Labour leader is allowed to forget.
The unilateralist Labour leader was predictably dismissive of Carwyn Jones's suggestion that Wales would welcome Britain's Trident nuclear weapons system if it were forced out of Scotland.
My colleague James Williams asked the Welsh Labour leader if he saw Mr Corbyn as an asset in next year's elections, The response: "We look forward to welcoming him and the rest of the team to help in advance of 2016. It is a Welsh election. I'll be leading the campaign but of course we're grateful for any support we get from colleagues elsewhere."
Whether supported by "colleagues elsewhere" or not, Welsh Labour will be interested in the suggestion of a "Corbyn bounce" in this YouGov poll for ITV Wales and Cardiff University,
With just 30 minutes of work they believed they could do enough damage to stop the world wide network operating for a couple of days.
They told people about what they found but not in a chat channel or discussion forum. They did it in a much more public place. In the US Senate, in fact. In front of its Committee on Governmental Affairs.
At the time Mr Wysopal and his friends were part of a Boston-based hacker collective called L0pht Heavy Industries. They testified using their hacker handles. Alongside Mr Wysopal (aka Weld Pond) were Mudge, Space Rogue, Brian Oblivion, Kingpin, Tan and Stefan Von Neumann.
It was a pivotal, if surreal, moment. Pivotal because the hacking group, which the committee's chairman described as "rock stars of the computer world", was giving advice rather than being accused of causing trouble.
L0pht had been founded with a view to helping change that perspective, said Mr Wysopal.
"The fact that people were getting found and detected and arrested meant it was real and we did not want to go down that path," he told the BBC.
The L0pht's testimony in the Senate generated headlines around the world. Hackers were no longer considered just unruly kids. They were on their way to becoming the security gurus and guardians they are regarded as today.
It took about 15 years for that shift in perspective to take hold and for the image of hackers as teenage troublemakers to fade.
Mark Abene was one of those teenage hackers. He got started in the early 80s before the net was widespread, before Google was founded and about the time Mark Zuckerberg was born. The connection software he used on his 8-bit TRS 80 home computer came on a cassette tape and he had to dial numbers each time he wanted to make a connection.
When he did connect he frequented places known as Bulletin Board Systems (aka BBS') which at that time were all text-based.
"Initially I was just looking for people with the same computer I had to trade software," he said. "Then I found out about mini-computers and mainframes and got interested in accessing those."
He discovered them because many of the BBS' he visited were repositories of text files that detailed how to dial them up, how to interact with them and how to program them. The files were compiled by others who frequented the boards and were happy to share them with any other visitor.
His interest in security grew as an unintended consequence of the time he spent exploring the US phone network.
"That kind of exploration was kind of like a game, it was a really big adventure," he said. "I had no idea what I was going to find at the end of the carrier and that's what made it more interesting.
"The interest in security was tangential," he added.
"We just wanted to maintain access or improve it and to do that we had to understand the security mechanisms," said Mr Abene. "Not because we thought we would get caught and arrested and get put in jail, but because we didn't want to get noticed. That would have meant they would change the password and we'd lose access and then it would be no fun anymore."
Mr Abene and his friends were not alone in exploring. The hacker sub-culture was growing with the help of 2600 - a magazine which published useful information and, just as importantly, helped organise meetings for like-minded network explorers all around the US.
"It was about connecting people to each other," said Eric Corley, founding editor of 2600, "about finding people that share your interests."
"Getting to know people who know your views and understand them, and helping you realise you are not alone is a good thing," he said.
The ethics of what it meant to be a hacker were also solidified in those days of innocent discovery. And it was innocent not just because in the early 1980s there were no laws in the US or other nations which prohibited unauthorised access to telephone and computer networks.
There was no need, said Mr Abene, as most of the hackers were curious rather than destructive.
"It was never about attacks and never about monetary gain," he said. "The underlying principle was to understand the system and make some kind of logic out of the chaos."
The innocence began to fade in the mid-to-late 80s when laws were passed to tackle those trespassing on computer and phone networks.
Arrests followed and many of those hacking pioneers, including Mr Abene, faced charges for trespassing on the networks where they had previously had free rein.
"We could do anything and go into anywhere," he said. "It was liberating and there will never be a time like that again."
The over-arching ethic of that time has been preserved, said Mr Corley, and has led to a time when those teenagers are now pillars of the establishment. They are helping to keep safe what they once ran rings around. The skills they learned in those dawning days are now in wide demand.
"They have become more mature and responsible because they have to feed their families but they held on to their values and that's an admirable thing," he said. "They profit from their skills but that's not why they started out, that came from their passion for these things."
Mr Cope, an ally of ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy, won 50.03% of the vote, defeating ex-PM Francois Fillon, who polled 49.97%, by just 98 votes.
The final result was delayed for more than 24 hours.
Mr Cope, the UMP secretary general, is on the right of the party, while Mr Fillon is seen as more of a centrist.
Party grandees had urged the two candidates to end their war of words, warning that the UMP had been damaged.
Mr Cope, 48, said he had telephoned Mr Fillon, 58, to ask him to join him at the heart of the UMP "because our opponents are on the left".
"My hands and my arms are wide open," he told supporters after the result was announced.
"It is in that state of mind that I telephoned Francois Fillon this evening, it is in that state of mind that I asked him to join me."
Mr Fillon, speaking after his rival's victory speech, mentioned "many irregularities" in the electoral process but stopped short of rejecting the result.
He also warned of a deepening split in the UMP.
"What strikes me is the rift at the heart of our political camp, a political and moral fracture," he said.
Opinion polls had consistently given Mr Fillon the edge, but initial results on Sunday showed a narrow lead for Mr Cope.
Profile: Jean-Francois Cope
The UMP held the presidency of France for 17 years, until May, when Socialist candidate Francois Hollande defeated Mr Sarkozy's bid for a second term.
The two candidates have different visions for the party.
Mr Cope is considered more right-wing. Last month he produced "A Manifesto for an Uninhibited Right" in which he claimed that gangs in the city suburbs were fostering "anti-white racism".
Mr Fillon is seen as sober and more restrained.
The winner will inherit a party in difficult financial straits, after a series of electoral setbacks over the past five years, culminating in Mr Sarkozy's presidential defeat to Socialist rival Francois Hollande.
Environment body Natural Resources Wales said about 500 fish, including juvenile salmon and adult brown trout, were found in the River Cain near Llansantffraid-ym-Mechan on Friday.
Water samples and tests of the affected fish have been taken to establish the cause.
Jess Poole, of NRW, said there was no obvious signs of pollution and the water appeared clear.
She added it could take several years for fish populations in the river to recover.
Officers are already investigating the cause of a separate incident which killed about 100 fish on Anglesey.
Plans to place the plaque at their former home in the Fosse Andre, in St Peter Port, have been submitted.
John Herbert Le Patourel was a leader in the field of medieval studies, a professor at the University of Leeds and a fellow of the British Academy.
His younger brother Herbert was serving in Tunisia in 1942 when he was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions.
Helen Glencross, secretary to the blue plaque panel, said of John Herbert Le Patourel: "He was an eminent professor in medieval history archivist, he wrote about Guernsey and its history and was also archivist to the Royal Court [of Guernsey] and one of the founding members of the Guernsey Society."
Born in 1909, John Herbert Le Patourel attended Elizabeth College and Jesus College in Oxford before becoming a lecturer.
His most well-known work, The Norman Empire, published in 1976, has been called a major landmark in Anglo-Norman studies.
He also wrote about many aspects of the history of the Channel Islands including flora and fauna as well as political, economic and administrative history.
Herbert Wallace Le Patourel was born in 1916 and after attending Elizabeth College worked in banking for four years, during which time he served as a lieutenant in the Royal Guernsey Militia before joining the regular army.
On 9 March 1943 was awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously for "conspicuous gallantry" after he led four volunteers to silence several machine gun posts, continuing the attack on his own after the others had been killed or injured.
Later on he was found to be alive as a prisoner of war in Italy and he was repatriated in 1943.
Later promoted to Lieutenant Colonel he was given an official welcome to the island in 1948.
A public consultation on the plans runs until 16 January with a decision due to be taken after that date.
Victoria Cross citation
Herbert Wallace Le Patourel, Captain (temporary Major) 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
"On the afternoon of the 3rd December 1942, the enemy had occupied an important high feature on the left of the company commanded by this officer. Counter attacks by a company of another Battalion and detachments of Major Le Patourel's company had been unable to regain the position.
This officer then personally led four volunteers under heavy fire to the top in a last attempt to dislodge several enemy machine guns. The party was then heavily engaged by machine gun fire, and Major Le Patourel rallied his men several times and engaged the enemy, silencing several machine-gun posts.
Finally, when the remainder of his party were all killed or wounded, he went forward alone with a pistol and some grenades to attack enemy machine guns at close quarters and from this action did not return. From reports received from wounded men, this officer died of wounds.
Major Le Patourel's most gallant conduct and self sacrifice, his brilliant leadership and tenacious devotion to duty in the face of a determined enemy were beyond praise."
Known for walking around with his trademark prayer beads and a stick, he was reputed to be one of the world's most eccentric and ruthless leaders.
Born in May 1965, he came to power in 1994 as a 29-year-old army lieutenant in a country portrayed in tourist brochures as an idyllic holiday destination.
He became a portly president who portrays himself as a devout Muslim with miraculous powers, such as the power to cure people of Aids and infertility. He also believes that homosexuality threatens human existence.
Mr Jammeh divorced his first wife Tuti Faal and subsequently married two other women, though his official website refers only to Zineb Yahya Jammeh, who holds the title of First Lady.
According to The Gambia's privately owned Point newspaper, he married his second wife, Alima Sallah, in 2010, but Mr Jammeh's office issued an instruction that she should not be referred to as First Lady - in contrast to South Africa where all four wives of President Jacob Zuma hold the title.
"She is not to be addressed as the First Lady because, according to protocol, there can only be one First Lady and, in this case, that is Madam Zineb Yahya Jammeh," the newspaper quoted the presidency as saying.
Mr Jammeh won four multi-party elections before he was finally defeated.
After his 2011 victory, in a sign that his credibility among African leaders had plummeted, the regional body, the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas), refused to endorse his victory, saying voters and the opposition had been "cowed by repression and intimidation".
His decision to withdraw from the Commonwealth in 2013, which had been pushing for reforms in the tiny West African state, was a further sign of Mr Jammeh's growing isolation.
In an interview in 2011 with the BBC's Focus on Africa radio programme, Mr Jammeh said he did not fear a fate similar to Libya's killed leader Muammar Gaddafi or Egypt's ousted President Hosni Mubarak.
"My fate is in the hands of almighty Allah," he told the BBC.
"I will deliver to the Gambian people and if I have to rule this country for one billion years, I will, if Allah says so."
Mr Jammeh said he was not bothered by the criticism of human rights groups.
"I will not bow down before anybody, except the almighty Allah and if they don't like that they can go to hell," he said.
Mr Jammeh is known for expressing bizarre views. In 2007, he claimed that he could cure Aids with a herbal concoction - a view condemned by health experts.
Later, he also claimed that he could cure infertility among women.
Mr Jammeh is also known for his virulent opposition to gay rights, having once threatened to behead gay people.
In a 2014 address to the UN General Assembly, Mr Jammeh lamented that Western governments were pushing for homosexuality to be legalised.
"Homosexuality in all its forms and manifestations which, though very evil, anti-human as well as anti-Allah, is being promoted as a human right by some powers," he said.
The Gambian government's treatment of journalists and opposition parties has also caused huge concern among human rights groups.
Mr Jammeh's government has been under intense pressure to solve the murder of the editor of The Point newspaper, Deyda Hydara.
Gunned down in 2004, he has become a symbol of the campaign for press freedom in The Gambia.
The international media group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said there was "absolute intolerance of any form of criticism" in The Gambia, with death threats, surveillance and arbitrary night-time arrests of journalists "who do not sing the government's praises".
In the BBC interview, Mr Jammeh denied his security agents had killed Mr Hydara.
"Other people have also died in this country. So why is Deyda Hydara so special?" he said.
In August 2013, Mr Jammeh used a speech to celebrate the Muslim festival of Eid to announce that all prisoners on death row would be executed, effectively ending a moratorium that had been in place for 27 years.
"There is no way my government will allow 99% of the population to be held to ransom by criminals," Mr Jammeh said at the time.
Nine people were executed, including Alieu Bah, a former lieutenant in the army who was arrested and jailed in 1997 for plotting to oust Mr Jammeh.
He agreed to halt further executions, following unprecedented pressure from the African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU).
His defeat came as a huge surprise, given that he ran one of the most feared intelligence agencies in Africa, with its tentacles spread across the country - so much so that until the election, people in cities and villages feared speaking ill of the man who is officially referred to as his "His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Doctor Yahya AJJ Jammeh Babili Mansa".
In 2015, he added the title "Babili Mansa" - a Mandinka-language honorific which can be translated as "chief bridge builder" or "conqueror of rivers".
The Volkswagen Golf was carrying a group of young people when it crashed at 00:20 BST, police said.
Five were airlifted from the scene, near the Lizard, Cornwall, while four were taken to hospital by ambulance.
Police have appealed for witnesses to the crash, near Goonhilly Earth Station.
Brian Howard, 36, has been charged with one count of destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities in connection with the fire in the building's basement.
Mr Howard was found with burns and self-inflicted wounds. Investigators say he used petrol to light the blaze.
By Friday afternoon flights in and out of the airports were slowly resuming.
More than 850 flights were cancelled in Chicago alone and many already in the air were redirected.
In a statement, the FBI said Mr Howard was charged on Friday but remained in hospital recovering from his injuries. No court date has been scheduled.
"We believe he set the fire and he used some kind of accelerant," Aurora Police Chief Greg Thomas said in a news conference on Friday.
The building was damaged by the fire and the water used to extinguish the blaze.
Officials said they did not yet have a possible motive for the act but said Mr Howard was a contractor for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and was authorised to be in the building. He had no ties to terrorism.
The fire broke out just before 06:00 local time (11:00 GMT) on Friday morning in the Aurora, Illinois, air traffic control building, 40 miles west (64km) of Chicago.
Air traffic control officials said the radio frequencies with which they worked went dead and the control system was immediately shifted to a back-up system, the Chicago Tribune reported.
Workers used the back-up system until they were forced to evacuate.
"The [radio] frequency failed," a unnamed controller told the newspaper. "Depending on how bad the fire was, it could be a real mess getting things back to normal."
One man was treated for smoke inhalation at the scene but no-one else was injured.
FAA spokeswoman Elizabeth Cory said management of the region's airspace was transferred to another facility as the Aurora centre was evacuated.
By Friday afternoon, flights already on their way to Chicago were allowed to continue but landed at a slower pace.
Flights were taking off at a slower rate as well and air safety officials said they did not know when full service would be restored.
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Not far from the River Clyde in the west end of Glasgow, an old industrial site, which has sat empty for years, is getting a new lease of life.
Over the past two months 500 shipping containers arrived and the huge metal boxes were stacked on top of each other seven storeys high to provide accommodation for the city's ever-growing student population.
The big blue steel containers were made in a factory in China and they are fitted out to the "specification" required by the construction company.
The boxes were transported by sea to the port of Southampton before making their journey by road to Glasgow.
Marc Carter, the managing director of True Student, which is responsible for the flats, says: "A very large 500-tonne mobile crane was used to load them on to the site much like you or I would have loaded Lego when we were small.
"It is a little more technical than that but it is essentially a Lego system of construction and we can go up to 15 storeys tall."
The pace of the building project has been remarkable.
In less than 10 weeks, the empty site has been transformed into housing for 500 students.
And as part of the grand design, there will be a karaoke room, a cinema and a helter-skelter slide between floors.
Mr Carter says: "The current student population are more discerning than we might have been at their age. So the build finish is a high specification."
The Lego block construction method brings advantages of speed and efficiency but the cost benefits can disappear if the builder tries to do anything too fancy with stacking arrangements.
So there have been concerns that the housing built by this method is uninspiring and uniform.
According to Mr Carter, there has not been much opposition to the building method from locals, although some people may have been "perplexed" by it.
He says: "They have seen a site that has suddenly become home to 500 blue shipping containers. It looks like a port.
"Once it is finished they won't recognise it as a shipping container system. It will be clad like any other modern building and will perform in the same way.
"The method of construction becomes irrelevant once the construction is finished and it's occupied."
Off-site building has come a long way since the 1940s when more than a million cheap and cheerful pre-fab homes were built to meet the post-war housing shortage.
Stephen Good, from the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre, says: "There are obviously connotations with the terminology of using the word 'prefabs' and the thought of living in converted shipping containers.
"But these are completely different to prefabs of the past in terms of the way they are manufactured and the precision engineering."
One successful off-site construction already popular in Glasgow is the athletes' village for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
The homes the sports stars stayed in were built off-site and helped to transform a run-down area.
Mr Good says: "There is huge potential. They are arguably the future for a range of different constructions driven by concerns such as health and safety, speed, efficiency and reducing waste."
He says they can be used for anything from domestic accommodation to hotels and even hospital buildings.
Mr Good says Scottish companies are keen to get in on the action and have been coming up with "innovative" off-site methods.
"There are Scottish companies who can supply completely finished homes right down to the mirrors in the bathroom," he says.
"The market potential for them in a UK sense is absolutely huge."
He says off-site construction allows "multi-skilled technicians in lab coats" to assemble buildings as opposed to on-site tradesman battling against the vagaries of the weather.
"The opportunity to assemble buildings in a factory environment allows you to control materials so the quality is not subject to the conditions we have to put up with on-site," he says.
Mr Carter agrees, saying: "One of the big advantages is speed. The development takes about 20% less time on site which obviously has a big effect on economics.
"We also get a great deal more certainty in terms of the quality of the product."
Vaughn was also famous for his role as Lee in the Magnificent Seven, and television roles in Hustle and Coronation Street.
The actor died after a battle with acute leukaemia, his manager, Matthew Sullivan, told the BBC.
Vaughn died in New York on Friday morning surrounded by his family, he said.
David McCallum, from the hit TV show NCIS, who as Illya Kuryakin starred alongside Vaughn in The Man From UNCLE, told TVLine.com he was "utterly devastated" by the news.
"Robert and I worked together for many years and losing him is like losing a part of me. My deepest sympathies go out to Linda and the Vaughn family," he said.
Vaughn, who was "a few months shy of 84" had been seeking treatment for his leukaemia, Mr Sullivan said.
"He was a great human being. I enjoyed every day of working with him," he said.
Vaughn had only recently finished two projects - an appearance on Law and Order: SVU, and a starring role in the upcoming film Gold Star, about a young woman caring for her dying father.
Famous films Vaughn worked on included Bullitt and Towering Inferno, both with Steve McQueen, and he took the role of the villain in Superman III.
He was also well-known in Britain for his 1970s appearance as Harry Rule in the ITV series, The Protectors.
The plot featured three wealthy individuals getting together each week, usually in exotic locations, to solve crimes and protect the innocent.
Though extremely popular, it was later described by Vaughn in his autobiography as "tasteless junk".
Decades later, he would have another hit UK series with Hustle, a BBC series in which he played elderly con man Albert Stroller, responsible for setting up potential targets for a younger generation of grifters.
He is survived by his wife Linda and two children, Cassidy and Caitlin Vaughn.
On social media, fans paid tribute to his work.
"Robert Vaughn, such a fine actor, one of the best Columbo villains (no higher praise than that) and an utterly charming man," tweeted Stephen Fry.
Actor Jon Donahue said: "As an 80s kid, I grew up with Superman III... Robert Vaughn was a badass!" referencing Vaughn's role as Superman's nemesis.
Gavin Free, creator of the YouTube series The Slow Mo Guys paid tribute to Vaughn's work ethic. "I got to work with him on Hustle five years ago. He did his own slow mo stunts that day while in his late 70s," he wrote.
Fellow fictional secret agent, Sir Roger Moore, whose incarnation of James Bond came several years after The Man From UNCLE, said he was sorry to hear the news.
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Costing an estimated £100m, it would dwarf the original domed biomes built on the site of a former clay pit in southwest England.
He said it would be an "iconic building" to demonstrate the region's commitment to sustainability.
The site at Qingdao is mid-way between Beijing and Shanghai, where the water sports were held in the 2008 Olympics.
A contract to build a "China Eden" was signed after a meeting in London between executives from the original Cornish venue and business leaders in the UK for China's state visit.
This will be the Eden Project's first big overseas building venture. The educational charity has been in discussions with the Chinese for two years.
The China Eden will be developed in partnership with China Jinmao Holdings Limited.
Preparing to address delegates at the Bristol Business Summit, the co-founder of the Eden Project told BBC News that he was tremendously excited to be working with the Chinese.
"Qingdao was a German colony. So it's like a little Munich, completely untouched, because it didn't have the vagaries of the cultural revolution happening," Sir Tim said.
"We are going to be building on a new part of the city that will make a complete horseshoe.
"If you imagine the site that the Sydney Opera House occupies - well, it's that kind of site. We are going to construct an iconic building to demonstrate Qingdao's commitment to sustainability."
He added that it had the potential to be instantly recognisable worldwide.
Since the original Eden Project opened in Cornwall in 2001, more than 16 million people have visited and it has reportedly generated £1.6bn for the wider economy.
Sir Tim said it was important to be engaging with China, to look beyond the stereotyp
He described China's development over the last 50 years, to lift the vast majority of its population out of poverty, as "the most staggering act of development in the history humankind".
He said: "They have had to get there by taking some huge risks. They have knowingly sacrificed the environment. Their best guess is that they should change from being a huge growth economy in terms of consumerism, to being a huge growth economy in terms of sustainable development.
"The health issues in China are very significant as a reason of environmental degradation. So they know that.
"The young Chinese are hugely exciting because they recognise the challenge and they think they are up for it; and the Eden Project - and what we stand for - sits very comfortably within their vision of the future for China.
"They believe they need a number of iconic places that, in effect, symbolise that change."
Seamer Zak Chappell (2-44) dismissed Mitchell Claydon (24) and Calum Haggett (13) as the visitors were 264 all out.
The hosts fell to 17-2 as openers Angus Robson and Paul Horton were both caught behind by Adam Rouse.
But an unbeaten 159-run third-wicket stand between Cosgrove and Neil Dexter (57 not out) helped Leicestershire recover to close on 174-2.
Rain and snow meant only 45 overs bowled on the third day,
Kent paceman Mitchell Claydon told BBC Radio Kent: "Darren Stevens, who's played 20 years of county cricket, said that's as cold as he's ever been on a cricket pitch, probably the worst conditions he's ever played in.
"The umpire had his light meter out there with him and at one stage it said (the temperature was) minus four.
"The lads had two pairs of pants on, five tops including two jumpers. It was pretty horrible.
"We waited so long to get the ball in our hands and actually get out there, we've probably gone at it a little bit too eager, if we're honest."
The incident took place on Tuesday night at Yongah Hill centre north of Perth, government officials said.
"This person and two detention service providers who rendered assistance are receiving appropriate medical care," officials said in a statement.
The Afghan man, 40, sustained burns to 90% of his body, local media said.
Refugee advocates last month called for an inquiry into conditions at Yongah, after the death of a 27-year-old Afghan detainee who was attacked in a brawl at the centre.
The centre holds migrants seeking asylum and visa holders facing deportation for committing violent crimes.
Australia has adopted tough laws regarding people seeking asylum.
Anyone who arrives by boat is held on offshore detention centres in places such as Papua New Guinea and Nauru.
It also has a number of mainland detention centres, such as the one at Yongah Hill.
The man, who wrapped himself in a sheet and poured accelerant on himself, was flown to the Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth, reported the West Australian newspaper.
Coleman guided Wales to the Euro 2016 semi-finals a month after signing a new two-year contract with the Football Association of Wales (FAW).
The 46-year-old has not been approached either formally or informally.
"We have had no contact whatsoever from the club regarding the speculation," said an FAW spokesman.
"All talks with Chris have been on how we can move forward after Euro 2016."
Bruce left Premier League new boys Hull after a breakdown in his relationship with vice-chairman Ehab Allam.
Roberto Martinez, sacked by Everton in May, and former Unites States coach Bob Bradley have also been linked with the vacancy.
Bruce, 55, joined the Tigers in 2012 and led them to promotion to the Premier League twice and also an FA Cup final appearance in 2014, losing to Arsenal.
As a player, Swansea-born Coleman won 32 caps for Wales and captained Fulham when they won promotion to the First Division in 1998-99.
Coleman's playing career was cut short after he suffered a broken leg in a car crash in 2001.
Appointed manager by Fulham in April 2003 but was sacked by the Craven Cottage club four years later.
Later managed Real Sociedad, Coventry and Greek club Larissa before taking the Wales job in January 2012 following the death of his friend and former team-mate Gary Speed.
Coleman, who last managed in the Premier League with Fulham in 2007, has already said the 2018 World Cup campaign will be his last in charge of Wales.
FAW chief executive Jonathan Ford said earlier in July that he was hopeful Coleman would honour his two-year contract extension.
But Ford acknowledged it would be difficult to keep Coleman if he decided he wanted to manage a club side before then.
"At the end of the day we do have a contract that's been signed, but like anything, if somebody desperately says 'Well I'm not going to do the job', you're going to have a tough time keeping him," Ford said.
"There are procedures and there are policies in place with regards to if that does happen, but let's hope it doesn't."
The former Swansea City, Crystal Palace and Blackburn Rovers defender has also managed Coventry City, Real Sociedad in Spain and Greek side Larissa.
Wales begin their World Cup qualifying campaign against Moldova at Cardiff City Stadium on 5 September.
Coleman has been in charge of 38 internationals since his appointment in January 2012 and has overseen a remarkable transformation in Wales' - and his own - fortunes.
He made the worst start of any Wales manager, losing his first four games, but guided his country to their first appearance at a major tournament for 58 years with qualification for Euro 2016.
Yusuf Sonko was found injured in Tagus Street, Toxteth, on Friday evening and later pronounced dead.
The bikes, which police said had been damaged by fire, were found on the corner of Corinto Street and Upper Stanhope Street on Wednesday night.
Two people have been held on suspicion of murder in connection with the death.
Det Ch Insp Mark Tivendale, of Merseyside Police, said: "I would appeal to anyone who lives in the area around Upper Stanhope Street who may have seen anyone riding these bikes in the past few days, or seen anyone acting suspiciously on the patch of land at the junction of Corinto Street to get in touch.
"I would also ask any taxi drivers with dash-cam footage or anyone with CCTV footage that may be relevant to get in touch."
He added officers were "keeping an open mind into the motive for the shooting" and renewed an appeal for witnesses to contact them.
A post-mortem examination found Mr Sonko died from a single gunshot wound to the head. Police have said they believe the attack was targeted.
A 21-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder has been released on bail pending further inquiries.
A 17 year-old boy, also held on suspicion of murder, has been released under investigation.
Cambridgeshire police saw the Huracan model near to the force's base in Parkside, Cambridge, on Sunday.
The vehicle, which retails from about £180,000, was then photographed being towed away on a recovery truck.
In a tweet, its roads policing unit said: "Even Lamborghinis need insurance." It added: "He was stopped outside the station!"
Six teams have had the best female cricketers from our shores and beyond shared between them before the Twenty20 competition starting on 30 July. The hope is that the success, and the profitability, of the men's game can be emulated.
At the forefront of the competition will be Lancashire Thunder's Kate Cross.
When we look back at this in another 20 years we'll think 'this is where it all took off'
The 24-year-old bowler is one of the brightest talents in the English game, and will be aiming to grow into a key figure under new coach Mark Robinson's regime, which has already dispensed of the services of iconic captain Charlotte Edwards and fellow stalwart Lydia Greenway.
Achievements such as her 8-47 for Heywood CC, the month after she became the first woman to play in the Central Lancashire League in 2015, have helped raise the profile of the women's sport higher than it has ever been.
But while the hope is that competitions such as the Super League will help cricket become a viable career for young sportswomen, the sport's current flagbearers could never have hoped for such developments at a similar age.
"For girls like me, when we were 10 we could never consider cricket as a career, cricket always came second," Cross told BBC Get Inspired.
"Now, if a girl at 10 has the mind state that she's going to play cricket for England she can just work towards that.
"I was the first girl accepted into the Lancashire academy and I remember there was so much media around.
"I remember reading an article online and someone had commented on the bottom saying 'women should be in the kitchen', saying that because I couldn't play first-team cricket for Lancashire then their investments were wrong and I was taking the place of a boy.
"There was always that stigma about me being in the academy.
"But now you're seeing the likes of Deandra Dottin from the West Indies and Australia's Meg Lanning who are getting close to comparing to the men - Dottin can hit the ball further than some men I know.
"So I do think that it will always be a different game, but I think that the comparisons are getting smaller and smaller."
As that gap gets smaller, so interest in the women's game grows.
Cross was one of just nine English players to compete in the inaugural Women's Big Bash League in January, an experience she described as "absolutely brilliant".
That came hot on the heels of England's first central contracts for women in 2014 and the BBC and Sky's groundbreaking live broadcast of every ball of the 2015 Ashes.
And the Bury seamer believes that the increasing willingness to invest in women's cricket is ample proof that it is a sport that has its best days before it.
"A lot of people I've spoken to didn't even know that women's cricket existed, so for the Women's Big Bash and the Super League to be created it's just such a big move," she said.
"When we look back at this in another 20 years we'll think 'this is where it all took off'.
"I think what makes this such big news is people are willing to invest so much time, funding and interest into the women's game.
"This is going to go down in history as the biggest time for women's cricket."
For Cross and her peers that will, all being well, mean two things are likely to change in their lives.
First, their level of exposure to cricket - and its spectators - will increase exponentially.
Currently, there is concern over the gap between the domestic circuit and the international sport.
Fingers crossed people will really get on board with it, come along and watch women's cricket
And with the international calendar looking sparser than some would like, and certainly more frugal than that of their male counterparts, the chance to spend more time on the pitch is certainly welcomed.
But more than that, it is the hype the Super League is raising and the appetite to be involved in big events that has the Lancastrian excited.
"As a player you have certain things that you want to tick off," she said.
"If you look at the fixtures, Lancashire are playing Yorkshire at Old Trafford. I've always wanted to play at Old Trafford, so that'd be a dream come true.
"Things like that are big news, and when I talk about it, that's when it hits me just how big it is.
"I know all the girls are really excited and the main thing is, it's just an opportunity to play more cricket. We love playing cricket and we don't feel like we get to play enough of it.
"It's another opportunity to be getting on the field, learning and showcasing our abilities.
"Fingers crossed, people will really get on board with it, come along and watch women's cricket."
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If the prospect of "dreams coming true" is one for the romantics, the second thing the Super League could change is strictly business.
Before the Big Bash and the Super League, the only money available to English female cricketers was through a central contract or outside marketing - slim pickings for those for whom a career in the sport is the ambition.
In its first year the Super League will offer match fees and travel expenses but the hope is that, somewhere down the line, something more substantial could be promised.
"If we can develop this league and it sustains itself then suddenly we might be offering professional contracts to girls to play Super League," she said.
"It's the way forward and that's what is going to make the standard better. Obviously the more money we can earn through cricket the better, because the more money we earn, the more time we can commit to getting better.
"The big thing for the England girls at the moment is, if we lose our England contracts where do we go? If we lose that contract we have to go looking for jobs outside of cricket.
"You don't want to feel safe, but it's having that security. This is probably the most difficult time we'll ever have as professional cricketers because we're in a time when we're trying to generate interest.
"People think that because we're professional now we should be successful all the time but you still need to remember that these are our jobs at the end of the day, and if we don't perform at the top level we could lose our jobs."
While the threat of retaining your income is hardly ideal sporting motivation, it's certainly better than knowing your skill and commitment will go forever unrewarded, as was the case for yesteryear's top female cricketers.
It is the achievements of Cross' generation that are making the futures of others that much brighter, so they can be forgiven for hoping they can reap the benefits sooner rather than later.
David Cameron made his case to MPs for launching air strikes against Islamic State militants on Thursday.
He said targeting IS in Syria would make "us safer" and that the UK could not "outsource our security to allies".
But on Saturday Plaid's Leanne Wood said Mr Cameron had "failed to deliver" a comprehensive plan.
"Dropping bombs from the air will not lead to the defeat of IS," she said.
"Neither will it the secure peace for the people of Syria or bring stability to the wider region."
Welsh assembly member Ms Wood argued that UK military intervention in Syria could only be considered as part of an internationally-agreed peace plan.
"Plaid Cymru has also insisted that a framework backed fully by the UN is essential, including a Chapter VII resolution. The Prime Minister has failed to deliver this," she added.
"Unless the prime minister addresses all unanswered questions and brings forward a more comprehensive plan, Plaid Cymru cannot support military action."
Plaid Cymru has three MPs in the House of Commons.
A Commons vote authorising action against IS militants could take place next week if the prime minister gains enough support to win.
UK government ministers are expected to phone members of the opposition over the weekend in a bid to get them to support possible air strikes over Syria.
It follows the decision by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to write to his MPs saying he opposes action - which is supported by some members of his own front bench team.
The five gold miners were trapped underground for 41 days after a shaft collapsed while they were trying to rescue 11 other missing colleagues.
One miner said his family had held a funeral for him and his wife had left town, while another said his brother had inherited his shoes.
They survived underground by eating roots, soil, frogs and cockroaches.
Efforts by local people to rescue the miners were abandoned last month after about a week, as hopes of finding them faded.
But faint cries alerted other miners working nearby that the group were still alive and the search resumed.
It is one of the longest periods that miners have remained alive trapped underground.
In Chile, 33 were rescued after 69 days in 2010 in an operation which gained worldwide attention.
Father of four Joseph Burule Robi told the the BBC his family held a funeral for him, and his wife even went back to her own family in Mwanza.
Father of seven Msafiri Gerard said even his shoes had been taken away after he was presumed dead.
"I can't go to my brother and ask him to bring back the shoes he got as inheritance.
"I was presumed dead, so my family has the right to have my property," he said.
Tobias Uruothi said that when he received a call to say his brother Onyiwa Kaindo had been found alive he thought it was a scam and hung up.
The miners did not find the 11 colleagues they originally went to look for, and the police presume they are dead.
Tipp led 0-10 to 0-8 at half-time after Armagh had a goal ruled out when ref Paddy Neilan didn't play the advantage.
Michael Quinlivan's goal helped increase Tipperary's lead to four.
However as Tipp tired, Armagh hit seven of the next nine scores to lead and Jamie Clarke's late soccer-style goal sealed their victory.
Niall Grimley's eight points, including two scores from play, were crucial to Armagh's deserved victory, which avenged their heartbreaking league defeat by the Premier County in April.
Tipperary were also the victims of referee Neilan playing the advantage in injury-time as he awarded a free when substitute Philip Austin was bearing down on goal, when Armagh led by four
With a 20-metre free instead being awarded, Tipp registered a point but while Quinlivan attempted to hammer two later 13-metre frees into the Armagh net, the Orchard men held firm to qualify for the final 12 of the All-Ireland Championship where they will face either the losers of the Leinster or Ulster Finals.
Neilan's failure to play the advantage in the 19th minute as Gavin McParland drilled the ball into the Tipp net was the big talking point of the first half.
Clarke's magnificent crossfield pass was gathered by McParland and the corner-forward didn't even appear to be fouled before beating Ciaran Kenrick from close range.
But Neilan had already blown his whistle to Armagh's fury although Clarke did tap over the resultant free.
The score cut Tipp's lead to 0-5 to 0-4 but seemingly rejuvenated by the let-off, the home side held the edge during the remainder of the first half as Jack Kennedy, George Hannigan and Liam Casey started to hold sway in the middle third of the field.
Armagh suffered a blow in the 25th minute as Gregory McCabe, making his first championship start, was forced off by a shoulder injury after being among the Ulster county's early scorers.
Two Josh Keane points and a Casey point put Tipperary three ahead in first-half injury time before crucially Rory Grugan replied after Kennedy had missed an opportunity to extend the home team's lead to four.
The margin did become four three minutes into the second half as Quinlivan, in his only major contribution of the contest, burst past two defenders before firing a great shot into the roof of the net.
Quinlivan's 3-1 at the Athletic Grounds had ensured Tipperary's stunning win in the Spring but his ankle injury severely inhibited his mobility in Saturday's contest.
Instead of pushing on, Tipperary failed to score for the next 20 minutes as four Grimley points levelled the contest.
Keane, now assuming free-taking duties after Jack Kennedy's black card for an off-the-ball challenge, restored Tipp's lead on 58 but it was obvious that home side were by now tiring.
A drilled reply by McParland levelled the sides again and Armagh moved ahead for the first time in the 61st minute as Clarke pointed after Tipp substitute Austin had lost possession.
Stefan Campbell's introduction also gave crucial fresh legs to the Orchard County attack in the closing stages and his point restored Armagh's lead in the 66th minute after Conor Sweeney had levelled two minutes earlier.
Another advantage call by Neilan played a part in the build-up to Clarke's decisive call as the referee, on this occasion, seemed to err in allowing Tipperary to continue instead of awarding a free for a foul on Austin.
After Tipp were turned over near the Armagh end line, Stephen Sheridan charged upfield and McParland then unselfishly found Clarke, who dummied keeper Ciaran Kenrick before rolling the ball into the net.
After Austin's reply cut Armagh's lead to three, then came the final advantage controversy as Austin bore down on goal.
After Keane slotted the Tipp free, Sheridan quickly fisted another Armagh reply and while Tipp pressure yielded Quinlivan's two last-gasp chances to fire direct for goal, the visitors held firm to clinch victory.
Tipperary: C Kenrick; P Codd, A Campbell, E Moloney; B Maher, R Kiely, J Feehan; L Casey, G Hannigan; J Keane, K O'Halloran, B Fox (capt); C Sweeney, J Kennedy, M Quinlivan.
Armagh: B Hughes; J Morgan, C Vernon, M Shields; P Hughes, B Donaghy, A Forker; S Sheridan, N Grimley; C O'Hanlon, G McCartan, R Grugan; J Clarke, A Murnin, G McParland.
11 April 2014 Last updated at 06:45 BST
More than 1 million people have signed a petition backing a ban on using killer whales in entertainment shows at the SeaWorld park.
People that work with the mammals say they help with vital research.
Law makers in California have delayed a decision on any ban until they know the full impact of keeping whales in captivity.
Watch Ayshah's report for more information.
From July a new landlord scheme in the town centre will force property owners to control unruly tenants in homes with multiple occupation (HMOs).
The scheme, featuring 700 HMOs, aims to crack down on drug dealing, rubbish dumping and neglected houses.
Blackpool Council approved the plans on Monday.
The licensing scheme will cover an area between Blackpool Football Club at the south end of the town, through the central Gateway area bordered by Seasiders Way and Central Drive, taking in the town centre to Talbot Road at the north end.
It will stretch inland as far as Devonshire Road.
The new licence will also require landlords to demand references before letting their properties.
They could be fined if they breach the conditions of the licence, which will cost from £670 to £940 for a five-year period.
The firm, Davidson Ryan Dore, is distributing recordings and pictures, smuggled out from Ms Karimova's house in the capital Tashkent, where she says she is being held.
New pictures earlier this week showed Ms Karimova apparently being manhandled by security guards.
The images are a far cry from the glamorous photographs depicting President Karimov's eldest daughter in her previous persona as a pop diva, philanthropist and fashion designer.
Even a year ago Ms Karimova was regarded as one of the most influential and powerful people within the country's elite and a potential successor to her father.
But after a dramatic and public falling out with her family, her privileges and assets have been stripped away. Earlier this month the authorities announced she was under criminal investigation.
The latest pictures show Ms Karimova in the presence of camouflaged guards. In two of the images guards are seen handling her directly as she appears to be arguing.
Last month secret recordings were circulated in which Ms Karimova gave details of her situation in her own voice, saying she and her teenage daughter were being treated "worse than dogs" and needed urgent medical help.
One of the founders of Davidson, Ryan, Dore, the firm distributing the materials, has taken on the function of spokesperson for Ms Karimova.
"We as a firm were appointed three months ago by the friends and family of Gulnara internationally," Locksley Ryan told BBC Uzbek. He did not confirm whether Ms Karimova's son Islam, who studies in London, was involved in appointing the firm.
Mr Ryan said that the firm had several ways of making contact with Ms Karimova but that it was extremely difficult.
The latest pictures, he said, were simply showing how she was under guard 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
"It's in complete isolation. The only people that she can talk to are her daughter who is trapped there with her and obviously the guards."
Mr Ryan said there was evidence that Ms Karimova was even denied food.
In the audio recordings which appeared last month, Ms Karimova said her situation had deteriorated greatly.
"The territory of the house is basically surrounded now by hundreds of cameras and special equipment which is blocking any means of communication. So it's tremendous pressure and stress on me and my daughter. We need medical help urgently," Karimova says in one of the recordings.
Locksley Ryan says that after the recordings were made public, all staff at the house were Ms Karimova is being held were moved.
"Once those were forwarded to various outlets, suddenly all of the personnel from the house were removed and sent everywhere."
In a statement on a new website called Free Gulnara Now, Mr Ryan says that the president's daughter was directly appealing to the international community "that her fate be determined by the independent courts and not by individuals battling for political gain".
Ms Karimova has been linked to several investigations in Europe, including a corruption investigation in Switzerland where bank accounts linked to her have been frozen.
Ten days ago the Uzbek prosecutor's office announced that Ms Karimova was being investigated in Uzbekistan over alleged links to a criminal group.
"If there are claims that she has done something wrong then let her face those claims. Let her go to Switzerland and understand the accusations made to her and let a court decide," Mr Ryan told the BBC.
He dismissed the Uzbek accusations as politically motivated.
"Is it just a coincidence that at a time that the election campaign starts suddenly the prosecutor deems to start to investigate her?"
Ms Karimova was long considered to be a potential successor to her father - elections are due next year.
Davidson Ryan Dore's strategy appears to be to try to get Ms Karimova out of the country to answer allegations in a European court.
Mr Ryan says that the sentencing of several of Ms Karimova's associates shows that the Uzbek legal system is unlikely to deliver justice.
"It is unknown to me how someone can get investigated, prosecuted and disappear into a military court and then be sentenced with no access to any form of public scrutiny, maybe not even have lawyers. I can't see how that can be just."
Human rights groups have long criticised what they say is the country's abysmal human rights record.
But observers say that Ms Karimova's own fall from grace and subsequent detention is hardly comparable to the fate of those suffering torture and abuse in Uzbek prisons.
TV personality Morgan said on Twitter that wicketkeeper Prior told team-mates Flower was "behaving like a headmaster" and creating "a schoolboy environment".
But on his own Twitter account, Prior, 31, insisted: "There is no story here."
Morgan claimed Prior made his comments after the fourth Test in Melbourne, having been dropped for that match.
Prior also sat out the fifth Test in Sydney, when to lose the series 5-0, Flower's last Test in charge.
"I refuse to be attacked by a bloke that knows very little about what goes on in the England setup apart from rumour, gossip and hearsay from certain individuals," wrote Prior.
"Maybe I was recorded or 'hacked' but if not I'd like to see where these words I apparently said have come from?
"I'm not the kind of person to divulge what is said in team meetings but all I will say is that Flower, Cook and the rest of my team-mates know exactly what I said and the way in which it was meant!"
He added that Morgan's comments were "just an attempt to knock someone who has only ever had the team's best interests at heart" and insisted he had "tried my best on and off the field to help the England cricket team".
After his initial comments, Morgan, a friend of axed England batsman Kevin Pietersen, added: "If you didn't say it @MattPrior13 - then sue me. That should clear things up."
The spat between Morgan and Prior comes the day after the England & Wales Cricket Board announced that Pietersen's
The news has divided opinion amongst past and present players, as well as fans.
England batting coach Graham Gooch said Pietersen's exit had come as a surprise.
The former England opener and captain added he was not consulted on the decision but understood the move.
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"I've not been party to any meetings or decisions of chatting to anyone," he told BBC Sport. "When I saw the news I was as surprised as anyone.
"Kevin's done great things for England in the past but they want to make a fresh start. The team after Australia needed to be rebuilt and they are looking to start that now.
"Kevin plays box-office innings. He can be a match-winning player and if you look at his career down the last decade he can play many innings like that.
"But England cricket wants to move forward and everyone has to respect that."
Despite the fallout from England's Ashes tour, Gooch has backed captain Cook to remain in the job.
"Everyone involved in the trip - coaches, management, players - needs to take responsibility right now," he added.
"I have spoken to Alastair. He's a proud man, he's been a wonderful player for England. He's been a role model and he's very disappointed - more than disappointed, he's hurting bad.
"After a trip like that, everyone is questioning everyone's position and quite rightly. But Alastair is strong enough in mind to improve after that and I think he should remain as captain."
The Clwydian Range and Dee Valley report showed visitor numbers rose in 2016-17, warning this could have a "detrimental impact" on the landscape.
A study is being carried out to see whether numbers can be reduced at peak times.
It will also examine whether the tourism benefits can be spread to surrounding areas.
Following improvements to access, the number of people who visited the Horseshoe Falls near Llangollen rose from 107,707 in 2015-16 to 111,401 this past year, the report said.
Visits to Pen y Pigyn overlooking Corwen went up from 5,048 to 7,505 and the number of visitors to the car park at Llangwyfan on the Offa's Dyke footpath rose from 11,544 to 22,626.
Denbighshire council is due to discuss the report on Friday.
Aberdeen lost Thursday's third qualifying round second leg 2-0 in Cyprus, exiting 3-2 on aggregate.
The Dons have been charged with crowd disturbances and having no stewards travelling with their support, in contravention of Uefa regulations.
A Uefa disciplinary panel will hear the case on 17 August.
Police Scotland has confirmed that no officers travelled with Aberdeen to Cyprus or to Bosnia-Herzegovina in the previous round against Siroki Brijeg, stressing that liaison officers are only sent at the request of the host nation.
Apollon, who will face Midtjylland of Denmark in the first leg of their play-off round tie later that day, have been charged by Uefa with improper conduct by their team, who received five yellow cards, and with the setting off of fireworks and throwing of objects by their fans.
The Cypriot club had used the AEK Arena in Larnaca for the tie against Aberdeen as their Tsirio Stadium is being redeveloped.
Riot police moved into the away section as Aberdeen fans clashed with stewards following the final whistle.
Flares had been lit early in the second half in the home section, with one thrown and landing inside the goal behind Aberdeen goalkeeper Joe Lewis.
Television cameras caught Swiss referee Stephan Klossner telling an official that he would abandon the match if the behaviour did not cease.
Aberdeen, who have declined to comment, later announced they had begun an investigation into the fighting in the away section.
Many roboticists and computer engineers seem to think so, because they're always trying to make their creations more human.
Take Solo, the "emotional radio", for example. A wall-mounted device that resembles a large clock, it features a liquid crystal display at its centre. When you approach it, the pictogram face shows a neutral expression.
But it then takes a photo of your face, a rod or antenna on the side cranks into life, and the LCD display indicates that it's thinking.
"When it's doing this, it's analysing different features of your face and deciding how happy, sad or angry you are," explains Mike Shorter, senior creative technologist at the Liverpool-based design and innovation company, Uniform, Solo's creator.
"It will then start to reflect your mood through music."
If Solo thinks you look happy, it will play you an upbeat number like Hey Ya! by Outkast. A more downbeat expression may turn up Everybody Hurts by REM.
Your reward for being angry could be a dose of Motorhead.
As well as playing music to suit your mood, Solo's makers envisage their smart radio being able to alter your mood.
Say you've been driving for a long time, it could recognise signs of tiredness on your face and play upbeat music to pep you up.
The study of how to make computers and machines more empathetic is known as affective computing, and examples of supposedly emotionally intelligent gadgets have been springing up around the world.
Japan's Softbank Robotics has been plugging its Nao and Pepper robots for a while now.
The 1.2m (4ft) tall cute humanoid, Pepper, developed jointly with French robotics firm Aldebaran, has been deployed in hospitals, shopping centres, banks and train stations.
While toddler-sized Nao (59cm) has been used in schools to help kids with autism and paediatric units of hospitals.
Softbank is also behind the "emotion engine" within the Honda NeuV (pronounced new-vee), an automated electric concept car unveiled at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
This AI-driven technology - combining biometric sensors as well as cameras - will try to detect drivers' emotions and learn from the type of actions that result from them.
So angry drivers who are driving rashly and erratically, for example, might be encouraged to calm down. The AI might even reduce the car's power temporarily, or switch to autonomous mode, until you've cooled off.
This "network assistant" will check on the driver's emotional well-being - making music recommendations based on mood, changing the lighting scheme, and even triggering mood-enhancing scents.
Boston-based Affectiva has developed "emotion recognition software" called Affdex that monitors the minute changes in our facial expressions when we're watching adverts, TV programmes or films.
The AI software has learned from studying nearly four million faces - and their changing expressions - from more than 75 countries.
Companies such as Sony are using the software to test how audiences respond to film trailers, and advertising agencies such as Millward Brown are using it to measure responses to their TV ads.
Affectiva, which emerged from Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab, is similar to Emotient, another company teaching computers how to recognise expression and emotion. It was bought by Apple last year.
But while emotion-reading tech might be all the rage at the moment, does it actually work?
David Lane, professor of autonomous systems engineering at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, points out that mistakes made by affective computing applications could have serious consequences.
"There's lots of research in this field with robots sensitive to gesture, tone of voice, eye expressions and so on, but one of the issues is getting it right," he says.
"If Siri or some other voice-activated assistant on your phone fails to give you the football results, you have alternatives, but if a critical, affective computing function fails, that will cause serious frustration at the very least.
"Put simply, if it doesn't work, people will switch off."
Christian Madsbjerg, a founding partner of "human science" consultancy Red Associates, is concerned that affective applications are "built to Western, Japanese or Chinese models, and emotions are different in other cultures".
He also points out that our bodies, and their physical context, are crucial to our moods and reactions.
"An emotional response to a given commercial in the warm, dark room of the focus group may have no relation to the way that same commercial is perceived at home or on a subway platform," he argues.
A violinist soloing at Carnegie Hall at a high point in her career may be feeling exultant, but her face won't show it, he says, because she's concentrating so hard. A robot would struggle to interpret her "frozen" facial expression, he maintains.
Solo's creators admit that the radio doesn't always read emotions correctly.
And even Pepper the robot gets it wrong sometimes.
"After a few late nights and being in a somewhat grumpy mood, Pepper added 10 to 12 years on to my age when she evaluated it," says Carl Clement, a founder of Emotion Robotics, a UK-based partner with Softbank in Europe.
Solo, the emotional radio, might just manage a wry smile at that. And possibly play Frank Sinatra's Young at Heart?
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Steve Tandy's side booked their place in the last eight - where they could face Welsh rivals Cardiff Blues - but saw Keelan go off after 34 minutes of their 47-7 victory.
Wales interim head coach Rob Howley announces his squad for the Six Nations on Tuesday.
"It is too early to tell," Tandy said regarding the severity of the injury.
"He will get scanned and we will see how he puts up in the next 24 to 48 hours."
The Six Nations begins on February 4 with Wales' first match a day later.
Giles is thought to be suffering from a hamstring injury, while team-mate Ma'afu Fia suffered an ankle problem as Ospreys ensured they top their qualification group.
"There's no point speculating on them," Tandy told BBC Radio Wales Sport. "We'll just review things."
"Although we didn't take the three points, I'm sure the fans are delighted with the performance," he said.
The U's twice led their fellow League Two promotion chasers but were denied a fourth successive league win by Craig Tanner's equaliser at Home Park.
Oxford sit level on points with Plymouth in second place.
"I'm delighted with the way we've played, coming here and putting on a performance," Appleton told BBC Radio Oxford.
"We've got to be positive for the remaining 11 games. We looked like we'd score every time we attacked."
Oxford's five remaining league games in March see them face four teams in the bottom half of the table and just one midweek fixture following seven games in three weeks.
"We've got a little bit of a break now for the first time in a while, so hopefully we'll be ready for Leyton Orient on Saturday," Appleton added.
"It's nice sometimes to refresh the mind and for 24 to 48 hours have some down time before refocusing."
At Twaddell Avenue they refuse to move on.
The symbols of defiance fly proudly at the self-proclaimed civil rights camp.
In a humble portable building sits the banner of the Ligoniel True Blues LOL 1932, one of three north Belfast orange lodges the Parades Commission said could not go home by their chosen route on the evening of 12 July.
This week BBC One programme The View was given access to the camp.
It is a wet night but around 250 have come out. They have been doing so - often in much larger numbers - every night for almost three months.
The crowd watches as a flute band, its members wearing Halloween masks, lead Orangemen towards police lines.
Since last week, because of a new Parades Commission ruling, the band is not allowed to play music on a short section of the route near the interface at the Twaddell roundabout.
But they ignore the police message telling them they are breaking the law. It explains the decision to wear masks.
At one point two other youths appear in full black face masks. Why is not clear. The night remains peaceful throughout.
"There are no other roads that we can go along. It's alright saying re-route then, go a different way but there only is one way," said John Aughey, a member of one of the Ligoniel lodges.
How long is he prepared to stick it out?
"As long as it takes."
Another Orangeman from Sandy Row called Brian said he has joined the protest on every one of its 80-plus nights
"It's peaceful, so it is, it's democratic and I find it's the easiest way to go ahead with it.
"Me personally, I can only speak for myself, but I'm here until the day dot. Until we return home. I'm prepared to stand here as long as it takes in a non-violent way. I'm here to support my brethren. If I have to stand here 24/7 I'm willing to stand here 24/7."
To veteran observers of another protracted parades dispute it looks like Drumcree for townies. But the protesters deny it, knowing that Drumcree did not - or has not - had a good outcome as far as the Orange Order is concerned.
And it is not just about a parade. Well-known Tigers Bay loyalist Bill Hill said: "Why should we let them 'uns take our culture off us? When I say them 'uns I mean the Catholics, They get all they want."
"But is that really true?" he is asked.
"It's true alright, as far as I can see."
But there is another view - the one from the other side of the street, or in this case the Crumlin Road.
Joe Marley, spokesman for the Crumlin Ardoyne Residents' Association, says the Orange Order needs to talk.
"What we should have now in the autumn is a period of relative calm," he said.
"This is the time that the Orange Order should de-escalate the situation and sit down with local residents. I mean I'm not going to get into negotiations in public. I think that's a thing for the Orange Order and local residents to do in a very open and honest way."
But since the residents appear to hold the upper hand the Order may think there is no point, he is asked.
"I think everything is up for discussion. I mean let's sit down, put stuff on the table and then we'll see what's do-able and what's not do-able."
The local parish priest, Father Gary Donegan, said that every night he and many locals walk the streets of the nationalist Ardoyne area to keep young people from reacting to what is happening across the street.
"It's been a very strange experience," he said, and a "waste of time and energy for everybody involved".
"At the moment it's (the protest) costing £29.50 a minute. We could have had Gareth Bale playing for the Star, the local football team, because it's £300,000 a week and you can kinda smile at that, but when you think what could that be in terms of a hundred police (officers) recruited, or more nurses, more doctors, more teachers - it's just the sheer waste in itself. It's actually something that in itself is having a detrimental effect on the whole of society, not just Ardoyne."
But in Camp Twaddell Orangeman John Aughey does not see it that way.
"At every stage it's been other people who have escalated, who have upped the ante, not us. The time may come that is up to the people in this area and the people in the lodges and the people who support us to up the ante and extend what's actually happening."
And how would they do that.
"That's to be decided," he said.
That is not the official Orange line... but neither is there anything to suggest the Order and its supporters at Twaddell are not dug in for a long hard winter.
About 5,000 badgers are expected to be killed in controlled shootings over six weeks in Somerset and Gloucestershire.
Supporters say the cull is necessary to tackle bovine TB, which can be spread from infected badgers, but opponents say it is inhumane and ineffective.
The RSPCA said it was "saddened", while anti-cull protesters held a vigil as the pilot began, initially in Somerset.
It is understood the cull in Gloucestershire will start later this week.
In a letter to members, National Farmers' Union (NFU) president Peter Kendall said: "This is an important step not just for cattle farmers but for the whole farming industry.
"I know that many of you reading this will have suffered the misery of dealing with TB on farm - some of you for decades - and I hope now you will feel that something is finally being done to stem the cycle of infection between cattle and badgers."
He added that he hoped the culls would show a reduction in TB in cattle, and that more people would understand why they were "absolutely necessary".
But one activist from Forthampton, near Tewkesbury, who would only give her name as Lynne, said the cull was "utterly unacceptable" and described it as the "extermination of the badger on British soil".
She said activists would be calling on people from across England to join their demonstration, by "interfering with the cull" and protest walks.
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Lynne said she did not believe the cull represented the democratic point of view, was "completely unscientific" and would push infected badgers into cull-free zones.
Environment Secretary Owen Paterson said the infection needed to be dealt with in both badgers and cattle.
"We have to use every tool in the box because TB is so difficult to eradicate and it is spreading rapidly," he said.
"If we had a workable vaccine we would use it... a vaccine is at least 10 years off."
Mr Paterson denied suggestions from anti-cull campaigners that the government was simply trying to appease the farming community.
"In the Republic of Ireland the disease was rocketing until they began to cull."
He said there had been a "significant reduction" in the disease in Ireland, where culling began in the 1980s.
Scotland is classified as being free of TB. In Wales, vaccination trials are under way. Northern Ireland is researching a mix of vaccination and culling.
"I want to end up with healthy cattle living alongside healthy wildlife," Mr Paterson added.
But Labour's Shadow Environment Secretary, Mary Creagh, said the cull was "not the answer".
"The government's own figures show it will cost more than it saves and it will spread bovine TB in the short term as the badgers are disturbed and spread infection to neighbouring herds.
"We agree with the scientists that it has no meaningful contribution to play in tackling bovine TB."
Lord Krebs, who led the Randomised Badger Culling Trial in the 1990s, said the two pilots "will not yield any useful information".
Farming minister David Heath admitted in correspondence with Lord Krebs that the cull would "not be able to statistically determine either the effectiveness (in terms of badgers removed) or humaneness of controlled shooting".
This was due to the small scale of the pilot culling programme.
Dominic Dyer, of Care for the Wild, which opposes the cull, described the start of the scheme as an "absolute scandal".
"There's no scientific or economic justification for the cull and it may make the spread (of TB) worse not better," he said.
"This is killing without protection - they're not even testing [the culled animals] for TB and they're only monitoring the cull of a small number."
The RSPCA said it was "deeply saddened" to learn that the cull had begun.
Chief executive Gavin Grant referred to the cull as a "misguided attempt to control bovine TB in cattle".
He said the organisation was seriously concerned the methods being used to kill the badgers were "not humane", and the extent of potential suffering was not known.
"It is very likely that many of them are lying injured, suffering a painful death," he added.
Mr Grant backed other opponents who say scientific evidence shows a cull is unnecessary.
"Science has shown that this cull is not the answer to bovine TB in cattle. In fact, it could make things a lot worse."
"Vaccination and better bio-security are the only sustainable and true ways forward."
David Barton runs a closed herd on his farm in Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
"I've lost a third of my herd in the last two years - it's completely devastating," he said.
"These are animals I know, they have characters, and I hear people being very passionate about badgers and I can empathise with them but they're not animals they deal with on a day-to-day basis and they have no idea what farmers like myself are going through.
"I understand people don't like the idea of it (the cull) - I don't like the idea of it but it has to be addressed.
"In this area over 50% of the badgers are carrying TB."
Avon and Somerset Chief Constable Nick Gargan said his force had been preparing for the start of the cull for some time.
"It's their [the government's] call not ours, but we understand we have a supporting role in ensuring that this democratically-elected government can push its programme forward... and similarly to ensure that people who want to protest within the law are able to do so."
Earlier, officers were sent out in Gloucestershire to provide "reassurance".
The cull will involve marksmen with high-velocity rifles using a mixture of controlled shooting and free shooting, with some badgers being trapped in cages first.
The 62-year-old, whose full name is Arthur Antunes Coimbra, said it was his "duty" to stand.
Current president Sepp Blatter announced he would stand down just four days after being re-elected last month.
It came after twin corruption probes into Fifa were launched by United States and Swiss authorities.
Speaking at a crowded press conference at a football skills centre he runs in Rio de Janerio, Zico said: "It's sad for our sport to see what is happening in football today - the corruption... and the hard work of many other good people wasted - and I see it as my duty to use my experience and knowledge to try and stand for the presidency."
Although he has played and managed in countries around the world, Zico has little experience in football administration at any senior level.
Blatter has said he would step down once a successor is chosen - likely to be in December.
US officials have indicted 14 Fifa officials and associates on bribery and racketeering charges, with seven of those arrested just two days before Fifa members re-elected Blatter.
Swiss prosecutors are also investigating how Fifa awarded the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar respectively.
Zico is regarded one of the greatest players in Brazil's history and appeared at three World Cup finals with the national side, in 1978, 1982 and 1986.
Domestically he won 12 titles with Flamengo before embarking on a coaching career that included spells with Japan, CSKA Moscow in Russia and Turkish side Fenerbahce.
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Gyfli Sigurdsson gave Iceland the lead in the first half when he converted a penalty after a foul.
Hungary dominated possession from then on but found themselves repeatedly frustrated by the Iceland defence.
However, Saevarsson turned Nemanja Nikolic's cross into his own net to hand Hungary a point.
The result means the Hungarians are top of Group F with four points and can clinch first place with victory against Portugal in their final group game on Wednesday.
The point for Iceland means they are second in the group and remain in the hunt for a place in the last 16, but it will feel like a defeat after they frustrated Hungary for so long.
They had won plenty of new fans by holding Portugal to a 1-1 draw in their first game on Tuesday, a result that prompted some scathing comments from Cristiano Ronaldo, who descried the Icelanders as having "a small mentality" and playing only to defend.
Iceland, though, are simply playing to their strengths. They conceded only six goals in 10 games during qualifying, earning wins by making the most of limited opportunities.
On Saturday, the Hungarians found themselves continually frustrated by a well-organised and disciplined backline and their task got harder six minutes before half-time. Veteran goalkeeper Gabor Kiraly fumbled a cross, Gunnarsson was sent to the ground by Kadar inside the area and Sigurdsson kept his cool to send Kiraly the wrong way from the spot.
From then on, it was all Hungary but it looked as if Iceland's defence would triumph again until Saevarsson, under pressure from Hungary substitute Daniel Bode, poked beyond his own goalkeeper.
It continued a run of late drama at Euro 2016, with Saevarsson's unfortunate goal the 13th to come after 85 minutes.
Hungary ended a three-decade run of missing out on major tournaments by qualifying for Euro 2016, and they made up for lost time with an impressive 2-0 win over Austria in their opening group game.
Having beaten Iceland in each of their past five meetings, they will have gone into the game confident of securing successive wins at a major tournament for the first time since the 1966 World Cup.
Gabor Kiraly caught the eye against the Austrians, both for his attire and his saves, as he became the oldest player to play at European Championship finals at the age of 40 years and 75 days,
However, he was less impressive on Saturday, putting his defence under pressure with poor passes before flapping at the ball to add to the panic that led to Iceland's penalty.
It was a nervy performance by the former Crystal Palace man, who will need to improve when facing Ronaldo and colleagues in Hungary's final group game against Portugal.
Hungary play Portugal in Lyon on Wednesday and three points will secure first place in Group F. Iceland, meanwhile, face Austria in Paris on the same day.
Match ends, Iceland 1, Hungary 1.
Second Half ends, Iceland 1, Hungary 1.
Attempt blocked. Eidur Gudjohnsen (Iceland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Gylfi Sigurdsson (Iceland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Adám Lang (Hungary).
Alfred Finnbogason (Iceland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Ádám Szalai (Hungary) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dániel Böde.
Richárd Guzmics (Hungary) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Alfred Finnbogason (Iceland).
Adam Nagy (Hungary) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Adam Nagy (Hungary).
Alfred Finnbogason (Iceland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Own Goal by Birkir Saevarsson, Iceland. Iceland 1, Hungary 1.
Foul by László Kleinheisler (Hungary).
Eidur Gudjohnsen (Iceland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Hungary. Ádám Szalai replaces Roland Juhász.
Offside, Hungary. László Kleinheisler tries a through ball, but Dániel Böde is caught offside.
Substitution, Iceland. Eidur Gudjohnsen replaces Kolbeinn Sigthorsson.
László Kleinheisler (Hungary) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Nemanja Nikolic (Hungary).
Kári Arnason (Iceland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Adam Nagy (Hungary) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kolbeinn Sigthorsson (Iceland).
Tamas Kadar (Hungary) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Tamas Kadar (Hungary).
Alfred Finnbogason (Iceland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dániel Böde (Hungary).
Ragnar Sigurdsson (Iceland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Hungary. Conceded by Ragnar Sigurdsson.
Birkir Saevarsson (Iceland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Balázs Dzsudzsák (Hungary) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Birkir Saevarsson (Iceland).
Attempt saved. Balázs Dzsudzsák (Hungary) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Alfred Finnbogason (Iceland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Richárd Guzmics (Hungary) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Alfred Finnbogason (Iceland).
Richárd Guzmics (Hungary) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Dangerous play by Kolbeinn Sigthorsson (Iceland).
Attempt missed. Tamas Kadar (Hungary) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Attempt blocked. Tamas Kadar (Hungary) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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One of the strands was 900 million times more likely to have come from Nicola Payne than someone she was not related to, a jury was told.
Prosecutors allege the 18-year-old was abducted as she crossed wasteland to her parents' house in Coventry.
Nigel Barwell and his brother-in-law, Thomas O'Reilly, deny murder.
Three hairs from Miss Payne - as well as a single hair asserted to be from Mr O'Reilly - were identified during forensic tests conducted last year on a tent found near a river five days after her disappearance, Birmingham Crown Court heard.
Opening the case against the Coventry defendants, Andrew Smith QC said instructions for the tent were found inside Barwell's Ford Capri in December 1991.
He said the teenager's journey across the patch of land, known as the Black Pad, should have taken a few minutes.
"The prosecution case is that Nicola Payne was abducted as she walked across the waste ground," he said.
"At some point thereafter she was was murdered and her body disposed of."
The court heard Mr Barwell, of Copperas Street, and Mr O'Reilly, of Ribble Road, are now aged 51 but were both 27 at the time of her disappearance, on 14 December.
They were first arrested three days after Ms Payne, who had a seven-month-old son, Owen, with her boyfriend Jason Cook, disappeared.
Mr Smith told the jury that Mr Barwell had "tried it on" with Ms Payne in a pub two months before she vanished.
The court heard that on 14 December 1991 a dog walker on Black Pad heard a woman scream and later on another witness described seeing the defendants parked near a river with what appeared to be a black bin bag.
Mr Barwell owned a distinctive blue 1980 Ford Capri at the time of Ms Payne's disappearance.
On the day she vanished, dog-walker Patrick Carter saw a figure hiding in bushes on the wasteland and heard a car engine nearby, the jury were told.
As he walked on he saw a metallic blue Ford Capri and, after passing the vehicle, heard a scream.
"The scream came from the direction of the bushes where he had seen the figure hiding," Mr Smith said. "The prosecution invite you to conclude, that came from Nicola Payne."
The court learned that witness Louise Sambrook, who knew both defendants, saw them next to a blue Capri near the River Sowe.
"Between them, partly on the lip of the boot, was what appeared to Miss Sambrook to be a full black bin bag.
"The prosecution suggest that Miss Sambrook was in fact observing the ground sheet of a tent that contained the body of Nicola Payne."
The trial continues.
"It would be a fundamental forward step for Wales," said South and Mid Wales Chambers of Commerce president Liz Maher.
Meanwhile, a business confidence plan and a £5m jobs and growth fund have been announced by First Minister Carwyn Jones, as a response to Brexit.
He hosted an extraordinary meeting of the Council for Economic Renewal.
It brought together business leaders, the TUC and senior politicians to discuss the impact of the UK's withdrawal from the European Union.
It was set-up in response to the financial crisis and meets around three times a year.
This was thought to be its first extraordinary meeting.
Prime Minister Theresa May has already met with Mr Jones and says Wales and the other devolved nations will have a role to play in negotiations.
The first minister said the Welsh Government wanted to assure businesses and inward investors that Wales remains open for business.
"The EU referendum result has created uncertainty and instability which can damage business confidence and have a longer-term impact on jobs and investment," he said.
Mr Jones is allocating £5m to the new Growth and Prosperity Fund to ensure the economy continued to grow and Wales continued to be an attractive destination for investment.
"These actions will support Welsh businesses looking to grow and increase the number and scale of Welsh-based companies that are exporting," he said.
"We will also be engaging with businesses about how we can support them and promoting Wales with potential inward investors."
Ms Maher said EU funding and the labour skills gap, which would influence future immigration policy, were some of the issues which needed answering in Wales.
"There's such a long way to go but there are opportunities there," said Ms Maher.
She said as well as stability for the economy there needed to be action and the taskforce would bring together the "huge amount of experience" and specialist knowledge from business.
The business confidence plan - outlined by Economy and Infrastructure Secretary Ken Skates - includes discussing what support Finance Wales could bring and also bringing forward a plan for export support.
The Welsh Government is also planning an all-age apprenticeship programme and a campaign to support tourist businesses.
Details on how to apply to the Growth and Prosperity Fund will be available shortly.
The leader of the Welsh Conservatives Andrew RT Davies called for a "spirit of conciliation".
He said: "Today's calls for a taskforce to deal with Brexit are sensible, but the first minister needs to reach out to people from both sides of the referendum campaign.
"Brexit presents Wales with significant opportunities and poses questions that could be best answered by a diverse range of voices - not just a chorus of politicians who opposed leaving the EU."
Byte Night is taking place in 10 cities across the country, and for the first time in Cardiff.
Last year more than 1,300 people gave up their beds to raise more than £1.1m for Action for Children.
The charity supports young people to rebuild their lives by offering accommodation, education and training.
Among them is 19-year-old Jess Williams who was homeless for two years in the Aberdare area. She was helped into accommodation by the Rhondda Cynon Taff youth support team.
Ms Williams said: "The help, guidance and support they've given me has taken me from the streets into my own flat so I can live an independent life in a warm place of my own.
"I don't know what would've happened to me otherwise, it's that simple."
The people sleeping rough in Cardiff are from a variety of businesses, such as KPMG, Admiral, BT and Barclays.
Among them is KPMG director Jeremy Thomas.
He said: "Although it'll be a hard night, it'll also be fun - but the difference is we can return to our warm homes, full fridges and cosy beds in the morning.
"For many children and young people living in the UK this simply isn't the case."
Alice Ruggles, 24, was found with her throat cut at her Gateshead home in October.
L/Cpl Trimaan "Harry" Dhillon - serving with the 2 Scots - denies murder.
He told Newcastle Crown Court she lunged at him with a carving knife during an argument, and fell on it as he tried to disarm her.
The 26-year-old said he had climbed into her flat through a window, she came at him, and there was a struggle as he got her into the bathroom.
She dropped the knife and fell unconscious, but when she recovered became "infuriated" after he said he was going to meet another woman.
He said: "She was moving forwards and I was moving towards her. I moved forward to deflect her arm.
"I remember saying 'Alice' and she fell on her right side."
The Indian-born soldier said the knife was stuck in her neck, and with some difficulty he pulled it out.
When asked why he did not call 999, he said: "I don't know, I panicked at the time.
"If I am honest, I initially wanted to get out of the situation.
"I didn't know how to react to it. I panicked and I ran away."
He was arrested on his return to his barracks outside Edinburgh.
Earlier in the hearing, the court heard he had been warned by the Army and police to stay away from Ms Ruggles, after she complained about him harassing her following the end of their relationship.
The trial continues.
Paris, 29, has joined from Swedish club MODO Hockey having also played for Tingsryds AIF.
The Canadian will also be studying for a Master's degree at Cardiff Met University.
This will be Faryna's third season in the Elite League after two productive years with the Dundee Stars.
Devils coach Andrew Lord said: "Drew is a big strong guy that is going to win battles in the corners and in front of the net.
"We love the way Justin plays.
"He plays with an edge and has the ability to back his game up if need be."
Only three months ago, Ahmed Adeeb became the youngest vice-president in the country's democratic history.
The 33-year-old successfully pursued a constitutional amendment to lower the minimum age in order to assume the position.
He was regarded as one of President Abdulla Yameen's most-trusted aides.
But on Saturday, stepping off a plane from Singapore, Mr Adeeb was arrested on charges of "high treason", for allegedly conspiring to cause an explosion on the presidential yacht last month.
President Yameen managed to escape unharmed in the blast, but the first lady and two presidential aides were injured.
The alleged attack was the latest incident to unnerve the island nation, which in recent years has faced a protracted political crisis and an alarming rise of Islamic extremism.
While initially the government said the blast may have been a result of mechanical failure, it later announced that it was an assassination attempt on the president and was opening a criminal investigation.
Some media focused on a possible attack by Islamic State sympathisers, only a month after a video had been released showing armed Maldivian militants threatening to target the president and carry out attacks on home ground.
But rumours then emerged implicating Mr Adeeb, eventually forcing him to deny them on live TV.
Speaking on Dhi TV, he complained that he was always being unfairly blamed for such events - in his words, "a hen ready for slaughter".
And he accused his predecessor, Mohamed Jameel Ahmed, of being the source of the speculation. Mr Jameel himself had faced treason charges, and was subsequently impeached, paving the way for Mr Adeeb's ascendancy.
Under the Maldivian constitution, if Mr Yameen dies or is incapacitated, his vice-president would assume the presidency.
And Mr Adeeb has a questionable past, having been implicated in a $6m (£3.9m) corruption scandal, as well as having alleged links to gangs.
So his involvement in any alleged plot is not implausible. But is there any proof?
"It's so murky that we have no idea what's going on," says Zaheena Rasheed, the editor of the Maldives Independent, who has spoken to sources involved in the investigation.
"What's clear is that there is not enough evidence. From what we can see they have nothing on him.
"When so little is known, his arrest appears based on the fact that he would have the biggest motive."
The arrest reflects the extent of the political infighting that has characterised Mr Yameen's two years in office.
Since the blast, the defence minister and police commissioner have both found themselves dismissed from their posts.
And earlier this year, the former defence minister, Colonel Mohamed Nazim, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for weapons offences.
It has become apparent that President Yameen has not been afraid to remove or sideline supposed allies in the same way as he has sought to quieten the opposition.
His main political opponent, former President Mohamed Nasheed, was imprisoned in March under terrorism laws, for ordering the arrest of a judge while in office in 2012.
Mr Nasheed won the first democratic polls in 2008, ousting Mr Yameen's half-brother, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, after three decades of autocratic rule.
Despite international condemnation and calls for Mr Nasheed's release, President Yameen has remained steadfast.
What critics fear is that his most recent move is another step towards consolidating power, and ultimately leading the country back to its undemocratic past.
The band's impact also supports 2,335 jobs in the city, claims the report commissioned by Liverpool City Council.
Professor Simeon Yates, who was lead author, said the city needed to "maintain standards" to boost tourism.
Councillor Richard Kemp, whose ward includes Penny Lane - made famous in a Beatles' song - called for tourism to "percolate" from the city centre.
His ward also includes St Barnabas Church, where the band used to perform, Quarry Bank School - which John Lennon attended - and Dovedale School, also attended by Lennon and his band mate George Harrison.
Spreading tourism would "decrease congestion in town", said Mr Kemp, who added the Allerton Road area - near Penny Lane, where Lennon would meet band mate Paul McCartney to catch the bus to the city centre - could be developed as the "Beatles Homeland Quarter".
The report said the Beatles-related economy was growing by up to 15% a year and that the band's songs were becoming increasingly popular in Brazil and China alongside the more established fan bases in Europe and the US.
The research, produced by Liverpool John Moores University and the University of Liverpool, is the first study of the contemporary value of the quartet that achieved worldwide fame in the 1960s.
It also recommended the launch of a "Beatles Legacy" group to develop the sector.
The city's mayor Joe Anderson said: "Everyone knows The Beatles have had a big impact on the city's past, but now we know exactly what that is and what we can do, together with other stakeholders, to ensure their impact on the city's future."
A council spokeswoman said the relocation of the British Music Experience, which opens in the spring at Liverpool's Cunard Building after moving from London, would strengthen the city's musical attractions, by drawing up to an estimated 200,000 visitors a year.
Other plans include the Salvation Army's redevelopment of the former Strawberry Field site - also the immortalised in a Beatles' song - into a training centre for those with disabilities and a visitor attraction highlighting the site's significance to The Beatles.
World championship leader Marquez had started on pole but Ducati's Dovizioso, 30, got the better of an incredible battle where the lead changed hands several times, including twice on the final corner in Spielberg.
Marquez's Honda team-mate and compatriot Dani Pedrosa came third.
Dovizioso is still currently second in the World Championship standings.
Marquez had won the two previous races after his success in Germany and the Czech Republic.
It was Dovizioso's third victory in 2017.
1. Andrea Dovizioso (Ita/Ducati) 39 mins 43.323 secs
2. Marc Marquez (Spa/Honda) 39:43.499
3. Dani Pedrosa (Spa/Honda) 39:43.499
4. Jorge Lorenzo (Spa/Ducati) 39:49.986
5. Johann Zarco (Fra/Yamaha) 39:50.585
6. Maverick Vinales (Spa/Yamaha) 39:50.770
7. Valentino Rossi (Ita/Yamaha) 39'50.770
8. Alvaro Bautista (Spa/Ducati) 39'57.838
9. Loris Baz (Fra/Ducati) 40'02.943
10. Mika Kallio (Fin/KTM) 40'03.089
1. Marc Marquez (Spa/Honda) 174 points
2. Andrea Dovizioso (Ita/Ducati) 158
3. Maverick Vinales (Spain/Yamaha) 150
4. Valentino Rossi (Ita/Yamaha) 141
5. Dani Pedrosa (Spa/Honda) 139
6. Johann Zarco (Fra/Yamaha) 99
7. Jorge Lorenzo (Spa/Ducati) 79
8. Jonas Folger (Ger/Yamaha) 77
9. Cal Crutchlow (GB/Honda) 76
10. Danilo Petrucci (Ita/Ducati) 75
Now, Sir David Attenborough has uncovered the world's biggest known dinosaur for his latest documentary.
The new species was 37 metres long - about the length of four London buses.
He told Newsround he believes there's a very small chance the prehistoric beasts could be brought back from extinction.
But he said that it would be very expensive, and it would be better to concentrate on looking after the animals we already have.
You can watch the first of Sir David's new series 'Attenborough And The Giant Dinosaur' on Sunday 24 January, at 6.30pm on BBC One.
Robba, 24, has impressed during a trial period and will provide competition for first-choice keeper Brendan Moore.
"He's done very well in training and he's a confident lad," Torquay manager Kevin Nicholson told BBC Sport.
"He's the kind of character we want around the place and he's affordable, which is a big thing for us."
Robba has won seven caps for his country, with Gibraltar conceding 26 goals in the games he has been involved in, but Nicholson says his experience of facing nations such as Poland, Scotland and the Republic of Ireland can only help him.
He added: "He doesn't let anything bother him too much and it's great experience for him, which for him as a young goalkeeper can only be a good thing.
"I'm sure he's got some decent stories about how good some of the players are that he's played against."
Reid, 22, will begin his second loan spell at his hometown club, having played twice for the Gulls in March 2015.
Last season the former Northern Ireland Under-20 international had a spell with National League South side Truro City and played 17 times for Exeter City, scoring once.
"I trained with Exeter when I got released from Torquay as a player in 2014 to keep myself fit and I had a couple of chats with him then and saw what he was about," Nicholson added to BBC Sport.
"I think he's going to compliment Nathan Blissett and Brett Williams and he's going to give them some genuine competition up there.
"He's a guy who we haven't just brought in to warm the bench, this is a guy who's going to come in and bring the best out of the other two and make sure he's pushing for a start.
"This is the next step of his development, coming out and being a regular member of the first-team squad for the next three months."
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The Swans are nine points above the relegation zone with nine games left, after Saturday's 1-0 win over Norwich.
Iceland international Sigursson, who scored the only goal, told Match of the Day: "I think we'd be happy when we get to 39 points."
Captain Ashley Williams, meanwhile, hopes the win lifted the mood of boss Francesco Guidolin, who is in hospital.
With Guidolin recovering from a chest infection, Alan Curtis was in charge for the second game in succession.
But Williams said Guidolin had "set the team up" for their victories over Arsenal and Norwich.
"With the gaffer not being here you step up a little bit and try and make it a little bit smoother on game day and in training," said Williams
"He spoke to Curt and he's over the moon with the win so hopefully he's back in Swansea soon and he'll be fit and well and get back on the training pitch."
Earlier this season, Curtis took temporary charge following the departure of Garry Monk.
"He stepped up the last two games, took over the manager spot again and we got two wins," said Williams.
"We're happy for Curt. He did work so hard when he was thrust into that position before."
Swansea's next game is at Bournemouth on Saturday.
"There's no point going there and folding and thinking the job's done because it's not," said Williams, who scored the Swans' winner at Arsenal.
Williams said Saturday's game was tense, lacked quality, was full off effort from both teams and "not the best game of football".
He added: "We're just happy that we ground out a win. We played better against Arsenal.
"Things can look down one minute and you wake up the next morning and everything looks a bit better so it definitely makes nicer reading and you can watch Match of the Day and it's not too bad."
Mills, who alongside Saskia Clark is aiming to improve on their silver medal at London 2012 in the 470 class, says plastic bags can get caught on a boat's fin and severely affect speed.
"If that happens at the start line you can slow to half-speed and everyone will sail past you," she said.
The sailing gets under way on 8 August.
Organisers have spent months clearing the Bay, which receives 70% of Rio's sewage. Sailors have also reported seeing furniture and floating animal carcasses.
But rubbish is still being pulled out of the water with plastic bags most likely to affect windsurfers, which are the lightest craft at the Games.
"Picking up a bag at the wrong time could be disastrous," Mills told BBC Sport.
However, she added: "Having said that, it is very rare. We've been caught once in 150 days.
"We really hope it doesn't affect anyone and it's just clean sailing out there."
Team GB medal hope Bryony Shaw, who won a windsurfing bronze at the 2008 Olympics, told BBC Sport: "The water quality is an issue and you do pick up rubbish on your fins. Nobody wants medals taken away for that reason.
"But in the last couple of weeks the Bay is cleaning up - even when you pass the tideline there is way less rubbish to weave your way through.
"On a windsurfer we are going pretty fast, rubbish can stop you in your tracks and nobody wants that in the races."
Great Britain's sailing sailing team leader B team leader Stephen Park added: "There is still a long way to go but I don't think we can underestimate the size of the challenge they are facing.
"Hopefully over the next few days we will see it continue to improve and there are one or two individuals doing great work clearing up rubbish particularly around the tidelines."
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President Hollande thanked the UK for its support in the wake of the attacks and said he hoped MPs would back David Cameron's case for military action.
The PM has said there is a "compelling case" for air strikes against so-called Islamic State targets in Syria.
But senior Labour MPs have been trying to defuse a party row over the issue.
Mr Hollande, who was speaking at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Malta, said the Paris attacks showed "man is the worst enemy of man".
"I do hope that the House of Commons will be able to meet the request of Prime Minister Cameron," he added.
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It comes after Mr Cameron made his case to Parliament on Thursday for the UK to extend air strikes against so-called Islamic State from Iraq into Syria.
Extending military action into Syria will make the UK safer, the prime minister said.
Mr Cameron has vowed to hold a Commons vote on joining air strikes in Syria when he is confident he can win it, which could depend on persuading enough Labour MPs to back his case to counter any Conservative rebellion.
Earlier, he again urged MPs to support military action, saying there was a "compelling case to keep our country safe".
The BBC understands senior government ministers, including Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, will ring Labour MPs over the weekend to press the case for action.
However, senior shadow cabinet members have been seeking to defuse an internal party row over the issue, which threatens to split Labour.
Leader Jeremy Corbyn has written to MPs to express his opposition to air strikes - putting him at odds with more than half of his shadow cabinet.
He faced warnings of resignations after he wrote to Labour MPs rejecting the prime minister's case for military action.
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell told the BBC there are "some issues, like going to war, which should be above party politics", adding that MPs should be allowed to vote according to their conscience.
He also said there "shouldn't be any party discipline on issues like this".
Two Labour MPs have since called for Mr Corbyn to resign over the issue, with John Spellar, MP for Warley, saying the Labour leader's handling of the row had been "unacceptable".
Fiona McTaggart, MP for Slough, said Mr Corbyn's leadership had been "weak".
However, Labour deputy leader Tom Watson said shadow cabinet members who disagree with Mr Corbyn's position will not be resigning.
Mr Watson hinted a free vote - allowing the shadow cabinet and Labour MPs to vote as they please - might be the best way out of the situation.
Asked if he would resign if there was not a free vote, Mr Watson said: "No, of course not. I'm the deputy leader of the party with a mandate. But I don't think that situation is going to occur."
Mr Watson said he agreed with Shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn's view that the prime minister had made a "compelling case" for military action and that the UK faced an "imminent security threat".
However, Mr Corbyn's shadow cabinet ally Diane Abbott urged the shadow front bench to get behind their leader in any vote.
She said: "Jeremy appoints the shadow cabinet - not the other way round. You cannot have a shadow cabinet voting down the leader of the Labour Party who has just been elected with the biggest mandate in history."
It comes as Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said there is growing "momentum" among MPs in support of extending RAF air strikes against IS into Syria.
Mr Hammond said ministers would give MPs the chance to reflect over the weekend on Mr Cameron's case before deciding whether to press for a Commons vote.
Two-year-old Tessa Evans from Maghera was born with an extremely rare medical condition called congenital arhinia. It means she has no sense of smell or sinus cavities.
Tessa has undergone the first operation in a new procedure which uses a 3D printer to build an implant to fit under her skin.
A medical tattoo artist will also tattoo on the nostrils and nose contours.
Tessa's face has already changed quite dramatically since her birth. The small implant has given her a nasal bump and raised the area between the eyes. The surgery will be repeated every two years.
Tessa's mother Grainne described how in the moments after her birth it had been difficult to come to terms with her condition.
"Shock was the absolute biggest emotion at the time - then heartbreak.
"She was tube-fed in the hospital because she had her tracheostomy tube sticking out from her neck and she was so tiny."
Tessa's father Nathan said they've had to learn about her condition as they go.
"She doesn't have sinuses, a nasal cavity. There's nothing there, it's all gone.
"It was funny the very first time she sneezed but we actually found out that it actually comes from your chest.
"However having that wee bit of normality was quite nice."
Having no sense of smell does come with its own dangers.
"She can't smell if something is dangerous, if something was burning or if food is very rotten," Grainne said.
"Another child would automatically lift that up and know not to put it in their mouth whereas with Tessa doesn't have that same early warning system."
The surgery on Tessa's face will not be completed until her teenage years, but Grainne explained how she and Nathan believe it was a "no brainer".
"They say once they have the final, nuanced nose in place that they will then get a medical tattoo artist to tattoo in light and shade to make the more detailed contours of her nose.
"They can then dimple in the nostrils and shade them to look real."
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Ding Junhui's continued success, along with the country's size, outstanding facilities and infrastructure, is spawning a generation of stars - who Hearn believes will dominate snooker for years.
"I would think that in five years half of the top 32 players will be Chinese," Hearn, chairman of World Snooker, told BBC Sport prior to the 40th anniversary of the World Championship being staged at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre.
"Ding has been one of the fundamental reasons why snooker has got so big. He has been the flagbearer of Chinese snooker for the past 10 to 12 years.
"He's inspired hundreds of thousands of Chinese snooker players and brought the game into the living rooms of the entire population."
An estimated 210 million people watched the 2016 World Championship on China's national state broadcaster, CCTV - with national legend Ding's run all the way to the final driving those startling figures.
Although the 30-year-old lost to world number one Mark Selby, Ding made history by becoming the first Asian player to feature in the final.
Snooker's biggest star in Britain, Ronnie O'Sullivan, also agrees with Hearn about China's inevitable rise.
"By 2025, you'll probably see the majority of the winners being Chinese," the five-time world champion said.
"The usual set of suspects will be there - Selby, Murphy, Trump, Kyren Wilson. But other than that I think it will be pretty Chinese dominated."
World number five Shaun Murphy says Ding is the most highly recognised sports person in China "by a mile".
"He's bigger than Ronnie is back in the UK, than Davis was, than Stephen Hendry was, than Alex Higgins was; he's bigger than them all," Murphy said.
"The fans in China are fanatical about him. They camp out at hotel lobbies for him, he and his wife have to go out for meals in secret. He is an A-list celebrity in China."
China's supposed takeover of a sport so long dominated by the UK and Ireland has been predicted for years, but it is only recently that it is truly beginning to back up Ding's breakthrough.
Ding won his first ranking tournament in 2005 - aged 18 - by beating seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry in the final of the China Open.
Later that year he become the first player from outside the UK and Ireland to win the UK Championship, beating another legend - six-time world champion Steve Davis.
Ding has remained a constant figure at the top of the game, winning a total of 12 ranking titles and the knock-on effect is clear.
Ding explained: "Before, they had a lot of snooker fans. But there was nobody who could win the tournaments, so year by year the fans were leaving the sport.
"Then after 2005, I won it and the TV showed more snooker. Then the people brought their cues back to the tables."
About 70 million people play cue sports in China each week, including eight- and nine-ball pool, with the best young players coming to live and practise at the CBSA World Snooker Academy in Beijing.
There are 30 pupils, ranging in age from six to 22 years old. Practice is relentless. They play from Monday to Saturday, from 09:00 until 17:00.
Three players have qualified for the main snooker tour since the academy opened in September 2013, including Yan Bingtao, who beat world champion Selby at the Welsh Open this season. There are 17 professional Chinese players on the main 128 snooker tour, with a further 12 from other parts of Asia.
Ding is idolised, as both Yan and teenager Xu Si, the 2016 World Under-21 champion, explain.
"I picked up the cue all because of watching him," said Yan, the world number 63. "He is like an elder brother to all of us. We worship him."
Xu added: "For us junior players our desire is generated by Ding winning those tournaments, thinking if he is Chinese, we are too. If he can do this, we can too."
Hearn says the work that has gone into making sport a fundamental part of the school curriculum in China and at the "heart and soul" of the way of life is incredible.
Snooker is just one of the sports seeing the rewards, with huge national exposure, affordable participation and the power, as Hearn says, "to bring about a sense of pride to a country by the ability to win on international stages".
The sport in the UK reached new heights in 1985, when a television audience of 18.5 million people watched Dennis Taylor beat Steve Davis 18-17 in the famous black-ball World Championship final of 1985.
Hearn is proud of the numbers but mindful that those figures have since been dwarfed.
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"We are terribly parochial - the English mindset. Or perhaps European mindset," Hearn said.
"Getting 18.5 million on the BBC, that's a fabulous figure, and will never be repeated again on terrestrial TV. But it's so tiny in comparison to the 400m people that watched last year's World Championships, because the game is global now."
The World Championship has been held in Sheffield since 1977, and the city has a deal to keep it until 2027.
China would dearly love to stage the event, but there is strong resistance to seeing the flagship event leave theses shores.
Jason Ferguson, chairman of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), the governing body to World Snooker, says that as a traditionalist keeping the tournament at the Crucible is "very important" while continuing to make the most of the growth in the Far East.
"In China, there's about 1,500 clubs in the big cities on average," Ferguson said.
"In the UK, sometimes we still carry a little bit of the old days of smoky halls. But here in China, we don't carry that reputation or that baggage. It's a clean market, it's a gentleman's sport, it's a global sport and it's a very good sport at grassroots level.
"We could put more events on, but it's important to manage our sport. It's no good if it becomes just a Chinese sport. It's no good if it's just a UK sport."
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They were sparked by a new law on higher education, which could see the closure of Central European University - a prestigious institution founded by the Hungarian-born American billionaire George Soros.
Protesters say the law is another step in Mr Orban's plan to transform his country into an "illiberal state" - a partial democracy, as opposed to the "open society" promoted by Mr Soros. The government says the protests are organised from abroad.
"What's happening here is very similar to what's going on in Russia," says protester Annamaria, a middle-aged teacher of disabled children, who went to Heroes' Square last week to protest against increasing Russian influence in Hungary.
"It brings back very unpleasant memories," she reflects with a sad smile, in the warm spring sunshine.
The Budapest protests were initially triggered by the government's crackdown on Central European University (CEU).
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The Hungarian move follows Russia's closure of another Soros-backed institution, European University at St Petersburg, which had its licence revoked in March.
The demonstrations, which have drawn tens of thousands, have become a focal point for wider discontent and highlighted Hungary's increasing isolation in the EU.
Russian student Daria Dubovka is more closely affected by the events than most. A graduate of European University at St Petersburg, she arrived at CEU in September.
"As an academic, I know how important it is to find a community that thinks the same way as I do. To me, academia is that community, and I'm worried that the threat to my universities can harm not only my life, but it can also shrink and damage the whole academic network," she said.
Ekaterina Paustyan is studying for a PhD in political science. A graduate of Altai State University in Siberia, she says CEU has changed her life.
"I have an opportunity to take courses with excellent professors here and go to lectures by top scholars such as Francis Fukuyama, Joseph Stiglitz and Sergei Guriev."
The Hungarian government believes CEU has violated Hungarian rules, an accusation the university rejects.
The new law requires universities offering degrees with non-European accreditation, such as CEU, to open campuses outside Hungary. CEU President Michael Ignatieff said such legislation was "punitive and discriminatory".
CEU does not have a US campus. It offers US- and Hungarian-accredited postgraduate degrees, and has 1,440 students - 335 from Hungary and the rest from 107 other countries.
The new law also requires such institutions to sign up to international treaties to govern their operations.
CEU says the changes mean it faces having to close to new enrolments in February 2018.
The government believes that CEU is part of a campaign orchestrated by George Soros to destroy the traditional values of Hungarian society and undermine national sovereignty.
Prime Minister Orban views Mr Soros as an ideological enemy.
Government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs believes Mr Soros's "open society" is a utopia. "His NGOs [non-governmental organisations] behave like governments... they think they have the right to say what's best for the country. But they have no political mandate."
The government has now proposed a new law tightening rules on NGOs. It will require them to register with the authorities if they receive an annual foreign income of at least 7.2m forint (£19,240; $24,700).
In those cases, NGOs will also have to put the label "foreign-funded organisation" on their publications.
The rules are once again targeting organisations funded by Mr Soros, who for decades has given away billions of dollars to promote a liberal, "open society" culture.
Critics say it is another striking parallel with Russia, where a 2015 law on "undesirable organisations" led to a ban on Soros foundations. Russian NGOs have to call themselves "foreign agents" if they get any foreign funding.
The Budapest branch of anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI) is one of the NGOs targeted by the new law. Yet the money it gets from Mr Soros' Open Society Foundation accounts for only 7% of its budget, says Jozsef Peter Martin, head of TI's Budapest office.
He says 54% of the organisation's funding comes from the European Commission. Under the new law, this will have to be registered as "an unknown source". So does an EU member state - Hungary - consider EU support for an NGO as suspicious?
"It's a populist government and it's one of the distinctive traits of populists that they always need enemies. For a long time, the EU was such an enemy, which is absurd, because 6% of Hungarian GDP last year came from the EU," Mr Martin said.
Analysts say the protests have taken the Orban government by surprise.
"Most people didn't expect the CEU to become a spark," said Robert Laszlo from a public policy think-tank, Political Capital Institute. "But somehow it turned out to be very relevant to a lot of young people."
Hearts visit Hibernian in a Scottish Cup replay on Wednesday following a 0-0 draw in the first fifth-round tie.
And Cathro is convinced his players are ready for the derby match.
"I see a Hearts team now that is stronger and more ready to deal with the part of the game when we need to suffer and need to fight," he said.
The Edinburgh rivals met at the same stage of the competition last season, in February, with Hibs winning the replay courtesy of a Jason Cummings goal.
"We have a stronger and more ready group to balance better the high of when it is going for us and also be able to deal with the situation when you have a difficult period of the game. You can't dominate the entirety of the match," added Cathro, who joined Hearts in December.
"The first game gives us information, we have played against the opponents, maybe they will be a little bit different, but there won't be too many changes I would imagine.
"Everyone feels quite clear with what we will be faced with."
Cathro, who hopes to welcome Don Cowie back into the first-team squad following a rib injury, reflected on his first experience of the Edinburgh derby by saying there was "less football, less quality" than other games.
He would not be drawn on the potential impact on the Hibs players of Neil Lennon's stark criticism in the wake of Saturday's 1-1 draw with Raith Rovers, saying that "those are internal things at another club".
However, he added that the cup holders are already more than capable of playing in the Premiership.
"On Wednesday, it is the most important thing in all our lives, to win the game," said Cathro.
"And, when we play the next game in a different competition, that will be the most important thing.
"It really is that simple. We are fighting to become a team that knows how to win and gets used to winning, it becomes comfortable with the feeling that we need to win.
"I am happy with the idea that there is more pressure on us because of how much we want to win the game.
"You see inside Hibs a team that could very comfortable play in the top league without drastic changes and, over the last couple of seasons, if things go slightly differently then they would already be in this league.
"They are a top-league club in Scotland and I think they could comfortable be a top league team in Scotland.
"I am sure we can look forward to trying to beat them more often next season."
South Wales Police said father-of-six Mr O'Brien, 51, was from Llanishen, Cardiff, and Mr Sim, 41, from Caldicot, Monmouthshire.
Emergency services are working to recover their bodies after the blast, which happened in the basement of the rod and bar mill at Celsa Steel UK on Wednesday.
Five men were also injured.
Police said of the four people taken to hospital, three have now been discharged. Another man was treated at the plant in Splott.
Celsa Steel UK chief executive Luis Sanz said Wednesday was "a tragic day for all in our Celsa family."
Speaking outside the steelworks at Thursday lunchtime, Mr Sanz said Celsa's deepest sympathies were with the families of those who died.
He said the firm was "incredibly grateful to the local community for their support and solidarity at such a difficult time".
"In memory of our colleagues, we will strive to avoid another day like yesterday," he added.
The company is working with the Health and Safety Executive and police who are leading the investigation to determine the cause of the blast.
Flowers have been left at the site, many with tributes to those who died.
Speaking to BBC Wales, Mr O'Brien's brother Kevin said "he was the true embodiment of a rock" who "loved life at the works".
"My brother was a family man," he said.
"Husband to Marie and father of Keiran, Hannah, Sean, Rachel, Martha and Dominic; son of Sheila and Bart; brother of Bernard, Kevin and Catherine. He will be sadly missed."
He said Mr O'Brien joined Celsa - which was then Allied Steel and Wire - as a 16-year-old apprentice and was named Welsh Apprentice of the Year aged 19.
After leaving school with one O-level, he continued his education at night school and eventually achieved a first class honours degree.
After working at various firms including the Royal Mint in Llantrisant and Kingsmill Bakery in Cardiff, he returned to the firm where he began his career as an engineer.
St Peter's RFC in Roath posted a tribute on its website to Mr O'Brien, who had represented the club in baseball and rugby and was well known to the 90 players in the various squads.
He was also the founder and current club champion of St Peter's Bowls Club.
The club said he was "a well loved and exceptionally popular member" and a "family man" who would be "sadly missed".
His colleague Mr Sim, who was originally from Newcastle upon Tyne, was married to Sam and had a young son and daughter.
He was a Newcastle United football fan and played for a local darts team in the Caldicot area.
Unions will meet Celsa HR staff and senior management to discuss how best to support staff following the deaths.
The tourists, who lead the series 2-1, need a draw in Nagpur and ended the fourth day 165 runs ahead on 161-3.
After India declared on 326-9, England stumbled to 94-3 in their second innings, losing Alastair Cook, Nick Compton and Kevin Pietersen.
But Jonathan Trott (66 not out) and Ian Bell (24 no) steadied England with a watchful partnership of 67 runs.
"England will have to bat into the afternoon because even if they score 60-70 by lunch, they'll still need a few more runs. What Dhoni did at the start of the day was quite puzzling as they got stuck in no-man's-land for an hour and didn't really push the game along. The key for England was that no matter how slowly they batted, they didn't lose too many early wickets. Dhoni set defensive fields, only had two men catching for the spinners, which is all right in theory providing you get wickets, but they only got three throughout the day. Trott has scored delightfully, he's looked at ease and has scored relatively quickly, while Bell has played sensibly for once."
The Warwickshire pair will be key to England's chances of batting themselves into a safe position on the fifth day, against an Indian side desperate to level the series.
Trott, who relishes such situations, looked assured at the crease as he expertly combined his famed powers of concentration with a fluency which brought nine boundaries, while Bell was equally as resilient as he looks to return to form after scoring just 56 runs in five previous Test innings on tour.
One of Trott's boundaries came in unusual circumstances as Ravindra Jadeja let the ball slip out of his hand during his delivery stride. The ball bounced numerous times before landing in the short leg area and being smashed for four by the opportunistic Trott.
With Joe Root and Matt Prior, who shared a 103-run partnership in the first innings, still to bat, England will be confident of staying at the crease long enough to secure the result they need to match the achievements of their predecessors in 1984-85.
However, they will also be aware of the dangers a batting collapse could bring and the threat of an Indian run chase on a pitch that still offers very little to the bowlers.
The hosts can sense the match and series are slipping away, though, judging by a fiery evening session which saw a number of their players exchange words with Trott.
The animosity stemmed from an unsuccessful appeal when Ishant Sharma thought he had the batsman caught behind.
Alastair Cook is now England's leading Test run-scorer in India with 863, one ahead of Mike Gatting, with Tony Greig in third place and Kevin Pietersen fourth
If Trott did get an edge it was virtually impossible to judge, and umpire Kumar Dharmasena's decision to turn down India's vociferous appeal was the correct one.
Mahendra Dhoni's side felt aggrieved and sledged the unperturbed Trott for the final hour of the evening session, but England, and captain Alastair Cook in particular, are the ones who should be feeling hard done by.
After putting on 48 for the first wicket with Compton, Cook, who made 13 from 93 balls, was given out caught behind off Ravichandran Ashwin despite replays showing the skipper's bat was nowhere near a ball that spun sharply.
Compton followed for 34 just before tea - given out lbw to Pragyan Ojha - and when Kevin Pietersen played no shot at a straight one from Jadeja and was bowled, England were in a spot of trouble.
However, the assured intervention of Trott and Bell steadied any nerves and blunted the Indian attack.
Dhoni may now rue the hour he wasted at the start of the day's play, when the Indian tail added just 29 runs in 13 overs to get within four runs of England's first innings total.
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Forwards David Clarkson, 29, and Paul Heffernan, 33 and defender Kyle Benedictus, 23, will not be offered new contracts.
The club had already released midfield duo Iain Davidson and Jamie Reid.
Englishman Hemmings, 23, is currently with Barnsley after previous spells with Rangers and Cowdenbeath.
He will join Paul Hartley's side on 1 July on a three-year deal.
The forward has scored five goals for English League One side Barnsley this season and has 29 goals from his previous spells in Scotland.
Former Motherwell striker Clarkson joined Dundee in September and soon scored eight goals in eight successive games. However, the Scotland cap has added to his season's tally only once since November.
Irishman Heffernan, who has played for several clubs in England and Scotland, moved to Dens Park in February and his only goal so far was in April's city derby win over Dundee United.
Dundee-born Benedictus is currently on loan at Scottish Championship side Alloa Athletic and made his senior debut with the Dens Park side in 2008.
But whether they are allowed to represent Russia or not is unclear.
IOC president Thomas Bach said clean Russian athletes should take part under their own flag.
While athletics' governing body the IAAF says it will accept appeals on an "exceptional basis", for Russians to participate as "neutral athletes".
On Friday, the IAAF upheld a ban on all Russian track and field athletes competing at this summer's Olympic Games, first imposed because of widespread state-sponsored doping and cover-up allegations.
On Tuesday, the IOC opened the door for some athletes to go to this summer's Olympic Games, if they could prove they were clean, with Bach saying: "If there are athletes qualified, then they will compete as members of the team of the Russian Olympic Committee."
However, the IAAF responded by insisting that if athletes met "strict criteria", they would compete "in an individual capacity as neutral athletes, not under any country's flag".
It added: "This decision has been unequivocally supported across sport and the IOC summit today unanimously agreed to fully respect the IAAF decision."
The president of the Russian Olympic Committee, Alexander Zhukov, confirmed Russia's clean athletes would appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) against the "legally indefensible" ban on them competing.
He added that Russia "will not boycott the Olympics".
A statement from the Russian Ministry for Sport said its athletes would undergo at least three additional IAAF anti-doping tests before Rio, adding: "Our Olympians are ready to go over and above all the normal anti-doping tests to show their commitment to clean and fair sport."
However, sports minister Vitaly Mutko later said the IAAF had "done everything to destroy" athletics in his country.
The IOC met in Lausanne on Tuesday to agree a five-point anti-doping plan, saying the "presumption of innocence of athletes" from Russian and Kenyan athletes was "being put seriously into question".
Both Kenya and Russia have been deemed non-compliant with anti-doping rules.
The IOC added the lack of trusted doping controls meant it wanted each sport's governing body to vet their athletes.
Both countries have now asked the IOC for further clarification on how their athletes can qualify for exemptions and compete at Rio.
Russia track federation general secretary Mikhail Butov praised the IOC's "compromise", but said it "needed to be explained".
Pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva, who had announced plans to legally challenge the ban on Russian athletes, said: "I have to admit that deep down there is hope. It hasn't died completely."
The 34-year-old double Olympic champion added: "The most pleasant thing for me personally is that all athletes who win their cases will compete under the Russian flag. That's a victory.
"I was desperate yesterday, but I'm very optimistic today. Now it means that the end of my career, I hope, will be in Rio."
Mahoah Esipisu, a spokesman for Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta, said: "We are one of the most tested nations. We are ready for the new requirement (of testing our athletes) because we support clean athletics."
At Tuesday's meeting, the IOC also said they would ask the World Anti-doping Agency (Wada) to convene an "extraordinary world conference on doping" in 2017.
Several people were seriously injured in the attack, which took place at a rally for the Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq party.
The attack - claimed by al-Qaeda-linked militants - comes less than a week before Iraqis are due to head to the polls in parliamentary elections.
Iraq has been enduring the worst unrest since it pulled back from the brink of civil war in 2008.
The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant - an al-Qaeda offshoot also known as ISIL - said it had carried out Friday's attack.
Three bombs exploded as people left the rally, says the BBC's Nahed Abouzeid in Baghdad.
The first two blasts were caused by truck bombs and the third by a roadside bomb.
Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq is backed by Iran and is a public supporter of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
This is likely to have antagonised Sunni groups in both countries, our correspondent says.
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Senior Ahl al-Haq official Wahab al-Taie said after the attack: "This is a desperate act that will not stop us from moving on and challenging. They wanted to send us a message and they did, but that will not deter us."
The rally had been addressed by cleric Sheik Qais al-Khazali, who told the crowd: "We are ready and prepared to defend this nation. Let it be known that Asaib will be the remedy."
Next Wednesday's election will be the first since the US pulled out combat troops in 2011.
More than 9,000 candidates will compete for 328 parliamentary seats, but there will be no voting in parts of Sunni-dominated Anbar province, where security forces still battle Islamist and tribal militants for control of the provincial capital Ramadi and nearby Fallujah.
The senate was unable to start considering the proposed budget because of the missing documentation, he said.
The delay could worsen the country's economic crisis as it deals with the impact of plunging oil prices.
President Muhammadu Buhari delivered the hard copies of his first budget to both houses at the end of last month.
It detailed his plans to raise spending by 20% by borrowing heavily amid falling global oil prices.
The president, who came to power last May, also pledged to improve tax collection and invest in other industries including mining and agriculture to create more jobs.
Senate President Bukola Saraki held a closed door meeting with Mr Buhari late on Tuesday, but it is not clear if the issue of the missing documents was discussed.
The BBC understands that the copies of the budget for the lower house are not missing and will be distributed on Wednesday.
BBC Nigeria analyst Naziru Mikailu says this is an embarrassing development for the country's parliament and the government in general.
The MPs are already facing criticism for refusing to cut their salaries and allowances at the time the Africa's largest economy is facing its worst economic crisis in recent years.
Some opposition senators have reacted angrily to the news of the missing documents, accusing the government of being behind their disappearance, Nigeria's Premium Times newspaper reports.
But Mr Buhari's spokesman Garba Shehu denied the allegation, saying: "Once the budget is submitted, it ceases to be our property."
Both houses are expected to take about two months to consider the $31bn (£20.8bn) budget.
Brian McKandie was found beaten to death with a "heavy weapon" in his home in Rothienorman on Saturday 12 March.
Officers stopped the vehicles in the Rothienorman area on Friday, two weeks since the 67-year-old was last seen alive.
Police said they had received "potential fresh lines of inquiry".
Mr McKandie was attacked and died at his home in Badenscoth on Friday 11 or Saturday 12 March 2016.
Detectives are continuing to appeal for information about two pairs of men seen with Mr McKandie on the Friday and have asked for drivers with dashboard camera footage of the area that weekend to come forward.
Det Ch Inspector Iain Smith said: "It is now just over two weeks since when we understand Mr McKandie was attacked and officers spent much of last Friday speaking to people travelling in the area.
"Information was received from a number of people in terms of assisting us with our inquiries to identify people who may have been in contact with him before he died.
"This gives us potential fresh lines of enquiry to follow. We are still appealing for two sets of men who may have visited him on the Friday (11 March) to come forward as this may assist us."
He added: "We have also requested that if anyone was driving on the B9001 between Rothienorman and Forgue at any point on Friday 11 March 2016 who was using their dashboard camera, I would ask them to copy the footage from that part of their journey, especially as they were driving through Badenscoth, save it to disk and hand it into their nearest police office.
"The information within the footage will potentially help us progress the inquiry forward."
Earlier on Friday, Mr McKandie's brother made an emotional plea during a press conference for anyone with information about Mr McKandie's death to come forward.
William McKandie said: "We are finding this whole situation really hard to come to terms with. We have lost our brother and we just want to know what happened and why."
Detectives have released an image showing Mr McKandie at a bank in Turriff on 11 March.
Two men were reportedly seen speaking to Mr McKandie between 13:00 and 14:00 on the Friday before his body was found.
One of the men was said to be in his 50s and heavy set. The other was a younger man.
They were beside a burgundy or maroon estate car, possibly a Saab or Volvo.
Officers have also appealed for two men seen talking to Mr McKandie between 17:00 and 18:00 on the Friday. One was described as in his 20s, and the other in his 30s or 40s.
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The 27 EU leaders unanimously agreed on Saturday the guidelines issued in March by European Council President Donald Tusk.
In a letter to the leaders of the EU-27 ahead of the summit, Mr Tusk wrote that progress on "people, money and Ireland" must come before negotiations on the EU's future relationship with the UK.
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Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Enda Kenny hailed the outcome of the summit in Brussels as "a huge endorsement of the government's approach to the Brexit negotiations and a clear recognition of the unique and specific challenges facing Ireland".
Mr Kenny said the declaration on Irish unity, in which the EU affirmed that in the event of a successful referendum on a united Ireland, Northern Ireland would automatically rejoin the EU, was hugely important.
"It is important to provide reassurance that it does not undermine any provision in the Good Friday Agreement, and if the provision on unity by peaceful means and by consent and democratic means is invoked at some time in future, EU membership is assured, and is now unanimously accepted by the European Council to endorse that legal base," he said.
"Let me be clear, this is not about triggering any mechanism. I've been very consistent in my view that the conditions for a referendum do not currently exist. But an acknowledgement of the principle of the potential within the Good Friday Agreement is hugely important."
The UK's Brexit Secretary David Davis had previously said that in the event of such a vote, Northern Ireland could become "part of an existing EU member state".
Sinn Féin's Mary Lou McDonald said EU leaders were helping to create a united Ireland.
"We welcome the fact that European leaders have recognised the provision within Good Friday (agreement) to end partition and to create a united Ireland," she said.
"We welcome the fact that a reunified Ireland would in its entirety automatically fall within the European Union.
"We think that that is logical and fair and we welcome the fact that European leaders have said that now out loud."
Talks with the UK will begin after the general election on 8 June. The deadline for completing the negotiations is 29 March 2019.
Former First Minister Lord Trimble said the issue of tariffs would be important in whether or not there would be a hard border after Brexit and said there may need to be a change in EU law.
"If there are tariffs and under existing EU law a member state who has part of the EU's external border has to put in place on that border appropriate installations to enable them to monitor the movement of that border," he said.
"If on the basis of where we're going, if there are tariffs, then it becomes a hardish border and it comes so by virtue of EU law."
The separation talks will seek to agree the rights of EU citizens living in the UK, as well as Britons living in the EU, plus a settlement for the UK's financial obligations as an EU member state. A deal must also be agreed to avoid a hard border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, Mr Tusk wrote.
However, the UK government has said made clear that it want talks on trade relations to run in parallel with the separation negotiations.
EU officials estimate that the UK faces a bill of €60bn (£51bn; $65bn) because of EU budget rules. UK politicians have said the government will not pay a sum of that size.
Ashers Baking Company, based in County Antrim, was taken to court by a gay rights activist, assisted by Northern Ireland's Equality Commission.
As the verdict is delivered in the long-running "gay cake" dispute, BBC News NI looks at the background to the case.
Ashers Baking Company was founded in Newtownabbey in 1992. Run by the McArthur family, the Christian-owned business operates six shops in Northern Ireland.
The bakery came to wider prominence in July 2014 when it emerged that it had declined an order in its Belfast branch from a gay rights activist.
He had wanted them to make a cake that included a slogan that said "support gay marriage" along with a picture of Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street, and the logo of the Queerspace organisation.
Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that has not passed a law to introduce same-sex marriage
The cake was being commissioned for a civic event in Bangor, County Down, to mark International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.
Staff at the bakery passed the order to its head office, which considered it to be "at odds with our beliefs".
Another bakery agreed to accept the order.
The customer who placed the order with Ashers complained to Northern Ireland's Equality Commission, and the watchdog took up the case, warning the company that it had allegedly discriminated against the man on the grounds of his sexual orientation.
The Equality Commission said it "raises issues of public importance regarding the extent to which suppliers of goods and services can refuse service on grounds of sexual orientation, religious belief and/or political opinion".
The commission has supported the man in taking his legal case alleging discrimination.
However, Ashers said it was "taking a stand" on the grounds of religious freedom. The bakery's stance was backed by the Christian Institute, which has been providing it with legal assistance.
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), led by Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson, led the opposition at Stormont to the Equality Commission's case.
A DUP assembly member, Paul Givan, drafted a Private Member's Bill seeking to build a conscience clause into equality law in Northern Ireland.
This clause would allow businesses to refuse to provide some services if they clash with their strongly held religious convictions.
Mr Givan said: "Christians do not feel there is space being made for their religious beliefs".
The Catholic Church said it supported the general objective of the DUP's move.
However, opponents of the bill, led by Sinn Féin, have pledged to block the clause if it ever reaches the stage of a vote at the Stormont assembly.
Sinn Féin says it has gathered enough support for a petition of concern, a mechanism that means the bill would need cross-community support and, therefore, would not pass into law.
Rival demonstrations have been held in support of both sides in the case.
In January, thousands of people gathered at Belfast City Hall to protest over the DUP's conscience clause bill. The crowd was addressed by politicians from Alliance, Sinn Féin and SDLP, as well as community leaders.
Two days before the court hearing in Belfast, more than 2,000 people gathered at the city's Waterfront Hall venue to show their support for Ashers. Hundreds more supporters stood outside the venue and sang hymns.
Andrew Muir, Northern Ireland's first openly gay mayor, was hosting last year's event where he was presented with a replacement cake.
While he was not directly involved in the legal action, the Alliance Party councillor made an intervention on the eve of the court case to call for mediation.
"Unfortunately it's pitched people of religious belief against lesbian and gay people and I think that's very sad. It's not the type of society that I want in Northern Ireland where we have that adversarial set-up," Mr Muir said.
The court case in Belfast ran for three days in March.
The judgement had initially been expected to be delivered on 7 May, the same day as the general election, but it was put back for several weeks.
During the hearings, a lawyer for the bakery argued the issue was "the cake, not the customer".
One of the bakers, Karen McArthur, said she did not know Mr Lee was gay and it would not have mattered as they would not have been prepared to make a cake with a pro-gay marriage slogan for anyone.
However, Gareth Lee said he felt he was discriminated against.
He said that after ordering the cake and paying for it, only to be told two days later that his order had been rejected: "It made me feel unworthy, a lesser person."
While the debate leading up to the hearing had been often heated, the BBC's Mark Simpson found that in the courtroom it was a different story, and there was "no heckling, shouting or jeering".
"There was respect between the legal teams, politeness from the witnesses and a respectful atmosphere inside the courtroom, including the packed public gallery," he said.
The judge found in favour of Mr Lee, saying that as a business, Ashers was not exempt from discrimination law.
District Judge Isobel Brownlie said Ashers was "conducting a business for profit", and it was not a religious group.
The firm was found to have discriminated against Mr Lee on the grounds of sexual orientation as well as his political beliefs.
The judge said she accepted that Ashers has "genuine and deeply held" religious views, but said the business was not above the law.
Damages of £500 were agreed in advance by legal teams on both sides of the dispute.
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A 41-year-old man has not been seen since the boat overturned at Shepperton at about 18:00 BST on Thursday.
Witness John Mumford said people on the bank tried to get a buoy to him. He said: "They were shouting to hold on to his shirt and then it just went quiet."
The search team from Shoreham described underwater visibility as "very poor".
An 18-year-old man and a 39-year-old man managed to get to safety after the boat capsized near Russell Road but the other man was seen calling for help.
Mr Mumford said: "I heard a speedboat or a jet ski come around the bend, then it apparently tipped over and I heard screaming and yelling for help."
"Because the current was running so fast, the boat went down stream and out of sight," he added.
A search for the man on Thursday evening was called off for the night but resumed on Friday at Shepperton park, opposite Desborough Island.
The Environment Agency is helping to recover the boat, Surrey Police said.
The match, which has a 12:15 GMT kick-off, will also be streamed on the BBC Sport website and will feature on the Sportscene highlights programme that night and the following evening.
Two other last-16 ties will be shown on Sky Sports - Hearts' derby against Hibernian and Rangers v Morton.
These games are on Sunday 12 February.
Scottish Cup fifth-round ties:
Ayr United v Clyde or Stirling Albion
Celtic v Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Dunfermline Athletic v Hamilton Academical
East Fife v St Mirren
Hearts v Hibernian
Rangers v Greenock Morton
Ross County v Aberdeen
St Johnstone v Partick Thistle
Finn Russell was exceptional, a bundle of creativity, a defensive rock, a world-class player from top to toe. He picked a good night to produce one of his greatest games. In the 10 jersey down the other end was Dan Carter. Watching on from France and England? Club owners with deep pockets, vast ambition and very little patience.
It's no surprise that Russell has now been linked to four clubs - Toulon and Montpellier in France, and Bath and Gloucester in England. Each of them, it's been reported, are interested in getting him next summer.
He'll still have a year to go on his Scottish Rugby contract, which runs until May 2018, but these clubs are packing some serious financial clout. Where there's money - and plenty of it - there's oftentimes a way to make things happen.
On Thursday, the SRU's official line on the speculation was that no club has been in contact about Russell and that they would not welcome any contact.
"Finn is contracted until the end of next season and we expect him to see that out," said an SRU spokesman.
At Murrayfield, they're not naive about such things. The length of a contract can mean very little when you have clubs willing to fork out big numbers to get their target out of it ahead of time. David Denton had a year left on his deal at Edinburgh, but the SRU took the compensation from Bath and let him go.
The player wanted to go, the club thought they had ample cover for him and the size of the cheque from Bath sealed the deal.
They were similarly compensated when Racing bought Leone Nakarawa. Again, Nakarawa was made an eye-watering offer which he couldn't turn down. The union accepted that they were powerless to keep him. All they could do was drive the hardest bargain on the compensation front. They did well. A nice six-figure sum came tumbling into the coffers as a result.
The reported interest in Russell - and other clubs may soon join the list of suitors - is entirely predictable given his age, 24, and all the good years he has ahead of him.
Toulon, with money to burn, have Francois Trinh-Duc as their chief number 10, but as good as he is, he's now 30. Montpellier have the South African, Frans Steyn, but he's 29. Bath are under pressure to hold on to George Ford and Russell would be a fine replacement. All three clubs are powerhouses. It's very difficult to see Russell swapping Glasgow for Gloucester, however.
The SRU have a list of players who they say they will go the extra mile for. Stuart Hogg was one of those and, sure enough, they secured him for Glasgow on a record-breaking contract believed to be in the region of £375,000 a year. Jonny Gray is another. He's tied down to Glasgow until 2018, but Europe's big shots will be coming for him, too, soon enough.
The by-product of Glasgow's success is exposure of their best players to European markets. Alex Dunbar, Tommy Seymour, Mark Bennett, Peter Horne, Tim Swinson and Josh Strauss are all out of contract this summer and most will have admirers in bigger leagues than the Pro 12. At Edinburgh, John Hardie, WP Nel and Hamish Watson are also out of contract in May and they, too, will be of interest down south and in France.
The SRU cannot hope to keep them all. There are just too many battles to win and not enough financial power to win them. Russell, though, is in that elite-of-the-elite category, the players they will go to war to hold on to.
If and when the interest in him hardens to a firm offer, the SRU will deliver more money - but not as much as may be offered by the likes of Toulon - and will stress the welfare issue and how he is looked after at home. They will trumpet the arrival of Dave Rennie at Scotstoun, a world-class coach who will take over from Gregor Townsend, who, himself, would much rather see his main 10 in Scotland, where he has control of him, rather than in France or England, where he has no control.
Glasgow could really do with getting through to the last eight of the Champions Cup as well. They're right there, but they have much work to do yet. Russell will want to know that the club is moving forward as a European force. He's not the type of player who will content himself with the occasional Pro 12 title. He's ambitious. He wants more.
Losing Russell would be a calamity. He is a superb operator on the pitch and a marketing dream off it. Just as the SRU needed Hogg to stay in the community, be visible to young Scots and inspire them to play rugby, they need Russell to do the same.
The SRU will fight this one as hard as they possibly can.
The Friday strike will affect short- and medium-haul flights, similar to Wednesday's action.
Pilots staged a walk-out for long-haul flights on Thursday.
The pilots' union is hoping strikes will put pressure on management during negotiations on retirement benefits.
Lufthansa spokesman Martin Riecken said the company would be able to fly three-quarters of flights on Friday across all carriers under the Lufthansa group, including Swiss International and Austrian Airlines. He said the company would like to resume negotiations with the union.
Lufthansa wanted to get rid of a programme that allows pilots to retire at age 55 and receive up to 60% of their pay until they reach the statutory retirement age of 65.
Mr Ricecken says a new deal has been tabled by the airline offering to continue the benefit for existing pilots, but with a higher average retirement age of 61 and closing the scheme to new pilots.
The airline has been plagued by strikes, which last year cost it €232m (£165m).
"It's not about preventing strategic business decisions," said Jorg Handwerg, a spokesman for the union, Vereinigung Cockpit, in a statement on its website. "Competition should not lead to a sell-off of the values that have a significant role in ensuring that Lufthansa has become one of the world's leading aerospace companies."
The moves are intended as a cost-savings effort, as Lufthansa struggles to compete with low-cost competitors and rivals such as Emirates and Turkish Airlines.
Spain's government is in uproar over a Catalan parliament vote to launch a unilateral secession process, and the region's leader is being investigated by a Spanish judge for criminal disobedience.
But the filmmakers are looking to repeat the runaway success of their 2014 feature Spanish Affair, which became the domestic cinema industry's biggest-ever hit, attracting nine million people.
Known in Spanish as Ocho Apellidos Vascos (Eight Basque Surnames), its blend of wedding comedy and north-versus-south rivalry dared to poke fun at northern Basque culture and even the radical politics and street violence associated with the militant group Eta.
Eta's four-decade campaign of violence aimed at independence from Spain left more than 800 people dead before it declared a "definitive" ceasefire in 2011.
The Spanish title comes from a hilarious scene in which the Andalusian hero has to pretend he is 100% Basque by reciting the names of his grandparents.
The film critic at the Basque Country's pro-independence Gara newspaper turned his nose up at "non-Basque actors playing Basques with joke accents", but the film was a success in the northern region.
Now the Spain-wide release of Eight Catalan Surnames on Friday will show whether Catalans are also in the mood to laugh at the political crisis that has put the national government in Madrid and Barcelona's regional leadership on a collision course.
Director Emilio Martinez-Lazaro tries not to worry about any political crossfire.
"This is a 100-minute film full of the elements you would expect to find there, and the viewer will not be thinking about anything other than that during those 100 minutes. Then he will leave the cinema and go back to thinking about Mr Mas or whatever."
Artur Mas, the leader of Catalonia's government, and other Catalan nationalists won a majority in the regional parliament on 27 September with 48% of the vote, in elections that they had styled as a de facto referendum on independence.
Early this month, pro-independence parties approved a motion to start "the process to create a Catalan state in the form of a republic".
The Spanish government appealed against the move to the Constitutional Court, and leading Catalan officials have been warned that proceeding on the basis of the independence motion could see them suspended from their posts.
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The film's two Basque scriptwriters, Borja Cobeaga and Diego San Jose, have sought to poke fun at all nationalism, including the ultra-Spanish approach as personified by the civil guards who storm into the supposedly independent village as the farce approaches its climax.
What they say they really enjoyed creating in Eight Catalan Surnames was a comic rivalry between Basques and Catalans over the size of their opposition to Spanish rule in Madrid.
"Ten years ago Basque nationalism was on the front pages and Catalan nationalism was somewhat dormant," says Cobeaga. "Now, while the Basques are in the pit lane, the Catalans started overtaking everyone and are out in front."
In one of the film's funniest moments, a brutish Basque fisherman berates the Catalan mayor speaking to a square festooned with Catalan independence flags: "When it comes to independence, we're first in line!"
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For Diego San Jose, the sequel remains more a comedy about the Basque character than the current reality of Catalonia. "The Catalan question is more about shades of grey, but the Basques are extreme in all aspects of life. Whatever we do, we go further than anyone else and that is great for comedy."
Director Emilio Martinez-Lazaro accepts that his portrayal of Catalan independence as a fantasy facade to please a dying old lady could prove controversial. But, he argues, "the film is a vague echo of reality in that there is a hot-headed adventure going on".
Toni Soler, who directs a successful political sketch show, Polonia, on Catalan television believes the ability to laugh at oneself is the "first rule of living together as a society".
"We have always thought that the best thing we can do to help is show that all ideologies and all leaders can be ridiculous," he says.
His programme came under attack for depicting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy as Adolf Hitler in his bunker, when it showed him receiving news of last November's unofficial ballot on independence in Catalonia.
Asked whether Catalans will see the funny side now, Toni Soler is not so sure.
"It's much easier to laugh at yourself when you are the one poking fun. When your neighbour does it, it's harder to take."
Entrants to the annual event have five minutes to tell the biggest and most convincing lie they can.
Winner George Kemp from Maryport, Cumbria was surprised to win as he was "struggling" with a chest infection.
In his story he "ended up bumping into Donald Trump and his wife in an underwater hotel", he said.
"It was a tale about building a small submarine out of my dad's old bubble car," he said.
"We took the bubble car on a trip to the Isle of Man and we bumped into several famous people in a Scottish submarine made out of shortbread tins.
"Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond sold some of these giant shortbread tin submarines to the United States of America."
Last year's winner Mike Naylor, known as Monkey Liar, from Wasdale came second. Helen Jordan came third.
Previous winners include comedian and television presenter Sue Perkins in 2006.
In 2014 one entrant had travelled from Germany to take part.
The annual event is held in front of a panel of judges and an audience at the Bridge Inn at Santon Bridge.
Politicians and those in the legal profession are banned from entering as the rules deem them "too well versed to apply".
The contest dates from the 19th Century and is held in honour of famous fibber Will Ritson, a Wasdale landlord.
He once claimed that the local turnips were so big that people had to "quarry" into them for their Sunday lunch, and they could then be used as sheds for the Herdwick sheep from the fells.
A Dara McVeety goal in the 25th-minute helped Terry Hyland's men establish a 1-9 to 0-7 half-time lead.
Martin Reilly converted a penalty 10 minutes into the second half after Cian Mackey had been brought down.
Armagh had a chance to cut their deficit to three but Stefan Campbell's weak penalty was saved by home goalkeeper Raymond Galligan.
Seanie Johnston, up against his former boss at Kildare Kieran McGeeney, landed seven points and was one of Cavan's eight scorers on the day.
Just three players were on target for the Orange County and in the end they fell well short.
Armagh played an outfield man in goals, Ballyhegan club man Paul Courtney making his Championship debut.
He was unable to keep out Reilly's penalty while, soon afterwards, his opposite number Raymond Galligan saved Campbell's poorly directed effort.
Armagh made a decent enough start, scoring three of the first four points.
But five unanswered scores - three of them from Johnston - saw things swing the way of the favourites, and there were seven points in it when Reilly advanced to feed McVeety who netted from close-range.
Tony Kernan and Ethan Rafferty got the last two scores of the half, but Armagh still trailed by five at the break.
It looked all over when Reilly's penalty made it 2-11 to 0-9, but Armagh had a great chance to ignite the contest when Killian Clarke's foul on Campbell resulted in a penalty.
However, Campbell's kick was too close to Galligan who saved and Cavan went straight up the pitch to go 2-13 to 0-12 up through Johnston. Then, it really was over.
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Cavan skipper Gearoid McKiernan: "We put massive work in all year and learned a lot from a training camp we had in Portugal.
"We have three weeks now to prepare to play Tyrone and we'll want to put in a good performance at Clones.
"We lost to them in the league final because they played like a Division One side and we played like a Division Two side.
"That is the level we will have to step up to."
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Mr Sterling, 80, will also pursue a lawsuit against the National Basketball Association (NBA), which he had said he would drop, Maxwell Blecher said.
Mr Ballmer was set to buy the team for $2bn (£1.2bn).
Mr Sterling was fined $2.5m and banned for life from the league after racist comments he made became public.
On Monday evening, Mr Blecher told the Associated Press news agency that Mr Sterling had decided not to support a deal to sell the team to Mr Ballmer.
The sale had been brokered by Mr Sterling's wife Shelly.
In April, an audio recording surfaced in which Mr Sterling appeared to be telling a woman, subsequently identified as his girlfriend or companion V Stiviano, not to associate in public with black people nor to bring them to Clippers games.
The remarks, published on celebrity news and gossip website TMZ, drew widespread scorn from everyone from retired basketball legends to current stars to President Barack Obama.
Soon after, the NBA's leadership banned Mr Sterling from the game for life, fined him, and moved to force him to sell the team.
Mr Sterling sued the league, alleging it had violated his constitutional rights by relying on information from an "illegal" recording in taking action against him.
He also sought damages for the forceful termination of his ownership.
On 4 June, Mr Blecher told reporters his client had agreed to the sale to Mr Ballmer and had decided to drop his legal action against the NBA.
Explaining the reversal of course, Mr Blecher said on Monday that Mr Sterling changed his mind upon learning the NBA would not revoke the ban and fine after the sale.
In a statement to NBC News, Mr Sterling said categorically "I intend to fight to keep the team".
"From the onset, I did not want to sell the Los Angeles Clippers," he said in the statement, according to NBC. "I have worked for 33 years to build the team."
He apologised for the "hurtful statements I made privately" and said NBA commissioner Adam Silver acted illegally and in haste with the fine, ban and forced sale.
The 22-year-old suffered the injury in the win over Wasps earlier this month and is likely to be out until March, ruling him out of the Six Nations.
"At the minute I'd just like to get back fit and be playing for Exeter.
"Then if I get selected in the summer to go to Australia that would be awesome," Slade told BBC South West.
Slade was named Premiership Young Player of the Year in May and went on to make his England debut against France three months later, before featuring in their final World Cup match against Uruguay.
He helped Exeter to their highest-ever Premiership finish last season when they came fifth to narrowly miss out on the play-offs and they are currently second in the table this term.
"I've really enjoyed my last few seasons here at the Chiefs, we've been going from strength to strength," added Slade, who has been named 2015 BBC South West Sports Personality of the Year.
"It's just been a really big team effort and I'm obviously disappointed not to be part of it at the minute, but hopefully I can get back fit and rejoin the lads again."
Northumbrian Water already generates electricity from waste through advanced anaerobic digestion (AAD) at Howdon in Tyneside and Bran Sands at Tees Port.
Now it is finishing an £8m purification plant at Howdon, which will produce biomethane suitable for the gas grid.
The firm said the plant could produce enough gas to supply demand from 5,000 homes.
Biogas released by bacteria digesting the sewage sludge is currently used to fuel engines to create electricity, which Northumbria Water says reduces the company's carbon footprint by 20%.
Once methane has been produced by the AAD plant, it is cleaned in water towers to remove impurities and propane is added so that it matches the existing gas in the grid.
An artificial odour is added, giving it the characteristic gas smell so it can be detected for safety.
Richard Warneford, Northumbrian Water's wastewater director, said: "We are doing all we can to use the waste flushed down the toilet as a fuel and turn it into electricity and gas which people use to light their homes and cook their meals."
The firm said it would look at installing a gas production system in Bran Sands in the future.
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Taylor, 29, who can play left-wing or left-back, only joined the Stags last summer on a one-year contract following his release by Port Vale.
Molyneux joins after being released by Crewe where the 25-year-old made just six starts in 18 months.
The pair follow Steve Jennings and Rory Donnelly in January moves to Rovers.
Taylor, who started his career in non-league with Redditch United, first entered League football in 2008 when he signed for Vale from Nuneaton Town.
"Rob's a player I've worked with before and I'm delighted to bring him to Tranmere," said Adams.
"He's able to play anywhere down the left and up front and will strengthen our squad for the second half of the season."
Former Everton youth product Molyneux has also played for Port Vale and Plymouth and returned for a third spell at Accrington on loan in October.
The Department for Transport has published the results of an investigation into linking existing roads between the two cities, via Bedford and Milton Keynes.
It said upgrading and addressing gaps in the network could improve journey times by up to 30 minutes.
But sustainable transport campaigners said the plan was "disappointing".
The study said the "knowledge economy" relied on workers with highly specific skills working in close proximity to each other, which is harder to achieve with poor transport links.
It also anticipated that congestion along the existing network could be "expected to intensify" by about 40% by 2035 leading to increased journey times.
But Bridget Fox, from the Campaign for Better Transport, said the plan did not cater to cyclists or bus users.
"Oxford and Cambridge have pioneered transport policies based on providing alternatives to car dependency," she said
"To build new road connections drawing more traffic into the area risks undermining their achievements."
The Oxford to Cambridge Expressway Strategic Study was launched last year and is one of six studies aimed at addressing challenges facing the UK's road network.
Transport Minister John Hayes said the planned £15bn road upgrades were aimed at "creating jobs and opportunities".
The 32-year-old was a free agent having been released by the Alex in May after a season at Gresty Road.
The former Manchester United trainee and Norwich City player has featured in three of Argyle's pre-season friendlies this summer.
He is the 13th new player to join Plymouth, who were beaten in the League Two play-off final at Wembley, since the end of last season.
Plymouth have not revealed the length of the former Colchester and Blackpool man's contract.
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It depicts the Manhattan skyline, with Trump Tower prominent.
It was originally drawn for a charity auction in 2005 but the winner later passed it on to the LA-based Nate D Sanders auction house.
Auctioneer Michael Kirk told journalists from artnews.com that the drawing had received five times more interest than the firm was used to.
"It's attracted interest from not just Trump followers, but also presidential memorabilia collectors," he said.
There were 11 bids for the drawing, starting at $9,000.
Other Trump memorabilia sold in the past includes a Ferrari, a set of golf clubs, and a bottle of whisky signed by him.
The 30-year-old Spaniard broke his opponent in the fourth game before going on to claim the first set in 35 minutes.
Nadal saved two break points at 3-2 down in the second set and then broke Sela in the next game.
Nadal has reached the final in Miami four times but has yet to win the tournament.
There was little trouble for the other top seeds in action on Friday.
Second seed Kei Nishikori of Japan comfortably overcame South Africa's Kevin Anderson 6-4 6-3, while Canadian third seed Milos Raonic beat Viktor Troicki of Serbia 6-3 7-5.
There was a surprise when Russia's Elena Vesnina, fresh from her victory at Indian Wells, suffered a 3-6 6-4 7-5 defeat by world number 594 Ajla Tomljanovic, the wild card from Croatia.
Romanian third seed Simona Halep was pushed to three sets by 19-year-old Japanese player Naomi Osaka before advancing 6-4 2-6 6-3.
They say the troops, using tanks and other military equipment supplied by a Saudi-led coalition, were attacking Zinjibar from the north and south.
The fall of the city would deal another blow to the Houthi rebels, who have suffered a number of recent defeats.
They were driven out of a key airbase this week, following the loss of Aden.
Heavy casualties were reported during the fighting for al-Anad airbase, north of Aden.
Separately, the United Arab Emirates' official WAM agency said on Saturday that three Emirati soldiers were killed while taking part in the Saudi-led campaign to defeat the rebels who still control much of Yemen, including the capital Sanaa.
The Houthis advanced south in March, forcing President Abdrabbo Mansour Hadi to flee to Saudi Arabia.
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Sunni power Saudi Arabia regards the Houthis as proxies of Shia rival Iran. It alleges Iran has provided the Houthis with weapons, something Iran and the Houthis deny.
The rebels - backed by forces loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh - say they are fighting against corruption and marginalisation of their northern powerbase by Mr Hadi's government.
The conflict has killed almost 4,000 people, nearly half of them civilians, since it escalated with the Saudi-led campaign in March, according to the United Nations.
The Shanghai Composite closed up 2.33% at 3,536.91 points, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng index closed up 0.44% at 22,479.69.
Elsewhere, Asian stocks were mixed despite a strong lead from Wall Street.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index closed down 0.4% to 19,938.13 points.
The benchmark breached the key 20,000 level for the first time since August on Tuesday.
Reports were swirling that the Chinese government would unveil tax incentives to encourage more home purchases to stimulate the once red-hot property market.
Australian shares were lower despite third quarter growth figures coming in above expectations on rising exports.
The economy grew 2.5% in the three months to September from a year ago, compared with 1.9% in the previous quarter and above forecasts of 2.4%.
But investors seemed to ignore the positive economic data with the S&P/ASX 200 index ending down 0.2% to 5,258.3.
South Korea's benchmark Kospi index finished lower by 0.7% to 2,009.29 after data showed that imports rose faster than exports in the export-driven economy.
Exports in October rose a seasonally adjusted 1.6% from September, while imports jumped 6.1%.
Hundreds of people have reportedly been left homeless by the evacuation of local pastoral communities.
One young Maasai is said to have been shot and critically injured.
It is part of a longstanding border dispute between local Maasai people and authorities who operate exclusive hunting experiences for tourists.
The Tanzanian government had plans to establish a 1,500sq km (579sq mile) wildlife corridor around the national park for a Dubai-based company which offers hunting packages for wealthy tourists from the UAE.
The plan would have displaced about 30,000 people, and caused ecological problems for the Maasai community, which depends on the seasonal grasses there to rear livestock.
But the country's president tweeted in 2014 that an eviction would not take place, after more than two million people signed a petition against the action.
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However reported incidents of destruction of Maasai sites persisted.
The chairman of Ololosokwani village, Kerry Dukunyi, has told the BBC that villagers have lost property in the latest incident.
"A large percentage of our food has been destroyed. We've lost a lot of food," he said.
"A lot of our livestock are also missing."
It's the latest example in East Africa of the growing tensions between wildlife conservation, which attracts tourists, and the need for locals to have pastoral land, especially during droughts.
Earlier this year, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa formed a commission to investigate the dispute but its report is yet to be made public.
Blasts and gunfire were heard across the city during the simultaneous attacks on police posts and vehicles.
The attacks took place in districts that have seen protests against President Pierre Nkurunziza's intention to seek re-election.
Since his announcement in April Burundi has also seen a failed military coup.
Police have blamed the attacks on opposition activists. A senior police official told AFP one of the officers was seriously injured.
It is possible that violence will escalate ahead of parliamentary and presidential elections next month, says the BBC's Africa Editor Mary Harper.
Burundi's main opposition leader has said he will participate in next month's presidential election if certain conditions are met.
Rights groups say at least 70 people have been killed and 500 wounded since the protests began in April, with more than 100,000 fleeing the country.
The opposition and civil societies say Mr Nkurunziza's attempt to run for office again contravenes the constitution, which states a president can only serve two terms.
However, the Constitutional Court has ruled that he was first elected in 2005 by parliament, not in a popular vote, and so he is eligible to stand again.
"I'm extremely worried. I'm even having sleepless nights. I don't know what I would do without this money. My family will starve," Magebatho Mamaile tells the BBC.
The 78 year old lives in a township east of the main city Johannesburg. She has a family of six to provide for, including two children and six grandchildren.
She is one of 17 million vulnerable South Africans who rely on the government's social grant scheme to get by.
An astonishing one in three people in the country falls into this group, which encompasses single mothers, disabled people, pensioners and war veterans.
This social safety net - one of the biggest in Africa - is among the proudest achievements in the 23 years the African National Congress (ANC) has governed South Africa, since the end of white minority rule.
But now it is under threat.
The government contract with the company which is responsible for delivering the money is due to expire 31 March, raising fears that the next round of payments, worth about $67m (£55m), might not be paid as scheduled on 1 April.
As the deadline looms, there has been an outcry in recent weeks over the failure of the South Africa Social Security Agency (Sassa), the government body responsible, to agree a new contract.
Sassa cannot argue that it didn't have ample warning of the crisis or enough time to come up with a solution.
The country's highest court ruled more than two years ago that the contract with private company Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) was invalid, but despite this, it appears that no alternative provider has been found.
Nevertheless, the country's social development minister insists that the grants will be paid on time, but has not said exactly how it will happen.
Bathabile Dlamini is facing growing calls for her resignation and has had to deny opposition accusations that she has been responsible for "an avalanche of failures" that have led to the current crisis.
The Constitutional Court has given the department until Wednesday to come up with some serious answers.
But assuming the worst-case scenario for a moment, what would actually happen if no solution was found and the payments didn't arrive?
"It will be a crisis of majestic proportions. The people will literally go hungry. So they might take to the streets to find food," economist and Wits University Professor Jannie Rossouw tells the BBC.
The damage, he says, would not only be limited to those who directly receive the payments.
"It will also have an impact on the economies of small towns and villages who sell goods to the beneficiaries."
Judging by what I have seen in townships and villages across the country, when beneficiaries stand in long snaking queues waiting to be paid, there could well be serious tensions if people do not receive their grants.
Sibongile Mngomezulu, 18, receives a child support grant for her three-month-old baby.
"The money I get, I'm going to use it to buy my baby's food because I am unemployed at the moment," she tells the BBC.
She says if she doesn't receive the money next month, she'll need to ask her mother for help.
Taken on their own, the monthly payments may not seem huge. They range from 350-1,000 rand ($30-80).
But with unemployment levels at more than 25%, the figures soon add up.
In his budget speech last month, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan set aside $11.5bn (£8.9bn) to be allocated for expenditure on grants.
In many ways social grants are a form of peace tax in a country with huge inequality.
As long as the payments are made, the wealthy sleep soundly in their beds.
Would that still hold true if millions of their fellow countrymen were allowed to go hungry?
Back in Johannesburg's KwaThema township, Magebatho Mamaile's situation starkly illustrates the need for the government to urgently resolve this crisis.
"The pension money I receive from the government is the only source of income for my family," she says.
"I use it to buy food and electricity... to pay school fees for my grandchildren and to pay rent."
The grant scheme is a massive poverty alleviation programme which could determine the fortunes of the governing ANC.
If this scheme were to collapse, it is quite possible that millions of beneficiaries could punish the 105-year-old liberation movement at the ballot box.
So there are colossal political ramifications for those overseeing this self-imposed crisis.
In a leaked letter, one of the UK's most senior police officers said that mainstream policing was essential in the fight against terrorism.
The cuts are expected to be announced in next week's Spending Review.
The prime minister's spokeswoman said the government would do "everything necessary to keep people safe".
She said the government had protected the counter-terror policing budget since 2010 and had announced further measures to counter terrorism, including extra resources for the security and intelligence agencies.
In other developments:
It is expected that Chancellor George Osborne could announce cuts to the police budget of more than 20% when he addresses Parliament on Wednesday.
That is more than double what the document suggests is viable to keep numbers at the level required in the event of an attack.
Labour has warned that savings above 10% would be "dangerous".
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said he had asked George Osborne to take police cuts out of the Spending Review, while shadow home secretary Andy Burnham has written to Mrs May.
The Home Office said it would not comment on a leaked document.
It's not entirely surprising that days before a big statement from the Treasury, concerns about the impact of the spending squeeze are made plain.
And it's no secret that the Home Office budget is one of the departments in Whitehall that is not protected from the overall cuts.
But in the aftermath of the Paris attacks, political concern over policing numbers has become acute.
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Former counter-terror policeman Kevin Hurley, now Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey, warned that police responding to a terror attack outside London would be overwhelmed.
He told the BBC: "The people would be massacred. The first responding police would also be massacred.
"And eventually we would mobilise sufficient assets from the police but with major military support."
Police officers only have single shot weapons and would be outgunned by people with automatic weapons like the AK-47, he claimed.
The letter to the home secretary was copied to the Treasury, Number 10 and the security services.
It is understood to have been requested at a meeting of the government's emergency committee, Cobra, on the day after the 13 November Paris attacks that killed 129 people.
The BBC has seen key paragraphs of the document, Implications of the Paris Attack for UK Police Preparedness.
It suggests further cuts to police budgets would affect the authorities' ability to respond to multiple attacks.
Steve White, chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "We can barely cope now.
"If there are going to be further cuts to the police service, quite frankly, God help us. We are not going to be able to respond to something on the scale of Paris."
The letter cites worries over "surge capacity" - the need to mobilise large numbers of officers and resources in the event of a serious attack.
It says: "It would be remiss of me not to highlight the impact further reductions in police force numbers would have on our ability to manage terrorist incidents of this magnitude, particularly if spread simultaneously across a number of geographical locations.
"Police forces across England and Wales have already seen a reduction of 40,000 officers and further losses will severely impact our surge capacity, which is heavily geared and will reduce very significantly across the country unless a different funding settlement is found."
Speaking on the BBC's Question Time, Mr Burnham said cuts of 5% to the police budget over the next five years were "doable" and between 5% and 10% would be "difficult".
He added: "But go beyond 10%, it's dangerous."
Lord Reid, former Labour Home Secretary, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "Cut police on the ground, and you cut the flow of intelligence which is vital for counter-terrorism."
He claimed the "whole police force" could be cut to 115,000 if the cuts go through - saying that same number was deployed in Paris last week.
The most recent figures show there are 124,264 police officers in England and Wales, not including police and community support officers, 6,780 in Northern Ireland and 17,261 in Scotland - a total of 148,305.
Ludik is out for four-six weeks with a fractured cheekbone and Cave could miss four weeks because of a calf tear.
However, Charles Piutau is among six players set to return for the European Champions Cup opener against Bordeaux.
Stuart Olding, Luke Marshall, Andrew Trimble, Franco van der Merwe and Dan Tuohy are also expected back.
Having Piutau, Marshall (both concussion), Trimble (toe), van der Merwe, Tuohy (both ankle) and Olding (right adductor) available after injury would be a major boost for Kiss ahead of Sunday's trip to France.
Utility back Ludik and centre Cave were both forced off as Ulster suffered their first Pro12 loss of the campaign.
Ulster remain top of the Pro12 standings although just one point separates the top four.
Topley, 22, has made just one appearance for his county since moving from Essex at the end of last season.
He fractured a hand while batting against Warwickshire in April but has since sustained a stress fracture to his back.
"We'll look to build him up to fitness again during the winter," Hampshire director of cricket Giles White said.
Topley, a member of the England squad which finished runners-up at the World T20 in India in March, has played 10 one-day games and six T20 internationals for his country.
"Hopefully he can get some recognition again with England and hopefully he fires for us next year," White told BBC Radio Solent.
Hampshire are monitoring the fitness of former West Indies fast bowler Fidel Edwards with a view to a potential return for the remainder of the season.
Edwards, 34, has recovered from a fractured ankle sustained while playing football in a warm-up before Hampshire's County Championship match against Yorkshire in April.
"It's down to the physio," White added. "Fidel's confident, but we've got to make sure he's ready before we introduce him back to the team."
Three of them were police officers, one of whom was burnt alive, according to the Interior Minister, Evariste Boshab.
Protesters set up barricades and torched cars on one of the main roads in Kinshasa, the country's capital.
Police fired tear gas to disperse the demonstrators. One witness said police fired live ammunition into the crowd.
The bodies of people who had died were seen lying in the streets after protests ended.
The electoral commission was meant to announce a date for presidential elections, due in November, on Monday, but has said it will not be possible to hold them then.
The opposition says Mr Kabila is trying to delay the elections in order to remain in power beyond his two-term limit, which finishes in December.
Police have made at least 10 arrests, with hundreds of protesters out on the streets, reports BBC Afrique's Poly Muzalia from the capital.
Most schools and shops are closed in Kinshasa, with those not involved in the protests staying inside to avoid any trouble, our reporter adds.
A government-backed effort to work out a solution to the political crisis, called a "national dialogue", has been boycotted by most opposition parties.
Mr Kabila's second term, the maximum allowed under the country's constitution, is due to expire on 20 December.
Last year at least 12 people died in similar protests.
DR Congo has never had a smooth transfer of power since independence more than 55 years ago.
Air France's new boss, Jean-Marc Janaillac, unveiled the plan, saying the firm is "battling on all fronts".
The new brand does not have a name yet, but Air France plans for it to offer economy and business travel on new and reopened routes.
To compete with lower-cost rivals, its pilots and crew will be employed on different terms from the main company.
"The status quo is not an option. We must launch a new dynamic to return to a leadership position in our markets," Mr Janaillac said.
The plan is a sign that Air France's new boss is determined to win back market share after years of painful job losses and clashes with trade unions.
But the SNPNC cabin crew union expressed concern that the new airline's staff would not have the same work benefits and that it would end up being "low cost" for its workers.
Air France plans for the new airline to have 10 long haul planes by 2020.
It will "constitute the group's response to the Gulf State airlines which are developing at low production costs", the firm said.
Tom Brady intercepted a loose pass from Matt Jess for what proved the decisive try for Leicester in the first half.
James Short had earlier crossed to give Exeter an early lead but Freddie Burns' accuracy off the tee put Tigers ahead.
Sam Simmonds made it a nervy finish with a late try under the posts for Chiefs but Leicester held on.
In a season which has seen Leicester part company with director of rugby Richard Cockerill, a first trophy since their Premiership title of 2013 will boost confidence for the rest of the campaign.
Tigers also become the first club to record a hat-trick of wins in the competition after their triumphs in 2007 and 2012.
Burns, who will leave the club to join Bath next season, was impeccable with his kicking while his opposite number Joe Simmonds had a difficult afternoon.
The Chiefs fly-half missed two relatively straightforward penalty attempts either side of half-time, which ultimately proved the difference between the sides.
Exeter assistant coach Ricky Pellow: "We gave them too much of a lead as they were able to wrestle the momentum away from us.
"We threw everything at them in the second half, but we couldn't break them down early enough. They must take great credit as they deserved to win by withstanding all our pressure in the second half."
Leicester assistant coach Geordan Murphy: "The guys have been passionate and committed throughout this tournament and some of the defensive shots that went in during the final quarter were fantastic.
"There was real ferocity in the tackle and it was some heroic defence at the end."
Fly-half Freddie Burns: "I'm off at the end of the year, but I have a lot of friends here so it was nice to put some silverware in the cabinet and get an early trophy.
"It was a tough day by place-kicking into the wind and a couple of mine just scraped over, but we didn't really push on in the second half, which made it difficult for us at the end."
Exeter: Turner; Jess, Bodilly, S Hill, Short; J Simmonds, Maunder; Low, Malton, Holmes, Atkins, Welch, Ewers, Salvi (capt), Simmonds.
Replacements: Taione, Keast, Owlett, Skinner, Johnson, Thomas, Hooley, Hendrickson.
Leicester: Worth; Betham, Tait (capt), Roberts, Brady; Burns, Kitto; Genge, McGuigan, Balmain, Wells, Kitchener, Williams, Thacker, McCaffrey.
Replacements: Youngs, Rizzo, Bateman, Barrow, Hamilton, White, Williams, Smith.
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America's top law official also told the Senate Intelligence Committee any suggestion he colluded with the Kremlin was "an appalling and detestable lie".
Mr Sessions also repeatedly refused to answer questions about his private conversations with the president.
He vowed to defend his honour "against scurrilous and false allegations".
Mr Sessions' remarks came after sacked FBI boss James Comey said he believed he was fired to influence the agency's investigation into Russian political meddling.
US intelligence agencies believe that Russia interfered in the election in order to help Republican President Donald Trump get elected.
The Senate committee is of one several congressional panels that, along with a special counsel, is also investigating whether any Trump campaign officials colluded with the alleged Kremlin plot.
Mr Sessions, the country's top law enforcement official, told the Senate committee he has never received a classified briefing about Russian meddling in last year's election.
He also vehemently denied speaking to Russian officials about the election, during a campaign in which he was a close adviser to candidate Trump.
"I have never met with or had any conversation with any Russians or any foreign officials concerning any type of interference with any campaign or election in the United States," he said on Tuesday.
He is the most senior member of the Trump administration to testify before the Senate committee.
Mr Sessions acknowledged he met Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak twice, but suggested he could not remember whether he met the envoy at a foreign policy speech event for then-candidate Mr Trump at the Mayflower Hotel on 27 April 2016, as US media have reported.
The former Alabama senator also denied media reports that he offered his resignation when Mr Trump was reportedly angered by his recusal from the FBI Russia probe, telling the panel he "will not be deterred".
Mr Sessions was often evasive and his accounting of details uncertain, littered with "I don't recalls" and "I have no recollections".
He is far from the first politician to seek refuge in a fuzzy memory under sharp questioning. Definitive statements proven inaccurate under oath are more prone to accusations of perjury.
When it came time to discuss his conversations with the president, Mr Sessions demurred, noting that he wanted to give Mr Trump the opportunity to review the question before sharing his thoughts.
It was as if the attorney general was trying to pre-emptively invoke executive privilege - the right of a president to candid counsel from his advisers - without using those magic words.
Where Mr Session's memory does serve, he forcefully condemned allegations of Russian collusion as "appalling and detestable".
The controversy at this point is about more than just collusion, however. It's about obstruction of justice and the circumstances around the firing of an FBI director. In those areas the attorney general did little to turn down the heat.
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Vice-Chairman Senator Mark Warner, a Democrat, pressed Mr Sessions about his role in the sacking of Mr Comey.
Mr Sessions said he never spoke to the former FBI director, who reports to the US attorney general, about his job performance before Mr Trump fired him in May.
But Mr Sessions did confirm Mr Comey's assertion that he told the US attorney general that he felt uncomfortable speaking directly to Mr Trump in a one-on-one setting.
Several Democratic senators expressed frustration because Mr Sessions repeatedly refused to answer questions relating to conversations he had with the president, saying they were confidential.
Similar answers were heard last week during testimony from the US intelligence chiefs before the same panel.
US Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, National Security Agency chief Admiral Mike Rogers, acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein were criticised for refusing to respond to some questions in a public hearing.
But Mr Rogers "thoroughly answered the committee's questions in a closed setting on Monday night", Chairman Richard Burr said.
The stretch at Eden Brows, between Carlisle and Armathwaite, closed in February following heavy rain and Network Rail launched a £23m scheme to underpin the line.
Hundreds of concrete-filled steel piles are being driven into the bedrock.
Rail replacement buses are currently running between Carlisle and Appleby.
A steel, tunnel-like structure will sit beneath the railway, 230ft (70m) above the nearby River Eden, to provide a stable base across the damaged ground.
Two rows of high-strength piles in the sloping bedrock will form a corridor on which a 100 metre-long (328ft) concrete slab will provide a base for new tracks.
The popular tourist route usually carries about 1.3m passengers each year.
Paul Barnfield, regional director at rail firm Northern, said it had been a "difficult" time for its customers.
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Serena was playing with her sister Venus in their first round match against Olga Kalashnikova and Oksana Savchuk on court three.
The world number one laughed off her fall and got back up to carry on with the game, which they won 5-7, 6-1, 6-4.
The man pouring fuel on the flames today is Vodafone's Vittorio Colao, who claims that Britain is being left in the dust by countries like Spain and Italy when it comes to superfast broadband.
On the Today programme and in an interview with my colleague Kamal Ahmed he suggested that people in Southern Europe were getting much faster speeds than those available here. "In the UK you talk about 10 megabits per second speeds," he said, "when Vodafone in countries like Spain, Portugal and Italy actually sells 100, 200 even 300 megabits per second."
So are those countries really getting average speeds 10, 20 even 30 times faster than the UK? That does not sound right. Now, research in this area is notoriously spotty, but one report I have unearthed from the data firm Akamai says average speeds in Italy have risen this year - all the way to 6.1 Mbps.
The same report says the UK's average speed is 11.6Mbps - Ofcom's research puts it at 22.6Mbps. We can argue over methodology but it seems clear that the UK does not lag behind Italy.
A call to Mr Colao's spin-doctor brings the explanation that the 10Mbps his boss is referring to is the UK's new "universal service obligation" figure which I wrote about yesterday. Vodafone believes that is totally inadequate and reflects BT's stubborn refusal to give up on copper and invest properly in the fibre-to-the-home network it thinks is the technology Britain needs.
More particularly, the mobile phone operator is angry that BT does not give it full access to run its own fibre along the poles and ducts of its network - access it says it gets in other countries like Italy and Spain. So with that, you could offer 100Mbps to every remote farm, I suggest to the man from Vodafone. I don't get a full commitment but he says they would be able to do far more than at present.
There is certainly an argument to be had about the way fast broadband is being rolled out in the UK. I've been hearing more gruesome stories about slow speeds in the last 24 hours, and not just from the countryside. One man who lives in a housing development right opposite London's Canary Wharf says he struggles to get more than 1Mbps. A quick look at BT's postcode broadband checker confirms his story. It promises a "guaranteed minimum" of 2.5Mbps but with the proviso that this figure could be out by as much as 2Mbps.
BT confirms there is a problem with this particular 1980s-built housing development which is a good distance from the nearest exchange, but does not appear to have any thoughts on how these central London residents might be brought into the 21st Century.
So Vodafone and other critics may have a point about the way BT's Openreach is wiring up Britain but the overall picture is that fast broadband availability and price in the UK compares reasonably well with most of our European rivals, if not with the likes of Japan and South Korea.
One thing is clear though - misrepresenting the figures does not serve the cause of those who would like to see a change of direction.
Keurboom Communications called people, sometimes at night, to see if they were eligible for road-accident or PPI compensation, the ICO said.
It breached privacy laws by calling people without their consent.
The company has since gone into liquidation but the ICO said it was committed to recovering the fine.
It said it had received more than 1,000 complaints about automated calls from the Bedfordshire-registered company.
The ICO said Keurboom Communications called some people repeatedly and during unsocial hours.
It also hid its identity so that people would find it harder to complain.
"The unprecedented scale of its campaign and Keurboom's failure to co-operate with our investigation has resulted in the largest fine issued by the Information Commissioner for nuisance calls," said Steve Eckersley, head of enforcement at the ICO.
Keurboom director Greg Rudd told the Mirror newspaper that he found cold-calling "annoying" but said it was "part of life".
"I don't enjoy receiving them but that doesn't make them illegal," he said.
However the ICO said making automatic marketing calls without people's consent was illegal.
"Keurboom showed scant regard for the rules," said Mr Eckersley.
In October, the government announced plans to let the ICO fine company directors as well as their businesses.
"Making directors responsible will stop them avoiding fines by putting their company into liquidation," the ICO said.
The watchdog said 2016-17 had been its busiest year for nuisance call investigations, with 23 companies fined a total of £1.9m.
Register with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) - it's for people who do not want to receive sales calls and it's free. It is illegal for a company to call you once your name is on this. Of course, companies operating outside the law are not likely to take much notice - but it will cut down the number of calls.
Complain to the Information Commissioner's Office. The number is 0303 123 1113.
Block calls. Some phones offer this feature or you could use a call blocking device that you plug into your phone. These can not only block certain numbers, but also any that are call "withheld" or "international" - untraceable numbers often used by cold callers. The problem with this is that calls from people you know who are abroad or those who have blocked their own number may also be stopped. And a number of calls from large organisations that go through switchboards, which could include important calls, will also be blocked.
Keep an eye out when ordering goods to make sure you tick the box that says you do not wish to receive information about products from organisations. And be careful, as some of these boxes say tick if you DO wish to hear from other companies. So ticking it without reading it could be the wrong call.
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The index, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will initially monitor air quality in 10 cities.
Last year the Environmental Preference Index ranked India 174 out of 178 countries for air quality.
The rising and health-endangering pollution has been mainly blamed on a huge increase in vehicles, particularly diesel-driven cars, on Indian roads.
Polluting industries, open burning of refuse and leaves, massive quantities of construction waste and substantial loss of forests have also led to high pollution levels in cities.
A World Health Organization (WHO) survey last year found that 13 of the most polluted 20 cities in the world were in India. The capital, Delhi, was the most polluted city in the world, the survey said.
It is a leading cause of premature death in India, with about 620,000 people dying every year from pollution-related diseases, says the WHO.
On Monday, Mr Modi said India "has to take the lead in guiding the world on thinking of ways to combat climate change".
"The world thinks India doesn't care about the environment, we must change that... India has always respected the environment," he said. He also called on Indians to make changes to their lifestyle to help reduce pollution.
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said the air quality index "may prove to be a major impetus to improving air quality in urban areas, as it will improve public awareness in cities to take steps for air pollution mitigation".
But he did not provide any details on what the government would do to curb air pollution except introducing new rules on disposal of waste from construction work.
The new index will initially cover 10 cities - Delhi, Agra, Kanpur, Lucknow, Varanasi, Faridabad, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad - and will be extended to more than 60 cities, reports say.
Details of how the index's data will be gathered were not immediately clear.
But officials say it will provide "composite and comprehensive" information on the air quality, which will be displayed publicly and uploaded on the internet. The public can then know whether it would be safer to stay indoors or to refrain from strenuous activity outdoors.
Environmental groups have welcomed the move.
"Right now, there are around 247 Indian cities that have some air-quality monitoring mechanisms and, of that, at least 16 have online real-time monitoring capabilities," Anumita Roychowdhury of Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) told Mint newspaper.
"But the good part is the government for the first time is making a serious effort to tell people about the daily quality of their air, which people can understand in a simple way."
China has also announced a "war on air pollution", and recently began publishing figures for the air quality in its cities.
The city council passed the motion unanimously at a special meeting.
The singer was praised for returning to stage the One Love Manchester concert less than two weeks after the attack on her arena gig, which killed 22 people.
Manchester City Council leader Sir Richard Leese said it would have been understandable if she hadn't returned.
"But no - instead she, as an artist, a performer, was determined that she would not perform again until she had returned to Manchester to perform," he said.
"In doing so, she brought comfort to thousands, she raised millions for the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund and became the first patron of that fund.
"And that's why I propose that Ariana Grande is made the first honorary citizen of the city of Manchester."
There are currently no plans for a ceremony to award Grande her citizenship in person.
Sir Richard Leese also hailed those who helped in the aftermath for showing the "spirit of Manchester... of strength and defiance".
Anne Marie McNally from Prestatyn, Denbighshire, who was at the Manchester Arena concert, told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme that the council should prioritise official recognition for the emergency services and members of the public who helped on the night.
"There were a lot of people on that evening who ran in to help," she said. "These people were there on the ground trying to save people, trying to help people as much as possible, helping children to get home to their parents.
"And the emergency services of course - they're human beings like us. Yes they're trained and they're skilled but they still had an awful lot to deal with. I'm sure that they've come away from the situation as traumatised as the ones that were in there."
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4 November 2015 Last updated at 11:20 GMT
The number of the birds has increased by almost 80% in the last twenty years, and the researchers want the public to join a national survey to find out what is helping them do well in our gardens.
To take part in the survey, volunteers should watch their garden for two minutes and report how many goldfinches they see and what, if anything, they are feeding on.
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NHS Highland's director of public health has said alcohol-related problems in the region are far worse than she had expected.
Dr Margaret Somerville has been in the job since February after moving to Scotland from England.
Following the release of her first annual report, she said alcohol, smoking and obesity were the three main risky behaviours that challenged local health services.
She told BBC Radio Scotland: "We have a particular concern with alcohol in Highland.
"We are not seeing alcohol consumption coming down despite a lot of work."
Dr Somerville added: "Alcohol is clearly part and parcel of Scottish culture.
"We are not here to say to people they shouldn't drink at all, but it is to say be aware of how much you drink and encourage responsible, safe drinking."
She said staff were dealing with liver complaints and nerve and brain damage as well as victims of drink-fuelled violence.
Alcohol abuse also challenges policing in the Highlands and Islands.
Northern Constabulary's public performance reports record a rise in incidents of drunkenness.
In 2005-06 there were 729 incidents, 873 in 2006-07, 866 in 2007-08 and 914 in 2008-09.
Chief Constable Ian Latimer's most recent report on crime figures for the force area give an insight into the dark side of boozing.
In Shetland - one of Northern's command areas but not part of NHS Highland - he reported that violent crime had increased since 2009.
Mr Latimer said detection rates were high, at 95%, but noted crimes were happening in private homes away from the public gaze.
He said: "This is an early indication that the pattern of drinking within the populous is moving from drinking within licensed premises to drinking/partying within the home and may be linked to the increase in noise calls from domestic dwellings."
Targeting pubs and clubs in an effort to curb street violence saw 27 fewer victims of drink-related crime in Orkney during September this year, the senior officer said.
However, 13 out of 23 reports alleging domestic abuse between 1 July and 30 September on the islands were found to involve alcohol.
In Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, Mr Latimer said visible policing outside pubs and clubs was believed to have led to a "marked downturn" in street violence.
His report also outlined operations to tackle underage drinking in Lochaber and said the abuse of alcohol among young people on the Western Isles was "problematic".
Another command area - Inverness, Badenoch, Strathspey and Nairn - had experienced an increase in incidents of drunkenness between April and September this year.
There were 236 cases, 47 more offences for the same time in 2009. The rise has been attributed to pro-active work by police officers.
Booze has been an age-old problem for police and health professionals in the Highlands and Islands.
Hugh MacKay was a police officer working in the Highlands and Islands from 1963 to 1998.
He told the BBC Scotland News website: "It was apparent to me right through my service that drink was the substance that caused most of the criminal conduct in society - particularly the disorderly behaviour and violence aspect of it."
The former superintendent added: "We would monitor the people we were arresting and noted whether or not they had been drinking.
"Quiet consistently 90% had been."
The company, which makes armoured vehicles at a site near Dumfries, made the move last week.
Mr Arkless said the debtor - who he was not allowed to name - had received "huge public sector contracts".
He asked for export support for Penman but also how other businesses could be made to pay their bills on time.
The Dumfries and Galloway MP raised the issue during Prime Minister's Questions.
He said the firm had been put in an "impossible position".
"Penman has to continue to trade with this debtor as well as pursuing the debt," he said.
Prime Minister Theresa May said her thoughts were with the families affected by the administration.
"The administrator does have a role in ensuring that any sale of the business protects the maximum number of jobs," she said.
She said Scottish Secretary David Mundell had made clear preserving posts was his priority.
"Obviously the administrator will be looking to ensure the best possible options are found for the company," she added.
In the Thames Estuary, it's just 17 minutes from central London via high-speed rail, the giant Bluewater shopping centre is a short drive away and there's planning permission for 15,000 new homes in a lovely landscaped setting.
And yet, eight years after construction started, there are only 350 housing units on this giant empty site, which was once four quarries.
That's partly down to the recession and partly down to the way property developers work.
In a revealing article published last year, Francis Salway, former chief executive of the largest listed property company in the UK, Land Securities, explained that developers don't relish huge empty sites like the former quarries at Ebbsfleet.
They like "established demand" and "existing communities", he wrote, which prove people really do want to live there. The developers like to "limit the forthcoming supply" - that is, to ration how many homes come on to the market at one time so that the market is not flooded.
They don't like long projects which risk being hit by a downturn and they don't like high "up front" costs - cleaning up sites and building new roads and sewage plants.
Last year, Barratt Homes began building a new "village" called Castle Hill - phase one is 150 homes. They will soon announce a second phase of 266 units.
That exemplifies Mr Salway's points - testing the market, building phase by phase.
Natalie Perry, sales manager at Castle Hill, showed me round one of the gleaming, detached show houses.
Traditional on the outside, the "Cadleigh" has modern, flexible living space, a smart fitted kitchen with shiny ceramic flooring, a garage, a study and four bedrooms. The price would be £599,000 - if there were any left to sell.
Purchasers - many benefiting from the government's Help to Buy scheme - are happy to be pioneers here and pay more than they would in the established nearby town of Swanscombe. Phase one of Castle Hill has sold out.
Other housebuilders are moving in, but the pace of construction is slow and the housing shortage in the South East of England is acute.
Last year, the government announced Ebbsfleet would be the site of the first garden city for a generation.
It set up a development corporation - in many ways similar to those of the garden cities of the distant past, like Letchworth, or the post-war new towns like Stevenage or Milton Keynes.
The garden city planning concept, by Sir Ebenezer Howard, was first used to create Letchworth Garden City at the start of the 20th Century and Welwyn Garden City in the 1920s.
They were called garden cities because their layouts included large amounts of green space.
The concept was adopted again after World War Two when the New Towns Act resulted in the development of new communities to deal with an accommodation shortage caused by bomb damage, stagnation in the construction industry, returning service personnel and a baby boom.
Twenty-seven new towns were built across the UK, including Stevenage, Harlow, Milton Keynes, Corby, Cwmbran, Newton Aycliffe, Peterlee and Cumbernauld.
Two years ago the government commissioned a report on the possibility of using garden cities to help deal with the housing shortage.
Last year the government announced plans to build three garden cities. Ebbsfleet in Kent was named as the first modern garden city and Bicester in Oxfordshire was chosen as the second. The third is yet to be named.
The corporation has planning powers over the whole site: it has government funding, initially of £200m, to pay for major infrastructure and its job is to get the garden city built as fast as possible.
There is a key difference between this new corporation and the traditional models though: the land is in private hands - owned or controlled by Land Securities - rather than owned by the corporation itself.
Michael Cassidy, the new chair of Ebbsfleet Development Corporation, was responsible for the building renaissance of the City of London. He has a formidable reputation.
He told me more houses would soon be going up at Ebbsfleet - his aim was to build more than 1,000 homes a year, by working closely with developers and making it "worth their while".
He agreed many industry experts had advised the corporation would do better to own the land itself but said he was happy to work with the model he had.
A spokesman for the Department for Communities and Local Government said: "Ebbsfleet residents are at the heart of our efforts to build the first garden city for over a century, delivering thousands of new homes, as well as new commercial premises and community facilities. We considered land acquisition, but in this case concluded holding land was not the most efficient use of public sector funds."
The government sees Ebbsfleet as the model for delivering much-needed housing in other parts of the country.
But many worry it could be an opportunity lost. New towns of the past, owning their own land, could deliver housing quickly.
They also made a profit over time, as land values rose. They paid back their original loans early and even today there is still £335m worth of new town land on the government books.
Listen to Sanchia Berg's report from Ebbsfleet on Today on Radio 4 on Tuesday, 3 November.
Brothers Dennis and Bernard McGinley from Taunton, Somerset, and Christy Stokes from Micheldever, Hampshire, threatened to shoot the victim, who cannot be identified for legal reasons.
Teesside Crown Court heard he was forced to empty his bank account, borrow money and sell his tractor.
The men were jailed after pleading guilty at an earlier hearing.
Dennis McGinley, 40, was jailed for seven years and four months. Bernard McGinley, 35, received a sentence of four and a half years, and Stokes, 44, was jailed for three years and nine months.
The court heard the conspiracy began in August last year when the gang visited the victim's North Yorkshire farm.
Over a period of 17 days they forced him to hand over £196,000, by saying a mini-digger he had bought previously had been used for a "drugs run", and they had information which could put him in jail.
He was forced to drop off cash at car parks across the country.
At one drop-off the farmer was told he was "going to get a bullet in his head" and at another he was warned his "entire family" would be killed, Glenn Parsons, prosecuting, said.
The victim finally went to the police when his money ran out.
Sentencing, Judge Simon Bourne-Arton said to the men: "Such was your greed, such was your complete disregard for the effect upon this family, that no sooner had one payment been made that another demand was made, so money was handed over the same day or following days."
In a victim statement read out in court, the farmer said his family was "terrified".
"My wife locked my daughter in a cupboard, we were that scared these people were going to come and get us if we didn't pay any money," he said.
The gang has now paid back the £196,000, the court was told.
Riverside councillor Phil Hawkins had hoped to oust her as Labour group leader in a secret ballot of Labour's 46 councillors on Monday evening.
Deputy council leader Ralph Cook was challenged by Ramesh Patel but no outcome was reached after presentations by both men and two rounds of voting.
The Labour group are to meet again next week for more voting on the issue.
The balloting took place at the Cardiff Labour group's annual general meeting at County Hall.
Under party rules, council Labour groups are required to either re-elect or replace their leader every year.
Ms Joyce, who represents the Llanrumney ward, has led Cardiff council since Labour took over its running from the previous Liberal Democrat-Plaid Cymru coalition administration after the local elections a year ago.
In a statement, she said: "I am extremely pleased to have been returned as leader again.
"Our first year in office after a disastrous Plaid/LibDem administration has been one of delivery.
"I am hugely looking forward to working with all members of the Labour group to deliver on our manifesto commitments for the people of Cardiff."
Sue Lent was re-elected party chief whip. She had been challenged for the post by Gretta Marshall.
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Research by the OECD, an organisation that looks at how people live and work around the world, suggests that some places that invested heavily in tech often experienced worse results than those that had limited access.
They looked at schools around the world and concluded that the ones that spent lots of money on technological learning aids had seen "no noticeable improvement" in the reading, mathematics or science tests.
Newsround spoke to children at a school in Salford to ask if they thought technology helps them learn better.
Hamilton won the title with three races to go, all of which Rosberg then won.
Rosberg said: "Qualifying, he did a better job - up to the point he won the title it was 12-three or something.
"That was my strength last year. Strange it turned around. Tough to understand it. I don't know exactly why; I just need to keep it going."
Hamilton won the title in 2014 despite qualifying behind his team-mate more often than not, passing Rosberg on track a number of times to take 11 wins to the German's five.
But Rosberg believes that Hamilton's run of 11 poles in 12 races at the start of this season was the key to the Briton's third championship, in which he won 10 of the first 16 races before Rosberg's late run of form.
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"Lewis did a great job this season, he was more consistent," said Rosberg, the son of the Finnish 1982 F1 world champion Keke Rosberg.
"All the parts have to fit together to beat Lewis. If I'm always qualifying behind him, that is going to make it very difficult.
"It's not about good fortune in qualifying. There is no fortune in that, especially when it's 12 times. It's just not being quick enough.
"I just need to find some more pace. Which I did. I will continue to push, of course, because half of me is a Finn, and in Finland it's the Finnish sisu, which is always the fighting spirit all the way."
Rosberg's remarks came in an exclusive interview for the BBC F1 Review show, in which he commented for the first time on the incident after the title-deciding US Grand Prix which has come to be known as 'cap-gate'.
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Rosberg had also been annoyed by what he considered Hamilton's over-aggressive driving in taking the lead at the start.
And he was angry at himself for making a mistake late in the race that cost him the lead and handed victory - and the title - to Hamilton.
In the pre-podium room following the race, Hamilton tossed the second-place cap to Rosberg, only for the German to throw it straight back at his team-mate.
Rosberg said: "It's our usual games. He passes me the cap; I pass it back in my frustration."
At the time, Rosberg described Hamilton's move in pushing him wide at the first corner and causing him to lose places to both Red Bull cars as "extremely aggressive and we hit each other. Or should I say Lewis came into me".
Reflecting on the incident, Rosberg said: "It was one step too far, too much - in his approach to it; in what he was thinking when he decided to drive into me. That was not good.
"But it wasn't really the race decider because I did manage to fight back past Lewis, pass the Red Bulls, take the lead, go off into the distance, and then get pulled back by the safety car, because I had a 10-second lead.
"Then the second safety car destroyed my second lead of a couple of seconds and then I messed up myself, which was hugely annoying. Not good; don't like doing that and especially in a way I had really never done before.
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"I couldn't find an explanation for it. I found an explanation later, but, whatever the explanation, it was still my fault.
"That was not a good day, and then Lewis celebrating the championship on that day, not fun."
Watch a review of Lewis Hamilton's championship-winning season in Lewis Hamilton: Making History on BBC iPlayer.
Harrison's side could beat the 44-year old record, set by a legendary Ajax side which included Johan Cruyff.
If the Saints win, they will make it 27 victories on the bounce and they will become the new record holders.
"Every Christmas I get the Guinness Book of Records and I love it," Harrison told BBC Radio Shropshire.
Saints were last defeated in July when they lost 3-0 to Apoel Nicosia of Cyprus in a Champions League qualifier but then their winning run began and they equalled the record by beating Cefn Druids 4-0 at home 4-0 on Boxing Day.
They now go into the away return fixture looking to make history and Harrison says it will be a boyhood dream come if the Welsh club do take their place in the Guinness Book of Records.
"I love reading the stats and having a look at it. I have done it since I was a little boy," he said.
"It's not something when you go into football that comes into your head in any way shape or form. You want to be a professional footballer, you want to play in the Premier League, you want to play for your country.
"As a manager I want to manage as high as I can. I have managed in the Champions League, I have won trophies and I want to keep going as a young manager.
"There are little milestones, but being in the Guinness Book of Records is not one I would have ever thought of."
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The current world record was set by Dutch giants Ajax in 1972. The Amsterdam club won 26 games in a row in all competitions, including 19 league wins in the Eredivisie, four European Cup victories and three Dutch Cup wins.
Brazilian side Cortiba won 24 straight games in 2011 and Real Madrid - including Wales forward Gareth Bale - won 22 consecutive games during the 2014-15 season.
Scottish side East Kilbride actually went on a longer winning run earlier this season, with 30 consecutive wins, and received a crate of beer from Ajax in recognition.
But their feat has not been recognised by Guinness World Records as they play in the fifth-tier Lowland League and not in their nation's top-tier.
Saints may be on course to win the domestic Welsh treble for a third successive year thanks to their fantastic run, but Harrison does admit that comparisons between his team and the Ajax are hard to swallow.
"You would be silly if you were comparing Ajax to TNS because that Ajax team with Johan Cruyff and so on were the best team in Europe at the time," Harrison added.
"So it's almost tongue in cheek, but on a serious note it's a very proud achievement for the club, players, management and fans to where we have got to
"26 games winning on the bounce at any level is good , take away being compared to Ajax which is flattering and very nice, but a bit unrealistic.
"We always worry about ourselves and we want to break records and be better and it has proved so this year."
Gateshead-born Harrison has taken charge of Hartlepool following their relegation to the National League.
The 39-year-old left Saints after winning a sixth consecutive Welsh Premier League title.
"I've had great times at TNS and really enjoyed every minute of it but I just feel it was the right opportunity," Harrison told BBC Wales Sport.
"The opportunity arose and I thought it was the right time to go and have a fresh challenge somewhere else.
"Everything just fits - the geographic location, facilities, (the) ambition of the club with new owners and new investors and the big fan base.
"I'm an ambitious person, driven on through having a shorter football career than what I should have had."
Harrison, who played for Middlesbrough and Crystal Palace before injury prematurely ended his professional career, had been TNS boss since 2011.
Saints won six Welsh Premier titles, four Welsh Cups and three League Cups during Harrison's time at Park Hall.
During the 2016-17 season Saints broke Ajax's 44-year-old world record for the longest winning streak in top-flight football with 27 victories in a row in all competitions.
Hartlepool in contrast have been relegated from the Football League for the first time.
"Hopefully I'll bring that winning mentality to Hartlepool," Harrison added.
"We want to get promoted at the first time of asking, but just as important is that we're building a solid foundation along the way as well."
Coaches Scott Ruscoe and Steve Evans have been put in interim charge of Saints following Harrison's departure.
And Harrison said his former assistants were "perfect" to take charge of the Oswestry-based club.
"They know the club inside out and understand what's expected of the club," Harrison said.
"They were both fantastic players and the best two players in the history of TNS.
"They both captained the club, played in massive European games and have both seen huge progression over the last 10-15 years as players and coaches.
"For me they'll keep the success up."
Harrison, who was in charge of Airbus UK Broughton before joining Saints, says the Welsh Premier League has improved and continues to develop.
"There's better players coming into the league and there are better coaches because the FAW coach education is absolutely fantastic," Harrison said.
"Hopefully Bangor City and Connah's Quay maybe are looking to go full-time and try and push TNS as best as they can.
"The league is definitely on an upward curve and I'd like to think I've had a small part to play in that."
Gunmen travelling in dozens of vehicles attacked checkpoints on the east and west on Thursday morning before taking control of several areas.
The army responded with helicopter strikes in which officials said about 80 insurgents died.
A curfew has been imposed on the city and reinforcements sent from the capital Baghdad.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but Sunni militants and tribesmen allied to the jihadist Islamist State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) have seized parts of the city of Ramadi and most of Falluja.
Witnesses and security sources said dozens of heavily armed militants attacked checkpoints and police stations on the outskirts of Samarra early on Thursday, before moving into the city.
The assailants seized control of the municipality building and university, raising the black flag associated with jihadist groups over both buildings, police told the Reuters news agency.
They also reportedly occupied Samarra's two largest mosques and announced the "liberation" of the city via loudspeaker, urging residents to join their war against the government.
The militants moved within about 2km (1.2 miles) of the Askari shrine, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam, whose destruction by al-Qaeda in 2006 is widely believed to have triggered a continuing spiral of sectarian violence in which tens of thousands have died.
"People are terrified. We haven't slept since the attack started at 03:30 [00:30 GMT]," resident Mustafa al-Sammaraie told Reuters. "I saw some of them pass in front of our house - gunmen with long beards and Afghan dress on a pickup truck."
The advance was eventually halted when helicopter gunships and military reinforcements, including members of Iraq's elite counter-terrorism forces, were sent in to attack their positions.
The head of the Samarra Special Operations Command, Lt-Gen Sabah al-Fatlawi, later declared that security forces and pro-government tribesmen had forced the militants to withdraw.
"We have completely dismissed the armed groups from Samarra and we are now pursuing them outside the city," he told the AFP news agency. "We were able to kill 80 [militants] in strikes and attacks and clashes, from house to house and one street to another."
At least 12 security personnel were reportedly also killed.
A member of the Salahuddin provincial council said he was worried that the militants would now seek to gain control of other towns and cities, amid reports of clashes in Suleiman Beg and a curfew in Baiji.
In other violence on Thursday, bombings in Baghdad left three people dead, while four others were shot dead in the northern city of Mosul, security and medical officials said.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) also said a team had delivered medical supplies to Falluja for the first time since January, when ISIS and its allies moved in.
"The situation is very worrying," said Patricia Guiote, leader of the team. "People are enduring a severe shortage of food, water and healthcare."
The crash happened on Hollywater Road in Passfield shortly before 07:30 GMT. A 29-year-old man from Romania was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver, a 22-year-old man from Poland, was taken to the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guilford with non-life threatening injuries.
Police have appealed for witnesses to come forward.
A celebrity jumping into a car and singing with James Corden has been a staple of The Late Late Show since he took over as host in March 2015.
But now it's becoming a TV series in its own right, with new episodes released every week on Apple Music.
The first proper trailer gives us a little taste of what to expect from the 16-episode run.
1. Carpool Karaoke no longer needs to be in a car. Or even on the ground
Carpool Karaoke is no longer confined by silly little details like, you know, actually being in a car.
"This is the next level," says Will Smith, as he guides James Corden towards a waiting helicopter at one point in the trailer. Gravity schmavity.
Appropriately, the first song they sing once they are in said aircraft is, of course, R Kelly's I Believe I Can Fly.
Reports that they also belted out a rendition of Westlife's Flying Without Wings could not be immediately confirmed.
2. Ariana Grande and Seth MacFarlane have zero time for parking restrictions
At one point, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane and singer and all-round awesome person Ariana Grande are shown standing by the parked car.
Earlier in the trailer, they had been seen beautifully singing a song from The Little Shop of Horrors. All sweet and innocent and lovely.
But look a little closer - and the plot takes a much darker turn. They appear to have pulled up across TWO disabled parking spaces.
Ariana is going to have to give us at least six new masterpieces of Side To Side-level quality to redeem herself.
3. It's strange not having James Corden in the driver's seat
Since the dawn of time, James Corden has been a ubiquitous presence in the driver's seat of the Carpool Karaoke automobile.
Which is fair enough, since he basically came up with the idea when he first climbed into a car with George Michael for Comic Relief in 2011.
But he's now allowed someone else to get behind the wheel, which gives us the extremely exciting prospect of episodes with five-piece bands. Or in this case, four-piece bands, plus a guest.
The previous application form was limited to a maximum of four people, which gave us the gift of Carpools featuring Red Hot Chili Peppers and One Direction 2.0.
But behold, now we have comedian Billy Eichner hitching a ride with Metallica.
We're trying not to get our hopes up but this could technically pave the way for Little Mix giving Ozzy Osbourne a lift to the supermarket.
4. They may need a bigger car
"You're going to need a bigger boat," said someone once, in some famous movie or other.
In this case, the production team are perhaps going to need a bigger car for two of their more well-built guests.
Basketball player Shaquille O'Neal and wrestler John Cena just about managed to squeeze in.
We're just relieved it wasn't a Mini.
5. A lot of people mistake John Legend for Pharrell Williams
John Legend takes Alicia Keys and Hidden Figures actress Taraji P. Henson on a little spin in the new Carpool series, with the two singers seen belting out Alicia's Fallin'. (Tune).
But they also have a nice little chat, during which John Legend reveals that despite being an Actual Legend, people often mistake him for somebody else.
"Old white women think I'm Pharrell [Williams] sometimes," he explains.
He even briefly belts out the hook of Happy so as not to disappoint this particular fanbase.
6. Blake Shelton and Chelsea Handler are keen to get their five a day
A slice of orange, a chunk of pineapple, a quarter of lime - it's fair to say country singer Blake Shelton and comic Chelsea Handler are fans of fruit.
Alternatively, it's possible that they're fans of alcohol, which is very often served with fruit. Or they could be auditioning to become the faces of a new fruit and veg campaign, judging by this segment in the trailer.
What do you mean a slice of lemon in your drink doesn't count towards your five a day? Why would you ruin this perfectly nice afternoon?
7. Wait. Go back a sec. Is that... a BRASS BAND?
Yep. That's a 90-piece brass band.
Being conducted from a sun roof by Will Smith.
Who is leading them in a rendition of his 1997 treasure Gettin' Jiggy Wit It.
I need to lie down.
8. Heavy metal sounds better in the dairy aisle
First Blake and Chelsea hit the pub, and look, there's John Legend and Alicia Keys in a laundrette.
Straight in at number one in the Look We Can Be Normal chart, however, is Metallica in a supermarket.
If you haven't experienced Enter Sandman being performed next to the free range eggs, you've not heard Mozart the way it was meant to be played.
Carpool Karaoke is "coming soon" to Apple Music, according to the trailer.
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Kane, 23, scored four in Thursday's 6-1 win at Leicester to move to the top the golden boot standings, ahead of Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Sanchez.
Pochettino said: "Harry Kane's a special player, he loves Tottenham.
"The players we want to keep will be here next season. If any players leave, it's Tottenham's decision."
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Kane, the Premier League's top scorer last season with 25, moved to 26 for this campaign with two late goals in the victory at the King Power Stadium.
Kane, midfielder Dele Alli and defender Kyle Walker continue to be linked with transfers, but Pochettino says the club are in control of the England internationals' futures.
"I think we are so, so, so calm about our big players and they are so happy here," said the Argentine.
"We are building a very exciting project. The players must feel they are part of us and want to share in our success.
"Harry Kane means a lot for the team. I tell you always that he's one of the best strikers in the world. His performances show that we are right."
Kane has missed eight league games with injury this season but looks set to finish as top scorer, unless Everton striker Lukaku or Arsenal forward Sanchez have a remarkable final day of the season.
The latter two players will be on opposing sides at Emirates Stadium on Sunday, while Kane and Spurs go to Hull. All 10 Premier League matches on Sunday kick off at 15:00 BST.
Kane averages a goal every 94 minutes in the league this season, and unsurprisingly described the campaign as his best yet.
"It probably could have been more," he said.
"It is the first time in my professional career that I've scored four, there has been a bit of build-up in the race for the golden boot and I wanted at least one or two to put the pressure on - but to get four is amazing.
"This is my best season. I missed 11 weeks and worked hard during my injury to ensure I came back in better shape than I started."
Kane's top-flight goals this term have earned Spurs 13 points, which is second only behind Chelsea striker Diego Costa's 20 goals, earning the Blues 15 points.
Former Republic of Ireland midfielder Andy Townsend:
Harry Kane always hits the target, he is always looking to work goalkeepers.
He has 51 goals in two seasons and that is great numbers. Those who work with him and know him will say he deserves it.
He works incredibly hard at his game. He is determined. He has taken a few knocks along the way but he is showing everything he has got right now.
He is a combination of [former England strike partners] Teddy Sheringham and Alan Shearer.
The Dons had failed to win in 12 previous attempts against their bogey team, but a stunning first half saw them three goals up at the break.
Tom Elliott headed the visitors in front from close range following a 20th-minute corner which Darius Charles nodded back across goal from the far post.
Liam Sercombe went close to levelling soon after when he shot just wide after a sharp turn.
But Charles scored a spectacular second goal in the 42nd minute, curling the ball into the top corner from 20 yards as Oxford's players protested about what looked like a dangerous tackle on Wes Thomas by Dean Parrett.
Oxford's players were still rattled by that controversial decision when Andy Barcham ran through the middle in first-half stoppage-time and slotted home Jake Reeves' pass under goalkeeper Simon Eastwood.
The hosts pulled a goal back four minutes into the second half when Charles turned Chris Maguire's cross into his own net.
Barry Fuller headed Phil Edwards' effort off the line as the home side tried to come back but they lost Joe Skarz to a shoulder injury, and their second-half fight back petered out.
The win, coupled with MK Dons' defeat by Port Vale, moved Wimbledon up to 10th and above Dons in the league table for the first time in their history.
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Match ends, Oxford United 1, AFC Wimbledon 3.
Second Half ends, Oxford United 1, AFC Wimbledon 3.
Attempt missed. Cheyenne Dunkley (Oxford United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Jonathan Meades.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Charlie Raglan.
Attempt blocked. Daniel Crowley (Oxford United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Dominic Poleon replaces Lyle Taylor because of an injury.
Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Dannie Bulman.
Marvin Johnson (Oxford United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Marvin Johnson (Oxford United).
Dannie Bulman (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Alfie Egan replaces Dean Parrett.
Attempt missed. Tyrone Barnett (AFC Wimbledon) header from the left side of the six yard box is just a bit too high.
Substitution, Oxford United. Marvin Johnson replaces Liam Sercombe.
Substitution, Oxford United. Joe Rothwell replaces Joe Skarz because of an injury.
Cheyenne Dunkley (Oxford United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Attempt blocked. Dean Parrett (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, AFC Wimbledon. Conceded by Cheyenne Dunkley.
Attempt blocked. Alexander MacDonald (Oxford United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Tyrone Barnett replaces Tom Elliott.
Cheyenne Dunkley (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tom Elliott (AFC Wimbledon).
Substitution, Oxford United. Daniel Crowley replaces Wes Thomas.
Wes Thomas (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dannie Bulman (AFC Wimbledon).
Attempt saved. Philip Edwards (Oxford United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Barry Fuller.
Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Barry Fuller.
Foul by Wes Thomas (Oxford United).
Jonathan Meades (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
James Shea (AFC Wimbledon) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt missed. Wes Thomas (Oxford United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt saved. Alexander MacDonald (Oxford United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Cheyenne Dunkley (Oxford United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Jonathan Meades.
Attempt saved. Dannie Bulman (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Wes Thomas (Oxford United).
Dannie Bulman (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Dean Parrett (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Chris Maguire (Oxford United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Timber production and jobs in the sector have increased by half since the last review in 2008.
Industry leaders have said new processing techniques are producing much more valuable wood products.
The work of the sector has also enabled other key Scottish industries to grow, such as in the energy, construction and tourism.
Foresters are now harvesting the benefits of a tree-planting boom in the 1970s and 1980s, with trees put into the ground then now reaching maturity.
This has led to a massive expansion of the timber industry - from harvesting, with contractors now employing highly efficient tree-felling machines, through to sawmilling and processing where new techniques are creating high-quality wood products for house construction, cladding and flooring.
The report, from Forestry Commission Scotland, points out that a total of 25,000 people are now employed in forestry-related businesses in Scotland - including tourism and leisure.
There has been a significant boost to employment levels in the forest management and processing sector with more than 19,500 people now working in the industry - a jump of 6,500 compared with the previous report in 2008.
In 2008 timber production was about five million tonnes each year. It is currently sitting at record levels of 7.5 million tonnes per annum.
Speaking at a meeting with top forestry leaders later, Environment Minister Dr Aileen McLeod will officially launch the new Forestry Commission Scotland report.
She is expected to say that Scottish forestry is "very much a hidden success story" of the Scottish economy.
Stuart Goodall, chief executive of Confor, the trade association which promotes wood and forestry, said: "This report demonstrates the growing importance of Scotland's forest-based industry to both rural areas and the national economy, an industry that has bucked the trend and posted impressive growth since the downturn in 2008.
"Scotland has some of the most technologically-advanced sawmills in the world and the maturing of the forestry sector is supporting an increasing number and variety of relatively well-paid rural jobs.
"We welcome the support that the Scottish government has given to this booming industry and look forward to delivering even more jobs, economic growth and carbon reductions for the people of Scotland."
Cerberus said it "had contact to varying extents" with Peter Robinson, Simon Hamilton, Arlene Foster, Nigel Dodds and Mr McGuinness.
The details are contained in a submission to the finance committee.
The committee is investigating the circumstances of the fund's purchase of Nama's Northern Ireland loan book.
It said these contacts were part of its "due diligence" of the Northern Ireland economy and as "ongoing liaison with stakeholders in the jurisdiction".
The interactions involved senior Cerberus staff, including former US Vice President Dan Quayle.
The firm said the "substantive discussions" prior to its purchase of the Nama loans focused on its approach to the investment, its management of the portfolio and its effect on the economy.
It does not disclose the dates of the contacts and whether they were meetings or phone calls.
Cerberus said it also prepared a letter to be presented to the Northern Ireland Executive prior to its bid.
This was to lay out its investment and operational intentions if the bid was successful.
It stated its approach to borrowers including an indication it would be willing to waive guarantees for cooperative borrowers.
Mr McGuinness said: "My only contact with Cerberus was a courtesy meeting months after the Cerberus deal with Nama and in line with my responsibilities as Deputy First Minister.
"This was a routine engagement and was in the public domain."
The Dons finished second in the Scottish Premiership last season, with Rangers promoted from the Championship.
"I think Aberdeen after the last couple of seasons," Brown told Sky Sports when asked to pick the biggest threat.
"They have been exciting to watch, they have come to Celtic Park and got points and we have struggled up there."
Aberdeen have been runners-up in the past two campaigns; finishing 15 points behind Celtic in May, two points closer than the previous term.
Glasgow rivals Rangers beat Celtic on their way to the Scottish Cup final last season and the Old Firm pair meet on league duty on 10 September.
When asked how he thought Rangers would fare, midfielder Brown said: "We'll see that when it comes. That's the fifth game of the season so we have got a few before that. Aberdeen have been great the last couple of years and so have Hearts after coming back up last season."
On the derby fixture, Brown added: "It will be good. It's always good, a Rangers-Celtic game, especially with the atmosphere. But there's lots of huge games coming up for us and that's way down the line."
Celtic meet Astana on Wednesday in the second leg of their Champions League third qualifying round tie.
A second-half strike from Leigh Griffiths saw Rodgers' side return from Kazakhstan last week with a 1-1 draw.
"We went over there and got the away goal," Brown said. "That's always going to help us. We played well on the day and maybe could have sneaked another one.
"But it's going to be a great atmosphere back at Celtic Park and we're looking forward to the game."
With a visit to Hearts following on Sunday, Brown believes the European qualifiers will help Celtic get off to a strong start when they kick off their Premiership defence.
"Last season was a little bit disappointing overall but we still got the job done," he said.
"This season we have started off well in the Champions League qualifiers and hopefully we will push that into the league.
"This is always the priority. It's huge for us to try to get six in a row. We fought well last season and deserved it after a long hard season."
The ministry said it had not ruled out anonymity between arrest and charge.
But Justice Minister Crispin Blunt has said he would rather put pressure on the media not to name suspects than bring in a new law.
Labour welcomed the apparent U-turn but said the government's handling of the issue had been "lamentable".
The plan to grant anonymity to rape suspects was a surprise inclusion in the government's coalition agreement in May.
It had not been in the Conservative or Liberal Democrat election manifestos, although it had been Lib Dem policy since 2006.
The coalition agreement pledged to "extend anonymity in rape cases to defendants", with ministers stressing the need to "protect anyone who may be wrongly accused from harmful stigma".
But Prime Minister David Cameron appeared to bow to pressure from campaigners last month when he said he favoured a "limited extension" to the law to cover the period between arrest and charge.
After it emerged that ministers preferred not to change the law and to put pressure on the media instead, acting Labour leader Harriet Harman attacked its whole approach to the issue.
"It is really lamentable that they could think of something as important as prosecuting rape, that they should just do a proposal on the back of an envelope," she told the BBC.
"It is a very serious offence and they should not just dream up a proposal and bring it forward without thinking about it. Rape is too serious for that."
Shadow Home Secretary Alan Johnson, speaking in the Commons, said he welcomed the government's "U-turn" on the issue.
In the House of Commons last week, Mr Blunt said the government wanted to find a "non-statutory solution" to extending anonymity.
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"Given that we had 21 criminal justice acts passed over the 13 years of the last administration, I am sure that Labour [MPs] will understand why we are loath to find even more statutes to put on the statute book," he said.
He suggested Press Complaints Commission guidance recommending the media do not identify people before they are charged with rape might be strengthened.
The Ministry of Justice played down Mr Blunt's remarks, insisting it had not entirely ruled out legislation to provide anonymity between arrest and charge and was still carrying out an analysis of evidence and research on the subject.
The results of this were due to be published before the summer recess but will not now appear until the autumn.
A spokesman said: "We want to make sure a thorough assessment of all of the available evidence is produced to inform the debate on this very important issue. It is right that we take the time to get it right, and have therefore decided to publish the report when Parliament returns in September."
The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) said it would be "happy" to discuss the issue with ministers but said "as yet they haven't approached us".
The PCC is in charge of enforcing editorial standards for newspaper journalists but does not draw up its own guidelines - that is done by a committee of editors. The guidelines are set out in the Editor's Code of Practice but they are not legally binding.
Campaign group Women Against Rape said they were "glad the government has been forced to back down".
A spokeswoman said: "Why should men accused of rape have special protection not offered to those facing charges of murder, terrorism or child abuse?
"People are no more likely to be falsely accused of rape than of other crimes. Why this attempt to further discredit and discriminate against rape survivors?"
Labour MPs have criticised the proposal to grant anonymity to rape suspects consistently in Parliament, while Conservative MP Louise Bagshawe told The Observer that by "singling out rape in this way, ministers are sending a negative signal about women and those who accuse men of rape".
The anonymity proposal became Lib Dem party policy in 2006 after a number of cases in which celebrities were named in newspapers over allegations of sexual assault, even though in some cases they were not charged and the complainant was found to be malicious.
The 1976 Labour government introduced anonymity for defendants - only for the measure to be repealed 12 years later under the Tories.
A review of the law earlier this year warned there needed to be a proper examination of the wider issues.
There is no anonymity for defendants in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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The Liberal government says the jets will close the "capability gap" in Canada's air power as it seeks a permanent replacement to its CF-18 fleet.
It will also launch a five-year procurement process in 2017 to find a replacement, which could include F-35s.
Ottawa will continue to participate in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program.
Federal Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said on Tuesday that Ottawa will immediately begin discussions with the US government and Boeing, which manufactures the Super Hornet fighter aircraft, on the purchase of the stop-gap fleet.
Public Services and Procurement Minister Judy Foote was unable to provide an estimated cost for the 18 new jets, saying it would depend on the negotiations.
Canada cannot currently meet its commitments to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the North American Aerospace Defense Command with its aging fleet of CF-18s.
But the procurement process to replace the 30-year-old fleet has been rife with problems and politics.
The former Conservative government originally intended to buy 65 Lockheed Martin F-35s, with deliveries slated to begin in 2016.
In 2012, the country's auditor general criticised the sole-sourced procurement process for the fighters. Cost overruns and other issues also hampered the planned purchase.
In the last federal election campaign, the Liberals unequivocally ruled out buying the stealth bomber for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and promised to purchase a "lower priced" option.
Canada has been involved in the JSF program, the development and acquisition program for the F-35s, since its inception in 1997.
Other countries involved in the JSF project include the US, the UK, Turkey, Italy, Australia and the Netherlands.
Each unprotected department has been asked to come up with savings plans of 25% and 40% of their budget.
The chancellor said departments had also been asked to help meet a target of 150,000 new homes on public sector land by 2020.
The NHS and per-pupil schools budgets will be protected in the review, which will be published on 25 November.
Mr Osborne, who gave evidence to MPs on Tuesday about the Budget and his spending priorities, said that "with careful management of public money, we can get more for less".
The Treasury said "large savings" would be required of unprotected departments, which have been asked to model two scenarios: of 25% and 40% cuts to their budgets by 2020.
The BBC's economics editor Robert Peston said what was being proposed would require a reinvention of some services taken for granted by the public.
Mr Osborne has already unveiled £12bn of welfare savings plus £5bn of tax avoidance prevention measures - which together with the £20bn of departmental spending cuts make up the £37bn figure earmarked to get government finances back in the black.
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Today I want you to imagine what you would cut from your lifestyle if told that your income would fall by either 25% or 40%, after adjusting for inflation, over the next four years.
It is quite a scary thought, isn't it? Presumably, if you haven't done it already, you'll think about switching the weekly shop to one of those discounters. You will heat up the water for fewer hours. And the kids' swimming lessons will have to go.
But those savings would not even scratch the surface of a 40% cut. To reach that, the kids may have to share a bedroom, so you can take in a paying lodger. And the car would be history.
All of which serves to explain why ministers and officials in all but protected departments and services - that is everything but health, schools, defence and overseas aid - are having panic attacks today.
Because they have been instructed by the chancellor to "model" the impact on the services they provide of finding savings of either 25% or 40% by 2019-20 - or £20bn per annum of cuts in aggregate. This is the stuff of public-service reinvention, not efficiency.
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Spending limits will be set for government departments, which will also be asked to examine the way they manage their assets and consider privatisation and contracting out where necessary.
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said talk of cuts of as much as 40% were just "a ranging shot".
"Past experience would suggest that initial pitching by the Treasury should be regarded as aspirational," he told MPs on the Foreign Affairs Committee.
"But it is clear that to deliver the overall fiscal trajectory departments collectively will have to make substantial savings, double-digit percentage savings."
The review document says it will prioritise spending which: promotes innovation and greater collaboration in public services; promotes growth and productivity including through devolution within England; promotes choice and competition and which drive efficiency and value for money.
Although full details will not be published until November, the document does include some details of specific areas for change.
On local government it says "the government will look at transforming the approach" to its financing and "further decentralising power, in order to maximise efficiency, local economic growth and the integration of public services".
It also sets out plans to sell off publicly owned land that is surplus to requirements, including assets owned by the Ministry of Defence.
The Treasury said the MoD, alone, accounted for 1% of all land in the UK, while the state land holdings were worth £300bn.
Cabinet Office minister Matthew Hancock told the BBC that £1.5bn of land had been disposed of during the last Parliament and that ministers had only "just started getting going".
"It is clear we can release much, much more," he told BBC Radio 4's World at One. "It also contributes to our wider objectives like housebuilding. The two go hand in hand."
But the BBC's assistant political editor Norman Smith said the scale of the cuts envisaged meant it would take a lot more than "flogging off a few disused airbases" to meet the chancellor's targets.
For Labour, shadow chancellor Chris Leslie told BBC News: "During the Budget speech the chancellor said that he was going to step off the rollercoaster ride in public spending and now he's asking his cabinet colleagues to perhaps think about deeper cuts than he envisaged only a fortnight ago.
"So it's very unclear what the chancellor's coherent approach is here and I think we do need, of course, those sensible savings but he needs to now come clean and say what exactly is he planning."
The SNP's deputy leader Stewart Hosie said some of the targets set for departments were likely to prove "completely unmanageable" and Mr Osborne risked "setting himself up for a very large fall".
"Perhaps he's setting the bar high and he'll appear to be the good guy if it's less when push comes to shove," he said. "I think the key thing is we look at the last parliament. He failed on all these major targets.
"He seems to be wanting to push the boundaries time after time after time. There's no longer fat to be cut. It's into the bone and the impact on services could be catastrophic."
Nicky Schellander, 44, from Barnstaple, Devon, had her ovaries removed when the cancer was found in August 2015.
After pioneering surgery in London, she is fundraising £66,500 for the drug Olaparib to stop the cancer growing.
If the fundraising is successful, she hopes to be back to jousting by October, when she also plans to marry.
Ms Schellander, who has worked on films such as Snow White and the Huntsman and TV series Merlin, went to her GP in August 2015 with stomach pain and was sent home with painkillers.
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But five days later the pain was so bad she could barely walk, and after an ultrasound a "large mass" was found on her ovary.
She had surgery and chemotherapy and went into remission, but the cancer returned aggressively in February.
Ms Schellander, who lives with fiancé Cy Margieson, said: "It was devastating for me.
"The dreams that my fiancé and I held, are getting harder - we lost our baby and chance of starting a family, so now, the priority is to concentrate on staying alive."
Ms Schellander was told about the drug Olaparib, which will stop the cancer's DNA from replicating, but won't be able to access it on the NHS until she has had three rounds of chemotherapy.
"Rather than waiting for it to come back a third time I'd rather have it now," she said.
"This is the first ovarian cancer treatment to get approval from the NHS in over a decade.
"If it wasn't the only thing that might help me, I would not even consider it.
"I want to get back to full health and get back to doing what I am passionate about and also marry my soulmate."
The woman's family had wanted her life-support machine to be turned off.
Doctors had not granted their wishes as they were unsure of the legal status of the unborn child under the constitution in the Republic of Ireland.
The woman in the case was declared brain-dead on 3 December.
The court had heard that the chances of her unborn child being born alive were small.
Lawyers for the unborn child had told the court that it must be satisfied that there was no real possibility of the foetus surviving before allowing the machine to be turned off.
Lawyers for the Health Service Executive (HSE), the body which runs all public health services in the Republic of Ireland, had argued that it would be lawful to withdraw life-support in this case.
The woman is in her late 20s and has two other children.
The judge said that to "maintain and continue" the present support would "deprive her of dignity in death".
"It would subject her father, her partner and her young children to unimaginable distress in a futile exercise which commenced only because of fears held by treating medical specialists of potential legal consequences," he said.
Irish Health Minister Leo Varadkar said he would be carefully examining the ruling.
"I wish to convey my heartfelt sympathies to the family and partner of the woman at the centre of this case at this most difficult time - particularly given the season," he said.
"This case and the judgement will need to be carefully examined before I can make any further comment on it.
"In the meantime, I would ask that the privacy of this family is respected, at this so difficult and challenging time."
Twin blasts hit Zaventem airport at about 07:00 GMT, with 11 people reported killed.
Another explosion struck Maelbeek metro station near EU headquarters an hour later, leaving about 20 people dead.
Brussels police have issued a wanted notice for a man seen pushing a luggage trolley through the airport.
He was pictured in CCTV footage with two other suspects who are believed to have died in the blasts.
The Islamic State (IS) group said it was behind the attacks in a statement issued on the IS-linked Amaq agency.
Belgium has raised its terrorism alert to its highest level. Three days of national mourning have been declared.
Prime Minister Charles Michel called the latest attacks "blind, violent and cowardly", adding: "This is a day of tragedy, a black day... I would like to call on everyone to show calmness and solidarity".
Two blasts tore through the departures area of Zaventem airport shortly after 08:00 local time (07:00 GMT).
A suicide bomber was "probably" involved, the Belgian prosecutor said.
Eleven people were killed and 81 wounded in the blasts, Belgian Health Minister Maggie de Block said.
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Some witnesses reported hearing shots fired and shouts in Arabic before the two explosions.
Others said that people fled the first blast, only to get caught in the second.
A third bomb failed to detonate and was destroyed by the security services.
A local firefighter, Pierre Meys, described seeing "war injuries".
"I think this is the worst thing I've ever seen in my career," he said.
"People were running over others that had fallen, I couldn't breathe. I can't believe I'm alive," 15-year-old Antoine told me as he walked with his school friends in a line of hundreds being escorted on foot and by bus to a sports hall, now a makeshift reception centre.
Three hearses passed, heading towards the ruins of the airport departure hall. People sobbed at the sight of them.
Several tourists were asking police what they should do now, where it was safe to go - and when the airport might reopen.
The police were confused too, but offered what little information they had, telling people to head to a reception centre. An officer repeatedly shouted: "Quickly, keep moving, evacuate, this is serious."
The metro blast occurred shortly after 08:00 GMT during the rush hour at Maelbeek station.
It struck the middle carriage of a three-carriage train while it was moving away from the platform.
Alexandre Brans told AP: "The metro was leaving Maelbeek station when there was a really loud explosion. It was panic everywhere. There were a lot of people in the metro."
Brussels Mayor Yvan Mayeur said "about 20" people had died and more than 100 had been injured, 17 of them severely.
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The station is close to EU institutions. The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, has told employees to stay indoors or at home. All meetings at EU institutions have been cancelled.
Ryan McGhee, a catering worker at a college in Brussels, told the BBC: "The entire city is in lockdown. People are calm at the moment but the atmosphere is tense."
Local and international travel has been suspended or disrupted and security tightened across Europe.
All flights have been cancelled. The airport is due to reopen on Wednesday.
Eurostar has cancelled all trains to and from Brussels. The Thalys France-Benelux train operator says the entire network is closed.
In the UK, security has been stepped up at Gatwick and Heathrow airports. The UK Foreign Office has advised British nationals to avoid crowded areas in Belgium.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron chaired a meeting of the Cobra response committee on Tuesday.
In France the cabinet has held an emergency meeting. There is also extra security at Dutch airports.
There has been strong international condemnation:
Belgium's Interior Minister Jan Jambon had said on Monday that the country was on the highest level of alert for possible revenge attacks after the capture on Friday of Salah Abdeslam, the main surviving suspect from the Paris attacks in November.
Mr Jambon told Belgian radio: "We know that stopping one cell can... push others into action. We are aware of it in this case."
European security experts had been braced for another attack for months. But it is always a huge shock when it actually happens.
If this was "revenge" for the arrest of Salah Abdeslam on Friday, it will be a source of considerable concern that a functioning terrorist network was able to respond so quickly and with such devastating effect.
It is possible that a cell linked to Abdeslam brought forward the timing of a future attack because they thought he might blow their cover.
Either way, it shows how advanced the planning was in terms of logistics, explosives, weapons and people willing to carry out such attacks on civilian targets.
The priority now will be to ensure that anyone else who poses an imminent threat to the public is apprehended as soon as possible. But it is clear that there are still huge gaps in intelligence, and Brussels is seen as a soft target.
In the words of French President Francois Hollande, the response from Europe will need to be "calm, lucid and determined" - and it will have to last for a long time.
All Bar One has agreed a deal to establish its first presence in the city.
It will be the chain's fourth Scottish outlet, with two already in Edinburgh, and one in Glasgow.
Marischal Square is expected to open in the summer of next year. Offices and a hotel are being built on the site of the former council headquarters.
It is a £107m development.
Protestors failed in their bid to get the development halted last March.
Councillors voted by 22-21 to continue with the project.
Paul Roddy, 56, died after being attacked by Christopher McAllister, 30, of Priory Street, Warrington.
Jailing him for 10 years for manslaughter, Mr Justice Turner at Manchester Crown Court told McAllister he "was dependant on your care but you were violent and hastened his death".
McAllister's defence said he was "incapable of being a carer".
The jury had been told Mr Roddy was in the latter stages of the degenerative illness when he moved in to McAllister's home in Constable Street, Gorton, Manchester.
But Mr Roddy suffered a series of violent assaults which left him with multiple injuries to his head and body, the court heard. He died on 30 December 2015.
His cause of death was given as pneumonia but the court was told his condition was aggravated by the violent abuse by his carer.
The judge, Mr Justice Turner, told McAllister that, although Mr Roddy was prone to falls, he was satisfied that his victim "died as a result of your blows".
John Parry-Jones, defending, said his client took Mr Roddy into his home because youths had been using the sick man's dwelling to take drugs.
But he added McAllister was "socially, mentally and physically incapable of being a carer."
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The collision between a car and a lorry happened on the Westlink at about 07:00 GMT and led to congestion during rush hour and beyond on Tuesday morning.
Roger Pollen from the Federation of Small Businesses was among thousands of motorists caught in long tailbacks.
He said such incidents appeared to be increasing and were damaging trade.
The latest crash took place close to Kennedy Way on the country-bound lane of the Westlink - one of Northern Ireland's busiest roads.
Two people attended hospital but were later discharged. The damaged vehicles were removed by 08:40 GMT, but it took almost another two hours before traffic returned to normal.
During the disruption, Translink tweeted that all of its buses in Belfast were affected by knock-on delays.
In a later statement, its spokeswoman said: "Metro, Ulsterbus and Goldline services operating in Belfast this morning were subject to delays and cancellations following an earlier collision on the Westlink. Services returned to normal at around 10.30am."
A number of crashes on the Westlink in recent weeks have caused severe disruption, but Mr Pollen said: "I really don't think I've ever seen anything quite as bad as we had today."
He added that as he was sitting in traffic he could see businesses being adversely affected.
"There were delivery vans, there were people going to work and then there were also the people who should have been at work and there were customers who were unable to spend, so the whole thing has a huge impact."
He added: "I phoned around a number of our members once I got into the office, just to see how they'd been affected and they were all exasperated - at staff coming in late and just the impact on their business generally."
Mr Pollen also said Belfast was becoming a "very hostile place to bring your car" due to recent Department of Regional Development (DRD) policies, including extended bus lanes and a new 20 mph limit in some parts of the city centre.
A DRD spokesman said the 20 mph policy was to "improve safety".
A TransportNI spokesperson said two recently installed bus lanes were "fully justified" as they carried a high proportion of commuters while taking up a "small proportion of the road space".
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The community group For Stocksbridge Leisure Centre took over the facility north of Sheffield, and have now secured funding for the main pool.
In April 2013, Sheffield Council closed it as part of council cuts of £50m.
Faye Howard, a volunteer at the centre, said: "This is the culmination of everybody's hard work and efforts."
Ms Howard said there was times "When we thought it would never happen".
Alternative uses had been considered when the pool was closed but it's reopening was the "culmination" of running the leisure centre, she added.
The dry sports facilities have been volunteer-run since January 2014.
Funding for the pool has been secured for the next three years and is to open for swimmers at 07:00 GMT on Monday.
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People have been asked to stay in their homes.
Thousands of flights have been cancelled.
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They approved plans for a 4.77% council tax rise and £12m savings.
But the executive board will come up with new proposals on pitch fees.
Meanwhile Blaenau Gwent councillors have approved £10m of cuts and a council tax increase of 4.6% as they confirmed their budget.
Blaenau Gwent council leader Hedley McCarthy said they had to make some very unpopular decisions and were asking the community to help retain some services.
"We are now no stranger to collaborating with other local authorities to deliver some services, as we have found this can provide better value for money and secure the future of those services," he said.
"Teaming up with people in the local community has also meant the retention of some facilities which were facing closure.
"Where possible, we will consider alternative ways of delivering services to local people."
The latest round of authority budget meetings follows a decision by Powys council on Wednesday to make savings of about £20m which will result in the loss of around 400 jobs.
Speaking before Carmarthenshire's meeting, its council leader Kevin Madge said he could not rule out redundancies either.
"Nobody wants to put up council tax," he said.
"We are trying to protect services, services that people want us to protect - lollipop people, street cleaning, highways - but we do have to save £12m in the next financial year and £31m over the next three years.
"This is the start of some very tough times. I have been in local government for 35 years and I've never known it be this bad.
"It's a problem facing all my colleagues around Wales. I don't think there's a council that's not facing cuts."
Mr Madge said he was unsure how many redundancies the council would have to make and there had been appeals for people to take early retirement.
A call to shelve planned increases in charges for sports clubs using council-owned facilities pending further discussions won unanimous backing.
The plan was aimed at saving almost £300,000 in subsidies currently enjoyed by the clubs involved.
One club, Tumble RFC, claimed they faced a near five-fold increase in pitch feeds from £49 per match to £235.
Colin Evans, executive board member responsible for sports facilities, said: "I fully appreciate the major concerns expressed by the clubs and sports associations on this whole issue of fees and charges, and we have listened to these concerns.
"We recognise the value of sport on health and well being of people and communities. That is why we will continue to work with town and community councils and local sports clubs and associations to resolve these issues."
Emlyn Dole, a Plaid Cymru councillor whose motion to freeze the fees was unanimously backed, said: "I am pleased for sporting clubs that this has been approved by council.
"It has caused considerable concern across the county."
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Five guards, four of them Nepali, were among those killed in the gun and bomb attack, which came early on Tuesday.
The Kabul police chief told the BBC the four insurgents, who were all killed, had a truck full of explosives.
This is the latest in a series of attacks on targets in the Afghan capital in recent months.
Last week, Afghan security forces put down a militant gun and bomb attack near the presidential palace, in one of the most secure areas of Kabul.
The Taliban say they carried out that attack, in which four insurgents and three security guards died.
On Monday, the Afghan intelligence agency said a would-be suicide bomber had been shot dead in central Kabul.
In the latest incident, smoke was seen rising above the scene of the attack in the north of the city.
Reports suggested the bomber's vehicle was stopped outside the facility by guards.
When the explosives were detonated, gunmen began shooting at guards in a 30-minute battle, officials said.
As well as the Nepali guards, two Afghan truck drivers who were waiting to enter the compound were killed and an Afghan guard.
All four attackers were killed, Kabul police chief Gen Ayub Salangi said. The blast from the truck left a large crater in the ground, police said.
Last month, Afghan forces assumed security responsibility for the whole of the country for the first time since the Taliban government was ousted in 2001.
International troops will remain in Afghanistan until the end of 2014, providing military back-up when needed.
The US and its Nato allies want the Afghan government to begin dialogue with the Taliban with a view to opening peace negotiations.
But when the Taliban opened a representative office in Qatar - seen as a possible venue for talks - last month, it prompted an angry reaction from the Afghan government, which said the office had the appearance of a rival administration.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai also says any dialogue process must be "Afghan-led".
The home of an al-Qaeda leader in the Yashbum valley, southern Shabwa province, was among the locations hit.
On Thursday, the Pentagon said it had carried out more than 20 strikes in Shabwa, Abyan and Baida provinces.
It comes a month after a controversial US raid that was reported to have left as many as 25 Yemeni civilians dead.
A US Navy Seal commando also died in the incident, which was the first military action authorised by President Donald Trump since he took office.
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Local residents, quoted by AFP news agency, said military forces believed to be US descended on Wadi Yashbum village early on Friday, backed by drones and Apache helicopters, and fought al-Qaeda militants for nearly an hour.
They said there were a number of casualties, including children.
The home of al-Qaeda provincial commander Saad Atef was among three houses hit by air strikes, tribal sources said.
The Pentagon has not yet confirmed the latest strikes, but it did say it had carried out more than 20 strikes on Thursday in three separate areas: Shabwa, Abyan and Baida.
Yemeni officials said at least 12 suspected militants were killed in those strikes.
Pentagon spokesman Jeff Davis said they had targeted al-Qaeda militants, equipment and infrastructure. Another US official said they had involved both fighter jets and drones.
The US was criticised last month over a raid on a village in central Yemen, in which a number of civilians died - many of them children - as well as one US Navy Seal. Its target was the house of a suspected leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
At the time, US military central command acknowledged that a number of civilians had been "likely killed in the midst of a firefight".
The US military later denied allegations reported by the New York Times that the mission had been compromised, and that the commandos knew about this.
The raid was approved just six days after President Trump took office, however, the planning for it began under the Obama administration.
So, the last-minute rehearsal by the Centotaph guard was an important chance for both groups to be put through their paces in the village of Guillemont in France.
The British and Irish armies don't often find themselves as joint participants in ceremonial occasions.
But, here in the small rural village on the Somme, they have come together to remember the sacrifice of their military forebears a century ago.
On 3 September 1916, soldiers from the 16th Irish division of the British army fought a bitter battle to capture Guillemont from the Germans.
The men came from all over Ireland and were attached to several famous Irish regiments.
There were volunteers from the Bogside in Derry, Falls Road in west Belfast and others from the far-flung regions of Ireland.
Also in the ranks were members of the national volunteers, formed to support Home Rule, who had answered John Redmond's call for Irishmen to fight in the Great War.
Some fought for King and country, some fought for Ireland and the promise of Home Rule and the regular soldiers fought because it was their job.
All of that history was likely going through the mind of the young Irish and British soldiers as they rehearsed the ceremony on Friday.
They marched outside the village's Catholic Church, beside where the granite Celtic cross memorial is located.
Those I spoke to acknowledged the uniqueness of the occasion and also the fact that it could happen.
So much has changed in Ireland since 1916. So much has changed in relations between the Republic and the UK in more recent years.
The two armies will be as one for a time on Saturday while their respective politicians pay tribute at the 16th Irish Division's cross of commemoration.
The Republic's representatives will lay laurel wreaths, the British will lay poppies.
Whatever shape the tribute, the sentiment is the same - remembering those young men from the island of Ireland who died fighting on the muddy, pockmarked battlefields of France.
For now, the range is limited to some pretty basic models, but that should change when Android-powered smartphones and tablets are added soon.
It's thanks to a deal with a small team based at a business park on the fringes of Helsinki, who are engaged in what will seem to many a foolhardy mission.
They call themselves HMD Global - and they believe they can make Nokia a big name in mobile phones once again.
I met Arto Nummela, Pekka Rantala and Florian Seiche in a cafe on what is still the Nokia campus.
That very day Arto and Pekka had stopped working for the Nokia Windows mobile phone business owned by Microsoft - because they had acquired both it and the Nokia brand to start their new business.
Yes, it is complicated, but so is the recent history of what was just a few years back Europe's technology superpower and the biggest force in mobile phones.
After the launch of the iPhone in 2007, Nokia faltered and by 2011 was on what its first American chief executive, Stephen Elop, called a burning platform.
Then, the phone business was sold to Microsoft, which soon found it had made a disastrous purchase as the Nokia Windows combination failed to claim a significant slice of a market dominated by Apple's iOS and Android.
Now, the Finnish business - which remained a big force in telecoms infrastructure after the sale of the mobile unit - has licensed the Nokia brand to HMD Global, which aims to take it back to the future.
What have the trio in charge got going for them?
Well, they have taken over from Microsoft the declining but still sizeable feature-phone business, which still means something to millions of customers across the developing world.
"It's declining roughly 15% a year, but it's still a very healthy business and it's global," says chief executive Arto Nummela.
That gives them cash flow and access to retail partners.
But the real aim is to launch a range of Android smartphones, starting in the first half of 2017.
HMD Global will not manufacture the phones - they have a deal with Foxconn, which will build them in China and Vietnam - so its focus will be on the design and the marketing.
They told me they had been hand-picking the best designers in the industry, who had been "lining up" to sign up.
They are a mix of former Nokia people and other industry veterans such as Florian Seiche who came from HTC, and then "young hungry talented millennials".
But they are entering a fiercely competitive Android market, where all sorts of companies are failing to make any kind of profit. Why should they be any different?
In one word, it's all about one word - Nokia.
"The Nokia brand is a true brand with 150 years of history," Mr Seiche says.
"In all corners of the world it's recognised as the true industrial mobile phone brand."
The trio told me that as they toured the world setting up partnerships, they were met with huge affection - "people are coming to hug us, there is a magical love of Nokia".
Pekka says every other new entrant to the Android system has to fight to find a place in the market, whereas they come as a trusted player.
We chatted about great Nokia phones we had owned in the past - or that elderly relatives still used - and there was a warm nostalgic glow in the room.
But as I stepped outside into the cold, I couldn't help remembering my first visit to Nokia, in 2000, when it was undisputed champion of the mobile world.
Back then, the chief executive of Nokia Mobile phones, Matti Alahuta, told me that Europe had led the world in mobile technology while the US had been the driver in the internet.
"Our mission at Nokia is to be the key driver to make the mobile information society happen," he said.
Eventually that dream failed, and it was American technology giants who led the world into the mobile internet era.
Now, HMD has a much less ambitious mission - simply to make Nokia a mobile player again, but it may be just as difficult to realise.
However much affection there may be for this great name in the modern history of communications, consumers will not buy phones for sentimental reasons - the new Nokia will have to show it has got new ideas to shape the future of phones.
The benchmark index bounced off lows to close down 42 points at 5,918,
The sell-off followed big falls in US and Asian markets overnight as worries about prospects for the global economy continued and with oil prices remaining weak.
Tesco was a rare bright spot as its Christmas sales beat forecasts.
Shares in Tesco ended 6% higher after it said UK sales rose 1.3% on a like-for-like basis over the six weeks to 9 January, with chief executive Dave Lewis describing its performance as "strong".
In the wider market, investors continued to be rattled by falling commodity prices, with oil hitting fresh 12-year lows.
The price of Brent crude dropped to $29.73 a barrel at one point, but closed 0.7% higher at $30.48 a barrel.
Copper prices were also under pressure, with the price touching $4,330 a tonne - the lowest since May 2009.
In the FTSE 250, shares in Argos owner Home Retail Group rose 2.2%. In a trading update released on Thursday, Home Retail said its full-year profit was now set to be at the bottom end of expectations.
Late on Wednesday, the company had said it was in advanced talks to sell its Homebase DIY chain to Australia's Wesfarmers for £340m.
Shares in Restaurant Group, which operates chains such as Chiquito and Frankie & Benny's, dived nearly 18% after it said a tougher trading environment meant it was "more cautious than previously on the outlook for 2016".
On the currency markets, the pound was little changed against the dollar at $1.441, and was up a fifth of a euro centt against the euro at €1.3264.
Jack and Lorraine Sweeney and their 18-year-old granddaughter Erin McQuade died while Christmas shopping.
Their relatives' QC, Mark Stewart, said they were "devastated" by their deaths and expressed "great concern" over how the tragedy was investigated.
He raised the issue at the inquiry into the six deaths on December 22 2014.
The fatal accident inquiry (FAI), which is drawing to a close at Glasgow Sheriff Court, is looking at the health of bin lorry driver Harry Clarke, 58, the bin lorry and its route.
It has already heard that Mr Clarke was unconscious at the wheel when the Glasgow City Council bin lorry veered out of control in Queen Street on 22 December last year.
Before it crashed into the side of the Millennium Hotel in George Square, the lorry had killed six people and injured 15 others.
The FAI has heard that Mr Clarke had suffered blackouts before.
One of these - at the wheel of a stationary bus in 2010 - was not fully disclosed to his own doctors, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) or on application forms or medical declarations for council jobs.
In his closing submission on Thursday, Mr Stewart said the Sweeney and McQuade families did not agree that it should have been treated as a road traffic accident and believe there should have been more involvement from the Health and Safety Executive.
Concerns were also raised over the fact that driver Harry Clarke was never interviewed by police after the crash.
Mr Stewart said: "This was an investigation conducted with remarkable haste.
"The conclusion of the Crown Office, announced nine weeks after the tragedy, that no basis in criminal law could be established to bring criminal proceedings is one with which the family profoundly disagree."
The Crown Office said in February that no charges would be brought against Mr Clarke and the relevant information had been taken into account regarding a decision not to prosecute.
Earlier, Mr Stewart said the families of Mr and Mrs Sweeney and their granddaughter Erin had been "close" and left "devastated" by tragedy.
Mr Stewart said that the crash could have been avoided if Mr Clarke had been "clear, consistent and truthful" with doctors about his 2010 blackout.
He said these "catastrophic" events could also have been avoided had Mr Clarke revealed full details of his 2010 blackout in a DVLA medical in 2011.
Mr Stewart also said there were "deficiencies" in Glasgow City Council's risk assessment process for bin collection and the lorry should never have been in a busy area that day.
The QC said the fact that Mr Clarke's false declaration in a DVLA medical in 2011 was not discovered was a "defect in the system" which contributed to the bin lorry crash.
He said drivers needed to be held accountable for lying to the DVLA and a specific offence of failing to properly disclose health issues could be created.
The inquiry also heard from Alistair Forsyth, the advocate for the bereaved Ewing family, who said Mr Clarke's 2010 blackout was of central importance.
The advocate said Mr Clarke was "somewhat manipulative" over the 2010 episode in that he mentioned different things to different doctors.
Mr Forsyth said that if Mr Clarke had "told the truth" about this incident "he would not have been driving that day".
He also backed submissions by other families' representatives that doctors who examined Mr Clarke in 2010 should have investigated more his claims over the blackout.
The advocate also criticised evidence related to a First Bus reference for Mr Clarke over his application to join Glasgow City Council.
He said that if this had been accurate, Mr Clarke would never have been driving for the council.
Mr Forsyth said that by lying over the incident, Mr Clarke could have committed a "host of offences" under the Road Traffic Act and common law fraud.
Rhoderick McIlvride, QC for the DVLA, told the inquiry that between 2011 and the crash, neither Mr Clarke nor any doctor had provided any information about him to the DVLA.
The QC said that given this, it had not been established that any reasonable precaution could have been taken by the DVLA to avoid the crash.
Making his submission on behalf of Glasgow City Council, Peter Gray QC said the crash had happened, not because of anything the council did not do, but because the driver lost consciousness.
He said there were no reasonable precautions the council could have taken to avoid the "appalling tragedy".
This included Mr Clarke's reference from First Bus, risk assessment of the bin lorry route, training for crew members and the fitting of safety systems to vehicles.
In his submission, Liam Ewing, representing bin lorry crew members Matthew Telford and Henry Toal, said there were no reasonable precautions that could have been taken by the crewmen to prevent the accident and this had been backed up by expert witnesses.
The lawyer concluded by referring to Mr Telford's response when asked if there was anything he could have done differently.
Mr Ewing said: "He didn't think he could have done anything differently but said he will always ask himself that question. That remains the position of both Mr Telford and Mr Toal."
The inquiry continues.
The cities are linked by the A6, long stretches of which are not dual carriageway
Stormont's 2016/17 budget made money available for improvements, as part of its infrastructure priorities.
On Sunday, the Transport Minister Michelle McIlveen said work would begin this year on dualling the section between Randalstown and Castledawson.
She said: "This is a major investment for the north west and will be very welcome news to the local construction industry.
"The A6 dualling scheme is a significant project that will help to remove a major bottleneck and so improve safety and journey times on this strategically important route."
A Graham/Farrans joint venture has already been awarded the contract for the work and the minister said the scheme is "shovel ready".
Bulgaria midfielder Slavchev, 23, has returned to Sporting Lisbon, while defender Afonso, 23, has rejoined Angolan side Recreativo do Libolo.
Blues manager Harry Redknapp has made clear his desire to bolster his squad ahead of the new season on Saturday.
But both players failed to secure contracts following pre-season matches against Kidderminster and Oxford.
Birmingham, who have signed goalkeeper David Stockdale, defender Marc Roberts and midfielder Cheikh N'Doye this summer, begin their Championship campaign against Ipswich at Portman Road on 5 August.
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Last year an NSPCC report revealed that children are becoming increasingly anxious about world wide issues.
Many of those who contacted Childline told counsellors they were concerned about the EU referendum, the US presidential election and troubles in the Middle East.
Is it possible to discuss distressing news stories with children without adding to their worries?
Psychologist Emma Kenny and Nicky Cox, the editor of children's newspaper First News, spoke about the issue on BBC Radio Scotland.
Even if children are shielded from distressing news stories at home, they are likely hear about it from friends in the playground or on social media.
In fact, parents who think they are protecting their offspring may be doing them a disservice, according to Nicky Cox.
The editor said: "If you think as a parent you've done a really good job in shielding your child, you're doing them a disservice because they're going to go into school, they're going to be talking about in the playground, in the lunch hall, and they're going to be getting information second, third and fourth hand.
"It's so important that parents do not think that they are in control of how their children access information because they are not.
"They need to be sure that they make sure that children get accurate information and they are empowered to know the truth when they are talking to their friends."
As editor-in-chief of First News, Nicky Cox said her team of reporters are careful to present the facts to their readership.
She said it was important children are taught how to identify reliable news sources over so-called "fake news".
"We tell the truth," she added.
"I think there's absolutely no reason not to tell them the truth because they are going to hear all sorts of misinformation if they're on the internet or they're just talking at school.
"There is so much fake news out there, there is so much misinformation out there and it is important that they are educated to recognise where to go to get proper information.
"I think kids are more savvy than most adults give them credit for."
Psychologist Emma Kenny said very young children are likely to be put at ease with reassurance from their parents.
But older children may not tell their parents they have heard about a distressing news story or spotted graphic images on social media.
Ms Kenny said it was important that parents start an open conversation.
"Ask them if they've heard the news and allow them to have that conversation," she said. "That's how they can start to ask you the questions that really most people want to ask each other."
Ms Kenny told BBC Radio Scotland that her eldest son told her he didn't really want to go back to London, following the Westminster attack.
"I said to him, we're going to London in April because the reality is you're more likely to die by falling out of bed than in a terrorist attack," she said.
She told him that the few "bad or sick people" were in the minority and "the UK is full of good people".
"When you look at what happened yesterday, it was full of people running towards that attack to help, not people running away to save themselves," she added.
She advised parents to use their children's parents as props for their conservation, then use statistical analysis to give them some reassurance.
"Ask you child, in all the years you've been here, how many times has that occurred for you, how many times have you been involved in it?"
It dealt with 1,389 complaints - up more than 100 on the previous year.
Cases included a puppy being thrown in a river with a head wound in Rhondda, a rabbit with severely overgrown teeth, hunting wild mammals with dogs in north Wales and animals with skin conditions in Haverfordwest.
But the number of people convicted was down from 79 in 2013 to 47 last year.
The charity added it had a 100% conviction rate.
RSPCA Cymru superintendent Martyn Hubbard said: "It is extremely concerning that we are still receiving more than 1,300 complaints about animals being deliberately caused to suffer.
"Most of the complaints we receive involve animals being neglected or not receiving the right care and often we can put that right by offering welfare advice.
"However, it is shocking that in 2014 people are still being deliberately cruel."
The council found that both countries had failed to reduce their deficits to below 3% of GDP and had not tried hard enough to do so.
However, Portugal's prime minister said imposing fines would be "counterproductive" for the eurozone.
Both nations have 10 days to submit new deficit reduction plans.
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"I am sure that we will have a smart, intelligent result at the end," said Council President Peter Kazimir, Slovakia's finance minister.
The EU has brought in stricter public finance rules following the debt crisis in eurozone countries that saw four countries - Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Cyprus - require a bailout.
Spain and Portugal have come a long way since then but have recently "veered off track", European Commissioner for the Euro and Social Dialogue Valdis Dombrovskis said.
Spain's 2015 deficit was 5.1% of GDP and it is unlikely to reach its 2016 target of 2.8%.
Portugal's 2015 deficit was 4.4% of GDP, some way off its target of 2.5% but sharply down from about 10% in 2010.
EU finance ministers also found that both countries' efforts to follow the rules fell "significantly short" of recommendations.
Although all EU countries are required to set out policies to bring their budget deficits below 3% of GDP, only the 19 countries that use the euro as currency can be fined.
Spain and Portugal now have 10 days to submit "reasoned requests" to have their fines reduced.
But Mr Costa said imposing a fine of up to 0.2% of GDP - roughly €360m ($400m; £310m) - on his nation risked undermining confidence as well as contradicting recent praise for Portugal from German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble.
"To propose now that Portugal should be punished because its previous government didn't take the rights steps would diminish Mr Schaeuble's credibility and would not strengthen the public's trust in the running of the eurozone," he said.
John Lowe made the comments in a police van and cell after shooting Christine Lee, 66, and Lucy Lee, 40, at his dog breeding farm in February, Guildford Crown Court was told.
He has denied two counts of murder and a firearms charge.
Prosecuting, Mark Dennis QC said Mr Lowe also told police he was not sorry.
Mr Dennis said Mr Lowe told police he had intended to put down his four dogs but instead turned his weapon on the women before going on to kill the dogs as well.
PC Richard McEwan, who took over responsibility for detaining Mr Lowe after his arrest, told the court Mr Lowe said: "They had to be put down, there was nothing else I could do.
"I have had terrible problems with Christine. They wouldn't let me eat."
He told the court the pensioner made further comments in a holding cell at Guildford police station, including: "I only got the gun this morning to put the dogs down.
"Came in and Lucy shouted 'What are you doing? You are not going to put my mother down'.
"They barracked me and I pulled the trigger. I do not even know if I meant to."
PC Christopher Fairclough said he heard Mr Lowe say: "I am not sorry. I am out of the problem. They are causing me problems every day."
Lucy Lee's sister, Stacey Banner, who spent part of 2013 living in a caravan with her partner in the grounds of Mr Lowe's farm, left the court in tears after Det Con David Jones gave an account of comments he said Mr Lowe made about her.
He told the court Mr Lowe said: "She had two young kids otherwise I would have sorted her out."
And Mr Jones repeated another comment allegedly made by Mr Lowe in which he said: "I know it's a terrible thing to say but I am glad those two people are out of my life. They have been giving me a terrible time."
A fourth officer, PC Philip Potter, said Mr Lowe told him he would rather have put the women down than the dogs.
He told the court the defendant said: "It was funny how she got shot. I had loaded the gun to put down four dogs. The gun went off completely by accident."
He added Mr Lowe told him he had never had an accident with a shotgun before, and if one of the women had not pushed through the door it would not have happened.
"I have been around shotguns all my life and that's the first mistake I have made. I was carrying the gun and must have cocked it," the officer said Mr Lowe told him.
Jurors saw video from the holding cell Mr Lowe was in and heard him asking the custody sergeant to contact the RSPCA about four killed dogs, as well as four chihuahuas, and a number of tame cats that remained in the house.
The trial continues.
Open Air Laboratories (Opal), with a grant from the Big Lottery Fund, is now being rolled out across Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
To date, Opal projects have gathered data on a range of issues, including air quality, urban spaces and pests.
The data-collecting programme is led by a team at Imperial College London.
The scheme, launched in 2007, aims to:
Bigger picture
Opal Director David Slawson said the expansion had allowed the network to include studies organised by researchers outside of England.
"We have a new activity on New Zealand flat worm," he told BBC News.
The species was introduced into the UK in the 1960s and has been causing concern because it feeds on earthworms, which are vital for soil health.
"It is more prevalent in Northern Ireland and Scotland than it is in England and Wales," Dr Slawson observed.
"Generally, most of the pests and diseases tend to come into South-East England and spread northwards. Here's one that might be moving in the opposite direction."
The study, co-ordinated by a team in Scotland, is looking for the public to help it understand how far the worm has spread, as well as what effect it is having on earthworms and other animals, such as moles that eat earthworms and beetles that predate on flatworms.
Opal's expanded geographical coverage will also benefit ongoing studies, the organisers hope.
"What is new is the ability to get new data from the new countries," explained Dr Slawson.
"Things like the horse chestnut leaf-mining moth (survey) and finding out whether it might be in Scotland and Northern Ireland now."
Caterpillars of the non-native moth, which was first recorded in South-East England in 2002, tunnel through leaves of infested trees, causing them to turn autumnal brown, even in the middle of summer.
A scientific paper published in 2014 found that the pest had been recorded in most areas south of Newcastle.
Extra eyes
To date, almost 23,000 sites have been surveyed by citizen scientists as part of Opal.
"This really does increase the number of observations that experts alone would not be able to make," said Dr Slawson.
He added that the contribution made by citizen scientists was generally welcomed by professional researchers.
"We designed the surveys very carefully, and we did not ask people to do anything that was too complicated.
"For example, when it came to the tree health survey, we asked people to identify insect pests (not fungal infections) which are easy to identify.
"This offers reassurance about data accuracy."
The new trilogy is called The Book of Dust and the first novel will come out in October, 17 years after the last instalment.
He says the books are an "equel", rather than a prequel or sequel.
The His Dark Materials trilogy sold more than 17.5 million copies and was translated into 40 languages.
The series will return to the story of Lyra Belacqua, and will begin when the heroine is a baby, and move on to when she is 20 years old.
"People say, 'Is it prequel? Is it a sequel?' Well, it is neither," said Mr Pullman, speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today Programme.
"It's an 'equel'. It's a different story which begins roughly 10 years before His Dark Materials and ends roughly 10 years after."
In a separate interview Mr Pullman said: "I know from their letters and tweets that my readers have been waiting patiently (mostly) for The Book of Dust for a long time.
"It gives me great pleasure and some excitement at last to satisfy their curiosity (and mine) about this book.
"At the centre of The Book Of Dust is the struggle between a despotic and totalitarian organisation, which wants to stifle speculation and inquiry, and those who believe thought and speech should be free."
The writer is not giving away any plot details, but has dropped some hints about what the new books could contain, saying that "an ordinary boy" featured in an early part of the story would return as a key character.
Mr Pullman's last His Dark Materials book was published in October 2000, and the first volume of the new series will come out on Thursday 19 October.
The original trilogy - Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass - is currently being adapted by the BBC.
There was also a 2004 National Theatre adaptation and a 2007 film, The Golden Compass, which was adapted from first book Northern Lights, and starred Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig.
The first book was retitled The Golden Compass in North America.
Her body was found on the ground floor of the house in Hog Lane, Amberley, after the alarm was raised at 16:23 BST on Friday.
The initial call came from an automatic alarm, followed by 999 calls from neighbours, West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service said.
A cause of the blaze has yet to be established.
Politicians were asked about a series of issues on The Good Friday Agreement Generation in the televised debate.
The DUP, Sinn Féin, Ulster Unionists, SDLP, and Alliance were on the panel.
The hashtag #GFAGen trended on Twitter acro9ss the UK on Wednesday night as viewers gave their opinions on the debate.
There were several thousand tweets per hour using the hashtag.
Among those expressing their opinions was veteran political commentator Eamonn Mallie and it's fair to say he was more impressed with those asking the questions than he was with those answering them.
Indeed the performance of the young audience members drew lots of praise from Twitter users.
Others were unimpressed with some of the politicians taking part.
A number of those who took part in the debate also took to Twitter to describe their experiences:
The DUP, Sinn Féin, Ulster Unionists, SDLP, and Alliance were represented by Alastair Ross, Chris Hazzard, Doug Beattie, Daniel McCrossan and Naomi Long on the debate.
Jordan Armstrong of the TUV, Ellen Murray of the Green Party and David Jones of UKIP also featured on the programme.
Whether the first-time voters now know who they will be voting for on 5 May, remains to be seen.
The next major televised election debate will be the BBC leaders debate on 3 May.
Halfpenny, 27, scored 49 points in the Lions' 2-1 series win against Australia in 2013.
There had been doubts whether Halfpenny would be released by Toulon.
But Halfpenny has said the French club will allow him to miss the Top 14 finals to join up with the Lions should he be selected.
Halfpenny, who won the Heineken Cup with Toulon in 2015, has scored 508 points in 62 Tests, and was man of the series on the Lions' tour of Australia in 2013.
The former Cardiff Blues player suffered a serious knee injury during Wales' friendly win over Italy in September 2015 and subsequently missed the Rugby World Cup.
Having also missed this year's Six Nations he had been expected to return in April after having an operation on his knee,
But he suffered a setback which meant he was not considered for Wales' summer tour of New Zealand and remained with Toulon.
Halfpenny made his comeback from injury in Toulon's Top 14 semi-final win over Montpellier in June.
The 24-year-old was found at about 21:30 GMT on Monday and pronounced dead after shots were reportedly fired near restaurants on Walham Grove in Fulham.
Police believe the victim, who was with a friend, had stopped for something to eat at a fast food restaurant.
The Met said "it would appear that the gunman had been lying in wait" for the pair to return to their car.
The victim was shot as he was getting into the front passenger seat of the silver and black Renault Captur.
The man has not been formally identified and a post-mortem examination will take place in due course, police said.
Detectives from the homicide and major crime command are investigating, but no arrests have been made.
Scott McNeill was injured in the collision on the Ballynahinch Road, which happened at about 21:00 BST on Wednesday.
He died in hospital on Thursday.
Police are continuing to appeal for anyone who was travelling on the Ballynahinch Road on Wednesday night and who witnessed the collision to contact them.
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Vern Cotter's men led until the last four minutes of their opening autumn Test before Tevita Kuridrani's try snatched victory for Australia.
The Scots play Argentina on Saturday and then Georgia a week later before a Six Nations opener against Ireland.
"We will take a lot of positives from the weekend," said Russell, 23.
"It was a good game against a very good team and we were ahead for a lot of the game.
"But there is a lot to learn about how to close out games with 10 minutes to go. The play-makers and decision-makers will learn from that.
"If we get into the same situation against Argentina, we will do things differently, and hopefully with a different outcome.
"We have still got another two games before the Six Nations. But having such a tight game against Australia that we potentially should have won, we will definitely learn from that and we will be a better team come the Six Nations."
While Saturday's denouement at Murrayfield brought back painful memories of another one-point loss to the Wallabies at last year's World Cup, Russell does not believe there is any psychological barrier impeding the Scots
"Even when they scored the try I was still confident we could go down the other end and get a penalty or drop-goal or something," he said.
"Everyone is still gutted about it but the boys are generally pretty good at moving on. You have got a game next weekend so you can't dwell on it too much. That is the good thing about sport. You can make it right the next week.
"The boys are all smart enough rugby players to learn from it. We all know what we needed to do. We will look back over it, chat as a group and learn from it as a team. But I don't think we need the psychologists in."
Forwards coach Jonathan Humphreys was happy to highlight the many positive aspects of Scotland's display, including the "phenomenal" performances of second-row siblings Richie and Jonny Gray, and the first Test starts for props Allan Dell and Zander Ferguson.
"It is the best I have seen Richie play for a considerable period of time. And it isn't a one-off performance from Jonny - it is every single week, it is incredible," said the former Wales hooker.
"I thought the props stood out really well, and some of the stuff they did outside the set-piece was excellent. They really made a contribution."
But Humphreys acknowledged that most of Scotland's post-match debrief will focus on their failure to close out victory.
"It is not about learning to close a 20-point gap, but trying to close a one-point gap," he noted. "You are up against a very good team who have been together for a long period.
"We need to close out one of these tough games. Once we do that, the cloud lifts and everything becomes a little easier. But the players are working very hard on that.
"Every time we come together we seem to be growing and becoming more confident in what we are trying to do.
"It is about trying to keep on that journey and hopefully by the time the Six Nations comes around, we are making significant steps to mounting a really good campaign."
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Last year, Oxford University genetics professor Bryan Sykes revealed the results of DNA tests on hairs said to be from the Abominable Snowman.
The tests matched the samples with the DNA of an ancient polar bear.
But two other scientists have said re-analysis of the same data shows the hairs belong to the Himalayan bear, a sub-species of the brown bear.
The results of the new research by Ceiridwen Edwards and Ross Barnett have been published in the Royal Society journal, Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
Among Dr Edwards' previous work was an attempt to carry out DNA analysis of a sample taken from bones of a polar bear washed into caves in north west Scotland 18,000 years ago.
According to legend, the yeti is a large and elusive ape-like beast.
For many years experts have been seeking a scientific explanation for the Abominable Snowman.
Prof Sykes, along with other genetics experts, conducted DNA tests on hairs from two unidentified animals, one from Ladakh - in northern India on the west of the Himalayas - and the other from Bhutan, 800 miles (1,285km) further east.
The results were then compared with the genomes of other animals stored on a database of all published DNA sequences.
The scientists found that he had a 100% match with a sample from an ancient polar bear jawbone found in Svalbard, Norway, that dates back to between 40,000 and 120,000 years ago - a time when the polar bear and closely-related brown bear were separating as different species.
The species are closely related and are known to interbreed where their territories overlap.
The sample from Ladakh came from the mummified remains of a creature shot by a hunter around 40 years ago, while the second sample was in the form of a single hair, found in a bamboo forest by an expedition of filmmakers about 10 years ago.
The samples were subjected to the most advanced tests available.
Prof Sykes said the most likely explanation for the myth was that the animal was a hybrid of polar bears and brown bears.
The research was reported widely by the media last year and, in July this year, published by the Royal Society.
However, following re-analysis of the same data, Dr Edwards and Dr Barnett argue that the hybrid bear does not exist in the Himalayas.
They said the previous research mistakenly matched DNA to an ancient Pleistocene polar bear, instead of a modern polar bear.
In their paper, Dr Edwards and Dr Barnett said their tests identified the hairs as being from a rare type of brown bear.
The scientists said: "The Himalayan bear is a sub-species of the brown bear that lives in the higher reaches of the Himalayas, in remote, mountainous areas of Pakistan, Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan and India.
"Its populations are small and isolated, and it is extremely rare in many parts of its range.
"The common name for these bears in the region is Dzu-teh, a Nepalese term meaning 'cattle bear', and they have long been associated with the myth of the yeti."
The yeti, also known as the Abominable Snowman, is said to be a large ape-like beast that roams the Himalayas in Nepal and Tibet.
Bigfoot, or Sasquatch (above), is the legendary beast of North America. Explanations to sightings include hoaxers using a gorilla suit.
The Big Grey Man of Ben Macdui is said to haunt the UK's second highest mountain. Scientific explanations for this Scottish creature include a meteorological phenomenon known as the brocken spectre, which causes a person's shadow to be cast on low cloud.
Prof Sykes and the other members of the team behind the earlier yeti hairs analysis have acknowledged that there was an error caused by an incomplete search of the DNA database used.
However, they said in a statement: "Importantly, for the thrust of the paper as a whole, the conclusion that these Himalayan 'yeti' samples were certainly not from a hitherto unknown primate is unaffected."
The response added: "We stressed in the original paper that the true identity of this intriguing animal needs to be refined, preferably by sequence data from fresh tissue samples derived from a living specimen where DNA degradation is no longer a concern."
Other hair samples said to belong to the yeti have been scrutinised by experts before.
In 2008, scientists in the US examined hairs given to the BBC which some had claimed were from a yeti.
The scientists concluded that the hairs - obtained from the north-east Indian state of Meghalaya - actually belonged to a species of Himalayan goat known as a Himalayan goral.
In 2007, Dr Edwards began a process to extract DNA from what are believed to be the only polar bear remains to be found in Britain.
The skull, of which only a part survives, was discovered at the Bone Caves in Inchnadamph, in Assynt, Sutherland, in 1927.
Prehistoric remains of animals - including an almost complete skeleton of a brown bear - and humans have been uncovered in the caves.
Dr Edwards hoped to shed light on what the polar bear was doing in Assynt 18,000 years ago.
However, DNA had not survived in the bone fragment.
Dr Edwards was also involved in a DNA study of ancient brown bear bones that suggested the maternal ancestors of modern polar bears were from Ireland.
Previously, it was believed that today's polar bears were most closely related to brown bears living on islands off the coast of Alaska.
James Fairweather, 17, was found guilty following a two-week trial.
He had admitted the manslaughter of James Attfield and Nahid Almanea in Colchester, but denied murder on grounds of diminished responsibility.
He said he was suffering from psychosis, but the court heard a psychiatrist cast doubt on the claims.
Fairweather, of Colchester, was aged 15 when he committed both murders.
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Guildford Crown Court heard he had material at his home on Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, as well as on Ipswich serial killer Steve Wright and US murderer Ted Bundy.
Mr Attfield, 33, was stabbed more than 100 times. His body was found on the Riverside Path in Castle Park on 29 March.
Ms Almanea, a 31-year-old student at the University of Essex, was stabbed on the Salary Brook Trail footpath on 17 June as she walked to the Wivenhoe campus from her accommodation in Woodrow Way.
Mr Attfield's mother Julie Finch described the killer as a "monster".
"Our lives were changed forever when my kind and brave son Jim was brutally killed," she said.
"He had been through so much already, having fought hard to overcome the effects of brain damage suffered when he was struck by a car.
"At the time, we had no idea the killer was so young - a fact that makes my son's death feel all the more cruel and unnecessary."
Ms Almanea's family issued a tribute a month after her murder.
It read: "We have been left devastated by the terrible murder of Nahid.
"Publicly, Nahid was a quiet and dignified lady who chose to pursue her academic studies in order to work towards her PHD and whilst in England she made a decision that she would respect her heritage and traditions in the way that she dressed and conducted herself.
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"When she was with her family, Nahid was a warm and loving person who enjoyed laughter and the company of her parents, siblings and extended family."
The court heard Fairweather, a pupil at Colchester Academy, had been bullied at school since he was 11 and his defence argued a combination of autism, paranoia and voices in his head made him kill.
He had been questioned and released by police in the weeks after the Saudi student's death as one of 70 people with a known history of knife crime to be interviewed.
He had been convicted of a knifepoint robbery at a shop in January 2014 and was sentenced to 12 months of youth supervision.
Essex County Council confirmed he was the subject of a referral order.
An Essex County Council spokesman said: "During that time he had contact with the Youth Offending Team at least once a week and complied with all actions and appointments required of him.
"A referral order does not warrant constant supervision.
"A review of the case has since been carried out and did not identify any issues or actions which could have prevented these tragic events."
When Fairweather was arrested in May 2015, he was found hiding in bushes near the same spot he had attacked his second victim.
He was wearing latex gloves and carrying a knife.
The court heard he told police he was "going to get my third victim, but there was no-one about".
Steve Worron, Assistant Chief Constable of Essex Police, said: "Fairweather admitted killing James and Nahid, but denied their murder was calculated and pre-planned.
"He then forced their families to endure the pain and grief of a trial rather than admitting he had murdered them.
"Today's verdict will never heal the pain of losing their loved ones in such horrific circumstances.
"Hopefully they now have some answers and can be reassured their killer will face a long time behind bars."
Fairweather showed no reaction as the jury delivered its unanimous verdicts after deliberating for eight hours and 33 minutes.
The judge, Mr Justice Robin Spencer QC, warned the teenager he faced a lengthy prison sentence, adding the starting point for two murders for someone under 18 was 12 years.
Fairweather was remanded in custody and is due to be sentenced at the Old Bailey in London on Friday, 29 April.
The welcome boxes contain food and toiletries, while the group will provide advice about the area.
Rev Richard Reardon, of All Saints Church in Cwmbran, said people wanted to offer "practical help" to those affected by the conflict in Syria.
About 50 refugees will arrive in Wales before Christmas.
About 30 volunteers came forward from Torfaen and neighbouring Monmouthshire to help after Rev Reardon sent out an email plea.
As well as sending clothes and other essential items to refugee camps in Syria, the group wanted to help those moving to the county settle into the community.
"We've put together these hampers to say 'welcome to Wales'," Rev Reardon said.
"I feel that I tapped into this seam of frustration and profound goodwill from people's hearts - that question 'I want to do something, but what do I do?'"
He said the group would also offer friendship, adding: "Whether that be through mother and toddler groups, whether it be with the need to find out where the bus route is, where the GP surgeries are, where's the best place to go shopping - I think that's how I see things unfolding."
Two families will be placed in privately rented accommodation within the next week and the group expects four more families to follow in early 2016.
The Home Office will meet the costs.
The Singapore-flagged cargo vessel was in international waters when it came under fire, the officials said.
It was able to divert safely to the United Arab Emirates, according to ship's managing firm.
Iran fired warning shots at then seized another ship last month.
Tehran said the Maersk Tigris was intercepted because of a legal dispute between the Danish company chartering it, Maersk, and a private Iranian firm. It was released last week.
The row prompted the US Navy to start accompanying US-flagged commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, which links the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf.
It is not clear why in the latest incident the Alpine Eternity was shot at.
More than 20% of the world's oil needs passes through the Persian Gulf each day.
The incident comes as US President Barack Obama tries to reassure Saudi Arabia and other Gulf nations over an international deal with Iran over its nuclear programme.
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The original tie at The Hawthorns ended 2-2 as Posh twice came from a goal down to earn a draw.
The only other replay is between top-flight rivals West Ham and Liverpool.
The two sides drew 0-0 at Anfield and their replay on Tuesday, 9 February at Upton Park will be shown live on BT Sport.
The Cambridge University study showed complaints by members of the public against officers fell by 93% over 12 months compared with the year before.
Almost 2,000 officers across four UK forces and two US police departments were monitored for the project.
Dr Barak Ariel, who led the research, said no other policing measure had led to such "radical" changes.
The study aimed to find out if the use of cameras, which are usually clipped to the top half of an officer's uniform, affected complaints against police made by the public.
The experiment involved police from Northern Ireland, the West Midlands, West Yorkshire, and Cambridgeshire, as well as the Rialto and Ventura police departments in California, working for a total of almost 1.5 million hours.
The findings, published in the journal Criminal Justice and Behaviour, showed there were 113 complaints made against officers during the year trial period, compared with 1,539 in the 12 months before - a reduction of 93%.
Dr Ariel, who is based at the Cambridge Institute of Criminology, said: "I cannot think of any [other] single intervention in the history of policing that dramatically changed the way that officers behave, the way that suspects behave, and the way they interact with each other."
He said the results indicated both police and the public were adjusting their behaviour.
"Once [the public] are aware they are being recorded, once they know that everything they do is caught on tape, they will undoubtedly change their behaviour because they don't want to get into trouble.
"Individual officers become more accountable, and modify their behaviour accordingly, while the more disingenuous complaints from the public fall by the wayside once footage is likely to reveal them as frivolous."
Body-worn cameras were first introduced a decade ago and are now becoming a standard piece of police equipment in the UK.
There are no reliable figures on how many cameras there are, but it is thought they are available to most front-line officers in the majority of forces.
One of the odd findings from the research was that even among "control" groups, where officers were sent out without cameras attached, complaints plummeted.
Dr Ariel said that was because good practice and changes in policing culture were becoming embedded across each force as it adapted to the use of cameras - a phenomenon he described as "contagious accountability".
Assistant Chief Constable Simon Megicks, from Hertfordshire Police, who was involved in the research, said a "number of factors" were behind the decline in complaints.
"It is the moderating factor that the camera brings in terms of people's behaviour and I think it helps us, the police, to be at the top of our game," he said.
The availability of footage of an incident has also helped police secure convictions, particularly in domestic violence cases where victims are sometimes reluctant to co-operate.
It is also thought to have contributed to an increase in reports of attacks on police. Research from Cambridge University, published in May, revealed that rates of assault against officers in eight forces were 15% higher when body-worn cameras were used.
Last week, the Independent Police Complaints Commission said the use of cameras worn by officers had helped its investigation into the fatal police shooting of James Fox, in Enfield in August 2015.
IPCC Commissioner Cindy Butts said: "This case is also notable for the positive use of body worn video which resulted in the incident being captured from two perspectives, capturing the officers' efforts to save Mr Fox's life and providing an impartial account that corroborated the officers' accounts of what happened that night."
Although the Cambridge research found cameras led to fewer complaints, last year IPCC data covering all forces and officers suggests the general trend is that complaints are increasing.
Ronan Lavery QC was speaking as a landmark legal bid to halt the UK's planned departure from the European Union got under way on Tuesday.
Separate proceedings have been brought - one by Raymond McCord, the father of a loyalist paramilitary murder victim.
The other has been brought by a cross-party group of MLAs.
Mr McCord's son, Raymond Jnr, was murdered by the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) in 1997. , and Mr McCord is taking the case amid concerns that European peace money, which goes towards victims of the Troubles, may be discontinued.
His barrister, Mr Lavery, argued that the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 ceded control of the sovereignty of Northern Ireland to the people of Northern Ireland themselves.
Major constitutional changes such as leaving the EU could not therefore be imposed by a Westminster government, he said.
Even though the UK voted overall to leave the EU, a 56% majority in Northern Ireland wanted to remain.
Mr Lavery said leaving the EU would affect the peace process and "that delicate constitutional balance which we have reached".
He also argued that Brexit could see the repeal of the Human Rights Act and withdrawal from the European convention on Human Rights, upon which his client, Mr McCord, had relied.
He suggested that, post-Brexit, the creation of a united Ireland would require the consent of all the other 27 EU members states because it would mean readmitting Northern Ireland to the EU.
Later, arguments will be presented on behalf of the cross-party group of politicians, including Alliance MLA David Ford, SDLP leader Colum Eastwood, Sinn Féin MLA John O'Dowd and Steven Agnew of the Green Party.
In a separate legal challenge to Brexit, their legal team will argue that Northern Ireland could not leave the EU without parliamentary authorisation.
The MLAs, backed by representatives of the voluntary and community sector in Northern Ireland, are also contesting the legality of the process.
They have identified a series of obligations that must be satisfied before Article 50 can be triggered, including requirements for parliamentary legislation and the consent of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
On Sunday, the prime minister said she would trigger Article 50 by the end of March 2017.
Similar legal challenges are already under way in London.
The hearing is expected to last two days.
One of the lion-tailed macaques is being pursued near houses in the Ben Madigan Park area of the Antrim Road in north Belfast by zoo staff.
The other monkey has been spotted on the cliff face of the Cave Hill, but cannot be reached at present.
Previously, six lion-tailed macaques escaped from the zoo in October 2013.
Belfast Zoo has said they are tracking the movement of the animals.
The boy was near Station Avenue South in Fishponds, at 17:30 BST on Monday, when it is believed he was taken by two boys to a building site and assaulted.
He was later helped off the scaffolding by two members of the public before being treated in hospital for face and body injuries.
Police said two boys, aged 12 and 11, were due to be formally interviewed.
The boy was spotted by two women and driven home by them.
Det Insp Steve Cartlidge said: "We're treating this as a racially motivated crime due to words used by the offenders during the assault.
"Any form of hate crime will be thoroughly investigated and we will be supporting the victim's family and keeping them fully informed of our progress."
The 53-year-old was found with serious injuries at a house in Littledean, Gloucestershire, on Thursday afternoon.
Officer were called to the property in Broad Street at 15:00 GMT. The woman died a short time later.
A cordon is still in place at the property, where officers are carrying out inquiries.
It's potato harvest time and children are helping too - as they have done for centuries.
But one thing has changed: many of the young girls working with their families are also going to school for the first time.
In between dropping fist-sized potatoes into a bucket, 10-year-old Hamida says that, until last year, "I'd never been to school."
She is one of 3.2 million girls now getting an education in Afghanistan, according to Unicef.
It's a dramatic rise from 2001 when the US-led invasion brought to an end the Taliban ban on girls going to school.
The female literacy rate has tripled - but at around 13%, it is still one of the world's lowest, a sign of how far Afghan girls and women have fallen behind in the past three decades of conflict.
Even before the Taliban took power, women's rights were squeezed.
Source: Unicef
And although Afghanistan's new constitution says men and women "have equal rights and duties before the law" in practice women remain a distant second to men in this patriarchal society.
Child marriages remain common, and stories of abuse keep coming to light.
One of the worst cases involved Gulnaz, who was raped by her cousin's husband then charged with adultery after she became pregnant.
She gave birth to her daughter while in jail before an international outcry led to President Hamid Karzai granting her a pardon last year.
He has come under fire himself from women's groups for not taking a stronger stand. They have accused him of keeping his wife in the palace and out of the media's reach - because of fears he will be criticized by conservative religious leaders.
Yet the changes for girls are clear on a visit to the Suriya school in Kabul.
Many of the girls here were born around the time American bombs were falling on Afghanistan in 2001, so they have no memory of the tough years before.
In the yard outside, the girls' cricket team is practising under the tutelage of a male coach - unimaginable under the Taliban - who only allowed women to venture out with a close male relative.
A UK charity, Afghan Connection, has been helping, providing equipment donated by British schools.
London's Marylebone Cricket Club is also giving support.
Safe within the walls of their school, they are like children anywhere, curious about their visitors and keen to talk about themselves.
"I want to be a journalist too," says one 12-year-old, when they find out who these visitors are.
But outside Kabul and other big cities the changes are more patchy.
Most Afghans still live in rural areas, where poverty, conflict and conservative attitudes are more likely to keep girls and women at home.
Of the 4.2 million Afghan children not getting any education, Unicef estimates 60% are girls - and most live in rural districts and the southern and eastern provinces where Nato-Taliban clashes have been most fierce.
These are also the heartlands of the Pashtuns, the ethnic group from which the Taliban emerged and who have always had the most conservative views of a woman's role.
More schools are being built outside Afghan cities - but far less in this conflict belt. Even then, the Taliban have forced many to close again.
It's dangerous trying to be a teacher in southern Afghanistan.
There's some anxiety too over whether the momentum of change for Afghan girls will last once the Americans pull out in 2014.
Afghanistan's Education Minister Farooq Wardak - a possible future presidential candidate - insists it will.
At an opening ceremony for a new school in much safer Bamyan, he says only when women feel they are "the owner of this nation... can we make Afghanistan".
Afghan Connection has funded the construction of more than 30 schools and is encouraging the focus on rural areas.
Director Dr Sarah Fayne says the key is winning acceptance, "making sure schools are close to where people live, so girls don't have to walk far and that they have female teachers".
But she's convinced the changes of the past decade are now permanent.
"I can't believe people who have let their kids go to school will allow that to be taken away."
Back in her Bamyan village, Hamida still has a lot of work to do in the family home, helping look after her younger siblings as well as in the fields.
But six days a week now, she makes the 2km walk uphill to her local school perched on a mountainside.
"There was no school in my time," says her mother - only 30 years old.
"My daughter wants to be a doctor. May God help us, so her dreams come true."
Cameron Lancaster, from Burntisland, Fife, died at Inverkeithing Quarry in August 2014.
His mother, Gillian Barclay, 52, from Burntisland, said her son died after jumping 70ft into the water during an ice bucket challenge.
Ms Barclay hopes to use a Community Empowerment Act to take over the privately-owned £1.5m quarry.
Her son's death was the first of two in the last 10 months.
John McKay, 18, from Kirkcaldy died at the quarry two weeks ago, on 18 June.
Ms Barclay told the BBC Scotland news website that she would like to see deep water drained out of the quarry before it is filled in with landfill and terraced.
She said: "The owners of the land have not responded to either police notices or notices from Fife Council.
"The land is owned by Letham Bay Developments. It bought the land in the late 90s when there were plans to redevelop Inverkeithing Bay.
"The company has done nothing since with the land.
"I don't want another family to go through this and I was livid when I heard of the most recent death there of John McKay.
"There is no fencing along the cliff above the water in the quarry and people jump into it from a great height.
"I just want to make it safe."
Last week the family reached their £250,000 fundraising target to pay for the immunotherapy treatment.
On Friday, the Knox family left Mallusk to start Oscar's six month treatment plan in Philadelphia.
Oscar Knox won the hearts of people across the world after setting up a twitter account to update people on this condition.
During the Euro 2012 football games a group of Irish fans made a flag with a message for Angela Merkel. Oscar responded by posting his own cheeky flag online, making national headlines.
When the fans returned from Poland they visited Oscar and donated their flag to his fundraising campaign. It sold for 20,000 euros at auction.
In just over three months the family and their supporters have raised the £250,000 needed to begin treatment in the United States.
Oscar has had a number of celebrity supporters including Olympic medallist Paddy Barnes, Westlife singer Nicky Byrne, the late Ulster rugby player Nevin Spence and Girls Aloud singer Nadine Coyle.
Speaking to the BBC shortly after arriving in Philadelphia, Oscar's dad Stephen said the family were "delighted" that the money had been raised.
"We want to thank everyone for their support, it has been incredible," he said.
"We arrived on Saturday to get settled and Oscar will begin his treatment on Monday morning. He is doing really well. It's just like a big adventure for him and his sister Izzy.
Stephen also explained how the treatment Oscar will be receiving will work.
"Oscar will be having immunotherapy therapy treatment. If there is any neuroblastoma left in his body it will hopefully clear all those up," he said.
"It boosts his immune system to fight the cancer if it was ever to come back. It has been proven in trials over here to give an extra 25% - 30% chance of the cancer not coming back.
"It's a six month treatment plan, as long as their are no hitches along the way."
Stephen said that their time in America was going to be a challenge.
"We've just had to set up home here for six months and hope it all goes well. He will be in and out of hospital so often it's not practical to come home," he said.
"It's going to be tough out here, but we just have to get on it and get him better."
The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, attacked Gwen Louden in the court's foyer in January.
The girl had been told to leave the court by PC Louden but returned and assaulted her.
The court was told that the police officer was still off work as a result of the incident.
Depute fiscal Stewart Duncan told Dundee Sheriff Court: "The accused was informed she was under arrest for another matter no longer before the court.
"PC Louden took the girl's hand and she pulled away, before PC Louden took her by the wrist.
"A struggle ensued and she then punched PC Louden in the face with her right fist then headbutted the officer to the left side of her face and repeatedly punched her on the head several more times."
PC Louden and a colleague struggled with the girl and pulled her into the main reception area.
Mr Duncan said: "She continued to repeatedly punch and headbutt the officer to the head and face.
"The accused was eventually forced face down on the ground and handcuffed to the rear."
The court was told PC Louden attended Ninewells Hospital with swelling and pain to her left forehead and severe swelling to her left cheekbone
The 16-year-old, of Dundee, admitted a charge of assault to injury on 28 January.
She also admitted breaching a community payback order previously imposed for another offence.
David Duncan, defending, said: "In terms of the offence there's no mitigation that could be properly attached to it.
"It is only the circumstances of this offence that has really opened her up to realise that her conduct could result in imprisonment."
Sheriff Elizabeth Munro deferred sentence until March for a psychiatric report and remanded the girl in custody.
Sheriff Munro said: "She spends £180 a fortnight on cannabis with her partner and then says she doesn't have the money to pay her bus fare to engage with her current community payback order.
"On the basis of her repeated failures to attend I'm having difficulty seeing I can trust her."
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In the jittery days that have followed the violent clashes between Lebanon's army and fighters loyal to the radical Sunni preacher Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir, the army has two urgent tasks.
The first is to find Mr Assir, who managed to melt away as soldiers stormed the apartment block he had turned into a fortress in the heart of a residential district in the southern city of Sidon.
The second - and more important - task is to reassure an increasingly anxious Lebanese public that it has the capacity to restore calm and maintain order.
It is no surprise that Mr Assir has been the catalyst that has set off the chain of military and political reactions which has left the Lebanese army facing perhaps its most testing week since neighbouring Syria erupted into civil war.
You can trace the sheikh's rapid evolution from fiery, if rather eccentric, radical Sunni preacher to militia leader in fragments of video widely shown on TV here.
In older footage, there are amusing stunts in which the smiling sheikh takes busloads of his followers onto a ski slope. The cultural message was heavy-handed but harmless, even charming: Islamists like to play in the snow with their children just like everyone else.
But more recent pictures show a much darker figure emerging as the darker clouds that hang over Syria threaten to blow across the border.
We see him long-bearded in a black boiler suit with a Kalashnikov slung across his chest.
It was the civil war in Syria that transformed the sheikh, according to his friends and supporters, just as it threatens to transform everything else here.
As a Sunni radical he has always been a fierce critic of the Shia militant movement Hezbollah. But as Hezbollah began sending fighters in larger and larger numbers to Syria to fight for the government side, Mr Assir decided that fiery denunciation was no longer enough.
He began encouraging his own Sunni followers to travel to Syria to fight for the rebels.
With Mr Assir on the run, I went to the port of Tripoli to talk to another influential Sunni cleric who has issued a similar call to arms.
Sheikh Salem Rafii has also told the young Sunni men of Lebanon to go and fight in Syria - but says men like him and Mr Assir are merely responding to Hezbollah's decision to go and fight there first.
"There's no doubt that Hezbollah has been interfering in Syria," he told me.
"That's a factor that can ignite a crisis in Lebanon. If war happens here it will be because of Hezbollah.
"They're stoking the fires in Syria and naturally that will be felt here," Mr Rafii says.
It seems impossible that large numbers of young men can continue crossing from Lebanon into Syria to fight on either side of that bitter and protracted civil war without eventually bringing the violence back across the border.
That is why this week's clashes in Sidon matter - because they provide a dangerous template that could easily be repeated elsewhere in Lebanon on a larger scale.
It started with clashes between rival Shia and Sunni groups, which Lebanese soldiers moved in to quell.
The more serious violence erupted after one of Mr Assir's men was caught at a military checkpoint with unauthorised weapons in his car.
The precise sequence of events that followed the discovery is a subject of fierce dispute, but the bottom line is not: there was heavy fighting between the army and Mr Assir's followers, which left 17 soldiers dead.
When the army finally overran Mr Assir's compound it found heavy weapons and military-style uniforms.
And it was not just the scale of the violence that worried ordinary Lebanese - it was the way in which its roots could be seen so clearly in Syria and in how quickly it had sucked in the forces of the state here.
Lebanon is home to a patchwork of ethnic and religious communities very much like Syria's, and they have been held - almost miraculously - in a kind of delicate equilibrium since the country's own civil war ended more than 20 years ago.
Events in Syria are putting that delicate equilibrium under strain; the longer the war there continues the greater that strain will become.
No-one knows where Mr Assir has gone - he is in hiding and may even be in Syria - but men like him and his counterparts in the rival Shia community hold the key to what happens next in Lebanon and how deeply this country will be affected by Syria's war.
After the events of the last week here it is harder than ever to be optimistic.
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The Super Falcons took the lead when Asisat Oshoala challenged for a header and the ball bounced in off Ghana's Portia Boakye.
But three minutes before half-time Ghana won a penalty and captain Elizabeth Addo the equaliser.
Ghana's Samira Suleman and Florence Dadson missed chances to win it.
The result leaves both teams on four points, with one game each remaining.
Kenya and Mali, both looking for their first points, play in Group B's late game on Wednesday.
Mali were vastly improved from their 6-0 loss to Nigeria in their opening Group B match as they overcame Kenya 3-1 in Limbe on Wednesday.
The result means that Kenya cannot progress to the semi-finals at their first ever Women's Africa Cup of Nations finals.
Mali now know a win over Ghana in their final group match on Saturday in Yaounde will see them progress.
The Malians opened the scoring in the 34th minute through Coulibaly Sebe's free-kick.
Seven minutes after the break, Mali doubled their lead with a well taken finish by Bassira Toure.
Toure then sealed the scoring from the penalty spot after she was fouled in the box.
Kenya, who once again impressed with some neat passing moves, pulled a goal back as Cheris Avila fired home from inside the area.
After the match, former Kenya player Doreen Nabwire, who is now part of the coaching team, said: "Today's display was the worst because we have had very good preparations ever since we qualified for these finals and we only have ourselves to blame."
Mali and Ghana both now travel to Yaounde where they will play their final group match on Saturday while Nigeria face Kenya in Limbe.
Greg Wallace, of Best Start Federation schools in Hackney, east London, was accused of awarding contracts worth more than £1m to C2 Technology, a company run by a friend.
He was banned for a minimum of two years by the Department for Education (DfE) in 2013.
The court ruled a "less intrusive measure" should have been implemented.
A panel of judges said there was a public interest in maintaining his "exceptional contribution to education".
Previously, former education secretary Michael Gove described Mr Wallace as one of a "magnificent seven" of head teachers running outstanding schools in deprived areas.
He was not initially banned, but the DfE overruled a recommendation from the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) that a ban should not be imposed because of his "inspirational example" as an educator.
Mr Wallace was accused of awarding contracts without seeking approval from school governors to a firm owned by a friend and partner, and attempting to cover up evidence by deleting emails.
He was also accused of receiving payments from the firm, including one of £4,000.
Mr Wallace went to the High Court in a statutory appeal against the DfE's insistence on a teaching ban.
He won his case in a ruling handed down in Birmingham by Mr Justice Holgate on Friday.
On 16 May 1966 Communist leader Mao Zedong began a campaign to eliminate his rivals. At the same time he called on Chinese youth to "purge" society.
Years of bloodshed and turmoil ensued, ending with Mao's death in 1976.
How to handle the era's contentious legacy has remained a challenge to China's Communist rulers to this day.
On Monday, the main state media outlets made virtually no mention of the anniversary, focusing on coverage of the South China Sea and other domestic issues. No official events were planned by the authorities to mark the 50-year milestone.
In pictures: Objects of revolution
Fifty years after Chairman Mao sent a quarter of the world's population hurtling into a decade of chaos, there is virtually no mention of the anniversary.
Yet this is not a blanket censorship policy like with, say, any discussion of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. On China's Twitter-like Weibo the Chinese words for "cultural revolution" have not been blocked.
On the Sina News website there is no article but there is a link to a Communist Party document from 1981. It states that the Cultural Revolution was created by Chairman Mao Zedong and that it "caused the most serious setback and loss for the Party, the country and the people since the founding of China".
Cultural Revolution: A memory avoided
One blogger "Media Lao Wang" posted a picture on micro-blogging site Weibo that showed the front pages of five major Chinese newspapers on Monday and none of them mentioned the Cultural Revolution.
Another Weibo user called @Sunshine rainingwind called the Cultural Revolution "China's appalling disaster" saying it had set civilisation back thousands of years and needed to be reflected on.
Only Hong Kong media, which enjoy greater freedoms than their counterparts on their mainland, gave coverage to the anniversary.
Phoenix Television, a Communist Party controlled outlet broadcast from Hong Kong, had prepared a special online feature on the anniversary but the link has now been frozen.
It is seen by many as the most chaotic period of recent Chinese history, but analysts say there are some on the mainland who still lionise the leftist ideals of the age.
What was the Cultural Revolution?
The Cultural Revolution was a campaign launched by Chinese leader Mao Zedong in 1966 to purge his rivals in the ruling Communist Party. It ended up destroying much of China's social fabric.
What happened during it?
Chairman Mao gave licence to Chinese youth to destroy the so-called four "olds" or perceived enemies of Chinese culture: customs, habits, culture and thinking. In the early years, a chaotic kind of youth "tyranny" prevailed which saw schools and temples destroyed. Children turned on their parents and students turned on their teachers, intellectuals were exiled. Thousands were beaten to death or driven to suicide. Mao also encouraged a personality cult around himself, which led to people almost worshipping his writings and image.
How long did it last?
It officially ended only with Mao's death in 1976. Millions were denounced and punished during this time, but there are varying estimates as to how many people actually died.
The roof of Swanage's 96-year-old sunken bandstand was removed following storm damage in 2012.
The town's council agreed to put £50,000 towards the estimated £160,000 cost of its repair, if campaigners can match the amount.
Resident Alan Houghton said more than £30,000 had already been pledged and he was confident the rest could be raised.
He launched a campaign to save the bandstand earlier this year, claiming residents were "incensed" at its condition.
The venue, which is a rare example of a coastal bandstand sunk below ground, still regularly hosts performances, including by the town's brass band.
Mr Houghton said the council backing was "wonderful news" and an organisation was now in place and ready to start fundraising and preparing a bid for National Lottery funding.
In March, the town council set an ultimatum that the site would be filled in unless a realistic solution was found.
A council meeting on Monday agreed to contribute £50,000 of match-funding after "very positive" talks with the newly formed Friends of Swanage Bandstand.
Chairman of the council's tourism committee Caroline Finch, said: "The community spirit has been remarkable. It's clear there is a real nostalgia for the bandstand - it's a really special place.
"We are working with all parties concerned and I am, personally, very hopeful for a restoration of the bandstand."
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Following John Bateman's early try, Tonga international wingers Fetuli Talanoa and Mahe Fonua both scored to put Hull 12-6 up.
Oliver Gildart crossed again for Wigan but George Williams missed the kick.
Fonua's second, converted by man of the match Marc Sneyd, took Hull clear before Joe Burgess gave Wigan hope and Burgess had a late try disallowed.
That was the third try ruled out, the second for Wigan after Tony Clubb had been denied by the video referee for losing the ball over the line, closely following a Fonua try chalked off for obstruction.
Having matched Hull on the try count, Williams' two missed conversions meant Wigan paid a heavy price for not having as a reliable a kicker as Sneyd.
Having also won the Lance Todd Trophy in the victory over Warrington in 2016, Sneyd won the award again for his 100% haul with the boot - as well as the part he played with his kicking from hand in all three Hull tries.
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The role of the kicker in any game of rugby league is crucial - and never more so than here.
Wigan got off to a great start when Hull allowed Thomas Leuluai's hopeful high kick to bounce, which it did horribly, spearing itself into the grateful clutches of centre Anthony Gelling who passed inside for Bateman to score.
But Sneyd was about to take control, abetted massively by half-back partner Albert Kelly.
When Wigan failed to prevent the slippery Kelly offloading on a last tackle, Sneyd hoisted a high one and Talanoa easily outjumped Liam Marshall to score.
Then, on 20 minutes, what looked a routine Sneyd high kick to the right caused an unexpected level of havoc - and Hull even had another man spare outside him as Fonua picked up to score.
Leuluai and Williams linked beautifully to send Gildart over at the left corner on 32 minutes but Williams missed from the left touchline.
Having led 12-10 at the break, it was then Sneyd's 40-20 kick into the left corner that built the attacking base which allowed Kelly, with a low pass, to get Fonua in at the right corner.
And, although Burgess halved the deficit from eight to four points, Williams missed again from wide out on the left - and that was the way it stayed to hand Wigan their first defeat at the new Wembley.
In three previous Challenge Cup final meetings between these two, Wigan had won them all - most recently the 16-0 success for the Cherry and Whites in 2013.
Wigan's record 19 Challenge Cup wins, compared to Hull's four prior to this game, also looked a weighty statistic to hang round black and white necks.
But experience on the park is what counts for most.
Eight of Wigan's starting line-up, as well as all four replacements, were making their Wembley debuts - including late replacement Marshall, who did not have the happiest of afternoons on the right wing after coming in when Tom Davies failed a late fitness test on his ankle injury.
In contrast, only one of Hull's 17, Jake Connor, was not involved when they edged Warrington 12-10 in just as gripping a contest in 2016.
Not only did Lee Radford's men already know what winning at Wembley is all about, they had lost here too - and, in skipper Gareth Ellis's final season, came with a fierce determination to make amends for 2013.
One downside was the attendance of 68,525 - by some distance the lowest since the Challenge Cup final returned to the rebuilt Wembley in 2007.
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Wigan went into the Challenge Cup final on the back of successive Super League home wins over Huddersfield and Salford, but the trip to Wembley marked the start of a tough run-in mostly spent on the road as they bid to retain their league title.
Three of their final four games are away from home, starting with the local derby at St Helens on Friday and followed by a rematch with Hull seven days later.
The one home game they have left is against League Leaders' Shield winners Castleford, before they round off their league programme at fourth-placed Wakefield.
Third-placed Hull, three places higher than Wigan in the Super League table, will be back in action on Thursday at Leeds.
After the home game against Wigan, they also host Wakefield before finishing at Castleford.
Hull FC: Shaul; Fonua, Griffin, Tuimavave, Talanoa; Kelly, Sneyd; Watts, Houghton, Taylor, Manu, Minichiello, Ellis.
Interchanges: Green, Washbrook, Bowden, Connor.
Wigan Warriors: Tomkins; Davies, Gelling, Gildart, Burgess; Williams, Leuluai; Nuuausala, McIlorum, Clubb, Bateman, Farrell, O'Loughlin.
Interchanges: Isa, Sutton, Powell, Tautai.
Referee: Phil Bentham
Rural Affairs Secretary Fergus Ewing wrote to Colin Kennedy on the row over the interpretation of crofting law.
In the letter, seen by BBC Scotland, Mr Ewing warned action may be required if Mr Kennedy continued to adopt an opposing interpretation of the rules.
Mr Kennedy stands by the decisions made by the commission in the dispute.
He told BBC Scotland decisions taken were made after reasoned debate and consensus.
Common grazings are areas of land shared by crofters and others who hold a right to raise livestock on that land.
There are more than 1,000 common grazings covering tens of thousands of acres of land across Scotland according to the Crofting Commission, the public body overseeing the application of crofting legislation.
Grazing committees manage these areas of land and their members are elected by crofters.
Two grazings committees, one in Mangersta and another in Upper Coll, were dismissed by the commission earlier this year.
The commission, crofting's regulatory body, said finances related to the lands shared by crofters were not being managed according to the rules.
Crofters in Mangersta were later told by the commission that they could appoint a new committee.
A Scottish government spokeswoman said: "The Scottish government is committed to working constructively with the commission to ensure it delivers an effective service for crofting.
"The rural economy secretary recently wrote to the Crofting Commission to clarify the Scottish government's position in relation to Common Agricultural Policy funding and disbursal of funds by common grazings committees, and to stress the importance of the Scottish government and Crofting Commission moving forward together on these matters."
Speaking at the Geneva Motor Show, Matthias Mueller told the BBC that VW was still in "constructive dialogue" with regulators and hoped the firm would be "judged fairly".
He said he was "impatient" for answers.
The VW boss also warned that the €6.7bn (£5.2bn) set aside to cover the costs of the scandal might not be enough.
"I've postponed our year-end financial results and the AGM to improve their quality, so that we can be even more confident and take even more care and diligence in establishing the figures.
"Then we'll see if we have to make additional provisions, over and above the 6.7bn [euros]," he added.
Mr Mueller said an internal inquiry could be ready in April.
Last September, US authorities discovered that VW used computer software to massage emissions data during tests, sparking the biggest crisis in VW's history and leading to the departure of Mr Mueller's predecessor.
The US Justice Department is suing VW for breaching environmental laws, and VW has been ordered to fix almost 600,000 diesel vehicles in the country fitted with so-called "defeat devices".
However, about 11 million vehicles globally have been fitted with the devices.
Mr Mueller told the BBC that it had been a "grave mistake… We have lost a lot of trust with our customers, and we now need to win them back".
He added: "We need to face the allegations of the authorities, and I expect a fair ruling here. And then it's important to look ahead, and to make Volkswagen into an even better company."
But he said he would not pre-empt the internal inquiry underway by lawyers Jones Day into what management knew about the emissions issues before it was exposed.
After publication of the report "we will know the whole story, and the truth will be on the table," Mr Mueller promised.
"It is simply expedient that we carefully consider the whole situation to bring the truth to light. The complexities require time and care," he said.
He insisted, however, that VW had not been "paralysed" by the emissions crisis and that it was looking to "the future with confidence".
Fifa acted after Mali Sports Minister Housseïni Amion Guindo dissolved the executive committee of FEMAFOOT.
Guindo has also appointed a provisional committee mandated to run FEMAFOOT and set up elections within 12 months.
Fifa said the ban would be lifted only when the FEMAFOOT board and president Boubacar Baba Diarra are reinstated.
Football's world governing body stated: "No team from Mali of any sort (including clubs) can take part in international competitions as of 17 March 2017 and until the suspension is lifted.
"This also means that neither FEMAFOOT nor any of its members or officials may benefit from any development programme, course or training from Fifa or the Confederation of African Football."
The 58-year-old also suffered serious head injuries during what Cumbria Police described as a "serious assault" in Workington on Friday night.
An 18-year-old man has been charged with a number of offences in relation to sexual assault, rape and assault.
He will appear before West Cumbria Magistrates' Court on Monday.
McDowell carded five birdies and two bogeys in his closing 18 holes.
Korea's Wang Jeunghun secured his third European Tour title in less than a year after beating South Africa's Jaco van Zyl and Joakim Lagergren in a play-off.
Wang, 21, birdied the first extra hole, while Van Zyl and Swede Lagergren could only record par fives.
Van Zyl three-putted for par from long range and Lagergren was unable to get up and down from a greenside bunker.
The trio had finished tied on 16 under par after Wang, who won back-to-back events in Morocco and Mauritius last May, left a birdie putt to win inches short on the 72nd hole.
France's Michael Lorenzo-Vera had been tied for the lead after he eagled the 16th, only to three-putt the 17th from short range and then pull his second shot on the last into the water.
Wicklow man Paul Dunne recorded a level-par 72 to lie joint 21st on nine under.
McDowell's best round was a 66 on Thursday and he also posted a two-under 70 on Saturday, but Friday's disappointing 75 cost him a higher placing on the leaderboard.
The Portrush man began the tournament 89th in the world rankings and the 2010 US Open champion, as it stands, is not in the fields for either the WGC World Match Play in March or the Masters a month later.
Salvatore Meloni, 74, locally known as "Doddore" had been serving a prison sentence since April for tax offences.
The condition of his health deteriorated late last month, according to Italian media reports.
The former truck driver had reportedly fallen into a coma days before his death.
In September 2008, Mr Meloni declared the neighbouring private island of Mal di Ventre - Italian for stomach ache - as independent.
He also renamed it as the Republic of Maluentu, declared himself its leader, set up an official residence there comprised of a blue tent and issued his own currency.
Mr Meloni was later convicted, in 2012, alongside five others, of illegally seizing the land and taken to prison in Oristano, in Sardinia's west.
He reportedly said he wouldn't pay taxes to Italy, which he considered a "foreign country".
The activist has also stated in the past that the charges he faced for tax evasion were "unjust" and aimed to prevent him from seeking Sardinian independence.
Mr Meloni served a nine-year prison term in the 1980s for allegedly conspiring alongside the late deposed Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi to secure Sardinia's independence.
The island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy, is famous for its blue waters and Roman ruins. Its capital. Cagliari, has also become a place of arrival migrants travelling from Africa.
The boxer joins her on the track Iconic alongside Chance The Rapper with Nas and Nicki Minaj appearing on two other songs.
Rebel Heart was recorded in London, LA and New York and will be released on 10 March via Interscope.
Madonna has produced some of the tracks herself and has drafted in some of the biggest names in the business to work on other tunes.
Kanye West worked on the track Illuminati and Diplo was behind three tunes.
Billboard, DJ Dahi and Blood Diamonds also made music for some of the 19 tracks on the album.
Madonna was forced to release some of the tracks early before Christmas because of a leak.
One of them, Living For Love, went to number one in more than 40 countries on iTunes.
She said at the time that she was annoyed that people had leaked demos of 10 of her tracks.
"It's just the age that we're living in. It's crazy times," she said.
"The internet is as constructive and helpful in bringing people together as it is in doing dangerous things and hurting people. It's a double-edged sword."
When the leak happened she told Billboard magazine that her new music was a cross between house and soul.
"It's kind of like the old me and the new me all mixed in together," she said.
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The funding was revealed on Monday at the opening of a new hybrid cardiac catheterisation laboratory at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Dublin.
In the future, children from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland will all receive treatment there.
Children's heart surgery services at Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) ceased in 2015.
The move followed a 2012 review, commissioned by health ministers in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, which revealed that services at the RVH were not sustainable, with many operations taking place in either England or Dublin.
Speaking at the opening of the new centre in Dublin, Northern Ireland's health minister, Michelle O'Neill, said children would be able to receive post and pre-operative care in Belfast.
She said: "The Congenital Heart Disease Network is a great initiative that benefits all of Ireland.
"I want to continue with positive all-Ireland approaches to health and social care and address the uncertainties and challenges that now exist as a result of the recent EU referendum."
The £42m investment includes contributions from both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland health departments, £1m of which will enhance existing facilities in Belfast.
In a statement from the Department of Health, a spokesperson said the phased implementation of the transfer of all urgent surgical cases from Northern Ireland to the new Dublin centre should be complete by the end of 2017, with all elective surgical cases transferred by the end of 2018.
Irish health minister, Simon Harris said: "This unique collaboration is the first formally established all-island network for clinical care and I look forward to working with minister O'Neill and her department to identify further opportunities for collaboration into the future."
Cystic fibrosis sufferer Kimberly Chard, from Bargoed, Caerphilly county, received a life-saving double lung transplant on Christmas Eve.
The 32-year-old, who is recovering at London's Harefield Hospital, said she is still coming to terms with the family's "selfless gift".
"I will always be grateful for the future they have given me," she said.
The life-threatening genetic disorder damages the lungs and digestive system.
"I'm still trying to take in this selfless gift I was given by my donor and their family and the fact that they still chose to save someone's life so close to Christmas.
"I understand their grief that they're going through, but I hope they're comforted by the lives that they have saved.
"I will always be grateful for the future they have given me and I can't wait to see how I keep progressing day by day."
Ms Chard was told in March last year her condition had deteriorated so much she would die without a double lung transplant.
After months of struggling to breathe and waiting for the phone to ring, the call finally came on 23 December. She had her operation the following day.
"I'm just so blown away by what's happened," she said.
"It's still early recovery, it's only been a week, but I'm impressing the doctors."
Ms Chard has been enduring physiotherapy and has already had "lots of drips and drains removed".
"The pain is bad but it's going to be worth it as every day I notice more things that have improved. Like, I can actually take a deep breath now - I haven't done that for a long time, or hold my breath," she said.
"It's just amazing, even food tastes good again."
Alice Ruggles, 24, was found in her Gateshead home with her throat cut in October last year.
Trimaan "Harry" Dillon denies murder.
Newcastle Crown Court heard Mr Dillon, a soldier, received an official warning from the army for continuing to contact Ms Ruggles after the pair broke up.
Five days before her death he sent her a parcel containing a letter, photos and a notebook prompting Ms Ruggles to contact police.
Ms Ruggles' flatmate Maxine McGill said she was unable to speak to an officer who had dealt with her before so discussed it with an operator instead.
Ms McGill, who was a colleague of Ms Ruggles at Sky in Newcastle, told the court: "She says she felt as if it was palmed off.
"She was asked the question 'what do you want us to do about it?'
"She said 'I don't know, that's why I am phoning you. I was asked to get back in touch if I had any further contact'.
"She basically says it was just a waste of time."
The court heard Ms Ruggles was asked if she wanted Mr Dhillon arrested but she decided not to take that step.
Ms McGill said Mr Dhillon "almost creeped me out" when she first met him because he was "overly nice".
She said she came to find him controlling, manipulative and possessive around Ms Ruggles who "became an introvert", developed "anxiety" and "lost so much weight".
The relationship declined after Ms Ruggles, who was from Leicestershire but stayed in the North East after going to university in Newcastle, found Mr Dhillon had been messaging other women on dating sites, Ms McGill said.
He used emotional blackmail to try to get her back, then threatened to release sexual photos of her, Ms McGill said.
The trial continues.
Thames Valley Police Roads Policing posted a picture of the bird on Twitter in the back of their vehicle.
It said: "Found playing by the A40, Oxford - came quietly and was safely reunited with parents and siblings."
In the film police officers played by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost rescue a swan during a police chase.
The Devonshire Dock Hall, where the Astute class submarines are made, needs to be extended to allow enough space for the construction of the Successor submarines.
The firm has signed a contract with Morgan Sindall to carry out the work.
The defence giant employs 4,000 workers at its Barrow site.
The company is to build seven nuclear-powered Astute Class submarines and will work on early designs for the new Successor Class.
Successor, the replacement submarine to the Vanguard Class, was given the green light by the government two years ago.
Allan Day, director of the site redevelopment programme, said: "We are in the third year of an eight-year redevelopment programme which is starting to see some dramatic changes across our site as we enhance our facilities and capabilities for the future.
"The Devonshire Dock Hall is an iconic building - home to the construction of some of the world's most advanced and capable submarines.
"This contract will enhance the facility to ensure our workforce can deliver future submarine programmes to the Royal Navy."
Wilson, 31, has 44 Test caps for England - the last of which came against Uruguay in the 2015 World Cup.
He played 101 Premiership games for Bath following his 2009 move to the Rec, following 55 Falcons outings.
"This is a signing which underlines our ambitious plans," director of rugby Dean Richards said.
The front-rower arrives at Newcastle having not made an appearance for Bath this season.
"They are doing good things under Richards," Wilson said. "The set-up seems much more professional and the quality of the squad is outstanding."
Deila denied that Celtic are a club in turmoil, saying that "football never goes in a straight line up to heaven".
The Norwegian is aiming to arrest a run of poor form which has seen them knocked out of the Champion League and trailing Aberdeen in the Premiership.
"Good teams bounce back," said Deila.
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"It can be a circus, we know the demand is there.
"We can win everything in Scotland. We are determined to win trophies and improve in Europe."
Celtic are determined to improve on last season's Europa League performance and Deila wants a performance similar to the one in Milan last season when they performed well in the defeat by Inter.
"Everything goes in circles," he said. "Last year we were unbelievable in set play. The players talk and practice. I've seen in training everyone wants to take responsibility.
"We'll need to be compact and brave on the ball.
"We know we can get back to that level of performance [against Inter].
"Small details will be the difference in this group. We want to get some points away. If you get through the group anything can happen.
"It takes some time to get over it [the Champions League exit]; we can be disappointed but we have so much to look forward to.
"We are much better prepared than last year, [we] know each other better and played a lot of matches together."
Deila admits the European situations faced by his team and their Dutch opponents is a similar one with Ajax also knocked out of the Champions League qualifiers.
"Both clubs are so huge, the situation is quite similar," he said. "We both get talented players, develop them and have to move them on to bigger leagues.
"But I'm lucky - I'm at the biggest club in Scotland and have best players in Scotland. It's about getting this team performing and we have done it so many times and won trophies.
"It's going to be a long season and we want to try to get a result here."
Celtic captain Scott Brown admits the players have "let themselves down" in recent weeks, with defeats by Malmo and Aberdeen.
"We know we can play better and believe in ourselves more," said Brown.
"We know we're a lot better than we've shown."
Regarding his performances for club and country, Brown said: "Everyone has ups and downs and I'll come back stronger and fitter.
"We need a bit of luck as well. It's about small little details. We don't turn up and hope it happens. It's about confidence.
"We've let ourselves down recently. I don't like getting beat, we need to show that we deserve to win these games."
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Frampton's scheduled bout with Andres Gutierrez on 29 July was called off.
Frampton, 30, was one pound overweight for the bout but the contest was still scheduled to go ahead until the Mexican was injured after slipping in a shower.
When asked on Wednesday whether there was a rift in the camp and if a split was imminent, McGuigan's Cyclone Promotions declined to comment.
Frampton, meanwhile, was unavailable for comment.
After the late postponement of the 29 July bout, Frampton and McGuigan both apologised to the public but BBC Sport NI has been told by reliable sources that, behind the scenes, the relationship is beginning to unravel.
Less than 10 days before Frampton's scheduled contest with Gutierrez, the Belfast boxer resigned as a director of Cyclone Promotions.
Frampton has been guided by McGuigan since signing a professional deal with the former world featherweight champion in 2009 and the duo's relationship had appeared exceptionally close until very recently.
The fighter is also trained by McGuigan's son Shane while the manager's wife Sandra and their other sons Blain and Jake are also heavily involved in Cyclone Promotions.
Earlier this year, there was a three-part documentary series on BBC TV, Fight Game: The McGuigans, which looked at the inner workings of Cyclone Promotions and followed closely Frampton's preparations for both his world title bouts in the US with Leo Santa Cruz.
After landing the European belt by beating Kiko Martinez in February 2013, Frampton defeated the Spaniard again 19 months later to win his first world title as he clinched the IBF super-bantamweight title.
Frampton added the WBA belt to the IBF crown in February 2016 as he overcame England's Scott Quigg in one of three successful world super-bantamweight title defences before defeating Leo Santa Cruz in New York to win the WBA featherweight title just over a year ago.
That sensational win made him Northern Ireland's first ever two-weight world champion and he was later named boxer of 2016 by both Ring Magazine and ESPN.
However, Santa Cruz avenged his New York defeat as he beat Frampton in Las Vegas to regain the WBA featherweight title last January.
After six months out of the ring, Frampton was supposed to fight Gutierrez in his home town just over two weeks ago but the Mexican's slip in his shower ultimately saw that fight being called out at the 11th hour after the Belfast man had been one pound overweight on the scales earlier in the day.
Frampton looked uncomfortable as he and McGuigan were jointly interviewed following the bizarre series of events which led to the cancellation of the Gutierrez contest.
BBC Sport NI understands that the postponement of the contest put added pressure on an already strained relationship and the expectation now is that Frampton will attempt to leave Cyclone Promotions.
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England secured the Six Nations title with victory over Wales last weekend and will win the Grand Slam if they beat France in Paris on Saturday.
Jones replaced Stuart Lancaster after England's disastrous 2015 World Cup.
"James Haskell never used to talk to me! But now we've started talking about stuff other than rugby," said Vunipola.
"After a few games this year he was asking me questions and now we've made a good bond.
"It [the England camp] is quite an easy-going place off the pitch and it's nice to sit down, have a chat and see what's going on in team-mates' lives.
"We realised it was something we could improve on, you build stronger and better relationships that way.
"And you can see that new players are coming in and just doing their thing."
In an interview with BBC Radio 5 live, Vunipola added that he had benefited from Jones encouraging him to play his own game.
"He [Jones] has come in and had a good influence on the boys. Not just him, but also 'Guzzy' [defence coach Paul Gustard] and [forwards coach] Steve Borthwick.
"They know me quite well from Saracens so it's about paying that trust back."
On Australian Jones' fearsome reputation, Vunipola said: "We haven't seen Eddie lose his rag with us and I hope never to see that in my life."
There was emotion, on both sides, as he said goodbye to manager Mauricio Pochettino, the club secretary and his personal assistant among others.
It was a scenario they feared had been possible since it became clear Cortese's vision and the one held by the club's reclusive owner, Katharina Liebherr, were worlds apart.
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In recent weeks, his appearances at the training ground, often before seven in the morning, had grown less frequent. Something had changed, something was wrong.
On Tuesday, those hunches were confirmed in the most dramatic of circumstances when Liebherr replaced the Italian and installed herself as chairman. But many were left asking 'why?'
This was not an argument over transfer funds, wages or the need for investment. This was not a snap decision or a row that had flared up suddenly. Cortese was not tempted by offers from abroad or new challenges.
No, the dispute that ended his five-year spell at Southampton was about the sale of the club.
The problems began at the end of last season and although an uneasy truce was reached in May, by the time the season had begun, it was clear all was not well. Liebherr, who was left the club by her father Marcus following his sudden death in 2010, had no interest in Southampton and no knowledge of football - she wanted to sell the club.
Cortese was open to that, but his preference for a sale in two or three years was at odds with Liebherr's desire for an immediate sale.
The 'why' is incidental now. The focus has instead turned to what it might mean for the club, the manager and their players.
The bond between Cortese and Pochettino is well publicised. The former Swiss banker had been on a scouting mission on the continent when the sheer enthusiasm and passion of a manager on the touchline below caught his eye.
Six months passed, during which time thorough research was conducted on the Argentine, and when the time came to replace previous manager Nigel Adkins, Cortese knew exactly who he wanted.
Within moments of their first meeting, both men knew the fit was right. It was not a risk; it was, like everything else, carefully planned.
The players bought into his vision, wholeheartedly. So much so, that at least one leading Southampton player has a clause in his contract that links his own future to Cortese's. The worst case scenario for the club is that manager follows chairman and players follow manager.
A presentation to the players in April last year did not ask if Southampton can win the Premier League, but how can they win it?
This was Cortese's vision for Southampton, one shared by Pochettino, by defender Luke Shaw, by midfielder Adam Lallana, and by forward Jay Rodriguez and the rest.
Nothing was left to chance. Everything was planned, analysed, discussed. The club's poor away form was one issue. Why did they struggle?
Cortese refused to accept the club's geographical location as an explanation. Players were asked to fill out questionnaires. What time did they wake up at home? What were their habits? Did their children wake them, did the dog? The results were analysed and changes were made.
2009-10: 7th (League One)
2010-11: 2nd (League One)
2011-12: 2nd (Championship)
2012-13: 14th (Premier League)
2013-14: 9th* (Premier League)
* Correct as of 16 January
Then the 45-year-old focused on the environment. Now, when Southampton travel away from home, the hotel is often booked for two nights rather than one. On the first night, club staff arrive and clean the already pristine rooms. They vacuum up every particle of dust that might cause illness or carry a bug.
Then bespoke mattresses are placed on each bed, tailored to each player. The duvets, the pillow cases and the sheets are washed and ironed by the club, using the same washing powder and the same methods. Wherever the players are, their bed smells and feels the same.
The same applies to food, with the club chef travelling ahead of the squad to each and every hotel. Marginal gains were everything to Cortese.
On the field, the whole team, rather than just the defence and goalkeeper, were awarded clean sheet bonuses in order to promote a team ethic, rather than any division.
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And yet divisions off the field could not be avoided. Southampton fans will do their best to ignore the thought of the worst case scenario - chairman, manager, star players and ultimately an owner disappearing in a blur.
Still, the unwillingness of this intensely private man to become a public figure meant some found him hard to like, or at least to understand, especially after the sacking of Adkins, almost a year ago, who had guided the club to the top flight from League One.
And while it may be too soon to declare Southampton a club in full-blown crisis, what no-one can question, is that the impact of Cortese's departure will be felt long after the ink has dried on his severance agreement. Love him or loathe him - he will be missed.
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan hopes the concessions will meet the demands of Tory rebels opposed to compelling high-performing schools to convert.
This was about the government listening, she said, adding ministers understood top schools should retain the choice on whether to convert.
The move comes days after threats of industrial action by head teachers.
Academies are independently run - but state-funded - schools, overseen by a not-for-profit business, known as an academy trust. They are often part of a chain.
The controversial plans to require all schools to convert to academy status, or have plans to do so, by 2022 were announced in the Budget, but details followed in a white paper.
It was not long before opposition to the idea was heard from teachers and head teachers, education experts and MPs and councillors - both Conservative and opposition.
Mrs Morgan told the BBC in an interview with Education Editor Branwen Jeffreys: "This is about being a listening government and I would consider myself to be a listening secretary of state.
"Better to have reforms than have none at all.
"We absolutely support those strong local authorities where schools are good and outstanding - they can make the choice to convert.
"I hope that they will, because we are convinced that becoming academies does lift standards but they can do the right thing for them and I think that reflects the concerns and the conversations that we have had."
Conservatives have been voicing opposition to the plans in recent weeks, particularly because all schools - even highly performing ones - were to be forced into the new arrangements.
Melinda Tilley, an Oxfordshire county councillor, complained of "diktats from above" and expressed concerns about small village schools closing.
Labour had argued that the academies programme was already hitting problems, with a number of large-scale trusts being sanctioned for failing to improve results fast enough.
Shadow Education Secretary Lucy Powell said: "It is frankly a humiliating climbdown for David Cameron and his education secretary, who just weeks ago were insisting they would plough on with the policy regardless."
However, the government said it would push forward with compelling academy conversions in two areas:
•Where it is clear that the local authority can no longer viably support its remaining schools because too many schools have already become academies.
•Where the local education authority consistently fails to meet a minimum performance threshold across its schools.
The government also announced a package of measures to protect small rural schools including extra financial support and a requirement that any closure would have to be agreed by the local authority and the regional schools commissioner.
Chairman of the largely Conservative County Councils Network Paul Carter said Mrs Morgan had "rightly listened to the concerns of councils, teachers, governors and parents in taking this important decision".
"This decision is also vital for the preservation of rural schools which are at the heart of their local communities," he said.
Russell Hobby, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers said: "We are pleased the government has listened to the profession.
"We stand ready to engage in further discussions about how the government can meet its vision in co-operation with the education sector. This move gives us hope that such dialogue can now be constructive."
The Local Government Association said its recent analysis of the grades achieved by all schools proved that 81% of council-maintained schools are rated as "good" or "outstanding", compared to 73% of academies and 79% of free schools.
"It is right that these schools should not be forced down the academy route unless they make that decision themselves," it added.
Plans to require all schools, good or bad, to become academies have been greeted with increasing disquiet and derision since they were somewhat incongruously announced in the Budget.
George Osborne described the move as freeing schools from the "shackles of local bureaucracy".
Teachers and heads were bemused by the idea of forcing change on high-performing schools. "If it ain't broke, why fix it?" they chorused.
When fury exploded from the usually loyal Conservative MPs and councillors, the education secretary began to look very uncomfortable.
During an opposition day debate, it was the Tories who made the most effective arguments against the plan.
The divisions within the party were exploited by Labour at PMQs with David Cameron having to mount a robust defence two weeks in a row.
And embarrassment grew further when Nicky Morgan was greeted by head teachers heckling: "You're not listening."
With splits over the European referendum to contend with, Mr Cameron may simply have decided it was not worth a fierce fight with the backbenches.
Ministers had argued that the new landscape would provide a high level of autonomy to schools and help drive up standards through greater innovation and competition in the system.
Currently all schools can choose to convert to academy status, but those deemed to be struggling or failing to improve sufficiently can be forced to convert. That will remain the case under these new plans.
First there are the crowds, the gut reaction and the enthusiasm of the millions of faithful and of the simply curious who turn out to see the new man in white, the latest successor to Saint Peter.
In Rio, the welcome Pope Francis received on the streets and particularly along the Avenida Atlantica at Copacabana beach was rapturous. Three million people gathered on the sands to hear and see him project his image of a poorer, simpler church.
Then there's the religious message.
During his week-long visit to Brazil, Pope Francis laid down a revolutionary blueprint for the future of the Catholic Church, not only in Latin America but worldwide.
Using very simple, direct language - in contrast to the sometimes obscure and wordy "Popespeak" of his immediate predecessors - he challenged common notions of modernity and progress, and asked difficult questions of his more than 1.3 billion followers.
He spoke mainly in the language in which he feels most comfortable, his native Spanish, often eschewing Brazilian Portuguese, the language spoken by his hosts. But his message came across with startling clarity.
He told a crowd of 30,000 young Argentine Catholics attending World Youth Day in Rio to "make a mess" in their dioceses, to "stir things up", to shake up the comfort, self-satisfaction and clericalism of a Church closed in upon itself. "Don't forget to disturb complacency, but please don't water down the faith!" Francis said.
"The Church must be taken into the streets," he said in the cathedral of Rio. "If not, the Church becomes an NGO. And the Church cannot become an NGO."
This was not a call to revolution, simply an endorsement of the frustration experienced by millions of young people, both in the developing world and in industrialised countries, who have no jobs nor any immediate prospect of dignified work.
In the huge beehive-shaped Cathedral of Rio, illuminated by strips of brilliant stained-glass windows, he suggested that the Catholic Church should also slow down its pace a bit.
"People today are attracted by things that are faster and faster, rapid internet connections, speedy cars and planes, instant relationships," Pope Francis told the biggest gathering of Catholic bishops in half a century.
"At the same time, we see a desperate need for calmness, I would say even slowness. Is the Church still able to move slowly, to take the time to listen, to have the patience to mend and reassemble? Or is the Church itself caught up in the frantic pursuit of efficiency?"
The third level of communication is when the Pope talks off-the-cuff to journalists. Speaking on the plane which brought him back to the Vatican from Rio, he fielded questions on a wide range of subjects ranging from how he intended to resolve the money laundering scandal at the Vatican Bank to allegations about a "gay prelates lobby" inside the Church's headquarters.
He was disarmingly frank. He said he didn't know yet how the story of the Vatican Bank was going to end. A Vatican accountant is currently in jail being questioned by Italian prosecutors who believe that some Italian businessmen may have been using the Vatican as a sort of fiscal paradise and tax haven.
On the question of the existence of a so-called "gay lobby" inside the Vatican, Pope Francis quipped that he still had to find anyone whose Vatican ID described him as gay. He denied outright Italian media reports about a long-ago gay scandal involving a prelate who is now in charge of the Vatican residence which is the Pope's new home.
Pope Francis, the first ever pontiff from Latin America, has struck an unusual new tone at all levels of communication.
Now that he is back at his desk in his modest Vatican quarters, he has some important decisions to make about the future governance of his Church.
Normally the cardinals who run the Holy See are off on their long summer holidays at this time of year. But Pope Francis' seasons are not the same as those of his predecessors. In the Southern Hemisphere, where the bulk of his international flock now lives, it is winter.
Pope Francis plans to spend the month of August preparing for some radical changes in the future governance of his worldwide Church. Be prepared for some big surprises.
Around 110,000 tickets have been sold for the annual fireworks display along the River Thames in London which will mark the start of 2017.
Celebrations will also take place at popular city locations across the UK under a more visible police presence.
Security has been stepped up following terror attacks in Europe.
In London, around 12,000 fireworks producing 50,000 projectiles will light up the city as part of a 12-minute display.
Mayor Sadiq Khan said it will be the "best fireworks London's ever seen" and will pay tribute to artists who have died in the past year.
He added: "We are going to make sure that we have fireworks where the theme is hope and optimism going forward, but they're going to be brilliant."
Mr Khan said the capital would be sending a message to the world that "London is open", particularly post-Brexit, as part of its New Year's Eve celebrations.
He added: "We've always been a city open to talent, to people, to ideas and that is not going to change.
"One of the great things about the New Year's Eve fireworks is that it showcases our great, great city."
Security has been stepped up across the capital, which will see more armed officers being deployed and concrete barriers in use.
There are also more places around the city where vehicles are banned.
Greater Manchester Police has also increased crowd protection in the wake of the Berlin attack.
British Transport Police has "extended" its regular armed patrols across the nation's rail network and there are armed officers on the London Underground.
Metropolitan Police Detective Superintendent Phil Langworthy said 3,000 officers would patrol the streets in London.
He added: "We will also have some covert tactics.
"Overtly there'll be a search regime in place at the fireworks, we will also have concrete barriers and a range of other tactics to reassure the public that they can come and have a safe and enjoyable event."
Around 75,000 people are expected to attend Edinburgh's Hogmanay street party for its sold-out New Year's Eve celebration.
Police Scotland said there would be a "very visible police presence" at the event.
Divisional commander Chief Superintendent Kenny MacDonald said: "I'm confident we have an appropriate and proportionate policing plan in place to make sure we deliver a safe and secure event."
The Police Federation confirmed that there would be more areas in London where vehicles will be banned as a result of the recent attacks in Nice and Berlin.
On 20 December a lorry, driven by Anis Amri, ploughed into a Christmas market in Berlin, killing 12 people and injuring 48.
In Nice in July, 86 people died during Bastille Day celebrations when a lorry drove into crowds on the Promenade des Anglais.
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The Sri Lankan's brilliant run-a-ball 121, in a fourth-wicket stand of 180 with Ben Foakes (86), helped the visitors to 313-7 at Headingley.
Opener Adam Lyth struck 75 and Australia batsman Peter Handscomb made 60 but Yorkshire fell short on 289-9.
Surrey play Worcestershire at New Road in the last four on Saturday, with the final at Lord's on 1 July.
Essex host Nottinghamshire in the other semi-final on Friday.
Sangakkara, who is retiring from first-class cricket at the end of this season, looked in superb touch once again, offering only one difficult chance to Alex Lees on the boundary early on in his innings.
The 39-year-old mixed deft touches to the boundary with some brutal straight hitting over the rope to bring up his 39th List A century.
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When he was eventually stumped off Azeem Rafiq and Foakes fell to the same bowler soon after, teenagers Ollie Pope (37) and Sam Curran (19) made sure Surrey passed 300.
In the chase, Yorkshire were well placed with Lyth and Jack Leaning (42) taking them to 126-1 at the halfway stage.
But once Lyth gifted a catch to Mark Stoneman on the cover boundary off seamer Ravi Rampaul and Leaning nicked Rampaul behind in his next over, Yorkshire began to struggle.
Skipper Gary Ballance (36) added 64 with Handscomb but could not push on, and only a late flurry of boundaries from Matthew Waite in his 34 prevented an even bigger winning margin for Surrey.
Yorkshire captain Gary Ballance told BBC Radio Leeds:
"We just got outplayed. Sangakkara played a brilliant innings for them. It was a match-winning knock. We just needed someone to do that for us.
"We knew how good a player he is, and we tried everything at him. He played very well. Sometimes you just have to hold your hands up.
"When you are chasing a score, one of the top five has got to get a score. We didn't quite do that."
Surrey batsman Kumar Sangakkara told BBC Radio London:
"Ben Foakes played really well and took the pressure off me. Then, as a partnership we bowled really well on what was a really good track.
"The way Lyth batted put us under a bit of pressure at the start, but our guys responded. The way they picked up crucial wickets and bowled smartly was really impressive.
"When you're defending on a wicket like that with the fielding restrictions, every part of your game has to be spot on. Today we were lucky we were up to the challenge.
"It feels really special (hundredth 100), but I'll take the win over that any day."
The worshippers were attending a gathering by Nigerian TV evangelist TB Joshua when a building collapsed in Lagos 10 days ago.
Meanwhile, 25 survivors have returned to South Africa, where they will receive further medical care.
Mr Joshua, one of Nigeria's best-known evangelists, is popular across Africa.
At least seven of the dead are Nigerian, rescue workers there have said.
The nationalities of the other victims is not clear, except for an official with Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change, whose death was announced last week.
The latest figures were provided by South Africa's minister in the presidency Jeff Radebe.
They have not been confirmed by Nigerian officials.
Sixteen of the wounded were in critical condition, with some having had limbs amputated and one developed gangrene in the toes, he said.
A 19-member medical team including specialised doctors, nurses and military paramedics who had been sent to Nigeria took care of the injured on board a military aircraft.
Mr Joshua on Sunday announced plans to travel to South Africa to visit the families of the deceased.
"I will be travelling to South Africa to meet people from South Africa and other nations who find South Africa easier to visit, in memory of martyrs of faith," he told his congregation.
In his sermon, he referred to reports surrounding the incident as "persecution" and "propaganda".
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Rescue workers have said the building may have collapsed as a result of the construction of additional storeys without reinforcing the foundations.
Mr Joshua has blamed the incident on a small plane which had been circling over the building before it came crashing down on Friday 12 September, and suggested it was an attempt on his life.
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan visited the church on Saturday and promised to investigate the cause of the tragedy.
He said he would hold talks with stakeholders in the construction industry on how to prevent a repeat of the tragedy, adding that he had expressed his sympathies to Mr Joshua and his church, as well as South African President Jacob Zuma and the families of the deceased.
Mr Joshua is known by his followers across the world as "The Prophet" or "The Man of God".
He claims to work miracles, including raising people from the dead and healing the sick.
The yacht Iolaire was wrecked on a reef called the Beasts of Holm just off the Isle of Lewis in the early hours of 1 January 1919.
The ship was carrying home hundreds of sailors following the end of World War One. Of the 280 on board, 205 died.
Museum nan Eilean in Stornoway on Lewis is preparing the exhibition.
It will run from late 2018 until early 2019 in the new museum at Lews Castle and is part of a larger series of events by a number of organisations marking the centenary of the disaster.
The planned events include a project involving local schoolchildren.
There are several artefacts relating to the Iolaire in the museum's collection already, but staff have sought objects and papers from the descendants of those caught up in the disaster for inclusion in the new exhibition.
A spokesperson for the museum said: "At the present time we plan to take objects as loans from their owners during the exhibition period rather than as permanent additions to the museum collection.
"If you are the owner of anything relating to the Iolaire which you think may be suitable for display, please let us know by email or post.
"Please include photographs of the object and a full description as well as your contact details."
The spokesperson added: "Please don't bring any objects or original paperwork to the museum as unfortunately our staff will not be able to accept them for consideration."
The museum's exhibition committee will consider all objects nominated by 31 January 2018 and will keep in contact with owners to let them know progress.
Most of those killed in the Iolaire Disaster were from the islands of Lewis and Harris.
The last survivor of the Iolaire - which means "eagle" in Gaelic - died in 1992.
The yacht set sail from Kyle of Lochalsh on the west Highlands mainland on New Year's Eve 1918.
Making its final approach into Stornoway harbour on a dark night and in a strong gale, it changed course at the wrong point.
With the lights of the harbour in sight, the ship struck rocks at full speed and immediately began to tilt, filling up with water.
Although the stern of the boat was at one point just six metres (20ft) from land, many of the men onboard were weighed down by their heavy uniforms and were unable to swim ashore.
The next morning the bodies that had been recovered or washed up were laid out for families to identify.
The cause of the disaster was never conclusively determined. A public inquiry was unable to establish the reasons for the accident.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) found he had not swallowed a controlled substance before dying in police custody.
Diane Abbott said urgent work must be done to rebuild trust between police and the local community.
Mr Charles' death led to protests, including one which turned violent.
The Hackney North and Stoke Newington Labour MP said the violent demonstrations were "wrong" and she has joined with Mr Charles' family in calling for peace.
Figures released on Tuesday showed a "disproportionate" use of force against minority groups by the Met police.
Figures released for the first time revealed 12,605 incidents where officers used force against people were registered in the three months to the end of June.
The data showed 45% of the individuals subject to force were white, 36% black and 10% from the Asian community.
Mr Charles was followed by officers in Dalston on 22 July and became ill when restrained by police after putting an object in his mouth.
Ms Abbott said: "The IPCC's update, coupled with the release of a Metropolitan Police report highlighting a disproportionate use of force against [black and minority ethnic] people, will no doubt cause deep concern and upset.
"Urgent work must be done to rebuild trust and links between the police and the community."
"There must be justice for Rashan and his family, but there is absolutely no cause for any more violence," she said.
Amodu, who coached Nigeria on four different occasions, is thought to have passed away in his sleep on Friday night in the Southern Nigerian city of Benin, after complaining of chest problems.
The death of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Technical Director comes just days after former Nigeria coach and captain, Stephen Keshi, passed away aged 54 in the same city.
NFF president Amaju Pinnick said: "This is another tragedy too many. We are still talking about Keshi's death, and now Amodu is gone. I'm short of words."
Amodu, who first took charge of Nigeria at the age of 36 in 1994, was approached to replace Sunday Oliseh in February but declined on health grounds, according to the country's football authority.
Oliseh who worked under Amodu as a player and coach Tweeted: "Waking up to another devastating horrible news: Amodu Shuaibu, former coach of Nigeria is proclaimed dead! First Keshi and now this. God help us!"
A NFF statement said: "Amodu's name was synonymous with the Super Eagles. You can't talk about the history of Super Eagles without Amodu getting prominent chapters.
"He qualified the Super Eagles for the FIFA World Cup in 2002 and 2010, but did not lead the team to the finals. He also qualified the Beach Soccer National Team for the 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, but did not lead the team at the finals as he refused to travel to Brazil.
"As Technical Director he was known to be hypertensive, and had rejected taking over the Super Eagles coaching job in February on this ground."
Amodu first shot to prominence when he guided Nigerian side BCC Lions of Gboko to win the now-defunct African Cup Winners Cup in 1990.
His team reached the final of the same competition the following year but lost to Zambian side Power Dynamos 5-4 on aggregate in 1991.
Three years later Amodu replaced Dutchman Clemens Westerhof as Nigeria coach in 1994 and led then reigning African Champions to fourth place at the King Fahd Cup (now renamed Fifa Confederations Cup) before his exit later that year.
He returned to manage the team again from 1998-99, 2001-02 and 2008-2010.
He helped the country to qualify for the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea and led them to a third-place finish in the 2002 Nations Cup.
Under his stewardship, Nigeria qualified for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa but Amodu was sacked despite the team's third-place finish at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola.
It was the second time he had been removed from his post ahead of a World Cup finals tournament - Amodu was also fired ahead of the 2002 edition after Nigeria finished third at the 2002 Nations Cup in Mali.
Despite his remarkable achievements as Super Eagles coach, Amodu had a turbulent relationship with the fans and his employers, with critics constantly questioning the team's style of play, his tactics and key decisions.
The NFF named him as the National Technical Director in May 2013 but his appointment was only confirmed in October 2014.
Fiery, highly respected by his colleagues, passionate, conservative and a man who possessed strong knowledge of the game, Amodu was always outspoken.
In his last interview with BBC Sport in March, Amodu cited all the problems blighting Nigerian football and was keen to sit down with his employers to proffer solutions.
"I must confess that all is not well with Nigerian football in terms of structure and funding," he told BBC Sport.
"We really need to rejig the whole aspect of our football if we have to be serious and sustain development at a high level.
"I've been taking notes and these are some of the things I will bring up when I meet with the NFF."
Amodu at club level:
Amodu, who began his coaching career with BCC Lions and also handled rivals El-Kanemi Warriors, is the most decorated coach in Nigerian FA Cup history, having won it in 1989, 1992, 1993 and 1994.
He won the Nigeria League and Cup double in 1994, and won the Super Cup in 1989, 1993 and 1994.
He also managed South African giants Orlando Pirates between 1996 and 1997.
The request follows widely publicised claims from former Crewe Alexandra players about their time at the club.
Cheshire Police wants to double the size of its "non-recent sexual abuse" unit.
Police Commissioner David Keane said funding already allocated for the unit "hasn't been anywhere near sufficient".
The team of 11 officers was established in October following an "increase in legacy cases being reported", Mr Keane told councillors.
While the Home Office awarded Cheshire Police £120,000 to help fund the unit, the force has now requested an additional £130,000.
In November, Crewe Alexandra said an independent review would be commissioned into the way the club dealt with historical child sex abuse allegations.
The bid for extra Home Office funding was "specifically related to the increased costs associated with football-related investigations", Mr Keane said.
The police commissioner said an increase in the total number of allegations of historic sexual abuse had been "compounded by a substantial increase in football-related child sexual abuse allegations".
He said the team was making "good progress" with four "critical investigations".
The US central bank concludes its two-day meeting later and is expected to keep interest rates unchanged, despite mixed economic data.
In Australia, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed 1% higher at 5,595.40 points.
The Kospi index in Seoul rebounded from an 11-week low, adding 0.3% to close at 2,034.86 points.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng finished up 0.7% to 26,753.79, while the Shanghai Composite closed up 1.7% to 4,967.90, ending three days of losses.
Investors seemed to have recovered from the new curbs for margin lending and a flood of new listings this week that had dragged down shares.
On Wall Street, both the Dow and S&P 500 ended Tuesday about 0.6% higher and the technology-focused Nasdaq gained 0.5%.
Many analysts think the Fed might increase interest rates in September and will be watching chair Janet Yellen's statements on Wednesday for further clues.
"Asian markets are seeing a relief rally this morning," said Nicholas Teo from CMC Markets.
"This follow-through, however, may only remain tentative at best, as the focus over the next 24 hours will fix firmly on to the US [Federal Open Markets Committee] decision tonight."
Japan's Nikkei 225 closed 0.2% lower at 20,219.27 points and the broader Topix lost 0.4% to 1,633.70 after the country posted disappointing trade data.
Exports rose by 2.4% from a year earlier in May, which was below economist estimates and indicated weak external demand.
Imports fell by 8.7% on an annualised basis because of a fall in energy costs.
As a result, Japan's trade deficit narrowed slightly to 216bn yen ($1.7bn; £1.1bn) last month.
However, analysts said the fall in imports is unlikely to be sustained if the yen weakens further and natural gas costs rise.
"The trade deficit should start to creep higher in the second half of the year," Marcel Thieliant from Capital Economics said.
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The iPlayer service was out of action over most of the weekend thanks to problems with the database behind the catch-up service.
The faults also meant only a simplified version of the BBC's homepage was shown, while online video and audio clips were also disrupted.
A BBC spokesman said it was "pretty confident" the faults were now cleared.
"BBC iPlayer, BBC iPlayer Radio and other parts of BBC Online that were affected by problems over the weekend are now up and running," he said. "Our teams continue to investigate the problem to ensure this doesn't happen again."
He added: "We will be publishing more details about the problem in due course on the BBC's internet blog."
The duration of the outage led reporters to question BBC boss Tony Hall about the problems on a day when the corporation unveiled its annual report.
Mr Hall said that he would look into the cause of the problems and added: "99.9% of the time the iPlayer works very well".
While the iPlayer was not working the corporation put out statements via Twitter apologising several times for the inconvenience.
The apology did not mollify many people who strongly criticised the BBC about the length of the disruption.
The problems for the iPlayer and many other sites started on the morning of 19 July when engineers noticed that there was a "severe load" on the servers underlying the video-on-demand system.
In addition, reports reached the BBC that viewers were getting slow response times for some services or were seeing errors saying a programme or clip was not available.
Soon after the BBC noticed, messages were also received from network engineers at internet service providers (ISPs) including Virgin Media, which were also logging problems with the iPlayer and other BBC video traffic.
Later in the day, the service became unavailable via the web and through smartphone apps.
Internal logs of the incident and how it was handled showed that database administrators, network engineers and system analysts were all called on to see if they could diagnose the problem and fix it.
Work continued throughout the weekend to try to stabilise the servers and database supporting the iPlayer and many other BBC services.
The final fixes for the problems were expected to be applied on 21 July when the vast majority of people should be able reach the web-based video services as normal.
The BBC said it would issue a statement when it knew more about the cause of the glitches.
The blaze, close to Gypsy Lane, Swindon, started just before 01:00 BST and at one point more than 50 firefighters were on site.
People living nearby were earlier urged to keep their windows shut because of thick plumes of smoke caused by the blaze.
Crews are expected to be on site for much of the day.
Station manager Gareth Evans said the fire affected a mound of metal which he described as about 15 sq m big and originally about six metres high.
"That's burnt down now," he said.
"Metal burns with a very, very intense flame so there is the potential for temperatures in excess of 1,000C in that part of the fire."
Mr Evans said the blaze produced "vast quantity of smoke" which could be seen all over the town.
"I don't know what's in that smoke but please close your windows and stay indoors and don't breath the smoke," he added.
A spokesman for European Metal Recycling confirmed the fire started at its Swindon depot early on Saturday.
He said: "While we investigate the cause, we would like to apologise to the local community and businesses for the inconvenience this incident may have caused."
Twelve people including Mr Urban died in the attack on a Berlin Christmas market on 19 December.
Mr Urban, who was also stabbed, was hailed a hero amid reports that he had prevented further deaths.
But doctors have ruled out that he was conscious, says Bild newspaper.
The conclusions of Mr Urban's post-mortem examination say he was shot in the head between 16:30 (15:30 GMT) and 17:30 and lost a lot of blood, the paper reports. His boss and cousin said he had lost contact with him at around 16:00.
The attack on the market at Breitscheidplatz took place just after 20:00, and he may still have been alive at the time in the passenger seat although not capable of grabbing a steering wheel, Bild adds.
Mr Urban, 37, had parked the 40-tonne lorry in Berlin, waiting to unload a consignment of steel beams the following day. A petition calling for him to be given a posthumous award had attracted some 38,000 signatures by Tuesday.
Tunisian-born Anis Amri, 24, was eventually shot dead by an Italian policeman near Milan on 23 December, after he had travelled from Berlin through France. A video was released of him pledging allegiance to the head of jihadist group Islamic State (IS).
Investigators are trying to find out if he had accomplices, and CCTV footage has emerged of him at Lyon-Part-Dieu station, before he apparently boarded a train via Chambery on his way to Milan.
He was identified by his backpack, French media said. "He was on his own on the footage," a source was quoted as saying.
What is not clear is how Amri travelled from Berlin via France without being spotted by police. Rail tickets bought in cash were found on his body.
Police have produced a picture of Amri at Milan central station, three hours before he pulled a gun and fired at two police officers who had stopped him for a routine check outside Milan. They have pieced together his journey first to Turin, then by another train to Milan, where he took a coach to the north-eastern suburb of Sesto San Giovanni.
Italian policeman Cristian Movio, who was shot in the shoulder by Amri, has told Italian media he is now able to move "without too much pain".
Officials are trying to find out if the gunman was in contact with anyone in Italy and what his next destination was.
Amri had around €150 (£128) in cash, according to reports, and no food or extra clothing in his backpack. One theory is that he was aiming to take a bus to the Balkans or southern Italy.
Italy has beefed up security because of the risk of revenge attacks. A senior official in Italy's department of public security, Maurizio Vallone, warned that it was the "first time a terrorist has been killed in Italy... we have to be particularly careful to take every possible means of self defence".
Three people are being held by the Tunisian authorities, including a nephew who had contact with Amri via the social media app Telegram.
Amri's request for asylum in Germany had been turned down and although he had been designated by authorities as a potential risk, they had lost track of him.
He was classed as a "gefaehrder", considered to be a serious risk but without concrete evidence for it. German authorities have given the status to 549 people.
Amri moved to Germany in 2011 after four years in jail in Italy for a series of offences. Italy and Germany both tried to deport him to Tunisia but were unable to because he did not have valid papers. He was reportedly a follower of Abu Walaa, an Islamist preacher held in Germany on suspicion of recruiting for IS.
The attack and the failure to detain Amri in Germany has prompted calls for greater security and video surveillance.
The ruling Christian Democrats' sister party, the CSU, wants convicted extremists to wear electronic tags. And the head of Germany's association of towns and municipalities has called for the use of greater CCTV, in a country that has traditionally shied away from widespread video surveillance of its citizens.
The man, in his 40s, was acquitted last year at a retrial.
He has been charged with breaching the terms of the order by refusing to give police the Pin to his phone.
He accused North Yorkshire Police, which declined to comment, of "sour grapes" in applying for a sexual risk order after the case.
The order requires him to disclose any planned sexual activity to the police or face up to five years in prison.
The case is due back in court on 14 July ahead of a hearing on 19 August, which will decide whether to grant police's application to make the interim order permanent.
Sexual risk orders were introduced in England and Wales last year and can be applied to any individual who the police believe poses a risk of sexual harm - even if they have never been convicted of a crime.
They are civil orders imposed by magistrates at the request of police.
The man, who said the complainant had consented to sex, was cleared of rape after being held on remand for 14 months.
His trial heard he had an interest in sado-masochistic sex.
Speaking after an adjourned hearing at York Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, he said the order had devastated his personal life and "contravened his human rights".
"I had more freedom in prison," he said.
"I'm in a state of shock, I cannot believe this is how the justice system works."
He said there was "no prospect" of a relationship at the moment.
He said: "Can you imagine, 24 hours before sex? Come on.
He gave the example of chatting to a woman and saying: "There's a nice French restaurant I'd like to take you to, but first the police are just going to come around for a little chat."
"Knock, knock, knock, this is the police, (Mr X) is subject to a sexual risk order and is considered to be potentially dangerous... then they leave."
The order was extended in January for four months by York magistrates after it was initially imposed in December in Northallerton, North Yorkshire.
It declares the man "must disclose the details of any female including her name, address and date of birth... at least 24 hours prior to any sexual activity taking place".
It also contains restrictions on his use of the internet and mobile phones and requires him to inform officers of any change of address.
During his rape trial, jurors heard that the man had visited a fetish club with an ex-partner.
The jury also heard evidence from a doctor with whom he had discussed his past.
He claimed the doctor had misunderstood a discussion of fantasy for a confession, which police later seized upon.
"Thank God 50 Shades of Grey came out when it did, it helped my barrister normalise that," he said.
Ricky Tynemouth was a passenger in a Vauxhall Corsa which left the A196 near South Farm, Choppington, at about 19:30 BST on Wednesday.
The 17 year old, from Guidepost, was pronounced dead at the scene. Two other boys, both 17, were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Northumbria Police arrested the 18-year-old driver on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
The militants, believed to be a male and female, were suspected of planning to carry out a car bomb attack, the state-run Anadolu news agency reports.
They detonated the devices after they were asked to surrender their weapons.
Police had been acting on a tip-off, Ankara's governor said, suggesting a link to Kurdish separatists.
Erkan Topaca said police had found the pair hiding at a horse farm in the district of Haymana, just outside the capital.
He said: "The organisation they are connected to is not clear yet but according to information we have received it is highly likely that [the man] is linked to the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party)."
The BBC's Mark Lowen in Ankara says the pair were said to be flying a Turkish flag from their car as cover and a third person is now being sought.
Plastic explosives and ammonium nitrate were found with the vehicle.
Kurdish militants have carried out a wave of bombings across Turkey since a ceasefire broke down in 2015.
The Turkish president has vowed that the PKK, which has waged a four-decades-long fight in Turkey, will be "annihilated".
But, our correspondent says, with the attacks continuing and hostility deepening between Kurds and the Turkish state, there is little sign of the insurgency ending and neither side has shown a willingness to return to peace negotiations.
Emergency services should create a data-based system to filter reports and deploy responders, says the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET).
Smartphone technology and apps could be used to send alerts to the emergency services, it says.
Prof Will Stewart said there was a "critical" need to update the service.
A service primarily for deaf people and those with speech difficulties already exists, but requires people to register beforehand.
The report - called Contacting Emergency Services in the Digital Age - says emergency services need to "reflect the digital age" and the fact people now increasingly use text messages and social media to communicate, rather than making a voice call.
Prof Stewart, chair of the IET's communications policy panel, said communication had changed "drastically" since the 999 service was designed in 1937.
"Given that young people are statistically more likely to be victims of crime or accidents, it is a concern that making a voice call to contact the emergency services is not something that would feel natural to them," he said.
He added: "A girl alone in a minicab who becomes worried about her personal safety might feel unable to make a call on her mobile phone - but could send a text or alert someone over social media.
"And in the case of certain crimes, such as abduction or a break-in, a silent text or app-based alarm system would be more appropriate and instinctive than the current voice-based one for everybody - irrespective of their age."
Prof Stewart said much of the technology required to update 999 services was available, but changes would need to be arranged in consultation with the main mobile and app-based text providers.
The report also said existing emergency services could be improved by using the latest GPS technology available on smartphones.
An automatic software system could also scan texts and pass on any known user information and approximate handset location to call handlers.
Prof Stewart said smartphones, which were now widely used, also had the technology to provide emergency services with a variety of information about their owners.
"The real problem with 999 is triage, i.e. deciding what to do when the call comes in, and people are confused, not talking very well," he said.
"Your smartphone knows a lot of useful stuff. Firstly your location, secondly perhaps just listening to what's going on, activating your camera and looking at what's going on.
"If you're in a distressed situation, the operator would be much better able to decide what your problem was than she was just listening to you sounding confused and distressed."
Prof Stewart said the use of smartphones could "help, rather than hinder, the information problem".
Supt Mark Nottage, from the emergency services mobile communication programme at the Home Office, said the emergency services needed to reflect a world where "many people rarely make voice calls in their daily lives".
"This means that we need to adapt and be responsive to ensure that when people need to contact the emergency services or other public services they can quickly access the right information and the most appropriate service first time, and in the way that they choose and are familiar with," he said.
Sam Hallam, from London, served more than seven years for murder, while Victor Nealon, from Worcestershire, served 17 years for attempted rape.
Both men were set free after appeal judges ruled that fresh evidence made their convictions unsafe.
But judges, sitting in London, dismissed their compensation cases.
Victor Nealon's lawyer said the judgment was "wrong legally and morally", while lawyers for both men confirmed they would appeal.
Paul May, chair of the Sam Hallam Defence Campaign, said: "This is a sad day for justice and the presumption of innocence.
"The callous refusal of the Ministry of Justice to compensate this innocent man is truly shameful."
The pair asked two judges to rule that UK law is incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights because it wrongly restricts compensation in miscarriage of justice cases.
Their judicial review challenges were the first to be brought against the coalition government's decision in 2014 to narrow eligibility for an award.
A person who has been wrongfully convicted can now only get a payout if it is proved "beyond reasonable doubt" they had not committed the offence.
Sam Hallam was jailed in 2005 for life with a minimum term of 12 years in connection with the murder of Essayas Kassahun in 2004.
But in May 2012, appeal judges decided the conviction was unsafe.
DNA evidence
They ruled that new evidence, in the form of timed and dated mobile phone photographs, dramatically undermined accusations that Mr Hallam had deliberately concocted a false alibi.
But the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) rejected his application for compensation for miscarriage of justice in August 2014 on the grounds that the phone evidence had been partly, if not wholly, attributable to Mr Hallam himself.
The MoJ said the new evidence did not show "beyond reasonable doubt that Mr Hallam did not commit the offence".
Victor Nealon served 17 years of a life sentence for the attempted rape of a woman in Redditch in 1996.
His conviction was quashed in 2013 after a DNA test pointed to "an unknown male" - not Nealon - as being the likely assailant.
But in June 2014, the Ministry of Justice rejected his application on the grounds that the DNA analysis "did not show beyond reasonable doubt that the claimant did not commit the offence".
Lord Justice Burnett and Mrs Justice Thirlwall dismissed their compensation cases.
In a speech at a Washington DC university he said the agreement is publically supported by every country in the world, except for Israel.
He described a forthcoming congressional vote on lifting sanctions as either a vote for war or for peace.
Members of Congress have come under intense pressure from Israeli interest groups to reject the deal.
Mr Obama described it as the "strongest non-proliferation agreement ever negotiated".
He equated those who oppose the deal with the supporters of the American invasion of Iraq.
"The same mindset, in many cases offered by the same people - who seem to have no compunction with being repeatedly wrong - led to a war that did more to strengthen Iran, more to isolate the United States, than anything we have done before or since."
In a conference call arranged by a Jewish organisation on Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu rejected the notion that a vote against the deal is a vote for war.
Instead, a vote for the deal would make war more likely, Mr Netanyahu argued.
"It will spark a nuclear arms race in the region," Mr Netanyahu said. "And it would feed Iran's terrorism and aggression that would make war, perhaps the most horrific war of all, far more likely."
"Peace is not the absence of conflict," Mr Obama said in his speech, quoting President Ronald Reagan. "It is the ability to cope with conflict by peaceful means."
President John F Kennedy in 1963, spoke at the same Washington DC area university in support of diplomacy with the Soviet Union.
The Iran deal is considered a signature achievement of Mr Obama's foreign policy legacy. He and his aides will work through the summer Congressional recess to convince lawmakers to confirm the deal.
The nuclear deal calls for Iran to reduce its enrichment in exchange for the releasing of millions of dollars in frozen assets.
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The employers' organisation said growth in the volume of retail sales and orders exceeded expectations.
Sixty percent of firms said volumes were up on a year ago, while 9% said they were down, giving a positive balance of 51%.
And expectations for the year to June were even more optimistic, its survey of 134 businesses found.
"Low inflation, which we expect to remain below 1% for the rest of the year, has given household incomes a much-needed boost and greater spending power," said Rain Newton-Smith, the CBI's director of economics.
"Overall, the outlook is bright for firms on the High Street, but challenges still remain, especially for food retailers, who are still feeling the heat of stiff price competition from new entrants to the sector.
"And investment plans have also taken a hit."
Retailers expect sales volumes to grow again in the year to June, with 63% expecting them to rise and 4% to fall, the CBI said.
Last week, figures from the Office for National Statistics showed that UK retail sales rose by 1.2% in April, the strongest increase since November, after the warm weather encouraged shoppers to buy summer clothes.
Howard Archer, chief UK and European economist at IHS Global Insight, called the CBI's latest findings "a cracking survey" and said it indicated the pace of growth in the UK economy was accelerating.
"It is looking increasingly likely that robust consumer spending will help the UK economy regain momentum in the second quarter after GDP growth moderated to just 0.3% quarter-on-quarter in the first quarter.
"We currently forecast second-quarter GDP growth to improve to 0.7% quarter-on-quarter."
Melbourne Cup winner Mark Kavanagh was banned for three years and Danny O'Brien for four over the use of cobalt chloride, which exceeded permitted levels, according to Racing Victoria.
Kavanagh, who won Australia's biggest race in 2009 with Shocking, and O'Brien are appealing against the verdicts.
Vet Dr Tom Brennan was given a five-year ban.
Four of O'Brien's horses and one trained by Kavanagh failed tests after urine samples were taken in 2014.
"We have raised issues over how this whole process has played out over the last 12 months," O'Brien said.
The trainers will appeal to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, and were granted a stay of proceedings allowing their horses to run until Friday.
A Racing Victoria statement said the governing body was "fully committed to enforcing the rules of racing and protecting the integrity of the sport".
Peter Moody, trainer of the record-breaking sprinter Black Caviar, is still awaiting the verdict in a case centred on another of his horses.
Daniel John Roch, 19, from Narberth died on 20 July 2014 following the incident at Talsarn motocross track near Lampeter.
Coroner Peter Brunton concluded the teenager died as a result of misadventure.
A post mortem found he sustained a fractured vertebra and skull.
The inquest heard Mr Roch had been riding bikes since he was four-years-old and began competing at age seven.
James Evans, a marshal at the event, told the inquest: "On the second lap I saw the quad flip up. The quad was airborne and landed vertically."
Track and accident inspector, Stephen Murty, conducted an investigation following the death and found the surface was "expertly laid" but the gully where Mr Roach crashed was an "unnecessary hazard" that would "affect the fastest riders by the most margin".
Mr Brunton said competitors would have been familiar with the gully as it had been present for around five years.
He extended his sympathies to Mr Roch's family, describing his death as "the nightmare every parent dreads."
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve told reporters those killed "in cold blood" included a six-month-old baby, a man and a woman.
Reports said a police officer died from his wounds shortly after the incident. Another policeman was injured.
The violence took place in the northern town of Roye, about 110km (70 miles) north of Paris.
It is unclear what provoked the incident.
Witnesses told the AFP news agency that a fight broke out in the camp and one of the men involved began shooting when police arrived at the scene.
The gunman was said to be in a serious condition after being shot by police.
The local Courrier Picard newspaper reported that security forces had sealed off the area.
President Francois Hollande and Prime Minister Manuel Valls expressed shock over the incident.
"My thoughts are with the families, with the victims and the policeman killed in the service of France," Mr Valls tweeted (in French).
In a statement, Mr Hollande hailed the "courage and commitment" of the police officers who responded to the incident.
Betsi Cadwaladr health board is looking at plans to downgrade services at one of the area's three district hospitals.
In January, plans were approved to downgrade maternity care at Glan Clwyd Hospital in Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire.
But managers backed down after an outcry which prompted the rethink at a health board meeting on Tuesday.
The issues stemmed from a shortage of doctors.
Health board medical director Prof Matthew Makin told the meeting: "There is a universal desire for the safety of mothers and babies - that's why we're all here.
"Service change is seen as a threat and is particularly emotive. But we would not be proposing change unless we felt that the risks we are currently managing are becoming unmanageable.
"Any change will be temporary and for as short a time as possible to stabilise the service."
The health board's interim chief executive Simon Dean told BBC Radio Wales it had made 14 attempts to recruit doctors in the last nine month, saying the difficult past few years for the health board "may well be a factor".
Mary Heard, 36, from Rhyl, Denbighshire, and her 10-week-old daughter, Aurelia, were in the meeting listening to the discussion.
Speaking afterwards, she said she disagreed with the health board's preferred option to withdraw consultant-led care at Glan Clwyd Hospital.
"All my three children were high-risk births. It meant a lot to me to have them at Glan Clwyd," she said.
"My husband works and many of my family don't drive, so if I'd given birth elsewhere, I wouldn't have had anyone with me."
Bosses still favour the option to downgrade services at Glan Clwyd Hospital - a plan which was challenged in court - and the board agreed at its meeting in Llandudno, Conwy county, to press ahead with a public consultation on that and other plans.
This could mean withdrawing doctor-led maternity care at Bangor or Wrexham or there could be no change so consultant-led care would remain at all three hospitals.
On Sunday, Mr Dean said maternity units in north Wales have previously been forced to temporarily shut over safety fears for mothers and babies.
Critics of the plan say expectant mothers needing care from doctors would be put at greater risk by having to travel further.
The British Medical Association and politicians have also been highly critical of the health board for not seeking the views of staff and the public in drawing up its plans.
A final decision will be taken in November after the consultation closes.
Wanda Campbell, 43, of Auchenmalg near Newton Stewart, was convicted at Dumfries Sheriff Court last November.
She was found guilty of acting with others to take the money from James Haugh Castle Douglas between March 2012 and October 2013.
She was jailed and ordered to pay compensation of £110,000.
Campbell's appeal was heard by Lord Brodie and Lord Drummond Young at the High Court in Edinburgh.
Her trial had been told that the money had been transferred to Campbell to be kept safe and used as cash flow for the business.
However, she started spending the money as soon as she received it.
The business went into liquidation the day before her trial started in September 2016.
In Wales this year for instance, Aberystwyth gave honorary fellowships to Alex Jones, presenter of the BBC's The One Show, Hollywood actor Michael Sheen and the Times columnist, novelist and prolific tweeter Caitlin Moran.
On Cardiff University's roll of honorary fellows are Stephen Fry and TV presenters Fiona Phillips and Carol Vorderman.
Swansea University has given honorary degrees to the actress Ruth Madoc and Wales rugby winger Shane Williams, while opera singer Bryn Terfel has received an honorary doctorate from Bangor University.
The institutions say they are keen to pay tribute to leading names in the sporting, showbiz and political worlds who have shown "excellence and dedication in their fields".
But Nick Seaton, secretary for the Campaign for Real Education, which aims to raise standards in education, said he believed they were more a sign of our "celebrity-obsessed" culture.
"I think to a certain extent it devalues the work of the youngsters who put in three to four years of solid work to get a degree," he added.
ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY: Caitlin Moran, Alex Jones, Michael Sheen - honorary fellows
BANGOR UNIVERSITY: Bryn Terfel - honorary doctorate; Duffy, Sian Lloyd - honorary fellows
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY: Stephen Fry, Carol Vorderman, Martyn Williams - honorary fellows
SWANSEA UNIVERSITY: Katherine Jenkins, Shane Williams - honorary degrees
SWANSEA UNIVERSITY, SWANSEA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY, ROYAL WELSH COLLEGE OF MUSIC AND DRAMA: Ruth Madoc
- honorary degree and fellowship
"No matter who you are or who you know, to give them away without a solid background of work doesn't seem quite right."
So why exactly do universities award honorary degrees and fellowships - and is it fair that they are given to the famous?
Cardiff University said it worked hard to ensure it maintains a long-term relationship with those it honours.
"We try to distinguish between honorary fellowships and honorary degrees as we're aware that 4-5,000 students are in our graduation ceremonies each year and they have put in years of work to get a degree," said Louise Casella, director of strategic development.
"So we only give honorary degrees to people with real academic integrity.
"We are more likely to give honorary fellowships and that is about building long-term relationships with people who we invite to become part of the university and who have achieved excellence in a lifetime of work.
"For example, Stephen Fry became patron of our neuroscience and mental health institute after he received his honorary fellowship."
She said students and staff were asked to nominate people they believe deserved a university honour, and they typically get about 80 to 90 suggestions each year.
The names are discussed by a committee represented by about 10 to 12 people from across the university who whittle them down to a shortlist. They are then confirmed by the university governing council.
"We tend to look for criteria such as whether someone is a very eminent academic, or it might be someone who has come to the end of a distinguished career, like Martyn Williams this year," she said.
"We look for a Welsh connection or a Cardiff connection or a strong interest in the work we do.
"Stephen Fry was made a fellow as he had shown a lot of interest in the work done at the university with depression and mental health issues."
TV presenter Fiona Phillips, who was made an honorary fellow of Cardiff University in 2011 for her work to raise awareness of Alzheimer's disease, said she felt it was important to maintain a relationship with the institution.
"I was given an honorary degree by Southampton Solent University for my work in the media but they have never asked me to be involved there at all," she said.
"I thought they would get me down there to mentor students and lecture as they have a very good media department there, so you think what was that about?
"But I felt honoured to get a fellowship at Cardiff - if you're making a contribution that's fine.
"In Cardiff I'm involved with them in an ongoing relationship as they do a lot of Alzheimer's research."
Actress Ruth Madoc, who has been honoured by Swansea University, Swansea Metropolitan and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, said she felt it was right for people in showbusiness to be recognised.
"I think it's a good example for people to see that we are being honoured for having a long career, even if you haven't got a degree," she said.
"I go back for the graduation ceremonies when I can and it's lovely."
Stephanie Lloyd, the NUS Wales president, said students accept that an honorary degree was "different from a bachelor's in English literature or a master's in chemistry".
"We should commend universities that honour people who've reached the top of their field, sometimes without any formal higher education," she added.
The deal was signed in the presence of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
He said he hoped it would bring "an era of peace and stability" to the region.
As many as 800,000 people have been displaced since the March 23 rebel group took up arms against the Kinshasa government last May.
"It is only the beginning of a comprehensive approach that will require sustained engagement," Mr Ban said.
The agreement, signed by leaders and representatives of 11 countries of the Great Lakes region, may lead to the establishment of a special UN intervention brigade in eastern DR Congo, along with political efforts to bring peace.
An initial attempt to get the peace agreement signed last month was called off at the last minute.
Leaders from Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo Republic and South Sudan attended the signing.
The M23 rebels say they want to improve living conditions for the people of eastern DR Congo, but the UN says they are supported by Rwanda, which has been heavily involved in its eastern neighbour since those responsible for the country's genocide fled there en masse in 1994.
Bosco Ntaganda, who is accused of being one of the M23 leaders, was an officer in the Rwandan army before he left to join a rebel movement in DR Congo. The ICC accuses him of using child soldiers and the UN says he controls several mines in the east of the country.
The group briefly seized control of the city of Goma last November after carving out an area for themselves in North Kivu province.
DR Congo's government and rebels have been holding talks in Uganda aimed at reaching an agreement on a range of issues. In January, the rebels declared a unilateral ceasefire.
An earlier attempt to reach a deal collapsed in December after the group accused President Joseph Kabila of failing to honour a deal to integrate rebels into the army.
The region's mineral riches have been plundered by numerous groups and countries over the past 15 years and little has been spent on DR Congo's infrastructure.
The station gained 737,000 listeners in the last quarter, thanks in part to new presenters Clara Amfo and Annie Mac.
Breakfast DJ Nick Grimshaw also increased his weekly reach by 344,000 to 5.84 million.
BBC Radio 2 remains the most listened to station in the UK, with 15.14 million tuning in.
In total, 48 million UK adults - or 89% of the adult population - tuned in to the radio every week between April and June, Rajar said.
Helen Boaden, Director of BBC Radio, said: "Radio is frequently underestimated so it's wonderful to see the whole market growing this quarter."
Radio 1's recovery will be welcome news to the station's bosses. Results for the first three months of 2015 showed the station's audience dropping to its lowest level for more than a decade - at 9.7 million listeners.
At the time, Grimshaw had 5.5 million listeners, his lowest audience since succeeding Chris Moyles in 2012, and the breakfast show's smallest audience since 2003, when Sara Cox was at the end of her tenure.
The next set of Rajar figures will measure the impact of Apple's Beats 1 radio station, which poached Zane Lowe from Radio 1, along with several of the station's producers.
Apple told the BBC it had signed up 11 million people to its Apple Music service since it launched on 30 June.
That compares with 75 million active users on Spotify, 16 million on Deezer and 770,000 on Tidal.
"We're thrilled with the numbers so far," said Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president of internet software and services.
However, it remains to be seen how Apple's user base will change when the free, three-month trial period ends and it introduces a monthly subscription fee of £9.99.
The Luther star's production company, Green Door Pictures, will collaborate with BBC Three on the films from new writers.
Established names will work alongside new actors for the series.
BBC Three controller Damian Kavanagh vowed the channel, which goes online next month, would be bold, British and creative.
He has a budget of £30m a year for creative ideas, he said at an event to launch the new-look channel.
Elba, widely considered to have been overlooked for an Oscars nomination for his role in Beasts of No Nation, said: "I'm looking forward to working with BBC Three and giving new writers and actors a chance to show what they can do."
Kavanagh said the short films, made in conjunction with BBC Drama in-house, would be set in London, featuring "chance encounters between two people".
New programmes for the channel also include Clique, focusing on two friends starting university in Edinburgh, magic show Life Hacks with Ben Hart and Unsolved: The Boy who Disappeared which tells the true story of the disappearance of a teenager two decades ago.
BBC Three programmes including Stacey Dooley Investigates and Life and Death Row will still be available when the switchover happens on 16 February.
Kavanagh said: "We're reinventing our offer for young people and this is just the start. We will be bold, we will be British and we will be creative."
The channel is introducing two new formats for online - The Daily Drop, home to a stream of daily content, and The Best Of, bringing together original long-form programmes and new content, including short films.
BBC director general Tony Hall said: "We are the first broadcaster in the world to work out what it's going to be like in this on-demand world.
"This is new and let's be clear, it's also risky, but risky in the way it should be risky because if we don't take risks, who's going to?"
He applauded BBC Three for making programmes that "provoke such strong reactions" and emphasised the importance of finding new talent.
"I want people to look back on the new BBC Three as being the place that spotted the next James Corden, the next Aidan Turner, the next Sheridan Smith," he said.
Switchover night will include the first episode of Cuckoo, the first film from the new series of Life and Death Row, and Live from the BBC, featuring new British comedians.
Content will be available on iPlayer and BBC Three's new online home.
Two minutes before the break, Yeovil went close as Akpa Akpro's goalbound effort was superbly blocked by Dean Wells.
But the forward did get his name on the scoresheet on the stroke of half-time as he volleyed home Otis Khan's cross.
Stevenage were level eight minutes after half-time when McQuoid tapped home from close-range after a corner was not cleared.
Boro were on top and Steve Schumacher then forced Jonny Maddison into a good low save before the Yeovil goalkeeper parried Jobi McAnuff's powerful drive.
At the other end, Akpro robbed Jack King of the ball before squaring it to Francois Zoko, but the striker's flicked finish crept agonisingly wide.
Tom Pett's shot was parried as Stevenage searched for a winner.
With seven minutes left, Maddison made another crucial stop from substitute Jamie Gray after he was put through one-on-one, but Stevenage had to settle for a draw which leaves them one place and one point outside the play-offs.
Match report supplied by the Press Association
Match ends, Yeovil Town 1, Stevenage 1.
Second Half ends, Yeovil Town 1, Stevenage 1.
Foul by Matthew Dolan (Yeovil Town).
Tom Pett (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Yeovil Town. Matt Butcher replaces Ben Whitfield because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Attempt saved. Francois Zoko (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Stevenage. Conceded by Jonny Maddison.
(Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Dean Wells (Stevenage).
Corner, Stevenage. Conceded by Jonny Maddison.
Attempt saved. Jamie Gray (Stevenage) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Ben Whitfield (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Connor Ogilvie (Stevenage).
Substitution, Stevenage. Luke Wilkinson replaces Josh McQuoid.
Corner, Yeovil Town. Conceded by Jack King.
Foul by Alex Lawless (Yeovil Town).
Michael Tonge (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Jean-Louis Akpa-Akpro (Yeovil Town) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, Yeovil Town. Conceded by Connor Ogilvie.
Substitution, Stevenage. Jamie Gray replaces Charlie Lee.
Attempt missed. Michael Tonge (Stevenage) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Corner, Yeovil Town. Conceded by Dean Wells.
Jean-Louis Akpa-Akpro (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ronnie Henry (Stevenage).
Substitution, Stevenage. Michael Tonge replaces Ben Kennedy because of an injury.
Delay in match (Yeovil Town).
Attempt missed. Francois Zoko (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Corner, Stevenage. Conceded by Jonny Maddison.
Attempt saved. Ben Kennedy (Stevenage) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Jobi McAnuff (Stevenage) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Francois Zoko (Yeovil Town).
Connor Ogilvie (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Jack King (Stevenage) header from the right side of the six yard box is just a bit too high following a corner.
Corner, Stevenage. Conceded by Jonny Maddison.
Attempt saved. Steven Schumacher (Stevenage) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Matthew Dolan (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ronnie Henry (Stevenage).
Goal! Yeovil Town 1, Stevenage 1. Josh McQuoid (Stevenage) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jack King.
Corner, Stevenage. Conceded by Ryan Dickson.
She said "clear signals" had to be sent to those not prepared to abide by German law.
Gangs of men described as of North African and Arab appearance were reported to be behind the attacks.
Meanwhile, similar incidents from New Year's Eve have been reported in Finland and Switzerland.
UK teenager tells of Cologne violence
Women describe 'terrible' assaults
Cologne mayor's 'code of conduct' attacked
"What happened on New Year is not acceptable," Mrs Merkel said in a statement.
"These are repugnant criminal acts that a state, that Germany will not accept. The feeling women had in this case of being at people's mercy, without any protection, is intolerable for me personally as well.
"That's why it is important that everything that happened there will be brought to the table. We must examine again and again whether we have already done what is necessary in terms of deportations from Germany, in order to send clear signals to those who are not prepared to abide by our legal order."
The identification of the attackers as North African or Arab in appearance has caused alarm in Germany because of the influx of more than a million migrants and refugees in the past year.
German Justice Minister Heiko Maas also said deportations "would certainly be conceivable" for any foreigners involved in the attacks.
He told the Funke newspaper group that German law allowed people to be deported during asylum proceedings if they were sentenced to a year or more in prison.
An internal police report published in German media on Thursday said officers "could not cope" with the volume of attacks in Cologne.
Women were "forced to run the gauntlet" through gangs of drunken and aggressive men outside the man railway station, it said.
The report recounts how police were met by "anxious citizens with crying and shocked children" when they arrived at the station.
"On the square outside were several thousand men, most of a migrant background, who were firing all kinds of fireworks and throwing bottles into the crowd at random."
The number of reported crimes from the incident has risen to 121, police say, about three-quarters of which involve sexual assault. There were two allegations of rape.
Cologne police chief Wolfgang Albers has rejected claims that his teams were understaffed and described what happened as "a completely new dimension of crime".
So far 16 suspects have been identified but there have been no arrests.
Similar attacks were also reported in Hamburg and in Stuttgart.
In Finland, police said they had received reports of "widespread sexual harassment" in Helsinki on New Year's Eve.
A police official said they were tipped off that groups of asylum seekers had planned to sexually harass women and that three asylum seekers had been arrested.
"There hasn't been this kind of harassment on previous New Year's Eves or other occasions for that matter," Helsinki deputy police chief Ilkka Koskimaki told AFP news agency.
"This is a completely new phenomenon in Helsinki."
Facebook user Israa Ragab: "Every time I watch the TV and hear them saying the suspects could be from North Africa or Arabs I feel so ashamed and disgusted"
Deutsche Welle Arabic journalist Nahla Elhenawy: "The ugliness of our region is reaching Germany"
@Farcry99 on Twitter: "Will Europe regret receiving people who suffer from religious and political repression?"
Arab social media fury at Cologne attacks
Police in the Swiss city of Zurich said about six women had reported being robbed and sexually assaulted on New Year's Eve in attacks "a little bit similar" to those in Germany.
On Wednesday, Ralf Jaeger, interior minister for North Rhine-Westphalia, where Cologne is situated, said police had to "adjust" to the fact that groups of men had attacked women en masse.
He also warned that anti-immigrant groups were trying to use the attacks to stir up hatred against refugees.
Germany's "anti-Islamisation" Pegida movement and the right-wing AfD party have said the attacks were a consequence of large-scale migration.
But Cologne's mayor said there was no reason to believe those behind the attacks were refugees.
Malala Yousafzai, 15, was being treated at Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEHB) after being transferred following the attack in October.
She will continue rehabilitation at her family's temporary West Midlands home.
The Taliban said it shot Malala, a campaigner for girls' education, for "promoting secularism".
The shooting, in a school bus, sparked domestic and international outrage.
Malala was returning home from school in the north-western Swat district on 9 October when gunmen stopped her vehicle and shot her in the head and the chest.
She received immediate treatment in Pakistan where surgeons removed a bullet which entered just above her left eye and ran along her jaw, grazing her brain.
The teenager was then flown to the UK and was admitted to the QEHB on 15 October to receive specialist treatment.
Over the past few weeks, Malala has been leaving the hospital on home visits to spend time with her father Ziauddin, mother Toorpekai and younger brothers, Khushal and Atul.
The University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust said doctors believe she will continue to make good progress outside the hospital.
The schoolgirl is due to undergo cranial reconstruction surgery in late January or early February.
Dr Dave Rosser, the trust's medical director, said: "Malala is a strong young woman and has worked hard with the people caring for her to make excellent progress in her recovery.
"Following discussions with Malala and her medical team, we decided that she would benefit from being at home with her parents and two brothers.
"She will return to the hospital as an outpatient and our therapies team will continue to work with her at home to supervise her care."
Since the shooting, Malala and her father have had threats made against their lives by the Taliban.
Foreign Secretary William Hague tweeted: "Delighted #Malala is well enough to leave hospital.
"The future Pakistan she dreams of is one we must support."
Malala came to prominence when, as an 11-year-old, she wrote a diary for BBC Urdu, giving an account of how her school in Mingora town dealt with the Taliban's 2009 edict to close girls' schools.
Her love for education, and her courage in standing up to the Taliban, made her an icon of bravery and earned her a national peace award in 2011.
The president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, visited Malala at the hospital on 8 December and assured the family his government would meet the expenses of the treatment.
On Wednesday, the Pakistan government announced that Malala's father had been given a job in Birmingham.
Mr Yousafzai has been appointed education attache at the Consulate of Pakistan for at least three years.
The family has received thousands of cards, gifts and messages of support from well-wishers since arriving in the UK.
In a statement in November, her father said the family "deeply feel the heart-touching good wishes of the people across the world of all castes, colour and creed".
He added: "I am awfully thankful to all the peace-loving well-wishers who strongly condemn the assassination attempt on Malala, who pray for her health, and support the grand cause of peace, education, freedom of thought and freedom of expression."
Tens of thousands of people have also signed a petition calling for Malala to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
West Midlands Police said it continued to work with the hospital and the family "to provide support and liaison as Malala recuperates from her injuries".
The force said it would be inappropriate to comment on the ongoing policing operation.
The Dounreay Fast Reactor (DFR) is housed inside the dome at Dounreay, near Thurso in Caithness.
The DFR is being dismantled as part of work to decommission the wider experimental nuclear power complex.
Workers have just completed the removal of one of hundreds of concrete blocks from one of two pits that were used to shield against radiation in the DFR.
Resembling swimming pools and called ponds, the 6m (19.8ft) deep pits were once filled with water and protected people working in the DFR from radiation emitted from spent fuel.
There are about 180 concrete blocks in each pond to be removed.
Because of risk from radioactive contamination, workers have to wear protective clothing while cutting out the blocks and then packaging them for storage as waste.
Project manager Suzanne Griffiths said: "Decommissioning of the ponds is technically challenging.
"While each block is only around one metre square, it is extremely heavy and the process of cutting it is complex.
"The team has worked exceptionally well together and applied lateral thinking, deploying new techniques to allow the concrete liner to be removed in preparation for final demolition."
The metal Dome structure will also eventually be demolished.
The economic case is "overwhelming" and the airport connects to the Northern Powerhouse, the former chancellor said.
Gatwick expansion could be considered, but it must not be at the expense of the west London airport, he tweeted.
A decision on which London airport should build a new runway is thought to be imminent, after years of argument and a delay because of the Brexit vote.
Mr Osborne, who is MP for Tatton in Cheshire, said in a series of tweets:
"Time for a decision on airports & go for Heathrow. Economic case overwhelming; connects Northern Powerhouse; ensures Britain is open to world.
"If we want Britain to be outward-looking, free-trading & global, we must expand the great airport that connects us to that world & that trade.
"We can consider Gatwick expansion. But not at the expense of Heathrow - and not in parallel or else, in practice, nothing will get built.
The former chancellor was replaced with Philip Hammond in July by incoming Prime Minister Theresa May in the wake of the UK's vote to leave the EU.
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has said a decision over where to site a new runway in the south east of England will be taken "shortly".
Three plans have been in contention - a third runway at Heathrow; a new runway at Gatwick; and an extension to one of Heathrow's existing runways.
Heathrow looked close to being expanded in July 2015 after an official commission recommended it.
But the decision was delayed in December for further environmental studies. It was again put back in June after the EU referendum vote. A decision is expected this month.
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Education Secretary Justine Greening are among a number of prominent opponents of Heathrow expansion in the cabinet.
The independent appeals were set up by the government five years ago.
The move was a response to the perception that banks were treating small business customers unfairly.
The successful rate of overturning bank decisions is now said to have reached 26% of the 3,229 cases handled.
Professor Russel Griggs, the Independent External Reviewer to the Banks' Appeal Process, outlined the figures in his fifth annual report.
Including business lending other than credit cards, that rate of overturned decisions began at nearly 40% in the first year. But Professor Griggs said banks had improved their handling processes.
Small firms still face a credit-scoring system which can be harsh, while companies seeking more than £25,000 in finance are more likely to be refused loans when banks assess the affordability of their plans.
The emphasis of the appeals process has been on encouraging banks to take more time to consider applications, and to be more flexible in applying their own guidelines.
Over the past five years, there have been nearly 16,000 lending application appeals. Of them, nearly a third have had the initial bank decision overturned.
Professor Griggs claimed that he had identified £60m in financing over five years that had been unlocked by the appeals process.
But he added that he could "safely estimate" that the total, including cases which were not fully documented and which led to continued discussions between banks and customers, could take that to £100m.
"All the banks realise now that taking that extra time can allow them to lend more and better," wrote Professor Griggs.
"The real benefit has been the change in processes which the banks have implemented leading to better and more fruitful conversations between banks and their small and medium-size business customers."
Banks involved in the appeals scheme include Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, Bank of Scotland, Royal Bank of Scotland, Ulster Bank and NatWest, Santander, TSB, Bank of Ireland, Danske Bank, First Trust Bank, Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank.
After the country joined the European Community in 1973, it was transformed from a largely agricultural society into a modern, high-technology economy.
However, the economy collapsed following the 2008 global financial crisis. With the help of a bailout Ireland has been recovering once more.
Its strong literary and musical traditions, as well as its long history of emigration, have given Ireland an international cultural presence disproportionate to its size.
Six Protestant-dominated counties of Northern Ireland - afraid of a majority Catholic united Ireland - in 1921 opted to stay in the United Kingdom. Northern Ireland subsequently saw decades of violent conflict between those campaigning for a united Ireland, and those wishing to stay in the United Kingdom.
Population 4.6 million
Area 70,182 sq km (27,097 sq miles)
Major languages English, Irish
Major religion Christianity
Life expectancy 78 years (men), 83 years (women)
Currency euro
President: Michael D Higgins
Michael D Higgins (pictured left), a veteran left-wing politician, poet and human rights activist was elected president in 2011.
He is a former Galway university lecturer and published poet who has dedicated his four-decade political career to championing Irish culture and left-wing causes worldwide. He is an Irish speaker.
The president wields little power beyond the ability to refer potentially unconstitutional legislation to the Supreme Court, but has an important symbolic role in representing Ireland at the national and international level.
Prime Minister (Taoiseach): Enda Kenny
Enda Kenny (pictured right) came to power after winning early elections held in 2011, in the middle of Ireland's worst economic crisis in recent memory.
His centre-right Fine Gael party formed a coalition with the second-placed social-democratic Labour Party, replacing a government led by the centre-right Fianna Fail party.
Fianna Fail, which has dominated Irish politics for much of the post-Second World War period, had suffered a catastrophic defeat after many voters blamed it for the way it handled the crisis.
Mr Kenny and the allied Labour Party suffered losses in the February 2016 elections, depriving the coalition of its majority.
Following more than two months of political deadlock, Mr Kenny finally succeeded in forming a minority government, after Fine Gael and Fianna Fail hammered out an unprecedented political ceasefire. The latter, which will sit on the opposition benches, has agreed to support the government for a period of two years.
The Irish parliament, the Dail, voted Mr Kenny in again as Taoiseach at the beginning of May, making him the first Fine Gael Taoiseach ever to be re-elected.
The Irish are well connected, with 82% of the population online by 2015 and about 56% subscribed to Facebook.
Print and broadcast media operate freely within the confines of the law. Broadcasting - commercial and public - is regulated by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. The Competition Authority safeguards against unfair competition in the press sector.
Some key dates in Ireland's history:
1801 - Kingdom of Ireland annexed to Great Britain under the Act of Union.
1840s - Great potato famine: Ireland's staple crop fails, starving a million people to death and forcing many more to flee abroad.
1916 - Nationalists stage Easter Rising, seizing the General Post Office in Dublin and proclaiming an independent Irish republic. The rising is crushed by the British who execute its leaders. Irish public is outraged.
1919 - Led by Eamonn De Valera, the nationalist movement Sinn Fein sets up a Dublin assembly, which again proclaims Irish independence. A guerrilla campaign by the Irish Republican Army, or IRA, against British forces begins with heavy casualties on both sides.
1921 - Anglo-Irish Treaty establishes the Free State, an independent dominion of the British crown with full internal self-government rights, partitioned from Northern Ireland. Dissatisfaction with the treaty prompts the year-long Irish Civil War.
1949 - Independence. Republic of Ireland and leaves British Commonwealth.
1973 - Ireland joins the European Economic Community.
Early 1980s - Ireland faces severe economic problems, with rising debt and unemployment.
Mid-1990s - mid-2000s - Rapid economic growth earns Ireland reputation of "the Celtic Tiger".
2008 - Global financial crisis hits Ireland hard. In 2010 it agrees a bailout with the EU and IMF.
Shanay Walker died at a house in Nottingham, in July 2014 while in the care of her aunt Kay-Ann Morris, 24.
Morris was cleared of murder but both she and Juanila Smikle, 53, were convicted of "about the worst case of child" cruelty.
Morris, of Beckhampton Road, and Smikle, of Easegill Court, were jailed for eight and four years respectively.
Sentencing the pair following a trial at Nottingham Crown Court, The Hon Mr Justice Macduff said they manipulated Shanay to lie for them, fooling professionals into thinking her injuries were accidental.
Addressing Morris, he said: "Your ill treatment of that little girl was frequent and wicked and lasted over the two years when she was in your care.
"You hit her, taunted her and you abused her in unimaginable ways."
He added he would be "loyal" to the verdict of not guilty of murder but said it was clear jurors could not be sure if Morris had caused the injury that resulted in her death.
"Maybe you were not responsible for the fatal head injury. But whatever its cause, I am wholly satisfied that you beat Shanay over and over, shortly before she died," he said.
A post-mortem report showed Shanay had more than 50 injuries to her body.
The trial heard she came into Morris's care after her mother Leanne Walker suffered post-natal depression after another pregnancy.
Morris, a paternal aunt, chose not to give evidence at the trial but had previously told police Shanay had fallen down stairs.
Mr Macduff said: "I consider this to be just about the worst case of child cruelty it is possible to imagine... This little girl wanted your love, your protection, and your support.
"Instead she was subjected to all of this in what was a most wicked betrayal of trust."
Morris was cleared of a cruelty charge towards another child.
Smikle was found guilty of cruelty to three other children, including forcing them to sit in water and ice for so long they could barely stand when allowed out.
She was cleared of another charge of cruelty towards a fifth child.
Speaking after the sentencing, Shanay's mother Leanne Walker said the family will forever miss her "cuddles, singing and dancing".
"My beautiful daughter Shanay was entrusted to the care of family members who I believed would love and look after her," Ms Walker said.
"Instead she was the victim of ongoing abuse and tragedy and her life was cut short before she could become the lovely woman I know she would have grown up into.
"Smikle and Morris have shown little remorse for their actions. It hurts and sickens me to know of the pain Shanay would have been in."
Karne Hesketh crossed in the final minute to win an incredible World Cup Pool B encounter in Brighton.
South Africa led 12-10 after Francois Louw and Bismark du Plessis tries.
Lood de Jager and Adriaan Strauss also scored for the Springboks, but Ayumu Goromaru contributed 24 points, including a try, before Hesketh's dramatic clincher.
Japan had not won a World Cup game since 1991, while South Africa were world champions in both 1995 and 2007.
Japan started the game brightly, played with quick ball and took the game to South Africa, never looking overawed by their powerful opponents.
Captain Michael Leitch went over for Japan's first try as they went 10-7 up after 29 minutes and, although Du Plessis quickly responded, the Brave Blossoms stayed in touch throughout the second half.
Coached by former Australia boss Eddie Jones, who was also part of the Springboks staff during their 2007 triumph, Japan were committed in the tackle and always looking to attack, with scrum-half Fumiaki Tanaka dictating the tempo of their game and full-back Goromaru putting in a near-flawless kicking display.
The 29-year-old added to his points tally when he finished off a well-worked move and, after he converted his own try, the score was 29-29 with just over 10 minutes remaining.
Replacement Handre Pollard kicked South Africa back in front eight minutes from the end after Japan strayed offside but the underdogs were not to be denied.
They laid siege to the Springboks' line as time ticked beyond 80 minutes, twice opting not to kick penalties that would have earned them a draw. Their adventure was rewarded as they span the ball across the field for Hesketh's winning try on the left flank.
Japan fed off the energy of the crowd at the Brighton Community Stadium and, after their lap of honour, the whole squad bowed in front of the main stand to recognise the support within the ground.
The Springboks had named their most experienced Test side in history, with 851 caps in the starting XV, but they were below par in a number of areas.
Their kicking game was found wanting in the first half, their pack was unconvincing despite a weight advantage and indiscipline cost them in the second half.
Several kickable penalties were given away after the break to allow Goromaru to keep Japan in touch, while Coenraad Oosthuizen's late yellow card proved costly as Japan were able to stretch the play for Hesketh to touch down in the corner.
Japan coach Eddie Jones: "It's quite incredible. We thought we could compete but to beat South Africa is a fantastic achievement for the team and it's a great day for Japanese rugby.
"Japan can only play one way, we've got a little team, so we have to move the ball around and cause problems.
"Today is just the start. The target now is to make the quarter-finals and we have got Scotland in four days' time so we cannot rest on our laurels.
"If you are a child in Japan you will watch this and you will want to play rugby for Japan [who are hosting the tournament in 2019] in the next World Cup."
South Africa coach Heyneke Meyer: "I have to apologise to the nation. It was just not good enough. It was unacceptable and I take full responsibility.
"Every game is going to be tough but there are no excuses. We scored four tries but our discipline was not good enough and we can't give so many penalties away.
"I said before, this will be the toughest World Cup ever and I think there will be more shocks. I still believe we can win the World Cup, but I have to press some hard buttons to try to fix it."
South Africa enjoyed more possession and territory but, in the limited time Japan entered their half with the ball, the Boks infringed the breakdown and were punished with the penalties that ultimately lost them the game.
South Africa: Kirchner; Habana, Kriel, de Villiers, Mvovo; Lambie, Pienaar; Mtawarira, B du Plessis, J du Plessis, De Jager, Matfield, Louw, du Toit, Burger.
Replacements: Pietersen for Mvovo (71), Pollard for Lambie (58), du Preez for Pienaar (58), Nyakane for Mtawarira (55), Strauss for B du Plessis (54), Etzebeth for De Jager (69), Kolisi for du Toit (58) Oosthuizen for J du Plessis (58).
Sin bin: Oosthuizen (80).
Japan: Goromaru; Yamada, Sau, Tatekawa, Matsushima; K Ono, Tanaka; Mikami, Horie, Hatakeyama, Thompson, H Ono, Leitch, Broadhurst, Tui.
Replacements: Hesketh for Matsushima (80), Tamura for K Ono (75), Hiwasa for Tanaka (68), Inagaki for Mikami (59), Kizu for Hatakeyama (54), Makabe for H Ono (57), Mafi for Tui (47).
Not Used: Yamashita.
Att: 29,293
Ref: Jerome Garces (France).
A survey of more than 1,000 schools by the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) shows the number in deficit has doubled since 2015.
And 71% of the heads polled were only able to balance their budgets by making cuts or dipping into reserves, said NAHT general secretary Russell Hobby.
The government said it had protected the core schools budget in real terms.
The NAHT's Breaking Point survey for 2016-17 shows:
The greatest cost pressures on schools, according to heads, are:
According to the union, almost 80% of schools are providing support for children with mental health issues from general school budgets, "stepping in where cuts in health and social care funding have failed to meet the growing demand for support".
Mr Hobby said 98% of schools were losing funding "at a time when costs are rising and pupil numbers are growing".
"The government must take urgent action and commit to funding schools sufficiently in the next Budget. It is time to stop viewing education spending as a cost and to start seeing it as an investment in England's future, and in our children's."
Liam Collins head of Uplands Community College in Wadhurst, East Sussex, said budget pressures amounted to "a cut of 10 teachers, fewer clubs, no pastoral support, a narrowed curriculum, no counselling for students struggling with mental health issues, crumbling buildings, no IT upgrades, no new textbooks and no school planners.
"Eventually this will impact on student outcomes."
Labour said the NAHT's survey showed ministers "continue to hide their heads in the sand" on school funding.
Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner said: "Headteachers should not be faced with a decision of whether to cut school staff or invest in new equipment.
"The Tories have no plan to deal with falling budgets, chronic teacher shortages and not enough good school places - this is no way to run a schools system."
A Department for Education spokesman said that school funding "will be over £40bn in 2016-17 - its highest level on record".
The spokesman said the government's fairer funding proposals to end what ministers have termed "a postcode lottery" in school budgets would help.
"These proposals will not only see more than half of England's schools receive a cash boost in 2018-19 but will also give head teachers certainty over their future budgets, helping them make long-term plans and secure further efficiencies," said the spokesman.
"We recognise that schools are facing cost pressures, which is why we will continue to provide advice and support to help them use their funding in cost-effective ways, including improving the way they buy goods and services, so they get the best possible value for their pupils."
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The AnaOno Intimates show was devised by US designer, and breast cancer survivor, Dana Donofree, and introduced by Oscar-winning actress Mira Sorvino.
Models with different shapes and stories proudly bared signs of surgery.
Nearly half of the models had metastatic, or advanced, breast cancer, according to Ms Donofree.
All proceeds went to Cancerland, an outreach and advocacy charity in the US.
Warning: This article contains images of partial nudity
"I felt sexy, I felt beautiful, and I was proud," Paige Moore, 24, said after taking part in the show.
Five weeks ago, she had preventative double mastectomy after genetic testing.
"I was like these scars are sexy and awesome, and I am here, I am alive and I feel good. That is all that matters," she said.
In the US and the UK, cancer researchers say one in eight women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime.
"It is a very important moment for them [the models] to get out there and experience something like this because breast cancer has taken over their bodies," Ms Donofree told Reuters.
Ms Donofree also had a double mastectomy after being diagnosed with the disease, aged 27.
She started designing underwear for others who have undergone breast surgery after realising that traditional garments no longer fitted.
Ms Donofree wrote about her story and the inspiration for the show on her website.
"As I slowly rebuilt my own self-esteem and confidence, first by getting a mastectomy tattoo, then by talking to other women about life after acute treatment, and finally trying on my first bra prototype, I wondered why none of this was part of some greater 'What to Expect When You're Expecting a Mastectomy' pamphlet they handed out at your surgeon's office."
"Whether I have nipples or breasts or not, I am a woman," said model Chiaro D'Agostino, a New Jersey teacher and blogger.
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Mae rhai busnesau yn dweud nad oes digon wedi cael ei wneud i'w paratoi ar gyfer y digwyddiad chwaraeon mwyaf yng Nghymru.
Mae'r llinell wedi'i sefydlu gan dîm o berchnogion busnes am eu bod yn poeni nad yw llawer o fusnesau wedi cysylltu â'r cyngor.
Ond yn ôl llefarydd ar ran Cyngor Caerdydd mae pob cwmni wedi cael ymweliad a gwybodaeth am y trefniadau.
Mae disgwyl i gannoedd o filoedd o gefnogwyr ymweld â Chaerdydd wrth i dimau Real Madrid ac Juventus wynebu ei gilydd yn Stadiwm Principality.
Bydd nifer fawr o ffyrdd ar gau am resymau diogelwch ac er mwyn rheoli maint y dorf.
Dyw pob busnes yn y brifddinas ddim yn credu y byddant yn elwa.
"Ry'n yn gweld hynny o hyd ar ddiwrnodau rygbi," meddai Tim Corrigan, perchennog caffi Milk and Sugar.
"Busnesau gwahanol sy'n elwa o ddigwyddiadau mawr - bariau, tai bwyta a gwestai fel arfer."
Gofid Kharl Pitman, sy'n rhedeg y Bierkeller, yw y bydd hi'n anodd i'w staff gyrraedd a mynd adref o'r gwaith er mae'n cydnabod bod disgwyl i'w fusnes elwa.
Mae e'n dweud y gallai y grwpiau sy'n arwain masnachwyr ac arweinyddion busnes fod wedi gwneud rhagor.
"Mae yna fforwm y trwyddedwyr, er enghraifft sy'n cwrdd bob deufis. Dylai'r fforwm fod wedi arwain at weithgaredd a fyddai'n annog busnesau i gyfarfod a rhannu newyddion y cyngor."
Mae busnesau eraill, fel cadwyn trin gwallt y Lazarou Brothers, wedi addasu a'r bwriad yw dechrau ymgyrch cyfryngau cymdeithasol a fydd yn targedu pobl a fydd yn ymweld â'r brifddinas.
Mae'r gwestai wedi cael eu llogi ers wythnosau ac mae diddordeb mawr wedi bod ar wefannau cynnig llety.
"Mae'r llety'n llawn," meddai Nigel Read o gwmni asiantaeth dai Sea Breeze ym Mhenarth.
"Mae'n amser da i'r cwmni ond dyw'r Cyngor ddim wedi rhoi cyngor na chefnogaeth i ni."
Rhif y linell gymorth sydd wedi'i sefydlu i helpu busnesau yw 02920 107700. Y nod medd un o'r sefydlwyr Cindy Williams yw "cyfathrebu, deall a gwneud pethau yn haws."
Ychwanegodd: "Dros yr wythnosau diwethaf rydym wedi bod yn bryderus am y nifer o fusnesau sydd eto i gysylltu â Chyngor Caerdydd.
"Ry'm yn credu nad yw nifer wedi cael gwybodaeth - ac fe allai hynny arwain at gamgymeriadau costus neu fethu elwa ar y sefyllfa.
"Bydd y llinell gymorth yn rhoi cymorth arbenigol a chyngor cyfoes."
Dywedodd llefarydd ar ran Cyngor Caerdydd bod swyddogion wedi bod yn ymweld â busnesau ar draws y ddinas ers mis Mawrth.
"Yn ystod ein cyfarfodydd," meddai, "rydym wedi gweithio'n galed er mwyn sicrhau bod busnesau yn elwa'n llawn o'r digwyddiad a phan yn bosib ry'n wedi ceisio cwrdd a gofynion diogelwch busnesau.
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In a statement he said: "I want to apologise to my fiancée, my children, as well as my mother, father, and brothers for the mistake that I made.
"I also want to apologise to the UFC, my coaches, my sponsors and equally important to my fans."
The announcement comes less than a week after Jones successfully defended his title against Daniel Cormier.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) confirmed that following a random drug test in December, Jones provided a sample which contained traces of benzoylecgonine, the main metabolite in cocaine.
Under UFC rules benzoylecgonine is not a banned substance out-of-competition.
As a result, organisers were unable to penalise Jon Jones or stop him from fighting, despite knowing of the positive test.
A statement on the UFC website said they would stick by the fighter.
"While we are disappointed in the failed test, we applaud him for making this decision to enter a drug treatment facility," it read.
"Jon is a strong, courageous fighter inside the octagon [the cage where fighters do battle] and we expect him to fight this issue with the same poise and diligence.
"We commend him on his decision, and look forward to him emerging from this programme a better man as a result."
Jon Jones became the youngest ever UFC champion in 2011.
His current record inside the "octagon" is 21 wins and just one defeat, which came because he was disqualified.
UFC president Dana White said: " I'm confident that he'll emerge from this program like the champion he truly is."
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The Liverpudlian had previously successfully managed a technology business in the north of England, but he says that after its parent group had reneged on giving him a share of the company he quit on the spot.
Moving to London, aged 30 in 2004, to try to restart his career, he instead soon realised that he was "burnt out" by the vagaries of the business world.
Quickly running out of money, he found himself down on his luck. Out of financial desperation he had to swap selling computer equipment for Thai curries.
"By that point I didn't have a penny of savings left, and was staying with friends," says Mr Furness, now 41.
"I earned £150 a week, my rent was £120 and my bills were £25. So I was left with £5 a week to live on.
"So I bought big boxes of Crunchy Nut Cornflakes and litres of milk for my breakfasts and lunches. And then I'd have dinner every day at the Thai takeaway. I did that for seven months."
But as far as Mr Furness had fallen, he says that he was still convinced that he could - and would - set up his own successful IT company.
So in between serving customers their pad Thai or tom yum soup, he'd write down all his business ideas.
Two years later Mr Furness did indeed launch his company - Essensys - which allows small and medium-sized firms, and shared office spaces, to easily outsource all their IT requirements.
Today Essensys is the second-fastest growing IT firm in the UK, according to business magazine Inc. Meanwhile, business research group Gartner has declared that Essensys is a company to watch.
And with London-based Essensys now expanding into the US, Mr Furness, who has the chief executive role, has gone from a spare room in south London to an apartment in Manhattan.
Not bad for a man who left school at 16, and who freely admits he knows "not one jot" about how to write a software programme, or build a computer network.
Brought up in the working class Liverpool area of Huyton, Mr Furness says his dad had two jobs to make ends meet, while his mother worked in a hairdressers.
He says: "We didn't have much money, but you didn't notice that you didn't have stuff. So growing up was alright, as most kids have it, it was a laugh."
Unsure of what to do with his life, unusual fate intervened one Saturday when the keen drummer was playing drums in a Liverpool music shop.
By pure chance, the manager of a professional band was walking past, and liked what he heard.
So aged 16, Mr Furness was invited to become the drummer of a young cabaret band called Juvenile Jazz that played at corporate events across the UK and Europe.
He accepted, and his first concert with the group - the rest of whom were in their early 20s - was in London, which came with a night's stay at one of London's most famous five-star hotels.
Mr Furness says: "I had never stayed in a hotel before, and suddenly I'm staying at Claridge's.
"I remember going to my room and thinking 'this is alright'. It was one of those moments in life when I realised there were opportunities out there."
After spending a year with the band, Mr Furness says he was ultimately sacked because he "wasn't talented enough".
He then went travelling for a year, including spending time in Australia where he worked going door-to-door selling cable TV. Mr Furness says he found it "really quite easy". He adds: "I was a natural salesman, I loved talking to people."
It also marked the start of his career in the IT sector.
Returning to the UK, Mr Furness worked for a number of technology companies before washing up at the Thai restaurant in south London.
Without the money to start an IT firm, Mr Furness realised that he needed a better paying job so he could save up some funds.
So with the help of his brother, who bought him a new suit for the interview, Mr Furness got a job in sales at a computer network business.
Two years later he had finessed his idea for an outsourcing IT firm, and persuaded two of his workmates to leave with him and establish Essensys in 2006.
Each putting in £6,000, Mr Furness' two co-founders Bryn Sadler and Barry Clark had the computer skills to balance his sales and leadership talents.
Their first customer was the owner of Centre Point, the office tower block at the eastern end of London's Oxford Street, and others soon followed suit.
Essensys now handles the IT for 6,000 businesses in the UK, and 250 in the US, where it has been operating for almost six months.
Its annual turnover is more than £12m after seeing annual growth of more than five-fold per year, and it employs more than 90 people.
Adrian Mars, technology journalist and IT consultant, says it is impressive that Essensys' growth has come despite it not having any external investors.
"The firm's growth has all been organic, which is pretty good," says Mr Mars. "I think its success is down to how easy its systems are to use, it has really focused on that."
Mr Furness says his aim is for Essensys to become a multi-million dollar business, and that he has in recent years overcome his insecurities.
"I always had a fear of being found out... that I had made it up as I have gone along," he says.
"Two years ago I was still scared of that, but now I'm happy with it, as it helps us to innovate."
The 31-year-old South African, the world number 50, carded a 67 at Leopard Creek Country Club to reach 11 under.
Englishman Eddie Pepperell recovered from an opening 74 with seven birdies and an eagle in a 65 and he shares sixth place, six strokes off the pace.
But Matt Ford, joint third overnight, had a 74 and is eight adrift in 14th.
He made the promise in a television statement on Tuesday night after soldiers blocked roads in the country's main cities in protests.
Mr Bakayoko also said soldiers would not face sanctions for protesting.
The payments are due to about 9,000 former rebel fighters who were later integrated into the army.
The fighters had been part of forces loyal to Alassane Ouattara, who took office as president in 2011, ending a civil war.
Earlier on Tuesday, Defence Minister Paul Koffi Koffi ordered the soldiers to return to barracks after they blocked roads in the main city Abidjan and the second city Bouake.
By Wednesday morning soldiers had returned to their bases in the cities of Abidjan, Bouake and Korhogo, reopening several key routes to traffic, reports BBC Ivory Coast correspondent Tamasin Ford.
It was the biggest protest involving the Ivorian military since President Ouattara took office.
Analysis by Tamasin Ford, BBC News, Abidjan
The fact that Interior Minister Hamed Bakayoko appeared on national television to say the president was unhappy this situation had not been sorted out sooner suggests Alassane Ouattara was pretty angry. Soldiers' frustration over pay has been rumbling on for years and it is embarrassing for the government it got this far.
The Ouagadougou Peace Accord in 2007 agreed to integrate the rebels, who were fighting against then-President Laurent Gbagbo, into the army. However, between 2009 and 2011 they were never paid. As well as issues over benefits and health insurance, this has been the crux of the protests.
Ivory Coast is still recovering from the civil war that broke out after the 2010 elections and the last thing the country needs is more instability, which is probably why the government bowed to soldiers' demands so quickly.
Mr Ouattara has been praised for the country's remarkable economic development, but he has also been criticised for not doing enough to mend political and ethnic divisions. Many see these protests as evidence of the government's lack of focus on reconciliation.
Bouake is a stronghold of the president, and the protest there suggested he may be losing the confidence of some loyalists, correspondents say.
On Tuesday, soldiers sealed off roads around the offices of the national radio and television station in the city, said a witness, who spoke to the BBC on condition of anonymity.
The protest forced shops and banks in the city to close.
In Abidjan, soldiers demonstrated near an army base in the neighbourhood of Abobo, using tyres and vehicles to block the road. Shops were closed.
There were also protests in three other cities, including Daloa, a hub of Ivory Coast's cocoa industry, according to Reuters.
Reuters said Mr Koffi acknowledged that the government had agreed to pay them housing allowances, overdue travel stipends and to allocate money for soldiers' health care.
Mr Ouattara took power in 2011 after his then rebel forces, backed by UN and French troops, captured his predecessor Laurent Gbagbo.
Mr Gbagbo had refused to step down despite the UN declaring Mr Ouattara the winner of presidential elections the previous year.
About 3,000 people were killed in the conflict between the two sides.
Mr Gbagbo is in the custody of the International Criminal Court. He is due to go on trial next year on charges of crimes against humanity, which he denies.
The War Horse Ride 2014 started in Maroilles on 27 August with 35 riders travelling 100 miles across France.
Their route has passed sites where some of the most famous cavalry actions in the early weeks of the war took place.
The riders took part wearing similar uniforms and carrying the same weapons as their predecessors did in 1914.
They were all serving or retired members of their regiment or corps and were riding on horses mostly provided by the French army.
Gunfire thundered over Nery this morning, as the community remembered one small incident in the unfolding chapters of World War One.
On a field outside the village, villagers, veterans and soldiers marked the courage of a gun crew who fought on amidst the carnage of the battle; all three were awarded Victoria Crosses.
Earlier, I watched a column of horses echo the past; the war ride has been made up of past and present members of the cavalry, each one representing one regiment which took part in the British retreat during August 1914.
Dressed in period uniforms, some carried personal mementos of family members who served here.
Ceremonies, including an early morning gun salute and a drumhead service and parade, took place on Monday.
The drumhead service replicated those held on the frontline 100 years ago when neatly piled drums were used in place of an altar.
The event has raised money for the Not Forgotten Association - a charity supporting wounded or sick members of the armed forces and those with disabilities.
The ride set out to remember a specific battle which is sometimes known as the Great Retreat and which was the last time in British or French military history that cavalry played a major part in a mobile war on the mainland of Europe.
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The German army planned a large wheeling attack through Belgium by three forces comprising more than 500,000 soldiers with the idea of surrounding the left of the French army and trapping and destroying the remainder in order to end the war quickly.
The British Expeditionary Force had to withdraw to within 20 miles of Paris after fierce fighting around Mons and a delaying battle at Le Cateau.
But together with the French army they attacked the Germans and drove them back - saving Paris and changing the course of the war.
The British Cavalry Division, together with a French cavalry corps, played a vital role in these actions.
The name of the ride is a nod to the War Horse story - a tale about a farm horse called Joey who was sold to the army for service in World War One and ended up a hero on the Western Front.
War Horse was a children's novel written by Michael Morpurgo and first published in 1982. It went on to inspire the stage musical of the same name and eventually, the Steven Spielberg-directed Hollywood blockbuster.
The play, which features music and puppetry of full-scale horses, has been seen by nearly six million people in theatres around the world. In August, it emerged the show would for the first time take to the stages of China, where it is to open in 13 months' time.
The movie adaptation of War Horse, starring Jeremy Irvine, was released in early 2012 and was nominated for six Oscars.
Nery was the scene of another fierce battle in which both the British and Germans suffered heavy losses.
The British 1st Cavalry Brigade were staying in the town overnight and their departure was delayed by heavy fog.
However, before it lifted, they were attacked by the Germans and were down to a final gun and a few men when two fresh squadrons from the 5th Dragoon Guards arrived to provide reinforcements.
The battle turned and the Germans had to retreat - pursued by the British.
British casualties in the Battle of Nery amounted to 80% of the combatants. German losses are not known, although 78 soldiers were taken prisoner.
Anti-austerity party Podemos and liberal Ciudadanos made big gains as the conservative Popular Party (PP) lost its majority.
"Spain is not going to be the same anymore and we are very happy," said Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias.
The PP and the Socialists had alternated running the government for more than three decades.
The parties must now embark on negotiations to form a coalition.
The PP had 28.7% of the vote, the Socialists 22%, Podemos 20.6% and Ciudadanos 13.9%.
The fact that the conservative PP came first with just 29% of the vote tells you how split this election was.
In reality the PP will struggle to find the necessary allies to form another government.
Podemos, an anti-austerity movement born during Spain's financial crisis, confirmed its position as a new, powerful political force.
It is possible it could form part of a left-wing alliance. Mathematically, such a coalition could reach power with the support of pro-independence Catalan parties.
But Spaniards could be guessing for days, or even weeks, about the shape and colour of their next Government.
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PP leader Mariano Rajoy said he would try form a government, insisting: "This party is still the number one force in Spain."
But Mr Rajoy admitted that his party had taken some "difficult and even unpopular decisions" over the past four years as Spain struggled through an economic crisis.
Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez said his party was ready to start negotiations.
"Spain wants a move to the left," he said
Many Spaniards are poorer now than they were at the time of the last election, fuelling the rise of Podemos.
The party claimed it won more votes than any other party in Catalonia and the Basque region and came second in Madrid.
"Many people have lost their confidence in traditional parties," said deputy leader Inigo Errejon. "The two-party system has ended."
Podemos's rise was also hailed by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tspiras, whose Syriza party is its ally.
"Austerity has been politically defeated in Spain," said Mr Tsipras, adding that the result was a sign that "Europe is changing".
Albert Rivera, leader of the fourth-placed party Ciudadanos, meanwhile said the election marked a new era for young Spaniards like him, who were born after the country's dictatorship ended in 1975.
"Those of us who didn't experience the first democratic transition are experiencing a second one," he said.
Spain's economy, corruption allegations and a separatist drive in the prosperous north-eastern region of Catalonia were all dominant issues in the election.
Unemployment remains high at 21%, the second-highest rate in the EU after Greece, although it has fallen from its 2013 peak of 27%.
Election turnout was 73% - up slightly compared to the 2011 election.
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The city has been shortlisted alongside Coventry, Paisley, Stoke-on-Trent and Sunderland - a bid by St Davids, Pembrokeshire, failed to make the cut.
A team behind the Swansea bid previously said it planned to match the £33m spent by Hull if it wins the cultural title.
The City of Culture for 2021 will be announced in December.
It is the second time Swansea has been shortlisted for the title, the city lost out to Hull in the competition for the 2017 award.
The team behind the 2021 bid had previously said it wanted to host a programme of events which play on the "'lovely, ugly' Swansea that Dylan Thomas describes."
It now has until the end of September to submit a final bid before the winner of the third City of Culture is awarded by the UK government.
Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns said while there would be disappointment in St Davids, he hoped the people of Swansea would get behind the race for the title.
"Boasting the UK's first area of outstanding natural beauty, and the region that brought the first passenger railway to the world, Swansea's amazing achievements, past and present make it a true contender to be crowned UK City of Culture 2021," he said.
"I know that they will put forward the strongest case possible in the race for the title and I hope that local people take every opportunity to get behind the bid."
If successful the city, which is set for a £500m regeneration, would host a series of cultural events, including festivals, art and theatre performances, following in the footsteps of Derry/Londonderry and 2017 title-holder Hull.
It would also have access to a £3m Heritage Lottery Grant.
The former England all-rounder is currently the head coach of the SBS Otago Volts in New Zealand.
"I came to New Zealand with high ambitions for my coaching so to achieve a position like this is hugely satisfying," Mascarenhas, 37, said.
The Black Caps face England in two Tests, five one-day internationals and a Twenty20 match in May and June.
The former Hampshire captain, who played 20 ODIs and 14 T20s for England between 2007 and 2009, replaces current New Zealand bowling coach Shane Bond, who will leave the role at the end of the World Cup.
He has initially been appointed on an "interim" basis and New Zealand Cricket will decide whether to make the role permanent before the tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa in July.
Mascarenhas, who spent 17 seasons with Hampshire before his retirement from county cricket in 2013, hopes his experience of English conditions will be an asset to the Black Caps.
"I am newly out of the scene there as a player and I know most of the guys in the current team very well," he said.
"The new guys I have played a lot with in county cricket and I know all the grounds we are playing at intimately so those factors will be useful in terms of the scouting and bowling plans."
The hosts had a late opportunity to win the game, but Kurtley Beale missed a last-minute penalty as the Lions held on for a 23-21 victory in Brisbane.
"It was one of the worst minutes of my life. I thought it was going to go over to be honest," said Warburton.
"It's a great start. We're delighted to win, but it's only half a job done."
Warburton admitted he feared his side would suffer a late defeat, just as his Wales team had done on three occasions against Australia last year.
Wales lost 25-23 and 20-19 down under to late kicks in June 2012, and then suffered a 14-12 home defeat against Australia after a last-minute try in December.
"I thought I was in the same situation as last year with Wales," added Warburton.
"It has happened way too many times before. When it is taken out of your hands with a kick, all you can do is watch.
"We gave away cheap penalties so there's plenty to work on, but it's a massive achievement to come out here and get the win.
"We celebrated for a bit but after a while we realised we have to back it up next week."
As they regroup, the Lions will reflect on a match that could have gone the other way, with the Wallabies missing five penalties in all and having three players carried off injured.
Lions head coach Warren Gatland said his first emotion at the final whistle was relief.
"We tried to play a bit of rugby, probably too much in the first half," said Gatland.
Australia centre legend Tim Horan: Congratulations to the Lions. It was a great match and that's what rugby is all about.
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Ex-Ireland and Lions centre Ron Henderson: I thought Mike Phillips did OK but was outshone by my man of the match, Will Genia.
Former Scotland captain David Sole: A great opening Test match. I expected Lions to capitalise on scrum dominance, but Wallabies threatened all the time.
Former Wales captain Michael Owen: I don't agree with the stick the referee is getting. I felt he did well and everything was even handed.
"We knew it was going to be tight, there's not a lot of difference between the two sides. Like a sparring match the teams were finding out a bit about each other in the first Test.
"Both teams will get better after that hit out. It wasn't the prettiest performance, but it was the victory we deserved."
The Lions play a warm-up match against Melbourne Rebels on 25 June before the second Test in Melbourne on 29 June. The series concludes on 6 July with the third Test in Sydney.
"It will be a close series," added Gatland, who will have Ireland winger Tommy Bowe available for the second Test after surgery to fix a broken hand.
"Next week we will have a few players back and that will strengthen our squad. It wasn't the prettiest performance, but it was the victory we deserved."
Australia captain James Horwill said ill-discipline and errors had cost his side victory.
"In the first half we didn't have a lot of the ball, but we made the most of what we had and we can take a lot of confidence out of that," he said.
"In the end we need to be a bit more clinical and make the most of our opportunities. We can take a lot of confidence into next week."
Pedro's 25-yard stunner, Gary Cahill's close-range finish and Willian's tap-in kept Antonio Conte's side four points clear of second-placed Tottenham, who beat Arsenal 2-0 later on Sunday.
It means the Blues could drop three points in their remaining four games and still claim a second title in three years, even if Spurs win all of their remaining fixtures.
Chelsea had to be patient, with Pedro's left-footed, long-range strike not coming until the 66th minute.
Cahill sealed the win when Maarten Stekelenburg parried Eden Hazard's free-kick onto the onrushing defender, before Willian slotted home from Cesc Fabregas' cutback.
Everton had started brightly in a game that opened at breakneck speed, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin going closest to scoring when he struck the post from a tight angle.
Manchester City's draw at Middlesbrough means Ronald Koeman's side, in seventh, are eight points adrift of the top four with three games left.
This may have been Tottenham's strongest hope of Chelsea surrendering points in their run-in, with Everton placed higher than any of their four remaining opponents, and three home games on the horizon for the Blues.
It could prove to be the killer blow to Spurs' spirited challenge, and seems to answer the question of whether Chelsea can handle the growing pressure applied by their London rivals' nine-game winning run in the league.
The maths are simple for Chelsea - win three more games and they will be Premier League champions for the sixth time.
And the celebrations from Conte and his players at the final whistle suggested the Blues feel they can get over the line in games against Middlesbrough, West Brom, Watford and Sunderland.
Add an FA Cup final win against Arsenal on 27 May and Conte would have had a remarkable first season in English football.
Chelsea's hosts were lacking in creativity, but provided a stubborn and organised test that required the Blues to call on persistence and perseverance - attributes any title-winning side must have.
Results on Saturday mean Everton will not finish lower than seventh this season, securing a best finish in three years and a spot in next season's Europa League.
But Koeman's men faced the league leaders with an outside chance of still creeping into the top four and sneaking a Champions League spot.
It will therefore be even more frustrating that they failed to make inroads against Chelsea and capitalise on Manchester City dropping two points.
Calvert-Lewin's strike against the woodwork aside, there was little guile from the Toffees.
And any chance they had of getting back into the game was squandered by clumsy defending for Chelsea's second goal, with Idrissa Gueye weak in the wall and Stekelenburg failing to get a stronger hand to the cross.
The game featured two of the Premier League's most prized poachers, with Everton's Romelu Lukaku and Chelsea's Diego Costa having scored 43 times between them this season.
Asked this week which of the two he would prefer in his side, Chelsea boss Conte unsurprisingly backed his man, claiming 28-year-old Costa was the best striker in the world.
The Spain international may be five goals shy of Lukaku's 24 in the league, but the weight of the Blues forward's goals have been far more hefty - Chelsea would be 15 points worse off this season without his tally of 19.
So there was understandable concern from the bench when Costa stayed down holding his leg in the first half after a strong, but fair, tackle from Tom Davies.
He was fine to continue and, while he was not presented with a host of chances, the former Atletico Madrid man was a consistent influence, being shown a yellow card for a tackle on Stekelenburg after tireless closing down and being involved in the build-up to the final goal.
Lukaku, who continues to be linked with a return to Chelsea - whom he left in 2014 for a £28m fee, was an energetic nuisance for the visiting defence but, aside from fizzing wide from 20 yards, looked unlikely to score for the first time in six appearances against his former club.
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Everton boss Ronald Koeman on Sky Sports: "We did well, until 1-0 maybe. After that we had more problems but that was all about their quality, before that we played well and made it tough for them.
"Maybe we didn't create a lot of chances, but I was happy. Idrissa Gueye played a fantastic game, Hazard was not the player he can be because of the man-marking.
"It is really tough to beat Chelsea. They showed their belief and their quality. They will be champions. We need to find the motivation to finish the season strongly."
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Chelsea boss Antonio Conte speaking to Match of the Day: "I must be relaxed when we win but I think it is very important to celebrate this win with the players and fans.
"I think we must continue this way - to play game by game and take three points in every game. We know every win in this part of the season is very important.
"The road is long so we need to rest and prepare in the right way."
Both sides come up against relegation-threatened clubs next, with Everton at Swansea on Saturday, 6 May and Chelsea hosting Middlesbrough on Monday, 8 May.
Match ends, Everton 0, Chelsea 3.
Second Half ends, Everton 0, Chelsea 3.
Gary Cahill (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ross Barkley (Everton).
Goal! Everton 0, Chelsea 3. Willian (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cesc Fàbregas.
Substitution, Chelsea. Willian replaces Eden Hazard.
Foul by Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea).
Leighton Baines (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Chelsea. Cesc Fàbregas replaces Pedro.
Substitution, Chelsea. Nathan Aké replaces David Luiz because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Kevin Mirallas (Everton) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Foul by Pedro (Chelsea).
Ross Barkley (Everton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Goal! Everton 0, Chelsea 2. Gary Cahill (Chelsea) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
Idrissa Gueye (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Idrissa Gueye (Everton).
Attempt missed. Romelu Lukaku (Everton) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Eden Hazard (Chelsea).
Ross Barkley (Everton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match David Luiz (Chelsea) because of an injury.
Substitution, Everton. Arouna Koné replaces Enner Valencia.
Substitution, Everton. Kevin Mirallas replaces Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
Nemanja Matic (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Idrissa Gueye (Everton).
Foul by David Luiz (Chelsea).
Romelu Lukaku (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Everton 0, Chelsea 1. Pedro (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Nemanja Matic.
Victor Moses (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton).
Attempt saved. Romelu Lukaku (Everton) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ross Barkley.
Attempt saved. Enner Valencia (Everton) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Leighton Baines.
Enner Valencia (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Victor Moses (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Enner Valencia (Everton).
Corner, Everton. Conceded by Marcos Alonso.
Attempt blocked. Enner Valencia (Everton) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tom Davies with a headed pass.
Diego Costa (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
The 27-year-old Ivorian, who is a target for Everton, joined the Black Cats in January and helped them avoid Premier League relegation last season.
Kone says his decision comes after the club failed to offer him the improved deal that they said they would.
"It is therefore with much regret that I can only assume that I do not figure in David Moyes' future plans," he said.
"With that being the case, it is with much sadness that I have asked the manager and the chief executive to be allowed to leave Sunderland.
"However, until that time, I give my word that I will give my utmost in training and on the field."
Sunderland begin the Premier League season away to Manchester City on Saturday at 17:30 BST.
The man was forced to take to his liferaft while fishing on Friday afternoon halfway between Sumburgh and the Fair Isle.
The coastguard sent out a helicopter to airlift the man to safety.
The man was rescued from the raft and flown ashore to Sumburgh airport.
Statistics obtained through a Press Association Freedom of Information request show that in 2013 none of the unmanned aircraft were detected in or around prisons in England and Wales.
This rose to two incidents in 2014 and 33 in 2015. Items discovered include drugs, phones and USB drives.
The government said incidents were rare.
Across the 35 incidents, drugs were discovered at least six times, mobile phones more than eight times and a drone itself recovered in 19 instances.
One of the biggest finds listed a drone, drugs, mobile phone, a charger and USB cards at HMP Oakwood in the West Midlands in December last year.
Five incidents were recorded as including "unknown packages", which the Ministry of Justice said referred to an item recovered as part of a suspected drone incident, with no specific information recorded on the contents.
A total of 14 incidents were recorded as "miscellaneous", which referred to a reported drone sighting in or around a prison.
The MoJ said that where an incident had been listed as this or as "drone only", it did not know if the craft was being used for illegal purposes.
Six incidents were listed as "drone only".
The MoJ added that while a drone was not always found, there may have been evidence of a drone having been used, such as on CCTV, or there may have been witnesses.
The location where the drones and packages were found varied from different places within prison grounds to just outside its walls.
HMP Onley in Northamptonshire had four drone incidents between 2014 and 2015, followed by Lindholme, Ranby and Swansea prisons on three, and Bedford, Wandsworth and Manchester on two.
Leicester, The Mount, Whatton, Leeds, Eastwood Park, Liverpool, Norwich, Glen Parva, Huntercombe, Wormwood Scrubs, Full Sutton, Guys Marsh, Long Lartin, Bullingdon, Wealstun and Oakwood prisons all recorded one incident.
Mike Rolfe, national chairman elect of the Prison Officers Association (POA), said the use of drones to smuggle in banned items was of "serious concern".
He called for more staff to tackle the issue, so they could carry out cell checks and prisoner searches to find parcels delivered by drone.
The MoJ said it took a "zero tolerance" approach to illicit material in prisons.
New legislation made it illegal to land a drone in prison or to use a drone to drop in psychoactive substances, it said.
And anyone found using drones in an attempt to get contraband into prisons could be punished with a sentence of up to two years.
A report published in December by HM Inspectorate of Prisons noted that illegal drugs, legal highs and illicit medications may get into prisons in a number of ways, meaning it is not always possible to quantify exactly how many drugs are making it into prisons.
The report stated that "easy access to illicit mobile telephones makes it possible to plan the drops carefully".
The ABI said the £34 rise had pushed average premiums to their highest level since its records started in 2012.
The main reasons were higher repair bills, increases in insurance premium tax and the continuing issue of whiplash claims.
However, the figures are much lower than those recently published by the price comparison site Confused.com.
Earlier this month it said the average premium had risen by £110 in the past year, to the much higher level of £781 for a comprehensive policy.
For its part, the ABI said further increases were inevitable as the government has already decided to raise insurance premium tax again on 1 June, from 10% to 12%.
"Further rising costs could spell more misery for millions of motorists," said the ABI.
"The change to the way in which compensation for serious personal injuries is calculated - the discount rate - will lead to massive additional costs for insurers."
The insurance industry was shocked in February when the government announced a major change to the formula that governs the value of payments made to people who have suffered long-term injuries.
That cut the so-called discount rate, which helps to calculate the lump sums that insurers pay to victims so that they can, in turn, generate a steady income flow for the rest of their lives.
At the time, the ABI warned that this legal change would add so much to their costs that typical car insurance premiums would rise by as much as £75 per year.
That change came into effect a month ago.
Rob Cummings of the ABI said called on whichever party wins the election to take steps to cut the cost of car insurance.
"The new government must push ahead with reforms to tackle low value whiplash-related claims and introduce urgent reforms to change the framework for setting the Discount Rate," he said.
It may be entirely coincidental with the constituency's burgeoning café culture, but recent electoral contests here have seen the vote cut into a series of fairly even slices.
Two years ago, the SDLP's Alasdair McDonnell held South Belfast for the third time, despite receiving less than a quarter of the overall vote.
His victory in a first-past-the-post election with just 24.5% of the vote was a UK record.
Dr McDonnell told me the general election contest in South Belfast is "very tight" but he remained "quietly confident" he can get a fourth term.
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This despite his only 906-strong majority making South Belfast the 29th most marginal seat in the UK.
He described himself as the "best anti-Brexit candidate" who has been "fighting the European cause since long before the (2016) referendum".
He regards Brexit as very bad for Northern Ireland and thinks the battle in South Belfast is shaping up as a two-horse race between him and the Brexit-backing DUP - Dr McDonnell can't see any other parties closing the gap on these two front runners.
In 2015, the DUP fielded Jonathan Bell, the former minister who played a key role in the Renewable Heat Incentive controversy that led to the collapse of the Stormont power-sharing executive.
This time the party has selected barrister and former junior minister Emma Little-Pengelly. In March, Mrs Little-Pengelly suffered a personal defeat when her running mate Christopher Stalford became the only DUP candidate to get re-elected as a South Belfast MLA.
Despite that reverse, the DUP's combined party vote at just under 21% put them ahead of the SDLP, which in March got just over 19%.
So, Emma Little-Pengelly believes there is "a strong chance of gaining the seat".
She explained her failure at the assembly election in the context of the DUP's two candidate strategy, and brushed aside the argument that Brexit will hamper her chances in this pro-Remain seat.
Instead, Mrs Little-Pengelly encouraged "people right across the spectrum to come out and back me".
She described South Belfast as "one to watch" and "one of the most interesting constituencies across the UK" because it has four parties each attracting more than 17% of the vote.
Whilst the general and assembly election cakes may have been evenly sliced, it was a different story in the 2016 EU referendum when Remain took a big slab - nearly 70% - of the South Belfast vote.
That prompted discussions about an anti-Brexit pact. However, those talks failed at an early stage after the SDLP rejected the Green Party's argument that their MLA Clare Bailey would be best placed as a unity candidate.
The pro-Remain Alliance Party also made it clear it wouldn't join any pacts, and the party's candidate Paula Bradshaw insisted she can clinch victory on her own terms.
Ms Bradshaw said that alongside unionists and nationalists, South Belfast plays host to an "ever-increasing progressive centre ground".
"We have an opportunity in this election," she told me, "for people to vote for the first cross-community MP in South Belfast. It's such a diverse, mixed constituency now that whenever I am explaining that to people on the doors they are responding very positively."
Former Belfast mayor and finance minister Máirtín Ó Muilleoir is no stranger to the constituency's café culture. He pointed out to me where you can get Turkish coffee, Syrian coffee or "good old-fashioned Irish coffee".
The Sinn Féin MLA said the race in Belfast is "open" and pointed out that he has previously topped the poll in assembly elections. He claimed he is "the only progressive candidate who can win".
He said he will garner the vote of a "rainbow coalition" and brushed aside my questions about Sinn Féin's absence from a potential hung parliament as an "Alice in Wonderland story".
Even without an anti-Brexit pact, the Greens will still hope their local MLA Clare Bailey puts up a strong showing.
The Ulster Unionists - who are fielding Michael Henderson - retain warm memories of the days when their old MP, Reverend Martin Smyth, always got the biggest slice of the vote.
With the Conservative Clare Salier also on the ballot paper, there are plenty of ingredients in the South Belfast mix.
Despite all the candidates' professed confidence, we won't know whose name will be written in icing on top of the big election cake in South Belfast until the early hours of 9 June.
He arrived at the International Space Station on Tuesday after blasting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a Soyuz rocket.
In tweets, he said he was "loving every minute" of the first days of his stay.
Later on Friday he will answer questions from journalists in a live link-up with the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany.
Mr Peake is among six crew members living and working in space.
They include US station commander Scott Kelly, who is spending a year on board the ISS.
In a tweet, mentioning the Nasa astronaut, the 43-year-old from Chichester in Sussex said: "What makes a good leader? @StationCDRKelly having a hot bacon sarnie waiting as my 1st meal on #ISS. Boy that tasted good! #Principia."
And he added: "1st 48hrs on ISS - busy but incredible. Amazing how fast the body adapts to new environment. Found my tea ... life is good!"
The former Army aviator and helicopter test pilot also received messages of support from the Queen and Sir Elton John after the successful launch and docking on Tuesday.
He tweeted singer Sir Elton John from space, quoting his famous song Rocket Man, in response to a good luck message.
And he tweeted the Queen from space after Buckingham Palace's twitter account posted a good luck letter from the monarch.
Later on Friday, Mr Peake will speak to members of the press via a live link to the European Astronaut Centre near Cologne in Germany.
The question and answer session will be streamed live on the European space agency website.
It will be a brief break from a busy schedule.
According to the European Space Agency, he has a number of tasks to perform, including unpacking cargo, spending an hour on an exercise bike and taking part in an experiment looking at the effects of microgravity on the bone marrow.
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Michael Harnett grows crops in County Down and he loves big machines.
He also uses a huge landing craft to access a sheep farm he runs on an island off the County Mayo coast.
He believes farmers would be better off out of the European Union, producing food that people want and innovating to add value to it.
His family uses the crops he grows to produce artisan cooking oils that are sold in shops and used in restaurants.
He says people need to place a lot more value on their food and the people who grow it.
"Farming used to be something you were proud of," he says.
"You'd have been proud for your daughter to marry a farmer, now that's the last person you'd want them to marry - it's all stress and no money."
His daughter Jane helps run the farm but she is a committed European.
She has held that view since a school trip to the war graves and believes the EU has cemented peace on the continent.
"I believe in what it stands for," she says.
And while she knows things are not perfect, she thinks there is still a future in farming for young people like her.
The LacPatrick Group is a dairy co-operative with 1,100 farmers, half of them in Northern Ireland.
Its County Monaghan headquarters is just a few miles from the former customs post at Aughnacloy in County Tyrone.
Thousands of litres of milk collected in Northern Ireland cross the Irish border every day for processing.
Gabriel D'Arcy, the LacPatrick's chief executive, worries about the impact of an exit on his business.
Would controls mean delays which would cost money and dent profits?
Would the company face trade barriers like quotas or tariffs?
Mr D'Arcy also worries about how long it would take the United Kingdom to negotiate trade deals with west African countries.
LacPatrick exports lots of milk powder to those countries from its facility at Artigarvan in County Tyrone, which is undergoing a £30m upgrade.
Those shipments are covered by an EU trade deal.
Mr D'Arcy says: "What would be the terms of those agreements that would have to be renegotiated with Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Cameroon?
"They're our main markets for the products coming out of the Artigarvan facility."
While big business can see the benefits of EU membership, the self-employed fishermen from Northern Ireland's coastal communities take a vastly different view.
Almost to a man, they want out and some are even flying flags on their vessels in support of the leave campaign.
Kilkeel fisherman Trevor McKee blames the EU's common fisheries policy for decimating an industry that he says had been sustainable for decades.
"Europe dictates how and when I can fish and what I can catch," he says.
"Fishermen have a better understanding of the stocks in the Irish Sea than a Brussels bureaucrat."
Rules on stock sustainability have cut the white fish fleet to just a handful of boats and most of them are now fishing for prawns.
Mr McKee worries about the future of fishing if the UK stays in the EU.
"Everybody who goes to sea to fish is for out," he says.
"It's a no-brainer, because of the EU."
I've been very lucky - I have followed South Africa and witnessed their first tour after they came back into world cricket in 1991 following the wilderness years of apartheid.
I watched their first Test match back - their first in the West Indies - which was very significant, but the hundred by 25-year-old Bavuma is absolutely up there.
Unfortunately it's a reflection of the awful history of this country that you do have to categorise people by race.
They are trying very hard to overcome the legacy of those years so Bavuma, as the first black African to score a century for South Africa, is massively symbolic.
The South African authorities will be hoping his achievement resonates amongst an enormous number of people who might be inspired to take up cricket. It is very, very important.
In only his seventh Test match, Bavuma played superbly well and proved he is worthy as a Test batsman regardless of his skin colour.
He batted absolutely brilliantly and was a breath of fresh air. He attacked when England had taken three wickets in 20 minutes and had a real chance of putting South Africa under pressure.
England led by 180 and only needed four more wickets, but the way Bavuma counter-attacked was inspired.
They bowled too short at him - he is a very short man and is used to playing short-pitched bowling, so that was a mistake from England. His hooking and pulling was outstanding.
Captain Hashim Amla batted for more than seven hours for his double century - it may have been rather eclipsed by Bavuma but it was a special innings.
He gave a number of chances - England let eight or nine of varying degrees of difficulty go in total as they showed the effects of more than 15 hours in the field - but what Amla did under the pressure he was under, both as a batsman and captain, was immense.
He's a very calm, phlegmatic individual who will know if he wants to keep on with the captaincy, but that is not the burning issue any more. He is back in form.
It was a typical Amla innings, with lots of wristy flicks either side of the wicket, and for South Africa to turn the match on its head as they have done is remarkable.
England had been in the field for 211 overs - the longest for them since 1987 - and all those catches had gone down. That's what made Amla decide to put them in again before stumps rather than wait until the morning.
I think he made the right decision. The last thing England openers Alastair Cook and Alex Hales would have wanted was to bat again.
Amla could have waited to get ahead of England, but two runs behind is neither here nor there. Bavuma had got his hundred and the captain wanted to get six overs at them before the close.
South Africa were not able to knock one of the openers over as England got to stumps 18 runs ahead at 16-0, but at least they gave it a go.
Amla has an inexperienced bowling attack, with Chris Morris making his debut and going for 150 runs in the first innings and Kagiso Rabada playing only his fourth match.
You would fancy England to bat out the final day without much trouble but you just don't know - and that's the glorious uncertainty of the game.
People write off Test cricket far too early these days - there seems to be an agenda out there saying it has a limited lifespan.
Whenever there is some hard work for the bowlers on unresponsive pitches, people start criticising but Test cricket will endure because it produces climaxes and opportunities for teams to turn a match on its head like they have done here.
This match is a brilliant example of why four-day Test cricket, as advocated by ECB chairman Colin Graves last year, would be a mistake.
Tests are five days for a reason - so you can put pressure on the team batting third.
It is not always going along at five runs an over with the ball disappearing into the stands - that's not what Test cricket is. It's a long, evolving game that needs time to develop and that's what we've seen here.
Who on earth would have thought England would be batting to save the game having smashed 629-6 in their first innings? You couldn't really make it up - but that's Test cricket.
Jonathan Agnew was speaking to BBC Sport's Jamie Lillywhite
It is thought to be the largest such operation carried out in Europe.
The work at the site near Annan was completed a year ahead of schedule and at £5m less than the original estimated cost of £43m.
Some 3,300 tonnes of asbestos have been taken from the turbine hall, reactor buildings and heat exchangers.
Since 2007 over one million bags of asbestos waste - enough to fill four Olympic-sized swimming pools - have been removed from the site and taken to licensed landfill sites.
Site director John Grierson said: "This is a tremendous achievement for Chapelcross and OCS Environmental Services; the safe, early and cost-efficient delivery is testament to the quality of the personnel working on the project.
"It is a major milestone in moving the site towards a care and maintenance state and demonstrates our commitment to excellence in nuclear decommissioning."
Before the actual asbestos strip could beging in 2009, two years were taken to erect a containment structure around each of the 16 heat exchangers to aid the construction of asbestos enclosures and protect it from further damage by wind and rain.
Constructing the containment required:
The scaffolding boards used for the containment, if placed end to end, would have stretched from Manchester to Bristol.
Brian Burnett, head of programmes at the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, said: "The safe removal of 3,300 tonnes of asbestos at Chapelcross completes an important hazard reduction activity for the site and a key step on the path to care and maintenance.
"I commend Chapelcross and Magnox on completing this project."
The Scottish SPCA is now caring for the tiny red squirrel - which has been named Billy - after the find in Insch earlier this month.
Billy is being hand-reared at the charity's National Wildlife Rescue Centre in Fishcross.
Centre manager Colin Seddon said: "Billy currently needs fed by syringe every few hours."
He explained: "He should open his eyes at around five weeks old, and that's the same time the weaning process will begin.
"Billy will remain in our care until he is completely independent.
"Ideally, he'll be part of a group of red squirrels that can be returned to the wild together, at a supported release site.
"Nesting season for both squirrels and birds is well under way so we urge people to take care when cutting down trees/trimming hedges. It's best to check for nests first to avoid any accidents."
Sterling, 19, has played more than 3,000 minutes of football in 2014.
The Liverpool midfielder was used as a substitute in the Group E match after telling boss Roy Hodgson he was tired.
"To see this athlete acknowledge he would struggle to make an impact is a very brave move," Birmingham University's Dr Jennifer Cumming said.
The chartered psychologist said it is rare for current players to admit to fatigue, and that getting players to speak about the strains of the game is an obstacle football has not tackled yet.
"Comparatively there are a lot of former players who are open to talking about these issues and their problems," she said.
"The more we break the stigmas of psychological stress and strain in sport being a weakness, the more we can send a really important message."
Sterling came on in the 64th minute for club-mate Jordan Henderson. He was then fouled and the subsequent free-kick taken by captain Wayne Rooney proved the only goal of the game to maintain England's 100% record in the group.
The teenager has already been rested by club manager Brendan Rodgers for this season's Premier League match against Aston Villa in September.
And Dr Cumming believes coping with responsibilities for both club and country is a common factor in players developing emotional stress.
"Burnout is an ongoing problem that slowly accumulates," she said.
"Training and playing in an international team is something we've seen contribute towards stress before in rugby players."
Only four players in the England squad have played more minutes of football than Sterling.
He has played 3,014 minutes for club and country this year. Only Jordan Henderson, Leighton Baines, Joe Hart and Gary Cahill have played more during the same period.
Mark Drakeford said the devolved administrations had "anxieties" about the joint ministerial committee (JMC) set up by the UK government.
It met on Thursday for the first time since Theresa May said the UK should leave the European single market.
Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns said there was "common ground" on free trade.
The UK government's Brexit Secretary, David Davis, said: "As the prime minister made clear in her speech, Brexit is a chance for us to build a stronger UK and strengthen the Union between our four nations.
"It is only by us coming together that we can fully grasp the opportunities that our departure presents.
"We will use the latest thinking and analysis shared at today's meeting to inform our work to deliver an exit that works for the whole of the UK."
Mr Drakeford said Wales would continue to push for "full and unfettered" access to the single market, and wanted to be sure the forum was "having an impact" on the way the UK government was shaping its thinking on Brexit negotiations with the remaining EU member states.
"This is meant to be a fundamental forum," said Mr Drakeford.
"It was mentioned by the prime minister in her speech and I feel we need to be given confidence by the UK government that we are not simply here to express our views but that those views go on and make a difference."
While Sinn Fein said its ministers in the Northern Ireland executive may walk away from the JMC process, Mr Drakeford said the Welsh Government would continue to engage with it to make sure Welsh interests were "fully and significantly expressed".
Mr Cairns said it had been a "constructive" gathering, adding: "Even the Welsh Government accepted today that the language that the prime minister used earlier this week about a free trade agreement with the European Union is not inconsistent with the language that they have talked about.
"So this demonstrates that there is a lot of common ground but I'm not underestimating either the challenges that are there."
The meeting - described by Mr Drakeford as "robust" - discussed papers from the Scottish government and Northern Ireland executive.
He said a Welsh Government paper would be published on Monday and discussed at the next meeting of the JMC in February.
The hired cars - a McLaren 570s, a Lamborghini Aventador and a Ferrari - are worth up to £700,000 combined.
South Yorkshire Police said the male drivers were seen moving very slowly side by side across three lanes near Barnsley on Friday before accelerating.
The force said it was "pretty sure" the cars "won't be crushed and turned into tin cans, but you never know".
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On the force's Operational Support Facebook page, a spokesperson said: "Under the Police Reform Act if you are seen driving in an anti-social manner we can seize your vehicle and impound it.
"We are pretty sure it won't be crushed and turned into tin cans, but you never know."
They added several members of the public called to report the racing on the southbound carriageway and it was also captured on CCTV between junctions 38 and 37.
The force said anti-social driving would not be tolerated and offenders would be dealt with "accordingly".
City and state politicians announced they will not attend or march after OutVets was told they would be excluded this year.
The decision came after a 9-4 vote by parade organisers on Tuesday night.
An OutVets representative said the ban was due to the rainbow flag on the group's logo.
"They said people felt that rainbows represent the gay community," Bryan Bishop, the founder of OutVets, told the New York Times.
"I told them if that's the case, then every picture of a rainbow in the parade that leads to a pot of gold needs to be removed," Mr Bishop added.
Several sponsors announced that they are withdrawing support for the event, and Budweiser-brewer Anheuser-Busch said it was "evaluating" its participation.
Politicians across Massachusetts, the first state to legalise same-sex marriage, in 2004, reacted with outrage to the news.
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh released a short statement saying: "I will not tolerate discrimination in our city in any form."
He said he would skip the event, and added "anyone who values what our city stands for should do the same".
Michael Flaherty, a Boston city councillor, called the decision "disgusting" and added that "whoever voted for this is a nitwit".
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and US Senator Edward Markey have also said they will boycott the parade unless the organisers reverse their decision.
A member of the parade committee, which is organised by the South Boston Allied War Veterans Council, said the group would hold an emergency meeting on Friday.
According to the groups' code of conduct, LGBT groups are not banned, but the event does "not allow the advertisement or display of one's sexual orientation as a topic that should in any way be depicted as a theme of our parade".
OutVets was first permitted to march two years ago, becoming the first LGBT group to march in the Boston parade.
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The average car insurance premium rose by 8% in the past year to £462, says the Association of British Insurers.
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UK astronaut Tim Peake has begun his life in space with tea and a bacon sandwich.
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Farmers, fishermen and firms are divided in their opinions about a possible so-called Brexit - a UK withdrawal from the European Union - ahead of the 23 June referendum.
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Temba Bavuma's magnificent unbeaten century for South Africa against England on day four in Cape Town transcended cricket.
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The Boston St Patrick's day parade is facing a boycott after organisers decided to bar a gay veterans' group from participating this year.
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Activity in the construction sector rose by 7% in the final months of 2016.
The figures, published through the Department for the Economy, partly reflect a boom in hotels and student accommodation in Belfast.
The rise in output began two years ago - however, house building slipped back in the final quarter of last year.
The department has also published figures for the wider Northern Ireland economy.
They reveal the economy grew by 2.1% between the second and third quarters of 2016, largely driven by performance in the services sector.
The statistics are measured using the Northern Ireland Composite Economic Index (NICEI), which is roughly equivalent to Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
They are the most up-to-date figures for the economy.
Statisticians said that, looking over the last three years, there is "some evidence that the rate of growth has increased".
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Condor said the Liberation set sail from Poole earlier on Saturday after being detained since Tuesday.
Safety issues were found on the vessel, which is heading for Jersey and Guernsey, by Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA) inspectors.
But a spokesman for Condor said the boat now reached the "highest standards of safety".
The operator said contingency plans retained the "lifeline passenger links" to the Channel Islands, with about 70% of passengers offered travel on their booked day and all passengers travelling within 24 hours of their booking.
Inspectors found 11 deficiencies, with four giving grounds for detention; the main engine operation, steering gear operation, fire doors and ISM (International safety management code).
The warship HMAS Warramunga made sharp turns at speed during training exercises in Malborough Sounds harbour off New Zealand's South Island last week.
The turns generated waves that damaged boats and a fish farm.
Twelve complaints were lodged with the Malborough Sounds harbourmaster.
Paul Keating, a member of local advocacy group Guardian of the Sounds, said no reason had been given for the decision to do sharp turns in the bay.
"Maritime hoonery would be a good way to describe [it]," he told the Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
Australian Defence Minister Marise Payne told the ABC that the Navy adjusted its training approach after being made aware of community concerns.
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An incident as a child meant Angellica "has never had a great relationship" with swimming, but Make Your Move have been along to see her in training.
You can learn more about Angellica's story in the video above.
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You can join the conversation now and send in your questions using #MakeYourMove on Twitter. You can also email [email protected].
Castlebeck, which runs Winterbourne View, said the hospital would close on 24 June when the last patients would be transferred to alternative services.
Patients at the unit were filmed by an undercover reporter posing as a care worker.
The footage showed residents being pinned down, slapped and taunted.
A spokesman for Castlebeck said the company had been working closely with families and carers, the NHS and social services "to ensure patients are safely transferred with minimum disruption to their lives".
After the programme was broadcast Castlebeck apologised and launched an internal investigation.
A number of people have been questioned by police and released on bail following the programme and the government said it would carry out its own review of what happened.
A serious case review into the alleged abuse at the residential hospital has been set for July.
Jack Lopresti, the local Conservative MP, said he had met Lee Reed, the chief executive of Castlebeck, earlier in the day.
Mr Lopresti said: "Mr Reed gave me his assurances that the closure of the hospital will be conducted in as sensitive a way as possible.
"I stand by my call for the hospital's closure and I am pleased that Castlebeck have come to the same conclusion.
"Given the horrific events which have taken place at Winterbourne View I believe its future running is untenable."
Network Rail has agreed to pay for a final assessment of a plan to reinstate the Todmorden Curve rail link.
The 500m section of track, which has not been used since the 1960s, connects the Burnley to Manchester lines and would cut travel time to 40 minutes.
Commuters currently have to change trains at Hebden Bridge, meaning the journey takes one hour 20 minutes.
A spokesman for Network Rail said it would need money from other bodies - possibly the local council or from the North West Development Agency - to bring the plans to fruition.
Hyndburn MP Graham Jones said he is "confident" the Todmorden Curve will be up and running in three years' time.
"They [Network Rail] have just committed ??300,000 to finalise the study to put the track back and it is a top priority, so I really think it will go ahead."
He said on his blog: "This is something I have campaigned vigorously for. Manchester is an economic major growth area and still growing and we must take advantage of that.
"Good public transport always makes for greater economic prosperity. It gives people social and economic mobility."
A 44-year-old man and a 57-year-old woman were arrested on Sunday following a search at a house in Broom Close in Twinbrook.
Items recovered from the house included 700 rounds of assorted ammunition and seven mercury tilt switches.
A detonator cord, firework powder and assault rifle magazine were also found.
Det Insp Philip Montgomery said: "We believe this is a significant find because it has taken off the streets materials designed to kill and injure."
Although the searches took place at the weekend, police have just released details and photographs of what was found.
Det Insp Montgomery said the items were concealed in a bag in the roof space.
He said: "Inside the brown paper bag were more than 700 rounds of assorted ammunition packed into items of clothing, plastic bags and containers."
Officers later searched another property at Glenwood Walk in Poleglass and several items have been taken away for detailed examination.
Det Insp Montgomery said: "We are not in a position at present to disclose what we have found there."
He also apologised to local communities who were inconvenienced by Sunday's searches.
"I am sure the overwhelming majority of people in these communities are thankful that such items have been prevented from causing harm.
"We will continue to work with communities to reduce the threat posed by those involved in such activity and would ask people to contact police if they have any suspicions about terrorist activity."
Construction will begin on the centre at Glan Clwyd hospital in Bodelwyddan next month after the Welsh Government invested £16m on top of almost £2m already announced.
It will centralise care for very sick and premature babies in north Wales.
It follows protests against initial plans to downgrade maternity services there.
Health Secretary Vaughan Gething said: "This investment reflects expert advice from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health who recommended that the health board should plan to provide neonatal intensive care at one central site in the region.
"I look forward to seeing the project progress and the new unit taking shape."
Work has also started to recruit the team including neonatal consultants for the Sub Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Centre.
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board said it was identifying what information and support families need and would find useful.
The new site is expected to open in 2018.
The firm said the Note Fan Edition would "minimise the environmental impact" of its high-profile flop.
The handset will go on sale only in South Korea on 7 July, with a safer, smaller battery, the firm added.
Samsung stopped production on its iPhone rival late last year after an earlier botched recall and re-release.
About 2.5 million handsets have since been recalled. The new phone features components from those recalled devices, as well as unused parts Samsung has in stock.
Environmentalists had been putting pressure on the firm to reuse Galaxy Note 7 components to reduce the amount of so-called e-waste.
It is thought about 400,000 handsets will be made available from Friday. It will be priced about 30% cheaper than the Galaxy Note 7 at around 700,000 Korean won ($615; £472).
The devices will be fitted with 3,200 mAh batteries that Samsung says have passed strict safety tests. The Note 7 used 3,500 mAh batteries.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 8, the successor to the original Note 7, is due for release later this year.
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England manager Roy Hodgson joined the Duke of Cambridge to unveil the statue at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, England.
The Football Remembers memorial was designed by a schoolboy after a UK-wide competition.
The prince and England forward Theo Walcott selected a ten-year-old boy from Newcastle's design following a competition involving more than 30,000 schools.
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The three families, including six children, are all Muslim and had their homes bombed during the Syrian war.
The Vatican said in a statement that Pope Francis wanted to "make a gesture of welcome'' to the refugees.
Thousands of migrants are now stuck on Lesbos after last month's EU-Turkey deal to try to ease the flow.
All of those leaving with the Pope were already living on Lesbos before the deal was implemented, the Vatican said.
Under the EU-Turkey agreement, migrants arriving illegally on the Greek islands from Turkey after 20 March will be deported unless they successfully claim for asylum.
In return, for every Syrian returned to Turkey, the EU will take another Syrian directly from Turkey.
Pope Francis earlier told migrants living in the Moria camp - some of whom are facing being sent back - "you are not alone".
About 3,000 people are being held in the camp on Lesbos, some of whom lined the streets with banners pleading for help as the Pope arrived.
In his speech, the Pope acknowledged "the great sacrifice" the people in the camp had made, saying he wanted to "draw the attention of the world to this grave humanitarian crisis".
He told the camp's residents: "Do not lose hope. The greatest gift we can offer to one another is love."
The Vatican has stressed the Pope's visit was purely humanitarian and religious in nature and should not be seen as a criticism of the deportations.
In September, the Pope made space in the Vatican apartments for two refugee families, urging Catholics across Europe to play their part to resolve the crisis.
He also visited the Italian island of Lampedusa in 2013 to show similar support for migrants after dozens died trying to reach it.
Migrant arrivals in Greece have fallen significantly this year, following the closure of borders and the announcement of the EU-Turkey deal.
In the week to 13 April, arrivals in Greece were 76% lower than the previous week, the International Organization for Migration said.
After the first leg had ended 3-3, Exeter led when David Wheeler pulled back for Ollie Watkins to net early on.
Watkins bent in his and Exeter's second on 79 minutes, but Jason Kennedy soon scrambled one back as Carlisle rallied.
John O'Sullivan headed a late leveller but there was still time for Stacey to drill into the top corner to win it.
Paul Tisdale's side will face Blackpool in the final on Sunday, 28 May for the right to play in League One next season.
The Tangerines beat Luton in the other semi-final - also 6-5 on aggregate and also courtesy of a 95th-minute winner on a remarkable night for League Two.
The Hatters had looked to be on course for Wembley when Danny Hylton's penalty put them ahead on aggregate, but Armand Gnanduillet's equaliser and a last-gasp own goal from goalkeeper Stuart Moore sent the Tangerines to the final.
Carlisle, who spent much of the campaign in the automatic promotion places, had a strong first-half penalty appeal turned down when Troy Brown appeared to handle a Luke Joyce cross.
Keith Curle's visitors came from two goals down in both legs of the tie, with 25 goals now scored between the sides in their past five meetings.
O'Sullivan, who scored off the bench in each leg, got the Cumbrians' ninth equaliser against Exeter over that period but they had no time to respond to Stacey's fine winner, the Reading loanee's first goal for the club.
The former Carlisle loanee's stunning strike saw Exeter - who were last in League One in the 2011-12 campaign - finally beat a fellow play-off side this season at the eighth time of asking.
Exeter were bottom of League Two in November, with only Newport and relegated Leyton Orient spending more days in the drop zone than them this term.
Exeter boss Paul Tisdale told BBC Radio Devon:
"If it had gone to extra time we would've won it, because we had that mentality.
"Once they scored their goal there was a strange acceptance that we'd have to score another.
"They've come back at us so many times - they're so good at it - that we just thought 'crikey, we're just going to keep attacking'.
"It's been a very determined last 30 games to go from the bottom of the league to the play-off final, and we've still got more to go."
Carlisle boss Keith Curle told BBC Radio 5 live:
"I'm very proud of the players and the football club - we can walk out of here with our heads held high.
"We gave a very good team a run for their money.
"I had to walk into the changing room and listen to what success sounded like in Exeter celebrating and that hurts - that has to be a spur for us individually.
"The building blocks, the foundations are here - we've had to put them in place over a short period - you look at Exeter, the manager's been here for eight, nine, 10 years to do that."
Match ends, Exeter City 3, Carlisle United 2.
Second Half ends, Exeter City 3, Carlisle United 2.
Goal! Exeter City 3, Carlisle United 2. Jack Stacey (Exeter City) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jake Taylor.
Jake Taylor (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nicky Adams (Carlisle United).
Attempt saved. Ryan Harley (Exeter City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Joel Grant.
Goal! Exeter City 2, Carlisle United 2. John O'Sullivan (Carlisle United) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nicky Adams with a cross.
Jordan Tillson (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jamie Proctor (Carlisle United).
Offside, Carlisle United. Gary Liddle tries a through ball, but Shaun Miller is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Joel Grant (Exeter City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ollie Watkins.
Goal! Exeter City 2, Carlisle United 1. Jason Kennedy (Carlisle United) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a corner.
Attempt blocked. John O'Sullivan (Carlisle United) right footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Jason Kennedy.
Attempt blocked. Shaun Miller (Carlisle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luke Joyce with a headed pass.
Attempt blocked. Danny Grainger (Carlisle United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Jordan Moore-Taylor.
Goal! Exeter City 2, Carlisle United 0. Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by David Wheeler.
Attempt blocked. Ryan Harley (Exeter City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joel Grant.
Attempt missed. Danny Grainger (Carlisle United) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nicky Adams with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Jordan Moore-Taylor.
Substitution, Carlisle United. Jason Kennedy replaces Michael Raynes.
Attempt saved. Joel Grant (Exeter City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jordan Tillson.
Attempt blocked. James Bailey (Carlisle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Jamie Proctor (Carlisle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luke Joyce.
Attempt missed. Luke Joyce (Carlisle United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Michael Raynes.
Attempt missed. Luke Joyce (Carlisle United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jamie Proctor.
John O'Sullivan (Carlisle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Craig Woodman (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by John O'Sullivan (Carlisle United).
Joel Grant (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tom Miller (Carlisle United).
Attempt blocked. Luke Joyce (Carlisle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
David Wheeler (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Michael Raynes (Carlisle United).
Attempt missed. Jordan Moore-Taylor (Exeter City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Craig Woodman with a cross following a set piece situation.
Hand ball by Luke Joyce (Carlisle United).
Substitution, Carlisle United. John O'Sullivan replaces Reggie Lambe.
Offside, Carlisle United. Nicky Adams tries a through ball, but Shaun Miller is caught offside.
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Mark Gillespie.
Attempt saved. Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
The judges described the historical story as "quite simply the best novel of the year".
Kathleen Jamie won the poetry category for her collection The Overhaul beating newcomer Sean Borodale.
Each winner will receive a £5,000 prize. Maggot Moon by the former illustrator Sally Gardiner took the Children's award.
The book sees her hero Standish take a stand against a ruthless regime which has taken his friend away.
The judges called it "truly outstanding with a unique voice, it's a magnificent book."
Sally Gardiner has described the award as "the most phenomenal" experience since becoming a full time writer.
"Maggot Moon is a book I've always wanted to write and Standish has been waiting to be written for years. It is thrilling that the story now stands defiant in the world" she said.
"It is a great honour to have won this award, and for me, it goes towards proving the power of dreams.'
Husband and wife team Mary and Bryan Talbot from Sunderland jointly won best biography for the graphic novel Dotter of Her Father's Eyes.
It is part personal history, part biography and tells the story of two interweaving father-daughter relationships.
Graphic novels were included in the shortlists for the Costa Book Awards for the first time in 2012.
It is Hilary Mantel's second award for Bring Up The Bodies, a historical novel about Thomas Cromwell, which also won the 2012 Man Booker Prize.
She became the first living UK author to receive the prize twice, having won it for its prequel Wolf Hall.
"I'm delighted, it is lovely and this is the first time I've have featured on a Costa shortlist I think, I've certainly never won one of the Costa prizes before" she told the BBC.
Mantel said the awards were not making her complacent: "I'm always greedy for readers, like every author.
"I had a letter from one the other day which confused Thomas Cromwell and Oliver Cromwell and when that is going on, I think there is work to be done."
Mantel beat off competition from James Meek's The Heart Broke In and Stephen May's Life! Death! Prizes!
Debut author Francesca Segal won the first novel category for The Innocents.
It is the story of childhood sweethearts, preparing to get married when a cousin turns up and puts temptation in one of their ways.
"It felt hard to believe that this affectionate, witty novel was the author's first," the judges said.
All five books, which were selected from more than 550 entries, will now compete for the 2012 Costa Book of the Year, which will be announced in London on 29 January.
A panel of judges including actress Jenny Agutter, comedian Mark Watson and chaired by the BBC Radio 4 broadcaster, Dame Jenni Murray will decide which is the overall winner - who will receive an additional £30,000 prize money.
Last year's Costa Book Prize went to Andrew Miller for his novel, Pure.
In interviews for BBC Panorama, the men from 42 Commando said they wanted the insurgent dead and their comrade "took one for the team" when he faced a court martial.
His colleagues said they also suffered from post-traumatic stress and one marine believes such incidents occurred elsewhere during the conflict.
There is much public sympathy for Blackman, 42, but few people who have watched the full video of the killing - recorded by another marine's helmet-mounted camera - would describe him as a hero.
The footage has not been made public but Blackman can be heard trying to cover up his actions, making sure a helicopter above is out of sight before he delivers the fatal shot.
Perhaps more understandable though is the sympathy of the men who fought alongside him and endured the same hardships.
Colleagues suggested there were other pressures on Blackman, who was known as Marine A during the original trial process and was only fully identified when he was convicted.
Rob Driscoll, who was at a nearby patrol base at the time of the killing, told Panorama: "Everyone that was speaking on that radio was sending out a signal to Al... everyone wanted that guy to be dead."
He said no-one would have wanted to send out a medical team to help the insurgent because the ground could have been littered with roadside bombs, while a helicopter might have been targeted in the air.
They would have done it for one of their own, but risking British lives for a wounded Taliban fighter "who has been shooting at them for the last four months" was less appealing, he said.
Sam Deen, who was on the patrol, said: "I do remember saying, 'yeah I would shoot him'... and I do think I influenced what happened".
"A few of the other lads said that," Mr Deen said.
The killing, on 15 September 2011, took place after a patrol base in Helmand province came under fire from two insurgents.
One of the attackers was seriously injured by gunfire from an Apache helicopter sent to provide air support, and the marines found him in a field.
The footage from the helmet-mounted camera showed Blackman shooting the Afghan prisoner in the chest at close range with a 9mm pistol.
Blackman, from Taunton, was convicted of murder in November 2013 and jailed for life. He lost an appeal in May of the following year, but his 10-year minimum term was reduced to eight years.
Five judges at the Court Martial Appeal Court in London have now ruled the conviction should be manslaughter on the ground of diminished responsibility, not murder.
A further hearing will now decide what sentence Blackman should serve.
Filmmaker and anthropologist Chris Terrill was embedded with Blackman's unit at the time of the shooting.
His film for Panorama tries to look beyond the narrow focus of the helmet camera that led to Blackman's conviction and questions whether, in the slow attrition of war, they began to think as a pack and lose their moral compass.
Speaking about Blackman's decision to kill the insurgent, Sam Deen says: "I do think he took the responsibility for the younger lads… he thought it was his responsibility to do it, and then move on."
Rob Driscoll admits to some sleepless nights but adds: "I'm glad Al did what he did because all my guys went home".
Louis Nethercott, another Royal Marine on the patrol, tells Panorama: "I think it was just another day in Afghanistan and that's the way it goes out there.
"And none of us got hurt so it was a successful day as far as I'm concerned".
Chris Terrill asks another Royal Marine who was on that tour whether he thought this was the only time such an incident occurred during the Afghan war.
His answer - "No".
Panorama, Marine A: The Inside Story will be on BBC One at 22:50 GMT, and available later on iPlayer.
The government has repeatedly raised the personal allowance - the amount people can earn before paying income tax - since the 2010 election.
The threshold is due to reach £10,000 in 2014/15 but Mr Clegg wants to make it £10,500 from 2015 - a move that would cost the Treasury £1bn.
Conservatives said they would consider it but any changes must be "paid for".
Deputy prime minister and Lib Dem leader Mr Clegg said raising the personal allowance to £10,000 - a tax cut "worth £700 to millions of people" - was a "huge step" which he had been campaigning on for years.
And he said he wanted to raise the threshold by another £500 as a "workers' bonus".
The cut would be worth £100 a year to 24 million ordinary rate taxpayers, while taking around half a million people out of income tax altogether.
Mr Clegg said his preferred method of paying for the tax cut would be to raise taxes on the "super wealthy" through a "mansion tax" but he said the Conservatives would not agree to this.
He told the BBC's Andrew Marr programme "we will find other ways" to fund the policy.
"It's not agreed yet. It's something I would like to see us deliver as a coalition government in the next budget," he added.
The basic rate of income tax is 20% so an extra £500 on the personal allowance would cut tax by £100 for anyone earning £10,500 or more, though people earning over £100,000 get reduced personal allowance or none at all.
Mr Clegg said the Liberal Democrats' "long-term ambition" was to "make sure no one pays any income tax on the equivalent of the minimum wage, which is around £12,500".
The personal allowance for under 65s was £6,475 when the coalition came to power and it has risen in each of the last three tax years to its current level of £9,440.
The government has already agreed to raise it to £10,000 from April, and Mr Clegg's latest proposal would take effect in April 2015 - just before the next general election.
Some Lib Dems are angry at what they say are "blatant" attempts by the Tories to claim credit for raising the personal allowance - an idea they say was rejected by David Cameron before the 2010 election.
For Labour, shadow treasury chief secretary Chris Leslie said the coalition's changes had left working families worse off overall and called for Mr Clegg to explain how he would pay for the proposal.
"Working people facing a cost-of-living crisis need help right now, but Nick Clegg's government has instead prioritised a huge tax cut for those earning over £150,000," he said.
"When it comes to people on middle and low incomes, the government is giving with one hand but taking away much more with the other."
While the basic personal allowance rate has been rising under the coalition government, the level at which "higher rate" 40% tax is payable has been reduced in steps from £37,400 when the coalition came to power to £32,011 now (payable on income above the personal allowance).
The "additional rate" - 50% of earnings over £150,000 - introduced by Labour just before the 2010 election was reduced to 45% by the current government in April this year.
People aged 65 and over get a higher personal allowance. The current personal allowance is £10,500 for 65 to 74-year-olds and £10,660 for people aged 75 and over. From April 2013 the allowance for over-65s was frozen while that for under-65s went up. Those who turn 65 after 5 April 2013 do not get an extra allowance at all.
Income tax rates are the same across the UK, though the Scottish Parliament is expected to set rates there from 2016 under powers given by the 2012 Scotland Act.
Precious Life described the sentence as "very lenient".
On Monday, Belfast Crown Court heard the 21-year old woman could not afford to travel to England for a termination.
The human rights organisation Amnesty International said it was "appalled" by the conviction.
Unlike the rest of the UK, abortion is only permitted in Northern Ireland if a woman's life is at risk or there is a permanent or serious risk to her mental or physical health.
The court heard on Monday that the woman, who cannot be named, was 10 to 12 weeks pregnant when she obtained the tablets in July 2014.
Two of her housemates reported her to police after they found blood-stained items and a male foetus in the bin of the house they shared in south Belfast.
She was was given a three-month jail sentence, suspended for 12 months, on Monday after admitting two offences - procuring her own abortion by using a poison, and of supplying a poison with intent to procure a miscarriage.
Bernadette Smyth from Precious Life said she was "very concerned about the judgement" and was "very hopeful that this case will be reviewed".
"We are in a crisis situation here, it's a human crisis and we, Precious Life have sent to the PPS for NI (Public Prosecution Service of Northern Ireland) our concerns calling for this case to be brought back to the appeals court," she said.
"It's sending out a dangerous message and could set a dangerous precedent for future cases of illegal abortions here in Northern Ireland."
Precious Life has no right to appeal the sentence. Only the director of public prosecutions can ask the Court of Appeal to review whether the sentence was unduly lenient.
The human rights organisation Amnesty International said: "A woman who needs an abortion is not a criminal - the law should not treat her as such," Patrick Corrigan, Amnesty International's Northern Ireland director, said.
"This tragic case reveals that making abortion illegal does not stop women in Northern Ireland needing or seeking terminations.
"Those who can afford it travel to England for the treatment they need. Over 1,000 women make that journey from Northern Ireland every year."
The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) said the pursuance of the case had been in the public interest.
"The test for prosecution has two elements," a PPS spokesman said.
"It involves an assessment as to whether the available evidence provides a reasonable prospect of conviction, and also whether prosecution is in the public interest.
"In this particular case it was decided, having carefully considered all of the relevant evidence and information, that both elements were met.
"A range of factors were relevant to the balancing of the public interest, including the important fact that the law in Northern Ireland makes the conduct in question a serious criminal offence, in respect of which a conviction carries the potential of a significant custodial sentence."
Brendan Rodgers' men surpassed the benchmark set by Jock Stein's all-conquering European champions of 1967.
BBC Scotland examines the league leaders' domestic supremacy, and compares the team of today, and the landscape in which they operate, with their totemic counterparts of half a century ago.
"It is a huge achievement considering the great history of this club. We are very proud. The players now stand on their own, 27 games unbeaten. Our job now is to keep it going for as long as we can.
"It is an incredible run and every accolade they get they deserve because of their focus, the spirit within the team and the quality of the football they are producing.
"We have set the challenge going forward. We have to keep winning and that comes from our work, our concentration and making sure we take care of all the background noise that goes around them and just focus on the job."
On comparing 1967 with 2017
"If you take Celtic's achievement this season in isolation, it's marvellous. For any team to be undefeated in that number of games is superb, in any competition.
"But if you're going to compare eras, you put a different perspective on it. Consider what Scottish football was like in 1967. Celtic won a European trophy, Rangers were in a European Cup-Winner's Cup final.
"Kilmarnock had got to the semi-final of the Fairs Cup, and Dundee United, in their debut in the competition, had beaten the Fairs Cup holders, Barcelona.
"That just gives you a taste of the breadth of quality and attainment that was in Scottish football. That doesn't exist at this moment.
"That doesn't detract in the slightest from what Celtic are doing - they're asked to go and win games, and they're doing that. They've got the challenge from other clubs but it's much, much weaker."
On the lack of a challenge to Celtic
"Rangers, by comparison to what they were in '67, are relatively impotent, because of circumstances we all know about. That's taken a lot of the challenge away.
"I'd get to the point of saying, why haven't Celtic, in the four years where they've had this huge financial domination, not won a treble? That's one of the questions you have to ask.
"I think it poses the question to Scottish football as a whole - how long is this going to go on? People like a challenge in football, they like contests and competitions.
"Celtic are hugely financially superior to everybody else, and I think this will go on. They may set new records indeed."
How does Brendan Rodgers measure up to Jock Stein?
"I always find it difficult to apply my regard and admiration for Stein to other managers. I think he was distinct and unique. That doesn't detract from my appreciation of what other managers have been able to do.
"I've talked to players in England who worked under Rodgers in England and regard him as the best coach they've ever worked with. If you marry that interpretation to the fact he's with the club he's always loved, then it's a potent force."
Wenger, 67, has been Gunners boss since 1996 and his current deal expires at the end of this season.
In February, he said he would decide on a new contract in March or April.
Speaking before Sunday's home match with Manchester United, the Frenchman joked: "That means I was wrong."
He added: "I don't want to speak about my personal case any more."
Some supporters have protested against the long-term manager this season, brandishing banners at games with the message: "Wenger Out".
Sunday's defeat by rivals Tottenham leaves Wenger's side sixth in the table and in danger of failing to qualify for the Champions League for the first time in 20 years.
Trailing Manchester City by six points, albeit with a game in hand, Arsenal need their rivals to slip up if they are to have any chance of sealing a top-four place to ensure entry to Europe's top club competition.
"Now even winning all our games does not guarantee it, it's not completely in our hands. But we have to win the games, that's all we can do," added Wenger.
"We were disappointed with last weekend's result but sometimes the best thing is to have a big game straight away again and we want to bounce back."
Wenger also confirmed that Mesut Ozil kicked a door in frustration following the 2-0 defeat by Tottenham - a loss that means Spurs will finish above their north London rivals for the first time since 1995.
Reports suggested the Germany playmaker had reacted angrily after being told he had to undertake a random post-match drug test.
"I am sorry that he kicked the door but I don't think his frustration was towards the drugs test, it was towards the game," Wenger said.
"I did not speak about it then because I only heard about it today. I don't know what really happened but it is always good to get the player's version."
There are also questions over Ozil's future at the club, with the 28-year-old midfielder's contract set to expire at the end of next season.
But Wenger provided no update on talks over renewing his deal.
When asked by a journalist whether reports Ozil was having the driveway of his house resurfaced suggested he would be staying, the Frenchman replied: "Oh! That's a good conclusion."
Pamela Gower, 49, of Hebburn, South Tyneside, was found on Saturday in a road close to the airfield at Shotton Colliery where her plane had taken off.
It had been thought her parachute failed to open, but it has now emerged her reserve parachute did deploy.
Miss Gower's parents Catherine and Len said she would be "hugely missed".
The death is being investigated by the British Parachuting Association (BPA), Durham Police and the Civil Aviation Authority.
In a statement released by Durham Police, Mr and Mrs Gower said: "Pamela was a great girl who was loved by her family so much and was a wonderful daughter and sister.
"Pamela was a very determined and independent woman who let nothing get in her way.
"It was lovely to hear the warm messages from everyone and we would like to thank people for sending us their kind words.
"We would also like to thank all those who were involved in trying to help Pamela, from the nurse and the ex-soldier who were first on the scene to the various agencies who tried to save Pamela, including the police, ambulance service, paramedics and the hospital.
"As a family we are devastated at this very difficult time and would appreciate privacy to grieve in peace."
Miss Gower, who had dwarfism, was an employment advisor at Remploy's Newcastle branch and supported disabled people into work.
A Remploy spokesman said: "We are shocked and deeply saddened to hear of Pam's tragic accident.
"She had worked for the company for many years and was a valued and respected member of the Remploy team."
The coroner has been informed and a post-mortem examination is due to be carried out.
It is understood residents tried to save Ms Gower after she landed close to a parked car at about 15:45 BST.
Durham Police said it had now been established that Miss Gower's reserve parachute did deploy.
When news emerged that some of the Chibok schoolgirls, abducted by Boko Haram in 2014, had declined to return home with the batch of 82 freed in May, the world found it difficult to believe.
Not even the release of a Boko Haram video showing some hijab-clad, Kalashnikov-wielding girls saying they were happy in their new lives, was enough to convince people. "They must have been coerced," some said.
"It must be Stockholm syndrome," others said. What else could explain why any girl, any woman, would choose to remain with such horrible men?
Yet, some women rescued by the Nigerian military from captivity are willingly returning to Boko Haram's Sambisa forest hideout in north-eastern Nigeria to be with these same horrible men.
In January, I met Aisha Yerima, 25, who was kidnapped by Boko Haram more than four years ago. While in captivity, she got married to a commander who showered her with romance, expensive gifts and Arabic love songs.
The fairytale life in the Sambisa forest she described to me was suddenly cut short by the appearance of the Nigerian military in early 2016, at a time her husband had gone off to battle with other commanders.
When I first interviewed Aisha, she had been in government custody for about eight months, and completed a de-radicalisation programme run by psychologist Fatima Akilu, the executive director of the Neem Foundation and founder of the Nigerian government's de-radicalisation programme.
"I now see that all the things Boko Haram told us were lies," Aisha said. "Now, when I listen to them on the radio, I laugh."
But, in May, less than five months after being released into the care of her family in north-eastern Maiduguri city, she returned to the forest hideout of Boko Haram.
Over the past five years, Dr Akilu has worked with former Boko Haram members - including some commanders, their wives and children - and with hundreds of women who were rescued from captivity.
"How women were treated when in Boko Haram captivity depends on which camp a woman was exposed to. It depends on the commander running the camp," she said.
"Those who were treated better were the ones who willingly married Boko Haram members or who joined the group voluntarily and that's not the majority. Most women did not have the same treatment."
Aisha had boasted to me about the number of slaves she had while in the Sambisa forest, the respect she received from other Boko Haram commanders, and the strong influence she had over her husband. She even accompanied him to battle once.
"These were women who for the most part had never worked, had no power, no voice in the communities, and all of a sudden they were in charge of between 30 to 100 women who were now completely under their control and at their beck and call," Dr Akilu said.
"It is difficult to know what to replace it with when you return to society because most of the women are returning to societies where they are not going to be able to wield that kind of power."
Apart from loss of power, other reasons Dr Akilu believes could lead women to willingly return to Boko Haram include stigmatisation from a community which treats them like pariahs because of their association with the militants, and tough economic conditions.
"De-radicalisation is just one part of it. Reintegration is also a part of it. Some of them have no livelihood support built around them," Dr Akilu said.
"The kind of support you have in de-radicalisation programmes does not follow you when you leave. They often come out successful from de-radicalisation programmes but they struggle in the community and it is that struggle that often leads them to go back," she said.
Recently, I visited Aisha's family, who were still in shock at her departure and worried about her wellbeing.
Her mother, Ashe, recalled at least seven former Boko Haram "wives" she knew, all friends of her daughter, who had returned to the Sambisa forest long before her daughter did.
"Each time one of them disappeared, her family came to our house to ask Aisha if she had heard from their daughter," she said. "That's how I knew."
Some of the women kept in touch with Aisha after they returned to Boko Haram. Her younger sister, Bintu, was present during at least two phone calls.
"They told her to come and join them but she refused," Bintu said. "She told them she didn't want to go back."
Unlike some former Boko Haram "wives" I've met, who are either struggling to survive harsh economic conditions or dealing with stigma, Aisha's life seemed to be on track.
She was earning money from buying and selling fabric, regularly attending social events and posting photos of herself all primped up on social media, and had a string of suitors.
"At least five different men wanted to marry her," her mother said, pointing out that there could be no greater form of acceptance shown to a woman, and presenting this as evidence that her daughter faced no stigma whatsoever from the community.
"One of the men lives in Lagos. She was thinking of marrying him," she said.
But, everything went awry when Aisha received yet another phone call from the women who had returned to the forest, informing her that her Boko Haram "husband" was now with a woman who had been her rival.
From that day, the vivacious and gregarious Aisha became a recluse.
"She stopped going out or talking or eating," Bintu said. "She was always sad."
Two weeks later, she left home and did not return. Some of her clothes were missing. Her phones were switched off. She took the two-year-old son fathered by the commander in the Sambisa forest, but left the older one she had with the husband she divorced before her abduction.
"De-radicalisation is complicated by the fact that we have an active, ongoing insurgency. In cases where a group has reached settlement with the government and laid down their arms, it is easier," Dr Akilu said. "But, when you have fathers, husbands, sons still in the movement, they want to be reunited, especially women."
Asta, another former Boko Haram "wife", told me that she has heard of the many women returning to the group, but has no plans to do so herself.
However, the 19-year-old described how terribly she misses her husband, and how keen she is to hear from him and to be reunited with him.
She insisted that she would not return to the forest, not even if he were to ask her.
"I will tell him to come and stay here with us and live a normal life," she said.
But as with Aisha, the desire to be with the man she yearns for may turn out to be more compelling for Asta than the aversion to a group responsible for the deaths of thousands of people in north-east Nigeria, and for the displacement of millions who are struggling to survive in refugee camps.
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Mr Murphy announced his intention to resign last month despite narrowly winning a confidence vote in the wake of Labour's general election defeat.
He had since been drawing up plans for reforms which he hopes will lead to the party's recovery in Scotland.
Labour lost 40 of its 41 Scottish constituencies to the SNP, including Mr Murphy's East Renfrewshire seat.
The party has also announced a timetable for the election of a new leader and deputy leader, with the result of the contests to announced on 15 August.
The leadership contest is expected to be between current deputy leader Kezia Dugdale and the party's social justice spokesman, Ken MacIntosh.
Speaking at a media conference in Glasgow on Saturday afternoon, Mr Murphy said Scottish Labour should better reflect modern Scotland.
He unveiled five proposals which he said had been agreed in principle by party's executive council.
These included electing a new leader through a one member one vote system rather than the electoral college system which requires a majority vote in at least two out of three blocks, comprising elected members, ordinary members and unions.
Mr Murphy was elected as leader despite opposition from the union college, which backed his opponent Neil Findlay last year.
The party will also reopen its selection process for the Regional Lists to attract the widest possible range of candidates for the 2016 Scottish Parliament elections.
This would "abolish the closed shop arrangements for list MSPs so that every Labour Party member has a fair chance of standing for the list, and so that incumbency isn't a guarantee of re-selection", Mr Murphy said.
Mr Murphy also said the party would consider establishing a national selection panel for local councillors, and consider the use of primaries in the selection of MP candidates in future elections.
And he said the party would do more to publicise a "little-known rule" which would allow it to waive the qualifying period before members can become candidates.
Mr Murphy added: "While commitment to the party will always be crucial, strong candidates can have other attributes other than time served.
"We want business people, charity workers, NHS staff and many others who support Labour to stand for Labour - even if up until now they never felt able to join Labour."
Analysis by Laura Bicker, BBC news correspondent
The reforms were billed as dramatic, but for some members they will not go far enough.
Some had suggested that Scottish Labour should break away from the main UK party to make the message to voters more distinct. But Jim Murphy says this would be a mistake.
Instead, he says the party should change the way leaders are elected and candidates are selected. He also wants to ensure more members, even those who have been in the party for only a few months, can be selected as parliamentary candidates.
The aim is to make the party feel more open. The message is come and join us. But will voters listen?
Polls suggest SNP support is continuing to rise and the party could be on course to win more seats in the Scottish Parliament elections next May.
Voters in Labour heartlands did not abandon the party and vote SNP because the leader was appointed by an electoral college. But the reforms could make the party feel more approachable and it could turn up a few interesting new faces as candidates.
It has certainly worked for the SNP. Many of their parliamentary candidates were untried, untested politicians. In fact, some had only been in the party a few months, but they were well-known, popular local figures during the independence referendum campaign.
Former leader Iain Gray, who is currently the party's education spokesman in the Scottish Parliament, has been appointed acting leader until a new leader is elected.
Mr Gray will represent Scottish Labour at First Minister's Questions for the next two weeks until the summer recess.
He said: "We are grateful to Jim for his service to our party and our movement. At a time when it would have been easier to walk away, he stepped up and led with great energy and passion.
"The Scottish Executive Committee has passed a substantial package of reforms today that will be vital to the rebuilding of the Labour Party.
"Make no mistake - the road back for Scottish Labour will be long and difficult. It won't happen overnight and we can't expect it to. After today, though, I am confident about the long-term future of Scottish Labour."
Mr Murphy, who took over the leadership from Johann Lamont last December, had faced calls to resign from several MSPs, trade unions and former MPs after his party was almost wiped out in Scotland at the election.
In his resignation speech, he acknowledged the election defeat had been "terrible" for Scottish Labour.
He added: "If anything good can come from such a painful defeat, it is that we are free to be bolder in our message, to reach further into the population for talent, and to renew our organisation to better reflect modern Scotland.
"The defeat was traumatic and so it is right that, today, we announce a set of changes that are dramatic."
Mr Murphy said that he does not have a new job yet but said he would be a source of "discreet advice" if asked for it by his successor, and will always be an "active and faithful servant" of the party.
Asked whether he felt the Scottish Labour Party should break away from the UK Labour Party, he said: "Having campaigned to stay within the United Kingdom, I'm thinking it makes sense just a few short months later to retain those links with the United Kingdom Labour Party.
"So, of course, the Scottish Labour Party has to make its own decisions about issues that are devolved to the Scottish Parliament.
"But breaking away from the rest of the United Kingdom Labour Party, that loses us one of our key strengths, that old-fashioned idea of unity and strength, and we achieve much more together than we do apart."
Staffan de Mistura told reporters that he was prepared to personally accompany al-Qaeda-linked jihadists out of the city if it would stop the fighting.
He also appealed to Russia and Syria not to destroy the city for the sake of eliminating militants.
The UN says 275,000 civilians are trapped in the war-torn east of Aleppo.
"The bottom line is, in a maximum of two months... the city of eastern Aleppo at this rate may be totally destroyed," Mr de Mistura told a news conference in Geneva.
"Thousands of Syrian civilians, not terrorists, will be killed and many of them wounded."
He added: "This is what you, we, the world will be seeing when we will be trying to celebrate Christmas, or the end of the year, if this continues at this rate, unimpeded. Homs [Syrian city] multiplied by 50."
Russia and Syria say their forces are attacking the powerful Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (formerly known as al-Nusra Front) in eastern Aleppo.
Mr de Mistura said the group was about 900 strong in eastern Aleppo and he would willingly accompany them out of the city if they decided to leave.
Addressing the group directly, he asked if they were willing to decide the destiny of 275,000 people.
"If you did decide to leave in dignity, and with your weapons, to Idlib or anywhere you wanted to go, I personally am ready physically to accompany you," he said.
He also warned Syria and Russia that history would judge them if they used the presence of the jihadists in Aleppo as "an alibi perhaps for destroying a whole city".
The besieged east of Aleppo has come under intense aerial bombardment since a cessation of hostilities brokered by the US and Moscow collapsed last month.
Diplomatic efforts to revive the ceasefire have so far come to nothing.
The US has since suspended any military co-operation with Russia over Syria.
Ownership of the Grade II-listed Colwyn Bay pier has been contested for several years.
Businessman Steve Hunt, who ran the pier until he was made bankrupt in 2008, said it should have come back to him after three years.
But Conwy council claims it passed to the Crown Estate before it signed a deal to buy the pier in 2012.
A hearing on Tuesday before Mr Justice Morgan included a detailed discussion of events in summer 2011, when the pier was in the hands of a trustee in bankruptcy.
That trustee formally gave up any interest in the pier in August that year.
Mr Hunt told the court the trustee did not follow the process correctly, something they deny.
Representing himself, Mr Hunt said: "I want it back because I'm entitled to have it back. Conwy council have always intended to demolish it - they've turned down offers of lottery money to restore it."
The council's barrister, Louis Doyle, said the pier was in a dangerous state while the rest of Colwyn Bay is being improved.
He said: "The pier is in the centre of a seafront redevelopment. It shouldn't go back to Steve Hunt because of the exceptional circumstances of this case."
The hearing continues.
Championship side Morton take on Aberdeen in a 12:15 BST kick-off on Saturday, 22 October.
Scottish Premiership leaders Celtic meet Glasgow rivals Rangers on the following day at 14:15.
BBC Radio Scotland will provide live commentary of both matches, with the online broadcast supplemented by text coverage on the BBC Sport website.
Celtic were 5-1 winners against Rangers when they met on league duty at Celtic Park on 10 September.
But Rangers won a penalty shoot-out when the sides met at Hampden in the last four of the Scottish Cup last season, with Celtic prevailing at the same venue at the same stage of the League Cup in 2015.
This is the fifth time Morton have reached this stage of the tournament, the most recent coming in 1979 when they lost out to Aberdeen.
The Dons, who have won the League Cup on six occasions, have beaten the Greenock outfit another four times in the competition since that Hampden victory.
She scored 80.33 with winner Julia Marino well ahead on 94.66.
It was her second appearance at the invitational event for the world's top freestyle skiers and snowboarders in Aspen, Colorado.
In the ski slopestyle, fellow Briton James Woods missed out on a medal by 0.34 points after he registered a score of 91.66.
Norwegian Oystein Braaten took gold with 94.33. American McRae Williams was second with Alex Beaulieu-Marchand of Canada third.
He was banned for not reporting alleged match-fixing in two games involving ex-club Siena in the 2010-11 season.
He has now been acquitted over the Novara game, but the 10-month ban remains for the Albinoleffe match.
Conte is expected to launch a second appeal, to be heard in September.
Last season the 43-year-old former Italy international led unbeaten Juventus to the Serie A title in his first season in charge.
Juventus, who will begin the defence of their league title against Parma on 25 August with technical director Massimo Carrera in charge, have said they will stand by Conte.
Conte's assistant at Siena and Juventus, Angelo Alessio, has had his original eight month ban reduced to six months on appeal.
The tribunal also confirmed that Juventus players Leonardo Bonucci and Simone Pepe have been cleared.
Marco Di Vaio and Daniele Portanova had each been suspended for six months for their alleged failure to report match-fixing in the Bologna v Bari match of May 2011, but former Italy international Di Vaio has been acquitted.
Lecce's demotion to the Lega Pro - the third tier of Italian football - was confirmed, but the decision to hand Grosetto the same fate has been overturned.
The three-year suspension of former Siena defender Emanuele Pesoli, who chained himself to the gates of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) for four days in protest at the call, was upheld.
The FIGC's disciplinary tribunal has been investigating 13 clubs - mainly from the second division - in the latest match-fixing scandal to hit Italian football.
The investigation comes six years after a similar scandal deprived Juventus of two titles.
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The controversial move is designed to keep housing affordable for local residents.
Thousands of landlords let out spare rooms or entire apartments on apps such as Airbnb, Wimdu and 9Flats.
Often landlords seek to fill a short-term vacancy and earn some additional money, but it has proved profitable for people to rent out entire apartments to tourists all year round.
But critics warn that the practice reduces an already limited supply of rental property and drives up rent for local tenants.
From 1 May, a new law known as Zweckentfremdungsverbot - prohibition of improper use - will take effect.
The law, which allows homeowners to rent out only spare rooms rather than entire homes, was passed in 2014 but included a two-year transition period that has now elapsed.
Andreas Geisel, Berlin's head of urban development said it was "a necessary and sensible instrument against the housing shortage in Berlin."
Those caught breaking the new law could be fined up to 100,000 euros (£78,500).
However, critics say the law serves the hotel industry rather than residents.
Loreto Douglas, 64, a child care worker from Derry, was airlifted to hospital but later died from her injuries.
The crash happened on the main Londonderry to Belfast road at about 09:15 GMT on Wednesday.
A man and another woman injured in the crash remain in hospital. Two further men have since been discharged.
On their Facebook page, the Lifestart Foundation in Derry, where Ms Douglas worked, described the loss of their "dearest friend and colleague".
"Loreto has been with Lifestart since the very beginning and she will be sorely missed by everyone who had the pleasure of knowing her.
"Loreto, good night and rest peacefully, your loving Lifestart family xx."
Lifestart's executive director Dr Pauline McClenaghan said Ms Doulglas was the "most generous, personable and kindest of people".
SDLP MLA Mark H Durkan said the family support worker was a "lovely lady who dedicated her life to helping others".
Inspt Ian Armour appealed for anyone who was travelling on the Glenshane Road on Wednesday morning and who witnessed the collision to contact police.
Privates Derek Smallhorne and Thomas Barrett were on UN peacekeeping duty in Lebanon when they were murdered.
Lebanese national Mahmoud Bazzi, 71, has been sent back to his home country after admitting immigration fraud.
The Irish defence minister said the deportation was a "significant step in the pursuit of justice" for the troops.
A third Irish soldier was injured in the incident near the Israeli border on 18 April 1980.
All three were serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) when their convoy was stopped and they were captured.
Mr Bazzi reportedly entered the United States about 20 years ago and had recently been living in Detroit.
Officers from the US Enforcement and Removal Operations agency escorted him on a flight to Beirut on Friday and handed him over to the Lebanese authorities.
Campaigners are hoping he will be questioned about the soldiers' murders.
Irish Minister for Defence Simon Coveney said: "I believe that this is a significant step in the pursuit of justice for Privates Thomas Barrett and Derek Smallhorne who lost their lives while on United Nations peace-keeping duty in Lebanon almost 35 years ago.
"It is an important day for the families and I wish to commend them for their continued commitment to securing justice for their loved ones."
Lord Mayor Arder Carson and US Consul-General Greg Burton were present when the book was opened at city hall.
The body of Olivia Burke, one of the six students killed, was flown back to Ireland on Monday.
The bodies of Eoghan Culligan, Lorcán Miller, Niccolai Schuster and Eimear Walsh, returned to Ireland on Sunday.
The sixth victim, Ashley Donohoe, was buried in California on Saturday.
She was a joint Irish-US citizen and was a cousin of Olivia Burke. A joint funeral for the two young women was held in Sonoma.
Four of the families issued a statement thanking everyone, in Ireland and the US, for their sympathy and support.
"As we leave Berkeley and return home to Ireland with our beloved sons and daughters, Eimear, Eoghan, Lorcan and Niccolai, we would like to thank everyone in America and Ireland for their sympathy and support, which has been a tremendous comfort to us at this tragic time," the families said.
After Saturday's joint funeral for Ms Burke and Ms Donohoe, their families issued a statement through a friend.
"We will fight to make changes so that no family will ever have to go through what we have gone through in the last five days," they said.
"Our daughters and the rest of these students were responsible young adults that were celebrating their friend's 21st birthday in what they felt was a safe environment.
"Unfortunately, that turned tragic through no fault of their own."
Mourners at the funeral heard how the two cousins were kind, fun-loving young women who shared a close bond.
Monsignor Daniel Whelton said that growing up, Olivia and Ashley would dress alike to try to fool their parents into thinking they were twins.
The apartment balcony collapsed during a 21st birthday party in the early hours of Tuesday in the city of Berkeley.
Five of the six people who died were Irish students based in the US as part of a work exchange programme.
Meanwhile, the conditions of two of the people who were injured in the balcony collapse have improved.
Conor Flynn and Jack Halpin are being cared for at the John Muir Medical Centre in Walnut Creek.
Hospital pastor Fr Michael Gillen described the pair as inspirational and said they should make a full recovery.
Investigations continue into why the fourth-floor balcony collapsed.
Engineers say water damage may have caused the structure to give way.
Authorities said 13 people were on the balcony when it collapsed.
The book of condolence can be signed at Belfast City Hall during normal business hours every day this week.
Alex Boyd's pictures of the forests around Bergen-Belsen camp are being shown at the Scottish Parliament.
Boyd was born in the nearby town of Celle, to a German mother and Scottish father, but his connection runs even deeper, as his grandfather Robert was part of the Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's), which administered the camp after liberation.
More recently, Alex's brother Benjamin also worked at the camp, in the German army, clearing fallen trees and protecting the memorial from damage.
"Forests have often fascinated and terrified me," says Boyd. "They are an integral part of the German imagination - from the battles of the Teutoburg Forest, the paintings of Caspar David Friedrich, to the many Goethe's Oaks which can be found across the country, where the poet is said to have walked or composed."
Boyd says the pictures of the bodies piled high from the time of liberation by the British Army in 1945 will never lose the ability to shock the viewer.
"It is something which is hard to reconcile with the sight of the camp today, which due to the burning down of the barracks to stop the spread of typhus in 1945 retains a somewhat rural feel, with large empty fields ringed in by the mass graves of thousands," Boyd says.
"The site of so much suffering is ringed in by a forest of birch and pine, silently observing the scene. I often thought of the prisoners looking out from within the camp to the forest beyond, and what they were thinking.
"No matter how many times I walk the landscapes of Bergen-Belsen, or Auschwitz I will never be able to understand what happened in those places."
Boyd's pictures were taken over a ten year period with a camera that once belonged to German-born British photographer Fay Godwin and printed on gampi, a fragile hand-made paper from Japan.
"I print on gampi for several reasons, key among these is the fragile nature of the material. It has a unique texture, a softness and tactility, and gives the images an ephemeral feel," says Boyd.
"The prints as a result have a slightly unreal quality to them, something which one definitely feels when visiting Belsen. It is a quiet place, many visitors remarking that birds do not sing there."
This process was learnt from the Japanese photographer and master printer Takeshi Shikama when Boyd worked with him at Sabhal Mor Ostaig on the Isle of Skye in 2012.
Boyd says: "Takeshi did not speak much English, but we did share something greater, a love and fascination of the Scottish landscape. Together we worked, often in silence, climbing into the hills of the Cuillin, or the Trotternish ridge in the north of the Island.
"Often images would not be taken, but the scene quietly observed. I think that is an important lesson to learn as a photographer.
"Often working late into the night, we would print using platinum, reflect, and often start again, aiming not always for perfection in the prints, but for a clarity of vision.
"Printing images on to gampi, a fragile hand-made paper from Japan, proved very difficult and often frustrating, however I am slowly learning to be more patient."
You can see more of Alex Boyd's work on his website.
The body was found at about 11:30 BST on Thursday in Highgate Road, Brierley Hill.
Officers are trying to identify the woman so they can inform her family and have asked for anyone with information about the death to contact them.
A 24-year-old man, arrested in Walsall on Thursday on suspicion of murder, remains in police custody.
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Det Supt Tom Chisholm said "This investigation is moving swiftly and our inquiries have already led to one arrest.
"I would urge anyone with information which could help us to call us on 101."
A post-mortem examination is due to take place on Saturday to determine the cause of the woman's death.
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The fine relates to incidents in the second minute at Loftus Road, when Canaries full-back Martin Olsson was sent off for handling on the line.
Norwich, who have admitted the charge, went on to lose the match 2-1 on 19 November.
Alex Neil's Canaries are eighth in the second tier after five straight losses.
Meanwhile, Olsson has signed a new one-and-a-half year deal with Norwich, having played 122 times since his 2013 move from Blackburn.
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Despite a 6% rise in annual pre-tax profits, ITV shares closed down 3.5% at 240.9p.
The FTSE 100 index shed 5.8 points, or 0.1%, at 6,147.06 points.
Miners led the way, with major gainers being Anglo American and Antofagasta boosted by new economic stimulus measures in China.
Anglo was the biggest riser, adding 6.7%, while Standard Chartered rose 5.9% to 454.8p.
The biggest faller was Intertek Group, which shed 4.6% to £28.65, while BT Group ended 2.9% lower ar 481.8p.
On the currency markets, the pound was up 0.7% against the dollar to $1.4047, and was 1% higher against the euro at €1.2961.
The United States beat Europe 17-11 at Hazeltine this month to win the Ryder Cup for the first time since 2008.
England's Westwood, 43, was one of Clarke's three wildcard picks but lost all three matches he was involved in.
"I was a captain's pick and I would have liked to have performed well for him," Westwood said.
Westwood, who has competed in 10 Ryder Cups, lost Friday's foursomes with Thomas Pieters and then missed a putt from three feet on the 18th when he and Danny Willett had the chance for a half in Saturday's fourballs.
The world number 50 then looked set to claim his first point of the weekend as he led Ryan Moore by two with three to play in Sunday's singles.
But Moore eagled the 16th and birdied the 17th before Westwood bogeyed the last as the US regained the Ryder Cup with three matches still in play.
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Asked if he felt he had let down Clarke, he replied: "A little bit."
Westwood said he played well in "spells" and dismissed criticism of his putting.
"People are always going to miss putts," he said. "It was a lot of pressure on that situation and just one of those things. Sometimes I get judged unfairly on my putting because the rest of my game is so strong."
Westwood ruled out succeeding Clarke as captain at the next Ruder Cup in 2018 but said the 2020 tournament was on his "radar".
Britain's Joshua, 27, is making the second defence of the belt he won in April.
At Friday's weigh-in, the champion scaled 17st 12lb, six pounds heavier than for his last fight, while his American challenger scaled 16st 13lb.
"People love the thud of punches and there will be a knockout," said Joshua.
"People are saying I'm the favourite but I don't see it like that. I take him as a real challenger. I've got to stay calm, wait for him to fatigue and then unload."
Joshua has finished all 17 of his pro fights early.
Molina is widely expected to be merely a stepping stone for Joshua, with a match against former heavyweight king Wladimir Klitschko pencilled in for next April.
The Texan, 34, lost his first fight as a pro in 2007 but has been beaten only twice in 27 bouts since.
In 2012 he was knocked out in the first round by Chris Arreola, before lasting nine rounds with WBC champion Deontay Wilder. In his most recent fight in April, Molina caused an upset by beating Tomasz Adamek in Poland.
"This will be a heavyweight slug-fest but it's a two-way street - he can hurt me and I can hurt him," said Molina, who has 19 knockouts from 25 victories.
"The knockout could be quick, it could be slow - let's see how it pans out."
Also at Manchester's Victoria Warehouse, Dillian Whyte and Dereck Chisora weighed in separately for their heavyweight grudge match.
Chisora was fined £25,000 by the British Boxing Board of Control for throwing a table at a news conference and the fight's British title status was removed.
Former world title challenger Chisora, 32, and British champion Whyte, 28, have been trading verbal blows for months and it was Chisora who had the final say, calling his rival a "donkey".
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Chief support to Joshua-Molina is former amateur sensation Katie Taylor, who has her second professional fight against Brazil's Viviane Obenauf.
Birmingham's Kal Yafai fights Luis Concepcion for the Panamanian's WBA super-flyweight title, while Liverpool's Callum Smith makes the first defence of his British super-middleweight title against Darwen's Luke Blackledge.
Bury's Scott Quigg, last seen losing a super-bantamweight world title unification match against Carl Frampton of Belfast in February, fights at featherweight for the first time, against Mexican Jose Cayetano.
Newcastle's Hosea Burton defends his British light-heavyweight title against London's Frank Buglioni, while Cuban heavyweight contender Luiz Ortiz is also in action.
Dillian Whyte v Dereck Chisora (heavyweight contest)
Luis Concepcion v Kal Yafai (WBA super-flyweight title)
Katie Taylor v Viviane Obenauf (super-featherweight contest)
Callum Smith v Luke Blackledge (British super-middleweight title)
Scott Quigg v Jose Cayetano (WBA 'international' featherweight title)
Hosea Burton v Frank Buglioni (British light-heavyweight title)
Luiz Ortiz v David Allen (heavyweight contest)
Marcus Morrison v Harry Matthews (middleweight contest)
Conor Benn v Josh Thorne (super-lightweight contest)
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said a large area of grassland was alight at Harburn, near West Calder.
Crews were initially called to the blaze at 13:00 on Friday.
A spokeswoman said the fire was not putting any buildings or roads at risk. One crew held a "watching brief" at the scene overnight, but there have been six appliances at the blaze since daylight.
The incident came as the fire and rescue service issued a warning about an increased risk of wildfires this weekend.
It said dry and windy weather had already caused incidents near Lochinver in Sutherland, where 12 sq km was burned, and the Ochil Hills, near Stirling.
Deputy assistant chief officer Andy Coueslant said: "Many rural and remote communities are hugely impacted by wildfires, which can cause significant environmental and economic damage.
"Livestock, farmland, wildlife, protected woodland and sites of special scientific interest can all be devastated by these fires - as can the lives of people living and working in rural communities.
"Human behaviour can significantly lower the chance of a wildfire starting so it's crucial people act safely and responsibly in rural environments and follow the countryside code."
Wildfires can start when cigarettes are disposed of carelessly, or when barbecues and campfires are left unattended.
They are common when warmer weather dries out vegetation - especially dead winter foliage- which offers an ample fuel source.
Susan Davies, director of conservation at the Scottish Wildlife Trust, added: "Wildfires are a major threat to our wildlife and wild places.
"We'd like to encourage people visiting the outdoors to be extra careful, and check the advice in the Scottish Outdoor Access Code before starting a fire."
The MPs said under the current system, the best-funded areas received up to £6,300 per pupil, while the worst-funded got an average of £4,200.
The MPs, led by former Education Select Committee chairman Graham Stuart, want a fairer system.
The move followed the chancellor's promise last week that the government would consult on a new funding rate.
In his Spending Review at the end of November, George Osborne said the consultation would take place in the new year.
The petitions had been signed by thousands of local constituents from across the country.
Mr Stuart, Conservative MP for Beverley and Holderness, presented the petitions with MPs from his own and other parties on Tuesday evening.
Mr Stuart said: "Tuesday's presentation was intended to showcase the strength of feeling that exists up and down the country that levels of school funding cannot continue to be arbitrary and unfair.
"The current system hits rural and urban areas alike and the campaign does not divide along party lines.
"I am very grateful to everybody who has signed the petition in Beverley and Holderness and all those across the country.
"It's great that ministers have now committed to consult on how best to implement a new national funding formula but we will not let up until fair funding is delivered to schools in our constituencies."
Mr Stuart has called for change on this issue since he was elected in 2005 and is the vice-chairman of the F40 campaign, which calls for school funding to be overhauled.
More recently, he led a parliamentary debate on the issue in Westminster Hall.
The body of a 36-year-old woman was found at a property on Conway Avenue, Bury, shortly before 07:50 GMT.
A 39-year-old man was stopped on the hard shoulder of the M60 motorway a short time later and arrested.
He remains in custody for questioning. Police believe it to be an isolated incident but have stepped up patrols in the area.
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The Brazilian team's plane crashed on its approach to Medellin, Colombia on Monday, with authorities saying the aircraft might have run out of fuel.
Nineteen players and coaching staff were among the 71 who died, while three players were among the six survivors.
The team are due to play their last game of the season on 11 December.
Chapecoense's acting president Ivan Tozzo said the club hopes to play that match against Atletico Mineiro using reserve and academy players - although Mineiro president Daniel Nepomuceno later told a press conference that, out of respect, his club would not be sending a team to play the game and will instead ask for a win to be handed to their opponents.
Chapecoense were travelling to Medellin to play Atletico Nacional in the final of the Copa Sudamericana on Wednesday evening, the biggest match in their history.
"In the memory of those who died and to honour their families, we will rebuild this club from scratch so it is even stronger," said club director Cecilio Hans.
Chapecoense were in the Brazilian fourth tier in 2009, but had recently made themselves a national force before their run in South American football's secondary continental competition - the equivalent of the Europa League.
Three of Brazil's leading clubs have said they will offer players to Chapecoense.
Sao Paulo, who have won six national titles, also said Chapecoense should be exempt from relegation to Brazilian football's second tier for the next three seasons as they attempt to rebuild the club.
Of the survivors, defenders Alan Ruschel and Neto remain in a critical but stable condition, with the former having had spinal surgery. Goalkeeper Jakson Ragnar Follmann has had his leg amputated and could lose his other foot.
There were nine players who did not travel.
One of those, reserve goalkeeper Marcelo Boeck, said he and several players had deals to leave the club next year, but are now reconsidering.
"We know this is a different moment, and we are part of it," he said. "We hope we can help rebuild in the memory of our team."
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South American football expert Tim Vickery on Radio 5 live.
The great Torino side in 1949 was wiped out in a plane crash - they received a lot of solidarity afterwards. But you look at their subsequent history and you see how difficult the challenge has been for them.
Chapecoense are a much smaller team from a small town, so even with all this solidarity, it is a very difficult task for a club, a fairytale club from a small town that came so far in such a short time. Ten years ago they weren't even in Brazil's top four professional divisions. This final was to have been the game of their lives - destiny decided they would be denied the opportunity to live out that dream.
In a widely circulated video clip, the guide says in Swahili that the tourist wants Tanzanians to stop "complaining" about hunger.
The woman, in fact, says Tanzanians are "fabulously wonderful".
The guide was arrested on the tourism minister's order for casting the ministry in a "bad light", police said.
Tanzania markets itself as The Soul of Africa, and is popular with tourists because of its wildlife and spectacular scenery.
The unnamed guide, from the state-run Serengeti National Park in the north, has not been charged with any offence.
Regional police commander Jaffari Mohammed told the BBC that he had "misled" the tourist, and police were investigating whether he had circulated the video on social media in violation of cybercrime legislation.
The controversial law allows for a minimum fine of about $1,300 (£1,000) and a minimum jail term of three months for publishing false, deceptive or misleading information on a computer system.
The law was introduced in 2015, despite complaints by politicians, social media experts and human rights activists that it gave the police "too much power" without adequate oversight.
The BBC's Lizzy Masinga in the main city, Dar es Salaam, says some of the guide's words were similar to those used by President John Magufuli, when he called on people at a rally last month to stop complaining about hunger.
In excerpts of the video published by a Kenyan newspaper, the conversation goes:
Tourist: "Hi. My visit to Tanzania has been beautiful, gorgeous. The people are fabulously wonderful and friendly. Greetings are always jambo [the Swahili equivalent of Hello]. Happy to be here. The land is beautiful, beautiful. The animals are wonderful."
Guide (translating): "You Tanzanians complain/cry a lot about hunger. Everyday you cry about hunger when you have flowers at home. Why don't you boil the flowers and drink [them]. It is not good to cry/complain about hunger."
Tourist: "The variety of animals and people you see is incredible, unlike anywhere else. It is just fabulous."
Guide: "You are asking your president to cook for you. Do you think your president is a cook? Can you get busy, even boil your clothing and eat."
Tourist: "It will be an experience to savour for all of your life. It is fantastic and beautiful and incredible and just unremarkable.
Guide: "Get busy in every corner of the country. The president can't leave State House to cook for you. You have to cook for yourselves.
The firms operate India biggest natural gas field, KG-D6, and had won an approval to nearly double their prices.
But the implementation of that move was deferred by India's election watchdog ahead of the ongoing general elections.
The firms said the delay in increasing the prices was impacting their plans to develop the field.
The companies said in a statement over the weekend that without clarity on when the prices will rise, they "are unable to sanction" planned investments of close to $4bn (£2.4bn) this year.
"In addition, this will also delay the ability of the parties to appraise and develop other significant discoveries made last year."
The discovery of the KG-D6 field in 2002 was hailed as India's largest offshore gas find.
In 2007, India's government - which sets domestic gas prices - had approved a price of $4.2 per million metric British thermal units (BTU) of gas from the field for the first five years of production.
It started production on 1 April 2009 and therefore that price expired on 31 March 2014.
The new pricing mechanism was debated for nearly two years and was a hot political topic in India.
The government finally approved a price of $8 per million metric BTU in 2013.
Meanwhile, gas output from the block has fallen since 2010.
For its part, Reliance - which has a 60% stake in the field - has said the fall was due to the geological complexity of the block.
However, the government has alleged the firm did not meet its projections and has fined Reliance $1.7bn for the shortfall.
Over the weekend, the three firms issued a joint statement saying they have been "working diligently to arrest the decline from currently producing fields".
They said there was 5 trillion cubic feet of discovered gas resources in the block that "await investment and development to be able to bring them to market".
"As we have stated before, these resources need clarity on long term gas prices to be developed economically."
BP bought a 30% stake in the field for $7.2bn in 2011.
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's secretary of state, said he was "very saddened" by the result.
In the referendum, 62% were in favour of changing the Irish constitution to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry.
However, Cardinal Parolin said it showed the church needed to improve how it preached the Christian message.
The senior diplomat made the comments during a conference in Italy on Tuesday night, according to the Italian news agency, Ansa.
"The Church must take account of this reality, but in the sense of reinforcing its commitment to evangelization," he said.
"I think that you cannot just talk of a defeat for Christian principles, but of a defeat for humanity.
"The family remains at the centre and we have to do everything to defend it and promote it.
"Hitting it would be like taking the foundations away from the building of the future".
Soon after taking office, Pope Francis commented: "If a person is gay and seeks God and has good will, who am I to judge him?"
On Sunday, one of Ireland's most senior Catholic clerics called for the Church to take a "reality check" following the vote.
Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin, said the Church in Ireland needed to "reconnect" with young people.
In Italy, the government of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is preparing to present legislation that would allow civil unions between gay couples.
The Irish referendum has also boosted calls in Germany, which allow same-sex civil unions, to go further and legalise same-sex marriage.
Pressure has started to grow in Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), which opposes any change.
"One would think that what the Catholic Irish can do, we can do too," CDU parliamentarian Jens Spahn told the German Die Welt newspaper.
The yes result has also led to calls for the introduction of same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland.
The first gay marriages are likely to take place in the Republic of Ireland in early autumn.
Same-sex marriage is now legal in 20 countries worldwide.
Sir Vince Cable said it would be a better option than taking a public stake in the industry.
His comments come after the firm announced on Tuesday it planned to sell its loss-making UK operation.
He said such a move could change the firm's economics "substantially".
Sir Vince described the liabilities of the pension fund as a "massive deterrent" for prospective buyers.
He told BBC Radio Wales: "It would be more sensible if they were to take ownership of the pension fund rather than run the company which governments aren't very good at.
"This could be a way that the government could provide a real game-changer, and change the economics of it substantially."
He also said he had been taken aback by the UK government's handling of the crisis, claiming ministers were not prepared for the announcement in Mumbai.
He also described the UK government's objections to an increase in the EU tariff for Chinese steel as "bizarre".
Business Secretary Sajid Javid is to meet Port Talbot steelworkers on Friday to insist the government is "on their side", while the UK government has said it is doing all it can to help.
Paris St-Germain have reportedly triggered the forward's 222m euro (£199m) release clause, although Barca president Josep Maria Bartomeu told BBC Sport the 25-year-old is not for sale.
Neymar did not speak to reporters after the pre-season win in New Jersey, but Valverde did address the speculation.
"We want Neymar with us," he said.
"We know his value on the pitch and what he brings to the locker room."
Neymar, who joined from Santos in 2013 and signed a new five-year contract until 2021 in October, only played for the first half of the International Champions Cup contest.
He opened the scoring after 15 minutes following a clever exchange with Paco Alcacer and doubled the lead nine minutes later, drilling low past Gianluigi Buffon after burrowing through the Juve defence.
Giorgio Chiellini scored a consolation for the beaten Champions League finalists just after the hour in front of a sell-out 82,104 crowd at the MetLife Stadium.
PSG coach Unai Emery would not be drawn on the speculation following his side's International Champions Cup opener against Tottenham.
After the Premier League runners-up recorded an emphatic 4-2 win in Orlando, Emery would only say PSG are "always looking for players who can help the team" when asked about Neymar.
Christian Eriksen and Eric Dier cancelled out Edinson Cavani's opener in front of 33,332 fans at the Camping World Stadium, before Javier Pastore pulled PSG level just after the half hour.
However, PSG goalkeeper Kevin Trapp was sent off in the opening 20 seconds of the second half for handling outside the box and Spurs capitalised with further goals by Toby Alderweireld and Harry Kane.
"There are lot of positives to take," Spurs coach Mauricio Pochettino said. "It's a friendly but playing this kind of team it's always good to compete."
Energy firm E.On said an initial load of foundations for the Rampion wind farm arrived on site from the Netherlands last week.
Installation will begin in the northwest quadrant of the site between Peacehaven and Worthing, off Sussex.
E.On said the project remained on schedule despite bad weather disrupting preparation work on the seabed.
Thousands of boulders have been moved to make way for the cable route and around each of the turbine positions.
"After almost six years of development it's a really proud moment to finally be installing the first foundations," said development manager Chris Tomlinson.
"These foundations will be piled into the seabed and will act as a base for each of the 140m turbines, which we will start erecting in early 2017."
The Rampion wind farm is the first to be built off the south coast.
The £1.3bn construction is eight miles offshore and will be visible from beaches at Brighton and other resorts and the South Downs National Park.
Construction is being managed from Newhaven Port until the wind farm's operations base is completed in 2017.
Dr Bennie, 51, succeeds Dr Brian Keighley as the leader of the British Medical Association (BMA) Scotland.
He said there were pressing issues in the NHS that needed to be addressed whatever the outcome of next month's referendum on Scottish independence.
Dr Bennie highlighted the structure of training and recruitment problems.
The new BMA Scotland leader graduated from Glasgow University Medical School in 1986 and trained in hospitals in the west of Scotland before taking up a consultant post in Glasgow in 1997.
He moved to work in Paisley in 2007.
Aberdeen-based psychiatrist Dr Sally Winning and Glasgow-based GP, Dr Alan McDevitt have been elected joint deputy chairmen of the BMA's Scottish Council.
Dr Bennie said: "I am immensely proud to have been elected as chairman of the BMA in Scotland. It is a great honour to represent and lead my profession at such a unique time in Scotland's constitutional history.
"However, regardless of the outcome of the referendum in September, there are pressing issues in our NHS that must be addressed, especially the future structure of training for doctors and the current recruitment problems across general practice and hospital specialties."
Since Thursday, more than 200 people are said to have died in clashes between the rival leaders' forces.
The violence began with a shootout, and has since involved the use of heavy artillery, tanks and helicopters.
The UN Security Council had urged both sides to stop fighting, amid fears for the safety of millions of civilians.
In a unanimous statement, the council condemned the violence "in the strongest terms" and expressed "particular shock and outrage" at attacks on UN sites. It also called for additional peacekeepers to be sent to South Sudan.
It is not clear if the violence has subsided. Heavy gunfire continued to be heard in the capital after President Kiir's ceasefire order came into effect at 1800 local time (1500 GMT) on Monday.
"President Salva Kiir is determined to carry on his partnership with Riek Machar," presidential spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny told Reuters.
Mr Machar then told a radio station his forces would observe a reciprocal ceasefire from 2000 local time.
"I'm informing all the troops that have been defending themselves to respect this ceasefire and to remain where they are now," he told Eye Radio Juba.
Earlier in the day, residents of Juba told the BBC they were staying indoors amid reports of looting and the sound of gunfire from the streets.
There were also reports of tanks on the streets of Juba and of clashes close to the airport. The US embassy warned of "serious fighting" taking place.
The BBC's South Sudan analyst, James Copnall, says the latest clashes have traumatised Juba and shredded a peace deal between Mr Kiir and Mr Machar, agreed last August.
He said there were also doubts over how far both men were in command of their forces. Both leaders had called for calm last Friday, but the fighting carried on.
On Monday afternoon, an army spokesman told the BBC that soldiers loyal to Mr Kiir had been ordered back to barracks.
Any who resisted the order, by loitering or looting, would be arrested, he said.
Chinese media say two Chinese UN peacekeepers have died in the latest clashes in Juba. Several other peacekeepers have been injured, as well as a number of civilians who have been caught in crossfire.
A UN spokeswoman in Juba, Shantal Persaud, said the fighting had prompted hundreds of internally displaced people to seek refuge in UN premises.
She said both South Sudanese leaders were responsible for implementing last year's peace agreement, which included a permanent ceasefire and the deployment of forces away from Juba.
It seems a disagreement at a checkpoint between rival soldiers led to a shootout on Thursday night in which five soldiers died. This quickly escalated into serious fighting from Friday onwards. Tensions have been high since April, when Mr Machar returned to Juba under a peace deal following a two-year civil war. He took a 1,300-strong protection force with him and they were supposed to start joint patrols with forces loyal to President Kiir. But a lack of trust between the two sides means the patrols have not begun.
There are concerns that what we are seeing is a repeat of what happened in December 2013. The two-year civil war started after clashes between rival soldiers in Juba and degenerated into nationwide conflict in which tens of thousands died. The war was fought broadly between South Sudan's biggest ethnic groups - the Dinka, led by Mr Kiir, and the Nuer, under Mr Machar.
The international community played a major role in the creation of South Sudan and has tried to exercise some influence since independence in 2011. The UN and US have called for an immediate end to fighting, a call echoed by the East African regional group which brokered the recent peace deal.
The collision, at School Lane and Field Lane in Chilwell at about 14:00 BST, involved at least two vehicles
The 24-year-old man was taken to hospital with injuries which are thought to have been caused during the crash.
Officers said what is thought to be a firearm was found near the scene.
The National Police Air Support Service was also involved in the operation.
Witness Ali Willetts said: "When I came out I saw a lot of people around and I saw the car in the middle of the road which had been rolling.
"I saw the passenger outside the car on the road with the police around talking to him.
"He was shouting in pain and that is when the armed police turned up - it was very scary."
The party accused Labour of a "massive climb-down" on a 2011 promise of annual health checks by GPs for the over-50s.
Tory AM Darren Millar said the Add To Your Life self-assessment scheme should be scrapped as a "complete folly".
The Welsh Government said "lessons learnt" from the programme would form part of a review of health advice.
The survey, accessible via computer, phone and tablet, was launched in April 2014 to give people an overall picture of their health and well-being, and to suggest better lifestyle choices.
The Tories said answers to their written questions showed that 12,939 people had completed the survey in the following 23 months, out of a population of 1,177,000 over-50s in Wales,
"The paltry take-up figures will only add to existing public anger over Labour's broken manifesto promise to deliver annual GP health checks to all of Wales' over-50s," said Mr Millar, who tabled the questions when he was shadow health minister.
He claimed many older people lacked the digital skills to use the service, while the Welsh Conservatives' current health spokesperson, Angela Burns, highlighted poor phone and internet connections in rural areas..
"People aged over 50 are vulnerable to a number of health concerns from cancer and high blood pressure to diabetes and arthritis," she said.
"It's plain as day that the scheme has been an abject failure and future funding for its continuation should instead be diverted to GP recruitment and retention initiatives."
A Welsh Government spokesperson defended the scheme as an "innovative approach", saying start-up costs were relatively high but running costs only £70,000 in 2015-16.
On the numbers using the service, the spokesperson said other people were being helped by charity and voluntary organisations using it as the basis for group discussions on health and lifestyle.
"Evidence suggests that providing tailored health information to the public is more effective than other approaches," the spokesperson added.
"Public Health Wales is reviewing its approach to providing information for the public with a view to better supporting people to take more control of their own health and wellbeing.
"The lessons learnt from Add to Your Life are forming a key part of that review."
He replaces Rob Page, who was sacked on Monday after a run of nine defeats for the Cobblers in their last 11 games.
They are 16th in League One, eight points above the relegation zone.
Edinburgh, 47, was dismissed by Gillingham on 3 January after less than two years in charge, with the club then 17th in the table.
He began his managerial career with Billericay Town, Fisher Athletic and Grays Athletic, before moving to Northamptonshire with Rushden & Diamonds, who he left when the club went into administration.
He then spent over three years with Newport, who he led back into the Football League via the 2013 Conference play-off final.
"We spoke with a lot of managers this week and had a lot of applications, but Justin's teams have always impressed me with the energy they play with, even back to his Rushden days.
"His career has seen a solid progression upwards from non-league through to League One and he is has managed a lot of games in his time, so the experience is there," said Northampton chairman Kelvin Thomas.
The Cobblers have a home game against Scunthorpe on Saturday but Edinburgh will watch from the stands, with Paul Wilkinson in charge of the team, before formally taking over on Monday.
"Northampton Town has a reputation of being a very well-run club, with some fantastic training facilities and an excellent fanbase. There is potential there to take the club forward and I will work very hard to do just that," he said.
"My teams are known for strength, high energy and playing on the front foot and I want to continue that here.
"I know how much the Northampton Town supporters get behind their team and I have experienced some fantastic atmospheres at Sixfields as an opposing manager, and hopefully we can work together to enjoy some good times."
But independence came at a crippling cost. It had to pay reparations to France, which demanded compensation for former slave owners. The 19th century "independence debt" was not paid off until 1947. There have been recent calls for France to repay the money.
Chronic instability, dictatorships and natural disasters in recent decades have left it as the poorest nation in the Americas.
An earthquake in 2010 killed more than 200,000 people and caused extensive damage to infrastructure and the economy.
A UN peacekeeping force has been in place since 2004 to help stabilize the country.
Population 10.2 million
Area 27,750 sq km (10,714 sq miles)
Major languages Creole, French
Major religion Christianity
Life expectancy 61 years (men), 64 years (women)
Currency gourde
President: Jovenel Moise
Jovenel Moise was sworn in as president in February 2017.
His inauguration ended a protracted electoral crisis that began in October 2015, when elections were annulled over allegations of fraud.
Mr Moise was finally declared the winner of the November 2016 presidential elections by an electoral tribunal in January 2017.
A businessman and the chosen successor of former President Michel Martelly, Mr Moise has never held political office.
Social media were used as a communications channel after the 2010 quake. The first images of the disaster came from citizens' mobile phones.
About 12% of the population was online by the end of 2014 (Internetworldstats).
Radio is Haiti's key news medium.
Some key dates in Haiti's history:
1804 - General Jean Jacques Dessalines proclaims the independent black republic of Haiti after rebel slaves defeat French troops dispatched by Napoleon Bonaparte.
1915 - US invades following black-mulatto friction, which it thought endangered its property and investments in the country.
1934 - US withdraws troops from Haiti, but maintains fiscal control until 1947.
1957 - Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier wins elections. He eventually turned his administration into a brutal dictatorship.
1971 - Papa Doc dies and is replaced by his son Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier.
1986 - Duvalier is forced into exile by an uprising, ending a 29-year family dictatorship.
1990 - Populist priest Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide is the landslide winner in a presidential election, Haiti's first free and peaceful polls.
1991 - Aristide is overthrown by the military.
1994 - 20,000 US troops arrive to restore democracy. Aristide returns.
2004 - Aristide leaves Haiti amid a rebellion. US Marines land to restore order. A UN stabilisation force is put in place.
2010 - More than 200,000 people are killed when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hits the capital Port-au-Prince and its wider region - the worst in Haiti in 200 years.
The Irishman gave 11 reasons why his players had annoyed him during a loss which left Posh 11th in League One.
"Like all fans and our manager, there are many things I have the hump with after today. Care to know them all?" he asked before listing his gripes.
The self-made millionaire singled-out a number of players in his posts.
MacAnthony, who became Peterborough chairman eight years ago, finished with a message to any players who had taken offence.
"Oh and finally," he said. "If any of my players are bit too sensitive to what's been said, feel free to let me know anytime. Or, alternatively, just do your job!"
MacAnthony's list of grievances was:
The Canadian coin, nicknamed the "big maple leaf", has a face value of $1m - but because it is 100kg (220lb) of pure 24-carat gold, its value is much higher at today's price for gold bullion.
It was taken during the night from the Bode Museum in Berlin.
It is not clear how the thieves evaded the alarm system or carried the heavy, half-metre (20.9 in) coin away.
The theft is believed to have happened at around 03:30 Monday morning (01:30 GMT).
The coin is thought to be too heavy for a single person to carry, and police believe the thieves entered through a window.
A ladder was found on the train tracks nearby.
"Based on the information we have so far we believe that the thief, maybe thieves, broke open a window in the back of the museum next to the railway tracks," police spokesman Winfrid Wenzel told Reuters news agency. "They then managed to enter the building and went to the coin exhibition."
"The coin was secured with bullet-proof glass inside the building. That much I can say," he added - but refused to discuss details about security staff or the alarm system.
The coin was minted by the Royal Canadian Mint in 2007.
It is 3cm (1.18in) thick, 53cm in diameter, and carries a likeness of Queen Elizabeth II on one side, as Canada's head of state.
The other side shows the Canadian national symbol, the maple leaf.
The coin cabinet at the Bode Museum holds more than 540,000 objects, but German media report only the "big maple leaf" was stolen.
Jobseekers must sit mandatory exams to get a Security Industry Authority card.
But undercover researchers found colleges happy to sit or forge exams for untrained students for a fee.
With a fraudulently obtained SIA licence, a researcher got a job offer at a power station and an interview to guard Canary Wharf.
Hugo Martin is chief executive of Hawki, one of the UK's most respected companies providing bodyguard training. He said: "If you don't understand even the law and legislation, you don't know how to deal with conflict, you could potentially do something that could land you up in jail. You've got to be at that skill set where a client has confidence that he's going to empower you with the security of his life and family."
Keith Vaz MP called it "a major scandal" and "one of the most shocking things I've seen in all the years I've chaired the Home Affairs Select Committee".
Industry insiders had told the BBC large numbers of colleges were willing to help students cheat security exams.
One former SIA employee, speaking anonymously, said a high number of colleges were breaking the rules.
He went on: "Thousands of people [are] working in the industry illegally, having obtained accreditation illegally."
The BBC sent an undercover reporter posing as a student to Ashley Commerce College, in Ilford, east London.
The college offered to "fast track" the researcher to becoming a qualified bodyguard - which the SIA says should take 140 hours of training.
Asked whether it involved training, manager Haji Yunis said: "No, you only have to do the paperwork."
The researcher was introduced to security trainer Tony Bainbridge, who told him to turn off his phone before reading out answers to exams and instructing him to copy large sections of somebody else's exam.
A would-be bodyguard was present, having the answers dictated to him so he could be fraudulently licensed.
Mr Bainbridge boasted: "You're doing 14 days [training] in three hours."
He ordered the pair to falsify the date of the exam - and even told the BBC researcher to write that he was "intermediate at martial arts", despite it being made clear he had had no martial arts training.
Mr Bainbridge is one of the UK's most respected security trainers. He spent more than a decade in the Army, and three years as a contractor security training manager at Birmingham International Airport.
Mr Yunis responded: "All your allegations are strenuously being denied, as ACC staff has [sic] never been engaged in malpractice.
"All our students attend the courses, get trained by qualified trainers and take the exams."
Mr Bainbridge made no comment.
The London School of Social Studies in East Ham also offered the corrupt service. An employee told the researcher: "We're going to do your exam for you."
After being approached by the BBC, its manager admitted fraud had gone on and claimed he was now a "changed man" as a result of his company being exposed.
Fraudulent use of SIA cards carries a maximum jail sentence of six months.
To illustrate the sensitivity of jobs an SIA card enables a holder to do, the BBC set about applying for roles with the fraudulently obtained card.
An offer of employment was made by a major power station - a vital part of the UK's national infrastructure.
The SIA card was sufficient to get the researcher vetted, with minimal background checks made.
The researcher also passed an exam to guard Canary Wharf - a high profile potential terror target - and got an interview for a job.
He made it on to both sites without being searched, or made to pass through a metal detector.
Terrorism and security expert Crispin Black said both organisations would be "having kittens".
He said: "Canary Wharf has to be one of the grand targets - the fact even low level people would have access there is cause for enormous concern.
"The regulatory system needs to be sharper and more vigorous. It looks very easy to produce bogus qualification."
Mr Vaz MP vowed to raise the issue with the home secretary at the next Home Affairs Select Committee.
He said: "I'm horrified. We're talking about a major scandal in Britain's security industry.
"The Home Office needs to act extremely urgently."
A spokesman for the SIA, which reports to the Home Office, said: "We take allegations of training malpractice seriously.
"When the BBC shares the information it is holding on training malpractice, we will take immediate action against the licensed individuals concerned in order to protect public safety."
The certificates the BBC obtained during its investigation were issued by the examining board Industry Qualifications, which awards them based on exam papers and other information received by assessment centres.
In a statement it said: "IQ welcomes the BBC investigation and will mount a full investigation into the conduct of the centres concerned, following the broadcast of the programme.
"IQ takes a zero tolerance attitude towards malpractice, and will involve the police if fraud is evidenced and take appropriate civil action.
"Our first concern will be to withdraw certification from candidates where doubts exist, and work with the affected students to undertake re-assessment quickly."
The BBC has destroyed the SIA card it obtained. Its researcher did not commence any work obtained with the licence.
A Home Office spokesperson said: "We take allegations of malpractice very seriously and any criminal behaviour will be addressed."
You can watch more on this on Inside Out London on BBC One on Monday, 23 March at 19:30 GMT, and nationwide on the iPlayer for 30 days thereafter.
Additional reporting by Syed Fayaz.
Nazir Afzal has led several high-profile prosecutions, including ex-broadcaster Stuart Hall's trial.
The Manchester Evening News reported Mr Afzal was recently cleared of an allegation he sent a text message to a defendant in a court case.
He told the paper the decision to leave was a "long-planned move".
A CPS spokesman said: "We are continuing to reduce the number of staff employed across the organisation and Nazir Afzal is leaving the service as part of this on-going drive for efficiency.
"This is entirely unrelated to any issue of conduct and we are satisfied that there has been no impropriety on the part of Mr Afzal."
Australian Open semi-finalist Johanna Konta pulled out of the team earlier this week because of illness.
Captain Judy Murray's team face South Africa and Georgia from Thursday in their bid to win promotion from Euro/Africa Zone Group 1.
Swann, 16, was a beaten finalist in the 2015 Australian Open junior final.
British number two Heather Watson will also play in the singles, while Jocelyn Rae and Anna Smith compete in the doubles.
Great Britain meet South Africa and Georgia in a three-team group, with the winners advancing to a play-off tie on Saturday.
Another play-off awaits the winners in April, when one more victory finally clinches promotion to World Group Two.
An index of homebuilder sentiment in the US showed optimism at its highest level since the housing boom a decade ago, helping drive a turnaround after stocks initially opened down.
The Dow Jones rose 67.78 points, or 0.4%, to 17,545.18.
The Nasdaq climbed 43.46 points to 5,091.70, while the S&P 500 jumped 10.9 points to 2,102.44.
Shares in online retailer Zulily jumped nearly 50% to $18.74 after John Malone's Liberty Interactive said it was buying the company for $2.4bn.
Estee Lauder shares fell 6.8% after the cosmetics maker reported lower-than-expected sales in the company's fourth quarter. Revenues fell 7.4% to $2.52bn.
CASEY AFFLECK
Age: 41
Nominated for: Manchester by the Sea
The character: Lee Chandler, an odd job man near Boston, who has a painful past and who suddenly finds himself with extra responsibilities.
Oscar record: A best supporting actor nomination for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford in 2008.
The critics said: "Barricaded inside the shell that's become of him, Lee peers at the world through guarded eyes, only just summoning the basic drive to get up every morning, shuffle out, and carry on his tasks. He's played by Casey Affleck, in a clenched and riveting performance which fulfils all the promise he's ever shown, and then some." [Daily Telegraph]
ANDREW GARFIELD
Age: 33
Nominated for: Hacksaw Ridge
The character: Desmond Doss, a World War Two medic who became the first conscientious objector to win the prestigious US Medal of Honor.
Oscar record: None.
The critics said: "He's found a great fit for his talents in Hacksaw Ridge, which asks him to be a sweet Virginia boy courting a sweet nurse... and then a shell-shocked but determined man of valour in a lunar hellscape. Gosh, do we root for this kid." [Vanity Fair]
RYAN GOSLING
Age: 36
Nominated for: La La Land
The character: Sebastian Wilder, a jazz pianist chasing his dreams in Hollywood.
Oscar record: Best actor nomination for Half Nelson in 2007.
The critics said: "Mr Gosling's performance is understated, with a tinge of touching earnestness, but it's also witty and commandingly smart. What's more, he does Seb's fluent piano playing without benefit of doubles on screen or on the sound track, an achievement I found astonishing." [The Wall Street Journal]
VIGGO MORTENSEN
Age: 58
Nominated for: Captain Fantastic
The character: Ben Cash, a hippy father who has raised his children in a remote home, far from the pressures of modern life.
Oscar record: One previous nomination for best actor, for Eastern Promises (2008).
The critics said: "The movie really belongs to Mortensen, who allows Ben to be exasperating, arrogant and impatient but also warm, loving and caring. He's a tough but adoring father, a grieving widower and an angry defender of his wife's final wishes, and Mortensen plays all these notes and more with subtlety and grace." [The Wrap]
DENZEL WASHINGTON
Age: 62
Nominated for: Fences
The character: Troy Maxson, a Pittsburgh sanitation worker and former professional baseball player.
Oscar record: Two Oscar wins - best supporting actor for Glory (1990) and best actor for Training Day (2002). He also has a best supporting actor nomination for Cry Freedom (1988) and three best actor nominations for Malcolm X (1993), The Hurricane (2000) and Flight (2012).
The critics said: "While Denzel Washington's direction might leave a little to be desired, his acting has never been more relentless and fierce." [Cinema Blend]
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Britain's Best Cook will be broadcast on BBC One and presented by Claudia Winkleman.
The BBC said 10 contestants will compete across eight episodes, serving meals that reflect both the modern and classic dishes of British home cooking.
Berry said: "I am never more at home than when I have my judging hat on."
She continued: "This series is going to encourage proper home cooking, which I have always championed and I cannot wait to start. Claudia, for me, is the icing on the cake."
The 82-year-old will be joined by a second judge - but their identity hasn't yet been revealed.
Winkleman said: "I am over the moon to be part of this show. Am slightly obsessed with Mary so will follow her around with my own moussaka for most of the filming. Apologies in advance."
The BBC announcement said contestants will have to prove they have the "skills and repertoire, technical ability, resourcefulness and creativity" to be crowned Britain's Best Cook.
Berry left The Great British Bake Off last year, when it was announced that the programme would move from the BBC to Channel 4.
Presenters Mel and Sue also exited the programme, but Paul Hollywood stayed with the show. He'll appear in the new series later this year alongside Sandi Toksvig, Noel Fielding and fellow judge Prue Leith.
This won't be Berry's first show for the BBC since leaving Bake Off.
It has been announced she will appear in Mary Berry's Secrets From Britain's Great Houses, and she has also fronted Mary Berry Everyday for BBC Two.
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Some of the dead were shot at close range by troops, witnesses said.
Mr Kabila's 15-year rule was due to have ended on Monday at midnight, but has been extended to 2018.
Mr Kabila's main rival said the refusal to give up power amounted to a coup.
The electoral commission cancelled elections that were scheduled for last month, citing logistical and financial difficulties in organising them.
Mr Kabila has now formed a 74-member transitional government to lead the vast central African state until elections are held in 2018.
There were "solid" reports that 20 civilians had been killed in clashes in Kinshasa, said Jose Maria Aranaz, the UN human rights director for DR Congo.
"On the issue of deaths, it looks bad," he was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying.
Gunfire was also heard in the second city, Lubumbashi, but it was unclear who was behind the shooting.
In a video posted on social media, main opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi called for peaceful protests to demand Mr Kabila's resignation.
"I launch a solemn appeal to the Congolese people to not recognise the... illegal and illegitimate authority of Joseph Kabila and to peacefully resist [his] coup d'etat," Mr Tshisekedi said.
His message was not available in DR Congo, where authorities have restricted access to social media networks, the AFP news agency reports.
DR Congo has not had a smooth transfer of power since independence from Belgium in 1960.
Mr Kabila took power in 2001 following the assassination of his father Laurent Kabila.
The constitution bars him from seeking a third term in office.
The assault in the Kingsmill Road area of Inverness happened at about 17:30 on Thursday and involved a man in his 20s.
The injured man was taken to Raigmore Hospital for treatment to his face. He has been receiving support from police.
Sgt Craig Stuart, of Police Scotland and who is leading the investigation, said incidents "of this nature" were "unheard of" in Inverness.
The man suspected of the attack has been described as being about 6ft tall, of a slim build with "very scruffy" dark - possibly shoulder length - hair.
He was dressed in black trousers, a blue anorak and was carrying a grey rucksack.
He was seen in the Culcabock Road area before crossing over onto Kingsmills Road. The attack happened on a street near Fraser Park.
Sgt Stuart said: "The elderly man involved sustained facial injuries as a result of this incident and was taken to hospital for treatment.
"He was understandably shaken by what happened and we are liaising closely with him to provide support.
"Incidents of this nature are unheard of in the area - and in the city generally - which makes this particularly disappointing.
"I can reassure the local community that all efforts are being made to identify and trace the person responsible."
Police have appealed for witnesses.
The fuse was lit at 20:13 GMT, heralding the start of the first UK City of Culture year.
Derry will host 140 events during the year - including the Turner Prize and the Royal Ballet's first visit to Northern Ireland for 20 years.
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said the award was "a precious gift for the peacemakers" in Northern Ireland.
Organiser Martin Bradley said: "The way that Derry-Londonderry has come together as a team to ensure that the full potential of 2013 is realised has been truly remarkable and will ensure the maximum possible benefits for all the people of the city."
"As the first winners of this prestigious title, we have been pioneers, working without a blueprint and setting benchmarks for future UK cities of culture."
The excitement began in July 2010 when the city was awarded the title ahead of rival bids from Birmingham, Norwich, and Sheffield.
Actor James Nesbitt is chancellor of the University of Ulster, which has the Magee campus in the city.
He said: "This decision confirms what many of us in the province and further afield have known for many years - that Derry-Londonderry is a cultural powerhouse.
"Whether it is writers like Seamus Heaney and Seamus Deane, songwriters and performers like Phil Coulter or the Undertones, artists like Willie Doherty, film-makers like Margo Harkin and Tom Collins, or actors like Amanda Burton, Roma Downey and Bronagh Gallagher, the city has asserted a huge influence on the arts internationally."
Television producer and writer Phil Redmond, who headed the UK City Of Culture judging panel, said the award was "a cultural tool to bring people together".
"When people read Derry's bid... it's about acknowledging the past, not shying away from the past, and using that point that the past informs our present and helps shape our future," he said.
"If that is not the role of culture then I don't know what is."
The year will open with a Sons and Daughters concert on 20 January 2013 in a new, purpose-built venue in Ebrington Square.
The aim of the concert is to celebrate Derry's rich musical heritage. It will be broadcast by the BBC.
The Turner Prize will also be staged in the former barracks on Ebrington Square. It will be the first time the prestigious art competition has been held outside England.
Playwright Brian Friel and actor Stephen Rea will return to the city with the Field Day theatre company, which was founded in the city in 1980.
They will present a new work by playwright Sam Shepard.
Derry City Council's Brendan McMenamin, lead programmer of the New Year's Eve event, said it was going to be a great occasion.
He said: "The show will place the Peace Bridge and the river centre stage and conclude with the sounds of the shirt factory horns to welcome the New Year and our ambitions for a brighter future for the city."
After the fireworks, Culture Company's Sound of the City provided musical entertainment across a number of venues in the city to mark the transition to 2013.
Irelands leading electronic music festival, Celtronic, staged an event at the historic St Columbs Hall.
It was headlined by leading DJ and producer Ewan Pearson.
The Nerve Centre hosted a celebration of Derry's thriving music scene when some of the city's leading bands rang in the New Year.
The French-drafted document urges UN members to "take all necessary measures" in the fight against IS.
IS said it carried out the Paris attacks, in which 130 people died.
It also claimed deadly bombings in Lebanon this month, while an IS-linked group said it downed a Russian passenger plane in October.
The UN resolution 2249 also condemns recent attacks in Sousse, Tunisia, and Ankara, Turkey.
Special report: In-depth coverage of the attacks and their aftermath
It came as the Belgian authorities raised the terror alert to its highest level in the capital, Brussels, warning of an "imminent threat".
The city's metro system and other underground train lines have been closed until at least Sunday, and the public has been warned to avoid crowds, including shopping centres and concerts.
Belgium, and especially Brussels, have been at the centre of investigations into the militants behind the Paris attacks.
One of those being sought, Salah Abdeslam, is believed to have gone back to Belgium.
The Belgian authorities also announced that a suspect had been charged with involvement in the attacks, bringing the number of people charged there to three.
On Friday evening, large crowds converged at the scenes of the attacks across the French capital at 21:20 (20:20 GMT) to hold vigils at the time the attacks started a week ago.
The UN Security Council called on member states to "eradicate the safe haven" IS and other militant groups had established over parts of Iraq and Syria.
The document also stresses that nations should "redouble and co-ordinate their efforts to prevent and suppress terrorist attacks".
However, it does not invoke the UN's Chapter VII, which gives specific legal authorisation for the use of force.
France and Russia have argued that military action is already justifiable because of the right of countries to self-defence.
Earlier, French officials said the cousin of the presumed ringleader of the 13 November attacks in Paris did not blow herself up in Wednesday's police raid in Saint-Denis as previously thought.
In an exclusive interview with the BBC, a member of the police assault team involved in the raid said Hasna Ait Boulahcen, 26, was "trying to say she was not linked to the terrorists, that she had nothing to do with them and wanted to surrender".
But he said that due to prior intelligence, "we knew that she was trying to manipulate us".
Officials said the suicide bomber was a man, who - alongside with alleged ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud - was also killed.
In a separate development, French prosecutors said that a second suicide bomber from the Stade de France attack passed through Greece on his way to France.
The prosecutors had previously said one of the other attackers had come on the same route, via the Greek island of Leros. The men may have been posing as Syrian refugees.
Hundreds of people were wounded in the near-simultaneous attacks on Paris bars and restaurants, a concert hall and sports stadium.
Islamic State (IS) said it was behind the attacks - the worst in Europe since the 2004 Madrid bombings.
IS is a notoriously violent Islamist group which controls large parts of Syria and Iraq. It has declared its territory a caliphate - a state governed in accordance with Islamic law - under its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
IS demands allegiance from all Muslims, rejects national borders and seeks to expand its territory. It follows its own extreme version of Sunni Islam and regards non-believers as deserving of death.
IS projects a powerful image, partly through propaganda and sheer brutality, and is the world's richest insurgent group. It has about 30,000 fighters but is facing daily bombing by a US-led multi-national coalition, which has vowed to destroy it.
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The author passed away on Tuesday following a short illness, according to his publisher Harper Collins.
The first book about the marmalade-loving bear appeared in 1958.
There has been a flurry of tributes across social media, including people sharing many images of their childhood bears.
Alongside the picture of his teddy, above, James Stone posted on Twitter: "Safe Trip Michael Bond and thank you for Paddington".
Next to her picture Louise Marchal says: "Old, battered, a bit dusty & missing his hat but still a dear & treasured bear #Paddington. Thank you Michael Bond R.I.P."
Author and journalist David M. Barnett shared this picture and told the BBC that Paddington is the childhood toy of his wife, Claire.
Among other national figures, Stephen Fry and Jeremy Clarkson posted their appreciation of Bond and his work to stress his kindliness, gentleness and charm.
Meanwhile, author Aaron Gillies posted: "Paddington Bear is a brilliant story about an immigrant trying to find a new home in a strange country. RIP Michael Bond you fantastic human"
And Leah Kreitzman, Director of External and International Affairs for the Mayor of London, quoted from the Paddington stories:"In London everyone is different, and that means anyone can fit in," adding: "RIP Michael Bond, and thank you ðŸ
A statement from the club says Rangers FC players and backroom staff were physically and verbally assaulted when Hibernian fans invaded the pitch at the end of Saturday's game.
The club said it was "incomprehensible" that no-one from the Scottish FA or Hibernian had condemned the violence.
It also hit out at Nicola Sturgeon for not condemning Hibs fans.
The statement accused the football authorities of trying to "gloss over" the incident.
Hibs won the cup final at Hampden Stadium 3-2.
The Edinburgh club's first cup win since 1902 was marred by thousands of fans invading the pitch at full-time.
The police brought horses on to the Hampden pitch to control the crowds, including a section from the Rangers end of the ground.
The pitch invasion delayed the presentation of the trophy and there was no lap of honour for Hibs players.
Rangers players were not able to pick up their cup final medals.
A Rangers statement on Sunday evening said: "We have not even had the courtesy of any contact whatsoever from Hibernian to ask after the wellbeing of those who were attacked by their club's supporters."
It continued: "What unfolded on Saturday cannot and must not be put down to exuberance. That is a complete insult to Rangers, our supporters, and those individuals who were intimidated and attacked."
The Rangers statement goes on to condemn the failure of the Scottish FA's "inadequate" security arrangements.
The Glasgow club acknowledged that a "tiny minority" of their supporters encroached on to the pitch but said this was after "prolonged and severe provocation and in order to protect our players and officials who were being visibly attacked in front of them".
Rangers added: "It is to be hoped that all of Scottish football will share Rangers' disgust and any attempts to attach blame to our supporters for the disgraceful and violent behaviour, which led to our players and fans fearing for their safety, will not be accepted or tolerated by this club."
The statement said the Rangers fans were "goaded and threatened" by Hibs fans who had rushed to their end of the ground. It said it was "preposterous to suggest Rangers fans were somehow to blame as some commentators appear anxious to do".
The Rangers statement also hit out at Scottish government ministers, including First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who had passed comment on social media without condemning the behaviour of Hibs fans.
Ms Sturgeon, whose husband Peter Murrell is a Hibs supporter, wrote on Twitter: "Congratulations @HibsOfficial - my other half @PeterMurrell is just one of thousands of happy Hibees tonight. #ScottishCupFinal."
Media outlets, including the BBC, were also targeted in the Rangers statement.
After Saturday's game, Scottish Football Association chief executive Stewart Regan said: "Scottish FA is appalled by the scenes of disorder on the field immediately after full time and at the contemptible behaviour that ensued.
"What should have been an historic, memorable Scottish Cup final will now, sadly, be remembered for all the wrong reasons.
"The Scottish FA, along with Police Scotland and the stadium management have initiated a full investigation into the scenes that unfolded to understand how such a volume of supporters were able to enter the field."
Police Scotland has set up a specialist team to investigate the disorder and said 11 arrests had so far been made for minor offences.
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The phones haven't stopped ringing ever since Dr Biju and his team of scientists announced their latest discovery - an extraordinary tree frog thought to have died out more than a century ago. The usually quiet and cosy book-lined lab with a frosted glass door which says 'The Frog People' is unusually frantic.
But right now, the 52-year-old amphibian researcher - The Economist called Dr Biju the "closest thing Indian herpetology has to a celebrity" in 2011 - is talking about the purple frog, a brand new family of amphibians he discovered in 2003.
This bizarre, pig-nosed frog, found in Western Ghats, a mountain range and a biodiversity hotspot that runs along the western coast of India, uses shovel-like limbs to burrow the earth and live as deep as 20ft (6m) under the ground. National Geographic described it as a frog with a "chubby, purple body and pointed, pig like snout... and unlike any frog on earth".
"People say it is a weird looking frog, but I find it beautiful. It looks like a turtle and sounds like a chicken. They are also very smart," says Dr Biju. They emerge during the first monsoon shower to mate, and the males call out to attract the females.
"This frog changed my life, it made me what I am today."
That was two years after the researcher published a controversial paper that claimed that up to 200 frog species were still undiscovered in India where the amphibian is generally associated with a pond frog or a common toad. "Many people said I was bluffing," says Dr Biju.
More than a decade later, the maverick researcher stands vindicated.
In the last 15 years, Dr Biju - called the frog man of India and the frog fanatic, among other things - and his team of scientists have discovered 89 of India's 388 frog species. He reckons there are some 100 species which remain undiscovered - enough to keep him working for a while.
It has been a long, strange trip for Dr Biju.
He was born in a farming family in a remote Kerala village on the edge of a forest, which is now a small town. He grew up bathing cows, feeding chickens, living in nature and protecting the crops from the depredations of wild animals. He went to primary school - which doesn't exist now - late, around the age of 11. "Getting educated late actually helped," he says with a wry smile. "I spent a lot of time with nature, observing animals. This taught me more than any science books."
Dr Biju then travelled to Trivandrum to pick up a degree in botany from one of India's oldest colleges. He also finished a doctorate in plant evolution before landing a job as junior scientist with a state-run research facility. His job was to explore plants and find out more about their utility.
"But plants bored me, I was not happy with them. I wanted to study something which moved," he says with a disarming childlike candour.
So Dr Biju used his modest salary to buy a camera and a motorcycle and began travelling into the forests in southern India and found that frogs drew him more than anything else. Along the way he did his second dissertation - this time on amphibian evolution and the conservation of the frog-rich Western Ghats - from a university in Brussels.
He believes he turned to frogs because Indians are obsessed with tigers, elephants, leopards - "our three most charismatic animals" - and birds. "We neglect our extraordinarily diverse bio-diversity. I have, at least, got people talking about frogs."
And how. Listen to Dr Biju talking about his discoveries, and you realise that he is no pedant, but a sprightly man of science who is, at once, erudite, energetic and passionate about his slimy subjects in equal measure.
Tell me about your most favourite frog discoveries, I ask.
There's a meowing night frog with a "secretive lifestyle"; another one with a "unique parenting style" - both parents watch over the eggs until they hatch; a loud singing night frog he discovered in a cardamom plantation; and foot-waving dancing frogs with "bizarre courtship rituals".
Then there's the smallest Indian frog, less than 11mm (0.43 inches)-long which can sit on a coin.
And this week, he announced the golf ball-sized frog that lives in tree holes up to 6m (19ft) above ground, which may have helped it stay undiscovered.
Frogs have an extraordinary history of evolution of more than 350 million years, he adds, "possibly the oldest animal with a backbone, having witnessed five extinctions".
The Frankixalus jerdonii - as the latest discovery has been christened after Mr Biju's adviser herpetologist Franky Bossuyt - was a serendipitous discovery when the researcher and his students were digging in the day looking for frogs in Meghalaya state. As evening fell, Dr Biju says, they heard "a full musical orchestra coming from the treetops".
"It was magical.
"So we began climbing the tree. We went up 7ft and spotted the tadpoles. Much later we realised that we had stumbled on to a major discovery." Most tree frogs live closer to the ground.
Over the next seven years, the frog man and his students collected more specimens, compared it with other tree frogs around the world, looked at their behaviour, outer appearances, skeletal features, and sequenced their genetic code.
Then they identified the frogs as part of a new genus, meaning it has a new name. And they found an amazing quirk - females laid their fertilised eggs in tree holes filled with water, only to return after the tadpoles hatched, to feed them unfertilised eggs.
But the new tree discovery is a work in progress, says Dr Biju.
"How do they breed? Do they come down from the tree? Does the mother stay with the babies? We are still trying to solve a lot of unanswered questions."
The search for answers will continue, as will Dr Biju's amphibian journeys.
Every monsoon, the researcher and his students will trek to the mountainous rainforests of southern India and north-east to look for the frogs. (For a riveting account of an expedition, read this.)
Here is where the frogs, acutely sensitive to climate and habitat changes, are struggling to fight extinction. There are some 7,000 species of frogs in the world, and Dr Biju reckons half of them are on the verge of extinction.
"That is why we have to keep on working. All my discoveries are accidental. We don't plan on finding new frogs. You go out into the forests and spend time there."
Dr Biju says he has no other interests in life. The last time he went to see a movie was when his students dragged him to the theatre to watch Avatar. His wife has a doctorate in plant breeding and genetics. His two daughters aren't interested in frogs: they will possibly pursue careers in liberal arts and medicine.
"I have my friends and I have my frogs. I sometimes wonder what my life would be after frogs."
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The 29-year-old undefeated Belfast man took the WBA title from Santa Cruz in a superb contest in Brooklyn in July.
Immediately after that contest Frampton said he would be prepared to fight the Mexican again.
"It is the fight people are talking about and potentially it is going to be the next one for me. There is to be a meeting next week," said Frampton.
"Santa Cruz is the fight I am keen for and I feel I can beat him anywhere in the world."
Frampton had previously said he would love to take on Santa Cruz in front of a Belfast audience, but accepted the rematch was more likely to be in the US.
"America is the most likely destination," he said.
"If it had been the summer we could have done outdoors in Belfast, but Windsor Park in December is not going to work.
"I would like to have the fight before Christmas because I have not had Christmas off since I turned pro and I would like to spend it with my kids."
The Dungannon driver has scored points in just two of the seven rallies this year, including a win in Mexico.
Meeke, 37, will be replaced by ex-Volkswagen driver Andreas Mikkelsen.
"After a series of disappointing results, we have asked Kris Meeke to take a step back," said Citroen Team Principal Yves Matton.
"Kris accepted that this would be in the best interests of the team. This break will give him a chance to recharge his batteries and release some of the pressure before Rally Finland."
Meeke, along with co-driver Paul Nagle, will return to pilot the C3 for the following event in Finland, a rally which the duo dominated in 2016.
Aside from his dramatic win in Mexico and an engine failure while leading in Corsica, Meeke has crashed out in every other event this year.
He returned after an early crash to score two Powerstage points in Sweden and he currently lies 10th in the standings, 114 points behind leader Sebastian Ogier.
Norwegian driver Mikkelsen, who won Rally Poland last year, was left without a drive after Volkswagen pulled their WRC programme at the end of last season, returning to deputise for Meeke's team mate Stephane Lefebvre in Rally Sardinia.
It quoted military sources as saying that the refitted former Soviet warship left its shipyard in the north-east and the trial "would not take a long time".
The move is likely to raise fresh concerns over China's rapid military build-up.
Beijing is currently involved in several maritime territorial disputes, particularly in the South China Sea.
The aircraft carrier left its shipyard at Dalian Port in northeast Liaoning Province on Wednesday morning, Xinhua reported.
"Military sources said that the first sea trial was in line with the schedule of the carrier refitting project," it said.
"After returning from the sea trial, the aircraft carrier will continue refit and test work."
Xinhua did not provide any further details.
The BBC's Michael Bristow in Beijing says China is years away from being able to deploy this carrier as a potent military tool. Even so, the country's neighbours will be worried.
Many are involved in disputes with China over maritime borders - and they will be looking anxiously at Beijing's naval build-up, our correspondent says.
The carrier in question is a former Soviet warship, which was formerly called the Varyag.
It is a relatively old design and it was not built by China. It was constructed in the 1980s for the navy of the USSR, but was never completed. When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, the rusting hull of the Varyag sat in dockyards in Ukraine.
China extending military reach
As other Soviet warships were cut up for scrap, a Chinese company with links to China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) bought the Varyag claiming it wanted to turn it into a floating casino in Macau. It took several years to finally tow it all the way to China, where it was then taken to Dalian.
In June, the PLA confirmed that China's first aircraft carrier was under construction.
However, Beijing has recently sought to downplay the capabilities of the carrier, saying it would be used for training and research.
China's military is generally believed to be 20 years behind America's in its development. But in its rapid expansion, China is focusing on weapons designed to blunt US military power, analysts say.
The PLA has invested heavily in submarines. It is believed to be close to deploying the world's first "carrier-killer" ballistic missile, designed to sink aircraft carriers while they are manoeuvring at sea up to 1,500km (930 miles) offshore, and it is building its own stealth fighter aircraft along with advanced carrier-based aircraft built from Russian designs.
All of these can target US bases, US ships and US carriers in Asia. They will make it much more dangerous for US carrier fleets to operate close to China's coast, pushing them out further offshore.
Taiwan, Korea and Japan that look to the US for their security may start to question how much America can really protect them in future, analysts say.
A Japanese defence study last week expressed concern about what it called China's failure to explain its military ambitions.
In the past year, China has had maritime run-ins with Japan, Vietnam and also the Philippines over disputed territories in the area.
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The defender fired in at the far post on Tuesday to take his team into the third round for the first time.
But not even 12 hours later he was getting up for a university lecture.
"I've got a lecture at 9am. And I've got to go," he told BBC WM. "I've got a dissertation to do. I want to be a primary school teacher."
Duggan, who is doing a teaching degree at Newman University in Birmingham, also works behind the bar at a golf club when he is not writing his name into FA Cup folklore.
And, as one might expect of any celebrating footballer who plays for a club named the Glassboys, he did suggest he would first be having a glass of beer or two.
"Not too many people in life have played in the third round of the FA Cup, or even scored in the FA Cup," he said. "You've got to enjoy it."
Having reached the second round for the fourth time in six seasons, manager Gary Hackett had already acclaimed his seventh-tier Northern Premier League side as the FA Cup's new non-league kings.
And, after claiming a second Football League cup scalp in five years following a win over Plymouth in 2011, Duggan believes they are capable of doing it again at League Two Wycombe in round three on 7 January.
"We don't fear anyone," said Duggan. "Northampton might have had an off day but that was down to us. Every first or second ball we won.
"There's not much difference between league and non-league football, as hard work always outweighs talent. We just wanted it more.
"I'm only in my first season here, but this is why I came. To be part of nights like this."
Jack Duggan was talking to BBC WM's Steve Hermon.
The Queens Park Rangers loanee performed heroics to keep out efforts from Tony McMahon, Billy Clarke and Nathaniel Knight-Percival as the visitors pressed for a winner.
Rovers took a 15th-minute lead when Chris Lines picked up the ball just outside the right-hand corner of the box and curled an exquisite left-footed shot into the opposite corner of the net.
But the lead lasted only 11 minutes as Charlie Wyke's clever back-heel inside the box allowed Nicky Law to beat Lumley with a clinical finish from 10 yards.
Both sides attacked with purpose from the opening whistle, Rory McArdle heading just over for Bradford and Rovers winger Cristian Montano having a goal-bound shot blocked by McMahon in a competitive first half.
Bradford had the better chances after the break, but the hosts stood firm thanks largely to Lumley's bravery and agility.
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Match ends, Bristol Rovers 1, Bradford City 1.
Second Half ends, Bristol Rovers 1, Bradford City 1.
Attempt missed. Stuart Sinclair (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Attempt saved. Timothee Dieng (Bradford City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Bradford City. Conceded by Lee Brown.
Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Jamie Lucas replaces Luke James.
Corner, Bradford City. Conceded by Lee Brown.
Attempt missed. Ryan Sweeney (Bristol Rovers) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Ryan Broom (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Nathaniel Knight-Percival (Bradford City).
Attempt missed. Ryan Sweeney (Bristol Rovers) header from the centre of the box is too high.
Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Rory McArdle.
Substitution, Bradford City. Jordy Hiwula-Mayifuila replaces Billy Clarke.
Corner, Bradford City. Conceded by Chris Lines.
Foul by Ollie Clarke (Bristol Rovers).
Billy Clarke (Bradford City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Rory Gaffney (Bristol Rovers).
Tony McMahon (Bradford City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Mark Marshall (Bradford City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt saved. Charlie Wyke (Bradford City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Lee Brown (Bristol Rovers).
Billy Clarke (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Romain Vincelot.
Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Rory Gaffney replaces Ellis Harrison.
Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Ryan Broom replaces Cristian Montaño.
Ollie Clarke (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Romain Vincelot (Bradford City).
Attempt saved. Charlie Wyke (Bradford City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Luke James (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tony McMahon (Bradford City).
Ryan Sweeney (Bristol Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Ryan Sweeney (Bristol Rovers).
Billy Clarke (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Charlie Wyke (Bradford City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Nathaniel Knight-Percival (Bradford City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Corner, Bradford City. Conceded by Tom Lockyer.
Attempt missed. Ellis Harrison (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Foul by Ellis Harrison (Bristol Rovers).
Tony McMahon (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. James Meredith (Bradford City) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
It is designed for production lines that require a gentle touch such as manufacturing circuit boards and chips.
Sawyer is lighter than Baxter but like its predecessor will work safely alongside humans who can teach it to perform simple tasks.
The robot will sell in the United States, China, Japan and Europe.
First announced in March, the robot weighs 19 kilograms (42 pounds) and can measure forces on its joints with great precision which allows it to "feel" the right place to put a part.
It will sell for a base price of $29,000 (£19,000).
It has been tested by General Electric over the past month and will be deployed in its North Carolina factory - positioning parts into a light fixture.
It will also be used by furniture firm Steelcase, working alongside a welding machine, picking and placing parts in its Michigan factory.
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Steelcase already deploys several Baxter robots.
"These robots are the game-changers of modern manufacturing," said Edward Vander Bilt, leader of innovation at Steelcase.
Bairstow had been due to fly home after the last of three 50-over matches against India in Kolkata on Sunday but will stay for the three T20 games.
Hales suffered a hand fracture as England went 2-0 down in the ODI series with a defeat on Thursday in Cuttack.
The T20 games between the two countries take place on 26 and 29 January, and 1 February.
Residents were asked to stay indoors and police and forest officials were trying to track the elusive cat.
A male leopard entered a city school on Sunday and injured six people who tried to capture it.
A scientist and a forestry employee were among those mauled during the 10-hour-long effort to corner the animal.
The latest sighting was reported by a construction worker on Wednesday at Nallurhalli, near Whitefield area, BBC Hindi's Imran Qureshi in Bangalore reports.
"We have formed teams of forest and police officials who are moving around the area but there is no sign of any leopard or its marks," Karnataka's chief wildlife warden Ravi Ralph said.
On Thursday, authorities ordered 129 schools, including 53 government schools, to remain shut.
"We will decide later in the evening whether to shut schools tomorrow [Friday] or not. We await the decision of the forest and police officials on the leopard," government official KS Satyamurthy told BBC Hindi.
A recent wildlife census estimated that India has a leopard population of between 12,000 and 14,000.
The eight-year-old male leopard, which strolled into the Vibgyor International school on Sunday, was eventually tranquillised and captured.
Wildlife officials said the leopard possibly strayed into the school from a patch of forest not far from the school.
Leopards and other big cats have been known to stray into populated areas, and conservationists have warned that such confrontations may increase as humans encroach on animal habitats.
Last year a male leopard spent five hours with its head stuck in a metal pot in a village in the northern state of Rajasthan.
Labour MP Pat Glass's bill, which aims to retain the current number of MPs at 650, was backed by 253 votes to 37.
But Tory David Nuttall accused some Labour MPs of opposing the plans because they feared being replaced by pro-Corbyn Momentum candidates.
New government-backed boundary proposals would see fewer MPs and create equal-sized seats.
Ms Glass's bid to retain the status quo of 650 MPs secured a second reading and will now proceed to committee stage. However, it is unlikely to become law without the support of the government.
The changes proposed by the Boundary Commissions for England and Wales would ensure each constituency - with the exception of a few island seats - has a broadly similar population, but the moves are opposed by some Conservative and Labour MPs.
Labour fears it will lose the most seats under the plans, intended to be introduced in time for a general election in 2020, which would ensure the number of people entitled to vote in each constituency is within 5% of 74,769.
Ms Glass's Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill aims to ensure constituencies are within 10% of the electoral quota, that the boundary commissions use more up-to-date data, and that reviews take place every 10 years, rather than five.
In the Commons, Ms Glass told MPs her bill was not motivated by self-interest as she intends to stand down from her North West Durham constituency at the next general election.
She argued that with the rise of anti-establishment politics and the emergence of far-right parties, MPs needed to reach out and engage with voters now more than ever.
'Bigger than ourselves'
By cutting the number of MPs and making their constituencies bigger and more remote, ministers endanger the current "MP-constituency link which is envied in democracies across the world", she said.
But Conservative MP Mr Nuttall stepped in to argue: "Isn't it the case the reason why this bill has been brought forward is that there are so many members on the benches opposite who are frightened of re-selection because of the threat of Momentum taking their seats?
"That's the real reason why this bill has been brought forward."
Labour's Jess Phillips could be heard saying: "Unlike you, we're not scared of democracy."
And Ms Glass told Mr Nuttall: "I think that the unfortunate intervention is not helpful and just exemplifies why people out there get so angry about people in here.
"This is about something bigger than ourselves."
'An opportunity?'
But Tory former chief whip Mark Harper was critical of colleagues who opposed the planned reduction in their numbers. "Listening to some MPs talk about the constituencies they currently represent, they do sound like they think they own them," he said.
Momentum is a grassroots organisation set up to provide support for Jeremy Corbyn's leadership, following his election in 2015.
His leadership was hit by a wave of resignations from his front bench in the aftermath of UK voting to leave the European Union in June, but he was re-elected party leader in September by an increased margin, with strong backing from party members.
In September, Darren Williams - a member of Labour's ruling National Executive Committee - suggested the overhaul of constituency boundaries may present "an opportunity" to force out MPs who have been "consistently" disloyal to leader Mr Corbyn.
James Allen was jailed for life in November 2012 for killing Colin Dunford, 81, in Middlesbrough, and Julie Davison, 50, in Whitby.
An investigation commissioned by NHS England found there were "missed opportunities" in Allen's case.
A spokesman said it was clear his care fell "well below expected standards".
Blackpool-born Allen's trial heard he had numerous previous convictions, and had served an eight-year jail sentence for causing grievous bodily harm.
The independent investigation was carried out by Niche Patient Safety to see if lessons could be learned by those involved in his care.
At the time of the offences, Allen was receiving care from Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust, provider of mental health services.
The report found there was enough evidence to indicate Allen was a "vulnerable individual" and services should have identified that there was a "significant probability" that he would reoffend.
However, what was "not predictable" was his choice of victims.
Allen attacked and killed Mr Dunford at his home on 23 April 2012 while lying low at a friend's house after being accused of a serious crime.
Ms Davison was discovered dead in her flat two days later.
The report, which refers to Allen as Mr F, concluded: "Mr F was a serial offender who was either unwilling or unable to engage in any meaningful rehabilitation programme.
"The evidence indicates that there were many deficiencies and missed opportunities by both primary and secondary health care services where important information could have been sought and shared.
"If obtained, this information would have enabled a more accurate assessment of Mr F's risk factors and would have alerted agencies to his potential for reoffending."
Karen Conway, head of investigations for NHS England North, said: "The circumstances surrounding the tragic death of these two victims are extremely upsetting and our deepest sympathies go to their family and friends.
"The report rightly highlights a number of issues around roles, responsibilities and working practices which must be resolved for positive progress to be made... we will be ensuring that all recommendations relating to primary care are implemented and embedded into general practice."
De Zerbi, 37, previously managed Foggia but left the third-division side in August after two seasons with the club.
Club president Maurizio Zamparini made eight coaching changes last season.
Ballardini was initially sacked as Palermo manager in January 2016 before being reappointed in April as he helped Palermo avoid relegation.
Palermo are 15th in Serie A with one point from two games - above Inter Milan.
Zamparini, who bought Palermo in 2002, has made almost 60 coaching changes in 29 years as club owner.
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The actor is currently in the country filming another 'Pirates of the Caribbean' film.
Last month the star and his two dogs, Boo and Pistol, flew there from Los Angeles in America on a private jet.
All dogs that arrive in Australia must spend at least 10 days in a special area so they can be checked over.
Lots of countries have these kinds of rules to prevent the spread of diseases between animals.
But on this occasion the authorities didn't even know that the dogs were in the country.
They only found out when a photo of them at a grooming parlour appeared online.
Boo and Pistol are now on their way back to America.
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Beckham's plan to field a side in the 2018 MLS season has been hampered by the lack of a suitable venue.
But the 40-year-old is now looking to build on the site of the Orange Bowl, the former home of the Miami Dolphins which was demolished in 2008.
"We are as confident as we have ever been that we can move this forward," MLS chief Don Garber told BBC Sport.
The site Beckham is interested in is adjacent to the Miami Marlins' baseball stadium.
Beckham was given the right to own an MLS franchise as part of the contract he agreed when he joined LA Galaxy in 2007.
"He has been trying very hard to get a stadium built. There has been a lot more progress lately than in the last 12 to 15 months," said Garber.
"We have to finalise a whole bunch of deals with the city and the landowners but the site has been selected."
Garber is looking forward to Beckham's return.
"David has been out of MLS for many years now but we still talk about him," he said.
"He is a big part of our history. MLS wouldn't be what it is today if he hadn't decided to come in 2007."
This season is the 20th since the MLS was formed.
Although it is still loss-making across its 20 member clubs, the competition - which features 17 sides from the United States and three from Canada - is expanding rapidly.
Average attendances are above 21,000 and newcomers Orlando City and New York City have attracted a combined crowd in excess of 863,000 for their 28 home games so far.
"We are not a toddler now," said Garber. "We are probably a college kid.
"Our best days are ahead of us but we are growing up."
Steven Gerrard, 35, is playing for LA Galaxy this season while former England team-mate Frank Lampard, 37, and 36-year-old Italy midfielder Andrea Pirlo have joined New York City.
It has been claimed that signing older players is detrimental to the development of MLS.
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"The interesting question is whether it matters," said Garber, who said the league needed a "blend" of players.
"David Beckham came over when he was 31. Michael Bradley, the captain of our national team, came back when he was 26. Sebastian Giovinco - formerly of Juventus -came over when he was 28 and just got into the Italian national squad again.
"We signed 35 players this summer, more than ever before, and the average age was 27. It is understandable that the biggest signings were players coming to the back end of their careers and that is what some people focus on."
Garber said the MLS needed "world stars who attract attention" to increase its profile.
He added: "When you have Gerrard playing for LA against Lampard in New York, that is going to resonate around the world.
"At the same time we are investing millions of dollars in academy programmes. Last weekend, Dallas had five home-grown players in their first team.
"It is a combination of all of those things that give us our identity."
When Didier Drogba left Chelsea for the first time, he joined Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua, though he has since moved to MLS side Montreal Impact.
Shanghai Shenhua have subsequently signed Demba Ba - another former Chelsea striker - and ex-Everton midfielder Tim Cahill, while Brazilian pair Paulinho and Robinho have joined Guangzhou Evergrande.
The second season of the Indian Super League, meanwhile, will feature former Brazil left-back Roberto Carlos - who is the boss of Delhi Dynamos - and ex-France internationals Nicolas Anelka and Florent Malouda.
Does the MLS regard the Chinese and Indian leagues as rivals?
"Not in any way," said Garber. "Drogba left China to come to a league that could provide him with experiences more in line with his vision of what he wanted for his career.
"India and China might be where we were 20 years ago. They are new leagues.
"It is ironic we might not be the new kids on the block any more. We are past that fledgling stage."
Seven Premier League teams spent part of their pre-season in North America while teams from six countries played in the North American part of the International Champions Cup.
This was in July, the middle of the domestic season as the MLS runs from March to December.
New York Red Bulls played Philadelphia Union in a cup tie on 21 July, the day before they faced Chelsea.
"The rest of the world does look at our region as a bit of an ATM," said Garber. "There is a lot money, there is a lot of interest and there is a lot of fan potential.
"There was a time when we believed wholeheartedly that the rising tide of soccer interest would raise all boats - and we had the most boats on that water. Whether that remains true is still to be seen.
Garber said he has had talks with the Premier League about an official competition every summer.
"I would love to find a way that we could play our cup champion and our league champion against an FA Cup and league champion in a tournament and play it in New York City every year," he said. "If not every year, then every four years."
Even those who dismiss MLS as an irrelevance could not be unmoved at the United States' involvement in shaking world governing body Fifa.
An FBI investigation has led to the indictment of 14 former and current Fifa officials. Indirectly, it also prompted the resignation of Fifa president Sepp Blatter.
"The Department of Justice certainly weren't calling us up and saying 'guess what, we are about to go', but I will say many of us were proud," said Garber.
"We are in this game and were around a situation where there was perhaps less governance than would be around businesses in the US. Fifa was operating in a way that is culturally very different to the way we operate in our part of the world. That could be frustrating.
"It is good to see that finally, some folks are going to have to answer for that. People need to be accountable for what they do and I very much support what is happening.
"There is a great movement of reform and a new quest for different governance. As a person that is involved in the governance of my league, I think that benefits everybody, owners, fans, players."
Ms Dugdale and Ken Macintosh are vying for the post left vacant by Jim Murphy.
Fellow MSPs Alex Rowley and Richard Baker are in the race for deputy leader along with Glasgow City Council leader Gordon Matheson.
Unison Labour Link confirmed it was supporting Ms Dugdale and Mr Rowley in the contest.
Chairman Gordon McKay said Scottish Labour needed to change direction, and predicted Ms Dugdale and Mr Rowley would make a good team.
He added: "Kezia will provide energetic leadership and Alex offers experience and commitment. They have both shown they are prepared to take Scottish Labour out of its comfort zone."
Lothian MSP Ms Dugdale, who had served as deputy leader under Mr Murphy, said she was delighted by the move.
She added: "It shows that I can be a uniting force for our movement by bringing together all the different elements of the Labour movement."
Spaniard Nadal, 30, is fifth in the latest ATP standings, with 35-year-old Swiss Federer two places lower.
Serbia's Novak Djokovic tops the list, ahead of Briton Andy Murray and Federer's compatriot Stan Wawrinka, with Japan's Kei Nishikori in fourth.
Briton Johanna Konta is in the women's top 10 for the first time.
The 25-year-old climbs to ninth after reaching the final of the China Open, in which she was beaten by Agnieszka Radwanska.
Nadal, who won the most recent of his 14 Grand Slams in 2014, has claimed two titles this year - in Barcelona and Monte Carlo.
Federer, a 17-time Grand Slam winner, has been out with a knee injury since Wimbledon, where he was knocked out in the semi-finals by Canada's Milos Raonic.
ATP rankings:
1 Novak Djokovic (Ser) 13,540 points
2 Andy Murray (GB) 9,845
3 Stan Wawrinka (Swi) 5,910
4 Kei Nishikori (Jpn) 4,740
5 Rafael Nadal (Spa) 4,730
6 Milos Raonic (Can) 4,690
7 Roger Federer (Swi) 3,730
8 Gael Monfils (Fra) 3,745
9 Tomas Berdych (Cze) 3,470
10 Dominic Thiem (Aut) 3,295
The break-in at premises on North Street, Blaenavon, took place some time between 17:00 BST on 3 May and 07:00 on 4 May.
Hand spinners are toys that people rest on their palm and balance as they spin while Slush Puppie machines make drinks using ice and syrup.
Gwent Police has appealed for information.
Burns became Scotland's first three-weight world champion when he stopped Italy's Michele Di Rocco in May.
Belarussian Relikh, 26, is unbeaten, boasting 19 knockouts from 21 fights.
"Relikh's a very tough first defence. He's got a high KO ratio so he'll be very dangerous. Trust me, he has my undivided attention," Burns said.
"There are some massive fights out there against some huge names in the 140lbs division - but we're taking it one step at a time."
Former two-weight world champion Hatton says Relikh will not be fazed by going into the bout as the underdog.
"Kiryl is one of those cool, unflinching boxers," said Hatton. "This is a big opportunity for him and he's not bothered about being the underdog.
"He's been training and boxing away from home for years so he'll have no problem going to Scotland. Having the crowd against him will bring the best out of him.
"Ricky Burns is a top-class fighter, but there always has to be a changing of the guard and I think this could be Kiryl's time."
Charlie Flynn and Joe Ham, who represented Scotland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, will both fight on the undercard.
At the age of 23, she had found a flat-share she could afford. A wave of sadness swept over me - our family unit was crumbling. But, like many parents, I also felt a sense of relief that she had finally found a way out of the nest.
My wife and I both said goodbye to our respective parents well before our 21st birthdays and to us, there is something almost odd about still sharing a home with your mum and dad after your education is complete.
We learn today, though, that a quarter of all 20-34 year-olds in the UK still live with their parents. According to analysis of census data by the Office for National Statistics, since 1996, the number of young adults still at home with their mum or dad has increased by 25% to 3.3 million.
In some parts of Britain, the proportion is far greater. In Northern Ireland, a third of 20-34 year-olds are living with parents, compared to London and Yorkshire where the proportion is just 22%.
Britain's living habits appear to be changing - becoming more southern European, perhaps. While in Scandinavian countries, children tend to leave home by the age of 20 or 21, in Italy, Greece, Slovakia and Slovenia it tends to be late 20s for daughters and above 30 for sons. In Bulgaria, most men are still living at home at 35.
So what is going on? In Britain, the biggest increase is found among 20-24 year-olds - 49% of that age group still live at home. One obvious reason for that is housing affordability - the ratio of house prices paid by first-time buyers to their incomes is now 4.4, up from 2.7 back in 1996.
Millions of parents will recognise the problem of a child in their late teens or early 20s unable to afford to buy or even to rent a home in some parts of the country. Certainly with my children, finding a decent and affordable place to live in London has proved immensely difficult.
But there are other reasons why young adults are not flying the nest as they once did. The big increase in the figures coincides with the economic downturn. The proportion of young people (18-24) who are unemployed has risen from 13% in 2008 to 19% last year. Without a job it becomes much harder to make that big move into the wider world.
Among 20-34 year-olds who live with their parents, 13% are without a job. Among those who live independently, it is 6%. Austerity more generally has meant that young adults may choose to study at a college or university close to the parental home, avoiding expensive accommodation costs.
Men are more likely than women to still be living at home in their mid to late 20s. For every 10 women, 17 men aged 20-34 are still shacked up with their parents. The main reason is that women tend to form partnerships with men older than they are - so more in the 20-34 age group are married or cohabiting.
I do wonder whether there is also a tendency for young people generally to settle down in a relationship later in life. More people go to university now and students are likely to wait until after their education before getting married or agreeing to cohabit.
Lifestyles may be changing, but Britain is far from unusual. Of the 28 countries in the European Union, only six have a lower proportion of 25-34 year-olds living with their parents than the UK.
The Labour leader said big business was holding back £26bn a year by not paying bills on time and it was driving 50,000 small firms out of business.
He vowed to tackle this "national scandal" if Labour won power.
A string of firms named by Mr Corbyn said they did not recognise his figures on late payments.
Labour researchers took the data from a report by Experian, but the credit reference agency said it should not be used as an "overall barometer of how a company pays suppliers".
In response, a spokesperson for Jeremy Corbyn said: "To highlight the scale of the problem, we used Experian data about how late payments by major companies to their suppliers are, once invoices become due.
"Drawing attention to this issue, so vital to the success of our small businesses and health of our economy, is itself overdue."
In a speech to the Federation of Small Businesses, Mr Corbyn said: "Cash is king for any business, and big companies are managing their cash by borrowing - interest free - from their suppliers.
"Some of the biggest names in business are holding cash piles that don't actually belong to them.
"It's a national scandal. And it's stopping businesses from growing and causing thousands to go bust every year.
"It kills jobs and holds back economic growth."
Mr Corbyn said that if Labour won the next election, it would consider fining late payers and require companies bidding for public sector contracts to pay suppliers within 30 days.
He claimed Capita, which is one of the UK government's biggest contractors, paid suppliers 82 days later on average than its agreed terms.
A Capita spokesman said: "We don't recognise these figures whatsoever and, according to our own data and analysis, these claims do not correctly reflect our payment behaviours.
"We pay 90% of all invoices received across our supplier base within 30 days of receipt."
Mr Corbyn also named Marks and Spencer, which he claimed paid its suppliers an average of 72 days over terms.
M&S said: "We don't recognise these numbers at all. Over 99% of our supplier invoices are paid on time."
The retail giant said it had signed the government's prompt payment code, a voluntary agreement aimed at ensuring big firms pay their suppliers in reasonable time.
And, like all big companies, it would be publishing performance data on payment to suppliers from next year, it added.
Other firms named by the Labour leader, including BT, Vodafone, E.On and the National Grid, have also said they do not recognise Mr Corbyn's figures.
Labour's late payment figures come from a "random selection" of data from credit reports produced by Experian.
The credit reference agency said it had not had any input into Labour's report and the figures were taken from a commercially available report aimed at giving small businesses an idea of how late some companies can be with payments.
An Experian spokesman said the figures solely related to invoices settled late and did not take into account payments that had been made on time.
"As such, the data relates to how late a business can expect any late payments to be, and not the company's overall track record on the payment of suppliers," the spokesman said.
"For example, if a company settles 1,000 invoices on time but 50 are paid an average of 20 days late, their 'days beyond terms' figure would be 20.
"It is intended for indicative purposes only, to inform specific business decisions, and we would not recommend it is used as an overall barometer of how a company pays suppliers."
The £26bn figure quoted by Labour for late payments was based on data from Bacs Payment Schemes Ltd, formerly known as the Bankers' Automated Clearing Services.
The government is committed to strengthening the prompt payment code - and ensuring all major government suppliers sign it - but Mr Corbyn said they had "not done enough".
He was backed by the Federation of Small Business.
FSB national chairman Mike Cherry said: "Jeremy Corbyn's proposals today are important, as we build a cross-party consensus for further action.
"The government's transparency reforms are vital, but not sufficient."
Mr Corbyn also pledged to cut red tape for small businesses with a turnover of less than £83,000 per year by dropping the requirement to issue quarterly financial reports.
And he repeated Labour's pledge to create regional investment banks to make it easier for businesses to access finance.
He said he wanted to create a "level playing field" for entrepreneurs by increasing corporation tax on big business and cracking down on tax avoidance, with the cash raised to be spent on improving skills training.
But the Conservatives said Labour's policies would mean "higher corporation tax, an increased deficit and more economic instability".
Conservative MP Amanda Milling MP, a member of the Commons business committee, said: "With Jeremy Corbyn in charge of the nation's finances, Labour would crash the economy just like they did last time."
Ms Saa was 15 when a 32-year-old man threw acid at her for rejecting his offer of marriage.
"It felt cold first. Then I felt an intense burning. Then the liquid melted my skin," she remembers about the attack.
Since then, she has become one of India's most outspoken advocates against the unregulated sale of acid, as well as for harsher punishment for the perpetrators of acid attacks.
"This opportunity to represent an apparel brand was a platform for me to set an example for women like me to be confident and have courage despite their physical appearances. This was also a platform for me to send a clear message to criminals that women will not lose courage even after they are attacked with acid to destroy their physical beauty," Ms Saa told the BBC.
According to one estimate by the Acid Survivors Trust International, there could be as many as 1,000 acid attacks every year in India alone, many of which go unreported.
Despite this, the country does not have any specific law to prosecute acid attackers.
However in 2013, the Supreme Court of India acted on a petition filed by Ms Saa and directed state governments to formulate a policy to regulate over-the-counter sale of acid in India.
The apparel company Viva N Diva, for which Ms Saa is modelling, said it chose her out of a desire to change the outlook of people towards fashion and beauty by spreading awareness that beauty is beyond mere physical attributes.
Ms Saa agrees that there need to be wider conversations on the issue.
"The problem is not just in being a victim but also your victimisation by the society. We are treated as if we are good for nothing and as if our lives are a waste," she said.
Co-founder of Viva N Diva, Rupesh Jhawar, told the BBC that the idea for the campaign with Ms Saa came after he saw a calendar featuring acid attack survivors.
"To my eyes that are used to seeing fashion models with flawless skins dolled up in front of the cameras everyday, this view was both disturbing and inspiring.
"For a moment I had seen beauty in a very different way and we wanted to capture it - remove any speck of being a victim from those eyes and give them a stage, an employment, a platform, a medium to flaunt it with style."
Tony and Darren Day held their wedding day in County Monaghan on Saturday.
But their Irish marriage was not legally recognised until Tuesday, when a short ceremony made it official.
The County Antrim couple said it is "a matter of time" until same-sex marriage is legalised in Northern Ireland.
It is the only part of the UK where gay marriage is not legal.
Speaking after their legal exchange of vows on Tuesday, Belfast man Darren said it had been "a happy coincidence" that he and Tony, from Lisburn, were one of the first gay couples to marry in the Republic of Ireland.
"It's been lovely to exchange our vows and to make it official, to finally be able to call each other husband and husband," he said.
"But Tony was joking that we would only be able to do that for 10 minutes until we went back over the [Irish] border.
"As far as we're concerned, we're married - we got married on this island."
The couple had first began planning in January for a civil partnership ceremony, and booked a County Monaghan hotel for 14 November.
But as the months passed and same-sex marriage was passed in a referendum in the Republic of Ireland in May, their hopes began to rise that they could instead have a marriage ceremony.
Darren said: "We knew the law was coming and we hoped it would be in place by that date.
"There was talk it would be in place in September, then by late autumn, and as it got closer we were getting excited, thinking: 'This could be more than a civil partnership, it could be a wedding.'"
The same-sex marriage legislation came into effect on Monday, two days after the couple's big day.
They decided to have their planned "wedding day" on Saturday and remain in the Republic of Ireland until Tuesday, when they could make their marriage official.
On Saturday, Tony's son eight-year-old Parker walked the couple up the aisle for a service in front of 220 guests, with an evening reception including a cabaret.
"Saturday's ceremony had no legal effect, but it was absolutely terrific to publicly declare our love," Darren said.
"It was so sweet, and I've never sensed a feeling of love like that.
"Parker suggested holding our hands and walking us up the aisle, which was amazing for a child so young to have that idea."
Darren, whose birth surname is Baird, has taken his husband's surname after their marriage.
He added that he believed their marriage would be legally recognised in Northern Ireland "sooner rather than later".
A majority of Northern Ireland Assembly members voted in favour of same-sex marriage for the first time earlier this month.
But the motion was blocked by the Democratic Unionist Party.
"In some ways our wee country is amazing; in other ways it's backward. It will happen some time."
He was acquitted of tax evasion in an Italian court last week and is waiting to hear if his disqualification by the Football League will now be quashed.
Cellino told the Times: "It's better to walk out, not because I'm dishonest but because I'm tired and hurt and lonely.
"If I could turn back time and you ask whether I would come to this club, I would say never."
The Football League said on Thursday that his ban, which was deferred, would no longer apply once they saw the court's written judgment confirming his acquittal.
Cellino, who took over at Elland Road in April 2014, agreed to sell the club to Leeds Fans United earlier in the season before calling off the deal.
It was revealed earlier this week that his son Ercole had left the club's board, while his other son Edoardo was suspended in April from all football activities for three games and fined £5,000 for or using abusive and/or insulting and/or improper language on social media.
The former Cagliari owner now says he will sell the club if he gets the right offer.
"If somebody doesn't come in then I have no choice but to run it," he said. "A lot of people have called me, but they are just fishing. I don't see the money."
Cellino has been the focus of a number of protest from fans and says he feels unsafe as a result.
"I'm scared to take a train in case someone comes up to me. My family don't come to Leeds anymore because they are scared," he added.
Leeds finished 13th in the Championship this season.
The 7T system, the third of its kind in the UK, will help researchers study disorders including dementia, schizophrenia and depression.
It is hoped the 40-tonne scanner will help early detection of disease and to develop and monitor new therapies.
It is part of the new Cubric research facility on the Cardiff Innovation Campus, due to open in Spring 2016.
The scanner's giant magnet helps create detailed images of the human brain, and can reduce scanning times for patients.
It is about seven times stronger than magnets used to pick up cars in junk yards, producing high-resolution images.
The 26-year-old was sixth in the final of the last in the series at Rock Hill.
But, having won three of the five rounds in the series this year, he had done enough to claim victory, finishing on 865 points overall.
"It's been an unforgettable season and I can't thank those that support me enough," said Phillips.
The Briton won in Manchester,Sweden and Argentina and finished ahead of Dutchman Niek Kimmann, who picked up 735 points overall.
Gunn crashed 15 fours and two sixes while Georgia Elwiss (81) and Alison Davidson-Richards (77 no) contributed to a massive 397-4 from 50 overs.
Gaby Lewis top-scored with 28 as Ireland were skittled out for 103 in reply, with Anya Shrubsole and Alex Hartley each taking three wickets.
The sides meet again on Wednesday.
The game was played in temperatures touching 40C.
Laura Delany's young Irish side acquitted themselves well in the early stages of the England innings, and at 229-4 in the 34th over they had ambitions of restricting their opponents to below 300.
However, Gunn's powerful 94 from 52 balls, adding 150 in just 16 overs with Davidson-Richards, saw England set a daunting target.
Sixteen-year-old debutant Lara Maritz was the pick of the Irish attack, taking 1-51 in a nine-over spell, while the other wicket takers were Laura Boylan (1-39) and Rachel Delaney (1-49).
In reply Ireland struggled against an experienced and penetrative England attack, with Shrubsole (3-11) and Hartley (3-24) boasting impressive figures.
Lewis, also just 16, hit four boundaries in her 28 as the Irish were dismissed in the 44th over.
Parts of Westfield shopping centre and nearby buildings were evacuated amid fears an item found was a WW2 bomb.
But people were allowed back into buildings and roads and Tube services reopened near the shopping centre after the item was removed.
And the Metropolitan police told the BBC it was not a bomb as first thought.
The casing, 34cm (13.5 in) in length and 15cm (6in) wide, was found by builders in Ariel Way, off Wood Lane.
Local traffic was diverted causing severe disruption and Tube services in the area were affected.
Geoff McGrath was ejected from the scouts last month and the group's charter was revoked on 17 April.
The Boy Scouts voted last year to allow gay boys within their ranks but barred gay men from adult leadership roles.
The Reverend Monica Corsaro of Rainier Beach United Methodist Church said she hoped the Scouts would reconsider.
"I would really like them to honour their own bylaws, to respect the religious beliefs of their chartering partners," she told the BBC. "Our religious beliefs include being accepting of all people."
The church chartered its Boy Scout troop in November.
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) said it had revoked the charter "because the church no longer agrees to the terms of the BSA chartered organisation agreement".
"We are saddened by this development, but remain committed to providing all youth with the best possible Scouting experience where the Scouting program is the main focus," spokesman Deron Smith said in a statement provided to the BBC.
"We have already identified a new chartered organisation to sponsor the units and are contacting the parents and leaders of the units to inform them of the change."
Mr McGrath told the Associated Press news agency he would continue to participate in the church's youth programme even though it could not be an official scouting troop.
The Rainier Beach church, which belongs to a denomination of Methodist churches who say they welcome all sexual orientations and gender identities, supported Mr McGrath and allowed him to continue leading Scout meetings after his membership was revoked.
But a lawyer for the Scouts told the church last week in a letter the charter was being revoked, Dr Corsaro said. The church was considering its legal options, she added.
Both state and national legislators from Washington state had sent letters in support of Mr McGrath to the national scouting organisation.
The BSA, founded in 1910, has about 2.6 million young members, down from a peak of around four million, and about one million adult leaders and volunteers.
Kevin Barrera was shot in 2009. His body was found near a railway line in Richmond, California.
Jose Barrera told KTVU-TV he had asked Google to remove the image, which appears to show a police car and officers surrounding a body, out of respect for his son.
It said replacing the image could take eight days.
Mr Barrera said: "When I see this image, that's still like that happened yesterday. And that brings me back to a lot of memories."
Google Maps vice-president Brian McClendon said: "Since the media first contacted us about the image, we've been looking at different technical solutions.
"Google has never accelerated the replacement of updated satellite imagery from our maps before, but given the circumstance we wanted to make an exception in this case."
Google Maps uses a selection of images collected by satellite and at street level by cameras mounted on vehicles.
The satellite images tend to be between one and three years old.
Unlike for the pictures in its StreetView service, there is no facility to report satellite images.
The search giant takes a number of steps to protect privacy of individuals when collecting images for StreetView, including blurring faces and number plates.
The claim: The US has the highest taxes in the world.
Reality Check verdict: The total amount of tax raised by the United States as a proportion of the size of its economy is not the highest in the world. It also does not have the highest rates of taxes on households. By one measure, it does have the highest rate of corporation tax.
A broad measure of the level of taxes is to look at the total amount of tax taken by the government as a percentage of the amount produced by the economy (GDP).
The US is clearly not at the top of this list based on figures from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
In 2015, the US tax take came in at 26.4% of GDP, well below countries such as Italy at 43.3%, France at 45.5% and Denmark at 46.6%.
So, for overall tax, the US is certainly not the highest.
It may be that President Trump was referring to specific taxes.
Looking at taxes on individuals, Pew Research looked into tax levels in the US last year and considered the tax rates paid by various types of households with different levels of incomes.
It found that US tax bills were below average for developed nations.
For high earners, PriceWaterhouse Coopers did some research in 2014, which looked at the G20 countries, and found that someone earning $400,000 (£240,000) in Italy would take home the smallest proportion of their earnings, with the US coming eighth on the list.
For the 2017 tax year, the top rate of income tax was 39.6%, affecting single taxpayers whose income exceeds $418,400, or $470,700 for married taxpayers filing jointly.
If you look at this list of top tax rates from KPMG, Sweden comes out on top at 61.85%.
Turning to corporation tax, the corresponding list from KPMG does put the highest rate for the US at the top (that's 35% federal corporate income tax plus state taxes), with only the United Arab Emirates having a higher rate, which appears to be charged only to foreign oil companies.
The US Congress also did a comparison, which found that the US had the highest statutory corporate tax rate in the G20, although looking at the levels companies were actually paying, the US was third on the list of average corporate tax rates and fourth on the list of effective corporate tax rates.
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Quickenden, who was runner-up to former world superbike champion Carl Fogarty on I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here was also an X Factor contestant.
The 26-year-old was a youth-team player with hometown club Scunthorpe United.
Trinity boss Steve Housham told BBC Radio Lincolnshire: "He's a talented footballer. It's not like he's someone who's not kicked a ball before."
Quickenden also played at non-league level with Frickley Athletic and Bottesford Town but gained fame by appearing on the X Factor in 2012 and 2014.
Most recently he appeared in I'm A Celebrity - another ITV show which also featured former Wigan, Fulham and West Ham midfielder Jimmy Bullard.
Gainsborough are 15th in the Conference North Table - five steps below the Premier League.
Housham added: "The chairman is an ambitious guy and wants to get him down for a game.
"There are still a lot of dealings to go through, but it could be a case of getting him down before the end of the season."
Last season Doncaster Rovers signed One Direction singer Louis Tomlinson as a non-contract player.
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More than 90 National Trust staff and volunteers planted 1,400 native woodland trees including oak, birch, hazel, rowan and crab apple at five sites in the national park.
It is hoped the trees will reduce the risk of flooding like that caused by Storm Desmond in 2015.
The National Trust faced a £1m clean-up bill after the storm.
About 34cm (13in) of rain fell in just more than 24 hours at Honister Pass during the storm.
The National Trust said the trees will hopefully slow rainwater run-off and reduce the risk of landslides.
More than 500 trees were planted in the Coledale valley about two miles upstream of the village of Braithwaite, which was hit with boulders, silt and debris from landslides during Storm Desmond.
Villager Emily Brooks said: "It feels like important work now to better protect our homes from future flooding."
About 600 trees were planted at Close Head Coppice, Hoathwaite, Coniston, to help restore 10 acres of ancient woodland.
Smaller numbers of trees have also been planted at Scafell Pike, Fell Foot and Glencoyne Park.
Mike Innerdale, assistant director of operations for the National Trust, said the floods showed how "fragile a landscape" the Lake District is.
He said: "The 2015 floods caused millions of pounds worth of damage, leaving scars on the landscape that are yet to heal.
"With major storms occurring more frequently, we're working with farmers and local residents to look at ways of making the Lakes more resilient."
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The 30-year-old Scot flew to New York on Friday to prepare for the event.
Murray will drop to number two in the world rankings behind Rafael Nadal on Monday, and has not played any competitive tennis since his Wimbledon quarter-final defeat to Sam Querrey.
He pulled out of recent tournaments in Montreal and Cincinnati due to the ongoing hip complaint.
The Scot will be seeded second at the US Open - which he won in 2012 - behind former champion Nadal.
The three-time major winner will be looking to improve on his quarter-final defeat to Kei Nishikori 12 months ago at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre.
Behind Nadal and Murray, Roger Federer and Germany's Alexander Zverev are seeded third and fourth respectively, but defending champion Stan Wawrinka withdrew due to a knee injury that will keep him out for the rest of the season.
The company's Long Products division, which supplies steel beams, railway tracks and other products, has written to its suppliers asking for a 30% cut in prices in the long term.
It wants an "immediate" price reduction of 10% on all purchases.
The company says market conditions have led to a "difficult business situation" at Longs Steel UK.
Tata says it is trying to transform the business but said it needs support from its "valued" suppliers.
The letter says: "Should you - for any reason - be unable to support us in our efforts, we will need to fully consider other options."
One recipient of the letter was Neil Smith from recruitment business Kinetic.
He said that in his 23 years as the company's boss he has "never received anything like this".
"You don't have valued suppliers offering valued services and then turn around and say take a 30% cut. That goes against any business maxim on the planet," he told the BBC.
In response a Tata Steel spokesman said: "Our Long Products unit has been in dialogue with suppliers for a month. Initially some were spoken to directly, others were contacted by letter to begin a consultation process.
"We have had an excellent response with positive and innovative ways we can work together.
"The current position in UK steel is no secret and has been explained in all communications with all partners."
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The Federation of Small Business said it recognises the challenges faced by the steel industry but called for Tata to treat its suppliers with "utmost sensitivity".
John Allan, national chairman at the Federation of Small Businesses, said: "The FSB has consistently condemned the practices of some large companies towards their supply chains and we are deeply concerned by this latest example.
"Small businesses rely on the integrity of their bigger customers when it comes to honouring agreed contracts and paying up in full and on time."
Last month Tata Steel announced nearly 1,200 job losses at its plants in Scunthorpe and Lanarkshire.
Nine hundred jobs will be lost at the firm's plant in Scunthorpe. The remaining 270 jobs will go in Motherwell and Cambuslang.
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Construction work has begun to transform a derelict health centre at the entrance to the castle into a state-of-the-art visitor centre.
It is hoped that the £3m redevelopment project will help to tell the story of the county's history and heritage.
BBC Newsline's Julian Fowler reports.
StepChange, which hears from half a million people in financial difficulty each year, said dealing with housing problems and job losses due to stress made up the bulk of that figure.
It added the government could save £3bn if it offered people effective help.
The Treasury said it had "taken a series of steps" to help those in debt.
StepChange, which offers free advice on how to overcome debt problems, analysed the records of more than 100,000 of its clients to calculate how much so-called "problem debt" was costing the UK.
Problem debt is defined as debt that people have taken on but cannot afford to repay as required.
StepChange estimated that the strain it puts on mental health, employment and housing amounted to £8.3bn each year.
The biggest cost caused by problem debt, the charity said, was having to rehouse - and provide higher housing benefit payments for - people who lose their home after falling behind on mortgage or rent payments.
The next highest set of costs related to employment. StepChange estimated a total £2.3bn cost for the money paid by employers and the authorities when someone takes time off work because of the stress of dealing with debt, and the benefits paid if the job is subsequently lost.
Other costs it factored in were for NHS mental health treatment, payments prompted by divorce and other relationship breakdowns, and the costs of children being taken into care
Approximately 2.9 million people in the UK are estimated to have some form of problem debt, and StepChange said it expected there would have been a 20% year-on-year rise in those using its services by the end of 2014.
The charity's chief executive, Mike O'Connor, said problem debt was a "brake on people's capacity to work, or to return to work, a brake on aspiration and a brake on potential".
StepChange also called for a government action plan on debt to help people through times of crisis, encourage more saving and support more free advice.
A spokesman for the Treasury told the BBC that "a key part of the government's long-term economic plan was to boost hardworking people's financial security at all stages of life".
He said the Money Advice Service was funding and co-ordinating a range of debt advice services and that the Financial Conduct Authority had been given "robust powers" to protect people using debt management firms.
Joanna Elson, chief executive of the Money Advice Trust, which runs the National Debtline, said: "The human cost of this problem on people's health, relationships and quality of life simply cannot be calculated.
"Free advice provided at the earliest stage possible is the best way to limit the damage that unmanageable debt is causing, both to our lives and our economy."
Wing James conceded a try from an intercepted pass against Scarlets on Friday, but his break then set up Alex Cuthbert for the winning score.
The 28-year-old won the last of his 10 Wales caps in 2010.
"He's playing really well and I'd like to think he has given some selection headaches [to Wales]," Wilson said.
"He's been outstanding for a number of games for us this season and credit to him, he threw an intercept pass that he'd be disappointed with, but the game he had after that was superb."
Having been in the international wilderness for five seasons, James was a surprise inclusion in Wales' World Cup training squad.
But a foot injury meant he was unable to train over the summer and he was eventually released to his region in early August for further treatment.
He was fit enough to start the first game of the Pro12 season for the Blues, scoring a try against Zebre, but limped off after 38 minutes and was out for the next eight weeks.
James has been ever present since his comeback in late October, adding another four tries and catching the eye on several occasions.
With just over a month to go until the start of the Six Nations, James' latest fine display came in front of Wales assistant coach Rob Howley at the Arms Park.
He made the crucial break down the left flank before Cuthbert burrowed his way over the tryline to give the Blues a shock 29-27 win over Pro12 leaders Scarlets.
"Tom James played particularly well," said Howley. "When he had the ball he created opportunities and looks quite sharp."
Howley said he had also been impressed by the performance of Rhys Patchell, who converted Cuthbert's try to secure victory.
"He's a young talent," he said of the twice-capped 22-year-old fly-half or full-back.
"He controlled the game in the second half and landed a superb conversion from the touchline. He's got a great kicking game and the ability to put others in space."
English sixth seed Wade recovered from losing the first leg of each set to produce finishes of 84, 120 and 62.
Eighth seed Mensur Suljovic and ninth seed Robert Thornton also progressed.
Suljovic overcame Dutchman Ron Meulenkamp 3-0, while Thornton beat Austria's Zoran Lerchbacher by the same score.
They joined world number one Michael Van Gerwen and 16-time world champion Phil Taylor in the last 32.
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Ordinarily in November, few sun loungers would be unoccupied under the umbrellas that line the shores of Sharm el-Sheikh.
Most would be filled with Russian and British holidaymakers escaping the cold weather at home.
But now most tourists have disappeared.
"The beach is empty. It was full until a few days ago but the Russians have all gone," says Richard Bourne from Wales, who is here sunbathing with his wife.
"I feel so sorry for the people," he goes on. "I don't know how the hotels will survive the coming weeks."
Not far away, the bars and clubs of Naama Bay pump out loud music to ever-diminishing numbers of customers. Souvenir sellers and diving tutors sit idle with worried expressions.
"There's no business," bemoans Raed, who runs a store selling Pharaonic knick-knacks - from plastic scarabs to papyrus scrolls - that are usually popular with European visitors.
The resort is increasingly deserted after the plane crash which led the UK, Russia and several other countries to suspend flights here.
All 224 people onboard a Russian charter jet were killed when it came down over the north of the rugged Sinai peninsula on 31 October.
Suspicions that a bomb could have been planted onboard have raised concerns about security at Sharm el-Sheikh airport.
In recent days, airlines have made special arrangements to fly out tens of thousands of passengers - without bringing in new arrivals.
"On a normal basis we would be 90% full right now, everyone would be working and everyone would be happy," says Amr Darwish, an owner of the Terrazzina beach club.
He worries he might have to lay off staff in the near future.
"We don't know when the tourists are going to be able to come back. You can't make a business plan for next week, let alone next month or next year," he adds.
According to the tourism ministry, Egypt stands to lose 2.2bn Egyptian pounds ($280m) a month after the cancellation of flights from Russia and Britain.
Two-thirds of tourists to Sharm el-Sheikh come from these two countries. The destination earns about a third of Egypt's total proceeds from tourism.
It was able to recover from previous shocks, including a series of deadly militant bombings along the Red Sea coast between 2004 and 2006 and a killer shark attack.
In the political turmoil since the 2011 uprising, which overthrew the long-time leader, President Hosni Mubarak, the resort has proven resilient compared to other popular attractions like the Giza Pyramids and Luxor.
Yet with the Egyptian economy still in a fragile state, the effects of the latest setback will be deeply felt.
Workers in Sharm el-Sheikh - from taxi drivers to hotel receptionists - come from across the country and send salaries home. Tourism is a vital source of foreign currency.
"This couldn't have come at a worst time," says Angus Blair of the Signet Institute, a Cairo-based economic think-tank.
"Egypt needs this [resort] economically in terms of employment and foreign exchange revenues.
"It will definitely damage sentiment and lead to problems at the central bank because clearly they're already under stress trying to access foreign currency for trade."
This week a senior Russian official warned it would take "several months, as a minimum" for Russian flights to Sharm el-Sheikh to resume as the investigation into what caused the crash continues.
He said it would be impossible to radically revise Egypt's security system quickly.
Concerns have been raised about baggage scanning procedures and searches at an entry gate for food and fuel for aircraft at Sharm el-Sheikh airport.
There are some hopes that in the short-term, Arab tourists and those from central Europe can be attracted to the resort in greater numbers.
However most business owners accept the reality is that they must brace themselves for another tough period ahead.
"It will take us time to recover but a place like this never dies," says Mr Darwish. "It's a nice resort with great weather. We have the sea, the corals, the desert. It's magical."
The Bournes, visiting from Wales, also believe in the enduring appeal of Sharm el-Sheikh - even though their holiday has been overshadowed by the plane crash which happened a day after they arrived. Their return home has been delayed by at least a day.
"This could happen anywhere, couldn't it?" Jenny Bourne comments stoically.
"I would come back again next year," her husband, Richard, says. "They just need to sort that airport out."
Egypt is counting on other tourists adopting a similar attitude.
Police say "extensive investigations" led them to conclude 350 people should have been in the Kensington tower block on the night of the blaze on 14 June.
That night, 14 residents were not in the building, leaving at least 80 people dead or missing, the Met said.
Detective Chief Inspector Andy Chalmers, leading the Met's operation, described the task as "unprecedented".
In the update to its operation, which includes a criminal investigation into why the fire began, police said the coroner had formally identified 32 bodies.
"You can't listen to the families and to the 999 calls and not want to hold people to account for a fire that should not have happened," said Metropolitan Police Commander Stuart Cundy.
Speaking after the briefing, Cdr Cundy denied claims from former residents and politicians that the number killed in the tragedy could be far higher than 80.
"We've been working tirelessly to ascertain how many people died in the fire," he said, describing the night as one where "the lives of so many changed forever".
Labour MP David Lammy told BBC's Newsnight in June that he was "sympathetic" to the view that the number of dead was being covered up.
Scotland Yard believes around 10 people managed to escape the tower "but for a number of different reasons" were not willing to come forward.
The government has promised not to conduct immigration checks on survivors and those coming forward with information in a bid to aid the investigation.
It has also said tenants illegally subletting flats in the tower would not face charges.
Cdr Cundy said the Met's investigations would "not be hampered in any way" by a separate judge-led public inquiry into the blaze.
"We are absolutely determined to do everything new can to identify what offences have been committed," he said.
"We will seize information for wherever it comes from."
Detectives said they were looking at "every aspect of fire safety" at Grenfell - including fire doors, exit routes and emergency procedures.
So far, 140 witnesses have been spoken to, with plans to interview the 650 firefighters and 300 police officers involved in the rescue operation, and all residents.
The retired judge leading the public inquiry, Sir Martin Moore-Bick, said it would seek to discover the truth about what happened at Grenfell Tower, "so that we can learn lessons for the future".
Sir Martin recently held a meeting with residents also attended by the Met. The first public hearings are expected to be held in September.
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Since the fire, the claim that 150 or more people lost their lives has persisted.
After all, there is no official register of those living in the tower and a list provided by Kensington and Chelsea Council has proved to be inaccurate.
As a result, it was crucial that police worked out how many people should have been in the tower that night.
Their estimate of 350 is far fewer than the 500 to 600 people claimed by some. And 14 people, police say, were out for the night.
Police also say that many of the flats were not family-sized, but one or two-bed properties, which may explain the belief that more people were living there.
It has also been said that sub-letting may have resulted in the tower having a "hidden" population. Police have identified 10 people who didn't want to come forward to confirm they had survived.
The police have repeatedly explained their methodology, which has not been challenged.
Unless major flaws are found in the way detectives have attempted to get the truth, its likely the final number of dead at Grenfell Tower will be around 80.
Cdr Cundy said the Grenfell investigation was "probably one of the biggest investigations the Metropolitan Police has conducted outside of a terror attack".
There are 250 specialist investigators working on the Met's operation, including the process of identifying those who died, and finding out how the fire started.
Scotland Yard said forensic pathologists were sieving through debris in the building to look for human remains.
"Phase one" of the operation - removing identifiable bodies - has now been completed.
All remains have been scanned for objects which may be used to identify victims, such as surgical implants, personal jewellery, glasses and teeth.
Cdr Cundy said officers involved "can't help but have an emotional attachment to this case".
The police investigation into the causes of the fire is also continuing, including an examination of "all criminal offences that may have been committed".
Olive Cooke, 92, joined the Royal British Legion when she was 16 and still sells poppies from the cathedral ahead of every remembrance week.
Mrs Cooke, of Fishponds, will receive the honour from Bristol's Lord Mayor, Councillor Alistair Watson.
She is thought to be one of the UK's longest-serving poppy sellers.
The Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress, Sarah Watson, have invited Mrs Cooke for afternoon tea at the Mansion House where she will be presented with her medal.
The honour recognises people in Bristol whose voluntary and community work or charitable acts serve the city.
Mrs Cooke has already received a Points of Light award from the prime minister and a Gold Star award from the Bristol Post in recognition of her tireless efforts.
She was originally inspired by her father who helped to set up the Bedminster branch of the Royal British Legion.
Her first husband Leslie Hussey-Yeo was a sailor in the Royal Navy who had just returned from two-and-a-half years in Hong Kong when they met.
He was planning to leave the service and settle down but the outbreak of World War Two meant he had to continue serving on the submarines.
Mrs Cooke became a war widow at the age of 21 when he was killed during the Sicily invasion in March 1943.
His death led Mrs Cooke to fully commit herself to the Royal British Legion.
The South Island has seen hundreds of tremors, including a 6.3-magnitude quake, after the initial one struck after midnight on Monday.
The epicentre is northeast of Christchurch, near the town of Kaikoura which has been cut off by landslides.
There are believed to be up to 1,000 tourists stranded in the town.
Military helicopters and a navy ship are being sent to evacuate them and others from Kaikoura.
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The aftershocks have left some communities without power and water, although authorities are slowly restoring supplies.
Prime Minister John Key described the scene in Kaikoura as "utter devastation" while flying over the area. He said the damage bill will likely be in the "billions of dollars", according to a statement seen by Reuters.
GeoNet, a government-funded project monitoring earthquakes, said the first earthquake was actually two related tremors, and that aftershocks would continue over the next few months.
As the aftershocks keep coming, Kiwis up and down the country are sharing the same emotions.
Exhaustion from a sleepless night, concern for those still cut off from communication, and sadness for the two people who lost their lives. But there is also real relief.
This earthquake was greater in magnitude than 2011's Christchurch tremor, but it didn't bring the same level of devastation.
The cost of rebuilding will be huge - major parts of New Zealand's infrastructure have been twisted and snapped out of shape.
But as is often the case when disaster strikes, New Zealand's people have pulled together, checked on their neighbours and offered each other a safe haven.
Authorities spent all of Monday rescuing and evacuating residents along the east coast.
New Zealand media reported that a 100-year-old woman and her daughter-in-law were pulled out alive from their home in Kaikoura, after the house collapsed in the first earthquake. The younger woman's husband died.
A woman also died at Mount Lyford, southwest of Kaikoura, though there are reports she may have died from an existing medical condition.
Waves of around 2m (6.6ft) hit the coast shortly after the first earthquake. Authorities have since lifted a tsunami alert, but are still warning people to stay away from the shoreline.
Residents in Christchurch and surrounding towns have rushed to stock up on basic supplies. Some schools in the affected area have remained closed on Monday.
Kaikoura, a popular tourist destination with a population of about 3,600, saw its main road blocked by landslides, with telecommunications, water and power supplies cut off.
The operation to rescue those that remain stuck there could take several days, with each NH90 helicopter being deployed only able to carry 18 people at a time, Air Commodore Darryn Webb told the Associated Press news agency.
Video footage shot from a helicopter showed three cows left stranded on a tiny island of grass after the surrounding earth collapsed from landslides near Kaikoura.
Mr Key, the prime minister, told reporters that he believed the number of fatalities would remain low, while civil defence minister Gerry Brownlee said damage to infrastructure appeared to be the biggest problem.
One expert told TVNZ that the low number of fatalities may have been due to the fact that the first quake struck in the middle of the night.
"People were safe in their homes, homes might get damaged but they're safer for the people inside," said Ken Elwood from the University of Auckland.
The quake also caused damage in Wellington on the North Island, where the city's central business district (CBD) remained quiet on Monday as workers cleared debris and checked buildings.
Resident Adam Roland told the BBC: "The CBD's been closed off so most people are either working from home or not working today."
GeoNet said the first quake was the strongest to have hit New Zealand since a 7.8-magnitude earthquake in 2009 in a remote area of the South Island.
The US Geological Survey measured it at magnitude 7.8, while GeoNet put it at 7.5.
New Zealand lies on the Ring of Fire, the fault line that circles virtually the entire Pacific Rim bringing frequent quakes and volcanic eruptions.
Christchurch is still recovering from a 2011 earthquake that killed 185 people and destroyed the city centre.
The rate of unemployment remained at 5.1%, maintaining a decade-low rate.
Some 31.42 million are in work, 478,000 up on a year ago. The employment rate is 74.1%, the joint highest since current records began in 1971.
Average earnings went up by 2.1% in the year to January including bonuses, 0.2% higher than the previous month.
Excluding bonuses, the increase was 2.2%.
"With the Chancellor [George Osborne] setting the backdrop to this afternoon's Budget as one where the global 'storm clouds' are gathering, today's labour market figures offer a ray of sunshine," said Scott Bowman, UK economist at Capital Economics.
He added that the UK's jobs recovery remained "in full swing", but cautioned that wage growth was "still fairly subdued by past standards, especially considering how much the labour market has tightened recently".
The East of England saw the biggest fall in the number of unemployed people, down by 15,000, followed by the North East of England, down by 11,000. However, Scotland saw an increase of 16,000 in the number of jobless people.
The North East still has the highest rate of unemployment, at 7.8%, and the East of England has the lowest, at 3.6%.
In all, 22.94 million people were working full-time, 302,000 more than a year earlier, while 8.48 million were working part-time, an increase of 177,000 on a year earlier.
The number of people on the claimant count in February fell by 18,000 to 716,700, said the ONS.
The unemployment figures are based on a large survey, so they are estimates rather than precise figures.
For example, the figure of a 28,000 fall in unemployment has a margin of error of plus or minus 79,000, which means the ONS is 95% confident that the actual change in unemployment is between an increase of 51,000 and a fall of 107,000.
Earlier this month, the US Labor Department said the US economy added 242,000 jobs in February, far better than the 190,000 expected by economists.
The US unemployment rate remains at 4.9%, an eight-year low.
Eurostat, the EU's statistical agency, has said the eurozone's unemployment rate in January fell to its lowest rate since August 2011.
The jobless rate in the 19-country eurozone declined to 10.3% in January from 10.4% in December, while the number of people unemployed in the eurozone fell by 105,000 to 16.65 million.
The tourism agency said many events sold out as the spotlight shone on the country.
Events such as the Commonwealth Games, Ryder Cup and the 700th anniversary of the battle of Bannockburn helped bring tourists from across the world.
There were 1,049 events in 2014, more than twice as many as in 2009.
New events included the European Festival of Brass, the MTV European Music Awards, McLaren 2014 and Pipefest.
Existing events were also able to extend their programmes as a result of additional Homecoming funding including Borders Book Festival, Big Burns Supper in Dumfries and Doors Open Days.
The 2009 Year of Homecoming was mired in controversy after economic impact figures were exaggerated and the flagship Gathering event went bust.
It will be several months before the economic impact figures for Homecoming Scotland 2014 are published to establish if the £5.5m public funding was a worthwhile investment.
Chairman of VisitScotland, Mike Cantlay, said: "There really was no place like home for the people of Scotland during 2014.
"We welcomed the world in their millions and boy did we have fun doing it. We opened our arms and laughed and cheered with our guests.
"We gave them directions, provided sunscreen and sometimes the odd umbrella. We didn't just show them a good time - we joined in."
Tourism Minister Fergus Ewing said: "Homecoming has been a huge success, bringing millions together in a joint celebration of all that is great about our country and showcasing all of our unique attractions and icons to a massive worldwide audience.
"The eyes of the world have been on Scotland like never before in 2014 and working together we will benefit from these experiences as we begin the Year of Food and Drink in 2015 and beyond."
The Chiefs vice-captain becomes the fourth All Black to win the prize.
Retallick, 23, beat team-mate Julian Savea, Ireland's Jonathan Sexton, and South Africa pair Willie le Roux and Duane Vermeulen to the award.
It seals a hat-trick of honours for New Zealand, who were named team of the year, with Steve Hansen named coach of the year.
The second row follows in the footsteps of team mates Kieran Read, Dan Carter and Richie McCaw in receiving the honour.
World Rugby chairman Bernard Lapasset said: "Brodie Retallick has been at the heart of another hugely successful year for the All Blacks with his superb line-out skills, ball carrying ability and work at the breakdown playing a huge role in a June series win against England, the Rugby Championship title and a strong November series."
The engineering giant said 187 posts would be lost from its Inchinnan plant in Renfrewshire and a further 31 jobs from its facility in East Kilbride.
The cuts are the latest in a wave of redundancies at Rolls-Royce plants in Scotland, as part of restructuring.
In November, Rolls-Royce said it planned to shed 2,600 jobs worldwide over a period of 18 months.
Staff were informed of the latest planned job losses on Thursday.
Rolls-Royce currently employs about 700 people at its Inchinnan manufacturing facility and about 630 at East Kilbride.
The company has already announced plans to transfer East Kilbride employees to Inchinnan by the end of 2015.
A Rolls-Royce spokeswoman said: "In November last year we announced a restructuring of our Aerospace division as part of an intensified programme to improve operational efficiency and reduce cost across the group.
"As part of that process we continually review current workload and assess future customer demand to remain competitive.
"We have identified a requirement to reduce the headcount at our Inchinnan manufacturing facilities by approximately 90 during 2015 and 97 during 2016.
"We have also identified a requirement to reduce the headcount at our East Kilbride facility by 31 during 2015.
She added: "It is never an easy decision to propose reductions in our workforce and we will look to meet this requirement by voluntary means wherever possible.
"We will also explore all mitigation including redeployment to other sites and are offering full support to employees who are impacted by the changes."
Satoru Umeta, 24, was convicted of assaulting Rina Kawaei and Anna Iriyama, now both 19, along with a male staff member.
All three were seriously injured after Umeta lunged forward to slash them with a saw fitted with box cutter blades.
AKB48 holds the Guinness Record for being the world's largest pop group.
"The fear the victims had during the event, where they were meeting with fans, and the mental damage were significant," judge Takehiko Okada said, according to AFP news agency.
Umeta's lawyers said their client had shown signs of schizophrenia, AFP reported. Judge Okada said Umeta was frustrated over his unemployment, Kyodo news agency said.
The number 48 in AKB48 reportedly refers to the original number of singers in the group, although it has since expanded and now numbers about 140 rotating members, ranging from their teens to early 20s.
The group, which was founded in 2005, is hugely popular in Japan and other Asian countries.
AKB stands for Akihabara, the technology district of Tokyo, where the group has its own theatre. Members perform there almost every day.
Every year tens of thousands of fans vote on who gets to join the group from a pool of more than 200 candidates, in an event that is widely covered by national media.
Members have to abide by strict rules set by their management, and are not allowed to date.
When one of its members, Minami Minegishi, was caught spending the night with her boyfriend, she shaved her head in an act of contrition and apologised to fans in an online video.
"When I came here as a student nine years ago I felt that I had come into a very multicultural society and really wanted to be part of it.
"I miss the food in Morocco and being around people who have known me my whole life, but London is my home now. My closest friends from university and from Morocco live here now, my values align more with London and I love being in a very multicultural environment where you get to meet people from all ends of the world."
"Although I left Ireland 57 years ago, I still regard this country as my home. My family has moved back and I miss them. They're part of my identity.
"Family is my community and has structured who I am."
"It's interesting the opportunity that moving home has given me to start over and edit my story and identity in fresh and exciting ways.
"I have moved about four or five times in my life; I've lived in countries in Africa, Asia and now, Europe. Flowers at my bedside, warmth, the smell of garlic and a sense of familiarity and light jazz music - that is home. A place of comfort, safety and beauty and a non-judgemental space where you can stare at the ceiling and know it's OK."
"What makes me feel comfortable here is that I can sleep in peace. I can walk alone at night with my handbag. There is no dust, no insects. Food, shelter and security are abundant."
"Getting to know a new place, learning a new language, landing a job, making new friends… these are processes that everyone goes through. It's just a matter of time before you start feeling at home."
"My father sought asylum in the UK after the Iranian revolution. This country welcomed him with open arms. Community here is about listening to each other's stories and treating each other with compassion and respect. I hope you find the same things here when you arrive."
"I love the diversity in London. When I'm on the bus - hearing different languages, seeing different faces - that richness is one of the things I find most beautiful about London.
"Welcome to the UK. I hope you find friends, safety, a community for yourself and become part of this tapestry of London life."
"My move to the UK from a village in Pakistan was a huge culture shock. My teacher was very helpful. She became another mother to me and encouraged me to work hard. I didn't even know how to write an essay, yet she gave me the courage to achieve. She made me realise that anything is possible.
"We who come from a Third World country often feel like we can't compete but we have all the abilities to accomplish our dreams."
"Moving from Turkey at a young age, I was excited to experience England. This ability here to experience two different cultures and feel safe in both - has made me feel like a global citizen.
"As an academic I am connected to friends and colleagues from all over the world and being part of this one global community is an honour and a privilege. I hope one day everyone can have this feeling of inclusion and belonging."
"We met when we were doing our master's degrees and are still friends. Don't believe the media narrative about people's perceptions of refugees and migrants. The average person on the street is friendly and accepting, and the UK is a very diverse place.
"Most people here are open and interested in who you are. Be yourself and, if you feel like it, share your stories."
"My grandfather came here just after World War Two, invited by Her Majesty to come and rebuild the country. He is now 90 years old, has five children, 12 grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
"When he arrived he worked in a factory making nuts and bolts to rebuild the East End. He realised that the food he was used to from India was not available, so he decided to do something about it and opened a shop to sell homemade food. The best thing you can do is to bring your food and recipes here. The UK loves food. We want to welcome you with food. Let's share some recipes."
"There is no one way to be a part of British society. The people here have so much heart and joy and wonder. People here will help connect you to the community. Being in Britain doesn't mean telling each other how to be, but sharing who you are with others.
"With shared experiences, we avoid misunderstandings and judgement, and we build a community together."
Karen Bradley's decision is a blow to the media mogul's hopes of having the £11.7bn deal waved through without further scrutiny.
Mr Murdoch already owns 39% of the satellite broadcaster.
An earlier attempt to take over Sky was abandoned in the wake of the phone hacking scandal.
Ms Bradley told the Commons that Ofcom's report into the deal found it risked the Murdoch family having "increased influence" over the UK's news agenda and the political process.
"On the basis of Ofcom's assessment, I confirm that I am minded to refer to a phase two investigation on the grounds of media plurality," she said.
The parties involved can make representations to the culture secretary until Friday 14 July, when she will make a further decision about referring the deal to the Competition and Markets Authority.
Ofcom said it had no concerns about Fox's genuine commitment to broadcasting standards, which Ms Bradley said was a second test for approving the deal.
As a result she told MPs she was "minded not to refer" the bid for a phase two investigation in relation to those concerns.
"While there are strong feelings among both supporters and opponents of this merger, in this quasi-judicial process, my decisions can only be influenced by facts, not opinions - and by the quality of evidence, not who shouts the loudest," she said.
Tom Watson, the shadow culture secretary, told the Commons that "nothing about this decision is a surprise" as he predicted the government would eventually allow the merger to go ahead.
He said if James Murdoch, who is both chairman of Sky and chief executive of Fox, could pass a "fit and proper" test, "then that says more about the rules than it does about Mr Murdoch".
"It's clear that the rules need to be reviewed and if the current Conservative government won't do that then the next Labour government will."
Mr Watson said undertakings from the Murdoch family were "not worth the newsprint they are written on" as he warned that lessons had not been learned from the phone-hacking scandal.
He also accused the Conservatives of forming "an implicit bargain" with the Murdochs as he pushed Ms Bradley to order part two of the Leveson Inquiry into phone-hacking.
The culture secretary claimed Mr Watson was making a "cynical" attempt to politicise the issue and to prejudge the decision.
Evan Harris, executive director of the lobby group Hacked Off, said it condemned Ms Bradley's failure to refer the bid on commitment to broadcasting standards grounds.
"The Secretary of State must now begin Leveson part two immediately, and allow that inquiry to report before considering this merger further," he said.
The deal was approved by European Commission competition authorities in April.
Shares in Sky closed 3.3% higher at 988p, valuing the company at almost £17bn.
Analysts at Citi said it was possible Fox could find a resolution to Ofcom's concerns before the 14 July deadline and avoid a lengthy inquiry.
"Ultimately this is a positive outcome for the Fox/Sky in the sense that it makes deal completion more likely," they said.
"Concerns about broadcasting standards would have been almost impossible to work around, while we believe the groups will be able to offer concessions that adequately address concerns about plurality."
The 18-year-old has agreed a three-year deal at Tannadice, having scored 13 goals in 59 appearances for the League Two side.
"He has versatility but it's his attacking threat which really caught my eye," said manager Jackie McNamara.
"Having watched his progress closely I'm convinced that he'll prove to be an excellent signing and entertain the United fans greatly."
United signed full-back Andy Robertson and forward Aidan Connolly from Queen's Park last summer, with the defender going on to win the SPFA young player of the year award and two caps for Scotland.
"It's of paramount importance that we continue to develop the younger players at Tannadice but we must also supplement that with other promising talent that becomes available," McNamara added on the club website.
"There were other clubs interested in Blair and it says everything about how we're developing players at Tannadice that he chose us as the best option for himself."
City rivals Dundee had also agreed terms with Spittal but the teenager opted for the side that finished fourth in the Premiership last season.
"Seeing how well Andy Robertson has progressed also played a part in my decision," he said.
"Dundee United allows you to develop regardless of age and the manager's vision for the club excites me. When I look at the talent already in the dressing room I cannot wait to meet up with them and start my Dundee United career."
World number 11 Dimitrov, 26, broke once in each set to beat his 22-year-old opponent, ranked 23rd, 6-4 7-5.
Kyrgios, also attempting to win his first Masters 1000 title, hit 31 unforced errors as he was outplayed.
In the women's final, Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza thrashed Romania's Simona Halep 6-1 6-0.
Kyrgios was the youngest Cincinnati finalist since Novak Djokovic in 2009.
But he could not reproduce the brilliance he displayed in beating world number two Rafael Nadal in the quarter-finals.
And, with the second set poised at 5-5, the Australian hit his fourth double fault of the match on deuce, before sending a wild forehand over the baseline.
Dimitrov served out the final game to clinch the biggest win of his career as he prepares for the US Open, which starts on 28 August.
"In the big picture, it means a lot to me," said Dimitrov, who went through the tournament without dropping a set. "I'm pretty confident after that. This is what I've been practising for.
"I'm going to enjoy it for a day or two but then it's back to the routine and prepare for the US Open."
Earlier in the day, Spain's Muguruza put in an emphatic performance to see off world number two Halep.
Had she won, Halep would have replaced Karolina Pliskova at the top of the world rankings - but the 25-year-old was beaten in just 57 minutes.
After beating Britain's Johanna Konta in the quarter-final, Halep hit 20 unforced errors and struggled to find any rhythm.
Czech Pliskova, a semi-final loser to Muguruza, will remain world number one by a five-point margin over Halep as Muguruza moves up to third.
"I played so badly and she played so well. I am sorry for this match," Halep said.
"I got dominated. I couldn't control the points, that's why I got down in my confidence."
Muguruza said she felt "a little bit bad" for Halep but was "happy" to now be seen as the favourite for the US Open title.
She added: "It doesn't always happen that you win a tournament and then go ahead and win a Grand Slam, but I'm happy to have the confidence - it beats not having it."
Meanwhile, Britain's Jamie Murray and Brazilian Bruno Soares lost their men's doubles final to French fifth seeds Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert.
Murray and Soares were beaten 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 in one hour and 37 minutes.
The third seeds, who lost in the second round at Wimbledon, had not dropped a set leading up to the final in Cincinnati.
Take-Two claimed the Open IV program that let people change, or mod, the game's basic elements aided cheats.
In response, players wrote thousands of negative reviews of the game and more than 77,000 signed a petition calling for Open IV to be left alone.
GTA creator Rockstar also put pressure on Take-Two to change its mind.
In a message placed on the GTA V chat forums, Rockstar said "discussions" with Take-Two had led to it ending the legal action.
The row blew up last week when the lead developer of Open IV said the mod kit was being withdrawn because it had been threatened with legal action by Take-Two.
At the same time, Take-Two took action that led to the closure of three sites that advertised themselves as a way for people to cheat when playing online versions of the game.
These extras let people get huge amounts of in-game cash and easily obtain items that otherwise took hours of playing to acquire.
Users of Open IV said Take-Two was wrong to regard the mod kit as a cheating tool because it was designed to work with only single-player versions of GTA.
In its forum message, Rockstar acknowledged this distinction and said its discussions with Take-Two had meant that the publisher had now "agreed that it generally will not take legal action against third-party projects involving Rockstar's PC games that are single-player, non-commercial, and respect the intellectual property (IP) rights of third parties".
Rockstar said it believed in "reasonable fan creativity" that let fans show their "passion" for its games.
Take-Two's decision was also influenced by Open IV's creators promising to work harder to stop the kit being used by people to cheat in online versions of GTA.
A small number of people had found a way to use Open IV to cheat in this way, lead developer Yuriy Krivoruchko told news site Motherboard.
The ending of the legal action was "good news", wrote Samuel Horti on the Rock, Paper Shotgun website.
"It's helped players produce some cracking mods and machinima [animation]," he said.
Horti added that the Rockstar statement was "carefully worded", perhaps so it could be reversed later on.
It might need to be, he said, because Take-Two and Rockstar faced a technical challenge when it came to policing add-ons for the game.
"How do Take-Two intend to allow single-player mods without leaving the door open to cheaters?" he asked.
The semi-professionals won 1-0 in the first leg of their Champions League qualifier in Gibraltar last Tuesday.
"It was a bolt of lightning rather than a massive shock to the world," Rodgers said before Wednesday's return at home.
"Since I came in, the players have been brilliant, first-class, very humble guys, no ego, they're working hard."
Celtic have won three and drawn two pre-season friendlies since Rodgers' appointment in May, and he said defeat in his first competitive game last week was "no embarrassment".
Rodgers is confident the Scottish champions will prevail over two legs to play the winners of the tie between Zalgiris Vilnius of Lithuania and Astana of Kazakhstan in the third qualifying round.
"I don't take much notice," he said of the negative headlines. "My only focus is the players. It's not a disaster.
"For me, the most important thing is to get through. That's what we expect and want. It's about perspective and assessing over two games."
Rodgers expects the champions of Gibraltar to set up defensively and play on the break on Wednesday, and has urged Celtic's fans to be patient.
"The message for our players is similar to our supporters: after the first 20 minutes, if we don't score, we have to be patient.
"You can be an attacking team, but there are times when the ball can't go forward and it has to be circulated, but our team will be set up always to create and score goals.
"It might be 70 minutes before you break a team down. They will be similar to the first game, 11 players behind the ball, playing on the counter-attack, us having a lot of possession. But it will be a totally different game.
"The players did everything they could [last week] and we got done by one sucker punch. But I've been happy with the players in every game."
The Celtic manager is keen to add to his squad, but would not confirm or deny links to Liverpool full-back Jon Flanagan and Blackburn centre-back Shane Duffy.
He does not expect any new signings to be completed before Wednesday's game, though.
Before the first leg, Rodgers highlighted Celtic's lack of cover in central defence, with Dedryck Boyata and Jozo Simunovic missing through injury.
Former Start midfielder Kristoffer Ajer, who agreed to sign under previous manager Ronny Deila, has been used in central defence during pre-season friendlies.
"We experiment on the training field and in friendlies, but not tomorrow night. That's about getting the job done," said Rodgers, whose only senior signing to date has been striker Moussa Dembele from Fulham.
"We've already got some quality players here, but we want to bring in the right type of players to help the team. It's not about numbers but quality," he added.
"The market is pretty slow, but there's management of the squad here - you can't just stockpile players.
"There are a couple of players that we're looking at. We'll see how that develops over the coming days. We only want good players and that will always be dictated by the availability and the affordability of the player."
Dembele took over the centre-forward's role last week from Leigh Griffiths, who scored 40 times for Celtic last season.
The Scotland forward says he would prefer to play through the middle, but is happy to contribute to the team from a wider attacking role, and share the burden of providing the goals.
"I played [wide] a couple of times in pre-season and I enjoyed it," Griffiths said. "With Moussa up there, it gives me a bit more freedom to express myself and get on the ball to make things happen.
"Ultimately, I'm still a striker at heart, I'm not a winger, and he knows that. But the gaffer has his ideas, his tactics, and I can adapt to the formation he wants to play.
"The manager spoke before that with Moussa occupying a couple of centre-halves, that gives me more time to get on the ball and try to thread passes through, and make the runs in behind that I like doing.
"The gaffer said the focus on me last season to score goals was too much, but he's brought in Moussa now and once he gets one, he'll get a few."
Airbus UK Broughton suspended Ryan Wade over comments on his Twitter account.
Former Sunderland player Johnson, 28, admitted grooming and sexual activity with a girl aged 15 and was convicted of a charge of sexual touching.
Airbus said midfielder Wade, 28, had been "suspended with immediate effect pending further investigation".
The Twitter comments were made on Thursday, the day after Johnson was convicted at Bradford Crown Court.
Gwyn Derfel, secretary of the Welsh Premier League (WPL), said: "The Dafabet Welsh Premier League is aware of the alleged comments and the FAW's (Football Association of Wales) compliance department is looking into the matter."
The club, based in Broughton, Flintshire, said in a statement it did not "condone or support the comments".
It is understood the WPL is trying to gather evidence of the tweets.
The FAW has disciplinary powers and at the start of every season every player is sent a code of conduct on behaviour, which includes activity on social media.
Wade signed for Airbus almost four years ago and has made 28 appearances this season, scoring four times.
Everyone who attended that concert has been invited to apply for free tickets to the event on Sunday 4 June, which will include acts such as Katy Perry, Robbie Williams, Coldplay, Little Mix and Black Eyed Peas.
Some of the concert-goers have been in touch with the BBC to share their experiences.
Joe Woolrich is looking forward to the gig, which he says will be a form of closure for him.
"It was a traumatic time for everybody involved. We were near to the explosion when it happened. My friend ran into the toilet to inform me. At first I thought it was another encore when I heard the loud boom and the screams.
"We ran from the explosion area to the other exit where there were wheelchairs at the top of the stairs and no way out. So we carried on down, and stuck around to try to help outside the arena before the emergency services arrived.
"It was absolute chaos, but everybody did what they could to help.
"The fact that Ariana is coming back so soon, has helped to reassure me we are stronger together.
"She is doing the victims, fans and the city of Manchester a great service."
Rachel Whorton's two daughters aged 10 and 18, want to attend but have so far been disappointed.
"They were at the original concert at Manchester Arena so they qualify for free tickets for the benefit concert.
"I have been on the phone to Ticketmaster since 9am this morning trying to get tickets. I didn't think they would want to go but they do and I think it will be good for them.
"I'm frustrated. All you hear is a a long automated message, and are then told that Ticketmaster is busy helping other customers before getting cut off.
"I don't understand why this process is so difficult. Surely they have records of who bought original tickets. I have even tried to contact them on social media without success."
Compiled by Sherie Ryder and Rozina Sini, UGC and Social News
Eurogroup head Jeroen Dijsselbloem said there was still a gap "between what could be done and what some of us had expected should be done".
Nonetheless, he said they were "very close" to an agreement.
Informal talks are expected to continue ahead of the group's 15 June meeting.
The Brussels-based meeting was aimed at deciding whether Greece had done enough to receive a €7.5bn (£6.4bn; $8.3bn) loan plus debt relief.
The cash is vital for Greece to avoid defaulting on a debt repayment due in July.
To secure the funds, the country has had to enact a series of economic reforms.
The International Monetary Fund and Germany are reported to have disagreed over how to help ease the country's debts once its rescue programme ends next year.
The IMF's participation in Greece's latest bailout hinges on resolving this issue.
"The feeling was.... more work was needed to be able to have that kind of clarity that the financial markets understood and the Greek people understood (of) what to expect at the end of the programme period in terms of debt relief," Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said.
However, he also said he was optimistic that a definitive deal could be brokered by the time of the next formal meeting in June.
Figures released earlier this month showed that Greece had fallen back into recession for the first time since 2012.
The country's gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 0.1% in the first three months of the year after shrinking by 1.2% in the final quarter of 2016, the Eurostat figures showed.
Cardiff's defeat leaves Belfast five points off the pace with both teams having four games left.
The Giants twice face Cardiff on the final weekend of the season so if the Devils lose one of their other games, it could open the door to Belfast.
David Rutherford's hat-trick helped the Giants earn Sunday's win.
Colin Shields and Blair Riley also found the net for the home side, who trailed 1-0 after the first period.
Jeff Brown and Dan Spang netted for the Panthers, who were beaten 7-3 by the Giants on Friday night.
Brown scored the opener, but strikes from Rutherford and Shields saw the hosts take charge by the end of the second period.
Rutherford and Riley then netted, Spang got his name on the scoresheet, before Rutherford completed his treble.
The Giants are next in action on Friday night when they play Sheffield Steelers at the SSE Arena before hosting Coventry 24 hours later.
Cardiff face Fife away and still-in-contention Sheffield at home in their next two games before the back-to-back games against the Giants.
Firearms officer Carol Howard, 35, was "singled out and targeted" for nearly a year, a panel ruled last year. She has now decided to leave the police.
The Met said it "deeply regrets" the impact of the discrimination.
Ms Howard, of Purley, south London, brought a claim of discrimination at the Central London Employment Tribunal in 2014.
Her lawyer Kiran Daurka, of Slater and Gordon, said: "Carol is sad to leave the Metropolitan Police but her legacy to fellow officers is that her case has now led to a serious and thorough review of the way in which the MPS deals with discrimination complaints from officers."
In a statement, the Met said it "deeply regrets the impact the discriminatory conduct had on PC Howard, and wants to stress there is no room in the MPS for racism and sexism or victimisation".
The Met said it had agreed a final settlement against the officer's existing legal claims.
The force added that in September 2014 it said it would fully support Ms Howard's return to work, but after recent discussions it became clear she did not wish to continue her career with the Met.
The Met said: "The MPS respects PC Howard's decision and wishes her well in the future."
During the hearing last year, the panel was told that an internal report had been deliberately rewritten ahead of the tribunal.
An officer was asked to delete references in the report into discrimination related to race or sex, the panel said.
A judgement issued by the panel which heard the case said the Met "directly discriminated" against Ms Howard "on the grounds of sex and race" between 31 January and 29 October 2012.
A number of Ms Howard's complaints of "victimisation" were "well-founded", the tribunal added.
The 35-year-old had worked in the Diplomatic Protection Group (DPG), which provides protection for foreign embassies and missions in London.
Her superior, acting Insp Dave Kelly, subjected her to "a course of conduct which was detrimental to her", the panel said.
The panel also found that the Met also tried to "deflect" negative press by releasing information about Ms Howard.
While the force did not name PC Howard in a press statement, a draft version was altered to include more detail about her three arrests linked to a domestic dispute with her estranged husband.
After the tribunal last September Ms Howard received £37,000.
France has an estimated 500,000 Jews - the largest Jewish minority in Western Europe - and many of them are wondering now how safe it is to stay.
Four Jewish men were killed by Islamist gunman Amedy Coulibaly in a kosher supermarket in Paris on 9 January, two days after 12 people were shot dead at Charlie Hebdo magazine by two Islamist brothers.
Now troops have joined police protecting potential Jewish targets - notably synagogues and schools - in Paris, Brussels and Antwerp.
"It's the worst time for Jews here since World War Two," said Robert Ejnes, director of the Jewish umbrella organisation Crif in France. "They are angry and worried."
Last year more than 7,000 left to settle in Israel (what Jews call "Aliyah") - double the 2013 figure, he noted. That does not include French Jews who moved to the UK, US or other countries.
In contrast, the number of British Jews making Aliyah is a few hundred annually, and remains fairly stable.
Mr Ejnes said there was an "anti-Semitic" element to the anti-Israel protests in and around Paris last July, when Jewish shops were attacked near a synagogue in Sarcelles.
Many Muslims were enraged by Israel's bombardment of Gaza - an offensive against Hamas militants, which killed more than 2,100 Palestinians, including many women and children, while 72 Israelis also died.
Mr Ejnes told the BBC that some demonstrators were "against the very existence of Israel" - a degree of hostility going beyond any legitimate criticism of Israeli policy.
"We have very good relations with moderate Islam - but a problem with radicalisation of the [Muslim] youth," he said.
What is anti-Semitism?
The EU has a "working definition" of anti-Semitism to help authorities in member states, though it does not have legal force. It says anti-Semitism is a "certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews". It can be verbal or physical, or both, and targets Jewish individuals, or their property, or community institutions or religious facilities.
Most Jews surveyed by the EU's Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) regarded the following attitudes as anti-Semitic: "The Holocaust is a myth or has been exaggerated"; "Jews are responsible for the current economic crisis"; "Jews exploit Holocaust victimhood for their own purposes"; "Jews have too much power"; "Israelis behave like Nazis towards the Palestinians"; "Jews are not capable of integrating into society".
Anti-Semitism is also covered by the EU's 2008 framework decision on combating racism and xenophobia. That is a legal document.
It lists as a crime "publicly inciting to violence or hatred directed against a group of persons, or a member of such a group, defined by reference to race, colour, religion, descent or national or ethnic origin". Also punishable is: "publicly condoning, denying or grossly trivialising crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes".
After this month's terror attacks in Paris, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls denounced "the new anti-Semitism".
It was fuelled by the internet, poverty in certain districts, and hatred of Israel, and was "preaching hatred of all Jews", he said.
The controversial comedian Dieudonne has been convicted repeatedly for inciting hatred of Jews and banned from performing. Now he is in trouble for saying he felt like "Charlie Coulibaly", seen as mocking the terror victims.
Yet he has a huge fan base, created via social media - mostly young fans who like his crude, inflammatory anti-establishment and anti-Semitic rhetoric. His much-imitated "quenelle" gesture has been compared to the Nazi salute.
Two previous Islamist terror attacks contributed to the anxiety in French and Belgian Jewish communities.
In 2012 Mohamed Merah killed three Jewish children and a rabbi in Toulouse, as well as three unarmed French soldiers.
Another French Islamist, Mehdi Nemmouche, has been charged with murder of four people at the Jewish Museum in Brussels in May 2014.
A French think-tank, Fondapol, reports that anti-Semitic offences increased by more than 90% last year in France.
It also says half of recorded racist attacks targeted Jews, who make up no more than 1% of the population.
Surveys do not reveal the full scale of the problem, researchers say, as many anti-Semitic incidents go unreported. The same can be said for racism generally.
Fondapol's November 2014 opinion poll on anti-Semitism, conducted by Ifop, suggests that anti-Semitic prejudices are most prevalent among fundamentalist Muslims and supporters of Marine Le Pen's nationalist Front National (FN).
In neighbouring Belgium the Jewish community set up a crisis management centre after Merah's 2012 atrocity.
Maurice Sosnowski, president of Belgium's Jewish umbrella group CCOJB, said anti-Semitism "is coming back to the pre-World War Two level". It had been suppressed since 1945 because of general horror at the Nazi crimes against Jews, he said.
"For years now, in some areas, Jews have been afraid to wear the kippa (skullcap); they feared being assaulted in the metro.
"A lot of Jewish kids left public schools, to go to Jewish schools - it's a bad sign," he told the BBC.
He said Belgian politicians should speak out more against anti-Semitism.
Belgium's Jews - about 38,000 in total - nearly all live in Brussels and Antwerp.
After police clashed with suspected jihadists in Verviers, killing two, Jewish schools were closed as a security measure. "Everyone accepted that decision, because they were anxious," Mr Sosnowski said.
Jewish leaders in Germany and the UK are worried about anti-Semitism too, but view the situation in France as worse.
This month Josef Schuster, head of Germany's Central Council of Jews, said he was glad that so many "average citizens" had rallied to defend human rights, against the Pegida nationalist movement.
The survey of European Jews by the EU's Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) in 2013 found that 76% felt anti-Semitism had got worse in recent years.
In the UK fewer than half considered anti-Semitism to be a big problem in their country, while in France the figure was 85%.
"You'd have to pay me a lot of money to live in France or Belgium now," said Marc Cohen, a member of the Board of Deputies of British Jews.
Nationalist parties have been gaining ground in much of Europe, including the FN in France, Golden Dawn in Greece and Hungary's Jobbik.
Such extremism "is not endorsed by anyone in our government - that's a big difference," said Mr Cohen, noting that anti-Semitism had once tainted the British establishment.
Now the worry is "anti-Zionism merging into anti-Semitism" in British society, he said. "The lines are incredibly blurred, but you know it when you see it."
The national park authority served a notice for the St David's Hotel, Harlech, to be pulled down.
The body said it has been inundated with complaints over the state of the Gwynedd venue which closed in 2008.
In 2014, permission was granted for it to be replaced by a 130-bed hotel, but owner Aitchison Associates did not move forward with the project.
The hotel, built in 1910, has a prominent position in the town, and Snowdonia National Park Authority's planning officer Jane Jones said its "unsightly appearance seriously detracts from the surrounding vicinity and prevents the economic development of Harlech".
Ms Jones added: "With the hotel building in such a poor state of disrepair, repair work is no longer feasible: windows rotting, dormer windows completely perished, sections of the roof have collapsed and other numerous structural defects. Internally the building has been gutted."
She said discussions over the future of the site have been slow because Aitchison Associates is based in Gibraltar.
If no appeal is made against the notice, it will take effect in January, with 15 months then given to comply with it.
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Wales have qualified for their first major championship since the 1958 World Cup and the Manics, who are hardcore Welsh football fans, admit their anthem began evolving since Wales narrowly failed in their qualification bid for the 1994 World Cup by defeat to Romania.
"It's a long time coming," said lyricist Nicky Wire.
"Definitely there's pressure, World In Motion by New Order (for England's 1990 World Cup campaign) is the best one, that's the benchmark.
"We wanted to make a great Manics song first and I think we pulled it off. If the song takes off on the terraces, there's not going to be many more finer moments than that."
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The IAAF took action after the publication of an independent World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) report that alleged "state-sponsored doping".
Its council members voted 22-1 in favour of Russia being banned.
"This is a wake-up call for all of us," said IAAF president Lord Coe.
He told BBC Sport: "Our sport finds itself in a shameful situation.
"I am wholly focused on the changes that need to be made. I have openly conceded that we need to learn some very tough lessons.
"We need to look at ourselves, within our sport, and we will do that."
Russia's Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said the suspension was "temporary" and the "problem is solvable".
The country's IAAF council member was not allowed to participate in Friday's vote.
As it stands, Russian athletes may not enter international competitions, including the World Athletic Series and Rio Olympics, which begin on 5 August next year.
Russia will also not be entitled to host the 2016 World Race Walking Cup in Cheboksary and the 2016 World Junior Championships in Kazan.
The IAAF says that unless the Russian Athletics Federation (Araf) voluntarily accepts a full suspension, it is entitled to proceed to a full hearing on whether the provisional suspension should be made full.
Former sprinter Frankie Fredericks, head of the IAAF athletes commission, added: "We are angry at the damage being caused to the reputation and credibility of athletics and are united alongside our president to not shy away from the major challenges that face our sport."
The Wada commission, led by chairman Dick Pound, suggested Araf, Russia's anti-doping agency (Rusada) and the Russian Federation as a whole could not be considered anti-doping code-compliant, because of what it claimed was widespread cheating.
The report claimed to have evidence of "direct intimidation and interference by the Russian state with the Moscow laboratory operations", while Rusada gave athletes advance notice of tests, hid missed tests, bullied doping control officers and their families and took bribes to cover up missed tests, it said.
According to the commission's findings, London 2012 was "sabotaged" by "widespread inaction" against athletes with suspicious doping profiles.
In a statement on Friday, a Wada spokesperson said: "The decision is positive news for clean athletes worldwide."
Mutko said on Thursday that Russia is "against a boycott" and "against political interference in sport", adding the country is a "dependable partner of the international Olympic movement".
Russian President Vladimir Putin also demanded co-operation with doping authorities, saying: "The battle must be open. A sporting contest is only interesting when it is honest."
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach said he expected Russia to "co-operate to make progress" towards being compliant with Wada to ensure participation at Rio 2016.
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